JPH0243415Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a power supply device for a launching device of a pachinko machine, and in particular, it is intended to simplify the replacement of pachinko machines, as well as to average power consumption and The present invention relates to a power supply device suitable for enabling power reduction.

[Conventional technology]

In order to arouse the interest of players, pachinko machines are required to be novel in both their functionality and appearance. Therefore, pachinko machines are usually replaced with new products after being used for a relatively short period of time. Additionally, the number of machines is often increased to coincide with the replacement of new machines. Conventionally, when replacing a large number of pachinko machines, each pachinko machine itself was replaced, which was uneconomical. Furthermore, in the case of pachinko machines equipped with electromagnetic drive source type ball launchers, individual control circuits are installed, which not only increases the cost of the pachinko machine itself, but also increases the Since the driving timings of the electromagnetic drive source type firing devices are often the same, each pachinko machine archipelago requires a large-capacity power supply device.

[The problem that the idea attempts to solve]

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the shortcomings of the conventional technology, reduce the cost of the pachinko machine itself, and make it extremely easy to replace the pachinko machine or to handle the wiring when adding more pachinko machines. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a power supply device for a launching device of a pachinko machine, which is economically advantageous because it requires a power supply device of relatively low capacity.

The feature of this invention is that only one drive power supply and one time-sharing control circuit are provided for each island (or island) of a pachinko machine, and a power amplification section that is fixedly connected to them by wiring is connected to the Each pachinko machine is provided at a location corresponding to the installation position of the pachinko machine, and the power amplification section of the batted ball launcher equipped with the pachinko machine is configured to be connected via a cord via a detachable connection connector. be.

[Means to solve the problem]

A pachinko machine archipelago is constructed by arranging a plurality of pachinko machines each equipped with a ball launcher capable of firing balls by an electromagnetic drive source, and the pachinko machine archipelago is equipped with a drive that commonly supplies power to the pachinko machine archipelago. In addition to providing a power supply and a time-division control circuit that generates drive signals in a time-division manner, each pachinko machine is provided with a power distribution board including a power amplification section and a connection connector, and the above-mentioned drive power supply and time-division control circuit and the above-mentioned power supply and time-division control circuit are provided. Wiring is connected to the power amplification section of the power distribution board, and the electromagnetic drive source of the batted ball firing device of each pachinko machine and the power amplification section of the power distribution board are removably connected via the connector, thereby achieving a single time-sharing control. The circuit sequentially drives the electromagnetic drive sources of the ball launchers of a plurality of pachinko machines in a time-sharing manner, and the power supplied to the electromagnetic drive sources of the ball launchers of each pachinko machine is supplied from the power distribution board of the pachinko machine archipelago. It is characterized by

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a pachinko machine archipelago (machine archipelago) 1 to which the power supply device for a launcher according to the present invention is applied, in which 12 pachinko machines 2A to 2L are arranged in a horizontal row, It is schematically shown from the back side. In the archipelago 1, there is a drive power source 3 for commonly supplying power to all the pachinko machines that make up the archipelago 1, and an electromagnetic drive source that is also the drive source for the ball launchers 8A to 8L of all the pachinko machines. For example, the time-sharing control circuit 4 for emitting drive signals to the electromagnetic solenoids in a time-sharing manner may be located at an appropriate location on the archipelago 1 that is easy for the administrator to manage and operate;
For example, it is fixedly installed at the top of one end of the archipelago. Then, depending on the location where the pachinko machine is installed,
For example, the power distribution board 5A to 5L is placed in the upper corner of the pachinko machine.
are provided, and this switchboard includes power amplification units 6A to 6L and connection connectors 7A to 7L, respectively.
is provided. In addition, each pachinko machine 2A~2
At L, ball launchers 8A to 8L and their operation switches 9A to 9L are installed, respectively. The drive power supply 3 and each switchboard 5A to 5L are fixedly connected by a bus BUS, and the time division control circuit 4
are also fixedly connected to each power amplification section 6A to 6L by wiring as shown in the figure. On the other hand, each batted ball launcher 8
A to 8L and operation switches 9A to 9L are easily detachably connected to connection connectors 7A to 7L, respectively, using cords RA to RL (for example, cords having multiple cores).

