JPH08141207A - Prize delivering device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a device for orderly delivering a required number of prizes orderly stored in a stack guide section to winners accurately in a lump by thrusting them towards a prize base section, where a shutter is installed between these sections to separate a required number of the prizes from the others stored in the stack guide section. CONSTITUTION: In a prize delivering device 1, prizes W are set in each of cartridges 11 accommodated in each prize lane and pressed by a weight 15, where a base level 17 in the cartridge 11 is set aligned with a base level in a prize delivering section 21. A controlling unit 71, on reading information carried by a prize coupon, when it is put in a coupon port, drives each of timing pulleys 231a and 231b in the prize delivering mechanism, a shutter 62, and an arm 44 in a prize delivering arm unit 41. In a prize base section 51, a light- emitting body in a base corresponding to each lane is activated. Then, the prizes W are passed to a stack guide section 31, where they are stored orderly.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize dispenser, and more particularly to a dispenser that dispenses a plurality of prizes such as pachinko.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Prizes such as pachinko are paid out according to the number of balls won. In the conventional prize dispenser, a cartridge storing the prize is prepared for each kind of prize, and each kind of prize is discharged to one receiving tray one by one. The user arranged the discharged prizes by hand and received them from the receiving tray.

The prizes to be paid out are "100" and "20".
Multiple types such as "0", "500", and "1000" are prepared, and the total number of coins to be won is paid out. For example, when the payout is 3800, "1000" is 3, "5"
“00” is 1, “200” is 1, “100” is 1, and so on.

When two "1000" are paid out, "1"
If "000" disappears from the cartridge, "10"
"00" is calculated to be one piece, and other kinds of prizes "50"
Two "0" are paid out.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
It takes time to calculate the number of other kinds of prizes corresponding to "0", and the user thinks that the payout will be completed in the middle of the payout and finishes receiving the prize from the receiving tray before the end of the payout. I had a problem.

Furthermore, since there is only one receiving tray, the prizes that have been paid out separately must be received in a uniform manner, and the receiving cannot be completed smoothly, and it takes time to pay out the prizes per user. There was a problem.

Therefore, all the prizes to be paid out are paid out at once.
Moreover, there was a problem to make it possible to receive smoothly.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

A stack guide section for storing the prize discharged from the prize pushing section, a pushing arm for pushing the prize arranged in the stack guide section, and a prize base section for placing the prize pushed by the pushing arm. A prize dispenser comprising a shutter for blocking the stack guide part and the prize base part when the push part does not push out between the stack guide part and the prize base part, and a cartridge in which a plurality of prizes are stacked. The prize ejector is placed between the prize push-out section that stores the prizes and sequentially sends out the specified number of prizes in the cartridge according to the instruction from the outside, and the alignment wall that stands upright in parallel with the prize discharge direction. The stack guide part to store, the pushing arm that pushes out the prize stored in the stack guide part, and the prize pushed out by the pushing arm When the prize base part to be placed and the push-out part do not push out the prize, the shutter which shuts off between the stack guide part and the prize base part and the number of the prizes to be sent are instructed to the prize push-out part. And a control section for pushing out the push-out arm after the end of sending out the free gift, and a free gift push-out section,
A prize dispensing machine characterized in that a stack guide section and a plurality of push-out arms are provided and the push-out arms simultaneously push out.

The above problems are solved by providing

[0009]

[Action] A cartridge storing a plurality of prizes is stored in the prize pushing-out portion. In response to an instruction from the outside, the premium pushing section sequentially pushes the designated number of premiums from the cartridge. The extruded prizes are sequentially stored in the stack guide portion. When the designated number of prizes are stored in each stack guide part, the shutter that blocks between the stack guide part and the prize base part releases the block, and each push-out arm is a prize stored in the corresponding stack guide part. Are extruded collectively. Then, the prize is placed on the prize base.

[0011]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the same, and FIG.

Reference numeral 1 is a prize dispenser. Free gift dispenser 1
As shown in FIG. 1, a cartridge 11 having an outer periphery covered by a housing 2, an opening of a lid 5 and a prize stored in advance is stored in the housing 2, and information received from an external reading device (not shown) is stored in the cartridge 11. It recognizes and calculates the number of prizes according to the recognized information, pushes out the corresponding amount of prizes from the payout opening 4, and pays out to the user.

W is a prize, which is paid out based on the information received from the external reading device. The prize W to be paid out is “100”, “200”, “500”, “1” in this embodiment.
Four types of "000" are prepared, and the total amount is paid out so as to correspond to the number of acquired balls.

