JPH03247381A - Dust collector for use in pinball game house - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a dust collector by which an effective cleaning is possible irrespective of whether a pinball game house is on or after business, and the installation of which does not interfere that of other devices by forming an opening at the lower end part of a plurality of pinball island stands, exposing the opening to a first transfer means, and arranging a second transfer means in success to the first transfer means. CONSTITUTION:Dust and the like on a floor in a pinball game house is swept with a sweeping tool such as a sweeper toward the lower end part of pinball island stands 2, and discharged into a collecting passage 13 through an opening 17 opened inward by pushing an opening and closing plate 16. The dust discharged into the collecting passage 13 is transferred on an auxiliary collecting belt 12 and then changes onto a main collecting belt 14. The dust on the belt 14 is transferred by the belt 14 into a collecting case 15 arranged outside of the pinball game house 1. As manual work is limited to the sweeping of dust toward the opening 17, floor cleaning can be done easily by a small number of persons irrespective of whether the pinball game house is on or after business.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a garbage collection device disposed in a pachinko game parlor in which a plurality of pachinko islands are provided with a large number of pachinko machines arranged in rows.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a garbage collection device installed in a pachinko game hall, for example, in order to collect cigarette butts smoked by players, a belt conveyor for collecting cigarette butts is installed horizontally inside a pachinko island stand. It was known that the machines were installed and collected in a collection box provided at the end of the pachinko island.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, this garbage collection device needs to be installed inside the pachinko island, but there are many other devices (for example, a coin collection device, etc.) inside the pachinko island. Since it has a built-in device, there is a problem in installing it, and it can only collect cigarette butts smoked by players, and cannot efficiently collect garbage etc. on the floor of the game hall. For this reason, in the past, large pieces of trash on the floor had to be cleaned by store staff carrying garbage collectors during business hours, which caused discomfort to players. There was a problem in that cleaning work, including small pieces of trash, required a lot of manual labor.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to enable efficient cleaning work even during business hours or after business hours, and to also allow cleaning work to be done efficiently even during business hours or after business hours. To provide a garbage collection device in a pachinko game hall that does not cause any negative impact.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a garbage collection device according to the present invention is installed under the floor of each of a plurality of pachinko island stands along the longitudinal direction of the pachinko island stands, and is conveyed. a first conveying means for moving objects to be transported in one direction; and a first conveying means for moving objects in one direction; It consists of a second conveyance means for moving and a collection case provided at the end of the second conveyance means in the conveyance direction, and a lower end of each of the plurality of pachinko island stands faces the first conveyance means. It is characterized by having an opening formed therein.

[Function] A first conveying means is installed under the floor of the plurality of pachinko island stands, and an opening is formed at the lower end of the plurality of pachinko island stands, and the opening is connected to the first conveyor. Since it faces the conveying means, by dropping the garbage and the like that have fallen on the floor into the interior through the opening, the garbage is conveyed in one direction by the first conveying means. The garbage and the like transported by the first transport means are transported in one direction by the second transport means provided continuously thereto, and are all collected in the collection case. As described above, the garbage collection device according to the present invention only needs to sweep the garbage etc. that has fallen on the floor toward the opening formed at the bottom of the pachinko island, so it can be used even during business hours or after business hours. Cleaning work can be done easily and with a small number of people afterwards. Incidentally, the cigarette butts accumulated in the ashtray provided in the pachinko machine will also be automatically collected if they are collected by hand and thrown away towards the opening. Further, since the first conveyance means and the second conveyance means constituting the recovery device are installed under the floor, they do not interfere with the installation of the pachinko island or other devices provided in the pachinko game parlor.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the overall configuration of a pachinko game parlor 1 in which a garbage collection device according to an embodiment is used will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the inside of a pachinko game parlor, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the inside of the pachinko game parlor. In the pachinko game parlor 1, a plurality (four rows in the illustrated case) of pachinko island stands 2 are installed in parallel, and prize exchange stations 3 are installed in the corners. The prize exchange base 3 is a place where players can exchange won prize balls for prizes, and is provided with display shelves for displaying a large number of prizes. In addition, the prize balls exchanged at the prize exchange base 3 are stored in the return ball tank 4 and then sent to the pachinko island stand 2 via the return gutter 5.
is refluxed to.

By the way, as is well known, in the pachinko island stand 2, a large number of pachinko machines 8 and intermission ball lending machines 9 are installed almost alternately on the front and back sides, and inside thereof, prize balls are supplied to the pachinko machines 8. A supply gutter (not shown), a collection gutter 10 (see Figure 5) that collects the balls used in the pachinko machine 8, and a lifting device (not shown) that lifts the balls collected in the collection gutter 10 to the upper part. ), wiring and power lines (not shown) that connect each pachinko machine 8 and the central control computer, supply pipes (not shown) that supply balls to the inter-machine ball lending machine 9, and inter-machine ball lending machines. A coin recovery device (
(not shown) etc. are built-in. Therefore, the interior of the pachinko island stand 2 is crowded with various devices, wiring, and the like.

Further, an upper tank 6 for storing the balls lifted by the lifting device is installed at the upper center of the pachinko island stand 2, and a ball equalizing device 7 is inserted between the upper tanks 6 of the adjacent pachinko island stands 2. It has been passed. The ball equalizing device 7 evenly distributes the balls returned from the return ball tank 4 to the plurality of pachinko island stands 2, and acts so that the number of man-hours retained in each pachinko island stand 2 is equalized. It is something.

