JP2000061111A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the occurrence of ball clogging even when plurally provided ball dispensers are simultaneously operated. SOLUTION: An upper ball receiving tray and a lower ball receiving tray are provided on the front face of a front frame, a play panel is arranged on the rear side of the front frame, a mechanism plate 16 is mounted on the rear side of the play panel and the mechanism plate 16 is provided with plural ball dispensers 24 and 25. Concerning such a PACHINKO machine, the plural ball dispensers 24 and 25 are respectively provided with discharging passages 39 and 40, one of the discharging passage 39 is communicated with the upper ball receiving tray and the other discharging passage 40 is directly communicated with the lower ball receiving tray.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine having two types of payout functions. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventional pachinko machines differ in the number of pachinko balls to be paid out depending on the type of winning balls in order to enhance the interest of the game. And a case-type ball dispensing device dedicated to each number is provided in the supply passage. Further, in recent years, many pachinko machines have a so-called big hit, and a large number of prize balls are awarded at a winning port or the like, and many prize balls are obtained at a stretch. [0003] In the above-mentioned pachinko machine, when the ball dispensing device is operated at the same time, the pachinko balls are discharged to the same discharge passage, so that the pachinko dispensed from both ball discharging devices is used. There is a problem that the balls collide with each other and clogging of the balls occurs in the discharge passage, which causes a problem in the dispensing operation of the ball dispensing device. Further, in the conventional pachinko machine, the prize balls are gathered in a prize ball collecting section, and the prize balls are paid out and the prize balls are discharged one by one by a prize ball processing device. When collected in the collecting portion, the winning ball collecting portion overflows or the ball is clogged. Therefore, efforts are made to increase the allowable amount of the winning ball collecting portion as much as possible within a limited range. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to pay out prize balls without causing clogging even when a plurality of ball payout devices are simultaneously operated. To provide a pachinko machine in which the operation is performed in a short time. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an upper ball tray and a lower ball tray on the front of a front frame, and a game board on the back of the front frame. In a pachinko machine in which a mechanism plate is mounted on the back of the game board and a plurality of prize ball ball dispensing devices are provided on the mechanism plate, discharge is performed to each of the plurality of prize ball ball dispensing devices. A passage was provided so that one discharge passage was communicated with the upper ball pan and the other discharge passage was directly communicated with the lower ball pan. It is preferable that the ball dispensing device, in which the discharge passage communicates with the lower ball receiving tray, is always in a resting state and is operated by a signal from the detecting means. Specifically, a detection switch is provided in a discharge passage communicating with the upper ball receiving tray, and when the upper ball receiving tray is full and the detection switch is activated, a standby state is established, and the operation is performed by a winning ball detection signal. Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, and FIG.
Is a rear view of the pachinko machine. Pachinko machine 1 is machine frame 2
And a front frame 3 attached to the front of the machine frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 3 is formed of a synthetic resin or wood such as veneer into a frame shape having a window hole 4 at a substantially central portion. Have been. A game board 5 is attached to the rear of the window hole 4,
A guide rail 6 for guiding a hit ball is provided on the front surface of the game board 5, and a variable display device 7 having a variable display 7a is provided substantially at the center of the game section 5a surrounded by the guide rail 6, and is provided below. A starting winning opening 8, a general winning opening 9, and a large winning opening 10 are provided. A glass door frame 11 and a front plate 12 are openably and closably mounted on one side of the window hole 4, and an upper ball receiving tray 13 for supplying a ball to the front of the front plate 12 is mounted. I have. A lower ball tray 14 for storing excess balls overflowing from the upper ball tray 13 and an operation handle 15 for adjusting the resilience of the pachinko ball are provided below the front frame 3. On the other hand, a mechanism plate 16 made of synthetic resin is mounted on the back of the front frame 3 so as to cover the entire game board 5 so as to be openable and closable.
A winning ball collecting portion 17 for collecting winning balls which have won the starting winning opening 8, the general winning opening 9, and the large winning opening 10 is formed in a lower portion of the front surface. A prize ball passage 18 is formed so that the prize balls are arranged in a line in communication with the exit and flow down. At the end of the prize ball passage 18, a prize ball detector 19 and a prize ball detector 19 detect the prize ball. A winning ball processing device 20 is provided for discharging the winning balls one by one. A ball tank 21 for storing pachinko balls is provided on the upper rear surface of the mechanism plate 16. A tank rail 22 and a bent rail 23 for aligning and flowing down the pachinko balls below the ball tank 21 are provided. Is provided. The lower end of the bent rail 23 is connected to a first ball payout device 24 and a second ball payout device 25 for winning balls as shown in FIG. The tank rail 22 is formed in a gutter shape having an open upper surface, and is provided with two supply passages 22a and 22b by projecting a partition wall 27 from a bottom wall 26. The bent rail 23 has at its upper end two supply passages 28 and 29 communicating with the two supply passages 22a and 22b of the tank rail 22. A flow dividing means 30 is provided at the position, and each of the flow dividing means 30 is divided into two supply passages 28.
