JP2001070579A - Ball removal device of ball tray for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow pachinko balls to be removed by the weight of the pachinko balls by use of a simple structure and automatically cancel removal of the balls once the pachinko balls on a ball tray are removed. SOLUTION: In the ball tray 7 of a pachinko machine having a tray part 10 for retaining pachinko balls, the bottom plate 12 of the tray part 10 is freely inclinably provided and is supported by a locking member 15, and the locking member 15 is always energized toward an upper movement position by an energizing member 23. When acted upon by the locking member 15 the bottom plate 12 is moved downward by the weight of the pachinko balls and opens a ball drop hole 25. When released from the weight of the balls, the bottom plate 12 is automatically restored to a position where it closes the ball drop hole 25.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a ball tray in which an opening / closing plate for closing a ball hole is locked at a ball pulling position by a locking member, and the locking is released by a pressing member. See, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-53954.

[0003]

However, in the conventional ball tray in which the opening / closing plate is locked at the ball-pulling position by the locking member, the ball-pulling position can be obtained by sliding the opening / closing plate even when there is no pachinko ball in the plate portion. Therefore, in order to release the stop state of the opening / closing plate, an operation of releasing the locking must be performed. For this reason, even if the pachinko ball in the ball saucer has been removed, the player forgets to perform the release operation, the ball saucer remains in the state of removing the ball, disturbing the next player or releasing the ball by the clerk one by one There was a problem of having to operate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has a simple structure so that a pachinko ball can be extracted according to the ball weight of the pachinko ball. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball receiving device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine that can automatically release the ball when the ball is removed.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a ball receiving device for a ball receiving tray in a pachinko machine, wherein the ball receiving device for a pachinko machine has a plate portion for storing pachinko balls. The bottom plate of the portion is tiltably provided, the bottom plate is supported by a locking member, and the locking member is constantly urged to the upper position by an urging member, and the bottom plate is pachinko-operated by operating the locking member. The ball drop opening is opened by moving down by the weight of the ball, and the ball drop opening is automatically returned to a position to close the ball drop opening by releasing from the ball weight.

It is preferable that a locking portion for locking the locking member is provided on the ball receiving tray, and the position where the bottom plate closes the ball drop opening is always locked and held. The locking portion is preferably formed as a locking groove, for example.

Further, it is preferable that the locking member is locked by the bias of the biasing member so that the locking member is automatically locked.

According to the present invention, when the engagement of the locking member is released in a state where the pachinko balls are stored in the plate portion, the bottom plate moves down due to the ball weight of the pachinko balls in the plate portion and the ball falls. The mouth is opened and the ball comes out. Also, when the ball comes off from the ball drop hole and is released from the ball weight of the pachinko ball in the dish part,
The locking member returns to the position where the bottom plate closes the ball drop opening by the return movement of the locking member, and the locking member stops and holds the position.

The ball tray in the pachinko machine of the present invention is applicable to either an upper ball tray for supplying a hit ball provided on the front surface of a front frame of the pachinko machine or a lower ball tray for storing excess balls in the upper ball tray. It is possible.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower ball tray, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the lower ball tray. A frame-shaped front frame 2 is provided on the front of the pachinko machine 1 so as to be openable and closable, and a glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4
Is attached. The game board 5 is behind the glass door frame 3.
Is provided on the front surface of the front plate 4, and an upper ball receiving tray 6 for supplying a hit ball is attached. On the lower front surface of the front frame 2, a lower ball tray 7 for storing excess balls in the upper ball tray 6 is mounted. Reference numeral 8 denotes a ball outlet for the surplus sphere set in the front frame 2, and the ball outlet 8 is provided with a cylindrical guide gutter 9.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower ball receiving tray 7 has a dish portion 10 for storing a large amount of pachinko balls, and includes an upper cover body 11a, a lower cover body 11b, and a bottom plate 12. . An ashtray 13 is provided between the upper cover 11a and the lower cover 11b.

The bottom plate 12 has a rear end formed on the upper cover body 11.
a and the lower cover body 11b is pivotally supported so as to be tiltable, and the front end is supported by the locking member 15,
The bottom plate 12 is stopped at an upward movement position where the bottom plate 12 is slightly inclined forward. Reference numeral 16 denotes a distribution projection provided at the center of the front end of the bottom plate 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the locking member 15 has an overall shape formed in an arc shape centering on a shaft support portion 17, a support portion 18 for supporting the bottom plate 12 is formed at a lower end, and a rod-shaped upper surface. Operating section 19 is protruded.

On the other hand, the upper cover body 11a is formed with an L-shaped guide groove 20 in which the operation portion 19 moves and a locking groove 21 as a locking portion. Further, the retaining member 15 is provided in a storage recess 22 formed in the lower cover body 11b.
Is rotatably supported via a winding spring 23 as an urging member. Then, the locking member 15 is rotated and pushed in the horizontal direction by the upward and lateral biasing of the winding spring 23, and the operation portion 19 is locked in the locking groove 21, and stops at the position where the bottom plate 12 is moved upward. Will be retained. Reference numeral 24 denotes a rotation restricting portion of the locking member 15 provided in the storage recess 22. The winding spring 23
The strength of the bottom plate 12 with no pachinko balls in the pan 10
The strength to move up is selected.

