JP2006149807A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine flexibly responding to a change in a foul ball passage by facilitating the replacement of the foul ball passage. <P>SOLUTION: This Pachinko game machine is provided with a game ball putout device, a receiving tray 7 receiving game balls put out from the game ball putout device and a foul ball recovery part recovering foul balls; the receiving plate 7 is independently opened with a putout hole 73 for discharging the game balls put out from the game ball putout device to the receiving plate and a foul ball outlet 74 for discharging the foul balls recovered by the foul ball recovery part to the receiving tray; the foul ball outlet 74 is opened in a rear wall part 75 of the receiving tray 7; a passage unit 20 is detachably attached to the rear face side of a front frame 3 provided with the receiver tray 7; a foul ball passage for passing the foul balls is formed in the passage unit 20; and the outlet of the foul ball passage and the foul ball outlet 74 are connected to each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine in which a tray from which prize balls are paid out and a tray from which foul balls are returned are used as one dish.

  In the conventional pachinko gaming machine, a receiving tray from which a prize ball is paid out is divided into an upper receiving tray and a lower receiving tray provided below the upper receiving tray. Then, the prize balls are paid out to the upper tray, and the prize balls that can no longer be stored in the upper tray are caused to flow down to the lower tray and stored, and among the launched game balls, the game balls that have not reached the game area (hereinafter referred to as foul balls) Was returned to the tray.

  Recently, however, pachinko machines with a larger gaming area have been desired in order to improve the fun of gaming, and in order to increase the gaming area, the position of the saucer must be lowered. . For this reason, a pachinko machine in which the receiving tray from which the prize ball is paid out is divided into an upper receiving tray and a lower receiving tray as one common tray, and the position of the common tray is lower than that of the conventional upper receiving tray is put on the market. It has become.

In a pachinko gaming machine using such a common dish, it is necessary to return a foul ball that has been returned to the lower tray to the common dish. If the foul ball is returned using the same passage as in the above, the payout ball passage is a simple and wide passage through which a large number of prize balls and rental balls pass, so the game area There is a risk that unauthorized operation may be performed by intruding a piano wire or the like. Therefore, it is necessary to return the foul balls to the common dish using a foul ball passage independent of the payout ball passage. As a pachinko gaming machine adopting such a configuration, there is one shown in Patent Document 1 below.
JP 2003-290526 A

  However, in the pachinko gaming machine of Patent Document 1, the foul ball is returned through the foul ball tunnel 22, but the foul ball tunnel 22 passes through the edge of the tray 10, that is, the portion that bulges forward. , Open to the side wall of the tray 10. Therefore, when it becomes necessary to change the foul ball tunnel 22 to prevent new unauthorized operation, the tray 10 itself has to be replaced, and there is a problem that the replacement is not easy. In particular, the tray 10 is often mounted so as not to be removable from the front panel 46, such as being integrally formed with the front panel 46 in order to prevent breakage. In this case, the front panel 46 itself must be replaced. Therefore, the replacement is expensive and troublesome, and the replacement is difficult.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and to provide a pachinko gaming machine that facilitates replacement of a foul ball passage and can flexibly cope with a change in the foul ball passage.

  The pachinko gaming machine of the present invention did not reach the gaming area of the game ball payout device provided in the game machine, the receiving tray for receiving the game ball paid out from the game ball payout device, A foul ball collecting section for collecting game balls (hereinafter referred to as foul balls), and a payout port for discharging the game balls discharged from the game ball payout device to the tray. A pachinko gaming machine in which a foul ball outlet for discharging the foul balls collected by the foul ball collecting unit to the tray is independently opened, and the foul ball outlet is disposed behind the tray. A passage unit is detachably attached to the rear surface side of the front frame provided with the tray and opened to the wall, and the fur collected in the passage unit by the foul ball collection unit. Sphere is formed foul ball passage through, characterized in that the outlet of the foul ball passage and the foul ball outlet is connected.

