JP2003305245A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which trouble of unexpectedly engaging a ball between a feed port of a ball passage and an outer peripheral surface of a rotating body can be prevented. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine is provided with a ball put out device 30 having a ball passage 40 and a rotating body 82 for receiving a ball B supplied from a feed port 46 at the lower end of the ball passage 40 and putting out the ball B. In the feed port 46, a movable guide member 60 having a guide part 62 for guiding the ball B toward the rotating body 82 is provided to be displaced between a ball guide position and a saving position where the guide part 62 gets away from the rotating body 82. The movable guide member 60 is located at the guide position by an elastic object 66 and when a load equal to or more than a prescribed value is applied thereon, the movable guide member is displaced toward the saving position while elastically deforming the elastic object 66. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine for playing a game using balls (pachinko balls), for example, a gaming machine called a ball game machine (mainly a pachinko machine), or a ball for coins. The present invention relates to a gaming machine for playing games such as slot machine games.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine for playing games using balls (pachinko balls), a number of balls corresponding to the number of prize balls or balls to be rented are set at predetermined positions, for example, the front side of the game machine through a payout passage. It must be configured to dispense to the saucer (upper plate or lower plate) installed in. Therefore, at a predetermined position of the gaming machine, a ball payout device having a ball passage and a rotating body which receives the ball supplied from the supply port at the lower end of the ball passage and pays out the ball is arranged. It is like this. Further, it is general that a plurality of ball receiving portions for receiving balls are formed in a sprocket shape provided at a predetermined angle on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body of the ball dispensing device.

[0003]

By the way, when the sphere supplied from the supply port at the lower end of the sphere passage is received by the rotating body and the sphere is paid out by the rotating operation of the rotating body, the supply port and the rotating body are provided. There is a case in which a sphere is unexpectedly caught between the outer peripheral surface and the rotation body and the rotation of the rotating body is stopped. When such ball catching occurs, it is necessary to remove the ball caught between the supply port at the lower end of the ball passage and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body.
It was troublesome.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of preventing a problem that a sphere is accidentally caught between a supply port of a sphere passage and an outer peripheral surface of a rotating body. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to a first aspect of the present invention has a structure as set forth in claim 1, and has a ball passage and a ball passage thereof. A ball payout device having a rotary body that receives a ball supplied from a supply port at the lower end of the base and pays out the ball. A movable guide member having a guide portion that guides the sphere toward the rotating body is provided at the supply port so as to be displaceable between a ball guiding position and a retracted position where the guide portion moves away from the rotating body. The movable guide member is arranged at the guide position by an elastic body, and is displaced toward the retracted position while elastically deforming the elastic body when a load of a predetermined value or more is applied.

Therefore, the sphere supplied to the supply port at the lower end of the sphere passage is guided by the guide portion of the movable guide member and supplied to the rotating body. Then, the spheres supplied to the rotating body are paid out by the rotating operation of the rotating body. When the sphere is paid out by the rotating operation of the rotator, the sphere may try to be accidentally caught between the movable guide member of the supply port and the outer peripheral surface of the rotator. When a load of a predetermined value or more that the sphere tries to bite acts on the movable guide member, the movable guide member elastically deforms the elastic body while the guide portion is displaced toward the retracted position away from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body. To do. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem caused by ball catching, in which a sphere unexpectedly gets caught between the movable guide member of the supply port and the outer peripheral surface of the rotator and the rotation of the rotator stops.

A gaming machine according to a second aspect of the present invention has a structure as set forth in claim 2, wherein the movable guide member is rotatably supported near one end side thereof and the other end side thereof. Is equipped with a guide. Therefore, the movable guide member is displaced between the ball guide position and the retracted position by rotating with the support portion near the one end side as a fulcrum. Then, in the state where the movable guide member is arranged at the ball guide position, the sphere of the supply port is guided by the guide portion of the movable guide member and is satisfactorily supplied toward the rotating body. Also, if a load greater than a predetermined value that the ball tries to bite acts on the movable guide member,
The movable guide member rotates about the supporting portion as a fulcrum toward the retracted position and is smoothly displaced.

