JPS6058985B2 - conversion device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a conversion device that converts a certain number of pachinko balls into coins.

Generally, coin game machines such as slot machines are sometimes installed in pachinko gaming parlors.

In such a case, it is assumed that a pachinko player will stop playing a pachinko game and move on to a coin game, and therefore a device for converting pachinko balls into coins is required. Furthermore, even if a coin-operated vending machine is installed in a pachinko game parlor, if such a conversion device is available, the player can purchase necessary items from the vending machine using pachinko balls. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a conversion device for converting a certain number of pachinko balls into coins, making it convenient for pachinko players, etc., and will be explained in detail below using examples. .

1 and 2 are a perspective view and a back configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the conversion device according to the present invention, and in the same figure, 1
1 is a device main body, and the surface of this device main body 1 has an input port 2 into which pachinko balls are input, and inside there are a detection unit 3, a ball input cable 4, and first and second pins serving as a pachinko ball ejection mechanism.
Ejection mechanisms 5 and 6 are provided.

The detection unit 3 is arranged in the middle of the gutter J7 communicating with the input port 2, detects passing balls, and causes a display mechanism 8 arranged at the upper part of the device main body 1 to display the number of passing balls. A shutter 10 that is moved up and down by a magnet 9 via an arm 80 is arranged at the connection part between the input port 2 and the gutter 7. The mechanism is such that when the magnet 9 is excited and the shutter 10 moves upward, the pachinko balls in the slot 2 flow down through the gutter 7. The balls flowing down through the gutter 7 are stored in the thrown ball pool 4. This throwing ball pool 4 has a first ejecting mechanism 5 connected to the lower part.
branch gutters 11 and 12 that pass through the side and the second discharge mechanism 6 side;
It has a downflow gutter 13 connected to the upper part, and when the pachinko balls supplied from the gutter 7 to the input ball pool 14 are filled in the branch gutter 11, 12, they can no longer be stored in this input ball pool. The pachinko balls flow down through the downflow gutter 13.
The balls that have flown down are stored in a tank (not shown). The first ejecting mechanism 5 has a central portion pivoted around a shaft 130 and a magnet 14.
The discharge gutter 15 is provided with a discharge gutter 15 that rotates up and down.

This discharge gutter 15 is open at both ends and has a stopper 16 at the bottom on the side of the branch gutter 11. In the illustrated state in which the magnet 14 is not excited, a fixed number of pachinko balls (for example, w pachinko balls) are ejected from the branch gutter 11. Only the discharge gutter is housed. Note that this discharge gutter 1 is connected to the remaining ball discharge port 17.
Since a stopper 19 is fixed to the guide gutter 18 that opens at the bottom of the drain gutter 5, the pachinko balls in the discharge gutter 15 do not flow down. However, when the magnet 14 is excited, the ejection gutter 15 and the guide gutter 18 communicate with each other, so that the pachinko balls are guided to the remaining ball ejection port 17. In this case, branch gutter 1
The pachinko balls in 1 are blocked by the stopper 16 and cannot flow down, but when the magnet 14 is demagnetized, the discharge gutter 15 is restored, and a certain number of pachinko balls flow down into the gutter 15. The second discharge mechanism 6 has a discharge gutter 23. This discharge gutter 23 is pivoted at the center by a shaft 20, and is oscillated by a magnet 21, and in a first state in which the magnet 21 is not excited, its tip opening is connected to the branch gutter 12. In the second state where it faces the opening and is excited and rotated, its tip opening faces the opening of the guide gutter 22 connected to the remaining ball discharge port 17. This Yanghe, discharge gutter 2
3 is partitioned by a partition frame 24 so as to accommodate one pachinko ball, and has a stopper 25 at the tip to prevent the pachinko ball 4 from flowing down from the branch gutter 12 in the second state. Therefore, each time the magnet 21 is excited, the pachinko balls can be guided one by one to the remaining ball outlet 17 via the guide trough 22. Since the remaining ball outlet 17 is located at the bottom of the surface of the device main body 1, the remaining balls therein are delivered to the player. The inside of the device main body 1 is provided with a coin storage gutter 26, a coin ejection gutter 27, and a coin ejection mechanism 28. Both the coin storage gutter 26 and the coin ejection gutter 27 are vertical, and their positions are shifted from each other in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 3, so that coins cannot directly pass through them. The coin ejecting mechanism 28 includes a moving frame 32 whose one end is connected to an arm 30 pivotally attached to a shaft 29 and which reciprocates in the horizontal direction by magnetizing and demagnetizing a magnet 31. The moving frame 32 has a hole 33 at a position corresponding to the lower opening of the coin storage gutter 26 in the first state (the state shown) in which the magnet 31 is not energized, and in the second state in which the magnet 31 is energized and moved. Since the hole 33 corresponds to the opening of the coin ejection gutter 27 in this state, the coins in the coin storage gutter 26 are guided to the coin ejection gutter 27 through the hole 33 every time the magnet 31 is excited. Since the discharge gutter 27 is connected to a coin discharge port 34 provided at the lower surface of the main body 1, coins are brought to the player. Note that the coin storage gutter 26 has a coin detection switch 360 that detects the amount of coins and lights up a lamp 35 attached to the surface of the main body 1.

36 is an exchange instruction switch, and when this switch 36 is turned on, an exchange operation from pachinko balls to coins is performed.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the operation of the conversion device according to the present invention.

To explain this block diagram, the input side of the electrical calculation control section 37 is connected to the above-mentioned detection section 3, exchange instruction switch 36, and setting means 38 for setting the number of pachinko balls to be ejected for one coin. On the output side of the electrical calculation control section 37, there is a display mechanism 8, a magnet 9 of the shutter 10 via the drive control section 39, a magnet 31 of the coin ejection mechanism 28 and a magnet of the pachinko ball ejection mechanism via the ejection control section 40. Connect 14 and 21. Next, the operation of the conversion apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be explained based on the block diagram of FIG. 4. When converting pachinko balls into coins, when pachinko balls are thrown into the slot 2, the detection unit 3 detects the balls passing through the gutter 7 and transmits this detection signal to the electrical calculation control unit 37, so that the display mechanism The number of balls thrown into the slot 2 is displayed at 8.

When the number of balls thrown in is all displayed on the display mechanism 8, the exchanger turns on the exchange instruction switch 36, the exchange signal is input to the electrical calculation control section 37, and the output of the electric calculation control section 37 is sent to the drive control section 39. is supplied to the magnet 9 from As a result, the magnet 9 is energized and the shutter 10 closes the inlet of the gutter 7, so that the ball is not detected during the conversion operation.
On the other hand, if the exchange signal is input to the electrical calculation control section 37 and the displayed numerical value of the display mechanism 8 is greater than or equal to the number of pachinko balls for one coin set by the setting means 38, the electrical calculation control section 37 A command pulse from the ejection control unit 40 enters the magnet 31, the coin ejection mechanism 28 is operated to eject the coin, and the number of balls equivalent to one coin is subtracted from the numerical value displayed on the display mechanism 8.

The operation of the coin ejecting mechanism 28 is automatically repeated if the numerical value displayed on the display mechanism 8 is equal to or greater than the set number of balls for one coin. The displayed numerical value of the display mechanism 8 gradually decreases, and when the number of balls becomes less than the number of balls corresponding to one coin, the operation of the coin ejecting mechanism 28 is stopped and no coins are ejected.

For example, if the number of balls equivalent to one coin is 35 pachinko balls and 120 is displayed on the display mechanism 8, three coins will be ejected, so the display mechanism 8 will display Rl5J as the display value. That will happen. Next, a command pulse from the electric calculation control section 37 is sent from the discharge control section 40 to the first discharge mechanism 5.
The ball enters the magnet 14, and the magnet 14 is energized to eject one pachinko ball, and the numerical value displayed on the display mechanism 8 is subtracted by 10. Further, the command pulse of the electrical calculation control section 37 enters the magnet 21 of the second ejection mechanism 6 from the ejection control section 40, and this magnet 21 is excited five times to
Pachinko balls are ejected, and the numerical value displayed on the display mechanism 8 becomes ambiance. Therefore, if 12 pachinko balls are put into the slot 2, three coins and a dozen pachinko balls will be discharged as remaining balls.

