JP2768295B2 - Ball transfer device between pachinko islands - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a replenishing gutter for replenishing balls used internally in a pachinko machine to a pachinko machine, and a ball separator for separating balls flowing down the replenishing gutter at an arbitrary position of the replenishing gutter. A transfer path provided between the island where the ball separator is provided and an adjacent other island, and a transfer drive device for transferring and driving the balls between adjacent islands via the transfer path. The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring balls between pachinko islands.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball lifting device having a transport belt as an automatic ball circulation mechanism has been provided inside a pachinko island stand. As a result, the used balls recovered from the pachinko machines on the pachinko island stand are discharged to the upper storage tank while being polished by the conveyor belt of the ball lifting / lowering device, and are again returned from the upper storage tank via the supply gutter. It was being supplied to pachinko machines. That is, the game ball in pachinko island is
The ball was circulated by the automatic circulation mechanism. In addition, in some of such pachinko islands, when returning a prize ball obtained by a player, a ball return device for issuing a receipt which numerically records the number of returned balls is provided. For this reason, when the amount of prize balls increases with the introduction of prize balls from the ball return device, surplus balls are transferred to adjacent pachinko islands through the transfer passages installed between the pachinko islands arranged in line. To equalize the amount of storage balls between pachinko islands.

[0003] However, the above-described conventional transfer passages provided between the pachinko island stands are located substantially at the center of the lined up pachinko island stands and at the upper storage tanks provided at the upper end of the ball-lifting device. When the balls are excessively stored in the upper storage tank, the excess balls naturally flow down. For this reason, the position at which the transfer passage is erected is inevitably determined by the position of the upper storage tank, including its height, and the degree of freedom in design of the entire game space including the installation of security cameras and the like is limited. Was limited.
Further, in the configuration in which surplus balls are conveyed by natural flow in the transfer passage as described above, the amount of balls circulated and used in each pachinko island stand could not be efficiently managed.

[0004]

In order to achieve the freedom of design and the management of efficiency, it is conceivable to forcibly transfer the balls through a transfer passage. In view of the present situation that the configuration has not yet been proposed, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball transfer device between pachinko islands having an optimum configuration for forced transfer.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a replenishing gutter for replenishing balls used internally in a pachinko machine to a pachinko machine, and a replenishing gutter at an arbitrary position on the replenishing gutter. A ball separator for separating the balls flowing down the gutter, a transfer passage provided between the island stand provided with the ball separator and an adjacent other island, and between the adjacent island stands via the transfer passage. A ball driver between pachinko islands, comprising: a ball drive device for driving the balls by means of a ball drive between the pachinko islands. And a pair of an arch-shaped transfer pipe for transfer and a transfer arch-shaped transfer pipe for transfer from another island to the own island.

[0006] The arcuate transfer pipe has a substantially positive cross section.
It is composed of a rectangular tubular pipe and has an opening groove formed on the upper surface thereof, whereby when a clogging or the like occurs in the transfer pipe, the clogging or the like can be quickly eliminated from the opening groove. Is advantageous.

Further, the transfer arch-shaped transfer pipe and the loading arch-shaped transfer pipe are covered with a protective gutter having substantially the same curvature as that of the arch-shaped transfer pipe except for at least the upper surface thereof. The provision of an elastic member having a sound deadening effect between the protective gutter and the upper part of the arch-shaped transfer pipe is advantageous in that the protective gutter improves the appearance of the transfer passage, and the transfer by the elastic member is provided. This is advantageous in that noise generated from a ball rolling in the pipe can be suppressed.

[0008]

A replenishing gutter for replenishing balls used internally in a pachinko machine, a ball separator for separating balls flowing down the replenishing gutter at an arbitrary position of the replenishing gutter, and the ball separator are provided. Ball transfer between pachinko islands, comprising: a transfer passage provided between the islands and adjacent islands; and a transfer drive device for transferring and driving balls between adjacent islands via the transfer passages. A device, wherein the transfer passage is constituted by an arcuate arcuate transfer tube, and a transfer arch transfer tube for transferring from the own island to another island and a carry-in arch transfer tube for transferring from the other island to the own island. As a pair, the transfer passage can be bridged at any position regardless of the position of the upper storage tank as in the past, and the shape is a high arch at the center, so , Better appearance than the conventional straight inclined gutter-shaped transfer passage Not only to, it is possible to eliminate most also be a hindrance, such as security cameras.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the pachinko island stand 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a plurality of pachinko islands 1 and FIG.
1 is a perspective view of one pachinko island stand 1. In the figure, the pachinko island stand 1 is, as is well known, provided with a number of pachinko machines 2 arranged in a back-to-back direction, and a space 3 that can be opened and closed is provided above the row of pachinko machines 2. A waistboard 4 is provided below the row position via a counter base 5. Further, inside each pachinko island stand 1, as is well known, a doffing and feeding device 6 as a doffing and feeding means is erected at the center thereof, and balls discharged by the doffing and feeding device 6 are provided. The left and right supply gutters 9 (see FIG. 4) inclined downward toward both ends of the pachinko island stand 1 supply the pachinko machines 2 and the betting machine. On the other hand, in the lower part of the pachinko island stand 1, balls storing a sufficient amount of balls (for example, 250,000 to 300,000 pieces) that can be used by a large number of pachinko machines 2 arranged in the pachinko island stand 1. A storage tank (not shown) is provided, and a collection gutter (not shown) for guiding the balls discharged from each pachinko machine 2 toward the end of the ball storage tank is provided above the ball storage tank. The balls that have rolled on the collecting gutter are all stored in the ball storage tank, and the stored balls are lifted upward by the ball lifting device 6 and again by the replenishing gutter 9 to re-use the pachinko machines 2 and It is replenished to the Taima ball rental machine. In addition, in FIG.
The island edge decorative plate 8 for decorating the end of the pachinko island stand 1 is shown. Also, in the case of a pachinko island stand 1 having a large ball storage tank below the inside, as shown in the figure, a ball return device 7 for returning a prize ball obtained by the player is additionally provided. In addition, the pachinko island stand 1 is configured by forming a wooden or metal horizontal bar 1A and a vertical bar 1B as a frame, as described in detail later (see FIG. 5).

By the way, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of pachinko island stands 1 are connected by an arch-shaped transfer passage 40, and a mechanism for supplying balls to the arch-shaped transfer passage 40. A transfer drive device 10 is provided above each pachinko island stand 1. The transfer driving device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper part of the pachinko island stand 1. In the figure, a transfer drive 10
Is provided at an arbitrary position of the supply gutter 9 and the supply gutter 9
, A bellows tube 12 for guiding the balls separated by the separator 11 to the downstream side, a semicircular tube 13 to which one end of the bellows tube 12 is connected, and a semicircle. Tube 1
Turntable 1 forcibly moving while contacting the ball in 3
4 and a feed pipe 15 connected to the other end of the semicircular pipe 13 and to a connecting device 20 described later.

The separator 11 takes in the balls flowing down the supply gutter 9 while aligning them in a line.
And the structure is almost the same as that of a well-known shunt that takes in a ball into a tama ball lending machine. In this way, by applying the existing shunt as it is as the separator 11, the manufacturing cost of the transfer drive device 10 can be reduced. Has been invited. In addition, the turntable 14
It is a rubber member that comes into contact with the ball with a predetermined frictional force inside the semicircular tube 13 with a predetermined frictional force, and is rotatably driven by a single-phase induction motor (not shown). The ball separated by the separator 11 is the bellows tube 1
2, the feed pipe 15 is arranged in a line in a row by the rotating disk 14 and the frictional force of the ball, and is lifted.
It is supplied to. In addition, the transfer drive device 10
A pair is provided on the left and right sides of the supply gutter 9, and the balls are transported to the left adjacent island and the right adjacent island with respect to the own island, respectively.

Next, referring to FIG. 5 and FIG.
0 will be described. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing attachment of the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 to the coupling device 20, and FIG.
Is an arc-shaped transfer passage 4 attached to the connecting device 20.
It is a perspective view which shows attachment of the protective gutter 44 which covers the lower part of No. 0.
In FIG. 5, the connecting device 20 is connected to the transfer driving device 10.
And a bent passage 22 made of synthetic resin, in which passages 24a and 24b for feeding the balls vertically lifted by the feed pipe 15 toward the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 are formed. And the whole connecting device 20 is pachinko island stand 1
A support 21 made of an iron plate fixed to the horizontal rail 1A constituting
It is composed of A rectangular notch is formed in the center of the upper part of the support base 21, and a receiving opening 23 protrudes in front of the notch except for the upper part. This receiving opening 2
Reference numeral 3 denotes a portion connecting the arch-shaped transfer passages 40. A stop hole 26 for fixing the protective gutter 44 of the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 with a bolt 46 is formed in the left and right projecting pieces of the receiving opening 23. A stop hole 25 for fixing the ends of the pair of arch transfer pipes 41 a and 41 b constituting the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 with bolts 43 is provided.

On the other hand, in the bent passage body 22, a pair of square passages 24a and 24b are integrally formed of synthetic resin, and the passages 24a and 24b have a vertical lower part and a lower part than the upper part. It is bent in an arc shape slightly below, and its upper end opening is obliquely connected to the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b of the arch-shaped transfer passage 40. By bending the passages 24a and 24b in an arc shape at the upper portion in this manner, the ball is smoothly moved with a minimum force to the arch transfer pipe 41b of the arch-shaped transfer path 40 (in the illustrated case, the arch transfer pipe 41a is The ball sent from the island is transferred.)

The feed pipe 15 of the transfer driving device 10 is connected to one of the lower openings of the passages 24a and 24b, and the receiving bellows pipe 28 is connected and fixed to the other. The lower end of the receiving bellows tube 28 faces the ball storage tank disposed below the inside of the pachinko island stand 1. In the illustrated embodiment, a ball detection sensor 27 for detecting the movement of the ball is attached to the passage 24a on the side to which the receiving bellows tube 28 is connected. The bellows tube 2 receives the ball detection sensor 27
The reason for the attachment near the connection portion 8 is that the feed pipe 15, the receiving bellows pipe 28, the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b, etc. are almost made of metal in the process of transferring the balls.
Since the bent passage body 22 is formed of a synthetic resin, it is to reduce malfunctions in detecting a steel pachinko ball, and secondly, a sensor is provided at a connection portion with a pipe where trouble such as clogging is most likely to occur. By arranging them, it is possible to quickly find the occurrence of those troubles and to easily perform maintenance and inspection.

The connecting device 20 configured as described above is
First, the transfer drive unit 10 is attached to the upper horizontal rail 1A that constitutes the pachinko island stand 1, and the transfer drive device 10 is sent to one of the passages 24 b of the bent passage body 22 for the coupling device 20 fixed to the horizontal rail 1 A. The supply pipe 15 is connected, and the receiving bellows pipe 28 is connected to the other passage 24a. Thereafter, the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 is connected to the receiving opening 23. Here,
The configuration of the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 5, and 6.

As shown in FIG. 1, the arcuate transfer passage 40 is a passage that is inserted in an arcuate arch shape between upper portions of the adjacent pachinko islands 1 and has both ends connected to the connecting device 20. It is supposed to. That is, the arc-shaped transfer passage 40 is constituted by a pair of arc-shaped arc transfer pipes 41a and 41b having the same length, and the pair of arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b are appropriately separated from each other as shown in FIG. , And a bolt 43 is screwed into a stop hole 42a formed in the center of the holding plate 42, thereby forming a pair of arch transfer pipes 41a, 41.
b is integrated. A plurality of holding plates 42 are provided at appropriate intervals. Of course, one of the pair of arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b constitutes a transfer arch transfer pipe for transferring balls from the own island to the adjacent island, and the other forms the transfer arch transfer pipe from the adjacent island to the own island. This constitutes a carry-in arch transfer tube for transferring balls.

