JP2002186752A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine capable of avoiding the illicit action from a delivery port for delivering pachinko balls to a lower tray. SOLUTION: This pachinko machine 10 comprises an overflow ball delivery port 110 for delivering pachinko balls to the lower tray on the side end part of the pachinko machine front surface (prize ball delivery port 107 side). According to this, a falling gutter 116 communicating with the overflow ball delivery port 110 is arranged substantially just under a prize ball delivery device 64, and an overflow ball passage 118 for guiding the overflow balls from a ball receiving part 106 to the falling gutter 116 is formed into a substantially straight shape laid along the height direction of the pachinko machine 10. Accordingly, even if the drive solenoid of a big prize port arranged in the lateral center of a game board is illicitly operated by the insertion of an illicit tool from the overflow ball delivery port 110, the operation is difficult.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine,
In particular, the present invention relates to a pachinko machine that prevents fraudulent acts performed using a payout port that pays out pachinko balls to a lower plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, as shown in FIG. 7, a game board 202 is provided on an upper front side of a pachinko machine 200, and an upper plate 204, a lower plate 206 and a lower plate 206 are provided below the game board 202. An ashtray 208 is provided. The upper plate 204 is provided with a prize ball or ball rental (only for the CR machine) from a prize ball dispenser in the pachinko machine main body, and the lower plate 206 is provided with the upper plate 2
An overflow ball when 04 is full and a foul ball of a hit ball fired by a player are paid out.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of the vicinity of a conventional prize ball dispensing apparatus viewed from the rear side. Hereinafter, a mechanism for dispensing prize balls and overflow balls from the prize ball dispensing apparatus to an upper plate and a lower plate. Will be described.

[0004] The prize ball payout device 64 rotates the count sprocket 72 by a predetermined operation at the time of winning, a jackpot, or lending a ball, and the pachinko balls (supplied from the upper tank and the lower tank to the prize ball trough 68). Prize ball or rental ball) 7
It is configured to pay out 0. The pachinko ball 70 discharged from the payout port 102 of the prize ball payout device 64 to the prize ball payout passage 104 falls into the ball receiving portion 106 located below. The ball receiving portion 106 is communicated with a prize ball payout port 210 provided on the left front side of the main body of the pachinko machine 200,
Therefore, the pachinko ball 70 that has fallen into the ball receiving portion 106
Is paid out to the upper plate 204 from the prize ball payout exit 210.

When the upper plate 204 is full of pachinko balls,
The pachinko ball 70 discharged from the prize ball payout device 64 overflows from the ball receiving portion 106, falls into the overflow ball passage 212 having a bent shape as shown in the drawing, and is obliquely below the ball receiving portion 106 (substantially in the width direction of the pachinko machine). Overflow ball passage outlet 21 located in the center)
4 and is guided to the downflow gutter 216. The downflow gutter 216 communicates with the overflow ball payout outlet 218 to the lower plate 206, so that the pachinko balls 70 (overflow balls) guided to the downflow gutter 216 are discharged to the lower plate 206.

The prize ball dispensing device 64 is provided with a ball removing mechanism above the count sprocket 72.
Pachinko balls stored in the upper and lower tanks are
The ball-pulling mechanism allows the ball 70 to be distributed from the prize ball gutter 68 to the ball-pulling passage 220 when necessary.
Is discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 200 from the ball discharging passage discharge port 222.

[0007] The ball emptying passage 220 is provided in the overflow ball passage 21.
2 is bent from one side (closer to the side of the pachinko machine main body) to the lower part along the overflow ball passage 212, and the ball discharge passage outlet 222 is disposed adjacent to the overflow ball passage outlet 214. .

On the other side of the overflowing ball passage 212, a winning ball processing device 82 is disposed. In the winning ball processing device 82, winning balls that have won various winning ports of the game board are taken into the back side of the game board and guided by a collecting gutter (rectifying gutter). After the winning ball 88 is processed by a predetermined operation of the winning ball processing device 82, the winning ball discharging passage 22
4 to the pachinko machine 20 from the winning ball discharge port 226.
0 is discharged to the outside.

Note that the pachinko balls discharged from the winning ball processing device 82 and the ball removing passage 220 are collected on the island side.

[0010]

By the way, in the pachinko machine, a variable winning device such as an accessory, a large winning opening (attacker), an electric tulip or the like, which is a key to the game, is arranged at substantially the center in the width direction of the game board. . For this reason, the variable prize winning device may be operated improperly by using the overflow ball payout port 218 located almost immediately below the variable prize winning device.

