Ball discharging device and fetching machine with same

Abstract

The invention provides a ball outlet device and a fetching machine with the ball outlet device, the ball outlet device is used for generating a random rolling path after a ball falls in so as to present a random ball outlet result, the ball outlet device preferably comprises a guide-in disc and a disc group, the bottom end of the guide-in disc is provided with a main ball falling port and at least one auxiliary ball falling port, and the disc group is provided with a main ball falling port and at least one auxiliary ball falling port. The disc group is provided with a plurality of upper disc ball falling ports, at least one lower disc ball falling port and a ball outlet ball falling port, when the balls fall into the upper disc ball falling ports and do not fall out of the lower disc ball falling ports, the balls can be guided to the ball outlet ball falling port to be discharged, and the ball discharging rate which changes randomly is generated through the disc group; in addition, the guide-in disc is arranged in a matched mode, a complex and changeable random rolling path can be presented, the ball outlet process of the ball has richer changes, and the object taking machine with the ball outlet device has a better entertainment effect.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention provides a technology related to a retrieval machine, which is suitable for spherical objects. Background Art

[0002] The claw machine, also known as the claw machine, mainly provides users with different sensory stimulation and expectations through different retrieval processes and difficulty levels, or different item values, thereby increasing the entertainment effect in the retrieval process.

[0003] Most of the picking machines are mainly composed of a housing with a transparent window and a storage space. A movable crane and a picking claw are set on the top of the storage space, so that the user can operate the crane and the picking claw so that the items to be picked up have the opportunity to be moved to the picking outlet in the storage space, thereby completing the picking effect. During the operation, in addition to the user's operating skills and proficiency, the entertainment effect of probability and luck is also involved. Summary of the invention

[0004] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a ball dispensing device to provide a richer entertainment effect when taking objects. To achieve the above purpose, the ball dispensing device of the present invention is provided for a ball to fall into and generate a random rolling path to present a random ball dispensing result, which comprises: a disc set, having an upper circular hole disc, a lower circular hole disc and a lower guide cover, and the upper circular hole disc is provided with a plurality of upper disc ball drop openings, the lower circular hole disc is arranged below the upper circular hole disc and the spacing is greater than the diameter of the ball, and the lower circular hole disc is provided with at least one lower disc ball drop opening, the number of the lower disc ball drop openings is less than the upper disc ball drop opening, and the lower disc ball drop opening is located directly below the upper disc ball drop opening, the lower guide cover surrounds the periphery of the lower circular hole disc, and the lower guide cover is provided with a guide groove, the setting height of the guide groove is lower than the lower circular hole disc, and the bottom end of the guide groove is provided with a ball dispensing drop opening.

[0005] In one embodiment, the disc assembly includes an upper guide cover, which surrounds the periphery of the upper circular hole disc and is hollowed out in the center so as not to cover the plurality of upper disc ball drop openings, thereby preventing the ball from falling outward from the edge of the upper circular hole disc.

[0006] In one embodiment, the inner edge of the upper guide cover is higher than the upper circular hole plate, thereby preventing the ball from falling outward from the edge of the upper circular hole plate and limiting the rolling range within the upper guide cover.

[0007] In one embodiment, the ball ejector further comprises a motor, the upper circular hole plate and the lower circular hole plate are fixed to each other, and the rotating shaft of the motor is connected to the lower circular hole plate to drive the upper circular hole plate and the lower circular hole plate to rotate.

[0008] In one embodiment, the ball outlet further includes an introduction plate having an inclined surface, a main ball drop port and at least one auxiliary ball drop port are provided at the bottom end of the introduction plate corresponding to the inclined surface, and the upper circular hole plate is located below the main ball drop port.

[0009] In one embodiment, the introduction plate has a plurality of needle bars, which are arranged on the inclined surface, and the minimum spacing between each needle bar of the plurality of needle bars is greater than the diameter of the sphere. The inclined surface has a needle-free area near the upper end for the sphere to fall into.

[0010] In one embodiment, the introduction plate is provided with a side guide sliding surface corresponding to the main ball drop port, and the end of the side guide sliding surface points to the edge of the upper circular hole plate, so that the ball rolls along the edge of the upper circular hole plate after falling out of the main ball drop port.

[0011] In one embodiment, the introduction tray includes a first shield, which covers a position above the main ball drop port without hindering the rolling of the ball, thereby preventing the ball from falling out of the introduction tray due to bouncing and stably falling into the main ball drop port.

[0012] In one embodiment, the introduction tray includes at least one second shield, which covers a position above the secondary ball drop port without hindering the rolling of the ball, thereby preventing the ball from falling out of the introduction tray due to bouncing and stably falling into the secondary ball drop port.

[0013] In one embodiment, the ball outlet has a ball outlet guide. Since the ball outlet is the exit for successfully taking objects, setting a ball outlet guide at the ball outlet can ensure the ball outlet trajectory from the ball outlet and guide the ball to the most appropriate position.

[0014] Another object of the present invention is to provide a retrieval machine that provides a richer entertainment effect when retrieving objects. To achieve this object, the present invention sets the aforementioned ball discharger in the retrieval machine. The retrieval machine includes a housing, the housing has a accommodating space, the accommodating space has an object drop-out port, the ball discharger is located in the accommodating space, and the ball drop-out port is located above the object drop-out port, so that the ball finally discharged from the ball drop-out port falls into the object drop-out port, allowing the user to successfully retrieve the object.

[0015] Beneficial Effects

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the ball ejector provided by the present invention can provide a richer rolling path for ball objects and increase the entertainment of success or failure in picking up objects; and through the random rolling of the ball on the introduction plate and the disc group, the operation of the ball ejector not only relies on the friction between the ball and the disc group and the centrifugal force of the rolling inertia of the ball to increase the entertainment when ejecting the ball, but can also further use the setting of the motor to make the lower circular hole disc drive the upper circular hole disc to rotate, thereby making the entertainment when ejecting the ball richer. Furthermore, the ball ejector of the present invention is easy to manufacture in a modular manner, and is also easy to be directly installed in the object picking machine for use, or can be modified in the old object picking machine for implementation, which not only makes the entertainment effect richer, but also reduces the manufacturing and modification costs of the industry. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 The figure is a three-dimensional appearance diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 2 The figure is a three-dimensional appearance diagram of a ball ejector of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 The figure is a three-dimensional exploded view of a ball ejector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 4 The figure is a partial exploded view of the introduction plate of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 5 The figure is a schematic diagram of a ball ejection failure path of a ball ejector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 6 The figure is a schematic diagram of a successful ball ejection path of a ball ejector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0023] In the figure:

[0024] 10: Pick-up machine

[0025] 11: Casing

[0026] 12: Accommodation space

[0027] 13: Overhead Crane

[0028] 14: Pick-up Claw

[0029] 15: Storage platform

[0030] 16: Take the object out of the exit

[0031] 20: sphere

[0032] 30: Ball dispenser

[0033] 31: Import disk

[0034] 311: Inclined surface

[0035] 312: Needle bar

[0036] 313: Needle-free zone

[0037] 314: Main ball drop port

[0038] 314a: Lateral guide sliding surface

[0039] 315: Secondary ball drop port

[0040] 316: First Shield

[0041] 317: Second Shield

[0042] 32: Disc Group

[0043] 321: Upper round hole plate

[0044] 321a: Upper ball drop point

[0045] 322: Lower round hole plate

[0046] 322a: Lower ball drop port

[0047] 323: Upper hood

[0048] 323a: Inner edge

[0049] 324: Lower hood

[0050] 324a: Guide groove

[0051] 324b: ball outlet

[0052] 324c: ball guide

[0053] 325: Extension bracket

[0054] 33: Base

[0055] 331: Introducing disk support

[0056] 332: Disc group support

[0057] 333: Slide

[0058] 34: Motor

[0059] 341: Axis. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0060] See also Figure 1As shown, the object-retrieving machine 10 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a housing 11, the housing 11 has a receiving space 12, a trolley 13 and an object-retrieving claw 14 are arranged in the receiving space 12, a storage platform 15 is arranged on one side below the receiving space 12 for placing a plurality of balls 20, and an object-retrieving outlet 16 is arranged on the other side below the receiving space 12. The ball ejector 30 is arranged in the receiving space 12, adjacent to the storage platform 15, and one side of the ball ejector 30 is close to the object-retrieving outlet 16.

[0061] See also Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown in the figure, the ball ejector 30 includes an introduction plate 31, a disc group 32, a base 33 and a motor 34. The introduction plate 31 has an inclined surface 311 and a plurality of needle bars 312. The plurality of needle bars 312 are arranged on the inclined surface 311, and the minimum spacing between each needle bar 312 of the plurality of needle bars 312 is greater than the diameter of the ball 20. The inclined surface 311 has a needle bar-free area 313 near the upper end for the ball 20 to fall into. The introduction plate 31 is provided with a main ball drop port 314 and at least one auxiliary ball drop port 315 at the bottom end corresponding to the inclined surface 311. The main ball drop port 314 of this embodiment is located at the central position of the bottom end of the introduction plate 31, and two auxiliary ball drop ports 315 are provided, which are respectively located on both sides of the bottom end of the introduction plate 31.

[0062] In this embodiment, the introduction plate 31 includes a first shield 316 and two second shields 317. The first shield 316 covers a position above the main ball drop port 314 without hindering the rolling of the ball 20, thereby preventing the ball 20 from falling out of the introduction plate 31 due to bouncing and stably falling into the main ball drop port 314; the second shield 317 covers a position above the secondary ball drop port 315 without hindering the rolling of the ball 20, thereby preventing the ball 20 from falling out of the introduction plate 31 due to bouncing and stably falling into the secondary ball drop port 315.

[0063] The disc group 32 has an upper circular hole disc 321, a lower circular hole disc 322, an upper guide cover 323 and a lower guide cover 324. The upper circular hole disc 321 is located below the main ball drop hole 314, and the upper circular hole disc 321 is provided with a plurality of upper plate ball drop holes 321a. The lower circular hole disc 322 is arranged below the upper circular hole disc 321 and the spacing is greater than the diameter of the sphere 20. The lower circular hole disc 322 is provided with at least one lower plate ball drop hole 322a. The number of the lower plate ball drop holes 322a is less than that of the upper plate ball drop holes 321a. In this embodiment, the number of the upper plate ball drop holes 321a is 6, and the number of the lower plate ball drop holes 322a is 4. The lower plate ball drop holes 322a are located directly below the upper plate ball drop holes 321a, so there are lower plate ball drop holes 322a below four upper plate ball drop holes 321a.

[0064] The upper guide cover 323 surrounds the periphery of the upper circular hole plate 321, and the center of the upper guide cover 323 is hollowed out so as not to cover the plurality of upper plate ball drop holes 321a, thereby preventing the ball 20 from falling outward from the edge of the upper circular hole plate 321. Secondly, the inner edge 323a of the upper guide cover 323 is higher than the upper circular hole plate 321, thereby preventing the ball 20 from falling outward from the edge of the upper circular hole plate 321 and the rolling range can be limited within the upper guide cover 323. Please also refer to Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the introduction plate 31 of the present embodiment is provided with a side guide sliding surface 314a corresponding to the main ball dropping port 314, and the side guide sliding surface 314a is arranged inside the first shield 316, and the end of the side guide sliding surface 314a points to the inner edge 323a, so that the ball 20 rolls along the inner edge 323a on the edge of the upper circular hole plate 321 after falling out of the main ball dropping port 314, and after the ball 20 is naturally lowered, it can randomly fall into any upper plate ball dropping port 321a.

[0065] The upper circular hole plate 321 and the lower circular hole plate 322 are fixed to each other, and the rotating shaft 341 of the motor 34 is connected to the lower circular hole plate 322 to drive the upper circular hole plate 321 and the lower circular hole plate 322 to rotate.

[0066] The lower guide cover 324 surrounds the lower circular hole plate 322, and the lower guide cover 324 is provided with a guide groove 324a. The setting height of the guide groove 324a is lower than the lower circular hole plate 322, and the guide groove 324a is inclined. The bottom end of the guide groove 324a is provided with a ball outlet 324b. During implementation, the ball outlet 324b can be provided with a ball outlet guide 324c. The ball outlet guide 324c shown in this embodiment is in the shape of a sleeve and is used to adjust the best drop position of the ball. In this embodiment, the ball outlet 324b is located above the object drop outlet 16 (such as Figure 1 ), the ball 20 dropped from the ball outlet 324b can stably fall into the object drop outlet 16 by cooperating with the ball outlet guide 324c.

[0067] The base 33 has an introduction disk support portion 331 and a disk assembly support portion 332. The introduction disk support portion 331 is used to mount and fix the introduction disk 31, and the disk assembly support portion 332 is used to mount and fix the disk assembly 32 to keep the upper circular hole disk 321 located below the main ball drop port 314, so as to facilitate the assembly and positioning of the introduction disk 31 and the disk assembly 32, and to facilitate the separate disassembly and maintenance of the introduction disk 31 and the disk assembly 32. An extended fixing seat 325 is provided below the disk assembly 32 disclosed in this embodiment. The extended fixing seat 325 is used to fix the disk assembly 32 at an appropriate position on the disk assembly support portion 332. In actual implementation, the disk assembly support portion 332 and the extended fixing seat 325 can change their shape or appearance according to the actual use environment; secondly, in implementation, the motor 34 can be concealed in the extended fixing seat 325 to protect the motor 34 and obtain a more beautiful appearance.

[0068] The base 33 has a slide 333, which is located below the auxiliary ball drop hole 315 and the lower plate ball drop hole 322a, so that the ball 20 dropped from the auxiliary ball drop hole 315 and the lower plate ball drop hole 322a can be guided to a suitable position along the slide 333, for example, so that the ball 20 rolls back to the Figure 1 Shown is a storage platform 15.

[0069] See also Figure 5 As shown in the figure, when the ball 20 falls into the disc set 32, if there is a lower disc ball drop hole 322a below the upper disc ball drop hole 321a into which the ball 20 falls, the ball 20 has a chance to pass through the lower disc ball drop hole 322a and directly fall into the slide 333 and be guided to roll toward the storage platform 15 (such as Figure 1 ), showing the result of the ball failing.

[0070] See also Figure 6 As shown in the figure, when the ball 20 falls into the disc set 32, if there is no lower disc ball drop hole 322a below the upper disc ball drop hole 321a into which the ball 20 falls, the ball 20 has a chance to roll into the lower guide cover 324 next to it, and roll into the ball outlet drop hole 324b along the guide groove 324a, and then fall toward the object drop hole 16 along the ball outlet guide 324c to complete the ball outlet (such as Figure 1 ), showing the result of the ball's success.

[0071] As described in the above figures, by combining the introduction plate 31 and the disc group 32, when the ball 20 passes through the introduction plate 31, only the ball 20 that falls into the main ball drop port 314 can enter the disc group 32, and the ball 20 that enters the disc group 32 from the main ball drop port 314 must fall into the upper plate ball drop port 321a and not fall out from the lower plate ball drop port 322a before being guided to the ball outlet drop port 324b to complete the ball outlet, while the ball 20 that directly falls out from the auxiliary ball drop port 315 and the lower plate ball drop port 322a will fail to be discharged and will be recovered, thereby providing a complex and varied random rolling path for the ball 20, so that the ball outlet process has richer changes and more entertaining effects.

[0072] The above description is only used to illustrate the preferred implementation mode of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of implementation. All simple replacements and equivalent changes made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are within the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Claims

1. A ball dispenser, characterized in that: The ball ejector is used for generating a random rolling path after a ball falls into the device to present a random ball ejection result, and includes: A disc group comprises an upper disc with a circular hole, a lower disc with a circular hole and a lower guide cover, wherein the upper disc with a circular hole is provided with a plurality of upper disc ball-dropping openings, the lower disc with a circular hole is arranged below the upper disc with a spacing greater than the diameter of the sphere, and the lower disc with a circular hole is provided with at least one lower disc ball-dropping opening, the number of the lower disc ball-dropping openings is less than that of the upper disc ball-dropping opening, and the lower disc ball-dropping opening is located directly below the upper disc ball-dropping opening, the lower guide cover surrounds the periphery of the lower disc with a circular hole, and the lower guide cover is provided with a guide groove, the guide groove is arranged at a height lower than the lower disc with a circular hole, and a ball outlet and ball drop opening is provided at the bottom end of the guide groove.

2. A ball dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that: The disc assembly comprises an upper guide cover, which surrounds the periphery of the upper circular hole disc, and the center of the upper guide cover is hollowed out so as not to cover the plurality of upper disc ball-dropping openings.

3. A ball dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that: The inner edge of the upper guide cover is higher than the upper circular hole plate.

4. A ball dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that: It further comprises a motor, the upper circular hole plate and the lower circular hole plate are fixed to each other, and the rotating shaft of the motor is connected to the lower circular hole plate to drive the upper circular hole plate and the lower circular hole plate to rotate.

5. A ball dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: It further comprises an introduction plate, which has an inclined surface. A main ball drop opening and at least one auxiliary ball drop opening are arranged at the bottom of the introduction plate corresponding to the inclined surface, and the upper circular hole plate is located below the main ball drop opening.

6. A ball dispenser according to claim 5, characterized in that: The introduction plate has a plurality of needle bars, which are arranged on the inclined surface, and the minimum spacing between each needle bar of the plurality of needle bars is greater than the diameter of the sphere. The inclined surface has a needle-free area near the upper end for the sphere to fall into.

7. A ball dispenser according to claim 5, characterized in that: The introduction plate is provided with a side guide sliding surface corresponding to the main ball drop port, and the end of the side guide sliding surface points to the edge of the upper circular hole plate.

8. The ball dispenser according to claim 5, characterized in that: The introduction plate includes a first shield, which covers a position above the main ball drop port and does not hinder the rolling of the ball.

9. A ball dispenser according to claim 5, characterized in that: The introduction plate includes at least one second shield, and the second shield covers a position above the auxiliary ball drop port that does not hinder the rolling of the ball.

10. A retrieval machine, characterized in that: A ball ejector according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the ejector comprising a casing, the casing having a accommodating space, the accommodating space having an ejection outlet, the ball ejector being located in the accommodating space, and the ball ejection outlet being located above the ejection outlet.

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