JPH08217248A - Rod-shaped object supplying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a supplying device for rod-shaped objects such as poster roll smoothly without encountering any obstacle and with no risk of deformation. CONSTITUTION: An accommodation box 3 is provided with a top opening 12 for inserting of rod-shaped objects 2 and also furnished in the lower part of the front wall 5 with a bottom opening for taking-out of the objects, wherein the bottom wall 10 inclines as sinking toward the bottom opening. The front wall 5 is equipped with a pair of ratchet wheels fitted at the periphery with a plurality of hitch pawls to send out the objects 2 one by one, a drive shaft on which the ratchet wheels are mounted, and a takeout device 21 which includes a motor to rotate the drive shaft for a certain angle. At the front wall 5 of the accommodation box 3, agitating claws are furnished to agitate objects 2 contained in the box 3. At the inner surface of the rear wall 6 of the box 3 a pair of springs 17 are furnished to hold resiliently the objects 2 approx. horizontally.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rod-shaped material feeding device for picking up and feeding rod-shaped materials such as posters and calendars one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a feeder shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 as a feeder for individually feeding rod-shaped objects such as posters and calendars. This conventional rod-shaped material supply device 101
Is provided with an accommodation chamber 103 for accommodating the rod-shaped object 102 in the upper part, and an extraction part 105 chamber for taking out the rod-shaped object 102 is formed in the lower part.

The bottom surface 106 of the storage chamber 103 is formed with a drop opening 107 for dropping the rod-like object 102 in the front part, and is formed so as to be inclined downward toward the drop opening 107. The drop port 107 is provided with a semicylindrical rod-shaped object 102 receiving portion 109. The receiving portion 109 is attached so as to rotate in one direction in accordance with the rotation of the rotary knob 110 provided on the side surface of the rod-shaped material supply device 101. The rod-shaped material supply device 101 has a viewing window 111 on the upper front surface.
Is provided, and a coin insertion slot 112 is provided at the front middle portion.

The rotating knob 110 is normally in a locked state, and when a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 112, the locked state is once released and can be rotated once.
When the receiving portion 109 makes a half rotation according to the rotation of the rotary knob 110, the rod-shaped object 102 placed on the receiving portion 109 falls into the take-out portion 105. In this case, since the back surface of the receiving portion 109 closes the drop port 107, the rod-shaped object 102 does not drop. Further, when the receiving portion 109 makes a half rotation, it returns to the original state and the next rod-shaped object 102 is placed. Rotary knob 1
When 10 rotates once, it is locked again.

[0005]

In the conventional rod-shaped material supplying apparatus 101, the rod-shaped material 102 is housed and taken out in the receiving portion 109. Therefore, when the rod-shaped material 102 is biased to one side, the receiving portion 10
9 had a problem that the rod-shaped object 102 was slanted. When the rod-shaped object 102 enters the receiving portion 109 at an angle as described above, the receiving portion 109 cannot rotate even if a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 112 and the lock is released. To restore the original state, all the rod-shaped objects 102 in the storage chamber 103 are taken out,
Since it is necessary to put the 2 into the receiving portion 109 again, it is extremely troublesome. Further, the conventional rod-shaped material supply device 101 is
There is also a problem that the long rod-shaped object 102 cannot be taken out because the rod-shaped object 102 is limited in length to be accommodated in the receiving portion 109.

Further, in the conventional rod-shaped material supply device 101, the rod-shaped material 102 is clogged at the upper part of the drop port 107, and the receiving portion 109 is formed.
However, there is a problem that the rod-shaped object 102 is not accommodated. In this case, even if a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 112 and the rotary knob 110 is rotated, the rod-shaped object 102 does not come out. Also in this case, all the rod-shaped objects 102 in the storage chamber 103 are taken out,
It is extremely troublesome because the clogged part has to be fixed.