A gaming machine according to a third aspect of the present invention has a structure as set forth in claim 3, wherein the movable guide members are provided in a pair on both sides of the supply port. . Therefore, the sphere of the supply port is guided by the guide portions of the pair of movable guide members, and can be more favorably guided toward the rotating body.

A gaming machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention has a structure as set forth in claim 4, wherein an elastic body is provided across a pair of movable guide members. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of assembling separate elastic bodies with respect to the pair of movable guide members and elastically ejecting the elastic bodies.
The cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts and the number of assembling steps because the elastic body is shared.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, which shows a gaming machine (for example, a pachinko machine) that plays a game using a ball from the rear, the gaming machine 1 is mounted on an outer frame 2 and a front side of the outer frame 2 such that the gaming machine 1 can be opened and closed by a hinge function. The front frame 3 having a frame shape is mainly configured. On the front side of the front frame 3, as is well known, an opening / closing door having a glass plate, an upper plate capable of storing a ball B (pachinko ball), a lower plate, a handle device for firing a ball, and the like are arranged. A game board mounting frame is fixedly attached to the rear surface of the front frame 3 at the peripheral edge of the frame opening, and a game board (not shown) is detachably fitted into the frame of the game board mounting frame. , The periphery of the rear surface of the game board is fixed in a state of being pressed by the mechanism plate 10 (also called a back set plate, a back mechanism plate, etc.). In the game area on the front surface of the game board, various winning devices, accessory devices, symbol display devices, gate openings, etc. are appropriately arranged.

A ball tank 11 for storing balls B and a tank rail 12 connected to a lower part near one end of the ball tank 11 are mounted on the upper portion of the rear surface of the mechanism plate 10. The tank rail 12 is provided with an inclined sphere feed passage 13 in which the spheres B flow while being aligned in two rows in front and rear from one side to the other side (from left side to right side in FIG. 1). The downwardly inclined end 13 is used as a sphere delivery portion. A unit mounting portion is provided on one side of the rear surface of the mechanism plate 10 (on the right side in FIG. 1) adjacent to the ball sending portion of the tank rail 12, and the unit dispensing portion has a ball dispensing device 3
1 unit-shaped ball payout device unit 3 which constitutes 0
1 is detachably attached.

