JP2000245935A - Ball discharge device of ball tray in pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stop and hold an opening/closing board at a position for opening a ball discharge hole through the use of pachinko balls stored in a ball tray and also to automatically execute stopping and releasing. SOLUTION: The ball discharge hole 11 is opened on the bottom wall 10 of a tray part 8 for storing the pachinko balls, the opening/closing board 13 energized by an energizing member 15 is arranged in a support frame 14 which is disposed on the lower surface of the bottom wall 10 in a direction for normally closing the hole 11 so as to be freely movable and the board 13 is moved to a position for opening the hole 11 so that the balls of the tray pare 8 are discharged in the ball discharge device of the ball tray in a pachinko machine. In the device, a falling hole 12 where the balls fall is piercingly arranged on the bottom wall 10 of the tray part 8 where the ball discharge hole 11 is opened, the board 13 is provided with a lock part 17 for locking the board 13 through the use of the balls positioned in the fall hole 12 at a position for opening the ball discharge hole 11, the board 13 is locked and held at the position for opening the hole 11 by the ball weight of the tray part 8 on the balls in the fall hole 12, the lock of the board 13 is released when the balls are released from the weight and the board 13 is automatically returned to the position for closing the hole 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of opening a ball hole in a bottom wall of a ball bowl for storing pachinko balls, and sliding or rotating an opening / closing plate provided on a lower surface of the bottom wall of the ball bowl. The present invention relates to a ball receiving device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine in which a ball punching hole is opened to release a ball, and in particular, a ball of a ball tray in a pachinko machine in which an opening / closing plate is stopped and held at a position where the ball punching hole is opened. It relates to a punching device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a ball punching device for a ball tray in which an opening / closing plate is locked at a ball pulling position by a locking member, and the locking is released by the pressing of a pressing member. Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-53954).

[0003]

The conventional ball tray removing device has a problem that it requires a lot of components, has a complicated structure, requires a lot of time for assembling, and increases costs. In addition, even if there is no pachinko ball in the dish portion, if the opening / closing plate is slid, the ball is stopped and held at the ball removal position, and the stop release operation must be performed to release the stopped state of the opening / closing plate. . For this reason, even if the pachinko ball in the ball saucer has been removed, the player forgets to perform the release operation, the ball saucer remains in the state of removing the ball, disturbing the next player or releasing the ball by the clerk one by one There was a problem of having to operate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to make sure that the opening / closing plate is stopped and held at the ball-pulling position with a simple structure. It is intended to provide a ball tray removing device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine capable of automatically releasing a stop state when a pachinko ball of a ball tray is pulled out and returning the opening / closing plate to a ball pulling release position. Things.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a ball hole in the bottom wall of a dish for storing pachinko balls, and a support frame provided on the lower surface of the bottom wall. An opening / closing plate urged by an urging member in a direction in which the ball hole is always closed is movably provided, and the pachinko ball in the dish portion is pierced by moving the opening / closing plate to a position where the ball hole is opened. In a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine, a drop-in hole for a pachinko ball to drop into a bottom wall of a dish portion having the ball punching hole is formed, and a ball punching hole is opened in an opening / closing plate at a position where the ball punching hole is opened. A position for providing a locking portion that locks the opening / closing plate using a pachinko ball located in the drop-in hole, and opening the opening / closing plate with a hole for removing the ball by the ball weight of the plate portion on the pachinko ball in the drop-in hole. When the ball is released from the ball weight, it locks the open / close plate. Dividing and the closing plate so as to automatically return to the closed position the ball vent hole.

The pachinko ball is locked by using the locking portion as a step.

The pachinko ball is locked by using the locking portion as a concave recess.

[0008] The locking portion is formed as a concave hole in which the pachinko ball does not fall, so that the pachinko ball is locked.

Further, in order to release the engagement utilizing the pachinko ball dropped into the drop-in hole, the locking portion has a portion below the radius of the pachinko ball dropped into the drop-in hole hitting the drop-in hole. It is good to lock at the contact position.