Note that the control operation of the conversion device may be other than the one described above. For example, the total number of balls thrown in may be calculated by the set number of balls for coins, and the number of coins to be ejected and the number of remaining balls may be directly calculated. good.

The conversion device of the present invention may be placed at a position independent of the pachinko game machine main body, but it may also be placed between the pachinko game machine main bodies that are equipped with a game board, a firing mechanism, and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, such a converting device discharges a constant number of pachinko balls from a discharging section 57 by inserting coins into an input slot 56, and also discharges defective coins from a defective coin discharging section 58. In the main body 60 of the converting device 59 to be discharged,
You may also set it up. In the figure, 61 is the pachinko machine body, 26 is a coin storage gutter, 62 is a pachinko ball storage gutter, and 63 is a lamp that indicates the presence or absence of pachinko balls.
Components that are the same as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. As explained above, according to the present invention, an input port, a display mechanism, a coin output port, and an exchange support switch are provided on the surface of the device main body, and inside the device main body, the balls inserted into the input port are A gutter is provided with a flowing gutter, a detection unit that detects a ball passing through the gutter and displays it on a display mechanism, and an input ball pool that stores the balls detected by the detection unit. A coin ejecting mechanism is interposed between the coin storage gutter and the coin ejecting gutter to guide the coins corresponding to the preset number of pachinko balls from the coin ejecting gutter to the coin ejecting port by operating the exchange instruction switch. A pachinko ball ejection mechanism is installed that ejects the displayed number of pachinko balls from which the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of coins ejected by the coin ejection mechanism is subtracted. Players feel at ease because they can first check the number of pachinko balls they have thrown into the slot on the display mechanism, and also know the number of balls remaining.

Therefore, problems such as a lack of remaining balls can be solved. Further, since the exchange operation occurs by operating the exchange instruction switch, pachinko balls are not exchanged for coins without the player's will. Furthermore, the pachinko balls that are input into the input slot are supplied to the input ball pool and stored once, and the balls stored in the input ball pool are discharged again as residual supply, so that separate pachinko balls can be used in the pachinko machine. The structure is extremely simple and has high practical value, as it eliminates the need for a device to guide balls from the ball supply gutter above the row to the input ball pool.In addition, when the input ball pool is filled with balls, they are automatically discharged from the downflow gutter. This prevents the balls from scattering inside the machine body, and it is only necessary to incorporate the outlet of the downflow gutter into the ball circulation system inside the pachinko parlor.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 are simple configuration diagrams showing one embodiment of the converting device according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the operation of the converting device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the converting device according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a simplified configuration diagram showing another embodiment. 1... Device main body, 2... Inlet, 3... Detection section,
4... Pool, 5... First discharge mechanism, 6... Second
Discharge mechanism, 7... Gutter, 8... Display mechanism, 18, 22
... Guide gutter, 17... Remaining ball discharge port, 28... Coin discharge mechanism, 34... Coin discharge port, 38, 39, 4
1...Logic, 40...Set number or less comparator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball slot on the surface of the device body, and a display mechanism that visually displays the number of pachinko balls inserted into the slot;
A coil outlet and a replacement instruction switch are provided, and inside the main body of the device there is a gutter through which the balls thrown into the input port flow, and a gutter located in the middle of this gutter detects passing balls and displays them on the display mechanism. and an input ball pool located at the downstream end of the gutter to store the balls detected by the detection unit,
A drainage gutter is connected to the input ball pool for discharging balls that cannot be stored inside, and there is a space between the coin storage gutter provided inside the device body and the coin ejection gutter connected to the coin ejection port. A coin ejecting mechanism is installed as an intervening mechanism, which is electrically activated by operation of an exchange instruction switch to extract coins corresponding to a preset number of pachinko balls from the coin storage gutter and guide them from the coin ejecting gutter to the coin ejecting port. In the middle of the gutter that connects the ball pool and the remaining ball outlet, a display number of pachinko balls is placed from the input ball pool into which the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of coins ejected by the coin ejecting mechanism is subtracted. A conversion device that is equipped with a pachinko ball ejection mechanism that ejects at the exit.