JPH0311031Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention relates to a device for transporting tiles in a fully automatic mahjong table.More specifically, the tiles are stirred on an inclined table and sent to the attitude correction section of the turntable. The process by which tiles are conveyed from the tile discharge gutter to all four sides,
This is carried out by a conveying section of a rotating turntable.

In a conventional fully automatic mahjong table, the inserted tiles are once stirred in a stirring device, and then sent out by a delivery device that rotates a belt, chain, etc., and the delivered tiles are transported by an alignment device. are arranged on the device.

However, such a conventional tile dispensing device has a complicated mechanism and is prone to failure, and improvements have been desired.

In other words, due to the hot and humid climate unique to our country, there is a high incidence of problems such as dirt on belts and chains, stretching, and cutting. When the above-mentioned trouble occurs, it can only be repaired by an engineer who is familiar with mahjong machines, resulting in a huge loss for the mahjong players.

The purpose of this invention is to use the rotation of a turntable that rotates in the same direction as the tilting table to reliably transport the tiles in all directions without using any complicated mechanisms (belts, chains). To provide a tile conveying device in a fully automatic mahjong table as described above.

The drawings will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the internal structure of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the internal structure of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the tile conveyance state.

1 is a turntable, and a tilting table 2 separate from the turntable 1 and for stirring the tiles P is provided in the center.
is provided, and an attitude correction section 1a in which a plurality of magnets are embedded is formed in the turntable 1 close to the outer periphery of the tilting table 2.

The tilting table 2 rotates in the same direction as the turntable 1 at different rotational speeds, thereby serving to send out the stirred tiles P onto the attitude correction section 1a of the turntable 1.

3 is a side wall, which is the attitude correction part 1 of the turntable 1;
It is provided separately from the turntable 1 along the outer periphery of the turntable 1, and by being provided on the side wall 3, the side wall 3
A conveying section 1a is formed on the outer turntable 1.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a tile discharging gutter, through which the tiles P, which have been stirred on the inclined table 2, sent upward, and sent out onto the posture correction section 1a in a normal posture, pass; It passes through section 1b.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a tile direction conversion unit, in which a motor 7 is attached and an extrusion rod 6 that interlocks with the motor 7 is provided.A sensor S detects the tile P passing through the tile discharge gutter 4, Rotate the motor 7
The extrusion rod 6 rotates at a right angle (90 degrees) and the tile P
The rotating extrusion rod 6 is kept in a position where the tile P sent out from the tile ejection gutter 4 comes into contact with it in a normal posture by the positioning sensor S', and is pushed out. The tiles P are placed on the conveying section 1b of the rotating turntable 1 and are conveyed in all directions (north, south, east, and west).

The present invention has the above configuration, and its operation will be explained next.

When the game ends and the tiles P are placed on the tilting table 2, the turntable 1 and the tilting table 2
starts to rotate, and the inserted tiles P are concentrated at a lower position on the tilting table 2, but are sent to a higher position due to the rotation, and are transferred to the attitude correction section 1 of the turntable 1.
Only the tile P in the correct posture is attracted to the posture correction part 1a by the magnet embedded in a and the magnet installed in the tile P, and the tile P is fed into the tile discharging gutter 4 during rotation, and the fed tile is Since P is located on the conveyance section 1b of the rotating turntable 1, it moves within the tile discharge gutter 4 as the turntable 1 rotates, and moves to the tile direction conversion section provided near the discharge port of the tile discharge gutter 4. Arrive at 5.

The tiles P that have arrived at the tile direction conversion section 5 are pushed out in the lateral direction (rotation direction of the turntable) by the extrusion rod 6.

Since the pushed out tile P is on the transport section 1b,
The tiles rotate as the turntable 1 rotates, and as shown in FIG. 3, the tiles are arranged in order from the first side (the side close to the tile direction changing part).

As described above, the present invention utilizes the rotation of the turntable to move tiles that have been stirred and pushed out by the rotation of a horizontally rotating turntable and a tilted table installed in the center of the turntable. The tiles sent to the conveyance section of the turntable can be reliably sent out in all directions.

Therefore, since it does not use belts or chains like conventional methods, there are fewer problems, and even if a problem occurs, it is an innovative tile conveying device that can be easily repaired even if you are not a particularly experienced engineer. It is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram of the internal structure of the present invention seen from the top, Figure 2 is a diagram of the internal structure of the present invention seen from the side, and Figure 3 is a diagram of the internal structure of the present invention seen from the side.
The figure is a diagram showing the conveyance state of tiles as seen from a plane. 1...turntable, 1a...posture correction section,
1b... Conveyance unit, 2... Inclined table, 3... Side wall, 4... Tile discharge gutter, 5... Tile direction conversion unit, 6...
...Indicates an extruded rod.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A tilting table with different rotational speeds in the same direction as the turntable is provided in the center of the turntable, and a posture correcting section with a plurality of magnets embedded in the turntable close to the outer periphery of the tilting table is provided to correct the posture. In a tile feeding device that has a turntable and a separate side wall along the outer periphery of the correction section,
A horizontal turntable on the outside from the side wall is formed as a conveyance section, and a straight tile discharge gutter is provided connected to the terminal end of the posture correction section, and the tiles are fed into the vicinity of the discharge port of the tile discharge gutter. A tile conveyance device for a fully automatic mahjong table, characterized in that a tile direction conversion section for pushing out tiles in a right angle direction is provided so that the tiles can be conveyed in four directions.