JP2000153041A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply game balls in a row while preventing ball clogging inside a guide passage by setting the internal width of the guide passage for guiding the game balls supplied from a storage supply means to a delivery means in a specified range to the diameter of the game balls to pass through one game ball in a width direction. SOLUTION: The storage supply means 11 arranged at the back side upper end part of a game machine body 1 is for storing the game balls replenished from a replenishing device on an island side and the guide passages 12 and 13 for guiding the game balls from the storage supply means 11 to the delivery means are arranged in a left-to-right direction near the lower side of the storage supply means 11. The guide passages 12 and 13 are provided in two rows in front and at the back in the left-to-right direction corresponding to the respective supply ports 24 and 25 of the storage supply means 11 inside a passage member 30 mounted to the back side of a back mechanism plate 4. At the time, for the respective guide passages 12 and 13, the internal width of the entire range in a longitudinal direction is formed into the dimension larger than the diameter of the game ball and smaller than the double of the diameter so as to pass through one game ball and the smooth supply of the game balls is guaranteed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, and a play ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with storage and supply means for storing game balls, payout means for paying out an appropriate number of game balls, and storage and supply means on the back side of the game machine body. A guide passage for guiding the game balls to be paid out to the payout means, storing the game balls replenished from the game ball supply device on the island side in the storage supply means, and requesting a ball lending request from the automatic ball lending machine side. If there is, when the game ball wins in the winning area of the game board, the payout means is operated, and the game ball supplied from the storage supply means via the guide passage is paid to the upper plate side as a rental ball or a premium ball. It comes out.

Conventionally, a large supply port extending in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction is formed on the bottom wall of the storage / supply means, and the supply port corresponding to the supply port is formed on the upper side of the guide passage below the storage / supply means. A receiving portion having a size is provided, and an aligning portion is provided at a lower side portion of the guide passage for guiding the game balls from the receiving portion in a line.

When a two-row payout type payout means is employed, there are two rows of vertical passages in the payout means. Therefore, the payout means is aligned with the lower side of the guide passage so as to correspond to each vertical passage. The section is provided in two rows.

[0005]

In a ball game machine of this type, usually, when game balls are supplied to the storage and supply means, the storage and supply means straddles the upper and lower sides of the supply port to receive the guide passage from the storage and supply means. The game balls are full on the entire side, and the game balls on the lower side are sequentially guided to the payout means side through the alignment section.

However, in the conventional ball game machine, since the supply port of the storage and supply means is largely opened in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, a large receiving portion corresponding to the supply port is provided on the upper side of the guide passage. The passage width is gradually reduced from the receiving portion to the lower alignment portion. For this reason, there is a disadvantage that the ball is easily clogged with a game ball in a narrow portion between the receiving portion and the alignment portion.

In a state in which a plurality of game balls are arranged in the width direction in the receiving portion of the guide passage, the game balls are stacked from the receiving portion to the storage and supply means side to form a nodule and are filled. ,
Since the entire weight of the game ball is added to the lower game ball, the game balls in the receiving portion are in contact with each other at three points in a state of being bitten and balanced, and the lower game ball disappears and the lower side is hollow. In spite of this, there is a problem that ball clogging due to a so-called bridge phenomenon occurs in which the upper game ball is clogged without collapse.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a ball game machine capable of preventing clogging of a ball in a guide passage and supplying game balls in a line from the guide passage to a payout means. The purpose is to do.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a gaming machine main body 1.
On the back side, storage supply means 11 for storing and supplying game balls,
Payout means 14, 15 capable of paying out an appropriate number of game balls,
Guide paths 12, 1 for guiding game balls supplied from supply ports 24, 25 of the storage supply means 11 to the payout means 14, 15.
3 in the ball game machine,
Is set to be larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter so that one game ball can pass through one in the width direction.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 8 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a rear surface of a ball game machine, 1 is a game machine main body, which is composed of a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front frame 3. The front frame 3 is disposed on the front side of the outer frame 2 and is attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 via a hinge at one end in the left-right direction so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIG. 3, a game board 16 is detachably attached to the front frame 3 from the back side, and is fixed by being pressed from the back side by the back mechanism plate 4. The game board 16 has winning means,
A variation symbol display means and the like are mounted, and a back cover 5 that covers them from the back side is mounted on the back side.

