JPH08117433A - Game ball carrier device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To send out a game ball reserved in a housing chamber to an ejection port placed at a high position. CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with a cabinet 1 formed freely movably with casters 61, 62 and whose inside is formed as the housing chamber 11 of the game ball, a throw-in port 12 through which the game ball can be thrown in the housing chamber 11, the ejection port 13 placed at a position higher than the bottom plane 11a of the housing chamber 11 and which elects the game ball in the housing chamber 11, and a frictional belt 41 which lifts and supplies the game ball in the housing chamber 11 to the election port 13. When a motor 43 is started up by an operation command switch, the frictional belt 41 is rotated, and the game ball is held between a belt face moving upward and the internal wall face 15a of a cover part 15, and it can be rolled and carried to an upper election port 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer device for transferring game balls such as pachinko balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Moving to a position near a pachinko machine to collect the output balls, the number of output balls is counted at the time of collection, and a voucher at a prize exchange is printed and issued to a game player. A game ball transfer device having a counting function has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-33677). In this system, a pachinko ball storage chamber is provided in a movable housing, and the number of passing pachinko balls is detected and counted by a proximity switch or the like when the pachinko balls are loaded and collected in the storage chamber.

The collected pachinko balls are moved to the vicinity of the collection port provided on each pachinko island, and then the discharge port of the housing provided at the same height as the bottom of the storage chamber is opened to move the transportation device to the storage chamber. Then, it is discharged to the recovery port and returned to each pachinko machine again by the ball supply passage in the pachinko island.

[0004]

By the way, the recovery port provided on the pachinko island may be at a relatively high position due to structural restrictions and the like, and the discharge port is provided at the same height as the bottom surface of the storage chamber. The above-mentioned conventional device has a problem that it cannot be discharged to the recovery port.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game ball transporting device which can always satisfactorily discharge the game balls stored in the storage chamber.

[0006]

In the first configuration of the present invention, a casing 1 that is movable and has a storage space 11 for playing balls therein, and a loading slot 12 for loading the playing balls into the storage chamber 11 are provided. When,
An outlet 13 provided at a position higher than the bottom surface 11a of the storage chamber 11 for discharging game balls in the storage chamber 11, and the storage chamber 1
It is provided with an ascending supply means 4 for ascending and supplying the game ball in 1 to the discharge port 13 and an operation command means 51 for issuing an operation command to the ascending supply means 4.

In the second configuration of the present invention, the counting means 2 for counting the above-mentioned play balls thrown into the storage chamber 11.
And a display means 3 for displaying the count value of the count means 2.

The third structure of the present invention further comprises a printing means 8 for coding and printing out various data including the count value by the counting means 2.

In the fourth structure of the present invention, the ascending / supplying means 4 has the friction belt 41 which moves from the lower side to the upper side. The belt surface of the friction belt 41 and the inner wall surface 15a of the housing 1 constitute the friction belt 41. The game ball is sandwiched between the game balls and is rolled and conveyed upward.

[0010]

In the first construction described above, the play ball in the storage chamber 11 is ascended and supplied to the discharge port 13 provided at a position higher than the bottom surface 11a of the storage chamber 11 by the ascending supply means 4, so that the recovery port is Even at a position higher than the bottom surface 11a of the storage chamber 11, the game ball can be dropped and discharged through the discharge port 13 to the recovery port.

In the second structure, the number of game balls thrown into the storage chamber 11 can be immediately known.

In the third structure, data such as the number of play balls thrown into the storage chamber 11 is printed and output, which is convenient for storing and storing the data. Also, since the data is coded and output, it is forged. Hard to be done.

In the fourth structure, the friction belt 4
The ascending supply means 4 is realized with a simple configuration using 1.

[0014]

【Example】

[Structure of Playing Ball Conveying Device] FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a device for conveying a pachinko ball, which is a playing ball, and FIG. 2 is an overall front view thereof.
FIG. 3 is an overall plan view thereof. In the figure, the transfer device has a rectangular casing 1, and the casing 1 is movable by casters 61, 62 provided on the left, right, front and rear of the bottom wall. The upper end portion 16 of the housing 1 is divided and joined to the housing 1 main body by a hinge 161 (FIG. 2) provided on one side edge of the housing 1,
Remove the patch lock 162 provided on the other side edge to remove the handle 16
It is possible to rotate and open upward by 3 (FIG. 1).