As shown in FIG. 2, the internal structure of the prize dispenser 1 is a cartridge 11, a prize push-out section 21, a stack guide section 31, a push-out arm section 41, a prize base 51, a shutter opening / closing section 61, and a control section 71. Consists of.
In this embodiment, since the payout of the prize is carried out in 8 lanes A to H, the prize push-out part 21 and the stack guide part 31 are also composed of 8 lanes.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cartridge 11 is composed of a side wall 12 and a front wall 13 and has a box shape as a whole, and a plate-shaped prize W can be inserted from the rear α and stacked to be stored. A weight 15 is placed on the stored prize W to prevent the prize W from moving around. Side wall 1 at the bottom of the cartridge 11.
2 is provided below the front wall 13 and a step portion between the side wall 12 and the front wall 13 constitutes a prize delivery port 16. Furthermore,
As shown in FIG. 4, a set reference portion 17 is provided upright in the lower part of the inner surface of the side wall 12 so that the prize W does not drop downward and can be sent forward one by one from the prize outlet 16. Since the set reference portion 17 is provided inside the cartridge 11, the set reference portion 17 is unlikely to be affected by deformation of the cartridge 11 due to impact or the like, and stable setting is always possible. In this embodiment, eight lanes are provided, so that eight cartridges 11 are prepared, and the cartridge 11 stored in the lanes A, B, and C has a prize W of "100", and the cartridge 11 stored in the lanes D and E has "100". The cartridge 11 storing the "200" premium W in the lanes F and G is assigned "500" as the premium W, and the cartridge 11 storing the lane H is assigned "1000".

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the prize pushing-out section 21 has a cartridge housing section 22 having a space of the same shape capable of housing the cartridge 11. At the center of the lower part of the cartridge storage section 22, a prize sending mechanism 23 for sending the prize W in the horizontal direction is provided. On both sides of the prize sending mechanism 23, set reference protrusions 24, which consist of two steps of step-like protrusions and which contact the set reference portion 17 of the cartridge 11 stored in the cartridge storage portion 22 and determine the position of the cartridge 11, are provided. The set reference surface 241 composed of the lower upper surface and the upper side surface of the set reference protrusion 24 determines the position of the cartridge 11 by contacting the lower surface and the side surface of the set reference portion 17 of the cartridge 11, and the stair-shaped upper flat surface 242 is stored. It abuts on the lowest prize W of the cartridge 11 to be set, and the prize W is levitated from the set reference portion 17. The prize sending-out mechanism 23 includes the set reference protrusion 2
The timing belt 232 is looped over the two front and rear timing pulleys 231a and 231b located slightly below 4, and the timing belt 232 is linearly moved between the timing pulleys 231a and 231b by rotating the timing pulleys 231a and 231b. And the encoder 233 rotates the timing belt 23.
The movement amount of 2 is detected. Timing pulley 231a,
231b is driven by a drive motor (not shown). A drive motor (not shown), such as a pulse motor, that can control the amount of rotation is used. A prize push-out hook 234 is fixed to the timing belt 232. The premium push-out hook 234 is provided with the timing pulleys 231a and 231b.
It is provided so that its tip is slightly above the set reference projection 24 (amount less than the thickness of the prize W) when moving between
At the time of rotation, it is possible to push only the end of the bottom prize W in the set cartridge 11 and move only the bottom prize W.

The encoder 233 is a prize pushing hook 23.
The initial position of No. 4 and the movement amount of the timing belt 232 can be detected. On the timing pulley 231a side, which is the prize sending side of the prize sending mechanism 23, a prize sending port 235 through which the prize W moved by the prize pushing hook 234 is discharged is provided. One of the prize outlets 235 opens to the prize outlet 16 of the cartridge 11 in which it is housed, and the other opens to the stack guide portion 31 provided adjacent to the prize pushing portion 21. Therefore, the prize W moved by the prize pushing hook 234 is inserted from the prize outlet 16 side and discharged from the stack guide portion 31 side.
In this embodiment, the prize push-out section 21 is provided with 8 lanes.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the stack guide portion 31 is provided with the prize sending mechanism 2 by the prize sending mechanism 23.
An alignment wall 32 is provided on the side surface of the prize W discharged from 35,
One is located adjacent to the prize outlet 235 and the other is located adjacent to the payout opening 4 of the housing 2, and constitutes an alignment space 33 surrounded on two sides by an upright alignment wall 32. Are stacked and placed in the alignment space 33. In this embodiment, the stack guide portion 31 is provided with 8 lanes like the prize pushing portion 21.

The push-out arm portion 41 is provided with a linear guide 42 horizontally provided below the stack guide portion 31, a linear block 43 which is movable by being guided by the linear guide 42,
An arm 44 which is fixed to the linear block 43 and vertically stands on the side of the alignment space 33, and which is provided below the linear guide 42, is hung between the timing pulleys 45a and 45b, and is moved by rotating the timing pulleys 45a and 45b. The belt 46 is rotatable in both directions, and the timing pulleys 45 a, 4 are connected via a motor belt 48.
And a motor 47 that drives 5b. A lower portion of the linear block 43 is fixed to the timing belt 46, and an arm 44 is provided upright on the upper portion. The linear block 43 takes an initial position at a position where the arm 44 is on the prize delivery port 235 side of the alignment space 33, and the timing belt 46 moves, so that the linear guide 42 guides the linear block 42 to the payout port 4 side of the housing 2. After moving, it returns to the initial position again. The arm 44, together with the linear block 43, moves inside the alignment space 33 toward the delivery port 4 side of the housing 2 and then returns to the initial position again. The pushing arm portion 41 is provided in each stack guide portion 31. The push-out arm unit 41 is configured by one motor 47 so as to push out all the lanes simultaneously by one driving means, but the motor 47 may be provided for each lane so as to push out only the necessary lanes. .

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the prize base 51 has a plurality of bases 52 a to 5 corresponding to the payout opening 4.
2h, and the prize pushing section 21 of the stack guide section 31
It is provided on the opposite side to the outside of the housing 2 so that the user can receive the paid prize W. Further, in the prize base 51, the upper surfaces of the bases 52a to 52h are translucent, and a light emitting body (not shown) such as an LED is provided inside, and the prize 52 is paid out from the stack guide portion 31. The upper part blinks so that the user does not forget to take it.

The shutter opening / closing section 61 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in, the shutter 62 and the shutter drive motor 6
3, a pulley 64, a belt 65, and a rotating shaft 66. The shutter 62 is the shutter drive motor 6
It is rotatable about a rotation shaft 66 via a pulley 64 and a belt 65 by a driving force of 3, and a shutter 62 is provided inside the housing 2 so as to separate each stack guide portion 41 and the base 52. The rotation amount of the shutter drive motor 63 is set in advance, and the shutter 62 stops at predetermined positions in both the open state and the closed state. Shutter opening / closing part 61
Since all the lanes are opened and closed at the same time, one driving means is used, but it is also possible to provide each lane and open and close only the necessary lane.

The control unit 71 is an external reading device (not shown).
The number of payout balls to be input from can be recognized. Further, the number of prizes W is calculated from the recognized number of payout balls, and the prize sending mechanism 23 in each lane is instructed to send out the number of prizes W, and the base 52 on which the prize W is paid out is blinked. After the prize sending-out mechanism 23 finishes sending out the prize, the shutter 62 is rotated upward to control the motor 63 so as to be in the open state, and at the same time, the pushing-out arm portion 41.
The linear block 43 is moved and the arm 44 is controlled to push out the prize. After extruding the prize W, the shutter 62 is closed again, the linear block 43 takes the initial position, and the blinking on the base 52 is controlled after a certain period of time.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described by taking the case where the number of acquired balls is "3800" as an example.

The cartridges 11 containing the "100" prize W are stored in the lanes A, B and C. Similarly, "20
The cartridges containing the prizes W of "0", "500", and "1000" are stored in the lanes D and E, the lanes F, G, and the lane H, respectively. The prize W stored in each cartridge 11 is pressed downward by the weight 15 placed on the upper part. The set reference portion 17 of the stored cartridge 11 is the set reference surface 241 of the prize pushing portion 21.
The prize W is slightly floated in the cartridge 11 by the upper plane 242.

The prize exchange card is inserted into an external reading device (not shown), and the information in the prize exchange card is read and transmitted to the control unit 71. Then, the control unit 71 recognizes the contents of the inserted card read by the external reading device, activates the prize sending-out mechanism 23, and outputs the specified number of prizes W.
Motor 63 for rotating the shutter 62 after feeding
To operate the linear block 43 of the push-out arm portion 41.
Is operated to move the arm 44. In this example, since the payout is "3800", "1" stored in the lane H is stored.
000 "for 3," 500 "for lane F is for 1,
Lanes A, D, and 1 to pay out only one "200" stored in lane D and one "100" stored in lane A
Operate each of F and H. At that time, if there is already a cartridge 11 that is free of the prize W, the prize W in another cartridge 11 is calculated so as to be substituted, and each cartridge is controlled.

In the premium base 51, the control unit 71 controls the light emitters (not shown) of the base 52 corresponding to the lanes A, D, F, and H to emit light.

In the prize pushing section 21, a drive motor (not shown) of the prize sending mechanism 23 under the control of the control section 71.
Is rotated to rotate the timing pulleys 231a and 231b. As the timing pulleys 231a and 231b rotate, the timing belt 232 that is stretched around is rotated, and the prize pushing hook 234 fixed to the timing belt 232 moves, comes into contact with the prize W, and further rotates to give the prize W. To move. At that time, the movement amount is constantly monitored by the encoder 233, and after the prize W is sent, the movement amount is moved to the initial position.

