JPS5937967A - Apparatus for passing quantitative number of pinball - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention provides a plurality of passageways through which pachinko balls flow down in a row, a part of a tin rocket is exposed inside each passageway, and each of these tin rockets This invention relates to a device for passing a fixed number of pachinko balls, in which a regulating rod for regulating the rotation of the pachinko balls is provided in a row, and the regulating rods are tilted all at once by the drive of an electromagnetic solenoid to allow a fixed number of pachinko balls to flow down.

As is well known, the device for passing a fixed number of convex pachinko balls is fully utilized as an internal mechanism of a ball lending machine in a batinoco game hall, or as a mechanism for supplying prize balls to each pachinko machine.

□As a device for passing a fixed number of pachinko balls, a device that stores a certain number of pachinko balls in a tilting gutter and allows a certain number of balls to pass from K when the gutter is tilted, or a semicircular notch in a tin rocket. There is a system in which one pachinko ball is supplied to the sprocket, and the rotation of this sprocket is controlled to allow a fixed number of pachinko balls to pass through. However, in fixed quantity passing devices that use a tilting gutter, after the pachinko balls in the gutter have flown down, they must be replenished with the next ball to flow down, so one cycle from the start of falling balls to the completion of ball replenishment takes a long time. Therefore, it is difficult to repeat a large number of ball passages in a short period of time. Therefore, if such a device is used as the internal mechanism of a ball rental machine, the amount of balls rented per unit time will be insufficient, the store will become crowded, or it will take a long time to rent out a large number of balls to one player. It takes a long time and causes discomfort.

In addition, conventional quantitative passing devices using tin rockets
Most of them only rotate one sprocket and cannot obtain sufficient ball passing speed, and those with tin rockets arranged side by side on the leather can shorten the time required for the ball to pass. However, the tin rocket often rotates without a pachinko ball entering the notch, and even in such cases, the next ball is allowed to pass through. Therefore, it is difficult to keep the number of passing balls constant.

The present invention was proposed in view of the above, and includes a plurality of passageways through which pachinko balls flow down in a row, a portion of a tin rocket facing the inside of each passageway, and each sprocket having an outer periphery. Rotation regulating disks having locking recesses are connected, and a plurality of rotatable regulating rods each having a locking claw piece at the tip are arranged to form a regulating rod group, and each locking claw piece is used to restrict rotation. The actuating member connected to the electromagnetic solenoid faces the regulating rod group by applying force to the outer circumference of the plate, and one detection plate that operates the switch is brought into contact with the regulating rod group, electrically connecting the electromagnetic solenoid and the switch. By doing so, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for passing a fixed number of pachinko balls that can reliably pass a certain number of pachinko balls in an extremely short period of time.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on drawings of embodiments.

The fixed number passing device is equipped with five magnolia vertical passageways through which pachinko balls flow down in a line, and each passageway has five passageways.
A vertical groove of the same height is formed on the side surface of the sprocket, and a part of the sprocket 3 passes through the vertical groove so as to face the inside of the @/.

The Suge rocket 3 has 10 semicircular notches on its outer periphery into which one pachinko ball is inserted, and is supported by a support shaft S in such a manner that each can rotate independently. A rotation regulating plate 6 having a diameter smaller than that of the tin rocket 3 is concentrically connected to one side of the Kyoda sprocket 3, and a locking recess 7 is provided on the outer periphery of the rotation regulating plate B at a position facing the spindle S. , 7. A rotary plate g is rotatably attached to the side surface of the rotation regulating plate B, and the rotary plate g is attached to the cover piece 10 using a material 9.
, 10 are biased so as to always cover each of the locking recesses 7, 7.

Also, at the rear of the tin rocket 3 is a shaft/1. , five regulating rods are attached to the shaft /l so that they can each rotate independently to form a regulating rod group 13, and a spring /4' attached to the shaft // is provided. The locking claw pieces 16 bent and formed on the tip claw portion 15 of each regulating rod 1 are pressed against the outer circumferential surface of the rotation regulating plate B by the urging force of the rotation regulating plate B.