A back mechanism plate 4 is pivotally mounted on the back side of the front frame 3 by a pair of upper and lower hinges 6 at one end in the left-right direction so as to be freely opened and closed.
It is fixed to the back side of the front frame 3 by four lock levers 7. The hinge 6 is on the same side of the front frame 3 as the hinge for pivotal support. An opening 8 is formed in the back mechanism plate 4 so that the back cover 5 is fitted in a central portion thereof. Back cover 5
Is provided to cover the winning means, the changing symbol display means, etc. of the game board 16 from the back side, and is detachably mounted on the back side of the game board 16.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a firing means, which includes a firing motor 10 mounted on the back side of the front frame 3 and the like. When the firing handle on the front side of the front frame 3 is operated, the firing motor 10 is operated, and The game balls are fired one by one to the game board 16 side.

Numeral 11 denotes a storage and supply means, which stores and supplies game balls supplied from the replenishing device on the island side, so as to store the game balls.
It is arranged on the rear side of the front frame 3 at the upper end. 12,13
Is a guide passage for guiding the game ball from the storage supply means 11,
On the back side of the front frame 3, it is arranged in the left-right direction near the lower side of the storage supply means 11. 14 and 15 are dispensing means which are displaced to one side in the left-right direction of the back cover 5 on the back side of the front frame 3 and arranged vertically and supplied from the storage supply means 11 through the guide passages 12 and 13. The game balls are paid out by the appropriate number as premium balls and rental balls.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the storage / supply means 11 is constituted by a tank having a rectangular shape in plan view, which is long in the left-right direction and open at the top along the back side of the front frame 3 of the gaming machine main body 1. And a receiving part formed on the back side of the upper end of the back mechanism plate 4.
The projection 20 is disposed on the front wall 17, and is detachably fixed by a projection 20 inserted into a pair of left and right mounting holes 19 on the front wall 18 side and a fastening lever 21 at the rear end.

The mounting hole 19 is formed in the front wall 18 of the storage and supply means 11 to be horizontally long in the left-right direction. Each projection 20 projects rearward from the front frame 3 through the back mechanism plate 4. Each fastening lever 21 is large enough to be fitted into and disengaged from the mounting hole 19, is rotatably supported by the rear end of the projection 20, and has a horizontal fitting / removing posture for fitting / removing into the mounting hole 19, and When pivoted to the rear end side of the projection 20 so as to be rotatable between a fastening position that intersects the front wall 18 of the storage and supply unit 11 and the back mechanism plate 4, 3 on the back side. The storage and supply means 11 is detachably fixed to the back mechanism plate 4 by screws 22 at both left and right ends.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the storage and supply means 11 has a pair of front and rear supply ports 24 and 25 on the bottom wall 23 side and an inclined guide for guiding a game ball to each of the supply ports 24 and 25 side. Guide portions 26 and 27 are provided respectively. Of the pair of supply ports 24, 25, the front supply port 24 is for supplying prize balls, and the rear supply port 25 is for supplying rental balls. The supply ports 24 and 25 are connected to the center of the storage / supply unit 11 in the left-right direction.
The storage / supply unit 11 is disposed at one end opposite to the side, that is, in the vicinity of one of the side walls 28 of the storage / supply unit 11, and is displaced to the front of the center of the storage / supply unit 11 in the front-rear direction.

Each of the supply ports 24 and 25 is formed by a long hole which is long in the left-right direction, and the opening width in the front-rear direction is set so that the game ball can pass one by one in the width direction. The diameter is set to be larger than the diameter and less than twice the diameter, and the opening length in the left-right direction is set to be at least twice the diameter of the game ball. In this embodiment, the opening width of the supply ports 24 and 25 is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball.

The inclined guide portions 26 and 27 are formed on three sides surrounding the supply ports 24 and 25 so as to guide the game balls to the supply ports 24 and 25 from three sides except the side wall 28 side. Between the pair of supply ports 24, 25, a mountain-like distribution section 29 for distributing the upper game ball to the front and rear supply ports 24, 25 is formed in the left and right direction, and the front and rear sides thereof are inclined guide sections 26. , 27.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5, the guide passages 12, 13 are provided inside a passage member 30 mounted on the back side of the back mechanism plate 4 near the lower side of the storage supply means 11. Supply means 11
The supply balls 24 and 25 are provided in two rows in the left and right direction corresponding to the supply ports 24 and 25, and the game balls supplied from the supply ports 24 and 25 of the storage supply means 11 are guided to the payout means 14 and 15 side. Has become.

