JP2000300773A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arrange a storage tank and a tank rail on the reverse side of a game machine body with a small exclusive space and enhance the freedom in design of the lower part by integrally providing the tank rail for guiding game balls within the storage tank to a dispensing means on the lower side of the storage tank for storing game balls. SOLUTION: A storage tank 11 is arranged on the upper part of a reverse mechanism plate 6 on the reverse side of a game machine body 1, and game balls within the tank 11 are supplied to a dispensing means 13 through a tank rail 12. A vertical passage case 14 having two dispensing passages 24 and one recovering passage 25 is provided on the downstream side of the dispensing means 13. The storage tank 11 is formed into a laterally long rectangular box- shape opened in the upper side, and the tank rail 12 and the dispensing means 13 are integrally provided on the lower side of the storage tank 11. Namely, a protruding part 36 protruding up from the lower part side of the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 into the storage tank 11 is formed, and the upstream side of the tank rail 12 is fitted to the recessed part opened down which is formed thereon.

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 In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a back mechanism plate is disposed behind a front frame constituting a game machine body, and a storage tank for storing game balls is provided on an upper portion on the back side of the back mechanism plate. When,
A payout means for paying out game balls, and a tank rail for guiding the game balls in the storage tank to the payout means,
Game balls replenished from the replenishing device are stored in the storage tank, and when there is a ball lending request from the automatic ball lending machine, or when there is a command to pay out prize balls at the time of winning, the tank from the storage tank is refilled. While supplying the game balls to the payout means via the rail, the game balls are paid out to the upper plate side by the payout means.

[0003]

The conventional ball game machine employs a structure in which the storage tank and the tank rail are separately mounted on the upper part of the back mechanism plate, and the weight of the storage tank is carried on the front frame side. I have. For this reason, the dimension from the upper end of the storage tank to the lower end of the tank rail becomes large, and there is a disadvantage that the degree of freedom in designing the attached components below the storage tank is significantly impaired.

[0004] That is, there is an opening on the lower side of the tank rail, into which a back cover on the back side of the game board is fitted, and the storage tank and the tank rail are arranged above the opening. In recent years, there has been a tendency to arrange a large liquid crystal display means at the center of the game board, and a large liquid crystal display unit is mounted on the back side of the game board. Along with this, the shape of the back cover that covers each game component of the game board from the back side also tends to increase.

[0005] In recent years, there has been a tendency that a control board is divided into a plurality of sections for each control function, and that each control board is housed in a board case and detachably mounted on the back side of a back cover. . Therefore, the size of the back cover tends to increase in size in order to secure a mounting space for the board case.

However, in the conventional mounting structure of the storage tank and the tank rail, since these occupy a large space on the upper side of the back mechanism plate, it is difficult to increase the size of the opening of the back mechanism plate and the back cover fitted to the opening. , Enlargement of liquid crystal display means,
This is one of the major obstacles in promoting the single function of the control board.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention allows a storage tank and a tank rail to be compactly arranged in a small occupied space on the back side of a game machine main body, and allows freedom of design of an attached component on the lower side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine capable of increasing the degree.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a gaming machine main body 1.
On the back side of the ball, a ball provided with a storage tank 11 for storing game balls, a payout means 13 for paying out game balls, and a tank rail 12 for guiding the game balls in the storage tank 11 to the payout means 13 In the gaming machine, the tank rail 12 is integrally provided below the storage tank 11.

[0009]

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

The drawings illustrate one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Denotes a rear surface of the ball game machine, and 1 denotes a game machine main body, which comprises a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 as shown in FIGS. The front frame 3 is arranged on the front side of the outer frame 2 and is attached to 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 FIGS. 4 and 6, the front frame 3 has a game board mounting frame 4 on the back side, and a game board 5 is detachably mounted on the game board mounting frame 4 from the back side. Game board 5
The game board mounting frame 4 pressed by the back mechanism plate 6 from the back side
It is fixed to. The game board 5 has game parts such as liquid crystal display means and winning means mounted thereon, and a back cover 7 for covering the game parts is detachably mounted on the back side of the game board 5.