Further, the conventional rod-shaped material supply device 101 is
Since a large amount of rod-shaped objects 102 are stored in the storage chamber 103, there is a problem that the rod-shaped object 102 located at the lowermost portion is deformed due to the weight applied to it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel rod-shaped material supply device which can take out a rod-shaped material smoothly without deformation and without deformation.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a rod-shaped material feeding device according to the present invention has the following constitution. (A) To have a storage box capable of stacking and storing the rod-shaped objects in a substantially horizontal state with the axial direction of the rod-shaped objects facing the left and right side walls. (B) The storage box must have an upper opening for the rod-shaped object. (C) The storage box is formed with a lower opening for taking out the rod-like object at the lower part of the front wall, and the bottom wall is inclined downward toward the lower opening. (D) The front wall of the storage box is provided with a take-out device for taking out the rod-shaped objects stored in the storage box one by one from the lower opening. (E) The take-out device is composed of a pair of ratchets around which a plurality of hooking claws for feeding the rod-shaped objects aligned on the bottom wall are provided, a drive shaft having the pair of ratchets on both sides, and the drive shaft. Having a first drive means for rotating the.

Further, the following configuration may be added to the above configuration. (A) A stirrer for stirring a plurality of rod-shaped objects inside the storage box is provided on the front wall of the storage box. (B) The stirring device has a stirring claw that can be engaged with both sides of the rod-shaped object housed inside the storage box, and the stirring claw can be engaged with the rod-shaped object when the stirring claw is moved upward from below. When moving the stirring claw from above to below,
It is composed of a moving means for retracting the stirring claw so that it cannot engage with the rod-shaped object, and a second driving means for driving this moving means.

Further, at least a pair of elastic members extending toward the front wall and elastically holding the rod-like object substantially horizontally may be provided on the inner surface of the rear wall of the storage box.

Further, at least a pair of elastic members extending toward the front wall and elastically holding the rod-like object substantially horizontally are provided on the inner surface of the rear wall of the storage box, and the rear wall side is provided on the inner surface of the front wall of the storage box. At least a pair of elastic members that extend toward each other and elastically hold the rod-shaped object horizontally are provided, and the pair of elastic members provided on the rear wall side and the pair of elastic members provided on the front wall side are staggered in the height direction. It can also be provided so that.

[0013]

Since the rod-shaped material supply device according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, the rod-shaped material can be put into the storage box through the upper opening of the storage box. The rod-shaped object put in the storage box is
It moves to the lower opening due to the inclination of the bottom wall. The rod-shaped objects aligned on the bottom wall are fed and supplied one by one by the hooking claws of the ratchet wheel that is rotated by the first drive means.

If a stirring device is provided on the front wall of the storage box, the stirring claw can push the stick-like object, which is clogged in the vicinity of the lower opening, upward from the lower side to stir the clogged object to eliminate the clogged state.

When a pair of elastic members for elastically holding the rod-shaped object in a substantially horizontal direction are provided on the inner surface of the rear wall of the storage box, the pair of elastic members temporarily close the rod-shaped object in the storage box. Therefore, the bar-shaped object on the bottom wall of the storage box is not heavily weighted, and the bar-shaped object is not deformed.

Further, since the tip of the elastic member bends due to the weight of the rod-like object, the rod-like object placed on the elastic member falls from the tip as the bar-like object below falls, but one by one. As it falls slowly, the deformation of the bar at the bottom can be prevented. Moreover, since the rod-shaped objects fall from the tip of the elastic member, they are collected in the center of the storage box and are not stored in the side wall.

Further, since a gap is formed below the elastic member, even if the rod-shaped object is pushed upward by the agitator, the rod-shaped member can move by the gap, and for example, the rod-shaped member is attached to the elastic member from below. Since the elastic member bends even if it hits, the rod-shaped object is not pressed and is not deformed.

At least a pair of elastic members for elastically holding the rod-like object substantially horizontally are provided on the inner surface of the rear wall and the inner surface of the front wall of the storage box, and a pair of elastic members provided on the rear wall side and a pair provided on the front wall side. If the elastic members are arranged so as to be staggered in the height direction, the weight of the rod-shaped objects in the storage box is further dispersed, the rod-shaped objects on the bottom wall of the storage box are not overly weighted, and The rods will not accumulate and will fall down smoothly.

[0019]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, the rod-shaped material supply device 1 stacks the rod-shaped materials 2 such as posters and calendars in a substantially horizontal state and the axial direction of the bar-shaped materials 2 toward both left and right side walls 7, 7. It has a storage box 3 that can be stored. The storage box 3 includes a front wall 5, a rear wall 6, side walls 7 fixed to both sides of the front wall 5 and the rear wall 6, an upper wall 9 that closes the upper opening, and a bottom wall that closes the lower opening. It is composed of 10 and.
The bottom wall 10 is attached so as to incline downward toward the front wall 5 and project further forward from the front wall 5, and the upper surface thereof forms the bottom surface 11 of the housing box 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, a substantially T-shaped upper opening 12 is formed in the upper portion of the front wall 5. A lower opening 13 is formed in the lower portion of the front wall 5 along the bottom surface 11. The lower opening 13 is formed in a horizontally long shape so that the rod-shaped object 2 can be taken out.

