JPH09239133A - Pachinko ball transport device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the circulation of pachinko balls between pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine islands by detecting the deposited amount of the pachinko balls in each pachinko machine island, and transporting the pachinkc balls from an island with a large deposited amount to another island with a small deposited amount, and transporting the lifted pachinko balls to the island with a small deposited amount. SOLUTION: A transporting device 28 horizontally arranged on pachinko machine islands to transport pachinko balls among the islands is connected with a first control device 46. Also, a second control device 50 is connected to a feed device 42 for feeding pachinko balls in the reserve tank of pachinko balls lifted with a lifting device to a transporting device 28. The first and the second control devices 46 and 50 are installed respectively within the lower tank of each pachinko machine island. In addition, a detection device 48 detects the deposited amount of pachinko balls in each pachinko machine island and the first control device 46 makes a comparison about the amount of pachinko balls. Then, the transport device 28 carries pachinko balls from a pachinko machine island with a large deposited amount to another island with a small deposited amount. Also, the second control device 50 actuates the feed device 42 for feeding lifted pachinko balls to the island with a small deposited amount.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a storage amount of pachinko balls from a large storage amount of pachinko balls between the respective pachinko islands each having a pachinko ball storage facility and a pachinko ball counter. The present invention relates to a pachinko ball conveying device suitable for conveying a pachinko ball toward a pachinko island with a small number of balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko ball counting machine is an expensive machine,
Since installing the pachinko islands on each pachinko island increases the installation cost, in general, only one of the groups of several pachinko islands (parent island) is equipped with a pachinko ball counter.

[0003] Here, since the number of pachinko balls put into the pachinko ball coefficient machine is counted and enters the pachinko ball on the island, only the amount of pachinko balls stored on the parent island increases, and the amount of pachinko balls stored on other pachinko islands increases. Is decreasing. Therefore, other pachinko islands are now receiving pachinko balls from the parent island.

If a pachinko ball counting machine is installed only on the parent island, the number of pachinko ball counting machines is small and it is inconvenient for customers who want to count pachinko balls. Pachinko ball counters are being installed on each of the islands of Pachinko.

However, when the pachinko ball counting machines are installed on all the pachinko islands, if the pachinko balls are returned to the pachinko islands by using the pachinko ball counting machine of the pachinko island where the customer has issued the pachinko balls, Although the storage amount of pachinko balls does not change, when there are pachinko ball counting machines on other pachinko islands due to circumstances such as having pachinko ball counting machines, the storage amount of pachinko balls on each pachinko island changes, The storage amount of pachinko balls will be insufficient or will overflow.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a pachinko ball conveying device for conveying pachinko balls from a pachinko island having a large storage amount of pachinko balls to a pachinko island having a small storage amount of pachinko balls, and several pachinko ball conveying devices have been proposed. ing.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining an example of a conventional pachinko ball conveying device. In the figure, a pachinko ball counter 10 is provided on the end side of the pachinko island, and four lower tanks 12 to 18 are provided in series below the pachinko island in series in the longitudinal direction of the pachinko island. .

Lower tank 12 near the center of Pachinko Island
A hoisting device 20 for hoisting the pachinko balls stored in 18 to the upper part of the pachinko island is provided upright.

The lifting device 20 is provided with a lifting pipe installed substantially vertically, a lifting member inserted in the lifting pipe, and a motor for rotating the lifting member. The lifting member has a spiral fin, and when the lifting member is rotated by a motor, the fin pushes the pachinko ball upward.

The pachinko balls put in the pachinko ball counting machine 10 are counted, then sequentially fed through the lower tanks 12 and 14, and are lifted to the upper part of the pachinko island by the lifting device 20, and then descend and descend. It is designed to enter the tanks 16 and 18.

Two crossing gutters 5 between adjacent Pachinko islands
2, 54 are provided, and the crossover pipes 52, 54 are inclined in opposite directions, and when viewed from the side, they appear to intersect with each other.

In this pachinko ball carrier, when the amount of pachinko balls held exceeds the storage amount of that pachinko island, the lifted pachinko balls are transferred to the transit pipe 52 which is lower toward the adjacent pachinko island. It is supplied and rolls in the transition pipe 52 as shown by the arrow to enter the adjacent Pachinko island.

[0013]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko ball conveying device, since the pachinko balls are conveyed by utilizing the inclination of the crossing gutters 52 and 54, it is one of the methods for moving the pachinko balls back and forth. There is a problem that two crossover pipes 52 and 54 are required between the pachinko islands, and therefore the space between the pachinko islands is not neat.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko ball carrier, in order to incline the transfer gutters 52 and 54, the transfer gutter 5 is used.
Since one side of 2, 54 must be raised, there was a problem that this pachinko ball carrier cannot be installed in a place where the ceiling is low.