The front half of the upper end portion 16 (the left half of FIGS. 1 and 3) has a central slot formed by panel plates 164 and 165 (FIG. 1) in which the inside surrounded by peripheral walls is gradually inclined downward from the front and rear walls. It is guided to 12 to serve as a tray, and the input port 12 is elongated and opens in a constant width in the width direction of the apparatus (vertical direction in FIG. 3). The latter half of the upper end portion 16 (right half in FIGS. 1 and 3) has a mountain shape in a side view, and the left and right half portions in the width direction are hinged up by hinges 166 and 167, respectively, so that the front portion or the rear portion is above the opposite direction. It can be opened and rotated (to the chain line in FIG. 1).

In the left half of the latter half of the upper end 16 of the casing,
A plurality of printed circuit boards 71 on which each circuit of the control unit to be described later is formed are housed, and in the vicinity of these printed circuit boards 71, at a position visible from the transparent window 168 (FIG. 3) on the rear slope of the left half portion, Power switch 52, D for converting the number of prizes
IP (Dual Inline Package) switch 53, operation command switch 5 for the ascending feeder described later
1 and the like are provided. And these switches 51-
As described above, 53 can be operated from the outside by rotating and opening the entire rear part upward. The front slope of the left half portion is a display panel 3 for the number of balls to be described later (FIG. 2).

The printer 8 is housed in the right half of the latter half of the upper end 16 of the housing, and the printed paper is output from the horizontally long opening 81 (FIG. 3) provided on the front slope. The paper has a store number,
Necessary data such as the serial number, number of coins, number of prizes, date, etc. are printed by a bar code or the like. As described above, the paper of the printer 8 is replaced by rotating and opening the entire front part upward.

The inside of the housing 1 is partitioned from the outer wall panel by a partition wall panel to form a pachinko ball storage chamber 11. A guide member 17 is provided at an upper position in the storage chamber 11 so as to project rearward and downward from the front partition wall panel. As shown in FIG. 7, a large number of round bars 171 are arranged at equal intervals in the device width direction. The space between the round bars 171 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the pachinko balls, and the insertion port 1
The pachinko balls that have fallen from 2 are sequentially rolled and guided rearward in the gap between the adjacent round bars 171. And the guide member 1
After passing through a well-known count sensor 2 having a proximity switch and the like installed laterally at the rear end of the guide member 7, the guide member 17 falls from the rear end thereof.

The bottom surface 11a of the storage chamber 11 is forward (see FIG. 1).
The cover plate 18 extending in the width direction of the apparatus is provided at the front end thereof, and continues to the introduction path 44 of the ascending supply device 4 via the cover plate 18. The lid plate 1
Immediately above 8 is a baffle plate 19 protruding from the partition panel into the space of the storage chamber 11 so that the load of the pachinko balls stacked and stored in the storage chamber 11 is not applied to the pachinko balls flowing out to the introduction path 44. In this way, a smooth outflow is guaranteed.

The bottom surface 11a of the storage chamber 11 is bent downwardly of the cover plate 18 in a stepped manner to form a discharge path 111,
The discharge path 111 communicates with a discharge port 14 (FIG. 2) provided at the lower end of the front surface of the housing 1. This outlet 14 is the door plate 1
It is closed by 41 (FIG. 2), and this door plate 141 can be opened and rotated to the front by removing the patch locks 142 on the left and right of the upper end. Then, when the door plate 141 is opened with the lid plate 18 removed, the pachinko balls in the storage chamber 11 drop into the discharge path 111 along the inclination of the bottom surface 11a, and the casing 1 is discharged from the discharge port 14. It is discharged to the outside.

The height of the introduction path 44 is such that the storage chamber 11
It is set so that only the lowermost layer of the pachinko balls laminated inside is passed, and the pachinko balls flow from the storage chamber 11 through the lid plate 18 into the introduction path 44 that is largely inclined forward and downward. An outer peripheral surface of a large-diameter drive pulley 42 is exposed from above at a front end portion of the introduction path 44, and one end of a wide rubber belt 41 that exerts a frictional force is suspended on the drive pulley 42. The rubber belt 41 extends upward in the cover portion 15 projecting from the front surface of the housing 1, and the back surface is in contact with the guide rollers 411 (FIG. 2) that are vertically provided at regular intervals and is introduced between the cover portion inner wall surface 15a. A supply path 45 (FIG. 1) which is continuous with the path 44 and extends upward is formed.
A urethane rubber plate (not shown) is provided on the inner wall surface 15a of the cover portion facing the supply passage 45 to apply frictional force.
Are joined together.