a, 28b, 29a and 29b. As shown in FIG. 6, the flow dividing means 30 has two supply passages 28a, 28
The pachinko ball B1 located at the branching point which diverges to the b, 29a, 29b contacts the pachinko ball B2 located at the end of the supply passages 28a, 29a and the pachinko ball B3 located at the end of the supply passages 28b, 29b. Pachinko ball B
One ball center is located above and inside the ball centers of the pachinko balls B2 and B3. Thereby, the supply passage 2
When the number of the pachinko balls 8a and 29a decreases, the pachinko balls after the pachinko ball B1 located at the branch point are supplied to the supply passages 28b and 2
9b flows into the supply passages 28a, 29a while being in contact with the pachinko ball B3 located at the end of the supply passages 28b, 29b.
Pachinko sphere B1 located at the branch when the number of pachinko spheres decreases
The subsequent pachinko balls contact the pachinko balls B2 located at the ends of the supply passages 28a and 29a, and
29b. In addition, the flow dividing means 30 may be provided with another member such as a sprocket at the branch portion so as to be rotatable. As shown in FIG. 5, the first ball dispensing device 24 is generally constituted by a main body base 31, a driving motor 32 and a lead screw 33. Body base 31
Are formed with two inflow passages 34a and 34b connected to the supply passages 28a and 29a of the bent rail 23, respectively. The drive motor 32 is mounted on the motor mounting frame 3.
The lead screw 33 is fixed to an output shaft 36 of the main body base 31 via a base 5. The lead screw 33 is connected to the inflow passages 34a, 34a.
In the present embodiment, the ridge 37 is provided in a spiral shape as a transfer portion for supporting and transferring the pachinko ball at the foremost end of the lead screw 33.
The spiral shape is selected so that the pachinko ball at the foremost part of the inflow passages 34a and 34b is dispensed by one rotation of. 38a and 38b are ball counting sensors for detecting pachinko balls discharged by rotation of the lead screw 33. The second ball dispensing device 25 includes a bent rail 2
3 are connected to the third supply passages 28b and 29b, and the same configuration as that of the first ball dispensing device 24 is used. In the present embodiment, the first ball dispensing device 24 and the second ball dispensing device 25 have the same configuration. However, the second ball dispensing device 25 is controlled to a specified number by operating an electric drive source such as a solenoid. A device for paying out pachinko balls may be used. Thus, below the first ball dispensing device 24, there is provided a first discharge passage 39 for guiding the dispensed pachinko balls to the upper ball tray 13 in front of the machine, and a second ball dispensing device 25 is provided.
A second discharge passage 40 for guiding the paid-out pachinko balls to the lower ball receiving tray 14 in front of the machine is provided below the bottom. As shown in FIG. 4, the first discharge passage 39 communicates with the upper ball receiving tray 13 via a lead-out chute 41 formed on the back surface of the front plate 12, and is connected to the bottom 42 of the first discharge passage 39. It communicates with the surplus ball passage 44 through the formed weir-shaped partition 43. The surplus ball passage 44 communicates with a ball outlet 46 formed in the front frame 3 via a connection gutter 45 connected to the lower end of the mechanism plate 16, so that the upper ball receiving tray 13 is filled with pachinko balls, and The surplus sphere flows down the surplus sphere passage 44 beyond the weir-shaped partition 43, and the connection gutter 45 and the ball outlet 46
And is stored in the lower ball receiving tray 14. Reference numeral 47 denotes a detection switch provided on the weir-shaped partition 43. As shown in FIG. 4, the second discharge passage 40 communicates with the lower ball receiving tray 14 through a connecting gutter 45 and a ball outlet 46, and the pachinko balls discharged from the second ball discharging device 25 are , Directly to the lower ball receiving tray 14. A pachinko machine having the above configuration will be described. When the hit ball fired at the game section 5a of the game board 5 wins the starting winning opening 8, the variable display 7a of the variable display device 7 fluctuates, and a predetermined display symbol (for example, 7,7,
7), the special winning opening 10 is opened, and a large number of winning balls are won. These winning balls are collected in a winning ball collecting section 17 and guided to a winning ball passage 18 to be a winning ball detector 19.
