Mahjong tile feeding mechanism and mahjong machine

Abstract

The tile feeding mechanism comprises a tile lifting assembly, a tile conveying assembly and a controller, the tile lifting assembly comprises a lifting table and a first driving part, the lifting table is arranged in a table body and corresponds to a tile inlet and outlet, and the first driving part is in driving connection with the lifting table; the mahjong tile conveying assembly comprises a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit, the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit are arranged on the two sides of the lifting table in the first direction and each comprise two conveying structures, and the four conveying structures selectively convey mahjong tiles to the lifting table; the controller is electrically connected with the four conveying structures and the first driving part so as to control one of the four conveying structures to convey the mahjong tiles to the lifting platform or control multiple of the four conveying structures to convey the mahjong tiles according to different / same tile feeding sequences; in this way, shuffling is conducted while the cards are fed, and the card feeding efficiency is improved; two mahjong tiles do not need to be played, the weight is reduced, the cost is reduced, and a player can be prevented from cheating when stacking the mahjong tiles.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to mahjong machine technical field, concretely relates to a mechanism and mahjong machine of dealing in. BACKGROUND

[0002] The existing mahjong machine usually has two mahjong tiles, when playing a mahjong tile, another mahjong tile completes the procedure such as shuffling, dealing and coding under the mahjong machine tabletop, after a round of game, the mahjong tile on the tabletop is pushed into the mahjong table body, and another mahjong tile is lifted from the four sides of the mahjong machine tabletop. Although this method is efficient, two mahjong tiles are heavy, and the cost is high, and the mahjong tile coding on the tabletop is easy to cheat.

[0003] In view of this, the mahjong machine that only uses one mahjong tile to play appears in the market, but only two mahjong tile conveying units are arranged, and the mahjong tile needs to be dealt by combining the shuffling structure, and the dealing efficiency is low. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0004] The utility model discloses a mechanism and mahjong machine, and aims at solving the above problems.

[0005] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a mechanism, which is used in mahjong machine, and includes:

[0006] The lifting component includes a lifting platform and a first driving part, the lifting platform is arranged in the containing groove of the table body of the mahjong machine, and is arranged corresponding to the card inlet and outlet of the tabletop of the mahjong machine, the first driving part is drivingly connected with the lifting platform, and is used to drive the lifting platform to move up and down relative to the table body.

[0007] The conveying component includes a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit, the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit are arranged on the two sides of the lifting platform in the first direction, and the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit respectively include two conveying structures, four conveying structures can selectively convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform, so that the lifting platform can convey at least one mahjong tile to the tabletop through the card inlet and outlet, and

[0008] The controller is electrically connected with four conveying structures and the first driving part, so as to control one of four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform, or control multiple of four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform in different / same dealing order.

[0009] The first direction is perpendicular to the up-down direction.

[0010] Optionally, the lifting platform has a first upper tile part and a second upper tile part arranged in sequence along the first direction, and each of the first upper tile part and the second upper tile part can accommodate two mahjong tiles;

[0011] One of the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part, and the other is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part or the second upper tile part;

[0012] One of the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit is arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part, and the other is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part or the second upper tile part.

[0013] Optionally, one of the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit is a first upper conveying structure, and the other is a first lower conveying structure, the first upper conveying structure is arranged above the first lower conveying structure, and is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part, and the first lower conveying structure is arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part;

[0014] One of the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit is a second upper conveying structure, and the other is a second lower conveying structure, the second upper conveying structure is arranged above the second lower conveying structure, and is arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part, and the second lower conveying structure is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part;

[0015] The table body has a tile outlet position, an upper tile position, and a lower tile position arranged in sequence along the up-down direction, the tile outlet position is flush with or lower than and adjacent to the tile inlet and outlet opening, the upper tile position is flush with or lower than and adjacent to the first upper conveying structure and the second upper conveying structure, and the lower tile position is flush with or lower than and adjacent to the first lower conveying structure and the second lower conveying structure, and the lifting platform is movable to the tile outlet position, the upper tile position, and the lower tile position to allow the conveying structure to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform.

[0016] Optionally, the tile lifting assembly further comprises a stop frame arranged between the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit and corresponding to the lifting platform;

[0017] The stop frame is arranged in sequence along the up-down direction to allow the lifting platform to move in and out of the lifting platform along the up-down direction;

[0018] The first tile inlet opening is arranged on the side wall of the first conveying unit close to the stop frame to allow the first conveying unit to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform;

[0019] The second card inlet is arranged on the side wall of the stop frame close to the second conveying unit, so that the second conveying unit conveys the mahjong tiles to the lifting platform.

[0020] Optionally, a partition plate extending along the up-down direction is arranged in the middle of the stop frame, so as to divide the stop frame into a first stop part corresponding to the first tile feeding part and a second stop part corresponding to the second tile feeding part along the first direction, and the first stop part and the second stop part are respectively provided with the first card inlet and the second card inlet arranged in a staggered manner along the up-down direction.

[0021] The lifting platform is provided with an avoiding groove corresponding to the partition plate.

[0022] Optionally, each conveying structure comprises a conveying track, at least one adapter disc and a driving module, the conveying track is arranged in a bent manner, and an output end thereof is arranged corresponding to the lifting platform, the adapter disc is arranged at the bending part of the conveying track, and part of the adapter disc is arranged on the conveying track, and the driving module is used to drive the mahjong tiles on the conveying track to move towards the output end.

[0023] The controller is electrically connected with the driving module.

[0024] Optionally, the driving module comprises:

[0025] a driving wheel arranged at an input end of the conveying track;

[0026] at least one first driven wheel arranged at the bending part of the conveying track;

[0027] a second driven wheel arranged at an output end of the conveying track;

[0028] a first transmission belt comprising a first transmission section and a second transmission section connected with each other, the first transmission section is arranged at the lower side of the conveying track and is sequentially sleeved outside the driving wheel, the first driven wheel and the second driven wheel, the second transmission section is arranged at the upper side of the conveying track and is sequentially sleeved outside the second driven wheel, the adapter disc and the driving wheel; and

[0029] a second driving member in driving connection with the driving wheel, so as to drive the driving wheel to rotate, so that the driving wheel drives the first driven wheel, the second driven wheel and the adapter disc to rotate through the first transmission belt;

[0030] The controller is electrically connected with the second driving member.

[0031] Optionally, the mahjong tiles are magnetic mahjong tiles.

[0032] Each of the conveying structures further comprises a tile suction wheel and a second transmission belt, the tile suction wheel is arranged at an input end of the conveying track and is arranged away from the conveying track relative to the driving wheel, and is used for sucking mahjong tiles in the table body, and the second transmission belt is sleeved on the outer periphery of the tile suction wheel and the driving wheel, so that the driving wheel drives the tile suction wheel to rotate.

[0033] The utility model further provides a mahjong machine, include:

[0034] The table body has a containing groove with a notch arranged upwardly;

[0035] The tabletop is arranged on the notch of the containing groove, and a tile inlet and outlet is arranged in the middle of the tabletop; and

[0036] The tile feeding mechanism is arranged in the table body;

[0037] The tile feeding mechanism comprises:

[0038] The tile lifting assembly comprises a lifting platform and a first driving member, the lifting platform is arranged in the containing groove of the table body of the mahjong machine and is arranged corresponding to the tile inlet and outlet of the tabletop, and the first driving member is drivingly connected with the lifting platform and is used for driving the lifting platform to move up and down relative to the table body;

[0039] The tile conveying assembly comprises a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit, the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit are arranged on both sides of the lifting platform in a first direction, and the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit respectively comprise two conveying structures, four conveying structures are selectively used for conveying mahjong tiles to the lifting platform, so that the lifting platform can convey at least one mahjong tile to the tabletop through the tile inlet and outlet; and

[0040] The controller is electrically connected with the four conveying structures and the first driving member, so as to control one of the four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform, or control multiple of the four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform according to different / same tile feeding sequences;

[0041] The first direction is arranged perpendicular to the up and down direction.

[0042] The technical scheme of the utility model discloses, can be realized single mahjong card card, or through four the conveying structure in multiple conveying structure to the lifting platform conveying mahjong card, can realize multiple mahjong card card simultaneously, simultaneously, can choose four the conveying structure in one or multiple different / same card order to the lifting platform conveying mahjong card, can realize random card, like this, can carry out shuffling while card, by this, reduce even omit mahjong card in the shuffling time of the mahjong machine body, improve the card efficiency, further, the card mechanism every time card can only card part mahjong card, namely in every card game with the beat, and not a complete set of mahjong card all one-time card, thereby only need a mahjong card play, need not two mahjong card play, reduce weight, reduce cost, and can prevent the player when card and cheat. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0043] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model or prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment or prior art description, obviously, the drawings in the following description only some embodiments of the utility model, for those skilled in the art, under the premise of not paying creative labor, can also obtain other drawings according to the structure shown in these drawings.

[0044] Figure 1 An embodiment of the card mechanism provided by the utility model is the structure schematic view in one visual angle;

[0045] Figure 2 For Figure 1 The structure schematic view of the card mechanism in another visual angle;

[0046] Figure 3 For Figure 1 The partial structure schematic view of the card mechanism;

[0047] Figure 4 For Figure 1 The structure schematic view of the card assembly of the card mechanism;

[0048] Figure 5 For Figure 4 The structure schematic view of the lifting platform in the;

[0049] Figure 6 For Figure 4 The structure schematic view of the stop frame and the partition plate in the;

[0050] Figure 7 The structure schematic view of an embodiment of the mahjong machine provided by the utility model;

[0051] Figure 8The flow chart of the card feeding method is provided.

[0052] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

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[0055] The implementation, functional features and advantages of the utility model will be further described with reference to the drawings in combination with embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0056] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.

[0057] It should be noted that if the embodiments of the utility model involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement condition, etc. between components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture changes, the directional indications also change accordingly.

[0058] In addition, if the embodiments of the utility model involve descriptions of "first", "second", etc., the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only for description purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the meaning of "and / or" appearing throughout the text includes three parallel schemes. Taking "A and / or B" as an example, it includes A scheme, or B scheme, or A and B simultaneously meet the scheme. In addition, the technical solutions of each embodiment can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the combination of technical solutions appears contradictory or unachievable, it should be considered that the combination of technical solutions does not exist, and is not within the protection scope required by the utility model.

[0059] The existing mahjong machine usually has two sets of mahjong tiles, when one set of mahjong tiles is played, the other set of mahjong tiles completes the shuffling, feeding and coding of tiles under the mahjong machine table top, after one round of game is finished, the set of mahjong tiles on the table top is pushed into the mahjong table body, and the other set of mahjong tiles is lifted from the four sides of the mahjong machine table top. Although this method is efficient, the two sets of mahjong tiles are heavy and have high cost, and the mahjong tiles coded on the table top are easy to be cheated.

[0060] In this regard, there are mahjong machines on the market that only use one set of mahjong tiles, but only have two mahjong tile conveying units, which need to be combined with a shuffling structure to shuffle and deal the tiles, and the dealing efficiency is low.

[0061] In view of this, the utility model provides a mahjong machine 100, please refer to Figure 7 , the mahjong machine 100 includes table body 200, table top 300 and dealing mechanism 100, the table body 200 has the accommodation groove of the slot opening upwards, the table top 300 is covered on the slot opening of the accommodation groove, and the middle part is penetrated with the card inlet 310, the dealing mechanism 100 is arranged in the accommodation groove, the main utility model point of the utility model is the improvement to dealing mechanism 100, the following is mainly explained to dealing mechanism 100 in combination with specific drawings.

[0062] Please refer to Figure 1 And Figure 2 , the dealing mechanism 100 includes card lifting assembly 1, conveying card assembly 2 and controller, the card lifting assembly 1 includes lifting platform 11 and first drive part, the lifting platform 11 is used to be arranged in the accommodation groove of the table body 200 of the mahjong machine 1000, and is set corresponding the card inlet 310 of the table top 300 of the mahjong machine 1000, the first drive part is driven to connect with the lifting platform 11, for driving the lifting platform 11 can be relatively the table body 200 along the up-down direction activity;The conveying card assembly 2 includes first conveying unit 21 and second conveying unit 22, the first conveying unit 21 and the second conveying unit 22 are arranged on the two sides of the lifting platform 11 in the first direction, and the first conveying unit 21 and the second conveying unit 22 respectively include two conveying structures, four conveying structures can selectively convey mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting platform 11, so that the lifting platform 11 can convey at least one mahjong tile 2000 to the table top 300 through the card inlet 310;The controller is electrically connected with four conveying structures, the first drive part, to control one of four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting platform 11, or control multiple of four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting platform 11 in different / same dealing order;Wherein, the first direction is perpendicular to the up-down direction.

[0063] In the technical scheme of the utility model, one of the four conveying structures can convey mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting table 11, so that single mahjong tile 2000 can be dealt, or multiple conveying structures of the four conveying structures can convey mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting table 11, so that multiple mahjong tiles 2000 can be simultaneously dealt, meanwhile, one or multiple of the four conveying structures can convey mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting table 11 in different / same dealing order, so that random dealing can be realized, in this way, dealing and shuffling can be simultaneously performed, so that shuffling time of the mahjong tiles 2000 in the body of the mahjong machine 1000 is reduced or even omitted, and dealing efficiency is improved; further, the dealing mechanism 100 can only deal part of the mahjong tiles 2000 each time, that is, the mahjong tiles 2000 are taken according to the game, instead of all the mahjong tiles 2000 being dealt at one time, so that only one set of mahjong tiles 2000 is needed for playing, two sets of mahjong tiles 2000 are not needed for playing, weight is reduced, cost is reduced, and cheating of players when shuffling can be prevented.

[0064] It should be noted that in the utility model, the control four multiple conveying structure in different / same tile order to the lifting platform 11 conveying mahjong 2000, wherein the different tile order is that multiple conveying structure is in different order, and the same tile order is that multiple conveying structure is in preset order. More specifically, for example, four conveying structure includes first conveying structure, second conveying structure, third conveying structure and fourth conveying structure, when controlling four conveying structure to tile simultaneously, selecting different tile order to convey mahjong 2000, it can be that first conveying structure, second conveying structure, third conveying structure and fourth conveying structure are selected to tile in turn in the first time, and second conveying structure, third conveying structure, fourth conveying structure and first conveying structure are selected to tile in turn in the second time, and second conveying structure, first conveying structure, fourth conveying structure and third conveying structure are selected to tile in turn in the third time, and second conveying structure, third conveying structure, first conveying structure and fourth conveying structure are selected to tile in turn in the fourth time, and so on until a set of mahjong 2000 is tiled, and a game is ended. And the same tile order can be that first conveying structure, second conveying structure, third conveying structure and fourth conveying structure are selected to tile in turn, or second conveying structure, first conveying structure, fourth conveying structure and third conveying structure are selected to tile in turn, or second conveying structure, third conveying structure, first conveying structure and fourth conveying structure are selected to tile in turn, or other preset order is selected to tile in turn. In this way, since a game is played, a set of mahjong 2000 falls into the machine, and the mahjong 2000 is shuffled, and each conveying structure is selected to tile randomly, so whether it is in different tile order or in the same tile order, it has tile randomness, so as to achieve the shuffling effect.

[0065] It should be noted that the in-out tile port 310 is divided into a tile port and two tile ports, in an embodiment of the utility model, the tile port is located in the middle, for the lifting platform 11 tile, two tile ports are arranged on both sides of the tile port, for the mahjong 2000 on the table top 300 falls into the table body 200. More specifically, the tile port is square, and the tile port is semicircular.

[0066] Further, please refer to Figure 1 、 Figure 4 And Figure 5The lifting platform 11 has a first upper tile part 111 and a second upper tile part 112 arranged in sequence along the first direction, and each of the first upper tile part 111 and the second upper tile part 112 can accommodate two mahjong tiles 2000; one of the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit 21 is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111, and the other is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111 or the second upper tile part 112; one of the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit 22 is arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part 112, and the other is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111 or the second upper tile part 112. In this way, four mahjong tiles 2000 can be stacked and placed in two layers.

[0067] It should be noted that in the present application, the position setting mode of the four conveying structures specifically includes:

[0068] The first setting mode is that the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit 21 are arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111 and stacked in the up-down direction, and the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit 22 are arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part 112 and stacked in the up-down direction.

[0069] The second setting mode is that the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit 21 are arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part 112 and stacked in the up-down direction, and the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit 22 are arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111 and stacked in the up-down direction.

[0070] The third setting mode is that one of the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit 21 is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111, and the other is arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part 112, and one of the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit 22 is arranged corresponding to the first upper tile part 111, and the other is arranged corresponding to the second upper tile part 112.

[0071] More specifically, in the third mode, the conveying structures arranged on both sides of each upper tile part can be arranged in the up-down direction, or can be arranged in parallel, and the two conveying structures of each conveying unit can be arranged in the up-down direction, or can be arranged in parallel.

[0072] Further, please refer to Figure 1In an embodiment of the utility model, one of two conveying structures of first conveying unit 21 is first upper layer conveying structure 211, and the other is first lower layer conveying structure 212, first upper layer conveying structure 211 is located at the upper side of first lower layer conveying structure 212, and is set correspondingly to first upper card part 111, and first lower layer conveying structure 212 is set correspondingly to second upper card part 112, one of two conveying structures of second conveying unit 22 is second upper layer conveying structure 221, and the other is second lower layer conveying structure 222, second upper layer conveying structure 221 is located at the upper side of second lower layer conveying structure 222, and is set correspondingly to second upper card part 112, and second lower layer conveying structure 222 is set correspondingly to first upper card part 111, the table body 200 is sequentially provided with the card outlet, the upper layer upper card position and the lower layer upper card position along the up-down direction, the card outlet is flush with the card inlet and outlet 310, or is set below and adjacent to the card inlet and outlet 310, the upper layer upper card position is flush with first upper layer conveying structure 211 and second upper layer conveying structure 221, or is set below and adjacent to first upper layer conveying structure 211 and second upper layer conveying structure 221, and the lower layer upper card position is flush with first lower layer conveying structure 212 and second lower layer conveying structure 222, or is set below and adjacent to first lower layer conveying structure 212 and second lower layer conveying structure 222, and the lifting platform 11 can be moved to the card outlet, the upper layer upper card position and the lower layer upper card position to supply the conveying structure with mahjong 2000 to the lifting platform 11.

[0073] Thus, taking the example of the form of conveying two stacks of four mahjong 2000 to deal cards, the card-dealing mode of the lifting platform 11 specifically includes:

[0074] The first card-dealing mode, the lifting platform 11 is first moved to the lower layer upper card position, at this time, first lower layer conveying structure 212 and second lower layer conveying structure 222 respectively convey one mahjong 2000 to the lifting platform 11, and then first upper layer conveying structure 211 and second upper layer conveying structure 221 respectively convey one mahjong 2000 to the lifting platform 11, and then the lifting platform 11 is raised to the card outlet to complete card-dealing;

[0075] The second card-dealing mode, the lifting platform 11 is first moved to the upper layer upper card position, at this time, first upper layer conveying structure 211 and second upper layer conveying structure 221 respectively convey one mahjong 2000 to the lifting platform 11, and then the lifting platform 11 is lowered to the lower layer upper card position, at this time, first upper layer conveying structure 211 and second upper layer conveying structure 221 respectively convey one mahjong 2000 to the lifting platform 11, and then the lifting platform 11 is raised to the card outlet to complete card-dealing;

[0076] The third mode of feeding, the lifting table 11 is first moved to the upper layer of the feeding position, at this time, the first upper layer conveying structure 211 feeds one mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11, the lifting table 11 is lowered to the lower layer of the feeding position, the first upper layer conveying structure 211 feeds one mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11 again, at the same time, the first lower layer conveying structure 212 and the second upper layer conveying structure 221 feed one mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11 respectively, and then the lifting table 11 is raised to the discarding position to complete the feeding;

[0077] The fourth mode of feeding, the lifting table 11 is first moved to the upper layer of the feeding position, at this time, the second upper layer conveying structure 221 feeds one mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11, the lifting table 11 is lowered to the lower layer of the feeding position, the second upper layer conveying structure 221 feeds one mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11 again, at the same time, the second lower layer conveying structure 222 and the first upper layer conveying structure 211 feed one mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11 respectively, and then the lifting table 11 is raised to the discarding position to complete the feeding.

[0078] Further, the table body 200 is further provided with a bottom layer of the feeding position, the bottom layer of the feeding position is arranged below the lower layer of the feeding position, and the distance between the bottom layer of the feeding position and the lower layer conveying structure (the first lower layer conveying structure 212 and the second lower layer conveying structure 222) is greater than or equal to the sum of the heights of two mahjong 2000. In this way, the first lower layer conveying structure 212 and the second lower layer conveying structure 222 can continuously feed two mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11 respectively, or the first upper layer conveying structure 211 and the second upper layer conveying structure 221 can continuously feed three or four mahjong 2000 to the lifting table 11 respectively, so that the plurality of mahjong 2000 on the lifting table 11 can be fed in a four-fold manner.

[0079] Specifically, please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 4 and Figure 6In an embodiment of the utility model, the ascending card assembly 1 further includes a stop frame 12, the stop frame 12 is arranged between the first conveying unit 21 and the second conveying unit 22, and is arranged corresponding to the lifting platform 11;The stop frame 12 is arranged along the up-down direction, so that the lifting platform 11 moves in and out of the lifting platform 11 along the up-down direction;The side wall of the stop frame 12 close to the first conveying unit 21 is provided with a first card inlet 121, so that the first conveying unit 21 conveys mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting platform 11;The side wall of the stop frame 12 close to the second conveying unit 22 is provided with a second card inlet 122, so that the second conveying unit 22 conveys mahjong tiles 2000 to the lifting platform 11. In this way, the mahjong tiles 2000 can be limited by the side wall of the stop frame 12, avoiding the mahjong tiles 2000 from being excessively conveyed, causing at least a large part of the mahjong tiles 2000 to move out of the lifting platform 11, and causing the mahjong tiles 2000 to be forced to turn over or affecting the feeding of other mahjong tiles 2000 during the feeding process.

[0080] Further, referring to Figure 4 And Figure 6 The middle part of the stop frame 12 is provided with a partition plate 13 arranged along the up-down direction, so as to divide the stop frame 12 along the first direction into a first stop part 123 corresponding to the first card feeding part 111 and a second stop part 124 corresponding to the second card feeding part 112, and the first stop part 123 and the second stop part 124 are respectively provided with the first card inlet 121 and the second card inlet 122 arranged in the up-down direction; The lifting platform 11 is provided with an avoiding slot corresponding to the partition plate 13. In this way, the mahjong tiles 2000 are further limited by the partition plate 13, and multiple mahjong tiles 2000 can be fed neatly.

[0081] Specifically, referring to Figures 1 to 3 Each conveying structure includes a conveying track 2a, at least one adapter disc 2b, and a driving module 2c, the conveying track 2a is arranged in a bent manner, and the output end thereof is arranged corresponding to the lifting platform 11, the adapter disc 2b is arranged at the bending part of the conveying track 2a, and part of the adapter disc 2b is pressed on the conveying track 2a, and the driving module 2c is used to drive the mahjong tiles 2000 on the conveying track 2a to move towards the output end;The controller is electrically connected with the driving module 2c. In this way, the corner space of the main body of the mahjong machine 1000 can be effectively utilized, and the bending problem of the conveying path can be solved by the adapter disc 2b, avoiding the mahjong tiles 2000 from being stuck in the corner.

[0082] It needs to be explained that in the utility model, the number of the adapter disc 2b in the conveying structure can be set to one, or two, according to the specific requirement, more specifically, two adapter discs 2b are respectively arranged in the first upper conveying structure 211 and the second upper conveying structure 221 (as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 3 ), one adapter disc 2b is respectively arranged in the first lower conveying structure 212 and the second lower conveying structure 222 (as shown in Figure 1 ).

[0083] Further, please refer to Figures 1 to 3 , the driving module 2c includes a driving wheel 2c1, at least a first driven wheel 2c2, a second driven wheel 2c3, a first transmission belt 2c4 and a second driving piece, the driving wheel 2c1 is arranged at the input end of the conveying track 2a;The first driven wheel 2c2 is arranged at the bending portion of the conveying track 2a;The second driven wheel 2c3 is arranged at the output end of the conveying track 2a;The first transmission belt 2c4 includes a first transmission section and a second transmission section connected, the first transmission section is arranged at the lower side of the conveying track 2a, and is sequentially sleeved outside the driving wheel 2c1, the first driven wheel 2c2 and the second driven wheel 2c3, the second transmission section is arranged at the upper side of the conveying track 2a, and is sequentially sleeved outside the second driven wheel 2c3, the adapter disc 2b and the driving wheel 2c1;The second driving piece is drivingly connected with the driving wheel 2c1, so as to drive the driving wheel 2c1 to rotate, so that the driving wheel 2c1 drives the first driven wheel 2c2, the second driven wheel 2c3 and the adapter disc 2b to rotate through the first transmission belt 2c4;The controller is electrically connected with the second driving piece.

[0084] It needs to be explained that in the utility model, the number of the first driven wheel 2c2 is not limited, which can be set to one, two, three or the like according to the angle requirement, specifically, please refer to Figures 1 to 4 In an embodiment of the utility model, the first driven wheel 2c2 is provided with two.

[0085] Further, please refer to Figures 1 to 3The mahjong tiles 2000 are magnetic mahjong tiles 2000; each of the conveying structures further comprises a tile suction wheel 2d and a second transmission belt 2e, the tile suction wheel 2d is arranged at the input end of the conveying track 2a and is arranged away from the driving wheel 2c1 relative to the driving wheel 2c1, and is used for sucking the mahjong tiles 2000 in the table body 200, and the second transmission belt 2e is sleeved on the outer periphery of the tile suction wheel 2d and the driving wheel 2c1, so that the driving wheel 2c1 drives the tile suction wheel 2d to rotate. In this way, the tile suction wheel 2d rotates through the transmission of the driving wheel 2c1, so as to convey the sucked mahjong tiles 2000 to the conveying track 2a.

[0086] The conveying process of the mahjong tiles 2000 is as follows: the second driving member drives the driving wheel 2c1 to rotate, thereby driving the first driven wheel 2c2, the second driven wheel 2c3, the first transmission belt 2c4, the adapter disc 2b, the second transmission belt 2e and the tile suction wheel 2d to rotate; each of the tile suction wheels 2d sucks the mahjong tiles 2000 falling into the table body 200 of the mahjong machine 1000 one by one, and conveys the sucked mahjong tiles 2000 to the input end of the conveying track 2a one by one through rotation; the mahjong tiles 2000 located at the input end move towards the bending part of the conveying track 2a under the transmission of the first transmission belt 2c4 and the pushing of the next mahjong tile 2000; when the mahjong tiles 2000 move to the bending part of the conveying track 2a, part of the mahjong tiles 2000 is arranged on the periphery of the adapter disc 2b, and then the mahjong tiles 2000 are bent through the action of the adapter disc 2b and then move towards the output end of the conveying track 2a; and finally, the mahjong tiles 2000 move to the lifting platform 11 under the action of the first transmission belt 2c4.

[0087] Specifically, in some other embodiments of the utility model, the mahjong tiles 2000 are non-magnetic, and can be made of wood, bamboo, jade, stone, plastic and other conventional materials commonly used for mahjong tiles 2000.

[0088] Further, each of the conveying structures further comprises a tile face recognizer and a tile conveying structure, the tile face recognizer is used for identifying the front and back of the mahjong tiles 2000, and the tile conveying structure is used for turning over the mahjong tiles 2000 and conveying the mahjong tiles 2000 to the conveying track 2a; and the controller is electrically connected with the tile face recognizer and the tile conveying structure.

[0089] More specifically, the card face recognizer can be composed of a light source and a camera, which recognizes the front and back of the mahjong tile 2000 by taking an image of the mahjong tile 2000; the card face recognizer can also be composed of an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic transmitter, which recognizes the front and back of the mahjong tile 2000 by emitting ultrasonic waves to the mahjong tile 2000 and receiving the ultrasonic waves reflected by the mahjong tile 2000.

[0090] Specifically, in the utility model, the setting form of the second driving part is not limited, more specifically, in an embodiment of the utility model, the second driving part is a driving motor.

[0091] Specifically, in the utility model, the setting form of the first driving part is not limited, more specifically, in an embodiment of the utility model, the first driving part is a stepping motor, compared with a direct current motor which needs to be used in cooperation with a hall sensor, the stepping motor can control the movement stroke of the lifting platform 11 in combination with the motion algorithm in the controller, further, through PWM signal control, the stepping motor directly operates the specified stroke without relying on the hall sensor as the movement stroke reference, simultaneously, the action control in the card feeding process on the lifting platform 11 can also be realized, such as slow lifting and slow descending, damping movement and other high-order requirements.

[0092] The utility model also provides a card feeding method, which is suitable for the mahjong machine described above, please refer to Figure 8 , the card feeding method comprises the following steps:

[0093] Step S100, the four conveying structures in the mahjong machine are driven to pick up the mahjong tiles in the table body of the mahjong machine.

[0094] Specifically, the mahjong tiles are first picked up by the card sucking wheel and conveyed to the conveying track, and then the mahjong tiles are conveyed to the output end of the conveying track by the first transmission belt and the adapter disc.

[0095] Step S200, one of the four conveying structures is driven to convey the mahjong tiles to the lifting platform, or multiple of the four conveying structures are driven to convey the mahjong tiles to the lifting platform in the mahjong machine in different / same card feeding sequences.

[0096] In this step, the four conveying structures can be controlled by the controller to randomly feed cards, so as to have the shuffling function while feeding cards, thereby reducing or even omitting the shuffling time.

[0097] It should be noted that in this step, the four said conveying structures randomly feeding the tiles also need the activity of the lifting platform between the tile outlet, the upper layer tile outlet, the lower layer tile outlet and the bottom layer tile outlet. The specific feeding mode is described above, and will not be repeated here.

[0098] Step S300, driving the lifting platform upward by the first driving member in the mahjong machine to the tile inlet and outlet to convey mahjong tiles to the tabletop of the mahjong machine.

[0099] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent range of the present application. Any equivalent structural transformation, direct / indirect application in other related technical fields under the utility model concept of the present application, or the contents of the present application specification and drawings are included in the patent protection range of the present application.

Claims

1. A tile feeding mechanism used in a mahjong machine, characterized in that, The card feeding mechanism comprises: A card lifting assembly comprising a lifting platform and a first driving member, the lifting platform is arranged in a receiving groove of a table body of the mahjong machine and is arranged corresponding to a card inlet / outlet of a table top of the mahjong machine, the first driving member is drivingly connected with the lifting platform and is used to drive the lifting platform to move up and down relative to the table body; A card conveying assembly comprising a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit, the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit are arranged on both sides of the lifting platform in a first direction, and the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit each comprise two conveying structures, the four conveying structures selectively convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform, so that the lifting platform conveys at least one mahjong tile to the table top through the card inlet / outlet; and A controller electrically connected with the four conveying structures and the first driving member to control one of the four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform or control multiple of the four conveying structures to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform in different / same feeding sequences. The first direction is perpendicular to the up and down direction.

2. The card delivery mechanism of claim 1 wherein, The lifting platform has a first feeding part and a second feeding part arranged in sequence in the first direction, and each of the first feeding part and the second feeding part can accommodate two mahjong tiles. One of the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit is arranged corresponding to the first feeding part, and the other is arranged corresponding to the first feeding part or the second feeding part. One of the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit is arranged corresponding to the second feeding part, and the other is arranged corresponding to the first feeding part or the second feeding part.

3. The card delivery mechanism of claim 2, wherein, One of the two conveying structures of the first conveying unit is a first upper conveying structure, and the other is a first lower conveying structure, the first upper conveying structure is arranged above the first lower conveying structure and corresponding to the first feeding part, and the first lower conveying structure is arranged corresponding to the second feeding part. One of the two conveying structures of the second conveying unit is a second upper conveying structure, and the other is a second lower conveying structure, the second upper conveying structure is arranged above the second lower conveying structure and corresponding to the second feeding part, and the second lower conveying structure is arranged corresponding to the first feeding part. The table body has a card outlet, an upper feeding position and a lower feeding position arranged in sequence in the up and down direction, the card outlet is arranged flush with or lower than and adjacent to the card inlet / outlet, the upper feeding position is arranged flush with or lower than and adjacent to the first upper conveying structure and the second upper conveying structure, and the lower feeding position is arranged flush with or lower than and adjacent to the first lower conveying structure and the second lower conveying structure, and the lifting platform can move to the card outlet, the upper feeding position and the lower feeding position to convey mahjong tiles to the lifting platform by the conveying structures.

4. The card delivery mechanism of claim 2 or 3, wherein The lifting plate assembly further comprises a stop frame, which is arranged between the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit and corresponds to the lifting platform; The stop frame is arranged along the up-down direction to allow the lifting platform to move in and out of the lifting platform along the up-down direction; The stop frame is provided with a first mahjong feeding opening near the side wall of the first conveying unit to allow the first conveying unit to feed mahjong tiles to the lifting platform; The stop frame is provided with a second mahjong feeding opening near the side wall of the second conveying unit to allow the second conveying unit to feed mahjong tiles to the lifting platform.

5. The card delivery mechanism of claim 4 wherein, The middle part of the stop frame is provided with a partition plate extending along the up-down direction to divide the stop frame along the first direction into a first stop part corresponding to the first mahjong feeding part and a second stop part corresponding to the second mahjong feeding part, and the first stop part and the second stop part are respectively provided with the first mahjong feeding opening and the second mahjong feeding opening arranged in the up-down direction; The lifting platform is provided with an avoiding groove corresponding to the partition plate.

6. The card delivery mechanism of claim 1 wherein, Each conveying structure comprises a conveying track, at least one adapter disc, and a driving module, the conveying track is arranged in a bent manner, and the output end thereof corresponds to the lifting platform, the adapter disc is arranged at the bending part of the conveying track, and part of the adapter disc is pressed on the conveying track, and the driving module is used to drive the mahjong tiles on the conveying track to move towards the output end; The controller is electrically connected with the driving module.

7. The card delivery mechanism of claim 6 wherein, The driving module comprises: a driving wheel arranged at the input end of the conveying track; at least one first driven wheel arranged at the bending part of the conveying track; a second driven wheel arranged at the output end of the conveying track; a first transmission belt comprising a first transmission section and a second transmission section connected with each other, the first transmission section is arranged at the lower side of the conveying track and is sequentially sleeved outside the driving wheel, the first driven wheel, and the second driven wheel, the second transmission section is arranged at the upper side of the conveying track and is sequentially sleeved outside the second driven wheel, the adapter disc, and the driving wheel; and a second driving member in driving connection with the driving wheel to drive the driving wheel to rotate, so that the driving wheel drives the first driven wheel, the second driven wheel, and the adapter disc to rotate through the first transmission belt; The controller is electrically connected with the second driving member.

8. The card delivery mechanism of claim 7 wherein, The mahjong tiles are magnetic mahjong tiles; Each conveying structure further comprises a mahjong tile suction wheel and a second transmission belt, the mahjong tile suction wheel is arranged at the input end of the conveying track and is arranged away from the conveying track relative to the driving wheel to suck the mahjong tiles in the table body, and the second transmission belt is sleeved outside the periphery of the mahjong tile suction wheel and the driving wheel to allow the driving wheel to drive the mahjong tile suction wheel to rotate.

9. A mahjong machine, characterized by, It comprises: a table body having a receiving groove with a slot opening upward; a table top covering the slot opening of the receiving groove and having a mahjong feeding and discharging opening penetrating through the middle part thereof; and the mahjong feeding mechanism according to any one of claims 1-8 is arranged in the table body.

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