JP2000334138A - Ball tray for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a ball tray while stopping it at a position for opening a ball release hole while utilizing Pachinko balls stored in the ball tray. SOLUTION: A ball tray 7 is composed of a tray member 10 for storing Pachinko balls and a cover member 11 for covering the outside of the tray member 10, and a ball release hole 15 is opened on the tray member 10. In this case, the tray member 10 is provided on the cover member 11 so as to be freely moved, the ball release hole 15 is usually closed by an energizing member 12 and the tray member 10 is held while being stopped at the position for opening the ball release hole 15 with the weight of balls.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball tray for a pachinko machine in which a ball punching hole is opened in a ball tray for storing pachinko balls, and the ball punching hole is opened by a ball pulling operation to remove the ball. More particularly, the present invention relates to a ball tray of a pachinko machine in which a ball hole is opened and stopped at a position where a ball hole is opened according to the ball weight of the pachinko ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball receiving hole in which a ball removing hole is closed by an opening / closing plate, the opening / closing plate is locked at a ball removing position by a locking member, and the locking is released by the pressing of a pressing member. It is known (for example, see Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-53954).

[0003]

The conventional ball tray requires a large number of parts to lock the opening / closing plate at the ball-pulling position, so that the structure is complicated, the assembly is troublesome, and the cost is high. was there. 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,
Forgetting to perform the release operation even after pachinko balls have been removed from the ball saucer, the ball saucer remains in the ball-extracted state, disturbing the next player or the clerk performing the release operation one by one. There was a problem that must be.

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 it possible to reliably stop and hold the ball-pulling state with a simple structure. Further, the present invention is intended to provide a ball tray of a pachinko machine which can automatically release the stop state when the pachinko ball is removed from the ball tray and return to the ball release position.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a dish member for storing pachinko balls and a cover member for covering the outside of the dish member. In a ball tray of a pachinko machine having a ball hole, the plate member is movably provided on a cover member, and the ball member is always urged by an urging member so that the ball hole is closed by the cover member. Was stopped and held at a position to open the ball hole according to the ball weight.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a locking portion is provided on the plate member, and the locking portion is locked at a position where a ball hole is opened in the cover member. Preferably, a locked portion is provided.

Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, when the tray member is released from the ball weight, the plate member is automatically returned to a position where the ball hole is closed. It is better to

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball for a pachinko machine having a dish member for storing pachinko balls and a cover member for covering the outside of the dish member, wherein a ball hole is formed in the dish member. In the receiving tray, the cover member is movably provided, the ball hole is closed by the cover member, and the cover member is stopped and held at a position where the ball hole is opened by the weight of the ball.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, a locking portion is provided on the cover member, and the locking portion is locked at a position where a ball hole is opened in the plate member. A locked portion was provided.

[0010] Further, the invention according to claim 6 is based on claim 4.
In the invention described in the fifth aspect, when the cover member is released from the ball weight, the cover member is automatically returned to a position where the ball hole is closed.

According to the present invention, when the pachinko ball is stored in the dish member, the dish member or the cover member is moved to the position where the ball hole is opened against the urging of the urging member. The pachinko ball of the plate member is stopped and held at a position where the ball hole is opened by the ball weight. When the ball comes out of the ball hole and is released from the ball weight of the pachinko ball in the dish portion, the stop state is automatically released, and the dish member or the cover member is automatically returned to the position where the ball hole is closed.

The ball tray in the pachinko machine of the present invention is applicable to either 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 is possible.

The ball tray of the present invention is also applicable to a plate member or a cover member provided slidably in a front-rear direction or a left-right direction, or a member provided rotatably.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 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 freely opened and closed, and a glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4 are mounted on the front frame 2. A game board 5 is provided on the rear side of the glass door frame 3, and an upper ball receiving tray 6 is mounted on 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. 8
Is a ball outlet of the surplus sphere, and the ball outlet 8 is provided with a cylindrical guide member 9.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower ball receiving tray 7 is formed by a dish member 10 for storing a large amount of pachinko balls and a cover member 11 surrounding the outer periphery of the dish member 10. The cover member 11 includes an upper cover body 11a and a lower cover body 11b, and the plate member 10 is movably mounted between the upper cover body 11a and the lower cover body 11b by a spring 12 as an urging member. Have been.
An ashtray 13 is rotatably mounted between the upper cover 11a and the lower cover 11b.