The lower ball tray 7 configured as described above is
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the bottom plate 12 is always
8, and the operating portion 19 of the locking member 15 is locked in the locking groove 21, thereby locking and holding the bottom plate 12 at the upwardly moved position, and allowing the bottom plate 12 to be in contact with the lower end of the lower cover body 11 b. Ball extraction port 2 into which a plurality of pachinko balls fall
5 is closed. By manually operating the operation portion 19, the engagement between the operation portion 19 and the locking groove 21 is released, and the bottom plate 12 can be moved downward. And
When the bottom plate 12 moves down against the bias of the winding spring 23 due to the ball weight of the pachinko ball, as shown by the chain line in FIG.
A ball drop port 25 is opened between the bottom plate 12 and the lower end of the lower cover body 11b so that the ball can be removed.

Next, the operation of removing the ball from the ball tray will be described with reference to the drawings. Normally, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the bottom plate 12 of the plate portion 10 is locked and held by the locking member 15, and the ball drop opening 25 is closed. In this state, a finger is hung on the operation section 19 to move leftward (upper cover 1) against the bias of the winding spring 23.
4A and 5B when moving in the directions indicated by arrows 1a).
As shown by the dashed line, the engagement between the operation portion 19 and the locking groove 21 is released. Then, the bottom plate 12 moves downward against the bias of the winding spring 23 due to the ball weight of the pachinko ball in the plate portion 10, and the ball drop port 25 is opened. At this time, as the support portion 18 moves downward, the operating portion 19 is rotated to the position regulated by the rotation regulating portion 24 as shown by the chain line in FIG. Move. The pachinko balls stored in the plate member 10 pass through a guide space 26 formed in the lower cover body 11b from the ball drop port 25 as shown in FIG. B
It is dropped and extracted. At this time, the pachinko ball at the center is distributed to the left and right by the distribution protrusion 16, and the locking member 1
5 falls from the ball fall port 25 without hitting.

When the pachinko ball of the dish member 10 is removed, the bottom plate 12 is released from the weight of the ball of the pachinko ball, and the supporting member 18 is rotated by the urging of the spring 23 to rotate the locking member 15 upward. 6 and returns to the position where the ball drop port 25 shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 is closed, and the operating portion 19 is moved by the guide groove 2 as shown by the solid line in FIGS.
0, and the locking groove 2 is moved by the lateral bias of the coil spring 23.
1 to lock and hold the bottom plate 12 at a position where the ball drop port 25 is closed.

As described above, the operating portion 1 of the locking member 15 is
Even if the player releases the hand by operating the 9, the bottom plate 12 moves down as long as the pachinko ball is present in the dish portion 10 to open the ball dropout port 25, and the ball removal is completed and the pachinko ball is placed in the dish portion 10. When it disappears, the bias of the winding spring 23 automatically locks and holds the bottom plate 12 at the position where the ball drop opening 25 is closed, which is convenient for the player. In addition, even if the locking member 15 is operated by mistake when the pachinko ball is not in the plate portion 10, the bottom plate 12 does not move downward, and the locking member 15 immediately returns to lock and hold the bottom plate 12. Therefore, the ball drop port 25 is not left open. The rotation of the locking member 15 may be restricted at the end of the guide groove 20 without providing the rotation restricting portion 24.

Further, in the above embodiment, since the bottom plate 12 is always supported by the support portion 18 of the locking member 15, when the ball release is released on the way, the operation portion 19 is required to resist the ball weight of the pachinko ball. The bottom plate 12 is moved upward by the support portion 18 by being rotated (toward the front in the embodiment), so that the ball drop port 25 can be forcibly closed.
For this reason, it is convenient for picking up prizes such as tobacco during the game.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description,
The ball punching device of the ball tray in the pachinko machine according to the present invention is provided with a bottom plate of the tray portion that can be tilted, the bottom plate can be held in the open state of the ball drop opening by the ball weight with a simple structure, and the ball weight of the tray portion is reduced. When released, the open state of the ball drop opening is automatically released, so there is no need to perform the stop release operation, and the ball tray is left with the ball removed by mischief or carelessness. Can be reliably prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower ball receiving tray.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a lower ball receiving tray.

FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of a lower ball receiving tray.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a lower ball receiving tray.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a lower ball receiving tray.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the lower ball receiving tray is removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 6 Upper ball receiving tray 7 Lower ball receiving tray 10 Plate portion 12 Bottom plate 15 Locking member 21 Locking groove (locking portion) 23 Winding spring (biasing member) 25 Ball drop port

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a ball tray of a pachinko machine having a tray for storing pachinko balls, a bottom plate of the plate is provided to be tiltable, the bottom plate is supported by a locking member, and the locking member is urged. The bottom plate is moved downward by the weight of the pachinko ball to open the ball drop hole by constantly urging the member to the upward movement position and acting on the locking member, and the ball drop hole is closed by releasing from the ball weight. A ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine, wherein the ball is automatically returned to a position. 2. An apparatus for removing balls from a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said ball tray is provided with a locking portion for locking a locking member. 3. A ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said locking member is locked by an urging member.