JPH09221202A - Game substrate block conveying device for manufacturing game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the shift quantity of a crane to the utmost, reduce power consumption, and extend the service life by installing the game substrate block reception side of a conveyance line at an intermediate height other than the uppermost stage and lowermost stage of the shelf frame of a warehouse. SOLUTION: When a conveyance line is provided at the substantially same height as the middle shelf 10c of a shelf frame 10, the lift quantity of a crane is 2+4+2+4=12 (a). When the conveyance line is provided at the substantially same height as a shelf other than the center of the shelf frame 10 and other than the lowermost stage and the uppermost stage, i.e., a shelf 10b on the second stage from below or a shelf 10d on the fourth stage from below, the lift quantity of the crane is 2+2+4+6=14 (b). When the conveyance line is provided at the substantially same height as a shelf 10a on the lowermost stage of the shelf frame 10 or a shelf 10e on the uppermost stage, the lift quantity of the crane is 2+4+6+8=20 (c). It is found that the lift quantity, i.e., shift quantity, of the crane can be minimized when the conveyance line is set at the center in the vertical direction of the shelf frame 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, when manufacturing a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a gaming board block in which a large number of gaming boards for the gaming machine are stacked on a pallet is played from a warehouse. The present invention relates to a device that automatically conveys to the machine manufacturing line side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A game board of a pachinko machine is formed by integrally bonding a cell sheet having a design drawing on its back surface to one surface of a game board such as veneer.

By the way, in order to manufacture a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a group of four game boards such as veneer cut by a woodworking maker into substantially rectangular predetermined dimensions are arranged in a grid pattern in a plane. 70 to 80 layers are stacked on a pallet, and a dummy veneer for protecting a game board as a product is formed on the uppermost layer to form a layered body, and this layered body together with the pallet does not collapse with a band. The game board blocks are bundled together to form a game board block, and a large number of game board blocks are loaded on the truck bed and transported to the pachinko machine maker's warehouse, and the forklift truck loads each gaming board block from the truck bed to the warehouse. I am unloading.

In a pachinko machine maker, an operator cuts a band of a game board block unloaded in front of a supply stage of a cell pasting device arranged at the uppermost stream of a game machine manufacturing line from a warehouse by a forklift truck to perform packing. When the game board is unpacked, the dummy veneer is removed from the unpacked game board block, and the game board is mounted on the supply stage of the cell attaching device. From this supply stage, for example, 2 game boards
It is supplied to the hot press which is the first step of the cell sticking device so as to be arranged in a plane in a row.

[0005]

However, since the weight of the game board block is about 700 kg to 800 kg, in order to transport it from the warehouse to the vicinity of the uppermost stream of the game machine manufacturing line, the game board block must be transported. In order to prevent the block from tilting and causing a load collapse, the floor on which the forklift truck travels is required to have flatness with little unevenness.
As a driver, he must be very careful and carefully carry at a low speed, and requires skill in operating a forklift truck.

Therefore, the present invention is a crane used to transfer the game board blocks from the warehouse to the transfer line when the game board blocks are automatically transferred from the warehouse to the game machine manufacturing line using the transfer line. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a gaming board block transfer device for manufacturing a gaming machine, which is capable of reducing the amount of movement as much as possible to achieve low power consumption and long service life.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming board block transfer device for manufacturing a gaming machine, which is provided inside a building of a factory for manufacturing a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine. A warehouse provided with a shelf frame having three or more shelves for loading game board blocks in which a large number of game boards are stacked on a pallet and a crane for carrying out the game board blocks from the shelf of the shelf frame, and this warehouse There is a transfer line that transfers the game board blocks carried out by the crane from the shelf frame to the game machine manufacturing line, and the game board block receiving side of this transfer line is other than the top and bottom of the warehouse shelf frame. It is characterized by being installed at the middle height of. According to the configuration of this claim 1, when the game board block is supplied from the warehouse to the transfer line, the crane moves up and down and moves laterally to mount one game board block on the transfer line from the shelf of the shelf frame, and then predetermined. Returning to the standby position of, for example, if the game board block receiving side of the transfer line is set to the middle of the warehouse shelf frame in the vertical direction, the movement amount of the crane is minimized, and the game board block receiving side of the transfer line is set to the warehouse. If it is set to a position other than the middle and other than the uppermost stage and the lowermost stage of the shelf frame, the movement amount of the crane becomes intermediate. Therefore, by installing the game board block receiving side of the transfer line at an intermediate height other than the top and bottom of the warehouse shelf frame, the transfer line is set to the game board block receiving side of the warehouse shelf top of the shelf. Or, the amount of movement of the crane is reduced as much as possible compared to when it is set to the lowest position, and it is possible to reduce the power consumption required to move the crane and extend the useful life of the crane. be able to.

[0008]

2 to 3, a warehouse 1 is provided inside a building of a factory that manufactures gaming machines such as pachinko machines.
And a transfer line 2 for transferring the game board block 3 which is the object to be carried out from the warehouse 1 toward the game machine manufacturing line (not shown), and the water content of the game board 3a in the game board block 3 is provided. We try to minimize changes in rate and warpage.

The warehouse 1 has a floor 1a dug down from the floor 4 on the first floor of the building, for example, and a loading / unloading crane 1c arranged along a shelf frame 1b installed in parallel on the floor 1a. Is a command from a control device having a computer (not shown), and is vertically moved and laterally moved in a state of being slidably engaged with a track 1d laid along a shelf frame 1b of the warehouse 1 to shelf the game board block 3 One by one is piled up orderly on three or more shelves of the frame 1b, and one game board block 3 is mounted on the carrier line 2 from the shelves of the shelf frame 1b and returned to a predetermined standby position.

The transfer line 2 is a skeleton frame 2a installed on the floor 4 of the building, and a pallet 3 of game board blocks 3
It is provided with a pair of endless chains 2b which are arranged relative to each other at a predetermined interval so that b can be stably mounted.

The chain 2b is wound around a sprocket 2c, which is rotatably mounted on the skeleton frame 2a at the front and rear ends in the conveying direction, so that the moving direction is reversed, and the chain 2b located between the sprockets 2c. The upper transporting unit is driven in the forward rotation of a motor (not shown) fixed to the skeleton frame 2a to move from the warehouse 1 side in one direction indicated by the arrow X1 on the side of the above-mentioned gaming machine manufacturing line, and the reverse rotation of the motor drives the gaming machine Move from the production line side to the other direction indicated by arrow X2 on the warehouse 1 side.

Between the sprockets 2c, the frame 2a is provided with rails 2d for slidably supporting the upper conveying portion of the chain 2b and for bearing the weight of the game board block 3.

The game board block 3 includes, for example, four game boards 3 such as veneer cut into a substantially rectangular shape by a woodworking maker.
A set in which a is arranged adjacent to each other in a planar manner is stacked on the pallet 3b in about 70 to 80 steps, and a stack is formed by covering the uppermost step with a dummy veneer 3c for protecting the game board 3a. This laminated body is bound together with the pallet 3b by a band-shaped band 3d made of synthetic resin so as not to collapse the load, and has a weight of about 700 to 800 kg. A large number of these game board blocks 3 are loaded on a truck bed (not shown) by a woodworking maker, transported to the warehouse 1, unloaded by a forklift truck (not shown) from the truck bed, and then a crane in the warehouse 1 is loaded. Warehouse 1 by 1c
They are loaded one by one on the inner shelf frame 1b. The game board blocks 3 thus stacked are mounted on the carrier line 2 from the shelf frame 1b one by one by the crane 1c.

According to the structure of this embodiment, when the game board block 3 is supplied from the warehouse 1 to the transfer line 2, the crane 1c moves up and down and laterally in response to a block supply start instruction from the above-mentioned control device to move to a shelf. One game board block 3 is mounted on the transfer line 2 from the shelf of the frame 1b and returns to a predetermined standby position.

The movement amount of the crane 1c when the game board block 3 is supplied from the warehouse 1 to the transfer line 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1A, a shelf frame 10 corresponding to the shelf frame 1b has five shelves 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and 10 as shown in FIG.
2 shows an embodiment in which the floor 4 having the e and having the set transfer line 2 (see FIGS. 2 to 3) is set to the same height as the third shelf 10c from the bottom of the shelf frame 10. ing.

In this figure, when the crane 1c transfers the game board block 3 to the transfer line 2 from the third shelf 10c from the bottom with the floor 4 on which the transfer line 2 is set as the standby position and returns to the standby position. Therefore, it can be considered that the lift amount of the crane 1c is zero.

Next, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the stand-by movement to carry the game board block 3 from the second shelf 10b from the bottom to the carrying line 2 and returns to the stand-by position, as indicated by reference numeral a. , The crane 1c can be moved up and down by shelves 10a to 10
If the height of one step of e is “1”, then “1 × 2 = 2”.

Further, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the standby movement and conveys the game board block 3 from the lowermost shelf 10a to the conveyance line 2 and returns to the standby position, as shown by the symbol B, the crane 1c The amount of elevation is “2 × 2 = 4”.

Further, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the standby movement and transports the game board block 3 to the transport line 2 from the fourth shelf 10d from the bottom and returns to the standby position, as indicated by symbol C, The lifting amount of the crane 1c is "1 x 2 =
2 ".

Finally, when the crane 1c goes up and down from the standby movement and transports the game board block 3 from the uppermost shelf 10e to the transport line 2 and returns to the standby position, the crane 1c, as indicated by reference numeral D. The amount of elevation is “2 × 2 = 4”.

In short, the transfer line 2 as shown in FIG.
Is provided at almost the same height as the middle shelf 10c of the shelf frame 10, the lifting amount of the crane 1c is 2 + 4 + 2 +.
4 = 12.

FIG. 1B shows an embodiment in which the floor 4 on which the transfer line 2 is set is set to the same height as the second shelf 10b from the bottom.

In FIG. 2b, the crane 1c uses the floor 4 on which the transfer line 2 is set as the standby position to move from the bottom to the bottom 2.
Game board block 3 on the transfer line 2 from the shelf 10b
When the crane 1c is transported to return to the standby position, it can be considered that the amount of vertical movement of the crane 1c is zero.