The dish member 10 has a ball hole 15 for dropping a plurality of pachinko balls on the bottom wall 14 at the same time.
A locking portion 16 for locking the ball hole 15 at the opened position is formed. The locking portion 16 has a triangular shape having a tapered surface as shown in FIG. 6, and the engaging surface has a round shape that is easily disengaged. Further, the bottom wall 14 is provided with a ball hole 15 for all pachinko balls stored in the dish member 10.
The belt-like guide piece 17 extends on the upper edge of the front side wall 10a, and an operation section 18 is provided on the upper part thereof. Reference numeral 19 denotes a storage portion for storing one end of the spring 12 provided on the front side wall 10a.

The upper cover body 11a is formed with a guide groove 20 in which the guide piece 17 slides, and the lower cover body 11b is provided with an opening 21 corresponding to the ball hole 15 and the hole 21 is formed. A step portion 22 as a locked portion with which the locking portion 16 is engaged, and a boss 23 for fitting the other end of the spring 12 through the step portion 22 are formed. Reference numeral 24 denotes a downward movement restricting portion of the spring 12. The urging member is not limited to the spring 12, but may be the plate member 10 and the cover member 1.
The elastic piece may be provided integrally with either the plate member 10 or the cover member 11 with the elastic piece interposed between the plate member 10 and the cover member 11.

The lower ball tray 7 configured as described above is
The rear end of the dish member 10 faces the cut groove 25 provided on the peripheral edge of the ball outlet 8 and is attached to the front frame 2 by an appropriate means such as a screw. Then, as shown in FIG.
The plate member 10 is constantly urged in a direction to close the ball hole 15 by a spring 12 provided in the operation unit 1.
The plate member 10 can be moved by manually operating the plate member 8. The ball hole 15 is always closed by the bottom wall of the lower cover body 11b.
The locking portion 16 abuts on the peripheral edge of 5 and plays a role of position regulation. Then, at the position where the hole 15 is opened, the plate member 10 is opened.
The locking portion 16 and the step portion 22 are engaged by the ball weight of the pachinko ball, and the dish member 10 is stopped and held in a state where the ball hole 15 is opened as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray will be described with reference to the drawings. Normally, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6A, the plate member 10 closes the ball hole 15 with the bottom wall of the lower cover body 11b by the bias of the spring 12. In this state, a finger is put on the operation unit 18 and the plate member 10 is
When the ball 2 is moved along the guide groove 20 to the side where the ball hole 15 is opened (in the direction of the arrow of the operation unit 18) against the bias of 2,
Once the plate member 10 moves upward by the tapered portion of the locking portion 16 and moves down due to the weight of the stored pachinko balls once it comes off the tapered portion, the locking portion 16 is moved as shown in FIG. Even if the user engages with the step portion 22 and releases his / her hand from the operation portion 18, the dish member 10 is stopped and held in a state of opening the ball hole 15 as shown in FIG. 5. Then, the pachinko balls stored in the dish member 10 are opened from the ball punching holes 15 into the openings 2.
1 is dropped and extracted.

When the pachinko ball of the plate member 10 is extracted and the ball weight of the pachinko ball is reduced, the engaging portion 16 is disengaged from the step 22 by the urging force of the spring 12, and the engagement of the plate member 10 is released. Then, as shown in FIG.
0 automatically returns to the position where the ball hole 11 is closed.

When the pachinko ball is closed before the ball is completely dropped from the hole 15, and the pachinko ball remains in the plate member 10, the plate member 10 is re-opened.
Is moved in the opening direction, the plate member 10 can reliably remove the remaining pachinko balls from the ball hole 15 without being locked.

