JPH10259A - Playing board positioning device in cell application process of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to accurately position a playing board in a cell application process. SOLUTION: Work is done while belt conveyer is stopped during the process from the positioning of a playing board 1 to the application of a cell sheet 6a. To position the playing board 1, the board 1 is pushed onto a front stopper 4b with a rear pusher 4c and onto a side stopper 4d with a side pusher 4e concurrently holding its specified part on front edge, rear edge, right and left edge with the front stopper 4b, the rear pusher 4c, the side stopper 4d and the side pusher 4e like enclosing it from four corners.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for positioning a game board such as a veneer for connecting cell sheets on which a design drawing is drawn, when manufacturing a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Manufacturers of game machines, such as pachinko machines, supply game boards, such as veneers, cut into predetermined square dimensions by a woodworking maker to a game machine manufacturing line, thereby providing a game board. Multi-axis holes for cutting reference holes and holes for mounting guide rails, which are used to position work in the cell bonding process and post-process, in which a cell sheet with a design drawing is integrally bonded on one side surface with adhesive. Process, Gauge pressing process for punching pilot holes for mounting game nails and game function components, Router process for cutting the opening for mounting game function components, Process for driving game nails, Assembly process for mounting guide rails and game function components A game board (gauge board) is manufactured through an inspection process and the like for checking whether or not a game function component operates normally.

FIG. 5 shows a conventional cell sticking process, in which a hot press device 100, a gluing device 101, and an aligning device 10 are used.
2. The hot press device 100 is transferred to the cold press device 103 in the transfer direction X in order.
After warming to a predetermined temperature while pressing the game board 104 with
An adhesive of an emulsion type is attached to the upper surface, which is one side surface of the heated game board 104, by a gluing device 101, and then the positioning of the game board 104 stopped on the aligning device 102 is performed. After the drawn cell sheet is positioned and mounted from the side by the cell supply device 105, the cell sheet is pressed against the game board 104 at normal temperature by the cold press device 103, and anchor-bonded with an adhesive.
This similar structure is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-155431.

By the way, in the matching device 102, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, the game board 104 conveyed by the roller conveyor 106 is moved to the front stopper 10 at the upper limit position.
After the game board 104 is pressed against and stopped by the pusher 108, the game board 104 is pushed to the side and pinched between the side stopper 109, thereby positioning the game board 104 before the cell sheets are aligned. Also, the roller conveyor 106
Generally, the game board 104 has a surface layer such as rubber for improving the feeding property of the game board 104.

[0005]

However, when the game board 104 is positioned by the conventional aligning device 102, the roller conveyor 106 continues to rotate in the transport direction X.
In a state where the force in the transport direction X is applied to the game substrate 104 from the roller conveyor 106, the game substrate 104 is abutted against the front stopper 107, so that the game substrate 1
Since the positioning of the game board 1 is performed in the transport direction X of 04, the surface layer of the roller conveyor 106 rubs against the game board 104 and is reduced while the game board 1 is positioned, resulting in poor alignment with the cell sheet. , Quality reliability and production efficiency were poor. In order to increase the production efficiency in the cell bonding step, as shown in FIG. 6, when the game boards 104 are transported in two rows on the left and right, the game boards 104 on each row are pushed by pushers 108 provided between the two rows. Since the positioning is performed in the left-right direction by pressing against the side stoppers 109 arranged on both sides, the positioning reference in the left-right direction is opposite to each other in the gaming boards 104 in each row. Thus, the game board 104
If the side serving as the positioning reference differs between the left and right sides of the game board 1,
When the orientation of the design drawing of the cell sheet to be pasted on 04 is set to the same direction on the left and right, the alignment with the cell sheet will be opposite in the left and right columns, and the cell sheet is pasted on the game board 104. When the game board was incorporated into the machine frame attached to the island of the pachinko parlor, the match between the machine frame and the design drawing was slightly different, and it could not be denied that the quality reliability was reduced. In addition, the front stopper 107 and the side stopper 109 arranged orthogonal to the front stopper 107
Is formed so as to be in contact with the entire area of the front edge and one side edge of the game board 104, so that the right angle between the front edge and the side edge of the game board 104 to be brought into contact with both stoppers 107 and 109 is accurately determined. If it is not formed, there is also a disadvantage that positioning cannot be accurately performed.

