JPH11192381A - Tile set pushing-out and elevating mechanism in automatic tile collecting stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically execute works such as tile stirring, arranging and piling, etc., by providing an elevating means which elevates a placement stand where tile set are placed at the time of supplying the tiles up to the same height as that of the surface of a play table part and lowering only the placement stand down to the position with the height being the same as that of the arranged tile sets before supplying the succeeding tiles. SOLUTION: When the arrangement of the tile set 120 is ended by the tile set pushing-out and arranging mechanism of a preceding stage, a step motor 112 is driven, transmission is executed to an output shaft 113, pinions 114 and 115 and racks 116 and 117, a pushing-out member 103 is moved from a backward position B' to a forward position F', the tile set 120 is pushed-out onto the placement stand 121 which is moved to a lower position for taking-out the new tile set and the pushing-out member 103 is returned to the backward position B'. When placement is recognized by a sensor, the step motor 128 is rotated by prescribed quantity so as to move a chain and the placement stand 121 is elevated to the height being the same as that of the play table surface. The placement stand 121 is lowered to the lower position by an inverse operation at the time of taking-out the new tile set 120.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tile set pushing / lifting mechanism for nine automatic tiles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art "Paigu" is one of the traditional tabletop games using tiles, which was born in China, and is called "piagoo" or "piagow" in the United States. The tiles used for the tiles 9 are thinner and thinner than the mahjong tiles, the front is solid, and the back is marked with dice. A plurality of such tiles are used, and the parent hands the tiles to the child, and determines the winning or losing by a combination of the tiles. By the way, conventionally, in a game of nine tiles, all operations such as mixing, arranging tiles, and building tiles are performed by a parent. Since these work times are incorporated into the game time, the time per game is necessarily longer.
On the other hand, there has been a demand for shortening the game time and playing a larger number of games within a predetermined time. In addition, since all of the above operations were performed by the hands of the parents, there were times when the child was worried about the fair game.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the state of the prior art, and has been made in consideration of agitation, alignment, and the like of tiles.
It is an object of the present invention to provide nine automatic tiles capable of automatically performing all operations such as building tiles.

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a play table section having a slot for a tile and an outlet for a tile is provided, and below the play table section,
A tile set pushing / elevating mechanism in an automatic tile set of nine units equipped with an apparatus body for automatically mixing, aligning and arranging tiles, and supplying tiles. A placing table, a tile set pushing means for extruding and moving an aligned tile set to a predetermined position on the placing table, and returning to an original position after extrusion, and a placing table on which a tile set is placed at the time of tile supply, Lifting means for raising the height to the same height as the surface of the play table section and lowering only the mounting table to the same height position as the aligned tile set before the next tile supply is provided. A tile set pushing / lifting mechanism is provided.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail based on preferred embodiments. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of nine automatic tiles of the present invention, in which 1 is nine automatic tiles, 2 is a play table, 3 is a chip place, 4 is a tile, 5 is a tile removal outlet, and 6 is a tile removal outlet. The tile slot 7 indicates the apparatus body. FIG. 2 shows that after the game is over, the tile slot 6
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which tiles 4 arranged are taken out of the device body 7 for a new game. 4 (a) and (b)
Is a perspective view and a sectional view showing the tile 4, and the surface of the tile 4 is 4
As shown in FIG. 4A, the solid color is applied, and the back surface is engraved with dice 4C as shown in FIG. 4B. In this device, 1
Use 4 × 8 = 32 tiles as one set in the game,
Use two sets of tiles in total. Up to eight players can play the game. According to the present apparatus, while playing a game with one tile set, a series of operations such as mixing tiles, aligning tiles, arranging tiles, and supplying tiles, which were previously used, are automatically performed in the apparatus body 7. When the game is over and the tiles already used are taken into the device main body 7, a new tile set is supplied on the play table, and the next game can be immediately performed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the apparatus main body 7 of the automatic tile nine table 1 of this embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a view of FIG. As is apparent from FIG.
It is divided into two mechanisms. That is, a tile washing mechanism A that sends out tiles one by one in a certain direction after the tiles are randomly stirred, and a display surface (hereinafter referred to as a front surface) facing up by discriminating the front and back of the sent tiles. Is turned upside down and sent out, and if the plain side (hereinafter referred to as the back side) is facing upwards, the tile is turned through. Tile pushing and aligning mechanism C for pushing out and stacking tiles in four rows in eight rows, a tile set sending and lifting mechanism D for sending an aligned tile set to a predetermined position and then raising it on the board, and after the game is over It comprises an opening / closing door opening / closing mechanism E which can open / close the tiles into the apparatus main body 7. In addition, the operation of each part is
A control unit (not shown) for electronic control is provided. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of each unit will be described in order.