In addition, on the rear side of the mechanism plate 10, the downstream ends of the prize ball passage 72 and the ball rental passage 73 of the ball payout device unit 31 are joined to join the prize ball passage 72 and the ball rental passage 73. Two rows of main-body-side payout passages 14 are formed in the front and rear rows for guiding the balls B paid out from a predetermined position. Further, an upper plate ball passage 16 for guiding the ball B to the upper plate is provided at the downstream portion of the main body side payout passage 14. Further, a ball reservoir 17 for the upper plate is formed in the ball passage 16 for the upper plate, and one side of the ball reservoir 17 for the upper plate is used for the upper plate when the ball B of the upper plate is full. A lower plate ball passage 19 for guiding the ball B of the ball reservoir 17 to the lower plate is formed. Further, on the rear side of the mechanism plate 10, a main body side discharge for discharging the ball B of the ball tank 11 and the tank rail 12 to the outside of the machine through a discharge passage 50 provided in a part of the ball dispensing device unit 31. A passage 21 is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the ball payout device unit 31 includes a unit case 32, a passage switching member 52 mounted on the unit case 32, a movable guide member 60, a rotating body 82, and a payout motor 80. , Equipped with various detectors. The unit case 32 is mainly composed of three parts, that is, a first passage forming member 33, a second passage forming member 34, and a third passage forming member 35, which are formed by injection molding of synthetic resin or the like and are separably coupled by screws or the like. Is configured as. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, in the unit case 32, a sphere passage 40 in two rows in the front and rear direction and having a vertical passage shape, and a supply port 46 communicating with the lower end portion of the sphere passage 40 are formed as partitions. Has been done.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the discharge passages 50 are formed in the unit case 32 so as to be adjacent to one side of each of the front and rear two rows of the ball passages 40. At the upper boundary between the discharge passage 50 and the ball passage 40, a passage switching member 52 is arranged so that the arrangement can be switched between the first position and the second position by the operation lock member 55. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation lock member 5
When the passage switching member 52 is arranged and locked at the first position by the ball passage 5, the ball B sent from the ball delivery portion of the tank rail 12 does not flow into the discharge passage 50 and the ball passage 4
It only flows to zero. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, when the operation lock member 55 is operated upward and unlocked, it receives the fluid pressure of the ball B flowing from the ball delivery portion of the tank rail 12 toward the upper part of the ball passage 40. The passage switching member 52 rotates about the shaft 53 and is switched to the second position. As a result, the ball B flowing toward the upper part of the ball passage 40 flows into the discharge passage 50. The operation lock member 55 is elastically urged toward a lower lock position by a spring 58, and a lower end portion of the operation lock member 55 is detachably engaged with an engagement portion 54 formed at a predetermined position of the passage switching member 52. In combination, a lock portion 56 that selectively locks the passage switching member 52 at the first position and the second position is formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the lower part of the unit case 32, a rotary member disposing portion communicating with the supply port 46 is formed, and the ball B is received and paid out in the rotary member disposing portion. A sprocket-shaped rotating body 82 is disposed so as to be rotatable in forward and reverse directions. Then, on the lower side of the unit case 32, one side of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 82 (left side in FIG. 5).
On the opposite side of the award ball passage 72, the ball-renting passage 73 is divided into two rows in the front and rear.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the first
Between the passage forming member 33 and the second passage forming member 34,
The substrate portion of the first passage forming member 33 and the second passage forming member 34
Front side ball passage 40, front side supply port 4
6, front prize balls passage 72, front ball rental passage 73, and front discharge passage 50 are formed respectively with front and rear walls. Furthermore, the substrate of the first passage forming member 33 forms a front side wall of the rotating body disposition portion, and the second passage forming member 34 has a hole through which the rotating body 82 is inserted. In addition, the substrate portion of the first passage forming member 33 and the second
At least one of the base plate portion of the passage forming member 34 is formed with passage walls 41, 42, 51 for partitioning and forming the front side ball passage 40 and the front side discharge passage 50 adjacent to each other. The award ball passage 72 and the outer wall 48 of the front ball rental passage 73 are formed. Further, at least one of the substrate portion of the first passage forming member 33 and the substrate portion of the second passage forming member 34 has the rotating body 8
Adjacent to the lower part of 2, a branch wall 59 that divides the front prize ball passage 72 and the front ball rental passage 73 is formed.

Also, between the second passage forming member 34 and the third passage forming member 35, the substrate portion of the second passage forming member 34 and the substrate portion of the third passage forming member 35 are used in a substantially similar manner. The front and rear walls of the side ball passage 40, the rear supply port 46, the rear prize ball passage 72, the rear ball rental passage 73, and the rear discharge passage 50 are formed, respectively,
The substrate portion of the third passage forming member 35 forms rear side walls 48 and 49 of the rotating body disposing portion. Further, at least one of the substrate portion of the second passage forming member 34 and the substrate portion of the third passage forming member 35, the rear ball passage 40 and the rear discharge passage 50 are formed adjacent to each other. Passage wall 41,
42 and 51 are respectively formed, and the outer walls of the rear prize ball passage 72 and the rear ball rental passage 73 are formed. Furthermore, the base plate portion of the second passage forming member 34 and the third
At least one of the base plate portion of the passage forming member 35 is adjacent to the lower side of the rotating body 82, and the rearward prize passage 72 is provided.
A branch wall 59 is formed that divides the rear ball rental passage 73 from the rear wall.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, in the spherical passages 40 in the form of vertical passages in the front and rear rows, the replenishing port at the upper end (upstream end) thereof opens to the side of the upper end of the unit case 32. At the same time, the ball feeding passages 13 in the front and rear two rows of the tank rail 12 face and communicate with the ball feeding portions at the downwardly inclined ends. Further, the lower ends (downstream ends) of the two front and rear rows of the ball passages 40 face the rotating body 82 via the supply ports 46. In addition, the ball passage 40 is
An upper passage portion 43, a wide passage portion 44, and a throttle passage portion 45 are sequentially communicated from the upper portion to the lower portion. Further, the balls B are in contact with the upper passage portion 43, the wide passage portion 44, and the throttle passage portion 45, and each of the balls B has both passage walls 41, 4.
The two are arranged in a line in a substantially zigzag shape while being in contact with one of the inner wall surfaces.