[0011] This is achieved by inserting a linear or band-like illegal tool such as a piano wire or a celluloid plate from the overflow ball payout port 218 and operating a solenoid or the like for driving a variable winning device to freely open / close the plate or blade. In this case, a large number of prize balls are illegally obtained by maintaining the state in which the player can easily win. In addition, since the act is performed by inserting the tip of the fraudulent tool inserted from the overflow ball payout opening 218 almost right above, there is a high risk of being relatively easily operated with one hand even during the game.

On the other hand, since the overflowing ball passage 212 for guiding the overflowing ball to the overflowing ball payout port 218 is obliquely bent from the ball receiving portion 106 to the downflow gutter 216, the entire passage becomes large and complicated. It has a simple structure. further,
Since the ball passage 220 and the winning ball discharge passage 224 are arranged on both sides, a plurality of passages are integrally formed, and therefore, processing is also difficult.

In consideration of the above facts, the present invention avoids fraudulent acts from a payout port for paying out pachinko balls to a lower plate, and simplifies the processing by simplifying the structure of a passage for guiding pachinko balls to the payout port. It is an object to provide an easy-to-use pachinko machine.

[0014]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable winning device which is provided substantially at the center of a game board in a width direction and provides a state advantageous to a player when predetermined conditions are satisfied. A lower plate provided below the variable winning device and provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine main body, and having a recess having a predetermined width capable of accommodating a plurality of pachinko balls, and A payout port for paying out the pachinko balls such as overflow balls of prize balls paid out to the plate and foul balls of hit balls fired by the player, wherein the payout port is the front side of the recess. It is characterized in that it is arranged near the side end of the inner wall surface.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the lower plate provided on the front face of the pachinko machine main body has overflow balls of prize balls to be dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device to the upper plate or foul balls of hit balls fired by the player. A payout port for paying out pachinko balls is disposed near a side end of a pachinko machine front side inner wall surface of a recess provided in the lower plate. In other words, the payout port here is arranged diagonally below, rather than directly below the variable prize device (such as an accessory or a grand prize port) provided substantially at the center of the game board in the width direction.

[0016] For this reason, even if an attempt is made to operate the solenoid or the like of the variable prize apparatus by inserting an illegal tool from the payout port, the operation cannot be easily performed. Even if such a fraudulent act is forcibly attempted, an unnatural posture is imposed by obliquely inserting the fraudulent tool, and a staff member of the hall or the like can easily find it. As a result, fraudulent acts from the payout port for paying out pachinko balls to the lower plate are avoided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, a prize ball payout port for paying out the prize ball to the upper plate is provided near one end of the front surface, and The outlet is arranged on the one end side.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the prize ball payout port for paying out the prize ball to the upper plate is provided near one end of the front surface of the pachinko machine main body, and the payout port is provided at the one end. Part side,
That is, it is arranged on the same side as the winning ball payout exit. Further, for example, the payout port of the lower plate can be arranged almost directly below the winning ball payout port.

Therefore, when the upper plate is full of pachinko balls, the overflow ball path for guiding the overflow ball to the payout port of the lower plate does not need to be largely bent as in the related art. Thereby, the passage is reduced (shortened) and simplified, processing becomes easy, and the degree of freedom in designing the passage configuration is increased. For example, it is possible to arrange a board, an electric component, and the like by using an empty space formed by reducing the passage.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a pachinko machine 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the pachinko machine 10 has a front frame 12 having a window and a frame shape.
Is hinged to the outer frame 14 so as to be openable and closable. A metal frame 16 is fitted into the window, and the glass 1
8 is mounted on a glass frame 20 so that it can be opened and closed. Further, the outer frame 14 and the glass frame 20 are arranged on the other side of the front frame 12 and are locked by a locking device (cylinder) 22.

Below the glass frame 20, an upper tray set 28 composed of an upper plate 24, a box plate 26, and the like is pivotally mounted on one side of the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable.
A lower tray set 32 provided with a lower tray 30 is disposed in a lower part of the lower tray.

The window of the front frame 12 is closed so as to cover the window.
A game board 34 that can be exchanged by being mounted on the game board mounting table is installed (see FIG. 2). On the surface (panel surface) side of the game board 34, a game section 38 surrounded by a guide rail 36 is formed. In the game section 38, a special symbol display device 40, a special winning opening (variable winning device) 42, and the like are provided. Various actors, starting port 44 and various winning ports 46A, 46B, 46
C, windmill 48, decorative windmill 49, or side lamp 5
0 and the like are arranged, and the out port 52 is arranged at the lowest position. Further, outside the guide rail 36, a prize ball indicator light 54 is provided at an upper left portion, and a completion indicator light 56 is provided at an upper right portion.
Is provided, and an external indicator light 5 is provided at an upper edge of the front frame 12.
8 are provided.

A firing handle 60 for adjusting the flight distance of a ball hitting the game section 38 by a hitting ball firing device (not shown) is provided on the front right side of the lower tray set 32.

Further, an upper tank 62 for storing award balls and lending balls is attached to the upper portion on the rear side of the front frame 12. Below the upper tank 62, there is provided a lower tank 66 which communicates with the upper tank 62 and guides the prize ball and the lending ball to the prize ball payout device 64.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 4 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view in which the rear view of the prize ball dispensing device 64 is enlarged. The prize ball payout device 64 is connected to a ball lending machine via a control circuit (not shown) in the pachinko machine 10, and has a function of paying out ball rentals in addition to paying out prize balls described below. .

A lower tank 66 is provided above the winning ball dispenser 64.
A prize ball gutter 68 communicating with the upper tank 6 is provided.
The pachinko balls (prize balls or rental balls) 70 stored in the second and lower tanks 66 are guided by the prize ball troughs 68 to a count sprocket 72 arranged substantially at the center of the device.

In the illustrated state, a plurality of pachinko balls 70 are accommodated in a count sprocket 72, and a latch 74 of a sprocket stopper 78 connected to a prize ball payout solenoid 76 is engaged with a claw 74. The rotation in the rotation direction (the direction of arrow A in the figure) is stopped, and the payout of the prize ball or the lending ball is stopped.

Here, the hit ball (game ball) fired by the player
When the player wins the winning opening (44, 46A, 46B, 46C), the winning ball is taken into the back side of the game board 34, and is guided to the winning ball processing device 82 through the collecting gutter.

When a game ball wins the starting port 44, a predetermined lottery program is executed by the control circuit, and a symbol image of the symbol is displayed on the special symbol display device 40. When a predetermined condition, such as a specific symbol being completed, is satisfied in the lottery result and a jackpot is won, a special state advantageous to the player is established and the special winning opening 42 is opened, and the special winning opening 42 is opened. The winning ball that has won 42 is also guided to the winning ball processing device 82.

The winning ball 88 guided to the winning ball processing device 82
Is stopped between the prize ball standby lever 84 and the ball feeding crank 86 and detected by a winning detection switch (photo sensor) 90, the detection signal is processed by a control circuit, and the prize ball indicator light 54 Is turned on and the winning ball solenoid 92 is driven in the protruding direction (the direction of arrow B in the figure).
Then, the prize ball waiting lever 84 and the ball feeding crank 86
Moves to the position indicated by the broken line in the figure, and the winning ball 88 is released and hits the winning ball confirmation lever 96 and the ball feeding crank 98.

At that position, the prize ball 88 is detected by the prize confirmation switch 94, and further, when it is confirmed by the prize ball detection switch (photo sensor) 100 that there is a prize ball (pachinko ball 70) on the prize ball gutter 68, the prize is provided. Ball dispensing solenoid 76
Is driven in the protruding direction (the direction of arrow C in the figure), and the latch 80 of the sprocket stopper 78 is disengaged from the pawl 74. Thus, the rotatable count sprocket 72 rotates clockwise by its own weight of the pachinko ball 70, and starts paying out prize balls.

The paid out prize balls are discharged from a payout port 102 provided below the count sprocket 72 to a prize ball payout passage 104, and the ball receiving section 10 of the upper tray set 28 is provided.
6 and is paid out to the upper plate 24 from the winning ball payout port 107 (see FIG. 1).

This winning ball number is read by a winning ball counting detection switch (photo sensor) 108. When the number reaches a specified number, the winning ball payout solenoid 76 moves in the sucking direction (the direction of arrow D in the figure). It is driven to stop paying out prize balls. At the same time, in the winning ball processing device 82, the winning ball solenoid 92 is driven in the sucking direction (the direction of the arrow E in the figure), and the winning ball received by the winning ball confirmation lever 96 and the ball feeding crank 98 is paid out. The award ball display lamp 54 is turned off, and the award ball payout operation is terminated.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment has an overflow ball payout port 110 for paying out pachinko balls to the lower plate 30 and a concave portion 11 provided in the lower plate 30.
The second pachinko machine is disposed at the side end of the front inner wall surface 114 (on the side of the winning ball payout port 107). Along with this, the downward gutter 116 communicating with the overflow ball payout outlet 110 is connected to the prize ball payout device 64
The overflow ball passage 118 that is disposed almost directly below the ball-guiding portion 106 and guides the overflow ball from the ball receiving portion 106 to the downflow gutter 116 has a substantially straight shape along the height direction of the pachinko machine 10.

