JP2001046615A - Pachinko (japanese pinball game) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make whole game parts small and thin by fitting a front part side of a driving means to the inside of a thickness in a game board in a PACHINKO machine which is provided with the driving means for rotating and driving a rotary body stored in a case having a ball entering port in its upper part at the back side of the case. SOLUTION: When a game ball B falling downward on a game board 5 enters the ball entering port 29 of a distributing device 12, the ball B stays in a ball entering state to the port 29 by abutting on a stay support part 24a on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary body 24. When the port 29 coincides with a ball entering part 43 during rotation of the rotary body 24, the ball B enters the part 43 and moved clockwise together with the rotary body 24. When the part 43 coincides with a guide passage 31, the ball B is guided to the back side of the game board. At the back side of a back board part 27 in a distributing case 22 of the distributing device 12, a motor attaching part for attaching a motor 25 to the inside of the thickness in the game board 5 is integrally formed and the motor 25 is fixed to an attachment boss by screwing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sorting device used for a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine has a sorting case having a ball entrance on an upper side and mounted on a front side of a game board, and an inside of the sorting case. A rotating body disposed rotatably around a rotation axis in the front-rear direction, and a drive motor disposed on the back side of the distribution case and driving the rotating body to rotate, by rotating the rotating body by the driving motor, There is one in which a game ball that has entered the entrance is distributed to a plurality of guide paths on the back side of the sorting case by rotation of the rotator through any of the plurality of ball entry portions of the rotator. .

[0003]

In the conventional distribution device, the rear side of the distribution case is fitted into the opening of the game board, and a drive motor is mounted on the rear end of the distribution case behind the game board. Due to the structure, there is a problem that the entire distribution device becomes large, and in particular, the drive motor projects greatly from the back side of the game board to the rear.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a ball game machine that can reduce the size of the whole game components such as a distribution device and minimize the amount of drive means projecting rearward from a game board. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a game board 5
A case 22 mounted on the front side of the game board 5;
A rotating body 24 rotatably provided in the casing 22;
A ball game machine provided with a game part 12 including a driving means 25 provided on the back side of the game machine and rotating the rotating body 24, the front side of the driving means 25 fits within the thickness of the game board 5. It is a combination.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 11 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a front view of the pachinko machine. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a machine frame, and 2 denotes a front frame pivotally attached to the front of the machine frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4 are attached to the front frame 2, and a game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear side.

[0007] On the front of the game board 5, fired game balls B
A guide rail 6 is provided, and in addition to obstacle nails in the area surrounded by the guide rail 6, ball entry chuckers 7 to 10, a variable symbol display device 11, a distribution device 12,
A left winning device 13, a right winning device 14, an out opening 16 and the like are arranged respectively.

[0008] The variable symbol display device 11 has, for example, three symbol displays, and each symbol display unit is configured to segmently display ten different symbols, for example, numeric symbols from 0 to 9. The right winning device 14 is a variable symbol display device 11
When the stop symbol after the change of the symbol displays a predetermined hit symbol, the opening / closing gate 15 is opened for a required time.

The distribution device 12 includes a first guide passage 31 and a second guide passage 32 for guiding the game ball B to the back side of the game board 5, and a game board.
5 and a drop port 30 for dropping to the front side. Then, a game ball is placed in the first guide passage 31.
When B enters the ball, it detects it and the variable symbol display device 11 starts, and when the game ball B enters the second guide passage 32, it detects it and activates the left winning device 13. .

An upper plate 17 is mounted on the front plate 4, and this upper plate 17
A ball sweeping lever 18 is provided at the front edge of 17. Front frame
The lower plate 19 is provided with a lower plate 19 and an operating handle 21 of the launching device 20. When the operating handle 21 is operated, game balls B are supplied one by one from the upper plate 17 to the launching unit, and the game balls B Is fired along the guide rail 6 by the operation of the firing motor.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, the distribution device 12 includes a distribution case 22 mounted on the front surface of the game board 5 corresponding to the opening 5a, and a front-rear direction inside the distribution case 22. A rotating body 24 is provided rotatably around the rotating shaft 23, and a motor 25 is a driving unit for rotating the rotating body 24 around the rotating shaft 23.

The distribution case 22 includes a front cover 26 and a back plate 27 for closing the back side of the front cover 26.
Are fixed to the back plate 27 with screws. The front cover 26 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is integrally formed with a cylindrical portion 26a and a cover portion 26b that covers the rotating body 24 from the front side at the front end side of the cylindrical portion 26a. The cylindrical part 26a has an entrance 29
However, a drop port 30 is provided on the lower side, and a projection 26c protruding outward is provided integrally on the left and right sides of the outer peripheral surface.

