JP2001046681A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove static electricity electrified in a ball through the use of a partitioning board and to prevent failure caused by means of static electricity by adjacently providing a ball flow passage for guiding the ball, providing the partitioning board for partitioning the adjacent ball flow passage, forming the partitioning board through the use of a conductive metallic sheet and executing grounding. SOLUTION: A discharge controller which is assembled at the rear side of a PACHINKO (Japanese pinball game) machine and arranged in the lower part near the tip part of a tank rail is provided with a storing case 1 consisting of a transparent synthetic resin material, it is formed to be a vertically long box shape with an open rear part and two lines of replenishing flow passages are formed in front and rear parts. That is, the rear replenishing flow passage 13 for downward guiding each PACHINKO ball in the rear string among the balls which are introduced from the tank rail to a ball entering port 2 is formed to be adjacent to the rear side of the front replenishing flow passage 5. The front and rear replenishing flow passages 5 and 13 are divided by a stainless steel destaticizing board 15 which is provided with conductivity to removes static electricity from the PACHINKO ball as the partitioning board and the board 15 is connected to the ground with a lead line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a pachinko machine,
The present invention relates to a payout control device that pays out pachinko balls to a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko machine, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 197373/1992 discloses a technique for temporarily stopping the further dispensing of balls when the dispensed balls are excessively stored in a portion for storing the dispensed balls. It is disclosed in the gazette. In this technique, an electric switch that is turned on when the ball is full is provided in the ball storage unit, and when the electric switch is turned on, the activation of the ball payout motor and the like is forcibly stopped.

[0003]

According to this technique, although the ball can be prevented from overflowing from the storage section, the electric switch and the motor for dispensing the ball must be electrically connected. . So, for example, when replacing the ball dispensing motor, forget the connection,
If you make a mistake, you may be paid out even in excess storage. So, in the present invention, you forget to connect,
They try to prevent mistakes.

[0004]

A payout control device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention is removably mounted on a main frame of the pachinko machine, and includes a ball case in which a ball payout unit and a ball payout control unit are housed. Ball payout that is connected to a detecting member that operates when the pachinko balls sent out by the payout unit are excessively stored in the ball storage unit when the storage case is attached and that causes a ball payout prohibition state to appear when the detecting member operates. It has a configuration with a prohibition switch.

[0005]

[Function] When the case housing the ball dispensing unit and the ball dispensing control unit is attached to the main body frame of the pachinko machine, the operation is performed when the pachinko balls sent from the ball dispensing unit are excessively stored in the ball storage unit. The detection member to be connected is connected to a ball payout prohibition switch installed in the storage case, and when the detection member detects an excessive storage state of pachinko balls, a ball payout prohibition state appears by an output signal of the ball discharge prohibition switch. I do.

[0006]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, a detecting member for detecting an excessive storage state of the prize balls sent out by the ball payout unit, and a ball payout prohibiting switch for displaying a ball payout prohibiting state are provided. Can be easily connected and separated in accordance with assembly and removal of the payout control device. For this reason, the dispensing prohibition function at the time of excessive storage is not impaired due to an inadvertent error such as when replacing parts.

[0007]

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the front-rear direction when the pachinko machine is viewed from the front is referred to as the front-rear direction, and the left-right direction is referred to as the inward / outward direction. A storage case formed of a transparent synthetic resin material in a dispensing control device A which is detachably mounted on the back side of one vertical frame portion of the main frame H of the pachinko machine and is installed below the vicinity of the tip of the tank rail. Numeral 1 is formed in a vertically elongated rectangular box shape which is open to the rear, and is detachably mounted on a main body frame H shown in FIGS. 1 and 20 together with the members and units connected to the storage case 1.

The storage case 1 has a pair of inner and outer side walls 1a.
A horizontal upper wall plate 1b and a lower wall plate 1b;
A vertical front wall plate 1c connected to the front edge of each of a and 1b is formed.

At the upper end of the side wall plate 1a inside the storage case 1, pachinko balls which are sent out of the ball tank and flow down to the payout control device A in two front and rear rows on the tank rail as shown in FIG. A ball inlet 2 to be introduced is opened, and a ball outlet 3 communicated with a prize ball flow path for guiding a prize ball or a lending ball toward the upper plate is provided slightly below a vertically central portion of the inner side wall plate 1a. A ball hole 4 is opened at the lower part of the inner side wall plate 1a and communicated with a ball discharge passage for discharging pachinko balls outside the pachinko machine.

At the upper part of the inner wall surface of the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1, there is provided a wall forming a passage for guiding the pachinko balls in the front row among the pachinko balls sent from the tank rail in two front and rear rows. In 1c, the upper edge is connected to the upper opening edge of the ball inlet 2, the upper end portion is inclined outward and downward, the central portion is slightly curved inward, and the lower portion is formed vertically. The first front passage wall 1d and the inner end edge thereof are connected to the lower opening edge of the ball inlet 2 and are formed below the vicinity of the upper end of the first front passage wall 1d in a state inclined outward and downward. The second front passage wall 1e and a third front passage wall 1 formed substantially vertically below the outer edge of the second front passage wall 1e with a gap therebetween.
Each front edge of f is connected.

Each of the passage walls 1d, 1e, 1f is projected rearward at a depth capable of guiding the pachinko balls in the front row, and is located between the first front passage wall 1a and the second and third front passage walls 1e, 1f. A front replenishment flow path 5 for guiding the pachinko balls in the front row of the pachinko balls introduced into the ball inlet 2 in the front and rear two rows in the extending direction of the tank rail and then guiding the pachinko balls downward is formed.

In the vicinity of the center of the inner wall surface of the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1, the front edge of a partition wall 1g which is horizontally installed between the side wall plates 1a and divides the storage case 1 into upper and lower two chambers is formed. Inside the partition wall 1g, a ball passage opening 8 through which two rows of front and rear pachinko balls can pass is opened.

An upper edge of the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1 is adjacent to a central portion and a lower portion of the inner wall surface near the inner edge of the partition wall 1g, and a lower edge thereof is a lower opening of the ball hole 4. A fourth front passage wall 1i, which is connected to the front portion of the edge and has a curved portion curved outwardly in a convex arc shape, a vertical portion, an inclined portion, a vertical portion, and an inclined portion formed in order from the top. A fifth front passage in which a front edge and an upper edge are disposed below the ball passage opening 8, and a lower edge is connected to a front portion of a lower opening edge of the ball outlet 3 to form a vertical portion and an inclined portion; The front edge of the wall 1j is connected.

The front passage walls 1i and 1j are projected rearward at a depth capable of guiding the pachinko balls in the front row, and the storage case 1
A pre-payout flow path 6 is formed between the inner side wall plate 1a and the fifth front passage wall 1j to guide the pachinko balls passing through the front part of the ball passage port 8 to the ball outlet 3, and the fourth front passage is formed. Wall 1
Between the i and the fifth front side passage wall 1j, a front ball vent channel 7 for guiding a pachinko ball passing through the front part of the ball passage port 8 to the ball vent port 4 is formed.

At the lower end of the front wall plate 1c, an inlet into which a safe ball won in each of the winning holes on the game board is introduced, and the safe ball temporarily introduced into the storage case 1 is discharged out of the pachinko machine. The safe ball entrance 9 which also serves as a discharge port to be opened is opened in an inclined shape. The safe ball entrance 9 is vertically partitioned by a passage wall (not shown) provided outside the payout control device A, and is formed so that an upper portion is an entrance portion and a lower portion is an exit portion.

As shown in FIG. 2, a ball replenishing unit 10 for receiving a pachinko ball from a tank rail and guiding it downward is detachably connected and stored in the upper portion of the storage case 1.

The unit base 11 of the ball supply unit 10
Is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material.
At the rear end, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a lid plate 11a for covering the upper part of the opening of the storage case 1 is formed vertically.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the front surface of the lid plate 11a of the unit base 11 is provided adjacent to the rear side of the first front passage wall 1d of the storage case 1 and abuts with the first front passage wall 1d. A first rear passage wall 11b opposed to the second front passage wall 1e, a second rear passage wall 11c disposed adjacent to the rear of the second front passage wall 1e and opposed to the second front passage wall 1e. The rear edges of the third rear passage wall 11d, which is provided adjacent to the rear of the third front passage wall 1f and abutted against the third front passage wall 1f, are connected to each other, and the lid plate 11a is On the front surface, a first rear passage wall 11b and second and third rear passage walls 11 are provided.
A guide wall 11g, which is disposed at an intermediate portion between the rear passage walls 11c, 11d and whose depth is shorter than the depth of each of the rear passage walls 11b, 11c, 11d, is connected.

Between the first rear passage wall 11b and the second and third rear passage walls 11c and 11d, there are two rows of front and rear pachinko balls introduced into the ball inlet 2 from above the tank rail. A rear supply channel 13 that guides each pachinko ball in the rear row in the extending direction of the tank rail and then guides the pachinko balls downward is formed adjacent to the rear side of the front supply channel 5.

The front supply passage 5 and the rear supply passage 13 are sandwiched between the front passage walls 1d, 1e, 1f of the storage case 1 and the rear passage walls 11b, 11c, 11d of the unit base 11. The pachinko balls are made of stainless steel, are electrically conductive, and are separated by an antistatic discharging plate 15 having a function of removing static electricity from the pachinko balls flowing down in the front and rear supply channels 5 and 13. This static elimination plate 15 is a lead wire 19
Also, it is grounded through a connector terminal connected to the lead wire 19, and is installed for the purpose of protecting the dispensing control board 79 described later from static electricity.

At the center of the lower end of the charge removing plate 15 in the left-right direction, a guide V whose front shape is substantially inverted and whose depth gradually decreases upwards.
The cut portion 16 is formed to be bent and raised in a state where the cut portion 16 slightly protrudes into the rear supply channel 13.

At the front side of the cover plate 11a, support shafts 18 which are inserted into the upper portion of the cover plate 11a and extend horizontally forward are supported so as to be capable of swinging inward and outward, respectively. A pair of broken ball detection pieces 14 before and after detecting a broken ball in 13 are provided.

A pressing portion 14a is formed at the lower end of each of the ball cut detecting pieces 14 so as to protrude inward. Ball cut detection piece 1
When the base 4 swings, its lower edges protrude into and out of the front and rear supply channels 5 and 13, respectively.

When a predetermined number or more of pachinko balls are stored in the two replenishment channels 5, 13, both ball out detecting pieces 14 are pushed by the pachinko balls and oscillate inward. When the number of pachinko balls stored in one or both of the balls 5 and 13 is insufficient, one of the ball out detecting pieces 14 or both ball out detecting pieces 14 is pressed by the tactile piece 17 a of the ball out detecting switch 17. And rocks outward.

As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of upper and lower holding pieces 11e projecting horizontally forward from the inside of both ball cut detection pieces 14 are provided at the inner end of the front face of the lid plate 11a of the unit base 11.
And a pair of upper and lower switch supporting pieces 11f installed between the two holding pieces 11e are connected to each other.
A pin-like projection 61 slightly protruding forward is provided on the front end face of f.
Are formed respectively.

On the front side of the cover plate 11a, both holding pieces 11e are separated from each other in the front-rear direction via a switch holder 60 to be described later.
A pair of front and rear ball-break detection switches 17 sandwiched between the two ball-break detection switches 14 are provided to face the both ball-break detection pieces 14 respectively.

A rectangular plate-like partition plate 60a vertically suspended at the center of the gap between the two ball-break detecting switches 17 and two upper and lower sides of the partition plate 60a are provided between the two ball-break detecting switches 17. A pair of left and right protruding pieces 60 respectively protruded.
and a synthetic resin switch holder 60 having pin-shaped protrusions 60c protruding from the outer end surfaces of the protruding pieces 60b, respectively.

A pair of upper and lower through-holes 17b are respectively formed in the main body of the both-ball cut-out detection switch 17, and the two-ball cut-out detection switch 17 is provided with protrusions 61 of both switch support pieces 11f.
Are respectively inserted into both through holes 17b of the ball-out detection switch 17 on the front side, and each projection 60c of the switch holder 60 is
Are attached to the unit base 11 in a state where they are inserted into the respective through holes 17b of the both-ball-out detection switch 17. The ball out detection switch 17 on the front side is the storage case 1
Between the front wall plate 1c and the switch holder 60,
The rear ball out detection switch 17 is sandwiched between the switch holder 60 and the cover plate 11a.
Since 7 is assembled without using a screw, the trouble of assembling the both-ball-out detection switch 17 can be reduced.