The back mechanism plate 6 is pivotally mounted on the back side of the front frame 3 by a pair of upper and lower hinges 8 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 game board mounting frame 4 by four lock levers 9. The hinge 8 is on the same side of the front frame 3 as the hinge for pivotal support. The back mechanism plate 6 has an opening 10 substantially at the center thereof, and the back cover 7 is fitted into the opening 10.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a storage tank, 12 denotes a tank rail, and 13 denotes a payout means. These are disposed on the back side of the gaming machine main body 1 and above the back mechanism plate 6.
The game balls are supplied to the payout means 13 via 12, and the payout means 13 pays out the game balls. Numeral 14 denotes a vertical passage case, which is arranged on one side of the opening 10 on the back side of the back mechanism plate 6 in the vertical direction.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a main control board for controlling the game operation on the game board 5 side. Reference numeral 17 denotes a lamp control board for controlling a display lamp on the front side of the gaming machine main body 1 including the game board 5, and reference numeral 18 denotes an audio control board for controlling sound effects generated from the speakers.These control boards 17, 18 are board cases.
19 and 20, and is detachably attached to the lower portion on the back side of the back cover 7. 21 is a payout control board that controls the payout means 13, 22 is a power supply board that supplies power to each unit,
These substrates 21 and 22 are housed in a common substrate case 23 and mounted on the lower rear portion of the back mechanism plate 6.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the vertical passage case 14 is provided with two payout passages 24 and one recovery passage 25. The payout passages 24 are provided in a lower passage unit (not shown). Is connected to an upper plate (not shown) through the passage of
The collection passage 25 guides the game ball to a game ball collection device (not shown) on the island side.

The storage tank 11 is for storing game balls replenished from a replenishing device (not shown), and is formed in a horizontally-long rectangular box shape which is open at the upper side and is long in the left-right direction. A tank rail 12 and a dispensing means 13 are provided integrally near the lower side of the storage tank 11. The length of the storage tank 11 in the left-right direction is substantially the same as the width of the back mechanism plate 6 in the left-right direction, or is slightly shorter than the width.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the storage tank 11 has a front wall 26 abutting against the back mechanism plate 6 from the back side, and
The lower end thereof is engaged from above with a step 27 on the back mechanism plate 6 side, and the mounting portions 28 on both left and right sides are detachably fixed to the back mechanism plate 6 with screws or the like. The storage tank 11 is detachably fastened to the front frame 3 by fastening means 29 together with the back mechanism plate 6.

The fastening means 29 is, as shown in FIGS.
A projection 30 protruding rearward from the game board mounting frame 4 of the front frame 3,
A fastening knob 31 rotatably provided at the rear end of the projection 30
Elongated holes 32 and 33 into which the projections 30 and the fastening knobs 31 are removably fitted are formed in the back mechanism plate 6 and the front wall 26 of the storage tank 11. The fastening means 29 turns the fastening knob 31 on the back side of the front wall 26 to fasten the back mechanism plate 6 and the front wall 26 of the storage tank 11 to the front frame 3.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 is inclined so that one end in the middle in the front-rear direction and one end in the left-right direction is low. To supply the game ball in the tank 11 to the tank rail 12,
A supply port 35 communicating with the tank rail 12 from above is formed. The supply port 35 has a long hole shape elongated in the longitudinal direction of the storage tank 11, is eccentrically disposed on one side in the left-right direction of the storage tank 11, and is provided from the lower side of the bottom wall 34.
It is formed on each of the front and rear sides of the protruding portion 36 protruding upward into the inside 11, and opens in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the projecting portion 36 is disposed at the middle of the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 in the front-rear direction so that the game balls in the storage tank 11 flow to the front and rear sides. The lower portion of the bottom wall 34 of the tank 11 is integrally formed along the longitudinal direction. The upper and lower supply ports 35
An eave portion 37 is provided integrally to cover the game ball from above, so that the weight of the game ball in the storage tank 11 is not directly applied to the supply port 35 and the game ball in the tank rail 12 in the vertical direction. . Note that the upper surface of the eaves portion 37 has a mountain shape.

The lower side of the protruding portion 36 is a concave portion that opens downward.
The upper part of the tank rail 12 is fitted into the recess 38 from below. For this reason, at least a part of the tank rail 12, that is, the upper portion in the vicinity of the supply port 35 protrudes above the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11.

The tank rail 12 and the dispensing means 13 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the storage tank 11 is arranged in series in a substantially horizontal line along the longitudinal direction below the storage tank 11 so as to fall within the longitudinal range of the storage tank 11. The tank rail 12 is for guiding the game balls in the storage tank 11 to the payout means 13 side, and as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7,
A guide passage whose upper side communicates with each supply port 35 of the storage tank 11
It has 39 front and rear.

