JP2000084198A - Ball supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball supply device that can supply required amounts of balls precisely. SOLUTION: Two rows of guide paths 17a, 17b are provided which guide a prize ball 7a to ball supply ports 19a, 19b, a row of guide path 17c is provided guides a supply ball 7b to a ball supply port 19c, and a bonus ball drop stopper 21 is provided which prevents the bonus ball 7a from dropping in the guide paths 17a, 17b, and a supply ball drop stopper 23 is provided which prevents the supply ball 7b from dropping in the guide path 17c. A pulse motor 39 transfers drive force via a planetary gear mechanism 40 so that the prize ball drop stopper 21 and the supply ball drop stopper 23 are independently driven to feed the bonus ball 7a or the supply ball 7b. A result is that the bonus ball 7a and the supply ball 7b can be fed independently, and required amounts of balls can be supplied precisely.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball payout apparatus provided in a pachinko game machine or the like for paying out balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko game machine or the like has used a ball payout device that pays out a lending ball when coins or the like are inserted, and pays out a prize ball when a game ball wins at a winning opening or the like. Have been. In a pachinko game machine using this type of ball dispensing device, the amount of coins inserted and the number of winning game balls are counted by a well-known sensor, and the number of lending balls or prizes obtained by multiplying the number by a predetermined constant. The ball is paid out by the ball payout device.

In this type of ball payout apparatus, a ball payout exit is provided at the player's hand, and a ball storage section for storing balls is provided above it, for example, near the upper end of a pachinko gaming machine. An apparatus in a form in which the flow of a ball from a section to a ball payout exit is permitted or prevented by the operation of a flow-down preventing member has been considered. In this case, the required amount of lending balls and prize balls can be paid out by controlling the operation of the flow-down preventing member in accordance with the amount of the inserted coins and the like and the number of winning game balls.

[0004]

However, in recent years, the launching device for game balls has been automated, and it has become possible for a player to insert coins and the like while firing game balls, and to request new lending balls. I have. In recent pachinko machines, for example, when there is a "hit" at the fever stand,
A large number of game balls may win consecutively in a short time.
For this reason, when controlling the payout of the lending ball and the prize ball by one downflow prevention member, if there is a prize during the payout of the lending ball, or if the lending ball is requested during the payout of the winning ball,
There was a possibility that it was difficult to accurately pay out the required amount of balls. Then, this invention was made for the purpose of providing the ball payout apparatus which can pay out the required amount of balls accurately.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention
The invention described is a ball dispensing device that dispenses a required amount of balls by permitting or preventing the flow of the balls to a ball dispensing exit that dispenses the balls from the ball storage unit that stores the balls, and dispensing the required amount of balls. A prize ball taxiway that guides the ball from the ball storage toward the ball payout exit, a lending ball taxiway that guides the lending ball from the ball storage to the ball payout exit, and a ball in the prize ball taxiway. A prize ball downflow prevention member that prevents the ball from flowing down, and a lending ball downflow prevention member that prevents the ball from flowing down in the lending ball taxiway,
And a driving means for individually driving the prize ball flow-down preventing member and the lending ball flow-down preventing member to pay out the prize ball or the lending ball to the ball payout exit.

According to the present invention, a prize ball guiding path for guiding a prize ball from the ball storage to the ball payout exit, and a lending for guiding a lending ball from the ball storage to the ball payout exit. A ball guidance path is provided individually, and a prize ball downflow prevention member that prevents the ball from flowing down in the prize ball taxiway and a lending ball downflow prevention member that prevents the ball from flowing down in the lending ball taxiway are also individually provided. Provided. Then, the driving means individually drives the prize ball downflow prevention member and the lending ball downflow prevention member, and pays out the prize ball or the lending ball to the ball payout exit. Therefore, in the present invention, the payout of the prize ball and the payout of the lending ball can be executed completely independently, and the required amount of the ball can be accurately paid out.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the driving means includes a driving force generating section for generating a driving force and a driving force generated by the driving force generating section for the prize. And a driving force transmitting unit that selectively transmits to either the ball falling prevention member or the lending ball falling prevention member.

