JP2002177602A - Replenishing gutter connecting chute for pachinko machine and its cleaning method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a replenishing gutter connecting chute for a pachinko machine, wherein the cleaning of a chute which is connected with a replenishing gutter can be easily performed, and the cleaning method. SOLUTION: In the replenishing gutter connecting chute which guides pachinko balls from the replenishing gutter to the pachinko machine, an interior member which covers a passage of pachinko balls is detachably attached. When the replenishing gutter connecting chute is cleaned, the opening of the replenishing gutter is closed with a shutter, and then, the interior member is removed from the chute. Then, the interior member is cleaned or replaced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chute connected to a supply gutter for guiding pachinko balls from a supply gutter to each pachinko machine, and a method of cleaning the chute.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a replenishing gutter 50 for supplying pachinko balls to each pachinko machine 72 is provided above a pachinko island 70 on which a plurality of pachinko machines 72 are provided. Pachinko balls are guided and supplied to each pachinko machine 72 by the chute 10 connected to the supply gutter 50.

[0003]

However, since such a chute has been used for a long time, dirt from the supply gutter has been adsorbed on its inner surface, especially on the bottom and side surfaces serving as a guide path for pachinko balls. As the pachinko balls roll, streak-like dirt adheres. Therefore, it is desirable to periodically clean the chute, but to clean this chute, first stop the grinder, remove the pachinko balls from the supply gutter, remove the pachinko balls from the chute, and then The chute had to be removed from the supply gutter and cleaned or replaced. For this reason, the cleaning work has been very troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a supply gutter connecting chute for a pachinko machine and a method for cleaning the same, which facilitates cleaning of such a chute connected to the supply gutter.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a supply gutter connection chute according to the present invention is provided with a supply gutter connection for guiding a pachinko ball from a supply gutter to a pachinko machine. The chute is characterized in that an interior member for covering the pachinko ball passage is detachably provided in the chute. According to this, the cleaning operation of the chute only requires cleaning or replacement of the interior member.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the interior member has a thin sheet shape. Therefore, the interior member is lightweight and easy to handle.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the interior member is formed of a metal plate having low friction. Therefore, the pachinko balls roll smoothly.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a side plate of the interior member is a part of a side wall of the chute. Therefore, the work of putting the interior member into the chute is facilitated, and the interior member can be easily attached to and detached from the chute.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a gripping piece is provided on the interior member. According to this, attachment and detachment of the interior member to and from the chute can be further facilitated.

Further, the invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that a plurality of through holes are formed in the interior member.
Therefore, the inside of the passage through which the pachinko balls pass can be checked from the outside.

Further, in the cleaning method of the supply gutter connection chute according to the present invention, the invention is provided in the supply gutter connection chute after the opening of the supply gutter is shielded by a shutter. The interior member is removed, and the interior member is cleaned or replaced. According to this, since the pachinko balls can be cut off individually before the shoot, it is not necessary to stop the pachinko balls upstream of the supply gutter, and it is not necessary to remove the chute from the supply gutter. The cleaning work of the chute, which was very troublesome, can be extremely easily performed.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on examples shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a chute connected to the supply gutter and an interior member provided therein, and FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a chute connected to the supply gutter.

As described above, the chute 10 for guiding the pachinko balls to each pachinko machine 72 is attached to the supply gutter 50. That is, a portion of the supply gutter 50 extending from the bottom plate 52 to the side plate 54 is formed by notching in a rectangular shape a portion of the opening portion 56 on the bottom plate 52 side, and a protrusion protruding from the end edge of the introduction portion 20 of the chute 10. The engaging portion 22 is engaged, and the engaging portion of the chute 10 (not shown) is engaged with the engaging portion of the supply gutter 50 (not shown).
Is attached so as to constitute a part of the bottom plate 52 of the supply gutter 50.

The chute 10 is integrally formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and has a bottom plate 12 forming a passage (hereinafter, referred to as a guide passage) through which pachinko balls pass, and a side plate (hereinafter, referred to as a supply gutter 50). And an outer side plate (hereinafter, referred to as an outer wall plate) 16 opposed thereto. The bottom plate 12 is formed by being bent into a substantially S-shape when viewed from the bottom, and the inner wall plate 14 or the outer wall plate 16
A rectangular opening 18 is formed at a plurality of predetermined positions (six in the drawing). Also, the outer wall plate 16 is formed to be lower than the conventional one,
The interior member 30 described later can be easily attached and detached.

Further, as described above, 20 is a supply gutter 50.
1 and 2 to introduce the pachinko balls into the chute 10 so that the pachinko balls flowing from left to right in FIGS. A step 20a having a downward slope is formed. In addition, reference numeral 24 denotes a guide tube for letting the pachinko balls flow down to the pachinko machine, and is vertically provided so as to communicate with the end of the bottom plate 12.

In the chute 10 having such a structure,
Bottom plate 12 and inner wall plate 1 forming a pachinko ball guideway
The bottom plate 32 and the outer wall plate 16 are adhered at least along their inner surfaces, and are formed to have substantially the same shape as those so that they can be completely covered.
A thin sheet-shaped interior member 30 having an inner wall plate 34 and an outer wall plate 36 is detachably provided.

The interior member 30 is integrally formed of a lightweight metal plate with low friction, such as aluminum or stainless steel, so that it can be handled easily by hand and the pachinko balls roll smoothly. The outer wall plate 36 is formed higher than the outer wall plate 16 of the chute 10 so as to be substantially the same height as the outer wall plate of the conventional chute, and is configured as a part of the outer wall plate 16 of the chute 10. It has become. Further, a rectangular gripping piece 40 for integrally attaching and detaching the inside of the chute 10 by hand is easily provided substantially at the center of the upper edge portion of the outer wall plate 36. .

When the interior member 30 is installed in the chute 10, a plurality of through holes 42 are formed in the outer wall plate 36 of the interior member 30 exposed from the outer wall plate 16 of the chute 10. The through-hole 42 is provided so that the inside of the guideway can be checked from the outside. The through-hole 42 may have any size and shape that does not allow a pachinko ball to pass through, and may have an elliptical shape as illustrated. Or a circular shape.

In addition, at a predetermined position from the bottom plate 32 of the interior member 30 to the inner wall plate 34 or the outer wall plate 36, an opening 38 similar to the opening 18 provided in the chute 10 is formed. Even if the interior member 30 is installed inside the 10,
The opening 18 of the chute 10 is not shielded.

As described above, the thin sheet-shaped interior member 30
Is arranged inside the chute 10, the cleaning operation can be performed very easily. That is, the bottom plate 32 and the inner wall plate 34 of the interior member 30 and the outer wall plate 3
Since the inner surface of 6 forms a conventional guide path, it is not the chute 10 but the interior member 30 to which dirt adheres, and only the interior member 30 needs to be cleaned or replaced, so that the cleaning operation can be easily performed. Become like

A series of operations will be described below. First, a shutter 60 is attached to the opening 56 of the supply gutter 50 to block the opening 56 and prevent the pachinko balls from flowing out into the chute 10. At the same time, the pachinko balls remaining in the chute 10 flow down from the guide cylinder 24 and are removed.

The shutter 60 is a flat plate having a substantially L-shape in side view, and the side plates 5 on both sides of the opening 56 of the supply gutter 50 are provided.
The upper plate 4 is fitted between the substantially L-shaped engaging portions 58 projecting from the top, so that the side plate 54 side of the opening 56 is shielded. Such a shutter 6
The reason why the side plate 54 side of the opening 56 is shielded at 0 is that it is possible to clean the chute 10 without removing the chute 10.
Since the pachinko balls can be individually blocked just before zero, there is no need to stop the pachinko balls upstream of the supply gutter 50 as in the related art.

Thereafter, the shoot 1 from which the pachinko balls were removed
The interior member 30 is detached from the inside of the inner member 0. At this time, since the interior member 30 is formed in a thin sheet shape, it is lightweight.
Further, a part of the outer wall plate 16 of the chute 10 is
The outer wall plate 36 of the chute 10 is formed to be lower in height than the outer wall plate 36 of the interior member 30, and the upper edge of the outer wall plate 36 of the interior member 30 has a gripping piece. Since the holding member 40 is provided, the interior member 30 can be easily removed from the chute 10 by gripping the gripping piece 40 and slightly moving the interior member 30 toward the front.

The interior member 30 thus removed from the chute 10 is put into a cleaning process, or is replaced by another new interior member 30 and is re-installed in the chute 10 when the dirt is very dirty. This makes it possible to easily clean the inside of the chute, which has been difficult in the past. When the interior member 30 is mounted in the chute 10,
A gripping piece 40 provided on the upper edge of the outer wall plate 36 of the interior member 30
Can be easily installed inside by grasping and mounting the device.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the interior member covering the pachinko ball passage is detachably provided in the supply gutter connection chute, the cleaning operation of the chute is performed by removing the interior member and cleaning or replacing the interior member. It is only necessary to stop the pachinko balls before the chute by blocking the opening of the supply gutter with the shutter, so there is no need to stop the pachinko balls upstream of the supply gutter, and
Since it is no longer necessary to remove the chute from the supply gutter, cleaning of the chute, which has conventionally been very troublesome, can be performed very easily. Further, even if foreign matter enters the chute, the foreign matter can be easily removed simply by removing the interior member, so that it is possible to easily cope with the emergency.

Further, since the interior member is in the form of a thin sheet, it is lightweight and easy to handle, and is formed of a metal plate with low friction, so that the pachinko balls roll smoothly. And since the side plate of the interior member is a part of the side wall of the chute, the work of putting the interior member into the chute becomes easy,
Furthermore, since the gripping piece is provided on the interior member, the attachment and detachment of the inscribed member in the chute can be facilitated. In addition, since a plurality of through holes are formed in the interior member, the state of the guide path can be checked from the outside.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a chute connected to a supply gutter and an interior member provided therein.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a chute connected to a supply gutter.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing a plurality of pachinko machines.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Chute 12 Bottom plate 14 Inner wall plate 16 Outer wall plate 18 Opening part 20 Introducing part 22 Engaging part 24 Guide cylinder 30 Interior member 32 Bottom plate 34 Inner wall plate 36 Outer wall plate 38 Opening part 40 Grip piece 42 Through hole 50 Supply gutter 52 Bottom plate 54 Side plate 56 Opening 58 Engagement part 60 Shutter

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A replenishing gutter for a pachinko machine in which a replenishing gutter connecting chute for guiding a pachinko ball from a replenishing gutter to a pachinko machine has a removably provided interior member for covering a pachinko ball passage in the chute. Connect chute. 2. The supply gutter connection chute in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said interior member is in the form of a thin sheet. 3. The supply gutter connection chute in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the interior member is formed of a metal plate having low friction. 4. The supply gutter connection chute in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a side plate of the interior member is a part of a side wall of the chute. 5. The supply gutter connection chute in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a gripping piece is provided on the interior member. 6. A supply gutter connection chute in a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of through holes are formed in said interior member. 7. After the opening of the supply gutter is shielded by the shutter, the interior member provided in the supply gutter connection chute according to claim 1 is removed, and the interior member is cleaned or replaced. A method for cleaning a supply gutter connection chute in a pachinko machine.