The tank rail 12 is a supply port for the storage tank 11.
An inclined bottom plate 40 which is inclined so as to gradually decrease from the 35 side toward the other end, and a partition wall which is integrally formed projecting upward from the inclined bottom plate 40 and partitions each guide passage 39 forward and backward.
41, and a pair of front and rear side plates 42 and 43 mounted on both front and rear sides of the inclined bottom plate 40.

The tank rail 12 is configured such that the partition wall 41 is fitted into the recess 38 below the projection 36 and the upper ends of the side plates 42 and 43 abut against the bottom of the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11. In addition, it is detachably attached to the lower side of the storage tank 11 by screws or the like (not shown). The tank rail 12 has a supply port 35 for the storage tank 11.
A sensing plate 44 is arranged in each guide passage 39 in the vicinity of the lower side.

Each of the sensing plates 44 senses when a game ball in the storage tank 11 has run out, and operates each of the ball running detection switches 45 below the tank rail 12.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each of the sensing plates 44 is pivotally supported by a lower pivot 46 below the inclined bottom plate 40 so as to be able to swing up and down. The weight is biased upward by a biasing means 47 such as a weight type. Each ball out detection switch 45 is mounted on the back side of the back mechanism plate 6 so as to correspond to each guide passage 39 of the tank rail 12, and detects a ball out when each sensing plate 44 rises. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 6, and 7, the payout means 13 is for paying out a suitable number of game balls guided and supplied from the tank rail 12, and a payout case 48. A rotating body 51 rotatably supported around a rotating shaft 50 in the front-rear direction in the dispensing case 48, and a dispensing motor 52 for driving the rotating body 51 via the rotating shaft 50. Also, it is detachably attached to the lower side of the storage tank 11. The payout motor 52 is fixed to the back side of the payout case 48.

The dispensing case 48 includes an arc-shaped lower case body 53, an arc-shaped upper case body 54 arranged opposite to the lower case body 53, and attached to the front and rear of each of the case bodies 53, 54. Side plates 42, 43 and a partition wall 41 disposed between the front and rear side plates 42, 43. Inside the dispensing case 48, two front and rear portions corresponding to the respective guide passages 39 of the tank rail 12 are provided. A payout room 49 is defined.

The rotating bodies 51 are arranged one by one in each payout chamber 49. On the outer periphery of each rotating body 51, a plurality of recesses 55 for feeding out game balls are formed at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the game balls entering the recesses 55 are rotated clockwise of the rotating body 51. The required number is paid out according to the number.

The dispensing case 48 is provided with two dispensing ports 56 in a vertical direction corresponding to each dispensing chamber 49, and each dispensing port 56 is connected to two dispensing passages of the vertical passage case 14.
Connected to 24. The lower case body 53 may be formed integrally with the inclined bottom plate 40 of the tank rail 12, or may be formed separately. The side plates 42 and 43 and the partition wall 41 may be provided integrally with each other over the tank rail 12 and the payout case 48, or may be provided separately. A cover 57 is formed integrally with the upper case body 54, and the cover 57 covers the guide passage 39 of the tank rail 12 between the dispensing means 13 and the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 from above.

The lower case body 53 is provided with a removal passage 59 having an opening / closing plate 58. The extraction passage 59 is provided so as to connect the upper side of the payout unit 13 and the collection passage 25 in the vertical passage case 14 via the vicinity of the lower side of the payout unit 13. The opening / closing plate 58 opens and closes the extraction passage 59, is slidably supported in the left and right direction at the end on the tank rail 12 side, and is urged in the closing direction by a spring 60. The opening / closing plate 58 includes an operation unit 61, and the operation unit 61
Protrudes rearward from the tank rail 12.

In the above configuration, when a game ball is supplied from the replenishing device on the island side, the game ball enters the storage tank 11,
It is guided along the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 to each supply port 35 before and after the protrusion 36, and is supplied from each supply port 35 to each guide passage 39 of the tank rail 12. Guideways 39
The game balls supplied to the paying means 13 move to the payout means 13 through the respective guide passages 39. Usually, payout means
On the better side than 13, storage tank 11 and tank rail 12
Are filled with game balls over the respective guide paths 39.