  Here, it is preferable that the foul ball path bends in the front / rear and left / right directions, and that the foul ball path has a bag path-like structure that stops from the bottom to the top.

  Preferably, the passage unit is configured to be divided into a plurality of members, and when the passage unit is divided into the plurality of members, a part of the passage wall forming the foul ball passage is opened. .

  Further, it is preferable that a payout ball passage for guiding the game ball paid out from the game ball payout device to the payout port is formed in the passage unit independently of the foul ball passage.

  Further, the passage unit is configured to be divided into a plurality of members, and when the passage unit is divided into the plurality of members, a part of a passage wall that forms the foul ball passage, and the discharge ball passage It is preferable that a part of the passage wall to be formed is opened.

  According to the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, since the foul ball passage is formed in the removable passage unit, the replacement of the passage unit, that is, the replacement of the foul ball passage is easy, and a new illegal operation, etc. It is possible to flexibly respond to the change of the foul ball passage according to the situation.

  Also, if the foul ball passage is bent in the front, rear, left and right, and the foul ball passage is provided with a bag path structure that stops from the bottom to the top, the piano wire or the like must be bent and infiltrated. In addition to being obstructed, the leading end of the piano wire or the like enters the pavement-like structure and is blocked, so that it is difficult for the piano wire or the like to enter and the risk of unauthorized operation is reduced.

  And if the passage unit is configured to be divided into a plurality of members, and the passage unit is divided, if a part of the passage wall forming the foul ball passage is opened, maintenance is easy, Manufacture of the passage unit is facilitated.

  In addition, if the payout ball passage is formed independently of the foul ball passage in the passage unit, an illegal operation can be performed by allowing a piano wire or the like to enter the foul ball passage through the payout ball passage and further into the game area. Since the payout ball passage and the foul ball passage are formed in one passage unit, the number of parts is reduced and the number of parts assembly work is reduced.

  Furthermore, the passage unit can be divided into a plurality of members, and when the passage unit is divided, a part of the passage wall that forms the dispensing ball passage and a part of the passage wall that forms the foul ball passage are opened. If this is done, the maintenance is easy and the manufacture of the passage unit is facilitated.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko gaming machine P includes an outer frame 1, a game board mounting frame 2 attached to the front side of the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable, and a front side of the game board mounting frame 2. And a front frame 3 mounted so as to be openable and closable.

  A game board 18 is attached to the game board mounting frame 2. An outer rail 17 and an inner rail 19 (not shown in FIG. 2; see FIG. 1) for guiding a game ball are attached to the game board 18 and are surrounded by the upper portion of the outer rail 17 and the inner rail 19. This area is the game area 18a. The game area 18a is provided with nails (not shown), a display device, a winning opening and the like. An anti-return piece 27 is attached to the left end portion of the inner rail 19 to prevent the game ball reaching the game area 18a from returning to the hitting guide path 24 between the outer rail 17 and the inner rail 19. Yes.

  On the front side of the game board mounting frame 2, a launching mechanism portion (not shown) constituting a part of the hit ball launching device is mounted at a position below the game board 18. A game ball payout device 30 is mounted on the rear surface side of the game board mounting frame 2 at a position indicated by a broken line in FIG. A payout ball path member 4 (the front end portion of which is shown in FIG. 4) is connected to the downstream side of the game ball payout device 30, and the payout ball path member 4 extends from the rear side of the game board mounting frame 2 to the front side. It is installed.

  When the front frame 3 and the game board mounting frame 2 are closed, the front frame 3 is opened at a portion that overlaps the game area 18a. A transparent clear cover 5 is attached to the front frame 3 so as to close the opening portion. Further, a transparent plate unit in which a portion corresponding to the opening portion is transparent is mounted on the rear surface side of the front frame 3. Therefore, when the front frame 3 and the game board mounting frame 2 are closed, the game area 18a can be visually recognized through the transparent portion of the clear cover 5 and the transparent plate unit.

  A ball removal button 11, a ball lending button 12, a return button 13, and an effect button 14 are arranged at the lower part of the front frame 3 from the center to the right side. A hitting ball launching handle 10 constituting a part of the hitting ball launching device is mounted on the right side of the lower part of the front frame 3.

  In addition, a tray 7 that bulges forward from the center to the left side is provided below the front frame 3 so as not to be removable from the front frame 3. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer side portion of the bulging wall portion 77 of the tray 7 is integrally formed with the front frame 3. In the rear wall 75 of the tray 7, a payout port 73 and a foul ball outlet 74 are opened independently of each other. The bottom wall 76 of the tray 7 is formed with a ball opening 71 that can be opened and closed for ball removal, and a game ball guide rail 72 that guides the game ball to the ball striking device. On the rear side of the lower part of the front frame 3, a ball feeding mechanism part (not shown) constituting a part of the hitting ball launching device is mounted, and the game ball guided to the game ball guiding rail 72 is placed in the ball feeding mechanism part. After being sent, it is sent to the launch mechanism.

  An auxiliary tray 8 is integrally formed on the left side of the lower portion of the front frame 3 so as to bulge forward. The position of the auxiliary tray 8 is higher than the tray 7. An external ball guide rod 15 is integrally formed on the auxiliary tray 8 so as to penetrate the front frame 3 from the rear wall portion of the auxiliary tray 8 and extend rearward. The entrance of the external sphere guide passage 16 formed by the guide rod 15 is open.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a synthetic resin passage unit 20 is detachably mounted on the rear surface side of the lower portion of the front frame 3. As shown in FIGS. 5-7, the channel | path unit 20 is comprised from the front side member 20a and the rear side member 20b. The passage unit 20 has a plurality of mounting holes penetrating the front member 20a and the rear member 20b. The front member 20a and the rear member 20b are combined, and the position of the mounting hole is set to the front frame 3. The passage unit 20 is fastened to the front frame 3 by screwing screws into the mounting hole and the mounting boss from the rear in accordance with the position of the mounting boss protruding from the rear surface. Conversely, by removing the screw that fastens the passage unit 20, the passage unit 20 is removed from the front frame 3 and divided into a front member 20a and a rear member 20b.

  In the passage unit 20, a payout ball passage 21 that guides the game balls paid out from the game ball payout device 30, and a foul ball passage 22 that guides the foul balls launched from the hitting ball launcher and not reaching the game area 18 a, Are formed independently of each other (ie, without joining). A broken line arrow in FIG. 7 indicates the path of the payout ball passage 21, and a two-dot chain line arrow indicates the path of the foul ball path 22.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, by dividing the passage unit 20 into a front member 20a and a rear member 20b, the payout ball passage 21 and the foul ball passage 22 are each partially opened. . Specifically, a portion constituted by the rear member 20b in the passage wall forming the payout passage 21 and a portion constituted by the rear member 20b in the passage wall forming the foul ball passage 22 , Each open.

  When the front frame 3 and the game board mounting frame 2 are closed, the inlet 21a of the payout ball passage 21 is connected to the outlet 4a (see FIG. 4) of the payout ball path formed by the payout ball path member 4. Is arranged directly under the outlet 4a. The outlet 21 b of the payout ball passage 21 is connected to the payout port 73. In the middle of the payout ball passage 21, an exit of the external ball guide passage 16 is opened. That is, the auxiliary receiving tray 8 and the payout port 73 are communicated with each other by the external ball guide passage 16 and the payout ball passage 21.

  The passage unit 20 has a foul ball collection unit 29. The foul ball collection unit 29 corresponds to an inlet portion of the foul ball passage 22 (a portion forming the inlet 22a of the foul ball passage 22). When the front frame 3 and the game board mounting frame 2 are closed, the foul ball collection portion 29 is disposed below the hitting ball guide passage 24, and the inlet 22a opens upward, that is, toward the hit ball guide passage 24. The outlet 22 b of the foul ball passage 22 is connected to the foul ball outlet 74. In the present embodiment, the outlet 22b and the foul bulb outlet 74 are directly connected, but the outlet 22b and the foul bulb outlet 74 are connected via a passage extending linearly from the outlet 22b to the foul bulb outlet 74. May be.

