JPH10305910A - Device for individually supplying goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store many giveaways in a small-sized inexpensive device. SOLUTION: A giveaway 32 is stored by a ring 32a hung on the valley 62a of a fixed bar 61. Since the weight of the giveaway 32 is applied on a strong fixed bar 61, a reinforcing stay required in a conventional device is not necessary and many giveaways can be stored. The giveaway 32 is sent and supplied in sequence by moving slantwise forward movable bars 63, 64 and by pushing forward the giveaway 32 with projections 65, 66.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an individual supply apparatus for supplying articles one by one while storing articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional individual supply apparatus for articles, for example, an apparatus described in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3016094 is known. This is a horizontal coil that holds the prize by hanging the prize hanging ring,
A motor section for rotating the coil to progressively drop the prize, and a reinforcing stay disposed directly below the coil to prevent the coil from bending due to the weight of the suspended prize by supporting the coil from below. It is provided with.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional individual feeder for articles, the reinforcing stay provided immediately below the coil gradually becomes thicker as it approaches the base end. However, in the case of a prize having a small inner diameter of the suspension ring, the prize cannot be hung on the base end of the coil because of the hindrance of the reinforcing stay, and as a result, the number of stored prizes is reduced. is there.

An object of the present invention is to provide an individual article supply apparatus which can store a large number of articles while being small and inexpensive.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a fixed bar having a plurality of substantially triangular protrusions extending in the front-rear direction and having a predetermined pitch on an upper surface thereof, and provided on a side of the fixed bar. And a reciprocating means for reciprocating the movable bar along a rear slope of the projection of the fixed bar, the movable bar having a plurality of substantially triangular projections on the upper surface which are spaced apart by the same pitch from the fixed pitch. A plurality of articles are stored by hooking the hooks of the articles in the valleys of the fixed bar, and the movable bar is translated obliquely upward along the rear slope of the projection of the fixed bar by the reciprocating means. Then, the article is pushed up on the front slope of the projection of the movable bar to get over the projection of the fixed bar, and the whole article is forward-forwarded, and the foremost article is separated from the fixed bar and supplied. It can be achieved to.

When articles are stored in the supply device, the movable bar is moved obliquely downward by the reciprocating means so that the front slope of the projection of the movable bar is positioned lower than the front slope of the projection of the fixed bar. Thereafter, the hooks of the articles are hooked on the valleys between the projections of the fixed bar, thereby storing a plurality of articles. At this time, since the weight of the article is received by the fixed bar,
No reinforcement stays as described in the prior art are required,
As a result, even if the hook portion is small, the articles can be hooked on the entire fixing bar without being disturbed, and a large number of articles can be stored. Next, the movable bar is translated obliquely upward along the rear slope of the projection of the fixed bar by the reciprocating means. At this time, the article is pushed up by the front slope of the projection of the movable bar, and the projection of the fixed bar is lifted. get over. As a result, the article located at the forefront end is supplied while being separated from the front end of the fixed bar, and the remaining articles following this are slid down the front slope of the projection and sent forward to the valley one pitch forward.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a prize capturing game device, and the game device 11 has a box-shaped outer frame.
The upper surface of the outer frame 12 has an opening, and the opening is an upper door (not shown) made of a transparent plate that can be opened and closed.
It is closed by. Horizontal guide rails 13 and 14 extending in the front-rear direction are laid on the left and right inner surfaces of the outer frame 12, and front-rear rod bodies 15 extending in the left-right direction are supported on the guide rails 13 and 14 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. I have. Reference numeral 16 denotes a belt extending in the front-rear direction and a part of which is connected to the front-rear rod body 15. The belt 16 is driven by a motor 18 when a push button 17 provided on the outer frame 12 is pressed to operate the motor 18.
And the front and rear rods 15 are moved in parallel in the front-rear direction. Horizontal guide rails 20 and 21 extending in the left-right direction are laid on the front and rear inner surfaces of the outer frame 12, and left and right rod bodies 22 extending in the front-rear direction are supported on these guide rails 20 and 21 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. I have. Reference numeral 23 denotes a belt extending in the left-right direction and partially connected to the left-right rod body 22. When the push button 24 provided on the outer frame 12 is pressed to operate the motor 25, the belt 23 The left and right rod bodies 22 are moved in parallel in the left-right direction by running with the driving force of. Reference numeral 26 denotes a currency slot provided in the outer frame 12, and when coins are inserted into the currency slot 26, a control means is provided.
27 starts the game.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 30 denotes a moving table provided at the intersection of the front and rear rods 15 and the left and right rods 22. The moving table 30 is provided with the front and rear rods 15 and the left and right rods 22. Movably inserted, and as a result, the front and rear rod bodies 15
When the left and right rod bodies 22 move in the front-back direction and the left-right direction, the moving table 30 moves in a horizontal plane. On a horizontal floor surface 31 fixed to the outer frame 12 below the moving table 30, a plurality of prizes 32 as articles such as a key holder are placed. A gripper 35 having a plurality of grippers 36 is provided directly below the moving table 30. The grippers 36 of the gripper 35 open and close by receiving a driving force from a plunger 38 of a solenoid 37. When the prize 32 is located between the grip claws 36 when the grip claws 36 are closed, the prize 32 is gripped by the grip claws 36. A reel 42 around which a cable 41 also serving as a signal line to the solenoid 37 is wound is fixed to an output shaft of a motor 40 attached to the moving table 30, and the gripping means 35 is provided at a tip of the cable 41. Are linked. As a result, when the motor 40 operates and the cable 41 is wound or unwound on the reel 42,
The holding means 35 moves up and down.

