JP2003052982A5 - - Google Patents

Description

[Document name] statement
[Title of the Invention] Game Machine
[Claim of claim]
    [Claim 1]
  A game stand provided with a game surface supported by a support frame and facing the player to play a game;
  A door frame supported so as to be openable and closable to the game console and disposed in front of the game surface;
  A pachinko ball receptacle which is disposed under the same door frame, stores pachinko balls integrally supported by the same door frame or independently supported by the game console so as to be openable and closable, and supplied from the payout mechanism.
  In a gaming machine, comprising: a firing operation mechanism which causes a pachinko ball supplied from the same pachinko ball receptacle to be fired toward the upper portion of the game surface by the operation of a player;
  A game is finished on the game side, a pachinko ball which is guided to the back side of the game stand and received all falling pachinko balls is disposed on the back side of the game stand to receive the pachinko balls and let them flow down in a predetermined direction.And an aisle unit in which the aisle is configured separately from theA game machine characterized by having done.
[Claim 2]
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a substrate mounting base on which various control substrates are mounted is disposed on the game console, and the passage unit is disposed on the front side of the substrate mounting base.
[Claim 3]
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the substrate mounting base is disposed so as to be openable to the rear of the gaming table, and the passage unit can be exposed to the rear side by opening the substrate mounting base.
Detailed Description of the Invention
      [0001]
    Field of the Invention
  The present invention relates to a gaming machine using pachinko balls such as pachinko gaming machines and pachilots, and more particularly to a gaming machine having a so-called safe ball for which the game is over and a passage for collecting out-balls.
      [0002]
    [Prior Art]
  For example, in a pachinko gaming machine, which is a type of gaming machine that uses pachinko balls, the player operates a handle as a part of the firing operation mechanism to launch a pachinko ball (this pachinko ball is called a gaming ball) onto the gaming surface A game ball descends while being interfered by an obstacle such as a nail or the like implanted on the game surface, and a pachinko ball can be obtained by winning a prize hole provided on the way (this pachinko ball is awarded It is called a sphere). Some of the game balls shot on the game surface enter the winning opening as they descend and become so-called safe balls, and some become so-called out-balls without entering the winning opening. Let these Pachinko balls end the game with these safe balls and out balls. Model classification is possible by how to collect the pachinko ball which finished the game here. This is done by discharging the pachinko ball out of the machine for both the safe ball and the out ball and supplying a new pachinko ball to the tank disposed at the upper position all the time, and only inside the machine without being discharged outside the machine. There is a circulation type that circulates pachinko balls. The mainstream is the emission type.
  For example, in a pachinko game machine equipped with a conventional safe ball processing device in the discharge type, the safe ball is guided to the discharge port by following a course different from the out ball. This is because it was necessary to once lead the safe ball to the safe ball processing device to contribute to the release of the winning ball from the payout device. A specific conventional pachinko ball flow channel will be briefly described based on FIG.
  At approximately the center of the mechanism board 150, a falling space 152 for falling out balls is formed corresponding to the outlet 151 of the out balls. The outlet 151 is formed on the gaming board (the back side of the gaming surface) on the gaming machine main body side. Below the drop space 152, a discharge mass 153 for guiding the out ball to the outside is disposed. On the other hand, the safe ball falls on the ball collecting frame 154 extended to the left and right, and after being dropped, it is guided in the left direction in the figure and introduced into the safe ball processing device 155. The safe spheres flowing downstream from the safe sphere processing unit 155 finally reach the discharge mass 153 and are led to the outside like the out spheres.
  In addition to the out ball and the safe ball discharging mechanism, the mechanism board 150 is formed with an overflow passage 156 for guiding a pachinko ball overflowed to the lower pan. The overflow passage 156 is in communication with the lower pan from the overflow branch mechanism 158 at the bottom of the dispensing unit 157 through the back of the safe ball processor 155 and the back of the drop space 152. Further, when the ball removing mechanism is operated to forcibly discharge the pachinko balls in the tank by model change or the like, all the remaining pachinko balls flow downward. The ball removal passage 159 leads to the discharge mass 153 and is led to the outside while bypassing the outside and the lower side of the safe ball processing device 155.
      [0003]
    [Problems to be solved by the invention]
  However, there are some problems in such an ejection mechanism.
1) The safe ball processing device 155 is formed on a mechanism board 150 disposed on the back side of a gaming machine main body as a gaming table. On the other hand, the game on the gaming side is performed on the gaming machine main body side. Therefore, the safe ball must be moved from the gaming machine main body side to the mechanism board 150 side on the back side once, and the structure is complicated.
2) The out ball and the safe ball are to be connected to the discharge mass 153 in the lower part of the mechanism board 155 at the end of what follows another route from the safe ball. That is, since two types of routes were to be disposed despite the same outlet, it was decided to press the other components. Particularly in the prior art, the overflow passage 156 and the ball removal passage 158 are also combined with the safe ball processing device 155 and the drop space 152 and arranged on the mechanism board, which is extremely complicated.
3) The safe ball is sent to the discharge ball 153 on the mechanism board 155 side because the safe ball is once sent to the safe ball processing device 155 although it is conceivable that there is a route for discharging the ball directly to the outside directly from the gaming machine main body. I'm sorry. That is, for the out ball, the movement toward the useless mechanism board 155 is made, and the structure is unnecessarily complicated.
4) In order to further increase the interest of the player, there is a demand for a game having a larger game surface than a conventional pachinko machine. For that purpose, the mounting space of the members disposed near the lower part of the pachinko gaming machine is generally more restricted. However, since the periphery of the discharge mechanism is complicated as described above, it has been difficult to realize a pachinko gaming machine having a gaming surface which is larger than that of the prior art, with such a configuration.
5) In the above-described conventional model, since the ejection mechanism of the pachinko ball is integrated with the mechanism board 150, it may be difficult to replace only the portion when a malfunction occurs in these ejection mechanisms. In addition, even when parts can be replaced, the operation is time-consuming and requires skill because the mechanism is complicated.
  The present invention has been made in view of the problems existing in such conventional techniques. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a passage structure for letting out balls and safe balls flow down in a predetermined direction is simplified.
      [0004]
    [Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, it is possible to open and close the game stand provided with a game surface supported by the support frame and facing the player and playing a game. A door frame supported and disposed in front of the game surface, and disposed below the door frame, integrally supported by the door frame or supported independently openably and closably to the game console and supplied from the payout mechanism A gaming machine comprising a pachinko ball receptacle for storing pachinko balls and a launch operation mechanism for causing the pachinko balls supplied from the pachinko ball receptacle to be fired toward the upper part of the gaming plane by the operation of the player; In the back of the game console, a path for receiving all the pachinko balls that are induced and dropped to the back of the game console and ends in a predetermined direction is arranged on the back of the game consoleAnd an aisle unit in which the aisle is configured separately from theThe summary is what you did.
Further, in the invention of claim 2, in addition to the constitution of claim 1, a board mounting base for mounting various control boards is disposed on the game table, and the passage unit is disposed on the front side of the board mounting base. The summary is what you
Further, in the invention of claim 3, in addition to the constitution of claim 1 or 2, the circuit board mounting base is disposed so as to be openable to the rear of the game console and the circuit board mounting base is opened. The point is that it was possible to expose the
      [0005]
  the aboveIn the configuration like the invention of the present invention, it is not necessary to let the out ball and the safe ball flow down in separate routes as in the prior art, and the game is ended because it is provided on the back of the game board instead of providing a passage in the mechanism board. The structure for processing pachinko balls is simplified.In addition, since the passage is unitized separately from the game console, it can be replaced independently.
