JPH0810437A - Butt treating apparatus for cigarette for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a butt treating apparatus which facilitates maintenance for a game machine such as pachinko machine. CONSTITUTION:Holes for ash trays are arranged for each of game machines on a common counter 2 of the game machines and bored ash trays 3 are set in the holes for ash trays. A case 4 with a gutter shaped cover 5 mounted openable or closable is mounted at a lower part of the counter 2 and a screw 9 to be rotated with a motor is fitted in the case 4 while a butt recovery case is attached to the end part of the case 4 to recover butts being conveyed with the screw 9. In this manner, butts dropping from the ash trays placed each at the game machines are conveyed with the screw to the butt recovery case in the cover to be recovered while being extinguished completely. In maintenance, the screw is exposed simply by opening the cover forward thereby accomplishing inspection and cleaning simply.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating cigarette butts on an ashtray in a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko parlor, a plurality of game machines are arranged side by side on a so-called island, and an ashtray is provided for each game machine. This ashtray is small due to the installation space, and since the cigarette butts are likely to accumulate, the clerk regularly cleans it, but it takes time and the customers who are playing have to interrupt the play. I often had trouble with.

In order to solve such a problem, various automatic butts processing devices have been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Fairness 3-8
In Japanese Patent No. 236, there is described a butts processing device in which a belt conveyor is installed in the counter of a pachinko machine along the longitudinal direction of the island, and an ashtray having a hole communicating with the belt conveyor is installed in each counter of the pachinko machine. There is.

Further, a method has also been proposed in which an endless chain is provided in the counter, a short bar is provided at right angles to the moving direction, and the chain is run to move the butts to the end.

[0005]

However, since the belt conveyor type and endless chain type butts processing apparatus described above has an integral structure with the case that covers the outer circumference of the belt and the chain, the ball reducing machine in the center of the island In the event of a failure or a belt or chain failure, the butts processing device must be disassembled, which requires time and a large number of personnel for disassembly and restoration.

[0006] Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an apparatus for treating butts with a structure that facilitates maintenance.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a cigarette butt processing device for a game machine according to the present invention is provided with an ashtray hole for each play table in a common counter of the game machine. An ashtray with a hole is installed, a case in which a gutter-shaped cover is openably attached is attached to the lower part of the counter, a screw that is driven to rotate by a motor is provided in the case, and the end of the case is A butt collection case is provided for collecting the butt conveyed by the screw.

[0008]

In the cigarette butt treatment device for a game machine constructed as described above, when the screw is driven during the opening of the hall, the cigarette butt discarded in the ashtray drops from the bottom of the ashtray. Even if the cigarette butt is on fire, it will be extinguished while being conveyed by the rotation of the screw in the case. A butt collection case is provided at the end of the screw, and the butt falls into the water tank installed there to completely extinguish the fire.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a plan view of the ashtray, and FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of FIG.
In these figures, an ashtray 3 is installed on the counter 2 of each pachinko machine 1, and the ashtray 3 is provided with a hole 3a at the center of the bottom and the periphery thereof. By making the diameter of the hole 3a relatively large, the butts fall down and the ashtray 3 does not collect. A metal case 4 having a hole at the position of the ashtray 3 is attached to the lower surface of the counter 2, and as shown in an enlarged view of FIG. A gutter-shaped cover 5 is attached so as to be openable and closable, and is normally fixed to the case 4 from the front with screws in a closed state. The cover 5 has a length up to the reduction machine 13 at the center of the island or a length divided into several parts.

A motor 7 is installed at the end of the case 4 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, and a shaft 8 is connected via a gear head 7a and a coupling 7b. A screw 9 is provided on the shaft 8. Also,
The shaft 8 is supported by support fittings 10 installed at predetermined intervals so as not to bend in the longitudinal direction of the case 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, a butt collection case 11 is provided at the end of the case 4 in the direction opposite to the motor 7, and a water tank 12 is installed below the butt collection case 11.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When the motor 7 is rotated, the screw 9 is rotated and the butts dropped from the ashtray 3 into the cover 5 are conveyed along the cover 5 to the butts collection case 11 side. The conveyed butts fall into the water tank 12 in the butter collection case 11 to completely extinguish the fire. Water is stored in the lower half of the water tank 12.

At the time of maintenance, since the screw 9 is exposed by opening the cover 5, foreign matter can be easily removed or cleaned.

The length of the screw in the middle part is adjusted to the width of the pachinko machine and unitized into one and two units,
The ends of the screws are connected to each other by a joint shaft that is rotatably supported by the support fitting 10, so that the units can be combined according to the number of pachinko machines. In this case, the screw in the portion supported by the support fitting 10 is discontinued, but when the butts come from behind, the butts are pushed out forward, so that the butts do not collect at the discontinuous portions of the screw.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the butt dropped from the ashtray provided for each play table is conveyed by the screw to the butt collection case in the cover, and is completely recovered there as well. Extinguished. During maintenance, the screws are exposed simply by opening the cover forward, so inspection and cleaning can be performed easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an ashtray.

3 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a screw portion.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a motor unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine, 2 counter, 3 ashtray, 3a
Holes, 4 cases, 5 covers, 6 hinges, 7 motors, 7a gear heads, 7b couplings, 8 shafts, 9 screws, 10 support fittings, 11 butts collection case, 12 water tank, 13 reducing machine

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A case in which an ashtray hole is provided for each play table on a common counter of a game machine, an ashtray with a hole is installed in the ashtray hole, and a gutter-like cover is attached to the lower part of the counter so as to be openable and closable. A cigarette for a game machine, characterized in that a screw driven to rotate by a motor is provided in the case, and a butt collecting case for collecting butt carried by the screw is provided at an end of the case. Butts processing equipment.