On the cover plate 11a of the unit base 11, a pressing portion 14a of the ball cut detection piece 14 and a ball cut detection switch 17 are provided.
A viewing window 62 is formed in a round hole shape to allow the operation state with the touching piece 17a to be seen through from the outside of the ball supply unit 10. With this viewing window 62, the ball cut detection switch 17 is used.
It is possible to clearly see whether the operation state of the is normal or abnormal.

When one of the ball cutout detecting pieces 14 swings outward due to the lack of pachinko balls in one of the supply channels 5 and 13, the ball cutout detecting switch 17 facing the ball cutout detecting piece 14 is turned off. The touching piece 17a is released, the ball-out detection switch 17 is turned on, and a ball-out detection signal is transmitted.

When the pachinko balls are replenished and filled in the two replenishment channels 5 and 13, respectively, both ball out detecting pieces 14 swing outward and the touching pieces 17 of the both ball out detecting switches 17 are used.
a is depressed, and both ball out detection switches 17 are turned off. The ball out detection switch 17 is a delivery motor 25 described later.
And a signal for turning off the payout start motor 55, and a payout prohibition signal including prohibition of lending balls and prohibition of ball removal.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the vicinity of the central portion of the storage case 1, a ball dispenser is connected to the storage case 1 so as to be separable on a partition wall 1g and installed adjacent to the lower side of the ball supply unit 10. The unit 20 is stored.

The unit base 21 of the ball dispensing unit 20 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material. The unit base 21 is a set plate vertically installed along the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1 as shown in FIG. 22, a cover plate 23 installed vertically on the rear side of the set plate 22, and a middle plate 24 sandwiched between the set plate 22 and the cover plate 23.
Are separably connected to each other.

The front end of the set plate 22 of the unit base 21 is attached to the front wall plate 1 of the storage case 1 as shown in FIGS.
The front passage wall 22a closely contacted with the c is formed vertically, and a front introduction port 22b for receiving a pachinko ball sent from the front supply channel 5 is opened at the upper end of the set plate 22.

The pachinko ball, which has been bent into a substantially arc shape so as to absorb the falling impact of the pachinko ball at the upper portion of the set plate 22 and below the front introduction port 22b, is temporarily moved downward and outward. And a pre-induction flow channel 22c that guides inward and downward inward.

A set recess 22d is formed near the center of the set plate 22. The set recess 22 has a front wall 22c having a wall surface curved in an arc shape, into which a pachinko ball passing through the outlet 63 of the front guide passage 22c is fed. At the lower end of the plate 22, a front delivery port 22e for sending pachinko balls that have passed through the front concave portion 22d downward from inside the set plate 22 is provided with a ball passage opening 8 of the storage case 1.
It is set up facing.

At the rear end of the cover plate 23, there is formed a rear passage wall 23a which stands vertically behind the middle plate 24 with a gap of about one pachinko ball therebetween. A rear inlet port 23b is provided adjacent to the rear side of the port 22a to receive the pachinko balls sent from the rear supply channel 13.

In the upper part of the cover plate 23 and below the rear inlet 23b, it is bent adjacent to the rear side of the front guide channel 22c so as to absorb the falling impact of the pachinko ball.
The guide channel 23c is formed to guide the pachinko balls once dropped downwardly to a part of the front guide channel 23c, and to guide the pachinko balls downward and inward. The outlet portion 64 of the guide channel 23c is connected to the outlet portion of the front guide channel 22c. It is arranged about one pachinko ball lower than 63.
The vicinity of the outlet portions 63, 64 of the front and rear guide channels 22c, 23c is formed in a shape inclined inward and downward toward the inside.

In the vicinity of the center of the cover plate 23, the front recess 2 is formed.
The outlet portion 64 of the rear guide channel 23c provided adjacent to the rear side of 2d.
23d after the pachinko ball is sent through
Is provided at the lower end of the cover plate 23 at the front delivery port 22e.
A rear delivery port 23e, which is provided adjacent to the rear side and sends out the pachinko balls that have passed through the rear concave portion 23d from the inside of the cover plate 23 to the lower side thereof, is opened to face the ball passage port 8 of the storage case 1.

The front and rear inlets 22b and 23b, the front and rear guideways 22c and 23c, and the front and rear outlets 22e and 23e.
Are separated by a middle plate 24, respectively.

The rear surfaces of the front and rear inlets 22b, 23b, that is, the rear surface of the upper end of the front passage wall 22a of the set plate 22,
The front surface of the upper end of the rear passage wall 23a of the cover plate 23 and the rear surface of the upper end of the middle plate 24 are chamfered so that the depth gradually increases upward, and the pachinko balls passing through the front and rear introduction ports 22b and 23b are removed. Top surface cutting part 6 that allows the pachinko ball to bite down while making it slightly escape in the front-rear direction.
5 are formed.

The wall surfaces of the front and rear ball delivery ports 22e and 23e,
That is, the depth of the rear surface of the lower end of the front passage wall 22a of the set plate 22, the front surface of the lower end of the rear passage wall 23a of the cover plate 23, and the rear surface of the lower end of the middle plate 24 gradually increase downward. And the front and rear delivery ports 22e,
A bottom chamfered portion 66 is formed to prevent the pachinko balls from biting by causing the pachinko balls to flow down while causing the pachinko balls to escape in the front-rear direction while passing through 23e.

The front and rear passage walls 22a and 23a of the set plate 22 and the cover plate 23 are used to take out foreign matter such as dust entering the front and rear guide channels 22c and 23c and the front and rear recesses 22d and 23d. The extraction window 67 shown in FIG.
Is opened in a slit shape.

At the center of the front recess 22d of the set plate 22, a front end of a support shaft 26 protruding rearward is inserted.

On the rear surface of the cover plate 23, a stepping motor type payout motor 25 having an output shaft 25 a butt-adjoined behind the support shaft 26 is provided between the payout motor 25 and the cover plate 23. The metal heat radiating plate 68 is attached together with the heat radiating plate 68 in a sandwiched state, and in this example, the heat radiating plate 68 is formed in a shape obtained by bending an aluminum film in a substantially L shape.

When the dispensing motor 25 is overheated due to a ball bite or the like, the heat of the dispensing motor 25 is dissipated through the heat radiating plate 68 to prevent the conduction of heat to the unit base 21. Further, when assembling the ball dispensing unit 20 or the like, when the ball dispensing unit 20 is accidentally dropped, the heat sink 68 can receive the drop impact and protect the unit base 21 from the drop impact.

The output shaft 25a of the payout motor 25 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 26,
A ball feed member 27 made of an opaque synthetic resin, which is inserted into the insides d and 23d and is driven to rotate by the payout motor 25, is connected.

At the center of the ball feeding member 27 in the front-rear direction, a rotating disk 2 serving as a disk for detecting the number of balls to be dispensed and also serving as a partition wall.
On the front and rear surfaces of the rotary disk 28, six teeth 29a arranged in a rotationally symmetric state of 60 ° around the rotation axis of the ball feed member 27, and adjacent teeth 29a
Six ball receiving portions 29 each having a concave curved surface between them.
b, and a pair of front and rear spherical cutting teeth 29A and 29B formed symmetrically in front and rear are connected.

The both edges of the rotary disc 28 are provided with two spherical cutting teeth 29.
A, 29B of each tooth portion 29a and the adjacent tooth portion 29
The twelve cutouts 70 for the photosensors, which are respectively disposed on the outer sides of the intermediate portion between a and a and are arranged in a rotationally symmetric state of 30 ° around the rotation center of the ball feeding member 27, are recessed. ing. Since the turntable 28 of the ball feeding member 27 has both a function of separating the front and rear ball receiving portions 29b and a function of detecting the number of payout balls, the ball feeding member 27 can be made compact.

Each cut portion 70 of the rotary disk 28 has a cut width gradually increasing outwardly in order to prevent dust clogging in each cut portion 70 and to increase the detection time of the photo sensor. It is gradually expanded toward the outside in the radial direction, and has an arcuate roundness near the inner end, and is formed in a substantially U-shape with no corners.

Both ball cutting teeth 29A, 29 of the ball feed member 27
Each of the ball receiving portions 29b of B is formed asymmetrically with respect to a line connecting the rotation center of the ball cutting teeth 29A and 29B and the center of the ball receiving portion 29b so that the pachinko ball can be easily received and released. Each ball receiving portion 29b is formed such that the curvature of the curved surface on the side that releases the pachinko ball is smaller than the curvature of the curved surface on the side that receives the pachinko ball, and each pachinko ball is formed by the ball receiving portion 29 in the unit base 21. The ball is smoothly swiveled and transported without biting the ball.

When the ball feed member 27 is rotationally driven, the front and rear two-row pachinko balls waiting in and above the front and rear guide flow paths 22c and 23c of the unit base 21 become the respective balls of the two ball cutting teeth 29A and 29B. Received by the receiving portion 29b sequentially,
In the upper half of the front and rear recessed portions 22d and 23d, it turns upward and inward with the ball receiving portion 29b and then turns inward and downward, and is released from the ball receiving portion 29b at the time of turning about 180 ° from the turning start position. Are sequentially sent downward through the front and rear delivery ports 22e and 23e and into the ball passage 8 of the storage case 1 in the front and rear directions.
Introduced as a column.

The position where each ball receiving portion 29b of the front ball cutting tooth 29A of the ball feed member 27 receives the pachinko ball in the front guiding channel 22c is determined by the position of each ball receiving portion 29b of the rear ball cutting tooth 29B. Approximately 1 ball from the position where pachinko balls are received in channel 23c
The position at which the ball receiving portion 29b of the front ball cutting tooth 29A releases the pachinko ball is the rear ball cutting tooth 2A.
9B is set to be lower than the position where each ball receiving portion 29b releases the pachinko ball, and the front and rear ball cutting teeth 29A, 29
9B alternately receives and releases pachinko balls alternately. In the lower part of the front and rear guide channels 22c and 23c, the pachinko ball moves downward and then moves slightly inward to bend inward, and the pachinko balls at the outlets 63 and 64 have the pachinko ball above it. So little weight is added,
The weight of the group of pachinko balls added to the ball feeding member 27 can be reduced as much as possible.

The ball cutting teeth 29A before and after the ball feed member 27,
29B rotates so that one pachinko ball is released from the ball receiving portion 29b at substantially the same time as one pachinko ball is received by the ball receiving portion 29b of the ball cutting teeth 29A, 29B. Pachinko ball is double ball incisor 29A, 2
The pachinko ball rotates while being held in each of the three ball receiving portions 29b in the upper half of each of the six ball receiving portions 29b of 9B, and each pachinko ball is moved from the position received by the ball receiving portion 29b. In the upper half of the recesses 22d and 23d together with the receiving portion 29b, about 1
Emitted after being swiveled 80 °.

Therefore, the weight of each of the three pachinko balls is added to the ball feeding member 27 symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane passing through the center of rotation of the ball feeding member 27, and is added to the ball feeding member 27 when dispensing the balls. The weight of the pachinko ball is balanced at the left and right portions of the ball feeding member 27. Accordingly, the load applied to the payout motor 25 by the weight of the pachinko ball can be reduced, and the output shaft 25a of the payout motor 25 and the ball feed member 27 are held stationary even when the power is turned off. So you can
When the rotation of the payout motor 25 is stopped, the holding power for holding the output shaft 25a in a stationary state is not required.

At the lower end of the inner wall surface of the set plate 22 of the unit base 21, a ball feed number sensor (photo sensor) for detecting the passage of each notch 70 of the turntable 28 and transmitting a pulse signal every time the notch 70 passes. The ball feed number sensor 71 has a detection groove 71a formed between the light projecting portion and the light receiving portion, and into which the peripheral portion of the turntable 28 is inserted.

Each time the ball feeding member 27 feeds out one pachinko ball, the cutout portion 70 of the turntable 28 sets the ball feeding number sensor 71
, The number of payout balls is counted by passing through the detection groove 71a, and the same number of pachinko balls as the number counted by the ball feed number sensor 71 are paid out from the ball payout unit 20.

When the prize ball payout detection switch 55 detects a safe ball, the payout motor 25 is activated and the ball feed member 27 is driven to rotate, and the pachinko ball is moved downward from the ball payout unit 20 by the front and rear ball cutting teeth 29A, 29B. The number of dispensed balls is counted each time the cutout portion 70 of the turntable 28 passes through the detection groove 71a of the ball feed number sensor 71, the same number as the number of dispensed balls corresponding to the type of safe ball. When the cutout portion 70 is counted by the ball feed sensor 71, the payout motor 25
Stops. For pachinko machines where a different number of prizes are paid out for each winning port on the game board, the number of balls to be paid out is specified based on the output signal of the safe ball detection switch provided for each winning port on the game board. Is done.

When the payout control device A is mounted on a card-type pachinko machine, the data recorded on the card and the operation signal to the lending ball operation unit are transmitted to the card ball lending information processing unit (card information processing unit, lending unit). After the processing control by the ball information processing unit), the payout motor 25 is driven to rotate by the predetermined number of ball lending balls, and the ball feeding member 27 rotates by a rotation angle corresponding to the number of ball lending balls. Is sent from the ball dispensing unit 20.

For example, if 25 are pachinko ball purchase units, 25 pachinko balls can be purchased for 100 yen, and if the purchase unit is designated by the number of operations on the lending ball switch, When "1" ball lending operation is performed (when the ball lending switch is pressed once), 25 pachinko balls are detected and counted by the ball feed number sensor 71 and the cut portion 32 of the turntable 28, and 25 pachinko balls are counted. The card ball lending information processing unit controls the rotation amount of the payout motor 25 based on the ball lending request signal so that the ball lending operation of the ball is completed. If the number of operations is five, the turntable 28 rotates continuously five times in units of 25, and a total of 125 pachinko balls are paid out as rental balls.

As shown in FIG. 2, a ball dispensing start unit 30 is installed adjacent to and below the ball dispensing unit 20 and is separably coupled to the storage case 1 near and at the center of the storage case 1. It is stored.

As shown in FIGS. 15 to 18, the unit base 31 made of transparent synthetic resin of the ball dispensing start-up unit 30 has a rear end edge of the fourth front passage wall 1i of the storage case 1 and a fifth front passage wall 1j as shown in FIGS. And a cover plate vertically installed on the rear side of the center of the front wall 1c and the lower portion of the lower portion thereof in contact with the rear edge of the front wall 1c. 33 is formed so as to be separable, and a ball inlet for receiving pachinko balls in the front and rear rows sent from the ball dispensing unit 20 is opened at an upper portion of the unit base 31 adjacent to and below the ball passage 8. ing.

A rear passage wall 33a is formed on the cover plate 33 at the back of the set plate 32 with a gap of about one pachinko ball, and a storage case is provided on the front surface of the rear passage wall 33a. The set plate 32 is provided on the rear side of the first fourth front passage wall 1i.
Rear side passage wall 33b provided adjacently in abutting manner with the
And a fifth rear passage wall 33c, which is provided adjacent to the rear side of the fifth front passage wall 1j in abutting manner with the set plate 32 interposed therebetween, is connected.

The lower end of the fourth rear passage wall 33b is connected to the rear of the lower opening edge of the ball outlet 2 of the storage case 1, and the lower end of the fifth rear passage wall 33c is connected to the ball outlet of the storage case 1. 4 is connected to the rear part of the lower opening edge.

Between the fourth rear passage wall 33b of the cover plate 33 and the side wall plate 1a inside the storage case 1, a set plate 32 is provided adjacent to and behind the pre-payout flow path 6 in a parallel state. Is formed, and the fifth rear passage wall 33 is formed.
c and the rear ball adjacently arranged in parallel with the fourth rear passage wall 33b and the side wall plate 1a inside the storage case 1 with the set plate 32 behind the front ball removal flow path 7. Drainage channel 36
Are formed.

At the upper part of the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33, a take-out window 33c (see FIG. 2) for taking out foreign matter such as dust that has entered between the set plate 32 and the cover plate 33 is formed in a slit shape. At the upper end of the set plate 32 and the upper end of the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33, they are installed at the center and the rear end in the ball passage 8 of the storage case 1,
A pair of front and rear chamfers 3 each of which is chamfered so that the front surface is inclined and the thickness gradually decreases upward and the upper edge becomes sharp.
7 are formed in parallel, and a V-cut portion 38 is cut into the double-sided portion 37 so that the front shape becomes V-shaped, and is disposed at the center of the inlet portion of the front and rear discharge channels 6 and 35.
Are formed respectively.

When the pachinko balls are sent out from the ball dispensing unit 21 in two front and rear rows and pass through the ball passage 8, the pachinko balls in the front row and the rear row are formed into the double-sided portion 37.
, And is guided to the middle in the left-right direction of the ball passage opening 8 by both V-cut portions 38 to prevent mutual interference and ball biting of the front and rear rows of pachinko balls passing through the ball passage opening 8. Is done. In addition, ball payout unit 2
0 between the lower edge of the middle plate 24 and the upper edge of the set plate 32;
Even if there is a step in the front-rear direction between the lower edge of the cover plate 23 and the upper edge of the cover plate 33, the pachinko ball engaged with the V-cut portion 38 is guided forward and downward, and the ball dispensing unit 20 From the ball dispensing start-up unit 30 can be smoothly introduced.

Near the upper end of the unit base 31, the unit base 31 and the front wall 1 c of the storage case 1 are swingably supported in the left-right direction, so that the pachinko balls in the front and rear rows passing through the ball hole 8 can be moved back and forth. A distributing valve 40 for distributing to the dispensing flow paths 6 and 35 or the front and rear ball removing flow paths 7 and 36 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 17, the distribution valve 40 is provided between the set plate 32 and the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1, and between the set plate 32 and the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33, respectively. A pair of front and rear valve bodies 40a that are inserted and formed in a tapered shape, and a connecting portion 40b that is connected to a center portion of the two valve bodies 40a while being sandwiched between the two valve bodies 40a.
A shaft portion 40c connected to the lower ends of both valve bodies 40a is formed.

In a normal state in which the two valve bodies 40a of the distribution valve 40 swing outward, the prize balls delivered by the ball delivery unit 20 pass through the front and rear delivery channels 6, 35 and the ball outlet 3, and are discharged out of the storage case 1. Then, it is guided by the prize ball flow path outside the storage case 1, introduced into the upper plate opening, and sent to the upper plate. The prize ball overflowing from the upper plate is guided by the guiding gutter 82 shown in FIG. 22 and sent into the lower plate through the lower plate opening, and the prize ball storage section 81 (FIG. 22) communicated with the lower plate and the lower plate opening. See).

When the two valve bodies 40a of the distribution valve 40 swing inward, the pachinko balls delivered by the ball dispensing unit 20 pass through the front and rear ball removal passages 7, 36 and the ball removal port 4 and out of the storage case 1. It is discharged, guided by the ball discharge flow path outside the storage case 1, and sent out of the pachinko machine.

As shown in FIG. 18, a plunger 50a that moves up and down and a spring 50b that urges the plunger 41a downward are provided below the unit base 31.
Holding solenoid 5 coupled to the set plate 32
0 is installed, and an upper protruding piece 42a protruding upward and a front protruding piece 42 protruding forward are provided at the upper end of the plunger 50a.
The transmission piece 42 having b is detachably connected.

The transmission piece 42 and the distributing valve 40 can be interlocked by an interlocking rod 48 whose upper end is locked by a valve body 41a on the front side of the distribution valve 41 and whose lower end is locked by an upper protruding piece 42a of the transmission piece 42. It is linked.

In the vicinity of the center of the set plate 32 of the unit base 31, a shaft 4 is provided adjacent to the rear side of the holding solenoid 50.
6 is a swinging piece 4 pivotally supported so as to be able to swing up and down.
3 is provided, and a front engagement piece 42b of the transmission piece 42 is inserted into the tip of the swinging piece 43 to form a cylindrical engaging portion 43a that connects the transmission piece 42 and the swinging piece 43 in an interlockable manner. At the same time, a round hole-shaped locking hole 43b penetrating near the base end of the swinging piece 43 is connected to an operating rod that is pulled up outside the pachinko machine and is inserted into the outer end inside the storage case 1. The lower end of the connecting rod 44 is loosely inserted. The lower end of the connecting rod 44 has a locking hole 43b so that when the connecting rod 44 is pulled down with the rocking piece 43 rocked upward, the connecting rod 44 moves down without pushing down the rocking piece 43. It is hung on the upper edge.

The distributing valve 40 is normally opened by the spring 50b of the holding solenoid 50 for urging the two valve bodies 40a outward through the transmission piece 42 and the interlocking rod 48.
And the two discharge channels 5 and 36 are held in a communicating state.

In the vicinity of the center of the unit base 31, a solenoid operation switch 49 sandwiched between the set plate 32 and the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33 to excite and demagnetize the holding solenoid 50 is opposed to the transmission piece 42. It has been installed.

When the connecting rod 44 is pulled up to remove the ball, the swinging piece 43 swings upward, the transmission piece 42 moves upward, and both the valve bodies 40a of the distribution valve 40 are connected to the ball through port 8. While swinging in the direction in which the two ball removing passages 7 and 36 communicate with each other, the plunger 50 a of the holding solenoid 50 is pulled up, and the contact piece 49 a of the solenoid operation switch 49 is provided.
Is pushed up by the upper protruding piece 42a of the transmission piece 42, the solenoid operation switch 49 is turned on, the dispensing motor 25 is activated, the holding solenoid 50 is excited, the plunger 50a is held in the up state, and the distribution valve 41 is
The two valve bodies 41a are held in a state in which the both ball emptying paths 7, 36 are opened. Therefore, the exciting power for pulling up the plunger 50a is not required, and only the holding power for holding the plunger 50a at the upward movement position is sufficient, so that the holding solenoid 50 can be downsized.

In this state, even if the connecting rod 44 is lowered, the lower end of the connecting rod 44 moves to the lower end in the locking hole 43, the swinging piece 43 is held at the upper swing end, and the holding solenoid 50 Is held in an excited state, and the pachinko balls in the storage case 1 are sent out of the storage case 1 through the front and rear ball removal passages 7 and 36 and extracted outside the pachinko machine. The ball removal time set by a timer or the like, that is, in the ball tank, on the tank rail, in the ball supply unit 10, in the ball payout unit 2
All the pachinko balls stored in the sphere 0 are free from both balls.
When a necessary time elapses before flowing into the inside 6, the payout motor 25 is stopped and the holding solenoid 50 is demagnetized to restore the original state.

At the lower end of the set plate 32 of the unit base 31, a ball cutting portion 52 for a safe ball having a partition wall protruding at the peripheral edge is formed to face the safe ball doorway 9 of the case body 1. On the rear surface of the ball cutting section 52, a payout start-up motor 54, which is always driven to rotate in a fixed direction, is attached in a forward direction.

FIG. 1 shows the output shaft of the payout starting motor 54.
As shown in FIG. 9, it has a pair of ball receiving portions 56a formed to be 180 ° rotationally symmetric and capable of receiving pachinko balls, and is introduced into the ball cutting portion 52 through the safe ball doorway 9. A ball cutting cam 56 for delivering a safe ball is fixed.

The ball cutting section 56 of the unit base 31 is provided with a prize ball payout detection switch 55 disposed diagonally above the ball cutting cam 56 and detecting a safe ball introduced into the ball cutting section 52. An upper guide portion 52a is provided at an upper portion of the ball cutting portion 52 for guiding the safe ball introduced into the ball cutting portion 52 through the upper portion of the safe ball doorway 9 onto the ball cutting cam 56 at the lower rear side. A lower guide portion 52b is formed at the lower part of the ball cutting portion 52 and guides the safe ball discharged from the ball receiving portion 56a of the ball cutting cam 56 to the lower portion of the safe ball doorway 9 at the lower front. It is formed in a downward slope.

When the safe ball is introduced into the ball cutting portion 52 through the upper portion of the safe ball doorway 9, the safe ball is guided rearward and downward by the upper guide portion 52a, so that both the ball receiving cams 56 of the rotating ball cutting cam 56 are received. Of the portion 56a, the ball receiving portion 56a, which has turned upward, receives the ball, and the ball receiving portion 56a turns and transfers the ball to the prize ball payout detection switch 55 side. Is pressed, and the prize ball payout detection switch 55
N, a prize ball payout start signal is transmitted, the payout motor 25 is started, and the ball feeding member 27 is driven to rotate for a time necessary for sending out a predetermined number of prize balls.

When the ball receiving portion 56a of the ball cutting cam 56 that has received the safe ball rotates about 90 ° from the upper receiving position and the safe ball is transferred below the prize ball payout detection switch 55, the safe ball is transferred. The ball is released from the ball receiving portion 56a, guided forward and downward by the lower guide portion 52c, rolls out from the lower portion of the safe ball entrance 9 and is discharged out of the storage case 1.

The safe balls are continuously generated, and a group of safe balls is received by the passage wall on the body frame H side at the upper front side of the safe ball doorway 9, and gathers at the upper front side of the safe ball doorway 9 to stand by. In this state, the safe ball at the forefront that has passed through the upper portion of the safe ball doorway 9 first falls onto one ball receiving portion 56a of the ball cutting cam 56 and is transferred by the ball receiving portion 56a. After the safe ball is discharged through the lower portion of the safe ball doorway 9, the other ball receiving portion 56a turns upward and the succeeding safe ball falls onto the other ball receiving portion 56a, and the ball receiving portion 56a After being pushed by the touching piece 55a of the prize ball payout detection switch 55, the ball is discharged through the safe ball entrance 9 and similarly, each safe ball is sequentially ball-cut one by one by the ball cutting cam 56, and the safe ball entrance 9 of Is discharged into the storage case 1 out through the section, the prize ball payout activation signal is stored is transmitted for each transfer of the safe sphere.

On the front surface of the set plate 33 of the unit base 31, a prize ball delivered by the ball payout unit 20 fills a prize ball storage section 81 (see FIG. 22) such as a prize ball channel or more by a predetermined amount or more. When the ball is excessively stored in the ball storage unit, a ball payout prohibition switch 58 that transmits a full tank detection signal to cause a prize ball payout prohibition state to appear so as to protrude from the front surface of the cover plate 33 and is a ball discharge prohibition switch 5.
8 are mounted via a pair of protrusions pressed into the through holes.

As shown in FIG. 22, near the center of the cover plate 33, the prize ball payout prohibition switch 58 is provided adjacent to the inside of the switch 58 so as to be horizontally movable inward and outward and supported so as not to be vertically movable. The engaging member 59 is installed in a horizontal posture.

A pressing piece 59a is formed at the outer end of the engaging member 59 so as to protrude forward and can press the push button 58a of the ball dispensing prohibition switch 58, and protrudes forward at the inner end of the engaging member 59. The formed passive piece 59b is formed.

At the upper end near the prize ball storage section 81, which is provided at the lower rear side of the main frame H of the pachinko machine and is stored by the ball payout unit 20, where the prize balls guided by the guiding gutter 82 are stored. A full tank detection member 72 supported by the inserted support shaft 72a so as to be tiltable to the storage case 1 side and the opposite side is installed.

The full tank detecting member 72 is pushed by the over-stored prize balls and tilted toward the storage case 1 when a certain amount or more of the prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage section 81 and the prize balls are in an excessive storage state. Then, when the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage section are reduced to a certain amount or less and the pushing operation for the full tank detection member 72 is removed, the prize balls are returned to tilt and converted into the vertical posture.

A guide member 74 installed at the lower portion on the back side of the main body frame H supports between the full tank detecting member 72 and the engaging member 59 so as to be slidable inward and outward and immovable in the vertical direction. The movement of the ton detection member 72 is
9 are provided. After the connecting member 75 is pushed outward by the full tank detecting member 72 and moves outward, it returns and moves inward by the urging force of the push button 58a of the ball payout prohibition switch 58, but the urging force of the push button 58a May be provided with an urging member such as a spring for urging the connecting member 75 inward.

The connecting member 75 has an inner end that is full
2, a horizontal portion 75a opposed to the lower end, a vertical portion 75b connected to the outer end of the horizontal portion 75a, and a vertical portion 75b connected to the upper end of the vertical portion 75b and protruded toward the engaging member 59. Pressed portion 75c is formed.

The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is connected to the full tank detecting member 72 via the engaging member 59 and the connecting member 75 by assembling the payout control device A to the main body frame H, and connects the payout control device A to the main body frame H. From the full tank detection member 72.

When the prize balls are excessively stored in the prize ball storage section 81 and the full tank detecting member 72 is tilted toward the storage case 1,
The linking member 75 is pushed toward the storage case 1 by the full tank detection member 72, and the engaging member 59 is pushed toward the ball payout prohibition switch 58 by the connection member 75, and the push button 58a of the ball payout prohibition switch 58 is engaged. The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned on by being pressed by the moving member 59.

When the ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned on to detect an excessive accumulation of prize balls, the payout start motor 54 is turned off, the drive of the payout start motor 54 is stopped, and the ball payout unit 20 is turned off. Ball feed member 2
7 is prohibited, and a ball payout prohibited state appears.

When the excessive storage state of the prize balls is resolved, the full tank detecting member 72 returns to the storage case side and tilts, and the linking member 75 and the engaging member 59 return to the inside and the ball payout prohibition switch. The 58 push button 58a is released,
The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned off, and the ball payout prohibition state is canceled.

The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned on.
When the excessive storage of the prize balls is detected, the power switch of the prize ball payout detection switch 54 may be turned off to disable the detection of the safe balls, and a ball payout prohibition state may appear.

A control board unit 77 is provided near the center of the opening of the storage case 1 and at the lower portion thereof, as shown in FIGS.

The board case 78 of the control board unit 77 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material into a shallow box shape, and is superposed on the rear side of the lower portion of the storage case 1.
As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, a front surface of the outer edge of the outer edge 8a is provided with a vertically elongated opening 78d which is opened from the upper part to the lower part of the bottom plate 78a so as to cover the entire length thereof. A lead wire holding portion 78c formed to have a shape and holding a lead wire bundle is
8 has a lower portion curved inward on the lower surface of the lower plate 78b, and a lead wire insertion portion 78e for inserting and holding a lead wire.
And a pair of screw insertion portions 78f through which screws for fastening the board case 78 to the storage case 1 are inserted, and a hooking edge protruding from a front end edge of the lower wall plate 1b of the storage case 1 so as to be detachable. The hooked engaging portion 78g is connected.

A control circuit for controlling various operations related to ball payout is provided in the opening of the board case 78, and a payout control board 79 formed in a vertically long rectangular plate shape and screwed to the board storage case 71 is provided. The control circuit of the payout control board 79 is connected to each electric component in the payout control device A and a lead wire connected to a circuit board outside the payout control device A via a connector.

In the board case 78, the both side edges and the lower end edge are overlapped with a gap on the front side of the payout control board 79 with the both side edges and the lower edge abutting on the front surface of the payout control board 71. Metal shield plate 8 which is screwed to protect the control circuit of the payout control board 79 from electrostatic noise and electromagnetic noise.
0 are tightly fitted.

The storage case 1 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material into a box shape having an upper plate 76a, a lower plate 76b, left and right side plates 76c, and a rear plate 76d. The ball payout unit 20, the ball payout activation unit 30, A unit cover 76 installed on the rear side of the storage case 1 is detachably connected from the center to the lower end of the storage case 1 with the control board unit 77 covered.

The front edge of the upper plate 76a of the unit cover 76 is superposed on the front side of the cover plate 11a of the unit base 11 of the ball supply unit 10 as shown in FIG.
The locking edge 76e locked by 1a and the front side of the cover plate 11a on both sides of the lower end of the guide wall 11g of the unit base 11 are placed near the rear opening edge of the rear introduction port 23b of the ball dispensing unit 20. The installed pair of guide edges 76f is formed to protrude.

A plurality of heat radiating holes 76g arranged in a horizontal row on the upper and lower portions of the rear plate 76d of the unit cover 76 to dissipate the heat in the unit cover 76 to the outside of the unit cover 76 are provided with the payout motor 25 and the payout motor. Each is provided so as to face the motor 54.

Next, the operation and effect of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described. In this example, the ball is delivered by the ball payout unit 20 into the storage case 1 which is detachably attached to the main frame H of the pachinko machine and houses the ball supply unit 10, the ball payout unit 20, and the ball payout control unit 30. When the prize ball is excessively stored in the prize ball storage section 81, the full tank detecting member 72 is connected to the full tank detecting member 72 via the linking member 75 and the interlocking member 59 when the storage case 1 is attached, and operates the full tank detecting member 72. A ball dispensing prohibition switch 58 for causing the ball dispensing prohibition state to appear sometimes is provided.

For this reason, a set of the payout control device A includes a full tank detecting member 72 for detecting an excessively stored state of the prize balls sent out by the ball payout unit 20 and a ball payout prohibition switch 58 for causing the ball payout prohibition state to appear. The switch 58 can be easily connected and disconnected according to attachment and detachment, and the ball dispensing prohibition switch 58 for the power supply circuit.
Can be prevented from being forgotten.

In this embodiment, since the unit base 11 of the ball supply unit 10 also has a function of covering the upper part of the case body 1, the number of parts of the ball payout control device A is reduced, and the number of assembling steps is reduced. can do.

Further, the wall surface of the front and rear introduction ports 22b and 23b of the ball payout unit 20 for receiving the pachinko balls sent from the ball supply unit 10, and the ball payout unit 2 for sending pachinko balls from inside the ball payout unit 20.
The chamfered portions 65, 66, and 37 are formed on the wall surfaces of the front and rear sphere delivery ports 22e and 23e, respectively, and on the wall surface of the ball introduction port of the ball delivery control unit 30 that receives the pachinko balls sent from the inside of the ball delivery unit 20. , Ball outlet of ball supply unit 10 and ball payout control unit 30
Since the V-cut portions 16 and 38 are formed on the wall surfaces of the sphere introduction port, the delivery of the pachinko sphere between the units 10, 20, and 30 can be facilitated, and the pachinko sphere flows through the dispensing control device A. Pachinko balls can be prevented from biting properly.

Further, the ball feeding member 27 of the ball payout unit 20 is formed so that the ball feeding member 27 transfers the pachinko balls in a state where the weight of the pachinko balls applied to the ball feeding members 27 is balanced left and right. Therefore, the load applied to the payout motor 25 at the time of dispensing the ball can be reduced, and the output shaft of the payout motor 25 and the ball feed member 27 can be held stationary even when the dispensing motor 25 is turned off. When the rotation of the motor 25 is stopped, the holding power for holding the output shaft in a stationary state can be reduced, and in some cases, the supply of the holding power can be cut off.

Further, the rotary disc 28 of the ball feeding member 27 has cut portions 70 which are detected by a ball feeding number sensor 71.
The cut width gradually increases outward and is formed in a rounded shape near the inner end, so that clogging of dust in each cut portion 70 can be prevented and the ball feed number sensor 71 , The sensing time of the ball feed number sensor 71 can be eliminated.

Further, since the heat radiating plate 68 is interposed between the unit base 21 and the payout motor 25, the heat when the payout motor 25 is overheated due to a ball bite or the like is effectively dissipated, and the ball payout unit is dispensed. 20 can be protected from overheating.

In the ball dispensing start-up unit 30, when the distributing valve 40 is held in the position in which both the ball removing channels 6 and 36 are opened during the ball removing operation, the plunger 50a of the holding solenoid 50 is manually operated. The holding solenoid 50 is excited in the pulled-up state to hold the plunger 50a in the pulled-up position, and no exciting power for pulling up the plunger 50a is required, so that only the holding power is required, so that the holding solenoid 50 can be downsized. it can.

Further, upon detection of a safe ball causing the start of prize ball payout, it is not necessary to make the safe ball stand by in front of the safe ball entrance 9 and store the number of waiting balls in the storage circuit. For example, the number of safe balls is not erased from the storage circuit due to power interruption.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a payout control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a stored state of a ball supply unit, a ball payout unit, and a ball payout activation unit.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the storage case.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a ball supply unit.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line X1-X1 of FIG. 4;

6 is a sectional view taken along line X2-X2 in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the ball payout unit.

8 is a sectional view taken along line X3-X3 in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of a unit base of the ball payout unit.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line X4-X4 of FIG. 9;

11 is a sectional view taken along line X5-X5 in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of a set plate of the ball payout unit.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the middle plate.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a ball delivery operation by a ball sending member.

FIG. 15 is a partially cutaway rear view of the ball payout activation unit.

FIG. 16 is a front view of a ball payout activation unit.

FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view of a ball payout starting unit and a control board unit.

FIG. 18 is a front view of a distribution valve driving mechanism.

FIG. 19 is a front view of a ball payout activation mechanism.

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of the control board unit.

FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of a control board unit.

FIG. 22 is a front view of a ball payout prohibition switch operating mechanism.

23 is a sectional view taken along line X6-X6 of FIG.

