TWI689339B - Card pulling mechanism and mahjong machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a card pulling mechanism and a mahjong machine. Regarding the technical field of indoor game devices, in order to relieve the existing card pulling mechanism in the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, the mahjong tiles are easily caught by the mahjong tile lane, resulting in the failure to smoothly mahjong The technical problems of the card pull. The card pulling mechanism provided by the present invention includes a card path and a card pulling device that reciprocates along the card path; the card pulling device is configured to promote the movement of the mahjong cards along the card path; the card path is arc-shaped.

Description

Card pulling mechanism and mahjong machine

The present invention relates to the technical field of indoor game devices, in particular, to a card pulling mechanism and a mahjong machine.

Mahjong, originated in China, is commonly known as sparrows in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Game games and entertainment equipment invented by the ancient Chinese are generally small squares made of bamboo, bones or plastics, with patterns or lettering engraved on them. Generally, there are four participants. Four participants sit around the table and draw, shuffle, and discard cards through specific rules. With the development of technology and people's pursuit of quality of life, Mahjong machines are now commonly used for mahjong games.

The inventor of the present application found that in the current mahjong machine and the card pulling mechanism, during the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, the mahjong tiles are easily caught by the mahjong tiles, resulting in the failure to pull out the mahjong tiles smoothly.

The purpose of the present invention includes providing a card pulling mechanism and a mahjong machine to alleviate that the existing card pulling mechanism is easy to be stuck by the mahjong tiles during the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, resulting in the failure to pull the mahjong tiles smoothly Technical issues.

The embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in the following manner.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a card pulling mechanism, including a card path, a card pulling device that reciprocates along the card path; the card pulling device is configured to push a mahjong card to move along the card path; the card path is arc.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the card pulling device includes: a guide slot, a rack provided in the guide slot, a driving device that drives the rack to reciprocate, and a card pulling connected to the rack Head; the guide groove is provided along the card path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guide groove is provided with a turning part configured to bend the rack, and the turning part is provided at the end of the card path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the driving device includes a motor, and a transmission element connected to a power output end of the motor, the transmission element meshing with the rack.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission element includes a first gear, the first gear is disposed inside the turning portion, the turning portion is disposed along the first gear, and the rack is disposed on the Between the first gear and the turning part.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission element further includes a second gear; the first gear is provided in multiple layers, and the second gear and the rack are respectively engaged with different two layers of the first gear connection.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission element further includes a third gear; the third gear is meshed with the second gear, and the third gear is connected with the power output end of the motor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the card path includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom plate; the distance between the first side wall and the second side wall is equal along the extending direction of the card path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is a gap between the first side wall and the bottom plate; the draw head and the rack are connected through a connecting portion, and the draw head travels with the rack During the process, the connection part is always located in the gap.

Compared with the prior art, the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention has at least the following advantages: the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a card path and a card pulling device that reciprocates along the card path; the card pulling device is configured to promote mahjong The card moves along the card path; the card path is curved. From this analysis, it can be seen that, with the card drawing mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the card path is arc-shaped, when the card drawing device pushes the movement of the mahjong card along the card path, the card path has less resistance to the mahjong card. It is easy to hinder the movement of mahjong tiles, and at the same time, it can prevent the mahjong tiles from deviating from the normal running trajectory. Therefore, the probability of the mahjong tiles deviating from the running trajectory to block the card path can be reduced. In summary, using the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention can alleviate the existing During the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, the mahjong tiles are easily caught by the mahjong tiles, which leads to the blockage of the tiles and the technical problem that the pulling mechanism cannot pull the mahjong tiles out smoothly.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a mahjong machine, including: a card table, a mahjong card entrance provided on the card table, a card shuffling device connected to the mahjong card entrance, and an implementation of the present invention connected to the card shuffling device The card pulling mechanism provided in the example, and the card outlet connected to the card pulling mechanism and provided on the card table.

The mahjong machine has the same advantages as the above-mentioned card pulling mechanism compared to the prior art, and will not be repeated here.

