JPH0819655A - Pachinko ball conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a PACHINKO ball conveyor wherein conveyor passages between PACHINKO islands are removed from the upper parts of the islands so as to keep fine appearance inside PACHINKO game houses, remove feeling of oppression at players, and prevent the balls from falling from the ceiling. CONSTITUTION:A PACHINKO ball conveying passage 14 for guiding the balls from one PACHINKO island 1 to another island 1 is provided in a floor 15 of PACHINKO game house, and a conveying means is provided to transfer the balls toward the other island 1 through the ball conveying passage 14 and to lift the balls to the other island 1. The conveying means may include means for transferring the balls toward the other island 1 by using the weight of balls and a lifting means 16 for lifting transferred balls. Further, a shaker may be added in the ball conveying passage 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball conveying device for conveying pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island in a pachinko game hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko game arcade, there is a pachinko island in which a plurality of pachinko game machines are arranged in a row, and it is usual that a plurality of pachinko islands are arranged. At a pachinko game hall, a player can get a pachinko ball obtained from a ball lending machine and a pachinko ball awarded from a pachinko machine. The pachinko balls that the players have in hand are counted as prize balls at the prize exchange and collected at the pachinko amusement hall in exchange for the prizes, but the amount of pachinko balls held on the pachinko islands is awarded by the pachinko machines being awarded. However, the collected prize balls must be returned to Pachinko Island.

[0003] Also, due to the difference in the operating rate of pachinko game machines on each pachinko island and the difference in the payout rate, the amount of pachinko balls held on each pachinko island is unevenly distributed, and there is a shortage of pachinko balls on one pachinko island, resulting in another pachinko island. On the island, too many pachinko balls will cause a failure of the pachinko ball flow path or a pachinko machine. Therefore, it is considered that the pachinko balls are interchanged among the pachinko islands to average the amount of pachinko balls held in each pachinko island.

[0004]

The conventional general technique for averaging the amount of pachinko balls held on each pachinko island is to install a pachinko ball lifting device on each pachinko island, and the pachinko islands are overloaded with pachinko balls. The pachinko balls are pumped to the upper part, and the pumped pachinko balls are transferred to the adjacent pachinko island by using an inclined gutter. However, this technique has a drawback that noise is generated when the pachinko ball moves through the inclined gutter. In addition, since the gutters that connect the adjacent pachinko islands are located above the pachinko islands, the aesthetics of the pachinko amusement park may be impaired and the players may feel pressured.

Another conventional pachinko ball supply system or pachinko ball circulation system in a conventional pachinko game hall is
The pachinko balls are moved to each pachinko island through the transportation path provided on the ceiling of the pachinko game hall, and the pachinko balls are circulated in each pachinko island. Therefore, the pachinko balls bounce from the transportation path or storage tank on the ceiling, or the pachinko balls leak from the damaged location due to the abrasion of the transportation path or the storage tank and accumulate on the ceiling, and the ceiling members contribute to the weight of the accumulated pachinko balls. It became unbearable, and a large amount of pachinko balls sometimes fell on the players' heads.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and eliminates the transport path connecting the pachinko islands from the upper part of the pachinko island, thereby maintaining the aesthetics of the pachinko amusement park. An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball transfer device in which the player does not feel pressure and the pachinko balls do not fall from the ceiling.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a pachinko ball conveying device which is easy to install and can reduce the power required for conveying the pachinko balls.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A pachinko ball carrier path for guiding pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another is provided in the floor of the pachinko game hall, and from one pachinko ball to another pachinko island through the pachinko ball carrier path. The present invention is characterized in that a conveying means for transferring the pachinko balls and for lifting the pachinko balls to the other pachinko island is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the transport means uses the weight of the pachinko balls to transport the pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island through the pachinko ball transport path. It may have a pumping means for pumping the transferred pachinko balls.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the transfer means may include a spiral coil inserted in the pachinko ball transfer path and a drive means for rotationally driving the spiral coil. According to the invention of claim 4, the conveying means may be a pneumatic conveying means. As in the fifth aspect of the invention, a vibrator may be added to the pachinko ball conveying path.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the pachinko balls are guided from one pachinko island to another pachinko island through the pachinko transport path provided in the floor of the pachinko game hall.
The pachinko balls in the pachinko transportation route are transferred from one pachinko island to another by the transportation means,
Shipped on the other island of Pachinko. It is not necessary to provide a transport path that connects the Pachinko islands with each other at the upper part of the Pachinko island. According to the invention of claim 2, the pachinko balls are transferred by weight to the other pachinko islands in the pachinko conveying path in the floor, and the transferred pachinko balls are transferred to the other pachinko islands by the lifting means. Be pumped. According to the third aspect of the invention, the pachinko balls are conveyed from one pachinko island to another pachinko island in the pachinko conveying path in the floor by rotating the spiral coil by the driving means. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the pachinko balls are transferred from one pachinko island to another pachinko island by the pneumatic transfer device and are then pumped. According to the invention of claim 5,
The pachinko ball conveying path is vibrated to align the pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls are smoothly conveyed within the pachinko ball conveying path.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a pachinko ball carrier according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 3 to 5, a plurality of pachinko islands 1 each having a plurality of pachinko game machines 3 arranged in a row are arranged in the pachinko game hall. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the pachinko island 1 arranged parallel to the wall 29 at the wall 29 of the amusement hall is composed of one row of gaming machines 2, and the other pachinko islands 1 are two rows of games. The machine trains 2 are arranged with their backs facing each other. On each pachinko island 1, an upper tank 4 (see FIG. 3) is arranged on the center upper side in the gaming machine row direction on the back side of the gaming machine row 2, and the height from the upper tank 4 decreases toward both sides in the gaming machine row direction. The inclined upper path 5 extends. A ball replenishing device 6 for replenishing each pachinko gaming machine 3 with a pachinko ball is provided at the top of each pachinko gaming machine 3, and each ball replenishing device 6 is supplied with a pachinko ball through an upper path 5. Has become. A ball lending machine 13 is arranged between adjacent pachinko game machines 3.

At the bottom of each pachinko gaming machine 3, the lower path 8 is counted while counting the pachinko balls that are driven into each gaming machine 3.
A beating ball counting machine 7 for discharging to is attached. The lower path 8 is inclined so as to be lower toward the central portion in the gaming machine row direction, and guides the pachinko balls discharged from each gaming machine 3 to the pachinko ball storage tank 9. In the pachinko ball storage tank 9, four sensors S1, S3, S4, S2 for detecting the amount of the stored pachinko balls in four stages are detected.
Are arranged in this order from the top. The pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 are sent to the upper tank 4 while being polished by the lifting and polishing machine 10. A prize ball counter 11 is installed on each pachinko island 1. The prize balls obtained by the player are thrown into the prize ball counter 11. The prize ball counter 11 counts the prize balls, and the counted prize balls are collected in the pachinko ball storage tank 9.
The prize ball counting machine 11 issues a receipt or a card on which points corresponding to the count value are printed.

One end of the upper path 5 of the upper paths 5 inclined toward both sides in the gaming machine row direction communicates with a supply pipe 12 extending vertically toward a floor 15 of a game arcade. There is. As shown in FIG. 1, the lower end of the supply pipe 12 communicates with a pachinko ball conveyance path 14 buried in the floor 15 through an appropriate connecting device 18. Pachinko ball carrier 1
Reference numeral 4 is for guiding a pachinko ball from one pachinko island 1 to another pachinko island 1. The part near the surface of the floor 15 extends horizontally toward the other pachinko island 1. A pachinko ball carrier 27 (see FIG. 3) is attached in the middle of the supply pipe 12. As explained in detail later,
When the pachinko balls are transferred to another pachinko island by using the weight of the pachinko balls, the pachinko ball carrier 2 described above is used.
7 can be omitted.

A pachinko ball conveying path 14 extending from another adjacent pachinko island 1 has a pumping means 16 as shown in FIG.
Is discharged along the discharge path 23 and discharged to the lower path 8. In FIG. 7, the lifting means 16 comprises a pair of upper and lower pulleys 20 and 21 and these pulleys 2 and 21.
The belt 22 is wound around 0 and 21, and one of the pulleys 20 and 21, for example, the upper pulley 21 is rotationally driven in the clockwise direction in the drawing by a motor. The pachinko ball conveying path 14 is bent from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction along an arc concentric with the lower pulley 20, and the vertical portion serves as the above-mentioned hoisting path 23. Further, the open groove 1 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the arc-shaped bent portion of the pachinko ball conveying path 14.
4a is formed, and the belt 22 is opened from the open groove 14a.
A part of the above has entered the pachinko ball conveying path 14.

The inner diameters of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 and the hoisting path 23 are slightly larger than the diameters of the pachinko balls 32, whereas part of the belt 22 is the pachinko ball conveying path 14.
In the part that enters the inside, the distance between the belt 22 and the inner wall surface of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 that faces the belt 22 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the pachinko balls 32. The belt 22 is made of elastic rubber or plastic. Therefore,
If the pulley 21 is rotated clockwise while the pachinko balls 32 have reached the position of the belt 22 of the lifting means 16 through the pachinko ball conveying path 14, the belt 22 also rotates clockwise and the belt 22 moves. The pachinko balls 32 that have reached the position are pressed against the inner wall of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 to be rolled and pushed up along the hoisting path 23. In this way, the subsequent pachinko balls 32 are also pushed up, so that the pachinko balls 32 in the portion without the belt 22 are also pumped.

A concrete example of the construction of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 and its surroundings is shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, a groove 38 having a rectangular cross section is horizontally formed on the floor 15 of the game arcade. In the groove 38, a pachinko ball conveying path 14 made of a pipe having a circular cross section is embedded in a state in which the outer circumference is wrapped with an elastic body 40 such as a sponge. Outer periphery of elastic body 40 and groove 38
A cable 41 including a power supply line or various signal lines for connecting between the pachinko islands is drawn through a space formed between the corner parts of the. The groove 38 is covered with a lid 39, and the lid 39 and the upper surface of the floor 15 are flush with each other.

One of the pachinko islands 1 so that the pachinko balls can be interchanged between the adjacent pachinko islands 1.
Even if the pachinko ball conveying path 14 for guiding the pachinko balls from the other to the pachinko island 1 and the pachinko ball conveying path 14 for guiding the pachinko balls from the other pachinko island 1 to the one pachinko island 1 are provided. It is good, however, as in the example shown in FIG. 5, all the pachinko islands 1 in the pachinko game arcade are connected in series by the pachinko ball carrier path 14 and all the pachinko islands 1
Alternatively, the pachinko balls may be conveyed in series. In FIG. 5, an arrow indicated by reference numeral 14 indicates a pachinko ball conveying path, and a reference numeral 27 indicates the pachinko ball conveying machine 2 described above.
7 and the reference numeral 16 respectively indicate the above-mentioned lifting means.

The operation of the embodiment described above will now be described. The player borrows from the ball lending machine 13 a number of pachinko balls according to the amount of money inserted, and selects an arbitrary game machine 3 for use in the game. The pachinko balls that have been driven into each gaming machine 3 are counted by the ball counter 7 and then fall onto the lower path 8 and are stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 through the lower path 8. When a pachinko ball driven into the gaming machine 3 wins a prize, a certain number of pachinko balls are discharged from the player as a prize ball from a prize ball tank (not shown) of the gaming machine 3. When the player collects prize balls to some extent, the player uses the prize balls as a prize ball, and the prize ball counter 1
Throw in 1. The prize ball counting machine 11 issues a receipt on which points are printed according to the number of introduced prize balls, and the player can receive a prize according to the score of this receipt.

The pachinko balls thrown into the prize ball counter 11 are stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 and collected on the pachinko island 1. Pachinko ball storage tank 9
The pachinko balls stored in (1) are pumped to the upper tank 4 while being polished by the lifting and polishing machine 10, distributed to the ball replenishing device 6 of each pachinko gaming machine 3 via the upper path 5, and used again for the game.

In this way, the pachinko balls circulate in one pachinko island 1, but the pachinko ball storage tank 9 is set according to the ratio of the balls released as prize balls to the number of balls hit in one pachinko island. The amount of accumulated pachinko balls fluctuates, and the prize balls obtained by playing on one pachinko island 1 are fed into the prize ball counter 11 of another pachinko island 1, so that the pachinko balls on each island The amount of pachinko balls stored in the storage tank 9 varies.
As a result, there was a shortage of pachinko balls on one pachinko island 1,
On another Pachinko Island 1, there are too many pachinko balls.

Sensors S1, S2, S3 provided in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 of each pachinko island 1 indicate whether the pachinko balls are insufficient or excessive in each pachinko island 1.
It can be determined by the detection signal of S4. That is, it can be determined that the detection level of the sensor S1 is excessive, the detection level of the sensor S2 is excessive, the detection level of the sensor S3 is insufficient, and the detection level of the sensor S4 is insufficient. Therefore, compared with the detection level of the pachinko ball storage tank 9 of the adjacent pachinko island, if the detection level of the adjacent pachinko island is lower than the detection level of the pachinko island, the pachinko ball is transported to the adjacent pachinko island, If the detection level of the pachinko island is high, the pachinko balls are not transported to the adjacent pachinko island. Even if the detection level of the pachinko island and the detection level of the adjacent pachinko island are the same, the pachinko balls are not transported.

The accommodating operation of such a pachinko ball is shown in FIG.
As shown in, all pachinko islands 1 are serially performed. In other words, on each pachinko island 1,
When the storage amount is smaller than that of the adjacent pachinko island 1, the pachinko balls that are transported from the adjacent pachinko island 1 are stored, and when the levels of both are equal, the pachinko balls from the adjacent pachinko island 1 are transported. The pachinko balls that are stopped or are conveyed from the adjacent pachinko island 1 are conveyed to another adjacent pachinko island 1 without being stored. In this way, all the pachinko islands 1 hold the pachinko balls almost uniformly.

As described above, by providing the two intermediate sensors S2 and S3 instead of relying only on the two sensors S1 and S4 for determining whether the pachinko ball possession amount is excessive or insufficient, the following operational effects are achieved. That is, the level of the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 fluctuates relatively quickly depending on the operating status of the pachinko gaming machine, so that only the highest sensor S1 and the lowest sensor S4 can be used between the pachinko islands 1. If a pachinko ball is accommodating, the accommodating operation will not be in time, and at a certain pachinko island 1, the sensor S1
The level of the pachinko balls becomes excessive above this level, and the level of the sensor S4 becomes lower than the level of the sensor S4 on another pachinko island 1, and the number of pachinko balls becomes insufficient. In that respect, according to the above embodiment, the pachinko balls are finely exchanged between the pachinko islands based on the detection signals of the four-step sensors S1, S2, S3 and S4, so that the pachinko balls are excessive in each pachinko island 1. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of shortage and shortage.

When the pachinko balls are transferred from one pachinko island 1 to another pachinko island 1 through the pachinko ball conveying path 14, the weight of the pachinko balls is used in the above-described embodiment. That is, in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Since the supply pipe 12 leading to the pachinko ball conveying path 14 is installed vertically, the pachinko balls sent to the supply pipe 12 try to drop due to the weight of the pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls guided in line inside the supply pipe 12 are guided. Ball is pachinko ball carrier 14
Push the pachinko balls inside and move to the other pachinko island 1. The pachinko balls in the pachinko ball conveying path 14 are shown in FIG.
It is sufficient to reach the position of the belt 22 of the hoisting means 16 shown in FIG. 2, and thereafter, the belt 22 of the hoisting means 16 is rotationally driven to be hoisted on the lower path 8 through the hoisting pipe 23 as described above. Pachinko ball storage tank 9 through 8
Stored in. As described above, since the pachinko ball transfer means from one pachinko island 1 to another pachinko island 1 uses the weight of the pachinko balls, it is not necessary to give a driving force from the outside, and the other pachinko islands are not driven. Since it suffices to provide the lifting means 16 on the first unit, there is an advantage that the structure of the pachinko ball carrier is extremely simple.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko ball carrier 27 is used instead of the pachinko ball weight transfer or in addition to the pachinko ball weight transfer.
The pachinko ball carrier 27 may be of any type as long as it can forcibly send the pachinko balls by mechanical driving, for example, by rotating the belt as in the lifting means 16 shown in FIG. However, the sprocket may be rotationally driven or the spiral may be rotationally driven.