A guide passage 44 is provided at the front end of the outer frame 12. One end of the guide passage 44 is open to the floor 31, and the other end is an outlet for the premium 32 formed on the front surface of the outer frame 12. Communicates with 45. The guide passage 44 guides the prize 32 detached from the grasping claw 36 to the outlet 45 when the grasping claw 36 capturing the prize 32 moves right above one end opening of the guide passage 44 and opens. . Reference numeral 46 denotes a detection sensor provided in the middle of the guide passage 44, and this detection sensor 46 detects passage of the prize 32 when the prize 32 passes through the guide passage 44 and is paid out to the outlet 45. , And outputs the detection result to the control means 27.

The area where the prize 32 is placed on the floor 31 is divided into a plurality of areas R in a grid pattern. In this embodiment, three areas R in the front-rear direction and three areas in the left-right direction. ,
It is divided into nine regions R as a whole, and one prize 32 is arranged in each region R. Guide rail 13
A plurality of (three) front-rear position detection sensors 50 are installed at a predetermined distance in the front-rear direction.
The reference numeral 50 detects the movement position of the front and rear rod body 15, that is, which of the three regions R which are separated in the front and rear direction, and outputs the detection result to the control means 27. A plurality of (three) left / right position detection sensors 51 are installed on the guide rail 21 at a predetermined distance in the left / right direction.
Moving position, that is, the left and right rod bodies 22
It detects which of the two regions R is located and outputs the detection result to the control means 27. Thus, when a signal is input from the detection sensor 46, the control unit 27 determines, based on the signals from the front / rear, left / right position detection sensors 50 and 51, the region R where the captured premium 32 is placed. Which region R was found can be determined.

In FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 5, reference numeral 54 denotes a movable base installed in the outer frame 12 and extending in the left-right direction. The movable base 54 is supported by the guide rails 13 and 14 in the front-rear direction. You can move. A plurality (three) of individual supply devices 55, 56, 57 are installed at a predetermined distance in the left-right direction below the movable table 54, and these individual supply devices 55, 56, 57 are provided.
Are vertically overlapped with three regions R which are respectively separated in the left-right direction. Each of the individual supply devices 55, 56, and 57 has a horizontal fixed bar 61 extending in the front-rear direction, and the rear end of the fixed bar 61 is fixed to the movable base 54. A plurality of triangular protrusions 62 spaced apart by a constant pitch P in the front-rear direction are formed on the upper surface of the front side of the fixed bar 61 that protrudes forward from the movable table 54. The fixed bar 61 has an adjacent protrusion 62
A large number of prizes 32 are stored by hooking a ring portion 32a as a hook portion of the prize 32 in a valley 62a located at the boundary of the prize 32. At this time, the weight of the prize 32 is received by the strong fixing bar 61, so that a reinforcing stay as in the prior art is unnecessary. As a result, even if the ring portion 32a is small, the prize 32 can be fixed without being disturbed. The prize can be hooked on the entirety of the prize 61, so that a large number of prizes 32 can be stored. 63 and 64 are a pair of movable bars arranged close to each other on both sides of the fixed bar 61.
Reference numerals 3 and 64 extend in parallel with the fixed bar 61, that is, in the front-rear direction. Similarly to the fixed bar 61, a plurality of triangular projections 65 and 66 are formed on the upper surfaces of the movable bars 63 and 64 in the front-rear direction at the same pitch as the constant pitch P. 67 are inclined slits formed at the front end and the center of the fixed bar 61, respectively.
Extend obliquely upward along the rear slope 62c of the projection 62, that is, toward the front. Reference numeral 68 denotes screws having a central portion inserted into the inclined slit 67, and these screws 68 connect the movable bars 63 and 64 to each other. As a result, the movable bars 63 and 64 are supported by the fixed bar 61 so that the movable bars 63 and 64 can move in parallel along the rear slope 62 c of the projection 62 by the screws 68. 69,
70 is an inclined slit formed at the rear end of each of the movable bars 63 and 64, and these inclined slits 69 and 70 extend in a direction orthogonal to the rear inclined surface 62c of the projection 62, that is, obliquely downward toward the front. Extending. Reference numeral 71 denotes a motor fixed to the rear end of the fixed bar 61. A disc 73 attached to the output shaft 72 of the motor 71 has a pin 74 slidably inserted into the inclined slits 69 and 70. Has been fixed. As a result, when the motor 71 operates and the output shaft 72 and the disc 73 rotate, this rotation is transmitted to the movable bars 63 and 64 via the pins 74, and these movable bars 63 and 64 are Reciprocate along the slope 62c. The rear slope 62c of the pin 74 at this time.
The movement in the direction perpendicular to the direction is absorbed by the inclined slits 69 and 70. The aforementioned inclined slits 69 and 70 and the motor 7
1, the disc 73 and the pin 74 as a whole constitute reciprocating means 75 for reciprocating the movable bars 63 and 64 along the rear slope 62c of the projection 62 of the fixed bar 61. The movable bars 63 and 64 and the reciprocating means 75 are the individual supply devices as a whole.
55, 56, and 57 are configured.