      [0006]
    According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is not necessary to allow the out ball and the safe ball to flow down in separate routes as in the prior art, and further to provide the mechanism board on the back of the game table instead of providing a passage. The structure for processing the pachinko ball for which the game is over is simplified.In addition, since the passage is unitized separately from the game console, it can be replaced independently.
      [0007]
    BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described based on the drawings. In the present embodiment, in particular, the present invention will be described by applying the present invention to a pachinko gaming machine in which the gaming surface is increased in size as compared to the conventional case. Here, the “pachinko gaming machine equipped with a gaming surface that is larger than the conventional one” is a model in which the gaming surface is made larger in order to enhance the interest of the player, and the gaming surface is made larger by making the gaming surface larger. This makes it possible to enlarge the liquid crystal screen of the display device disposed at the center, and the player can enjoy a powerful large screen, thereby increasing the degree of appeal to the player. Furthermore, with the same model, the game surface becomes large, so the degree of diffusion of the game ball (pachinko ball) in the left and right direction becomes large, the visual stimulation of the game itself increases, and the falling distance of the falling game ball becomes long. The expectation of whether or not the game ball wins the winning opening is also increased.
  In the following description, the front side, the front side, or the front side refers to the side that the player faces directly, and the rear side, the rear, or the back side refers to the opposite side to the front side. Moreover, unless otherwise specified, left and right mean the left and right direction viewed from the front.
      [0008]
  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, an outer frame 1 as a support frame of a pachinko gaming machine is a wooden frame framed in a rectangular shape by upper, lower, left and right frame plates 1a to 1d. A curtain plate 2 is disposed on the upper surface of the lower frame plate 1b.
  A game machine main body 4 as a game stand is attached to the outer frame 1. The gaming machine main body 4 is a panel-shaped component forming the structural core of the pachinko gaming machine, which pivots about the pivot shaft 6a of the hinge fitting 6 for opening and closing as shown in FIG. It is mounted so as to be openable / closable and detachable by means of the fitting 4a.
  As shown in FIG. 2, other panel-like components are arranged in a stack in the front-rear direction centering on the gaming machine main body 4. First, the general arrangement of each component and the main components associated with them will be described based on FIG. 2, and then each component will be described in detail.
  A game board 5 is fitted in a game board mounting space 9 formed in the upper body of the game machine body 4. A door frame 7 is disposed in front of the game board 5. A glass window G is fitted at the upper position of the door frame 7, and at the lower position of the glass window G, an upper tray 8 is formed as a pachinko ball tray.
  A mechanism board 10 is disposed at a rear position of the game board 5 so as to cover the game board 5 from the back. A substrate mounting base 11 is disposed immediately below the mechanism board 10. A cover plate 13 is disposed below the gaming board 5. The cover plate 13 is fixed to the gaming machine body 4. The cover plate 13 is formed with a lower receiving tray 14 formed to project forward. The cover plate 13 corresponds to the lower cover plate in the conventional type. The reason why the cover plate 13 is simply used is that, in the present embodiment, the upper cover plate on which the upper receiving tray 8 is originally disposed is not required along with the movement of the upper receiving tray 8 toward the door frame 7 side. An operating handle 15 is attached to the right of the lower receiving tray 14.
      [0009]
  First, the gaming machine body 4 and the gaming board 5 will be described in detail.
  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, on the upper body of the gaming machine main body 4, a gaming board mounting space 9 is formed which is framed by the horizontal rack frame 18 and the left and right vertical frames 19. A pachinko ball processing area 21 is provided below the gaming board mounting space 9 as shown in FIG. 10, and a pachinko ball firing mechanism 23 and an acoustic mechanism 24 are further disposed below the pachinko ball processing area 21. The game board 5 is placed on the top plate 22 of the pachinko ball processing area 21 and fitted in the game board mounting space 9. As shown in FIG. 6, the game board 5 is a substantially square panel body, and on the game surface 20 disposed substantially vertically on the front of the game board 5, the game board 20 is substantially surrounded by the inner rails 25 and the outer rails 26. A circular game area 27 is formed. In the game area 27, a winning opening 28 and a variable display device 29 are disposed at predetermined positions. At the lowermost position of the inner rail 25, an out-ball collecting port 30 is formed. The pachinko ball (game ball) that did not win a prize in the winning opening 28 after the game is finished is discharged backward from the out ball collection opening 30 as an out ball. The illustration of the nail is omitted.
  As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, on the front face of the game board mounting space 9, there is formed a curtain plate 31 rimmed in a shape corresponding to the game area 27. As shown in FIG. The curtain plate 31 has a function of holding the game board 5 placed on the top plate 22 and preventing the dropout to the front.
  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the game area 27 has a diameter larger than that of the applicant's conventional model (the upper tray is disposed on the game machine main body side), and the variable display device 29 The size of the display screen 29a is also increased to occupy a considerably large area in the game area 27. This is mainly because the mechanism related to the upper tray can be dispersed by moving the upper tray to the lower position of the gaming board, and as a result, the gaming board can be configured longer in the vertical direction.
      [0010]
  As shown in FIG. 11, safe ball gathering rods 32 are disposed at three locations on the back side of the game board 5 and below the variable display device 29. A safe ball collecting plate 34 is disposed below the safe ball collecting rod 32. The safe ball group 32 is a passage on the back side through which the winning pachinko ball (safe ball) passes after leaving the game area 27, and the safe ball guided to the safe ball group 32 is the inside of the safe ball assembly plate 34. It passes (a gap formed between the game board 5) and falls downward.
  As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, the main substrate 33 is disposed on the back of the safe ball collecting rod 32 and the safe ball collecting plate 34. The main substrate 33 is provided with a program corresponding to the game content, a program for activating the program, and the like sealed in accordance with each model.
      [0011]
  Next, the structure around the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the game board 5 will be described.
  The pachinko ball processing area 21 is provided with an introduction passage 45 for guiding pachinko balls supplied from a payout mechanism 40 described later to the front surface (player side) and a discharge passage unit 46 for guiding the pachinko balls to the outside. First, the introduction passage 45 will be described.
  The introduction passage 45 has a main passage 47 for guiding the pachinko balls to the upper tray 8 and a bypass passage 49 for guiding the pachinko balls overflowing in the direction of the lower tray 14 when the upper tray 8 is full. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the main passage 47 is provided with the introduction port 50 on the back side of the gaming machine main body 4, and communicates with the outlet 51 on the front side of the gaming machine main body 4 as shown in FIG. It is done. As shown in FIG. 13, FIG. 14 and FIG. 16, in the main passage 47, a flow lower surface 47a is formed to allow the pachinko ball introduced from the inlet 50 to flow forward. The lower surface 47a is provided with a gentle slope toward the front. The lower surface 47a is interrupted in the middle, and the outlet 51 is disposed in front of the lower surface 47a separated by a space.