The configuration of the pachinko game parlor 1 described above is conventionally known, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. A garbage collection device is provided which includes an auxiliary collection belt 12, a main collection belt 14 as a second conveyance means, and a collection case 15. An auxiliary recovery belt 12 serving as a first conveying means is provided corresponding to each pachinko island stand 2, and as shown in FIG. It is housed and installed within a recovery passage 13 formed along the direction. The main recovery belt 14, which serves as a second conveying means, is laid so as to rotate in one direction within this recovery passage 13, and facing the end of the rotation direction. Note that the recovery passageway 13 and the internal space of the pachinko island stand 2 are partitioned by a bottom plate 11 extending inside the lower part of the pachinko island stand 2.

The main collection belt 14 is laid in the length direction of the rotational end portion of the plurality of auxiliary collection belts 12 provided corresponding to each of the plurality of pachinko island stands 2, and
It is provided so as to overlap the terminal end of the auxiliary collection belt 12 in the vertical direction.

Further, although not shown, the main collection belt 14 is also housed and installed in a collection passageway formed deeper than the collection passageway 13 under the floor of the pachinko game hall l, like the auxiliary collection belt 12. Furthermore, the main collection belt 14 also rotates in one direction, and its rotation end reaches the outside of the pachinko game parlor 1. At the end of rotation of the main collection belt 14,
A collection case 15 is installed.

On the other hand, in the pachinko island stand 2,
As shown in the figure, a rectangular opening 17 is provided at the lower end of the waist plate 18 that constitutes the lower side plate of the pachinko island stand 2.
An opening/closing plate 16 for opening and closing the opening 17 is provided so as to be opened and closed inward by having its upper end pivotally supported by a hinge. The opening 17 communicates the floor surface of the pachinko game parlor 1 with the collection passage 13, and therefore, by sweeping dirt and the like that have fallen on the floor into the opening 17, they can fall into the collection passage 13. can be done.

To explain the operation of the garbage collection device for pachinko game parlors having the above-mentioned configuration, when garbage, etc. has fallen on the floor of the pachinko game parlor 1, the lower end of the pachinko island stand 2 is removed using a cleaning tool such as a paddle. Sweep in the direction and open/close plate 16
is pushed to open inward and discharged from the opening 17 into the collection passage 13.

Garbage etc. released into the collection path 13 are collected by the auxiliary collection belt 1.
2 and transferred to the main collection belt 14. The main collection belt 1
4 and stored in a collection case 15 arranged outside the pachinko game hall 1. In this way, in the garbage collection device according to the present embodiment, the task is only to sweep the garbage etc. that has fallen on the floor toward the opening 17 formed at the bottom of the pachinko island stand 2, so it can be used even during business hours. Alternatively, cleaning work can be easily carried out by a small number of people even after business hours. Incidentally, if the cigarette butts accumulated in the ashtray provided in the pachinko machine 8 are collected by hand and thrown away toward the opening 17, they will be automatically collected. Also, an auxiliary collection belt 12 as a first conveyance means and a main collection belt 14 as a second conveyance means constituting the garbage collection device.
Since it is laid under the floor of the pachinko game parlor 1, it will not interfere with the installation of the pachinko island stand 2 or other devices provided in the pachinko game parlor 1.

In the above embodiments, a belt conveyor is used as the first conveyance means and the second conveyance means, but in this case, it is preferable to use a nonflammable belt as the belt conveyor. Furthermore, instead of the belt conveyor, for example, a rotary conveyance device formed in a spiral shape may be used.Also, in addition to the above-mentioned conveyance means, the collection passage 13 in which the conveyance means is housed has the same direction as the conveyance direction. A blower or a suction device may be provided to generate a directional air flow. This configuration has the advantage that not only large particles but also fine particles can be collected more efficiently. Furthermore, since the first conveyance means and the second conveyance means may break down when used for a long period of time, an inspection port for inspecting them may be provided on the floor of the pachinko island stand 2 or the pachinko game hall 10. It is desirable to form.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, the garbage collection device according to the present invention is capable of simply sweeping garbage, etc. that has fallen on the floor toward the opening formed at the bottom of the pachinko island stand. The cleaning work can be easily done by a small number of people during business hours or after business hours, and the cigarette butts accumulated in the ashtray installed in the pachinko machine can be collected by hand and thrown away towards the opening. In addition, since the first conveyance means and the second conveyance means constituting the recovery device are laid under the floor, they can be collected automatically by the pachinko island stand or other devices installed in the pachinko game parlor. It will not interfere with installation.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the inside of a pachinko game parlor, Fig. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the inside of the pachinko parlor, and Fig. 3 shows the relationship between the pachinko island stand and the first conveyance means. A perspective view, FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing the relationship between the opening formed at the lower end of the pachinko island stand and the first conveyance means, and FIG.
It is a sectional view showing the relationship between a pachinko island stand and a first conveyance means. 1 ◆ 2 ・ 8 ・ 2 4 Pachinko game hall Pachinko island stand Pachinko machine/auxiliary collection belt (first conveyance means) ・Main collection belt (second conveyance means) ・Collection case/opening

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A garbage collection device disposed in a pachinko game hall in which a plurality of pachinko islands are provided with a large number of pachinko machines arranged in rows, the garbage collection device comprising the following steps: a first conveying means laid along the longitudinal direction of the pachinko island stand under the floor of the pachinko island and for moving objects to be conveyed in one direction; The plurality of pachinko island stands are comprised of a second conveyance means for moving the object conveyed by the first conveyance means in one direction, and a collection case provided at the end of the second conveyance means in the conveyance direction. A garbage collection device for a pachinko game parlor, characterized in that an opening facing the first conveying means is formed at the lower end of each of the garbage collection devices.