The passage member 30 includes an inverted U-shaped passage partition wall 31 substantially at the center in the front-rear direction, passage bottom walls 32 and 33 projecting forward and backward from the lower end of the passage partition wall 31, and a rear passage bottom wall. The back wall 33 is integrally provided with a passage rear wall 34 standing up from the rear end, and is detachably attached to the back side of the back mechanism plate 4 with screws or the like. Supply port 24
, And the rear side of the passage partition wall 31 is for a lending ball corresponding to the supply port 25 of the storage and supply means 11.

The guide paths 12, 13 pass the game balls in the guide paths 12, 13 to the payout means 14, 15 from the starting end side for receiving the game balls from the supply ports 24, 25 of the storage and supply means 11. It gradually inclines gradually to the end portion, and the internal width of the entire range in the longitudinal direction from the start end portion to the end portion is larger than the diameter of the game ball so that one game ball can pass through, and It is set to less than twice the diameter. In this embodiment, the inner width of each guide passage 12, 13 is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball.

Each of the guide passages 12 and 13 is formed such that a substantially half of the guide passages 12 and 13 on the upper side from the substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction, including the start end side, are so deep that a plurality of game balls are vertically stacked. About half of the lower side gradually becomes shallower as it moves toward the terminal end. On the starting end side of the guide passages 12, 13, ball cut detection plates 32b, 33b are disposed in openings 32a, 33a formed in the passage bottom walls 32, 33, respectively. On the lower side away from the starting end side, there are provided first stacking breaking means 36, 37, second stacking breaking means 43, 44, and a ceiling 38 for preventing jumping out. A pair of bent passages 39, 40 are provided.

The ball out detecting plates 32b and 33b are connected to the guide passages 12 and 13.
When the game balls on the ball-out detecting plates 32b, 33b are exhausted, the ball rises around the pivot 41, and the ball-out detecting switches 42 corresponding to the respective guide passages 12, 13 are detected. The breaking of the ball is detected.

The destacking means 36, 37, 43, 44 are provided with guide passages.
This is for breaking the vertical stacking of game balls in 12, 13 and aligning them in a line in the guide direction of the game balls.
On the upper side of 12, 13 are provided at predetermined intervals in the guiding direction.

The first stack breaking means 36 is for primary breaking, and includes swing members 45 and 46 swinging in the guide directions of the guide passages 12 and 13, as shown in FIG. The upper ends of the members 45 and 46 are attached to the lower part of the storage and supply means 11 or the
a, 46a. Then, the first stack breaking means 36, 37 causes the lower side of the swinging members 45, 46 to come into contact with the stacked game balls to break the stack of the game balls. In addition, weights 45b, 46b for applying an appropriate breaking force to the stacked game balls are provided below the swinging members 45, 46.
Is provided.

The second stack breaking means 43 and 44 are for secondary breaking to break the stack of game balls which could not be broken by the first stack breaking means 36 and 37, and are different from the first stack breaking means 36 and 37. It has a heterogeneous configuration. That is, the second destacking means 43, 44 is provided with a sled-shaped swinging plate arranged substantially horizontally along the guide passages 12, 13.
The swinging plates 47, 48 are pivotally supported by the lower mechanism plate 4 or the passage member 30 so as to be vertically swingable by a lower support shaft 49. Then, the second stack breaking means 43, 44 makes the lower surfaces of the rocking plates 47, 48 contact the game balls in a stacked state,
The stacking of the game balls is broken. The rocking plates 47 and 48 are provided with stoppers 47a and 48a which are engaged with the passage member 30 from above and restrict the lowering.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, each of the payout means 14 and 15 includes a payout case 50 and the payout case 50.
Two rotating bodies 51 and 52 arranged in 50 and each rotating body
And two payout motors 53 and 54 for driving 51 and 52. One of the payout means 14 is for paying out prize balls.
The other payout means 15 is for paying out a loaned ball.

In the dispensing case 50, dispensing chambers 55, 56 arranged in the middle in the vertical direction, and the dispensing chambers 55, 5
6, payout waiting passages 57 and 58 communicating from the upper side and payout passages 59 and 60 communicating from the lower side with the payout chambers 55 and 56 are provided in two rows on the left and right sides through a partition wall 61.

Each of the payout waiting passages 57 and 58 is provided with a guide passage 1
2, 13 are connected to the lower ends of the bent passages 39, 40, and the payout passages 59, 60 are connected to an upper plate and a lower plate on the front side of the front frame 3 via a passage unit 62. Passage unit 62
Guide the game balls from each payout means 14, 15 to the upper plate side,
When the game balls on the upper plate are full, the subsequent game balls are guided to the lower plate.

