JPH04150883A - Pinball machine island stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a load on a ball lifting device and provide a pinball machine island stand hardly failured and simply maintained by providing a storage tank, ball lifting device for lifting stored balls and distributing path for distributing the lifted balls to pinball machines. CONSTITUTION:First and second ball lifting devices 16, 17 driven by the same drive source are constituted such that a lifting belt is trained over the outer periphery of a motor pulley 22 disposed below to lift upward balls supplied from an outflow trough of a storage tank 30. Also, the first and second ball lifting devices 16, 17 are both constructed to have a ball polishing member. Since the second ball lifting device 17 lifts balls only to the proximity of the upper member of the storage tank 30, the circulating speed of the ball polished and lifted by the second ball lifting device 17 is so high that the ball is efficiently polished and processed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a pachinko island machine equipped with a ball return device for returning prize balls won by players.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, prize balls won by players have generally been returned to a ball return device provided at a prize exchange area where the prize balls and prizes are exchanged. In this case, in order to return the returned prize balls to the pachinko island, a large ball tank is installed to temporarily store the returned prize balls, and multiple rows are installed in the ball tank and in the game hall. A reduction device that connects a specific pachinko island among the pachinko islands and transports the balls stored in a ball tank, and a return device that transports the balls returned by the reduction device from the specific pachinko island to other pachinko islands. Therefore, it was necessary to provide an equalizing device to equalize the amount of balls contained in each pachinko island. For this reason, it not only takes time to return the returned prize balls to each pachinko island, but also
There are problems in that it takes time and money to install these devices, the structure of the ceiling etc. of the game hall where these devices are installed becomes complicated, and furthermore, it takes time and effort to maintain and manage these devices.

In order to solve some of these problems, it has been proposed that a ball return device is provided on the pachinko island stand, and the ball tank and return device are omitted, albeit only slightly.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When the ball return device is provided in the pachinko island stand as described above, the amount of balls built into the pachinko island stand increases. However, in the past, all of the large amount of balls were polished and lifted from the bottom of the pachinko island to the top using one ball lifting device and circulated inside the pachinko island. However, there have been problems in that the load on the doffing device increases, the frequency of failures increases, and maintenance becomes complicated.

The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to reduce the burden on the ball lifting device at a pachinko island stand equipped with a ball returning device, and to reduce the number of breakdowns and facilitate maintenance and management. The purpose is to provide a simple pachinko island.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a pachinko island stand equipped with a ball return device for returning prizes acquired by players, the pachinko island stand comprising: A storage tank for storing prizes returned by the ball return device and used balls discharged from the pachinko machines arranged on the pachinko island stand, and balls for transporting the balls stored in the storage tank upward. The ball lifting device includes a lifting device and a distribution path for distributing the balls lifted by the ball lifting device to the pachinko machine, and the ball lifting device transfers the balls flowing out from the storage tank to the upper part of the pachinko island stand. a first ball lifting device that lifts balls up to the top of the storage tank and supplies the balls to the distribution path; and a second ball lifting device that polishes and lifts balls flowing out of the storage tank to the upper part of the storage tank and flows them into the storage tank again. The device is characterized in that it is composed of a doffing device.

[Function] The balls stored in the storage tank are lifted to the top of the pachinko island stand by the first ball lifting device and supplied to the distribution path. The balls stored in the storage tank are also polished and transported to the upper part by the second ball lifting device. However, since the second doffing device only lifts up to the top of the storage tank, '! The circulation speed of the balls being polished and transported by the ball transporting device J2 is fast, and the polishing process is efficiently performed. Therefore, most of the balls lifted to the distribution path by the longer ball lifting device 's1 have been polished by the second ball lifting device, which is shorter in length. fil's ball lifting and feeding device requires only the lifting capacity rather than the ball polishing capacity, so even if a large amount of balls are stored in the storage tank, there is no need to operate it at high rotation speeds like in the past, reducing the burden. This reduces the number of failures.

In addition, in the case where a bead polishing member is also used in the first bead transporting device, the length of the tenth bead transporting device is long and it takes time to replace it, but in the present invention, the first doffing device Since the bead polishing member of the bead transport device is less dirty, the bead polishing member needs to be replaced less frequently, and the bead polishing member of the second dowel transport device, which is short and easy to replace, does not need to be replaced in a complicated manner. Overall, maintenance is easy.

In addition, in the present invention, since the ball return device is provided on the pachinko island, the amount of balls stored on each pachinko island is almost constant without having to pass an equalization device between each pachinko island, For this reason, the returned prizes can be quickly returned to each pachinko island, and there is no need to spend time or money to install equipment to return the acquired prizes, and it is easy to install such equipment. This has the advantage that the ceiling of the game hall is clean and aesthetically pleasing to the players, and there is no need to manage and maintain the equipment.

