JPH11104351A - Pachinko ball conveying carriage and pachinko ball counter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically dispense pachinko balls inside a pachinko ball storage box by loading a pachinko ball conveying carriage, on which the pachinko ball storage box is placed, to a pachinko ball counter. SOLUTION: When a pachinko ball storage box 1 is placed on a pachinko ball conveying carriage 11, a shutter plate 3 of the pachinko ball storage box 1 is opened so as to allow the pachinko balls P to flow outward. The pachinko balls P flowing out from the pachinko ball storage box 1 are discharged from a carriage side discharge hole 22 of the pachinko ball conveying carriage 11 toward a pachinko ball counter 31. When no pachinko ball conveying carriage 11 is loaded to the pachinko ball counter 31, the carriage side discharge hole 22 is closed by means of the carriage side shutter 23. Interlockingly with a loading action for the pachinko ball conveying carriage 11 to the pachinko ball counter 31, the carriage side shutter 23 is opened so as to open the carriage side discharge hole 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball carrying cart for carrying a pachinko ball containing box containing pachinko balls, and to counting the number of pachinko balls in the pachinko ball containing box carried by the pachinko ball carrying cart. Pachinko ball counter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko ball counting machine has been installed on a counter or the like of a pachinko hall and mounted on a counter or the like having a predetermined height. Then, the pachinko balls acquired by the player are placed in the hall, large, medium,
The pachinko balls are placed in a small box containing pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as a ball box) and brought to a counter or the like, and the pachinko balls are poured into the hopper of the pachinko ball counter installed there.

[0003] For example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 61-54885 or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-215412, large and medium large ball boxes are provided with a ball box and a pachinko ball counter. By devising it and placing the ball box containing the pachinko balls on the hopper of the pachinko ball counter, the bottom or side of the ball box is opened and it can be put into the hopper of the pachinko ball counter without turning the ball box over. It has also been proposed that pachinko balls be released.

On the other hand, recently, the amount of pachinko balls obtained by a player has increased, and a plurality of carton boxes have to be transported at a time to a place where a counter such as a counter is placed. In order to transport the boxes, carts capable of stacking and placing ball boxes are being used.

[0005]

However, in the above-described operation method using the conventional pachinko ball counting machine, the carton box and the cart, the position of the hopper of the pachinko ball counting machine is determined by manually moving the carton box carried by the cart. However, there is a problem that operability is poor because a great deal of labor is required.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and it is possible to discharge a pachinko ball in a pachinko ball storing box by loading the pachinko ball counting machine with the pachinko ball storing box mounted. Automatically discharge and count pachinko balls in the pachinko ball storage box simply by loading the pachinko ball transport trolley and the pachinko ball storage box transported by the pachinko ball transfer trolley. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko ball counting machine capable of performing the following.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pachinko ball transport trolley having a pachinko ball discharge hole at a bottom portion, a shutter plate for opening and closing the discharge hole, and a driving function for opening and closing the shutter plate. A pachinko ball transporting trolley that carries a pachinko ball storing box having a drive receiving portion received from the pallet, and is loaded into a trolley loading section of a pachinko ball counting machine, the bogie main body including the pachinko ball storing box; When the pachinko ball storage box is mounted on the main body, the operation portion engages with the drive receiving portion to open the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box, and the discharge hole of the pachinko ball storage box mounted on the bogie main body. A bogie-side discharge hole for opening the pachinko ball discharged from the discharge hole of the pachinko ball storage box from the bogie main body, and a bogie-side discharge hole provided to be openable and closable; A bogie-side shutter that closes the bogie-side discharge hole when the bogie loading unit is not loaded into the bogie loading unit, and opens the bogie-side discharge hole in conjunction with the loading operation of the pachinko ball counter into the bogie loading unit, An elastic member for urging the truck-side shutter in a direction in which the truck-side discharge hole is closed.

[0008] The pachinko ball storage box transported by the pachinko ball transport trolley is simply loaded into the pachinko ball counter together with the pachinko ball transport trolley, and the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball storage box are automatically transferred to the pachinko ball counter. By discharging, there is no need to lift the heavy pachinko ball storage box to transfer it from the pachinko ball transport cart, and even if the amount of pachinko balls is large, the counting process is easy and the processing required for counting pachinko balls Time is short.

In addition, by mounting the pachinko ball storage box on the bogie main body, the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box is opened, and the pachinko balls flowing out of the pachinko ball storage box are stopped by the bogie-side shutter in the dolly. A drive source for opening the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box is not required, and the configuration is simple and inexpensive. further,
A simple and inexpensive configuration that eliminates the need for a drive source to open the bogie-side shutter by opening the bogie-side shutter by interlocking with the operation of loading the pachinko ball transport bogie into the bogie loading unit of the pachinko ball counter. become.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pachinko ball counting machine which is capable of loading the pachinko ball transporting trolley according to the first aspect of the present invention, and interlocks with the loading operation of the pachinko ball transporting trolley into the bogie loading portion. Shutter-opening means for moving the bogie-side shutter in the opening direction to open the bogie-side discharge hole, and receiving the pachinko balls discharged from the bogie-side discharge hole of the bogie-carrying bogie loaded into the bogie loading portion. It has a receiving port and a pachinko ball counting device that counts pachinko balls received in the receiving port.

By simply loading the pachinko ball storage box transported by the pachinko ball transport trolley together with the pachinko ball transport trolley into the pachinko ball counter, the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball storage box are automatically transferred to the pachinko ball counter. By discharging, there is no need to lift the heavy pachinko ball storage box to transfer it from the pachinko ball transport cart, and even if the amount of pachinko balls is large, the counting process is easy and the processing required for counting pachinko balls Time is short.

Further, by mounting the pachinko ball storage box on the bogie main body, the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box is opened, and the pachinko balls flowing out of the pachinko ball storage box are stopped by the bogie-side shutter in the dolly. A drive source for opening the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box is not required, and the configuration is simple and inexpensive. further,
By opening the bogie-side shutter by shutter opening means in conjunction with the operation of loading the pachinko ball transporting bogie into the bogie loading unit of the pachinko ball counter, a driving source for opening the bogie-side shutter is not required, which is simple. In addition, the configuration becomes inexpensive.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pachinko ball counting machine according to the second aspect, wherein the pachinko ball counting device is provided at the bottom of the receiving port so as to be inclined, and the lowermost pachinko ball is inclined. And a plurality of rows of aligning means for rolling along the inclination thereof and a plurality of rows of aligning means provided with an interval allowing one pachinko ball to pass therethrough, and facing the aligning means. A reversing roller whose side rotates to move in a direction opposite to the rolling direction of the pachinko ball, and a pachinko ball provided for each of the plurality of rows of alignment means at a downstream position of the reversing roller to detect passage of the rolling pachinko ball. And a counting sensor.

The pachinko balls received in the receiving port are aligned along the inclination direction of the plurality of rows of alignment means and rolled along the inclination, and one pachinko ball passes between the plurality of rows of alignment means. Pachinko balls rolling along the inclination of a plurality of rows of alignment means are passed through the reversing rollers at intervals so as to form a single-layer, one-row state, and a pachinko ball counting sensor for each of a plurality of rows of alignment means downstream of the reversing rollers. By detecting the pachinko balls, a simple and inexpensive configuration is achieved, and the time lag from when the pachinko balls are received at the receiving port until counting is reduced.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 show a first embodiment.

FIG. 1 (a) is a partial cross-sectional view of a state before the pachinko ball storage box is mounted on the pachinko ball carrying cart.
(b) is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which the pachinko ball storage box is mounted on a pachinko ball transport trolley, and FIG. 1 (c) is a state where the pachinko ball transport trolley is being loaded into the bogie loading unit of the pachinko ball counter. FIG. 1 (d) is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which a pachinko ball transporting trolley is loaded into a bogie loading unit of a pachinko ball counting machine, and FIG. 2 is a pachinko ball counting machine and a pachinko ball transporting. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a pachinko ball counting machine using a pachinko ball counting device with a pachinko ball transporting cart mounted thereon, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the pachinko ball counting device, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a view on arrow A in FIG. 4.

1 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a pachinko ball storage box (hereinafter referred to as a ball box). The ball box 1 is formed in a horizontally long box shape having an open upper surface, and a large number of pachinko balls P are stored therein. Is done. A discharge hole 2 is formed at the bottom of the carton 1, and a shutter plate 3 for opening and closing the discharge hole 2 is provided.
Are arranged. The shutter plate 3 is urged by a spring (not shown) in a direction in which the discharge hole 2 is closed, and is configured to be openable by moving the drive receiving portion 4 facing the outside of the carton 1 upward.

The ball boxes 1 are configured to overlap each other when they are stacked in the vertical direction, and the inner wall surface of the ball box 1 relatively raises the drive receiving portion 4 of the ball box 1 which is overlaid on the upper side. A rib-shaped operating portion (similar to an operating portion 21 described later) is formed.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 11 denotes a carriage for transporting pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as a carriage). The carriage 11 has a carriage body 12 on which the ball box 1 is mounted. This bogie body
Numeral 12 denotes side frames 13 formed on the both sides which are vertically elongated in the front-rear direction and are spaced apart and opposed substantially in parallel at an interval wider than the width of the ball case 1, and a top plate fixed to the upper surface of the side frames 13 on both sides A bogie space 15 is formed between the side frame portions 13 on both sides and below the upper surface plate 14 to open in the front-rear direction and downward. Wheels 16 and 17 for running are attached to the front and rear portions of each side frame portion 13, respectively, and a handle 18 is provided upright at the rear end of the upper plate 14.

The upper part of the upper plate 14 is formed as a bin mounting portion 19 for mounting the bin 1, and a pair of holding members 20 are provided upright on both sides of the bin mounting portion 19. Each of the holding members 20 is disposed substantially in parallel with an interval at which the lower side of the ball case 1 can enter, and by placing both side portions of the ball case 1,
The carton box 1 is configured to be positioned and held at a predetermined position of the carton box mounting portion 19.

On the opposite inside of the holding members 20 on both sides, the drive receiving portions 4 of the ball case 1 mounted on the holding members 20 on both sides are engaged and the drive receiving portions 4 are relatively moved upward. A rib-shaped operating portion 21 for opening the shutter plate 3 is protruded.

A bogie-side discharge hole 22 is formed between the holding members 20 on both sides of the upper surface plate 14 so as to correspond to a region below the discharge hole 2 of the ball case 1 held at a predetermined position by these holding members 20. ing.

A bogie-side shutter 23 for opening and closing the bogie-side discharge hole 22 is provided below the upper surface plate 14. In the carriage-side shutter 23, the support pieces 24 are bent downward from the edges on both sides,
A plurality of guide rollers 25 are rotatably supported by the support pieces 24 on both sides. The plurality of guide rollers 25 of the support pieces 24 on both sides are rotatably engaged with slide guides 26 disposed along the front-rear direction on opposing inner surfaces of the side frame portions 13 on both sides, so that The shutter 23 is configured to be slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the bogie main body 12, that is, to be able to open and close the bogie-side discharge hole 22. An engagement portion 27 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is attached to the lower surface of the carriage-side shutter 23.

Springs 28 as elastic members are respectively stretched between the front ends of the support pieces 24 on both sides of the bogie-side shutter 23 and the side frame portions 13 on both sides, and the bogie-side shutter 23 is formed by the tensile force of these springs 28. Is urged forward. Therefore, when the cart 11 is not loaded in the cart loading section 34 of the pachinko ball counting machine 31 described later, the cart-side shutter 23 is moved forward as shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and (c) and FIG. And the trolley-side discharge hole 22 is closed, and as will be described in detail later, as shown in FIGS. 1C and 3, in conjunction with the loading operation of the trolley 11 into the trolley loading section 34, The carriage-side shutter 23 moves rearward, and the carriage-side discharge hole 22 is opened.

The springs 28 on both sides are covered by covers 29 attached to the side frame portions 13 on both sides.
At the front end, there is formed an inclined surface which expands outwardly of the side frame portion 13, and this inclined surface is connected to a pachinko ball receiving table portion 36 described later.
It is configured as a guide surface 30 when it is loaded on the outside.

1 to 3, reference numeral 31 denotes a pachinko ball counting machine. The pachinko ball counting machine 31 has a vertical counting machine main body 32. A trolley loading portion 34 is formed between the trolley guides 33 on both sides to allow the trolley 11 to be loaded from the front. The opposing interval between the bogie guides 33 on both sides is formed to be slightly wider than the width of the bogie main body 12 of the bogie 11, and allows the loading of the bogie main body 12 of the bogie 11 and also adjusts the width direction of the bogie main body 12 of the bogie 11. It is configured to regulate the positioning.

A bogie loading unit is provided at the lower front part of the counter body 32.
The front of the bogie body 12 of the bogie 11 loaded on 34 abuts,
A regulating surface that regulates the position of the bogie 11 in the loading direction.
35 are formed. A pachinko ball receiving pedestal portion 36 is formed from the regulation surface 35 so as to project into the trolley loading portion 34 in front and to relatively enter the trolley space 15 of the trolley 11. On the front end face of the pachinko ball receiving table 36, a bogie to the bogie loading section 34
The contact portion 37 as shutter opening means with which the engaging portion 27 of the carriage-side shutter 23 contacts by the loading of 11 is formed. A receiving port 38 for receiving the pachinko balls P discharged from the bogie-side discharge holes 22 is formed on the upper surface of the pachinko ball receiving base portion 36, corresponding to a region below the bogie-side discharge holes 22 of the bogie 11. .

A pachinko ball counting device 41 is provided in the pachinko ball receiving table 36. The pachinko ball counting device 41 has a receiving portion 42 for receiving a pachinko ball P falling through the receiving port 38, and a chute 43 inclined downward and rearward is provided on the bottom surface of the receiving portion 42.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the chute 43 has an inclined plate 44, and the upper surface of the inclined plate 44 extends along the inclined direction and crosses the inclined direction. A plurality of guide ribs 45 protrude in parallel with each other, and a plurality of rows of grooves 46 are formed between the adjacent guide ribs 45 as an alignment means having an interval for receiving the pachinko balls P one by one. Therefore, the pachinko balls P in the lowermost layer in the receiving portion 42 can be received and aligned in the inclined direction by the plurality of rows of the groove portions 46 of the chute 43, and can be rolled backward along the inclination.

A chute 43 is provided above the chute 43 on the downstream side.
A reversing roller 47 having a rotation axis disposed along a width direction intersecting the inclination direction of the rotation roller 47 is rotatably disposed. The reversing roller 47 is opposed across the entire width of the chute 43, and is opposed with an interval that allows one pachinko ball P rolling in the groove 46 to pass therethrough. The direction opposite to the rolling direction of the pachinko ball P (FIG. 4)
It is rotationally driven by a driving means (not shown) so as to move in the direction of the arrow).

At a position downstream of the reverse rotation roller 47, the groove 46
A guide plate 48 is provided above the chute 43 at an interval allowing passage of one pachinko ball P rolling inside the chute 43, and a detection hole 49 is formed in each groove 46 of the chute 43 in the bottom surface.
Are formed, and a detection hole 50 is formed at a position of the guide plate 48 facing the detection hole 49.
Corresponding to each groove 46 of each pair of detection holes 49, 50,
A plurality of pachinko ball counting sensors 51 for detecting the passage of the pachinko ball P rolling in 46 are provided. The pachinko ball counting sensor 51 is configured by a photo interrupter having a light emitter 52 disposed on the lower surface of the detection hole 49 of the chute 43 and a light receiver 53 disposed on the upper surface of the detection hole 50 of the guide plate 48. I have. Multiple emitters 52 and multiple receivers
53 is integrally formed as sensor blocks 54 and 55, respectively.

By configuring the optical axis of the pachinko ball counting sensor 51 so as to pass through a position deviated from the center of the pachinko ball P, when the plurality of pachinko balls P roll continuously in the groove portion 46. But it can be detected.

The most downstream portion of the chute 43 is a roller 66 described later.
A curved portion 56 having a curved shape is formed along the peripheral surface of.

A lifting device 61 for lifting the pachinko balls P guided by the chute 43 is provided in the counter body 32. The lifting device 61 includes a pair of flat belts 6 having a belt surface substantially parallel to the front surface of the counter body 32.
2 and 63. Each of these flat belts 62 and 63 has an upper roller 6
4 and 65 and lower rollers 66 and 67 respectively. The interval between the opposed belt surfaces of the pair of flat belts 62 and 63 is smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball P, and the pachinko ball P guided through the curved portion 56 of the chute 43 is sandwiched between the pair of flat belts 62 and 63. And can be transported.