10: Card lane

11: The first side wall

12: Second side wall

13: bottom plate

14: clearance

20: Pull card device

21: Guide groove

22: rack

24: Pull the card

211: Turning section

231: Transmission element

232: the first gear

233: Second gear

234: third gear

241: Connection

In order to more clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore do not It should be regarded as a limitation on the scope. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without paying any creative work, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings.

1 is a schematic structural view of a first perspective of a card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment; FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view of a second perspective of a card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment; FIG. 3 is a third perspective of the card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment 4 is a partially enlarged view of part A in FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a rack and a transmission element in the card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment.

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that if the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "level", "inner", "outer" appear The orientation or positional relationship indicated by ", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation The structure and operation of the azimuth cannot be understood as a limitation of the present invention.

In addition, if the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. appear, they are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection", "connection", etc., should be interpreted in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection or a It is a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the connection between two components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific situations.

It should be noted that the features in the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other without conflict.

1 is a schematic structural view of a first perspective of a card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment; FIG. 2 is a structural view of a second perspective of a card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment; FIG. 3 is a third perspective of the card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment 4 is a partially enlarged view of part A in FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a rack and a transmission element in the card pulling mechanism provided by this embodiment.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a card pulling mechanism, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, including a card path 10, a card pulling device 20 reciprocating along the card path 10; the card pulling device 20 is configured to promote the movement of mahjong cards along the card path 10 ; The card path 10 is arc-shaped.

Compared with the prior art, the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages: As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a card path 10, and a reciprocating drawing mechanism along the card path 10 The card device 20; the card pulling device 20 is configured to promote the movement of the mahjong tiles along the card path 10; the card path 10 is arc-shaped. From this analysis, it can be seen that, with the card drawing mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the card path 10 is curved, the resistance of the card path 10 to the mahjong card during the movement of the card pulling device 20 to push the mahjong card along the card path 10 Smaller, it is not easy to hinder the movement of the mahjong tiles, and at the same time it can avoid the mahjong tiles from deviating from the normal running trajectory, so the probability of the mahjong tiles deviating from the running trajectory to block the card lane 10 can be reduced. In summary, using the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention can relieve the existing card pulling mechanism during the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, the mahjong tiles are easily caught by the mahjong card lanes, resulting in blockage of the card lanes, and the card pulling mechanism cannot smoothly The technical problems of the Mahjong tiles.

In practical application, in order to realize the movement of the mahjong tiles along the card path 10 through the card pulling device 20, as shown in FIG. 3, the card pulling device 20 includes: a guide slot 21, a rack 22 provided in the guide slot 21, and driving the rack 22 A reciprocating driving device, and a card head 24 connected to the rack 22; guide grooves 21 are provided along the card path 10. In this embodiment, the rack 22 is disposed in the guide groove 21, and the guide groove 21 is disposed along the card path 10. When the driving device drives the rack 22 to reciprocate along the guide groove 21 in the guide groove 21, the rack 22 can The card head 24 is driven to reciprocate along the card path 10. With this arrangement, the direction of the rack 22 can be ensured. At the same time, the method of driving the card head 24 through the rack 22 reciprocating movement has a simple structure and high reliability.

In order to reduce the space occupied by the card pulling device 20, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the guide groove 21 is provided with a turning portion 211 configured to bend the rack 22, and the turning portion 211 is provided at the end of the card path 10 . In this embodiment, the turning part 211 is provided on the guide slot 21 at the end of the card path 10. When the rack 22 runs to the end of the guide slot 21, the rack 22 bends along the turning part 211, and the rack 22 In the process of continuing along the guide groove 21, the rack 22 can run in the reverse direction along the bent guide groove 21, and the turning groove 211 bends the guide groove 21, which can reduce the space occupied by the guide groove 21, thereby The overall volume of the card pulling device 20 is reduced.