Further, in the lower right portion of the overflowing ball passage 118, when the lower plate 30 becomes full of overflowing balls, the lower plate 30 is pressed by the overflowing balls and operates, and the operation of the prize ball dispensing device 64 is stopped. An overflow switch 120 is provided.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the rear side, and FIG.
A rear perspective view in which the vicinity is enlarged is shown.

As shown, the upper tank 62 and the lower tank 6
6, and a ball removal passage 122 for discharging the prize balls in the prize ball dispensing device 64 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10, the upper side of the passage is provided on the back side (the front side in the figure) of the ball receiving portion 106 in the pachinko machine 10. Is extended to the winning ball processing device 82 side along the lateral direction, and is bent downward at a right angle from the middle,
It is formed to be bent while being adjacent to the winning ball processing device 82 and adjacent to the winning ball discharging passage 224. Further, the ball-passing passage outlet 124 of the ball-passing passage 122 is arranged adjacent to the winning ball discharge port 226 of the winning ball discharging passage 224.

Thus, a space 126 is formed between the overflowing ball passage 118 and the ball removing passage 122.

With the above configuration, in the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment, it becomes difficult to illegally operate the solenoid that drives the special winning opening 42 by inserting a fraudulent tool from the overflow ball payout port 110. Further, even if such wrongdoing is forcibly attempted, an unnatural posture is imposed by the oblique insertion of the wrongdoing device, so that it can be easily found by a person in the hall or the like. As a result, fraudulent activities using the overflow ball payout exit 110 can be avoided.

In this embodiment, the overflow ball payout port 110 is provided at the conventional ashtray installation site, but there is a trend in the world that the ashtray is not a necessity. It is provided in. Therefore,
There is no effect on the player without the ashtray. Also, since the volume of the lower tray 30 can be increased by deleting the ashtray,
For the player, the trouble of transferring the pachinko balls to the ball box is reduced, and the player can concentrate on the game.

In this embodiment, the overflow ball payout port 110
Is arranged below the prize ball payout port 107, the overflow ball passage 118 can be formed in a substantially straight shape extending in the vertical direction, and the passage is reduced (shortened) and simplified as compared with the conventional case. Has been achieved. Therefore, the processing is facilitated, and the degree of freedom in designing the passage configuration is increased.

Further, by moving the ball removal passage 122 toward the prize ball processing device 82 and the prize ball discharge passage 224, a space 126 is formed. It is also possible to arrange them.

[0044]

Since the pachinko machine of the present invention is constructed as described above, fraudulent acts from the payout port for paying out pachinko balls to the lower plate are avoided, and the structure of the passage for guiding the pachinko balls to the payout port is reduced. Processing is simplified and processing is facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a front frame, a glass frame,
And a perspective view showing a state where the upper tray set is opened and the game board is taken out.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine of FIG. 1, with a part thereof broken.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of a prize ball payout device of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the back side of the pachinko machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the overflowing ball passage of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional pachinko machine.

FIG. 8 is a rear view showing a conventional prize ball payout device, with a part thereof cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 10 Pachinko machine 24 Upper plate 30 Lower plate 34 Game board 42 Big winning opening (variable winning device) 64 Prize ball payout device 70 Pachinko ball 110 Overflow ball payout port (payout port) 112 Recess 114 Inner wall surface (front side inner wall surface) 107 Prize ball payout exit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A variable prize device provided substantially at the center of a game board in a width direction to provide a player with an advantageous condition when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and a pachinko machine disposed below the variable prize device. A lower plate provided on the front surface of the main body and having a recess having a predetermined width capable of accommodating a plurality of pachinko balls, and in this lower plate, overflowing balls of prize balls to be dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device to the upper plate and a player. And a payout port for paying out the pachinko ball such as a foul ball of a shot ball fired, wherein the payout port is disposed near a side end of the front side inner wall surface of the concave portion. A pachinko machine characterized by the following. 2. A prize ball payout port for paying out the prize ball to the upper plate is provided near one end of the front surface, and the payout port is arranged on the one end side. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein