JPH11164959A - Device for sending-up and grinding game medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game medium sending-up and grinding device by which stain on the surface of a game medium is thoroughly and also efficiently removed. SOLUTION: A game medium sending-up and grinding device is erected in a game machine island so as to grind the game medium by sending it up from the lower stage of the game machine island to the upper stage. In the device, an endless grinding belt 20 having a grinding member 21 where a game medium holding part 21A is provided is arranged so as to be rotatably in a vertical direction, the grinding belt 20 is enclosed at the elevating side of the belt 20 and a game medium guiding means 30 is longitudinally provided so as to enable the pinching of the game medium which is held in the holding part 21A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine island in which a plurality of game machines are arranged side by side, and a game medium used in the game machine island is transported from a lower stage of the game machine island to an upper stage. The present invention relates to a game medium transport polishing apparatus for polishing while polishing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of game medium lifting and polishing apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
No. 173617.

[0003] That is, a ball-lifting device provided on a gaming machine island having a plurality of pachinko machines arranged side by side, comprising an endless lifting belt rotatably provided vertically, and a lifting belt provided on a rising side of the lifting belt. A vertically mounted polishing cloth fixed at a position along the lifting belt, and pachinko balls are lifted while being sandwiched between the lifting belt and the polishing cloth, so that the pachinko by the polishing cloth is provided. This is a ball lifting device that removes dirt from balls.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional game medium lifting and polishing apparatus, the surface of the pachinko balls does not always contact the polishing cloth evenly, so that dirt may remain on the pachinko balls. There was a problem.

Further, since the pachinko balls during the lifting may slip between the lifting belt and the polishing cloth, the moving amount of the pachinko balls is smaller than the moving amount of the lifting belt, and the driving of the lifting belt is performed. However, there is a problem that waste occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and the surface of the pachinko balls is uniformly contacted with the abrasive during the freighting so that no dirt remains, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium lifting and polishing apparatus that does not cause waste in driving the lifting belt.

[0007]

Means for achieving the object are as follows.

[1] A plurality of gaming machines (2) are erected on a gaming machine island (1) in which a plurality of gaming machines (2) are arranged side by side, and a game medium used in the gaming machine island (1) is placed in a lower stage of the gaming machine island (1). A polishing belt (20) for lifting game media and a polishing media (20) for grinding while transporting the game media from an upper stage to an upper stage, for preventing the game media during the lifting from falling down. Game medium guide means (30); and the polishing belt (20).
Is a polishing member (2) provided with a holding portion (21A) for a game medium.
The endless belt having 1) is disposed so as to be able to circulate in the vertical direction, and the game medium guide means (30) surrounds the polishing belt (20) on the rising side of the polishing belt (20), and (21A) a vertically extending game media holding and polishing apparatus, wherein
0).

[2] A plurality of gaming machines (2) are erected on a gaming machine island (1) in which a plurality of gaming machines (2) are juxtaposed, and a game medium used in the gaming machine island (1) is placed in a lower stage of the gaming machine island (1) And a polishing belt (20), which is arranged to be able to circulate vertically in order to lift a game medium, and a polishing belt (20). Game medium guide means (30) for preventing the game medium from falling down
The polishing belt (20) has an endless belt-shaped polishing member (21) provided with a game medium holding portion (21A) over the entire circumference, and the game medium guide means ( 30) a holding plate (31) made of a material having a large coefficient of friction with a game medium surrounding the polishing belt (20) on the rising side of the polishing belt (20), and holding the holding plate (31) on the holding portion (21A); A game medium feeding and polishing apparatus (10), characterized in that the game medium is vertically arranged so as to be able to hold the game medium so as to be able to hold the game medium.

[3] The polishing and feeding of game media according to item 1 or 2, wherein the polishing belt (20) has a raised portion (21B) made of the abrasive material formed on the holding portion (21A). Apparatus (10).

[4] The polishing member (21) is a polishing cloth having a raised surface (21B) made of the polishing member (21) formed over the entire circumference thereof.
The polishing member supporting means (22) having the formed 3) has both side edges supported over the entire circumference, and the opposed concave portions (23A) and the concave portions (23A) of the polishing member supporting means (22).
And the holding portion (21A) of the game medium on the polishing cloth.
Item 3. The game medium transporting and polishing apparatus (10) according to Item 2, wherein:

[5] A game medium according to item 4, wherein an elongated member is attached between each of the convex portions (23B) of the polishing member supporting means (22) facing each other. Lifting polishing device (10).

