SE463700B

SE463700B - SORTING MACHINE MOVES GAMES AND LIKES

Info

Publication number: SE463700B
Application number: SE8804233A
Authority: SE
Inventors: Erik Sjoestroem
Original assignee: Erik Sjoestroem
Priority date: 1988-11-23
Filing date: 1988-11-23
Publication date: 1991-01-14
Also published as: SE8804233L; SE8804233D0; WO1991017842A1

Description

463 700 2 det periferiella området av ett roterbart hjul 4. Detta roteras med hjälp av en motor 5 med en periferihastighet, som något understiger hastigheten hos transportbandet 2. 463 700 2 the peripheral area of a rotatable wheel 4. This rotated by means of a motor 5 at a peripheral speed, slightly below the speed of the conveyor belt 2.

Hjulet är avsett att föra markerna till olika utmatnings- anordningar 6, placerade i en båge utanför hjulets peri- feri pá avstånd från inmatningsomràdet. Därvid är antalet utmatningsanordningar företrädesvis detsamma som antalet färger hos markerna. I fig 1 visas endast en utmatnings- anordning 6. Denna innefattar en solenoid 7 med hjälp av vilken delar i anordningen 6 kan föras upp och ned. Allt- eftersom utmatningsanordningen 6 arbetar samlas marker av en viss färg i ett tubformigt utrymme 8. När ett visst antal marker, exempelvis 20 stycken, samlats i form av en stapel däri, ges en signal till ett organ 9, som kan drivas av en elmotor och som för upp hela stapeln till ramens 10 ovansida.The wheel is intended to move the ground to different discharge devices 6, placed in an arc outside the periphery of the wheel holiday at a distance from the input area. That is the number dispensers are preferably the same as the number colors of the soils. Fig. 1 shows only one output device 6. This comprises a solenoid 7 by means of which parts of the device 6 can be moved up and down. All- since the discharge device 6 operates, chips are collected a certain color in a tubular space 8. When a certain number chips, for example 20 pieces, collected in the form of a stack therein, a signal is given to a means 9, which can be driven off an electric motor and which carries the entire stack to the top of the frame 10.

I detta läge förs stapeln med marker åt sidan, där markerna kan upphämtas av en croupier, med hjälp av organet 11, som kan drivas av exempelvis en elmotor 12. Under tiden har organet 9 intagit sitt undre viloläge, varigenom en ny stapel med marker kan börja byggas upp.In this position, the stack of chips is moved to the side, where the chips can be picked up by a croupier, using the means 11, which can be driven by, for example, an electric motor 12. Meanwhile, has the body 9 has entered its lower resting position, whereby a new one stacks of chips can begin to build up.

Sorteringsmaskinen innefattar även en färgavkännare 13, som lämpligen är placerad strax ovanför hjulet vid dess periferi strax bortom det tubformiga utrymmet 3, sett i hjulets rotationsriktning. Denna färgavkännare kan utgöras ev en fotocellanordning eller en laseranordning och är avsedd att ge information om färg hos aktuell mark till en dataenhet 14, som är placerad pà lämpligt ställe i maskinen.The sorting machine also includes a color sensor 13, which is conveniently located just above the wheel at its periphery just beyond the tubular space 3, seen in direction of rotation of the wheel. This color sensor can be constituted possibly a photocell device or a laser device and is intended to provide information on the color of the land in question to a data unit 14, which is located in a suitable place in the machine.

På basis av denna information ger dataenheten en impuls till den rätta utmatningsanordningen, varigenom denna kan mata ut den aktuella marken.Based on this information, the data unit gives an impulse to the correct dispensing device, whereby this can eject the current ground.

