JPH10323446A - Ball elevating device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent PACHINKO balls to be stopped in the discharge port of a lower part tank by surely discharging the PACHINKO balls one by one from the discharge port of the base part in the lower part tank where the multiple PACHINKO balls are contained. SOLUTION: The PACHINKO balls inside the lower tank 6 fall one by one from the discharge port 22 to a ball aligning guide passage 24, guided by the outer peripheral part of a ball elevating wheel 26 and forcibly carried to an upper part in a ball elevating pipe 12 by the rotation of the ball elevaring wheel 26. A ball stirring wheel 48 where projections 52 are formed in an outer peripheral part is arranged in the discharge port of the lower part tank 6 and rotated in a direction for elevating the PACHINKO balls near the discharge port 22 so that the PACHINKO balls near the discharge port 22 are prevented from stopping. The ball stirring wheel 48 is linked with the ball elevating wheel 26 so as to be rotated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball raising device for aligning and transporting pachinko balls in a lower tank upward.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, balls and out balls counted and counted are collected in a lower tank, the balls in the lower tank are guided to a ball raising machine, and the balls are raised upward by the ball raising machine. ing. The raised ball is stocked in the upper tank. These stock balls are replenished to the required places by an automatic dispensing device so that the pachinko machine and the ball lending machine do not run out of balls.

[0003]

The balls collected in the lower tank fall from the discharge port one by one into the alignment guide passage, and are guided to the ball raising machine by the alignment guide passage. There was a problem that the balls at the bottom of the lower tank were concentrated at the discharge port, the balls were clogged at the discharge port, and the balls did not drop smoothly. An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems.

[0004] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pachinko ball in a lower tank (6) with a lower outlet (2).
The ball-up wheels (2) driven one by one by dropping one by one from the
6) In the ball raising device for a pachinko machine in which a pachinko ball is forcibly transported upward by rotation of the ball raising wheel (26), the discharge port (22) of the lower tank (6) is provided. ), A ball stirring wheel (48) having a projection (52) formed on an outer peripheral portion thereof is rotatably arranged, and the ball stirring wheel (48) pushes up a pachinko ball near the discharge port (22). It is driven to rotate in the direction. Further, the present invention provides the ball raising wheel (26) such that the ball stirring wheel (48) rotates in a direction for pushing up a pachinko ball near the discharge port (22) in conjunction with the ball raising wheel (26). ).

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments of the present invention shown in the attached drawings. In FIG. 4, reference numeral (2) denotes a pachinko machine main body, and a pachinko ball lending machine (4) called a personal sand.
Is installed. A lower tank (6) and a doffing machine (8) are provided at the lower rear portion of the pachinko machine main body (2).

[0006] The above-mentioned Taima ball lending machine (4) has a ball-counting function for displaying the number of balls stored in the player's ball box (10) on the spot, and a replay function for returning the ball and continuing play. And a lending ball function for borrowing a play ball when coins are inserted on the spot, and a card output function.

[0007] The lower tank (6) is configured to collect balls that have been counted out and the number of balls that have been stored, and to output a ball raising start signal when the amount exceeds a specified amount. The doffing machine (8) is turned on and off in response to a doffing start signal, and the balls in the lower tank (6) are pachinko machined through the doffing pipe (12) at a capacity of 800 to 1000 balls / min. It is configured such that it can be raised to a ball distribution device (14) disposed on the upper part of the back of the base body (2).

[0008] (16) is a ball polishing unit for cleaning the ball raised to the ball distribution device (14),
It is configured to be exchangeable. The ball distribution device (14)
Has an upper tank (18) for temporarily storing the cleaned balls, and discharges pipes (19) according to the ball rental machine (4) and the ball status signal of the pachinko machine main body (2).
It is configured to automatically supply balls from (20) to the ball lending machine (4) and the pachinko machine main body (2).

Next, the ball raising device will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko balls in the lower tank (6) are guided to an outlet (22) formed at the bottom of the lower tank (6), and are bent one by one from the outlet (22) into a horizontal V-shape. It is configured to be guided to a ball raising wheel (26) through a ball alignment guide passage (24).

The ball raising wheel (26) is connected to the output shaft of a motor (28) fixed to the body, and is configured to be driven to rotate clockwise in FIG. On the outer peripheral surface of the ball raising wheel (26), a large number of protrusions (30) and (32) are formed at equal intervals in two rows.
The ball fitting recesses (34) surrounded by the individual projections (30), (30), (32), (32) are continuously formed at equal intervals.

Each of the ball fitting recesses (34) is set one by one so that the pachinko ball (36) can be fitted and held. The ball alignment guide passage (24)
The lower end discharge port (38) faces a lower outer peripheral portion of the ball raising wheel (26).

(40) The ball raising wheel (26)
A portion of the lower outer peripheral portion facing the lower end discharge port (38) of the ball alignment guide passage (24);
A guide plate disposed parallel to and adjacent to the outer periphery of the hoisting wheel (26) over a range of 5 degrees, said plate (40) and the hoisting wheel (26).
And the regulating plates (4
2) together form a ball feed passage (44).

An outlet (46) of the ball feed passage (44).
Communicates with the lower end of the ball raising pipe (12). (4
Reference numeral 8) denotes a ball stirring wheel for preventing clogging of pachinko balls in the discharge port (22) of the lower tank (6), which is rotatably supported by a shaft (50) on the machine body. An uneven portion is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the ball stirring wheel (48) by a projection (52) projecting at equal intervals.

The ball stirring wheel (4
8) Part of the outlet (22) of the lower tank (6)
, Are disposed opposite to each other via an opening (54) formed in a side wall of the lower tank (6).

The other part of the outer periphery of the ball stirring wheel (48) is engaged with the protrusions (32) (34) of the outer periphery of the ball raising wheel (34). The motor (2
8) Ball raising wheel (26) and ball feed path (44)
Constitutes a doffing machine (8).

In the above structure, the lower tank (6)
The pachinko balls inside are collected at the discharge port (22), from which they fall one by one into the alignment guide path (24), and pass through the guide path (24), and by their own weight, the ball raising wheel (2).
6) Inserted into the ball fitting recess (34). The ball raising wheel (26) is rotated clockwise in the figure by the motor (28), and the pachinko ball (36) inserted into the ball fitting concave portion (34) is moved to the protrusions (30) (32). , One by one along the ball feed path (44).
It is conveyed in a line and supplied to the lower end of the ball raising pipe (12).

The pachinko balls supplied to the lower end of the ball raising pipe (12) are arranged in a line, and the ball raising pipe (12)
The inside is pushed up and supplied to the ball polishing unit (16). On the other hand, the ball stirring wheel (48) rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 1 in conjunction with the rotation of the ball raising wheel (26), and the pachinko ball near the discharge port (22) of the lower tank (6). Stir (36) and stir.

Thus, the pachinko balls (36) in the lower tank (6) do not become clogged in the discharge port (22).
One by one, from the discharge port (22), the alignment guide passage (24)
To fall. In this embodiment, the ball raising wheel (2
The projections (30) and (32) are protruded from the outer peripheral surface of 6), and the pachinko balls are conveyed by pawl feeding along the ball feeding path (44) by the teeth. Ball feeding is particularly limited to this configuration. Instead, the outer peripheral surface of the ball raising wheel (26) is made of an elastic material such as rubber, and the outer peripheral surface is connected to the ball feed passage (4).
The pachinko balls may be conveyed by friction between the 4) and the wall of the plate (40).

Further, the rotating mechanism of the ball stirring wheel (48) is not particularly limited to a configuration in which the ball stirring wheel (26) directly meshes with the ball raising wheel (26), but may employ a friction rotation transmitting mechanism or the like. Further, a rotation drive device dedicated to the ball stirring wheel (48) may be provided. Also, a plurality of discharge ports are provided in the lower tank, and a ball alignment guide path connected to the ball stirring wheel and the ball raising wheel is provided for each discharge port, so that a plurality of rows of balls can be transported to the upper part. You may comprise.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the ball stirring wheel is provided near the discharge port of the lower tank to stir the pachinko balls near the discharge port, so that the pachinko balls are clogged at the discharge port of the lower tank. Can be prevented, and the pachinko balls can be smoothly dropped one by one from the discharge port of the lower tank.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory side view of the doffing machine.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the ball raising wheel.

FIG. 4 is an overall schematic external view of a pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Pachinko machine main unit 4 Ball-to-machine lending machine 6 Lower tank 8 Ball-raising machine 10 Ball-box for players 12 Ball-raising pipe 14 Ball distributor 16 Ball polishing unit 18 Upper tank 19 Drain pipe 20 Drain pipe 22 Drain port 24 Ball array guide Passageway 26 Ball raising wheel 28 Motor 30 Projection 32 Projection 34 Ball fitting recess 36 Pachinko ball 38 Lower end discharge port 40 Guide plate 42 Restriction plate 44 Ball feed path 46 Discharge port 48 Ball stirring wheel 50 Shaft 52 Projection 54 Opening

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball in a lower tank (6) is discharged from a lower discharge port (22) to a ball alignment guide passage (24).
For a pachinko machine in which the pachinko balls are forcibly conveyed upward by dropping the pachinko balls one by one and leading them to an outer peripheral portion of a raising ball wheel (26) driven by a motor (28), and rotating the raising wheel (26). In the ball raising device, a ball stirring wheel (4) having a projection (52) formed on an outer peripheral portion thereof facing the discharge port (22) of the lower tank (6).
8) is arranged rotatably, and said ball stirring wheel (48)
Is driven in a direction to push up the pachinko balls near the discharge port (22). 2. The ball raising wheel (26) so that the ball stirring wheel (48) rotates in a direction to push up a pachinko ball near the discharge port (22) in conjunction with the ball raising wheel (26). The ball raising device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball raising device is linked to the above.