In view of the above, the present invention is to stop the transport operation of the game board from the positioning of the game board to the alignment of the cell sheet, sandwich the game board at specific positions on all four sides, and accurately position the game board. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine manufacturing cell supply device capable of improving quality reliability and production efficiency.

[0007]

A game for positioning and stopping a game board for a game machine, such as a pachinko machine, conveyed by a conveying means so as to superimpose the cell sheets on which the design drawings are drawn according to claim 1. The game board positioning device in the machine manufacturing cell sticking process includes a transfer means for interrupting the transfer operation of the game board when the positioning is stopped, a transfer path for the game board and a position for avoiding this, and a front edge of the game board. The front board stopper which stops the game board by abutting against a specific position of the game board, and moves up and down to a conveyance path of the game board and a position avoiding the same, and moves to the front board stopper side on the conveyance path to form a rear edge of the game board. By pressing the specific position, the rear substrate pusher sandwiches the game substrate with the front substrate stopper, and the game substrate is brought into contact with a specific position of the side edge of the game substrate on one side of the game substrate transport path. The game board is pinched between the side board stopper and the side board stopper by moving to the side board stopper side from the other side of the game board transfer path and pressing a specific position on the side edge of the game board. And a side substrate pusher to be attached. According to the configuration of the first aspect, during the period from the positioning of the game board to the alignment of the cell sheet, the transfer operation of the transfer means is interrupted, and the game board is pressed against the front board stopper by the rear board pusher. The game board is pressed against the side board stopper with the board pusher, and the front board edge, the rear board pusher, the side board stopper, and the side board pusher are used for the front edge, the rear edge, and the left and right edge of the game board. By positioning the game board by sandwiching the specific position from all sides, the friction between the game board and the transfer means is eliminated, and even when the transfer means is provided with a surface layer that improves the feeding property of the game board,
It is possible to prevent a loss due to rubbing with the game board during positioning on the surface layer, and to accurately position the game board, thereby improving quality reliability and production efficiency. Can be. When the game boards are transported in two rows on the left and right, the side board stoppers are arranged on the same side as the right side in the transport direction with respect to the game boards on the two rows on the left and right, and in the two rows of game boards on the left and right If the left and right positioning references are set in the same direction,
Even if the design direction of the cell sheet pasted on the game board is set in the same direction on the left and right, the alignment with the cell sheet will be the same direction on the left and right rows, and the game board on which the cell sheet is pasted on the game board Was incorporated into the machine frame attached to the island of the pachinko parlor, the matching of the machine frame and the design drawing became uniform,
Quality reliability can be improved. Also, one of the game boards
After a plurality of front substrate stoppers spaced apart from each other on the right and left sides contact a specific position of the front edge portion of the game board at two points, and are provided corresponding to two equally divided positions of these front substrate stoppers in the left-right direction. The side board pusher makes one point contact with a specific position of the rear edge of the game board, and the front board stopper and the rear board pusher sandwich the front and rear of the game board,
After the front and rear positioning of the game board is performed, the game board is pressed against the side board stopper by the side board pusher, so that the side board stoppers disposed opposite to each other on one straight line parallel to the front board stopper. If the side board pusher contacts the specific positions of the left and right side edges of the game board at one point, and the left and right sides of the game board are sandwiched, and the left and right sides of the game board are positioned, the four sides of the game board Even if the right angle is not accurately formed, the positioning can be performed accurately, and the cell sheet can be accurately superimposed on the game board. Also, after positioning the game board back and forth with the front board stopper and the rear board pusher, when positioning the game board left and right with the side board stopper and the side board pusher, the front board stopper and the rear board If the side substrate pusher is rotatably supported, lateral movement of pressing the game substrate against the side substrate stopper with the side substrate pusher can be easily performed.

[0008]

1 to 4 show an embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 1, in the cell bonding step, the game substrate 1 is heated to a predetermined temperature while being pressed by a hot press device 2, and an adhesive of an emulsion type is applied to an upper surface, which is one surface of the game substrate 1, by a gluing device 3. After attaching the game board 1, the positioning of the game board 1 is stopped on the aligning device 4, and then the cell sheet 6a having the design drawing drawn on the back surface is mounted on the adhesive of the game board 1 by the cell supply device 5. Further, the cell sheet 6a is pressed against the game substrate 1 at normal temperature by the cold press device 7, and is anchor-bonded with an adhesive.