In the driving means according to the present invention, the driving force transmitting section selectively transmits the driving force generated by the driving force generating section to either the prize ball drop-down preventing member or the lending ball drop-down preventing member. For this reason, the prize ball downflow prevention member and the lending ball downflow prevention member can be individually driven by one driving force generation unit. That is, the driving force generating unit is usually constituted by relatively expensive components such as a motor. For this reason, if the driving force generation units are provided separately for driving the prize ball drop-down preventing member and for driving the lending ball drop-down preventing member, the cost of the entire apparatus is increased. In addition, when a plurality of driving force generating units are provided, the size of the device increases.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the prize ball drop-off preventing member and the lending ball drop-down preventing member can be individually driven by one driving force generating portion. Therefore, according to the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the present invention, there are the effects that the size of the device can be favorably reduced and the manufacturing cost of the device can be favorably reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second aspect, the driving force transmitting unit is configured to rotate a sun gear driven by the driving force of the driving force generating unit and to rotate the sun gear in accordance with the rotation of the sun gear. A planetary gear mechanism having a planetary gear that swings around the sun gear over a predetermined range, and when the planetary gear swings to one end of the predetermined range, meshes with the planetary gear and the prize ball flows down. First to transmit driving force to the prevention member
A gear mechanism, and a second gear mechanism that, when the planetary gear swings to the other end of the predetermined range, meshes with the planetary gear and transmits a driving force to the lending ball fall-down preventing member. Features.

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, when the sun gear is rotated in a predetermined direction by the driving force of the driving force generating unit, the planetary gear swings to one end of the predetermined range in accordance with the rotation. 1 meshes with the gear mechanism. Since the first gear mechanism transmits the driving force to the prize ball falling prevention member, the driving force of the driving force generation unit is transmitted in the order of the sun gear → the planetary gear → the first gear mechanism → the prize ball falling prevention member. On the other hand, when the sun gear is rotated in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction by the driving force of the driving force generation unit, the planetary gear swings to the other end of the predetermined range according to the rotation, and meshes with the second gear mechanism. I do. Since the second gear mechanism transmits the driving force to the lending ball drop-down preventing member, the driving force of the driving force generating unit is transmitted in the order of the sun gear → the planetary gear → the second gear mechanism → the lending ball drop-down preventing member.

As described above, in the driving force transmitting section of the present invention,
By the operation of the planetary gear mechanism, the driving force can be selectively transmitted to either the prize ball drop-off preventing member or the lending ball drop-down preventing member. Such a planetary gear mechanism,
It is known not only to be relatively inexpensive but also to have no waste of torque in transmitting the driving force.

Therefore, in the present invention, in addition to the effect of the second aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that the manufacturing cost of the device can be further reduced, and the transmission efficiency of the driving force can be further improved. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second or third aspect, the operation of the lending ball downflow prevention member or the prize ball downflow prevention member on the side where the driving force transmission unit does not transmit the driving force. And a prohibition member for prohibiting the operation.

In the present invention, the operation of the lending ball downflow prevention member or the prize ball downflow prevention member on the side where the driving force transmission section does not transmit the driving force is prohibited by the prohibition member. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the lending ball downflow prevention member or the prize ball downflow prevention member on the side where the driving force transmission unit does not transmit the driving force from operating alone by the weight of the ball or the like. Therefore, in the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2 or 3, there is an effect that the required amount of balls can be more accurately dispensed by preventing the balls from being dispensed by themselves.

