JPH07155457A - Pachinko ball dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To reduce the load between members and increase the rigidity without restricting the load required to regulate the rotation of a rotating body to a specific location of one member. It is possible to provide a pachinko ball dispenser that can be made smaller and lighter. A pivot shaft 40 of a rotating body 30 is axially supported by a housing 20 so as to be movable between a locking position and an unlocking position along an axial direction thereof, and a locking portion 33 is provided on a side surface 32 of the rotating body 30. On the other hand, the inner surface 24a of the housing 20
When the rotating body 30 is in the lock position,
The locked portion 25 that engages with No. 3 is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention has one pachinko ball on the outer circumference.
It has a rotating body formed with recesses that are individually fitted, and balls that are supplied from above into the ball passage of the ball guide and are about to fall due to their own weight engage with the recesses of the rotating body and rotate the rotating body. Regarding a pachinko ball payout machine that is paid out with, especially in a pachinko machine or a ball lending machine, in order to perform automatic replenishment, automatic award, automatic payout of pachinko balls, etc.
It is used to count and eject a predetermined number of balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko ball dispenser of this type is known as shown in FIG. That is,
The rotating body 2 having the recesses 3 into which the pachinko balls are inserted one by one, is rotatably arranged in the ball passage from the middle of the ball guide 4, and is supplied into the ball passage from above. Balls that are dropped due to their own weight are engaged with the recesses 3 and are paid out as the rotary body 2 rotates.

In this pachinko ball dispenser 1, a predetermined number of balls are discharged from the lower portion of the ball guide 4 by controlling the amount of rotation of the rotating body 2. The rotation of the rotating body is controlled by engaging and disengaging the locking member 6 with the ratchet wheel 5 that is interlocked with the rotating body 2.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional pachinko ball counting machine, the locking member 6 is engaged with one tooth on the outer circumference of the ratchet wheel 5 in order to stop the ball payout. However, there is a problem that the load applied to the locking member 6 becomes large when the dispensing is stopped, and the rigidity must be increased to withstand the load.

In addition to the rotating body 2, not only the ratchet wheel 5 but also a locking member 6 for controlling the rotation of the ratchet wheel 5 are required.
It is difficult to miniaturize because these members are bulky,
There is also a problem that it causes an increase in weight.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional problem, and the load required for restricting the rotation of the rotating body is not concentrated on a specific portion of one member.
An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball dispenser that can reduce the burden on members against loads and increase rigidity, and can also realize downsizing and weight reduction.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention for achieving such an object is as follows: 1 A recess (31) into which one pachinko ball is fitted on the outer circumference.
a) having a rotating body (30) in which the balls are supplied from above into the ball passageway (11a) of the ball guide (11) and are about to fall under its own weight. In the pachinko ball dispenser (10) which is engaged with 31a) and is dispensed with the rotation of the rotating body (30), the ball guide (1) is provided in the middle of the ball guide (11).
1) A housing (2) communicating with the ball passage (11a) inside
0) is formed, and the rotating body (30) is provided in the housing (20) so as to face the ball passageway (11a).
0) through which the pivot shaft (40) is axially supported by the housing (20) so as to be movable in the lock position and the unlock position together with the rotating body (30) along the axial direction thereof. While the locking portion (33) is provided on the side surface (32) of the rotating body (30), the side surface (3) of the rotating body (30) is provided.
2) the inner surface (24) of the housing (20) facing the
In (a), there is provided a locked portion (25) that engages with the locking portion (33) of the rotating body (30) when the rotating body (30) is in the lock position and restricts rotation of the rotating body (30). The present invention resides in a pachinko ball dispenser (10).

21. Pachinko ball dispenser according to item (10)
While a plurality of locking portions (33) extending in the radial direction are provided on the side surface (32) of the rotating body (30), the rotating body (30) is formed on the inner surface (24a) of the housing (20). ) In the locked position, the plurality of locking parts (3
The pachinko ball payout machine (10) is characterized in that a plurality of locked parts (25) which respectively engage with (3) are provided.

3. A pachinko ball dispenser (10) according to item 1 or 2, wherein the pivot (40) and the rotating body (3).
0) is urged toward the locked position by the urging means, and one end of the pivot shaft (40) is urged by the urging means (45) by the pivot shaft (40) and the rotating body (30). The pachinko ball dispenser (10, 10a) is characterized by being connected to a drive means (50, 70) for moving the lock position from the lock position to the unlock position.

[0010]

The rotating operation of the rotating body (30) for paying out the pachinko balls is controlled by the movement of the pivot shaft (40) which rotatably supports the rotating body (30) in the housing (20). That is, first, when the pivot shaft (40) is in the locked position together with the rotating body (30) along the axial direction thereof, the locking portion (33) on the side surface (32) of the rotating body (30) causes the housing (20) to move. ) The locked portion (2) on the inner surface (24a) of
5) is engaged.

Therefore, the rotating body (30) has its side surface (3
The pachinko balls in the ball passage (11a) of the ball guide (11) cannot be dropped because they are unrotatably restrained from the 2) side and cannot be dropped because they are blocked by the outer periphery of the non-rotatable rotating body (30). Not done. In this case, since a bulky member such as a ratchet wheel in the related art is not necessary, downsizing and weight saving can be realized.

Further, on the side surface (32) of the rotating body (30),
While providing a plurality of locking portions (33) extending in the radial direction,
If a plurality of locked parts (25) are also provided on the inner surface (24a) of the housing (20), the load applied when restricting the rotation of the rotating body (30) will be concentrated on a specific portion of one member. Instead, it is widely dispersed on the entire side surface (32) of the rotating body (30) and the inner surface (24a) of the housing (20) itself.

In order to pay out the pachinko balls, the Axis (4
0) may be moved from the locked position to the unlocked position together with the rotating body (30). When the rotating body (30) moves to the unlocked position, the locking portion (33) thereof is disengaged from the locked portion (25) on the housing (20) side. As a result, the rotating body (30) is in a rotatable state, and the rotating body (30) is rotated by the weight of the pachinko ball fitted in the recess (31a) of the ball guide (11). Can be paid out from the bottom.

In this case, the pivot shaft (40) and the rotating body (30) are urged by the urging means (45) in the direction of the lock position, and one end side of the pivot shaft (40) is urged. Drive means (5) for moving the lock position from the lock position to the lock release position against the biasing force of the biasing means (45).
0, 70), it is possible to continuously pay out a predetermined number of pachinko balls by operating the driving means (50, 70) arbitrarily for a predetermined time.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pachinko ball dispenser 10
Is a ball guide 11 on which the supplied pachinko balls can freely fall, a housing 20 formed in the middle of the ball guide 11, and a rotating body 30 rotatably arranged in the housing 20 via a pivot 40. And a solenoid 50 which is a driving means for moving the pivot 40 in its axial direction. The ball guide 11, the housing 20, and the solenoid 50 are fixed to a frame body (not shown).

The upper end of the ball guide 11 is communicated with a ball storage tank (not shown), and pachinko balls in the ball storage tank are appropriately supplied. Inside the ball guide 11, there is a ball passage 11a through which pachinko balls can pass in a vertical line. The lower end opening of the ball guide 11 is communicated with a destination of the paid-out pachinko balls, for example, an upper plate of a pachinko machine via a gutter or the like.

Further, the ball guide 11 is provided with a detecting means 60 for detecting the passage of a pachinko ball falling through the ball passage 11a. This detection means 60 is composed of a general optical sensor in the present embodiment, but is not limited to the optical sensor, and is composed of a proximity sensor or the like in which the internal contact is activated by the change of the magnetic field caused by the passage of the ball. You may.
The detection means 60 is set to output a signal to a control means (not shown) that centrally manages the pachinko ball payout machine 10 each time the passage of a ball is detected.

The housing 20 in the middle of the ball guide 11 is formed integrally with the ball guide 11. The housing 20 includes a main body 21 and a lid body 24 that is attached to the main body 21 later. The inner surface of the lid body 24 is provided with a locked portion 25 with which a locking portion 33 of the rotating body 30 described later can be engaged and disengaged.

The internal space of the housing 20 communicates with the ball passage 11a in the ball guide 11, and the rotary body 30 is rotatably attached to the internal space through the pivot 40 while facing the ball passage 11a. It is distributed. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating body 30 has ball-discharging teeth 31, 31, ... Formed on the outer periphery thereof at regular intervals, and the space between the ball-discharging teeth 31 is a recess that matches the spherical surface of the pachinko ball. 31a.

A locking portion 33 is provided on one side surface 32 of the rotating body 30. The locking portion 33 is provided on the housing 20.
It is a part for engaging and disengaging the locked portion 25 provided on the inner surface 24a of the rotary body 30 to regulate the rotation of the rotating body 30 itself. As shown in FIG. 3, a total of five locking portions 33 are provided so as to extend along the center line of each ball payout tooth 31, that is, in the radial direction of the rotating body 30.

