JP2821675B2 - Cigarette butts collection device attached to pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically collecting cigarette butts and ash dropped on an ashtray provided in front of a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are the following devices for collecting cigarette butts and ash in a conventional pachinko machine. 1. A device that collects butts dropped from an ashtray into a shot by a belt conveyor. 2. A device for collecting by a scraper conveyor instead of the above-mentioned belt conveyor. 3. A device that uses a cantilevered screw conveyor instead of a belt conveyor.

[0003]

In the case of collection by a belt conveyor, the gap between the belt and the shoe is clogged with butts, thereby deteriorating the operation of the conveyor.

[0004] In a collecting device using a scraper conveyor, the chain is easily detached, and the operation is interrupted.

Further, in the case of a cantilever screw conveyor, if the collecting operation distance is long, a large output drive motor is required to rotate the long screw shaft, and the shaft is tilted to support the long shaft on one side. It is easy and the tip is largely shaken.

Further, in the above-described collecting device using a conveyor, since the collecting distance is long, it takes a long time for the butts to be collected in the dust box, and the odor is stuck inside the boot.

In addition, a large dust box is required for collection, and the dust box is not replaced until the dust case is completely filled, so that a large amount of butts are accumulated in the dust box.

An object of the present invention is to stably and surely rotate a short shaft with a small output drive motor.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a cigarette butt collecting apparatus in a pachinko machine that can collect swiftly and prevent bad smell from inside the booth and dust box.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, in a cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to the present invention, a drive unit is disposed at the center of a collecting shoot, and shafts attached to the left and right sides of the drive unit. Attach screws with different pushing directions to the left and right, and attach a dust case to the end of each
And place the cigarette butt on the ground.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a pachinko machine 1 provided in a horizontal row. The cigarette butt collecting device of the pachinko machine is stored under the front plate 1a on which a pachinko ball or the like formed on the front of the pachinko machine 1 is placed. A drive box 2 is disposed below and in the center of the front plate 1a, and a left screw shaft 10 and a right screw in which a number of screw blades 13 and 14 are mounted on the left and right sides of the drive box 2, respectively.
Each of the shafts 11 is attached.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to the present invention.

Left and right screw shafts 10 are disposed in a drive box 2 fixed and disposed below and in the center of the front plate 1a.
The drive unit that drives the drive 11 is housed. A left screw shaft 10 to which a left screw blade 13 is mounted is attached to the left of the drive box 2, and a right screw blade 14 to the right of the drive box 2 in which the pushing direction of the left screw blade and dust is reversed. The right screw shaft 11 is mounted, and dust boxes 20 and 21 containing dust cases 22 and 23 are disposed at one end of the left and right screw shafts to collect cigarette butts.

The drive unit includes a drive motor 3, a motor bracket 4, a drive pulley 5, a timing belt 6, a driven pulley 7, a drive shaft 8, a box cover, as shown in an exploded perspective view of FIG. -9.

With the motor bracket 4 interposed, the motor 3
The timing belt 6 is stretched between the driving pulley 5 and the driven pulley 7 fitted to the driving shaft of the above, and the driving shaft 8 fitted with the driven pulley 7 is rotated.

Motor bracket 4 to which motor 3 is attached
Is mounted on the drive box 2 and stored, and the box cover
9, the drive box 2 is arranged and fixed below the front plate 1a at the center of the pachinko machine 1 in a horizontal row.

An outlet 28 for connecting the motor cord 26 of the drive motor 3 and the plug cord 27 of the drive motor 3 housed in the drive box 2 is housed in a switch box 29, and is drilled in the front of the switch box 29. The ON / OFF operation of the drive motor 3 is performed by the switch 30 fitted in the hole 29a.

A drive shaft 8 is inserted through holes 2b formed in the left and right side plates 2a of the drive box 2, and a left screw shaft 10 and a right screw shaft 11 are respectively inserted at both ends of the drive shaft 8 through bearings 12. And attach it.

A desired number of left screw-1 blades 3 are mounted on the left screw shaft 10 with a collar 15 at appropriate intervals while the left screw blade 13 and the dust pushing direction are opposite to the right screw shaft 11. A desired number of right screw blades 14, which are the directions, are mounted by the same color 15 while appropriately maintaining the interval between the screw blades.

A part of the right screw shoe 17 having an open upper surface for housing the right screw shaft 11 to which the right screw blade 14 is attached is fixedly welded to the right screw case 16, and one side is formed in a U-shape. Screw case 1 bent
The left end of the groove 16a is fixed to a projection 2c formed by projecting a part of the upper surface of the drive box 2.
Further, the right end of the right screw shoe 17 is supported by a locking portion 20a provided by cutting out the left side surface of the right dust box 20.

Similarly, the left screw case 19 for housing the left screw shaft 10 is a left screw case 1.
8 and fixed by welding.

The U-shaped groove 18 of the left screw case 18
The right end of a is a locking portion formed by screwing a part of the upper surface of the drive box 2 to a protruding projection 2c, and cutting the left end of the left screw shoe 18 into one surface of the left dust box 21. It is supported by 21a.

FIG. 4 is a partially cut-away enlarged perspective view showing a state in which an ashtray is provided above the screw shoot.

An ashtray bottom 24 is fitted into a hole formed in the front plate 1a provided in front of the horizontal row of pachinko machines 1 with an appropriate gap therebetween, and the bottom 2 of the ashtray bottom 24 is opened.
From 4a, cigarette butts and ash are dropped into the screw shoot.

An ashtray cover 25 is fitted to the ashtray bottom 24. There are several types of ashtray covers as shown in FIG. Although a hole 25a for dropping is formed, the hole 25a is formed narrower than the diameter of the pachinko ball 31 so as not to fall down even when the pachinko ball 31 is put in the ashtray cover.

The cigarette butts and ashes are respectively deposited on the ashtray bottom 24.
The left and right screw shafts 10 and 11 connected to the drive shaft 8 rotated by the drive motor 3 are dropped in the left and right screw screws 17 and 18 and rotated in the same direction, as shown in FIG. As shown in the left screw
The butts 8 are pushed in the direction of the arrow by the rotation of the left screw blade 13 and are collected in the left dust case 23 stored in the left dust box 21.

The cigarette butts falling into the right screw shoe 17 are conveyed through the right screw 17 in the direction of the arrow pushing the dust in the direction opposite to the left screw blade 13,
The butts and the like conveyed to the right end are collected in a dust case 22 stored in the right dust box 20.

[0027]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. 1. The drive motor is located at the center,
By disposing the shaft, the screw shaft can be rotated by a small output drive motor. 2. Since the shaft is shorter than that of the cantilever screw conveyor, the shaft does not tilt and can maintain stable rotation without any shake. 3. Since the cigarette butts can be collected in the dust case arranged at two places on the left and right, a large-capacity dust case as in the related art is unnecessary. 4. To collect butts simultaneously on the left and right sides of the drive motor,
Since the collection time is short and the dust case can be exchanged frequently, a large amount of butts do not accumulate in the screw case and the dust case for a long time, thereby suppressing odor.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken perspective view of a pachinko machine provided in a horizontal row.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the cigarette butt collecting apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway enlarged perspective view showing a state in which an ashtray is provided above a screw shoot.

FIG. 5A is a perspective view of an ashtray cover. b Perspective view of another ashtray cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, pachinko machine 2, drive box 2a, side plate
2b, shaft hole 2c, projection 3, drive motor 4, motor bracket 5, driving pulley 6, timing belt 7, driven pulley 8, drive shaft 9, box cover 10, left screw Shaft 11, right screw shaft 12, bearing 13, left screw blade 1
4, right screw blade 15, color 16, right screw case 16a,
18a, groove 17, right screw shoe 18,
Left screw case 19, Left screw case
20, right dust box 20a, 21a, notch 21, left dust box 22, right dust case 23, left dust case 24, ashtray bottom 2
5, ashtray cover 25a, hole

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A screw blade having dust driving directions opposite to each other is mounted on screw shafts mounted on the left and right sides of a drive shaft, and is mounted on a pachinko machine provided with a dust box below a tip of each screw shaft. Cigarette butts collection device.