[0015]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a configuration of a ball payout device 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view illustrating the configuration of the main body 3 of the ball dispensing apparatus 1, and FIG. 3 is a top view illustrating the configuration of the main body 3. The ball payout device 1 is provided on a side surface of a pachinko gaming machine (not shown), and a pachinko ball 7 stored in a prize ball & lending ball tank 5 as a ball storage portion provided above the pachinko gaming machine. It is paid out to a ball receiving portion (not shown) on the front of the pachinko gaming machine through the delivery port 9.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main body 3 has an outer frame constituted by an upper base 11 and a lower base 13, and the upper base 11 has three guide paths 15a, 15b, 1
5c is formed. Guideways 15a, 15b, 15
c are guide paths 17a, 17 provided in the lower base 13;
b, 17c (see the sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 4), and the guide paths 17a, 17b, 17c are opened at the lower end of the lower base 13 to open the ball discharging ports 19a, 19b, 19c.
Is composed. Further, the guide paths 15a to 15c and the guide paths 17a to 17c are provided with a prize ball falling prevention member 2 described below.
1 and the lending ball flow-down preventing member 23 do not exist, the pachinko ball 7 supplied from the prize ball & lending ball tank 5 through the passage 25 (the prize ball 7a and the lending ball 7b as described later).
Is caused to flow down to the ball payout outlets 19a to 19c by its own weight.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Between the taxiways 17a, 17b vertically arranged in the
A prize ball drop-down preventing member 21 having a spiral flange 21a having a feed pitch larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball 7 around the shaft 21b is provided. In addition, a rental ball downflow prevention member 23 having a flange 23a and a shaft 23b similar to the prize ball downflow prevention member 21 is provided on the guide path 17c vertically disposed in the lower base 13. Further, the lower end of each of the flow-down preventing members 21 and 23 and the bearing portion 13 a of the lower base 13.
A corrugated washer (so-called wave washer) 27 as a prohibiting member is disposed between the pachinko ball 7 and the lending ball downflow prevention member 23 only. It prevents rotation.

For this reason, when the driving force is transmitted to the prize ball falling prevention member 21 and the prize ball falling prevention member 21 is rotated in the direction of moving the pachinko ball 7 downward, the guide paths formed in two rows are formed. 15a, 15b and taxiways 17a, 17b
, The pachinko ball 7 as a prize ball (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a prize ball 7a) can be paid out from the ball payout outlets 19a and 19b. When the driving force is transmitted to the lending ball downflow prevention member 23 and the lending ball downflow prevention member 23 is rotated in a direction to move the pachinko ball 7 downward, the guide path 15c and the guide path formed in one row are formed. The pachinko ball 7 as a lending ball (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a lending ball 7b) can be paid out downward from the ball payout port 19c via the lending ball 17c. That is, the taxiways 17a, 17b
The taxiway corresponds to a prize ball taxiway, and the taxiway 17c corresponds to a lending ball taxiway.

A bell 2 is located below the ball payout outlets 19a and 19b.
9 (FIG. 1) is provided, and the prize balls 7a paid out from the ball payout outlets 19a and 19b strike the bell 29 and emit a light sound, and are paid out to the above-described ball receiving portion via the delivery port 9. . Further, since no bell or the like is provided below the ball payout outlet 19c, the lending ball 7b paid out from the ball payout outlet 19c does not generate a sound like the prize ball 7a, and the delivery port 9 is not generated. The ball is paid out to the ball receiving section.
Furthermore, unless the driving force is transmitted to at least one of the prize ball drop-off preventing member 21 and the lending ball drop-off preventing member 23, the flow-down preventing member 2 on the side to which the driving force is not transmitted.
1 and 23 are held stationary by the corrugated washer 27, and the pachinko balls 7 are not paid out.

Next, the structure of the driving means for driving the flow-down preventing members 21 and 23 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the shaft bodies 21b and 23 of the respective flow-down preventing members 21 and 23 are provided.
Final gears 31 and 33 are fixed to the upper end of b, respectively. These final gears 31 and 33 are reversing gears 35 described later.
Along with the planetary gear mechanism 40, it is disposed between the upper surface of the upper base body 11 and a lid 37 further disposed thereon, on which a pulse motor 39 as a driving force generator is fixed. ing. That is, the lid 37 is
9 as a supporting member and a member for preventing lifting of each gear.

As shown in the sectional view along the line AA in FIG. 5, the planetary gear mechanism 40 includes a sun gear 43 meshing with a motor gear 41 fixed to an output shaft of a pulse motor 39, and a rotation of the sun gear 43. A planetary gear 47 is supported via an arm 45 that can swing about an axis, and swings over a predetermined range in accordance with the rotation of the sun gear 43. When the planetary gear 47 swings clockwise in FIG. 5, the planetary gear 47 meshes with the final gear 31 and stops swinging, as shown in FIG. It is configured to be able to transmit, and further, when swinging in the counterclockwise direction, meshes with the reversing gear 35 as shown in FIG. The driving force can be transmitted to the final gear 33.

For this reason, the pulse motor 39 is connected to the motor shown in FIG.
Is driven in the direction of arrow A, the sun gear 43 rotates clockwise in FIG.
Mesh with. Then, by the driving force of the pulse motor 39, the final gear 31 and the prize ball falling prevention member 21 can be rotated clockwise in FIG. Conversely, when the pulse motor 39 is driven in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 5B, the sun gear 43 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 5 and the planetary gear 47 meshes with the reversing gear 35. Then, the final gear 33 is driven by the driving force of the pulse motor 39.
In addition, the rental ball falling prevention member 23 can be rotated clockwise in FIG. With these operations, the payout of the prize ball 7a or the lending ball 7b can be executed. In addition, as is clear from this description, the final gear 3
1 is the first gear mechanism, the reversing gear 35 and the final gear 33 are the second gear mechanism, and the sun gear 43 is the final gear 31, 33.
Are equivalent to the driving force transmission units.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, prize balls 7a to be paid out therefrom are provided at ball payout exits 19a and 19b.
There are provided prize ball counting sensors 51a and 51b as prize ball counting means for counting the number of lending balls, and lending as lending ball counting means for counting the number of lending balls 7b paid out therefrom at the ball payout exit 19c. A ball count sensor 53 is provided. When the ball payout apparatus 1 is mounted on a pachinko game machine or the like, the pulse motor 39 is controlled based on the detection signals of the prize ball count sensors 51a and 51b and the lending ball count sensor 53.

Next, control of the pulse motor 39 when the ball payout device 1 is mounted on a pachinko game machine will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system of the pulse motor 39 at the time of mounting. The pachinko gaming machine is provided with a large number of winning ball detectors 61 for detecting the number of winning pachinko balls 7 in accordance with the type of winning port, and furthermore, lending by inserting coins and bills or inserting a prepaid card or IC card. A ball lending detector 63 for detecting that the ball 7b has been requested is provided. These detectors 6
The detection signals 1 and 63 are input to a main body control circuit 65 that controls the entire pachinko gaming machine. Body control circuit 65
Is composed of a microcomputer mainly including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. Based on the input detection signal, it is necessary to pay out how many lending balls 7b and how many prize balls 7a. Is calculated respectively.

The result of this calculation is input to a payout control circuit 69 which controls the pulse motor 39 via a motor drive circuit 67. The payout control circuit 69 also includes a CPU, a ROM,
The number of balls actually paid out is counted by the prize ball count sensors 51a and 51b and the lending ball count sensor 53 which are constituted by a microcomputer having a RAM as a center and emit a signal when the optical path is interrupted by the pachinko ball 7. While driving, the pulse motor 39 is driven to pay out the prize ball 7a or the lending ball 7b.

Next, the processing of the payout control circuit 69 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, when the processing is started, the payout control circuit 69 first determines whether or not the main body control circuit 65 has requested the payout of the lending ball 7b in S1 (S represents a step: the same applies hereinafter). I do. If not requested (S1: NO), S3
Then, it is determined whether or not the payout of the prize ball 7a is requested from the main body control circuit 65. If the request has not been made (S3: NO), the process returns to S1, and the lending ball 7b or the prize ball 7 is repeated while repeating the loop processing of S1 and S3.
It waits until the payment of a is requested.

Then, the lending ball 7b is sent from the main body control circuit 65.
Is required (S1: YES), the flow shifts to S5, and the pulse motor 39 is driven in the direction of arrow B in FIG. Then, as described above, the lending ball 7 from the ball payout exit 19c.
b is paid out. In subsequent S7, the number of the loaned balls 7b is counted by the loaned ball count sensor 53, and it is determined whether or not the payout of the number of the loaned balls 7b instructed by the main body control circuit 65 is completed. If not completed (S7: NO), the flow returns to S5, and the pulse motor 39 is continuously driven in the direction of arrow B. When the payout is completed (S7: YES), the flow proceeds to S9. In S9,
After stopping the pulse motor 39, the process proceeds to S1 described above.