In this embodiment, a hot press 2
In this embodiment, the game substrates 1 are transported to the gluing device 3, the matching device 4, and the cold press device 7 in two rows on the left and right.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the aligning device 4 is moved from the gluing device 3 in the transport direction X1 by the transport operation of the roller conveyor 4a as transport means for transporting the game board 1.
The game board 1 conveyed to the game board 1 is positioned by a front board stopper 4b, a rear board pusher 4c, a side board stopper 4d, and a side board pusher 4e which are provided in two sets so as to form a pair on the left and right. That is, the front substrate stopper 4b and the rear substrate pusher 4c move in the transport direction X1 of the game substrate 1.
And the side substrate stopper 4d and the side substrate pusher 4e perform left and right positioning in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction X1 of the game substrate 1.

The roller conveyor 4a stops the transport operation by a signal from a sensor (not shown) which detects that the game board 1 has reached the front board stopper 4b or just before the board stopper 4b. When the loading of the cell sheet 6a on the game substrate 1 by the transport mechanism 15 or the lowering of the front substrate stopper 4b is completed, the transport operation is restarted.

Before the game substrate 1 reaches the position of the front substrate stopper 4b, the front substrate stopper 4b is driven by a stopper elevating cylinder 4f shown in FIG. 3 attached to the mechanism main body. The game board 1 which rises from the gap and is indicated by a solid line in FIG.
Is stopped at the ascending limit position where it can abut, while the cell sheet 6a is superimposed on the game substrate 1, and then descends from the ascending limit position via the gap between the pair of rollers so as not to interfere with the game substrate 1. Stop at the limit position. The front substrate stopper 4b is provided with a stopper elevating cylinder 4f.
Each of the game boards 1 is attached to the set plate 4g which moves up and down in such a manner as to be separated from each other on the left and right sides.

The rear substrate pusher 4c is formed by a pusher elevating cylinder 4h attached to the mechanism main body and a pusher front-rear cylinder 4i attached thereto, before the game substrate 1 reaches the position of the rear substrate pusher 4c. A game board 1 from a gap between the pair of rollers.
After the game board 1 stops at the lower limit position where it does not interfere with the game board 1 and reaches the position of the front substrate stopper 4b, the game board 1 rises from the lower limit position via the gap between the pair of rollers and is shown by a solid line in FIG. After stopping at the upper limit position facing the trailing edge of the game board 1, the game board 1 is advanced as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
And sandwich it. The rear substrate pusher 4c is provided corresponding to the left and right equally divided positions of the front substrate stopper 4b.

The side substrate stopper 4d and the side substrate pusher 4e are connected to the front substrate stopper 4b by the stopper front / rear cylinder 4j and the pusher front / rear cylinder 4k shown in FIG.
Then, the game board 1 moves forward in a direction approaching each other and pinches specific positions on the left and right sides of the game board 1. This specific position is a position where the side substrate stopper 4d and the side substrate pusher 4e face each other on one straight line parallel to the front substrate stopper 4b. The side substrate stopper 4d is disposed on the same side as the right and left sides of the game board 1 in the transfer direction X1, for example, with respect to the two rows of game boards 1, and the side board pusher 4e is used to transfer the game boards 1 in the two right and left rows. They are arranged on the same side, such as the left side in the direction X1, and the positioning references on the left and right in the two rows of game boards 1 are set to be in the same direction.

The advance limit position of the side substrate stopper 4d is set based on the advance position of the side cell stopper 14c based on the position of the cell sheet 6a adhered to the game substrate 1. For example, in the case where one side of the cell sheet 6a is bonded to one side of the game board 1 flush, the side substrate stopper 4d and the side cell stopper 14c at the forward limit position are aligned on the straight line in the transport direction X1. In the case where one side of the cell sheet 6a is inserted several millimeters inside the one side of the game substrate 1 and bonded, the side cell stopper 14c at the forward limit position has the same size inside the side substrate stopper 4d. Becomes

As shown in FIG. 1, the cell supply device 5 is prepared by mounting a cell block 6 on which a large number of cell sheets 6a are stacked on a preparation unit 11 provided on the side of the alignment device 4, The cell block 6 is pushed forward (in a direction opposite to the transport direction X1 of the game board) X2 from the preparation unit 11 into the pushing claw 11.
a to push out along the guide rail 11b and
The cell sheet 6a is taken out one by one from the cell block 6 of the accommodating portion 12 by the accommodating-side suction / conveyance mechanism 13 and transferred to the guide transport mechanism 14 one by one, and the cell sheet 6a is transported by the guide transport mechanism 14 in the transport direction X1. And is positioned by a pair of movable guide rails 14a and 14b before and after the guide transport mechanism 14, a pair of left and right side cell stoppers 14c, and a side cell pusher 14d.
The positioned cell sheet 6a is taken out of the guide transport mechanism 14 downstream in the transport direction X1 by the alignment side suction transport mechanism 15, and the cell sheet 6a is positioned and stopped in the alignment device 4 by the alignment side suction transport mechanism 15. Substrate 1
To be supplied directly above.