The locked portions 25 on the housing 20 side are also provided with five narrow protrusions corresponding to the locked portions 33 on the rotating body 30 side. In addition, in the present embodiment, the number of the ball paying-out teeth 31, the concave portion 31a, the locking portion 33, and the locked portion 25 are five, respectively, but these numbers can be set arbitrarily.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rotating body 30 has a pivot 40.
Is integrally fixed to the housing 2 so that the pivot 40 is movable along with the rotating body 30 along the axial direction thereof.
It is pivoted at 0. One end 41 of the pivot 40 projects from one side surface 32 of the rotating body 30 and is slidably fitted in a pivot support hole 26 formed in the lid 24 of the housing 20. On the other hand, the other end portion 42 of the pivot 40 projects from the other side surface 32 of the rotating body 30 and is slidably fitted into a pivot support hole 23 formed in the bulging portion 22 of the main body 21 of the housing 20. There is.

That is, the pivot 40 is axially supported by the housing 20 so as to be movable along the axial direction thereof. When the rotating body 30 fixed to the pivot 40 moves together with the pivot 40 to the lock position which is the rightmost position in FIG. 1, the locking portion 33 on the side surface 32 of the rotating body 30 causes the inner surface of the housing 20 to move. It is configured to engage with the locked portion 25 at 24a. On the other hand, the rotating body 30 is the pivot 40
At the same time, as shown in FIG. 1, the locking portion 33 of the rotating body 30 is configured to be disengaged from the locked portion 25 of the housing 20 when in the unlocked position which is the leftmost position.

A coil spring 45 is housed in the bulging portion 22 of the housing 20, as shown in FIG. The coil spring 45 is an urging means for urging the pivot 40 and the rotating body 30 toward the lock position. The coil spring 45 is
A washer 43 is wound around the other end 42 side of the pivot 40, and a washer 43 is interposed between the coil spring 45 and the rotating body 30. The biasing means may be replaced by a leaf spring or an elastic body instead of the coil spring.

One end 41 of the pivot 40 has a solenoid 50.
Is connected to the plunger 51. Solenoid 50
Is a driving means for moving the pivot 40 and the rotating body 30 against the biasing force of the coil spring 45 from the locked position to the unlocked position. The plunger 51 of the solenoid 50 is normally in a retracted state, but is set so as to be excited and operate in a protruding state when power is supplied. That is, the solenoid 50, when excited, pushes the pivot 40 and the rotating body 30 to the unlocked position against the urging force of the coil spring 45, so that the rotating body 30 is rotatable.

The pachinko ball dispenser 10 as described above
Is set so that an accurate number of balls can be paid out in accordance with a predetermined command by a control device composed of a microcomputer or the like connected to the detection means 60, the solenoid 50 or the like via a signal line. There is.

Next, the operation will be described. The pachinko balls supplied to the ball guide 11 drop in the ball passage 11a and are fitted one by one into the recesses 31a of the rotating body 30 facing the ball passage 11a. Normally, the rotating body 30 in the housing 20 is in the locked position by the biasing force of the coil spring 45, and the locking portions 33, 33 ... On one side surface 32 of the rotating body 30 are engaged with each other on the inner surface 24a of the housing 20. It is engaged with the stoppers 25, 25.

Therefore, the rotating body 30 is constrained from the side surface 32 thereof so as not to rotate, and the ball guide 1
The pachinko balls in 1 are blocked by the outer periphery of the non-rotatable rotating body 30 and cannot fall in the ball passage 11a and are not paid out. As described above, the pachinko ball dispenser 10 according to the present invention does not require a bulky member such as a ratchet wheel as in the prior art, and thus can be made compact and lightweight.

Further, since one side surface 32 of the rotating body 30 has a plurality of locking portions 33 extending in the radial direction, the rotating body 30
The load applied when restricting the rotation of the
It does not concentrate on a specific portion of one member such as one ball payout tooth 31 of 0. That is, the load applied to the rotating body 30 is the entire side surface 32 of the rotating body 30 and the housing 20.
It can be widely dispersed on the inner surface 24a of itself to increase the rigidity.

To dispense the pachinko balls, the solenoid 5
It is sufficient to feed 0. When the solenoid 50 is excited, the plunger 51 performs a protruding operation against the biasing force of the coil spring 45. At this time, the pivot 51 and the rotary body 30 are moved by the plunger 51 so as to be pushed from the original lock position to the lock release position.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the rotating body 30 moves to the unlocked position, the locking portion 33 of the rotating body 30 is disengaged from the locked portion 25 on the housing 20 side, and the rotating body 30 is rotatable. It becomes a state. Therefore, the rotating body 30 can be sequentially paid out from the lower end opening of the ball guide 11 while rotating by the weight of the pachinko ball fitted in the recess 31a.