[0010] In order to secure the locking state of the opening / closing plate, it is preferable that the opening / closing plate is moved down at the open position of the ball hole, by the weight of the ball applied to the pachinko ball located in the drop-in hole. .

Further, it is preferable that the drop-in hole is provided at a position orthogonal to the moving direction of the opening / closing plate and communicates with the ball hole so that the pachinko ball does not remain in the dish portion.

According to the present invention described above, when the pachinko ball is stored in the dish portion and the opening / closing plate is moved to the position where the ball removing hole is opened against the urging of the urging member, the pachinko ball falls. The pachinko ball located in the hole is used, and the weight of the ball applied to the pachinko ball stops and holds the opening / closing plate at the position where the ball hole is opened. When the ball is released from the ball weight of the pachinko ball in the dish portion, the stop state of the opening / closing plate is automatically released, and the opening / closing plate is automatically returned to the position where the ball hole is closed.

The ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to the present invention is an upper ball tray for supplying a hit ball provided on the front surface of a front frame of the pachinko machine or a lower ball tray for storing surplus balls in the upper ball tray. It can be applied to any of them.

The ball punching device of the present invention is also applicable to a device in which an opening / closing plate for opening and closing a ball punching hole is slidably provided in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, or is provided rotatably. It is.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lower ball tray, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the lower ball tray. A frame-shaped front frame 2 is provided on the front of the pachinko machine 1 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 2 includes a glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4.
Is attached. A game board 5 is provided on the rear side of the glass door frame 3, and an upper ball receiving tray 6 is attached to a front surface of the front plate 4. Also, an upper ball receiving tray 6 is provided on the lower front surface of the front frame 2.
The lower ball receiving tray 7 for storing surplus spheres is mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower ball receiving tray 7 is formed of a tray 8 for storing a large amount of pachinko balls, and a cover member 9 attached to the upper portion of the tray 8.
Then, a ball hole 11 for dropping a plurality of pachinko balls at the same time is opened in the bottom wall 10 of the dish portion 8 and, separately from the ball hole 11, a drop hole 12 into which at least one pachinko ball falls is formed. Has been drilled. Also, the bottom wall 10 has a ball hole 11
, So that all the pachinko balls stored in the dish 8 face the ball hole 11. Reference numeral 13 denotes an opening / closing plate which opens and closes the ball hole 11 of the bottom wall 10 of the dish portion 8. The opening / closing plate 13 includes a lower surface of the bottom wall 10 of the dish portion 8 and the bottom wall 1.
The support hole 14 is mounted movably between the lower frame 0 and the support frame 14. The elasticity of a spring 15 as a biasing member built in the support frame 14 always closes the ball hole 11 and the drop-in hole 12. Biased in the direction.

An operating portion 16 is provided at a front edge of the opening / closing plate 13 so as to protrude outward from a cutout recess 14a of the support frame 14. The operating portion 16 is manually operated to open the opening / closing plate 13. I am able to move. Opening / closing plate 13
Always closes the ball hole 11 and the drop hole 12, and the opening and closing plate 13 is opened by the pachinko ball B falling into the hole 12 at a position where the ball hole 11 is opened.
Is provided with a step 17 as a locking portion for locking. As shown in FIG. 6B, the height of the step portion 17 is selected such that a portion below the radius of the pachinko ball dropped into the drop-in hole 12 contacts the drop-in hole 12. Further, it is preferable that the corners of the step portion 17 are chamfered to make it hard to wear. Reference numeral 18 denotes a storage portion for storing one end of the spring 15 provided on the lower surface of the opening and closing plate 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support frame 14 is provided with a through hole 19 having a size substantially the same as that of the ball hole 11 at a position opposite to the hole 11. 20 is the open / close plate 1
A supporting portion 21 for supporting the distal end of 3 is a boss to which the other end of the spring 15 is fitted.