This tile washing mechanism A randomly mixes a set of tiles taken into the apparatus main body 7 from the tile slot 6 after one game is completed, in preparation for the next next game, This is a mechanism for sending tiles one by one in a certain direction. As shown in FIG. 7, the mechanism A includes a turntable 11 rotatable in both forward and reverse directions.
And an annular peripheral wall 12 surrounding the periphery of the turntable 11 and a tile entrance 13 for guiding tiles to the tile guiding path 51 described later.

The turntable 11 is mounted so that its surface is parallel to a mounting table 15 which is provided obliquely with respect to a base 14 (FIG. 6) of the apparatus main body 7. That is, as shown in FIG.
One end of the rotating shaft 16 is fixed to the lower central portion of
The other end of the rotating shaft 16 is rotatably supported by a shaft supporting member 17 erected on the mounting base 15. A gear 18 is fixedly provided at an appropriate position on the rotating shaft 16.
On the other hand, a step motor (sometimes referred to as a stepping pulse motor) 19 for driving the turntable to rotate is mounted at another position of the mounting base 15, and its output shaft 20.
A gear 21 is fixed to the end of the gear, and the gear 21 and the gear 18 are meshed. The tilt angle of the turntable 11 is set to about 20 degrees in the present embodiment, but can be appropriately changed to an appropriate angle so that an optimum tile can be washed.

The turntable 11 is shown in FIG.
It is composed of a circular flat portion 11A and a peripheral inclined portion 11B, and the width of the inclined portion 11B is set to be about the width of a tile,
It stabilizes the tiles when they rotate. The surface of the turntable 11 can be covered with a known cloth sheet so as to give a proper sliding. For the purpose of smoothly feeding tiles and preventing the tiles 4 from standing or overlapping, the spring members 22 are provided at appropriate intervals in the circumferential direction on the flat part 11A and the inclined part 11B of the turntable 11, respectively. 23 are attached. FIG. 9 shows the state of the attachment. 9A shows a state after the spring members 22 and 23 are attached, and FIG. 9B shows a state before the attachment. As shown in FIG. 9B, the spring members 22 (23) are formed so that one side has a hook shape and the other end has a small circle. Flat portion 11A or inclined portion 11B of turntable 11
Is formed with a slit 24, and the spring member 22 (2
The spring member 22 (23) is fixed to the flat portion 11A or the back surface of the inclined portion 11B by a screw 25 so that the hook-shaped part of 3) protrudes from the slit 24.

On the back side of the turntable 11,
As shown in FIG. 10, a metal disk 27 having cutouts 26 formed around it at fixed intervals is fixed, and sensors 28 and 29 for detecting the presence or absence of the cutouts are installed at intervals of 90 degrees. Have been.

A peripheral wall 12 surrounding the periphery of the turntable 11 has a plurality of mounting members 3 as shown in FIGS.
0 is fixed to the mounting base 15 to restrict the outward movement of the tile. Therefore, the peripheral wall 12 and the turntable 11
, A tile passage 31 is formed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, slits 32 and 33 are formed in the peripheral wall 12 where the turntable 11 is at the maximum height position and a part in front thereof, respectively. The two propeller-like members 34 such that a part thereof projects to the turntable side,
35 are attached. That is, the support frame 36 is fixed to the mount 15, the step motor 37 is mounted on the support frame 36, and the propeller-shaped member 34 is fixed to the tip of the output shaft 38. Further, a support frame 39 is fixed to another position of the mounting base 15, a step motor 40 is mounted on the support frame 39, and a propeller-like member 35 is fixed to a tip of an output shaft 41 thereof. The dimension of the propeller-shaped member 34 is set larger than the dimension of the propeller-shaped member 35, and the rotation direction of the propeller-shaped member 34 is set clockwise, and the rotation direction of the propeller-shaped member 35 is set counterclockwise.