Next, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the standby movement and conveys the game board block 3 from the lowermost shelf 10a to the conveyance line 2 and returns to the standby position, as indicated by symbol E, Lifting amount of crane 1c is "1 x 2 = 2"
It is.

When the crane 1c moves up and down from the stand-by movement to carry the game board block 3 from the third shelf 10c from the bottom to the carrying line 2 and returns to the stand-by position, as shown by the reference numeral, Lifting amount of crane 1c is "1 x 2 = 2"
It is.

Further, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the stand-by movement to carry the game board block 3 to the carrier line 2 from the fourth shelf 10d from the bottom and returns to the stand-by position, as indicated by the symbol G, The lifting amount of the crane 1c is “2 × 2 =
4 ”.

Finally, when the crane 1c goes up and down from the standby movement and conveys the game board block 3 from the uppermost shelf 10e to the transfer line 2 and returns to the standby position, the crane 1c is indicated by the reference numeral H. The ascending / descending amount of is “3 × 2 = 6”.

In summary, as shown in FIG.
When the rack is provided at a height other than the middle of the shelf frame 10 other than the lowermost shelf and other than the uppermost shelf, that is, the shelf 10b of the second lowest from the bottom or the shelf 10d of the fourth lowest from the bottom, The lift amount of the crane 1c is 2 + 2 + 4 + 6 = 14.

FIG. 1c is a comparison with the floor 4 on which the transfer line 2 is set, which is set to the same height as the lowermost shelf 10a.

In this c diagram, when the crane 1c transfers the game board block 3 from the lowest shelf 10a to the transfer line 2 with the set floor 4 of the transfer line 2 as the standby position and returns to the standby position. Therefore, it can be considered that the amount of elevation of the crane 1c is zero.

Next, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the stand-by movement to carry the game board block 3 from the second shelf 10b from the bottom to the carrying line 2 and returns to the stand-by position, as indicated by reference numeral L , The crane 1c lift amount is "1 x 2 = 2"
It is.

When the crane 1c moves up and down from the standby movement and conveys the game board block 3 from the third shelf 10c from the bottom to the conveyance line 2 and returns to the standby position, as indicated by reference numeral N, Lifting amount of crane 1c is "2 x 2 = 4"
It is.

Further, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the standby movement and transports the game board block 3 to the transport line 2 from the fourth shelf 10d from the bottom and returns to the standby position, as indicated by reference numeral L, The lifting amount of the crane 1c is "3 x 2 =
6 ”.

Finally, when the crane 1c moves up and down from the standby movement to transfer the game board block 3 from the uppermost fifth shelf 10e to the transfer line 2 and returns to the standby position, as indicated by symbol E. In addition, the lifting amount of the crane 1c is “4 × 2 =
8 ".

In short, the transfer line 2 as shown in FIG.
Is provided at almost the same height as the lowermost shelf 10a or the uppermost shelf 10e of the shelf frame 10, the lifting amount of the crane 1c is 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 20.

Considering FIGS. 1A to 1C, when the transport line 2 is set in the vertical center of the shelf frame 10 as in the embodiment of FIG. At a minimum, when the transfer line 2 is set to a position other than the uppermost stage and the lowermost stage of the shelf frame 10 as in the embodiment of FIG. It can be understood that the movement amount of the crane 1c is maximum when the transfer line 2 is set at the uppermost position or the lowermost position of the shelf frame 10.

Further, in the embodiment of FIG. 2, one game board block 3 is mounted from the shelf frame 1b of the warehouse 1 to the warehouse side end of the chain 2b of the transfer line 2 by the crane 1c, and the pallet of the game board block 3 is mounted. When the arm of the crane 1c is removed from 3b, the chain 2b of the transfer line 2
Starts the transfer operation to transfer the game board block 3 to the above-mentioned gaming machine manufacturing line side, and during the transfer, the transfer operation of the chain 2b of the transfer line 2 is stopped, and the band 3d of the game board block 3 is stopped. After unpacking and unpacking and removing the dummy veneer 3c, the transport line 2
The chain 2b of 2 starts the transfer operation, and transfers the game board block 3 from which the packaging has been unpacked and the dummy veneers 3c have been removed to the above-mentioned game machine manufacturing line side.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a moving amount of a crane according to an embodiment and a comparative example.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Warehouse 1a Warehouse floor 1b Shelf frame 1c Crane 2 Transfer line 3 Game board block 4 Floor with transfer line set 10 Shelf frame 10a-10d Shelf

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game board block in which a large number of game boards for a game machine such as a pachinko machine are stacked in a pallet inside a building of a factory that manufactures a game machine such as a pachinko machine. A warehouse equipped with a shelf frame having more than two shelves and a crane that carries out the game board blocks from the shelf of the shelf frame, and the game board blocks carried out by the crane from the shelf frame of this warehouse toward the gaming machine manufacturing line A game board block for manufacturing a game machine, characterized in that a carrier line for carrying is provided, and the game board block receiving side of the carrier line is installed at an intermediate height other than the uppermost stage and the lowermost stage of the shelf frame of the warehouse. Transport device.