In this embodiment, the upper passage portion 43
Has an inverted L-shape bent downward from a side (lateral) opening refill port, and the passage width W1 of the upper passage portion 43 thereof is 1.2 times larger than the diameter dimension of the sphere B. It is formed to a large extent. The wide passage portion 44 continuously formed in the lower portion of the upper passage portion 43 has a maximum passage width W2 at its substantially central portion and is formed in a substantially curved shape close to a straight line, and the passage width W2 at the central portion is The maximum size is about 1.8 times (about 1.5 times in this embodiment) larger than the diameter of the ball B. And, the passage width at the upper part of the wide passage portion 44 is
It is formed to be about 1.2 times larger than the diameter dimension of the sphere B so that a step is not formed between the lower portion of the upper passage portion 43 and the lower portion. Further, the passage width of the lower portion of the wide passage portion 44 is formed to be about 1.3 times larger than the diameter dimension of the sphere B so that a step with the upper portion of the throttle passage portion 45 does not occur.

Further, the throttle passage portion 45 formed continuously at the lower portion of the wide passage portion 44 is substantially S-shaped in the range of the displacement amount in the lateral direction which is substantially the same as the displacement amount in the lateral direction of the wide passage member 44. The passage width is gradually reduced from the upper part to the lower part while being formed in a bent shape. The passage width at the upper part of the throttle passage portion 45 is equal to the width of the wide passage portion 44.
It is formed to be about 1.3 times larger than the diameter dimension of the sphere B so that no step is formed between the lower part and the lower part. Further, the lower portion of the throttle passage portion 45 has a substantially vertical shape, and the passage width W3 of the lower end opening thereof is 1.05 than the diameter dimension of the sphere B.
It is about twice as large and slightly larger.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, on both sides of each of the front and rear two rows of supply ports 46 provided immediately adjacent to the lower end openings of the front and rear two rows of the throttle passage portions 45, respectively.
A pair of front and rear movable guide members 60 that are displaceable between a ball guide position for guiding the ball B toward the rotating body 82 and a retracted position away from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 82 are mounted. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the pair of front and rear movable guide members 60 are individually rotatable around a shaft 61 near one end thereof, so that the first and second passage forming members 33 are formed. , 34 are attached to the respective predetermined positions of the substrate portion. On the other end side (opposite tip side) of the pair of movable guide members 60, the interval dimension W4 which is about 1.05 times the diameter dimension of the sphere B and slightly larger.
A guide portion 62 for guiding the ball B toward the rotating body 82 is formed opposite to each other. In addition, the guide portion 62 of the pair of movable guide members 60 is formed in an arcuate surface that has substantially the same center as the shaft 61.

As shown in FIG. 8, the pair of front and rear movable guide members 60 has a stopper portion 64 formed at a predetermined position thereof and a predetermined base portion of the first and second passage forming members 33 and 34. The rotation range (rotation angle) is regulated by the regulation holes 65 formed at the respective positions. That is,
The pair of front and rear movable guide members 60 includes a ball guide position at which the stopper portion 64 contacts one side edge of the regulation hole 65 and a regulation hole 65.
In the range of the retracted position where the stopper portion 64 abuts on the other side edge, each is rotatable about the shaft 61. Further, the pair of front and rear movable guide members 60 are arranged and held at the ball guide position by the elastic force of the elastic body 66, and when a load of a predetermined value or more is applied, the elastic body 66 is elastically deformed to the retracted position. It is configured to be displaced toward.