At the end of the passage 31, as shown in FIG. 11, a tile entrance 13 for guiding the tiles 4 to the tile guiding road side is formed. The tile entrance 13 is formed by an inclined portion 11B of the turntable 11 and a regulating member 42 which provides a gap slightly wider than the width of the tile 4 to the inclined portion 11B.

Next, the operation of the tile washing mechanism A will be described.
When one set of tiles 4 for which the game has been completed is inserted into the apparatus main body 7 from the tile insertion slot 6, the tiles 4 are loaded onto the turntable 11. Thereafter, the step motor 19 rotates automatically or by a required switch operation, and its driving force is transmitted to the drive shaft 16 through the output shaft 20, the gear 21, and the gear 18, and the rotation of the drive shaft 16 causes The table 11 starts rotating clockwise at a constant angular velocity. At this time, most of the tiles 4 gather on the lower side of the height position as shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 because the turntable 11 is arranged in an inclined manner. Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the tiles 4 arranged along the inclined portion 11B of the turntable 11 are carried upward by rotation of the turntable 11, and the tiles 4 with poor alignment are moved downward by the gravity. Is shaken off. FIG. 1 shows the sequence of such operations.
As shown in FIG. 5, the tiles 4 are sent one by one to the guideway 51 through the tile entrance 13. When all the tiles 4 have been sent, the rotation of the turntable 11 stops.

In the above operation, the plurality of spring members 22 and 23 are provided on the surface of the turntable 11 to ensure that the tiles 4 are caught as shown in FIG. It is possible to be guided to. In addition, the tiles arranged irregularly are promoted to be dropped down. Further, as shown in FIG.
In 3, since the spring member 23 is retracted into the slit 24, the tile 4 is prevented from being clogged at the tile entrance 13. In the passage 31, two propeller-like members 3
4 and 35, the propeller-like member 35 facilitates the feeding of the tile 4 to the tile entrance 13 side, and the propeller-like member 34
Can effectively prevent the tiles 4 from standing or overlapping two or more.

During the above operation, the rotation operation of the turntable 11 is monitored by the sensors 28 and 29, and if the rotation is stopped for a predetermined time or more, the control unit judges that the tile 4 has been clogged. Then, after the step motor 19 is rotated in the reverse direction to eliminate the clogging, the step motor 19 is rotated in the forward direction again.

Tiles Front / Back Determination / Reversal Mechanism In the game B , all the tiles 4 need to be aligned with their front surfaces (display surfaces) down. Therefore, this mechanism B determines the front and back of the sent tile and determines the display surface (hereinafter referred to as the front surface).
If the tile is facing up, send it upside down and send it out. If the plain side (hereinafter referred to as the back) is facing up, let it pass through. The tiles sent one by one from the turntable 11 side are distinguished. Then, it is a mechanism that discriminates the front and back of the sent tile and sends out the tile whose front side is facing upside down and sends it out, while the tile whose back side is facing up passes through as it is. As shown in FIG. 19, the mechanism B includes a guideway 51, a front / back determination sensor 52, a position sensor group 53, and a reversing mechanism 54.

The taxiway 51 is located at the tile entrance 1 as shown in FIG.
3 is a path from 3 to the reversing mechanism 54. As shown in FIG. 19 and FIG. 20, a pair of pulleys 55 and 56 and a belt 57
Motor 58 for driving the pulley 55
Is provided. Taxiway 51
Guides the tiles one by one from the tile entrance 13 to the reversing mechanism 54 in combination with the transport mechanism 59. It is desirable to apply tension to the belt 57.

