JP2000005415A - Ball receiving tray of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce costs and to facilitate assembly by reducing the number of part items of a locking mechanism for a ball receiving tray. SOLUTION: In a Pachinko (Japanese pin ball game) machine ball receiving tray 5 freely openably and closably mounted on the front face of a front frame and provided with a locking mechanism 14 on its back, the locking member 48 of the locking mechanism 14 is formed in the shape of L consisting of a supporting piece 46 and a locking piece 47, and an oblong hole 50 is provided in the supporting piece 46. A mounting screw 57 is threadably tightened to the back of the ball receiving tray 5 via the oblong hole 50 whereby the locking member 48 is freely slidably provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball tray for a pachinko machine which is provided on the front of a front frame so as to be freely opened and closed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball receiving tray of a conventional pachinko machine is provided with a plate portion for storing pachinko balls on a front surface of a metal front plate, and a locking mechanism comprising a mounting piece and a locking piece on the back surface of the front plate. Had been installed.

[0003]

The ball tray of the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine is provided with a locking mechanism, and the locking mechanism temporarily attaches two members, namely, a mounting piece and a locking piece, by a guide pin so as to be slidable. Further, the rivet was attached to a metal front plate. Also, a hook piece is formed on each of the mounting piece and the locking piece, and a spring is hooked on the hook piece to urge the locking piece in the locking direction.

For this reason, the number of parts is large, the cost is high, specialized tools and techniques such as guide pins and riveting are required, and assembly is troublesome, and installation of the spring is troublesome.

Further, in assembling the ball tray, screws are used for assembling each member, and many screws are used until the ball tray is finally completed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to reduce the number of components of a locking mechanism for a ball tray, thereby reducing the cost and facilitating assembly. The aim is to provide a ball saucer.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a ball receiving tray of a pachinko machine which is mounted on a front surface of a front frame so as to be openable and closable and provided with a locking mechanism on a back surface. The locking member is formed in an L shape by the support piece and the locking piece, and the support piece is provided with a long hole, and the mounting screw is screwed to the back surface of the ball tray through the long hole to slide the locking member. It was provided movably.

The ball receiving tray is constituted by a plurality of members, and the plurality of members are simultaneously fastened together by the mounting screws. Specifically, the ball saucer includes a decorative base, a dish portion, and a decorative cover.A mounting boss is provided on the back surface of the decorative cover, and the locking member is attached to the decorative base with mounting screws, and at the same time, the plate portion is mounted. The ball receiving plate is screwed to the mounting boss via the through hole to mount the ball receiving plate, thereby reducing the number of screws and simplifying the mounting of the ball receiving plate.

Further, a spring accommodating portion is provided on the back surface of the ball tray, and a pressing piece of the spring is provided on the locking member so that the locking member is always urged in the locking direction by the spring. Accordingly, the mounting of the spring is simplified, and the receiving portion serves as a guide, so that the locking member slides smoothly.

Preferably, a guide shaft is provided on the back surface of the ball receiving tray, and the guide shaft is loosely fitted into the elongated hole, and the mounting screw is screwed onto the guide shaft to move the locking member. Should be smooth.

The ball tray of the pachinko machine of the present invention is not limited to the upper ball tray provided on the front surface of the front frame for supplying a hit ball, and the lower ball tray for storing excess balls in the upper ball tray can be freely opened and closed. The present invention is also applicable to the case in which

[0012]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko machine showing a state where a glass door frame and an upper ball tray are opened. 1 is a machine frame of the pachinko machine, and 2 is a front frame mounted on the front of the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 2 is formed in a frame shape having a window hole 3 provided substantially in the center, and a glass door frame 4 and an upper ball receiving tray 5 for supplying a hit ball can be opened and closed on one side of the window hole 3. It is installed. A game board 6 is detachably attached to the rear of the glass door frame 4 and to the back of the window hole 3. 7 is an upper ball receiving tray 5 attached to a lower portion of the front frame 2
A lower ball receiving tray 8 for storing surplus balls from the player is an operation handle for firing a hit ball.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the upper ball receiving tray 5 is integrally assembled with a dish 11 for storing pachinko balls in a decorative base 10 and a decorative cover 12 for covering the front upper portion of the dish 11. A shaft support mechanism 13 is provided on one side of the back surface of the decoration base 10, and a locking mechanism 14 is provided on the other side, and is attached to the front surface of the window 3 of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable.

The decorative cover 12 has a central decorative portion 12 formed in a bulging shape so as to cover the dish portion 11 from the front and below.
a, and a right decorative part 12b and a left decorative part 12c that are formed lower than the central decorative part 12a and cover the front surface of the decorative base 10. A plurality of mounting bosses 15 are provided on the back surface of the decorative cover 12. 16
Are bent pieces for preventing fraud that close the gap of the pivot support mechanism 13.

The dish portion 11 has a bottom surface that is gradually inclined downward from one end facing the prize ball discharge port 17 opened in the decoration base 10 toward the other end, and a guiding side wall 18 is provided downstream of the bottom surface. A rectification passage 19 is formed, which is formed narrower in order and allows the pachinko balls to line up in a row and flow down.
The end of the flow control passage 19 is connected to the supply port 2 of the decorative base 10.
The pachinko ball in the flow straightening passage 19 is guided from the supply port 20 to the hit ball supply device 21 provided on the back side of the decorative base 10. A ball outlet 22 is formed at the bottom end surface of the flow regulating passage 19, and a ball outlet passage 23 communicating with the lower ball receiving tray 8 is provided below the ball outlet 22.

A shutter plate 24 for opening and closing the ball outlet 22 is slidably provided in the ball outlet 22 in the horizontal direction. A through hole 25 is formed in the upper surface wall 11a of the plate portion 11 located closer to the front than the ball outlet 22, and a ball removal button 26 is provided in the through hole 25. The ball release button 26 faces a hollow portion located on the front side of the plate portion 11, and is rotatably supported in a vertical direction by inserting a shaft hole 28 into a shaft 27.

The lower part of the ball-pulling button 26 and the plate 1
An operating lever 29, which is bent in an L-shape, is rotatably supported via a shaft portion 30 in a hollow portion located on the back surface side of the shutter 1 and a slide pin 32 of the shutter plate 24 is inserted into a vertically long hole 31 at the lower end thereof. Are engaged. Also, the operating lever 29
An engagement pin 33 protrudes almost at the middle of the bent portion of
The engaging pin 33 penetrates from the guide through hole 34 to the front side to engage with the vertically long hole 35 of the ball ejection button 26. One end of a spring 36 is connected to the operating lever 29, and the biasing force of the spring 36 constantly biases the shutter plate 24 in the direction to close the ball outlet 22.
The ball release button 26 is urged to rotate upward.

On one side of the back surface of the decorative base 10, as described above, the pivot support mechanism 13 and the locking mechanism 14 are provided, and the pivot support mechanism 13 has a strip-shaped mounting plate as shown in FIG. Long holes 38, 38 are formed in 37, and a pressing piece 40 of a spring 39 is formed by bending. Also, one side of the mounting plate 37 is bent at a right angle and rounded into a cylindrical shape to form a shaft tube portion 41, and a shaft 42 is formed at the lower end. On the other hand, on the back surface of the decoration base 10, guide shafts 43, 43 are protruded, and a housing portion 44 for the spring 39 is formed. The spring 39 is housed in the housing portion 44, and the guide shafts 43, 43 are long. The lower end of the spring 39 is loosely fitted into the holes 38 and 38 and the lower end of the spring 39 is pressed by the pressing piece 40.
The screw 5 is screwed onto the guide shafts 43, 43 so as to be slid up and down while being constantly urged downward by the spring 39.

As shown in FIG. 6, the locking mechanism 14 has an L-shaped locking member 48 formed by a support piece 46 and a locking piece 47.
And a locking fitting 49 fixed inside the window hole 3. The support piece 46 is formed with long holes 50, 50, and the pressing piece 52 of the spring 51 is formed by bending. The locking piece 47 has a locking claw 53 that locks with a locking fitting 49 and an upper end. An operation piece 54 for pressing against the bias of the spring 51 is bent. On the other hand, guide shafts 55, 55 are formed on the back surface of the decoration base 10, and a housing 56 for the spring 51 is formed. The spring 51 is housed in the housing 56, and the guide shafts 55, 55 are provided.
Are loosely fitted in the long holes 50, 50, the upper end of the spring 51 is pressed by the pressing piece 52, and the mounting screws 57, 57 are screwed onto the guide shafts 55, 55, so that the spring 51 is always urged upward by the spring 51. It is slidably supported up and down in this state.

At this time, as shown in FIG.
Are screwed onto the guide shafts 55, 55 with the mounting screws 57, 57 at the same time, and the mounting bosses 15, 15 of the decorative cover 12 are screwed at the same time. I have to. The ball tray is not limited to the one described above, and may be a ball tray provided with a plate portion on the front surface of a metal front plate as described in the related art. What is necessary is just to screw on a part. Also,
The present invention can also be applied to a lower ball pan provided on the front surface of the front frame so as to be freely opened and closed.

The upper ball tray 5 configured as described above is
When the side provided with the locking mechanism 14 is pressed against the front frame 2 by the shaft supporting mechanism 13 so as to be openable and closable inside the window hole 3, the tapered portion 53 a of the locking claw 53 comes into contact with the locking fitting 49. The locking member 48 moves downward against the bias of the spring 51, and at the same time the tapered portion 53 a comes off from the locking fitting 49, moves upward by the bias of the spring 51, and the locking claw 5
3 engages with the locking fitting 49. Then, as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 7, the operation piece 54 of the locking member 48 is pressed against the urging of the spring 51 to release the engagement between the locking claw 53 and the locking fitting 49, and the ball receiving tray is released. 15 can be opened. At this time, the accommodating portion 56 serves as a guide, and the movement of the locking member 48 becomes smooth.

[0022]

As described above, the ball tray of the pachinko machine according to the present invention can reduce the number of parts of the locking mechanism to reduce the cost, and can easily assemble the ball tray by anyone.

Also, a plurality of members constituting the ball tray can be assembled at the same time by the mounting screws of the locking members,
The number of mounting screws can be reduced, and the workability of assembling the ball tray is improved.

Further, by providing a spring storage portion on the back surface of the ball tray, the spring can be easily mounted, and the storage portion acts as a guide for the locking member, so that the movement of the locking member is smooth. It has many effects such as

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko machine showing a state where a glass door frame and a front plate are opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an upper ball receiving tray.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the upper ball receiving tray.

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of the upper ball tray in a state where the pivot mechanism and the locking mechanism are removed.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a locking mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front frame 5 Upper ball tray 7 Lower ball tray 14 Locking mechanism 46 Supporting piece 47 Locking piece 48 Locking member 50 Long hole 51 Spring 52 Pressing piece 56 Storage section 57 Mounting screw

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a ball tray of a pachinko machine which is attached to a front surface of a front frame so as to be openable and closable and has a locking mechanism on a back surface, a locking member of the locking mechanism is formed into an L shape by a support piece and a locking piece. A ball receiving tray for a pachinko machine, wherein a long hole is formed in a support piece, and a fixing member is slidably provided by screwing a mounting screw to the back surface of the ball receiving hole through the long hole. 2. The ball tray of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said ball tray is constituted by a plurality of members, and said plurality of members are simultaneously fastened together by said mounting screws. 3. A spring accommodating portion is provided on the back surface of the ball receiving tray, and a pressing piece of the spring is provided on the locking member, so that the locking member is always urged in the locking direction by the spring. The ball saucer of a pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: