JPH0355087A - Ball body discharging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change easily the setting of a ball body discharging quantity, and improve a ball body discharging speed by forming a ball inducing section to release ball bodies from either side of the ball body engaging sections of a second ball body feeding member and a first ball body feeding member. CONSTITUTION:At the lower end section of the other side wall 16 of a ball body case 1, a ball body inducing section 17 is formed to be bent to release pin balls P from either side of the ball body engaging section 12 of a rotary body 5 and the ball body engaging section 10 of a rotary body 4, when the pin balls P are engaged with either side of the ball body engaging section 10 of the rotary body 4 and the ball body engaging section 12 of the rotary body 5, and the lower end 17a of the ball body inducing section 17 is positioned at the side section of a rotary shaft 8. One of the pin balls P in a first ball passage 2 is discharged from the ball body inducing section 17 by the rotary body 4 and after that, the pin balls P in a second ball body engaging section 12 along with the rotation of the rotary body 5 and at the same time, one of the balls P is discharged from the ball body inducing section 17, and from the interiors of the first ball passage 2 and the second ball passage 3, the two pin balls P in total are discharged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention particularly relates to a sphere ejecting device suitable for ejecting balls such as pachinko balls.

Conventional technology Conventionally, the setting and changing of the number of prize balls in pachinko machines has been described, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 54-54742 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 58-32.
As described in Publication No. 786, etc., this has been done by replacing the prize ball case or the ball stopper piece that sets the number of prize balls to be ejected within the prize ball case.

In addition, when a ball fired toward the game section of the game board surrounded by the guide rail enters the winning slot, the prize ball payout device is activated to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls to the player. A pachinko machine in which the number of prize balls dispensed by a prize ball dispensing device can be increased or decreased is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-44512,
It is restricted.

However, with this machine, when the player operates a selection device placed on the front of the pachinko machine, the number of prize balls paid out decreases when it is easy to enter the winning slot, and the number of prize balls paid out when it is difficult to enter the winning slot. Either one of the two, which increases the number of balls, is selected, and the number of prize balls put out by the prize ball putting out device is made to differ between two discontinuous values in accordance with the selection operation of the selection device.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention An object of the present invention is to rotate a first spherical sending member and a second spherical sending member in the same direction at an angle corresponding to the number of steps of the stepping motor by driving a step motor. , engages the sphere with either one of the sphere engaging portions of the first sphere sending member and the second sphere sending member, and engages the sphere with the sphere engaging portion of the second sphere sending member and the first sphere sending member. The sphere is released from one of the other, and the sphere in the first sphere passage and the second sphere passage of the sphere case is lipped from the sphere guide part as the first sphere sending member and the second sphere sending member rotate. The balls in the first ball path and the second ball path are smoothly and quickly sent out by the first ball sending member and the second ball sending member. The dispensing operation of the sphere in the ball passage of No. 2 can be performed in a stable state at all times, and the
A step motor is used to rotate the sphere delivery member and the second sphere delivery member, and the number of balls to be delivered can be easily set.
To provide a sphere discharging device in which the setting of the number of spheres to be dispensed can be easily changed and the speed of dispensing the spheres can be improved.

Means for Solving the Problems The sphere ejecting device of the present invention has a first sphere passage and a second sphere passage arranged in two rows inside a sphere case, respectively.
A second sphere sending member is provided in the first ball path, and a second ball sending member is provided in the second ball path coaxially with the first ball sending member, and the second ball sending member is provided in the second ball path. A step motor is connected to the mountain sending member and the second spherical sending member, and one of the sphere engaging portions of the first spherical sending member and the second spherical sending member is connected to an end of the spherical case. A sphere guiding portion is formed so as to release the sphere from the other of the sphere engaging portions of the second sphere sending member and the first sphere sending member when the sphere engages with the sphere. It has a configuration that

The first tubes are formed in two rows inside the action sphere case.
A ball passageway and a second ball passageway store the spheres in an aligned manner.

