JPH0696307A - Pachinko ball counting and dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It is possible to accurately count and pay out any desired number of pachinko balls. [Structure] A ball passage 3 provided to guide a Pachicon ball 5 that falls due to its own weight, and a plurality of tooth tips 2B, and a pachinko ball 5 is positioned between the tooth tips 2B. A toothed wheel 2 arranged so that the tooth tip 2B faces the ball passage 3 so as to be rotatable, and a pachinko ball 5 flowing down into the ball passageway 3 downstream of the tooth tip position of the tooth wheel 2. A sensor 7 for detecting and counting, and the tooth ring 2 for stopping the rotation of the tooth ring 2 at an arbitrary position with respect to the tooth tips 2B of the tooth ring 2.
Toothed wheel stopper 10 that engages with tooth tip 2B of toothed wheel 2B, and this toothed wheel stopper 10 engages with tooth tip 2B of toothed wheel 2 when a predetermined number of balls is reached and can be engaged with and disengaged from toothed wheel stopper 10. And a solenoid 15 which is drive-controlled as described above.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball counting and dispensing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko ball counter that counts the number of replenished balls when replenishing the pachinko balls has been generally used, and a counting wheel around which a recess is formed so that each pachinko ball can be fitted one by one. The number of rotations of the counter wheel is integrated and counted, or the rotation of a rotation control member such as a cabana that swings each time one tooth of the counting wheel rotates is detected by a proximity switch or the like and integrated counting is performed by the signal. is there.

[0003]

However, in the counter configured to count the number of rotations of the counting wheel, since the number of pachinko balls thrown out by one rotation of the counting wheel is constant, the number of balls is accurately counted. Therefore, it is not possible to accurately detect an arbitrary number of balls up to one unit. In addition, even if there is a so-called ball dropout that does not enter a pachinko ball in any of the recesses of the counting wheel, this will be counted, and an erroneous counting is likely to occur, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a pachinko ball counting and dispensing device. There was a problem that it was not possible to accurately count and pay out.

Further, in a counter that counts by swinging the rotation control member, the switch must be turned on and off for each swing of the rotation control member, so the switch used must have high performance. However, depending on how the rotation control member swings, the switch continues without being turned on and off, and it is difficult to avoid erroneous counting.

In view of the above, the present invention can accurately count and dispense up to one pachinko ball even if a tooth wheel having the same shape as that of a conventional counting wheel is used, and an erroneous counting occurs. The object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball counting and dispensing device capable of eliminating the above.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a ball passage provided to guide a Pachicon ball falling by its own weight and a plurality of tooth tips and a space between the tooth tips. A pachinko ball is located on the toothed wheel so that the tooth tip faces the ball passage so that the pachinko ball can be rotated by the movement of the pachinko ball, and a ball passage on the downstream side of the tooth tip position of this tooth ring. A sensor that detects and counts the pachinko balls flowing down to the toothed wheel, and a tooth wheel stopper that engages with the tooth tip of the tooth wheel to stop the rotation of the tooth wheel at any position with respect to the tooth tips of the tooth wheel, The toothed wheel stopper is detachable, and a solenoid is provided to drive and control the toothed wheel stopper so that the toothed wheel stopper engages with the tooth top of the toothed wheel when a predetermined number of balls is reached.

[0007]

[Operation] In the locked state, the pachinko balls are supplied into the ball passage, and the engagement portion of the tooth ring stopper engages with the tooth tip of the tooth ring by the action of the solenoid to rotate the tooth ring. It blocks and stops the outflow of pachinko balls in the ball passage.

When a pachinko ball ejection command signal is input, the solenoid is energized to disengage the tooth stopper from the tooth tip of the tooth ring, and the tooth ring restraint is released. As a result, the gear wheel is rotated clockwise by the weight of the pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball flows downward. Since this outflowing pachinko ball blocks the optical path of the sensor, a counting signal is generated, counting is performed based on this signal, and when a predetermined number is counted, the solenoid is activated by that signal to stop the tooth ring.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an internal structure of an embodiment of a pachinko ball counting and paying-out device 1 according to the present invention, showing a front surface when a toothed wheel 2 is locked, FIG. 2 showing a right side surface, and FIG. Reference numeral 3 shows the front face when the lock is released.

The ball passage 3 is formed inside the body 4, and in the illustrated embodiment, a vertical section 3A, an arcuate section 3B which is continuous with the lower end thereof and corresponds to a quadrant, and this arcuate section 3
It has a vertical section 3C continuous to the lower end of B.

The tooth ring 2 has a plurality of (10 in the illustrated example) engaging recesses 2A, 2 into which one pachinko ball 5 can be fitted.
.., and the tooth tips 2B forming the engaging recesses 2A, 2A ... From the hole 3E formed in the wall 3D on the concave curved surface side of the arcuate section 3B of the ball passage 3 to the ball passage. The center of the toothed wheel 2 is rotatably attached to the body 4 by a shaft 6 so as to be exposed inside.

An optical sensor is used as the sensor 7, and it is provided in a bent portion from the arcuate section 3B to the vertical section 3C of the ball passage 3, and the ball passage of the optical sensor support 7A supported by the body 4 is provided. A light projecting and light receiving element 7B is provided opposite to the tip end portion extending to the side central portion of 3, and the pachinko ball 5 passing through the ball passage 3 interrupts the optical path to emit a signal and count.

The rotation control member 8 has a governor structure as in the conventional case, an intermediate portion is swingably attached to the body 4 by a shaft 9, and two projecting portions 8A and 8B at both ends are engaged with the tooth ring 2. The engaging recesses 2A, 2A ... Are alternately inserted into and removed from each other to control the rotation for each tooth.

The toothed wheel stopper 10 has a locking portion 11 at one end that engages with the tooth top 2B of the toothed wheel 2 and restrains its rotation.
An intermediate portion is swingably attached to the body 4 by a shaft 9, and in the illustrated embodiment, the intermediate portion is formed in a box shape with both sides open and is provided outside the rotation control member 8, as shown in FIG. They are fitted and coaxially attached by the shaft 9.

A weak tension spring 12 is tensioned between the other end of the tooth ring stopper 10 and the body 4 side, and the locking portion 11 is urged in a direction away from the tooth tip 2B of the tooth ring 2. There is.

The engaging portion 11 is an engaging recess 2A of the toothed wheel 2.
The rear surface 11B of the engaging portion 11 is formed flat, having a jaw portion 11A that engages with the tooth tip 2B on the rear side in the rotation direction of FIG.

In the illustrated embodiment, the stopper lock member 1
The case where 3 is used is shown. This member 13 has a middle portion attached to the body 4 swingably by a shaft 14, and a portion below the shaft 14 is attached to the body 1 of the solenoid 1.
A pin 15 and a long hole 13A are connected to the plunger 15A of No. 5, and a tension spring 17 is stretched between a portion above the shaft 14 and the body 4 side. And this lock member 13
When the solenoid 15 is de-energized, when the spring 17 rotates counterclockwise in the figure to contact the stopper 18 on the body 4 side, the lower end 13B of the lower end 13B is the rear surface 11B of the engaging portion 11 of the toothed wheel stopper 10. When the solenoid 15 is excited, the stopper lock member 13 rotates clockwise in the figure to rotate the lower end 13 when the solenoid 15 is excited.
B is arranged so as to slip off the rear surface 11B of the locking portion 11 to the left. In addition, in order to restrain the toothed wheel 25, the solenoid 15 is used without using the stopper lock member 13.
Needless to say, it is possible to directly lock by.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. Figure 1
In the locked state of 1, the pachinko balls 5 are supplied into the ball passage 3, and the tooth ring 2 is the locking portion 1 of the tooth wheel stopper 10.
The jaw portion 11A of No. 1 engages with the tooth tip 2B to prevent the tooth ring 2 from rotating in the clockwise direction, and the lower end 13B of the stopper lock member 13 is located on the back surface 11B of the locking portion 11. The tooth ring stopper 10 is restrained by the lever to stop the outflow of the pachinko balls 5 in the ball passage 3. The earliest pachinko ball 5 in this state is stopped by the corner portion 3F at the end of the arcuate section 3B of the ball passage 3 and one tooth tip 2B of the tooth ring 2.

When a command signal for ejecting the pachinko ball 5 is input, the solenoid 15 is energized and the plunger 15 is energized.
A is pulled, the stopper lock member 13 rotates clockwise around the shaft 14 against the spring 17, and the lower end 13B thereof is disengaged from the rear surface 11B of the locking portion 11 of the tooth stopper 10. As a result, the tooth stopper 10 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 9 by the pulling force of the spring 12 as shown in FIG. The constraint of 2 is released. As a result, the toothed wheel 2 is rotated clockwise by the weight of the pachinko ball 5, and the pachinko ball 5 flows downward through the vertical section 3C. The outflowing pachinko balls 5 interrupt the optical path of the optical sensor 7 when entering the vertical area 3C, so that a counting signal is issued and counting is performed based on the signal.

When a stop signal is input in the state of FIG. 3 after the predetermined number of pachinko balls 5 are thrown out, the solenoid 15 is demagnetized and the stopper lock member 13 is rotated counterclockwise by the spring 17. The lower end 13B moves to the back surface 11B of the locking portion 11 of the tooth stopper 10 to move the locking portion 11
Is engaged with the engagement recess 2A of the toothed wheel 2 to immediately stop the toothed wheel 2. As a result, when the pachinko ball 5 at the position A in FIG. 3 reaches the position B in FIG. 1, the tooth ring 2 stops, and the outflow of the pachinko ball 5 thereafter is prevented.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the number of pachinko balls thrown out is directly counted by the sensor provided in the ball passage immediately after the tooth ring, even if the pachinko balls are sent out at a high speed of 40 to 50 per second, the conventional As described above, there is no delay in the operation of the switch or the occurrence of on / off defects, the occurrence of erroneous counting based on this can be eliminated, and the counting accuracy of the number of ejected objects can be significantly improved. In addition, since the pachinko balls sent out by the tooth wheel are counted, it is possible to count regardless of the number of engaging recesses on the tooth wheel. The number of balls is not limited to an integral multiple of the number of recesses, and an arbitrary number of balls can be thrown out in units of 1 to increase the degree of freedom. There is no error. Since the rotation of the toothed wheel is controlled by the solenoid on the toothed wheel stopper, the toothed wheel can be stopped at an arbitrary position, and an arbitrary number of pachinko balls can be dispensed.

The shape and structure of each member in the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and it goes without saying that it can be appropriately changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the inside of a pachinko ball counting and paying device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a locked state.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the main part when the lock is released.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a tooth stopper.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko ball counting and dispensing device 2 Tooth ring 2A Engagement concave portion 2B Tooth tip 3 Passage 4 Body 5 Pachinko ball 7 Optical sensor as sensor 7B element 8 Rotation control member 10 Tooth ring stopper 11 Engagement part 13 Stopper lock part 15 solenoid

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball passage provided to guide a Pachicon ball falling by its own weight, and a plurality of tooth tips having a pachinko ball positioned between the tooth tips so that the pachinko ball can be rotated by movement of the pachinko ball. A tooth ring arranged so that the tooth tip faces the ball passage, a sensor for detecting and counting a pachinko ball flowing down into the ball passage downstream from the tooth tip position of the tooth ring, and the tooth. A tooth ring stopper that engages the tooth tip of the tooth ring to stop the rotation of the tooth ring at any position with respect to the tooth tips of the wheel, and the tooth ring stopper can be engaged and disengaged to reach a predetermined number of balls. A pachinko ball counting and dispensing device, characterized in that it further comprises a solenoid for driving and controlling the tooth ring stopper so as to engage with the tooth tips of the tooth ring.