In this embodiment, during one cycle of loading the cell sheet 6a from the guide transport mechanism 14 on the game board 1 on the aligning device 4 by the aligning suction transport mechanism 15,
The storage side suction conveyance mechanism 13 moves the cell sheet 6 from the storage section 12.
a is taken out one by one twice and carried out to the guide transport mechanism 14, and every time the guide transport mechanism 14 receives the cell sheet 6a from the storage-side suction transport mechanism 13, one by one in the transport direction Y.
The feeding and feeding mechanism 15 feeds the two cell sheets 6a arranged on the left and right sides individually to the two left and right game substrates 1 which are positioned and stopped on the aligning device 4.

The guide transport mechanism 14 receives the cell sheet 6a taken out of the storage section 12 by the storage side suction transport mechanism 13 at a receiving section 14e arranged on the side of the aligning apparatus 4, and receives the cell sheet 6a together with the receiving section 14e. A plurality of pushing claws 14h connected to a pair of front and rear chains 14g arranged endlessly across the position determining portion 14f laid at a distance equal to or greater than the width of the cell sheet 6a in the left-right direction.
Then, the cell sheet 6a is conveyed from the receiving section 14e to the position determining section 14f on the conveying path of the game board 1 in the aligning device 4 so as not to interfere with the game board 1, and the guide rails 14a and 14b mutually move at that position. The side cell stopper 14c and the side cell pusher 14 move in the approaching direction.
d moves toward each other, and the guide rails 14a, 14b, the side cell stoppers 14c, and the side cell pushers 14d sandwich the four sides of the cell sheet 6a to position the front, rear, left, and right of the cell sheet 6a.

The mating side suction transfer mechanism 15 is composed of a pad front / rear cylinder 15a mounted above the position determining unit 14f of the guide transfer mechanism 14 and a pad lifting / lowering cylinder 15b mounted thereon, as shown in FIG. By moving the suction pad 15c up and down and back and forth so as to draw a trajectory R indicated by a chain line, the suction pad 15c sucks the two cell sheets 6a positioned in parallel by the position determination unit 14f of the guide transport mechanism 14. And matching device 4
It is mounted on the upper game board 1 from above.

The suction pad 15c is connected to a suction port of a motor-driven vacuum pump (not shown) via a vacuum pipe (not shown) and a vacuum valve (not shown), and sucks outside air by opening the vacuum valve. Then, the cell sheet 6a is suctioned and adsorbed, and the suction and adsorption to the cell sheet 6a is released by closing the vacuum valve and opening the air to the suction pad 15c side.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front substrate stopper 4b, the rear substrate pusher 4c, the side substrate stopper 4d, and the side substrate pusher 4e are connected to a set plate 4g.
Alternatively, it is externally mounted rotatably from above on a support member 4m erected on the piston rod of the cylinder.

According to the structure of this embodiment, the hot press device 2, the gluing device 3, the aligning device 4, and the cold press device 7 are driven, and the game board 1 is hot When the game substrate 1 is sent from the press device 2 to the aligning device 4 via the gluing device 3, the transport operation of the roller conveyor 4 a stops immediately before or immediately before the game substrate 1 comes into contact with the front substrate stopper 4 b at the upper limit position. .

Subsequently, the rear substrate pusher 4c ascends from the lower limit position, stops at the upper limit position, and then advances to pinch the game substrate 1 with the front substrate stopper 4b in the front-rear direction. In parallel with this, the side substrate stopper 4d and the side substrate pusher 4e move forward from the retreat limit position to pinch the game substrate 1 from the left and right directions. When the game substrate 1 is pressed against the side substrate stopper 4d by the side substrate pusher 4e, the front substrate stopper 4b and the rear substrate pusher 4c are driven to rotate, and the lateral movement of the game substrate 1 is facilitated.