Also, for example, when the ball removing hole 15 is slid to a state where the ball can be removed, the locking portion 16 is not locked to the step portion 22 so that the ball removing hole 15, the locking portion 16 and the step portion 22 are not locked. By setting the mutual positional relationship described above, the player can play the game while removing the pachinko balls stored in the dish member 10 little by little without locking the dish member 10, which is convenient for the player. In addition, the ball hole 15, the locking portion 16
And by setting the mutual positional relationship between the step portion 22 and
The opening 21 does not necessarily have the same size as the hole 15. Further, the locking portion may be provided with a locking hole 26 in the lower cover body 11b as shown in FIG. 7 instead of the step portion 22. As shown in FIG. When the ball removing hole 15 is moved to a position where the ball removing hole 15 is opened, the locking portion 16 is fitted into the locking hole 26 due to the ball weight, and is stopped and held at the position where the ball removing hole 15 is opened. If the open state of the hole 15 cannot be maintained due to any troubles such as abrasion of the locking portion 16, the ball can be removed without any trouble.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show an embodiment in which a ball receiving plate portion 27 is formed integrally with the cylindrical guide member 9, and as shown in FIG. If the ball is made to face the lower surface of the ball receiving plate portion 27 and is moved as shown in the chain line in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9B when the ball is removed, the locking portion 16 engages with the step portion 22. In the same manner as in the above embodiment, the ball can be removed by stopping and holding the ball removing hole 15 at the open position. By doing so, there is no need to provide a cut groove 25 facing the rear end of the dish member 10 on the periphery of the ball outlet 8.

FIGS. 10 and 11 show the operation unit 18.
The embodiment in which the plate member 10 is inserted into the cover member 11 by eliminating the front wall 10 is shown.
11 (a), a finger is put on the finger hook 28 as shown by a chain line in FIG. 11 (a), and the dish member 10 is inserted into the cover member 11 as shown in FIG. 11 (b). By moving the dish member 10, the dish member 10 can be stopped and held at a position where the ball hole 15 is opened.

Next, FIGS. 12 to 14 show an embodiment in which the plate member 10 is moved in the lateral direction. This embodiment is different from the above embodiment mainly in the moving direction of the plate member 10, and therefore, the same components as those in the above embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. The dish member 10 includes the bottom wall 1
A triangular locking portion 16 having an oval hole 15 in the front-rear direction for dropping a plurality of pachinko balls at the same time and having a tapered surface for locking the hole 15 in an open position is provided in FIG. Is formed. An operating portion 18 is provided on the upper edge of the front side wall 10a, and a closing plate portion 29 is provided on the right upper edge of the plate member 10 so that there is no gap between the plate member 10 and the cover member 11 when the plate member 10 is moved. Has formed.

The upper cover body 11a is formed in two parts. The lower cover body 11b is provided with an opening 21 corresponding to the ball hole 15 and a cover with which the locking portion 16 is engaged. An engagement protrusion 30 is formed as a locking portion.
Reference numeral 31 denotes a guide groove of the operation unit 18.

The lower ball receiving tray 7 configured as described above is
By screwing both ends of the spring 12 to the plate member 10 and the cover member 11, the plate member 10 is always held in the ball hole 15.
Is biased in the closing direction, and the slide restricting piece 32 is positioned to close the ball hole 15.

Next, the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray will be described with reference to the drawings. Normally, the plate member 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in (a), the ball removing hole 15 is closed by the bias of the spring 12. In this state, a finger is hung on the operation unit 18 so that the plate member 10 resists the urging of the spring 12 and opens the ball hole 15 along the guide groove 31 (the operation unit 18).
(In the direction of the arrow), the ball is moved downward by the ball weight of the stored pachinko ball while opening the ball hole 15,
Even if the locking portion 16 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 30 as shown in FIG. 14B and the hand is released from the operation portion 18, the dish member 10 opens the ball hole 15 as shown in FIG. The state will be stopped and maintained. Then, the pachinko ball of the dish member 10 falls out of the opening 21 through the ball hole 15 and is extracted.

When the pachinko ball of the plate member 10 is pulled out and the ball weight of the pachinko ball decreases, the engaging portion 16 is disengaged from the engagement projection 30 by the urging force of the spring 12, and the engagement of the plate member 10 is stopped. The dish member 1 is released and shown in FIG.
0 automatically returns to the position where the ball hole 15 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 15, the plate member 10 may be provided so as to be movable to the left and right, and a plurality of openings 21a, 2 in which the ball hole 15 matches the lower cover body 11b.
1b is provided. In the case of this embodiment, the plate member 10
15 (a), when a finger is put on the operation portion 18 and moved to the right as shown by a chain line in FIG. 15 (a), the locking portion 16 and the engagement projection 30 do not engage with each other, so that the ball hole 15 and the opening 21a Therefore, the pachinko ball can be pulled out, and the player can play the game while removing the pachinko ball little by little, which is convenient for the player. Then, when the plate member 10 is moved leftward by putting a finger on the operation portion 18 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 15B, the ball hole 15 matches the opening 21b, and the locking portion 16 The pachinko ball is released from the ball hole 15 and released from the ball weight, and is engaged with the locking portion 16. The engagement with the projection 30 is released, and the spring 12 is automatically returned to the position where the hole 15 is closed.

FIGS. 16 to 20 show a lower ball tray 7A according to another embodiment. The lower ball receiving tray 7A is formed by a plate member 10 for storing a large amount of pachinko balls and a cover member 33 surrounding the outer periphery of the plate member 10. The cover member 33 is a front cover body 33a that covers the front of the plate member 10.
And a support cover 33b that supports the tray member 10 and covers the side, and the ashtray 13 is attached to the support cover 33b. The same components as those in the above-described embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

The plate member 10 has an oval hole 15 for dropping a plurality of pachinko balls at the same time on the bottom wall 14. The bottom wall 14 is provided with all the pachinko balls stored in the plate member 10. Are inclined downward so as to face the ball hole 15. A strip-shaped guide piece 17 is provided on the upper edge of the front side wall 10a.
Is formed to extend forward, and a cover member 33 is formed on an upper surface thereof to form a locked portion 35 which locks the position where the ball hole 15 is opened, and the end portion is bent upward to form a regulating portion 36. Has formed. The locked portion 35 has a triangular shape having a tapered surface as shown in FIG.

The front cover 33a has a hook-like cover for covering the front side wall 10a of the plate member 10, and the bottom plate 3
7 is provided with an opening 38 which is smaller than the front-rear width of the hole 15 and whose width substantially matches. The front cover 33a has a hook-like portion 39 supported by the guide piece 17 on the front side via a spring 12 as a biasing member between the front side walls 10a of the plate member 10, and a support cover 33b on the rear side. It is supported by the plate portion 40 and is movably mounted in the front-rear direction. The bottom hole 37 is always closed by the bottom plate portion 37 as shown in FIGS. At this time, the bottom plate portion 37 is inclined downward toward the rear to close the hole 15. Note that the hook-shaped portion 39 serves as a locking portion, and the end portion has a round shape that is easily disengaged.

Next, the lower ball receiving tray 7 constructed as described above.
The operation of A for removing the ball will be described. Normally, the plate member 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 20A, the ball removing hole 15 is closed by the bottom plate portion 37 of the front cover body 33a by the bias of the spring 12. In this state, when the finger is put on the front cover body 33a and moved toward the side where the ball hole 15 is opened (in the direction of the arrow indicated on the front cover body 33a) against the bias of the spring 12, the opening 38 is opened. When the pachinko ball stored in the dish portion 10 starts to fall out in accordance with the ball hole 15 and the hook-shaped portion 39 slides on the tapered surface of the locked portion 35 to the regulating portion 36, the pachinko ball of the dish member 10 The ball weight of the bottom plate part 37
The hook-shaped portion 39 is moved down by
19 and FIG. 20 (b), the front cover body 33a is stopped and held in a state where the ball hole 15 is opened, and the ball weight is applied to the bottom plate portion 37 even when the hand is released, as shown in FIGS. As far as possible, the ball hole 15 is stopped and held in a state of being opened. At this time, the bottom plate portion 37 located below the hole 15 is inclined downward toward the opening 38.
Then, the pachinko balls stored in the dish member 10 fall through the opening 38 from the ball hole 15 and are extracted.

When the pachinko ball of the plate member 10 is removed and the ball weight of the pachinko ball on the bottom plate portion 37 located below the ball removing hole 15 decreases, the spring 12
20 is released, the hook-shaped portion 39 is disengaged from the locked portion 35, the engagement of the front cover body 33a is released as shown in FIG. 20C, and the front cover body 33a shown in FIG. It automatically returns to the position where the hole 15 is closed. At this time, the bottom plate portion 37 located below the ball hole 15 has the opening 3
8, the front cover body 33 is inclined downward.
bottom plate 3 located below the hole 15 while returning a
The pachinko ball on 7 does not come out of the opening 38 and the pachinko ball does not remain on the dish member 10.