The front and back determination sensor 52 optically detects the front and back of a tile, and may use, for example, an infrared sensor. For the detection, a paint having a high reflectance is applied to the front side of the tile used in the apparatus of the present invention.
Front and back detection cannot be performed with the tiles conventionally used.

In this embodiment, the position sensor group 53 includes three sets of position sensors (6, 6) as shown in FIGS.
0A, 61A; 60B, 61B; 60C, 61C), and infrared light emitting elements are used for 60A, 60B, 60C, and light receiving elements are used for 61A, 61B, 61C. The first sensors 60A and 61A detect the arrival of the tile, the second sensors 60B and 61B determine whether the front and back determination sensor 52 is valid, and the third sensors 60C and 6B.
1C determines whether the tile has been sent to the reversing member 54 side. These pieces of detection information are sent to a control unit (not shown) together with the determination information of the front / back determination sensor 52, and operation control such as temporary stop of the rotation of the turntable 11, front / back determination of the tile, and restart of the rotation of the turntable 11 is performed.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view, and FIG.
As shown in a side view in FIG. 23 and a front view in FIG. 23, a reversing device 65 is provided, and the reversing device 65 has a tile accommodating portion 66 for holding and accommodating the tiles for reversing the tiles. This tile storage 66
Is a tile inlet 67 on the front side and a tile outlet 68 on the rear side. In FIG. 22, reference numeral 69 denotes a step motor, and a gear 71 is attached to the tip of the output shaft 70. On the other hand, a gear 72 is also attached to the inverter 65 side, and the gear 72 and the gear 71 mesh with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 23, sensors 73A and 73B for optically detecting the rotational position of the inverter 65 are provided in front of the inverter 65. further,
In the vicinity of the tile taking-out opening 68 of the tile accommodating section 66, there is provided a holding plate 74 which can move between a tile holding position and a non-holding position.

Next, the operation of the tile front / back determination / reversal mechanism will be described. The tiles sent from the tile entrance 13 on the turntable 11 side move to the transport mechanism 59 along the guide path 51. In the transport mechanism 59, the step motor 58 is driven under the control of a control unit (not shown), and the driving force is transmitted to the pulley 55 to drive the belt 57 forward. When the tiles are transported on the belt 57 and reach the first position sensors 60A and 61A, the signals detected by the first position sensors 60A and 61A are sent to the control unit, and the control unit does not receive the next tile. The rotation of the turntable 11 is stopped as described above. When the tiles are further conveyed on the belt 57 and reach the second position sensors 60B and 61B,
The detection signals of the second position sensors 60B and 61B are sent to the control unit, and the control unit validates the operation validity of the front / back determination sensor 52. In this state, the front / back determination sensor 52
The tile is optically detected as a front or a back, and the detection information is sent to the control unit. That is, when the tile is on the back, the reflectance is at a low level, and when the tile is on the front, the reflectance is at a high level due to the applied paint, and the detection level information is sent to the control unit. The control unit determines whether the tile is a front or a back based on the detection information. If the back of the tile is facing upward, the tile is sent to the tile intake 67 of the reversing mechanism 54, and the tile further passes through the reversing mechanism 54,
It is sent to the next tile pushing / arranging mechanism C. At this time, the holding plate 74 (FIG. 22) is placed at the non-holding position of the tile. The third position sensors 60C and 61C notify the control unit that the tile has passed, and restart the rotation of the turntable 11. On the other hand, if the control unit determines that the front of the tile is upward, the control unit moves the holding plate 74 to the holding position of the tile,
The step motor 69 is driven to rotate. This driving force is transmitted to the inverter 65 via the output shaft 70, the gear 71, and the gear 72, and rotates the inverter 65 by 180 degrees, whereby the tile 4 is turned upside down. This is shown in FIG. The third position sensors 60C and 61C notify the control unit that the tile 4 has passed, and restart the rotation of the turntable 11.
The fact that the inverter 65 has rotated 180 degrees indicates that the sensor 73A has
73B, and the detection information is sent to the control unit.

In the above description, the optical detection means is used for judging the front and back of the tile. However, in the present invention, a magnetic detection means may be used instead of the optical detection means. In this case, a magnetic material such as ferrite is applied to the front or back surface of the tile, a layer made of a magnetic material or a layer mixed with a magnetic material is provided, or a magnetically detectable member is attached or incorporated.

Tile pushing / aligning mechanism C This mechanism C pushes tiles sent from the preceding tile front / back determination / reversal mechanism B face down one by one to a predetermined place, and one row of eight tiles. This is a mechanism that stacks up to four levels (one set) in total. In this embodiment, the mechanism C uses tile pushing out by a crankshaft. That is,
As shown in FIGS. 25 to 27, one end of a crankshaft 77 is attached to the eccentric position of the disk 75 with the eccentric shaft 76 as one fulcrum, and the other end of the crankshaft 77 is
8 fixed member 80 attached to the opposite side of the extruded portion 79
Is supported by a support shaft 81. On the other hand, the mounting member 82
A step motor 83 is attached to one side of the
The output shaft 84 rotatably penetrates the mounting member 82, and the center of the disk 75 is fixed to the tip. The pushing member 78 is controlled by the control unit to control the rotation of the disc 75 on the flat tile pushing moving path 85 as shown in FIG.
The stationary state can be set at three positions, that is, the retreat position B, the forward position F shown in FIG. 6B, and the intermediate position M shown in FIG. That is, the pushing member 78 is waiting for the tile pushing in the retreat position B, and is in a state where the tile pushing has been performed in the forward position F, and the holding member attached to the side of the pushing member 78 in the intermediate position M. At 74, the tiles are held when the tiles are reversed. In this embodiment, the holding member 74 is connected to the pushing member 78.
Although it was provided in conjunction with the above, it may be separately arranged separately.

As shown in FIGS. 28 and 29, a tile aligning table 86 is attached to the front of the tile pushing movement path 85 so as to be able to move up and down continuously. That is, one end of each of the shafts 87 and 88 is attached to the lower surface side of the tile arrangement table 86, and the other end of each of the shafts 87 and 88 is attached with a cross member 89 connecting them. The shafts 87 and 88 have shaft receiving members 90 and 91 in the middle.
It is housed in the inside so as to be able to move up and down. On the other hand, a stepping motor 93 is attached to the outside of the support frame 92. The output shaft 94 is rotatably inserted in the shaft receiving members 90 and 91, and the pinion 95 and the pinion 95 are located at two separated positions.
96 is fixedly supported. Also, two racks 97, 9
8 is fixedly attached to the support frame 92, and the pinions 95, 96 and the racks 97, 98 are engaged with each other. By means of the elevating mechanism composed of these members, the tile arrangement table 86 can change its height position in four stages according to the arrangement of the tiles.

Next, the operation of the tile pushing and aligning mechanism C will be described. The tiles whose surfaces are aligned downward by the front / back determination / reversal mechanism B at the preceding stage are sent one by one to a predetermined position of the tile pushing movement path 85 of the mechanism C. Then, the control unit drives the step motor 83 to rotate, and the driving force is transmitted to the disk 75 via the output shaft 84, and the disk 75 starts rotating around the output shaft 84. By this rotation, the crank 77 moves the pushing member 78 forward from the retreat position B (FIG. 26B), whereby the tiles are pushed out to the tile arrangement table 86 side. At this time, the movement in the length direction of the tile is regulated by a conventional regulating member, and the movement is performed. When the disc 75 makes a half turn, the pushing member 78 reaches the forward position F, and pushes the tiles onto the tile arrangement table 86. When the disk 75 further rotates a half turn, the pushing member 78 returns to the original retracted position B.

By the way, the tile determination / reversal mechanism B in the front stage
When the tiles are reversed, the step motor 83 rotates by a predetermined angle according to an instruction from the control unit, and moves the pushing member 78 from the retreat position B (FIG. 26B) to the intermediate position M (FIG. 27). After moving forward, the tile becomes stationary and the tile is held in the inverter 65. After reversing, step motor 83
Rotates in the reverse direction to return the pushing member 78 to the retracted position B, and then performs the above-described pushing operation.

When the tiles are pushed out onto the tile arrangement table 86 by the pushing member 78, the tiles pushed out previously are sent forward by the tiles pushed out next, and this feeding operation is repeated, and the required number of sheets (8 in this example) is reached. When the tiles are arranged in parallel, the tile arrangement in one stage is completed. Then, in response to an instruction from the control unit that has obtained the number-of-passed-sheet information from the position sensor 53, the step motor 93 is operated, and the tile arrangement table 86 is lowered by one step via the elevating mechanism. And the height of the plane of the tile pushing movement path 85 are made the same. Then, the next stage of extrusion is performed. By performing such extrusion in four stages, tile arrangement of one set is completed.

In the above description, tile extruding is realized by extrusion using a crankshaft. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, extrusion using a rack and a pinion can be used.
In this case, an extruded plate is attached to one end of the rack, and movement between the forward position F, the retreat position B, and the intermediate position M is performed according to the rotation direction and the rotation amount of the pinion.

[0030]Tile set pushing / elevating mechanism D  This mechanism D pushes the aligned tile set to a predetermined position.
After that, raise it from the tile removal exit 5 on the play table 2.
Mechanism. This mechanism D rises with the tile set pushing mechanism 101.
A lowering mechanism 102 is provided.

The tile set pushing mechanism 101 is provided on one side of the tile arrangement table 86. In FIGS. 30 and 31,
Reference numeral 103 denotes a tile set pushing member, and one end of two shafts 106 and 107 extending in the horizontal direction is attached to a surface 105 opposite to the pushing surface 104, and the other end of each of the shafts 106 and 107 is attached to the other end. Has a cross member 108 connecting them. Shaft 10
6, 107 are shaft receiving members 109, 11 on the way.
0 is accommodated in the shaft movably in the axial direction. On the other hand, a step motor 112 is attached to the outside of the support frame 111, and its output shaft 113 is
09 and 110 are rotatably inserted, and pinions 114 and 115 are fixedly supported at two separated positions. Further, the two racks 116 and 117 are
1 and fixedly attached to the pinion 114, 1
The rack 15 and the racks 116 and 117 respectively mesh with each other. By means of the tile set pushing mechanism 101 composed of these members, the tile set pushing member 103 can reciprocate between a retracted position indicated by B ′ in FIG. 31 and a forward position indicated by F ′. 120 is a tile set.

As shown in FIG. 32, the lifting mechanism 102
It has a mounting table 121 on which the extruded tile set 120 is mounted, and a support member 122 for supporting the mounting table 121 is attached below the mounting table 121. 5 and 32.
As shown in FIG. 5, two sets of elevating members 126 each including a pair of pulleys 123 and 124 and a chain 125 mounted on the pulleys 123 and 124 are provided separately from each other in a direction parallel to the row direction of the tile set 120. A support member 1 is provided at an appropriate position of each chain 125.
A distal end portion of a connecting member 127 extending laterally from 22 is fixed. On the other hand, a step motor 128 is provided on a support frame (not shown), and the pulley 123 can be rotated in the forward and reverse directions by a conventional drive system using a bevel gear. A hole 121B is formed at an appropriate position of the vertical wall portion 121A of the mounting table 121, and engages with the pin 130 of the stopper 129 at the ascending position of the mounting table 121 so that the mounting table 1
21 can be kept stationary.

