JP2000061095A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily perform an operation test and an inspection of a ball discharging device by integrally incorporating one part of a constitution regarding a ball extracting mechanism such as a switching lever, or a power member to operate the switching lever, to the ball discharging device which is formed separately from a mechanism board. SOLUTION: When a winning ball which is guided to a winning ball passage 5 is detected by a winning ball detector, a driving motor 16 of a ball discharging device 13 is rotated by the detection signal, and pachinko balls which stand by under a continuous state in feeding passages 19a, 19b are lowered by the rotation of a lead screw 17, and are discharged to discharging passages 20a, 20b. When pachinko balls in a ball tank are extracted, a pin or the like is inserted in a pin hole from the front surface side of this pachinko machine, and a switch is turned on by pressing a detection lever. By this motion, the driving motor 16 of the ball discharging device 13 is rotated, and at the same time, a ball extracting solenoid 31 is operated, and a switching lever 32 is rotated. Thus, a discharging passage 20 and a ball extracting gutter are communicated, and a ball extraction is performed through the ball extracting gutter.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball discharging device for discharging a pachinko ball supplied from a ball tank, to a ball discharging gutter or a ball discharging gutter for removing the ball from the pachinko ball connected to a hitting ball supply tray on the front of the pachinko machine. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which a part of the configuration relating to the ball-stripping mechanism for switching and guiding is integrated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a mechanism plate mounted on the back side of a pachinko machine is provided with an electric ball payout device, and the pachinko ball to be paid out is provided downstream of the ball payout device on the front side of the pachinko machine. A ball discharge gutter that leads to the dish and a ball discharge gutter that removes the ball are provided, and a switching lever that switches the ball discharge gutter or the ball extraction gutter according to an electrical signal and guides the pachinko ball to be discharged to either There is a pachinko machine.

[0003]

By the way, in this kind of pachinko machine, a switching lever and an electric drive source for operating the switching lever are provided separately from the ball dispensing device, and are mounted on a mechanical plate, that is, a pachinko machine. Has been
Since these operation tests and inspections were carried out after the pachinko machine was assembled, there was a problem that it required a lot of troublesome work and the work was also a large scale work. Further, since the switching lever and the drive source for operating the switching lever are provided separately from the ball dispensing device, the mechanism plate must be attached separately from the ball dispensing device, and the wiring cord is also separate. Assembling and wiring of the back parts of these pachinko machines, such as wiring to, was troublesome and was one factor that hinders the speeding up of the assembly work. Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a part of the configuration relating to a ball-pulling-out mechanism such as a switching lever or a power member for operating the switching lever in a ball dispensing device formed separately from a mechanism plate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine in which the operation test and inspection of the ball dispensing device can be easily performed and the assembling work of the back parts of the pachinko machine can be speeded up by assembling them together. is there.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object,
A pachinko machine according to the present invention is a ball payout device for paying out a pachinko ball supplied from a ball tank, a ball discharge gutter for guiding the pachinko ball to a hitting ball supply tray on the front of the pachinko machine, and a ball removal gutter for ball removal processing. In the pachinko machine provided with, the ball payout device is separately formed and attached to the back side of the pachinko machine, and the ball payout device switches the pachinko ball to a ball pulling trough to remove the ball. A part of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism is integrally assembled.

As a part of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism, for example, there is a switching lever for switching and guiding a pachinko ball discharged from a ball discharging device to either a ball discharge gutter or a ball discharge gutter.

In addition, for example, the switching lever and a power member such as a link mechanism for activating the switching lever or a ball removing solenoid as a power source may be used.

According to the present invention, a so-called mechanical ball-discharging device for discharging a pachinko ball by tilting the ball case by the action of an actuating rod or the like, or a pachinko ball by rotating a lead screw by a drive motor is used. It is applicable to any of the electric ball dispensing devices for dispensing.

A ball payout device is formed by integrally assembling a part of the configuration relating to the ball removal mechanism such as a switching lever or a power member for operating the switch lever to a ball payout device separately formed and attached to the back side of a pachinko machine. Also, a part of the operation test or inspection of the configuration relating to the ball removing mechanism can be simplified without requiring complicated labor such as carrying the ball dispensing device in the hand. In addition, in the case where the electric drive source is integrally assembled as a part of the configuration relating to the ball removing mechanism, the wiring cords can be easily put together. Further, if the switching lever is arranged on the downstream side of the ball dispensing device, when the ball is dispensed from the ball dispensing device, the ball can be completely removed without the pachinko ball remaining in the ball dispensing device.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, a case where an electric ball payout device equipped with a drive motor is used will be described, but a so-called mechanical ball payout device such as paying out a pachinko ball using a link mechanism is used. However, the object of the present invention can be sufficiently achieved. FIG. 1 is a back view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a part of a configuration relating to an electric ball payout device and a ball removing mechanism described later is attached to the back surface of the pachinko machine. A mechanism plate 3 is arranged on the back surface of the pachinko machine 1 so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 2, and a prize ball for collecting prize balls on the lower front surface of the mechanism plate 3 facing the back surface of the game board 2. A gathering portion 4 is formed. And
A winning ball passage 5 is formed in communication with the outlet so that the winning balls are arranged in a row and flow down, and a winning ball detector 6 and one winning ball are dropped into the discharge passage 7 at the end thereof. A winning ball discharging device including a container 8 and a solenoid 9 is provided.

On the other hand, a ball tank 10 for storing pachinko balls is provided above the back surface of the mechanism plate 3.
A guide gutter 11 for aligning and flowing down the pachinko balls is provided below. Further, a vertical supply gutter 12 is continuously provided on the downstream side of the outlet gutter 11, and an electric ball payout device 13 is connected to a lower end of the supply gutter 12. Further, below the ball payout device 13, a ball discharge gutter 14 for guiding the paid out pachinko balls to a hitting ball supply tray (not shown) in front of the machine is provided.

The ball payout device 13 is formed separately from the mechanism plate 3, and as shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, a main body base 15, a drive motor 16 as an electric drive source, a lead screw 17, a cover 18, and a postscript. It is generally constructed by integrally assembling a part 30 of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism. On the front surface of the main body base 15, as shown in FIG.
2. Two vertical supply passages 19a, 19b continuous to each other are formed at right and left intervals.
Pachinko ball discharge passages 20a and 20b are formed on the downstream side of b. These discharge passages 20a, 20b
Is formed in a tubular shape having a predetermined inner diameter so that the pachinko balls flow straight down and flow down. The drive motor 1
6 is a main body base 15 via a motor mounting frame 21.
Is attached to the front center of the
Is below the drive motor 16 and the supply passage 19a,
It is arranged so as to be located between 19b.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lead screw 17 has a cylindrical body 17a having an outer peripheral surface on which the supply passage 19a,
A protrusion 22 for receiving the most advanced pachinko ball facing 19b is formed in a spiral shape, and a rotary shaft 23 projecting in the vertical center of the cylindrical body 17a is supported by bearing pieces 24, 24 of the main body base 15. It is installed so that it can be rotated horizontally. The rotating shaft 23 protruding above the cylindrical body 17a
A driven gear 27, which meshes with a driving gear 26 fixed to the motor shaft 25, is fixed to the tip of the motor shaft 25, so that the rotation of the motor shaft 25 is transmitted to the lead screw 17. The ridge 22 of the lead screw 17 has its leading end pachinko ball in the supply passages 19a and 19b loses its support and falls into the discharge passages 20a and 20b by one rotation of the lead screw 17. A spiral shape is selected. In addition, the discharge passages 20a, 20
Sphere detectors 28a and 28b are provided in b, and the discharge passages 20a and 20b are rotated by the rotation of the lead screw 17.
The pachinko balls paid out to b are detected one by one.

The respective discharge passages 20a and 20b are joined together in the middle to form a single discharge passage 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the discharge passages 20a and 20b are branched to one side to form a ball discharge trough 29. Reference numeral 30 denotes a part of the configuration relating to the ball-removing mechanism, in which a ball-removing solenoid 31 as a power member is provided below the ball-discharging device 13.
Further, the switching lever 32 is rotatably attached to the branch point so that the tip end of the plunger 33 protruding downward from the ball removing solenoid 31 is engaged with the switching lever 32. Then, the switching lever 32 is switched by the drive of the ball removing solenoid 31 to a position for closing the ball removing trough 29 shown by the solid line in the figure and a position for closing the discharge passage 20 or the ball discharging gutter 14 shown by the chain line in the figure. It is like this. It should be noted that the part 30 of the configuration relating to the ball removing mechanism includes only the switching lever 32. Further, the power member may be a link mechanism.

Reference numeral 34 designates a switch mechanism arranged on the upper rear surface of the game board 2, which is also a part of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism. Then, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the detection lever 3 is provided on the upper portion of the front surface of the box frame 35 whose rear surface, that is, the game board 2 side is opened.
A switch 37 in which 6 is faced in the box frame 35 is provided, and in the box frame 35, an actuating member 38 which stands up facing the detection lever 36 of the switch 37 is provided.

A storage recess 39 is formed at the lower end of the operating member 38, and a spiral spring 40 is stored in the storage recess 39. Then, with the storage recess 39 inside, the storage recess 39
Through holes 41, 41 provided on both sides of the same axis and through holes 4 provided on both sides of the box frame 35 in the same axis.
2 and 42 are matched, and these through holes 41 and 41 and the through hole 4
2, 42 and the spiral spring 40 are aligned in a straight line,
The actuating member 38 is attached by inserting the horizontal shaft 43 therethrough. Also, one end linear portion 40a of the spiral spring 40
Is brought into contact with the back surface of the operating member 38 through the slit 44,
The bent portion 40b at the other end is fitted in a locking hole 45 provided in the box frame 35, whereby the actuating member 38 is urged to rotate forward, but the lower end of the front surface contacts the bottom surface of the box frame 35. The state is maintained by tilting forward so as not to touch the detection lever 36 by contact.

A wide pushing piece portion 46 is provided at the upper end of the operating member 38, and the pushing piece portion 46 corresponds to a pin hole 48 penetrating the front frame 47a of the pachinko machine 1 and the game board mounting frame 47b. Position it. Reference numeral 49 is a notch provided on one side of the box frame 35 corresponding to the pushing piece portion 46 of the actuating member 38, and the pushing piece portion 46 can intervene so that the rotation of the actuating member 38 is hindered. I can do without it. 50 is the horizontal axis 4
It is an E-ring for preventing the removal of 3. And the switch 3
7. The drive motor 16 of the ball payout device 13 and the ball removal solenoid 31 of the part 30 of the configuration related to the ball removal mechanism are electrically connected.

The pachinko machine 1 of the present invention is constructed as described above, and its operation will be described below. When the winning ball guided to the winning ball passage 5 is detected by the winning ball detector 6, the drive motor 16 of the ball payout device 13 is rotated by the detection signal, and the lead screw is passed through the driving gear 26 and the driven gear 27. Rotate 17. The rotation of the lead screw 17 causes the pachinko balls that are continuously waiting in the supply passages 19a and 19b to descend as the ridges 22 move, and when the lead screw 17 makes one rotation, the pachinko balls that are supported by the ridges 22 are advanced. Is removed from the support of the ridge 22 and is discharged to the discharge passages 20a and 20b.

Next, in order to remove the pachinko balls from the ball tank 10, the pin holes 48 of the front frame 47a from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 are removed.
The pin P or the like is inserted into and the pushing piece portion 46 of the operating member 38 is pushed. As a result, the operating member 38 rotates rearward against the elastic force of the spiral spring 40 as shown by the chain line in FIG.
6 is pushed to turn on the switch 37. The switch 3
When the ball 7 is turned on, the drive motor 16 of the ball dispensing device 13 is rotated, and the ball removing solenoid 31 is operated to rotate the switching lever 32 as shown by the chain line in FIG. As a result, the switching lever 32 communicates the discharge passage 20 with the ball removing trough 29, and guides the pachinko ball dispensed from the ball dispensing device 13 to the ball removing trough 29 to remove the ball, as described above. On this occasion,
The pachinko ball paid out from the payout unit 19 is the discharge passage 2
Since it is rectified by 0 (20a, 20b), the ball pulling gutter 2
Many pachinko balls paid out near the entrance of 9 do not gather in a dumpling state, so that ball removal can be performed extremely smoothly without causing ball clogging. And
When the ball removal is completed, the ball removal solenoid 31 is demagnetized, the switching lever 32 returns to the original state, and the ball removal gutter 29 is closed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the ball payout device 13 is formed separately from the mechanism plate 3, and the switching lever 32 and the operating member for operating the switching lever 32, that is, the ball removing solenoid 31 as an electric drive source. Since a part 30 of a configuration relating to a certain ball-discharging mechanism is integrally assembled to the ball dispensing device 13 to form a so-called unit, a part 30 of the configuration relating to the ball-discharging device 13 and the ball dispensing mechanism, particularly the switching lever 32.
Since it is possible to carry out the operation test and inspection of, for example, by holding the ball dispensing device 13 by hand, there is no distortion or distortion when assembling the movable part, and it does not require complicated work to improve the accuracy. Can be done easily.

In addition, the ball payout device 13 is assembled to the pachinko machine 1, that is, the back part thereof, and at the same time, a part 30 of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism is also installed. Moreover, the drive motor 16 and the ball removing solenoid 31 are electrically connected. By using the driving source, these wiring cords can be easily put together to simplify the wiring work.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a part of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism is integrally assembled as a unit into the ball payout device which is separately formed and attached to the back side of the pachinko machine. The precision of movable parts such as levers is high, handling is easy, and the operation test and inspection of this ball dispensing device can be performed easily. Also, the work of attaching to the mechanism plate is simple, and especially for those with an electric drive source assembled as a power member, the wiring cords are easy to put together and the wiring work can be done easily, so the back parts of the pachinko machine are simple. This has the effect of speeding up the work and its assembly work.

Further, since a part of the structure relating to the ball removing mechanism is disposed on the downstream side, there is no pachinko ball remaining in the ball dispensing device when the ball is removed, and complete ball removal can be performed and workability is improved. Excellent in effect, even when removing balls for multiple pachinko machines, there is no need to forget to remove the pachinko balls in some of the ball dispensing devices as in the case where there is a ball outlet on the upstream side of the ball dispensing device. Also has.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a ball payout device and a switch mechanism are attached to the back surface of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a ball dispensing device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the ball dispensing device in section.

5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a switch mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko Machine 3 Mechanism Plate 10 Ball Tank 13 Ball Discharging Device 14 Ball Discharging Gutter 16 Drive Motors 20, 20a, 20b Discharging Passage 29 Ball Spitting Gutter 30 Part of the Configuration Related to the Ball Sinking Mechanism 31 Power Member (Solving Ball Solenoid) 32 Ball Part of the configuration related to the removal mechanism (switching lever)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball discharging device for discharging a pachinko ball supplied from a ball tank, a ball discharge gutter for guiding the pachinko ball to a hitting ball supply tray on the front surface of the pachinko machine, and a ball discharge gutter for removing the ball. In a pachinko machine provided with, the ball payout device is separately formed and attached to the back side of the pachinko machine, and the ball payout device has a ball removal for switching the pachinko ball to a ball removal trough and removing the ball. A pachinko machine characterized in that a part of the structure relating to the mechanism is integrally assembled. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a part of the configuration relating to the ball removing mechanism comprises at least a switching lever for switching and guiding the pachinko ball to either the ball discharge gutter or the ball discharge gutter. 3. A part of the configuration relating to the ball removing mechanism comprises a switching lever for switching and guiding a pachinko ball to either a ball discharge trough or a ball draining trough, and a power member for operating the switching lever. The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2.