Inside the storage box 3, the inner surface 1 of the front wall 5
5, a plurality of springs 17 ... Are attached to the inner surface 16 of the rear wall 7 and the rear wall 7 by screw members 19. The springs 17 ... Are extended toward the opposite wall side. Front wall 5 inner surface 15
Two springs 17, 17 are provided on the upper and lower parts of the stick-shaped object 2 at predetermined intervals so as to elastically hold both sides of the rod-shaped object 2 described later in a substantially horizontal state.

At the upper and lower portions of the inner surface 16 of the rear wall 6 and at two positions between the upper and lower portions, two rods 2 are provided at predetermined intervals on both left and right sides so that both sides of the rod-shaped article 2 can be held in a substantially horizontal state. Springs 17, 17 are provided. The springs 17, 17 on the front wall 5 side and the springs 17, 1 on the rear wall 6 side
7 are attached so as to be staggered in the vertical direction. A sponge-like elastic member 18 is provided at a substantially middle portion of the inner surface 16 of the rear wall 6.

On the front surface 20 of the front wall 5 and directly above the bottom wall 10 of the storage box 3, there is provided a take-out device 21 for individually taking out the rod-like objects 2 located in the lower opening 13. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, this take-out device 21 has a machine frame 23 that is bent in a substantially U shape. As shown in FIG. 9, the bent lower side walls 22, 25 of the machine frame 23 have lower end edges 22a, 25a inclined so as to be substantially parallel to the bottom surface 11 of the bottom wall 10, and the side walls 22, 25. The lower end edges 22a and 25a of the rod and the bottom surface 11 form a passage 24 for the rod-shaped object 2. Both side walls 2
As shown in FIG. 6, the rotary shafts 26 and 27 are rotatably supported by the rotary shafts 2 and 25 vertically, and the drive shaft 29 is rotatably supported below the rotary shaft 27. There is.

The rotating shafts 26 and 27 have rotating discs 30 on both sides.
... is attached. An engaging protrusion 33 is provided on the side surface 32 of the rotating disc 30. Rotating disk 3
As shown in FIG. 13, a stirring plate 36 having a rectangular engaging hole 35 through which the engaging projections 33, 33 are inserted and the rotary shafts 26, 27 are inserted is provided on the side surface 32 side of 0 ... Is provided.

The stirring plate 36 is provided on the side wall 22 of the machine frame 23,
25 is sandwiched between a support plate 37 formed by punching 25 by a press machine or the like and a side surface 32 of the rotary disc 30, and movement in the horizontal direction is restricted. A saw blade-shaped stirring claw 39 that pushes up the rod 2 upward is formed at the front end of the stirring plate 36. The stirring claw 39 has a shape in which the upper edge is horizontal and the lower edge is inclined.

The rotary shafts 26 and 27 project from the one side wall 22, and as shown in FIG.
0 and 41 are provided. As shown in FIG. 7, a mounting base 42 is provided on the side surface of the one side wall 22, and a transmission 45 having a motor 43 is mounted on the mounting base 42. A drive gear 47 is provided on the output shaft 46 of the transmission 45, and the drive gear 47 is attached to the mount 42.
It is formed so as to always mesh with the intermediate gear 49 which is rotatably supported. The intermediate gear 49 is always meshed with the spur gears 40 and 41.

The upper rotary shaft 26 further projects from the spur gear 40, and a sensor disk 50 is fixedly mounted on the projecting end. As shown in FIG. 9, the sensor disk 50 is formed with six holes 51 on a concentric circle at regular intervals. The mount 42 includes a support member 5 having a sensor 52.
3 is provided. The sensor 52 is formed in a substantially U shape, and has a light emitting element on one side and a light receiving element on the other side. The sensor disk 50 is provided between the light emitting element and the light receiving element.
The hole 51 is provided so as to rotate.