On the back plate 27, a first guide passage 31 and a second guide passage 32 which are opened on the back side of the rotating body 24 are arranged at different positions in the circumferential and radial directions of the rotating body 24. . The guide passages 31 and 32 are vertically arranged at predetermined intervals in the opening 5a of the game board 5, and the outside of the opening 33 of the upper first guide passage 31 is connected to the lower second guide. It is arranged slightly shifted in the left-right direction so as to be located inside the opening 34 of the passage 32. The guide passages 31 and 32 are chutes 35 and 36 whose rear sides project rearward, and these chutes 35 and 36
, Detectors (not shown) for detecting the game balls B are provided respectively.

On the back side of the back plate portion 27, a motor mounting portion 37 for mounting the motor 25 within the thickness of the game board 5 is provided. The motor mounting portion 37 is constituted by two mounting bosses 37a projecting into the opening 5a of the game board 5 on the back side of the back plate portion 27, and the front end of the mounting boss 37 is provided at the rear end of the mounting boss 37. The motor 25 is fixed with screws 38 so as to fit within the thickness of the motor 25. Therefore, the motor 25 is fitted into the opening 5a of the game board 5 so that the front side of the motor 25 fits within the thickness of the game board 5.

The rotating body 24 has a short columnar shape as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, and a rotating shaft 23 of the motor 25
And rotates clockwise around the rotation shaft 23 in the front cover 26. A conical projection 41 is formed at the center of the front surface of the rotating body 24, and the projection 41 engages with an engagement recess 42 provided on the front cover 26, so that the rotation can be performed stably during rotation. ing.

The rotating body 24 has a first ball-in portion which opens to the outer periphery.
43, a second ball entry portion 44 and a third ball entry portion 45 are provided at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and a stationary support portion 24a is provided on the outer peripheral surface between the respective ball entry portions 43 to 45. When the stationary support portion 24a corresponds to the entrance 29 during rotation, the stationary support portion 24a supports the game ball B in the entrance 29 from below and parks it. When the ball portions 43, 44, 45 coincide with the ball entrance 29, the game balls B enter the ball entrance portions 43, 44, 45 from the ball entrance 29 side. Each of the ball entry portions 43 and 44 is open on both front and rear sides.
It is formed to be slightly shallower than the bottom portion 44a. The third ball entry part 45 is open to the front side, and the rear side is closed by a rear wall 46.

Each of the second ball entry portion 44 and the third ball entry portion 45 is formed in a U-shape, and the first ball entry portion 43 has a substantially L-shaped inner side slightly cut away in the rotation direction with respect to the opening position. It is formed in a character shape. This is to allow the player to visually judge both the entering ball portions 43 and 44. The third ball entry part 45 is the rear wall
It can be easily distinguished from the second ball entry section 44 by the presence or absence of 46.

Each of the ball entry portions 43, 44 is provided with inclined guide grooves 47, 48 which are inclined such that their rear ends communicate with the corresponding guide passages 31, 32 during rotation of the rotating body 24, respectively. The game balls B in each of the ball entry portions 43, 44 are guided to the respective guide passages 31, 32 by the inclined guide grooves 47, 48.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, when the game ball B is guided to the first guide passage 31, the rear side of the first ball entry portion 43 is lowered in a rearward downward manner, and The inclined guide groove 47, which is parallel to the rotation axis 23 in plan view, is
Are provided on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24 with respect to In addition, as shown in FIG. 1B and FIG. 6, when guiding the game ball B to the second guide passage 32, the rear side of the second ball entry portion 44 is lowered in a rearward downward manner, and Rotation axis in plan view
The inclined guide groove 48 whose rear side is deviated radially outward with respect to 23
Are provided on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24 with respect to the second ball entry section 44. In other words, each ball entry part 43, 44 of the rotating body 24 has
The inclined guide grooves 47 and 48 are provided so that the guide angles α formed by the rotating shaft 23 when guiding the game ball B are different from each other.

Each of the guide passages 31 and 32 is provided with a game ball from the entrance 29.
B is provided below the bottom 43a, 44a of each ball entry part 43, 44 when entering the ball and within the range up to the bottom dead center position of the ball entry part 43, 44 on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24. ing.

In the pachinko machine having the above-mentioned structure, at the time of a game, the launching device 20 launches the game balls B one by one and guides them to the upper part of the game board 5 through the guide rails 6 to thereby play the game board.
Drop it down along 5. If the game ball B enters the incoming chuckers 7 to 10 during this fall, the game ball B is paid out as a prize ball accordingly.

During the fall, the game ball B is placed at the entrance of the sorting device 12.
When entering the ball 29, as shown in FIG. 3, the game ball B comes into contact with the stationary support portion 24a on the outer peripheral surface of the lower rotating body 24,
Since it is supported from below by the stationary support portion 24a, it temporarily stops while entering the ball entrance 29.

During the rotation of the rotating body 24, the entrance 29 and the first entrance part
When the game ball 43 coincides with the game ball B, the game ball B in the stopped state enters the first ball entry section 43 by the parking support portion 24a, and the game ball B
At the same time, it moves clockwise around the rotation axis 23. At this time, the game ball B in the first ball entry portion 43 is guided rearward by the inclined guide groove 47, and moves while being in contact with the back plate portion 27.

Then, the rotating body 24 is further rotated, and FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 9, when the first ball entry portion 43 and the first guide passage 31 coincide with each other, the game ball B is guided to the back side of the game board 5 through the chute 35 from the opening 33 of the first guide passage 31. Then, the detector detects the game ball B. Then, the detection signal is sent to the variable symbol display device 11, and the variable symbol display device 11 is operated to change the symbol.

When the second ball entry portion 44 coincides with the entrance 29 while the game ball B is stopped, the game ball B is moved from the entrance 29 to the second entrance
It enters the ball entry section 44 and moves clockwise with the rotating body 24. At this time, the game ball B in the second ball entry section 44 is inclined guide groove.
Since it is guided radially outward of the rotating body 24 on the rear side by 48, it moves while being in contact with the inner surfaces of the back plate 27 and the front cover 26.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, even when the second ball entry portion 44 passes in front of the first guide passage 31 due to the rotation of the rotating body 24, the game ball B is moved to the first guide passage 31. Without rotating, it continues to rotate clockwise with the rotating body 24. When the rotating body 24 further rotates and the second ball entry portion 44 and the second guide passage 32 coincide with each other, the game ball B is moved to the opening 34 of the second guide passage 32 as shown in FIGS. Through the chute 36 to the back side of the game board 5, and the left winning device 13 is activated by the detection signal of the detector.

When the third ball entry portion 45 coincides with the ball entrance 29 while the game ball B is stopped, the game ball B enters the third ball entry portion 45 from the ball entrance 29 and moves clockwise together with the rotating body 24. Move to. At this time, there is a rear wall 46 behind the third ball entry part 45,
The game ball B in the ball entry portion 45 moves to the bottom dead center without being guided to the first guide passage 31 and the second guide passage 32 on the way, and the third ball entry portion 45 reaches the bottom dead center. When it is dropped, it falls down from the drop port 30 and is discharged.

In the sorting device 12 having the above configuration, each guide passage 3
Since the positions 1, 32 are changed in the radial direction and the circumferential direction of the rotating body 24, the dimension from the rotating shaft 23 to each of the guide passages 31, 32 can be reduced. Therefore, the size of the back plate portion 27 and the distribution case 22 can be reduced, and the size of the entire device can be reduced. The distribution device 12 is arranged together with various game components on the game board 5. At this time, a margin is generated on the board of the game board 5, and the degree of freedom in designing the game configuration is significantly improved.

During the rotation of the rotating body 24, each of the incoming ball portions 43, 44
The rear ends of the inclined guide grooves 47, 48 have corresponding guide passages 31, 32, respectively.
The inclined guide grooves 47 and 48 are provided so as to be in communication with each other, so that the guide passages 31 and 44 do not greatly change the depth of the bottom portions 43a and 44a of the ball input portions 43 and 44. The game balls B can be sorted individually into 32.

Further, each of the guide passages 31, 32 is located below the bottom 43a, 44a of each of the ball entry portions 43, 44 at the time of ball entry and within the range up to the bottom dead center position on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24. Since the guide passages 31 and 32 are arranged on the right side of the distribution case 22, the guide passages 31 and 32 can be collectively arranged. 27,
The length of the distribution device 12 in the front-rear direction can be reduced.

Further, the inclined guide grooves 47, 48 of each of the ball entry portions 43, 44.
Is provided on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24 with respect to each of the ball entry parts 43, 44, so that the ball entry parts 43, 44
The game ball B in the inside can be reliably guided to each of the guide passages 31 and 32. Further, since each of the entering ball portions 43, 44 and the third entering ball portion 45 are open at the front end side, the game ball B entering each of the entering ball portions 43, 44 and the like is visually traced while moving. It is possible to enjoy.

FIG. 12 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the upper end of the distribution case 22 is slightly cut so that the detection switch 50 of the game ball B can be arranged close to the upper side of the distribution case 22. Things. In this case, when the game ball B is stopped at the entrance 29, the detection ball 50 is detected by the detection switch 50, and the fluctuating symbol display device 11 is fluctuated by this detection signal. And the guide passage 3 with the game ball B
Due to the difference between 1, 32, the opening / closing gate 15 can be configured to have a different opening time.

By arranging the distribution device 12 and the detection switch 50 vertically close to each other in this manner, the game ball B can be formed by using two game parts having different functions and structures.
A new function of temporarily stopping the vehicle can be obtained, and it is not necessary to separately provide a stopping device, so that the structure can be simplified.

As described in detail in each embodiment, each guide passage 3
By arranging the positions 1, 32 at different positions in the radial direction and the circumferential direction of the rotating body 24, the dimension from the rotating shaft 23 to each of the guide passages 31, 32 can be reduced. Therefore, the size of the back plate portion 27 and the distribution case 22 can be reduced, and the size of the entire device can be reduced. The distribution device 12 is arranged together with various game components on the game board 5. At this time, a margin is generated on the board of the game board 5, and the degree of freedom in designing the game configuration is significantly improved.

During the rotation of the rotating body 24, each of the incoming ball portions 43, 44
The rear ends of the inclined guide grooves 47, 48 have corresponding guide passages 31, 32, respectively.
If the inclined guide grooves 47, 48 are provided so as to communicate with the guide passages 31, 32, respectively, the guide passages 31, 32 can be provided without largely changing the depth of the bottom portions 43a, 44a of the ball entry portions 43, 44. The game balls B can be sorted individually.

Further, the guide passages 31 and 32 are located below the bottoms 43a and 44a of the ball entry portions 43 and 44 at the time of ball entry and within a range from the bottom dead center position on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24. By arranging, the guide passages 31 and 32 can be collectively arranged on the right side of the distribution case 22. For this reason, the motor 25 can be disposed on the back plate 27 on the side opposite to the respective guide passages 31 and 32 with respect to the rotating shaft 23,
The length of the distribution device 12 in the front-rear direction can be reduced. Furthermore, if the inclined guide grooves 47, 48 of the ball-in portions 43, 44 are provided on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24 with respect to the ball-in portions 43, 44, each ball-in The game balls B in the sections 43, 44 can be reliably guided to the respective guide paths 31, 32.

When the game ball B enters the ball entry port 29, the ball entry portions 43, 44 are provided below the bottom portions 43a, 44a of the ball entry portions 43, 44 and on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24. By disposing the guide passages 31 and 32 within the range up to the bottom dead center position, the guide passages 31 and 32 can be provided without greatly changing the depth of the ball entry portions 43 and 44 on the bottom 43a and 44a sides. The game balls B can be sorted individually. By providing the inclined guide grooves 47, 48 of the ball entry portions 43, 44 on the rotation direction side of the rotating body 24 with respect to the ball entry portions 43, 44, the ball entry portions 43, 44 are rotated with the rotation of the rotating body 24. , 44 can be guided to the respective guide passages 31, 32 without fail.

The embodiments have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, the rotation direction of the rotating body 24 is set to
3, 44 inclined guide grooves 47, 48 may be provided on the opposite side of the above embodiment. Of course, the present invention can be similarly applied to various ball and ball game machines other than pachinko machines.

[0039]

According to the present invention, the gaming board 5
5 includes a case 22 mounted on the front side, a rotating body 24 rotatably provided in the case 22, and a driving means 25 provided on the back side of the case 22 to rotate the rotating body 24. In the ball game machine equipped with the component 12, the front side of the drive means 25 is fitted within the thickness of the game board 5, so that the entire game component 12 such as the distribution device can be reduced in size, and the drive means 25 The amount of rearward projection from the game board 5 can be minimized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a front sectional view of a sorting device showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a plan sectional view of the sorting device.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the distribution device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the distribution device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the sorting device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the distribution device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the rotator showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front sectional view of an operating state of the sorting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view showing an operating state of the sorting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view of the operating state of the sorting device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front cross-sectional view of the operating state of the sorting device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the pachinko machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a front sectional view of a distribution device showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Game board 12 Distribution device 22 Distribution case (game parts) 24 Rotating body 25 Motor (drive means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A game board (5) includes a case (22) mounted on the front side of the game board (5), and a rotating body (24) rotatably provided in the case (22). A ball game machine provided with a game part (12) provided on the back side of the case (22) and including a driving means (25) for rotationally driving the rotating body (24), wherein the driving means (25) Wherein the front side of the ball is fitted within the thickness of the game board (5).