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

First, with reference to FIG. 1, the batinko island stand 1 according to the embodiment
The configuration of is explained below. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the internal structure of the pachinko island stand 1. FIG. In the figure, on a pachinko island stand 1, a large number of pachinko machines 2 and ball lending machines 8 are arranged in alternating rows in the horizontal direction, and in the center is a ball lifting device 15 that constitutes the main part of this embodiment. has been erected. A distribution path 3 is provided at an angle from the top of the ball lifting device 15 in the left and right direction so that the lifted balls flow downward. Distribution chutes 4 are installed at predetermined intervals so that A supply ball counter 5 is provided at the downstream end of the distribution chute 4 for counting the prize flavor to be replenished to the prize flavor tank provided at the top of the back of the pachinko machine 2. Every time the number reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10), a replenishment signal is sent to a management computer (not shown) installed at the gaming hall.

On the other hand, on the pachinko island stand 1 at a position corresponding to the lower part of each pachinko machine 2, an out ball box 6 is installed to receive and stop out balls discharged from each pachinko machine 2. This out ball box 6 is also provided with an out ball counter 7, and every time the number of balls passing through the out ball counter reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10), a hit ball signal is sent to the management computer. It looks like this. Further, the balls that have passed through the out-ball counter 7 fall directly into a storage tank 30 that occupies almost the entire area of the lower space of the pachinko island stand 1.

Note that the configurations of the doffing device 15 and the storage tank 30 described above will be described in detail later.

Further, on the front side of the pachinko island stand 1, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a ball return device 9 is provided so as to correspond to each pachinko machine 2. This ball return device 9 is 's4
As shown in the enlarged view, it is located below the lower tray 14 of the pachinko machine 2, so that the prizes won by the player can be dropped directly from the lower tray 14 and returned. Therefore, it is possible to move the acquired prize flavor to the lower tray and relieve the player from the inconvenience of carrying a heavy lower tray as in the past. The receiver has a ball input slot 10, a prize ball count display 11 that displays the number of prize balls thrown in from the ball slot 10 and counted, and an operation switch 12 that is operated when starting counting (for example, all returned balls selection of whether to print the number or the number of prizes and remaining balls) and the operation switch 12
A receipt issuing port 13 is provided for issuing a receipt on which the numerical value selected in is printed. Note that, as a matter of course, a printing device is built into the back side of the receipt issuing port 13. In addition, the balls returned to the ball return device 9 are collected into the storage tank 30 via a return passage (not shown). It can be used freely.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the doffing device 15 is composed of a long first doffing device 16 and a short second doffing device 17. . The upper part of the first ball transport device 16 faces the distribution tank 18 provided at the top of the pachinko island stand 1, and the second ball transport device 1
The upper part of the door faces a relay tank 19 provided in the middle of the pachinko island stand 1.

The distribution tank 18 communicates with the distribution path 3 on its left and right sides, and the balls lifted by the first ball lifting device 16 are temporarily stored in the distribution tank 18 and then flow down the distribution path 3.

Further, a reflux vibe 20 connected to a relay tank 19 is connected to the distribution tank 18, and when the balls stored in the distribution tank 18 exceed a predetermined amount, balls overflow from the reflux vibe 20 and are relayed. It is refluxed to tank 19. Further, the height of the distribution tank 18 may be lower than that of the conventional structure. Conventionally, this is because an equalizing device for equalizing the amount of balls between pachinko island stands 1 is performed between adjacent distribution tanks 18, so it is necessary to place the entire distribution tank 18 on the top of the pachinko island stand 1. Because there was. In contrast, in this embodiment, there is no need to provide an equalizer, so the first
As shown in the figure, almost the entire distribution tank 18 can be housed inside the pachinko island stand 1 to lower its height, thereby reducing the length of the first ball transporting device 16 to some extent. From this point of view as well, the doffing speed of the first doffing device 16 is improved, and the burden on the doffing device 16 of 's1 is reduced.

Further, the relay tank 19 is located above the storage tank 30, and a reflux machine 21 extends from below. As shown in FIG. 1, the downstream end of this reflux machine 21 faces onto a downstream plate 33, which will be described later, and which is provided at an angle in the center of the storage tank 30, and returns the balls flowing out from the relay tank 19 to the storage tank 30. I try to do that.