According to the embodiment described above, a pachinko ball conveying path 14 for guiding pachinko balls from one pachinko island 1 to another pachinko island 1 is provided in the floor 15 of the game hall, and the pachinko ball conveying is performed. Since the pachinko ball transfer device is configured by providing the transfer means for transferring the pachinko balls from one pachinko island 1 toward the other pachinko island 1 through the path 14 and for lifting the pachinko balls to the other pachinko island 1, It is not necessary to provide a transport path connecting the pachinko islands to each other as in the conventional case, so that it is possible to maintain the aesthetics of the pachinko amusement park, and the player does not feel pressure, , Pachinko balls will no longer fall from the ceiling. Further, noise during the transportation of pachinko balls is also significantly reduced compared to the case where the transportation path is provided above the pachinko islands.

In the embodiment described above, the pachinko ball conveying path 14 is one pachinko island 1 and another pachinko island 1.
Although there is only one line between the two, a plurality of lines may be provided in parallel. In that case, if the belt 22 of the pumping means 16 has a width that spans a plurality of pachinko ball conveying paths 14, one pumping means 16 will suffice. In addition, pachinko ball conveyance path 1
As shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 5, the pachinko islands 1 are connected in series so that the pachinko balls can be conveyed in only one direction. However, the pachinko balls can be exchanged between adjacent pachinko islands. Therefore, the respective pachinko islands 1 may be connected in parallel by the pachinko ball conveying path 14.

Next, a modified example of each part applicable to the present invention will be described. In the example shown in FIG. 2, as described above, the means for transferring the pachinko balls from one pachinko island 1 to another pachinko island 1 through the pachinko ball carrying path 14 utilizes the weight of the pachinko balls. In this case, the pachinko ball conveying path 14 is an example in which a vibration exciter 25 for externally applying vibration is added. The vibration exciter 25 may be one that vibrates at a commercial AC power supply frequency due to electromagnetic force, or one that converts the rotational force of the motor into a linear vibration motion, or any other appropriate method may be selected. It doesn't matter. In this way, if the vibrator 25 is added to the pachinko ball transfer path 14, the pachinko ball transfer path 14 is vibrated and the pachinko ball transfer path 14 is moved.
The pachinko balls are smoothly transferred within the area. Therefore, it is more effective to add the vibration exciter 25 to the system in which the weight of the pachinko balls is used for transfer as in the above embodiment. As described with reference to FIG. 10, if the outer circumference of the pachinko ball conveyance path 14 is wrapped with the elastic body 40 and embedded in the groove 38, the pachinko ball conveyance is performed within the elastic deformation range of the elastic body 40 by driving the vibration exciter 25. Vibration of the path 14 is allowed, and noise due to vibration of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 is absorbed by the elastic body 40.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, as already described,
Each pachinko island 1 in the game arcade is connected in series by a pachinko ball carrier path 14 to make a circuit. During this one-way route,
As shown in FIG. 6, a spare ball storage tank 30 may be interposed. In FIG. 6, a spare ball storage tank 30 is arranged between the two pachinko islands 1 and 1 arranged on the wall 29 of the pachinko game hall, and the pachinko ball carrier 27 and the lifting means of one of the pachinko islands 1 are arranged. Spare ball storage tank 3 by 16
The pachinko balls are transported to and stored at 0, and the pachinko balls are transported from the spare ball storage tank 30 to the other pachinko island 1 by the pachinko ball transport machine 27 and the lifting means 16 of the other pachinko island 1. ing. In this way, if the spare ball storage tank 30 is provided in the path in which each pachinko ball goes around each pachinko island 1, the spare ball storage tank 30 serves as a buffer, and the pachinko balls tend to run short in the entire amusement arcade. When the pachinko balls are released from the spare ball storage tank 30, and when the number of pachinko balls is excessive in the entire game hall, the pachinko balls are stored in the spare ball storage tank 30 so that the pachinko balls are held on each pachinko island 1. The amount can be made more uniform.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the transport means for transporting and lifting the pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another is a spiral coil 33 inserted in the pachinko transport path 14, and It may have the drive means 35 which rotationally drives the spiral coil 33. In FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, one end of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 is bent along a gentle arc to form a rising portion 14b. The rising portion 14b rises in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 and is an appropriate fixing means. It is fixed to the pachinko ball storage tank 9. The spiral coil 33 has a length enough to reach the transfer limit position due to the weight of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 or when the pachinko ball is transferred by its weight as described above. One end of the spiral coil 33 is connected to an output shaft 36 of a motor 35 fixed to the pachinko ball storage tank 9, and is rotationally driven by the motor 35. The spiral coil 33 is made of an elastic body, and rotates along the arcuately bent pachinko conveying path 14 while being bent in the arcuate shape.

