JP2001096024A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine which can prevent such illegal practices as to insert a wire and the like from the front into the back mecha nism of a pachinko machine. SOLUTION: This pachinko machine comprises a ball-saucer 5 which stores pinballs in the front, a ball payout unit 11 arranged on a mechanism plate 8 installed on the back, and ball-delivery conduits 14 and 16 which guide balls delivered from a delivery outlet 39 of the ball payout unit 11 to the ball-saucer 5. In this pachinko machine, a cover body 19 is provided to cover the ball- delivery unit, and a barrier fence 46 is fitted on the cover body 19 other than the position of the delivery outlet 39.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the prevention of fraudulent use of pachinko machines, and more particularly to the prevention of fraudulent use of a back mechanism such as a ball dispensing device provided on a mechanism plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a conventional pachinko machine has a mechanical plate made of a synthetic resin mounted thereon. The mechanical plate has a ball stopping member for stopping the earliest pachinko ball, and a ball stopping member. Is provided with a ball dispensing device having a control member for controlling the ball. Then, by operating the control member, the ball stopping member is actuated, and the pachinko balls stored in the ball tank are discharged to a ball discharge gutter that leads to an upper ball tray for supplying a hit ball, and the surplus balls of the upper ball tray are surplus. It is stored in the lower ball tray via the ball discharge gutter.

[0003]

However, in the conventional pachinko machine, since no barrier is provided from the lower ball receiving tray to the ball dispensing device, the player can use the upper ball receiving tray or the lower ball receiving tray. It is said that fraudulent acts of often intentionally paying out pachinko balls by inserting a wire or the like and directly operating the ball stopper member or the control member of the ball payout device through the surplus ball discharge gutter, the ball discharge gutter. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine designed to prevent a fraudulent act of inserting a wire or the like into the back mechanism from the front of the pachinko machine. To provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a pachinko machine according to the present invention has a ball tray for storing pachinko balls on the front and a ball dispensing device on a mechanism plate mounted on the back. In addition, in a pachinko machine provided with a ball discharge gutter for guiding pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port of the ball discharging device to the ball tray, a cover body for covering the ball discharging device is provided, and the discharging member is provided on the cover body. An obstacle wall is provided at a position other than the exit.

Preferably, a rib wall adjacent to the obstacle wall provided on the cover body is provided on the mechanism plate to close a gap with the mechanism plate.

Further, it is preferable to provide a concave groove on the mechanism plate in which the obstacle wall provided on the cover body fits, and it is preferable to securely close the gap with the mechanism plate without bending the obstacle wall.

It is preferable to provide a folded portion on the obstacle wall, and the folded portion reliably prevents the wire from entering.

With the above arrangement, even if the player tries to insert a wire or the like from the upper ball tray or the lower ball tray on the front side of the pachinko machine through the surplus ball discharge gutter or the ball discharge gutter into the ball dispensing device portion, it is difficult to perform the operation. The wall prevents the wire from entering, and prevents the malicious act of intentionally paying out pachinko balls.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a front frame of a pachinko machine, and 2 denotes a game board detachably attached to the back of the front frame 1. A glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4 that cover the front and lower portions of the game board 2 are attached to the front frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. An upper ball tray 5 for supplying a hit ball is mounted on the front surface of the front plate 4, and a lower ball tray 6 for storing excess balls of the upper ball tray 5 and an operation handle 7 are mounted below the front frame 1. .

A mechanical plate 8 made of synthetic resin is mounted on the back surface of the game board 2, and a ball tank 9 is fixed to an upper portion of the rear surface of the mechanical plate 8. Below the ball tank 9, a tank rail 10 for aligning and leading pachinko balls and a curve rail 12 having a downstream end connected to a ball dispensing device 11 are provided.

Below the ball dispensing device 11, a ball discharge gutter 14 and an upper ball receiving tray 5 for guiding the pachinko balls dispensed from the ball dispensing device 11 to the upper ball receiving tray 5 through the communication port 13.
A surplus sphere discharge gutter 16 for guiding the surplus sphere to the lower ball tray 6 through the sphere outlet 15 is formed in a gutter shape with an open rear surface, and the open side is closed by a back cover 17. A pivot 18 is provided at the upper edge of the back cover 17, and a cover 19 covering the ball dispensing device 11 is pivotally supported by the pivot 18. Reference numeral 20 denotes a hook that locks the cover 19.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the ball dispensing device 11 includes a fixed case portion 21, an upper valve 22, and a lower valve 23 as a ball stopper for stopping the earliest pachinko ball.
And a release operating body 24 as a control member for controlling the payout of the pachinko ball. Fixed case 2
1 is formed in a vertical cylindrical shape having upper and lower ends opened by a side wall 25 on both front and back sides and side walls 26 on right and left sides, and a storage chamber 27 is formed therein. It is divided and a fixed number of pachinko balls are stored vertically in two rows. In addition, a guide frame 30 having a groove 29 for supporting the discharge operating body 24 in a vertically slidable manner is provided on the upper outside of the right side wall 26 of the fixed case portion 21. Bearing pieces 31 for projecting the lower valve 23 are formed on both right and left sides of the right wall 26 located below the guide frame 30. Each bearing piece 3
The shaft insertion holes 32 are respectively formed in 1.

The upper valve 22 is rotatably supported at the middle of its length by the shaft 33 at the upper end of the right side wall 26 of the fixed case portion 21.
A ball stopper piece 35 is formed at the front end of the heavier weight to face the upper end introduction port 34 of the storage chamber 27 from above to prevent the inflow of the pachinko ball, and an engagement piece 36 is formed at the rear end.