In practical application, as shown in FIG. 3, the guide groove 21 rotated by the rotating portion 211 communicates with the guide groove 21 at the initial position. When the rack 22 runs in the guide groove 21, the top of the rack 22 passes through the turning portion 211, and then folds back into the guide groove 21 at the initial position. At this time, the root of the rack 22 (the rack 22 and the draw head) 24 connection position) has passed the position where the two guide grooves 21 meet, so that the top of the rack 22 and the root are not likely to collide, so that the rack 22 can move freely in the circuit of the guide groove 21. With this arrangement, it can The space of the guide groove 21 is appropriately used according to the length of the rack 22, so that even if the rack 22 is long, the rack 22 can be smoothly operated.

Of course, in other embodiments, the guide groove 21 can also be set as an annular groove, then the rack 22 can be set as an annular rack, which is connected end to end, or a linear rack, bent and placed into the annular groove .

Specifically, in order to realize the cooperation between the driving device and the rack 22, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in this embodiment, the driving device includes a motor and a transmission element 231 connected to the power output end of the motor. The rack 22 is engaged. The transmission element 231 may include: gears and/or worms and any other parts that can mesh with the rack 22. With this arrangement, the drive device can drive the rack 22 to move, and the motor is used to cooperate with the transmission element 231. The structure is simple. The cost is lower.

Further, in order to achieve a close cooperation between the transmission element 231 and the rack 22, as shown in FIG. 4, the transmission element 231 includes a first gear 232, the first gear 232 is disposed inside the rotating portion 211, and the rotating portion 211 is disposed along the first gear 232 The rack 22 is provided between the first gear 232 and the turning part 211. In this embodiment, the power provided by the motor is transmitted to the rack 22 through the first gear 232, and the rotating portion 211 is provided along the outer contour of the first gear 232, so that the length of the rack 22 meshing with the first gear 232 can be further increased. Longer, so that the first gear 232 and the rack 22 mesh more closely, so that the probability of the tooth jump phenomenon occurring during the meshing of the first gear 232 and the rack 22 can be reduced.

In addition, by matching the first gear 232 to the rack 22, the noise during the operation of the card pulling device 20 can be reduced, and the user experience can be improved.

In addition, in actual application, the outer side of the guide groove 21 is also covered with a housing. With this arrangement, the noise of the card pulling device 20 can be further reduced, and the stability of the rack 22 during operation can be further improved. general As shown in the figure, the housing may cover the components in the guide groove 21 or nearby components, such as the rack 22, the motor, and the transmission element 231.

In order to facilitate the adjustment of the rotation speed of the rack 22, the transmission element 231 further includes a second gear 233; the first gear 232 is provided in multiple layers, and the second gear 233 and the rack 22 are respectively meshed with two different layers of the first gear 232 . In this embodiment, with this setting, the gear ratio of the first gear 232 and the second gear 233 can be adjusted by adjusting the number of teeth of the second gear 233, thereby adjusting the rotation speed of the first gear 232, reducing the motor Select the difficulty, and set the first gear 232 to multiple layers, and the second gear 233 and the rack 22 mesh with two different layers of the first gear 232 respectively, which can prevent the second gear 233 from interfering with the rack 22 during rotation The interference occurs, which causes the problem that the second gear 233 cannot rotate smoothly.

In addition, the implementation form of the first gear 232 is not limited to the multi-layer form, the first gear 232 may also be a gear with a thicker gear body, so as to ensure that when the rack 22 and the second gear 233 mesh with the first gear 232, they do not It is easy to interfere. It can be understood that the thickness of the first gear 232 is a, the thickness of the rack 22 is b, and the thickness of the second gear 233 is c, a>b+c.

Specifically, in order to further adjust the transmission ratio between the motor and the first gear 232, the transmission element 231 further includes a third gear 234; the third gear 234 is meshed with the second gear 233, and the power output of the third gear 234 and the motor端连接。 End connection. In this embodiment, by setting the third gear 234, the transmission ratio of the transmission element 231 can be further increased or decreased, so that the transmission ratio of the transmission element 231 is more easily adjusted, and thus the application range of the card pulling device 20 is wider.

It should be added here that in practical applications, a protective cover can also be provided outside the second gear 233 and the third gear 234, and the second gear 233 and the third gear 234 can be stabilized through the protective cover, thereby further The stability of matching the transmission element 231 and the rack 22 is improved.

In practical application, in order to make the card path 10 easier to guide mahjong tiles, as shown in FIGS. 1-2, the card path 10 includes a first side wall 11, a second side wall 12, and a bottom plate 13; the first side wall 11 and the second The spacing between the side walls 12 is equal along the extending direction of the card path 10. In this embodiment, during the movement of the mahjong tiles by the card pulling device 20, the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 match the sides of the mahjong tiles, so that they can penetrate the first side wall 11, the second side wall 12 and the bottom plate 13 Mahjong tiles play a guiding role, thereby improving the stability of Mahjong tiles during operation.

Among them, in order to make it difficult for the draw head 24 to interfere with the card path 10 during operation, as shown in FIG. 1, a gap 14 is left between the first side wall 11 and the bottom plate 13; the draw head 24 and the rack 22 penetrate The connecting portion 241 is connected, and the connecting portion 241 is always located in the gap 14 during the operation of the card head 24 following the rack 22. In this embodiment, the gap 14 is provided to avoid the connecting portion 241, so that the card head 24 is not likely to interfere with the card path 10 during the operation, to ensure the smooth operation of the card head 24, and at the same time, by setting the gap 14 It plays a limiting role on the connecting portion 241, thereby ensuring that the rack 22 is not easily detached from the guide groove 21 during operation, so that the rack 22 runs more stably.

In one mode, the connecting portion 241 is integrally formed with the card head 24, and the end of the connecting portion 241 away from the card head 24 is fixedly connected to the root of the rack 22.

In another way, the connecting portion 241 and the draw head 24 are fixedly connected by bolts, and the end of the connecting portion 241 away from the draw head 24 is fixedly connected to the root of the rack 22 by bolts.

Alternatively, the connecting portion 241 is locked on the rack 22 to achieve relatively fixed.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a mahjong machine, including: a card table, a mahjong card entrance provided on the card table, a card shuffling device connected to the mahjong card entrance, and a card pulling mechanism provided by an embodiment of the present invention connected to the card shuffling device , And the card outlet connected to the card pulling mechanism and set on the card table. After the end of a round of games, the user sends the mahjong tiles to the card shuffling device through the mahjong tiles entrance of the table. After the mahjong tiles are shuffled in the card shuffling device, they enter the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The mahjong tiles are sent out from the card outlet through the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the invention.

Compared with the prior art, the mahjong machine provided by the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages: The mahjong machine provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: a card table, a mahjong card entrance provided on the card table, and a card shuffling device connected to the mahjong card entrance , The card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention connected to the card shuffling device, and the card outlet provided on the card table connected to the card pulling mechanism, after a round of game is over, the user passes the mahjong card through the card table The entrance of the mahjong tiles is sent to the card shuffling device. After the cards are shuffled in the card shuffling device, they enter the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and then the mahjong tiles are discharged from the card through the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Oral delivery. From this analysis, it can be seen that, with the mahjong machine provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the card path 10 is arc-shaped, the resistance of the card path 10 to the mahjong card is relatively high when the card pulling device 20 pushes the mahjong card to move along the card path 10 It is small, it is not easy to hinder the movement of mahjong tiles, and at the same time, it can prevent the mahjong tiles from deviating from the normal running trajectory, so the probability of the mahjong tiles deviating from the running trajectory to block the card path 10 can be reduced. In summary, the card pulling mechanism provided by the embodiment of the present invention is used It can alleviate the technical problem that the existing card pulling mechanism is easy to be stuck by the mahjong card lane during the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, leading to blockage of the card lane, and the card pulling mechanism cannot pull the mahjong tiles smoothly.

In some embodiments:

Please refer to FIG. 1: The card pulling mechanism shown in FIG. 1 includes a card path 10 and a card pulling device 20. The card pulling device 20 reciprocates along the card path 10, and the card pulling device 20 is configured to push the mahjong tiles along the card path 10. And the card path 10 is arc-shaped.

Please refer to FIG. 2, the card path 10 includes a first side wall 11, a second side wall 12 and a bottom plate 13. The first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 are oppositely arranged, and are formed between the first side wall 11, the second side wall 12 and the bottom plate 13 A channel, in which the mahjong tiles are located and the cards are pulled by the card pulling device 20. Moreover, the distance between the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 is equal along the extending direction of the card lane 10.

Referring to FIG. 3, the card pulling device 20 includes a guide slot 21, a rack 22, and a driving device. The rack 22 is disposed in the guide slot 21. The driving device is configured to drive the rack 22 to reciprocate, and the root of the rack 22 passes through The connecting portion 241 is connected to the draw card head 24. When the rack 22 reciprocates, the draw card head 24 pulls the mahjong tiles in the card path 10 to move.

Please refer to FIG. 4 in conjunction with FIG. 2. The driving device includes a motor and a transmission element 231. Specifically, the transmission element 231 includes a first gear 232, a second gear 233, and a third gear 234. The guide groove 21 is provided with a turning portion 211 , The first gear 232 is disposed inside the turning portion 211, the turning portion 211 is disposed along the first gear 232, the rack 22 is disposed between the first gear 232 and the turning portion 211, and the rack 22 meshes with the first gear 232, The second gear 233 meshes with the first gear 232, the third gear 234 meshes with the second gear 233, and the third gear 234 is connected to the power output end of the motor.

Please refer to FIG. 5, the root of the rack 22 is connected to the draw head 24 through the connecting portion 241, the top of the rack 22 meshes with the first gear 232, and at the same time, the first gear 232 adopts a double-layer structure, which can be understood as two opposite The fixed gear or the thicker gear is divided into an upper layer structure and a lower layer structure. The upper layer structure meshes with the second gear 233 and the lower layer structure meshes with the rack 22. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time, there is a gap 14 between the first side wall 11 and the bottom plate 13, the draw card head 24 and the rack 22 are connected through the connecting portion 241, the process of the draw card head 24 following the rack 22 In the middle, the connecting portion 241 is always located in the gap 14.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, rather than limiting it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments can still be modified, or some or all of the technical features can be equivalently replaced; and these modifications or replacements do not deviate from the essence of the corresponding technical solutions of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention. range.

In summary, the present invention provides a card pulling mechanism and a mahjong machine. Its structure is simple and the cost is low, which can alleviate the fact that the mahjong tiles are easily caught by the mahjong card lanes during the process of pulling the mahjong tiles, resulting in blockage of the card lanes. The technical problem that Mahjong cannot be pulled out smoothly.

10‧‧‧ card lane

14‧‧‧ Clearance

20‧‧‧Drawing device

24‧‧‧Draw card

Claims (7)

A card pulling mechanism includes: a card path, a card pulling device reciprocating along the card path; the card pulling device is configured to push a mahjong card to move along the card path; the card path is arc-shaped, the drawing The card device includes a guide slot, a rack provided in the guide slot, and a drive device that drives the rack to reciprocate; the drive device includes a motor and a transmission element connected to the power output end of the motor; The transmission element includes a first gear and a second gear; the first gear is provided in multiple layers, and the second gear and the rack are respectively meshed and connected with different two layers of the first gear; It includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom plate; the distance between the first side wall and the second side wall is equal along the extending direction of the card path; there is left between the first side wall and the bottom plate Gap; the draw head and the rack are connected by a connecting part, and the connecting part is always located in the gap during the running of the draw head with the rack. The card drawing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the card drawing device further comprises a card drawing head connected to the rack; the guide groove is provided along the card path. The card pulling mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove is provided with a turning part configured to bend the rack, and the turning part is provided at the end of the card path. The card pulling mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the transmission element is engaged with the rack. The card pulling mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the first gear is provided inside the turning part, the turning part is provided along the first gear, and the rack is provided between the first gear and the Between the revolving parts. The card pulling mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the transmission element further includes a third gear; the third gear is in meshing connection with the second gear, and the third gear and the power output end of the motor connection. A mahjong machine, comprising: a card table, a mahjong card entrance provided on the card table, a card shuffling device connected to the mahjong card entrance, and the card shuffling device connected to the card shuffling device as described in the above request items 1-6 The card pulling mechanism according to any one of the above, and a card outlet connected to the card pulling mechanism and provided on the card table.

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