Reference numeral 78 denotes a belt extending in the front-rear direction and a part of which is connected to the movable table 54. The belt 78 travels by the driving force of the motor 79 to move the movable table 54 in parallel in the front-rear direction. A plurality of (three) position detection sensors 80 are installed on the guide rail 14 at predetermined distances in the front-rear direction, and these position detection sensors 80 are moved when the movable table 54 moves to a region R where the supply is performed. Control means by detecting movable table 54
27, and the movement of the movable base 54 is stopped. As described above, when the prize 32 is captured and the game is ended, the motor 79 is operated by the signal from the control means 27 and the belt 78 runs, so that the movable base 54 is guided by the guide rails 13 and 14. The region R for supplying the prize 32, that is, the prize in the game
32 moves to the region R where it was captured, and the individual feeding devices 55, 5
6 or 57 is moved to a position immediately above the region R to be supplied.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Now, it is assumed that the player inserts coins into the coin insertion slot 26 and the prize capturing game starts. At this time, mobile platform 3
0, the holding means 35 is waiting at a standby position T immediately above the guide passage 44 indicated by a virtual line in FIG. Next, when the player presses the push button 17, the motor 18 operates and the belt 16 runs,
The front and rear rod body 15 moves rearward in parallel along the guide rails 13 and 14. At this time, the front and rear rod body 15 is
The movable table 30 moves rearward together with the front and rear rods 15 while sliding on the left and right rods 22. When the front and rear rods 15 and the gripping means 35 move to the desired region R, the player presses the push button 17 again to stop the movement of the front and rear rods 15 and the gripping means 35. At this time, the control means 27 detects in which region R these front and rear rod bodies 15 and the gripping means 35 have stopped based on the front and rear movement positions of the front and rear rod bodies 15 detected by the front and rear position detection sensor 50. I do. Next, when the player presses the push button 24, the motor 25 operates to move the belt 23, and the left and right rod bodies 22 move rightward along the guide rails 20 and 21 in parallel. At this time, since the left and right rod bodies 22 are inserted into the movable base 30, the movable base 30 moves rightward with the left and right rod bodies 22 while sliding on the front and rear rod bodies 15. Then, when the gripping means 35 moves to the desired area R, the player presses the push button 24 again and presses the left and right rod bodies 22, the gripping means.
Stop moving 35. At this time, the control means 27 determines whether the left and right rod bodies 22
It is detected on which region R 35 has stopped. For this reason, the control unit 27 detects which region R the region R in which the gripping unit 35 intends to capture the prize 32 is.

Next, the motor 40 is operated to unwind the cable 41 from the reel 42, and the holding means 35 is lowered until it comes into contact with the premium 32. Next, the plunger 38 of the solenoid 37 is raised to swing the gripping claw 36 in the closing direction, and an attempt is made to grip the premium 32. At this time, if the prize 32 is luckily located between the gripping claws 36, the prize 32 is gripped by the gripping nail 36, while if the prize 32 is not lucky between the gripping claws 36, However, the grip claw 36 fails to grip the prize 32. In either case, after that, the motor 40 is operated to wind the cable 41 around the reel 42, and the gripping means 35 is raised to the initial position. Next, the motor 18 is operated to translate the front and rear rods 15 forward, and the motor 25 is actuated to translate the left and right rods 22 to the left. To the initial position (standby position T). Next, the solenoid 37 of the gripping means 35
Is actuated to swing the gripping claw 36 open, but at this time, if the prize 32 is gripped by the gripping claw 36, the prize 32 is released from the gripping claw 36 and falls, and thereafter, is guided. It passes through the passage 44 and is guided to the outlet 45. Here, when the prize 32 passes through the guide passage 44, the detection sensor 46
Detects the passage of the prize 32, the control means 27 determines that the prize 32 has been captured and paid out based on the signal from the detection sensor 46, and determines the prize 32 in the region R where the gripping means 35 is stopped. Is determined to have been captured.

