JPH1071238A - Router processing device for manufacturing game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically collect chips produced during a route working so as to enhance the production efficiency. SOLUTION: During a router process, chips flying up from a cutter 4 is sucked into a dust collecting duct laid around the cutter 4. Meanwhile, chips which cannot be sucked into the dust collecting duct and which are dropped to a game board 9 side, are dropped to a dust collecting housing 12 and a dust collecting cover 14 through dust dropping holes 8a formed in the game board 9 and the table 8 so as to be collected through the dust collecting ducts 13, 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the production of a game machine such as a pachinko machine, etc.
The present invention relates to a router processing device for cutting an opening such as a through hole of a game ball and a hole for mounting a game function component.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the manufacture of a pachinko machine, a game board having a design drawing drawn on a surface is positioned and mounted on a table, and a table and a blade set above the table are placed in a plane according to the position and order according to processing data. It is well-known to use a router processing device that relatively moves vertically and horizontally and rotates a blade to form an opening in a game board.

[0003]

In the conventional router processing apparatus, the cutting dust soaring from the blade is sucked by a dust collection duct provided around the blade, but the cutting chips dropped from the game board are finished in the router processing. Every time, the operator blows the air toward the rear of the table with an air nozzle, and cleans the blown chips with a vacuum cleaner or a broom at the end of work.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a router processing device capable of dropping a cutting chip on a game board side below a table as it is generated and automatically collecting dust, thereby improving production efficiency. Things.

[0005]

A game board having a design drawing drawn on the surface thereof is positioned and mounted on a table, and the table and the blades disposed above the table are mounted in accordance with the position and order according to the processing data. A router processing apparatus for manufacturing a game machine, which relatively moves vertically and horizontally in a plane and rotationally drives a blade to form an opening in a game board, has a dropping hole formed in a table and a dropping hole from the dropping hole. And dust collecting means for collecting cutting dust by suction. According to the configuration of claim 1, during the router processing, the cutting chips on the game board side are dropped below the chip drop holes of the table as they are generated, and the dust is accurately collected by the dust collecting means, thereby improving the production efficiency. Can be improved.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment, in which a tool drive unit 2 provided in an apparatus main body 1 is horizontally moved by an XZ drive unit 3 in the X direction, which is the front and back direction of the paper of FIG. 1
Is vertically moved in the Z direction, which is the vertical direction of the paper surface of FIG. The blade 4 for router processing, which is attached to the blade driving unit 2 downward, is rotationally driven in the W direction by the blade driving unit 2. The movable platen 5 provided in the apparatus main body 1 is horizontally moved by the Y drive unit 6 in the Y direction, which is the left and right direction on the paper of FIG. Axis 7 on movable platen 5
A pair of reference holes (not shown) formed on the plate 10 corresponding to the game board 9 to be machined are provided on the table 8 mounted via the pair of positioning pins (not shown) standing on the table 8. And a pair of reference holes formed in the game board 9 are projected upward from the board 10 with the surface of the game board 9 on which the design drawing is drawn facing the plate 10 side. The game board 9 is positioned and mounted by externally fitting a positioning pin (not shown).

When the game board 9 to be processed by the router is mounted on the table 8 or the game board 9 is detached from the table 8, the table 8 is provided so that the work of mounting and removing the game board 9 can be easily performed. 1 and stops horizontally at the forward limit position where it is moved to the front of the apparatus main body 1 on the left side of FIG.

A game board sensor (not shown) for detecting that the game board 9 is positioned and mounted on the table 8, or a manual switch that is turned on by an operation of an operator in place of the game board sensor However, when the game board type signal and the processing start signal are output to the control unit 11 having a built-in computer, the game board 9 can be processed by a router at an inclination angle such that the opening to be processed by the game board 9 can easily drop the game ball.
The control unit 11 inclines the table 8 at a predetermined angle around the axis 7 so that the table 8 penetrates from the front surface to the back surface. The position and order of cutting the opening are extracted from the corresponding processing data 11a, and the Y drive unit 6, the XZ drive unit 3, and the tool drive unit 2 are extracted according to the position and order.
By driving the blade 4, the game board 9 in which the blade 4 is positioned and mounted on the table 8 is provided with, for example, a center accessory hole, a stop lamp hole, a prize ball lamp hole, an attacker hole, a side lamp hole, and a prize. A plurality of openings, such as a hole for use and a hole for out, are automatically cut in order and formed. The inclination of the table 8 is applied when processing all of the plurality of openings, or
A part thereof, for example, may be provided only when an out hole is processed.