Gears 68, 69 meshing with each other are fixed to the upper rollers 64, 65, and one of the rollers 64 receives the rotational driving force from the motor 70, so that the pair of gears 68, 69 The flat belts 62, 63 are rotated so that the mutually facing belt surfaces move upward in synchronization with each other.

A discharge portion 71 is formed for discharging the pachinko balls P which have been transported to the space between the upper ends of the pair of flat belts 62 and 63. The discharge portion 71 protrudes rearward of the counter body 32. A discharging chute 72 is disposed, and the discharging sheet 72 is connected to a pachinko ball collecting section (not shown) for collecting pachinko balls P.

An operation panel is provided above the counter body 32.
The operation panel 81 is provided with a start button 82 for instructing a counting start, a stop button 83 for instructing a counting stop, and a display unit 84 for displaying the counting value of the pachinko balls P and the like. .

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the carton 1 is
The shutter plate 3 is in a closed state in a state where it is not loaded in
Pachinko balls P can be stored. In addition, the bogie-side shutter 23 is in a closed state in a state where the bogie 11 is not loaded in the bogie loading unit 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the carton 1 containing the pachinko balls P is mounted on the cart 11, the drive receiving portion 4 of the carton 1 is relatively moved by the operating portion 21 of the cart 11. Move up,
The shutter plate 3 of the ball case 1 is opened. As a result, a part of the pachinko balls P at the bottom of the carton box 1 is discharged from the discharge holes 2 of the carton box 1 to the bogie-side discharge holes 22 of the bogie 11, but the bogie-side discharge holes
Since the carriage 22 is closed by the carriage-side shutter 23, the carriage-side shutter 23 prevents the pachinko balls P from flowing out.

As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the cart 11 on which the ball box 1 is mounted is run to move the cart 11 into the cart loading section 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31.
The pachinko ball receiving platform of the bogie loading unit 34
The bogie space 15 of the bogie main body 12 relatively enters with respect to 36, and during the loading, the engaging portion 27 of the bogie-side shutter 23 comes into contact with the contact portion 37 of the pachinko ball receiving base portion 36, The movement of the side shutter 23 is restricted.

As shown in FIG. 1 (d), as the carriage 11 is loaded into the carriage loading section 34 while leaving the carriage-side shutter 23 whose movement is restricted, the carriage-side shutter 23 is relatively opened. The trolley-side discharge hole 22 starts to open, and the trolley-side shutter 23 is fully opened when the loading of the trolley 11 is completed. Therefore, with the opening of the bogie-side shutter 23, the pachinko ball P that has been stopped until now is passed through the bogie-side discharge hole 22 and the pachinko ball receiving base 36.
Of the pachinko ball counting device 41
Accepted within.

When the start button 82 of the pachinko ball counter 31 is operated, the reverse roller 47 is rotated, and the motor 70 rotates the pair of flat belts 62 and 63. The counting process may be started when the bogie 11 is loaded by a sensor (not shown), that is, when the bogie 11 is detected before the pachinko ball P is received by the receiving unit 42.

Pachinko balls P received by the receiving section 42
Are aligned in the inclined direction while entering the grooves 46 of the plurality of rows of the chute 43, and are rolled backward along the inclination. The pachinko balls P superimposed on the pachinko balls P rolled in the groove portions 46 are returned into the receiving portions 42 by the reversing rollers 47, and the pachinko balls P are rolled in the respective groove portions 46 in a single-layer, one-row state. It is passed under the reverse rotation roller 47.

The pachinko balls P that pass under the reverse rotation roller 47 and roll in the respective groove portions 46 reach the pachinko ball counting sensors 51 for the respective groove portions 46, and are detected by the pachinko ball counting sensors 51. Is detected and counted.

The pachinko balls P after counting are guided between the pair of flat belts 62 and 63 through the most downstream curved portion 56 of the chute 43, are sandwiched between the pair of flat belts 62 and 63, are discharged, and are discharged. Released to the unit 71 and collected.

After the pachinko ball P is discharged and counted, the bogie 11 is retracted from the bogie loading portion 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31, and the bogie-side shutter is urged by the spring 28.
23 is closed, and the truck-side discharge hole 22 is closed.

As described above, the ball box 1 transported by the cart 11 is simply loaded into the pachinko ball counter 31 together with the cart 11,
The pachinko ball P in the ball box 1 is automatically counted as a pachinko ball counter 31.
It is not necessary to lift the heavy ball box 1 to transfer it from the cart 11, and even if the amount of pachinko balls is large, the counting process can be easily performed, and the processing time required for counting the pachinko balls P can be reduced. Can be done in a short time.

Further, the shutter box 3 of the carton box 1 is opened by placing the carton box 1 on the car body 12, and the pachinko balls P flowing out of the carton box 1 are stopped in the car 11 by the car shutter 23. Therefore, a driving source for opening the shutter plate 3 of the ball case 1 can be dispensed with, and a simple and inexpensive configuration can be achieved. Further, the trolley-side shutter 23 can be opened in conjunction with the operation of loading the trolley 11 into the trolley loading section 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31.
A drive source for opening 23 can be dispensed with and can be configured simply and inexpensively.

The pachinko ball P received by the receiving unit 42
Are arranged along the inclination direction of the plurality of rows of the groove portions 46 and are rolled along the inclination thereof, so that the reverse rotation roller is spaced from the plurality of rows of the groove portions 46 so that one pachinko ball P can pass therethrough.
The pachinko balls P rolling along the inclinations of the plurality of rows of grooves 46 by the 47 are passed in a single layer and in a row state,
Since the pachinko ball P is detected by the pachinko ball counting sensor 51 for each of the plurality of rows of groove portions 46 downstream, a simple and inexpensive configuration can reduce the time lag from when the pachinko ball P is received by the receiving portion 42 to when it is counted. .

Next, FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment, and FIG. 6 (a) is a partial cross-sectional view of a state before the pachinko ball storage box is mounted on the pachinko ball carrying cart. b) is a partial cross-sectional view of the state in which the pachinko ball storage box is mounted on the pachinko ball transport trolley, and FIG. It is sectional drawing of a part.

Note that the same reference numerals are used for the same structures, functions and effects as those of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

The bogie 11 has a receiving port 91 formed in the upper surface plate 14 of the bogie main body 12 and a receiving port 91 below the upper surface plate 14.
A chute 92 for guiding the pachinko balls P received from the vehicle forward is provided, and a bogie-side discharge hole 93 is formed at the front end of the chute 92, that is, at the front of the bogie main body 12. In the trolley-side discharge hole 93, a trolley-side shutter 94 for opening and closing the trolley-side discharge hole 93 is provided rotatably around a shutter shaft 95 as a fulcrum. A torsion spring as an elastic member (not shown) for urging the carriage-side shutter 94 in the closing direction is mounted on the shutter shaft 95, and a pinion gear 96 is fixed to at least one end of the shutter shaft 95.

The pachinko ball counting machine 31 is formed with a receiving port 97 for receiving a pachinko ball P from the bogie 11 at the lower part of the front of the counting machine main body 32. A chute 98 is provided which guides the chute 98 to the pachinko ball counting device 41 inside. The tip of the chute 98 protrudes from the bogie loading section 34 in front of the counter body 32, and is configured to relatively enter the bogie space 15 of the bogie 11 to position the bogie 11.

In the vicinity of the side of the receiving port 97, an opening lever 99 as a shutter opening means is provided in a protruding manner corresponding to the position of the pinion gear 96 of the carriage 11 loaded in the carriage loading section 34. A rack gear 100 that can mesh with the pinion gear 96 protrudes from the edge.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Indicates that the shutter plate 3 is in a closed state in a state where the pachinko balls P are not loaded on the carriage 11 and the pachinko balls P can be stored therein. Also a trolley
Reference numeral 11 denotes a state in which the bogie-side shutter 94 is in a closed state of the bogie-side discharge hole 93 in a state where the bogie-side shutter 94 is not loaded in the bogie loading unit 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31.