Also, a first sphere sending member provided in the first ball passage and a second sphere sending member provided coaxially with the first sphere sending member in the second ball passage.
When the step motor connected to the spherical sending member is driven, the first spherical sending member and the second spherical sending member rotate in the same direction at an angle corresponding to the number of steps of the step motor, and a shape is formed at the end of the spherical case. The sphere guiding portion engages the sphere with either one of the sphere engaging portions of the first sphere sending member and the second sphere sending member, and the second sphere sending member and the first sphere sending member Release the sphere from one of the other sphere engaging parts, and release the spheres in the second sphere passage and the second sphere passage of the sphere case as the first sphere sending member and the second sphere sending member rotate. The spheres are alternately discharged one by one from the sphere guiding section, and the number of spheres to be dispensed is set by a step motor.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

In Figure 1, 1 is a spherical case, and spherical case 1
A {th ball passage 2 and a second ball passage 3 are formed in two rows in the vertical direction, respectively, and at the bottom of the first ball passage 2, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. A body 5 is rotatably provided, and a partition wall 6 is formed between the first ball passage 2 and the second ball passage 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, a step motor 7 is connected to the rotating body 4 and the rotating body 5, and the rotating body 4 and the rotating body 5 are each fixed to a rotating shaft 8 of the stepping motor 7, and the stepping motor 7 has a spherical shape. It is fixed to a base plate 9 on the side of the case 1.

A plurality of sphere engaging portions 10 are formed on the outer peripheral edge of the rotary body 4 to engage the pachinko balls P, which are spheres in the first ball passage 2 of the sphere case ↓, and the sphere engaging portions of the rotary body 4 Protrusions 11 are formed at a constant pitch between the balls 10, and a plurality of ball engaging portions are formed on the outer peripheral edge of the rotating body 5 to engage the pachinko balls P in the second ball passage 3 of the ball case l. 12 are formed respectively, and protrusions 13 are formed between the spherical engaging portions 12 of the rotating body 5 at the same pitch as the protrusions 11 of the rotating body 4, and the protrusions 1l of the rotating body 4 and the rotating body 5 The rotating body 4 and the rotating body 5 have the same shape.

Notches 15, 15 are formed on both sides of the partition wall 6 at the lower end of one side wall 4 of the spherical case 1, and a part of the rotating body 4 is inserted into the ↑th ball passage 2 using the notches 15. A part of the rotating body 5 is projected into the first ball passage 3 using the notch 15.

At the lower end of the other side wall {6 of the spherical case 1 is a rotating body 4
When the pachinko ball P engages with either the sphere engaging part 10 of the rotating body 5 or the sphere engaging part 12 of the rotating body 5, the sphere engaging part 12 of the rotating body 5 and the sphere engaging part 10 of the rotating body 4 The ball guide unit 17 is configured to release the pachinko ball P from either one of the other parts.
The lower end 17a of the spherical guide portion 17 is located on the side of the rotating shaft 8.

The step motor 7 is connected to the rotating body 4 or the protrusion 1 of the rotating body 5.
When rotating by one step corresponding to half pitch of 1,13,
The rotating body 4 of the first ball passage 2 and the rotating body 5 of the second ball passage 3 of the sphere case 1 simultaneously rotate by an angle corresponding to the half pitch, and the pachinko ball P in the ↓-th ball passage 2 rotates at the same time. Rotating body 4
As the pachinko ball P rotates, only one ball P is ejected from the ball guide part 17 while engaging the ball engaging part 10, and the pachinko ball P in the second ball passage 3 engages with the ball engaging part 12 of the rotating body 5. It is in a standby state for the sphere to be ejected.

Further, when the step motor 7 is rotated by two steps corresponding to one pitch of the protrusions 11 and 13 of the rotating body 4 or the rotating body 5, the pachinko balls P in the first ball path 2 are moved by the rotating body 4 to the ball guiding portion 17. After only one pachinko ball P is ejected from the second ball path 3, { pachinko balls P in the second ball path 3 are ejected from the ball guiding part 17 while engaging with the ball engaging part 12 as the rotating body 5 rotates, and A total of two pachinko balls P are discharged from the first ball path 2 and the second ball path 3.

That is, by repeating the ball discharging operation by the rotary body 4 and the rotary body 5, l pachinko balls P in the first ball passage 2 and l pachinko balls P in the second ball passage 3 are alternately discharged. If the step motor 7 is rotated 8 steps, a total of 8 pachinko balls P are ejected from the first ball path 2 and the second ball path 3 according to the number of steps of the step motor 7. , by rotating the step motor 7 by 13 steps, a total of 13 pachinko balls P corresponding to the number of steps of the step motor 7 are ejected from the first ball path 2 and the second ball path 3.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of the circuit of the winning device of the pachinko machine, and one winning hole A detection switch 18 and one winning hole B detection switch output various signals of levels corresponding to the open/closed states of these switches. It is connected to the input port of the human output circuit 20 through the device detection section that does not
The output port 0 is connected to a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 21 as a control means.

The CPU 21 is connected to the input/output circuit 22 via a data path, an address bus, and a control bus.
The output port of the input/output circuit 22 is connected to the step motor 7, and the output port of the input/output circuit 22 is connected to the CPU 21.
A control output corresponding to a signal etc. from the winning device is outputted, and the portion surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 5 constitutes the control section 23 of the winning device.

Figure 6 shows winning hole A or winning hole OB during pachinko play.
This is a flowchart of a control program executed by the CPU 21 when Na or Nb prize balls are ejected when a winning ball is won.

First, in step 101, it is determined whether there is a winning ball in the winning hole A, and in step 1. If 01 indicates that there are winning balls in the winning OA, the process moves to step 102 and sets the number of prize balls to be paid out to Na, and then moves to step 103 to determine whether the number of prize balls to be paid out is zero or not. Determine whether or not.

In step 101, there is a winning ball in the winning hole A.
At this time, the process moves to step 104, and it is determined whether or not there is a winning ball in the winning hole ■3, and when it is YES in step 104 that there is a winning ball in the winning hole B, the process moves to step 105, and the prize ball is paid out. The number of balls is set to Nb, and then the process moves to step 103, and when it is determined in step 104 that there are winning balls in winning hole B, step 103
to move to.

In step 103, if the number of prize balls to be paid out is zero, then No.
At this time, the process goes to step 106, where the number of prize balls to be paid out is subtracted by one, and then, the process goes to step 107, where the step motor 7 is driven by one prize ball to be paid out, and then the process loops to step 103. When the number of prize balls to be paid out is YES in step 103, the payout of prize balls ends.

FIG. 7 shows a timing chart of the driving waveform of the step motor 7. When a winning ball enters the winning hole A or the winning hole B, the winning hole A detection switch 18 or the winning hole B detection switch 19 turns ONL, and the step motor 7 is activated. The ball is driven until the prize balls are paid out as many as Na or Nb balls.

Figure 8 shows the step motor 7 in the case of bipolar excitation method.
The step motor 7 is driven until the number of prize balls equal to the number of balls are paid out, and the direction of the excitation current of the A phase of the step motor 7 alternates, and the direction of the B phase of the step motor 7 is changed. The direction of the excitation current also alternates,
The step motor 7 is rotated for each prize ball to be paid out, and the prize balls corresponding to the number of balls to be paid out are paid out by driving the step motor 7.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which a rotating body 25 is provided at the bottom of the first spherical passage 2 formed inside the spherical case 1, as shown in FIG. With,
At the bottom of the second ball passage 3, as shown in FIG. 11, a rotating body 26 is rotatably provided coaxially with the rotating body 25. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 12, the rotary body 25 and the rotary body 26 are connected to a step motor 7, and the rotary body 25 and the rotary body 26 are respectively fixed to the rotating shaft 8 of the step motor 7.

The first spherical passage 2 of the spherical case 1 is located on the outer peripheral edge of the rotating body 25.
A plurality of spherical engaging portions 27 are respectively formed to engage the pachinko balls P within the rotating body 25, and protrusions 28 are formed at a constant pitch between the spherical engaging portions 27 of the rotating body 25.
A plurality of spherical engaging portions 29 are formed on the outer peripheral edge of 6 to engage the pachinko balls P in the second ball passage 3 of the spherical case 1, and between the spherical engaging portions 29 of the rotating body 26, Rotating body 2
The protrusions 30 are formed at the same pitch as the protrusions 28 of 5, and the protrusions 28 of the rotating body 25 and the protrusions 30 of the rotating body 26 are arranged at the same position, are assumed to have the same shape.

A part of the rotating body 25 is protruded into the first ball passage 2 using the notch 15 formed in one side wall 14 of the spherical case, and a part of the rotating body 26 is protruded into the first ball passage 2 using the notch l5. It projects into the first ball passage 3.

A rotating body 25 is provided at the lower end of the other side wall 16 of the spherical case 1.
When the pachinko ball P engages with either the sphere engaging portion 27 of the rotating body 26 or the sphere engaging portion 29 of the rotating body 26, the rotating body 26
The sphere guiding part 31 is bent to release the pachinko ball P from the other of the sphere engaging part 29 of the rotating body 25 and the sphere engaging part 27 of the rotating body 25, and The lower end 31a on the passage 2 side is located on the side of the rotating shaft 8, and the lower end 31a on the second sphere passage 3 side of the sphere guiding portion 3↓1. b is positioned so as to extend downward from the lower end 31a on the side of the second ball passage 2.

