JPH05300964A - Aligning trough for pinball - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the aligning trough by which a bridge phenomenon is prevented and pinballs can be discharged in good order by one stage and one line from a discharge port, and also, to make it unnecessary to discharge the pinballs. CONSTITUTION:In the aligning trough for pinballs formed by opening a discharge port 28 opened downward at the end of an inclined main flow passage 21 for aligning the pinballs in one line, an oscillating body 25 for abutting on the pinballs is provided in the upper part of the main flow passage of this side of the discharge port 28 so as to obstruct a movement of the pinballs in the upper layer on a second stage or above among the pinballs which are superposed and flown into the main flow passage 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alignment gutter of a pachinko ball used for supplying a pachinko ball to a pachinko machine on a pachinko island. More specifically, the pachinko ball is smooth without causing a so-called bridge phenomenon inside. Alignment gutter of pachinko balls to be supplied to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an alignment gutter for pachinko balls, the one described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-166884 is known. This is made by opening a discharge port that opens downward at the end of the inclined main channel, and lowers the channel wall of the main channel immediately before the discharge port to form an alignment channel, and lowers this alignment channel. This is a ball outlet that overflows the road wall part, and by discharging the upper layer of the pachinko balls that flowed in overlappingly from this outlet, the phenomenon that multiple pachinko balls are clogged with one another (bridge phenomenon) is prevented. Then, the pachinko balls are ejected from the ejection port in an orderly manner in one row and one line.

[0003]

Therefore, according to this conventional alignment gutter, another gutter (guide gutter) for receiving and circulating the pachinko balls discharged from the outlet during alignment is provided.
However, there is a disadvantage that the device becomes large and expensive, and the utilization efficiency of pachinko balls deteriorates.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. An alignment gutter capable of preventing the bridging phenomenon and discharging pachinko balls from the discharge port in an orderly manner and in one row. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide an alignment gutter for pachinko balls that does not need to be discharged.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to: 1. Discharge port (28) at the end of an inclined main channel (21) for aligning pachinko balls in a row. In an alignment gutter for pachinko balls, the second stage or more of the pachinko balls that have flowed into the main flow channel (21) in an overlapping manner above the main flow channel (21) in front of the discharge port (28). An alignment gutter for pachinko balls, which is provided with a rocking body (25) that abuts against the pachinko balls so as to prevent the pachinko balls in the upper layer from moving.

2. The rocking body (25) is rotatably attached to the pachinko ball with its outer periphery being a cylindrical surface and eccentric to a horizontal shaft (26) arranged above the alignment rail. An aligned gutter for pachinko balls according to Item 1.

3. A weight (27) is attached to the oscillating body (25) at a position eccentric to the horizontal axis (26) so that the center of gravity is significantly deviated on this side. It exists in an array gutter of pachinko balls.

[0008]

[Operation] The inserted pachinko balls are aligned in a line in the main flow path. However, if the pachinko balls are multi-tiered, the pachinko balls in the upper layers of the second and higher stages will reach the end of the main flow path. It contacts the rocking body and is prevented from moving. However, at this time, even if the progress is blocked, the upper layer of the pachinko balls can move slightly due to the rocking of the rocking body, so that the movement of the lower layer (first stage) of the pachinko balls cannot be prevented. Instead, the pachinko balls are smoothly sent one by one to the end (discharge port) of the main flow path.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is used for supplying a pachinko ball to the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machines 10 are arranged in series, a pachinko ball supply gutter 11 is provided above the pachinko machine 10, and an inclined recovery path 12 is provided below the recovery path 12. Supply tank 1
3 is provided with a lift 14 to form a pachinko ball circulation path, and a supply gutter 11 and a ball tank 15 of each pachinko machine 10 are connected by an alignment gutter 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the alignment gutter 20 is constructed around a main flow path 21. The main flow path 21 is formed in a groove shape by both road walls 21a and a bottom surface 21b, and a dust removal hole 21c is formed in a corner portion between the road wall 21a and the bottom surface 21b. At the start end of the main flow passage 21, a ball collecting piece 23 inclined toward the main flow passage 21 extends from one road wall 21a.