[6] Item 1, 2, wherein a tension adjusting means (40) for adjusting a tension of the polishing belt (20) is provided on a lower side of the polishing belt (20).
3. The game medium lifting and polishing apparatus (1) described in 3, 4, or 5
0).

Next, the operation will be described.

Item 1. The game medium lifting and polishing apparatus according to item 1,
According to (0), the game media used in each of the gaming machines (2) in the gaming machine island (1) is collected at the lower stage of the gaming machine island (1) and sent to the gaming medium lifting and polishing apparatus (10). It is captured.

The taken game media is a polishing belt (2).
The holding member (21A) provided in the polishing member (21) of (0) is lifted.

Since the game medium is sandwiched between the game medium guide means (30) surrounding the polishing belt (20) and the holding portion (21A) during the transport, the polishing belt (20) is held. ) And is discharged without falling.
Furthermore, since the game medium guide means (30) is in contact with the game medium, the game medium rotates while being held by the holding portion (21A) during the lifting, so that the dirt on the surface of the game medium is removed.

As described above, the game medium is a polishing member (22).
Since it is held by the holding portion (21A) provided in the above, dirt is evenly removed during the unloading and is reliably unloaded.

Further, the game medium does not drop from the polishing belt (20) during the transport by the game medium guide means (30).

Item 2. The game medium lifting and polishing apparatus (1)
In (0), the polishing belt (20) is continuously taken in and held by the game medium holding portion (21A) provided over the entire circumference of the endless belt-shaped polishing member (21). While being pumped.

During the unloading, the game medium guide means (30) surrounding the polishing belt (20) prevents the game medium from spilling and holds the game medium held by the holding portion (21A). Since the holding plate (31) vertically arranged in contact with the game medium is made of a material having a large coefficient of friction with the game medium, the game medium during the lifting is held by the holding section (31) by the frictional force with the holding plate (31). 21A).

In this way, the game media is more evenly cleaned.

Item 3. The game medium transport polishing apparatus according to item 3,
According to 0), the game medium being transported is the abrasive belt (2).
The raised (21B) made of the abrasive formed on the holding portion (21A) of (0) comes into contact with the game medium, so that the dirt on the surface of the game medium is better removed.

Item 4. The game medium lifting and polishing apparatus (1)
In (0), the polishing member (21) constituting the polishing belt (20) is entirely covered with the polishing member (2).
A polishing cloth formed with a raised brush (21B) comprising 1)
Since the polishing cloth is supported on both sides by the polishing member supporting means (22) having continuous irregularities (23) formed over the entire circumference, the opposing concave portions (23A) of the polishing member supporting means (22) are formed. The game medium is held by a holding portion (21A) formed in the width direction of the polishing pad by the recesses (23A).

The use of the polishing cloth increases the contact surface of the game medium held by the holding portion (21A) with the surface of the game medium, so that dirt on the surface of the game medium can be almost removed.

Item 5. The game medium lifting and polishing apparatus (1)
According to 0), since the elongated member is attached between the convex portions (23B) facing each other of the polishing member supporting means (22), the holding of the game medium can be performed more reliably. .

Item 6. The game medium feeding and polishing apparatus according to Item 6,
According to 0), since the tension adjusting means (40) can adjust the tension of the polishing belt (20) on the descending side of the polishing belt (20), the tension of the polishing belt (20) is inappropriate. It is possible to prevent a decrease in the efficiency of transporting and polishing the game medium, which can occur in a proper state, and to always maintain an appropriate tension.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention.

The gaming machine 2 described in the present embodiment is a pachinko machine in which a pachinko ball, which is a game medium, is punched out on the surface of a gaming board, and the player enjoys getting a little more prize balls to be won by a predetermined prize. is there.

As shown in FIG. 5, the game medium lifting / polishing device 10 is erected from the lower stage to the upper stage in the gaming machine island 1 in the middle of the gaming machine island 1 in which a plurality of pachinko machines 2 are juxtaposed. I have.

The game medium lifting and polishing apparatus 10 takes in the collected pachinko balls in the lower tank 4 disposed near the bottom of the lower stage of the gaming machine island 1 by the collecting gutter 3 after being used in each pachinko machine 2, The polishing is performed while being transported to the upper tank 5 provided in the upper stage of the gaming machine island 1.