On the other hand, the suction pad 15c of the mating side suction / transport mechanism 15 descends toward the position determining section 14f and is positioned by the guide rails 14a, 14b, the side cell stopper 14c, and the side cell pusher 14d of the guide / transport mechanism 14. After the cell sheet 6a is suctioned and adsorbed and the cell sheet 6a is mounted on the adhesive of the game board 1 on the aligning device 4 via the locus R, the suction pad 15c stops the suction operation and the vacuum path. Is released to the atmosphere, and then returns to the position shown in FIG.

In short, according to this embodiment, when the game board 1 is positioned, the transport operation of the roller conveyor 4a is interrupted to eliminate friction between the game board 1 and the roller conveyor 4a. Even if a surface layer such as rubber is provided to improve the feedability of the game substrate 1 to each roller, it is possible to eliminate the disadvantage that the surface layer is rubbed with the game substrate 1 so that one-sided reduction occurs. it can.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, when the game boards 1 are transported in two rows on the left and right, the side board stopper 4d is, for example, on the right side in the transport direction X1 with respect to each game board 1 on the two rows on the left and right. And the left and right positioning references in each of the two rows of game boards 1 are set in the same direction, so that the orientation of the design drawing of the cell sheet 6a to be attached to the game boards 1 in each row is left and right. Even if it is set in the same direction, the alignment with the cell sheet is the same direction in the left and right rows, and the game board in which the cell sheet 6a is attached to the game board 1 is incorporated into the machine frame attached to the island of the pachinko parlor. In this case, the matching between the machine frame and the design drawing becomes uniform, and the quality reliability can be improved.

Further, a plurality of front substrate stoppers 4b spaced apart from each other on the right and left sides of one game substrate 1 contact a specific position of the front edge of the game substrate 1 as if they were two points. The rear substrate pusher 4c provided corresponding to the two equally-divided positions in the left and right direction of the game substrate 4b contacts the specific position of the rear edge of the game substrate 1 as if it were a single point, so that the front substrate stopper 4b and the rear substrate stopper 4b While the front and rear of the game board 1 are sandwiched between the side board pushers 4c to position the game board 1 back and forth, the pressing force of the side board stopper 4e is set to be higher than the pressing force of the side board pusher 4e. When the game substrate 1 is pressed against the side substrate stopper 4d by the side substrate pusher 4e, the side substrate stopper 4d
The game substrate 1 is pressed against the side substrate stopper 4d by the side substrate pusher 4e so that the side substrate stopper 4d does not recede, so that the side substrate stoppers 4d arranged opposite to each other on one straight line parallel to the front substrate stopper 4b. The right and left side board pushers 4e come into contact with each of the specific positions of the left and right side edges of the game board 1 as if they are one point, sandwiching the left and right sides of the game board 1 and positioning the right and left of the game board 1. Therefore, even if the right angles on the four sides of the game board 1 are not accurately formed, the positioning can be performed accurately, and the cell sheet 6a can be accurately overlapped on the game board 1.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the game boards 1 are transported in a plurality of rows is illustrated and described. However, a structure in which the game boards 1 are transported in a single row can be similarly applied.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a cell attaching step according to one embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view in which a side wall on the near side is removed from the direction of arrow B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a conventional cell bonding step.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a conventional aligning device.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 4 aligning device 4a roller conveyor (transporting means) 4b front substrate stopper 4c rear substrate pusher 4d side substrate stopper 4e side substrate pusher 5 cell supply device 6 cell block 6a cell sheet

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game board for a game machine manufacturing cell sticking step for positioning and stopping a game board for a game machine such as a pachinko machine which is conveyed by a conveyance means in order to overlap a cell sheet on which a design drawing is drawn. A positioning device, which is a transport means for interrupting the transport operation of the game board when positioning is stopped, and is moved up and down to a transport path of the game board and a position avoiding the same to abut a specific position on a front edge portion of the game board. The front board stopper for stopping the game board, and moving up and down to the transport path of the game board and a position to avoid it, and moving to the front board stopper side on the transport path to push a specific position of the rear edge of the game board. A rear board pusher for holding the game board between the front board stopper and a side board stop for stopping the game board by abutting the game board at a specific position on a side edge of the game board on one side of the game board transport path. The side board pusher that moves the game board to the side board stopper by moving to the side board stopper side from the other side of the transfer path of the game board and pressing a specific position of the side edge of the game board. A game board positioning apparatus for a game machine manufacturing cell sticking step, comprising: