JPH09299597A - Lent ball counter and ball lending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute load applied to a count gear. SOLUTION: When the prescribed number of balls to be supplied at once is '25', teeth 32a of a count gear 32 are formed as many as '13' that is mutually prime with '25'. Thus, each time lent balls are completely supplied just once, the teeth 32a of the count gear 32 receive the lent ball 30a at the lowest position with different teeth. Therefore, the load from the lent ball 30 is distributed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball lending machine and a ball lending machine for counting a predetermined number of lending balls, and in particular, counting the number of lending balls supplied by rotation of a count gear for holding lending balls between teeth. The present invention relates to a ball rental machine and a ball rental machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball rental machine is built in a ball rental machine provided between pachinko machines, for example. This lending ball counting machine has a count gear that holds lending balls in the recesses formed between the teeth, and the number of lending balls supplied is counted by rotating this counting gear.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a ball rental machine inside a conventional ball rental machine. The supply path 61 is formed substantially vertically. The upper end 61a side of the supply path 61 is connected to an external rental ball transfer path, and the rental ball 62 is transferred into the supply path via the upper end 61a. On the other hand, the lower end 61b of the supply path 61 is connected to an unillustrated rental ball releasing machine, and supplies the rental ball 62 falling from above to the rental ball releasing machine side.

A count gear 63 is provided in the middle of the supply path 61.
Is provided. For the count gear 63, for example, 10
One tooth 63a is provided, and a part of the tooth 63a is always located in the supply path 61. The recess 63b between the teeth 63a and the side wall of the supply passage 61 are provided with a ball 62 for lending.
Can be held.

In such a ball rental coefficient machine, the concave portion 63b
Among them, the one located in the supply path 61a holds the rental ball 62a at the lowest position. At this time, the count gear 63 is prevented from rotating by a stopper mechanism portion (not shown) connected to the rotary shaft 63c. Then, when the blocking of the rotation by the stopper mechanism is released, the count gear 63 rotates clockwise around the shaft 63c due to the weight of the rental ball 62. By the rotation of the count gear 63, the rental ball 62 falls in the supply path 61 and is discharged from a rental ball discharging machine (not shown) via the lower end 61b.

When the number of lending balls to be discharged reaches the predetermined supply number of 25, a stopper mechanism (not shown)
The rotation of the count gear 63 stops, and the supply of rental balls stops accordingly.

[0007]

In such a conventional ball lending counter, since the control is simple, the count gear 6
The number of the teeth 63a of 3 was designed to be a divisor of the predetermined supply number of the lending balls once, or an integral multiple of the divisor. In the example of FIG. 6, the predetermined supply number of rental balls is 2
The count gear 63 has ten teeth 63a, whereas the count gear 63 has five teeth. Also, of course, the concave portion 63b for holding the rental ball 62
Is also 10.

However, when the predetermined supply number and the number of teeth 63a are set in such a relationship, the concave portion for holding the lending ball 62a at the lowest position is limited to a specific concave portion. That is, in the case of FIG. 6, assuming that the lowermost rental ball 62a is currently held in the recess 63b ₁ , after releasing 25 rental balls 62, the lowest position is reached in the recess 63b _2. Will hold the rental ball 62a.

When 25 lending balls 62 are further discharged, the lending ball 62a at the lowermost position is held again in the recess 63b ₁ . That is, even if the lending balls are repeatedly discharged, the lowest lending ball 62a is always held in either the concave portion 63b ₁ or the concave portion 63b ₂ . Therefore, there is a problem that the load applied to the count gear 63 is biased and the durability of the count gear 63 deteriorates.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rental ball counter capable of distributing the load applied to the count gear.

[0011]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a rental ball counter for counting the number of supplied rental balls by rotating a count gear that holds a rental ball between each tooth. There is provided a loan ball counting machine characterized in that the gear is formed with teeth whose number is relatively prime to the predetermined supply number of the loan ball once.

[0012] In such a loan ball counting machine, the teeth for receiving the loan ball are different each time a predetermined supply number of loan balls is supplied. Therefore, when the supply of rental balls is repeated, the load applied to the count gear is distributed to each tooth. Therefore,
The durability is improved.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a front portion of a ball lending machine having a ball lending machine. The front part 11 is provided with a display panel 12, a coin insertion slot 13, a return button 14, a lending-ball selection panel 15, a lending-ball ejecting machine 16, a returning slot 17, and a bill insertion slot 18.

On the display panel 12, a ball lending lamp 12a for lighting and displaying "ball lending", a change-out lamp 12b for lighting and displaying "out of change", and a fraction display lamp for lighting and "fractional". 12c are provided.

From the coin slot 13, 500 yen, 10
Two types of coins of 0 yen are inserted. Coin slot 13
When a coin is inserted from the player, a lending ball corresponding to the amount of the lending is supplied to the tank 16a of the lending ball discharging machine 16 and discharged from the nozzle 16b. When the inserted coin is clogged, the coin is returned from the return slot 17 by pressing the return button 14.

On the rental ball selection panel 15, a selection button 15a for selecting the number of rental balls for 100 yen, a selection button 15b for selecting the number of rental balls for 300 yen, and a number of rental balls for 500 yen are selected. A selection button 15c for selecting and a selection button 15d for selecting the number of balls to lend for 1000 yen are provided. When any one of the buttons is pressed when a 1,000-yen bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 18, a lending ball corresponding to the selected amount is supplied to the lending ball discharging machine 16 and discharged from the nozzle 16b. .

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the internal construction of the ball lending machine 10. A control device 21 for controlling the entire ball lending machine 10 is provided at the top. In the lower part of the control device 21,
A coin selector 22 is provided. The coin selector 22 is a device for selecting coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 13. The coin selector 22 is 500
Of the two types of coins, yen and 100 yen, only 500 yen is selected and supplied to the change dispensing machine 24 via the hopper 23. The coin selector 22 is provided with an LED 22a, and when the inserted coin is jammed, the type of the jammed coin is identified and displayed by changing the emission color and blinking method.

The hopper 23 is divided into a change hopper 23a and a collecting hopper 23b. Change hopper 2
3 a supplies the 500 yen coin selected from the coin selector 22 to the change discharging machine 25. When the stock of the change dispensing machine 24 runs out, change coins from the island management device (not shown) are supplied to the change hopper 23a through the change supply port 23c.

On the other hand, when the stock amount of the change dispenser 24 becomes maximum, the 500-yen coin sent from the coin selector 22 is sent to the collecting hopper 23b. The collection hopper 23b is 100 yen, and the change hopper 23a
The coin of 500 yen sent from the side is sent to the coin exit 23d
To the island management device side.

The change dispenser 24 is a change hopper 23.
The 500-yen coin supplied from a is stocked, and the 500-yen coin is released from the return port 17 as change according to a command from the control device 21.

The lending ball counter 25 stocks lending balls supplied from a supply path (not shown), and when a command is received from the control device 21, 25 lending of a predetermined supply amount per 100 yen of the input amount. The balls are supplied to the tank 16a of the rental ball discharging machine 16. The lending ball supplied to the tank 16a is manually lifted up by the nozzle 16b,
It is discharged out of the nozzle 16b.

The bill selector 26 judges the authenticity of the 1000-yen bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 18,
If the bill is a fake or bad bill, it is sent back to the bill insertion slot 18;

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a schematic structure of the ball rental counter 25. The rental ball counter 25 is provided with a supply path 31 for supplying the rental ball 30 sent from an external transport path (not shown) to the tank 16a side shown in FIG. The supply path 31 communicates with the tank 16a.

A slit 31a is formed in the supply passage 31. From the slit 31a, a part of the teeth 32a of the count gear 32 is inserted into the supply path 31. The count gear 32 has 13 teeth 32a, which is a number that is relatively prime to 25, which is the number of rental balls supplied for every 100 yen. Further, the count gear 32 is formed with teeth 32a, so that the same number of recesses 32b are formed.
The count gear 32 is rotatably attached about a shaft 33, and holds the rental ball 30a at the lowest position in the supply path 31 by the teeth 32a and the recess 32b located in the supply path 31. There is. Therefore, the count gear 3
2, the weight of the rental ball 30 always exerts a force in the clockwise direction in the drawing.

Further, the shaft 33 of the count gear 32 has 1
A control gear 34 having three teeth 34a is rotatably mounted integrally with the count gear 32. This control gear 34 has 25 teeth 35, which is the same as the predetermined supply number of rental balls.
It meshes with a control gear 35 having c. Control gear 3
5 is attached rotatably around a shaft 35a, and one stopper 35b is provided in a part thereof. One end 36b of the pin 36 is in contact with the stopper 35b.

The pin 36 is attached so as to be rotatable around a shaft 36a. Also, the other end 36 of the pin 36
c is connected to the shaft 37a of the solenoid 37. When the solenoid 37 is off, the pin 36 is held at a position where the end portion 36b contacts the stopper 35b of the control gear 35 as shown in the figure. On the other hand, the solenoid 37
When is turned on, the shaft 37a is pulled upward, which causes the pin 36 to rotate clockwise by a predetermined amount in the drawing.

Next, the ball rental counter 25 having such a configuration
The operation of will be described. First, when the supply of balls for lending is stopped, as shown in FIG. 1, since the solenoid 37 is off, the end 36b of the pin 36 is in contact with the stopper 36b of the control gear 35. Therefore, the control gear 35 is
The counterclockwise rotation around the shaft 35a is suppressed.

At this time, the count gear 32 receives the force in the clockwise direction in the drawing due to the weight of the rental ball 30, as described above. However, since the control gear 35 is prevented from rotating counterclockwise, the control gear 34 meshing with the control gear 35 is prevented from rotating clockwise. Further, the count gear 32 integrated with the control gear 34 is also prevented from rotating clockwise. As a result, the rental ball 30 has teeth 3
It remains accepted by 2a.

When there is a ball supply command from the control device 21 shown in FIG. 3, the solenoid 37 is turned on and the shaft 37a is pulled upward. 4 shows the solenoid 37
It is a figure which shows the operation state of each gear of the ball rental counter 25 when is turned on. When the solenoid 37 turns on,
As shown in the figure, the pin 36 rotates clockwise and disengages from the stopper 35b of the control gear 35, and the control gear 35, the control gear 34, and the count gear 32 become free. Therefore, the count gear 32 receives the weight of the rental ball 30 and starts rotating clockwise, and the rental ball 30 starts falling. As a result, rental balls are supplied. In conjunction with this, the control gear 34 and the control gear 35 also rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively.

Here, the solenoid 37 is immediately turned off when the end portion 36b comes off the stopper 35b, and the pin 37 returns to the state shown in FIG. Therefore, when the control gear 35 makes one rotation, the end 36b of the pin 36 comes into contact with the stopper 35b again, and the rotations of the gears 32, 34, 35 are stopped. As a result, the supply of the rental balls 30 is stopped.

Further, as described above, since the control gear 35 is formed with 25 teeth 35c, while the control gear 35 makes one rotation, the control gear 34 becomes (1 + 1 + 1).
2/13) Rotate. Therefore, the count gear 32 having the same number of teeth as the control gear 34 also rotates (1 + 12/13). As a result, 25 rental balls 30 dropped, and
It is supplied to the tank 16a of the ball rental machine 16 shown in FIG.