FIG. 24 is a rear view of the cover body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage case 10 Ball replenishment unit 20 Ball dispensing unit 30 Ball dispensing starting unit 58 Ball dispensing prohibition switch 59 Engagement member 72 Full tank detection member 81 Ball storage part A Dispensing control device

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[Submission date] July 19, 2000 (2007.1)
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[Title of the Invention] game machine

[Claims]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.
Related to technical equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Balls are introduced to gaming machines such as pachinko machines.
A guiding spherical flow path is provided adjacent to these adjacent spherical flow paths.
It is known that the road is divided by a partition plate.
You.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to
The contacting sphere flow path is partitioned by a partition plate, and the sphere
The static electricity charged on the sphere flowing through the flow path is removed by the partition plate.
To prevent malfunctions caused by static electricity.
To provide gaming machines.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems According to claim 1 of the present invention.
Gaming machines that have adjacent ball channels for guiding balls
Between the adjacent spherical flow paths,
Provide a partition plate for partitioning the spherical flow path, which is electrically conductive
Formed from a metal plate and grounded, static electricity charged on the sphere
Is removed by the partition plate.
Sign. In addition, the gaming machine according to claim 2 is the game machine according to claim 1.
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the adjacent spherical flow path is configured.
Both passage walls and the partition plate are formed separately from each other, and
Part of the partition plate is sandwiched between both passage walls and assembled
That the adjacent spherical flow path is partitioned
And features. The gaming machine according to claim 3 is
Item 2. The gaming machine according to Item 1, wherein the partition plate includes a ball passage protruding therefrom.
That the projection that guides out the ball
Features.

[0005]

Therefore, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect,
The sphere is located in the adjacent sphere channel separated by the partition plate.
Each is guided and flows. Flows into these adjacent spherical channels
The static electricity charged on the sphere is grounded and has conductive properties.
Removed at the cutting board. A gaming machine according to claim 2
According to this, a part of the partition plate is sandwiched between the two passage walls and assembled.
Can easily separate adjacent spherical channels.
Can be. According to the gaming machine of the third aspect,
Guiding and guiding the sphere in the sphere channel by the protrusion provided on the cutting plate
And the ball easily touches the protrusion
, The static electricity charged on the ball is separated through the protrusion
Easy to flow on the board.

[0006]

According to the present invention, static electricity charged on a sphere is obtained.
Can be removed by the partition plate, due to static electricity
Can be prevented.

[0007]

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the front-rear direction when the pachinko machine is viewed from the front is referred to as the front-rear direction, and the left-right direction is referred to as the inward / outward direction. A storage case formed of a transparent synthetic resin material in a dispensing control device A which is detachably mounted on the back side of one vertical frame portion of the main frame H of the pachinko machine and is installed below the vicinity of the tip of the tank rail. Numeral 1 is formed in a vertically elongated rectangular box shape which is open to the rear, and is detachably mounted on a main body frame H shown in FIGS. 1 and 20 together with the members and units connected to the storage case 1.

The storage case 1 has a pair of inner and outer side walls 1a.
A horizontal upper wall plate 1b and a lower wall plate 1b;
A vertical front wall plate 1c connected to the front edge of each of a and 1b is formed.

At the upper end of the side wall plate 1a inside the storage case 1, pachinko balls which are sent out of the ball tank and flow down to the payout control device A in two front and rear rows on the tank rail as shown in FIG. A ball inlet 2 to be introduced is opened, and a ball outlet 3 communicated with a prize ball flow path for guiding a prize ball or a lending ball toward the upper plate is provided slightly below a vertically central portion of the inner side wall plate 1a. A ball hole 4 is opened at the lower part of the inner side wall plate 1a and communicated with a ball discharge passage for discharging pachinko balls outside the pachinko machine.

At the upper part of the inner wall surface of the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1, there is provided a wall forming a passage for guiding the pachinko balls in the front row among the pachinko balls sent from the tank rail in two front and rear rows. In 1c, the upper edge is connected to the upper opening edge of the ball inlet 2, the upper end portion is inclined outward and downward, the central portion is slightly curved inward, and the lower portion is formed vertically. The first front passage wall 1d and the inner end edge thereof are connected to the lower opening edge of the ball inlet 2 and are formed below the vicinity of the upper end of the first front passage wall 1d in a state inclined outward and downward. The second front passage wall 1e and a third front passage wall 1 formed substantially vertically below the outer edge of the second front passage wall 1e with a gap therebetween.
Each front edge of f is connected.

Each of the passage walls 1d, 1e, 1f is projected rearward at a depth capable of guiding the pachinko balls in the front row, and is located between the first front passage wall 1a and the second and third front passage walls 1e, 1f. A front replenishment flow path 5 for guiding the pachinko balls in the front row of the pachinko balls introduced into the ball inlet 2 in the front and rear two rows in the extending direction of the tank rail and then guiding the pachinko balls downward is formed.

In the vicinity of the center of the inner wall surface of the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1, the front edge of a partition wall 1g which is horizontally installed between the side wall plates 1a and divides the storage case 1 into upper and lower two chambers is formed. Inside the partition wall 1g, a ball passage opening 8 through which two rows of front and rear pachinko balls can pass is opened.

An upper edge of the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1 is adjacent to a central portion and a lower portion of the inner wall surface near the inner edge of the partition wall 1g, and a lower edge thereof is a lower opening of the ball hole 4. A fourth front passage wall 1i, which is connected to the front portion of the edge and has a curved portion curved outwardly in a convex arc shape, a vertical portion, an inclined portion, a vertical portion, and an inclined portion formed in order from the top. A fifth front passage in which a front edge and an upper edge are disposed below the ball passage opening 8, and a lower edge is connected to a front portion of a lower opening edge of the ball outlet 3 to form a vertical portion and an inclined portion; The front edge of the wall 1j is connected.

The front passage walls 1i and 1j are projected rearward at a depth capable of guiding the pachinko balls in the front row, and the storage case 1
A pre-payout flow path 6 is formed between the inner side wall plate 1a and the fifth front passage wall 1j to guide the pachinko balls passing through the front part of the ball passage port 8 to the ball outlet 3, and the fourth front passage is formed. Wall 1
Between the i and the fifth front side passage wall 1j, a front ball vent channel 7 for guiding a pachinko ball passing through the front part of the ball passage port 8 to the ball vent port 4 is formed.

At the lower end of the front wall plate 1c, an inlet into which a safe ball won in each of the winning holes on the game board is introduced, and the safe ball temporarily introduced into the storage case 1 is discharged out of the pachinko machine. The safe ball entrance 9 which also serves as a discharge port to be opened is opened in an inclined shape. The safe ball entrance 9 is vertically partitioned by a passage wall (not shown) provided outside the payout control device A, and is formed so that an upper portion is an entrance portion and a lower portion is an exit portion.

As shown in FIG. 2, a ball replenishing unit 10 for receiving a pachinko ball from a tank rail and guiding it downward is detachably connected and stored in the upper portion of the storage case 1.

The unit base 11 of the ball supply unit 10
Is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material.
At the rear end, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a lid plate 11a for covering the upper part of the opening of the storage case 1 is formed vertically.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the front surface of the lid plate 11a of the unit base 11 is provided adjacent to the rear side of the first front passage wall 1d of the storage case 1 and abuts with the first front passage wall 1d. A first rear passage wall 11b opposed to the second front passage wall 1e, a second rear passage wall 11c disposed adjacent to the rear of the second front passage wall 1e and opposed to the second front passage wall 1e. The rear edges of the third rear passage wall 11d, which is provided adjacent to the rear of the third front passage wall 1f and abutted against the third front passage wall 1f, are connected to each other, and the lid plate 11a is On the front surface, a first rear passage wall 11b and second and third rear passage walls 11 are provided.
A guide wall 11g, which is disposed at an intermediate portion between the rear passage walls 11c, 11d and whose depth is shorter than the depth of each of the rear passage walls 11b, 11c, 11d, is connected.

Between the first rear passage wall 11b and the second and third rear passage walls 11c and 11d, there are two rows of front and rear pachinko balls introduced into the ball inlet 2 from above the tank rail. A rear supply channel 13 that guides each pachinko ball in the rear row in the extending direction of the tank rail and then guides the pachinko balls downward is formed adjacent to the rear side of the front supply channel 5.

The front supply channel 5 and the rear supply channel 13, which are adjacent spherical flow paths, are formed by the front passage walls 1d, 1e,
1f and each rear passage wall 11b, 11 of the unit base 11.
c and 11d, and is made of stainless steel, has conductivity, and has a function of removing static electricity of pachinko balls flowing down the front and rear supply flow paths 5 and 13. It is partitioned by a charge removing plate 15 (corresponding to a partition plate of the present invention) . This static elimination plate 15 is a lead wire 19
Also, it is grounded through a connector terminal connected to the lead wire 19, and is installed for the purpose of protecting the dispensing control board 79 described later from static electricity.

At the center of the lower end of the charge removing plate 15 in the left-right direction, a guide V whose front shape is substantially inverted and whose depth gradually decreases upwards.
The cut portion 16 (corresponding to the protruding portion of the present invention) is formed to be bent and protruded in a state where it slightly protrudes into the rear supply channel 13.

At the front side of the cover plate 11a, support shafts 18 which are inserted into the upper portion of the cover plate 11a and extend horizontally forward are supported so as to be capable of swinging inward and outward, respectively. A pair of broken ball detection pieces 14 before and after detecting a broken ball in 13 are provided.

A pressing portion 14a is formed at the lower end of each of the ball cut detecting pieces 14 so as to protrude inward. Ball cut detection piece 1
When the base 4 swings, its lower edges protrude into and out of the front and rear supply channels 5 and 13, respectively.

When a predetermined number or more of pachinko balls are stored in the two replenishment channels 5, 13, both ball out detecting pieces 14 are pushed by the pachinko balls and oscillate inward. When the number of pachinko balls stored in one or both of the balls 5 and 13 is insufficient, one of the ball out detecting pieces 14 or both ball out detecting pieces 14 is pressed by the tactile piece 17 a of the ball out detecting switch 17. And rocks outward.

As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of upper and lower holding pieces 11e projecting horizontally forward from the inside of both ball cut detection pieces 14 are provided at the inner end of the front face of the lid plate 11a of the unit base 11.
And a pair of upper and lower switch supporting pieces 11f installed between the two holding pieces 11e are connected to each other.
A pin-like projection 61 slightly protruding forward is provided on the front end face of f.
Are formed respectively.

On the front side of the cover plate 11a, both holding pieces 11e are separated from each other in the front-rear direction via a switch holder 60 to be described later.
A pair of front and rear ball-break detection switches 17 sandwiched between the two ball-break detection switches 14 are provided to face the both ball-break detection pieces 14 respectively.

A rectangular plate-like partition plate 60a vertically suspended at the center of the gap between the two ball-break detecting switches 17 and two upper and lower sides of the partition plate 60a are provided between the two ball-break detecting switches 17. A pair of left and right protruding pieces 60 respectively protruded.
and a synthetic resin switch holder 60 having pin-shaped protrusions 60c protruding from the outer end surfaces of the protruding pieces 60b, respectively.

A pair of upper and lower through-holes 17b are respectively formed in the main body of the both-ball cut-out detection switch 17, and the two-ball cut-out detection switch 17 is provided with protrusions 61 of both switch support pieces 11f.
Are respectively inserted into both through holes 17b of the ball-out detection switch 17 on the front side, and each projection 60c of the switch holder 60 is
Are attached to the unit base 11 in a state where they are inserted into the respective through holes 17b of the both-ball-out detection switch 17. The ball out detection switch 17 on the front side is the storage case 1
Between the front wall plate 1c and the switch holder 60,
The rear ball out detection switch 17 is sandwiched between the switch holder 60 and the cover plate 11a.
Since 7 is assembled without using a screw, the trouble of assembling the both-ball-out detection switch 17 can be reduced.

On the cover plate 11a of the unit base 11, a pressing portion 14a of the ball cut detection piece 14 and a ball cut detection switch 17 are provided.
A viewing window 62 is formed in a round hole shape to allow the operation state with the touching piece 17a to be seen through from the outside of the ball supply unit 10. With this viewing window 62, the ball cut detection switch 17 is used.
It is possible to clearly see whether the operation state of the is normal or abnormal.

When one of the ball cutout detecting pieces 14 swings outward due to the lack of pachinko balls in one of the supply channels 5 and 13, the ball cutout detecting switch 17 facing the ball cutout detecting piece 14 is turned off. The touching piece 17a is released, the ball-out detection switch 17 is turned on, and a ball-out detection signal is transmitted.

When the pachinko balls are replenished and filled in the two replenishment channels 5 and 13, respectively, both ball out detecting pieces 14 swing outward and the touching pieces 17 of the both ball out detecting switches 17 are used.
a is depressed, and both ball out detection switches 17 are turned off. The ball out detection switch 17 is a delivery motor 25 described later.
And a signal for turning off the payout start motor 55, and a payout prohibition signal including prohibition of lending balls and prohibition of ball removal.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the vicinity of the central portion of the storage case 1, a ball dispenser is connected to the storage case 1 so as to be separable on a partition wall 1g and installed adjacent to the lower side of the ball supply unit 10. The unit 20 is stored.

The unit base 21 of the ball dispensing unit 20 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material. The unit base 21 is a set plate vertically installed along the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1 as shown in FIG. 22, a cover plate 23 installed vertically on the rear side of the set plate 22, and a middle plate 24 sandwiched between the set plate 22 and the cover plate 23.
Are separably connected to each other.

The front end of the set plate 22 of the unit base 21 is attached to the front wall plate 1 of the storage case 1 as shown in FIGS.
The front passage wall 22a closely contacted with the c is formed vertically, and a front introduction port 22b for receiving a pachinko ball sent from the front supply channel 5 is opened at the upper end of the set plate 22.

The pachinko ball, which has been bent into a substantially arc shape so as to absorb the falling impact of the pachinko ball at the upper portion of the set plate 22 and below the front introduction port 22b, is temporarily moved downward and outward. And a pre-induction flow channel 22c that guides inward and downward inward.

A set recess 22d is formed near the center of the set plate 22. The set recess 22 has a front wall 22c having a wall surface curved in an arc shape, into which a pachinko ball passing through the outlet 63 of the front guide passage 22c is fed. At the lower end of the plate 22, a front delivery port 22e for sending pachinko balls that have passed through the front concave portion 22d downward from inside the set plate 22 is provided with a ball passage opening 8 of the storage case 1.
It is set up facing.

At the rear end of the cover plate 23, there is formed a rear passage wall 23a which stands vertically behind the middle plate 24 with a gap of about one pachinko ball therebetween. A rear inlet port 23b is provided adjacent to the rear side of the port 22a to receive the pachinko balls sent from the rear supply channel 13.

In the upper part of the cover plate 23 and below the rear inlet 23b, it is bent adjacent to the rear side of the front guide channel 22c so as to absorb the falling impact of the pachinko ball.
The guide channel 23c is formed to guide the pachinko balls once dropped downwardly to a part of the front guide channel 23c, and to guide the pachinko balls downward and inward. The outlet portion 64 of the guide channel 23c is connected to the outlet portion of the front guide channel 22c. It is arranged about one pachinko ball lower than 63.
The vicinity of the outlet portions 63, 64 of the front and rear guide channels 22c, 23c is formed in a shape inclined inward and downward toward the inside.

In the vicinity of the center of the cover plate 23, the front recess 2 is formed.
The outlet portion 64 of the rear guide channel 23c provided adjacent to the rear side of 2d.
23d after the pachinko ball is sent through
Is provided at the lower end of the cover plate 23 at the front delivery port 22e.
A rear delivery port 23e, which is provided adjacent to the rear side and sends out the pachinko balls that have passed through the rear concave portion 23d from the inside of the cover plate 23 to the lower side thereof, is opened to face the ball passage port 8 of the storage case 1.

The front and rear inlets 22b and 23b, the front and rear guideways 22c and 23c, and the front and rear outlets 22e and 23e.
Are separated by a middle plate 24, respectively.

The rear surfaces of the front and rear inlets 22b, 23b, that is, the rear surface of the upper end of the front passage wall 22a of the set plate 22,
The front surface of the upper end of the rear passage wall 23a of the cover plate 23 and the rear surface of the upper end of the middle plate 24 are chamfered so that the depth gradually increases upward, and the pachinko balls passing through the front and rear introduction ports 22b and 23b are removed. Top surface cutting part 6 that allows the pachinko ball to bite down while making it slightly escape in the front-rear direction.
5 are formed.

The wall surfaces of the front and rear ball delivery ports 22e and 23e,
That is, the depth of the rear surface of the lower end of the front passage wall 22a of the set plate 22, the front surface of the lower end of the rear passage wall 23a of the cover plate 23, and the rear surface of the lower end of the middle plate 24 gradually increase downward. And the front and rear delivery ports 22e,
A bottom chamfered portion 66 is formed to prevent the pachinko balls from biting by causing the pachinko balls to flow down while causing the pachinko balls to escape in the front-rear direction while passing through 23e.

The front and rear passage walls 22a and 23a of the set plate 22 and the cover plate 23 are used to take out foreign matter such as dust entering the front and rear guide channels 22c and 23c and the front and rear recesses 22d and 23d. The extraction window 67 shown in FIG.
Is opened in a slit shape.

At the center of the front recess 22d of the set plate 22, a front end of a support shaft 26 protruding rearward is inserted.

On the rear surface of the cover plate 23, a stepping motor type payout motor 25 having an output shaft 25 a butt-adjoined behind the support shaft 26 is provided between the payout motor 25 and the cover plate 23. The metal heat radiating plate 68 is attached together with the heat radiating plate 68 in a sandwiched state, and in this example, the heat radiating plate 68 is formed in a shape obtained by bending an aluminum film in a substantially L shape.

When the dispensing motor 25 is overheated due to a ball bite or the like, the heat of the dispensing motor 25 is dissipated through the heat radiating plate 68 to prevent the conduction of heat to the unit base 21. Further, when assembling the ball dispensing unit 20 or the like, when the ball dispensing unit 20 is accidentally dropped, the heat sink 68 can receive the drop impact and protect the unit base 21 from the drop impact.

The output shaft 25a of the payout motor 25 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 26,
A ball feed member 27 made of an opaque synthetic resin, which is inserted into the insides d and 23d and is driven to rotate by the payout motor 25, is connected.

At the center of the ball feeding member 27 in the front-rear direction, a rotating disk 2 serving as a disk for detecting the number of balls to be dispensed and also serving as a partition wall.
On the front and rear surfaces of the rotary disk 28, six teeth 29a arranged in a rotationally symmetric state of 60 ° around the rotation axis of the ball feed member 27, and adjacent teeth 29a
Six ball receiving portions 29 each having a concave curved surface between them.
b, and a pair of front and rear spherical cutting teeth 29A and 29B formed symmetrically in front and rear are connected.

The both edges of the rotary disc 28 are provided with two spherical cutting teeth 29.
A, 29B of each tooth portion 29a and the adjacent tooth portion 29
The twelve cutouts 70 for the photosensors, which are respectively disposed on the outer sides of the intermediate portion between a and a and are arranged in a rotationally symmetric state of 30 ° around the rotation center of the ball feeding member 27, are recessed. ing. Since the turntable 28 of the ball feeding member 27 has both a function of separating the front and rear ball receiving portions 29b and a function of detecting the number of payout balls, the ball feeding member 27 can be made compact.

Each cut portion 70 of the rotary disk 28 has a cut width gradually increasing outwardly in order to prevent dust clogging in each cut portion 70 and to increase the detection time of the photo sensor. It is gradually expanded toward the outside in the radial direction, and has an arcuate roundness near the inner end, and is formed in a substantially U-shape with no corners.

Both ball cutting teeth 29A, 29 of the ball feed member 27
Each of the ball receiving portions 29b of B is formed asymmetrically with respect to a line connecting the rotation center of the ball cutting teeth 29A and 29B and the center of the ball receiving portion 29b so that the pachinko ball can be easily received and released. Each ball receiving portion 29b is formed such that the curvature of the curved surface on the side that releases the pachinko ball is smaller than the curvature of the curved surface on the side that receives the pachinko ball, and each pachinko ball is formed by the ball receiving portion 29 in the unit base 21. The ball is smoothly swiveled and transported without biting the ball.

When the ball feed member 27 is rotationally driven, the front and rear two-row pachinko balls waiting in and above the front and rear guide flow paths 22c and 23c of the unit base 21 become the respective balls of the two ball cutting teeth 29A and 29B. Received by the receiving portion 29b sequentially,
In the upper half of the front and rear recessed portions 22d and 23d, it turns upward and inward with the ball receiving portion 29b and then turns inward and downward, and is released from the ball receiving portion 29b at the time of turning about 180 ° from the turning start position. Are sequentially sent downward through the front and rear delivery ports 22e and 23e and into the ball passage 8 of the storage case 1 in the front and rear directions.
Introduced as a column.

The position where each ball receiving portion 29b of the front ball cutting tooth 29A of the ball feed member 27 receives the pachinko ball in the front guiding channel 22c is determined by the position of each ball receiving portion 29b of the rear ball cutting tooth 29B. Approximately 1 ball from the position where pachinko balls are received in channel 23c
The position at which the ball receiving portion 29b of the front ball cutting tooth 29A releases the pachinko ball is the rear ball cutting tooth 2A.
9B is set to be lower than the position where each ball receiving portion 29b releases the pachinko ball, and the front and rear ball cutting teeth 29A, 29
9B alternately receives and releases pachinko balls alternately. In the lower part of the front and rear guide channels 22c and 23c, the pachinko ball moves downward and then moves slightly inward to bend inward, and the pachinko balls at the outlets 63 and 64 have the pachinko ball above it. So little weight is added,
The weight of the group of pachinko balls added to the ball feeding member 27 can be reduced as much as possible.

The ball cutting teeth 29A before and after the ball feed member 27,
29B rotates so that one pachinko ball is released from the ball receiving portion 29b at substantially the same time as one pachinko ball is received by the ball receiving portion 29b of the ball cutting teeth 29A, 29B. Pachinko ball is double ball incisor 29A, 2
The pachinko ball rotates while being held in each of the three ball receiving portions 29b in the upper half of each of the six ball receiving portions 29b of 9B, and each pachinko ball is moved from the position received by the ball receiving portion 29b. In the upper half of the recesses 22d and 23d together with the receiving portion 29b, about 1
Emitted after being swiveled 80 °.

Therefore, the weight of each of the three pachinko balls is added to the ball feeding member 27 symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane passing through the center of rotation of the ball feeding member 27, and is added to the ball feeding member 27 when dispensing the balls. The weight of the pachinko ball is balanced at the left and right portions of the ball feeding member 27. Accordingly, the load applied to the payout motor 25 by the weight of the pachinko ball can be reduced, and the output shaft 25a of the payout motor 25 and the ball feed member 27 are held stationary even when the power is turned off. So you can
When the rotation of the payout motor 25 is stopped, the holding power for holding the output shaft 25a in a stationary state is not required.

At the lower end of the inner wall surface of the set plate 22 of the unit base 21, a ball feed number sensor (photo sensor) for detecting the passage of each notch 70 of the turntable 28 and transmitting a pulse signal every time the notch 70 passes. The ball feed number sensor 71 has a detection groove 71a formed between the light projecting portion and the light receiving portion, and into which the peripheral portion of the turntable 28 is inserted.

Each time the ball feeding member 27 feeds out one pachinko ball, the cutout portion 70 of the turntable 28 sets the ball feeding number sensor 71
, The number of payout balls is counted by passing through the detection groove 71a, and the same number of pachinko balls as the number counted by the ball feed number sensor 71 are paid out from the ball payout unit 20.

When the prize ball payout detection switch 55 detects a safe ball, the payout motor 25 is activated and the ball feed member 27 is driven to rotate, and the pachinko ball is moved downward from the ball payout unit 20 by the front and rear ball cutting teeth 29A, 29B. The number of dispensed balls is counted each time the cutout portion 70 of the turntable 28 passes through the detection groove 71a of the ball feed number sensor 71, the same number as the number of dispensed balls corresponding to the type of safe ball. When the cutout portion 70 is counted by the ball feed sensor 71, the payout motor 25
Stops. For pachinko machines where a different number of prizes are paid out for each winning port on the game board, the number of balls to be paid out is specified based on the output signal of the safe ball detection switch provided for each winning port on the game board. Is done.

When the payout control device A is mounted on a card-type pachinko machine, the data recorded on the card and the operation signal to the lending ball operation unit are transmitted to the card ball lending information processing unit (card information processing unit, lending unit). After the processing control by the ball information processing unit), the payout motor 25 is driven to rotate by the predetermined number of ball lending balls, and the ball feeding member 27 rotates by a rotation angle corresponding to the number of ball lending balls. Is sent from the ball dispensing unit 20.