The main flow path 21 is inclined from the starting end to the end, and above the front end of the terminal portion, among the pachinko balls that have flowed into the main flow path 21 in an overlapping manner, the pachinko balls in the upper layer of the second stage and above An oscillating body 25 that oscillates at a contact position is provided. The oscillating body 25 has a cylindrical surface on its outer periphery that comes into contact with a pachinko ball, and has a horizontal shaft 26 mounted inside both road walls 21a.
Is eccentrically mounted so as to be rotatable, and a weight 27 is mounted at a position eccentric to the horizontal shaft 26 so that the center of gravity is significantly biased on this side.

A discharge port 28 is opened downward at the end of the main flow path 21, that is, the end of the alignment flow path. Outlet 2
8 is provided with a guide plate 28a to limit and guide the pachinko balls from four directions, and is formed in a cylindrical shape. The mounting flange portion 28b is formed with a plurality of notches. The tip of the supply pipe 29 extends to the ball tank 15 of the pachinko machine 10.

Next, the operation will be described. The pachinko balls that have flowed from the replenishment tank 13 to the replenishment gutter 11 flow into the starting end of the alignment gutter 20 of each pachinko machine 10. The inflowing pachinko balls directly enter the main flow passage 21 or once drop on the ball collecting piece 23 and then flow into the main flow passage 21. At that time, if there is a pachinko ball that jumps over the main flow path 21, it hits the flow path wall 21a and bounces back into the main flow path 21.

The pachinko balls flow from the start end of the main flow path 21 toward the end according to the inclination, and usually flow in a stable flow of one step and one line, then pass through the inlet of the discharge port 28 in one line, and then are discharged. A shutter and a counting mechanism (reference numeral 30 in FIG. 3) flow from the outlet 28 into the supply pipe 29.
(Indicated by)) and the ball tank 15 of the pachinko machine 10 is replenished.

However, if the flow of pachinko balls is good, the pachinko balls will flow in a pile up to the main flow path 21 depending on the surface condition of the balls. However, at this time, the balls on the upper stage of the two-staged balls come into contact with the rocking body 25 as shown in FIG. Moreover, even if the progress is blocked, the upper layer of the pachinko balls can move slightly due to the swing of the rocking body 25, so that the movement of the lower layer (the first stage of the pachinko balls) is not hindered, and The pachinko balls are smoothly discharged one by one from the discharge port 28. At this time, the provision of the weight 27 has an effect of reliably blocking the upper layer of pachinko balls by the rocking body 25.

As described above, according to the alignment gutter 20, the bridge phenomenon can be prevented by the simple structure of the oscillating body 25, and the pachinko balls can be ejected from the ejection port 28 in an orderly manner in one row. For this reason, the conventional recirculation gutter is not necessary, and the conventional part for providing the ball drop opening is not necessary, so that both the width and the length of the entire alignment gutter can be reduced.

The alignment flow path 20 can be used not only for replenishing the pachinko machine 10 but also anywhere in the pachinko ball flow path, and the shape of the rocking body can be changed according to convenience or need. The oscillating body may be provided at different positions or a plurality of oscillating bodies may be provided.

[0018]

According to the pachinko ball aligning gutter according to the present invention, the bridge phenomenon can be prevented by the simple structure of the rocking body, and the pachinko balls can be ejected from the ejection port in an orderly and one row. For this reason, the conventional gutter for circulation is not required, and the ball aligning portion on the pachinko island can be downsized and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an alignment gutter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an alignment gutter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a pachinko island in one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 ... Main flow path 25 ... Oscillator 28 ... Discharge port

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hideyuki Kadomatsu 263-5 Iizumi, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An alignment gutter for pachinko balls in which a discharge port is opened at the end of an inclined main flow path for aligning the pachinko balls in a row, wherein the main flow path is located above the main flow path in front of the discharge port. An alignment gutter for pachinko balls, which is provided with a rocking body that abuts against the pachinko balls in the upper layers of the second and higher layers among the pachinko balls that have flowed into the inside of the pachinko balls. 2. The oscillating body is rotatably attached to an eccentric eccentric to a horizontal shaft disposed above the aligning rail, with an outer periphery of the oscillating body contacting the pachinko balls as a cylindrical surface. An alignment gutter of the pachinko balls described. 3. An alignment gutter for a pachinko ball according to claim 2, wherein a weight is attached to the oscillating body at a position eccentric to the horizontal axis so as to remarkably deviate the center of gravity on this side.