A driven pulley 46 is provided at the upper end position in the cover portion 15, and the other end of the rubber belt 41 is suspended on the driven pulley 46 and turned downward. Driven pulley 46
The cover portion 15 is projected and opened forward at a position facing to the discharge port 13 to form a discharge port 13. The discharge port 13 has a bottom wall inclined forward, and the top wall obstructs the driven pulley 46. A plate 131 is provided. A tension pulley 412 whose vertical position can be changed and set abuts midway on the rubber belt 41 which turns downward and faces the drive pulley 42, and the tension thereof is adjusted.

One end of the toothed belt 47 is suspended on the small-diameter toothed portion 421 at the center of the drive pulley 42, and the other end is suspended on the pulley 431 provided on the output shaft of the AC motor 43 located on the upper rear side. ing. Toothed belt 47
On the way, a tension pulley 471 whose position can be changed in the direction orthogonal to this is abutted, and the tension is adjusted.

At the upper end of the rear surface of the casing 1, a handle 20 made of a pipe material is formed into a substantially U-shape in a plan view (FIG. 3).
Between the left and right legs of the handle 20, a similar operation lever 21 having a substantially U shape is provided. Both ends of the operation lever 21 are rotatably connected to a bracket 201 (FIG. 1) of a leg portion of the handle 20 and can be pulled up and rotated in the arrow direction of FIG. One end of the wire 22 is coupled to the end projection 211 of the operation lever 21, and the other end of the wire 22 passes through the outer wall panel of the housing 1 from inside the hollow handle 20 and is provided near the front caster 61. It reaches the member 63.

The brake member 63 is substantially L-shaped,
The intermediate position is pivotally supported by the bottom wall of the housing 1, and the protruding tip end faces the outer peripheral portion of the caster 61 made of a urethane material. A spring member 64 is provided between the rear surface of the front end of the brake member 63 and the bottom wall of the housing 1, and biases the front end of the brake member 63 so as to be separated from the outer circumference of the caster 61. The other end of the wire 22 is connected to the base end of the brake member 63, and when the operation lever 21 is rotated, the tip of the brake member 63 is caster 61.
This is positioned by press-contacting the outer peripheral surface of. The operation lever 21 can be fixed at a pulling-up rotation position by a lock mechanism (not shown).

A recess is formed in the rear panel of the housing 1, and the battery, DC-D, which constitutes the power source unit 9 is formed in the recess.
A C converter, a battery charger, etc. are stored.

The details of the display panel 3 are shown in FIG. A power supply indicator lamp 31 and a full load indicator lamp 32 are provided at the upper and lower positions of the left end of the panel, and 7-segment LEDs 33 and 34 are provided at the upper and lower positions of the central portion. Is displayed. A settlement switch 35 is provided above the right end, and when this switch is pressed, the display of the number of coins dispensed and the number of prizes is reset, and the displayed values of both are printed out from the printer 8. Further, when the total number of pachinko balls inserted into the storage chamber 11 which has been separately added exceeds a predetermined value (for example, 2000 pieces), the full load indicator lamp 32 is displayed.
Lights up.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the control unit formed on each printed circuit board 71. As is known from the figure, a CPU module for performing arithmetic processing is provided, which is a CPU,
It is composed of a ROM, a RAM, an expansion I / O, a built-in calendar clock, and the like. The operation panel control circuit controls the input / output of the switch 35, the indicator lamp 32, the LEDs 33, 34, etc. on the operation panel 3, and outputs the above-mentioned prize number conversion DIP switch 53, etc. provided near the printed circuit board 71. Also receive.

The printer 8 is connected to the printer control circuit to input / output data, and the output of the count sensor 2 is input to the count sensor detection circuit and counted.
The power supply control circuit is connected to the power supply unit 9 to control charging / discharging of the battery.