Next, the operation of the tile set pushing / lifting mechanism D will be described. As shown in FIG. 31, when the tile set 120 is completely aligned by the tile set pushing and aligning mechanism C in the previous stage, the step motor 112 is driven by an instruction from the control unit,
The driving force is output shaft 113, pinions 114, 11
5, transmitted to the racks 116 and 117,
Moves from the retracted position B 'to the forward position F', whereby the tile set 120 is pushed out onto the mounting table 121 which has been moved to the lowered position to take out a new tile set. After the extrusion, the extruding member 103 returns to the retracted position B '. Then, the mounting is confirmed by a sensor (not shown), and a drive command is issued from the control unit to the step motor 128. Accordingly, the step motor 128 rotates a predetermined amount, moves the chain 125 counterclockwise, and raises the mounting table 121 to the same height as the surface of the play table 2. The pin 130 of the stopper 129 is connected to the vertical wall 121 of the mounting table 121.
A engages with a hole 121B formed at an appropriate position of the mounting table 12A.
1 is in a stationary state. When a new tile set 120 is to be taken out, the mounting table 121 is lowered to the lowered position by an operation reverse to the above.

The closing door opening / closing mechanism E This mechanism E is a device that, after the game is over, puts the tiles on the main body 7 of the apparatus.
It is opened by a required switch operation in order to be inserted into the inside, and after the insertion, it is similarly closed by a required switch operation for a new game. FIG. 33 shows an example of this mechanism E. Opening / closing door 131 provided at tile slot 6
Is rotatably supported at one end thereof by a hinge 132 between a horizontal position and a downwardly inclined position as shown in the figure. Further, a plate 133 is provided with a slight gap 133 below the other end of the opening / closing door 131 so that the conventional fixing means 1 such as a screw can be used.
It is fixed at 35. On the other hand, an actuator 136 that operates electromagnetically is installed near the opening / closing door 131, and an insertion piece 138 is attached to the tip of the operating shaft 137 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. And insert 1
38 is inserted between the gaps 133 in the forward position,
The opening / closing door 131 is fixed and held in a horizontal state, and separates from the gap 133 at the retracted position to open the opening door 131. Below the opening / closing door 131, a bracket fixed to both shafts of a step motor 139 fixed in a support frame provided at the tip of the elongated plate-like member and a push-up piece 140 are attached. The push-up piece 140 comes into contact with the plate member 134 at the raised position.

Next, the operation of the closing door opening / closing mechanism E will be described. First, one game ends, and the tiles are
When a switch (not shown) is pressed down, the stepping motor 139 is rotated, and the push-up piece 140 attached to the end of the stepping motor 139 is moved to the plate member 1.
34. In this state, the insertion piece 138 is separated from the gap 133 by the operation of the actuator 136, and the open door 1 is opened.
31 is opened (FIG. 34 (a)). Next, when the step motor 139 is reversed, the open door 131 is rotated down by the own weight to the downward inclined position around the hinge 132 ((b) of FIG. 34). In this state, a tile is inserted.
Next, when the loading of the tiles is completed, the step motor 139 rotates, and the push-up piece 140 contacts the plate member 134,
In this state, the actuator 136 operates and the insertion piece 13
8 is inserted into the gap 133, and the open / close door 131 is maintained in a closed state (FIG. 34 (c)). Thereafter, the step motor 139 is reversed to lower the push-up piece 140, and the playable state is established.

Tiles As for the tiles used for the automatic tiles of the present invention, the front and back sides of the tiles are determined by the sensor, so that the tiles conventionally used cannot be used. The tiles used in the present invention determine the front and back sides using an optical sensor or a magnetic sensor. The tiles themselves are made of synthetic resin and opaquely colored.
In order to optically determine the front and back of a tile, it is necessary to apply a highly light-reflective material to the front or back surface of the tile, to laminate a highly light-reflective layer, or to attach a highly light-reflective member. Alternatively, a tile in which the difference in reflection level between the front and back of the tile is increased is used. When determining the front and back of a tile magnetically, a magnetic material such as ferrite is applied to the front or back surface of the tile, a layer made of a magnetic material or a layer containing a magnetic material is provided, or A member which is mounted or incorporated with a member which can be detected is used so that the difference in magnetic level between the front and back of the film becomes large.
As the synthetic resin used above, various synthetic resins such as polyester resin such as acrylic resin, urea resin, melamine resin, phenol resin, epoxy resin and the like can be used. If a tile that has been used in the past is used, it is not possible to make a front / back determination.