Each of the rotating bodies 51 and 52 is for rotating and paying out the game balls in the payout waiting passages 57 and 58 to the payout passages 59 and 60, and one of the game balls enters the outer periphery. A plurality of recesses of the same size are provided, and the rotating shaft 6 of the payout motors 53 and 54 is provided in the payout chambers 55 and 56
3,64 so as to be rotatable about the horizontal axis.
Each of the payout motors 53 and 54 is mounted on the side surface of the payout case 50 on the opposite side in the left-right direction. Note that a stepping motor or the like is used as the payout motors 53 and 54.

In the above configuration, when a game ball is replenished from the island-side replenishing device, the game ball enters the storage / supplying means 11 and moves along the inclined guide portions 26, 27 of the bottom wall 23 of the storage / supplying means 11. Guided to supply ports 24, 25, each of these supply ports 24, 2
From 5, it is supplied to the start end side of each guide passage 12, 13. The game balls supplied to each of the guide passages 12, 13 are
Waiting passage 57,5 for dispensing case 50 after passing through 12,13
Go to 8. Normally, the game balls are filled from the storage and supply means 11 to the entirety of the guide passages 12, 13 and the payout waiting passages 57, 58.

Therefore, if there is a ball lending request from the automatic ball lending machine, the lending ball payout means 15 is provided in accordance with the ball lending request.
The dispensing motor 54 is operated, and the rotating body is
52 is driven in the dispensing direction, so the dispensing standby passage 58
The game balls that have entered the concave portions of the rotating body 52 are sequentially paid out as rental balls by the rotation of the rotating body 52.

If a game ball wins in the prize area of the game board 16 and a prize ball payout command is issued, the payout motor 53 of the prize ball payout means 14 operates in accordance with the payout command, and the prize ball is similarly removed. I will pay out. The game balls paid out by the payout means 14, 15 are:
It is guided to the upper plate on the front side of the front frame 3 via the passage unit 62.

When the payout means 14 and 15 are operated to pay out the game balls in the payout waiting passages 57 and 58, the game balls in the storage state are stored in the storage supply means 11 according to the number of the game balls to be paid out. Guide passage 1 sequentially from the bottom through supply ports 24 and 25
It is supplied to the starting end side of the discharge case 2, 13 and is guided to the discharge standby passages 57, 58 of the discharge case 50 via the guide passages 12, 13.

The game balls in the storage and supply means 11 are supplied to the respective supply ports 24 and 2
5 and supply to guide passages 12 and 13
The game balls on the bottom wall 23 side of 11 move to the supply ports 24, 25 along the inclined guide portions 26, 27, and are guided from the supply ports 24, 25 as the game balls on the guide passages 12, 13 decrease. It falls into passages 12 and 13.

At this time, the opening width of the supply ports 24, 25 is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball, and the opening length is at least twice as long as the game ball, so that the supply holes 24, 25 are guided by the inclined guide portions 26, 27. Supply port
The game balls that have moved to the 24, 25 side fall downward along the supply ports 24, 25 in a substantially straight line. For this reason, the game balls of the storage and supply means 11 can be smoothly supplied from the supply ports 24 and 25 to the starting end sides of the guide passages 12 and 13.

On the other hand, since the width of the guide passages 12 and 13 is slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball from the start end to the end end, the supply passages 24 and 25 of the storage supply means 11 are arranged in a line. Are supplied in a row at the start end side in the guide passages 12, 13 and stacked vertically, and then move to the end side.

For this reason, the supply ports 24, 25 of the storage and supply means 11
To supply the game balls to the guide passages 12 and 13 in a line, and receive the game balls in the guide passages 12 and 13 in a line.
Although the game balls are stacked on the upper side from the start ends of the guide passages 12 and 13, it is possible to prevent the game balls from being clogged due to the bridge phenomenon. In particular, since both the supply ports 24 and 25 and the guide passages 12 and 13 do not have a plurality of game balls lined up in the width direction inside thereof, a plurality of game balls are lined up in the width direction and three points are supported. As a result, it is possible to supply the game balls smoothly from the supply ports 24, 25 to the guide passages 12, 13, and the clogging of the balls due to the bridging phenomenon does not occur inside these.

The game balls in the stacked state in the guide passages 12 and 13 are:
When passing through the first stack breaking means 36, 37, the upper game ball is regulated by contacting the swinging members 45, 46. Can be broken. That is, the game ball of the second stage or more is a swinging member.
It is regulated by 45, 46, but the lower game ball moves along the guide passages 12, 13 so that the upper game ball moves between the lower front and rear game balls with the movement of this game ball. When entering, the stacked game balls collapse and are arranged in a line.