In this embodiment, spring hooks are formed at predetermined positions of the pair of movable guide members 60 in the vicinity of the stoppers 64, respectively. Both ends of the body 66 are hooked and stretched. The pair of movable guide members 60 receives the elastic force of the common elastic body 66, respectively, and is arranged and held at the ball guide position. Even when a load equal to or more than a predetermined value is applied, only the movable guide member 60 on one side is displaced toward the retracted position against the elastic force of the elastic body 66.
Further, on the lower side surfaces of the pair of movable guide members 60, a pressing surface 63 that presses down the ball B is formed in a substantially curved shape.

As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 8 and FIG. 11, in the rotary member disposition portion located immediately below the supply ports 46 in the front and rear two rows,
A rotator 82 having two rows of front and rear sprocket parts 83 and 87 for receiving and paying out the balls B of the supply ports 46 is rotatably arranged in the forward and reverse directions. Then, by rotating the rotator 82 in one direction (counterclockwise direction toward FIG. 8), the number of balls B corresponding to the number of prize balls when entering the various winning openings of the game board is paid out, and the opposite. The number of balls B corresponding to the number of lent balls sent from a ball rental machine (not shown) is paid out by the rotating operation in the direction. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, the sprocket part 83 corresponding to the front supply port 46 and the sprocket part 87 corresponding to the rear supply port 46 are integrally formed on the same center line in the rotating body 82. Be prepared for. Also, the front sprocket portion 83
A shaft 95 attached to a boss portion provided at a predetermined position of the base plate portion of the first passage forming member 33 is inserted through the center portion of the front end face of the first passage forming member 33, and the shaft 95 protruding from the rear end face center portion of the rear sprocket portion 87 is provided. A connecting hole into which the output shaft 81 of the dispensing motor 80 is fitted so that torque can be transmitted is formed in the connected portion. The rotating body 82 is rotationally driven in the forward and reverse directions using the payout motor 80 as a drive source.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of (for example, three) concave arc-shaped ball receiving portions 84 are provided on the outer periphery of the front sprocket portion 83 at predetermined intervals (for example, 3). In the case of individual pieces, they are recessed at 120 degree intervals. And, each ball receiving portion 84, of its shoulders,
One is the first payout unit 85 and the other is the second payout unit 86. Also, on the outer periphery of the sprocket part 87 on the rear side,
A plurality of (for example, three) concave arc-shaped ball receiving portions 88 are provided in a recessed manner by being phased by a half pitch (for example, 60 degrees in the case of three) with respect to the ball receiving portion 84 of the sprocket portion 83 on the front side.
Of the shoulder portions of each ball receiving portion 88, one is a first payout portion 89 and the other is a second payout portion 90.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the outer periphery of the output shaft 81 of the dispensing motor 80 is
The member to be detected 100 is attached so that torque can be transmitted, and the ring portion 101 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the member to be detected 100 has a total of the ball receiving portions 84 and 88 of both sprocket portions 83 in the front and rear rows. Number corresponding to the number (eg 6)
To be detected, each of which is provided with a detected part formed of a slit or a hole, and which detects the detected part.
Is attached to the rear side of the substrate portion of the third passage forming member 35. Then, the detected portion of the detected member 100 is detected by the payout amount detector 105 in correspondence with the number of paid-out balls or lent balls.

The payout motor 80 is fixed to the unit case 32 while being housed in the motor protective case 110 installed on the rear side of the unit case 32. The payout motor 80 is rotationally controlled based on a prize ball payout signal sent from a main control board or a frame control board (both not shown) arranged at a predetermined position of the gaming machine 1 and The rotation is controlled based on a ball rental payout signal sent from a ball rental machine (not shown) installed on one side. Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the protective case 110 is attached to the underframe portions projecting from the four lower peripheral edges of the rear surface of the third passage forming member 35. There is. This protective case 11
Reference numeral 0 includes a base portion 111 to which the payout motor 80 is fixed by screws and the like, and a cover body 120 attached to the base portion 111 so as to be openable and closable.