It is to be noted that, as shown in FIG.
5 may be provided on the inclined support plate portion 40 of the support cover body 33b, and the rear end portion 37a of the bottom plate portion 37 may be a locking portion.
When the front cover body 33a is moved to perform a ball removing operation, the rear end portion 37a is locked to the locked portion 35 as shown in FIG. When the pachinko ball comes out of the hole 15 and the weight of the ball hanging on the bottom plate portion 37 decreases, the rear end portion 37a comes off the locked portion 35 and the front cover body 33a automatically returns to the position where the ball hole 15 is closed. I do. Further, the regulating portion 36 may be provided on the support plate portion 40. Further, in the embodiment of the plate member 10, the lower cover body 11b may be made movable, and further, the cover member 33 is slidably provided in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, or is rotatable. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the one provided in the above.

[0037]

As is apparent from the above description,
In the ball receiving tray of the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the ball removing hole formed in the plate member is closed by a cover member, and the plate member or the cover member is movably provided, and the ball removing hole is made utilizing the ball weight of the plate member. Is stopped and held at the position where it is opened, so that the ball hole can be held open with a simple structure. In addition, since the pachinko ball of the plate member is released and released from the ball weight and the open state of the ball hole is automatically released, it is not necessary 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.

[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) and 6 (b) are explanatory diagrams of the operation of removing a ball.

FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are operation explanatory diagrams in which a locked portion is a locking hole.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a lower ball tray according to another embodiment.

9 (a) and 9 (b) are explanatory diagrams of the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a lower ball tray according to another embodiment.

11 (a) and 11 (b) are explanatory diagrams of the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray of FIG. 10. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a lower ball tray that opens and closes a ball hole by sliding in the left-right direction.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing a state where a ball hole of FIG. 12 is opened.

14 (a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams of the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray of FIG. 12. FIG.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a ball tray in which a plate member is movable in the left-right direction.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a lower ball tray according to another embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the lower ball tray of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a plan view of the lower ball tray of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is a plan view of the lower ball tray with the ball hole removed.

FIGS. 20 (a) to (c) are diagrams for explaining the operation of removing a ball.

21 (a) and (b) are side sectional views of an embodiment in which a locked portion is provided on a support cover body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 6 upper ball receiving tray 7 lower ball receiving tray 10 plate member 11 cover member 12 spring (biasing member) 14 bottom wall 15 ball removing hole 16 locking portion 22 step portion (locked portion) 26 locking hole (locked portion) 30) Engagement projection (locked portion) 33 Cover member 35 Locked portion 37a Rear end (locking portion) 39 Hook-shaped portion (locking portion)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A ball receiving tray for a pachinko machine, comprising a dish member for storing pachinko balls and a cover member for covering the outside of the dish member, wherein the dish member is provided with a ball hole. In addition to the provision, the urging member is always urged to close the ball hole by the cover member, and the plate member is stopped and held at a position where the ball hole is opened by the weight of the ball. Pachinko ball saucer. 2. The plate member is provided with a locking portion, and the cover member is provided with a locked portion which locks the locking portion at a position where a ball hole is opened. Saucer of pachinko machine. 3. The ball tray of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the plate member is automatically returned to a position where the ball hole is closed when released from the ball weight. 4. A ball receiving tray of a pachinko machine having a plate member for storing pachinko balls and a cover member for covering the outside of the plate member, wherein the ball member is provided with a ball hole, wherein the cover member is movable. A ball tray for a pachinko machine, wherein the ball hole is closed freely by the cover member, and the cover member is stopped and held at a position where the ball hole is opened by the weight of the ball. 5. The cover member is provided with a locking portion, and the plate member is provided with a locked portion which locks the locking portion at a position where a ball hole is opened. Saucer of pachinko machine. 6. The ball tray of a pachinko machine according to claim 4, wherein the cover member is automatically returned to a position where the ball hole is closed when the cover member is released from the ball weight.