JP2556632B2 - Surplus ball return device in pachinko ball counting machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a pachinko parlor,
The present invention relates to a device for returning a surplus ball to a customer when a surplus ball that cannot be converted into a prize is generated when a payout is calculated and exchanged for a prize.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally used pachinko ball counting machines do not have a device for returning surplus balls, but recently, as a pachinko ball returning device, they have been used as No. 62-125576 or No. 3-43884. Etc. have been proposed.

[0003]

In a pachinko parlor having a pachinko ball counter, which is widely used at present, when calculating a payout ball and exchanging it for a prize, a surplus ball (several to If several dozen) occur, the surplus balls must be returned to the customer, but conventional pachinko ball counters did not have such a return mechanism.

Further, the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-125576.
And the pachinko ball returning device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-43884, the returned balls are arranged in a line by a belt conveyor or the like, and the balls are sent one by one. There was a problem that the amount of balls stored was too small to immediately return the large amount.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, the number of balls that have passed through a number of ball transfer lanes having a ball counting sensor arranged in parallel below a pachinko ball charging hopper Most of the balls are discharged to the outside from a discharge chute provided at the back of the device, and some of the balls that have passed through the ball transport lane are deflected to the side, and the balls discharged from this deflected lane A pool for pooling is provided on the side of the lane, the bottom plate of this pool is tilted, and a ball screw horizontally provided along the bottom edge of the bottom plate can be rotated by a motor. A control plate that guides the balls in the groove of the ball screw along the ball screw is provided above, and a swinging piece with a spring that swings by the pushed ball is provided on the discharge side of the ball of this control plate. By rotation The ball moving laterally along the control plate moves and counts the spring-equipped rocking piece provided at the end of the ball screw to a position where it interferes with the ball counting sensor provided outside, and When the ball comes off the side edge of the control plate, the ball force is sent to the return chute section by the spring force of the swinging piece, thereby configuring the surplus ball returning device in the pachinko ball counting machine.

The lower end of the bottom plate of the pool described above is made to face the lower end of the ball screw that is erected, and the ball screw is rotated to guide the ball fitted in the groove of the ball screw upward. A plate is provided, and a swinging piece with a spring that is swung by a ball pushed out is provided on the upper part of the control plate,
The ball moving upward along the control plate by the rotation of the ball screw moves the spring-equipped rocking piece provided at the upper end of the ball screw to a position where it interferes with the ball counting sensor provided above and counts. At the same time, when the ball comes off the upper end of the control plate, the spring force of the rocking piece can send the ball to a return chute portion which is provided at a position higher than the bottom plate of the pool.

[0007]

As described above, in the present invention, a part of a large number of ball transfer lanes is diverted to store balls in a pool provided on the side, and balls accumulated in several rows in this pool are installed in the ball screw of the ball screw. By rotating, the balls are transferred one by one in the axial direction and counted, and the balls are sent to the return chute unit. With this counter, even a large number of dozens of surplus balls can be easily returned. be able to.

Further, in the device using the vertical ball screw, the balls in the pool are lifted from the lower part to the upper part of the ball screw and then sent out to the return chute part. It can be increased by the length of the ball screw. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect that the return balls are easily taken out and the usability is improved.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko ball counter, 2 is a box-shaped counter main body, 3 is a hopper provided on the upper surface of the counter main body 2, 3a is an opening of the hopper 3, and 4 is the calculated number of pachinko balls. Display cylinders 5 and 6 are disk lights for signals provided on both sides of the display cylinder 4 so as to be rotatable and blinkable. 7 is a return chute for returning surplus balls.

1 to 7 show a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which an upper portion of the counter main body 2 of FIG. 1 is removed, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view thereof. 4 is a plan view for explaining the operation corresponding to FIG. 2. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a large number of ball counting sensors (1 in this embodiment) are provided below the hopper 3.
A lane 8 for ball transportation of 6) is provided. That is, each lane supports a ball B, and a support plate 9 inclined downward toward the back of the pachinko ball counter 1, and a guide on which the ball B can be rotatably fitted on both sides of the support plate 9. A ball counting sensor 11 for counting the balls B passing through the lane is arranged at the lower end of each lane.

A bottom plate 12 is provided so as to be connected to the support plate 9 so as to incline downward toward the back, and most of the balls B that have left the lanes roll on the bottom plate 12. Then, it is discharged to the outside from a discharge chute 13 provided on the back surface of the counter main body 2. In the present invention, a part of the ball transfer lane 8 (2 lanes out of 16 lanes in this embodiment) is discharged. The guide plates 14 and 15 are turned to the side (downward in FIGS. 2 and 4), and a pool 16 for pooling the balls B discharged from the turned lane is provided on the side of the bottom plate 12.

The pool 16 is made wide enough to store several tens of balls B, and the bottom plate 16 is inclined so as to descend from the back of the counter body 2 toward the front side, and the bottom plate 16 is maximized. A ball screw 17 is provided along the lower edge 16a so as to be rotated by a motor (not shown).

FIGS. 5 to 7 show the details of the portion to which the ball screw 17 is attached. The ball screw 17 allows the ball B to be fitted approximately halfway into the thread groove of the ball screw 17 and is attached to the lowermost edge 16a of the bottom plate 16. The thread 17a of the ball screw 17 is provided so as to project above the surface of the bottom plate 16. Reference numeral 18 denotes a shaft of the ball screw 17, 19 denotes a bearing, and 20 denotes a pulley fixed to the shaft 18, which is driven by a motor (not shown).

Further, 21 is on both sides of the pool 16,
Reference numeral 22 is a guide wall standing upright to guide the ball B, and 22 is a bottom plate of a chute provided on the opposite side of the bottom plate 16 so as to sandwich the bottom plate 16 and the ball screw 17, and 23 are provided on both sides thereof. It is a standing guide wall. Further, a ball B fitted in the thread groove of the ball screw 17 above the ball screw 17.
Control plate 2 for holding the balls B and guiding the balls B held along with the rotation of the ball screw 17 in the axial direction of the ball screw 17.
4 is provided with its base 24a fixed to the bottom plate 22.

That is, when the ball screw 17 rotates in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 6, the ball B fitted in the thread groove of the ball screw 17 moves in the direction of arrow C in FIG. When the base 25a of the rocking piece 25 with a spring is attached to the outside of the guide wall 21 in the direction of arrow C via the hinge 27 having the spring 26 (see FIG. 6), when the ball B moves in the direction of arrow C. In addition, as shown in (a) to (c) of FIG.
5 in the direction of arrow D (see FIG. 7B),
When the ball B further moves in the direction of arrow C from the state shown in FIG. 7C, the ball B comes off the side end 24b of the control plate 24 as shown in FIG. The ball B is pushed out by the spring force of 25 as shown by arrow E in FIG.

Reference numeral 25b is an interference plate formed by bending the free end of the rocking piece 25. When the rocking piece 25 is rotated to the position shown in FIG. 7C, it interferes with the interference plate 25b. 1
A ball counting sensor 28 for counting is provided outside the guide wall 23 via a bracket 29. 28a (see FIG. 6)
Is a gap into which the interference plate 25b is fitted. Reference numeral 29 is a ball guide plate which is obliquely erected on the bottom plate 22, and when the ball B is pushed out as shown by an arrow E as shown in FIG. To guide you to.

Reference numeral 30 in FIGS. 2 and 4 designates an external ball replenishing port provided on the side wall portion of the counter body 2 so as to be openable and closable, and in the event that the number of balls B stored in the pool 16 is insufficient,
As shown in FIG. 4, the ball replenishing port 30 is pulled out to replenish the ball B from this opening.