Further, the base portion 111 is made of a metal plate such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel, iron, etc. having excellent heat absorption and heat radiation properties, and a mounting plate portion 112 for fixing the payout motor 80,
The mounting plate portion 112 includes side plate portions 113 formed by being bent rearward from both sides of the mounting plate portion 112 at a substantially right angle. Then, the base part 111 is attached to the unit case 32 by a screw or the like at a predetermined position of the mounting plate part 112.
The dispensing motor 80 is attached to the rear side of the attachment plate portion 112, and the payout motor 80 is fixed to the attachment surface of the attachment plate portion 112 with screws or the like. The output shaft 81 of the payout motor 80 penetrates through the mounting plate portion 112 and the sprocket portion 8 on the rear side of the rotating body 82.
It is adapted to be inserted into the connecting portion of 7 so that torque can be transmitted (see FIG. 2).

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 8, at the predetermined positions of the two rows of prize ball passages 72 in the front and rear, the prize balls for detecting the balls B paid out to the passages. A ball detector 75 is provided, and a ball rental detector 76 for detecting the ball B paid out to the passage is provided at a predetermined position in the front and rear rows of the ball rental passages 73. The detection signal of the ball B by the prize ball detector 75 is sent to each of the main control board and the frame control board, and the detection signal of the ball B by the ball rental detector 76 is
It is designed to be sent to the ball lending machine and the frame control board respectively. Then, the number of balls B corresponding to the number of prize balls or the number of lent balls
On the other hand, when the number of detections detected by the prize ball detector 75 or the ball rental detector 76 is insufficient (for example, when the supply failure of the ball B occurs in the ball tank 11, the tank rail 12, etc. A shortage occurs in the number of payouts of B), and a signal corresponding to the shortage is sent to the payout motor 80, whereby the rotator 82 rotates by the amount corresponding to the shortage, and the required number of balls B are obtained. It is designed to be paid out accurately without any shortage. In addition, the prize ball passage 72 and the ball rental passage 73 join together in the main body side payout passage 14 provided in communication with each downstream thereof (see FIG. 1).

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the unit case 32 is provided with a detector 130 for detecting the presence or absence of the balls B in the front and rear two rows of the ball passages 40. . The detector 130 has a leaf-spring-shaped operating plate 131, and faces the two front and rear rows of the ball passages 40 in a state where the operating plate 131 is protected by the detection protection piece 135. That is, a notch-shaped opening hole is formed in the upper part of the passage wall 41 of the front and rear two rows of the spherical passages 40, and the detection protection piece 135 faces the opening hole and can swing about the upper shaft 136 as a fulcrum. It is assembled. And ball passage 4
When there is a ball B on the upper part of 0, the detection protection piece 135 is placed in a retracted position which is substantially flush with the inner wall surface of the passage wall 41 under the load of the ball B, whereby the operating plate 131 is retracted. The presence of sphere B is detected at. When the ball B does not exist above the ball passage 40, the operating plate 131
Is displaced toward the inside of the ball passage 40, whereby the ball passage 4
The absence of sphere B above 0 is detected. At this time, the displacement of the operating plate 131 causes the detection protection piece 135 to protrude toward the inside of the ball passage 40 about the shaft 136.

The gaming machine 1 according to this embodiment is configured as described above. Therefore, prior to or during a game, the ball B sent from the ball sending portion 13 from the ball tank 11 through the ball feed passages 13 in the front and rear rows of the tank rail 12 is the ball passage 40 in the front and rear rows. From the replenishing port of the ball passage 40 through the upper passage portion 43, the wide passage portion 44, and the throttle passage portion 45 in order, and through the supply port 46 at the lower end of the throttle passage portion 45, the two sprocket portions 83 in the front and rear rows of the rotor 82, It flows on 87 respectively. Then, in the two rows of front and rear sprockets 83, 87, for example, the outer peripheral surface of the front sprockets 83 and the rear sprockets 87 are used.
The balls B are supplied onto the ball receiving portions 88 (see FIG. 8).