Dataenheten 14, som lämpligen innefattar ett tangent- bord för inprogrammering av lämpligt åtgärdsprogram, är avsedd att styra motorn 5, organet 9, motorn 12 samt motorn som driver bandet 2. Detta band är dock ej nödvändigt för maskinens funktion men kan lämpligen utnyttjas för att förlänga sträckan mellan utrymmena 1 och 3. Delen 15, som utgör par- tier, vilka begränsar båda utrymmena 1 och 3 kan enkelt tas loss, varigenom marker som fastnat i dessa områden lätt kan tas loss. 3 _ 463 700 I fig 2 visas en anordning för att överföra marker från det tubformiga utrymmet 3, som företrädesvis har cirkel- formigt tvärsnitt med en radie som är något större än markens, till hjulet 4. Denna anordning innefattar en fotocell 16 på en viss nivå och en annan fotocell 17 på en lägre nivå.The data unit 14, which suitably comprises a keypad table for programming the appropriate action program, is intended to control the motor 5, the means 9, the motor 12 and the motor which drives the belt 2. However, this belt is not necessary for the function of the machine but can be suitably used to extend the distance between spaces 1 and 3. Part 15, which forms the which limits both spaces 1 and 3 can be easily taken loosening, whereby soils stuck in these areas can be easily loosened. 3 _ 463 700 Fig. 2 shows a device for transferring chips from the tubular space 3, which preferably has circular shaped cross-section with a radius slightly larger than the ground, to the wheel 4. This device comprises a photocell 16 at a certain level and another photocell 17 at a lower level.

Anordningen innefattar även en lucka 18, som är förskjut- bar mellan ett öppet och ett stängt läge beträffande passagen mellan utrymmet 3 och hjulets 4 fack 19. Luckan styrs därvid av en solenoid 20, som på impulser från dataenheten 14 drar in eller skjuter ut stången 21. Anordningen fungerar så att då antalet marker i utrymmet 3 är så stort att de når fotocellen 16, ger denna en impuls till dataenheten 14, som i sin tur ger en impuls till solenoiden 20, varigenom luckan 18 öppnas och marker faller ned i hjulets 4 fack 19. Därvid skall varje fack endast innehålla en mark. Då antalet marker sjunkit så att ljusstrålen från fotocellen 17 går fri ges en impuls till solenoiden 20 via dataenheten, varigenom luckan 18 stängs. Via dataenhetens tangentbord kan anordningen enligt fig 2 ges ett sådant kommando, att luckan 18 förblir öppen tills det tubformiga utrymmet 3 helt tömts på marker.The device also comprises a cover 18, which is displaced bar between an open and a closed position regarding the passage between the space 3 and the compartment 19 of the wheel 4. The door is then controlled of a solenoid 20, which draws on pulses from the data unit 14 in or pushes out the rod 21. The device works as follows that when the number of chips in space 3 is so large that they reach the photocell 16, gives this an impulse to the data unit 14, which in turn gives an impulse to the solenoid 20, whereby door 18 opens and chips fall into the wheel's 4 compartments 19. In this case, each compartment shall contain only one piece of land. Then the number of chips dropped so that the light beam from the photocell 17 goes free, an impulse is given to the solenoid 20 via the data unit, thereby closing the door 18. Via the data device keyboard the device according to Fig. 2 can be given such a command that the door 18 remains open until the tubular space 3 completely emptied of chips.

I fig 3 visas hjulet 4 närmare. Detta hjul, som är avsett att rotera i pilens P riktning utgöres av en tall- riksliknande skiva och är sålunda cirkelformig. Vid hjulets periferi runt om detsamma är ett stort antal fack 19 anordnade. Dessa fack, vars antal kan vara 14-20, är lämpligen urfrästa ur hjulskivan. En bit innanför periferin på hjulskiva 4 men något utanför fackens innersta begräns- ningslinje löper två cirkelformiga, parallella spår 22,23, vilka är avsedda att samverka med organ i utmatningsanord- ningarna 6 för utmatning av markerna. Naturligtvis är det möjligt att ha endast ett spår i vilket ett organ i utmat- ningsanordningen är avsett att ingripa. Utmatningen av marker blir emellertid effektivare om det finns två spår, i vart- dera av vilka ett organ i utmatningsanordningen 6 är avsedd att ingripa.In Fig. 3, the wheel 4 is shown in more detail. This wheel, that is intended to rotate in the direction of the arrow P consists of a national-like disc and is thus circular. At the periphery of the wheel around it is a large number of compartments 19 arranged. These compartments, the number of which can be 14-20, are suitably milled out of the wheel disc. A bit inside the periphery on wheel disc 4 but slightly outside the compartments' innermost limit. line runs two circular, parallel grooves 22,23, which are intended to co-operate with bodies in dispensing devices 6 for discharging the land. Of course it is possible to have only one track in which a body in the output the device is intended to intervene. The output of chips however, becomes more efficient if there are two tracks, in each of which a means in the dispensing device 6 is intended to intervene.