[Operation of Play Ball Transfer Device] In the play ball transfer device having the above structure, the casing 1 is moved to the vicinity of the target pachinko machine, and the operation lever 21 of the handle 20 is pulled up to position the caster 61. Power switch 5
After throwing in 2, put out the ball of the pachinko machine concerned at the upper end 1 of the housing.
Add to the saucer of 6. The pachinko balls flow on the inclined panel plates 164 and 165 to the insertion port 12, and then drop onto the guide member 17. The pachinko balls that roll down between the round bars 171 of the guide member 17 pass through the count sensor 2 and fall into the storage chamber 11 to be accumulated.

The number of pachinko balls passing through the count sensor 2 is counted, and the number of payout balls and the number of prizes converted from the number are displayed on the display panel 3. When the settlement switch 35 is pressed after all the payouts have been thrown in, the display of the number of payouts and the number of prizes is reset, and at the same time, the printer 8 outputs the paper on which the number of payouts and the like is printed by the bar code. To be done. In order to avoid counterfeiting, this bar code is printed in a random order such as a store number, a unit number, the number of coins, and the number of prizes.

When the pachinko balls in the storage chamber 11 are full, a recovery port (not shown) provided on a pachinko island or the like
The housing 1 is moved to the vicinity of. When the recovery port is at a lower position, if the lid plate 18 is removed in advance, the pachinko balls in the storage chamber 11 reach behind the door plate 141 of the lower discharge port 14. Therefore, when the door plate 141 is opened (chain line in FIG. 1), the pachinko balls in the storage chamber 11 are inclined to the bottom surface 11a.
It rolls up and is discharged as it is to the recovery port through the discharge port 14.

On the other hand, if the cover plate 18 is installed at the predetermined position shown in the figure when the recovery port is located at a high position, the pachinko balls in the storage chamber 11 enter the introduction path 44 through the cover plate 18. To do. Therefore, when a power supply cord (not shown) is connected to an outlet provided near the recovery port and the operation command switch 51 (FIG. 3) in the upper end 16 of the housing is pressed, the AC motor 43 is activated and the toothed belt 47 is turned on. The drive pulley 42 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Then, the rubber belt 4
With the movement of 1, the pachinko balls in the introduction path 44 are belt 4
It is sent to the lower end of the supply path 45 by the frictional force of 1, and is sandwiched between the belt surface moving upward and the cover inner wall surface 15a, and is rolled up in the supply path 45. The pachinko ball that has reached the upper end is surely secured by the baffle plate 131 at the upper outlet 13.
It is sent inside, and is discharged from the discharge port 13 toward the recovery port located at the same position or below. After all the pachinko balls in the storage chamber 11 are discharged, the total number of thrown balls is reset by a reset switch (not shown) provided in the upper end 16 of the housing.

A communication connector leading to a central management computer is provided near the recovery port, a communication code on the housing 1 side is connected to the communication connector, and the management data stored in the RAM of the CPU module is output. You can also do Also,
If all the collection ports are in a high position, the lower discharge port 14
Need not be provided.

[0035]

As described above, according to the game ball carrier of the present invention, the game balls stored in the storage chamber can be smoothly discharged to the recovery port provided at a position higher than the bottom surface of the storage chamber. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall side view of a carrying device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall front view of a carrying device.

FIG. 3 is an overall plan view of a transfer device.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a display panel.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a control unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1; housing, 11; storage chamber, 11a; bottom surface, 12; input port, 13; discharge port, 15; cover part, 15a; inner wall surface,
2; Count sensor (counting means), 3; Display panel (display means), 4; Ascending supply device (ascending supply means), 4
1; rubber belt (friction belt), 51: operation command switch (operation command means).

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A housing which is movable and whose inside is a storage space for a game ball, a slot for loading a game ball into the storage chamber, and a game provided inside the storage chamber at a position higher than the bottom surface of the storage chamber. A game ball transfer device comprising: a discharge port for discharging a ball; a rising supply means for rising and supplying a play ball in a storage chamber to the discharge port; and an operation command means for issuing an operation command to the rising supply means. 2. The game ball transfer device according to claim 1, further comprising a count means for counting the game balls thrown into the storage chamber, and a display means for displaying a count value of the count means. 3. The game ball transfer device according to claim 2, further comprising a printing unit that codes and outputs various data including a count value by the counting unit. 4. The ascending supply means has a friction belt that moves upward from below, and sandwiches the game ball between the belt surface of the friction belt and the inner wall surface of the casing to move the game ball upward. The game ball carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game ball carrier is adapted to roll and carry.