In the case of this embodiment, the abutment plate 10 has a through hole 10a which is formed in advance in the same position and size as a plurality of openings formed in the game board 9 according to the model. When the model of the game board 9 is changed, the game board 9 is positioned and mounted on the table 8. The table 8 has a plurality of debris drop holes 8a at predetermined positions which are as common as a plurality of openings to be machined in a plurality of types of game boards 9 and at which a rigidity of the table 8 can be secured. Are connected so as to cover the upper opening thereof. A suction port 12a formed at the rear of the dust collection housing 12 is connected to a dust collection duct 13 connected to a suction force generating source (not shown). The dust collection duct 13 passes through the rear wall of the dust collection cover 14 attached to the movable platen 5 from the inside to the outside so as to surround the periphery of the dust collection housing 12. A dust collection duct 15 branched from the dust collection duct 13 and connected to a suction force generating source for dust collection (not shown) is connected to a suction port portion 14a of the dust collection cover 14 bulging rearward from the movable platen 5. It is. The dust collecting housing 1 is located inside the dust collecting cover 14.
Air nozzles 16 and 17 are vertically arranged in a gap between the front and rear sides of the nozzle 2. Each time the router processing of the game board 9 is completed, the upper air nozzle 16 uses the output from the control unit 11 to pressurized air supplied from an unshown air compressor toward the plate 10 and the upper surface of the table 8 for a predetermined time. Inject. The lower air nozzle 17 injects the pressure air supplied from the air compressor (not shown) toward the lower part of the dust collecting housing 12 with the output from the control unit 11 during the operation of the router processing of the game board 9. Dust collection housing 1
2, dust collection duct 13, dust collection cover 14, dust collection duct 1
5. The upper air nozzle 16 and the lower air nozzle 17 constitute dust collecting means. In addition, a dust collection duct (not shown) is provided around the cutting tool 4 for sucking cutting chips flying up from the cutting tool 4.

According to this embodiment, a suction force generating source for dust collection (not shown) is driven, and the movable platen 5 and the table 8 are processed with the processing data 11a corresponding to the model of the game board 9 positioned and mounted on the table 8. When cutting a plurality of openings in the game board 9 with the cutting tool 4 by controlling the cutting tool drive unit 2, a part of the cutting waste generated by the cutting soars from the cutting tool 4 and is a view around the cutting tool 4. Other cutting chips sucked by the outside dust collection duct and not completely separated from the dust collecting cover 14 from around the game board 9.
Or through an opening (not shown) penetrating the game board 9 into the dust collecting housing 12 through the through hole 10a of the abutment plate 10 and the dust drop hole 8a of the table 8. The cutting debris that has fallen into the dust collecting cover 14 is blown toward the suction opening 14 a by the air jetted from the lower air nozzle 17, and is directed toward the suction opening 14 a from the upper opening of the dust collecting cover 14. Riding on the air flow, the air is trapped by the dust collection duct 15 through the suction port 14a. The cutting chips dropped into the dust collecting housing 12 pass through the opening formed in the game board 9 through the through hole 10 a of the plate 10 and the table 8.
Riding on the airflow toward the suction port 12a via the dust drop hole 8a, the dust is collected by the dust collection duct 13 from the suction port 12.

When the router processing of the game board 9 is completed, the cutting chips accumulated on the game board 9 are blown off by the air jetted from the upper air nozzle 16. The blown chips are trapped by a dust collecting duct 13 through a through hole 10a of the abutment plate 10, a chip dropping hole 8a of the table 8, and a dust collecting housing 12 from an opening (not shown) penetrating the game board 9. Alternatively, the dust is collected by the dust collecting duct 15 from the periphery of the game board 9 via the dust collecting cover 14.

[0014] In short, according to this embodiment, during the router processing, the cutting chips soared from the cutting tool 4 are removed.
While the suction dust is drawn by a dust collection duct (not shown) provided around the game board, the cutting waste that has fallen to the game board 9 without being separated by the suction by the dust collection duct (not shown) is removed from the game board 9 and the table 8 by the generation thereof. The dust is dropped on the dust collecting housing 12 and the dust collecting cover 14 from the dust drop hole 8a, and the dust is automatically and accurately collected by the dust collecting ducts 13 and 15, so that the production efficiency can be improved.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment, in which a table 8 is formed in advance in the same position and size as a plurality of openings to be machined according to the type of the game board 9 in place of the waste drop holes 8a. When the type of the game board 9 to be machined has a plurality of dust drop holes 8b, a pair of reference holes 8c formed in the table 8 are replaced with a pair of positioning pins 12b provided upright on the dust collecting housing 12. By being externally fitted to the dust collecting housing 12, the dust collecting housing 12 is detachably mounted on the upper opening of the dust collecting housing 12 so as to be positioned and mounted on the dust collecting housing 12. The dust collecting housing 12 has an annular positioning step 12c at the inner peripheral edge of the upper opening, and receives and receives the outer peripheral edge of the table 8 at the step 12c. The game board 9 is positioned and mounted on the table 8 by externally fitting a pair of reference holes 9a formed in the game board 9 to positioning pins 12b protruding above the table 8.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment in which a table 8 having a waste drop hole 8b in place of the waste drop hole 8a is used when the type of a game board 9 to be machined is changed.
Of the dust collecting housing 12 with the positioning pin 1
By externally fitting the dust collecting housing 2b, the dust collecting housing 12 is positioned and mounted. The dust collecting housing 12 has positioning step portions 12d at four corners of the inner peripheral edge of the upper opening, and has a mounting step portion 12e having an outer shape larger than the outer peripheral edge of the table 8 between the positioning step portions 12d. Four corners of the outer peripheral edge of the table 8 are inwardly received and received in 12d, and the outer peripheral edge of the table 8 is received and received in the mounting step 12e in a loose fit. Game board 9 is table 8
A pair of reference holes 9a formed in the game board 9 are externally fitted to positioning pins 12b projecting upward, so that the positioning pins 12b are positioned and mounted on the table 8.

FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment in which a table 8 having a waste drop hole 8b in place of the waste drop hole 8a is used when the type of the game board 9 to be machined is changed.
Of the dust collecting housing 12 with the positioning pin 1
By being fitted to the outside of the dust collecting housing 2b, the dust collecting housing 12 is placed and received on a mounting portion 12f formed on an annular flat surface at the upper opening. The game board 9 is positioned and mounted on the table 8 by externally fitting a pair of reference holes 9a formed in the game board 9 to positioning pins 12b protruding above the table 8.

According to the second to fourth embodiments, a table having a plurality of scraps 8b formed in advance at the same position and size as a plurality of openings to be machined according to the type of the game board 9. 8 can also be used as the contact plate 10 used in accordance with the model of the game board 9.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a first embodiment in a partially cut state.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment, wherein FIG. 2A is a plan view of a dust collecting housing, and FIG.

3A and 3B show a third embodiment, wherein FIG. 3A is a plan view of a dust collecting housing, FIG. 3B is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3A, and FIG. 3C is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

4A and 4B show a fourth embodiment, wherein FIG. 4A is a plan view of a dust collecting housing, and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 4 blade 8 table 8a, 8b dust drop hole 9 game board 12 dust collecting housing 13, 15 dust collecting duct 14 dust collecting cover

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game board having a design drawing drawn on the surface is positioned and mounted on a table, and the table and the blades installed above the table are relatively vertically and horizontally aligned in a plane according to the position and order according to the processing data. Along with moving, the blade is rotated and driven, and in a game machine manufacturing router processing device that forms an opening in a game board, a dust drop hole formed in a table and a cutting chip dropped from the chip drop hole are suctioned. A router processing apparatus for manufacturing a gaming machine, comprising: a dust collecting means for collecting dust.