Next, the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray will be described with reference to the drawings. Normally, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6A, the opening / closing plate 13 closes the ball hole 11 and the drop-in hole 12 by the bias of the spring 15. In this state, when the user puts a finger on the operation unit 16 and moves the opening / closing plate 13 to the side where the ball punching hole 11 is opened against the bias of the spring 15, one of the pachinko balls stored in the plate 8 is moved. The individual naturally falls down the step 17 from the drop-in hole 12. As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the pachinko ball B having fallen off the step 17 has a substantially radial portion in contact with the side edge of the drop-in hole 12, and the pachinko ball B is returned to the open / close plate 13. The opening / closing plate 13 is interposed between the edge of the drop-in hole 12 and the step 17 by the moving operation, and the plate 8
The ball weight of the pachinko ball hits the pachinko ball B to ensure the engagement, and the opening / closing plate 13 opens the ball hole 11 as shown in FIG. Will be stopped and held. And the dish 8
The pachinko ball is dropped from the ball hole 11 through the through hole 19 and extracted.

As shown in FIG. 6C, when the pachinko ball on the plate portion 8 is extracted and the ball weight on the pachinko ball B is reduced, the step 17 is moved by the urging force of the spring 15 to move the pachinko ball B into place. By pushing below the ball center of
The pachinko ball B of the drop-in hole 12 is pushed out in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6 (c), the engagement is released, and as shown in FIG.
Moves back to close the ball hole 11.

The pachinko ball B falling into the drop hole 12
Is returned to the dish portion 8 and the opening / closing plate 13 closes the ball ejection hole 11 before dropping from the ball ejection hole 11, and if the pachinko ball remains in the dish portion 8, the opening / closing plate is re-opened. When the opening 13 is moved in the opening direction, the open / close plate 13 can reliably remove the remaining pachinko balls without being locked.

Further, for example, when the opening / closing plate 13 is slid to a half-open state in which the ball can be removed, the ball removing hole 11, the falling hole 12 and the step By setting the mutual positional relationship of the 17
The game can be played while the pachinko balls stored in the dish portion 8 are removed little by little without the 3 being locked, which is convenient for the player.

According to the present embodiment configured as above, when the opening / closing plate 13 is slid to the position where the ball hole 11 is opened, the pachinko ball B located in the drop-in hole 12 is
The pachinko ball is kept sandwiched between the step portion 17 and the drop-in hole 12 due to the ball weight of the pachinko ball.
1 can be stopped and held at a position where the pan 8 is opened.
Step 17 is released from the ball weight of
The pachinko ball B located at No. 2 can be pushed out from the drop-in hole 12 and the stop of the opening / closing plate 13 can be automatically released.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show a recessed portion 22 corresponding to the drop-in hole 12 at the position where the opening / closing plate 13 is opened as a locking portion instead of the stepped portion 17 at the position where the ball opening hole 11 is opened. I have. The recess 22 has a depth equal to or less than the radius of the pachinko ball, and opens the hole 11 as shown in FIG.
It is preferable that the center of the pachinko ball located in the concave portion 22 be substantially located in the drop hole 12 when the pachinko ball matches the drop hole 12.

Next, the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray will be described with reference to the drawings. Normally, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9A, the opening / closing plate 13 closes the ball hole 11 and the drop-in hole 12 by the bias of the spring 15. In this state, when the user puts a finger on the operation unit 16 and moves the opening / closing plate 13 to the side where the ball hole 11 is opened against the bias of the spring 15, the concave portion 22 matches the drop-in hole 12. One of the pachinko balls stored in the dish portion 8 falls into the concave portion 22 naturally from the drop hole 12. Then, the pachinko ball B of the concave portion 22 is the opening / closing plate 1.
As shown in FIG. 9 (b), the reciprocating operation of FIG. 3 brings the substantially radial portion into contact with the side edge of the drop-in hole 12, locks the opening / closing plate 13 with the pachinko ball B, and further performs another operation. As the ball weight of the pachinko ball hangs on the pachinko ball B,
Even when the hand is released from the operation unit 16, the opening / closing plate 13 is stopped and held in a state of opening the ball hole 11 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9C, when the pachinko ball on the plate portion 8 is extracted and the ball weight on the pachinko ball B decreases, the edge of the recess 22 is urged by the spring 15. Pushes the pachinko ball B downward from the center of the pachinko ball B, thereby pushing the pachinko ball in the drop-in hole 12 into the dish portion 8 and releasing the engagement, and the opening / closing plate 13 moves back as shown in FIG. The hole 11 will be closed.