Is detected by Based on this detection signal, the first ball dispensing device 2
The drive motor 32 of No. 4 operates, and the lead screw 33 rotates. With the rotation of the lead screw 33, the pachinko balls waiting in a continuous state in the inflow passages 34a and 34b descend while being supported by the ridges 37, and the lead screw 33
When rotated, the earliest pachinko ball comes off the support of the ridge 37 and is counted by the ball counting sensors 38a and 38b.
It is discharged to the discharge passage 39 and discharged to the upper ball receiving tray 13 via the discharge chute 41. And the ball counting sensor 3
When a predetermined number of pachinko balls are counted in 8a and 38b, the first
The drive motor 32 of the ball payout device 24 is stopped, and the winning ball processing device 20 discharges the winning ball. When the prize balls are paid out and the upper ball receiving tray 13 is filled with pachinko balls, and the surplus balls reach the weir-shaped partition 43, the detection switch 47 is operated as shown by the chain line in FIG. The detection signal causes the second ball dispensing device 25 to change from the resting state to the standby state, and the detection signal from the winning ball detector 19 activates the drive motor 32 of the second ball dispensing device 25 to rotate the lead screw 33. . With the rotation of the lead screw 33, the pachinko balls standing by in the inflow passages 34a and 34b in a continuous state descend while being supported by the ridges 37, and when the lead screw 33 makes one rotation, the earliest pachinko balls support the projections 37. Then, the ball is counted by the ball counting sensors 38a and 38b, discharged to the second discharge passage 40, passed through the ball outlet 46 via the connecting gutter 45, and discharged to the lower ball receiving tray 14. Thus, the detection switch 4
While 7 is operating, both the first ball payout device 24 and the second ball payout device 25 are operated. As described above, the present invention provides the first ball dispensing device 2
4, the first discharge passage 39 corresponding to the second ball dispensing device 25,
Since the second discharge passage 40 is provided, one of the first discharge passages 39 is communicated with the upper ball tray 13 and the other second discharge passage 40 is directly communicated with the lower ball tray 14, the first ball discharging device is provided. Even when the pachinko balls are dispensed by the simultaneous operation of the 24 and second ball dispensing device 25, the pachinko balls do not collide with each other to cause clogging, and the pachinko balls are dispensed smoothly. Further, since the pachinko balls dispensed from the second ball dispensing device 25 are directly guided to the lower ball receiving tray 14, the payout of the prize balls at the time of the big hit becomes smooth, and the lower ball receiving tray 1 is provided.
The ball can be quickly removed from the ball 4 and the winning ball can be processed quickly, preventing the winning ball from overflowing from the winning ball collecting section 17.
Further, it is possible to make the winning ball collecting unit 17 smaller. In the present embodiment, the second ball payout device is operated by the operation of the detection switch 47. However, the timer is operated by the big hit signal, and the second ball payout device is operated after a predetermined time. It may be. Further, in the present embodiment, the first ball dispensing device and the second ball dispensing device have been described as electric ball dispensing devices. However, the present invention is not limited to the electric ball dispensing device, and a case body using a link mechanism. Ball dispensing device. As is clear from the above description, the pachinko machine according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of prize ball payout devices, each provided with a discharge passage, and one discharge passage is provided. Since the ball is directly guided to the lower ball receiving tray, the ball is discharged to the respective discharge passages even if the ball discharging device is operated at the same time, so that the pachinko ball is efficiently and reliably discharged without causing ball clogging. Further, the winning balls can be discharged more efficiently, and the winning balls in the winning ball collecting section can be prevented from overflowing, and the winning ball collecting section can be made smaller.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of a main part of a mechanism plate. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a relation between a second ball dispensing device and a lower ball receiving tray. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a ball payout device. FIG. 6 is a front sectional view of a main part of a bent rail. [Description of Signs] 1 Pachinko machine 3 Front frame 5 Game board 13 Upper ball tray 14 Lower ball tray 16 Mechanical plate 24 First ball discharging device 25 Second ball discharging device 39 First discharge passage 40 Second discharge passage 47 Detection switch

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. An upper ball receiving tray and a lower ball receiving tray are provided on a front surface of a front frame, a game board is provided on a back surface of the front frame, and a mechanism plate is provided on a back surface of the game board. Is mounted, a pachinko machine in which a plurality of prize ball ball dispensing devices are provided on the mechanism plate, a discharge passage is provided in each of the plurality of prize ball discharge devices, and one discharge passage is provided in an upper ball receiving tray. A pachinko machine characterized by communicating with the other discharge passage directly to the lower ball tray.