Slope tile lifting mahjong machine and tile feeding method thereof

Abstract

The invention discloses a slope tile lifting mahjong machine and a tile feeding method thereof. The tile feeding method comprises the following steps: (1) descending a slope tile lifting support plate to present a dealing sequence; (2) judging whether the dealing sequence completely climbs on a panel or not, and if so, pausing to present a card touching sequence; (3) judging whether the dealing sequence is taken away or not, and if so, entering the next step; and (4) judging whether the tile-touching sequence completely climbs on the slope tile-lifting supporting plate or not, if not, continuing to present the tile-touching sequence, and if so, lifting the slope tile-lifting supporting plate. According to the invention, an included angle is formed between the slope tile lifting support plate and the panel when the slope tile lifting support plate descends, so that the mahjong tiles on the panel are naturally separated from the mahjong tiles retained on the slope tile lifting support plate; in this way, the slope card lifting supporting plate can be directly used for achieving multi-time presentation of the card dealing sequence and the card touching sequence in the one-time descending and ascending process, the card feeding process is simple, convenient and efficient, and the user experience feeling is good; abrasion to the tile feeding mechanism is greatly reduced, and the manufacturing cost and the maintenance cost are greatly reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of mahjong machines, and in particular relates to a slope-raising mahjong machine and a card loading method thereof. Background Art

[0002] Traditional mahjong machines are generally equipped with four slots for raising the cards (commonly known as four-slot machines). Therefore, when raising the cards, all mahjong tiles are usually sent to the table at once, and then the players grab the mahjong tiles needed for the opening game. The time players have to wait for the cards is relatively long. Although eight-slot machines have appeared later, which can separately send the mahjong tiles for the opening game (dealing sequence) and the mahjong tiles needed for drawing cards during the game (drawing sequence) to the table, the internal structure of the eight-slot machine is relatively complex and the cost is relatively high.

[0003] In order to realize the function of an eight-mouth machine in a four-mouth machine, a Chinese invention patent with publication number CN111318007A discloses a mahjong machine and a card-loading method thereof, the card-loading method including two card-loading steps. Specifically, when loading cards for the first time, the player sends a card-loading signal, the movable end of the card-lifting support plate descends to connect with the card outlet of the card storage slot, the card-loading pusher pushes the M piles of mahjong tiles in the card storage slot onto the card-lifting support plate, the card-lifting support plate rises to be flush with the mahjong machine tabletop, the player takes the M piles of mahjong tiles on the card-lifting support plate to the mahjong machine tabletop, and the first card-loading is completed; when loading cards for the second time, the movable end of the card-lifting support plate descends again to connect with the card outlet of the card storage slot, the card-loading pusher pushes the N piles of mahjong tiles in the card storage slot onto the card-lifting support plate, the card-lifting support plate rises again to be flush with the mahjong machine tabletop, and the second card-loading is completed.

[0004] The disadvantages of this card-loading method are that the card-lifting support plate needs to be lowered and raised twice, which not only delays the card-loading time, but also doubles the wear on the driving structure that drives the card-lifting support plate, shortening its service life; a flap that can be opened from bottom to top needs to be provided above the card outlet of the card storage slot, only in this way can it be ensured that when the cards are loaded for the first time, the mahjong tiles on the edge of the card-lifting support plate can lift the flap, and after the card-lifting support plate is flush with the mahjong machine table top, the flap returns to its position, thus avoiding a large gap between the card-lifting support plate and the mahjong machine table top or the mahjong tiles on the edge colliding with the mahjong machine table top; however, the provision of the flap also increases the production cost of the mahjong machine, and the torsion spring that drives the flap to return to its position will also become loose after long-term use, resulting in problems such as the flap not being able to return to its position completely and the mahjong machine table top being uneven. Summary of the invention

[0005] The invention aims to provide a slope-lifting mahjong machine and a method for loading mahjong cards. The method for loading mahjong cards is simple, efficient, less wear and tear on equipment, and low cost.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned object of the invention, the technical solution of the present invention is as follows:

[0007] A method for loading cards on a ramp-up mahjong machine comprises the following steps:

[0008] (1) lowering the ramp card raising support plate to present the card dealing sequence;

[0009] (2) determining whether the card dealing sequence has been completely mounted on the panel, and if so, causing the ramp card raising support plate to suspend presenting the card drawing sequence;

[0010] (3) Determine whether the card dealing sequence has been taken away, if so, proceed to the next step;

[0011] (4) Determine whether all the card-drawing sequences have been placed on the ramp-lifting pallet. If not, the ramp-lifting pallet continues to present the card-drawing sequence. If so, the ramp-lifting pallet rises.

[0012] The present invention finds that when the inclined card raising support plate descends, an angle is formed with the panel, thereby naturally separating the mahjong tiles on the panel from the mahjong tiles remaining on the inclined card raising support plate; in this way, the inclined card raising support plate can be directly used to realize the sequential presentation of the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence. That is, when the mahjong machine confirms that the dealing sequence has all been mounted on the panel, the mahjong machine will suspend the operation of all card loading mechanisms to prevent the card drawing sequence from being mounted on the panel; at this time, the player can conveniently take out the dealing sequence from the gap between the dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence, and when the mahjong machine confirms that the dealing sequence has been taken away, the card loading mechanism will be restarted, and the inclined card lifting support plate will continue to present the card drawing sequence; in this way, without modifying the internal structure of the mahjong machine too much, the inclined card lifting support plate can realize the multiple presentation of the dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence in one descending and ascending process, the card loading process is simple and efficient, and the user experience is good; and the wear of various components of the card loading mechanism (especially the inclined card lifting support plate hinged to the main frame) is greatly reduced, and both the manufacturing cost and the maintenance cost are greatly reduced.

[0013] In the present invention, the dealing sequence can be a single-layer mahjong tile, or a double-layer or triple-layer tile pile; the drawing sequence is generally a double-layer or triple-layer tile pile.

[0014] The presentation of mahjong tiles by the inclined card-raising tray and the pushing of mahjong tiles by the card-pushing head are synchronized. Therefore, in step (1), the presentation of the dealing sequence by the inclined card-raising tray is achieved by placing the card-pushing head at the end of the dealing sequence and the card-drawing sequence, and pushing the dealing sequence and the card-pushing sequence together onto the inclined card-raising tray.

[0015] In this way, the card pushing head will not occupy the original card storage space in the card storage slot, and the mahjong machine has two playing methods: the first method is that the card pushing head pushes all the card piles onto the panel and the sloped card lifting support plate at one time (that is, the traditional four-mouth machine playing method); the second method is that the card dealing sequence is first put on and then the card drawing sequence is put on as described in the present invention; players can choose any one playing method, and the mahjong machine has a wider audience.

[0016] Similarly, in step (2), the card pushing head is suspended to achieve the suspension of the presentation of the card drawing sequence by the ramp card lifting support plate.

[0017] Preferably, in step (2) and step (3), a card dealing sequence storage area adjacent to the inclined card lifting support plate is provided on the panel, and a first sensing module is installed in the card dealing sequence storage area to monitor whether all card dealing sequences have been mounted on the panel and whether the card dealing sequence has been taken away.

[0018] Affected by the size of mahjong tiles, when the dealing sequence is on the board, the drawing sequence has two states:

[0019] First, the size of mahjong tiles is relatively small, and when the dealing sequence is mounted on the panel, the described drawing sequence has all been mounted on the inclined card lifting support plate;

[0020] At this time, step (4) also includes: starting the card pushing head again and returning to the origin to wait for the next card pushing.

[0021] Second, the size of mahjong tiles is relatively large. When the dealing sequence is mounted on the panel, the drawing sequence has not yet been fully mounted on the ramp lifting support plate;

[0022] At this time, step (4) starts the card pushing head again and continues to push the card drawing sequence to achieve the continued presentation of the card drawing sequence by the ramp lifting plate.

[0023] Preferably, in the above-mentioned card-loading method, in step (1) and step (3), the inclined card-lifting pallets of each party are driven by the same card-lifting driving unit to descend or ascend synchronously. This can save power and ensure that the four parties work synchronously, reducing fault nodes.

[0024] Preferably, the above-mentioned registration method further comprises:

[0025] The stacking and pushing machine heads are paused until all the remaining mahjong tiles in the shuffled plate are evenly hidden in the card feeding channels, and then the stacking and pushing machine heads are synchronously started again to stack at least the last tile pile of the card drawing sequence and push it into the card storage slot.

[0026] That is, when stacking the cards, the work of the card pile in front is carried out freely by each stacking and pushing machine head, but at least one of the last card piles (the number of card piles is determined by the number of mahjong tiles that can be hidden in the card feeding channel) requires the four stacking and pushing machine heads to carry out synchronously, so as to ensure that sufficient card piles are stored in each card storage slot at the same time, and ensure that the subsequent card loading operations are completely synchronized.

[0027] The present invention also provides a sloped card-raising mahjong machine, which adopts the above-mentioned card-raising method to load cards.

[0028] Preferably, the above-mentioned ramp-up mahjong machine comprises a main frame and a panel arranged on the top surface of the main frame, the panel is provided with a card outlet, a card dealing sequence storage area adjacent to the card outlet is formed on the panel, and at least one first sensing module is arranged in the card dealing sequence storage area to monitor whether the card dealing sequence is mounted on the panel and whether the card dealing sequence is taken away;

[0029] Each side of the main frame is provided with a card feeding assembly, a stacking and pushing machine head, a card pushing assembly and a card lifting assembly;

[0030] The card delivery assembly includes a card delivery channel, and a second sensing module is provided on the side wall of the card delivery channel to monitor whether the number of hidden cards reaches a preset value; the stacking and pushing machine head is located at the card outlet of the card delivery channel, and is used to stack mahjong tiles into piles and push them into the card storage slot one by one; the card pushing assembly includes a card pushing head, which is used to push the piles in the card storage slot onto the sloped card lifting support plate;

[0031] The brand-raising component comprises:

[0032] A sloped card-lifting support plate hinged at the card outlet;

[0033] The card lifting driving unit, the inclined card lifting pallets on the four sides of the panel are driven by the same card lifting driving unit and move synchronously;

[0034] Transmission units, which are arranged one by one with the ramp lifting plates, and all transmission units are linked with a ring-shaped linkage member;

[0035] The brand-raising drive unit is used to drive the annular linkage or at least one transmission unit to work;

[0036] The first sensing module, the second sensing module, the stacking and pushing machine head, the card pushing component and the card lifting component are all connected to the control module.

[0037] By arranging a second sensing module in the card delivery channel, it is possible to monitor whether a preset number of mahjong tiles are hidden in the card delivery channel. When the number of hidden tiles reaches a preset value, the control module simultaneously starts the stacking and pushing heads of all parties to stack and push at least one remaining tile pile into the card storage slot; then the control module simultaneously controls the decline of each sloped card lifting support plate, and each card pushing component synchronously pushes the tile pile forward, and the card dealing sequence at the front of the queue is the first to board the panel. When the first sensing module in the card dealing sequence storage area detects that the card dealing sequence has all boarded the panel, the control module suspends the card pushing component, and the player can now take the card dealing sequence in front of him (the sloped card lifting support plate remains in a descending state during this process); when the first sensing module detects that the card dealing sequence has been taken away, the control module starts the card pushing component again, and continues to push the card drawing sequence onto the sloped card lifting support plate, and finally the sloped card lifting support plate rises (if the card drawing sequence has all boarded the sloped card lifting support plate when the card dealing sequence is taken away, the control module directly drives the sloped card lifting support plate to rise).

[0038] Preferably, in the above-mentioned ramp-up mahjong machine, the first sensing module is a magnetic induction counter, which is used to detect the number of mahjong tiles or piles transferred from the ramp-up board to the panel;

[0039] At least one magnetic induction counter is located at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area close to the card outlet, corresponding to the position of the last card pile or the last mahjong tile in the card dealing sequence;

[0040] Alternatively, the first sensing module is a pressure sensor or a magnetic sensor, and the pressure sensor or the magnetic sensor is used to detect whether the first card pile or the first card in the card dealing sequence has reached the corresponding position;

[0041] At least one pressure sensor or magnetic sensor is located at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area away from the card outlet, corresponding to the position of the first card pile or the first card in the card dealing sequence;

[0042] The panel is provided with a through hole for accommodating the first sensing module, and a thin protective cover for protecting the sensing module is provided in the through hole; the top surface of the thin protective cover is flush with the top surface of the panel;

[0043] The length of the sloped card-lifting supporting plate is shortened so that the connecting position of the card dealing sequence storage area and the card outlet is closer to the panel center line or is located at the panel center line or exceeds the panel center line.

[0044] Among them, after the through-hole is set, the first sensing module is closer to the top surface of the panel and will not be blocked by the thick panel, so the monitoring sensitivity is higher.

[0045] In addition, the length of the sloped card-raising support plate in the present invention is shorter than that in the existing mahjong machine, which makes the position of the card-dealing sequence storage area move to the right, closer to the center line of the panel, so as to ensure that the card-dealing sequence is closer to the player and convenient to move; and when the length of the sloped card-raising support plate is shortened, the time required for the card-dealing sequence to reach the panel from the card storage slot is also shortened, leaving more time for the player to sort out the card-dealing sequence.

[0046] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows:

[0047] (1) The present invention finds that when the inclined card-raising plate descends, it forms an angle with the panel, thereby naturally separating the mahjong tiles on the panel from the mahjong tiles remaining on the inclined card-raising plate. In this way, the inclined card-raising plate can be directly used to realize the sequential presentation of the dealing sequence and the drawing sequence. That is, when the mahjong machine confirms that the dealing sequence has all been placed on the panel, the mahjong machine will suspend the operation of all card-loading mechanisms to prevent the drawing sequence from being placed on the panel. At this time, the player can conveniently take the dealing sequence from the gap between the dealing sequence and the drawing sequence. When the machine confirms that the card dealing sequence has been taken away, the card loading mechanism will be restarted and the inclined card lifting plate will continue to present the card drawing sequence. In this way, without modifying the internal structure of the mahjong machine too much, the inclined card lifting plate can realize the segmented presentation of the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence in one descent and ascent process. The card loading process is simple and efficient, and the user experience is good. In addition, the wear of various components of the card loading mechanism (especially the inclined card lifting plate hinged to the main frame) is greatly reduced, and both the manufacturing cost and the maintenance cost are greatly reduced.

[0048] (2) The present invention places the card pushing head at the end of the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence, so as to push the card dealing sequence and the card pushing head together onto the inclined card raising support plate; in this way, the card pushing head will not occupy the original card storage space in the card storage slot, and the mahjong machine has two playing methods: the first method is that the card pushing head pushes all the card piles onto the panel and the inclined card raising support plate at one time (i.e., the traditional four-mouth machine playing method); the second method is that the card dealing sequence is put on first and then the card drawing sequence as described in the present invention; players can choose any one playing method, and the mahjong machine has a wider audience.

[0049] (3) The present invention arranges a first sensing module in the card dealing sequence storage area of ​​the panel to simply and effectively monitor whether the card dealing sequence has been completely loaded onto the panel, with minimal changes to the mahjong machine mechanism.

[0050] (4) The present invention provides a through hole on the panel for accommodating the first sensing module. After the through hole is provided, the first sensing module is closer to the top surface of the panel and will not be blocked by the thick panel, thereby improving the monitoring sensitivity.

[0051] (5) The length of the ramp-up tray in the present invention is shorter than that in the existing mahjong machine, which makes the location of the card dealing sequence storage area move to the right, closer to the center line of the panel, so that the card dealing sequence can be closer to the player and easier to move. When the length of the ramp-up tray is shortened, the time required for the card dealing sequence to reach the panel from the card storage slot is also shortened, leaving more time for the player to sort out the card dealing sequence. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0052] Figure 1 It is a flow chart of a method for loading cards in a ramp-up mahjong machine of the present invention;

[0053] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the slope-rising mahjong machine of the present invention;

[0054] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the top view of the structure of the slope-raising mahjong machine of the present invention;

[0055] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of the slope-rising mahjong machine of the present invention;

[0056] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the slope-rising mahjong machine of the present invention from another viewing angle;

[0057] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the slope-rising mahjong machine of the present invention;

[0058] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of the card raising component in the slope card raising mahjong machine of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0059] The technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0060] Example 1

[0061] like Figure 1 As shown, the present embodiment provides a method for loading cards on a ramp-up mahjong machine, the method comprising the following steps:

[0062] (1) lowering the ramp card raising support plate to present the card dealing sequence;

[0063] Specifically, after the ramp card raising support plate is lowered, the card pushing head at the end of the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence pushes the card dealing sequence and the card pushing sequence together to the ramp card raising support plate (i.e., the presentation of the card dealing sequence by the ramp card raising support plate depends on the card pushing action of the card pushing head);

[0064] (2) determining whether the card dealing sequence has been completely mounted on the panel, and if so, causing the ramp card raising support plate to suspend presenting the card drawing sequence;

[0065] Since the card dealing sequence is in front of the card drawing sequence, if the card dealing sequence has been fully mounted on the panel, the card drawing sequence is currently being presented by the ramp card raising support plate. At this time, the card pushing head stops pushing cards, and the ramp card raising support plate stops presenting the card drawing sequence.

[0066] If the card dealing sequence has not been fully mounted on the panel, the card pushing head continues to push cards, and the ramp card raising support plate continues to present the card dealing sequence (or the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence) until the card dealing sequence is fully mounted on the panel;

[0067] A card dealing sequence storage area adjacent to the ramp card lifting support plate is arranged on the panel, and a first sensing module is installed in the card dealing sequence storage area to monitor whether all the card dealing sequences have been loaded onto the panel;

[0068] (3) Determine whether the card dealing sequence has been taken away. If so, Then proceed to the next step;

[0069] (4) Determine whether all the card-drawing sequences have been boarded on the ramp-lifting pallet. If not, the ramp-lifting pallet continues to present the card-drawing sequence. If so, the ramp-lifting pallet rises.

[0070] When all the cards in the dealing sequence are on the board, a gap is formed between the dealing sequence and the drawing sequence, and the player can take the dealing sequence from the gap; if the dealing sequence is not taken away, the ramp card raising support plate will continue to remain in the suspended presentation state;

[0071] If the card dealing sequence has been taken away, it is determined whether the card drawing sequence has all been put on the ramp card raising support plate. If not, the card pushing head is started to push cards again, and accordingly, the ramp card raising support plate continues to present the card drawing sequence until the card drawing sequence has all been put on the ramp card raising support plate. At this time, even if the ramp card raising support plate rises, the card pushing head returns to its original position to wait for the next card pushing; if so, the ramp card raising support plate is directly raised and the card pushing head returns to its original position;

[0072] Whether the card dealing sequence is taken away can also be monitored by the first sensing module, and the control module makes a judgment based on the monitoring result of the first sensing module.

[0073] Example 2

[0074] The method for loading cards on a sloped card-raising mahjong machine in this embodiment is basically the same as that in Embodiment 1, except that each sloped card-raising supporting plate is driven by the same card-raising driving unit to descend or ascend synchronously.

[0075] Example 3

[0076] The method for loading cards in a ramp-up mahjong machine in this embodiment is basically the same as that in the first embodiment, except that:

[0077] The method also includes the following steps: pausing each stacking and pushing machine head, and starting each stacking and pushing machine head synchronously again after all the remaining mahjong tiles in the shuffled plate are evenly hidden in each card feeding channel, stacking at least the last tile pile of the card drawing sequence and pushing it into the card storage slot.

[0078] That is, when stacking the cards, the work of the card pile in front is carried out freely by each stacking and pushing machine head, but at least one of the last card piles (the number of card piles is determined by the number of mahjong tiles that can be hidden in the card feeding channel) requires the four stacking and pushing machine heads to work synchronously to ensure that sufficient card piles are stored in each card storage slot at the same time, ensuring that subsequent card loading operations are completely synchronized.

[0079] Example 4

[0080] like Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 and Figure 5 As shown, the present embodiment is a sloped card-raising mahjong machine, comprising a main frame 1, a shuffling barrel 100 is formed in the center of the main frame 1, and a card-feeding component 2, a stacking and pushing machine head 3, a card-pushing component 4 and a card-raising component 5 are arranged on all four sides of the shuffling barrel 100, wherein the card-feeding component 2 is used to absorb mahjong cards from the shuffling barrel 100 and send them to the stacking and pushing machine head 3 through the card-feeding channel, the stacking and pushing machine head 3 is used to stack the mahjong cards into card piles and push them into the card storage slot 200 one by one, and after all the card piles are pushed into the card storage slot 200, the card-pushing component 4 pushes all the card piles together to the card-raising component 5.

[0081] like Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the card-raising component 5 includes a ramp-raising card-raising support plate 51 hinged to the main frame 1. In this embodiment, the ramp-raising card-raising support plates 51 on the four sides of the main frame 1 (only one side is shown in the figure) are driven by the same card-raising drive unit to synchronously descend and ascend. The implementation method is: an annular linkage 52 is installed on the main frame 1, and each ramp-raising card-raising support plate 51 is linked to the annular linkage 52 through a transmission unit. In this way, the card-raising drive unit can synchronously drive all the ramp-raising card-raising support plates 51 by driving the annular linkage 52 or at least one transmission unit to work.

[0082] This embodiment takes the example of the brand-raising drive unit directly driving the annular linkage member 52 for further explanation. Figure 6 and Figure 7 It can be seen that the brand-raising drive unit includes a circumferential driver (not shown in the figure), and a driving gear 53 is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the circumferential driver; and a second transmission rack 52a meshing with the driving gear 53 is provided on the annular linkage member 52. When the circumferential driver is working, the annular linkage member 52 will also rotate.

[0083] The transmission unit includes a swing member 54, the fixed end of which is hinged to the main frame 1 through an axis, and a transmission gear 55 is also provided at the fixed end of the swing member 54, and a first transmission rack 52b meshing with the transmission gear 55 is provided on the annular linkage member 52; when the card-raising drive unit drives the annular linkage member 52 to rotate, the free end of the swing member 54 will swing. The free end of the swing member 54 is provided with a card-raising bearing, and a card-raising curved groove 56 is formed at the bottom of the sloped card-raising support plate 51, and the card-raising bearing is inserted into the card-raising curved groove 56 to roll or slide with it; when the swing member 54 swings, the card-raising bearing will roll or slide along the card-raising curved groove 56, thereby driving the sloped card-raising support plate 51 to descend or ascend.

[0084] It can be seen that the swing amplitude of the swinging member 54 is not large, so the first transmission rack 52b and the second transmission rack 52a are not long. Accordingly, the driving gear 53 and the transmission gear 55 can be either complete gears or incomplete gears.

[0085] Meanwhile, the first transmission rack 52b and the second transmission rack 52a can be on the same plane of the annular linkage 52, or on different planes, depending on the layout of the internal structure of the main frame 1. In this embodiment, the output shaft of the circumferential drive is arranged above the card delivery assembly 2, and the transmission gear 55 cannot be too close to the ramp card lifting support plate 51, so the first transmission rack 52b and the transmission gear 55 are arranged lower, and the second transmission rack 52a and the driving gear 53 are arranged higher.

[0086] The top surface of the main frame 1 is provided with a panel 6, and four card outlets 61 are provided on the panel 6, and each ramp card raising support plate 51 is located at the corresponding card outlet 61. When the ramp card raising support plate 51 descends, the ramp card raising support plate 51 and the panel 6 are arranged at an angle; when the ramp card raising support plate 51 rises, it is kept flush with the top surface of the panel 6.

[0087] In this embodiment, the piles of tiles in the card storage slot 200 are not sent to the panel 6 at one time, but are divided into two times: the first is the dealing sequence, that is, the mahjong tiles required by the player when starting the game; the dealing sequence can be composed of piles of tiles or single-layer mahjong tiles; the second is the drawing sequence, that is, the mahjong tiles for the player to draw during the game, and the drawing sequence is usually composed of piles of tiles.

[0088] Therefore, by Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4 It can be seen that a card dealing sequence storage area 300 adjacent to the card outlet 61 is also formed on the panel 6. The card dealing sequence storage area 300 is used to store the card dealing sequence when the cards are dealt for the first time. When the cards are dealt for the second time, the card drawing sequence will also partially or completely occupy the card dealing sequence storage area 300 in most cases, but not necessarily.

[0089] At least one sensing module 7 is provided in the card dealing sequence storage area 300, and the sensing module 7 and the card raising component 5 and the card pushing component 4 are all connected to the control module. The function of the sensing module 7 is to monitor whether the card dealing sequence reaches the panel 6 when the cards are put on for the first time, and it does not work when the cards are put on for the second time. Since the ramp card raising support plate 51 is set at an angle with the panel 6 when it descends, the card dealing sequence on the ramp card raising support plate 51 cannot be detected by the sensing module 7; only when the card dealing sequence reaches the panel 6, it will be detected by the sensing module 7.

[0090] When the sensing module 7 detects that the card dealing sequence has left the sloped card raising board and reached the panel 6, it will send a signal to the control module. After receiving the signal, the control module will suspend the card pushing action of the card pushing component 4; after the player moves the card dealing sequence away, the control module will start the card pushing component 4 again, and the card pushing component 4 will continue to push the card drawing sequence. After all the card drawing sequences are pushed onto the sloped card raising support plate 51, the control module will start the card raising component 5 to make the sloped card raising support plate 51 rise (before this, the sloped card raising support plate 51 always remains in a lowered state).

[0091] It can be seen that when the card dealing sequence has all arrived on the panel 6, a gap is formed between the card dealing sequence and the card piles or mahjong tiles on the sloped card raising support plate 51, and the player can easily move the card dealing sequence without accidentally touching the card touching sequence.

[0092] like Figure 3 As shown, in this embodiment, the connecting position of the card dealing sequence storage area 300 and the card outlet 61 is close to the center line of the panel 6 or is located at the center line of the panel 6 or crosses the center line of the panel 6, so as to ensure that the card dealing sequence is closer to the player and is convenient to move. In addition, the rightward movement of the card dealing sequence storage area 300 is achieved by shortening the length of the ramp card raising support plate 51. When the length of the ramp card raising support plate 51 is shortened, the time required for the card dealing sequence to reach the panel 6 from the card storage slot 200 is also shortened, leaving more time for the player to sort out the card dealing sequence.

[0093] Since the present embodiment utilizes the feedback signal of the sensing module 7 to control the operation of the card pushing component 4, the sloped card raising plate 51 does not need to rise to deliver the card dealing sequence, nor does it need to descend to receive the card drawing sequence. During the entire card raising process, the sloped card raising plate 51 only descends and rises once, and the card pushing component 4 has a short pause time. As long as the player moves away the card dealing sequence, the card pushing component 4 can immediately resume work, which not only saves the time required for card loading and raising, but also extends the service life of the card raising component 5 (especially the hinged structure of the sloped card raising plate 51 and the main frame 1). At the same time, compared with the existing mahjong machine structure, the modification is relatively small, and the mold opening cost is greatly reduced.

[0094] In order to control the volume of the mahjong machine, the length of the card storage slot 200 in the existing mahjong machine is basically set to "full load", that is, the total length of the card pile is basically equivalent to the length of the card storage slot 200. However, in this embodiment, the card pushing component 4 pushes the cards at the end of the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence, rather than being inserted between the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence, so the card pushing component 4 does not occupy the space in the card storage slot 200, which makes it possible for the user to choose to directly push all the card piles onto the panel 6 at once in the same mahjong playing method, or to choose the playing method of the present invention of pushing the card dealing sequence first and then pushing the card drawing sequence, which provides a better customer experience.

[0095] It should be noted that, affected by the size of mahjong tiles, the working mode of the pusher assembly 4 in the present invention is not unique. When the size of mahjong tiles is large, after the dealing sequence reaches the panel 6, the card-drawing sequence may not have been fully pushed onto the ramp-raising tray 51; at this time, after the player removes the dealing sequence, the pusher assembly 4 will continue to push the tiles until the entire card-drawing sequence is pushed onto the ramp-raising tray 51, at which time the ramp-raising tray 51 rises; the pusher assembly 4 returns to its original position and waits for the next card-pushing. When the size of mahjong tiles is small, after the dealing sequence reaches the panel 6, the card-drawing sequence may have been fully pushed onto the ramp-raising tray 51; at this time, after the player removes the dealing sequence, the control module simultaneously starts the work of the pusher assembly 4 and the raising tray 5, wherein the pusher assembly 4 directly returns to its original position and waits for the next card-pushing, while the ramp-raising tray 51 of the raising tray 5 rises directly.

[0096] There are various types of sensing modules 7 that can be used in this embodiment. For example, this embodiment uses a magnetic induction counter, which can count the mahjong tiles passing near it, and then the control module can determine whether the card dealing sequence has been completely transferred to the panel 6 based on its counting results.

[0097] In this case, a better solution is to place the magnetic induction counter at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area 300 near the card outlet 61 (such as Figure 2 As shown), it corresponds to the position of the last pile of cards or the last mahjong tile in the card dealing sequence; when the first pile of cards or the first mahjong tile in the card dealing sequence enters the card dealing sequence storage area 300, the magnetic induction counter starts counting, and when the counted amount reaches the preset value, a feedback signal is sent to the control module, and the control module pauses the card pushing component 4.

[0098] The magnetic induction counter can also be set at other positions of the card dealing sequence storage area 300, as long as the position is matched with the number to be counted. Multiple magnetic induction counters can also be set, and the control module can control the card pushing component 4 according to the comparison result after comparing the counting data of multiple magnetic induction counters.

[0099] like Figure 4 and, Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the arrangement of the magnetic induction counter in this embodiment is as follows: a thin protective cover 8 is integrally formed on the main frame 1, and the thin protective cover 8 has a U-shaped cross section, so that a receiving space 400 for receiving the magnetic induction counter can be formed between the thin protective cover 8 and the main frame 1, thereby protecting the magnetic induction counter. The size of the receiving space 400 can be equivalent to that of the magnetic induction counter, or can be larger than that of the magnetic induction counter; this embodiment has no special requirements for this, as long as the magnetic induction counter is installed on the top wall of the receiving space 400.

[0100] At the same time, a through hole 62 is opened at the corresponding position of the panel 6; when the panel 6 covers the main frame 1, the thin protective cover 8 is received in the through hole 62, and the top surface of the thin protective cover 8 is flush with the top surface of the panel 6. The thickness of the thin protective cover 8 is smaller than that of the panel 6, so the magnetic induction counter is closer to the plane where the top surface of the panel 6 is located, and can detect the mahjong tiles more sensitively.

[0101] The working principle of the slope rising mahjong machine in this embodiment is:

[0102] The card feeding assembly 2 sucks mahjong tiles from the shuffling barrel 100 and sends them to the stacking and pushing machine head 3, which stacks the mahjong tiles into piles. For example, if each side needs to stack 18 piles, the stacking and pushing machine head 3 first stacks at least 15 piles, and the pushing assembly 4 pushes the piles into the card storage slot 200 one by one.

[0103] The remaining mahjong tiles are temporarily stored in the corresponding card delivery channels after being sucked. After at least six mahjong tiles are stored in the card delivery channels of the four sides (i.e., "hiding tiles"), the stacking and pushing machine head 3 quickly stacks the tiles in a short time. After the card pushing component 4 pushes these several tile piles into the card storage slot 200, the control module simultaneously starts the card raising components 5 of the four sides, and the sloped card raising supporting plates 51 are simultaneously lowered, and the card pushing component 4 pushes all the tile piles at the end of the team;

[0104] When the card dealing sequence at the head of the team is transferred from the ramp card raising support plate 51 to the panel 6, the magnetic induction counter starts to count the number of card piles passing through it. When the number to be counted is consistent with the preset number, the control module pauses the card pushing component 4, and the ramp card raising support plate 51 remains in the descending state. At this time, part or all of the card drawing sequence has been stored on the ramp card raising support plate 51, and the player moves the card dealing sequence in the card dealing sequence storage area 300 to the front;

[0105] At this time, the magnetic induction counter detects that there are no mahjong tiles in the card dealing sequence storage area 300, and sends a signal to the control module. The control module starts the card pushing component 4 again to push the remaining part of the card drawing sequence in the card storage slot 200 onto the sloped card raising support plate 51; at this time, the control module starts the circumferential driver of the card raising component 5, and under the meshing transmission of the transmission gear 55 and the second transmission rack 52a, the annular linkage member 52 rotates, and under the meshing transmission of the first transmission rack 52b and the transmission gear 55, the swing member 54 swings, and the free end of the swing member 54 pushes the sloped card raising support plate 51 upward to make it rise to the same level as the panel 6, and at this time, the module sequence is also sent to the panel 6; at the same time, the card pushing component 4 also returns to its original position to wait for the next round of card pushing.

[0106] If the card drawing sequence has been completely transferred to the ramp card raising board when the card dealing sequence reaches the panel 6, then at this time, after the control module starts the card pushing component 4, the card pushing component 4 directly returns to its original position.

[0107] Example 5

[0108] The present embodiment is a slope-promoting mahjong machine, and its structure is basically the same as that of the fourth embodiment, except that the sensing module 7 used is a pressure sensor.

[0109] At this time, the pressure sensor is preferably arranged at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area 300 away from the card outlet 61, corresponding to the position of the first card pile or the first card in the card dealing sequence, for detecting whether the first card pile or the first card in the card dealing sequence has reached the corresponding position.

[0110] Example 6

[0111] The present embodiment is a mahjong machine with a sloped card-raising structure, and its structure is basically the same as that of the fourth embodiment, except that the sensing module 7 used is a magnetic sensor.

[0112] One magnetic sensor can be provided, and the magnetic sensor can be located at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area 300 away from the card outlet 61, corresponding to the position of the first pile of cards or the first card in the card dealing sequence; thus, when the pressure sensor or the magnetic sensor detects that there are mahjong tiles, it means that the first pile of cards or the first card in the card dealing sequence has arrived at the predetermined position, indicating that the entire card dealing sequence is in place; the magnetic sensor can also be located at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area 300 close to the card outlet 61, corresponding to the position of the last pile of cards or the last card in the card dealing sequence; at this time, the magnetic sensor sends a signal each time it detects a pile of cards or mahjong tiles, and the control module can control the card pushing component 4 according to the number of signals received.

[0113] Multiple magnetic sensors can also be provided, and the control module can also compare multiple sets of sensing data to ensure precise control.

[0114] Example 7

[0115] The present embodiment is a sloped tile-raising mahjong machine, and its structure is basically the same as that of the fourth embodiment, except that: the card dealing sequence is a single-layer mahjong tile.

[0116] Example 8

[0117] The present embodiment is a sloped card-raising mahjong machine, and its structure is basically the same as that of the embodiment 4, except that: each card-raising component 5 is not linked, but driven by an independent card-raising driving unit.

[0118] Example 9

[0119] The present embodiment is a ramp-up mahjong machine, and its structure is basically the same as that of the fourth embodiment, except that: the stacking and pushing machine head 3 stacks cards continuously, and there is no operation of hiding cards in the card delivery channel.

Claims

1. A method for loading cards in a ramp-up mahjong machine, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: (1) lowering the ramp card raising support plate (51) to present the card dealing sequence; (2) determining whether the card dealing sequence has been completely mounted on the panel (6); if so, causing the ramp card raising support plate (51) to suspend presenting the card drawing sequence; (3) Determine whether the card dealing sequence has been taken away, if so, proceed to the next step; (4) judging whether the card-drawing sequence has all been boarded on the ramp-up card support plate (51); if not, the ramp-up card support plate (51) is made to continue presenting the card-drawing sequence; if so, the ramp-up card support plate (51) is made to rise.

2. The registration method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step (1), the card pushing head is placed at the end of the card dealing sequence and the card drawing sequence, and the card dealing sequence and the card pushing sequence are pushed together toward the ramp card raising support plate (51) so as to realize the ramp card raising support plate (51) presenting the card dealing sequence.

3. The license registration method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step (2), the card pushing head is suspended to achieve the suspension of presentation of the card drawing sequence by the ramp card lifting support plate (51).

4. The license registration method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step (2) and step (3), a card dealing sequence storage area (300) adjacent to the ramp card raising support plate (51) is provided on the panel (6), and a first sensing module (7) is installed in the card dealing sequence storage area (300) to monitor whether all the card dealing sequences have been mounted on the panel (6) and whether the card dealing sequences have been taken away.

5. The license registration method according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the card dealing sequence is mounted on the panel, the card drawing sequence has all been mounted on the inclined card raising support plate (51); Step (4) also includes: starting the card pushing head again and returning to the origin to wait for the next card pushing.

6. The license registration method according to claim 2, characterized in that: When the card dealing sequence is mounted on the panel, the card drawing sequence has not yet been fully mounted on the ramp lifting support plate (51); Step (4) starts the card pushing head again and continues to push the card drawing sequence so as to realize the continued presentation of the card drawing sequence by the ramp card lifting support plate (51).

7. The license registration method according to claim 1, characterized in that: In step (1) and step (3), the sloped card-lifting support plates (51) of each party are driven by the same card-lifting driving unit to descend or ascend synchronously.

8. The license registration method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also includes: Each stacking and pushing machine head is paused until all the remaining mahjong tiles in the shuffled plate are evenly hidden in each card delivery channel, and then each stacking and pushing machine head is synchronously started again to stack at least the last tile pile of the card drawing sequence and push it into the card storage slot (200).

9. A slope-promoting mahjong machine, characterized in that: Carry out the registration by adopting the registration method as described in any one of claims 1 to 8; The slope-raising mahjong machine comprises a main frame (1) and a panel (6) arranged on the top surface of the main frame (1), the panel (6) being provided with a card outlet (61), the panel (6) being provided with a card dealing sequence storage area (300) adjacent to the card outlet (61), the card dealing sequence storage area (300) being provided with at least one first sensing module (7) for monitoring whether a card dealing sequence is mounted on the panel (6) and whether the card dealing sequence is taken away; Each side of the main frame (1) is provided with a card feeding assembly, a stacking and pushing machine head, a card pushing assembly and a card lifting assembly; The card delivery component comprises a card delivery channel, and a second sensing module is provided on the side wall of the card delivery channel to monitor whether the number of hidden cards reaches a preset value; the stacking and pushing machine head is located at the card outlet of the card delivery channel, and is used to stack mahjong tiles into piles and push them one by one into the card storage slot (200); the card pushing component comprises a card pushing head, and the card pushing head is used to push the piles of tiles in the card storage slot (200) onto the inclined card lifting support plate (51); The brand-raising component (5) comprises: A sloped card-lifting support plate (51) hingedly connected to the card outlet (61); The card-lifting driving unit, the inclined card-lifting supporting plates (51) located on the four sides of the panel (6) are driven by the same card-lifting driving unit and move synchronously; Transmission units, which are arranged one by one with the ramp lifting support plates (51), and all transmission units are linked with a ring-shaped linkage member (52); The brand-raising drive unit is used to drive the annular linkage member (52) or at least one transmission unit to work; The first sensing module (7), the second sensing module, the stacking and pushing machine head, the card pushing component (4) and the card lifting component (5) are all connected to the control module.

10. The slope-raising mahjong machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: The first sensing module (7) is a magnetic induction counter, which is used to detect the number of mahjong tiles or tile piles transferred from the ramp-up board to the panel (6); At least one magnetic induction counter is located at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area (300) close to the card outlet (61), corresponding to the position of the last card pile or the last mahjong tile in the card dealing sequence; Alternatively, the first sensing module (7) is a pressure sensor or a magnetic sensor, and the pressure sensor or the magnetic sensor is used to detect whether the first pile of cards or the first card in the card dealing sequence has reached the corresponding position; At least one pressure sensor or magnetic sensor is located at one end of the card dealing sequence storage area (300) away from the card outlet (61), corresponding to the position of the first card pile or the first card in the card dealing sequence; The panel (6) is provided with a through opening (62) for accommodating the first sensing module (7); a thin protective cover (8) for protecting the sensing module (7) is provided in the through opening (62); the top surface of the thin protective cover (8) is flush with the top surface of the panel (6); The length of the sloped card lifting support plate (51) is shortened so that the connecting position of the card dealing sequence storage area (300) and the card outlet (61) is closer to the panel center line, is located at the panel center line, or exceeds the panel center line.

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