On both sides of the drive shaft 29, as shown in FIG. 6, a mounting disc 56 fixed to the drive shaft 29 and an auxiliary disc 5 are provided.
A ratchet wheel 59 that is clamped by bolts or the like is provided between the wheels 7. The ratchet wheel 59 is made of an elastic material such as synthetic rubber, and six hooking claws 60 are formed on the periphery at equal intervals. The pair of ratchet wheels 59, 59 project from notches 61, 61 formed in the lower portion of the machine frame 23. The front wall 5 of the machine frame 23 is provided with a cover body 28 that covers the ratchet wheels 59, 59 protruding from the machine frame 23.

The drive shaft 29 projects from the other side wall 25. A mounting base 62 is provided on the side surface of the other side wall 25, and a transmission 65 having a motor 63 is mounted on the mounting base 62. The output shaft 66 of the transmission 65 and the drive shaft 29 are connected by a joint 67.

The drive shaft 29 projects from the one side wall 22, and a sensor disk 69 is fixed to the projecting end.
As shown in FIG. 9, the sensor disk 69 has six holes 70 concentrically formed at regular intervals.
On one side wall 22, a support member 7 having a sensor 71 is provided.
2 are provided. The sensor 71 is formed in a substantially U shape, and has a light emitting element on one side and a light receiving element on the other side. The sensor disk 69 is provided between the light emitting element and the light receiving element.
The holes 70 are provided so as to rotate.

A support member 75 having a sensor 73 is provided at the lower part of the one side wall 22 of the machine frame 23 and at the front part of the ratchet wheel 59.
Is provided. The sensor 73 is formed in a substantially U shape, has a light emitting element on one side and a light receiving element on the other side, and a blocking piece 76 for blocking between the light emitting element and the light receiving element by an elastic member such as a spring. Is provided. The tip of the blocking piece 76 is attached to the side walls 22, 2 of the machine frame 23.
5 to the passage 24 formed between the lower end edges 22a and 25a and the bottom surface 11.

As shown in FIG. 11, a support member 79 having a sensor 77 is provided at the lower portion of the machine frame 23 and at the rear portion of the ratchet wheel 59. The sensor 77 is formed in a substantially U shape, and has a light emitting element on one side and a light receiving element on the other side, and a blocking piece 81 for blocking between the light emitting element and the light receiving element by an elastic member such as a spring. Is provided. The tip of the blocking piece 81 also projects into the passage 24.

On the front face 20 of the front wall 5, the take-out device 21
A coin storage box 82 is provided on the side of. On the upper surface of the coin storage box 82, there is an insertion slot 8 for inserting a coin.
3 are formed. A known switch member (not shown) that is turned on by a coin inserted through the insertion port 83 is provided inside the coin storage box 82. This known switch member includes motors 43 and 63 and sensors 5.
2, 71, 73, 77, a control device (not shown) that controls driving of each motor based on a detection signal of each sensor, and a power source (not shown) are electrically connected.

The motor 63 and the transmission 65 constitute the first drive means of the take-out device 21. Further, the stirring device is constituted by stirring plates 36, 36, moving means including rotating discs 30 ... And rotating shafts 26, 27, and second driving means including a motor 43, a transmission 45 and the like. It

Since the rod-shaped material supply device 1 has the above-described structure, the power source (not shown) is turned on to keep each electric component in an active state, and the rod-shaped material 2 such as a poster or a calendar is inserted from the upper opening 12 of the storage box 3. Can be stored in the storage box 3. Since the upper opening 12 is formed in a substantially T shape, it is possible to put the hand down. The stick 2 is
As shown in FIG. 3, since the springs 17 are elastically held, the springs 17 are once closed and the weight of the entire rod 2 is dispersed. Therefore, the rod-like object 2 at the bottom position
Does not deform because the weight of the entire rod-shaped object 2 is not applied. The rod-like object 2 at the lowermost position rolls toward the lower opening 13 along the inclination of the bottom surface 11 while being aligned with the bottom surface 11, passes through the passage 24, and is temporarily locked to the hooking claw 60 of the ratchet wheel 59. It

The bar 2 passing through the passage 24 opens the blocking piece 76 of the sensor 73, as shown in FIG. Sensor 73
The light-receiving element receives the light from the light-emitting element, and detects that the rod-shaped object 2 is in the passage 24. When the rod-like object 2 is clogged near the lower opening 13 and does not pass through the passage 24, the blocking piece 76 remains closed, so that the detection signal is not sent to the control device (not shown). When the detection signal is not sent to the control device for a predetermined time, the control means rotates the motor 43 which is the second drive means. The rotation of the motor 43 is reduced by the transmission 45 and transmitted to the output shaft 46. The rotation of the output shaft 46 is transmitted through the drive gear 47, the intermediate gear 49, the spur gears 40 and 41, and the rotary shafts 26 and 27 to the rotary disk 30.
... is transmitted to.

The rotating discs 30 ... Rotate clockwise,
The engaging protrusions 33 ... Engage with the peripheral edge of the engaging hole 35. The stirring claws 39 ... Of the stirring plate 36 project into the housing box 3 when moving from the lower side to the upper side, and the plurality of rod-shaped objects 2
Engage and scoop this up. Further, when moving from the upper side to the lower side, the rod-shaped object 2 is not pushed down because it is drawn into the machine frame 23 side. In this way, the rod-shaped material 2 in the storage box 3 is scooped up from the lower side to the upper side, and the rod-shaped material 2 is stirred.

As shown in FIG. 3, since a gap is formed under the spring 17, the rod-shaped object 2 is
Even if is pushed up, the void-shaped rod-like object 2 can move with a margin. Further, even if the rod-shaped object 2 hits the spring 17 from below, the spring 17 has elasticity,
The rod 2 is bent slightly upward, and the rod 2 is not pressed and is not deformed. Since the sponge-like elastic member 18 is provided on the inner surface 16 of the rear wall 6, even if the rod 2 is pressed against the inner surface 16 of the rear wall 6 by the stirring device, the rod 2 is prevented from being deformed. The elastic member 18 is formed on the rear wall 6 where the rod-shaped object 2 is most easily pressed.
Although the inner surface 16 is provided substantially at the center, it may be provided on the entire inner surface 16 of the rear wall 6.

A sensor disk 50 is provided on one end of the rotary shaft 26, and six holes 51 are formed at regular intervals in the sensor disk 50.
When is rotated once, the sensor 52 detects that the hole 51 has passed six times. This detection signal is sent to a control device (not shown) to stop the rotation of the motor 43. In this embodiment, the rotary shaft 26 stops after rotating once, but if the sensor 52 is set to detect when the hole 51 has passed 12 times, the rotary shaft 26 can rotate twice.

As described above, when the rod-like object 2 is not present in the passage 24, the inside of the storage box 3 is agitated by the agitating device. Even if the stirring operation is repeated several times, if the clogging of the stick-shaped object 2 is not cleared or if the stick-shaped object 2 is actually lost, an electronic sound or a lamp or the like can be blinked to notify the abnormality. . It depends on the setting of the control device how many times the stirring work should inform the abnormality. If the rod 2 is in the passage 24, the stirring device does not operate.

When the clogging of the rod-shaped object 2 is cleared, or when the rod-shaped object 2 is not clogged from the beginning, the rod-shaped object 2 passes through the passage 24.
It passes through and is locked by the hooking claw 60 of the ratchet wheel 59. Passage 24
As shown in FIG. 9, the rod-shaped object 2 passing through the path detects the presence of the rod-shaped object 2 in the passage 24 by opening the blocking piece 76 of the sensor 73 and receiving the light of the light emitting element of the sensor 73 by the light receiving element. To do. This detection signal is sent to a control device (not shown) to be in a usable state.

When a coin is inserted into the insertion opening 83 of the coin accommodating box 82, a switch member (not shown) is turned on, and the motor 6 which is the first driving means via a controller (not shown).
Drive 3 The rotation of the motor 63 is transmitted to the drive shaft 29 via the transmission 65, the output shaft 66, and the joint 67 to rotate the ratchet wheel 59.

A sensor disk 69 is provided at one end of the drive shaft 29, and six holes 70 are formed in the sensor disk 69 at regular intervals. Sensor disk 6
When 9 is rotated about 60 degrees, the next hole 70 is detected by the sensor 71. The detection signal of the sensor 71 is sent to a control device (not shown), and the rotation of the motor 63 is stopped.

