JPH0715582Y2 - Bingo game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bingo game machine in which balls in a container are randomly taken out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, bingo games have been played as prize games in department stores, supermarkets, restaurant industries, store associations and the like. In a generally known bingo game, a large number of balls of various colors and numbers (for example, 1 to 75) are placed in a container, and these balls are randomly picked from the container one by one. , The color of these balls,
The number (or combination) is used to determine the grade (or game).

Conventionally, there is known a bingo game machine in which a large number of balls are conveyed in an air stream in a pipe to automate the progress of the game (see Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-17510). This game machine is provided with a vertical motion unit for performing a vertical motion with respect to the ball and a horizontal motion unit for performing a horizontal motion, and the vertical motion unit has a container for holding the ball movably and an air flow. Equipped with an ejector and a ball catching and removing unit, the ball blown up by the air flow in the container is caught by the unit, the ball is passed to the horizontal operation unit, and the ball is again conveyed and collected in the container of the vertical operation unit. It is like this.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, the ball can be conveyed by the air flow in the game machine to automate the progress of the game, but the structure is very complicated and the ball is not taken out. Therefore, when it is used as a premium game, there is a problem that the fun does not rise.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object thereof is to provide a bingo game machine which is simple in structure, can double the enjoyment, and can be obtained at low cost. There is.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, according to the present invention, balls with numbers or the like or balls of various colors are randomly taken out in a transparent container while being stirred by an air flow, and the grade is determined by the symbols of the balls or a combination thereof. A bingo game machine, in which the transparent container is provided on a base containing a blower, and air introduced from below the container is discharged from an upper opening, and the container is inserted into the container from above via a support body. The ball take-out pipe is arranged so that it can move up and down.

The present invention is characterized in that a detector for a ball which is taken out through the pipe is provided. Further, the present invention is characterized in that strip-shaped ball diverting plates are vertically arranged on the inner wall of the transparent container to enable stirring of the balls. Further, the present invention is characterized in that a substantially hopper-shaped air discharge guide is arranged above the transparent container.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when the blower is started, a large number of balls in the transparent container are lifted by the rising air flow and agitated by the ball deflecting plate, and one of these balls becomes the ball take-out pipe. It flows in from the lower end together with air, is blown out from the upper end of the pipe, and is taken out randomly. At this time, the ball passing through the pipe is detected by the detector, the operation of the blower is stopped by one or a plurality of ball detection signals, and a desired number of balls are taken out.

Most of the air that has risen in the transparent container is discharged from the upper opening, but the ball does not jump out of the upper opening and is not clogged. And
By restarting the operation of the blower again, balls are randomly taken out one by one as described above. In this way, when the number of balls in the transparent container decreases, the ball take-out pipe can be slid upward and the lower end opening position of the pipe can be raised to facilitate the take-out of the balls.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawing, 1 is a bingo game machine, base 2 and
The blower 3 installed in the base 2, the cylindrical transparent container 4 detachably mounted on the base 2, the ball ejection pipe 5, the pipe support 6, the air discharge guide 7 and the ball It is mainly composed of a deflection plate 8 and the like.

The base 2 has a bottomed box shape, an air inlet (not shown) and a free wheel 9 are provided on the lower surface, a container fitting opening 11 is provided at the center of the lid plate 10, and a lid is provided. A container support member 12 is fixed to the lower surface of the plate 10 on the outer peripheral side of the opening 11, and an operation start switch button 13 of the blower 3 is attached to the upper surface of the cover plate 10. The blower 3 includes a motor 3A that can be freely started and stopped by a switch button 13, and the motor 3A.
It is composed of a fan blade 3B attached to the output shaft of 3A, and a blower duct 3C continuously surrounding the fan blade 3B and connected to the support member 12.

On the inner surface of the lower portion of the transparent container 4, the ball diverting plate 8 made of a strip-shaped transparent plate is fixed obliquely to the centripetal direction and vertically as shown in FIG. A reticulated body 14 is removably attached to the lower end of the container 4, and the reticulated body 14 is removed so that the balls B can be taken in and out. Then, the container 4 is fixed only by fitting the lower end thereof into the opening 11.

