JPH0617467Y2 - Taima ball lending machine with shunt mechanism - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a ball interleaving machine installed between pachinko machines, and relates to a ball extracting device with a ball rental gutter. Roll the ball lending gutter through the opening from the ball supply path through the entrance and lend it, and at the time of discharging the ball jar, flow down the curved passage of the bypass passage from the entrance and guide it to the ball jar. The present invention relates to an inter-mountain ball lending machine having a flow dividing mechanism integrally formed with the flow dividing member.

(Prior Art) At the pachinko amusement hall, since the mainstream is the Taima ball lending machine that can lend not only 100 yen and 500 yen coins but also 1,000 yen bills, customers have a lot of balls to lend. I had to transfer it to the ball saucer several times, but recently, for the service to customers, the ball lending machine between the game machines on the island of the pachinko amusement park The ball receiving tray is provided with one that can be directly supplied by the ball rental supply gutter, which eliminates the trouble of repeatedly transferring the rental balls to the ball receiving tray.

A "ball rental supply pipe" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-328080 is a ball-to-ball ball lending machine installed between these game tables, which shares a nose discharging mechanism with a ball lending supply gutter and a ball pot discharging mechanism. It is already known. (Hereinafter, simply referred to as a reference) The ball rental supply pipe is installed on the front surface side of the inter-lens ball rental machine, and is horizontally rotatable in a supply pipe attachment portion that connects the ball rental supply pipe to the ball rental supply path. It is attached by the base, and at the base, an opening connecting the tip of the supply pipe and the ball rental supply path and a bypass passage connecting the ball pot and the ball rental supply path are selected by rotating the ball rental supply pipe. It is configured to be selectively selected.

If you receive ball rental from the ball rental supply pipe directly to the ball tray (when discharging the nose), the ball rental ball supply pipe can be set continuously on the ball tray if you set the ball rental pipe to the ball tray. It is possible to receive the pachinko ball from the ball pot by connecting the opening to the bypass passage by inserting a coin or the like with the ball rental supply pipe facing forward.

However, in the above-mentioned reference, an incorrect operation (operation mistake), that is, when the ball rental supply pipe is in the front position (ball jar discharge), after inserting coins etc. It has been pointed out that if you try to rotate the ball, the pachinko balls that have flowed into the bypass passage will be caught near the exit of the ball rental supply pipe, making it impossible to rotate the ball rental pipe or damaging it. It was

Then, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, actual Kaihei 4-3058
No. 6 gazette, "Ball rental machine for pachinko machine installation" is disclosed.

Installed between the pachinko machine and the pachinko machine, a sphere flow-down device for flowing a predetermined number of spheres and a sphere flow-down gutter for guiding the spheres flowed down from the sphere flow-down device are provided inside, and a sphere flow-down device is provided on the front face. In a ball rental machine for pachinko machine installation, in which a case communicating with the outlet of the gutter is provided in a state of projecting forward, and a ball take-out cylinder is provided in a lower part of the case so as to be vertically movable, a first ball inlet and The two ball entrances are opened by changing the phase by about 90 degrees, and the ball guiding trough is extended outward from the position where the phase is changed by about 180 degrees from the first ball entrance and about 90 degrees from the second ball entrance. , The ball guide trough communicates with the second ball inlet,
A rotating member that forms a sphere flow path that allows the sphere that enters from the sphere inlet to flow downward as it is is provided rotatably in the horizontal direction inside the case so that the sphere guide gutter projects from the window on the side of the case to guide the sphere. A bypass flow path is formed inside the case in which the upper end entrance communicates with the ball flow path in a state where the gutter is located in the front and the first ball entrance communicates with the ball flow down gutter exit. A ball receiving member that is biased upward by a biasing member is provided at the end to close the ball receiving member, and a ball outlet is opened on the side surface of the bypass flow path near the ball receiving member. It was constructed by opening a shutter port that communicates with the ball outlet in a raised state and allows the ball to pass therethrough, and prevents the ball from passing in a lowered state.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the above configuration, a ball receiving member (biasing member) that biases upward is provided at the lower end of the bypass flow path, so that the pachinko ball flows down at a position facing forward. However, even if the ball guiding trough is rotated without taking out the pachinko balls in the ball take-out cylinder, the pachinko balls remaining at the first ball inlet or the bypass passage inlet are not caught. As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as damage to the ball guide gutter and rotating member, but on the other hand, the number of parts is increased due to the addition of new parts such as ball receiving members (biasing members), which makes assembly easier. It takes time to install the ball bearing member, but the workability (difficulty of installation) is poor, the product cost is high, and the maintenance management of the parts is difficult, so that a solution to the above problems has been desired. .

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The inter-mountain ball lending machine, which has been devised to achieve the above-mentioned object and has the flow dividing mechanism of the present invention, is a supply gutter mounting for connecting a ball lending supply gutter to a ball lending supply path. It is attached to the base part so that it can be rotated in the horizontal direction, and the base part has an opening for connecting the ball rental supply gutter and a bypass passage for connecting the ball pot and the ball rental supply channel to the base part due to the rotation of the ball rental gutter. Alternately, the ball lending supply gutter is rotated approximately 90 degrees to roll in the ball lending supply gutter from the opening of the base when discharging the nose located on the ball tray side. It is discharged from the tip discharge port and rotated to a position at a right angle from the position when discharging the nose.When discharging the ball jar, the ball jar is connected to the bypass passage that connects the ball jar and the ball rental supply path, and is stored in the ball jar. In the inter-mountain ball lending machine that discharges by pushing up, the opening path communicating with the ball lending supply path is opened, A passage connecting from the opening provided at the base portion opposite to the passage to the ball lending supply gutter and a curved passage of a bypass passage connecting the entrance and the ball pot are formed on the back side of the entrance. In addition, a flow dividing member integrally formed with an arcuate spacer portion that holds the rotation of the base is provided, and the flow dividing member is attached to the back side of the ball pot.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the entrance path connected to the ball rental supply path and provided opposite to the opening portion of the base, the curved flow path connecting the entrance path and the ball pot, and the rotation of the base are maintained. Since the flow dividing member is integrally formed with the arc-shaped spacer part, the flow dividing member can be installed by simply fitting the flow dividing member from the back side after fitting the base with the supply gutter to the supply gutter mounting portion. In addition to being able to hold the above, it is possible to configure a flow path that communicates with the ball rental supply gutter and a flow path that communicates with the ball pot.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The present invention is not particularly limited to this embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a use state of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of a flow dividing member, and FIG. 4 is a state in which a ball lending supply gutter is attached to a supply gutter attachment portion. FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the back side of FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a side view of the inside of the inter-mountain ball lending machine, and FIG. 6 is a front view of the island.

As shown in FIG. 6, the island 1 has a plurality of game stands 10 arranged side by side. Each of the game stand 10 has a ball saucer 11, and the inter-mountain ball is on the left side (facing) of each game stand 10. Rental machine 2 is installed. Reference numeral 20 in the figure denotes a coin slot, 2
1 is a return port.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a ball rental gutter, which is formed in a gutter shape and has a tip positioned above (length) a ball tray 11 of the adjacent game table 10 and a tip discharge port 30 opening.

The ball rental supply gutter 3 is provided with a supply gutter mounting portion 5 fixed to the front side of the inter-lens ball lending machine 2 and a rotary shaft 32 projecting from a central portion of a cylindrical base 31 of the ball rental gutter 3 up and down. The supply gutter mounting portion 5 is mounted so as to be fitted into the bearing 50 of the mounting portion 5.
It can be horizontally rotated about 90 degrees about the axis (see FIG. 2).

Further, below the supply gutter mounting portion 5, a ball pot 4 and an outer cylinder 40 which opens downward can be vertically moved. When the outer cylinder 40 is pushed up in a state where the rental balls are accumulated in the ball pot 4, the rental balls are discharged from the through-hole 41 of the outer cylinder 40, but at a predetermined position on the back side of the supply gutter mounting portion 5. The upper limit of pushing up of the outer cylinder 40 is regulated by a claw 55 that is bent and protruded inward from the lower edge of the opened through hole 54 without attaching a restriction member as in the conventional case (FIG. 4).

Next, the assembly will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The base portion 31 is attached to the open supply gutter attachment portion 5, and the flow dividing member 8 having the arcuate spacer portion 84 is attached from the rear portion to the base portion 3.
The bearing 53 is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the cap 52 so as to smoothly rotate 1 and cover the cap 52 from above.
The rotation shaft 32 on the upper side of the base 31 is stopped by.

Two cylinders 33 are provided on the upper side of the base 31 with the rotary shaft 32 interposed therebetween.
34 is projected, and the spring 3 is inserted in each of the tubes 33, 34.
5 and the protrusion 6 are inserted so that the protrusion 6 can be expanded and contracted vertically in the cylinders 33 and 34 and is always biased upward. Further, on the lower surface side of the cap 52, the bearing 53 is sandwiched and four fitting holes 60 and 61 are formed in a cross shape, and when the ball lending supply gutter 3 selects nose discharge, the protrusion 6 is fitted into the fitting hole. When the ball pot discharge is selected as 60, the protrusions 6 are fitted into the fitting holes 61 respectively and lightly fixed to give a moderation feeling to the above operation. This fitted state in which the force is applied can be easily released.

A spring 7 is mounted on the rotary shaft 32 on the upper side of the base 31, one end of which is fixed to the back surface of the cap 52 by forming a linear stopper 71, and the other end is positioned opposite to the ball rental supply gutter 3. It was wound once on the cylinder 34 on the side to be mounted and an inverted V-shaped mountain crossover 70 was formed at the tip thereof to provide a temporary fixing means. The height of the mountain crossing 70 is set to be slightly higher than the position of the stopper 71.

The spring 7 is an automatic return means for constantly urging the ball rental supply gutter 3 toward the ball receiving tray 11 side. The stopper 71 and the mountain climbing 70 are the nose discharges where the ball rental supply gutter 3 is located on the ball receiving tray 11 side. It is a temporary fixing means for temporarily fixing the ball rental supply gutter 3 at the position when the ball pot is discharged, which is rotated substantially at right angles from the time position.

Reference numeral 8 is a flow dividing member, and an entrance passage 80 communicating with the ball rental supply passage A is opened at a portion opposite to the arcuate spacer portion 84. The arc-shaped spacer portion 84 is formed to have substantially the same length as the base portion 31. A curved flow path 81 is provided to flow downward from the entrance 80. Further, the curved flow path 81 has a gentle curved portion on the lower side. Due to this curved portion, when an erroneous operation is performed from the time of discharging the jar to the time of discharging the nose, the ball stays in the curved flow path 81 from the entrance 80 and stays even when the rental ball supply trough 3 is rotated. Since the ball is lifted along the curved portion, it does not become unrotatable.

There are two passages in the base 31, that is, a passage connecting from the opening C provided in the portion of the base 31 facing the entrance 80 of the spacer 84 at the time of discharging the nose to the ball rental gutter 3.
As shown in the figure, when the ball pot is discharged, the side surface of the base 31 on the side opposite to the mounting portion of the ball rental supply gutter 3 is notched, and the bypass passage is formed by the notch and the curved flow path 81 of the flow dividing member 8. The passage connecting from B to the ball pot 4 is formed independently so that one can be selected by turning the ball rental supply gutter 3 and the ball rental does not flow to the other halfway.

Reference numeral 82 designates a mounting hole formed in the upper end of the flow dividing member 8, which is formed in the same position as the mounting hole 56 of the ball pot 4 and is fastened with a screw 83.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, from the connection path between the ball rental supply channel A and the opening C that connects the ball rental supply channel 3 with the rotation of the ball rental supply trough 3, the ball pot 4 and the ball rental channel A are connected. Bypass passage B connecting
It is possible to easily change the state to the connection path with.

At this time, the ball lending supply gutter 3 is lightly fixed at the position when the ball jar is discharged by fitting the protrusion 6 and the fitting hole 61 to give a moderation feeling to the above operation. This fitting state can be easily released by applying a slight force to 3 in the direction of returning to the side of the ball receiving tray 11 in the horizontal direction.

Next, at the time of discharging the ball pot, the bypass passage B by the flow dividing member 8 connecting the ball pot 4 and the ball rental supply route A communicates with each other, the ball rental is supplied to the ball pot 4, and the outer cylinder 40 is pushed up. The outer cylinder 40 is pushed up until the lower edge of the through hole 41 hits the claw 55, the through hole 54 and the through hole 41 overlap each other to form a ball rental ball passage, and the ball rental can be obtained from the mouth of the outer tube 40. During this operation, the rental balls are blocked so as not to flow out to other flow paths.

In this operating state, the curved flow path 81 of the flow dividing member 8 plays the role of a buffer (buffer) for the pachinko balls that flow down because of the curve, so that the momentum of the flow of the pachinko balls is weakened here. Has occurred.

Next, when the discharge by the tip discharge port 30 is selected, the ball rental supply gutter 3 is lightly pressed to the ball receiving tray 11 side, and the mountain crossing 70 which is the temporary fixing means of the ball rental supply gutter 3 is removed from the stopper 71.
The ball rental gutter 3 is automatically set to approximately 90 by the urging force of the spring 7.
It rotates counterclockwise and is pushed back toward the ball receiving tray 11 side, the ball rental supply gutter 3 and the ball rental supply path A communicate with each other through the opening C, and the tip end outlet of the tip of the ball rental gutter 3 30 to ball saucer 1
Although the rental balls are supplied to 1, the rental balls do not flow out to other routes in the middle of this operation.