As shown in detail in FIG. 9, the spiral coil 33
The pitch facing surface spacing of the spiral coil 33 and the inner diameter of the spiral coil 33 are set to appropriate dimensions so that one pachinko ball 32 can enter between the pitches. When the spiral coil 33 is rotationally driven, the pachinko balls 32 are transferred along the spiral of the coils 33 along the pachinko ball transfer path 14 and are further fed along the rising portions 14b of the pachinko ball transfer path 14. Therefore, the spiral coil 33 constitutes a conveying means that serves both as a transfer means and a lifting means. Spiral coil 33
One pachinko ball is transported for each rotation of.

The conveying means for transferring and hoisting pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island may be pneumatic conveying means 60 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 12, the pneumatic conveying means 60 has a hermetic container 55, and inside the hermetic container 55, a guide cylinder 61 is provided, one end of which communicates with the supply pipe 12 and the other end of which communicates with the pachinko ball conveying path 14. A sprocket 56 is provided which is rotationally driven by a motor 57 via a belt 58. The guide tube 61
A plurality of holes 61a for allowing air to flow therethrough are formed, and a part of the sprocket 56 enters the guide cylinder 61 from another hole. The blower 5 is placed in the closed container 55.
Air is blown in from 9. The other end of the pachinko ball conveying path 14 opens above the lower path 8 or the pachinko ball storage tank 9 of another pachinko island shown in FIG.

The pachinko balls 32 are lined up in the pachinko ball passage from the supply pipe 12 to the guide cylinder 61, and the pachinko balls 32 are about to fall due to their weight. The pachinko balls 32 are prevented from falling by fitting one pachinko ball 32 into each notch. On the other hand, blower 5
Air is blown into the airtight container 55 from 9, and the guide cylinder 61 and the pachinko ball conveying path 14 are guided through the holes 61a of the guide cylinder 61.
High pressure air is flowing through. Since the pachinko balls 32 are accumulated above the hole 61a, the air flowing from the hole 61a of the guide cylinder 61 into the guide cylinder 61 hardly flows into the supply pipe 12 side.

When the pachinko balls 32 are to be conveyed to another pachinko island through the pachinko ball conveying path 14, the motor 57 is driven to rotate the sprocket 56 counterclockwise in FIG. As the sprocket 56 rotates, the pachinko balls 32, which have been blocked by the notches, are sequentially opened and fall inside the guide cylinder 61, and are carried in the pachinko ball conveying path 14 by riding on the air flow. Since the pachinko balls 32 are carried on the high-pressure air in the pachinko ball carrier path 14, they are lifted along the rising edge of the pachinko ball carrier path 14, and the lower path 8 of another pachinko ball or the pachinko ball storage tank. Open above 9.