When the prize 32 is captured and paid out as described above, only one prize 32 is supplied to the region R in which the prize 32 is captured, in this case, one prize 32 is supplied. In this case, the motor 79 is operated to move the movable table 54 forward. The movement of the movable table 54 is performed by the individual supply device corresponding to the region R to which the prize 32 is to be supplied, for example, the individual supply device. Assuming device 56, this individual feeder
When 56 moves to just above the area R, it stops. Here, the stop of the movement of the movable base 54 is determined by a predetermined position detection sensor.
When the passage 80 detects the passage of the movable base 54, the detection result is outputted to the control means 27 and the operation of the motor 79 is stopped. Next, the control means 27 operates the corresponding individual supply device 56 to supply the prize 32.At the start of the supply, the movable bar 63 of all the individual supply devices 55, 56, 57,
64 is a front slope 65 of the projections 65 and 66 as shown by a solid line in FIG.
b and 66b are moved obliquely downward until they are below the front slope 62b of the projection 62 of the fixed bar 61. Next, when the motor 71 is operated to rotate the output shaft 72 and the disc 73 half a turn, the movable bars 63 and 64 are pushed by the pins 74 and guided by the inclined slits 67 while the projections 62 of the fixed bar 61 The object is translated obliquely upward along the slope 62c to a position indicated by a virtual line in FIG. At this time, the ring portion 32a of the prize 32 is
After being pushed up by the front slopes 65b, 66b of 65, 66 and sliding up on the rear slope 62c of the projection 62 of the fixed bar 61,
The protrusion 62 of the fixed bar 61 gets over from the rear to the front. Thereby, the prize 32 located at the forefront end is separated from the front end of the fixed bar 61 and supplied to the region R, and the remaining prize 32 following this is
Is slid down the front slope 62b of the projection 62, and is fed forward by one pitch P to the valley 62a in front. Next, the motor 71 is operated to further rotate the output shaft 72 a half turn to move the movable bars 63 and 64 diagonally downward to return to the initial position.
By operating 79, the movable table 54 is moved backward to return to the initial position.

When such a game is repeatedly performed, the prize 32 stored in the individual supply devices 55, 56, and 57 disappears. In this case, after opening the upper door, the ring portion 32a of the prize 32 is opened. Is fixed to the outside of the movable bars 61, 63, 64 from the front end side, and the valleys 62a of the respective projections 62 of the fixed bar 61 are fixed.
By hooking sequentially from the rear end to the front end,
The prizes 32 are supplied to the individual supply devices 55, 56, 57.

In the above-described embodiment, the protrusion 62,
Although 65 and 66 have a triangular shape, in the present invention, the top may be a small circular arc, or a substantially triangular shape in which the front and rear slopes are curved. Further, in the above-described embodiment, a pair of movable bars 63 and 64 are provided, but in the present invention, only one movable bar may be provided. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the prize 32 such as a key ring is described as an article, but this article may be any article as long as it can be hooked on the feeding member. In the above-described embodiment, the hook portion of the article is the ring portion of the prize 32.
Although it was 32a, this hook may be in the shape of an inverted J, for example. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the individual supply devices 55, 56, and 57 are applied to the prize capturing game device 11, but in the present invention, the individual supply devices 55, 56, and 57 are applied to other types of game devices, vending machines, and the like. Alternatively, it may be used for individual supply of premiums paid out from the game device at the end of the game.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a large number of articles can be stored while being small and inexpensive.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 1 with a part broken.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the individual supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 55, 56, 57 individual supply device 61 fixed bar 62 projection 62a valley 62c rear slope 63, 64 movable bar 65, 66 projection 65b, 66b front slope 75 reciprocating means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fixed bar having a plurality of substantially triangular protrusions extending in the front-rear direction and separated from the upper surface by a predetermined pitch, provided on a side of the fixed bar, extending parallel to the fixed bar, and having the fixed bar on the upper surface. A movable bar having a plurality of substantially triangular projections separated by a pitch equal to the pitch, and reciprocating means for reciprocating the movable bar along a rear slope of the projection of the fixed bar; The article is stored in front of the projection of the movable bar by moving the movable bar obliquely upward along the rear slope of the projection of the fixed bar by the reciprocating means while holding the plurality of articles by hooking the hook portion of the movable bar. An individual supply device for articles, characterized in that the article is pushed forward on a slope so as to get over the projection of the fixed bar and forward the whole article forward, and the frontmost article is separated from the fixed bar and supplied. .