When the step motor 7 is rotated in steps corresponding to a half pitch of the protrusions 28 and 30 of the rotating body 25 or the rotating body 26, the rotation of the rotating body 25 of the first ball passage 2 and the second ball passage 3 of the spherical case 1 is The rotating body 26 simultaneously rotates by an angle corresponding to its half pitch, and the pachinko balls P in the first ball path 2 engage with the sphere engaging portion 27 while the rotating body 25 rotates, and the ball guiding portion Only one pachinko ball P is ejected from the ball 31, and the pachinko ball P in the second ball path 3 is engaged with the ball engaging portion 29 of the rotating body 26 and is in a standby state for ball ejection.

In addition, the step motor 7 can be connected to the rotating body 25 or the rotating body 2.
When the protrusions 28 and 30 of 6 rotate by two steps corresponding to one pitch, the pachinko ball P in the first ball path 2 moves to the rotating body 2.
After only one sphere is ejected from the sphere guiding section 31 by 5,
Only one pachinko ball P in the second ball path 3 is ejected from the ball guiding part 31 while engaging with the ball engaging part 29 as the rotating body 26 rotates, and the ball P in the second ball path 3 is ejected from the ball guiding part 31. Ball passage 3
A total of two pachinko balls P are ejected from inside.

Since the operation of this embodiment is exactly the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the explanation will be omitted.

Note that the drive waveform of the step motor varies depending on the excitation method, excitation mode, step angle, etc.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the sphere ejecting device of the present invention,
By driving the step motor, the first spherical sending member and the second spherical sending member rotate in the same direction at an angle corresponding to the number of steps of the step motor, and the first spherical sending member and the second spherical sending member Since the sphere is engaged with one of the sphere engaging parts of the sending-out member, and the sphere is released from the other of the sphere-engaging parts of the second sphere sending-out member and the first sphere sending-out member, the sphere case The spheres in the first sphere passage and the second sphere passage can be alternately discharged one by one from the sphere guiding part as the first sphere sending member and the second sphere sending member rotate, and The balls in the first ball path and the second ball path are smoothly and quickly sent out by the first ball sending member and the second ball sending member, and the balls in the first ball path and the second ball path are sent out smoothly and quickly. The dispensing operation can always be performed in a stable state, and since a step motor is used to rotate the first sphere dispensing member and the second sphere dispensing member, the number of spheres to be dispensed can be easily set. The setting of the number of spheres to be dispensed can be easily changed, and the speed of dispensing spheres can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a cutaway front view of the main part of the spherical ejection device according to the embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the main part of the spherical case of Fig. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the state of connection between the rotating body and step motor in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the circuit of the pachinko machine, and FIG. is a flowchart of the control program executed by the pachinko machine; FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing the drive waveform of the step motor; FIG. 8 is a timing chart showing the drive waveform of the step motor in the case of the bibolar excitation method; 9 is a cutaway front view of the main part of a sphere discharge device according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a side sectional view of the main part of the spherical case of FIG. 9, and FIG. FIG. 12 is a side sectional view of the main part of the case at a different position; FIG. 12 is a front view showing a state in which the rotating body of FIG. 9 and the step motor are connected; 1... Spherical case, 2... First ball passage, 3...
Second ball passage, 4...Rotating body, 5... Rotating body, 6...
... Bulkhead, 7... Step motor, 8... Rotating shaft,
9... Base plate, ↓0... Spherical engagement part, 11
... protrusion, 12... sphere engaging part, 13... protrusion,
14... Side wall, 15... Notch, 16... Side wall,
17... Spherical guiding part, 17a... Lower end, 18...
Winning hole A detection switch, 19... Winning hole B detection switch, 2o... Input/output circuit, 21... Central processing unit,
22... Human output circuit, 23... Control section, 25...
Rotating body, 26... Rotating body, 27... Spherical engagement part, 2
8... Protrusion, 29... Sphere engaging portion, 30... Protrusion, 31... Sphere guiding portion, 31a... Lower end, 3lb.
...Bottom end, P... Pachinko ball. No. 5 Curse No. 7 B No. 8 Infutsu Yamashi prize ball number

Claims (1)

[Claims] A first ball passage and a second ball passage are arranged in two rows inside the spherical case.
a first sphere delivery member is provided in the first ball passage, and a second ball delivery member is provided in the second ball passage coaxially with the first ball delivery member. A step motor is connected to the first spherical sending member and the second spherical sending member, and a spherical engagement member of the first spherical sending member and the second spherical sending member is connected to an end of the spherical case. A sphere guiding portion is formed so that when the sphere engages with either one of the joining portions, the sphere is released from the other of the sphere engaging portions of the second sphere sending member and the first sphere sending member. A spherical ejection device characterized by: