JP2003093697A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To discharge Pachinko balls in a shot ball supply tray without leaving the balls at all in a shot ball supply device and to collect them into a lower storage tray. SOLUTION: The shot ball supply device 20 includes a guide passage 24 which is formed in a vertical box shape so as to communicate with a flow inlet 22 agreeing with the upper through-hole 17 of the shot ball supply tray 8, a supply port 25 corresponding to the position of a shooting part 5 in a shooting rail 3 and a flicker member 26 to be rotated in a vertical direction. A ball discharge port 38 is opened on the side surface of a terminal end in the guide passage 24. A mobile member 40 is provided with a side piece 41, at one end, for allowing the ball discharge port 38 to be freely openable/closable. The mobile member 40 is arranged so at to be freely reciprocatively movable between a position where the side piece 41 closes the ball discharge port 38 by normal energizing and a position where the port 38 is opened by a ball take-out operation. The mobile member 40 is also provided with a push piece 43, at the other end, which is separated from the guide passage 24 when the side piece 41 is positioned to close the bal discharge port 38 and also which goes inside of the guide passage 24 when the piece 41 is positioned to release the discharge port 38 by a ball discharge operation and pushes out the Pachinko ball in a ball stop part 29 in the upper part of the flicker member 26 to the ball discharge port 38.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball feeder and a lower storage tray provided on the front surface of a front frame, and a pachinko ball of a ball feed tray provided on the back side of the front frame. Machine provided with a hitting ball supply device for supplying the hitting ball to the firing portion of the firing rail one by one, in particular, when removing the hitting ball from the hitting ball supply tray into the lower storage tray, the pachinko ball remains in the hitting ball supply device. It is about a pachinko machine that can be eliminated. 2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, a hitting ball supply tray and a lower storage tray are provided on the front side of a front frame, and a pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply tray is provided on a rear side of the front frame. It is adapted to be guided to the device and supplied to the firing portion of the firing rail one by one. On the other hand, a ball outlet is provided at the bottom of the ball supply tray, and a slide plate is arranged at the ball outlet, and the slide plate is moved to release the ball outlet, so that the pachinko of the ball supply tray is released. The ball can be extracted into the lower storage dish. [0003] By the way, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, since the pachinko balls of the hit ball supply tray are directly drawn out from the bottom ball outlet into the lower storage tray, the hit balls are hit. There is a problem that the pachinko balls guided to the supply device are left as they are without being extracted.
Then, in order to extract the pachinko ball left in the hitting ball supply device, for example, the remaining pachinko ball is fired with a weak elastic force so as not to be hit on the game board surface, and the lower storage dish is taken from the foul opening of the firing rail. It was necessary to cause the player to perform a troublesome operation such as returning to and recovering the game. Accordingly, the present invention provides a pachinko machine capable of simultaneously collecting the pachinko balls left in the hitting ball supply device into the lower storing tray when the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray are extracted into the lower storing dish. It is intended to be. [0005] In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko machine according to the present invention is provided with a hit ball supply tray and a lower storage tray on the front side of a front frame, and a back surface of the front frame. A hit ball supply device is provided on the side for supplying pachinko balls led from the hit ball supply tray to the firing portion of the firing rail one by one, and the hit ball supply device communicates with an inflow port corresponding to an upper through hole of the hit ball supply tray. A guide path formed in a vertical box shape, a supply port corresponding to the position of the firing section of the firing rail, and a flicker member that rotates in the vertical direction are provided. A movable member having a mouth and having a side piece that allows the ball outlet to be openable and closable at one end side is always urged, and a position where the side piece closes the ball outlet and a position where the ball outlet is opened by the ball removing operation. And the movable part At the other end of the material, when the side piece is in the position to close the ball outlet, it is separated from the guideway and enters the guideway when it is in the position to release the ball outlet by the ball removal operation. A push piece is provided for pushing the pachinko ball at the stop into the ball outlet. On the other hand, the hitting ball supply device has a supply port corresponding to a guideway and a launching portion of a launching rail, and a flicker member that rotates vertically. This flicker member receives and holds the pachinko ball falling from the ball retaining portion, which receives the pachinko ball flowing from the inflow portion on the upper surface when it is turned downward and waits, and when the pachinko ball is turned downward, And a ball receiving unit that supplies the ball to the firing unit of the firing rail. For this reason, the pachinko balls in the hit ball supply tray flow down the supply passage, and the pachinko balls at the foremost portion thereof flow into the upper surface of the ball stopper portion of the flicker member from the inflow portion, and are received by the upper surface of the ball stopper portion and wait. Then, in this state, the pachinko ball received on the upper surface of the ball stopper by rotating the flicker member up and down in relation to the firing operation of the hitting rod is one.
It is supplied to the firing section of the firing rail one by one. Further, the movable member is provided with a pressing piece portion for dropping a pachinko ball, which is received by the upper surface of the ball stopper portion of the flicker member at a position where the ball outlet is opened and is waiting, from the inflow portion to the ball outlet. I have. For this reason, when the movable member is moved to a position where the ball outlet is opened against the urging by the ball removing operation, the pachinko ball of the hit ball supply tray flows down the guide path to the lower passage from the ball outlet. It falls, and is drawn out to the lower storage dish through the taxiway. In addition, the pachinko balls that are received by the ball stopper upper surface of the ball stopper of the flicker member and are waiting are pushed out from the inflow portion to the ball outlet by the pushing pieces of the movable member, and are together with the pachinko balls of the hit ball supply tray. It will be collected in the lower storage dish. An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko machine showing a glass frame and a front frame released, 1 is a front frame of the pachinko machine, and 2 is a front frame 1. The game board is detachably mounted on the rear surface of the game board 2, and a firing rail 3 is mounted on the lower right side of the game board 2. 4 is a hitting rod whose tip faces the firing portion 5 of the firing rail 3; 6 is a front plate that covers the front surface of the firing rail 3;
Along with a glass door frame 7 that covers an upper portion of the game board 2, the game board 2 is attached to one side of the front frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A hit ball supply tray 8 is provided on the surface of the front plate 6. On the lower front surface of the front frame 1, a lower storage tray 9 for storing surplus balls of the hit ball supply tray 8 and an operation handle 10 are provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the hitting ball supply tray 8
It is composed of a main body 11 and a cover member 12 that covers the front outside of the main body 11. The main body 11 has a dish 13 for storing pachinko balls, a decorative plate 14 surrounding the upper edge of the dish 13, and a side plate 15 extending below the dish 13. The plate portion 13 has a rectifying portion 16 in which the bottom is gently downwardly inclined to one side, and a slanting portion in which pachinko balls are aligned in a row is formed at the lower portion of the slanting portion. An upper through hole 17 through which the pachinko ball of the portion 13 flows out to the back side of the front plate 6 is provided. Also, the front plate 6
A lower through-hole 19 communicating with a ball passage 18 formed in the side plate portion 15 is formed in the bottom plate. [0010] On the other hand, on the back of the front plate 6,
0 is provided therein. As shown in FIG. 4, the passage forming frame 21 includes a plate-like body 23 a provided with an inlet 22 corresponding to the upper through hole 17 formed in the front plate 6, and the inlet 22 having an open front surface. And a hollow box-like body 23b formed with a vertical guide path 24 substantially equivalent to the diameter of a pachinko ball communicating with the pachinko ball, and these plate-like bodies 23a and box-like bodies 23b are combined with each other. Integrated by screwing. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the hitting ball supply device 20 includes a guide path 24, a supply port 25 corresponding to the launching portion 5 of the launching rail 3, and a flicker member 26 that rotates vertically. . The flicker member 26 has pivotally supporting shafts 27, 27 parallel to the firing rail 3 integrally protruding from both sides thereof, and the pivoting shafts 27, 27 are formed in bearing recesses 28, formed in the supply port 25, respectively. The center of gravity is placed so as to be rotatable up and down by being fitted to the base member 28 and to rotate downward as shown by the solid line in FIG. When the flicker member 26 is pivoted downward as shown in FIG. 6A, the top pachinko ball B guided to the guide path 24 from the inflow port 22 receives the top pachinko ball B on its upper surface and prevents the ball stopper 29 from falling. And the guide path 2 at the time of upward rotation shown in FIG.
The semi-circular ball receiving portion 30 which receives and holds the pachinko ball B falling from the base 4 and rotates it downward to send the pachinko ball B from the supply port 25 to the firing portion 5 of the firing rail 3.
And an engagement pin 31 that is parallel to the rotation support shafts 27 and 27 and protrudes outward from the passage forming frame 21. As shown in FIG. 5, the engaging pin 31 is provided on an interlocking bar 33 which is rotatably supported by a shaft 32 below the firing rail 3 and on the front side of the game board 2 on the front side. The push-up part 34 can be abutted. Further, the interlocking lever 33 is integrally provided with a lever portion 35 that hangs downward from one end of the push-up portion 34, and the lever portion 35 is positioned so as to be able to engage with a catching rod 36 fixed to the hitting rod 4. I have. The ball removing mechanism according to the present invention is provided in a passage forming frame 21 in which the hit ball supplying device 20 is incorporated.
As shown in FIG. 4, the passage forming frame 21 has a plate-like body 23a.
A notch 37a (the right side in FIG. 4) communicating with the inflow port 22 and a straight guide hole 37b (the left side in FIG. 4) are provided, and the notch 37a is formed on one side of the guide path 24 of the box-shaped body 23b. A ball vent 38 is provided in accordance with the guide hole 37b on the other side.
And a hollow guide groove 38b communicating with the guide groove 38b. Also,
The ball outlet 38 is connected to a passage gutter 39 for receiving a pachinko ball falling from the ball outlet 38 and flowing out to the lower opening 19. The ball outlet 38 is opened and closed by a side piece 41 projecting from one end of a movable member 40. As shown in FIG. 3, the movable member 40 integrally includes a sliding shaft portion 40a, and the sliding shaft portion 40a is formed on a box-shaped guide portion 42 formed on the side plate portion 15 of the hit ball supply tray 8. Is supported so as to be reciprocally movable in the left-right direction.
The notch 37a of the plate 23a and the guide hole 37b
A guide elongated hole 43 is formed, and the side piece 41 of the movable member 40 is connected to the guide elongated hole 43 of the front plate 6 and the cutout 37a of the plate-like body 23a through the guide path 24 of the box-like body 23b. Face the ball opening 38 to be opened on the side face and the ball outlet 3
8 can be opened and closed freely. Further, the movable member 40 is integrally provided with a push piece 44 which can freely enter and exit above the ball stopper 29 of the flicker member 26 of the hit ball supply device 20. This pressing piece 4
4 is a long guide hole 43 and a plate-like body 2 opened in the front plate 6.
From the guide hole 37b of 3a to the guide groove 38 of the box-like body 23b
7B, when the movable member 40 is urged to a position to close the ball outlet 38, as shown in FIG. When the ball 40 moves to a position where the ball outlet 38 is released, as shown in FIG. 7B, the pachinko ball B that enters the guideway 24 and waits on the upper surface of the ball stopper 29 of the flicker member 26 is moved to the guideway. 24 is pushed out to a ball outlet 38 and dropped into a passage gutter 39. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
6, a long hole 47 is formed in the lever member 45, and a projection 48 protruding from the front surface of the movable member 40 faces the long hole 47. Further, a coil spring 49 is connected to the lever member 45, and constantly biases the movable member 40 to a position where the ball outlet 38 is closed by the side piece 41 as shown by the solid line in FIG. The operation button 50 is pivotally attached to a shaft 50 a at the base end side of a head 51 projecting laterally above the lever member 45, and upward from a through-hole 52 formed in the plate-shaped portion 14 of the hit ball supply tray 8. The operation button 50 can be moved to a position where the ball outlet 38 of the movable member 40 is released by pressing the free end side of the operation button 50. Next, the operation of the pachinko machine constructed as described above will be described. The pachinko balls stored in the hit ball supply tray 8 flow into the guide path 24 in the passage forming frame 21 from the upper through hole 17 of the front plate 6 through the inflow port 22 while being rectified in a line by the rectification unit 16. Then, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6 (a) and 8, the pachinko ball B at the forefront of the taxiway 24.
Is received by the upper surface of the ball stopper 29 of the flicker member 26 and waits. In this state, when the hitting rod 4 is rotated to the firing preparation position as shown by the chain line in FIG. 5, the lever 35 of the interlocking lever 33 is pulled by the hooking rod 36, and
Is rotated upward with the shaft 32 as a fulcrum.
Pushes the engagement pin 31 of the flicker member 26 upward. For this reason, the flicker member 26 is rotated by the rotation support shafts 27 and 2.
As shown in FIG. 6B, the pachinko ball B, which has been rotated upward with the fulcrum 7 as a supporting point and is waiting on the upper surface of the ball stopper 29 of the flicker member 26, falls downward and is received by the ball receiver 40.
When the striking rod 4 rotates to the firing position as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, the flicker member 26 is released by pushing up the engaging pin 31 by the interlocking lever 33, and the weight of the pachinko ball B and its own weight is shown in FIG. The ball receiving part 3 rotates downward as indicated by a chain line.
The pachinko ball B of “0” is sent out from the supply port 25 to the firing section 5 of the firing rail 3. At the same time, the pachinko ball B1 at the foremost part of the following guide path 24 is received by the upper surface of the ball stopper 29 of the flicker member 26 and is made to stand by. After that, each time the hitting rod 4 reciprocates, the pachinko ball at the foremost part of the guide path 24 is surely supplied to the firing portion 5 of the firing rail 3 one by one. In order to extract the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 8 into the lower storage tray 9, the free end side of the operation button 50 is pressed as shown by a chain line in FIG. Rotate against force. As a result, the movable member 40 moves in the direction of the arrow in the figure via the projection 48 engaging with the long hole 47 of the lever member 45, and releases the ball outlet 38 as shown in FIG. For this reason, the pachinko ball in the hit ball supply tray 8 passes through the guide path 24, passes through the ball outlet 38, passes through the passage gutter 39, passes through the lower through hole 19 of the front plate 6, and passes through the ball removing passage 18.
, And is discharged from the outlet 53 formed in the front panel 6 to the lower storage tray 9 through the chute 54 on the front of the game board. Further, the pachinko ball B guided to the hitting ball supply device 20 and left on the upper surface of the ball stopper 29 of the flicker member 26
As shown in FIG. 7B, the push piece 4 of the movable member 40
The ball 4 is pushed by the ball outlet 38 from the guide path 24 and falls down, and is discharged to the lower storage tray 9 in the same manner as the pachinko balls in the hit ball supply tray 8. After the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 8 are extracted into the lower storage tray 8 and the operation button 50 is released, the lever member 4 is biased by the coil spring 49.
5 returns to the original state, and at the same time, the movable member 40
The ball is moved to the position shown in FIG. Since the present invention has the above-described configuration,
The pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply tray passes through the guide path provided in the passage forming frame incorporating the hitting ball supply device and is extracted to the lower storage tray, and further, the pachinko ball which stands by at the ball stopper on the upper surface of the flicker member is: When the movable member is moved to release the ball outlet, the ball is simultaneously pushed out to the ball outlet, thereby removing all the pachinko balls from the hitting ball supply device without leaving any balls, and discharging the balls to the lower storage dish. be able to. Accordingly, in the present invention, since the pachinko balls do not remain in the hitting ball supply device after the pachinko balls have been extracted from the hitting ball supply tray, the pachinko balls remaining in the hitting ball supply device as in the conventional pachinko machine are not used. There is an advantage that the troublesome operation for collecting the in the lower storage dish can be eliminated, and the service of the player can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the pachinko machine showing a state where a glass frame and a front plate are released. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a hit ball supply tray. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a passage forming frame. FIG. 5 is a sectional front view of a passage forming frame portion. FIG. 6 is a sectional side view for explaining the operation of the hit ball supply device,
(A) shows a state where the flicker has turned downward, and (B)
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the flicker has turned upward. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the hitting ball supply device, in which (a) shows a closed state of a ball outlet, and (b) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the ball outlet is released. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part showing a related configuration between a ball outlet and a lower storage dish. FIG. 9 is a front view of the main part, showing the ball-pulling operation part assembled. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 front frame 3 firing rail 4 hitting rod 5 firing section 8 hitting supply tray 9 lower storage dish 17 upper through hole 20 hitting supply device 22 inflow port 24 guideway 25 supply port 26 flicker member 29 ball stopper 30 Ball receiving part 38 Ball outlet 40 Movable member 41 Side piece 43 Push piece

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A hitting ball supply tray and a lower storage tray are provided on the front side of a front frame, and pachinko balls led out of the hitting ball supply tray are fired one by one on a rear side of the front frame. A ball supplying device for supplying the ball to the part, the ball supplying device is provided with a guide box formed in a vertical box shape communicating with an inflow port matching the upper through hole of the ball supplying plate, and a launching part position of the launching rail And a flicker member that pivots in the up-down direction, and a ball outlet is provided by opening a side surface of a terminal portion of the guide path,
A movable member having a side piece that allows the ball outlet to be openable and closable on one end side is always urged to reciprocate between a position where the side piece closes the ball outlet and a position where the ball outlet is opened by the ball removing operation. At the other end of the movable member, the side piece is located at a position to close the ball outlet, and is separated from the guiding path to release the ball outlet by the ball removing operation. A pachinko machine characterized in that a press piece portion is provided for pushing a pachinko ball in a ball stopper at an upper part of a flicker member into a ball outlet.