8 to 11 show a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the same reference numerals as those used in the drawings denote the same elements. The following is a description of only the differences from the first embodiment. That is, in this embodiment, the pool 16
The ball screw 17 is erected at a position facing the lowermost edge 16a of the bottom plate 16 so that the lower end portion 17b of the ball screw 17 is positioned so that the ball screw 17 can be rotated by a motor (not shown). 18 is a shaft of the ball screw 17, 19 is a bearing provided above and below to support the shaft 18, 20 is a pulley fixed to the lower end of the shaft 18, 31 is a drive shaft, 32 is a pulley fixed to the shaft 31, and 33 is The belt is stretched over the pulleys 20 and 32.

When the ball screw 17 rotates in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 9, the ball B fitted in the thread groove of the ball screw 17 guides the control plate 24 upward as shown by arrow G in FIG. A bracket 34 provided along the ball screw 17 and provided on one side of the upper end portion of the ball screw 17 in the direction of the arrow G has a base portion 25a of a swinging piece 25 with a spring and a spring 26 (see FIG. 6). When the ball B is attached via the hinge 27 and the ball B moves in the direction of the arrow C, the ball B moves the swinging piece 25 to the arrow H as shown in FIGS.
When the ball B is further rotated in the direction of arrow C from the state shown in (c) of FIG. 11 by rotating in the direction of (see (b) of FIG. 11), the ball B moves to (d) of FIG. Control board 2 as shown
The upper end 24c of 4 is disengaged, and the ball B is pushed out by the spring force of the swing piece 25 as shown by the arrow I in FIG. 11 (d).

Reference numeral 25b is an interference plate formed by bending the free end portion of the rocking piece 25. When the rocking piece 25 is rotated to the position shown in FIG. 11C, it interferes with the interference plate 25b. Ball sensor 17 for ball counting 17
Bracket 3 on a support plate 35 horizontally provided at the upper position of
It is provided via 6. 28a (see FIG. 9) is an interference plate 25b
Is a gap into which is inserted. In this case, the bottom plate 22 of the chute for supporting the ball B pushed from the upper end 24c of the control plate 24 by the swing piece 25 and transferring the ball B to the return chute 7.
Is set at a position higher than the surface of the bottom plate 16 by the height of the ball screw 17. Therefore, according to the present invention, the height of the return chute 7 can be increased.

Next, the operation of the device of the present invention constructed as described above will be described. In order to exchange the payouts of the pachinko balls for prizes, put the payout balls on the hopper 3 of the pachinko ball counting machine 1 of FIG. The balls put into the hopper 3 pass through the opening 3a of the hopper 3 and fall onto the ball transfer lane 8 of FIG. 2, and the arrow J of FIGS.
When the ball counting sensor 11 provided at the lower end of each lane is moved, the count value is counted, and the total value is displayed on the display cylinder 4 in FIG.

In this case, in the present invention, a part (two lanes in this embodiment) of the ball carrying lane 8 is laterally diverted, so that the balls B passing through this lane are guided by the guide plate 1.
4, 15 by the pool 16 as shown by the arrow K in FIGS.
Be led to. The balls B in the pool 16 are the ball screws 17 when the surplus balls B that cannot be converted into a prize come out.
As described above, the balls B fitted into the grooves of the ball screw 17 are rotated by the control plate 24 in the first embodiment as described above.
Along the direction of arrow C, the swing piece 25 is rotated in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 7B against the spring force of the swing piece 25. Interference plate 25b provided at the free end
Interfering with the ball counting sensor 28 causes the ball counting sensor 28 to count one. Then, the ball B which has come off the side end 24b of the control plate 24 is pushed out by the spring force of the swing piece 25 onto the chute 22 as shown by an arrow E in FIG. When the surplus balls B reach the calculated number, the ball screw 17 stops rotating, and the delivery of the balls B is interrupted. Therefore, the customer
The surplus balls in the return chute 7 should be taken out.

In the second embodiment, the ball screw 17 is erected and the ball B on the bottom plate 16 is moved upward by about the height of the ball screw 17 and is provided at a position higher than that of the first embodiment. Since the balls B are sent to the return chute 7, it is possible to easily insert the ball receiving container or the like below the return chute 7.

[0025]

As described above, in the present invention, the balls B are stored in the pool 16 provided on the side by dividing a part of a large number of the ball transport lanes 8 and accumulated in several rows in the pool 16. Since the balls B are transferred one by one in the axial direction of the ball screw 17 by the rotation of the ball screw 17 and counted, and the balls B are sent to the return chute 7,
According to this counter, it is possible to easily return even a large number of dozens of surplus balls.

Further, in the apparatus using the vertical ball screw 17, the ball B of the pool 16 is raised from the lower part to the upper part of the ball screw 17 and is then sent to the return chute 7, so that the position of the return chute 7 is conventionally changed. The height of the ball screw 17 can be increased by about the length of the ball screw 17. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect that the return balls are easily taken out and the usability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko ball counter equipped with the device of the present invention.

2 is a plan view showing a state in which an upper portion of a counter body of the apparatus of FIG. 1 is removed.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 2 for explaining the operation.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a ball screw mounting portion.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

7 (a) to (d) are operation explanatory views showing the main part of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention with the upper part of the counter body removed.

9 is a partial plan view showing a main part of FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

11 (a) to (d) are operation explanatory views showing the main part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko ball counter 2 Counter main body 3 Hopper 4 Indicator light 5,6 Disc light 7 Return chute 8 Ball transfer lane 9 Base plate 10 Guide plate 11 Ball counting sensor 12 Bottom plate 13 Discharge chute 14, 15 Guide plate 16 Drainage area (Bottom plate) 17 Ball screw 18 Shaft 19 Bearing 20 Pulley 21 Guide wall 22 Bottom plate (shoot) 23 Guide wall 24 Control plate 25 Oscillating piece 26 Spring 27 Hinge 28 Ball counting sensor 29 Bracket 30 Ball replenishing port 31 Drive shaft 32 Pulley 33 belt 34 bracket 35 support plate 36 bracket B ball

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. Most of the balls that have passed through a large number of ball transfer lanes having a ball counting sensor arranged in parallel below a pachinko ball charging hopper are discharged to the outside from a discharge chute provided at the back of the device. In addition, a part of the balls that have passed through the ball transport lane is diverted to the side, and a pool for pooling the balls discharged from this lane is provided on the side of the lane. The ball screw installed horizontally along the bottom edge of the bottom plate can be rotated by a motor, and the ball in the groove of the ball screw is guided above the ball screw along the ball screw. A control plate is provided, and a swinging piece with a spring that swings by a ball pushed out to the discharge side of the ball of the control plate is provided, and a ball that moves laterally along the control plate by rotation of the ball screw is a ball screw. At the end of When the rocking piece provided with the spring is moved to a position where it interferes with the ball counting sensor provided on the outside for counting, and when the ball comes off the side end of the control plate,
A surplus ball returning device in a pachinko ball counting machine, wherein balls are sent out to a returning chute section by a spring force of the swing piece. 2. Most of the balls passing through a large number of ball transfer lanes having a ball counting sensor arranged in parallel below a pachinko ball loading hopper are discharged to the outside from a discharge chute provided at the back of the apparatus. In addition, a part of the balls that have passed through the ball transport lane is diverted to the side, and a pool for pooling the balls discharged from this lane is provided on the side of the lane. A control plate that guides the ball inserted in the groove of the ball screw upward by the rotation of this ball screw so that the bottom end of the bottom plate faces the lower end of the ball screw. , A spring-equipped swing piece provided on the upper portion of the control plate for swinging by the pushed ball, and a ball moving upward along the control plate by rotation of the ball screw is provided on the upper end portion of the ball screw. With swinging piece The ball is moved to a position where it interferes with the ball counting sensor provided above and counting is performed, and when the ball comes off the upper end of the control plate, the ball is moved to a position higher than the bottom plate of the pool by the spring force of the rocking piece. A surplus ball returning device in a pachinko ball counting machine, which is characterized in that the surplus ball is sent to a return chute portion provided.