The ball extraction pipe 5 includes a main pipe 5A made of aluminum alloy, a transparent inlet pipe 5B made of acrylic resin connected to the lower end of the main pipe 5A, and an acrylic resin connected to the upper end of the main pipe 5A. Made of transparent intermediate tube 5C and curved outlet tube 5D. The main pipe 5A is provided with a light-transmitting long hole 15 and a rotation-preventing long hole 16 over substantially the entire length thereof, and a plurality of positioning locking recesses 17 are provided at symmetrical positions on the outer peripheral surface, each with a gap in the longitudinal direction. And each recess as shown in FIG.
Grooves 18 are provided between 17.

The inner surface of the main pipe 5A is coated with black, and the main sensor is used as an optical sensor for the ball detector 19.
The function of the sensor is ensured by preventing the light reflected by the inner surface of 5A from entering. The reason why the aluminum alloy main pipe 5A is used in the middle of the ball take-out pipe 5 is in consideration of workability, and the whole can be integrally formed by a transparent pipe.

As shown in FIG. 2, the pipe support 6 includes a lower ring 20, an upper ring 21, and upper and lower rings 2.
It is composed of six rods 22 that connect the Nos. 0 and 21 so that the distance between them can be adjusted, a distance adjusting nut 23, a fixing nut 24, and a holding disk 25. The lower ring 20 has an annular groove 26 for fitting a transparent container on the lower surface and rod screwing screw holes 27 at six positions on the upper surface at equal angular intervals, and the annular groove 26 has an upper end portion of the transparent container 4. It is fitted and fixed detachably with screws 28,
The lower end screw portion 22A of the rod 22 is screwed into the screw hole 27.

The upper ring 21 is provided with a ball guide fitting stepped portion 29 at the upper end thereof, and stepped rod mounting holes 30 and holding disk mounting screw holes 35 are provided at six positions of the stepped portion 29 at equal angular intervals. The upper end screw portion 22B of the rod 22 is inserted into the mounting hole 30, and the fixing nut 24 is screwed to the upper end of the screw portion 22B. A gap adjusting nut 23 with a skirt 23A is screwed to the upper threaded portion 22B of the rod 22 so as to contact the lower surface of the upper ring 21.

When the space between the upper and lower rings 20, 21 is adjusted, the fixing nut 24 is loosened and the space adjusting nut 23 is rotated to move the upper ring 21 up and down with respect to the lower ring 20. It does not stick out of the upper opening 31 (ie between the rings 20 and 21) and can be bitten in to prevent jamming. In addition, the holding disc 25 has the pipe at the center.
5 is provided with an insertion hole 25A, and an upper end is provided with a mounting flange portion 32, which can be fitted inside the upper end portion of the air discharge guide 7 fitted to the step portion 29 of the upper ring 21, and can be fitted to the flange portion 32. Is 4
A mounting hole 33 is provided at a position and is fixed to a screw hole 35 of the upper ring 21 by a fixing screw 34.

An O-ring 36 is fitted in the pipe insertion hole 25A of the holding disc 25, and the detector 19 and the pipe detent piece 37 are located at opposite positions on the lower surface of the holding disc 25. Further, the pipe locking balls 38 are fixed to the elongated holes 15 and 16 in correspondence with each other, and the pipe locking balls 38 are attached to the left and right symmetrical positions by the screws 42 via the holding cylinder 39, the biasing spring 40 and the mounting bracket 41. The locking ball 38 is adapted to be fitted and engaged with the locking recess 17 of the ball take-out pipe 4.

Then, the pipe locking balls 38 are biased inward by the biasing springs 40, respectively, so that the locking recesses 17 are formed.
The pipe 5 can be moved up and down by hand.
The pipe 5 is designed to smoothly slide up and down by using the groove 18 as a guide against the biasing force of the pipe 40.

The air discharge guide 7 has a hopper shape, has a mounting flange 7A on the upper portion, and a lower end small diameter portion 7B serves as a holding and sliding guide portion for the ball take-out pipe 5, and an intermediate taper portion. The air is guided and discharged by 7C in the radial direction, and the ball B does not stick out between the upper inner peripheral edge of the lower ring 20 (that is, the upper opening 31) and is not clogged. By rotating the distance adjusting nut 23, the distance between the tapered portion 7C and the lower ring 20 can be adjusted.

A mounting hole 43 is provided in the collar portion 7A of the air discharge guide 7, and the guide 7 is fixed to the upper ring 21 together with the holding disk 25 by the fixing screw 34. The ball detector 19 is a ball take-out pipe 5
A signal is emitted every time the ball B passing through the inside is detected, and the operation of the blower 3 is stopped by the detection signal. Further, by operating the switch button 13, the operation of the blower 3 can be started and stopped.

The ball B is a plastic hollow body (for example, a ping-pong ball) that can be floated by an ascending air current from the blower 3, and is given various colors and 75 balls are numbered from 1 to 75. Is entered, and the inner diameter of the ball take-out pipe 5 is naturally set to a size that allows the balls to pass through with a margin. In the above embodiment, the 75 balls B housed in the transparent container 4 are reticulated bodies.
It is supported by 14, and when the operation of the blower 3 is started by the pushing operation of the switch button 13, the air flow generated by the blower 3 rises inside the transparent container 4 passing through the net body 14 below it, The ball B is floated by the air flow, its movement is changed by the ball deflecting plate 8, and the ball B is agitated by hitting the taper portion 7C of the air discharge guide 7. When the number of balls is large, the lower end of the pipe 5 is lowered.

In this way, one of the floating balls B is randomly piped from the lower end of the ball ejection pipe 5 together with the air flow rising through said pipe 5.
After passing through the inside, it is blown out from the opening of the outlet pipe 5D and taken out. At this time, the detector 19 detects the ball B passing through the pipe 5, and the detection signal stops the operation of the blower 3. Then, in order to take out the ball B again, the switch button 13 may be pressed.

In the above embodiment, the blower 3 is stopped by
When the detector 19 detects a predetermined plural number, the plural number can be taken out. When the number of balls in the transparent container 4 decreases, pull up the ball ejection pipe 5 by hand,
The floating ball B facilitates fitting from the inlet pipe 5B of the pipe 5. In addition, the rising operation of the pipe 5 is performed by the ball detector.
The 19 ball detection signals can be counted and automatically performed by the driving means every time a predetermined number of balls are picked up.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but for example, a plurality of ball take-out pipes can be provided and the design can be changed appropriately.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, balls with numbers or the like or balls of various colors are randomly taken out in a transparent container while being agitated by an air flow, and the balls are numbered. Or a bingo game machine whose grade is determined by a combination thereof, etc., wherein the transparent container is provided on a base containing a blower, and air introduced from below the container is discharged from an upper opening, Since the ball take-out pipe is arranged so that it can move up and down from the upper side through the support, the structure is simple and the handling is easy, and the ball can be taken out to blow it out. The pipe can be moved up and down in accordance with the number of balls in the transparent container to easily take out the balls, which doubles the fun of the game and can be obtained at low cost.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a detector for a ball taken out through the pipe is provided, so that every time one or more balls are taken out,
Control such as stop of the blower can be performed. Further, the present invention is characterized in that a strip-shaped ball diverting plate is vertically arranged on the inner wall of the transparent container to enable stirring of the balls, so that the movement of the balls in the container is changed. It is possible to prevent the deviation of the numbers of the balls and to satisfy the fairness.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a substantially hopper-shaped air discharge guide is disposed above the transparent container, so that the rising air flow in the transparent container is smoothly guided in the radial direction, It is possible to improve the floating state of the balls inside and also the stirring state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a ball extraction pipe.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 bingo game machine 2 base 3 blower 4 transparent container 5 ball ejection pipe 6 support 7 air discharge guide 8 ball deflection plate 19 ball detector 31 upper opening B ball

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bingo in which balls with numbers or the like or balls of various colors are randomly taken out in a transparent container while being stirred by an air flow, and the grade is determined by the symbols of the balls or a combination thereof. A game machine, in which the transparent container is provided on a base containing a blower, air introduced from below the container is discharged from an upper opening, and a ball is inserted into the container from the upper side through a support body. A bingo game machine in which a take-out pipe is arranged so as to be vertically movable. 2. The bingo game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a detector for detecting a ball which is taken out through the pipe. 3. The bingo game machine according to claim 1, wherein strip-shaped ball diverting plates are vertically arranged on the inner wall of the transparent container to enable stirring of the balls. 4. The bingo game machine according to claim 1, wherein a substantially hopper-shaped air discharge guide is provided above the transparent container.