As shown in FIG. 10, the recess 22 may be a locking portion for the recess 23. The recess 23 is selected to have a size that does not allow the pachinko ball to fall.
As shown in (d), the pachinko ball B fits into the recessed hole 23, the pachinko ball B is fitted, the opening / closing plate 13 is locked, and the ball can be removed as in the above-described embodiment. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the opening / closing plate 13 is rotated about a support shaft 24 so as to open and close the ball opening hole 11, or FIGS. 12A and 12B. As shown in FIG. 1, even in the case of a ball-pulling structure in which the ball punching hole 11 is opened and closed by sliding the opening / closing plate 13 in the front-rear direction,
The same can be applied by changing the shape of No. 3 and the positional relationship between the hole 11 and the drop-in hole 12.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show an embodiment in which the opening / closing plate 13 is moved down by the ball weight of the pachinko ball at the opening position of the ball hole 11, and the ball hole 11 of the support portion 20 is opened. The side is a tapered surface 20a.

Next, the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray according to this embodiment will be described. Normally, the open / close plate 13 is supported by the support portion 20 as shown in FIG. When the operator puts his / her finger on the operation unit 16 and moves the opening / closing plate 13 to the side where the ball hole 11 is opened against the bias of the spring 15, the opening / closing plate 13 is disengaged from the support of the support unit 20 and falls. The ball removing hole 11 is opened while moving down along the tapered surface 20 a by the ball weight on the pachinko ball B located in the hole 12, and the pachinko ball of the plate portion 8 falls from the ball removing hole 11 due to the inclination of the bottom wall 10. Begin to. And FIG.
As shown in (b), when the opening / closing plate 13 is moved to the position where the ball hole 11 is opened, the concave portion 22 matches the drop hole 12, and the pachinko ball B located in the concave portion 22 becomes The upper part of the radius is in contact with the side edge of the drop-in hole 12, and the pachinko ball B moves to the edge of the drop-in hole 12 and the edge of the recess 22 by the reciprocating operation of the opening and closing plate 13. Sandwiched, open / close plate 1
3 and the ball weight of the pachinko ball of the plate portion 8 is applied to the pachinko ball B, so that the opening / closing plate 13 is stopped and held in a state where the ball hole 11 is opened even if the hand is released from the operation portion 16. Will be.

Then, the pachinko balls in the dish portion 8
When the ball weight on the pachinko ball B is reduced by dropping from the through hole 19 through the hole 1 and the ball weight on the pachinko ball B is reduced, the urging force of the spring 15 moves the opening / closing plate 13 upward as shown in FIG. When the edge of the portion 22 pushes the pachinko ball B below the center of the pachinko ball B, the pachinko ball in the drop-in hole 12 is moved in FIG.
4 (c), the push-out engagement is released in the direction of the arrow, and the opening / closing plate 1 is moved by the urging force of the spring 15 as shown in FIG.
3 automatically returns, and is supported by the support portion 20 to close the ball hole 11.

As described above, the pachinko ball B is moved downward by moving the open / close plate 13 by the ball weight of the stored ball in the dish portion 10.
Are deeply fitted and the engagement is more reliable.

Although the drop hole 12 is provided separately from the ball hole 11, it may be provided in communication with the ball hole 11 as shown in FIGS. The trap hole 12
Is a position orthogonal to the moving direction of the opening / closing plate 13, and is provided at a predetermined angle in an inclined shape. As a result, the pachinko ball B that has locked the opening / closing plate 13 can be reliably removed from the ball removing hole 11, and the ball can be removed without leaving any pachinko ball in the dish portion 8.

[0033]

As is apparent from the above description,
The ball punching device of the ball tray according to the present invention uses a pachinko ball located in a drop-in hole, and stops and holds the opening / closing plate at the ball pulling position using the ball weight of the plate portion on the pachinko ball. When the pachinko ball in the saucer comes out, the pachinko ball located in the drop-in hole is released from the ball weight and the stop state of the open / close plate is automatically released, so there is no need to perform the stop release operation. . Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent a situation in which the ball receiving tray is left out of the ball due to mischief or carelessness.

Furthermore, the structure can be simplified by using the conventional number of parts and no extra movable parts are required, and the open / close plate cannot be held open by any trouble due to some trouble. However, it is possible to remove the ball without any trouble.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower ball receiving tray.

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

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the lower ball tray with the ball hole removed.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the lower ball tray with the ball hole removed.

6 (a) to 6 (d) are diagrams for explaining the operation of removing a ball.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a lower ball receiving tray in which a locking portion is a concave portion.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the lower ball tray with the ball hole of FIG. 7 opened;

9 (a) to 9 (d) are views for explaining the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray of FIG. 7;

FIGS. 10 (a) to (d) are views for explaining the operation of removing a ball from a ball tray having a locking portion with a concave hole.

FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b) are action explanatory views showing a main part of a lower ball tray for opening and closing a ball hole through rotation of an opening / closing plate.

FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b) are action explanatory views showing a main part of a lower ball receiving tray which opens and closes a ball hole by sliding the opening / closing plate in the front-back direction.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a lower ball tray according to another embodiment.

14 (a) to (d) are explanatory views of the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray of FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a lower ball receiving tray in which a ball removing hole and a falling hole are communicated.

FIG. 16 is a plan view showing a state where the ball hole of FIG. 15 is fully opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 6 Upper ball receiving tray 7 Lower ball receiving tray 8 Plate portion 10 Bottom wall 11 Ball removal hole 12 Drop-in hole 13 Opening / closing plate 15 Spring (biasing member) 17 Step (locking portion) 22 Depressed concave portion (locking portion) 23 Concave hole (locking part) B Pachinko ball

Claims (7)

[Claims] An opening / closing device in which a ball hole is opened in a bottom wall of a dish portion for storing pachinko balls and a ball member is urged by a biasing member in a direction to always close the ball hole in a support frame provided on a lower surface of the bottom wall. In a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine in which a plate is movably provided and a pachinko ball of a dish portion is punched by moving the opening / closing plate to a position where the ball punching hole is opened, A hole for pachinko balls to fall into the bottom wall of the opened dish is formed, and the opening and closing plate is opened and closed by using a pachinko ball located in the hole for opening the ball hole. A locking portion for locking is provided, and the opening / closing plate is locked and held at a position where the ball hole is opened by the ball weight of the plate portion on the pachinko ball of the falling hole, and the opening / closing plate when released from the ball weight. Is released, and the open / close plate is automatically returned to the position where the ball hole is closed. Ball vent device sphere pan in pachinko machines, characterized in that the so that. 2. A ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said locking portion is a stepped portion. 3. A ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said locking portion is a concave portion. 4. The ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said locking portion is formed as a concave hole through which a pachinko ball does not fall. 5. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the locking portion is locked at a position where a portion below a radius of the pachinko ball dropped into the drop hole contacts the drop hole. Ball tray removal device. 6. The ball punching of a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said opening / closing plate is moved downward at the open position of the ball punching hole due to the ball weight applied to the pachinko ball located in said drop-in hole. apparatus. 7. The drop hole is provided at a position orthogonal to the moving direction of the opening and closing plate, and is provided in communication with the ball hole.
7. A ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to 6.