When the main body control circuit 65 requests the payout of the prize ball 7a (S3, YES), the flow shifts to S15 to drive the pulse motor 39 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. Then, the prize ball 7a is paid out from the ball payout exits 19a and 19b as described above. In the following S17, the number of the paid out prize balls 7a is counted by the prize ball count sensor 51.
a, 51b, and the number of prize balls 7 instructed by the main body control circuit 65, similarly to S5 and S7 described above.
The pulse motor 39 continues to be driven until the payout of a is completed. When the payout is completed (S17: YES), the pulse motor is stopped in S9 described above, and the process proceeds to a loop process of S1 and S2. By the above processing, the ball payout device 1
Then, the number of lending balls 7b and prize balls 7a specified by the main body control circuit 65 provided in the pachinko gaming machine can be paid out.

As described above, the ball dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment
In this embodiment, guide paths 17a and 17b for guiding the prize balls 7a and guide paths 17c for guiding the lending balls 7b are individually provided, and a prize ball downflow preventing member 21 for preventing the prize balls 7a from flowing down in the guide paths 17a and 17b. And a lending ball downflow prevention member 23 for preventing the lending ball 7b from flowing down on the guide path 17c are also provided individually. Then, the pulse motor 39 is connected as shown in FIG.
The prize ball 7a or the lending ball 7b can be paid out individually by driving in the direction of arrow A or in the direction of arrow B. Thus, in the ball payout device 1, the prize ball 7
Since the payout of a and the payout of the lending ball 7b are executed independently, the required amount of the prize ball 7a or the lending ball 7b can be accurately paid out.

Moreover, in the ball payout device 1, the prize ball count sensors 51a and 51b for counting the number of prize balls 7a actually paid out, and the lending ball count sensor for counting the number of lent ball 7b actually paid out. 53 are individually provided in the corresponding ball payout ports 19, and the drive amount of the pulse motor 39 in the direction of arrow A and the drive amount in the direction of arrow B are individually controlled based on the detection signal. . Therefore, the required amount of the prize ball 7a or the lending ball 7b can be paid out more accurately.

In the ball payout apparatus 1, the guide paths 17a and 17b for guiding the prize balls 7a are provided in two rows, and the prize balls 7a can be paid out at twice the speed of the lending balls 7b. Therefore, at the time of winning, the prize ball 7a can be quickly paid out, and when it hits the bell 29, an extremely light sound can be generated. In addition, lending ball 7b
When the planetary gear mechanism 40 is returned to the state shown in FIG. 5A after the payout, the prize ball 7a can be more quickly paid out at the time of winning. Such processing is performed by shifting the pulse motor 39 in the A direction by a predetermined number of pulses (the number of pulses until the planetary gear 47 meshes with the final gear 31 or a slightly smaller number of pulses) during the transition from S7 to S9. It can be easily executed by inserting a driving process.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment at all, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, a motor for driving the prize ball falling prevention member 21 and a motor for driving the lending ball falling prevention member 23 may be provided individually. However,
Providing a plurality of motors increases the cost of the entire apparatus and increases the size of the apparatus. On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, as described above, the prize ball downflow prevention member 21 and the lending ball downflow prevention member 2 are driven by one pulse motor 39.
3 can be individually driven. Therefore, in the above embodiment, the size of the device can be favorably reduced, and the manufacturing cost of the device can be favorably reduced. The reversing gear 35 can be omitted if the spiral direction of the flange portion 23a of the lending ball downflow prevention member 23 is opposite to the spiral direction of the flange portion 21a of the prize ball downflow prevention member 21. Therefore, in this case, the size of the device can be further reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be further reduced.