      [0012]
  As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 and FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, the bypass passage 49 has an introduction port 52 on the back side of the gaming machine main body 4 and a passage for the lower tray as an overflow passage disposed on the front of the gaming machine main body 4 It communicates with the inside of 53. In the bypass passage 49, there is formed a lower surface 49a in which pachinko balls introduced from the inlet 52 flow forward. The lower surface 49a is provided with a gentle slope toward the front.
  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the main passage 47 and the bypass passage 49 are located lower than the top plate 22 on which the game board 5 is placed, and are formed on the left side (the right side in the figure) There is.
  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5, FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 and FIG. 16, the lower tray passage 53 is communicated with the inlet 14a of the lower tray 14 transversely from the front left side of the gaming machine main body 4 . The lower receiving tray passage 53 is a first passage 53a for causing the pachinko balls flowing down from the lower surface 49a of the bypass passage 49 to fall downward in the front left direction of the pachinko ball processing area 21 and the pachinko balls for falling smoothly about 90 degrees right It is comprised from the guide part 53b formed in the curved surface which changes direction to the direction, and the 2nd channel | path 53c which guides a pachinko ball diagonally downward right. The second passage 53 c is connected to the inlet 14 a of the lower tray 14 at a substantially central position in the left-right direction of the gaming machine body 4. As shown in FIG. 16, the upper side of the starting point position of the second passage 53c is an open space 54, and the lower end portion of the lower surface 47a of the main passage 47 appears.
      [0013]
  As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, 13 and 14, a flap 55 is provided upright at the outlet 51. The flap 55 is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 55a and biased by a spring (not shown). As shown in FIG. 14, by closing the door frame 7, an insertion receptacle 57 described later is inserted from the outlet 51 into the open space 54. The lower surface 57a of the insertion receptacle 57 is inserted in the open space 54 at a position slightly lower than the lower surface 47a of the main passage 47, and the pachinko ball flowing down the same lower surface 47a is further rapidly flowed downstream. There is a gentle slope towards the front to make
  Along with the insertion of the insertion receptacle 57, the flap 55 is laid down to the open space 54 side, and a bridge in the direction of the outlet 51 is bridged downstream of the lower surface 49a interrupted by the open space 54. The pachinko ball which has flowed down the lower surface 47a of the main passage 47 in this state flows on the insertion receptacle 57, and is further led to the upper receptacle 8 from the outlet 51.
  On the other hand, when the door frame 7 is opened, as shown in FIG. 13, the flap 55 returns to the upright position by the biasing force of the spring. In this state, the pachinko ball is not guided to the outlet 51. That is, since it is not possible to guide the pachinko balls to the upper receiving tray 8 which has been opened integrally with the door frame 7, it is necessary to guide the pachinko balls flowing from the upstream to the lower receiving tray 14. That is, since the insertion receiving tray 57 disappears, the pachinko balls fall from the open space 54 in the direction of the second passage 53 c below and flow into the lower receiving tray 14. At this time, the flapper 55 prevents the pachinko ball that has flowed down the bottom surface 49 a from jumping out from the outlet 51.
  As shown in FIG. 16, the open space 54 and the first passage 53a adjacent to each other are in communication with each other without a partition in the middle. Therefore, when there are too many pachinko balls guided to the main passage 47 and can not flow down, the overflowed pachinko balls are directed from the open space 54 to the first passage 53a on the way from the main passage 47 to the insertion receiving tray 57. It moves so as to be guided to the lower tray passage 53 (i.e., to flow into the lower tray 14). That is, when the pachinko ball led to the main passage 47 does not pass through the bypass passage 49 and reaches the front of the gaming machine main body 4 and is in an overflow state, it is detoured in the direction of the lower receiving tray 14.
      [0014]
  Here, as shown in FIG. 30, when pachinko balls are supplied in the direction of the upper receiving tray from the mechanism board through the communication passage as in the conventional model, when the door frame is opened, the passage to the upper receiving tray is blocked. Therefore, the passage 160 for guiding the pachinko balls to the lower pan so as to prevent the pachinko balls from spilling is formed in the game machine body (the path 160 is completely covered in the periphery like the lower pan 53 of this embodiment). It is not a passage but a rail-like member that is open at the top. However, this passage 160 has no function of guiding the overflowing pachinko balls to the lower pan, but only has a function of guiding the pachinko balls to the lower pan as an escape path for the pachinko balls to flow originally by opening the upper pan.
  In this respect, the lower receiving tray passage 53 of this embodiment has both functions of guiding the overflowing pachinko balls to the lower receiving tray and the function of guiding the pachinko balls to the lower receiving tray by blocking the passage to the upper receiving tray accompanying opening of the door frame. Will be combined.
  The insertion tray 57 is provided so that the pachinko balls do not flow from the open space 54 toward the lower tray 14 when the door frame 7 is closed. It is possible to combine the functions.
  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 and FIG. 12, the sensor storage portion is located below the second passage 53c of the lower receiving tray passage 53.94Is attached. Sensor storage unit94A limit switch (not shown) is disposed in the inside, and when the lower receiving tray 14 is filled with pachinko balls and overflows to the second passage 53c side, this is detected and a prize ball (described later) from the payout device 96 described later Pachinko's release is halted. Sensor storage unit94A communication passage 104 is formed on the right side of the lower passage 14 so as to be connected to a bypass passage 89 (see FIG. 1) to be described later and cause the lower receiving tray 14 to avoid the pachinko balls from the upper receiving tray 8.
      [0015]
  Next, the discharge passage unit 46 will be described.
  As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the discharge passage unit 46 is disposed on a mounting surface 120 formed on the back side of the pachinko ball processing area 21 (that is, the back side of the gaming machine main body 4). As shown in FIG. 26, the discharge passage unit 46 is composed of a base plate 121 and a discharge passage 122 formed to project from the front surface thereof. The discharge passage 122 is composed of a plurality of parts, and includes a ball collecting frame 123, a first inclined passage 124, a second inclined passage 125, a vertical passage 126, and a discharge mass 127 in this order from the top. As shown in FIG. 27, on the mounting surface 120, a first reinforcing rib 128 corresponding to the outer shape combining the first inclined passage 124, the second inclined passage 125 and the vertical passage 126 is protrusively formed. A usual second reinforcing rib 129 for improving the strength is provided in a protruding manner in the periphery.
  As shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 26 and FIG. 28, the ball collecting frame 123 is a frame member for ball reception which is extended in the left and right direction and the upper part is largely opened, and the mounting surface 120 and the front and left and right wall surfaces 123a. To 123 c. The ball collecting frame 123 plays a role of collecting the out ball falling from the out ball collection port 30 and the safe ball falling from the safe ball collecting plate 34 and guiding the ball into the lower first inclined passage 124, In order to make it easy to receive pachinko balls, it is wider in the front-rear direction than the first inclined passage 124. As shown in FIG. 28, a guide plate 131 as a buffer member extending in the left-right direction is formed in the ball collecting frame 123. Before the pachinko ball which finished the above-mentioned game falls to the guide plate 131 and reaches the first inclined passage 124, it is directed toward the base plate 120 in order to scrape its momentum and prevent it from jumping out from the discharge passage 122 A slope is provided.
      [0016]
  The first inclined passage 124 is formed in a bowl shape by the mounting surface 120, the front wall 124a and the bottom plate 124b, and the bottom plate 124b is abutted against the first reinforcing rib 128. The bottom plate 124b is inclined so that the pachinko ball flows downward in the right direction in FIG. Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 26, slits 133 for discharging internal dust are formed at a plurality of locations at the front corner of the bottom plate 132b. The downstream side of the first inclined passage 124 is in communication with the second inclined passage 125.
  The second inclined passage 125 is formed in a bowl shape by the mounting surface 120, the front wall 125a and the bottom plate 125b, and the bottom plate 125b is abutted to the first reinforcing rib 128. The bottom plate 125b is inclined so that the pachinko ball flows downward in the left direction in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 26, the front corner of the bottom plate 124b is formed with a plurality of slits 133 for discharging dust inside. The downstream side of the second inclined passage 125 is gradually curved and communicated with the vertical passage 126. The vertical passage 126 forms a tube-like surrounded space. At the lower end position of the vertical passage 126, a discharge mass 127 is connected, from which a pachinko ball for which the above game is finished is discharged to the outside.
  As shown in FIG. 25, FIG. 27 and FIG. 29, a downstream pachinko ball with which a pachinko ball flowing down from a later-described deballooning channel 99 formed on the mechanism board 10 abuts on the upstream side of the second inclined channel 125 An abutment surface 135 is formed. The structures of the falling pachinko ball contact surface 135 and the periphery thereof will be described later.
  The discharge passage unit 46 configured in this manner is exchangeably mounted on the mounting surface 137 by screws.
      [0017]
  By the way, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, a large safe ball processing apparatus is disposed at the lower part of the mechanism board. The safe balls are all temporarily sent to and held by the safe ball processing device through the guide passage formed in the mechanism board, and the dispensing device is driven by mechanical counting of the safe balls. Due to the lack of space for mainly arranging the safe ball processing device, the pay-out position of the pachinko balls (prize balls) conventionally paid out from the pay-out device (corresponding to the branching mechanism 61 described later) has to be arranged upward. Instead, it was configured to cut out a part of the game board to provide a passage.
  Accordingly, such a discharge passage unit 46 has not been provided in the conventional model since the safe ball needs to be sent to this safe ball processing device. Also, I could not afford to arrange it in space.
      [0018]
  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the safe ball processing device is eliminated, and the discharge passage unit 46 is provided. This is not to drive the payout device mechanically, but to drive the payout device 96 by electrical control by the payout substrate (not shown) disposed on the substrate mounting base 11. More specifically, the dispensing device 96 is operated as follows. First, a detection means (sensor) (not shown) is juxtaposed to the winning opening and the fact that there is a winning is detected by the detection means. Therefore, no safe ball is required thereafter, and it is no longer possible to drop the ball onto the safe ball collecting plate 34 as described above and discharge the same as the out ball. The number of winnings is counted by the detection signal, and the controller of the payout substrate drives the payout device 96 described later based on the count number. Therefore, since the safe ball processing device is unnecessary, the space in the lower part of the mechanism board 10 can be made large, and the discharge passage unit 46 can be provided, and the safe ball can be discharged together with the out ball.
  As a result, the lack of space by the safe ball processing device is eliminated, and the limitation of the payout position is also released. That is, there is no need to construct a structure that affects the design of the game board 5 in which a part of the game board 5 is cut away to provide a passage, and the branching mechanism 61 is disposed at the lower position of the game board 5 Is possible.
  In addition, since the guiding path for guiding the safe ball together with the safe ball processing device is not necessary, the mechanical relationship with the mechanism board 10 is completely eliminated. Furthermore, since the safe ball processing device is unnecessary, the branching mechanism 61 has a mechanically simple structure. For these reasons, it is possible to provide on the side of the gaming machine main body 4 via the substrate mounting base 11 as in the present embodiment without providing on the mechanism board side. The detailed structure of the branching mechanism 61 will be described later.
      [0019]
  Next, the pachinko ball launch mechanism 23 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 9 to FIG. 12, a pachinko ball launch mechanism 23 is disposed on the lower right side (closer to the left side when viewed from the back side) of the gaming machine body 4. The pachinko ball launch mechanism 23 is composed of the operation handle 15, a launch hammer 63, a motor device 64, a launch cam (not shown), a coil spring (not shown) and the like.
  The motor device 64 rotates at a predetermined timing (in the present embodiment, at a rate of 100 times per minute) on condition that the player touches the handle ring 15a of the operation handle 15. A firing cam is fixed to the rotation shaft of the motor device 64, and when the firing cam rotates, the firing hammer 63 is rotated against the biasing force of the coil spring. The firing hammer 63 is returned to the original position in an instant by the biasing force of the coil spring by disengaging with the rotating firing cam. The game ball is fired by the momentum at this time. By turning the handle ring 15a of the operation handle 15, the biasing force of the coil spring is controlled, and the contact speed of the firing hammer 63 with the pachinko ball (game ball) is adjusted.
      [0020]
  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, a firing guide rail 65 is disposed on the right side of the lower tray passage 53. As shown in FIG. The lower end (right end) of the firing guide rail 65 is disposed to the side of the firing hammer 63, and extends in the upper left direction overlapping with the advancing / retracting direction of the firing hammer 63. From the upper end of the launch guide rail 65, a jump area 67 is formed, in which a pachinko ball (game ball) jumps and jumps. Under the jump area 67, a top plate 68 which constitutes a second passage 53c of the lower receiving tray passage 53 is disposed. Since the upper surface of the top plate 68 is inclined downward to the lower right, a pachinko ball that does not reach the game surface 20 and returns without being fired back falls from the jump area 67 onto the top plate 68. The pachinko ball flows down on the top plate 68 in the right direction and is introduced into the return passage 69 from the lower side of the launch guide rail 65. In the present embodiment, the return passage 69 is in communication with the open space 54 above the lower tray passage 53. A stopper 79 supporting the gaming ball set on the launch guide rail 65 from below is fixed to the attachment rib 65 a of the launch guide rail 65.
      [0021]
  Here, as shown in FIG. 5, when the firing guide rail 65 is viewed from the front, the lower end of the firing guide rail 45 is located lower than the upper end of the cover plate 13. In other words, it is arranged at a hidden position that can not be viewed from the front. This is due to the fact that the upper and lower width of the game board 5 is expanded as described above and advanced to the lower position as compared with the conventional model, and the firing guide rail 65 is shifted to the lower position as a whole. . Under normal circumstances, when the firing guide rail 65 is lowered, the lower position of the firing guide rail 65 is not hidden by lowering the position of the operation handle 15 as well. However, in the pachinko gaming machine, the position of the operating handle 15 has been ergonomically determined so as to be disposed at a position where the player can easily operate. Therefore, the position of the operation handle 15 can not be lowered. However, a launch guide rail 65 of a predetermined length is necessary as a running distance after launch of the game balls. Then, it is what comprised in this way.
  Here, since the game balls to be launched one after another flow into the lowermost end position (the launch preparation position) of the launch guide rail 65, it is necessary to securely hold the game balls. In the prior art, since the launch guide rail 65 was adjacent to the upper cover plate disposed on the front surface, it was possible to design the game ball discharge port from the upper cover plate to just face the launch preparation position. However, such a design is difficult in the launch preparation position hidden downward from the upper end of the cover plate 13 as in the present embodiment. That is, there is no means for supporting the gaming ball (the shooting standby ball) set at the shooting preparation position from the front. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 17, the gaming ball guide plate 70 is disposed adjacent to the lowermost end position of the firing guide rail 65.
  The game ball guide plate 70 supports the game balls supplied from the upper tray 8 on the side of the door frame 7 onto the launch guide rail 65 from the front. That is, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 17, the arrangement position of the plate 70 at a position (forward position) adjacent to the launch preparation position is disposed slightly higher than the launch guide rail 65 at that position. As a result, the gaming balls disposed at the firing preparation position of the firing guide rail 65 are held from the front by the gaming ball guide plate 70 at a position one step lower than the plate 70, and accurate firing is possible.
  An ashtray 72 is disposed on the left side of the lower tray 14 of the cover plate 13. In the present embodiment, a speaker (not shown) of the acoustic mechanism 24 is disposed on the back of the ashtray 72. As shown in FIGS. 1, 5 and 12, a keyhole 73 is formed on the right side of the emission guide rail 65. The keyhole 73 is for controlling the opening and closing of the door frame 7 with respect to the gaming machine main body 4.
      [0022]
  Next, the door frame 7 will be described in detail.
  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a door frame 7 is disposed on the front of the game board 5. The door frame 7 is pivoted about the pivot shaft 6a of the hinge fitting 6 (that is, coaxial with the pivot shaft of the game machine main body 4) and is mounted so as to be able to open and close with respect to the game machine main body 4 . The door frame 7 has a substantially rectangular outer shape, and a substantially circular large window hole 75 is formed at the center. The circular window holes 75 correspond to the game area 27 of the game surface 9 of the game board 5. A glass G for exposing the game surface 9 of the game board 5 is inserted into the window hole 75. A reinforcing frame 74 is disposed on the rear surface side of the door frame 7 and at the periphery of the window hole 75. A decorative panel 76 for decoration is disposed at a predetermined position on the front side of the door frame 7 and at the periphery of the window hole 75. A lamp (not shown) is disposed in each decorative panel 76 and blinks based on control by the main substrate 33.
  Below the window hole 75, a ball lending operation button 77 and a 7-segment display panel 78 for displaying the remaining amount of the card are disposed.
      [0023]
  An upper tray 8 is disposed below the operation button 77 and the display panel 78. As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the upper tray 8 has a lower surface 81 on which the introduced pachinko balls are pooled and a surrounding wall 82 surrounding the lower surface 81. A pachinko ball released from a light distribution nozzle of a pachinko ball lending device (not shown) falls into contact with the lower surface 81. The lower surface 81 is formed to be inclined downward to the right, and a constricted passage 84 is formed so that the downstream side (right side) is gradually narrowed and pachinko balls are arranged in tandem.
  The pachinko balls introduced from the pachinko ball inlet 83 formed on the wall surface of the door frame 7 on the upstream side (left side) are pooled in the upper tray 8 simultaneously with being gradually flowed downstream to the constriction passage 84. Furthermore, it is led to the back side of the door frame 7 from the supply port 85 disposed at the most downstream side of the narrowing passage 84. As shown in FIG. 1, a game ball guide passage 87 for guiding the game ball to the game ball guide plate 70 is disposed at the corresponding back position of the door frame 7 of the supply port 85. The game ball guide device 87 is a device for dropping pachinko balls flowing down from the supply port 85 of the upper tray 8 onto the launch guide rail 65. A bypass passage 89 is formed on the side of the game ball guiding device 87 for voluntarily avoiding the lower pin tray 14 with the pachinko balls collected in the upper tray 8 by the player's operation.
  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 14, the insertion receptacle 57 is formed to project rearward at the corresponding back position of the door frame 7 of the pachinko ball inlet port 83. As shown in FIG. The pachinko balls inserted into the open space 54 from the outlet 51 and supplied from the pachinko ball processing area 21 with the door frame 7 attached to the front of the gaming machine main body 4 from the pachinko ball introduction port 83 are received from the pachinko ball inlet 83 Lead to 8. On the back side of the operation button 77 and the display panel 78, a ball lending substrate box 88 containing a ball lending substrate is disposed.
      [0024]
  As shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, the surrounding wall 82 surrounding the lower surface 81 of the upper tray 8 is a high wall portion 82a in which the periphery of the pachinko ball inlet 83 is formed higher than other portions. The upper end of the high wall portion 82a is positioned higher than the upper end position of the pachinko ball inlet 83, and the pachinko ball inlet 83 is completely covered by the surrounding wall 82 and the high wall 82a when viewed from the front There is. The left position (forward of the pachinko ball inlet 83) of the lower surface 81 surrounded by the high wall portion 82a (and the wall surface of the door frame 7) is a position where the pachinko ball falls and abuts from the light distribution nozzle of the pachinko ball lending device. is there. Therefore, even if the size of the game board 5 is increased and the upper receiving tray 8 is disposed downward as compared with the conventional type, and the distance from the arrangement nozzle to the lower surface 81 is increased, the high wall portion 82a The pachinko ball emitted from the light distribution nozzle does not fly out.
  Here, in the conventional model, the upper saucer was disposed on the upper cover plate separately from the door frame. The upper cover plate is a member disposed below the door frame. Therefore, when the door frame is opened, the height of the wall of the upper saucer provided on the upper cover plate can not but be forced to limit the height so as not to interfere with the opening of the door frame The Therefore, if the distance from the light distribution nozzle of the pachinko ball lending device to the upper receiving tray is long, there is a possibility that the pachinko ball falling on the upper receiving tray may get over the wall and fly out. Therefore, the position of the light distribution nozzle was set as low as possible. In addition, the upper cover plate must be designed in consideration of the fact that the wall is not too high, and there is a design limitation. However, in the present embodiment, the upper receiving tray 8 is on the side of the door frame 7 and is opened together with the door frame 7, so the height of the high wall portion 82a is not limited (in fact, the game board 5 It is necessary to make it so that it does not affect the game surface 20 of
      [0025]
  Next, the mechanism board 10 will be described.
  As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 9, a mechanism board 10 is mounted on the back side of the game board 5 so as to be able to open and close with respect to the game machine body 4. The mechanism board 10 is supported by the main body 4 of the game machine by hinges 90 (only the lower side is shown in the present embodiment) disposed at the top and bottom, and pulling out the open / close pins 91 disposed in a scattered manner on the board It is made detachable with respect to the game machine main body 4 by pushing. A large opening 10 a is formed near the center of the mechanism board 10. The upper half of the large opening 10 a is covered from the back by a cover 92.
  As shown in FIG. 9, the variable display device 29 and the main substrate 33 disposed on the back of the game board 5 are exposed from the large opening 10a in a state in which the mechanism board 10 is closed with respect to the gaming machine main body 4. Ru. Although the variable display device 29 is covered from the back by the cover 92, the main substrate 33 is not covered for visual confirmation.
  A tank T is disposed at the top of the mechanism board 10. Below the tank T, a tank rail 93 is disposed. The tank rail 93 moves the pachinko ball introduced from the tank T from the left to the right in FIG. In the present embodiment, since the game board 5 is expanded upward as compared with the conventional type, the tank T is formed slightly shallower than the conventional type. On the right side of the tank rail 93, a delivery unit 95 as a delivery mechanism is disposed downward. Dispensing unit 95 has a dispensation device 96, a first flow path 97 for guiding pachinko balls to dispensation device 96, and a disengaging ball in the first flow path 97 when removing the pachinko machine from the island by discarding the pachinko machine or the like. Ball removal mechanism 98 for performing the ball removal, the ball removal path 99 through which the pachinko balls are discharged when performing the ball removal, the second flow path 100 downstream of the dispensing device 96, the bell 101, and the bell 101 It is composed of the downstream third flow path 103.
  In the present embodiment, the two payout devices 96 dispense a predetermined amount of pachinko balls (prize balls) based on the generation of the safe balls. The pachinko ball flows down the second flow passage 100 and abuts on the bell 101 on the way. The pachinko ball in contact with the bell 101 is guided to the third channel 103 obliquely downward (obliquely downward left in FIG. 9). The pachinko balls flowing down the third flow path 103 reach the inside of the substrate mounting base 11. The pachinko ball which has flowed down the back of the mechanism board 10 is turned forward at this substrate mounting base 11.
      [0026]
  As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 9, a substrate mounting base 11 is disposed below the mechanism board 10. The board mounting base 11 is supported by the hinges 105 disposed vertically and in an openable / closable manner on the gaming machine body 4, and by pulling out and pushing the opening / closing pins 107 disposed on the left side in FIG. It is made removable with respect to. As shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 20 and FIG. 21, on the substrate mounting base 11, a launch substrate box 11a in which the launch substrate is housed and a power supply substrate box 11b in which the power substrate is housed are fixed. As shown in FIG. 21, the payout substrate box 11 c in which the payout substrate is stored is removable. This is because it is necessary to separately supply only the pay-out substrate box 11c to the user in order to prevent fraud.
      [0027]
  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 20 to 24, a branching unit 61 as a branching mechanism is detachably disposed on the front side of the mounting position of the delivery substrate box 11 c of the substrate mounting base 11. The branching unit 61 is the first branching mechanism that branches the pachinko ball flowing down from the payout device 96 in either the upper tray 8 direction or the lower tray 14 direction when guiding it toward the gaming machine main body 4. As shown in FIG. 24, the branching unit 61 is hollow as a whole and is formed as a substantially rectangular box, and a first shielding plate 66 for partitioning a space is disposed inside. The branch unit 61 is fixed to the substrate mounting base 11 with a screw 108 via a fixing piece 106. The branching unit 61 is disposed at the horizontal position below the position of the top plate 22 on which the game board 5 is placed as shown in FIG. That is, the branching unit 61 is disposed at a lower position than the lowermost end position of the game board 5, and is mounted on the side of the game machine main body 4 through the board attachment base 11.
  The inside of the branch unit 61 is divided into three passages. In FIG. 23, the main passage intermediate passage 109, the bypass passage intermediate passage 110, and the ball removal passage passage 111 are sequentially arranged from the right. The respective passages 109, 110, 111 are arranged side by side horizontally. The main passage intermediate passage 109 and the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 are separated by a first shielding plate 66, and the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 and the ball removing flow passage 111 are separated by a second shielding plate 71. There is.
  As shown in FIGS. 22 and 24, the first shielding plate 66 has an appearance of a substantially right triangle, and the first shielding plate 66 is detachably fixed by a screw 112. The first shielding plate 66 is a curved inclined surface 66a in which the oblique side portion of the triangle is slightly curved, and the curved inclined surface 66a is disposed so as to face the main passage intermediate passage 109 side. The rear wall 61 a of the branch unit 61 is detachable with a screw 113 for attaching and detaching the first shielding plate 66.
  A first inlet 114 is opened above the main passage intermediate passage 109, and a first outlet 115 is opened on the front surface. A second inlet 116 is opened above the bypass intermediate passage 110, and a second outlet 117 is opened on the front surface. A third inlet 118 is opened above the ball extraction channel 111, and a third outlet 119 is opened on the front. As shown in FIG. 22, the first entrance 114 is opened at a position obliquely downward of the third flow path 103 (that is, a position downstream of the falling pachinko ball), and the first ball exit 114 The port 115 is connected to the main passage 47. The second inlet 116 is open at a side position out of the downstream position of the third flow path 103, and the second outlet 117 is connected to the bypass passage 49.
  The third inlet 118 is connected to the lower end outlet of the ball outlet flow passage 99, and the third outlet 119 faces the flow pachinko ball abutment surface 135. As shown in FIG. 29, the pachinko ball which has been deballed and flowed down falls downward from the third ball exit port 119 or abuts on the flow pachinko ball abutment surface 135 and then falls. The dropped pachinko balls are guided to the second inclined passage 125 of the discharge passage unit 46 and are finally discharged to the outside. That is, the pachinko balls passing through the main passage intermediate passage 109 and the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 are pachinko balls to be provided for games from now on and are guided to the upper tray 8 or the lower tray 14 at the front of the gaming machine body 4 However, since the pachinko ball passing through the ball drawing channel 111 is a so-called unnecessary pachinko ball, it is necessary to discharge it. Therefore, the third ball exit 119 is in communication with the discharge passage unit 46 (discharge passage 122).
      [0028]
  Here, the substrate mounting base 11 is configured separately from the mechanism board 10. In the conventional model, the launch substrate, the power supply substrate and the discharge substrate are disposed on the mechanism board, and they are not necessarily disposed at such a lower position where they can be easily checked together. The reason why the substrate mounting base 11 is configured separately from the mechanism board 10 in this embodiment is mainly 1) that the conventional mechanism board has been increased in size and 2) separated. By doing this, the assembly work of the pachinko machine is speeded up, and 3) on the contrary, it is because of the ease of removal when reusing.
  Further, in the present embodiment, maintenance and inspection are facilitated by putting together substrates having commonality to the substrate mounting base 11 separately from the mechanism board 10 regardless of the game contents as a pachinko gaming machine. Moreover, since the substrate mounting base 11 can be provided as described above because the safe ball processing apparatus is eliminated as described above, the discharge passage unit 46 can be moved to the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the gaming machine main body 4 It is also because the space at the position of the mechanism board 10 was enough. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, since the vertical width of the mechanism board 10 is almost equal to the vertical width of the game board 5, the substrate mounting base 11 is opened or removed by opening the mechanism board 10. If not, maintenance, inspection, and replacement of the game board 5 can be performed.
  Further, by separating the firing substrate box 11a, the power supply substrate box 11b and the discharging substrate box 11c from the discharge passage unit 46, it is difficult to be affected by static electricity-derived noise (electrical signal) generated when the pachinko balls contact with each other. This is also the reason for separately configuring the substrate mounting base 11.
      [0029]
  Next, the operation around the discharge passage unit 46 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
  Of the pachinko balls that have finished playing on the gaming surface 9 of the gaming board 5, the safe balls that have won the winning opening 28 fall backward from the safe ball collecting plate 34. At this time, as described above, winning is detected by detection means (sensor) not shown. In addition, the pachinko ball that did not win falls from the out ball collection port 30 to the rear. The pachinko balls that have finished these games are all received by the guide plate 131 of the ball collection frame 123 of the discharge passage unit 46 of the present embodiment, and reach the first inclined passage 124 further below. The pachinko ball flows down on the bottom plate 124 b to the right and reaches the downstream second inclined passage 125. The second inclined passage 125 has a function of changing the direction of the falling pachinko ball and relaxing the flowing downward force of the pachinko ball by reverse inclination. The pachinko balls are further discharged from the vertical passage 126 to the discharge mass 127 and discharged.
  In addition, when congestion of pachinko balls (for example, the payout amount of pachinko balls increases) is generated in the main passage intermediate passage 109 and the pachinko balls overflowing from the main passage 47 fill the main passage intermediate passage 109, The pachinko ball is guided from the second entrance 116 through the first shield plate 66 into the bypass intermediate passage 110. The pachinko ball introduced into the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 is turned forward by 90 degrees and introduced from the second ball exit 117 toward the bypass passage 49. The pachinko balls extend from the lower receiving tray passage 53 to the lower receiving tray 14 as an overflow passage on the front of the gaming machine body 4. That is, the overflow passage conventionally arranged on the side of the mechanism board is separated and arranged on the front and the back with the discharge passage unit 46 and the gaming machine main body 4 interposed therebetween.
  Further, when all the pachinko balls in the tank T are to be discharged once by replacing the model, that is, in the ball removing operation, the ball removing mechanism 98 is operated to remove the balls from the ball removing channel 99. At this time, the pachinko balls flow down the ball extraction channel 99 and are introduced into the branch unit 61 from the third ball inlet 118. In the branching unit 61, the pachinko balls are introduced from the third ball inlet 118 into the ball drawing channel passage 111. The pachinko ball introduced into the ball drawing channel passage 111 is turned forward by 90 degrees and abuts against the falling pachinko ball abutment surface 135 from the third ball exit port 119, and the second inclined passage 125 below. Into the discharge mass 127 from the vertical passage 126 and discharged to the outside like the other pachinko balls mentioned above.
  The discharge passage unit 46 of the present embodiment is covered by the substrate mounting base 11 as shown in FIGS. Then, by rotating or removing the substrate mounting base 11 about the hinge portion 105 (the state of FIG. 10 and FIG. 11), the mechanism board 10 can be exposed to the rear side without opening it.
      [0030]
  With this configuration, the following effects are achieved in the present embodiment.
  (1) In the conventional pachinko gaming machine, as shown in FIG. 31, all safe balls and out balls that have been moved to the mechanism board can be processed on the gaming machine main body side. This is because the safe ball processing device is unnecessary in the present embodiment as described above, and it is not necessary to send the safe ball to the mechanism board 10 side. Furthermore, since there is no need for the safe ball processing device, a space is provided at the lower position of the mechanism board 10, and there is a synergistic mechanical improvement that the discharge passage unit 46 can be disposed.
  This simplifies the safe ball and out ball discharge mechanism and contributes to cost reduction. Further, since the structure is simplified and the connection with the mechanism board 10 is also eliminated, it becomes difficult to cause problems such as ball clogging during discharge of the pachinko balls.
  Further, since the same discharge passage unit 46 can be used to discharge without distinguishing between safe balls and out balls, this also contributes to the cost reduction by simplifying the structure.
  (2) The safe ball and the out ball can all be processed by the gaming machine main body side, and the connection with the mechanism board 10 is lost, so that the structure is simplified. Further, as described above, the overflow passage, which is conventionally disposed on the side of the mechanism board, is disposed as the lower receiving tray passage 53 on the front side of the gaming machine main body 4 in the present embodiment. That is, since the discharge passage unit 46 simply performs only the discharge function of the safe ball and the out ball (and the pachinko ball at the time of ball removal), the overflow passage and the passage for the safe ball and the out ball are discharged as usual. The structure is not complicated or thickened because they are redundantly disposed on the mechanism board. Therefore, a sufficient margin for attaching the substrate mounting base 11 is provided on the rear surface of the discharge passage unit 46.
  (3) In the conventional model, the ball removal passage 159 is connected to the discharge mass 153 on the side of the mechanism board 155 by providing a passage independent of the discharge passage for the out ball and the safe ball. The purpose of connecting the ball removal passage 159 to the discharge mass 153 is large in the problem of arrangement of a collection mechanism (a bucket etc.) for collecting the discharged pachinko balls on the island side where the pachinko machine is installed. Conventionally, providing a separate outlet just below the ball removal passage 159 requires installation of a plurality of recovery mechanisms also on the island side, so conventionally the passage becomes complicated and the total extension to discharge becomes longer. Regardless of the structure, the ball removal passage 159 is connected to the discharge mass 153.
  However, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to provide a special passage for reaching the discharge mass 127, in particular, the deballed pachinko ball flowing down from the ball extraction channel 99. Like the above configuration, the third ball inlet 118 leads to the ball drawing channel passage 111 of the branch unit 61, and the third ball outlet 119 leads to the second inclined passage 125 below. It is done. The second inclined passage 125 is wide open at the upper side in the left and right direction, and the pachinko ball falling from the third outlet 119 is led to the second inclined passage 125 without providing a special passage and the bottom plate 125 b It can fall down. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to rapidly guide the pachinko ball flowing down from the ball extraction passage 159 to the outside without providing a mechanism with a particularly complicated structure, and in particular, without increasing the total length of the passage. .
  As a result, a single discharge passage unit 46 (discharge passage 122) can discharge all of the safe balls, the out-balls and the deballed pachinko balls to the outside.
  (4) In the conventional model, it is difficult for the ejection mechanism of the pachinko ball to be easily visually observed or adjusted for defects even if the mechanism panel is opened in a state of being sealed inside the mechanism panel. The In the present embodiment, by rotating or removing the substrate mounting base 11 about the hinge portion 105 or removing it (the state of FIG. 10 and FIG. 11), it is possible to view the passage where the pachinko ball flows down from the front. And inspection can be done very easily. Further, since it is covered by the substrate mounting base 11 which is separate from the mechanism board 10, the mechanism board 10 is exposed to the rear side without being opened.
  (5) The discharge passage unit 46 can be exposed by rotating or removing the substrate mounting base 11 about the hinge portion 105 (the state of FIGS. 10 and 11), and the discharge passage unit 46 can be easily replaced alone. Since it can be performed, it is advantageous compared to the conventional mechanism-in-one type discharge mechanism.
  (6) Unlike the prior art, the safe ball is guided from the rear position of the winning opening 28 scattered in the game area 27 of the game surface 9 to the back side of the game board 5 and dropped as it is. That is, when viewed from the back side of the game board 5, the safe ball falls into the passage evenly in the left-right direction. In the present embodiment, the discharge mass 127 is disposed at a substantially central position in the left-right direction in order to discharge the pachinko balls flowing from such a wide range most efficiently.
      [0031]
  The present invention can be embodied with the following modifications.
  In the above embodiment, the discharge passage unit 46 is separately attached to the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the gaming machine main body 4. This may be disposed on the front side of the substrate mounting base 11. In this case, it may be integrated with the substrate mounting base 11 or may be mounted exchangeably.
  The shape of the discharge passage unit 46 is an example, and is not limited to the above.
  -Although the 1st shielding board 66 was replaceable in the said embodiment, it may be a branch unit 61 which can not be replaced.
  The gaming machine main body 4 may be made of a metal material and applied to a model that can be used for a long time.
  The shape of the branch unit 61 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
  In the above embodiment, the second inclined passage 125 with the first inclined passage 124 is provided to finally dispose the discharge mass 127 near the center, but depending on the design, such an inclined passage 124 may be provided. , 125 may be one or three or more, and the discharge mass 127 does not have to be disposed at the center.
  A conductive metal plate as a ground member may be disposed on part or all of the branch unit 61. For example, the guide plates 131, 124b and 125b which are most in contact with the largest number of pachinko balls may be mentioned. In such a configuration, static electricity generated by contact between peripheral pachinko balls when flowing down is eliminated, so that noise caused by static electricity can be prevented. As the grounding member, the shielding member itself may be made of a conductive metal, or a thin film of a conductive metal may be deposited. Alternatively, a conductive resin may be used.
  -Although this embodiment is an example which discharges the pachinko ball which the game ended to the outside, it may be made to apply to a pachinko game machine of a circulation type.
  The present embodiment is also applicable to CR machines other than so-called cash machines.
  The present invention may be applied to slot machines using so-called pachinko balls called pachinko balls.
  In addition, it is free to carry out in the aspect which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.
      [0032]
  Other technical ideas that can be grasped from the above-described embodiment in order to achieve the object of the present invention will be described below as a supplementary note.
(1) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the passage is integrally formed with the gaming machine.
(2) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the passage is unitized and configured separately from the gaming table so as to be exchangeable.
  With this configuration, it is possible to replace only the unitized passage when a failure that requires replacement of the passage occurs.
(3) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a substrate mounting base on which various control substrates are mounted is disposed on the gaming table, and the passage is disposed on the base.
(4) The gaming machine according to appendix 3, wherein the passage is exchangeably disposed on the substrate mounting base.
(5) The gaming machine according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, wherein the passage is a discharge passage for discharging pachinko balls to the outside of the machine.
(6) The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a ball collecting frame for collecting falling pachinko balls extending in the left and right direction is formed in the passage. . In order to make it easy to receive pachinko balls, it is preferable that the collecting frame has a wide opening as compared with a passage through which downstream pachinko balls pass.
(7) The gaming machine according to appendix 6, wherein the ball collecting frame is provided with a buffer member that receives falling pachinko balls and removes the force of falling. By this, it is prevented that the pachinko ball which ended the game which has been dropped from the upper side jumps out of the ball collection frame, and the pachinko ball can be promptly led to the lower passage.
(8) The game according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the collected pachinko balls flowing down the passage have an outlet formed substantially at the center in the left-right direction of the game console. Machine. Unlike in the prior art, the safe ball is guided from the rear position of the winning opening 28 scattered in the game area 27 of the game surface 9 to the back side of the game board 5 and dropped as it is. Falls to the aisle evenly in the left and right direction. Therefore, in order to discharge the pachinko balls flowing from such a wide range most efficiently, it is preferable to dispose the discharge port at a substantially central position in the left-right direction.
(9) The passage according to any one of claims 1 or 1 to 8, wherein the passage additionally receives the pachinko ball which has flowed down from the ball release passage through which the pachinko ball is discharged when the tank is deballed. Of gaming machines. In the above embodiment, the inclined passage 125 of the discharge passage 122 has the function. As a result, a single pass made it possible to handle all of the safe balls, out balls and deballed pachinko balls.
(10) The number of safe balls is electrically counted along with the winning, and based on the counted number, the same passage as the out-ball is obtained by instructing the payout device to pay out the prize balls under the control of the payout substrate. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 and 1 to 9, characterized in that it can be used.
  That is, since the conventional safe ball processing apparatus is not required, it is possible to use the same path as the safe ball because the safe ball processing apparatus does not need to pass through.
(11) The pachinko ball tray is the upper tray, and the pachinko ball supplied to the upper tray is disposed on the front of the game table, and the overflow passage is made to bypass the pachinko ball which overflows to the lower tray. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10, which is provided.
  As a result, the overflow passage and the passage for guiding the pachinko ball on which the game is finished can be separately provided on the front and back of the game console, and the passage can be prevented from becoming complicated.
(12) The passage according to any one of claims 1 and 1 to 11, wherein the passage receives the pachinko balls flowing down from the deballooning channel through which the pachinko balls are discharged when the tank is deballed. Gaming machine.
  With such a configuration, it is not necessary to separately provide a separate passage for guiding the pachinko balls flowing down from the ball extraction channel.
(13) The ball extraction channel is a branch that always guides the pachinko balls flowing down from the dispenser to the upper receiving tray and changes the direction in the lower receiving tray direction when the pachinko balls supplied to the upper receiving tray overflow to the supply passage side The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 and 1 to 12, wherein a pachinko ball which is connected to a mechanism and flows down the same ball drawing channel is guided in the passage direction via the same branching mechanism. .
      [0033]
Brief Description of the Drawings
    FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an open state of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
    [Fig. 2] An exploded side view of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    [Fig. 3] A front view of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    [Figure 4] A side view of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    [Figure 5] A front view of the same pachinko gaming machine with the door frame removed.
    [Figure 6] A front view of the same pachinko gaming machine game board.
    [Fig. 7] A front view of the upper body of the gaming machine main body of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    [Figure 8] A side sectional view of the upper body of the gaming machine main body of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    [Figure 9] Rear view of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    [Fig. 10] A rear view of the same pachinko gaming machine with the mechanical board removed.
    11 is a rear view of the state in which the area around the main board is removed in FIG.
    FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the same pachinko gaming machine from the obliquely upper side near the pachinko ball processing area.
    13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 5;
    14 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 5;
    15 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG.
    FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the main passage, the bypass passage, and the outlet of the same pachinko machine.
    17 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 5;
    [Figure 18] A plan view of the upper tray of the same pachinko machine.
    FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of the upper tray of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    FIG. 20 is a plan view of a board attachment base of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    FIG. 21 is a perspective view of a board attachment base of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    FIG. 22 is a cutaway rear view around the branch unit.
    FIG. 23 is a front view of a board attachment base of the same pachinko gaming machine.
    FIG. 24 is an exploded perspective view of the branching unit.
    FIG. 25 is a plan view of the vicinity of a substrate mounting base and a discharge passage unit.
    FIG. 26 is a perspective view of a discharge passage unit.
    FIG. 27 is a rear view of the vicinity of the mounting surface of the discharge passage unit.
    28 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD in FIG.
    FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a connection state of the ball extraction channel and the falling pachinko ball abutting surface of the branching unit.
    FIG. 30 is a partial cross-sectional partial plan view of the upper tray, the gaming machine main body, and the mechanism board of the conventional pachinko gaming machine.
    31 is a partial enlarged front view of a mechanical board of a conventional pachinko gaming machine. FIG.
A partial cross section partial top view.
  [Description of the code] 1: Outer frame as a support frame, 4: A game machine main body as a game stand, 5: game board, 7: door frame, 8: upper tray, 14: lower tray, 20: game plane, 46 ... discharge passage unit, 122 ... discharge passage as a passage, 123 ... ball collecting frame which is a part of a passage, 124 ... a first inclined passage which is a part of a passage, 125 ... a second part of a passage , A vertical passage that is part of the passage.

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