Further, in the above-described conventional pachinko ball conveying device, the pachinko balls are conveyed by utilizing the inclination of the migratory gutters 52 and 54.
There was a problem that the slant of 2, 54 was unavoidable, and therefore the pachinko balls could not be sent smoothly.

[0016] It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko ball conveying device capable of smoothly accommodating pachinko balls between the pachinko islands.

[0017]

According to the present invention, there is provided a pachinko ball conveying device, wherein each pachinko island is conveyed between one pachinko island and another pachinko island or another pachinko island. A detection device for detecting the storage amount of each pachinko ball, and operating the transport device from the detection result by the detection device from the pachinko island with a large storage amount of pachinko balls toward the pachinko island with a low storage amount of pachinko balls. One control device, a supply device that supplies a pachinko ball lifted to the upper part of the pachinko island to any of the above-mentioned carrier devices, and a carrier device operating toward the pachinko island where the storage amount of the pachinko ball is small. And a second control device for controlling the supply device so as to supply the pachinko balls.

Here, as the pachinko ball conveying device, for example, one conveying pipe passed between one pachinko island and another pachinko island, and substantially coaxially inserted into the conveying pipe. It is possible to use a transport member provided with the above-mentioned transport member and a motor for rotating the transport member, and the transport member having a spiral fin.

Further, the pachinko balls lifted to the upper part of the Pachinko island may be stored in an upper tank provided on the upper part of the Pachinko island and supplied to the transfer device via the supply device. You may make it supply to a conveyance apparatus as it is via a supply apparatus.

Further, the one pachinko island may be connected to all the other pachinko islands directly or via the other pachinko islands via the carrier device. Furthermore, it may be equipped with a pachinko ball counter for all of the aforementioned pachinko islands,
A part of the pachinko ball counting machine may not be provided.

[0021]

1 is an explanatory view for explaining a pachinko ball carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a pachinko ball counter 14 is provided on the end side of the pachinko island, and four lower tanks 12 to 18 are provided in series at the lower part of the pachinko island in the longitudinal direction of the pachinko island. .

Lower tank 12 near the center of Pachinko Island
A hoisting device 20 for hoisting the pachinko balls stored in 18 to the upper part of the pachinko island is provided upright.

The hoisting device 20 comprises a hoisting pipe installed substantially vertically, a hoisting member inserted in the hoisting pipe, and a motor for rotating the hoisting member. The lifting member has a spiral fin, and when the lifting member is rotated by a motor, the fin pushes the pachinko ball upward.

The pachinko balls placed in the pachinko ball counting machine 10 are counted, then sequentially fed through the lower tanks 12 and 14, and are lifted to the upper part of the pachinko island by the lifting device 20, and then descend and descend. It is designed to enter the tanks 16 and 18.

In the upper space of the Pachinko island, a carrying device 28 for carrying the pachinko balls from one Pachinko island to another Pachinko island is provided substantially horizontally.

The transfer device 28 includes a single substantially horizontal transfer pipe 30 passed from one pachinko island to another pachinko island, and a transfer member 32 inserted into the transfer pipe 30 substantially coaxially. And a motor 34 for rotating the transport member 32. The carrying member 32 includes spiral fins, and when the carrying member 32 is rotated by the motor 34, the fin pushes and moves the pachinko ball toward another pachinko island.

When the motor 34 is rotated in the reverse direction and the conveying member 32 is rotated in the opposite direction, the fins push the pachinko balls in the opposite direction to move toward the one pachinko island. That is, by rotating the motor 34 in the reverse direction to change the rotation direction of the transport member 32, the transport direction of the pachinko balls in the single transport pipe 30 can be reversed.

An upper tank 36 for storing the pachinko balls lifted by the lifting device 20 is provided above the pachinko island in a state of being connected to the upper part of the lifting device 20.
As shown in FIG. 2, a small lift 38 is arranged in parallel in the upper tank 36, and a guide device 40 is provided on the outlet side of the small lift 38. The small lift 38 and the guide device 40 constitute a supply device 42 that supplies the pachinko balls to the transport device 28.

The pachinko balls in the upper tank 36 are slightly lifted by the small lift 38 and supplied to the guide device 40. As shown in FIG. 3, the outlet portion 44 of the guide device 40 is swingably provided, and the pachinko balls lifted by the small lift 38 are supplied to one of the transport devices 28 via the guide device 40. It will be returned to your pachinko island.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the control mechanism of the pachinko ball carrier according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a first control device 46 is connected to the transport device 28, and a detection device 48 is connected to the first control device 46. The detection devices 48 are mounted in the lower tanks 12 to 18 of each pachinko island.

The first control device 46 compares the pachinko ball storage amounts of the respective pachinko islands obtained by the detection device 48 from the pachinko island with a large pachinko ball storage amount to the pachinko ball with a small pachinko ball storage amount. The transport device 28 is operated.

A second control device 50 is connected to the supply device 42 consisting of the small lift 38 and the guide device 40. The second control device 50 uses the small lift 38.
At the same time, the guide device 40 on the pachinko island with a large storage amount of pachinko balls is directed toward the transport device 28 moving toward the pachinko island with a small storage amount of pachinko balls, so that the storage amount of pachinko balls is increased. The pachinko balls in the upper tank 36 of the many pachinko islands are supplied to the pachinko island where the storage amount of the pachinko balls is small.

When the storage amount of pachinko balls in one pachinko island becomes smaller than a certain level as compared with the storage amount of pachinko balls in another pachinko island, the transport device 28 starts moving from the other pachinko island toward this pachinko island. The pachinko balls on other pachinko islands are supplied to one pachinko island by the transport device 28.

Further, if the pachinko balls on the one pachinko island are continuously supplied to the pachinko ball counter 10, the storage amount of the pachinko balls on the one pachinko island increases, and other pachinko balls connected to this pachinko island are connected. Pachinko balls start to be transported to the Pachinko islands, the pachinko balls are conveyed to other Pachinko islands one after another, and the pachinko balls are successively conveyed and supplied.

[0035]

According to the present invention, the pachinko ball conveying device can be installed horizontally because the drop of the conveying path is not used for conveying the pachinko ball, and therefore the pachinko ball conveying device can be installed even if the ceiling is low. The effect is that it can be installed.

Further, according to the present invention, since the pachinko balls are forcibly conveyed by the power, the pachinko balls are conveyed in a short time from the Pachinko island with a large storage amount of pachinko balls to the Pachinko island with a small storage amount of pachinko balls. The effect is that it can be done.

Further, according to the present invention, since the pachinko balls can be conveyed in the reciprocating direction by one conveying path, the number of conveying paths is half, and the upper space of the pachinko island is simple and neat. There is an effect that can be.

Further, according to the present invention, since the pachinko balls are forcibly conveyed, there is an effect that the pachinko balls can be efficiently conveyed to a distant pachinko island.

Further, according to the present invention, even if the pachinko ball counting machine of one pachinko island fails, the pachinko balls of another pachinko island are supplied, so that the pachinko balls of that pachinko island do not run out. There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a pachinko ball conveying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing details near the upper tank.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the supply device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a control mechanism of a pachinko ball carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a conventional pachinko ball conveying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Pachinko ball counter 12-18 Lower tank 20 Lifting device 28 Conveying device 30 Conveying pipe 32 Conveying member 34 Motor 36 Upper tank 38 Small lift 40 Guide device 42 Feeding device 44 Exit part 46 First control device 48 Detection device 50th Two control device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A transfer device that is respectively passed between one pachinko island and one or more other pachinko islands, and a detection device that detects a storage amount of each pachinko ball in each pachinko island, respectively. From the detection result by the detection device, the first control device for operating the transport device from the pachinko island with a large storage amount of pachinko balls to the pachinko island with a small storage amount of pachinko balls, and is lifted to the upper part of the pachinko island. A supply device for supplying a pachinko ball that is present to any of the above-mentioned transport devices, and a control device for controlling the supply device so as to supply the pachinko ball to a transport device that is operating toward a pachinko island with a small storage amount of pachinko balls. And a control device. 2. A carrier pipe, wherein the carrier device is passed between one Pachinko island and another Pachinko island,
The transport member, which is inserted substantially coaxially into the transport pipe, and a motor for rotating the transport member, wherein the transport member has a spiral fin. Pachinko ball carrier. 3. The one pachinko island is connected to all other pachinko islands directly or via another pachinko island via the carrier device.
The pachinko ball carrier described in. 4. A pachinko ball lifted to the upper part of a pachinko island is stored in an upper tank provided on the upper part of the pachinko island and is supplied to the transfer device via the supply device. The pachinko ball carrier according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that. 5. A pachinko ball lifted to the upper part of a pachinko island is directly supplied to the transfer device via the supply device.
The pachinko ball carrier according to any one of 1. 6. The pachinko ball conveying device according to claim 1, wherein each of the pachinko balls is provided with a pachinko ball counter.