JP2000342811A - Giveaway ball feeding gutter for pacninko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid interference of the subject gutter with a switch board by forming a tilting gutter in the sate of tilting downward at a specific angle from a bottom on a side opposite to the switch board of a giveaway ball tank and bending this tilting gutter in the state of a crank in pachinko game machine obtained by arranging the giveaway ball tank and the switch board side by side on the upper part of a rear surface. SOLUTION: A tilting gutter 14 is fixed in the sate of tilting downward at an angle 4 deg. to 10 deg. from the bottom on a side opposite to the switch board 4 of a giveaway ball tank 3 arranged on the upper part of the rear surface of a game machine and pachinko balls stored in the tank 3 flows down to a bending gutter through a tilting gutter 14 by their weight. At this time, on the way of the gutter 4, a crank-state bending part 15 is set so that a level difference is not shorter than the radius of the pachinko ball. The part 15 is formed so that its inner size is reduced toward a downstream. Then, the corner part of the switchboard 4 is positioned at the upper part of the part 15 to avoid interference of the switchboard 4 and the gutter 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize ball supply trough of a pachinko game machine for causing a pachinko ball to flow down from a prize ball tank toward a ball payout device by its own weight.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 shows a rear view of a conventional pachinko game machine. Generally, on the upper back of a pachinko gaming machine, a prize ball tank a formed to have a large capacity so as to be able to store a large number of pachinko balls, and a switchboard b for supplying electricity to each electric device are arranged side by side. I have. The prize ball tank a allows the pachinko ball to flow down to the ball dispensing device c by its own weight,
The switchboard b must be provided at the upper rear part of the pachinko gaming machine because of the convenience of wiring. For this reason, the upper part of the back of the pachinko gaming machine has been in a situation where there is not enough space for installation conventionally.

[0003] A display device such as a color liquid crystal display device is provided below the prize ball tank a, and a cover d for covering the rear surface of the display device protrudes. By the way, display devices have recently been required to be particularly large. However, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, when the size of the display is increased, the inclined gutter e extending obliquely downward from the bottom of the prize ball tank a hinders the size of the display. Therefore, a design is made in which the inclined gutter e is set as high as possible, but this causes a problem that the inclined gutter e interferes with the switchboard b.

The inclined gutter e has a function of aligning pachinko balls and supplying the balls to the ball dispensing device c. Various measures have been conventionally taken to prevent the pachinko balls from being clogged. . However, the current situation is that the ball clogging has not yet been completely solved.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to prevent interference between an inclined gutter and a switchboard and to more effectively prevent clogging of pachinko balls in the inclined gutter.

[0006]

For this purpose, a prize ball supply gutter of a pachinko game machine according to the present invention is a pachinko game machine in which a prize ball tank and a switchboard are juxtaposed at an upper rear portion, and the switchboard of the prize ball tank is provided. 4 ° to 10 ° from the bottom opposite to
And an inclined gutter having a downward inclination is disposed, and the inclined gutter is bent in a crank shape to avoid interference with a switchboard. Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the premium ball supply gutter, the step of the crank-shaped bent portion of the inclined gutter is set to be equal to or larger than the radius of the pachinko ball. Also, in the present invention, in the premium ball supply gutter, the inner part of the crank-shaped bent portion of the inclined gutter has a width at which the pachinko sphere can vertically overlap at the upstream portion of the step, and at which the pachinko sphere can vertically overlap at the downstream portion of the step. The inner dimension of the crank-shaped bent portion is set to be narrower toward the downstream so as to have a smaller width.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mechanism plate 1 thereof. Reference numeral 3 denotes a prize ball tank fixed to the mechanism plate 1 with screws 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a switchboard fixed to the mechanism plate with screws 5. Reference numeral 6 denotes a display cover mounted on the game board 7 and protruding backward from a window 8 formed in the mechanism board and a control board thereof, and 9 denotes a game control circuit board box. 10 is a ball dispensing device provided on a mechanism plate, 11 is a bent trough formed above the ball dispensing device to supply pachinko balls to the ball dispensing device, and 12 is discharged from the ball dispensing device. A payout gutter 13 for guiding the pachinko balls to the ball plate on the front of the pachinko game machine is a winning ball detection device.