The arch transfer pipe 4 integrated as described above
In order to connect 1a, 41b to the coupling device 20,
As shown in FIG. 5, the ends of the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b are placed in the receiving portion 23 and the passages 24a and 24b are placed.
Connected to the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b, and
The holding plates 42 are moved from above to the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b.
Is fixed by screwing a stop hole 42 a of the holding plate 42 and a stop hole 25 below the receiving opening 23 with a bolt 43. As a result, the integrated pair of arch transfer tubes 41a and 41b is connected and fixed to the connection device 20. In this state, as shown in FIG.
The end of the protective gutter 44 having an arc conforming to the curvatures of a and 41b is received and inserted inside the front projection of the opening 23.
At this time, since the stop hole 45 formed in the end of the protective gutter 44 and the stop hole 26 formed on the left and right of the receiving opening 23 coincide with each other, the bolt 46 is inserted into the matched stop hole 26, 45.
Is screwed, the protective gutter 44 can be attached. By covering the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b with the protective gutter 44 in this way, the aesthetic appearance of the arch-shaped transfer passage 40 can be improved. Finally,
As shown in FIG. 4, the arched transfer passage 40 is connected to the connecting device 2.
After the connection, the portion of the connecting device 20 arranged on the left and right is covered with the cover case 29.

As shown in FIG. 3, the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b have opening grooves 41c and 41d, each of which has a substantially square cross section and whose upper surface is cut out in the longitudinal direction. A sponge 47 is interposed between the protective gutter 44 and the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b and above the arch transfer pipes 41a and 41b in a state where the sponge 47 is accommodated in the protective gutter 44. Thus, the opening grooves 41c,
By forming 41d, the arch transfer pipes 41a, 4
1b, when troubles such as clogging occur in the opening groove 4
By inserting a rod-shaped object from 1c and 41d, it is possible to eliminate clogging, and to take quick measures for trouble. Further, the protective gutter 44 and the arch transfer pipe 41a,
The sponge 47 is interposed between the arch transfer pipe 41a and the upper part of the arch transfer pipe 41a, 41b, so that the arch transfer pipe 4
It is possible to suppress noise generated from the balls rolling on 1a and 41b. Note that, instead of the sponge 47, another sound-absorbing elastic member, for example, rubber or foam resin may be used.

Although the ball transfer device according to the embodiment has been described above, according to the present embodiment, the supply gutter 9 for supplying the balls circulated and used internally to the pachinko machine 2 and the supply gutter 9 are provided.
A ball separator 11 for separating the balls flowing down the supply gutter 9 at an arbitrary position, and a transfer passage provided between the island stand 1 provided with the ball separator 11 and the inside of another island 1 adjacent thereto. 40 and a transfer driving device 10 for transferring and driving the balls between the adjacent islands 1 and 1 via the transfer passage 40, the ball transfer device between the pachinko islands, wherein the transfer passage 40 is circular. In addition to being constituted by arcuate arched transfer tubes 41a and 41b, a pair of a transport arched transfer tube 41b for transferring from one island to another island and a carry-in arched transfer tube 41a for transferring from another island to one's island are formed. As a result, the transfer passage can be extended at any position regardless of the position of the upper storage tank as in the past, and the shape is a high arch at the center, so the conventional straight slope Improves aesthetics compared to a gutter-shaped transfer passage Only is not, it is possible to eliminate most also be a hindrance, such as security cameras.

Further, by making the transfer passage 40 into an arch shape, as shown in FIG.
A force that pushes up to the arc-shaped apex is sufficient, and the ball past the apex rolls in the transfer pipes 41a and 41b by its own weight.
For this reason, it is possible to reduce the size of the transfer drive device 10 that applies the transfer force to the ball, and it is possible to install the transfer drive device 10 in the pachinko island stand 1 behind the narrow space 3.

In the above-described embodiment, one transfer pipe 41a and one transfer pipe 41b are provided in the arch-shaped transfer passage 40, respectively. It may be provided in a vertically overlapping shape. In this case, the transfer driving devices 10 may be individually provided for the plurality of transfer transfer tubes, or the balls may be supplied to the plurality of transfer transfer tubes by one large transfer drive device. Further, when the ball detection sensor 27 detects an abnormality in the transfer of the ball, a display for notifying the abnormality is provided at an appropriate position of the cover case 29 or the protective gutter 44 and at a position where a store clerk of the game hall can visually recognize the display. May be provided.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a supply gutter for replenishing balls used inside the pachinko machine to the pachinko machine, and the supply gutter at an arbitrary position of the supply gutter. A ball separator for separating the flowing ball, a transfer passage extending between the island where the ball separator is provided and another adjacent island, and a ball between the adjacent islands via the transfer passage. A ball transfer device for pachinko islands, comprising: a transfer drive device configured to transfer and drive the ball; and a transfer arch configured to transfer the transfer passage from an island to another island while the transfer passage is formed by an arcuate transfer tube. -Shaped transfer pipe and the arched transfer pipe for transfer from another island to its own island are configured as a pair, so it is possible to bridge the transfer passage at any position regardless of the position of the upper storage tank as in the past. It can also be an arch with a high center Since a, not only improves the aesthetic appearance than the transport path of the conventional straight inclined trough,
It is also possible to almost eliminate obstruction of a security camera or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a plurality of pachinko island platforms.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one pachinko island stand.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial view showing a detailed configuration of an arch-shaped transfer passage 40.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of an upper portion of the pachinko island stand.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing attachment of the arch-shaped transfer passage to the coupling device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing attachment of a protective gutter covering a lower part of the arch-shaped transfer passage attached to the coupling device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a state in which balls in the arch-shaped transfer passage are transferred.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko island stand 1A Horizontal rail 1B Vertical rail 2 Pachinko machine 9 Supply gutter 10 Transfer drive device 11 Separator 13 Semicircular pipe 14 Rotating disk 15 Feeding pipe 20 Connecting device 21 Support stand 22 Bent passage body 23 Receiving opening 24a, 24b passage 27 ball detection sensor 28 receiving bellows tube 29 cover case 40 arch-shaped transfer passage 41a, 41b arch transfer tube 41c, 41d opening groove 42 holding plate 44 protective gutter 47 sponge

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A replenishing gutter for replenishing balls used internally in a pachinko machine to a pachinko machine, a ball separator for separating a ball flowing down the replenishing gutter at an arbitrary position of the replenishing gutter, and a ball separator. A transfer path erected between the provided island stand and the inside of another adjacent island, and a transfer drive device for transferring and driving the balls between the adjacent island stands via the transfer path; A ball transfer device, wherein the transfer passage is formed by an arcuate arcuate transfer tube, and a transfer arch transfer tube for transferring from the own island to another island and a transfer arch shape for transferring from the other island to the own island. A ball transfer device between pachinko islands, wherein the transfer tube and the transfer tube are configured as a pair. 2. The arcuate transfer pipe has a substantially square cross section.
The ball transfer device between pachinko island stands according to claim 1, wherein the ball transfer device comprises a tubular pipe having an opening groove formed on an upper surface thereof. 3. The transfer arch-shaped transfer pipe and the loading arch-shaped transfer pipe are covered with a protective gutter having substantially the same curvature as that of the arch-shaped transfer pipe except for at least the upper surface thereof. 3. The ball transfer device according to claim 1, wherein an elastic member having a sound deadening effect is interposed between the protection gutter and the upper part of the arch-shaped transfer pipe.