[0037]

According to the present invention, since the above configuration is employed, a series of operations such as mixing tiles, aligning tiles, aligning tiles, and supplying tiles can be performed automatically. Can be provided. Further, by realizing such a device, the number of games that can be played within a predetermined time can be significantly increased, and the fairness of the game can be significantly improved. Further, according to the present invention, since the tile set pushing / falling mechanism is configured as described above, the tile supply of the tile set can be performed quickly and reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of nine automatic tiles of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state of inserting tiles.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a new tile set is taken out.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view and a sectional view showing a tile.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an apparatus main body of the automatic tile nine of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view as viewed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a tile washing mechanism.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a turntable and its drive system.

FIG. 9 is a configuration explanatory view of a spring member.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a metal disk and a sensor.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a tile entrance.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a state of a tile captured on a turntable.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a state in which tiles are gathered in a lower position of the height position due to the inclined arrangement of the turntable.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing how tiles are carried upward.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a state in which tiles are sent one by one from a turntable to a taxiway.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of an operation by a spring member.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of an operation by a spring member.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory view of the operation of the propeller-shaped member.

FIG. 19 is a plan view showing a configuration of a tile front / back determination / reversal mechanism.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a tile front / back determination / reversal mechanism.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a reversing mechanism.

FIG. 22 is a side view showing the configuration of the reversing mechanism.

FIG. 23 is a front view showing a configuration of a reversing mechanism.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the reversing mechanism.

FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a tile pushing / aligning mechanism.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the tile pushing / arranging mechanism.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the tile pushing / arranging mechanism.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of a tile pushing / aligning mechanism.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of an elevating mechanism of the tile arrangement table.

FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a tile set pushing / lifting mechanism.

FIG. 31 is a plan view showing a configuration of a tile set pushing / lifting mechanism.

FIG. 32 is a side view showing the configuration of the lifting mechanism.

FIG. 33 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a closing door opening / closing mechanism.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the closing door opening / closing mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 9 automatic tiles 2 play table 4 tiles 5 tile take-out port 6 tile inlet 11 turntable 11A flat part 11B inclined part 12 peripheral wall 13 tile entrance 19 step motor 22,23
Spring member 26 Metal disk 34, 35
Propeller-like member 51 Guideway 52 Front / back determination sensor 53 Position sensor group 54 Reversing mechanism 65 Inverter 69 Step motor 74 Holding plate 75 Disk 77 Crankshaft 78 Pushing member 83 Step motor 85 Tile pushing movement path 86 Tile arrangement table 95, 96
Pinion 97, 98 Rack 101 Tile set pushing mechanism 102 Elevating mechanism 103 Tile set pushing member 112 Step motor 114, 11
5 Pinion 116, 117 Rack 120 Tile Set 121 Placement Table 122 Supporting Member 126 Elevating System 128 Step Motor 131 Door Door 139 Step Motor 140 Push-Up Piece

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device main unit having a play table section having a tile input port and a tile take-out port, and under the play table section, automatically performs mixing, surface alignment and alignment of tiles, and tile supply. Is a tile set push-out / elevation mechanism in nine automatic tiles on which a tile set to be newly supplied is placed, and a tile set arranged is pushed out and moved to a predetermined position on the placement table. The tile set pushing means that returns to the original position after extrusion, and the mounting table on which the tile set is placed at the time of tile supply, is raised to the same height as the surface of the play table section, and the tile set before the next tile supply A lifting / lowering means for lowering only the mounting table to the same height as the aligned tile sets. 2. A tile set pushing means, comprising: an extruding plate abutting on a tile set when pushing the tile set; a pulse motor;
2. A driving force transmission system, comprising a pinion and a rack, for transmitting a driving force of the pulse motor to an extruding plate.
Tile set extrusion / elevation mechanism described in. 3. A driving force formed by a lifting / lowering means including a pulse motor, a support member of the mounting table, a pair of pulleys, and a belt mounted on the pulley, the belt being connected to the support member. The tile set pushing / lifting mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a transmission system.