JP2003102940A - Ball tray for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate complicated work for moving pachinko balls during a game or the like and further to make a pachinko machine into novel design. SOLUTION: On the front face of a front frame 2 of the pachinko machine, a ball tray 17 for storing pachinko balls put out of a gift ball put-out device 13 is provided under a shooting position 8 and on the rear side of the front frame 2, a lifting device 24 is provided for supplying pachinko balls in the ball tray 17 to the shooting position 8 one by one.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a new pachinko machine in which only one ball tray is provided on the lower front portion of the main body of the pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, a front frame is attached to the front surface of the main body of the pachinko machine, and a game board is mounted on the back side of the front frame. Further, a glass frame for covering the game part of the game board and a front plate for covering the hitting ball launching part are attached to the front frame so as to be openable and closable. Further, a ball striking plate for supplying pachinko balls to the ball striking unit is provided on the front surface of the front plate, and a ball storage plate for storing surplus balls is provided under the front frame. Then, normally, a ball is put in the upper ball hitting tray to play a game, and among the prize balls paid out due to the generation of the winning balls, the surplus balls are stored in the lower ball storage tray.

[0003]

In the conventional pachinko machine in which the hitting ball supply tray and the ball storage tray are mounted in two stages, for example, a ball is lost each time the pachinko ball in the hitting ball supply tray disappears during a game. Pachinko balls in the storage dish must be transferred to the hitting ball supply plate, and after the game, the pachinko balls remaining in the ball striking plate and the hitting ball supply plate must be removed, both of which are troublesome and troublesome. Had challenges. Further, a pachinko machine having two ball saucers of this kind is fixed and common sense, and recently, the emergence of a novel design pachinko machine has been desired. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine which is novel in design and eliminates the troublesome troubles in the game.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko machine of the present invention is a pachinko machine which is a front surface of a front frame of the pachinko machine and which is paid out from a prize ball payout device below a hitting ball launching position. A ball receiving tray for storing balls is provided, and a lifting device for supplying one pachinko ball of the ball receiving tray to the hitting firing position is provided on the back side of the front frame.
Further, a guide plate for guiding the pachinko balls of the ball receiving tray to the lifting device is provided between the dish portion of the ball receiving tray and the lifting device, and the guide plate is appropriately vibrated by using driving means.

[0005]

In the pachinko machine of the present invention having only one ball receiving tray, the pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving tray are lifted by the lifting device when the handle is started and supplied to the hitting ball firing position of the game board. Then, it is appropriately driven into the game section by the firing means. At this time, since the guide plate provided between the dish portion of the ball receiving tray and the lifting device is vibrated, the pachinko balls are smoothly fed to the lifting device without causing a ball jam on the upper surface of the guide plate. In addition, when a prize ball is generated, the pachinko ball paid out from the prize ball payout device is guided to and stored in the ball tray.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a machine frame that surrounds the outside of a pachinko machine body A, and 2 is a front frame that is releasably attached to the front of the machine frame 1. The game board 3 is fixed to the back side. Reference numeral 4 denotes a glass frame which is attached to the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable and covers the game board 3. A guide rail 5 is laid on the surface of the game board 3 so as to surround the game portion 3a, and a firing rail 5a connected to the guide rail 5 is provided in the lower portion. 6 is a launch rail 5
Is a solenoid fixed to the game board 3 surface of the start side of
The tip of the shaft 7 faces the hitting ball firing position 8. A plurality of normal winning openings, a starting winning opening, a variable display, a special winning opening, and the like, which are not shown, are arranged in the game section 3a together with obstacle nails.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine of the present invention, and a mechanism plate 9 is provided on the rear surface of the game board 3 so as to be openable and closable. This mechanism plate 9 has a plate-like portion 9a which is isolated from the back surface of the game board 3 for a certain period of time to form a winning space, and inside the lower part thereof, the above-mentioned normal winning openings, starting winning openings, large winning openings, etc. The winning ball collecting gutter 10 for collecting winning balls is formed.

A prize ball tank 11 for storing prize balls is arranged above the plate-shaped portion 9a. Premium ball tank 1
A guide gutter 12 is formed below 1, and a prize ball payout device 13 is disposed at the lower end of the guide gutter 12. Further, a prize ball discharge gutter 14 is formed below the prize ball payout device 13 for guiding the prize balls paid out to the front surface of the pachinko machine body A. A prize ball detector 15 for detecting prize balls one by one is provided at the lower end of the prize ball collecting trough 10. In addition, 16 is a gutter.

Therefore, 17 is attached to the lower portion of the front frame 2 below the hitting firing position 8 of the game board 3,
It is a ball saucer that stores pachinko balls. The ball receiving tray 17 has a relatively horizontally long tray portion 18, a communication opening 19 is formed in the rear wall to connect to the lower end of the prize ball discharging trough 14, and a ball removing hole 21 is formed in the bottom wall 20. Has been established. The ball hole 21 is closed by a shutter plate 22, and the shutter plate 22 is slid by operating a lever 23 provided on the front surface of the ball tray 17 so that the ball hole 21 can be opened. ing.

As shown in FIG. 3, a hoisting device 24 hoisting and supplying the pachinko balls in the ball tray 17 to the hitting firing position 8 is provided on the rear surface side of the front frame 2. For this reason,
A notched window 25 is provided on the inner side wall of the plate portion 18, and a guide plate 26 that extends from the notched window 25 to the bottom wall 20 and is inclined downward is stretched. Reference numeral 26a is a protrusion provided on the lower surface of the guide plate 26.

The hoisting device 24 has a hoisting gutter 28 for hoisting a pachinko ball upward by a screw 27, a drive motor 29 for driving the screw 27 to rotate, and a hoisting gutter 28.
It is roughly composed of a supply gutter 30 that supplies a pachinko ball carried inside to a hitting firing position 8. That is, the support shaft 2
A screw 27 in which blades 27b are spirally wound around 7a is erected vertically and rotatably in a lifting gutter 28. The pachinko balls in the lifting gutter 28 are arranged vertically one by one, and the blades 27
It is transported upward while being supported by b. Lifting gutter 28
At the lower end of the inflow port 3 facing the tip of the guide plate 26.
1 is opened, and an outlet 32 is opened at the upper end.
Then, one end of the supply gutter 30 is connected to the outflow port 32, and the discharge port 33 at the other end faces the hitting ball firing position 8.

A drive motor 29 is arranged on the rear side of the lifting trough 28, and the motor shaft 3 protruding from the lower surface of the drive motor 29.
4, a drive gear 35 and a driven gear 36, which mesh with each other, are fixed to the lower end of the spindle 27a of the screw 27. A part of the driven gear 36 is the guide plate 2
A plurality of raised portions 36a are provided on the lower surface of the guide plate 6, and each tooth on the upper surface thereof collides with the protrusion 26a of the guide plate 26. As a result, as the driven gear 36 rotates, each raised portion 36b collides with the protrusion 26a, causing the guide plate 26 to vibrate up and down. Each one is smoothly sent into the pumping trough 28.

Reference numeral 39 denotes an ashtray portion provided on the ball tray 17 and 3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a handle located on the right side of the ball tray 17 and attached to the front frame 2. The solenoid 6 and the drive motor 29 are electrically controlled so that the player grips the handle 38 to interlock with each other. Then, the drive motor 29 rotates its motor shaft 34 by a constant angle, thereby rotating the screw 27 by a constant angle as well, and sequentially lifts the pachinko balls in the lift trough 28 upward. In addition, these pachinko balls are set so as to be supplied one by one to the hitting ball firing position 8 at regular intervals.
Further, the solenoid 6 is also adapted to freely adjust the strength of the advancing / retreating force of the shaft 7 according to the rotation angle of the handle 38.

On the other hand, on the front surface of the front frame 2, there is provided a display section 39 for displaying a message regarding a game between the ball tray 17 and the glass frame 4, and at the right corner thereof, it is advantageous for the player. A number-of-times display unit 40 that displays the number of times of a big hit state is provided. Further, 41 and 42 are a return button and a ball lending button which are operated to lend a pachinko ball by a magnetic card, and the magnetic card is usually inserted into a ball lender (not shown).

The pachinko machine of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure,
The pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving tray 17 commutate on the guide plate 26 through the notch window 25 and reach the inflow port 31 of the lifting trough 28. When the handle 38 is rotated in this state, the screw 27 is rotated by a predetermined angle together with the operation of the drive motor 29. As a result, the pachinko balls on the guide plate 26 flow into the lifting trough 28 while being vibrated, and are lifted one by one while being supported by the blades 27b of the screw 27 one by one. Then, each of these pachinko balls is discharged into the supply trough 30 from the outlet 32 at the upper end of the lifting trough 28, and is also supplied one by one from the lower end discharge port 33 of the supply trough 30 to the ball striking position 8.

The pachinko ball at the hitting ball firing position 8 is fired by the forward / backward movement of the shaft 7 of the solenoid 6 and is driven into the game section 3a. At this time, for example, when a pachinko ball wins a normal prize hole or the like, the prize ball is paid out from the prize ball payout device 13, and the prize ball flows down the prize ball discharge trough 14 and passes through the communication hole 19 to receive a ball tray 17. It is guided to the plate portion 18 of the and stored.

[0017]

As described above, the pachinko machine of the present invention is provided with the ball receiving tray for storing the pachinko balls paid out from the prize ball paying device, which is on the front surface of the front frame and below the hitting ball firing position. On the rear surface side of the front frame, there is provided a lifting device for supplying one pachinko ball of the ball receiving tray to the hitting ball firing position, so that a hitting ball feeding tray and a ball storing tray are provided in two stages as in the conventional case. Like a pachinko machine, it does not require the troublesome task of transferring the pachinko ball in the ball storage dish to the hitting ball supply plate during the game, or removing the pachinko ball remaining in the ball hitting plate together with the ball storage plate after the game ends. Become.

Further, since a space for one hitting ball supply plate is vacant, this space can be used for display and decoration, which leads to improvement of service to the player. Moreover, the so-called fraudulent act that is performed by inserting a piano wire or the like through the communication opening of the ball receiving tray as in the conventional case becomes difficult. Furthermore, the design is extremely novel compared to the conventional pachinko machine, and it has the effect of making the player's eyes entertaining.

Furthermore, since the guide plate is provided between the dish portion of the ball receiving tray and the lifting device so that the guide plate can be vibrated up and down, the pachinko ball that flows from the dish portion and rides on the upper surface of the guide plate is not spherical. It is sent to the pumping trough without causing a lump. As a result, a stable pachinko ball can be constantly supplied to the hitting ball firing position.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part in a perspective manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 front frame 8 ball firing position 13 Free gift ball dispenser 17 ball saucer 24 Lifting device

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 3, 2002 (2002.9.3)

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[ Title of Invention] Ball saucer for pachinko machine

[Claims]

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball receiving tray for a new pachinko machine, which is provided on the lower part of the front surface of the main body of the pachinko machine .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, a front frame is attached to the front surface of the main body of the pachinko machine, and a game board is mounted on the back side of the front frame. Further, a glass frame for covering the game part of the game board and a front plate for covering the hitting ball launching part are attached to the front frame so as to be openable and closable. Further, a ball striking plate for supplying pachinko balls to the ball striking unit is provided on the front surface of the front plate, and a ball storage plate for storing surplus balls is provided under the front frame. Then, normally, a ball is put in the upper ball hitting tray to play a game, and among the prize balls paid out due to the generation of the winning balls, the surplus balls are stored in the lower ball storage tray.

[0003]

In the conventional pachinko machine in which the hitting ball supply tray and the ball storage tray are mounted in two stages, for example, a ball is lost each time the pachinko ball in the hitting ball supply tray disappears during a game. Pachinko balls in the storage dish must be transferred to the hitting ball supply plate, and after the game, the pachinko balls remaining in the ball striking plate and the hitting ball supply plate must be removed, both of which are troublesome and troublesome. Had challenges. Further, a pachinko machine having two ball saucers of this kind is fixed and common sense, and recently, the emergence of a novel design pachinko machine has been desired. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and to provide a ball saucer for manufacturing a pachinko machine which is innovative in design while eliminating the troublesome trouble in the game. is there.

[0004]

In order to achieve such an object, the ball saucer of the pachinko machine of the present invention stores pachinko balls.
It has a horizontally long tray, and the bottom wall of the prize ball discharge gutter is on the rear wall.
A continuous communication port is opened, and the bottom of the dish is attached to the inner wall of the dish.
Pachinko balls that are continuous with the wall and stored are at the ball firing position
We opened a cutout window for supply, and on the bottom wall,
Eject the stored pachinko balls to the outside of the pachinko machine.
It has a ball-draining hole for the purpose. Further, the pachinko machine of the present invention is a front surface of the front frame of the pachinko machine, and is provided with a ball tray for storing the pachinko balls paid out from the prize ball paying device below the hitting ball firing position, and the back side of the front frame. Is provided with a lifting device for feeding the pachinko balls in the ball tray to the hitting ball firing position one by one. Further, a guide plate for guiding the pachinko balls of the ball receiving tray to the lifting device is provided between the dish portion of the ball receiving tray and the lifting device, and the guide plate is appropriately vibrated by using driving means.

[0005]

In the pachinko machine of the present invention having only one ball receiving tray, the pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving tray are lifted by the lifting device when the handle is started and supplied to the hitting ball firing position of the game board. Then, it is appropriately driven into the game section by the firing means. At this time, since the guide plate provided between the dish portion of the ball receiving tray and the lifting device is vibrated, the pachinko balls are smoothly fed to the lifting device without causing a ball jam on the upper surface of the guide plate. In addition, when a prize ball is generated, the pachinko ball paid out from the prize ball payout device is guided to and stored in the ball tray.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a ball saucer of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows that the present invention is applied.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, in which 1 is a machine frame that surrounds the outside of the pachinko machine body A, 2 is a front frame that is attached to the front of the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable, and a game board 3 is behind it. It is fixed. Reference numeral 4 denotes a glass frame which is attached to the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable and covers the game board 3. A guide rail 5 is laid on the surface of the game board 3 so as to surround the game portion 3a, and a firing rail 5a connected to the guide rail 5 is provided in the lower portion.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a solenoid fixed to the surface of the game board 3 on the starting end side of the launch rail 5, and the tip of the shaft 7 faces the hitting ball firing position 8. A plurality of normal winning openings, a starting winning opening, a variable display, a special winning opening, and the like, which are not shown, are arranged in the game section 3a together with obstacle nails.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied , and a mechanism plate 9 is provided on the rear surface of the game board 3 so as to be openable and closable. This mechanism plate 9 has a plate-like portion 9a which is isolated from the back surface of the game board 3 for a certain period of time to form a winning space, and inside the lower part thereof, the above-mentioned normal winning openings, starting winning openings, large winning openings, etc. The winning ball collecting gutter 10 for collecting winning balls is formed.

A prize ball tank 11 for storing prize balls is arranged above the plate-shaped portion 9a. Premium ball tank 1
A guide gutter 12 is formed below 1, and a prize ball payout device 13 is disposed at the lower end of the guide gutter 12. Further, a prize ball discharge gutter 14 is formed below the prize ball payout device 13 for guiding the prize balls paid out to the front surface of the pachinko machine body A. A prize ball detector 15 for detecting prize balls one by one is provided at the lower end of the prize ball collecting trough 10. In addition, 16 is a gutter.

Therefore, 17 is attached to the lower portion of the front frame 2 below the hitting firing position 8 of the game board 3,
It is a ball saucer that stores pachinko balls. The ball receiving tray 17 has a relatively horizontally long tray portion 18, and a communication port 19 is formed in the rear wall to connect with the lower end of the prize ball discharging trough 14, and is stored in the bottom wall 20. Pachinko ball pachinko machine
A ball-draining hole 21 is provided for discharging to the outside . The ball hole 21 is closed by a shutter plate 22, and the shutter plate 22 is slid by operating a lever 23 provided on the front surface of the ball tray 17 so that the ball hole 21 can be opened. ing.

As shown in FIG. 3, a hoisting device 24 hoisting and supplying the pachinko balls in the ball tray 17 to the hitting firing position 8 is provided on the rear surface side of the front frame 2. For this reason,
A notched window 25 is provided on the inner side wall of the plate portion 18, and a guide plate 26 that extends from the notched window 25 to the bottom wall 20 and is inclined downward is stretched. Reference numeral 26a is a protrusion provided on the lower surface of the guide plate 26.

The hoisting device 24 has a hoisting gutter 28 for hoisting a pachinko ball upward by a screw 27, a drive motor 29 for driving the screw 27 to rotate, and a hoisting gutter 28.
It is roughly composed of a supply gutter 30 that supplies a pachinko ball carried inside to a hitting firing position 8. That is, the support shaft 2
A screw 27 in which blades 27b are spirally wound around 7a is erected vertically and rotatably in a lifting gutter 28. The pachinko balls in the lifting gutter 28 are arranged vertically one by one, and the blades 27
It is transported upward while being supported by b. Lifting gutter 28
At the lower end of the inflow port 3 facing the tip of the guide plate 26.
1 is opened, and an outlet 32 is opened at the upper end.
Then, one end of the supply gutter 30 is connected to the outflow port 32, and the discharge port 33 at the other end faces the hitting ball firing position 8.

A drive motor 29 is arranged on the rear side of the lifting trough 28, and the motor shaft 3 protruding from the lower surface of the drive motor 29.
4, a drive gear 35 and a driven gear 36, which mesh with each other, are fixed to the lower end of the spindle 27a of the screw 27. A part of the driven gear 36 is the guide plate 2
A plurality of raised portions 36a are provided on the lower surface of the guide plate 6, and each tooth on the upper surface thereof collides with the protrusion 26a of the guide plate 26. As a result, as the driven gear 36 rotates, each raised portion 36b collides with the protrusion 26a, causing the guide plate 26 to vibrate up and down. Each one is smoothly sent into the pumping trough 28.

Reference numeral 37 denotes an ashtray portion provided on the ball tray 17 and 3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a handle located on the right side of the ball tray 17 and attached to the front frame 2. The solenoid 6 and the drive motor 29 are electrically controlled so that the player grips the handle 38 to interlock with each other. Then, the drive motor 29 rotates its motor shaft 34 by a constant angle, thereby rotating the screw 27 by a constant angle as well, and sequentially lifts the pachinko balls in the lift trough 28 upward. In addition, these pachinko balls are set so as to be supplied one by one to the hitting ball firing position 8 at regular intervals.
Further, the solenoid 6 is also adapted to freely adjust the strength of the advancing / retreating force of the shaft 7 according to the rotation angle of the handle 38.

On the other hand, on the front surface of the front frame 2, there is provided a display section 39 for displaying a message regarding a game between the ball tray 17 and the glass frame 4, and at the right corner thereof, it is advantageous for the player. A number-of-times display unit 40 that displays the number of times of a big hit state is provided. Further, 41 and 42 are a return button and a ball lending button which are operated to lend a pachinko ball by a magnetic card, and the magnetic card is usually inserted into a ball lender (not shown).

The pachinko machine of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure,
The pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving tray 17 commutate on the guide plate 26 through the notch window 25 and reach the inflow port 31 of the lifting trough 28. When the handle 38 is rotated in this state, the screw 27 is rotated by a predetermined angle together with the operation of the drive motor 29. As a result, the pachinko balls on the guide plate 26 flow into the lifting trough 28 while being vibrated, and are lifted one by one while being supported by the blades 27b of the screw 27 one by one. Then, each of these pachinko balls is discharged into the supply trough 30 from the outlet 32 at the upper end of the lifting trough 28, and is also supplied one by one from the lower end discharge port 33 of the supply trough 30 to the ball striking position 8.

The pachinko ball at the hitting ball firing position 8 is fired by the forward / backward movement of the shaft 7 of the solenoid 6 and is driven into the game section 3a. At this time, for example, when a pachinko ball wins a normal prize hole or the like, the prize ball is paid out from the prize ball payout device 13, and the prize ball flows down the prize ball discharge trough 14 and passes through the communication hole 19 to receive a ball tray 17. It is guided to the plate portion 18 of the and stored.

[0017]

As described above, the pachinko machine of the present invention
The ball saucer has a horizontally long dish that stores pachinko balls.
Open a communication port on the wall that connects to the lower end of the prize ball discharge gutter.
The inner wall of the storage tray is connected to and stored in the bottom wall of the tray.
Notch window for supplying pachinko balls to the firing position
Opened and pachinko balls stored on the bottom wall are stored.
Configuration with ball-draining holes for discharging to the outside of the machine
Because it consists of, a pachinko machine equipped with this ball saucer, like a conventional pachinko machine with a ball hitting tray and a ball holding tray in two stages, hits the ball holding tray of the ball holding tray during the game. There is no need for the troublesome work of transferring to a ball storage bowl or removing the pachinko ball that remains in the hitting ball supply tray together with the ball storage tray after the game.

Further, since a space for one hitting ball supply plate is vacant, this space can be used for display and decoration, which leads to improvement of service to the player. Moreover, the so-called fraudulent act that is performed by inserting a piano wire or the like through the communication opening of the ball receiving tray as in the conventional case becomes difficult. Furthermore, the design is extremely novel compared to the conventional pachinko machine, and it has the effect of making the player's eyes entertaining.

[0019] Furthermore, by so as to vibrate the guide plate the guide plate vertically disposed between the pan and the pumped system sphere pan
For example , a pachinko ball that flows from the plate and rides on the upper surface of the guide plate is sent into the lifting trough without causing a ball jam. As a result, a stable pachinko ball can be constantly supplied to the hitting ball firing position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part in a perspective manner.

[Explanation of symbols] 8 ball firing position14 prize ball discharge gutter 17 ball saucer18 Plate 19 Communication port 20 bottom wall 21 Ball punch hole 25 notch window

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ball tray for storing the pachinko balls paid out from the prize ball paying device is provided on the front surface of the front frame of the pachinko machine and below the hitting ball firing position, and the ball saucer is provided on the back side of the front frame. A pachinko machine which is provided with a lifting device for supplying the pachinko balls of 1 to the hitting ball firing position one by one. 2. A ball saucer for storing the pachinko balls paid out from the prize ball payout device is provided on the front surface of the front frame of the pachinko machine and below the hitting ball firing position, and the ball saucer is provided on the back side of the front frame. Is a pachinko machine provided with a lifting device for supplying the respective pachinko balls to the hitting ball firing position one by one, wherein the pachinko balls in the ball saucer are lifted to the lifting device between the dish part of the ball saucer and the lifting device. A pachinko machine characterized in that a guide plate for guiding is provided, and the guide plate is vibrated by using an appropriate drive means.