Here, when a ball lending switch (not shown) arranged at a predetermined position on the front side of the gaming machine 1 is operated,
The signal is sent to the frame control board. In addition, a signal based on the operation of the ball lending switch is sent to a ball rental machine (not shown) installed on one side of the gaming machine 1, and the number of signals corresponding to the number of ball rentals issued from the ball rental machine is a frame. Sent to the control board. Based on this, the rotation of the payout motor 80 is controlled by the payout signal issued from the frame control board. Then,
The payout motor 80 causes the rotating body 82 to rotate in one direction (for example, a clockwise direction toward FIG. 9) and at a rotation speed or a rotation angle corresponding to the number of lent balls. Rotating body 82
By the rotation in the predetermined direction, the balls B are sequentially received by the ball receiving portions 84, 88 of the two rows of front and rear sprockets 83, 87, and subsequently, the first balls on the rear side in the rotational direction of the ball receiving portions 84, 88. The balls B are pushed by the payout units 85 and 89, and the weight of the ball B is also added to the ball rental passages 73 in the front and rear rows.
Balls B paid out to the front and rear two rows 73 for ball rental
After flowing into the main body side pay-out passages 14 in the front and rear two rows, they flow into the upper plate ball passage 16 through the front and rear two rows in the main body side pay-out passages 14 and are paid out to the upper tray.

Further, when a ball B shot in the game area of the game board 11 flows into the winning opening and is detected by the detector during the game, the signal is sent to the main control board. Then, a number of signals corresponding to the number of prize balls emitted from the main control board are sent to the frame control board, and the payout signal emitted from the frame control board controls the rotation of the payout motor 80 based on the signal. Then, the rotating body 82 is moved by the payout motor 80.
Rotates in the opposite direction (counterclockwise direction toward FIG. 9) and by a rotation angle corresponding to the number of prize balls. By the rotation of the rotating body 82 in the opposite direction, the balls B are sequentially received by the ball receiving portions 84, 88 of the two rows of front and rear rows of the sprockets 83, 87, and subsequently, the rear side in the rotational direction of the ball receiving portions 84, 88. Second
The balls are pushed by the payout units 86 and 90 and the weight of the ball B is added to the payout balls 72 in the front and rear rows. The balls B delivered to the award ball passages 72 in the front and rear two rows flow through the body side delivery passages 14 in the front and rear rows to the upper plate ball passage 16 and are delivered to the upper plate 6.

As described above, the sphere B supplied to the supply port 46 located immediately below the sphere passage 40 is rotated by the rotating body 82, and the sprocket parts 83, 8 in two rows before and after the sphere B are rotated.
When the balls B are received by the respective ball receiving portions 84 and 88 of 7 and are paid out to the two rows of award ball passages 72 or ball rental passages 73, the movable guide member 60 of the supply port 46 and the sprocket of the rotating body 82. The sphere B may try to be caught unexpectedly between the outer peripheral surfaces of the portions 83 and 87. When a load of a predetermined value or more that the ball B tries to bite acts on the movable guide member 60, the movable guide member 60 resists the elastic force of the elastic body 66 and elastically deforms the elastic body 66 while The guide portion 62 rotates about the shaft 61 and is displaced toward the retracted position away from the outer peripheral surface of the sprocket portion 83 (or 87) of the rotating body 82 (see FIG. 10). Therefore, the ball B unexpectedly bites between the movable guide member 60 of the supply port 46 and the outer peripheral surfaces of the sprocket portions 83 and 87 of the rotary body 82, and the rotation of the rotary body 82 is stopped. Can be prevented.

Also, in this embodiment, a pair of movable guide members 60 are provided on both sides of the supply port 46 so as to be displaceable between a ball guide position and a retracted position, and the guide portions of the pair of movable guide members 60 are provided. The interval dimension W4 of 62 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter dimension of the sphere B by about 1.05 times. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the sphere B supplied to the supply port 46 can be favorably guided toward the rotating body 82 by the guide portions 62 of the pair of movable guide members 60. In addition, in this embodiment, the guide portions 62 of the pair of movable guide members 60 are formed on arcuate surfaces having substantially the same center as the shaft 61. Therefore, when the movable guide member 60 in the ball guide position rotates about the shaft 61 toward the retracted position, the guide portion 62 interferes with the ball B of the supply port 46 and the movable guide member 60 retracts. Problems that hinder operation are prevented.

Further, in this embodiment, both ends of the elastic body 66 made of one coil spring are hooked and stretched over the spring hooking portions of the pair of movable guide members 60. Then, the pair of movable guide members 60 is
The elastic force of the common elastic body 66 is received and arranged and held at the ball guide position. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of assembling separate elastic bodies to the pair of movable guide members 60 and elastically repulsing the elastic bodies 66.
The cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts and the number of assembling steps by the common use.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment,
The case where the ball paying-out device 30 is configured by one united ball paying-out device unit 31 and is detachably mounted to the unit mounting portion of the mechanism plate 10 has been exemplified, but the ball paying-out device is provided at a predetermined position of the mechanism plate 10. It is possible to form the passage wall of each passage of the device 30 and to construct the ball dispensing device 30 by assembling various detectors, passage switching members, the movable guide member 60, the rotating body 82, the dispensing motor 80, and the like. is there.
Further, as the ball payout device 30 in the above embodiment,
The case in which the payout motor 80 is used as a drive source and the rotary body 82 having the front and rear two rows of sprocket parts 83 and 87 is mainly configured has been exemplified, but a sphere having a rotary body having a function of delivering the sphere B is illustrated. The present invention can be implemented with any sending device. Further, the ball passage 40 and the like of the ball dispensing device 30 may be provided in multiple rows of two rows or more in front and rear, or may be provided in a single row.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When paying out the ball by the rotating motion of the rotating body, when the ball accidentally gets caught between the movable guide member of the supply port of the ball passage and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, the movable guide member faces the retracted position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a defect due to ball catching such that the sphere unexpectedly gets caught between the movable guide member of the supply port and the outer peripheral surface of the rotator and the rotation of the rotator stops.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway rear view showing a pachinko machine as a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the ball payout device unit.

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing the ball payout device unit.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a ball payout device unit.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a first passage forming member (or a second passage forming member) of the ball payout device unit.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view of the upper portion of the first passage forming member (or the second passage forming member) of the ball dispensing device unit.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of the intermediate portion of the first passage forming member (or the second passage forming member) of the ball dispensing device unit.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view showing a state in which a pair of movable guide members and a rotating body are arranged below the first passage forming member (or the second passage forming member) of the ball dispensing device unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state in which balls supplied from the ball passage to the supply port are paid out to the prize ball passage by rotation of the rotating body.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the movable guide member is similarly displaced toward the retracted position.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a rotary body in an enlarged manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game machine 10 Mechanical plate 30 ball dispensing device 31 Ball dispensing device unit 32 unit case 33 First Passage Component 34 Second passage constituting member 35 Third Passage Member 40 ball passage 46 Supply port 60 Movable guide member 62 Guide 66 elastic body 82 rotating body 83, 87 Sprocket part 84, 88 ball receiver

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine comprising a ball payout device having a ball passage and a rotating body for receiving the ball supplied from a supply port at the lower end of the ball passage and paying out the ball, wherein the supply is provided. A movable guide member having a guide portion that guides the sphere toward the rotating body is provided at the mouth so as to be displaceable between a ball guide position and a retracted position where the guide portion moves away from the rotating body, and the movable guide member is A gaming machine that is arranged at the guide position by an elastic body and that is displaced toward the retracted position while elastically deforming the elastic body when a load of a predetermined value or more is applied. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the movable guide member is rotatably supported near one end side thereof and provided with a guide portion on the other end side. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable guide members are provided in a pair on both sides of the supply port. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein an elastic body is arranged across a pair of movable guide members.