JP2008110085A - Cigarette butt disposal device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly reliable cigarette butt disposal device, which is easily assembled, for preventing the hanging of its intermediate part due to its own weight by supporting it, in the cigarette butt disposal device having a spiral and elongate butt sending body 2. <P>SOLUTION: The intermediate part of a driving shaft 4 is supported to an intermediate bearing 6, and multiple elements 5 are inserted into its both sides. An insertion hole 7 of the element 5 is formed into a square shape and the outer circumference of the driving shaft 4 is formed into the square matched therewith. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cigarette butt processing apparatus disposed below an ashtray that is installed at an appropriate interval on an elongated counter of a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine.

In the pachinko parlor, a large number of pachinko machines and slot machines are lined up along the walls and so-called islands, and there is an elongated counter at the bottom. An ashtray is installed for each playground equipment. The ashtray is fitted into the counter hole, the bottom of the ashtray is shaped like a slat and the butterfly falls downward, the template is stacked on the underside of the counter, and the template also has a butterfly drop hole. A cigarette butt treatment device is provided on the lower surface side of the template. The apparatus transports the butts along the counter.
Such a processing apparatus includes an endless belt conveyor type (Patent Document 2) and a spiral carrier type (Patent Document 1), that is, an elongated shell feeding body in which a spiral blade is formed on the outer periphery of a shaft portion. Some of them are driven to rotate.

  As the latter, a cigarette butt treatment apparatus for gaming machines described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. In this processing apparatus, the butt drop holes are arranged in parallel to the elongated counter and the template adjacent to the lower surface thereof, spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. Yes. One end of the cigarette feeder is connected to the output shaft of the motor with a speed reducer, and the other end is pivotally supported by the end bearing. Then, a bowl-like body is fitted on the outer periphery of the butt feed body, and a butt collection box is provided at the other end of the butt feed body.

JP-A-8-10437 Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-8236

Compared with a belt conveyor type cigarette butt processing device, the spiral conveying device has a simpler structure and better maintainability. However, the conventional spiral conveyance body has a bearing only at its end. However, since at least the spiral conveyance body is long by the length of the counter, the intermediate portion of the conveyance body is bent downward by its own weight, and the spiral wing portion tends to contact the inner surface of the rod-shaped body. Then, the contact portion was damaged or an unpleasant contact sound was generated. If a thicker shaft is used in order to prevent the bending, there is a drawback that it is not compact. In particular, the lower part of the long and narrow counter is a narrow space, and when a cigarette carrier device is mounted there, it is necessary to make it as compact as possible.
In this spiral conveyance body, a plurality of spiral blade elements are fitted on the outer periphery of a shaft having a circular cross section, and the rotation is prevented by a pin. However, in the field installation work, the installer often forgot to perform the pinning work for stopping the shaft and the element, causing a failure. At the same time, there is a drawback that the insertion work of many pins is troublesome.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional cigarette butt processing apparatus for a spiral carrier.

The present invention according to claim 1 is a spiral elongate butt-feed which is arranged on the lower surface side of the elongate template (1) in which the butt-falling holes are spaced apart from each other in parallel in the longitudinal direction and is driven to rotate around the axis. In a cigarette butt processing apparatus of a gaming machine comprising a body (2) and a bowl-like body (3) fitted around the outer periphery thereof,
The butterfly feeder (2) includes a drive shaft (4), a plurality of elements (5) fitted in series in the axial direction on the outer periphery thereof, and an intermediate bearing (between the elements (5)). 6)
The element (5) has a spiral wing (9) projecting from the outer periphery of a shaft (8) having an insertion hole (7) on the axis,
The intermediate bearing (6) is a cigarette butt processing device for a gaming machine, wherein the intermediate bearing (6) is fixed to the template (1) and supports the outer periphery in the middle of the drive shaft (4).

The present invention according to claim 2 is the method according to claim 1,
The drive shaft (4) has two or more first shafts (4a) each having a non-circular outer periphery in cross section and a cylindrical portion whose inner periphery is at least an end, and at least the outer periphery of both ends. Has a second shaft (4b) aligned with the inner periphery of the cylindrical portion of the first shaft (4a),
The insertion hole (7) of the element (5) is aligned with the outer periphery of the first shaft (4a),
Both ends of the second shaft (4b) are fitted to the ends of the pair of first shafts (4a) to connect the pair of first shafts (4a), and the intermediate bearing (6) A cigarette butt processing device for a gaming machine that pivotally supports an intermediate portion of a second shaft (4b) with or without a collar (10).

The present invention described in claim 3 provides the method according to claim 2,
A cigarette butt treatment apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the outer periphery of the cross section of the first shaft (4a) and the second shaft (4b) is a regular polygon.
The present invention as set forth in claim 4 is characterized in that, in claim 3,
A cigarette butt treatment apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the first shaft (4a) and the second shaft (4b) have a square cross section.
The present invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4,
The element (5) is composed of a resin molded body or a metal mold, and the cigarette butt treatment device for a gaming machine in which the spiral wing portion (9) is formed in the circumferential direction on the outer periphery of the shaft portion (8) by 270 degrees. It is.

In the cigarette butt processing apparatus of the gaming machine of the present invention, the intermediate bearing 6 fixed to the template 1 is configured to pivotally support the intermediate outer periphery of the drive shaft 4, so that the intermediate part of the butt-feeder 2 is caused by its own weight. It can prevent drooping. As a result, the cigarette butts that are safe and highly durable are prevented from coming into contact with the butterfly feeding body 2 and the bowl-shaped body 3, which have been problems in the past, and damaging the contact parts or generating unpleasant contact sounds. A processing device can be provided.
In addition, in this apparatus, the plurality of elements 5 are sequentially fitted in series to the drive shaft 4 from the axial direction, and the intermediate bearing 6 is inserted between the elements. Can be pivotally supported. The presence of the intermediate bearing 6 makes it possible to reduce the diameters of the drive shaft 4 and the butt feed body 2 and to make the cigarette butt processing apparatus compact. Thereby, the downward protrusion of the lower surface side of the template 1 can be made as small as possible.

In the above configuration, the drive shaft 4 is formed by a plurality of the first shaft 4a and the second shaft 4b, the inner and outer circumferences of the first shaft 4a are non-circular, and both ends of the second shaft 4b are the first shaft. It can be fitted to 4a to connect the ends of the pair of first shafts 4a, and can be supported by the intermediate bearing 6 with or without the collar 10 on the second shaft 4b. In this case, the assembly is easy, and the drive shaft 4 and the element 5 are prevented from rotating without requiring a pin, so that the installation work of the apparatus is simplified.
Next, the outer periphery of the cross section of the first shaft 4a and the second shaft 4b can be a regular polygon. In this case, the drive shaft 4 is well balanced and the elements 5 and the like can be easily assembled.

In the above configuration, the cross sections of the first shaft 4a and the second shaft 4b can be square. In this case, the structure is simple and the drive shaft 4 can be provided at low cost. Thereby, the cost of the whole apparatus can be reduced.
In the above configuration, the butt feeding body 2 can be formed of a resin molded body or a metal mold, and the spiral blade portion 9 can be formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion 8 by 270 degrees. In this case, the molding die can be simplified and the element 5 can be provided at low cost. Then, by attaching a large number of elements 5 to the drive shaft 4, it is possible to easily assemble a cigarette butt processing apparatus having a desired length.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the cigarette butts processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of an element 5 used in the apparatus, FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 4 is an assembled state of the apparatus. FIG. 5 is a partially broken front schematic view showing the entire apparatus.
In this cigarette butt processing apparatus, a template 1 is arranged as shown in FIG. 5 adjacent to the lower surface of an elongated counter (not shown), and an elongated spiral butt feeding body 2 and a bowl-shaped body 3 are arranged on the lower surface side of the template 1. Has been. A number of gaming machines 19 are juxtaposed above the template 1, and for each gaming machine 19, a counter (not shown) and a butterfly drop hole 26 are formed in the template 1.

An ashtray (not shown) is installed in the butt drop hole of the counter, and the bottom of the ashtray is formed in a sawtooth shape. An openable and closable lid (not shown) is provided on the upper surface of the ashtray. The counter may be integrated with the template.
One or more, preferably a large number of positions of the middle part of the butterfly feeder 2 are pivotally supported by the intermediate bearing 6, one end of the butterfly feeder 2 is pivotally supported by the end bearing 11, and the other end is connected via a joint 18. To the output shaft of the motor 12. The motor 12 is fixed to the template 1 via the bracket 28. The flange portions 14 of the plurality of intermediate bearings 6 are fixed to the lower surface of the template 1. Similarly, the end bearing 11 is also fixed to the template 1 by its flange portion.

A casing 15 is installed at one end (or the other end) of the butt feeding body 2, and a butt collection box 16 is removably inserted into the casing 15.
Then, in the case of FIG. 5, the butt that has dropped from the butt drop hole 26 is conveyed from the right to the left by the butt feeder 2 and falls into the butt collection box 16. A water tank (not shown) is provided in the butt collection box 16 to extinguish the butt. Then, the butt collection box 16 is pulled out as appropriate, and the inner butt is discharged.

Here, the feature of the present invention is the existence of a large number of elements 5 constituting the cigarette feeder 2, a large number of drive shafts 4 and a plurality of intermediate bearings 6. The element 5 is made of an injection-molded body of heat resistant resin, and the element 5 is integrally formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion 8. The element 5 is formed in the range of 270 degrees on the outer periphery of the shaft portion 8. Further, a pin hole 21 is formed in the shaft portion 8 in advance. Such an element 5 can be easily molded by using an injection mold that opens in the axial direction of the shaft portion 8. The pin hole 21 is formed simultaneously with injection molding by various known methods.
A square insertion hole 7 is formed on the axis of the shaft portion 8 of the element 5, and each inner surface thereof is formed in parallel with one of the mutually perpendicular edges 9 a of the spiral wing portion 9.

Next, the drive shaft 4 is composed of a first shaft 4a and a second shaft 4b. The length of the first shaft 4a is a cylinder that is an integral multiple of the length of the shaft portion 8 of the element 5, and the second shaft 4b. Is sufficiently shorter than the length of the element 5. The outer periphery of the first shaft 4a is aligned with the insertion hole 7 of the element 5, and the inner periphery thereof is aligned with the outer periphery of the second shaft 4b.
Next, the washer 20 having the square hole 23 aligned with the outer periphery of the second shaft 4b and the collar 10 are inserted. The outer periphery of the collar 10 is aligned with the shaft hole 6 a of the intermediate bearing 6. The intermediate bearing 6 has a flange portion 14 at the upper end, and bolt insertion holes 13 are formed at both ends of the flange portion 14. The intermediate bearing 6 is also made of an injection molded body of a heat resistant resin material. The shaft hole 6a is made of a metal insert collar 24 fitting body.

(Assembly procedure of butterfly feeder 2)
Next, the procedure for assembling the butterfly feeder 2 will be described. As an example, the length of the first shaft 4a can be an integral multiple of the length of the shaft portion 8 of the element 5, and the second shaft 4b can be less than or equal to the length of the shaft portion 8 of the element 5. . Therefore, first, a plurality of elements 5 are fitted to each first shaft 4a from the axial direction. At this time, the seams of the respective elements 5 are inserted while being sequentially shifted about the axis by 90 degrees so that the spiral wings 9 are continuous with each other. Next, the rectangular hole 23 of the collar 10 is inserted through the second shaft 4b, and the shaft hole 6a of the intermediate bearing 6 is inserted through the outer periphery thereof so that the washers 20 are positioned on both sides of the collar 10. Then, both end portions of the second shaft 4b are inserted into the end portions of the first shafts 4a, and a pin hole 21 is drilled in the first shaft 4a by a drill or the like, and a pin 22 made of a split pin is inserted therethrough as an example. Stop. A thin rivet or the like can be used instead of the pin 22. Furthermore, you may fix between them by adhesion | attachment.

  The intermediate bearing 6 may be provided at appropriate intervals of the butterfly feeder 2, and in other parts, only the second shaft 4b is used without using the intermediate bearing 6, the collar 10, and the washer 20. The shafts 4a may be connected to each other. In FIG. 5, the second shaft 4 b is inserted into the left end of the butt feed body 2, and a washer 20 and a collar 10 are fitted thereto. Then, the left end of the cigarette feeder 2 is supported by the end bearing 11 through the collar 10. Further, the shaft portion of the joint 18 having a shaft aligned with the rectangular hole is inserted into the right end of the butt feed body 2. Then, the joint 18 attached to the output shaft of the motor 12 and the joint 18 of the butterfly feeder 2 are connected.

Next, the hook-shaped body 3 is detachably fitted on the outer periphery of the butt feeding body 2. The inner peripheral surface of the bowl-shaped body 3 is close to the spiral wing portion 9 of each element 5.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the intermediate bearing 6 preferably uses a flange portion 14 provided with an arc-shaped notch 25. The notch 25 is equal to the radius from the center of the shaft hole 6a of the intermediate bearing 6. By providing the notch 25 in the flange portion 14 in this way, the lower side protrusion amount of the apparatus can be reduced with the lowest position of the element 5 being further upward.

  In the cigarette butt processing apparatus assembled in this way, each intermediate bearing 6 has a portion where the element 5 does not exist by the width. As an example, the thickness of the intermediate bearing 6 can be about 5 to 10 mm. As a result, the butt is retained below the intermediate bearing 6 by the width. However, the sucking shells sent one after another cause no problem because the lower butting shell of the intermediate bearing 6 in FIG. 5 is pushed by the upstream sucking shell and moves to the left. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, both sides of the intermediate bearing 6 of the cigarette feeder 2 are inserted into the first shaft 4a so that the edges 9a of the elements 5 located on both sides thereof are separated from each other by 90 degrees. Thereby, it can prevent that a cigarette butt is pinched | interposed between the both edges 9a of a pair of element 5 which opposes.

(Modification)
In the above example, the first shaft 4a and the second shaft 4b of the drive shaft 4, the insertion hole 7 of the element 5, the collar 10 and the rectangular hole 23 of the washer 20 are each formed in a square, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, they may be other regular polygons or non-circular.
Moreover, although the 1st axis | shaft 4a was formed in the cylinder shape over the full length, it is not restricted to it, You may make only the both ends into a cylinder shape. Further, the second shaft 4b has a square cross section over its entire length, but its intermediate position can be formed in a stepped circle and its outer shape can be the same as the collar 10. In this case, the new color 10 becomes unnecessary.

  The element 5 is preferably formed of a heat-resistant resin material, but can be replaced with an aluminum die-cast or other metal mold. Similarly, the intermediate bearing 6 can be made of an aluminum material or the like.

The principal part disassembled perspective view of the cigarette butt processing apparatus of this invention. The front view of the element 5 used for the apparatus. The same side view. The principal part front view which shows the assembly state of the apparatus.

The partially broken front view which shows the whole apparatus. The side view which shows the other example of the intermediate bearing 6 used for the apparatus. The axial cross-sectional view of the intermediate bearing 6 used for the apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Template 2 Butt shell feed body 3 Rod-shaped body 4 Drive shaft
4a Axis 1
4b 2nd axis 5 element

6 Intermediate bearing
6a Shaft hole 7 Insertion hole 8 Shaft 9 Spiral wing
9a rim
10 colors
11 End bearing
12 Motor

13 Bolt insertion hole
14 Flange
15 casing
16 Butt collection box
17 Toride
18 Fitting
19 Pachislot machines
20 Washer
21 pin hole

22 pin
23 Square hole
24 insert color
25 Notch
26 Butt butt hole
27 floors
28 Bracket
29 joints
30 Motor cover

Claims (5)

The butterfly drop hole is arranged on the lower surface side of the elongated template (1) that is spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction and is rotated around the axis, and the outer circumference of the outer periphery is covered with the outer periphery. In a cigarette butt treatment device of a gaming machine comprising a hook-like body (3) to be fitted,
The butterfly feeder (2) includes a drive shaft (4), a plurality of elements (5) fitted in series in the axial direction on the outer periphery thereof, and an intermediate bearing (between the elements (5)). 6)
The element (5) has a spiral wing (9) projecting from the outer periphery of a shaft (8) having an insertion hole (7) on the axis,
The cigarette butt processing apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the intermediate bearing (6) is fixed to the template (1) and pivotally supports an intermediate outer periphery of the drive shaft (4). In claim 1,
The drive shaft (4) has two or more first shafts (4a) each having a non-circular outer periphery in cross section and a cylindrical portion whose inner periphery is at least an end, and at least the outer periphery of both ends. Has a second shaft (4b) aligned with the inner periphery of the cylindrical portion of the first shaft (4a),
The insertion hole (7) of the element (5) is aligned with the outer periphery of the first shaft (4a),
Both ends of the second shaft (4b) are fitted to the ends of the pair of first shafts (4a) to connect the pair of first shafts (4a), and the intermediate bearing (6) A cigarette butt treatment apparatus for a gaming machine that pivotally supports an intermediate portion of the second shaft (4b) through or without the collar (10). In claim 2,
A cigarette butt treatment apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the outer circumferences of the first shaft (4a) and the second shaft (4b) are regular polygons. In claim 3,
A cigarette butt processing apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the first shaft (4a) and the second shaft (4b) have a square cross section. In claim 4,
The element (5) is composed of a resin molded body or a metal mold, and the cigarette butt treatment device for a gaming machine in which the spiral wing portion (9) is formed in the circumferential direction on the outer periphery of the shaft portion (8) by 270 degrees. .

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