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the power supply device for a launcher according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1, and the same parts as in FIG. 1 are designated using the same reference numerals. . The time division control circuit 4 controls the solenoids 10A to 10L as drive sources in each of the ball launchers 8A to 8L to be activated sequentially in a time division manner.
and a pulse oscillator 12. Here, if the pulse oscillator 12 is continuously sending out pulses with 12 rising edges in one period of 50 milliseconds, that is, 600 milliseconds, to the clock input terminal CK of the ring counter 11, then the clock input terminal CK of the ring counter 11 High level signals a~ are sequentially outputted to each output terminal 1~12 at 50 millisecond intervals. In response to this, each transistor of the power amplification units 6A to 6L is sequentially turned on at 50 millisecond intervals, and power is thereby supplied to the solenoids 10A to 10L included in the ball launchers 8A to 8L, which are sequentially driven. That will happen. Then, when a high level signal is output from the terminal 13 of the ring counter 11,
The ring counter 11 is reset and returns to the initial state, and the same operation will be repeated thereafter. In this way, for example, solenoid 10A
is driven once every 50 milliseconds x 12 = 600 milliseconds (=0.6 seconds), which means that it is driven 100 times in one minute. Looking at the pachinko machine 2A, which has a solenoid 10A in the firing device 8A, the maximum number of firings currently recognized by the Public Safety Commission is 1.
It is possible to fire 100 balls per minute. Other pachinko machines 2B to 2L equipped with solenoids 10B to 10L can also fire 100 balls per minute based on the same principle.

The number of firings per minute can be easily reduced by making the oscillation period of the pulse oscillator 12 longer than 50 milliseconds. For example, if the oscillation period is changed to 60 milliseconds, the number of firings per minute can be reduced. The number of shots will be approximately 83.

In addition, in the power supply device according to the present invention, the total number of pachinko machines that can be driven and controlled by the drive power supply 3 and the time-sharing control circuit 4, which are arranged one for each island of pachinko machines, is of course limited to the number of pachinko machines in this embodiment. It is not limited to 12 machines. That is, since it is possible to apply the output of the ring counter 11 in parallel to more power distribution boards than 12 machines, a single time-sharing control circuit 4 can apply the output of the ring counter 11 to more pachinko machines than the 12 machines in the embodiment ( For example, 24 pachinko machines, 48 machines, etc.) can be controlled in a time-division manner, that is, without synchronizing the ball hitting timings of adjacent pachinko machines. Since the ball hitting timings of multiple pachinko machines do not overlap due to time-sharing control, the power consumption of the drive power source 3 is averaged for the entire island, and power is supplied to the same number of pachinko machines at the same timing. Assuming that,
Its capacity can be made smaller than that required for conventional drive power supplies. Therefore, when driving a large number of ball launchers 2A to 2L, it is not necessarily necessary to increase the capacity of the drive power source 3 as the number increases, so it is not necessary to increase the number of pachinko machines in each island of pachinko machines. can be dealt with economically.

[Effect of idea]

According to the power supply device for a pachinko machine launcher of the present invention configured as described above, since the activation of multiple electromagnetic drive sources is controlled sequentially in a time-sharing manner, it is possible to control the activation of a plurality of electromagnetic drive sources sequentially in a time-sharing manner. The power supply device needs to be of relatively low capacity, and since simultaneous activation of electromagnetic drive sources is eliminated, power consumption in the pachinko machine archipelago is averaged and reduced, and fluctuations in power supply voltage due to simultaneous activation are reduced. is eliminated, and the batting force of the batting ball launcher becomes stable. In addition, the wiring process when adding more pachinko machines by converting the pachinko machine can be done extremely simply by connecting connectors, and since the pachinko machine itself does not require a control circuit, the cost of the pachinko machine can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic back view of a pachinko machine archipelago to which the power supply device for a launcher according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the power supply device for a launcher according to the present invention. be. 1... Pachinko machine archipelago, 2A to 2L... Pachinko machine, 3... Drive power supply, 4... Time division control circuit,
5A to 5L...Switching board, 6A to 6L...Power amplifier, 7A to 7L...Connector, 8A to 8L...
...Battered ball launcher, 9A-9L...Operation switch,
10A to 10L... Solenoid, 11... Ring counter, 12... Pulse oscillator, BUS... Bus bar, RA to RL... Code.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A pachinko machine archipelago is constructed by arranging a plurality of pachinko machines equipped with a ball launcher capable of firing balls by an electromagnetic drive source, and in the pachinko machine archipelago, In addition to providing a drive power supply that supplies power in common and a time-sharing control circuit that generates drive signals in a time-sharing manner, each pachinko machine is provided with a power distribution board that includes a power amplification section and a connection connector, and the above-mentioned drive The power supply and time-sharing control circuit are connected by wiring to the power amplification section of the power distribution board, and the electromagnetic drive source of the ball launcher of each pachinko machine and the power amplification section of the power distribution board are removably connected via the connection connector. The single time-sharing control circuit sequentially drives the electromagnetic drive sources of the ball launchers of multiple pachinko machines in a time-sharing manner, and the power supplied to the electromagnetic drive sources of the ball launchers of each pachinko machine is controlled by the pachinko machine. A power supply device for a launching device of a pachinko machine, characterized in that power is supplied from a power distribution board on the machine archipelago.