In addition, the doffing device 16 of 341 and the doffing device 17 of 's2 have one motor pulley 22 disposed at the bottom thereof.
A lifting belt is passed around the outer circumference of the container. Therefore, the first doffing device 16 and the second doffing device 1
7 is driven by the same driving source, and the storage tank 30
Balls supplied from an outflow gutter 37, which will be described later, are transported upward. In addition, the first doffing device 16
In the illustrated embodiment, both the ball lifting device 17 and the 20th ball lifting device 17 have a structure including a ball polishing member.

However, since the second doffing device 17 only lifts up to almost the top of the storage tank 30, the second doffing device 17
The circulation speed of the balls being polished and transported is fast, and the polishing process is carried out efficiently. Therefore, most of the balls lifted to the distribution path 3 by the long first ball lifting device 16 are
The ball has been polished by the second ball lifting device I7, which is short in length, and since the ball lifting device 16 of 21 requires only the lifting capacity rather than the ball polishing ability, the storage tank 3
Even if a large number of balls are stored in the machine, there is no need to operate it at high rotation speed as in the past, which reduces the burden and reduces the number of failures.

In addition, in the case where a bead polishing member is also used in the first doffing and feeding device 16, since the length of the doffing and feeding device 1's1 is long, it takes time and effort to replace the bead polishing member.
Since the bead polishing member of the first bead transporting device 16 is less contaminated, the bead polishing member needs to be replaced less frequently. On the other hand, since the bead polishing member of the second bead lifting device 17, which is short and easy to replace, need only be replaced in a complicated manner, maintenance and management as a whole is easy.

That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. As shown in Figure 2, it is mainly used for polishing beads. Thereby, a larger amount of balls can be efficiently circulated inside the pachinko island stand 1 than in the past.

A storage tank 30 that supplies balls to the ball lifting device 15 described above.
The configuration will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9.

As shown in FIG. 1, almost the entire lower space inside the pachinko island stand 1 is provided with a storage tank 30. The storage tank 30 is provided on the pachinko island stand 1 on both sides of the ball transport device 15. Therefore, the amount of balls stored in the two storage tanks 30 built into one pachinko island stand 1 is determined by dividing the total amount of balls used in the gaming parlor by the number of pachinko island stands 1 installed in the gaming parlor. It is the number divided by the number of units, and is usually around 100,000 pieces.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 16, the interior of the storage tank 30 is divided into three sections. That is, a pair of partition walls 31 are erected approximately at the center of the storage tank 30 at a predetermined interval, and the inside of the partition walls 31 is used as a ball supply passage 32 through which balls supplied to the ball transport device 15 pass. , the outside of the partition wall 31 is a storage section 3 in which balls dropped or returned from the out ball box 6, ball return device 9, etc. are stored.
It is considered to be 4. Further, the upper part of the partition wall 31 is closed by a downstream plate 33 that slopes from the doffing device 15 side to the opposite side. Since the end of the reflux machine 21 faces the upstream side of the flow down plate 33 as described above, the balls flowing out from the flow back machine 21 flow over the upper surface of the flow down plate 33 and cover the entire area of the storage portions 34 on both sides. falls over. However, even if it is the entire area of the storage section 34, at the time when it flows out from the reflux machine 21, the momentum of the balls flowing down is strong, so the flow down plate 3
It does not fall much on the upstream side of 3. However, the momentum of the balls flowing down from the middle to the downstream of the falling board 33 also weakens, so many balls fall. In addition, the bottom surface of the storage tank 30 is inclined downward toward the ball transporting device 15 side of both the ball supply passage 32 and the storage section 34.

Incidentally, at the lower end of the partition wall 31, inflow ports 35 are opened alternately on the left and right from upstream to downstream, and the inflow ports 35 are provided with guide chutes 36 as shown in FIG. The guiding chute 36 includes an inclined piece 36 a that is erected to guide the balls flowing down the bottom surface of the storage section 34 toward the inflow port 35 , and an inclined piece 36 a that extends rearward from the upper end of the inclined piece 36 a. It is composed of a protection plate 36b that maintains a distance between the bottom surface and the ball diameter or more. Therefore, the protection plate 36b is connected to the inlet 35 as shown in FIGS. 348 and 9.
The sloped piece 3
6a to smoothly guide the balls in the storage section 34 to the ball supply passage 32.

As shown in FIG. 5, the downstream end of the ball supply passage 32 communicates with an outflow gutter 37 that guides the balls to the ball transport device 15. Therefore, the balls flowing down the ball supply passage 32 are The doffing device 15 includes a doffing device 16 and a second doffing device 17. Since the ball inlet of the ball lifting device 15 faces toward one of the storage tanks 30, a detour gutter 38 is extended from the ball supply passage 32 of the other storage tank 30 of the pachinko island stand 1. A downstream end of the detour gutter 38 is connected to the ball supply passage 32 or storage section 34 of one storage tank 30. As a result, all the balls stored in the two storage tanks 30 built into the pachinko island stand 1 are transferred to the ball transport device 1.
5 and circulates inside the pachinko island stand 1.