Such a pachinko ball dispenser 10 can dispense an accurate number of balls according to a predetermined command by the detection means 60 and the control device connected to the solenoid 50 via a signal line. That is, a predetermined number of balls are counted by the detection means 60 based on a command from the control device, and during that time, the solenoid 50 is supplied with power and the pachinko balls are paid out. When the power supply to the solenoid 50 is stopped, the rotating body 30 returns to the locked position together with the pivot 40, and the pachinko ball payout is stopped.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
In the pachinko ball dispenser 10a according to the present embodiment, the pivot 40
The drive means for moving the rotating body 30 from the locked position to the unlocked position against the biasing force of the coil spring 45 is constituted by the electromagnet 70. The same types of parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and a duplicate description will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4, a metal plate 44 is fixed to one end side of the pivot 40, and when the electromagnet 70 is excited, the metal plate 44 is attracted against the biasing force of the coil spring 45. The pivot 40 and the rotating body 30 will move to the unlocked position.

According to the present embodiment, the cost can be suppressed by using cheaper parts. Further, normally, the metal plate 44 fixed to the pivot 40 and the electromagnet 70 are separated from each other without making contact with each other. Therefore, it is possible to prevent excess heat of the electromagnet 70 from being transferred to the pivot 40 after power supply is stopped. it can.

[0036]

According to the pachinko ball payout machine of the present invention, the pivot of the rotating body is axially supported by the housing so as to be movable between the lock position and the unlock position along the axial direction of the rotating body. While the locking part is provided on the side surface of the housing, the locked part that engages with the locking part when the rotating body is in the lock position is provided on the inner surface of the housing, so that the rotating body rotates from the side surface side. It becomes impossible to be restrained, and a bulky member such as a ratchet wheel as in the prior art becomes unnecessary, so that it is possible to realize miniaturization and weight reduction.

If a plurality of locking portions extending in the radial direction are provided on the side surface of the rotary body and a plurality of locked portions are also provided on the inner surface of the housing, the rotation of the rotary body is restricted. The load can be widely distributed over the entire side surface of the rotating body or the inner surface of the housing itself without concentrating on a specific portion of one member, and the rigidity can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a pachinko ball dispenser according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a main part of a pachinko ball dispenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a rotating body that constitutes a pachinko ball dispenser according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a pachinko ball dispenser according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a main part of a conventional pachinko ball dispenser.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10a ... Pachinko dispenser 20 ... Housing 24a ... Inner surface 25 ... Engagement part 30 ... Rotating body 31a ... Recessed part 32 ... Side surface 33 ... Engagement part 40 ... Axis 45 ... Coil spring (biasing means) 50 ... Solenoid ( Driving means) 70 ... Electromagnet (driving means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball having a recess formed in the outer periphery thereof in which one pachinko ball is inserted, and a ball which is supplied from above into a ball passage of a ball guide and is about to fall under its own weight is a ball of the rotor. In a pachinko ball dispenser that engages with a recess and is dispensed with the rotation of the rotating body, a housing communicating with a ball passage in the ball guide is formed in the middle of the ball guide, and the rotation is provided in the housing. The body is rotatably disposed via a pivot in a state of facing the ball passage, and the pivot is axially supported by the housing so as to be movable along the axial direction together with the rotating body into a lock position and an unlock position. While the locking portion is provided on the side surface of the rotating body, the locking portion is engaged with the inner surface of the housing facing the side surface of the rotating body when the rotating body is in the lock position, Locked part that regulates rotation Pachinko ball dispensing machine, characterized in that digit. 2. The pachinko ball payout machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of locking portions extending in a radial direction are provided on a side surface of the rotary body, and the rotary body is locked at an inner surface of the housing. The pachinko ball dispenser is characterized in that a plurality of locked portions are provided which respectively engage with the plurality of locking portions when the pachinko ball is in the position. 3. The pachinko ball payout machine according to claim 1, wherein the pivot and the rotating body are biased in the direction of the lock position by biasing means, and one end of the pivot is attached to the pivot and A pachinko ball dispenser, characterized in that the rotating body is connected to drive means for moving from a locked position to an unlocked position against the biasing force of the biasing means.