For example, if 25 are pachinko ball purchase units, 25 pachinko balls can be purchased for 100 yen, and if the purchase unit is designated by the number of operations on the lending ball switch, When "1" ball lending operation is performed (when the ball lending switch is pressed once), 25 pachinko balls are detected and counted by the ball feed number sensor 71 and the cut portion 32 of the turntable 28, and 25 pachinko balls are counted. The card ball lending information processing unit controls the rotation amount of the payout motor 25 based on the ball lending request signal so that the ball lending operation of the ball is completed. If the number of operations is five, the turntable 28 rotates continuously five times in units of 25, and a total of 125 pachinko balls are paid out as rental balls.

As shown in FIG. 2, a ball dispensing start unit 30 is installed adjacent to and below the ball dispensing unit 20 and is separably coupled to the storage case 1 near and at the center of the storage case 1. It is stored.

As shown in FIGS. 15 to 18, the unit base 31 made of transparent synthetic resin of the ball dispensing start-up unit 30 has a rear end edge of the fourth front passage wall 1i of the storage case 1 and a fifth front passage wall 1j as shown in FIGS. And a cover plate vertically installed on the rear side of the center of the front wall 1c and the lower portion of the lower portion thereof in contact with the rear edge of the front wall 1c. 33 is formed so as to be separable, and a ball inlet for receiving pachinko balls in the front and rear rows sent from the ball dispensing unit 20 is opened at an upper portion of the unit base 31 adjacent to and below the ball passage 8. ing.

A rear passage wall 33a is formed on the cover plate 33 at the back of the set plate 32 with a gap of about one pachinko ball, and a storage case is provided on the front surface of the rear passage wall 33a. The set plate 32 is provided on the rear side of the first fourth front passage wall 1i.
Rear side passage wall 33b provided adjacently in abutting manner with the
And a fifth rear passage wall 33c, which is provided adjacent to the rear side of the fifth front passage wall 1j in abutting manner with the set plate 32 interposed therebetween, is connected.

The lower end of the fourth rear passage wall 33b is connected to the rear of the lower opening edge of the ball outlet 2 of the storage case 1, and the lower end of the fifth rear passage wall 33c is connected to the ball outlet of the storage case 1. 4 is connected to the rear part of the lower opening edge.

Between the fourth rear passage wall 33b of the cover plate 33 and the side wall plate 1a inside the storage case 1, a set plate 32 is provided adjacent to and behind the pre-payout flow path 6 in a parallel state. Is formed, and the fifth rear passage wall 33 is formed.
c and the rear ball adjacently arranged in parallel with the fourth rear passage wall 33b and the side wall plate 1a inside the storage case 1 with the set plate 32 behind the front ball removal flow path 7. Drainage channel 36
Are formed.

At the upper part of the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33, a take-out window 33c (see FIG. 2) for taking out foreign matter such as dust that has entered between the set plate 32 and the cover plate 33 is formed in a slit shape. At the upper end of the set plate 32 and the upper end of the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33, they are installed at the center and the rear end in the ball passage 8 of the storage case 1,
A pair of front and rear chamfers 3 each of which is chamfered so that the front surface is inclined and the thickness gradually decreases upward and the upper edge becomes sharp.
7 are formed in parallel, and a V-cut portion 38 is cut into the double-sided portion 37 so that the front shape becomes V-shaped, and is disposed at the center of the inlet portion of the front and rear discharge channels 6 and 35.
Are formed respectively.

When the pachinko balls are sent out from the ball dispensing unit 21 in two front and rear rows and pass through the ball passage 8, the pachinko balls in the front row and the rear row are formed into the double-sided portion 37.
, And is guided to the middle in the left-right direction of the ball passage opening 8 by both V-cut portions 38 to prevent mutual interference and ball biting of the front and rear rows of pachinko balls passing through the ball passage opening 8. Is done. In addition, ball payout unit 2
0 between the lower edge of the middle plate 24 and the upper edge of the set plate 32;
Even if there is a step in the front-rear direction between the lower edge of the cover plate 23 and the upper edge of the cover plate 33, the pachinko ball engaged with the V-cut portion 38 is guided forward and downward, and the ball dispensing unit 20 From the ball dispensing start-up unit 30 can be smoothly introduced.

Near the upper end of the unit base 31, the unit base 31 and the front wall 1 c of the storage case 1 are swingably supported in the left-right direction, so that the pachinko balls in the front and rear rows passing through the ball hole 8 can be moved back and forth. A distributing valve 40 for distributing to the dispensing flow paths 6 and 35 or the front and rear ball removing flow paths 7 and 36 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 17, the distribution valve 40 is provided between the set plate 32 and the front wall plate 1c of the storage case 1, and between the set plate 32 and the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33, respectively. A pair of front and rear valve bodies 40a that are inserted and formed in a tapered shape, and a connecting portion 40b that is connected to a center portion of the two valve bodies 40a while being sandwiched between the two valve bodies 40a.
A shaft portion 40c connected to the lower ends of both valve bodies 40a is formed.

In a normal state in which the two valve bodies 40a of the distribution valve 40 swing outward, the prize balls delivered by the ball delivery unit 20 pass through the front and rear delivery channels 6, 35 and the ball outlet 3, and are discharged out of the storage case 1. Then, it is guided by the prize ball flow path outside the storage case 1, introduced into the upper plate opening, and sent to the upper plate. The prize ball overflowing from the upper plate is guided by the guiding gutter 82 shown in FIG. 22 and sent into the lower plate through the lower plate opening, and the prize ball storage section 81 (FIG. 22) communicated with the lower plate and the lower plate opening. See).

When the two valve bodies 40a of the distribution valve 40 swing inward, the pachinko balls delivered by the ball dispensing unit 20 pass through the front and rear ball removal passages 7, 36 and the ball removal port 4 and out of the storage case 1. It is discharged, guided by the ball discharge flow path outside the storage case 1, and sent out of the pachinko machine.

As shown in FIG. 18, a plunger 50a that moves up and down and a spring 50b that urges the plunger 41a downward are provided below the unit base 31.
Holding solenoid 5 coupled to the set plate 32
0 is installed, and an upper protruding piece 42a protruding upward and a front protruding piece 42 protruding forward are provided at the upper end of the plunger 50a.
The transmission piece 42 having b is detachably connected.

The transmission piece 42 and the distributing valve 40 can be interlocked by an interlocking rod 48 whose upper end is locked by a valve body 41a on the front side of the distribution valve 41 and whose lower end is locked by an upper protruding piece 42a of the transmission piece 42. It is linked.

In the vicinity of the center of the set plate 32 of the unit base 31, a shaft 4 is provided adjacent to the rear side of the holding solenoid 50.
6 is a swinging piece 4 pivotally supported so as to be able to swing up and down.
3 is provided, and a front engagement piece 42b of the transmission piece 42 is inserted into the tip of the swinging piece 43 to form a cylindrical engaging portion 43a that connects the transmission piece 42 and the swinging piece 43 in an interlockable manner. At the same time, a round hole-shaped locking hole 43b penetrating near the base end of the swinging piece 43 is connected to an operating rod that is pulled up outside the pachinko machine and is inserted into the outer end inside the storage case 1. The lower end of the connecting rod 44 is loosely inserted. The lower end of the connecting rod 44 has a locking hole 43b so that when the connecting rod 44 is pulled down with the rocking piece 43 rocked upward, the connecting rod 44 moves down without pushing down the rocking piece 43. It is hung on the upper edge.

The distributing valve 40 is normally opened by the spring 50b of the holding solenoid 50 for urging the two valve bodies 40a outward through the transmission piece 42 and the interlocking rod 48.
And the two discharge channels 5 and 36 are held in a communicating state.

In the vicinity of the center of the unit base 31, a solenoid operation switch 49 sandwiched between the set plate 32 and the rear passage wall 33a of the cover plate 33 to excite and demagnetize the holding solenoid 50 is opposed to the transmission piece 42. It has been installed.

When the connecting rod 44 is pulled up to remove the ball, the swinging piece 43 swings upward, the transmission piece 42 moves upward, and both the valve bodies 40a of the distribution valve 40 are connected to the ball through port 8. While swinging in the direction in which the two ball removing passages 7 and 36 communicate with each other, the plunger 50 a of the holding solenoid 50 is pulled up, and the contact piece 49 a of the solenoid operation switch 49 is provided.
Is pushed up by the upper protruding piece 42a of the transmission piece 42, the solenoid operation switch 49 is turned on, the dispensing motor 25 is activated, the holding solenoid 50 is excited, the plunger 50a is held in the up state, and the distribution valve 41 is
The two valve bodies 41a are held in a state in which the both ball emptying paths 7, 36 are opened. Therefore, the exciting power for pulling up the plunger 50a is not required, and only the holding power for holding the plunger 50a at the upward movement position is sufficient, so that the holding solenoid 50 can be downsized.

In this state, even if the connecting rod 44 is lowered, the lower end of the connecting rod 44 moves to the lower end in the locking hole 43, the swinging piece 43 is held at the upper swing end, and the holding solenoid 50 Is held in an excited state, and the pachinko balls in the storage case 1 are sent out of the storage case 1 through the front and rear ball removal passages 7 and 36 and extracted outside the pachinko machine. The ball removal time set by a timer or the like, that is, in the ball tank, on the tank rail, in the ball supply unit 10, in the ball payout unit 2
All the pachinko balls stored in the sphere 0 are free from both balls.
When a necessary time elapses before flowing into the inside 6, the payout motor 25 is stopped and the holding solenoid 50 is demagnetized to restore the original state.

At the lower end of the set plate 32 of the unit base 31, a ball cutting portion 52 for a safe ball having a partition wall protruding at the peripheral edge is formed to face the safe ball doorway 9 of the case body 1. On the rear surface of the ball cutting section 52, a payout start-up motor 54, which is always driven to rotate in a fixed direction, is attached in a forward direction.

FIG. 1 shows the output shaft of the payout starting motor 54.
As shown in FIG. 9, it has a pair of ball receiving portions 56a formed to be 180 ° rotationally symmetric and capable of receiving pachinko balls, and is introduced into the ball cutting portion 52 through the safe ball doorway 9. A ball cutting cam 56 for delivering a safe ball is fixed.

The ball cutting section 56 of the unit base 31 is provided with a prize ball payout detection switch 55 disposed diagonally above the ball cutting cam 56 and detecting a safe ball introduced into the ball cutting section 52. An upper guide portion 52a is provided at an upper portion of the ball cutting portion 52 for guiding the safe ball introduced into the ball cutting portion 52 through the upper portion of the safe ball doorway 9 onto the ball cutting cam 56 at the lower rear side. A lower guide portion 52b is formed at the lower part of the ball cutting portion 52 and guides the safe ball discharged from the ball receiving portion 56a of the ball cutting cam 56 to the lower portion of the safe ball doorway 9 at the lower front. It is formed in a downward slope.

When the safe ball is introduced into the ball cutting portion 52 through the upper portion of the safe ball doorway 9, the safe ball is guided rearward and downward by the upper guide portion 52a, so that both the ball receiving cams 56 of the rotating ball cutting cam 56 are received. Of the portion 56a, the ball receiving portion 56a, which has turned upward, receives the ball, and the ball receiving portion 56a turns and transfers the ball to the prize ball payout detection switch 55 side. Is pressed, and the prize ball payout detection switch 55
N, a prize ball payout start signal is transmitted, the payout motor 25 is started, and the ball feeding member 27 is driven to rotate for a time necessary for sending out a predetermined number of prize balls.

When the ball receiving portion 56a of the ball cutting cam 56 that has received the safe ball rotates about 90 ° from the upper receiving position and the safe ball is transferred below the prize ball payout detection switch 55, the safe ball is transferred. The ball is released from the ball receiving portion 56a, guided forward and downward by the lower guide portion 52c, rolls out from the lower portion of the safe ball entrance 9 and is discharged out of the storage case 1.

The safe balls are continuously generated, and a group of safe balls is received by the passage wall on the body frame H side at the upper front side of the safe ball doorway 9, and gathers at the upper front side of the safe ball doorway 9 to stand by. In this state, the safe ball at the forefront that has passed through the upper portion of the safe ball doorway 9 first falls onto one ball receiving portion 56a of the ball cutting cam 56 and is transferred by the ball receiving portion 56a. After the safe ball is discharged through the lower portion of the safe ball doorway 9, the other ball receiving portion 56a turns upward and the succeeding safe ball falls onto the other ball receiving portion 56a, and the ball receiving portion 56a After being pushed by the touching piece 55a of the prize ball payout detection switch 55, the ball is discharged through the safe ball entrance 9 and similarly, each safe ball is sequentially ball-cut one by one by the ball cutting cam 56, and the safe ball entrance 9 of Is discharged into the storage case 1 out through the section, the prize ball payout activation signal is stored is transmitted for each transfer of the safe sphere.

On the front surface of the set plate 33 of the unit base 31, a prize ball delivered by the ball payout unit 20 fills a prize ball storage section 81 (see FIG. 22) such as a prize ball channel or more by a predetermined amount or more. When the ball is excessively stored in the ball storage unit, a ball payout prohibition switch 58 that transmits a full tank detection signal to cause a prize ball payout prohibition state to appear so as to protrude from the front surface of the cover plate 33 and is a ball discharge prohibition switch 5.
8 are mounted via a pair of protrusions pressed into the through holes.

As shown in FIG. 22, near the center of the cover plate 33, the prize ball payout prohibition switch 58 is provided adjacent to the inside of the switch 58 so as to be horizontally movable inward and outward and supported so as not to be vertically movable. The engaging member 59 is installed in a horizontal posture.

A pressing piece 59a is formed at the outer end of the engaging member 59 so as to protrude forward and can press the push button 58a of the ball dispensing prohibition switch 58, and protrudes forward at the inner end of the engaging member 59. The formed passive piece 59b is formed.

At the upper end near the prize ball storage section 81, which is provided at the lower rear side of the main frame H of the pachinko machine and is stored by the ball payout unit 20, where the prize balls guided by the guiding gutter 82 are stored. A full tank detection member 72 supported by the inserted support shaft 72a so as to be tiltable to the storage case 1 side and the opposite side is installed.

The full tank detecting member 72 is pushed by the over-stored prize balls and tilted toward the storage case 1 when a certain amount or more of the prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage section 81 and the prize balls are in an excessive storage state. Then, when the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage section are reduced to a certain amount or less and the pushing operation for the full tank detection member 72 is removed, the prize balls are returned to tilt and converted into the vertical posture.

A guide member 74 installed at the lower portion on the back side of the main body frame H supports between the full tank detecting member 72 and the engaging member 59 so as to be slidable inward and outward and immovable in the vertical direction. The movement of the ton detection member 72 is
9 are provided. After the connecting member 75 is pushed outward by the full tank detecting member 72 and moves outward, it returns and moves inward by the urging force of the push button 58a of the ball payout prohibition switch 58, but the urging force of the push button 58a May be provided with an urging member such as a spring for urging the connecting member 75 inward.

The connecting member 75 has an inner end that is full
2, a horizontal portion 75a opposed to the lower end, a vertical portion 75b connected to the outer end of the horizontal portion 75a, and a vertical portion 75b connected to the upper end of the vertical portion 75b and protruded toward the engaging member 59. Pressed portion 75c is formed.

The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is connected to the full tank detecting member 72 via the engaging member 59 and the connecting member 75 by assembling the payout control device A to the main body frame H, and connects the payout control device A to the main body frame H. From the full tank detection member 72.

When the prize balls are excessively stored in the prize ball storage section 81 and the full tank detecting member 72 is tilted toward the storage case 1,
The linking member 75 is pushed toward the storage case 1 by the full tank detection member 72, and the engaging member 59 is pushed toward the ball payout prohibition switch 58 by the connection member 75, and the push button 58a of the ball payout prohibition switch 58 is engaged. The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned on by being pressed by the moving member 59.

When the ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned on to detect an excessive accumulation of prize balls, the payout start motor 54 is turned off, the drive of the payout start motor 54 is stopped, and the ball payout unit 20 is turned off. Ball feed member 2
7 is prohibited, and a ball payout prohibited state appears.

When the excessive storage state of the prize balls is resolved, the full tank detecting member 72 returns to the storage case side and tilts, and the linking member 75 and the engaging member 59 return to the inside and the ball payout prohibition switch. The 58 push button 58a is released,
The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned off, and the ball payout prohibition state is canceled.

The ball payout prohibition switch 58 is turned on.
When the excessive storage of the prize balls is detected, the power switch of the prize ball payout detection switch 54 may be turned off to disable the detection of the safe balls, and a ball payout prohibition state may appear.

A control board unit 77 is provided near the center of the opening of the storage case 1 and at the lower portion thereof, as shown in FIGS.

The board case 78 of the control board unit 77 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material into a shallow box shape, and is superposed on the rear side of the lower portion of the storage case 1.
As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, a front surface of the outer edge of the outer edge 8a is provided with a vertically elongated opening 78d which is opened from the upper part to the lower part of the bottom plate 78a so as to cover the entire length thereof. A lead wire holding portion 78c formed to have a shape and holding a lead wire bundle is
8 has a lower portion curved inward on the lower surface of the lower plate 78b, and a lead wire insertion portion 78e for inserting and holding a lead wire.
And a pair of screw insertion portions 78f through which screws for fastening the board case 78 to the storage case 1 are inserted, and a hooking edge protruding from a front end edge of the lower wall plate 1b of the storage case 1 so as to be detachable. The hooked engaging portion 78g is connected.

A control circuit for controlling various operations related to ball payout is provided in the opening of the board case 78, and a payout control board 79 formed in a vertically long rectangular plate shape and screwed to the board storage case 71 is provided. The control circuit of the payout control board 79 is connected to each electric component in the payout control device A and a lead wire connected to a circuit board outside the payout control device A via a connector.

In the board case 78, the both side edges and the lower end edge are overlapped with a gap on the front side of the payout control board 79 with the both side edges and the lower edge abutting on the front surface of the payout control board 71. Metal shield plate 8 which is screwed to protect the control circuit of the payout control board 79 from electrostatic noise and electromagnetic noise.
0 are tightly fitted.

The storage case 1 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material into a box shape having an upper plate 76a, a lower plate 76b, left and right side plates 76c, and a rear plate 76d. The ball payout unit 20, the ball payout activation unit 30, A unit cover 76 installed on the rear side of the storage case 1 is detachably connected from the center to the lower end of the storage case 1 with the control board unit 77 covered.

The front edge of the upper plate 76a of the unit cover 76 is superposed on the front side of the cover plate 11a of the unit base 11 of the ball supply unit 10 as shown in FIG.
The locking edge 76e locked by 1a and the front side of the cover plate 11a on both sides of the lower end of the guide wall 11g of the unit base 11 are placed near the rear opening edge of the rear introduction port 23b of the ball dispensing unit 20. The installed pair of guide edges 76f is formed to protrude.

A plurality of heat radiating holes 76g arranged in a horizontal row on the upper and lower portions of the rear plate 76d of the unit cover 76 to dissipate the heat in the unit cover 76 to the outside of the unit cover 76 are provided with the payout motor 25 and the payout motor. Each is provided so as to face the motor 54.

Next, the operation and effect of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described. In this example, the ball is delivered by the ball payout unit 20 into the storage case 1 which is detachably attached to the main frame H of the pachinko machine and houses the ball supply unit 10, the ball payout unit 20, and the ball payout control unit 30. When the prize ball is excessively stored in the prize ball storage section 81, the full tank detecting member 72 is connected to the full tank detecting member 72 via the linking member 75 and the interlocking member 59 when the storage case 1 is attached, and operates the full tank detecting member 72. A ball dispensing prohibition switch 58 for causing the ball dispensing prohibition state to appear sometimes is provided.

For this reason, a set of the payout control device A includes a full tank detecting member 72 for detecting an excessively stored state of the prize balls sent out by the ball payout unit 20 and a ball payout prohibition switch 58 for causing the ball payout prohibition state to appear. The switch 58 can be easily connected and disconnected according to attachment and detachment, and the ball dispensing prohibition switch 58 for the power supply circuit.
Can be prevented from being forgotten.

In this embodiment, since the unit base 11 of the ball supply unit 10 also has a function of covering the upper part of the case body 1, the number of parts of the ball payout control device A is reduced, and the number of assembling steps is reduced. can do.

Further, the wall surface of the front and rear introduction ports 22b and 23b of the ball payout unit 20 for receiving the pachinko balls sent from the ball supply unit 10, and the ball payout unit 2 for sending pachinko balls from inside the ball payout unit 20.
The chamfered portions 65, 66, and 37 are formed on the wall surfaces of the front and rear sphere delivery ports 22e and 23e, respectively, and on the wall surface of the ball introduction port of the ball delivery control unit 30 that receives the pachinko balls sent from the inside of the ball delivery unit 20. , Ball outlet of ball supply unit 10 and ball payout control unit 30
Since the V-cut portions 16 and 38 are formed on the wall surfaces of the sphere introduction port, the delivery of the pachinko sphere between the units 10, 20, and 30 can be facilitated, and the pachinko sphere flows through the dispensing control device A. Pachinko balls can be prevented from biting properly.

Further, the ball feeding member 27 of the ball payout unit 20 is formed so that the ball feeding member 27 transfers the pachinko balls in a state where the weight of the pachinko balls applied to the ball feeding members 27 is balanced left and right. Therefore, the load applied to the payout motor 25 at the time of dispensing the ball can be reduced, and the output shaft of the payout motor 25 and the ball feed member 27 can be held stationary even when the dispensing motor 25 is turned off. When the rotation of the motor 25 is stopped, the holding power for holding the output shaft in a stationary state can be reduced, and in some cases, the supply of the holding power can be cut off.

Further, the rotary disc 28 of the ball feeding member 27 has cut portions 70 which are detected by a ball feeding number sensor 71.
The cut width gradually increases outward and is formed in a rounded shape near the inner end, so that clogging of dust in each cut portion 70 can be prevented and the ball feed number sensor 71 , The sensing time of the ball feed number sensor 71 can be eliminated.

Further, since the heat radiating plate 68 is interposed between the unit base 21 and the payout motor 25, the heat when the payout motor 25 is overheated due to a ball bite or the like is effectively dissipated, and the ball payout unit is dispensed. 20 can be protected from overheating.

In the ball dispensing start-up unit 30, when the distributing valve 40 is held in the position in which both the ball removing channels 6 and 36 are opened during the ball removing operation, the plunger 50a of the holding solenoid 50 is manually operated. The holding solenoid 50 is excited in the pulled-up state to hold the plunger 50a in the pulled-up position, and no exciting power for pulling up the plunger 50a is required, so that only the holding power is required, so that the holding solenoid 50 can be downsized. it can.

Further, upon detection of a safe ball causing the start of prize ball payout, it is not necessary to make the safe ball stand by in front of the safe ball entrance 9 and store the number of waiting balls in the storage circuit. For example, the number of safe balls is not erased from the storage circuit due to power interruption.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a payout control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a stored state of a ball supply unit, a ball payout unit, and a ball payout activation unit.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the storage case.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a ball supply unit.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line X1-X1 of FIG. 4;

6 is a sectional view taken along line X2-X2 in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the ball payout unit.

8 is a sectional view taken along line X3-X3 in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of a unit base of the ball payout unit.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line X4-X4 of FIG. 9;

11 is a sectional view taken along line X5-X5 in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of a set plate of the ball payout unit.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the middle plate.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a ball delivery operation by a ball sending member.

FIG. 15 is a partially cutaway rear view of the ball payout activation unit.

FIG. 16 is a front view of a ball payout activation unit.

FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view of a ball payout starting unit and a control board unit.

FIG. 18 is a front view of a distribution valve driving mechanism.

FIG. 19 is a front view of a ball payout activation mechanism.

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of the control board unit.

FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of a control board unit.

FIG. 22 is a front view of a ball payout prohibition switch operating mechanism.

23 is a sectional view taken along line X6-X6 of FIG.

FIG. 24 is a rear view of the cover body.

[Description of Signs ] 1 Storage case 5 Front replenishment flow path (sphere flow path) 10 Ball replenishment unit 13 Rear replenishment flow path (sphere flow path) 15 Static elimination plate (partition plate) 20 Ball discharge unit 30 Ball discharge start unit 58 Ball Dispensing prohibition switch 59 Engagement member 72 Full tank detection member 81 Ball storage unit A Dispensing control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball storage unit which is detachably mounted on a body frame of a pachinko machine and in which a ball payout unit and a ball payout control unit are stored, the pachinko balls sent out by the ball payout unit in a ball storage unit. A payout control device for a pachinko machine, comprising: a ball payout prohibition switch that is connected to a detection member that is activated when stored and is connected to the storage case when the storage case is attached and that causes a ball payout prohibition state to appear when the detection member is activated. .