The rotary plate t has a notch 17 located on one side of the lid piece 10, and when the notch 7 coincides with the locking recess 7, the color locking claw piece /A becomes a recess. The sprocket 30 is inserted into the sprocket to stop the rotation of the rotation regulating plate 6, thereby stopping the rotation of the sprocket 30.

An upward hook piece/g is formed at the rear end of each regulation rod l-〇, and all of the above five hook pieces/g... are inserted into the oblong hole/ of the operating member connected to the electromagnetic solenoid/9. do.

Then, place the tip of the detection plate 22 on the five protruding from the horizontally long hole 2/ of the actuating member and the end of the hook/g.
The base end of the switch is fixed by a shaft 23, and the operating piece J' of the switch mounted above the detection plate 2.2 is made to face the upper surface of the detection plate.

In this configuration, the electromagnetic solenoid l? is demagnetized, as shown in Fig. 1, the operating member IfJ''-■
Since it is lowering, the hook pieces /g... inside the oblong hole 2/ all descend together, and the locking claw pieces /6 at the tip of each regulating rod l. Jibe 1.
7 into the recess 7 to prevent each sprocket 30 from rotating. Therefore, the pachinko balls in the passage gutter 1 are caught in the notch 1 of the tin rocket 3 and do not flow down.

In such a state, the tip of the sensing plate 2f) is lowered by its own weight, so the sensing plate n is in a specific state, and the switch transmits a ball passable signal to the electrical control device. The electric control device instantaneously energizes the electromagnetic solenoid 19 upon receiving the ball passage enable signal from the switch and a signal from, for example, a coin detector.

When the electromagnetic solenoid 19 is energized, the actuating member J rises, so that the lower edge of the horizontally elongated hole 21 simultaneously raises all the hooks Ig, and all the regulating rods/J... simultaneously. Rotate. When the regulating rod/2 rotates, as shown in Figure 3,
Since the hook piece /l moves up the tip of the detection plate here, the detection plate 22 acts on the actuating piece 2' and stops the pass permission signal of the switch.

Also, when the regulating rod /2 rotates, the locking claw piece /A at the tip comes off from the notch 17 and the recess 7, so that the rotating plate g
The lid piece 10 is rotated by the biasing force, and as shown in FIG. 3, the lid piece 10 covers the recessed portion. Therefore, even if the electromagnetic solenoid 19 is demagnetized, the locking claw piece 16 rests on the surface of the lid piece 10. When the locking claw pieces /A are removed from the recesses 7, each sprocket 3 is able to rotate freely, so the pachinko balls in the passageway 1 are stopped one after another by the notches, and the sprockets 3
Flows down while rotating with the downward force.

Then, when each sprocket 3 rotates approximately half a turn and passes five pachinko balls, the locking claw piece /6 engages the lid piece 1 on the opposite side.
0 and stops the rotation of the rotary plate g, and then fits into the locking recess 7 on the opposite side to prevent the sprocket 30 from rotating. When each locking claw piece 16 fits into each recess 7 in this manner, rotation of all sprockets 30 is prevented, and the pachinko balls in each passageway 1 do not flow down.

In this way, in this embodiment, the electromagnetic solenoid /9 is 1
When energized, each sprocket 3 rotates half a rotation for 5 seconds each.
A total of 25 pachinko balls can be passed through the passing device.

Then, after passing the pachinko ball once, each control rod D
When the locking claw pieces 16 fit into their respective recesses and return to the initial state, all the hook pieces /g... descend and align to the same height, so that the tip of the detection plate n It descends and returns to the specific state of resting, and the switch again transmits the ball passage enable signal to the electrical control device. Therefore, when the electric control device re-energizes the electromagnetic solenoid 19, the sprocket 3 can rotate and immediately pass 25 pachinko balls.

However, if there is a shortage of pachinko balls in the passage gutter l on the upstream side of the sprocket 3, or if the balls are clogged, the pachinko balls will not be placed in the notch q even if the sprocket 3 is able to rotate freely due to the excitation of the electromagnetic solenoid /9. Since the ball does not enter, tin rocket 3 does not make a half turn. Therefore, it comes off from the recess 7.

The locking claw piece/6 cannot be fitted into the recess again. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, even if the other regulating rods 12 return to their initial states, the regulating rods 12 of the passage gutter 1 will continue to raise their hooks and return to their initial states. I can't. Therefore, the detection plate 22 detects the regulation rod /2
The tip of the ball was supported by the hook piece /g', preventing it from restoring itself, and the switch continued to stop the signal that the ball could pass.This caused problems such as ball jamming, and the number of balls that passed was insufficient. In such a case, the passing operation can be used to stop the operation and to notify the occurrence of a trouble.

In this embodiment, in order to prevent multiple rotations of the sprocket 3, a stopper J is placed above one side of the recess.
, 2 protrudes from the left side, and connects the lower surface of the stopper with the rotation regulating plate 60.
The distance from the circumferential surface is such that the locking claw piece /l can pass through.

Therefore, electromagnetic solenoid 1? When the Sugerocket 3 rotates due to the excitation of the pachinko ball and the pachinko ball flows down inside the passageway l, the electromagnetic solenoid /9 immediately demagnetizes and the locking claw piece 16 slides on the circumferential surface of the rotation regulating plate 60, causing the locking to occur. The pawl piece /A can pass through the space between the circumferential surface of the regulating plate 6 and the stopper S, fit into the recess 7, and stop the rotation of the sprocket 30.

However, if magnetism remains in the electromagnetic solenoid 19, or if the regulating rod does not return and rotate for some reason, the locking claw piece/6 will collide with the stopper J after half a turn of the sprocket 30, so the sprocket 3 can be stopped. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the tin rocket from rotating excessively by 30 degrees, and to prevent more than a fixed number of pachinko balls from passing through.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, it is desirable to provide a swingable magatama-shaped Q cam 26 on the lower side of each tin rocket 3 to prevent the tin rocket 3 from rotating excessively with one pachinko ball. This cam 26 swings repeatedly while being repelled by the notch l of the rotating sprocket 3, and by fitting the tip and rear end into the notch q alternately, prevents the tin rocket 3 from rotating excessively. It can be sipped in 11 hours.

Note that the electrical control device can be designed as appropriate depending on the purpose of the quantitative passing device.

The embodiment of the ``preceptive control device 27'' shown in FIG. 6 is io.

This is used in a ball lending machine that can use yen coins and 500 yen coins, and the signal from the 100 yen coin detector 2g is stored in the first memory circuit 2q, and the signal from the 500 yen coin detector 30 is stored in the second memory circuit 2q. It is stored in the memory circuit 3/. Then, the ball passage enable signal from the switch test and the first and second memory circuits 9,
When the AND gate 3.2 is opened by the signal from the pulse generating circuit 33, the electromagnetic solenoid /'l is excited by the pulse from the pulse generating circuit 33, and a certain number of pachinko balls are passed through as described above. For example, when two 100 coins are detected, the electromagnetic solenoid 19 is energized once and 25 pachinko balls pass through, and then the three AND gates open immediately.
Electromagnetic solenoid /9 is energized again and a total of 50 pachinko balls are passed through. And 56 pachinko balls worth 200 yen
(When filling is passed, the memory of the first memory circuit 9 is reset by the reset signal from the comparator circuit J4', and the ball lending is completed.

The operating member is not limited to the above embodiments,
Any configuration may be used as long as it can face the control rod group 1j and rotate all the control rods at the same time. For example, another embodiment of the actuating member 20 shown in FIG. 7 is a rotatable plate material whose base end is pivoted and whose distal end faces midway through all the regulating rods 12 from above. The lower end of the electromagnetic solenoid 199 and the iron core 19' are in contact with the upper surface. Therefore, when the electromagnetic solenoid is energized, the iron core 9' tilts the operating member, and the tip of the iron core tilts the operating member.
can be rotated in unison.

Further, the detection plate 22 is not limited to the above embodiment, and it comes into contact with the regulating rod group/3, and each of the locking claw pieces 16... fits into each recess 7, so that all the regulating rods are connected to each other. Any configuration may be used as long as the switch 2t can be operated when a specific state in which the slopes 12, . . . are aligned. For example, in another embodiment of the detection plate shown in FIG. 7, the middle part is pivoted and the tip part is brought into contact with the middle part of all the regulating rods/2... from below by the force of the tin ring 3S. The switch is shown on the bottom. Therefore, when all the regulating rods 12 are in their initial state, the detection plate n raises its tip end as indicated by the solid line in FIG. However, if the locking claw pieces 16 of all the regulating rods/co... come off from the recessed portions 7, or any of the...
If the locking claw piece 16 does not fit into the recess 7, the seventh
As shown by the chain line in the figure, the tip part descends and stops, and the switch does not send out a signal that the ball can pass.

In this embodiment, 5 sprockets 3... are used in parallel, and each tin rocket 3 is rotated half a rotation at the same time, so that a total of 25 pachinko balls pass through, but the number of passing balls is 1. The number is not limited to 25 per unit, and the number of sprockets 3 or notches may be changed, or a speed reduction mechanism such as a gear may be interposed between the sprocket 3 and the rotation regulating plate 6. It can be adjusted by

As explained above, according to the present invention, the passageways through which the balls flow down in a row are arranged in parallel, and a sprocket is placed facing each passageway, so that all the sprockets can rotate at the same time. It is possible to pass a certain number of pachinko balls in an extremely short period of time. Therefore, when the present invention is used as an internal mechanism of a ball lending machine, a large number of pachinko balls can be lent out in a short period of time, and even if there are many users, there is no need to keep them waiting.

In addition, in the present invention, the detection plate that activates the switch is brought into contact with the regulating rod group, and the switch and the electromagnetic solenoid are electrically connected, so that only when the number of pachinko balls that have passed is appropriate, the next Make passage possible. Therefore, troubles caused by errors in the number of pachinko balls that pass can be prevented, and discomfort will not be caused to the lips or the user.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view;
Figure 2 is a plan view, Figure 3 is a front view of the ball passing through it, Figure 4 is a front view of one of the regulating rods not returning to its initial state, and Figure 5 is a front view of the cam. , FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the electrical control device, and FIG. 7 is a front view of another embodiment. l...passing gutter 3...sprocket, q...notch, 6...rotation regulating plate, 7...locking recess, l...
・Regulation rod, 13...Regulation rod group, 16...Latching claw piece,
19... Electromagnetic solenoid, 〃... Operating member, 22...
...Detection plate 1.24I...Switch. Figure 1 0 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of passageways through which pachinko balls flow down in a line are arranged in parallel, and a sprocket with many semicircular notches formed on the outer periphery into which the balls are placed 111ffi is exposed inside each passageway, and each tin rocket A rotation regulating disk having a locking recess on the outer periphery is connected to the rotation regulating disk, and a plurality of rotatable regulating rods having a locking claw piece at the tip are arranged side by side to form a regulating rod group. Each retaining pawl piece is urged against the outer periphery of the rotation regulating plate, the actuating member connected to the electromagnetic solenoid faces the regulating rod #, and the detection plate of the switch that activates the switch is brought into contact with the regulating rod group. A device for passing a fixed number of pachinko balls, characterized in that an electromagnetic solenoid and a switch are electrically connected so that the electromagnetic solenoid can operate when a specific state is reached.