A planetary gear mechanism 40 is used as the configuration of the driving force transmitting portion for selectively transmitting the driving force of the pulse motor 39 to either the prize ball falling prevention member 21 or the lending ball falling prevention member 23. Various other configurations are possible in addition to the configuration described above. For example, a one-way clutch that transmits a driving force only when the motor gear 41 rotates in the direction of arrow A is provided between the sun gear 43 and the final gear 31, and between the sun gear 43 and the reversing gear 35, Another one-way clutch that transmits the driving force only when the motor gear 41 rotates in the direction of arrow B may be provided. However, the planetary gear mechanism 40 of the above embodiment is known not only to be relatively inexpensive but also to have no waste of torque in transmitting the driving force. Therefore, in the above-described embodiment, the manufacturing cost of the device can be further reduced, and the transmission efficiency of the driving force can be further improved.

As described above, when the driving force of one pulse motor 39 is selectively transmitted to either the prize ball drop-down preventing member 21 or the lending ball drop-down preventing member 23, the driving force is not transmitted. Ball rental prevention member 23
Alternatively, it is necessary to prevent the prize ball falling prevention member 21 from rotating alone by the weight of the pachinko ball 7 or the like.
On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, the flow-down preventing member 23 or 21 on the side to which the driving force is not transmitted is held stationary by the corrugated washer 27. For this reason, in the above-described embodiment, the pachinko ball 7 can be prevented from being paid out by itself, and the required amount of the prize ball 7a or the lending ball 7b can be paid out more accurately. In addition, the shaft bodies 21b and 2 of the prize ball drop-off preventing member 21 and the lending ball drop-off preventing member 23 are provided.
If 3b is provided in the horizontal direction, the forbidden members such as the corrugated washer 27 can be omitted. Further, as the prohibiting member, various forms other than the corrugated washer 27 can be considered.

Further, the present invention can be applied not only to a pachinko game machine but also to a ball payout device used for another game machine, another device, or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating a configuration of a ball payout device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view illustrating a configuration of a main body of the ball payout device.

FIG. 3 is a top view illustrating a configuration of the main body.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system of the ball payout device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process in the control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Ball payout device 7. Pachinko ball 7a. Prize ball
7b: Lending ball 17: Taxiway 19: Ball payout exit 21: Prize ball falling prevention member 23: Lending ball falling prevention member 27: Corrugated washer
31 final gear 33 final gear 35 reversing gear 39 pulse motor 40 planetary gear mechanism 43 sun gear 47
Planetary gear

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A ball dispensing device for dispensing a required amount of balls by permitting or preventing flow of balls from a ball storage unit for storing balls to a ball dispensing outlet for dispensing the balls, wherein the prize balls are A prize ball taxiway that guides the ball from the ball storage toward the ball payout exit; a lending ball taxiway that guides the lending ball from the ball storage to the ball payout exit; A prize ball downflow prevention member for preventing the falling down, a lending ball downflow prevention member for preventing the ball from flowing down in the lending ball guideway, and individually driving the prize ball downflow prevention member and the lending ball downflow prevention member, And a driving means for paying out the prize ball or the lending ball to the ball payout exit. 2. A driving force generating section for generating a driving force, wherein the driving means generates a driving force generated by the driving force generating section by using one of the prize ball drop-off preventing member and the lending ball drop-off preventing member. The ball dispensing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a driving force transmitting unit that selectively transmits the driving force to the ball. 3. A sun gear rotating by the driving force of the driving force generating unit, and a planetary gear swinging around the sun gear over a predetermined range according to the rotation of the sun gear. A planetary gear mechanism having a gear, and when the planetary gear swings to one end of the predetermined range,
A first gear mechanism that meshes with the planetary gear and transmits a driving force to the prize ball drop-down preventing member; and when the planetary gear swings to the other end of the predetermined range,
The ball dispensing device according to claim 2, further comprising: a second gear mechanism that meshes with the planetary gear and transmits a driving force to the lending ball flow-down preventing member. 4. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a prohibiting member for prohibiting the operation of the lending ball downflow prevention member or the prize ball downflow prevention member on the side where the driving force transmission unit does not transmit the driving force. The ball dispensing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the ball is dispensed.