The upper tank 5 is connected to a supply gutter 7 for supplying pachinko balls to the gaming machine 2, and extends so as to incline downward toward both ends of the gaming machine island 1. . The supply gutter 7 descends almost directly below the gaming machine island 1 at both ends of the gaming machine island 1 and is connected to the end of the collection gutter 3. The supply gutter 7 is provided with a bellows 8 which communicates with each of the gaming machines 2 individually and supplies pachinko balls flowing down in the supply gutter 7 to the gaming machine 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the game medium transporting and polishing apparatus 10 includes an upright frame 5 provided on a base B.
0, a driving roller 61 rotatably supported at the lower end of the standing frame 50, a driven roller 62 rotatably supported at the upper end of the standing frame 50 (see FIG. 2), and the driving roller rotatable vertically. The polishing belt 20 is provided around the roller 61 and the driven roller 62, and the game medium guide means 30 is provided vertically so as to surround the polishing belt 20 on the rising side of the polishing belt 20.

The upright frames 50 are a pair of long frames respectively attached to opposing surfaces of a pair of plate-like attachment plates 72 fixed to the base B so as to be substantially vertical. In the vicinity of the lower end of the standing frame 50, a driving roller 61 supported by mounting plates 72, 72 is disposed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upright frame 50,
The driven roller mounting members 74, 74 are mounted on the upper end of the driven roller mounting member 50.
A driven roller 62 is rotatably supported by a follower 74.
Further, a discharge cover 80 for discharging the pachinko balls that have been discharged is provided at the upper ends of the standing frames 50, 50 so as to cover the driven rollers 62.

The discharge cover 80 is divided by a partition 81 on the side where the polishing belt 20 descends, that is, on the side where the pachinko balls discharged by the polishing belt 20 are dropped. The partition 81 is gently inclined downward,
The lower end reaches the pachinko ball discharge port 82. The pachinko ball discharge port 82 is arranged so as to face the upper tank 5.

The base B is further provided with a drive motor M for driving the drive roller 61 and a pachinko ball guiding portion 71 for guiding pachinko balls to be lifted and polished.

The driving force of the driving motor M is
Is transmitted to the drive roller 61 by the drive belt 73 which is stretched over the pulley attached to the output shaft of the drive roller and the rotation shaft of the drive roller 61.

As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 3, the pachinko ball guiding portion 71 has a U-shaped cross section and an inner width substantially equal to the width of the polishing belt 20.
b is inclined downward from the one end 71a to the polishing belt 20 side. One end 71a is connected to the lower tank 4 of the gaming machine island 1 and is used by the pachinko machine 2 and is collected by the collecting gutter 3 into the lower tank 4 disposed near the bottom of the lower stage of the gaming machine island 1. Polishing ball 2
Lead to zero.

The polishing belt 20 has a polishing member 21 formed into an endless belt provided with a holding portion 21A for game media over the entire circumference. In this embodiment, a brush 21B made of a polishing material is formed on the surface of a polishing member 21 formed in an endless belt shape. For example, a brush 21B is formed on a polishing cloth. The polishing material forming the raised brush 21B is the same material as the polishing member 21, but may be different.

The polishing member supporting means 2 has both side edges of the polishing member 21 on which irregularities 23 are formed continuously over the entire circumference.
2 is supported by embedding it on the back side. The polishing member supporting means 22 is made of, for example, a wire, and the holding portion 21 of the pachinko ball is attached to the polishing member 21 by the opposed concave portions 23A and 23A of the polishing member supporting means 22.
A is formed. FIG. 4 shows that the width of the holding portion 21A is set to a size that can hold the pachinko balls in a line.

A non-slip member 41 is provided on the back side of the polishing member 21 supported by the polishing member support means 22 in order to prevent a slip with the driving roller 61 from occurring. The non-slip member 41 is made of, for example, an endless belt made of a rubber material, and is bonded to the polishing member supporting means 22 or the polishing member supporting means 22 and the polishing member 21.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a game medium guide means 30 is provided on the rising side of the polishing belt 20 so as to surround the polishing belt 20 over substantially the entire length thereof.
The game medium guide means 30 is provided so as to wrap the polishing belt 20 in a U-shape from the back side of the polishing belt 20, and the side on which the pachinko balls are held by the polishing belt 20 has a large friction coefficient with the pachinko balls. A holding plate 31 made of a material such as rubber is provided. The holding plate 31 is provided vertically with an interval capable of contacting the pachinko balls so that the pachinko balls do not drop from the holding portion 21A during the lifting. As shown in FIG. 4, one end of a lower end guide plate 75 is attached to the lower end of the holding plate 31 so as to be continuous. The lower end guide plate 75 is formed in an arc shape with a substantially equal gap to the pachinko ball guiding portion 71 side slightly near the lowermost portion of the drive roller 61. The end of the arc shape linearly extends to the other end of the lower end guide plate 75, and is attached so as to be continuous with the lower end of the inner bottom surface 71b of the pachinko ball guiding portion 71. . The game medium guide means 30 is abutted and supported by three support members 51, 51, 51 attached to the upright frame 50 from the lower end to the upper end. The portion 51a where the support member 51 contacts the game medium guide means 30 is made of an elastic material so that a cushion works.

The upper end side of the game medium guide means 30 is connected to an upper end guide cover 76. Upper end guide cover 7
Reference numeral 6 is provided so as to cover the polishing belt 20 from a portion where the polishing belt 20 is hooked on the driven pulley 62 to a position before the polishing belt 20 descends vertically downward as shown in FIG.

On the side where the polishing belt 20 is lowered, two tension adjusting means 40 for adjusting the tension of the polishing belt 20 are used.
Are attached to the standing frames 50, 50.

Of the two tension adjusting means 40, the upper one is a roller 40a which is rotatably supported at the tip of an arm rotatably mounted so that the polishing belt 20 moves away from the standing frames 50, 50. It is configured such that the back side of the polishing belt 20 can be pressed. The lower tension adjusting means 40 is provided so as to push the polishing belt 20 from the front side of the polishing belt 20 in a direction approaching the standing frames 50, 50. Therefore, by displacing the arm of the upper tension adjusting means 40, the polishing belt 2
Zero tension adjustment can be performed.

Next, the operation will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, according to the gaming medium lifting and polishing apparatus 10, the pachinko balls used in each of the gaming machines 2 in the gaming machine island 1 are collected by the collecting trough 3 at the lower stage of the gaming machine island 1. It is collected and stored in the lower tank 4 disposed near the bottom of the lower stage of the gaming machine island 1. The pachinko balls accommodated in the lower tank 4 flow down along the slope of the inner bottom surface 71b of the pachinko ball guiding portion 71. The pachinko ball P which has reached one end of the inner bottom surface 71b further flows down along the inclination of the lower end guide plate 75 connected thereto.

The polishing belt 2 of the game medium transport polishing apparatus 10
0 is rotated by the drive roller 61 being driven by the drive motor M via the drive belt 73.
The pachinko balls P that have flowed down the lower end guide plate 75 are successively arranged in a row in the width direction of the polishing belt 20 on each of the holding portions 21A, 21A,... Formed on the polishing member 21 near the lowermost end on the descending side of the polishing belt 20. Is taken in.

The pachinko balls taken in are ground by a polishing belt 20.
Begins to be pumped through the bottom of

The pachinko ball is abutted and supported by the lower end guide plate 75 up to a position where it is started to be lifted substantially vertically upward, and rolls on the lower end guide plate 75 while being pushed by the convex portion 23B forming the holding portion 21A. At this time, the pachinko ball P rotating in the concave portion 23A is polished by the raised brush 21B to remove dirt.

Since the distance between the convex portion 23B forming the holding portion 21A and the holding plate 31 of the game medium guide means 30 is much smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball, the pachinko ball P is not lifted during lifting.
Does not fall from the holding portion 21A and does not clog. Holding plate 3 against which pachinko balls come into contact
1 is made of a rubber material having a large friction coefficient with the pachinko ball, and thus is rotated well while being held by the holding portion 21A. By this rotation, the surface of the pachinko ball is polished by the raised brush 21B during the lifting. Thereby, the dirt on the surface of the pachinko ball is removed.

The polishing belt 20 is guided by the game medium guide means 30 on the ascending side. However, the vibration and the shake of the game medium guide means 30 caused by the driving of the polishing belt 20 are caused by the support member 51 having the game medium guide. It is absorbed by the part 51a which comes into contact with the means 30.

The surface of the pachinko ball P, which has been transported to the vicinity of the uppermost portion by the polishing belt 20, has been cleaned, and the pachinko ball P is guided by the upper end guide cover 76 and carried to the lowering side of the polishing belt 20. The pachinko balls P that have passed the end of the upper end guide cover 76 fall down from the polishing belt 20 and are discharged into the discharge cover 80. The discharged pachinko balls flow down along the slope of the partition 81, and fall from the pachinko ball discharge ports 82 into the upper tank 5 disposed in the upper stage of the gaming machine island 1 and are stored. Pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 5 flow down the supply gutter 7 to each of the gaming machines 2 on the gaming machine island 1,
It is resupplied to 2.

When it is necessary to adjust the tension such as when the tension of the polishing belt 20 becomes loose, the polishing belt 2
The tension of the polishing belt 20 can be adjusted by the tension adjusting means 40 provided on the descending side of zero. That is, the tension of the polishing belt 20 can be adjusted to an appropriate size by fixing the arm of the upper tension adjusting means 40 to a position where the polishing belt 20 is appropriately extended and moving the polishing belt 20 away from the standing frame 50. .

An elastic member, for example, a spring may be provided in the upper tension adjusting means 40, and the arm may always generate an appropriate tension by the elastic force of the spring.

In this way, the pachinko balls are efficiently used in the process of recycling used pachinko balls from the lower stage of the gaming machine island to the upper stage of the gaming machine island, which is one of the processes of circulating use in one gaming machine island, and Polished evenly to remove dirt.

When the polishing member 21 is a polishing cloth, the contact surface with the pachinko ball surface held by the holding portion 21A becomes large, so that dirt on the surface of the pachinko ball can be almost removed.

Further, if a slender member is attached between the opposing convex portions 23B of the polishing member supporting means 22, the pachinko balls can be taken into the holding portion 21A and the held pachinko balls can be further held. It can be assured.

Further, the tension adjusting means 40 prevents the efficiency of lifting and polishing of the pachinko balls, which may be generated when the tension of the polishing belt 20 is inappropriate, to prevent the polishing belt 20 from always being kept at an appropriate tension.

[0062]

According to the game medium lifting and polishing apparatus according to the present invention, the belt for holding and lifting the game medium is constituted by a polishing member, and the held game medium is fed to the game medium guide during the lifting. Since it is supported by the means, it is possible to perform efficient and good polishing and pumping.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a game medium lifting and polishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a game medium lifting and polishing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a game medium lifting and polishing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the vicinity of the lower end of the polishing belt of the game medium transporting and polishing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a game machine island provided with a game medium lifting and polishing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine island 2 ... Game machine 10 ... Game-medium lifting and polishing apparatus 20 ... Grinding belt 21 ... Grinding member 21A ... Holding part 21B ... Holding 22 ... Grinding member supporting means 23 ... Unevenness 23A ... Concave part 23B ... Convex part 30 ... Game medium guide means 31 ... holding plate 40 ... tension adjusting means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A game for standing on a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are juxtaposed, and polishing while playing a game medium used in the gaming machine island from a lower stage to an upper stage of the gaming machine island. In a medium lifting and polishing apparatus, the polishing belt includes: a polishing belt for discharging a game medium; and a game medium guide unit for preventing a game medium from dropping during the conveyance, wherein the polishing belt holds a game medium. An endless belt having a polishing member provided with a portion is disposed so as to be able to rotate in the vertical direction, and the game medium guide means surrounds the polishing belt on the rising side of the polishing belt, and the game held by the holding portion. A game medium lifting and polishing apparatus characterized in that the medium is vertically installed so that the medium can be clamped. 2. A game for standing on a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are juxtaposed, and polishing while playing a game medium used in the gaming machine island from a lower stage to an upper stage of the gaming machine island. In a medium lifting and polishing apparatus, a polishing belt disposed so as to be able to circulate vertically in order to lift a game medium, and a game medium guide means for preventing the game medium being lifted from falling down are provided. The polishing belt has a polishing member formed in an endless belt shape provided with a holding portion for the game medium over the entire circumference, and the game medium guide means surrounds the polishing belt on a rising side of the polishing belt. And a holding plate made of a material having a large coefficient of friction with the game medium is vertically installed so as to be able to hold the game medium held by the holding portion so as to abut the game medium. apparatus. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the polishing belt has raised portions made of the abrasive material on the holding portion. 4. The polishing member is a polishing cloth formed by raising the entire circumference of the polishing member, and the polishing cloth is supported on both sides by a polishing member supporting means having continuous irregularities. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the holding portion for the game medium is formed on the polishing pad by the concave portion and the concave portion facing the polishing means. 4. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an elongated member is provided between each of the convex portions facing each other of said polishing means. 6. A game medium lifter according to claim 1, further comprising a tension adjusting means for adjusting a tension of said polishing belt on a lower side of said polishing belt. Polishing equipment.