[0008] Reference numeral 14 denotes an inclined gutter fixed with screws 16 and 17 so that the angle α is inclined downward by 4 ° to 10 ° from the bottom of the premium ball tank 3 opposite to the switchboard 4.
The pachinko balls stored in the premium ball tank 3 flow down the bent gutter 11 through the inclined gutter by their own weight. A crank-shaped bent portion 15 is provided in the middle of the inclined gutter 14, and the corner of the switchboard 4 is positioned above the bent portion 15 to avoid interference between the switchboard 4 and the inclined gutter 14.

The crank-shaped bent portion 15 has a step h having a radius (5 m) of the pachinko ball p as shown in an enlarged view in FIG.
m to 6 mm) or more. Further, the inner method of the crank-shaped bent portion 15 has a width at which the pachinko ball p can vertically overlap at the upstream portion of this step, as shown in FIG.
The downstream portion of the step is set so that the inner dimension w of the crank-shaped bent portion becomes gradually smaller toward the downstream side so that the pachinko ball p cannot overlap vertically.

For this reason, the pachinko balls stacked in several stages vertically from the bottom of the prize ball tank 3 and flowing into the inclined gutter 14 are pushed by the upper pachinko balls to the crank-shaped bent portion 15 and pressed against the top wall surface. At the same time, the lower pachinko ball descends sharply due to the step. For this reason, the crank-shaped bent portion 1 does not clog the ball even though the inner dimension w becomes narrow.
By passing through 5, the stacked state of the pachinko balls can be eliminated. Note that, by setting the step h to be larger than the radius of the pachinko ball p, such stacking elimination and alignment actions are performed. Also, the inclined gutter 14
Sets the inclination angle α to a gentle angle of 4 ° to 10 ° so that excessive ball pressure is not applied to the ball dispensing device 10 or the like.

Note that the crank-shaped bent portion 15 is
4, may be integrally formed as a part of the bent gutter 11, or may be formed integrally with or separated from other objects. Incidentally, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 is such that the crank-shaped bent portion 15 is formed integrally with the bent gutter 11. In this case, the end of the crank-shaped bent portion 15 and the end of the inclined gutter 14 are provided. The stopper pieces 18 and 19 are formed integrally with each other.
It is fixed by screwing it on.

[0012]

As described above, the prize ball supply gutter of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention is a pachinko game machine in which a prize ball tank and a switchboard are juxtaposed at the upper rear portion, and is opposite to the switchboard of the prize ball tank. Since the inclined gutter having a downward inclination of 4 ° to 10 ° from the bottom of the side is disposed and the inclined gutter is bent in a crank shape, interference with the switchboard can be avoided even if the inclined gutter is provided at a high place. Become like Therefore, the space below the inclined gutter can be widened, and a large-sized display device can be provided. In addition, the crank-shaped bent portion has a beneficial effect such that ball clogging of the inclined gutter can be more reliably eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mechanism plate of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the inclined gutter of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an inclined gutter and a bent gutter of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an assembled state of the inclined gutter and the bent gutter of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a rear view of a conventional pachinko gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mechanism board 3 Premium ball tank 4 Switchboard 10 Ball dispenser 11 Bending gutter 14 Inclined gutter 15 Crank-shaped bending part h Step p Pachinko ball w Inner dimension α Incline angle

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko game machine in which a premium ball tank and a switchboard are juxtaposed on an upper rear surface, wherein a slant gutter having a downward inclination of 4 ° to 10 ° from the bottom of the premium ball tank opposite to the switchboard is provided. A prize ball supply gutter for a pachinko gaming machine, wherein the gutter is provided and the inclined gutter is bent in a crank shape to avoid interference with a switchboard. 2. The prize ball supply gutter of a pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the step of the crank-shaped bent portion of the inclined gutter is set to be equal to or larger than the radius of the pachinko ball. 3. The internal method of the crank-shaped bent portion of the inclined gutter is such that the upstream portion of the step has a width in which pachinko balls can vertically overlap, and the downstream portion of the step has a width in which pachinko balls cannot vertically overlap. 3. The prize ball supply gutter of a pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the inner dimension of the crank-shaped bent portion is set narrower toward the downstream.