Therefore, if there is a ball lending request from the automatic ball lending machine (not shown), the payout means 13 according to the ball lending request.
Of the payout motor 52 operates to drive each rotating body 51 via the rotary shaft 50 in the payout direction. For this tank rail
The game balls that have entered the concave portion 55 of the rotating body 51 from each of the 12 guide passages 39 are sequentially paid out as rental balls as the rotating body 51 rotates.

If a game ball wins in the prize area of the game board 5 and a prize ball payout command is issued, the payout motor 52 of the payout means 13 operates in accordance with the payout command.
Similarly, game balls in the storage tank 11 are paid out as prize balls. The game balls paid out by the payout means 13 are guided from each payout passage 24 in the vertical passage case 14 to the upper plate on the front side of the front frame 3 via the lower passage unit.

Each of the dispensing means 13 is operated to operate the tank rail.
When the game balls in each of the guide paths 39 of 12 are paid out, the game balls stored in the storage tank 11 are supplied to the upper side of each of the guide paths 39 via the supply port 35 in accordance with the payout number of the game balls. And guided to the dispensing means 13 via each guide passage 39.

When the game ball in the storage tank 11 is to be removed, the opening / closing plate 58 is operated in the opening direction against the spring 60. As a result, the extraction passage 59 communicates with each guide passage 39 of the tank rail 12, and game balls in the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 are extracted from the extraction passage 59 to the island side via the recovery passage 25.

In this embodiment, since the tank rail 12 is integrally arranged below the storage tank 11, the storage tank 11 is compared with the conventional case where the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 are separately provided. While securing enough volume on the side,
The dimension from the upper end of the storage tank 11 to the lower end of the tank rail 12 can be reduced.

For this reason, the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12
However, the space in the vertical direction occupied by the back of the back mechanism plate 6 is reduced, and the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 can be easily mounted in a small occupied space. The degree of freedom in designing the components can be increased. For example, it is easy to increase the size of the opening 10 of the back mechanism plate 6 and to increase the size of the back cover 7 fitted into the opening 10. Can be easily promoted.

Particularly, the upper side of the tank rail 12 is a storage tank.
Since the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 are fitted to the recess 38 formed below the protrusion 36 of the bottom wall 34, the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 are The size in the vertical direction with respect to 12 can be further reduced.

Further, a tank rail is provided below the storage tank 11.
12 and the dispensing means 13 are arranged substantially in a line along the longitudinal direction of the storage tank 11, so that the opening 10 of the back mechanism plate 6
Only the vertical passage case 14 and the like need to be provided on the sides of the opening 10, and the opening 10 can be enlarged in the left-right direction. Moreover, since the tank rail 12 and the dispensing means 13 are mounted on the storage tank 11, they can be handled as one unit.

Normally, the payout means 13 side is the tank rail 12
However, the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 is inclined so that the supply port 35 side is lower, and the dispensing means 13 is provided on the opposite side of the supply port 35, so that the tank rail 12 Despite the payment means 13 on the extension,
In conjunction with the fact that a part of the tank rail 12 is fitted into the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11,
It can be placed close to the 11 side.

The supply port 35 on the storage tank 11 side opens in the front-rear direction, and there is an eave portion 37 covering the supply port 35 from above, so that the weight of the game balls in the storage tank 11 is reduced by the supply port 35 side. It does not directly add to the game ball in the vertical direction, thereby causing a bridge phenomenon to the game ball in the storage tank 11 near the supply port 35 or a bridge phenomenon to the game ball in each guide passage 39 of the tank rail 12. Is less likely to occur,
The game ball in the storage tank 11 is supplied from the supply port 35 to the tank rail 12.
Can be supplied smoothly.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. Storage tank 11, tank rail 12, and dispensing means
13 may be manufactured separately, and may be integrally joined with screws or the like at the assembly stage, or a part or all of the storage tank 11, the tank rail 12, and the discharging means 13 may be integrally formed of a synthetic resin material. It may be molded.

It is sufficient that the tank rail 12 is provided close to the lower side of the storage tank 11, and it is not necessary to provide a part of the tank rail 12 so as to fit into the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11. . When the tank rail 12 is fitted to the lower side of the storage tank 11, substantially the entire tank rail 12 may be fitted.

The dispensing means 13 is not limited to the rotary type having the rotating body 51, but may employ another dispensing type. The dispensing means 13 is a back mechanism plate.
6 on one side of the opening 10 on the back side.

The supply port 35 may be provided in the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 so as to open vertically. In this case, the protrusion 36 and the eaves 37 in the storage tank 11 may be omitted. However, if the eaves portion 37 is provided at a predetermined interval above the supply port 35, the weight of the game ball in the storage tank 11 does not directly hit the game ball in the tank rail 12, and the storage tank
Ball clogging or the like due to a bridge phenomenon on the supply port 35 side of 11 or in the tank rail 12 can be prevented.

It is desirable that each guide passage 39 of the tank rail 12 be provided with a stack breaking means for breaking the stack of game balls in the guide passage 39. Supply port 35 and tank rail
The guide passage 39 in 12 may be one. Also tank rail 12
May be provided so as to abut against the back mechanism plate 6 or may be provided so that a part of the tank rail 12 is constituted by the back mechanism plate 6.

The tank rail 12 and the dispensing means 13 may be detachably fixed to the back mechanism plate 6 via a spacer or the like. The storage tank 11 may be integrally provided with a skirt portion extending downward from the rear wall, and the skirt portion may cover the tank rail 12 and the dispensing means 13 from behind. Further, the tank rail 12 and the payout means 13 may be attached to this skirt portion.

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

[0049]

According to the present invention, a storage tank 11 for storing game balls, a payout means 13 for paying out game balls, and a means for paying out game balls in the storage tank 11 are provided on the back side of the gaming machine main body 1.
In the ball-and-ball game machine provided with the tank rail 12 for guiding to the storage tank 11, the tank rail 12 is integrally provided below the storage tank 11, so that the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 The storage tank 11 can be compactly arranged in a small occupied space, and the degree of freedom in designing the attached components on the lower side can be increased. Since the tank rail 12 and the payout means 13 are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the storage tank 11, the capacity of the storage tank 11 can be increased, and the storage tank 11, the tank rail 12, and the payout means can be provided at the upper part of the gaming machine body 1. 13 and can be arranged compactly, and the degree of freedom in designing the attached components below it can be increased.

Further, a supply port 35 for supplying the game balls in the storage tank 11 to the tank rail 12 is provided eccentrically in one of the left and right directions, and the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11 is set in the left and right direction so that the supply port 35 side is lowered. The dispensing means 13 is disposed below the bottom wall 34 on the opposite side of the supply port 35, so that the dispensing means 13 is provided despite the dispensing means 13 below the storage tank 11. Can be arranged close to the storage tank 11.

Furthermore, since at least a part of the tank rail 12 is fitted to the bottom wall 34 of the storage tank 11, the vertical dimension of the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 can be further reduced. Further, an eave portion 37 is provided in the storage tank 11 to cover the supply port 35 from above, and the supply port 35 is provided below the eave portion 37 so as to open in the front-rear direction. Ball clogging in the storage tank 11 and the tank rail 12 can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a rear cross-sectional view of the upper portion of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear cross-sectional view of the upper portion of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view of an upper portion of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of an upper portion of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of an upper portion of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view of a tank rail showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gaming machine 11 Storage tank 12 Tank rail 13 Dispensing means 34 Bottom wall 35 Supply port 37 Eaves

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A storage tank (11) for storing game balls on a back side of a game machine body (1), and a payout means for paying out game balls.
(13), a ball game machine provided with a tank rail (12) for guiding game balls in the storage tank (11) to the payout means (13), the lower side of the storage tank (11) And a tank ball (12). 2. The storage tank (11) is formed in a horizontally long shape which is long in the left-right direction, and the tank rail (12) and the dispensing means (13) are provided below the storage tank (11). tank
2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is arranged in the longitudinal direction of (11). 3. A supply port (35) for supplying game balls in the storage tank (11) to the tank rail (12) is provided eccentrically in one of left and right directions, and a bottom wall (3) of the storage tank (11) is provided. 34) is provided so as to be inclined in the left-right direction so that the supply port (35) side is lowered, and the dispensing means (13) is disposed below the bottom wall (34) on the side opposite to the supply port (35). The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. The storage tank (11) according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of said tank rail (12) is fitted to said bottom wall (34) of said storage tank (11). Ball game machine. 5. The supply port (3) is provided in the storage tank (11).
5. An eaves portion (37) for covering 5) from above, and the supply port (35) is provided below the eaves portion (37) so as to open in the front-rear direction. The ball game machine according to any one of the above.