The lower valve 23 has a roller 37 at its upper end, and is rotatably supported by a support shaft 38 inserted through the insertion hole 32 of the bearing piece 31. A front surface below the support shaft 38 has Protrusions 40, 40 that protrude into the storage chamber 27 of the fixed case portion 21 and close the discharge port 39 at the lower end are arranged in parallel.

The discharge operating body 24 has an upper valve 22 at its upper end.
U-shaped bent concave portion 41 that engages with the engagement piece 36 from behind.
And an engagement projection 42 is integrally formed on the lower portion. The release operation body 24 is slidably supported by the groove 29 of the guide frame 30 of the fixed case portion 21 so as to move up and down by a lever 43 operated by a winning ball, and is always lowered by the weight 45. Then, the engagement piece 36 of the upper valve 22 is pushed down by the bent concave portion 41, thereby holding the ball stopper 35 at a position where the upper end introduction port 34 of the storage chamber 27 is opened. Further, the roller 37 of the lower valve 23 is brought into contact with the engaging projection 42, and the lower valve 23 is held at a position where the outlet 39 of the storage chamber 27 is closed. Thus, six and seven pachinko balls are stored in the storage room 27 in tandem.

The ball dispensing device 11 configured as described above
When the lever 43 pivots upward by the winning ball to move the release operation body 24 upward as shown by the chain line in FIG. 5, the upper valve 22 pivots downward by the bent concave portion 41 of the release operation body 24, The upper end introduction port 34 of the storage chamber 27 is closed by the ball stopper 35. At the same time, the rollers 37 of the lower valve 23
Is released from the engagement convex portion 42 of the discharge operating body 24 and becomes free, and one of the storage chambers 27 stopped by the projections 40, 40.
The three pachinko balls are released to the ball discharge gutter 14 and the communication port 13
From the upper ball receiving tray 5.

However, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, an obstacle wall 46 for preventing fraud is integrally formed on the back surface of the cover body 19. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the obstacle wall 46 has a height substantially in contact with the plate portion 8a of the mechanism plate 8 except for the discharge port 39 of the ball dispensing device 11.
Then, as shown by the chain line in FIG.
The ball dispensing device 11 is covered as shown by a solid line in FIG. 6 by flipping the cover body 19 upward with the shaft 8 as an axis, covering the upper edge of the cover body 19 below the curve rail 12 and rotating and locking the latching piece 20. At the same time, the obstacle wall 46 is located below the discharge operation body 24 and closes the gap with the mechanism plate 8.

As a result, the piano wire W or the like is inserted from the communication port 13 of the upper ball tray 5 or the ball outlet 15 of the lower ball tray 6 on the front side of the pachinko machine, as shown by the chain line in FIG.
Ball dispensing device 1 via surplus ball discharge gutter 16 and ball discharge gutter 14
Even if an attempt is made to activate the discharge actuator 24 of the first
6 prevents the tip from advancing and prevents the illegal act of paying out the pachinko ball by intentionally operating the ball payout device 11.

As shown in FIG. 8, a rib portion 47 adjacent to the obstacle wall 46 provided on the cover 19 is provided on the plate portion 8a of the mechanism plate 8 so that the obstacle wall 46 and the mechanism plate 8 are formed in a plate shape. It is preferable to close the gap with the portion 8a. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the mechanism plate 8 may be provided with a concave groove 48 into which the obstacle wall 46 provided on the cover body 19 fits. Thus, the gap between the obstacle wall 46 and the plate-shaped portion 8a of the mechanism plate 8 is completely closed without bending the obstacle wall 46, and the intrusion of the piano wire W or the like is completely prevented.

The attachment of the cover body 19 is not limited to pivotal connection, but may be screwed or locked by an elastic piece. In addition, the ball dispensing device 1 described in the above embodiment
Although 1 has been described as mechanically dispensing pachinko balls stored in the case body, a ball dispensing device having two dispensing functions with different numbers of pachinko balls released may be used. further,
As shown in FIG. 10, the ball dispensing device 11 which discharges the pachinko ball by operating the solenoid 50 with the ball stopping member 49 for stopping the earliest pachinko ball as an electric driving source may be used. As shown in the figure, the solenoid 5
0 can be operated so that the ball stopping member 49 does not act. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a folded portion 51 may be formed below the obstacle wall 46 and on the gutter wall of the mechanism plate 8 so that the piano wire W or the like can be reliably prevented from entering by the folded portion 51.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, the pachinko machine according to the present invention is provided with an obstacle wall for preventing entry from the ball tray through the ball discharge gutter in the cover body covering the ball dispensing device. With this configuration, it is possible to reliably prevent a situation in which the ball payout device is operated to illegally obtain a pachinko ball. In addition, providing the obstacle wall having a certain height on the cover body facilitates molding as compared to directly providing the obstacle wall on the mechanism plate.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of a cover body.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a ball payout device.

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view showing payout of the ball payout device.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a ball payout device portion.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a main part of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a ball payout device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of a ball payout device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a front sectional view of a ball payout device according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 upper ball receiving tray 6 lower ball receiving tray 8 mechanism plate 11 ball discharging device 14 ball discharge gutter 16 surplus ball discharge gutter 19 cover body 39 discharge port 46 obstacle wall 47 rib wall 48 concave groove

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball tray for storing pachinko balls on a front surface, a ball dispensing device disposed on a mechanism plate mounted on a rear surface, and a ball tray for discharging pachinko balls discharged from an outlet of the ball dispensing device. A pachinko machine provided with a ball discharge gutter for guiding to a pachinko machine, wherein a cover body for covering the ball dispensing device is provided, and an obstacle wall is provided on the cover body at a position other than the discharge port. 2. The mechanism plate according to claim 1, wherein a rib wall adjacent to the obstacle wall provided on the cover body is provided.
The described pachinko machine. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the mechanism plate is provided with a concave groove into which an obstacle wall provided on the cover body is fitted.