The game balls in the stacked state, which have passed through the first stacking means 36 and 37 without being broken, are placed next to the second stacking means.
When passing through 43 and 44, the rocking plates 47 and 48 receive the same breaking action. Therefore, the second stack breaking means 43, 44
After passing through, the game balls are aligned in a line on the guide paths 12, 13, and in the aligned state, the bending paths 39, 4 at the end portions
From 0, it is guided to each of the payout waiting passages 57 and 58 of the payout case 50. Therefore, the supply port 2 of the storage and supply means 11
The ball clogging on the downstream side is almost eliminated from 4,25, and the game balls can be smoothly supplied to the payout means 14,15.

FIG. 9 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention,
A partition 67 located between the supply ports 24 and 25 is provided on the bottom wall 23 of the storage and supply means 11 along the longitudinal direction of the supply ports 24 and 25. The partitioning part 67 has a hat-shaped distributing part 29 at both ends projecting above the respective supply ports 24, 25, and an arc shape from an end of the distributing part 29 to an adjacent opening edge side of each supply port 24, 25. Guide surfaces 68 and 69 which are curved and concave are provided. Also in this case, by setting the opening width between the opening edges on the opposite sides of the supply ports 24 and 25 and the guide surfaces 68 and 69 to be larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter. The same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 10 exemplifies a third embodiment of the present invention, in which respective supply ports 24, 25 are arranged at the corners of the storage / supply means 11 in the left-right direction, and game balls are placed in the respective supply ports 24, 25. The inclined guide portions 26 and 27 are provided for guiding. In this case, the guide passages 12 and 13 are arranged below the storage and supply means 11 so that at least the starting end side corresponds to each of the supply ports 24 and 25.

FIG. 11 exemplifies a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in which each supply port 24, 25 is arranged at a corner of the storage / supply means 11, and each supply port 24, 25 is formed into a corner shape. The supply ports 24, 25 are provided with inclined guide portions 26, 27 so as to guide game balls. In this case, the starting ends of the guide passages 12 and 13 are connected to the supply ports 24 and 2 respectively.
5 to form an L-shape in plan view.

Also in the third and fourth embodiments, the opening width of each supply port 24, 25 is larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter. The opening length of each of the supply ports 24 and 25, whether linear or L-shaped, is twice or more the diameter of the game ball. Of course, the inner width of each guide passage 12, 13 is also larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter. Thereby, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained.

FIG. 12 exemplifies a fifth embodiment of the present invention, in which stack breaking means 43 and 44 are constituted by a ceiling 38. In this embodiment, a ceiling 38 is provided at an appropriate location on the lower side of the guide passages 12 and 13, for example, substantially half of the lower side, and the height of the ceiling 38 gradually decreases as it moves from the upper side to the lower side. I have. That is, the passage bottom walls of the guide passages 12 and 13
The gap between the ceiling 32 and the ceiling 38 is narrower toward the lower side. Also in this case, when the stacked game balls come into contact with the ceiling 38, the stacked game balls can be broken and aligned in a line.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, in the embodiment, a two-row payout type in which two payout means 14 and 15 are combined with a payout case 50 is used, one of which is used for paying out prize balls, and the other is used for paying out rental balls. Corresponding storage and supply means 11
Supply ports 24, 25 and two lower guide passages 1
Of the 2,13, one is for prize balls and the other is for rental balls.

However, even when the double-row payout type payout means 14 and 15 including the two-row payout is employed, all of them are used for both premium balls and rental balls, and the payout motors 53 and 5 are used.
The payout of the prize ball and the payout of the loaned ball may be distinguished by a command entered in step 4. Therefore, in this case, the two rotating bodies 51, 52 may be driven by one payout motor 53, or the two rotating bodies 51, 52 may be integrally connected to the left and right. .

When the two guide passages 12 and 13 are provided, each of the guide passages 12 and 13 may be constituted by another member.
The payout means may be of a single-row payout type. In this case, the number of supply ports and guide passages of the storage and supply means 11 may be reduced to one in accordance with the dispensing means.

[0050] Three or more stack breaking means may be provided. In the case of using a rocking type as the layer breaking means 36, 37, a member other than the rocking members 45, 46 and the rocking plates 47, 48 exemplified in the embodiment may be used. Further, when a fixed type is used for the destacking means 43, 44, the ceiling 38 arranged continuously above the guide passages 12, 13 is used, and the guide passages 12, 13 are divided in the longitudinal direction. Thus, a plurality of guide passages 12 and 13 may be provided in the longitudinal direction, or another fixing member may be used. However, in this case, it is desirable that the lower the position is, the lower the height is.

There are pachinko machines, arranged ball machines, sparrow ball machines and the like as the ball-and-ball game machines, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied to any of these ball-and-game machines.

[0052]

According to the present invention, the inner width of the guide passages 12, 13 is set to be larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter so that the game ball can pass one by one in the width direction. As a result, a plurality of game balls do not line up in the guide passages 12 and 13 in the width direction, so that clogging of the balls in the guide passages 12 and 13 can be prevented.

The guide passages 12 and 13 extend over the entire range from the starting end of the storage and supply means 11 for receiving game balls to the terminal end for passing game balls from the guide passages 12 and 13 to the payout means 14 and 15. Since the inner width is larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter, the ball can be prevented from being clogged in the middle of the guide passages 12, 13 and the payout means can be provided from the guide passages 12, 13.
Game balls can be smoothly supplied in a row to 14,15.

Further, the guide passages 12, 1 are provided in the guide passages 12, 13, respectively.
3 is provided with stacking breaking means 36, 37 for breaking up the stacking of the game balls in the up and down direction and aligning them in a line in the guiding direction of the game balls. It is possible to supply the game balls in a single-layer stack, and it is possible to easily supply the game balls.

Further, the stack breaking means 36, 37 are provided with a ceiling 38 whose height gradually decreases as it moves to the lower side in at least a part of the guide passages 12, 13 on the lower side from the starting end. The breaking means 36 and 37 can have a fixed structure, and the game balls can be prevented from jumping out by the ceiling 38.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a ball game machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear cross-sectional view of a main part showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the storage and supply unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan cross-sectional view of the storage and supply unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a guide passage showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a guide passage according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a rear cross-sectional view of the payout means according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a payout unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of a guide passage showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan sectional view of a storage and supply unit according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a plan sectional view of a storage and supply unit according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a partially cutaway rear view of a main part showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gaming machine 11 Storage and supply means 12,13 Guide passage 14,15 Dispensing means 24,25 Supply port 36,37 First stack breaking means 38

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[Submission date] November 11, 1999 (1999.11.
11)

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[Correction target item name] Claim 1

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[Correction target item name] Claim 3

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[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a gaming machine main body 1.
On the back side, storage supply means 11 for storing and supplying game balls,
Payout means 14, 15 capable of paying out an appropriate number of game balls,
A ball game machine having left and right lateral passages 12 and 13 for guiding game balls supplied from the supply ports 24 and 25 of the storage and supply means 11 to the dispensing means 14 and 15. , Said guidance
Two passages 12 and 13 are provided before and after, and
The wall 23 has a length in the left-right direction corresponding to the guide passages 12 and 13.
The two supply ports 24 and 25 are provided before and after the guide passage 1
2,13 are set to be larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter so that one game ball can pass through one in the width direction.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A storage and supply means (11) for storing and supplying game balls, a payout means (14) (15) capable of paying out an appropriate number of game balls, on the back side of the gaming machine body (1), Storage and supply means (1
In a ball game machine provided with guide paths (12) and (13) for guiding game balls supplied from the supply ports (24) and (25) of 1) to the payout means (14) and (15), The inside width of the guide passages (12) and (13) is set to be larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter so that the game ball can pass one by one in the width direction. Ball game machine. 2. The dispensing means (14), the guide passage (1)
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein 2) is for a premium ball. 3. The dispensing means (15), the guide passage (1)
3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein 3) is for a rental ball. 4. The guide passages (12) and (13) are connected to the guide passage (1) from a starting end of the storage and supply means (11) for receiving game balls.
2) The inner width is larger than the diameter of the game ball and less than twice the diameter over the entire range from (13) to the end portion for passing the game ball to the payout means (14) (15). The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: 5. The guide passages (12) and (13) are provided with the guide passages (1).
2) A stack breaking means (36) (37) for breaking up the stacking of the game balls in the vertical direction in (13) and aligning them in a line in the guide direction of the game balls. 4. The ball and ball game machine according to any one of 4. 6. The stack breaking means (36) (37) has at least a part of the guide passages (12) and (13) located on the lower side of the starting end, the height of which gradually decreases as it moves toward the lower side. Become ceiling (3
The ball game machine according to claim 5, further comprising (8).