JPH1147430A - Recycling device for used pachinko ball - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recycling device which can recycle pachinko balls at a low cost so as to effectively use resources. SOLUTION: A recycling device comprises a means for induction-heating used pachinko balls, a means 4 for causing metal powder to adhere the pachinko balls heated by the heating means, a means 6 for cooling the heated pachinko balls, and a means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means, these means being all mounted on a vehicle. Further, in the heating means, the pachinko balls are rolled down along, for example, a spiral guide cylinder 8 while they are heated by the high frequency induction-heating.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a used pachinko ball reproducing apparatus for reproducing used pachinko balls used in a pachinko parlor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various pachinko machines have been developed which are rich in games and gambling due to the progress of electronic technology, and a so-called pachinko boom has come. The pachinko balls used for the pachinko machines are made of stainless steel. By
It is formed in a spherical shape having a predetermined outer diameter.

[0003] The pachinko balls are used while being circulated in pachinko parlors, and the use of the pachinko balls causes the surface of the pachinko balls to wear due to collision with the nails of the pachinko machine or collision between the pachinko balls at the time of circulation. Becomes smaller. In the case of a worn pachinko ball, the probability of winning on the pachinko machine increases, so in the past, the nail spacing of the pachinko machine was adjusted by a nailer, but due to the recent decrease in nailers, the nail spacing has been reduced. The situation cannot be adjusted.

[0004] Therefore, since the material is stainless steel and is relatively expensive and the number of pachinko balls used in pachinko parlors is considerable, the worn pachinko balls are recycled to a predetermined outer diameter and used. A way to be taken. Conventionally, when recycling used pachinko balls, a method has been adopted in which worn pachinko balls are returned to, for example, a pachinko ball maker, and are melted in a melting furnace for regeneration.

[0005]

However, in such a reproducing method, there is a problem that the reproducing cost tends to be very high. That is, since the unit price of the pachinko ball is relatively low, if the pachinko ball is transported to a pachinko ball maker for recycling, the cost of recycling is increased due to transportation costs and the like, making it unprofitable. Therefore, some pachinko parlors dispose of used pachinko balls without regenerating them, and the resources are not effectively utilized.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a used pachinko machine capable of regenerating pachinko balls at low cost and effectively utilizing resources. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball reproducing device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a heating means for inductively heating a used pachinko ball and a pachinko ball heated by the heating means are provided. It is characterized by comprising a cooling means for cooling and a polishing means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means.

[0008] With this configuration, the used pachinko balls are heated to a predetermined temperature by, for example, high-frequency induction heating by a heating means to increase the outer diameter. After cooling, it is polished by a polishing means. As a result, the pachinko balls are regenerated, and a large number of pachinko balls can be simultaneously and continuously processed by the heating means, the cooling means, and the polishing means.

The invention according to claim 2 is a heating means for inductively heating a used pachinko ball, a metal powder attaching means for attaching metal powder to the pachinko ball heated by the heating means, and an induction heating device. A cooling means for cooling the pachinko balls, and a polishing means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means.

[0010] According to this structure, the first aspect of the present invention is provided.
In addition to the described invention, a metal powder attaching means for attaching metal powder to the pachinko ball heated by induction heating is provided, and the metal powder is attached to the outer surface of the pachinko ball by the metal powder attaching means. Thus, the outer diameter of the worn pachinko ball can be reliably increased to a predetermined value or more, and the pachinko ball is reproduced by being polished by the polishing means.

The invention according to claim 3 is a heating means for inductively heating a used pachinko ball, a metal powder attaching means for attaching metal powder to the pachinko ball heated by the heating means, and an induction heating device. Cooling means for cooling the pachinko balls, and polishing means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means, wherein the heating means, the metal powder attaching means, the cooling means and the polishing means are provided in one vehicle. It is characterized by being.

With this configuration, each means of the reproducing apparatus can be mounted on, for example, the bed of one truck, and the pachinko parlor can perform the reproducing process at the parking lot of the pachinko parlor during a holiday. Used pachinko balls can be reclaimed at a lower cost, for example, the cost is greatly reduced.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the heating means performs induction heating while rotating and rotating the pachinko balls in a spiral guide cylinder. With this configuration, high-frequency induction heating is performed while the used pachinko ball is rotationally dropped in the spiral guide tube, and the centrifugal force acting at the time of rotating and falling prevents the center of gravity of the pachinko ball from being decentered, Pachinko balls are reproduced with high precision.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a used pachinko ball reproducing apparatus according to the present invention,
1 is a schematic configuration diagram, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a heating coil portion, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view thereof.

In FIG. 1, a reproducing apparatus 1 comprises a pachinko ball feeding apparatus 2, a heating apparatus 3, a metal powder attaching apparatus 4, a cooling apparatus 5, a polishing apparatus 6, a control apparatus 7 for controlling these, and the like. Have been. The pachinko ball throwing device 2 has a spiral guide tube 8 arranged vertically, and a feed hopper 9 having an inclined surface 9a formed therein is connected to an upstream side 8a of the guide tube 8. ing.

The loading hopper 9 is connected to the downstream side of the conveyor 10, and the upstream side of the conveyor 10 is provided with an input section 10 a into which the used pachinko balls B in the container 11 are input. The guide cylinder 8 is made of, for example, a metal made of a non-magnetic material, a synthetic resin, or the like.

The heating device 3 has a transistor inverter 13 for generating a high-frequency current, and a heating coil 14 connected to the transistor inverter 13. The heating coil 14 is formed of a copper pipe through which cooling water is circulated, and is arranged so as to wind around the outer peripheral surface of the downstream side 8 b of the guide tube 8 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. . In addition,
The shape of the heating coil 14 is not limited to the above-mentioned shape, and for example, a horseshoe-shaped heating coil that can be close to substantially half of the outer peripheral surface of the guide tube 8 can be used.

The metal powder adhering device 4 provided on the downstream side of the heating coil 14 is filled with stainless steel metal powder P, and the heated pachinko balls B pass through the metal powder P. Thereby, the metal powder P is attached to the outer peripheral surface. The metal powder deposition device 4 can also be configured to inject the metal powder P from four directions, for example, up, down, left, and right.

The cooling device 5 has a cooling tank 15 in which cooling water W is stored.
The transport conveyor 16 which moves by rotation of 7 is arrange | positioned. As the pachinko balls B placed on the conveyor belt 16a of the conveyor 16 move in the cooling water W on the conveyor 16, the heated pachinko balls B are cooled. The cooling device 5 is additionally provided with a not-shown cooler or the like for maintaining the temperature of the cooling water W at a predetermined temperature.

The polishing apparatus 6 has three rotating brushes 18 which are rotated by the operation of a motor 19, and a conveyor 20 for supplying pachinko balls B between the rotating brushes. The rotating brush 18 is configured to be able to brush the outer peripheral surface of the pachinko ball B from three directions, and the conveyor 20 is moved by the rotation of the motor 21 to move the pachinko ball B on the conveyor belt 20a between the rotating brushes 18. To supply.

The rotating brush 18 may be configured so as to be movable, for example, back and forth and right and left, so as to adjust the brushing force. Further, on the downstream side of the conveyor 20 of the polishing apparatus 6, a container 22 for storing the recycled pachinko balls B is disposed.

The control device 7 is connected to the pachinko ball feeding device 2, the heating device 3, the cooling device 5, the polishing device 6, etc., and controls the transistor inverter 13 on and off, and also controls the motors of the conveyors 10, 16, and 20. 12, 1
7 and 21 and the rotation of the motor 19 of the rotating brush 18 are controlled. The reproducing apparatus 1 is provided by being attached to a truck bed (not shown).

Next, an example of a method of using the reproducing apparatus 1 will be described. First, a truck equipped with the playback device 1 is stopped at a parking lot of a pachinko parlor on a holiday, and the used pachinko balls B are stored in a plurality of containers 11. Then, while the regenerating apparatus 1 is operated, the pachinko balls B are thrown from the container 11 into the throwing section 10 a of the conveyor 10.
The used pachinko balls B may be input to the input section 10a of the conveyor 10 by connecting a conveyor (not shown) to a circulation line in the pachinko parlor.

The pachinko balls B put into the conveyor 10 are transported by the rotation of the motor 12 to move the pachinko balls B.
Is fed into the charging hopper 9, moves while rotating along the inclined surface 9 a of the charging hopper 9, and is supplied into the guide cylinder 8. Then, it is transported while being guided to the lower position of the heating device 3 while rotating and falling inside the guide tube 8.

The pachinko ball B guided to the heating coil 14 of the heating device 3 induces eddy current on its outer peripheral side by the high-frequency current supplied to the heating coil 14 by the operation of the transistor inverter 13 so as to induce induction heating. And
Induction heating is performed to a predetermined temperature (for example, 1200 ° C.).
By this heating, the pachinko ball B expands and its outer diameter increases. During this heating, the heating coil 14 is
Is installed in a relatively flat portion on the downstream side 8b, so that it takes a relatively long time to pass through the heating coil 14 portion, and the continuously sent pachinko balls B are reliably induction-heated. become.