The prize W is moved to the prize outlet 235,
Further, when the prize W is moved, it slides into the alignment space 33 of the stack guide portion 31 provided adjacent to the prize outlet 235 due to the weight of the prize W, and the shutter 62 positioned in the front in the moving direction and the alignment wall 32 positioned on the side surface. Will be aligned.

This operation is performed until the transmission of the designated number of prizes W is completed. The sent out prizes W are stacked in the alignment space 33, and three prizes W are aligned and stacked in the lane H and one in the lanes A, D, and F, respectively.

After the extrusion of the prize pushing section 21 is completed, the control section 71 operates the pushing arm section 41 and the shutter opening / closing section 61. Shutter opening / closing part 61
Is operated simultaneously with the push-out arm section 41 under the control of the control section, and drives the shutter drive motor 63 to rotate the pulley 64, thereby driving the pulley 64 and the belt 65.
Thus, the rotating shaft 66 is rotated to rotate the shutter 62, and the dispensing port 4 is opened. At the same time, the push-out arm section 41 drives the motor 47 under the control of the control section 71. When the motor 47 is driven, the timing pulley 45 rotates and the timing belt 46 moves the timing pulley 4
Move between 5a and 45b. Then timing belt 4
The linear block 43 fixed to 6 is also the linear guide 42
The arm 44 erected on the linear block 43 also moves in the payout opening 4 direction, and the prizes W aligned in the stack guide portion 31 move in the payout opening 4 direction.
The prize W is moved to the outside of the housing 2 and the base 5 of the prize base 51.
2 is placed on.

When the movement of the prize W is completed, the pushing arm portion 41 reversely rotates the motor 47 to return the arm 44 to the initial position, the shutter opening / closing portion 61 also reversely rotates the motor 63, and the shutter 62 is in the initial closed state. Back to
The free gift base 51 also ends the light emission of the light emitters (not shown) of the base 52 corresponding to the lanes A, D, F, and H.

[0032]

[Effects of the Invention] Therefore, since the number of prizes to be paid out are collectively paid out, and furthermore, the prizes are placed on the prize base in a state of being aligned and stacked by the alignment wall, the user ends the receipt during the payout. It can be prevented and the receipt can be completed smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view explanatory diagram of the same side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing components of the embodiment.

4 is a front cross-sectional explanatory view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a part of the embodiment.

6 is a front cross-sectional explanatory view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory side view showing a part of the embodiment.

8 is a front view explanatory diagram of FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a side view illustrating a part of the embodiment.

10 is a front view explanatory diagram of FIG. 9. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 W Premium 1 Premium dispenser 2 Housing 3 Display 4 Discharge port 5 Lid 11 Cartridge 12 Side wall 13 Front / rear wall 14 Opening 15 Weight 16 Premium outlet 17 Set reference section 21 Premium extrusion section 22 Cartridge storage section 23 Premium sending mechanism 231a 231b Timing pulley 232 Timing belt 233 Encoder 234 Gift extrusion hook 235 Gift outlet 24 Set reference protrusion 241 Set reference surface 242 Upper flat 31 Stack guide part 32 Side wall 33 Alignment space 41 Extrusion arm part 42 Linear guide 43 Linear block 44 Arm 45a Timing Pulley 45b Timing pulley 46 Timing belt 47 Motor 48 Motor belt 51 Prize base 52a to 52h base 61 Shutter open Part 62 Shutter 63 Shutter drive motor 64 pulley 65 belt 66 rotation axis 71 control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A stack guide unit for storing a prize discharged from the prize pushing unit, an pushing arm for pushing a prize aligned with the stack guide unit, and a prize base unit for mounting the prize pushed by the pushing arm. And a shutter that shuts off the stack guide portion and the prize base portion when the push portion does not push out between the stack guide portion and the prize base portion. 2. A prize pushing-out section for accommodating a cartridge in which a plurality of prizes are stacked and sequentially sending out a specified number of prizes in the cartridge in accordance with an instruction from the outside, and an arrangement standing upright in parallel with the discharge direction of the prizes. Between the walls, a stack guide section for storing the prize discharged from the prize pushing section, an pushing arm for pushing the prize stored in the stack guide section, and a prize base section for placing the prize pushed by the pushing arm. When the push-out section does not push out the prize, the shutter that shuts off between the stack guide section and the prize base section and the number of the prizes to be sent are instructed to the prize push-out section, and after the prize push-out section finishes sending the specified number of prizes. A prize dispenser comprising a control unit for pushing out a pushing arm. 3. The prize dispenser according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of prize pushing units, stack guide units, and pushing arms are provided, and the plurality of pushing arms push at the same time.