In the storage tank 30 configured as described above, a ball supply passage 32 for supplying balls to the doff transporting device 15 is formed in the center thereof, so that the balls to be stored are smoothly transferred to the doff transporting device 15. At the same time, the movement of the balls from the storage section 34 to the ball supply passage 32 is carried out through the inflow ports 35 formed in large numbers from upstream to downstream, so the balls can be stored at any position in the storage tank 30. The balls that have been played also reliably flow into the ball supply passage 32, are polished by the ball lifting device 15, and are constantly circulated inside the pachinko island stand 1. In other words, there are almost no balls that remain in one place in the storage tank 30 for a long period of time, so there is no disadvantage that the stored balls would rust due to moisture. In addition, storage tank 30
has a structure in which it directly receives the used balls ejected from the pachinko machine 2, which has the advantage of omitting the effort and expense of constructing an out-ball collection path that slopes toward the ball lifting device 15 as in the past. There is.

The embodiments have been described above. In the above embodiment, the li doffing device 16 and the second doffing device 17 are driven by the same drive source, but they can be driven by different drive sources. A device that is driven may also be used. Also, although a device that uses a lifting belt as the bead transporting device is shown, it may be a bead transporting device that mixes and transports the granular bead polishing material and balls. . Furthermore, although the ball return device 9 is shown to correspond to each pachinko machine 2, it is not necessarily necessary to correspond to each pachinko machine 2, and in short, the ball return device 9 that has been won by a player is returned to the corresponding pachinko machine. It is sufficient if the ball return device is installed in a position that allows balls to be returned.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, in the present invention, since the polishing device 's2 only lifts up to the top of the storage tank, the polishing is not carried out by the second polishing device. Because the polishing process is carried out efficiently due to the high circulation speed of the balls, most of the balls that are transported to the distribution path by the long first ball lifting device are transferred to the second ball, which is shorter in length. The balls have been polished by the lifting device, and Wll's ball lifting device requires only the lifting ability rather than the ball polishing ability.
Even if a large amount of balls are stored in the storage tank, there is no need to run it at high rotation speeds like in the past, which reduces the burden and reduces the chance of breakdowns.

Further, in the case where a bead polishing member is also used in the first doffing device, the length of the first doffing device is long, so it takes time and effort to replace it. Because the bead polishing member of the bead transport device is less dirty, the bead polishing member does not need to be replaced as often, and the bead polishing member of the tiJ2 bead transport device, which is short and easy to replace, does not have to be replaced in a tedious manner. Overall, maintenance is easy.

In addition, in the present invention, since the ball return device is provided on the pachinko island, the amount of balls stored on each pachinko island is almost constant without having to pass an equalization device between each pachinko island, For this reason, the returned prize balls can be quickly returned to each pachinko island stand, and there is no need for time or expense to install equipment to return the won prize balls, and the equipment can be easily installed. This has the advantage that the ceiling of the game hall is clean and aesthetically pleasing to the players, and there is no need to manage and maintain the equipment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the internal structure of the pachinko island stand according to the embodiment, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are for explaining the functions of the second ball transport device and the first ball transport device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the structure of the pachinko island stand of the ball transport device portion, Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the storage tank and the ball transport device, and Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the pachinko island stand. The figure is a plan view of the storage tank, FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged plan view of the storage tank, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of the storage tank.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A--A in FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B--B in FIG. 1 ・ 2 ・ 3 ・ 9 ・ Pachinko island stand Pachinko machine distribution route ball return device・ball lifting device・first ball lifting device・second ball lifting device・storage tank

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A pachinko island stand equipped with a ball return device for returning prize balls won by a player, wherein the pachinko island stand is arranged in line with the prize balls returned by the ball return device and the pachinko island stand. A storage tank that stores used balls discharged from pachinko machines, a ball lifting device that lifts the balls stored in the storage tank upward, and a ball lifting device that lifts the balls lifted by the ball lifting device. a distribution path that distributes the balls to the pachinko machine, and the ball lifting device transports the balls flowing out from the storage tank to the upper part of the pachinko island stand and supplies the balls to the distribution path. A pachinko island stand comprising a lifting device and a second ball lifting device that polishes and lifts the balls flowing out of the storage tank to the upper part of the storage tank and flows them into the storage tank again. .