After all, the configuration of the present embodiment is simple, and the entrance 80 connected to the ball rental supply path A and provided opposite to the opening C of the base 31, and the entrance 80 and the ball pot 4 are provided. Since the curved flow path 81 to be connected is integrally formed as the flow dividing member 8, the flow dividing member 8 is attached only from the back side after fitting the base 31 with the ball rental supply gutter 3 into the supply gutter mounting portion 5. It is possible to press the base portion 31 by the flow diverting member 8 and to configure a flow path that communicates with the ball rental supply gutter 3 and a flow path that communicates with the ball pot 4 by simply performing the flow dividing member 8. Since the assembly process does not take time and the assembly work, that is, the screwing work from the back side is all that is required, the product cost is low and the maintenance management of the parts is also easy.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the material of the flow dividing member is arbitrary, and the entire shape thereof and the shape of the curved flow path are also arbitrary.

(Effect of the Invention) As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the entrance path communicating with the ball rental supply path is opened, and the ball rental is performed through the opening provided at the base portion opposite to the entrance path. A passage connecting to the supply gutter and a curved passage of a bypass passage connecting the inlet and the ball pot are formed on the back side of the inlet, and an arc-shaped spacer portion for holding the rotation of the base is integrated. By providing a flow dividing member molded in, and configured to attach the flow dividing member to the back side of the ball pot, after fitting the base part with the supply gutter to the supply gutter mounting part, simply install the flow dividing member from the back side. The arc-shaped spacer portion of the flow dividing member holds down the entire base portion to prevent swinging at the time of rotation, thereby forming an opening for connecting the ball-rental ball supply gutter and a bypass passage for connecting the ball jar and the ball-rental ball supply path. When the ball rental gutter is rotated so that it can communicate with one another, There has the effect of being reliably discharged from the rental ball supply gutter or Tamatsubo communicated.

In addition, the flow path that communicates with the ball rental gutter and the flow path that communicates with the ball pot can be configured with one component, so the number of parts in the flow dividing mechanism is reduced as much as possible, and the assembly process does not take time. ,
Assembling work is good, and thus the product cost is low, and maintenance and management of parts are easy.

In addition, even if the pachinko balls stay in the curved flow path from the inlet when the operation is mistaken during the operation from the discharge of the ball pot to the discharge of the nose, it is a curved portion so that the ball lending supply gutter will be rotated. Then, the retained pachinko balls are lifted along the curved portion, so that the pachinko balls can be smoothly rotated.

Further, there is also an effect that the flow force of the pachinko ball flowing down is weakened by the curved portion in the curved flow path.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a use state of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of a flow dividing member, and FIG. 4 is a state in which a ball lending supply gutter is attached to a supply gutter attachment part. Fig. 5 is a perspective view from the back side of Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is a side view of the inside of the inter-mountain ball lending machine, and Fig. 6 is a front view of the installation state on an island. … Tama jar 5 …… Supply gutter mounting part, 8 …… Shunting member, 80 …… Inlet, 81 …… Curved flow path 84 …… Spacer part A …… Ball rental supply path, B …… Bypass path, C… …Aperture

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball rental supply gutter is attached to a supply gutter mounting portion connected to a ball rental supply path by a base so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and an opening and a ball pot for connecting the ball rental gutter to the ball supply gutter. A bypass passage connecting to the ball rental supply path is selectively communicated with the ball rental supply gutter by rotating the ball rental supply gutter, and the ball rental supply gutter is approximately 90.
When rotating the nose located on the side of the ball saucer, it rolls in the ball rental gutter from the opening of the base and is discharged from the tip discharge port, turning to a position at a substantially right angle from the position when discharging the nose. In the inter-mountain ball lending machine that discharges the moved ball jar by communicating with the bypass passage connecting the ball jar and the ball lending supply path, storing in the ball jar and discharging by pushing up the outer cylinder, A passage for opening a communicating entrance and connecting the entrance to the ball rental supply gutter through an opening provided at a base portion facing the entrance, and a curved passage for a bypass passage connecting the entrance and the ball pot. Is formed on the back side of the inlet, and a flow dividing member integrally formed with an arcuate spacer portion for holding the rotation of the base is provided, and the flow dividing member is mounted on the back side of the ball pot. A pedestal ball lending machine having a shunting mechanism.