In this way, the ratchet wheel 59 rotates about 60 degrees and stops. Rod-like object 2 locked to the hook 60
Are sent out one by one by the hook 60. Since the ratchet wheel 59 is made of an elastic material such as synthetic rubber, it does not damage the stick 2. As shown in FIG. 11, the sensor 77 is provided behind the ratchet wheel 59. Therefore, when the rod-shaped object 2 is sent out, the blocking piece 81 is opened, and the light-receiving element of the sensor 77 emits light. As a result, it is detected that the rod-shaped object 2 has been sent out. When it is detected that the coin has been sent, it returns to the state before the coin was inserted.

When the rod-shaped object 2 is not sent out, the detection signal is not sent to the control device (not shown) because the blocking piece 81 remains closed. If the detection signal is not sent to the control device for a predetermined time even if the ratchet wheel 59 rotates, the control means again rotates the motor 63, which is the first driving means, to rotate the ratchet wheel 59. When the rod-shaped object 2 cannot be sent out even after repeating a predetermined number of times, the abnormality is notified by blinking an electronic sound or a light.

When the rods 2 are taken out one by one from the lower opening 13 and are reduced, the tips of the springs 17 are bent by the weight of the rods 2, so that the rods 2 placed on the springs 17 are Although it falls from the tip, it slowly falls one by one, so the deformation of the rod-shaped object 2 at the bottom is prevented. Moreover, since the rod-shaped objects 2 fall from the tip of the spring 17, they are collected in the center of the storage box 3 and are not stored along the wall surface. Furthermore, since the springs 17 on the front wall 5 side and the springs 17 on the rear wall 6 side are mounted in a staggered manner in the height direction, the rod-shaped material 2 is not sandwiched between the springs 17 and accumulated, and falls smoothly. To do.

The sensors 52, 7 described in the above embodiment
Reference numerals 1, 73, and 77 use a light emitting element and a light receiving element, but are not limited to this and can be variously changed. Further, although the spring 17 is provided as an elastic member for blocking the rod-shaped object 2 on the way, a rubber member, a rod member rotatably attached and held substantially horizontally by the spring member, or a plate member may be used. Absent.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rod-shaped material supplying apparatus 1 according to the above embodiment is incorporated in the game machine 90. In this game machine 90, when a coin is inserted from the coin opening 91, the coin drops into the coin insertion opening 83, and a switch member (not shown) is turned on. A game can be played on the game display panel 92 via a control device (not shown), and when the game is won, the rod-shaped material 2 is supplied from the rod-shaped material supply device 1. The rod-shaped object 2 thus supplied is taken out from the take-out port 93 of the game machine 90.

[0049]

As described above, the rod-shaped material feeding device according to the present invention can individually take out the rod-shaped material contained in the storage box by hooking it with the hooking claws of the pair of ratchet wheels. Therefore, in the conventional rod-shaped material supplying device, the rod-shaped material is once housed in the semi-cylindrical receiving portion and then taken out, so that the rod-shaped material is too long to be accommodated in the receiving portion, or the rod-shaped material is biased to the receiving portion obliquely. However, in the present invention, it is not necessary to store and take out the rod-shaped object, so that the rod-shaped object can be taken out smoothly even if the rod-shaped object is long or deviated to one side. The effect is that you can.

When the stirring device is provided on the front wall of the storage box, the stirring claw pushes up the rod-shaped object, which is clogged in the vicinity of the lower opening, from the lower side to the upper side and stirs it, whereby the clogged state in the storage box can be eliminated. There is an effect. Therefore, even if the stick-shaped material is clogged, it is not necessary to take out the whole stick-shaped material and put it in again, which is extremely convenient.

When a pair of elastic members for horizontally holding both sides of the rod-shaped object are provided on the inner surface of the rear wall of the storage box, the pair of elastic members temporarily stop the rod-shaped object in the storage box. The weight of the entire rod-like object is dispersed, and the weight of the entire rod-like object is not applied to the rod-like object at the lowest position, so that the deformation can be prevented.

Since a void is formed below the elastic member, even if the rod-shaped object is pushed upward by the stirring device, the rod-shaped object can move by the void, and even if the rod-shaped object hits the elastic member from below. Since the elastic member is bent, the rod-shaped object is not pressed and is not deformed.

At least a pair of elastic members for elastically holding the rod-like object horizontally are provided on the inner surface of the rear wall and the inner surface of the front wall of the storage box, and a pair of elastic members provided on the rear wall side and a pair provided on the front wall side. If the elastic members of are provided so as to be staggered in the height direction, the weight of the entire rod-shaped object in the storage box is further dispersed,
The rod-shaped object on the bottom wall of the storage box is less heavily weighted and the rod-shaped object can be smoothly dropped downward without accumulating between the elastic members.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a rod-shaped material supply device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part of the above embodiment.

6 is a rear view showing the internal state of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part with a part omitted.

FIG. 9 is a side view of a main part with a part omitted.

FIG. 10 is a side view of a main part with a part omitted.

FIG. 11 is a side sectional view of a main part with a part omitted.

FIG. 12 is a side sectional view of a main part with a part omitted.

FIG. 13 is a side sectional view of an essential part showing an operating state.

FIG. 14 is a side sectional view of an essential part showing an operating state.

FIG. 15 is a side sectional view of an essential part showing an operating state.

FIG. 16 is an overall perspective view of a game device incorporating a rod-shaped material supply device.

FIG. 17 is a side sectional view showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rod-shaped material supply device 2 Rod-shaped material 3 Storage box 5 Front wall 6 Rear wall 7 Side wall 9 Upper wall 10 Bottom wall 11 Bottom surface 12 Upper opening 13 Lower opening 15 Inner surface 16 Inner surface 17 Spring 18 Elastic member 19 Screw member 20 Front surface 21 Extraction device 22 side wall 23 machine frame 24 passage 25 side wall 26 rotary shaft 27 rotary shaft 28 cover body 29 drive shaft 30 rotary disc 32 side surface 33 engaging protrusion 35 engaging hole 36 stirring plate 37 support plate 39 stirring claw 40 spur gear 41 spur gear 42 mounting base 43 motor 45 transmission 46 output shaft 47 drive gear 49 intermediate gear 50 sensor disk 51 hole 52 sensor 53 support member 56 mounting disk 57 auxiliary disk 59 claw wheel 60 hook claw 61 notch 62 mounting table 63 motor 65 gearbox 66 output shaft 67 joint 69 sensor disk 70 hole 71 sensor 2 the support member 73 sensor 75 support member 76 blocking arm 77 sensor 79 support member 81 blocking arm 82 coin accommodating box 83 coin insertion slot 90 gaming machines 91 coin opening 92 game display board

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rod-shaped material supply device having the following requirements. (A) To have a storage box capable of stacking and storing the rod-shaped objects in a substantially horizontal state with the axial direction of the rod-shaped objects facing the left and right side walls. (B) The storage box must have an upper opening for the rod-shaped object. (C) The storage box is formed with a lower opening for taking out the rod-like object at the lower part of the front wall, and the bottom wall is inclined downward toward the lower opening. (D) The front wall of the storage box is provided with a take-out device for taking out the rod-shaped objects stored in the storage box one by one from the lower opening. (E) The take-out device is composed of a pair of ratchets around which a plurality of hooking claws for feeding the rod-shaped objects aligned on the bottom wall are provided, a drive shaft having the pair of ratchets on both sides, and the drive shaft. Having a first drive means for rotating the. 2. The following requirements are provided,
The rod-shaped material supply device according to claim 1. (A) A stirrer for stirring a plurality of rod-shaped objects inside the storage box is provided on the front wall of the storage box. (B) The stirring device has a stirring claw that can be engaged with both sides of the rod-shaped object housed inside the storage box, and the stirring claw can be engaged with the rod-shaped object when the stirring claw is moved upward from below. When moving the stirring claw from above to below,
It is composed of a moving means for retracting the stirring claw so that it cannot engage with the rod-shaped object, and a second driving means for driving this moving means. 3. An inner surface of a rear wall of the housing box is provided with at least a pair of elastic members which extend toward the front wall and elastically hold a rod-shaped object substantially horizontally. 1. The rod-shaped material supply device according to 1 or 2. 4. An inner surface of the rear wall of the storage box is provided with at least a pair of elastic members which extend toward the front wall and elastically hold the rod-shaped object substantially horizontally. Is provided with at least a pair of elastic members which extend toward the rear wall side and elastically hold the rod-shaped object substantially horizontally. The pair of elastic members provided on the rear wall side and the front wall side are provided. The rod-shaped object supply device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pair of elastic members are provided so as to be staggered in the height direction.