JP2003052986A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko machine capable of thoroughly guiding all game balls spilt out of an upper tray 20 into a lower tray 32. SOLUTION: A front edge of the lower tray 32 protrudes further forward than a front edge of the upper tray 20. A notched groove 24 is provided on the upper tray 20 for dropping the game balls toward the lower tray 32. A groove 22 is formed on an outer rim of the upper tray 20 for preventing the game balls from falling. The game balls are guided into the notched groove 24 by an inclination arranged in the groove 22, and the game balls are dropped from the notched groove 24 toward the lower tray 32. Thereby, game balls spilt from the upper tray 20 can be thoroughly guided into the lower tray 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine for paying out prize balls for winning a game ball, and in particular, an upper plate for accumulating the paid game balls and guiding them to a launcher,
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine including a lower plate that stores surplus balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko machine, prize balls (gaming balls) are paid out from a top plate prize ball discharge port and stored in a top plate by winning a prize in a game board. The game balls stored in the upper plate are guided to the launching device and launched into the game board. If the upper plate is full of balls when the prize balls are paid out, the prize balls are automatically guided from the inside of the pachinko machine to the lower plate.

[0003]

The ball storage portion of the upper plate is very shallow, the number of game balls that can be stored is small, and when the payout of prize balls is interrupted, the balls of the upper plate become insufficient in an instant. Become. Therefore, the player tends to continue to play the game even if the prize balls are continuously paid out and the amount of balls stored in the upper plate is full. As a result, balls may pile up on the upper plate and fall around.

Further, when the player tries to grab the ball of the upper plate without operating the ball removing button for letting the ball flow down from the upper plate to the lower plate, the balls are heaped up as described above. , When you put your finger into the ball, you push the ball around and the ball overflows from the upper plate and may fall to the floor. On the other hand, when a prize was lost and an attempt was made to transfer a ball from the lower plate or ball box to the upper plate, there was a case where the ball was mistakenly dropped from the upper plate.

In order to address such a problem, a technique for preventing a spilling ball from the upper plate is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-32.
No. 5625 is proposed. In this technique, the front end of the lower plate is made to project further forward than the front end of the upper plate so that the lower plate receives the spilling ball from the upper plate. However, the balls overflowing from the upper plate spilled not only from the front of the upper plate but also from the side, so it was not possible to receive all the spilling balls in the lower plate. Further, as shown in FIG. 2 of the publication, as the lower tray is projected forward, the ashtray is also placed forward, so that a spilling ball from the upper tray easily enters the ashtray, thereby It gets dirty with ash. When a player picks up a game ball dirty with ash and shoots it at the board surface, the board surface becomes dirty and ash adheres to various switches and the like mounted on the board surface, which causes a failure.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of guiding the spilled game balls from the upper plate to the lower plate without fail. It is in.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention is that an upper plate for accumulating game balls that have been paid out and guiding them to a launching device, and a lower plate for accumulating surplus balls of the upper plate. A pachinko machine equipped with and on the front side, the front end of the lower plate is projected forward than the front end of the upper plate, in order to drop the game ball to the lower plate side, on the upper plate of the upper plate The technical feature is that the induction part of the.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the front end portion of the lower plate is projected further forward than the front end portion of the upper plate, the spilling ball of the upper plate can be dropped onto the lower plate. Here, on the upper part (or the upper surface) of the upper plate, there is a notch for dropping the game ball to the lower plate side, because there is a guide part consisting of a pipe, etc., guide the game ball spilling from the upper plate to the lower plate can do.

A second aspect of the present invention is a pachinko machine equipped with, on the front side, an upper plate for accumulating the paid game balls and guiding it to the launching device, and a lower plate for accumulating surplus balls of the upper plate. A technical feature is that a groove for preventing and guiding the game ball is formed on the outer edge of the plate, and the game ball is guided to the lower plate by an inclination provided in the groove.

In claim 2, the outer rim of the upper plate is formed with a groove for preventing and guiding the game ball, and the inclination of the groove guides the game ball to the lower plate. Therefore, the game ball spills from the upper plate. Can be guided to the lower plate without fail.

A third aspect of the present invention is a pachinko machine equipped with, on the front side, an upper plate for accumulating the paid game balls and guiding it to the launching device, and a lower plate for accumulating surplus balls of the upper plate. The front end of the plate is projected forward of the front end of the upper plate, the upper plate is provided with a guide portion for dropping the game ball to the lower plate side, and the outer edge of the upper plate has the game ball. A technical feature is to form a groove for preventing and guiding the fall of, and to guide to the guide part by the inclination provided in the groove, and to drop the game ball from the guide part to the lower plate side.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the front end of the lower plate is projected further forward than the front end of the upper plate. Therefore, the spill ball of the upper plate can be dropped onto the lower plate. Here, the upper plate is provided with a notch for dropping the game ball to the lower plate side, a guide portion such as a pipe is provided, while a groove for preventing and guiding the game ball is formed on the outer edge of the upper plate, It is guided to the guide portion by the inclination provided in the groove, and the game ball is dropped from the guide portion to the lower plate side.
Therefore, it is possible to guide the game balls spilling from the upper plate to the lower plate without fail.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a pachinko machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the main configuration of the pachinko machine of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 which is a perspective view and FIG. 2 which is a front view of the pachinko machine of the present embodiment.

The pachinko machine 10 has an inner frame 12 and an outer frame 11.
It is equipped with a pair of upper and lower hinges 14 so that it can be opened and closed.
A glass frame 16 is attached to the inner frame 12 so as to be openable and closable. Above the glass frame 16, a forward protruding portion 16a is formed. On the back side of the glass frame 16,
A game board 13 is arranged. A keyhole 15 into which a key for opening and closing the glass frame 16 is inserted is provided on the right side of the glass frame 16.

A front plate 18 is provided below the glass frame 16, and an upper plate prize ball discharge port 19 through which prize balls are drawn out is formed in an upper left portion of the front plate 18. On the discharge side of the upper plate prize ball discharge port 19, the upper plate prize ball discharge port 1
An upper plate 20 for accumulating the prize balls discharged from 9 is attached. On the front surface of the upper plate 20, a ball rental button 47 for lending a game ball and a return button 46 for returning a prepaid card are provided. Upper plate 2
A lower plate prize ball discharge port 31 for discharging prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 20 is formed below 0. On the discharge side of the lower plate prize ball discharge port 31, A lower plate 32 for storing the prize balls discharged from the lower plate prize ball discharge port 31 is provided. The bottom plate of the lower plate is provided with a lower plate ball removing lever 33 for dropping a game ball into a ball box (not shown).

A firing handle 43 for operating a firing motor (not shown) for firing the game balls supplied from the upper tray 20 to the game board 13 is rotatably attached to the right side of the lower tray 32. The firing handle 43 is provided with a firing stop button 44 (see FIG. 2) for stopping firing during firing. Further, on the right side of the upper plate 20, an upper plate ball removing lever 28 for removing the prize balls accumulated in the upper plate 20 to the lower plate 32 is slidably attached.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a side view. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper plate 2
0 is configured by dividing an oval in half, and includes a bottom portion 20a,
The standing wall 20b is formed. The bottom portion 20a constitutes a sphere storage portion for storing spheres between the inner circumference of the standing wall 20b and the front plate 18. The bottom portion 20a is provided with an inclination so as to become lower from the right side in FIG. 3 where the upper prize winning ball outlet is placed to the left side where the firing motor is placed, and the width on the right side where the upper prize winning ball outlet 19 is placed. Is wide and narrows toward the left side where the firing motor is placed,
The ball can be sent to the firing motor side without clogging the ball. On the other hand, the upper end of the standing wall 20b is formed to be substantially flat as shown in FIG.

On the outer edge (outer periphery) of the upper end of the standing wall 20b, a groove 22 is formed at a position lower than the upper end, so that it can receive a game ball that has passed over the upper end of the standing wall 20b. When the pachinko machine is viewed from the front, the groove 22 is provided with a downward slope from both ends of the upper edge toward a substantially central position of the upper plate, and a lower end of the groove 22 is located at a substantially central position of the upper plate 20. It communicates with the cut groove 24 that constitutes the provided guiding portion. Similar to the groove 22, the cut groove is integrally formed as a part of the standing wall 20b and has a downward slope. In the present embodiment, the guide portion is constituted by the cut groove 24, but a pipe or the like may be used.

The lower plate 32 is formed in an arc shape and has a bottom portion 32.
a and the standing wall 23b are provided. The bottom portion 32a forms a sphere storage portion between the inner circumference of the standing wall 23b and the outer circumference of the standing wall 20b of the upper plate. An ashtray 45 is provided on the left side of the lower tray 32.

The front end of the lower plate 32 is formed so as to project more forward than the front end of the upper plate 20. That is, as shown in the figure, the inner periphery of the standing wall 32b of the lower plate 32 is
It is configured to be positioned ahead of the outer periphery of the front end of the standing wall 20b of 0 by a distance D.

Subsequently, the lower plate 3 of the spilling ball from the upper plate 20
The induction to 2 will be described. With the occurrence of a big hit, prize balls continue to be paid out, and the amount of balls stored in the upper plate is full,
When the sphere spills around from the upper end of the upper plate 20 as a heap, the spilled sphere rolls down into the groove 22 arranged at the outer edge of the upper end of the upper plate 20. The sphere that has fallen into the groove 22 rolls along the inclination of the groove 22 and drops into the cut groove 24 formed in the center of the upper plate 20. The falling ball has a groove 24
Rolls forward along the inclination of and falls to the side of the lower plate 32.

Similarly, when the player tries to grab the ball on the upper plate without operating the ball-pulling lever 28 which causes the ball to flow down from the upper plate 20 to the lower plate 32, the balls are heaped up. , When the finger is put in the ball, the surrounding balls are pushed, and the ball overflows from the upper end of the upper plate 20. However, the overflowing balls fall without fail to the lower plate 32 side through the groove 22 and the cut groove 24 as described above. In addition, when the player loses the prize and tries to transfer the ball from the lower plate 32 or the ball box (not shown) to the upper plate 20, even if the player accidentally zeros the ball, It can be guided to the dish 32.

In the first embodiment, balls overflowing not only from the front of the upper plate 20 but also from the side can be guided to the lower plate 32. For this reason, the ball spilling from the upper plate is
It is no longer dropped on the ashtray 45. Therefore, the player is not injured and the spilling ball does not disturb other players. Furthermore, since the game ball does not fall into the ashtray 45, it is possible to prevent the pachinko machine from breaking down by firing a game ball dirty with ash on the board.

Further, in the first embodiment, since the upper plate 20 is retracted rearward of the lower plate 32, when the player transfers the ball from the ball box to the lower plate 32, the upper plate 20 is replaced by the ball. It can be transferred well without hitting the box.

A pachinko machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko machine according to the second embodiment is almost the same as the above-described first embodiment,
The lower plate 32 is formed so that the front end part thereof projects further forward than the front end part of the upper plate 20. However, in the first embodiment, the groove is provided on the outer periphery of the top portion of the upper plate 20, but in the second embodiment, the groove is omitted, and the cut groove 24 is directly provided as the guide portion on the top portion (upper surface) of the upper plate. ing. Here, the cut groove 24 is used as the guide portion, but instead of this, a pipe for communicating the inside and outside of the upper plate may be arranged on the upper part of the upper plate.

In the pachinko machine of the second embodiment, the lower plate 32
Since the front end of the upper plate 20 is projected more forward than the front end of the upper plate 20, the spilling ball of the upper plate 20 can be dropped onto the lower plate. Here, since the cut groove 24 for dropping the game ball to the lower plate 32 side is provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 20, the game ball spilling from the upper plate 20 can be guided to the lower plate 32 without omission.

In the first embodiment described above, the groove 22
Was tilted forward toward the center and dropped from the cut groove 24 to the lower plate 32. For example, by tilting the groove backward, the spilled ball was guided to the main body side and passed through the inside of the main body to lower plate. It can also be configured to lead to 32. In this case, it is not necessary to project the lower plate forward than the upper plate.

[0028]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the front end portion of the lower plate is projected further forward than the front end portion of the upper plate, the spilling ball of the upper plate can be dropped onto the lower plate. Here, since the guide portion for dropping the game ball to the lower plate side is provided on the upper plate, the game ball spilling from the upper plate can be guided to the lower plate without omission.

In the second aspect, a groove is formed on the outer edge of the upper plate to prevent and guide the game ball, and the inclination of the groove guides the game ball to the lower plate. Therefore, the game ball falls from the upper plate. Can be guided to the lower plate without fail.

In the third aspect, since the front end portion of the lower plate is projected further forward than the front end portion of the upper plate, the spilling ball of the upper plate can be dropped onto the lower plate. Here, the upper plate is provided with a guide portion for dropping the game ball to the lower plate side, while the outer plate of the upper plate is provided with a groove for preventing and guiding the game ball and provided in the groove. It guides to the cut by the inclination, and the game ball is dropped from the guide portion to the lower plate side. Therefore, it is possible to guide the game balls spilling from the upper plate to the lower plate without fail.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko machines 13 game board 19 Upper plate prize ball outlet 20 top plate 20a bottom 20b standing wall 22 groove 24 notch 28 Ball pulling lever 31 Lower plate prize ball outlet 32 Lower plate 32a bottom 32b standing wall

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine equipped with, on the front side, an upper plate for accumulating game balls that have been paid out and guiding them to a launching device, and a lower plate for accumulating surplus balls of the upper plate, the front end of the lower plate. A part is made to project forward rather than the front end part of the upper plate, and a guide part for dropping a game ball to the lower plate side is provided on the upper part of the upper plate. 2. A pachinko machine having, on the front side, an upper plate for accumulating game balls that have been paid out and guiding them to a launching device, and a lower plate for accumulating surplus balls of the upper plate, the outer edge of the upper plate. The pachinko machine is characterized in that a groove for preventing and guiding the game ball is formed in the guide ball, and the inclination of the groove guides the game ball to the lower plate. 3. A pachinko machine equipped with, on the front side, an upper plate for accumulating the paid game balls and guiding it to the launching device, and a lower plate for accumulating surplus balls of the upper plate, the front end of the lower plate. Part, projecting forward from the front end of the upper plate, the upper plate is provided with a guide portion for dropping the game ball to the lower plate side, the outer edge of the upper plate, the fall of the game ball A pachinko machine characterized by forming a groove for preventing and guiding, and guiding to a front guide part by an inclination provided in the groove, and dropping a game ball to the lower plate side from the guide part.