Fackens 19 form är speciellt utformad såsom framgår av fig 5. Därvid är fackets djup a något större än markens tjocklek. Härigenom minskar risken att en annan mark skall slå emot kanten på den i ett fack liggande marken. Vidare c 463 700 4 är avståndet b mindre än en tredjedel av marken. Härigenom faller marken snabbt ned i facket. Avståndet c är större än avståndet b och skall utgöra minst hälften av markens diameter. Härigenom underlättas för en mark som hamnat ovanpå en annan i ett fack att glida vidare till nästa tomma fack.The shape of the compartments 19 is specially designed as can be seen of Fig. 5. In this case, the depth a of the compartment is slightly greater than that of the ground thickness. This reduces the risk that another land will strike the edge of the ground in a compartment. Further c 463 700 4 the distance b is less than one third of the ground. Hereby the ground quickly falls into the compartment. The distance c is greater than the distance b and shall constitute at least half of the ground diameter. This facilitates land that has ended up on top of another in a compartment to slide on to the next blank compartment.

I fig 6 a-d visas en bildsekvens av en utmatningsan- ordning i funktion. Därvid visar varje bild ett tvärsnitt genom utmatningsanordningen 6 och en yttre del av hjulet 4.Figs. 6 a-d show an image sequence of an output device. scheme in operation. Each image shows a cross section through the discharge device 6 and an outer part of the wheel 4.

Utmatningsanordningen 6 innefattar såsom även framgår av fig 7 en undre skiva 24, som har en utsträckning fram till hjulets yttre kant 25. Denna undre skiva är ihopsatt med en större, övre skiva 26, som har en sådan utsträckning, att dess inre kant 27 når in över hjulet bortom fackets inre begränsningslinje på hjulet. Denna skiva är försedd m-sd två nsdàtriktsds stift 28,29, sam är svssdds att i stt visst läge strax innan en viss mark passerar sättas ned i respektive spår 22,23 för att mata ut denna mark från hjulets fack och in i det tubformiga utrymmet 8, där en stapel med marker av en viss färg bildas. Regleringen av de hopsatta skivorna 24 och 26 sker med hjälp av solenoiden 7, som får impulser från dataenheten 14.The discharge device 6 comprises, as also shown of Fig. 7 a lower disc 24, which has an extension in front to the outer edge of the wheel 25. This lower disc is assembled with a larger, upper disc 26, which has such an extent, that its inner edge 27 reaches over the wheel beyond the compartment inner boundary line on the wheel. This disc is provided m-sd two nsdàtriktsds pins 28,29, sam is svssdds that in stt certain position just before a certain ground passes is put down in the respective grooves 22,23 to discharge this ground from wheel compartment and into the tubular space 8, where a stacks of chips of a certain color are formed. The regulation of the assembled discs 24 and 26 are made by means of the solenoid 7, which receives impulses from the data unit 14.

Detta går så till att färgavkännaren informerar data- enheten om att en mark av en viss färg inmatats i ett av hjulets fack. Dataenheten får därvid reda på läget för just denna mark och vet att då hjulet med denna mark snurrat en viss sträcka skall marken utmatas till ett visst utrymme 8 med hjälp av utmatningsanordningen 6. När hjulets fack med den aktuella marken närmar sig utmatningsanordningen för marker med just denna färg, ges solenoiden 7 en impuls från dataenheten. Därvid dras stången 30 in i solenoidhuset 7,varigenom stiften 28,29 går ned i spåren 22,23. Därvid matas marken 31 ut från hjulets fack vid hjulets fortsatta rotation och in under övriga marker 32 i utrymmet 8, där det under de övriga markerna 32 skapats ett utrymme för denna utmatade mark 31. Därvid vilar denna utmatade mark ovanpå den undre skivan 24 vid området 33. I detta område är gjorda tre hål 34 a,b,c, i vilka hakar 35, som är fast- satta på utsidan av den utrymmet 8 begränsande tuben 36, 5 465 700 som lämpligen uppvisar cirkulärt tvärsnitt, är avsedda att inpassas vid ett visst läge för platta 24 relativt tuben 36,(se fig 6 d). Dessa hakar 35 är avsedda att ingripa un- der den understa marken, d v s den senast i utrymmet 8 inmat- ade marken, i samband med att solenoiden 7 för upp skivorna 24,26 till dessas viloläge (se fig 6 d). Därvid hålls stapeln med marker kvar relativt tuben 36, även om solenoiden skulle dra ned skivorna 24,26 för att på nytt skapa ett utrymme 37 (se fig 6 b), under den understa marken och möjliggöra en utmatning av ytterligare en mark från hjulets fack och in i detta utrymme. För att stapeln med marker skall kunna byggas upp är ett hål 38 med en diameter större än markens diameter gjort i den övre skivan 26. Vid utmatningen från hjulets fack bidrar fackets bakre begränsningslinje 39 (se fig 3) till att det blir en mjuk utmatning.This is so that the color sensor informs the data the device that a field of a certain color has been entered in one of wheel compartment. The data unit then finds out the mode for just this ground and know that when the wheel with this ground spun a certain distance, the ground shall be discharged to a certain space 8 using the dispenser 6. When the wheel compartment with the ground in question approaches the discharge device for chips with just this color, the solenoid 7 is given an impulse from the data device. Thereby, the rod 30 is pulled into the solenoid housing 7, whereby the pin 28,29 goes down into the grooves 22,23. Thereby the ground 31 is fed out of the wheel compartment at the wheel's continuation rotation and under other chips 32 in the space 8, where a space has been created under the other lands 32 this discharged land 31. Thereby this discharged land rests on top of the lower disc 24 at the area 33. In this area are made three holes 34 a, b, c, in which hooks 35, which are fixed placed on the outside of the space 8 delimiting the tube 8, 5,465,700 which suitably have a circular cross-section, are intended to fitted at a certain position for plate 24 relative to the tube 36, (see Fig. 6 d). These hooks 35 are intended to engage the where the lowest ground, ie the latest in space 8 is entered ground, in connection with the solenoid 7 raising the discs 24,26 to their rest position (see Fig. 6 d). In doing so, the bar is kept with chips left relative to tube 36, even if the solenoid were to pull down the discs 24,26 to create a space again 37 (see Fig. 6 b), under the lowest ground and enable an output of an additional ground from the wheel compartment and into this space. In order for the stack of chips to be able to built up is a hole 38 with a diameter larger than the ground diameter made in the upper disc 26. At the output from the wheel compartment of the wheel contributes to the rear boundary line 39 of the compartment (see Fig. 3) until it becomes a soft output.

Vid den fortsatta utmatningen av marker från hjulet 4 och in i utrymmet 8 bildas där en stapel med exempel- vis 20 marker. När detta förutbestämda antal uppnåtts upp- hör införandet av marker i detta utrymme 8. I detta läge ges organet 9, som kan utgöras av en solenoid eller en el- motor, en impuls så att stången 40,(se fig 8) börjar röra sig uppåt. Därvid genomgår stången 40 skivorna 24,26 genom hål 41,37 i dessa och för stapeln med marker till ramens 10 ovansida. I detta läge får organet 11 en impuls från dataenheten och för iväg stapeln med hjälp av stången 42 till maskinens yttre område. ' Eftersom ett stort antal utmatningsanordningar är pla- cerade bredvid varandra vid ett område av maskinen strax utanför hjulets periferi bildas på ramens ovansida vid sorteringen staplar av marker bredvid varandra med olika färger.During the continued discharge of chips from the wheel 4 and into the space 8 a stack with exemplary show 20 fields. When this predetermined number is reached, hear the insertion of chips in this space 8. In this position is provided with the means 9, which may be a solenoid or an electrical motor, an impulse so that the rod 40, (see Fig. 8) begins to move upwards. In this case, the rod 40 passes through the discs 24,26 holes 41,37 in these and for the stack of chips to the frame 10 top. In this position the means 11 receives an impulse from data unit and move the stack using the bar 42 to the outer area of the machine. ' Since a large number of dispensers are next to each other at an area of the machine just outside the periphery of the wheel is formed on the top of the frame at the sorting stacks of chips next to each other with different colors.

Claims

463,700 Patent claims

Sorting machine for chips and the like, intended for use at, for example, gaming tables and comprising a data unit for controlling various functions, characterized in that it comprises the following features: å - A first space (1) where unsorted chips (31) are intended to be let down, from which the soils are intended to be conveyed to a second space (3), which is connected to a device (4) for further transport of the soils to a discharge device (6), wherein an input device (16,17,18) is arranged to transfer the chips from the second space (3) to the device (4); The device (4) for further transport of the chips (31) comprises a wheel (4), which is rotatable by means of a motor (5), and which at its periphery has a plurality of compartments (19), each of which is intended to receive a ground from the input device; A device (13) for identifying the ground in each compartment (19), which is arranged to provide information to the data unit (14) that a ground (31) of a certain color is entered in a certain compartment, whereby the data unit knows exactly where the land in question is located, so that the right land can be discharged at the right place; The device (6) for discharging the chips (31) has at least one member (28, 29) which is intended to cooperate with at least one groove (22, 23) in the wheel (4), which groove extends around the peripheral area on the wheel and undergoes each compartment (19), that the device (6) discharges chips of a certain color to a particular stack; A device for transferring the stacked chips (31) to a pick-up location, the device comprising means (9, 40) which can carry the stack of chips through a tube-like space (8) to the top of the sorting machine.

Machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the feeding device comprises at least one photocell (16, 17) and a hatch (18), which is displaceable between an open and a closed position for the passage of the ground (31) to the wheel (4). compartment (19). 463 700 7

Machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the feeding device further comprises a conveyor belt (2) driven by an electric motor at a speed greater than the peripheral speed of the wheel (4), and that the chips (31) are intended to be moved from the conveyor belt (2) via a tubular space (3) to the door (18) and from there to the respective compartment (19) in the wheel (4).

Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the number of compartments (19) is preferably 14-20 pieces, each compartment (19) having a depth (a) which is greater than the thickness of the ground (31), and that each compartment (19) has chamfers of a length (b, c) at the input and output areas, respectively, wherein (b) is considerably larger than (a).

Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein marks (31) of different colors are to be sorted, characterized in that the identification device comprises a color sensor (13), which is placed in a suitable place in the machine just above the wheel (4). ) at its periphery, and that it comprises a photocell means or a laser means.

A machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wheel (4) comprises a circular disc, characterized in that the disc (4) has at least one circular groove (22, 23) running around the disc (4) and a bit inside its periphery but slightly outside the innermost boundary line of the compartments (19), and that this groove is intended to co-operate with at least pin means (28, 29) arranged in a discharge device for the chips (31).

Machine according to claim 6, characterized in that the pin means (28, 29) are directed downwards and arranged in a disc (26), which has an extension inwards over the wheel disc (4), and which is arranged on top of another disc (24). ), which has an extension up to the outer edge (25) of the wheel disc (4), and that these (24, 26) can be moved in the vertical direction by means of a solenoid (7) and / or spring, whereby a downward movement of the discs (24,26) means that chips (31) are discharged from the wheel disc (4) and into a tubular space (8), placed adjacent to the discs (24,26), and thereby an upward movement of the discs (24,26) means that the ground (32) is moved upwards relative to the tube (36) 463 700 by the disc (24), whereby hooks (35) mounted on the tube (36) can grip the edge on the underside of the bottom ground (31).

Machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the hooks (35) are spring-loaded, that the disc (26) has a central hole (38) which is slightly larger than the diameter of the ground (31) and which lies substantially in front of the tube (8), and that the disc (24) has holes (34 a, b, c), for co-operation with the hooks (35), when the discs (24, 26) have assumed a rest position (see Fig. 6d).

A machine according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device for transferring sorted chips in the space (8) to a pick-up location comprises a means (9), which consists of a solenoid or electric motor, and which has a vertical rod (40), which carries the chips (32) through the tube (36) to the top of the machine frame (10), where the stack of chips is moved to the side by means of the rod (42), which is movable back and forth by means of a suitable means (12), for example an electric motor.

Machine according to claim 9, characterized in that the data unit (14) controls the motors (5,12) and the motor for the conveyor belt (2), and that the data unit is arranged to give impulses to the means (7,9) and the door (18). ) and is arranged to also receive information, for example from the color sensor (13) and the photocell (16,17).