In the loan ball counting machine 25 of this embodiment, when one ball rental supply is completed, the teeth 32a of the count gear 32 are counted.
Has a tooth different from that before the supply and receives the rental ball 30a at the lowest position. Next, this principle will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining the principle of the rental ball receiving operation by the count gear 32. Here, in order to distinguish each tooth of the count gear 32, reference numeral 32
a ₁ , 32a ₂ , 32a ₃ , 32a ₄ , 32a ₅ , 32
a ₆ , 32a ₇ , 32a ₈ , 32a ₉ , 32a ₁₀ , 32
subjecting _{a 11, 32a 12, 32a 13} . Also, in each recess,
Reference numerals 32b ₁ , 32b ₂ , 32b ₃ , 32 respectively
b ₄ , 32b ₅ , 32b ₆ , 32b ₇ , 32b ₈ , 32
subjecting _{b 9, 32b 10, 32b 11} , 32b 12, 32b 13.

First, before starting the first rental ball supply, it is assumed that the lowest rental ball 30a is held by the recess 32b ₁ between the teeth 32a ₁ and the teeth 32a ₂ . At this time, the weight of the rental ball 30 is applied to the tooth 32a ₁ . Here, when the rental ball supply for 100 yen is executed, the count gear 32 rotates clockwise by 25 rental balls (recesses). Therefore, at the time when one supply of the rental balls is completed, this time, the recessed balls 32b ₁₃ between the teeth 32a ₁₃ and the teeth 32a ₁ are at the lowest position.
will hold a. At this time, the tooth 32a ₁₃ has
The load due to the weight of the rental ball 30 is applied.

Thereafter, each time the supply of rental balls is repeated, the recesses for holding the rental balls 30a at the lowest position at the end of supply are shifted one by one. Then, when the supply of the rental balls for 13 times is completed, the operation returns to the concave portion 32b ₁ again.

Thus, in this embodiment, the count gear 3
Since the number of teeth 32a of 2 is set to 13 which is relatively prime to the predetermined supply number of lending balls of 25, the lending at the lowest position in the supply path 31 is performed every time lending balls are supplied. The teeth that receive the ball 30a can be switched. Therefore, the load applied to the count gear 32 can be dispersed, and the durability is improved.

In the present embodiment, the number of teeth 32a of the count gear 32 is set to 13 with respect to the supply number of rental balls of 25, but other numbers may be used as long as they are relatively prime. . Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an example in which the lending ball counter 25 is provided in the ball lending machine 10 that uses coins or bills has been described, but a device that receives a supply command from the card reader / writer unit, or releases a lending ball, or a pachinko machine It can also be applied to a prize ball discharging device inside the table.

[0038]

As described above, in the present invention, the number of teeth of the count gear is set to be a number that is coprime to the predetermined supply number of lending balls, so that the predetermined supply number of lending balls is supplied once. Each time, you can switch the tooth to receive the lending ball every time. Therefore, the load applied to the count gear can be distributed to each tooth, and the durability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a ball rental counter.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a front surface portion of a ball lending machine.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing an internal configuration of the ball lending machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operating state of each gear of the ball rental counter when a solenoid is turned on.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the principle of a rental ball receiving operation by a count gear.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a ball rental machine inside a conventional ball rental machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ball lending machine 13 coin insertion slot 15 lending ball selection panel 16 lending ball discharging machine 16a tank 16b nozzle 18 banknote insertion slot 21 control device 25 lending ball counter 30 lending ball 31 supply path 32 count gear 32a tooth 32b recess 34 control gear 35 Control Gear 35b Stopper 36 Pin 37 Solenoid

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A lending ball counter for counting the number of lending balls supplied by rotation of a count gear that holds the lending balls between each tooth, wherein the count gear has a predetermined supply number of the lending balls once. A ball counting machine characterized in that the numbers of teeth that are relatively prime to each other are formed. 2. The loan ball counting machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined supply number is 25 and the number of teeth of the count gear is 13. 3. A ball lending machine having a built-in ball lending counter that counts the number of lending balls supplied by rotating a count gear that holds the ball lending between each tooth, wherein the count gear has one of the lending balls. A ball lending machine, characterized in that a number of teeth that are relatively prime to a predetermined supply number of times are formed.