Up to now, the pachinko ball conveying path 14 has been described as having a circular sectional shape, but the sectional shape of the pachinko ball conveying path can achieve the purpose of conveying pachinko balls. However, it is not limited to a circular cross section. For example, it may be a pachinko ball conveying path 51 having a quadrangular cross section as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1 (b), a pachinko ball conveying path 5 having a polygonal cross section
2 or a pachinko ball conveying path 53 having a C-shaped cross-section with a partially open cross-section as shown in FIG. 11C when a pneumatic conveying device is not used. . FIG. 11 is an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0036]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a pachinko ball conveying path for guiding pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island is provided in the floor of the game arcade, and this pachinko ball conveying path is provided. Since the pachinko ball transfer device is configured by providing a transfer means for transferring the pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island through the pachinko islands and for lifting the pachinko balls to the other pachinko islands, It is not necessary to provide a transportation path to connect each other on the upper part of the pachinko island, so that the aesthetics of the pachinko amusement park can be maintained, the player does not feel pressure, and the pachinko ball is from the ceiling. It will not fall. In addition, the pachinko ball transfer path should be installed horizontally within the floor of the game arcade, and it is not necessary to incline it.
Since it can be installed near the surface of the floor, it has the advantage that installation work is extremely easy.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the conveying means for transferring and lifting the pachinko balls guided in the pachinko ball conveying path, the transfer means utilizing the weight of the pachinko balls and the transferred pachinko balls are used. Since it is composed of the pumping means for pumping,
There is an advantage that the transfer means using power is unnecessary and the structure of the entire transfer means is simple.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the pachinko ball conveying path is provided with the vibration exciter, the pachinko ball conveying path is vibrated to align the pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls are stuck in the pachinko ball conveying path. There is an advantage that it can be transported smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a pachinko ball carrier according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a modified example of the pachinko ball carrier according to the present invention in accordance with FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a pachinko game arcade having a pachinko ball carrier according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a modified example of a pachinko game hall having the pachinko ball carrier according to the above embodiment, in accordance with FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing an example of lifting means applicable to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side cross-sectional view showing an example of a transporting device applicable to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing, on an enlarged scale, a part of the above-mentioned conveying means.

10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing an example of various shapes of a pachinko ball conveying path applicable to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a side sectional view showing still another example of the carrying means applicable to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko island 12 Supply pipe as a transfer means 14 Pachinko ball transfer path 15 Floor 16 Lifting means 25 Exciter 33 Spiral coil 60 Pneumatic transfer means

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] July 24, 1995

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0012

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

At the bottom of each pachinko gaming machine 3, the lower path 8 is counted while counting the pachinko balls that are driven into each gaming machine 3.
A beating ball counting machine 7 for discharging to is attached. The lower path 8 is inclined so as to be lower toward the central portion in the gaming machine row direction, and guides the pachinko balls discharged from each gaming machine 3 to the pachinko ball storage tank 9. The pachinko ball storage tank 9 has four sensors S1, S2, S3, S4 for detecting the amount of the stored pachinko balls in four stages.
Are arranged in this order from the top. The pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 9 are sent to the upper tank 4 while being polished by the lifting and polishing machine 10. A prize ball counter 11 is installed on each pachinko island 1. The prize balls obtained by the player are thrown into the prize ball counter 11. The prize ball counter 11 counts the prize balls, and the counted prize balls are collected in the pachinko ball storage tank 9.
The prize ball counting machine 11 issues a receipt or a card on which points corresponding to the count value are printed.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball transfer device for transferring a pachinko ball from one pachinko island to another pachinko island, the pachinko ball transfer device for guiding a pachinko ball from one pachinko island to another. A transport means for providing a pachinko ball in the floor of a pachinko game hall, transferring pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island through the pachinko ball transport route, and pumping the pachinko balls to the other pachinko island. A pachinko ball conveying device characterized by being provided with. 2. A means for transporting pachinko balls from one pachinko island to another pachinko island through a pachinko ball transport path by using the weight of the pachinko balls, and lifting the transported pachinko balls. The pachinko ball carrier according to claim 1, further comprising a pumping means for sending. 3. The pachinko ball conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the conveying means comprises a spiral coil inserted in the pachinko ball conveying path and a driving means for rotationally driving the spiral coil. 4. The pachinko ball carrier according to claim 1, wherein the carrier means is a pneumatic carrier means for carrying the pachinko balls by air pressure. 5. The pachinko ball conveying device according to claim 1, wherein a vibrator is added to the pachinko ball conveying path.