The pachinko ball B induction-heated by the heating coil 14 is supplied in a red-hot state into the metal powder adhering device 4, where stainless steel metal powder P is adhered to the outer peripheral surface thereof, and the outer diameter of the pachinko ball B is reduced. It gets even bigger. The reason for attaching the metal powder P is that the pachinko ball B expands by induction heating and its outer diameter increases,
Is easy to return to the original outer diameter again due to the cooling due to. However, depending on the induction heating conditions and the material of the pachinko balls B,
In some cases, the outer diameter can be increased only by induction heating and cooling. In this case, the metal powder attaching device 4 becomes unnecessary.

The pachinko balls B to which the metal powder P has been attached by the metal powder attachment device 4 are placed on the transport conveyor 16 of the cooling device 5 and move in the cooling tank 15. Cooled. This cooled pachinko ball B
Is larger than the predetermined outer diameter of the pachinko ball B by the amount of the metal powder P attached to the outer diameter at the time when the pachinko ball B is charged into the charging section 10a.

Then, the pachinko balls B that have exited the cooling device 5
Is placed on the conveyor 20 of the polishing apparatus 6 and supplied between the rotating brushes 18.
Brushing from the direction, the outer peripheral surface is polished. By this polishing, the pachinko ball B is regenerated with a predetermined outer diameter, and the regenerated pachinko ball B is
Is stored in the container 22 from the transport conveyer 20, and is returned to the circulation line in the pachinko parlor and used again.

As described above, in the reproducing apparatus 1 of the above embodiment, the used pachinko ball B is induction-heated by high-frequency induction heating, the metal powder P is adhered to the pachinko ball B, cooled, and then polished. Therefore, the regeneration can be efficiently performed, and the regeneration cost can be reduced as compared with the case of the conventional melt regeneration.

In particular, by equipping a single truck with the reproducing apparatus 1, the reproducing operation can be performed in the parking lot of the pachinko parlor, so that the conventional transportation cost becomes unnecessary and the reproducing cost is further reduced. Can be achieved. Thereby, it is not necessary to discard the used pachinko balls M made of an expensive stainless steel material, and it is possible to effectively use resources.

Further, since the metal powder P is adhered after the high frequency induction heating to increase the outer diameter, the worn pachinko ball B can be reliably and accurately regenerated to a predetermined outer diameter. Furthermore, since high-frequency induction heating is employed for heating the pachinko balls B, the metal powder deposition device 4 can be omitted depending on, for example, the heating conditions and the like. By using, the heating efficiency can be extremely increased, and the power consumption accompanying the regeneration can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the heating device 3
Is described on the downstream side 8b of the guide tube 8, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. You may make it cover with the heating coil 23. With such a configuration, the used pachinko ball B is used as the guide cylinder 8
Since the inside of the pachinko ball B is induction-heated while being substantially rotated and dropped, the eccentricity of the pachinko ball B is further prevented.

The shape of the guide tube 8 and the configurations of the cooling device 5 and the polishing device 6 in the above embodiment are also examples, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Absent.

[0034]

As described in detail above, claims 1 to 4
According to the described invention, a used pachinko ball can be heated by using induction heating, and can be regenerated by polishing after cooling, thereby reducing the cost of recycling and effectively utilizing resources. It has effects such as being possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a used pachinko ball reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the heating coil portion.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Regeneration apparatus 2 Pachinko ball feeding apparatus a Heating apparatus 4 Metal powder adhesion apparatus 5 Cooling apparatus 6 Polishing apparatus 7 Control apparatus 8 Guide cylinder 13 Transistor inverter 14 Heating coil 15 Cooling tank 18 Rotating brush 23 Heating coil B Pachinko ball P Metal powder W Cooling water

Claims (4)

[Claims] A heating means for inductively heating the used pachinko balls, a cooling means for cooling the pachinko balls heated by the heating means, and a polishing means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means. A used pachinko ball regenerating device, comprising: 2. A heating means for inductively heating a used pachinko ball, a metal powder attaching means for attaching metal powder to the pachinko ball heated by the heating means, and a cooling device for cooling the pachinko ball heated by induction. And a polishing means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means. 3. A heating means for inductively heating a used pachinko ball, a metal powder attaching means for attaching metal powder to the pachinko ball heated by the heating means, and a cooling means for cooling the induction heated pachinko ball. And polishing means for polishing the pachinko balls cooled by the cooling means, the heating means,
An apparatus for recycling used pachinko balls, wherein a metal powder attaching means, a cooling means and a polishing means are provided in one vehicle. 4. The apparatus for reclaiming used pachinko balls according to claim 1, wherein said heating means heats the pachinko balls while rotating and falling the pachinko balls in a spiral guide tube. .