As shown in FIG. 6B, when the ball box 1 containing the pachinko balls P is mounted on the bogie 11, the drive receiving portion 4 of the ball box 1 relatively moves upward by the operating portion 21 of the bogie 11. Then, the shutter plate 3 of the ball case 1 is opened. As a result, the pachinko balls P in the carton 1 are moved from the discharge hole 2 of the carton 1 to the receiving port 91 of the bogie 11.
The bogie-side discharge hole 93 is closed by the bogie-side shutter 94, and the bogie-side shutter 94 stops the pachinko balls P from flowing out.

When the trolley 11 on which the ball box 1 is mounted is run and loaded into the trolley loading section 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31, the rack gear 100 of the release lever 99 meshes with the pinion gear 96 of the trolley 11, and this meshing is performed. As a result, the bogie-side shutter 94 is opened forward.

As shown in FIG. 6C, when the loading of the truck 11 is completed, the truck-side shutter 94 is fully opened. for that reason,
With the opening of the bogie-side shutter 94, the pachinko ball P that has been stopped until now flows out through the bogie-side discharge hole 93 into the receiving port 97 of the pachinko ball counter 31 and is received by the pachinko ball counting device 41 through the chute 98. , Pachinko ball counting device 41
Is performed.

After the pachinko ball P has flowed out and counted, the bogie 11 is retracted from the bogie loading unit 34 of the pachinko ball counter 31. When the pinion gear 96 and the rack gear 100 mesh with each other, the bogie side is moved. The shutter 94 is closed, the trolley side discharge hole 93 is closed, and the trolley side shutter is biased by the torsion spring (not shown) mounted on the shutter shaft 95.
94 is kept closed.

[0062]

According to the pachinko ball transport trolley according to the first aspect, the pachinko ball storage box transported by the pachinko ball transport trolley is simply loaded into the pachinko ball counter with the pachinko ball transport trolley. The pachinko ball in the pachinko ball storage box can be discharged to the pachinko ball counting machine in an efficient manner, and there is no need to lift the heavy pachinko ball storage box to transfer it from the pachinko ball transport cart. The counting process can be easily performed, and the processing time required for counting the pachinko balls can be reduced.

Further, by mounting the pachinko ball storage box on the bogie main body, the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box can be opened, and the pachinko ball flowing out of the pachinko ball storage box can be stopped in the bogie by the bogie-side shutter. Therefore, a driving source for opening the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box can be dispensed with, and a simple and inexpensive configuration can be achieved. Further, since the carriage-side shutter can be opened in conjunction with the operation of loading the pachinko ball-transporting carriage into the carriage loading portion of the pachinko ball counter, a driving source for opening the carriage-side shutter can be eliminated, Simple and inexpensive construction.

According to the pachinko ball counting machine of the second aspect, the pachinko ball storage box transported by the pachinko ball transporting cart is automatically loaded into the pachinko ball counting machine together with the pachinko ball transporting cart. Pachinko balls in the ball storage box can be discharged to the pachinko ball counting machine, and there is no need to lift heavy pachinko ball storage boxes from the pachinko ball transport trolley. And the processing time required for counting pachinko balls can be reduced.

Moreover, by mounting the pachinko ball storage box on the bogie main body, the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box can be opened, and the pachinko balls flowing out of the pachinko ball storage box can be stopped in the bogie by the bogie-side shutter. Therefore, a driving source for opening the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box can be dispensed with, and a simple and inexpensive configuration can be achieved. Further, the bogie-side shutter can be opened by the shutter opening means in conjunction with the operation of loading the pachinko ball transporting bogie into the bogie loading portion of the pachinko ball counter, so that a drive source for opening the bogie-side shutter is provided. It can be unnecessary and can be configured simply and inexpensively.

According to the pachinko ball counter of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the pachinko ball counter of the second aspect,
The pachinko balls received in the receiving port are aligned along the inclination direction of the plurality of rows of alignment means, and are rolled along the inclination, so that the interval through which one pachinko ball can pass between the plurality of rows of alignment means is adjusted. The opened reversing rollers allow the pachinko balls rolling along the inclination of the plurality of rows of alignment means to pass through in one layer and one row state, and the pachinko balls are counted by a pachinko ball counting sensor for each of the plurality of rows of alignment means downstream of the reversing rollers. , The time lag from the reception of the pachinko balls in the reception port to the counting can be reduced with a simple and inexpensive configuration.

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1A and 1B show a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a partial cross-sectional view of a state before a pachinko ball storage box is mounted on a pachinko ball transport trolley, and FIG. Partial cross-sectional view of the state where the box is mounted on the pachinko ball transport trolley, (c) is a partial cross-sectional view of the state in the middle of loading the pachinko ball transport trolley into the bogie loading unit of the pachinko ball counter, ( d) is a partial cross-sectional view of a state where the pachinko ball transport cart is loaded into the cart loading unit of the pachinko ball counter.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko ball counting machine and the pachinko ball transporting cart.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pachinko ball counting machine with a pachinko ball transporting trolley loaded therein.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the pachinko ball counting apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a view on arrow A of FIG. 4;

FIGS. 6A and 6B show a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 6A is a partial cross-sectional view of a state before the pachinko ball storage box is mounted on a pachinko ball transport trolley, and FIG. FIG. 3C is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state where the box is mounted on a pachinko ball transporting trolley, and FIG. 3C is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state where the pachinko ball transporting trolley is loaded on a bogie loading unit of the pachinko ball counting machine.

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 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 Pachinko ball storage box 2 Discharge hole 3 Shutter plate 4 Drive receiving unit 11 Pachinko ball transport trolley 12 Bogie main body 21 Working part 22 Bogie side discharge hole 23 Bogie side shutter 28 Spring as an elastic member 31 Pachinko ball counter 34 Loading trolley Part 37 Contact part as shutter opening means 38 Reception port 41 Pachinko ball counting device 46 Groove part as alignment means 47 Reverse rotation roller 51 Pachinko ball counting sensor 93 Dolly side discharge hole 94 Dolly side shutter 97 Reception port 99 As shutter opening means Release lever P Pachinko ball

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball storage box having a pachinko ball discharging box having a discharge hole for pachinko balls at a bottom thereof, a shutter plate for opening and closing the discharge holes, and a drive receiving portion for receiving a driving action for opening and closing the shutter plate from outside. A pachinko ball transporting trolley to be loaded into a trolley loading unit of a ball counter, wherein a bogie main body on which the pachinko ball housing box is mounted, and a drive receiving unit when the pachinko ball housing box is mounted on the bogie main body. An operating portion that engages to open the shutter plate of the pachinko ball storage box; and an opening facing the discharge hole of the pachinko ball storage box mounted on the bogie main body, flows out of the discharge hole of the pachinko ball storage box. A bogie-side discharge hole for discharging pachinko balls from the bogie main body, and a bogie-side discharge hole is provided so as to be openable and closable, and the bogie-side discharge hole when the pachinko ball counter is not loaded into the bogie loading portion. A bogie-side shutter that closes and opens the bogie-side discharge hole in conjunction with the loading operation of the pachinko ball counter into the bogie loading unit; and an elasticity that urges the bogie-side shutter in a direction in which the bogie-side discharge hole is closed. A truck for transporting pachinko balls, comprising: 2. A bogie loading section capable of loading the pachinko ball transporting cart according to claim 1, and a bogie side shutter in an opening direction in conjunction with an operation of loading the pachinko ball transporting cart into the bogie loading section. A shutter opening means for moving and opening the trolley-side discharge hole; a receiving port for receiving a pachinko ball discharged from the trolley-side discharge hole of the pachinko ball transporting trolley loaded into the bogie loading section; and a receiving port for receiving the pachinko ball. And a pachinko ball counting device for counting pachinko balls. 3. A pachinko ball counting device, comprising: a plurality of rows of alignment means provided at the bottom of the receiving port in an inclined state, for aligning the lowermost pachinko balls in the inclined direction and rolling along the inclined direction; A reversing roller that is provided with an interval that allows one pachinko ball to pass between a plurality of rows of alignment means, and a side facing the alignment means rotates to move in a direction opposite to the rolling direction of the pachinko balls; 3. A pachinko ball counting sensor according to claim 2, further comprising a pachinko ball counting sensor provided for each of said plurality of rows of alignment means at a downstream position of said reverse rotation roller and detecting passage of a rolling pachinko ball. Machine.