  The foul ball passage 22 is bent back and forth and left and right as indicated by a two-dot chain arrow in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, fraud prevention pieces 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, and 25e for preventing the entry of a piano wire or the like from below (referred to as fraud prevention pieces 25 when collectively referred to). Is provided so as to protrude into the foul ball passage 22, and the foul ball passage 22 includes the whole or a part of the fraud prevention piece 25 (in this embodiment, the fraud prevention pieces 25 a, 25 b, 25 c). A bag path 26 is formed. The bag path-like portion 26 has a bag path-like structure that has a dead end from the lower side toward the upper side.

  As shown in FIG. 4, on the rear side of the lower portion of the front frame 3, a ball removal passage member 28 having a ball removal passage formed therein is mounted below the passage member 20. On the other hand, a bottom passage member (not shown) is disposed below the bottom wall portion 76 of the tray 7, and the inlet of the bottom passage formed in the bottom passage member is connected to the ball outlet 71, and the bottom passage Is opened to the rear side of the lower part of the front frame 3 and is connected to the inlet of the ball passage. The exit of the ball removal passage is connected to a ball discharge port (not shown) that opens at the lower end surface of the front frame 3.

  Then, when a predetermined ball removal operation such as pressing of the ball removal button 11 by the player is performed, the ball removal opening 71 is opened, and the game balls stored in the tray 7 pass through the ball removal opening 71 and the bottom passage. Through the ball discharge passage and discharged from the ball discharge port.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the ball removal passage member 28 is pivoted so that the rear member 28b pivots to the front frame 3 so that the rear member 28b can be opened and closed with respect to the front member 28a attached to the front frame 3. It is worn. And when the rear member 28b is opened with respect to the front member 28a, the part comprised by the rear member 28b of the channel | path wall which forms a ball removal channel | path is open | released. Thereby, for example, when a foreign substance put in the tray 7 enters the ball removal passage, the maintenance of the ball removal passage is facilitated such that the foreign matter can be easily removed from the ball removal passage.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko gaming machine P configured as described above will be described.

  Due to the player's launch operation, the game balls in the tray 7 sequentially enter the hitting ball launching device through the game ball guide rail 72, hit the hitting ball guide passage 24, and pass over the return prevention piece 27. The game area 18a is reached. When a predetermined winning state occurs, such as when a game ball enters a predetermined prize opening in the game area 18a and a specific symbol is displayed on the display device, a predetermined number of game balls (prize balls) from the game ball payout device 30 Will be paid out. The game balls that have been paid out enter the payout ball passage 21 through the payout ball path in the payout ball path member 4. Then, it passes through the payout ball passage 21 and is discharged from the payout port 73 to the tray 7.

  Even when the pachinko gaming machine P lends a ball in accordance with the player's lending ball request operation, a predetermined number of gaming balls (lending balls) are paid out from the gaming ball payout device 30 and are the same as in the case of a prize ball. It is discharged from the discharge port 73 to the tray 7 by the route.

  In addition, the foul ball that has been launched from the hitting ball launching device but cannot reach the return prevention piece 27 and has not reached the game area 18a falls through the hitting ball guide passage 24 and enters the foul ball passage 22 from the inlet 22a (ie, It is collected by the foul ball collection unit 29). Then, it passes through the foul ball passage 22 as shown by a two-dot chain line arrow in FIG. 7, reaches the outlet 22 b, and is discharged from the foul ball outlet 74 to the tray 7.

  On the other hand, when a piano wire or the like is inserted from the foul ball outlet 74 and tried to enter the game area 18a through the foul ball passage 22, the foul ball passage 22 is bent in the front / rear and left / right directions. Must be bent back and forth and left and right. Further, intrusion of a piano wire or the like is easily prevented by the fraud prevention piece 25, and in particular, an intrusion is easily prevented by the front end portion of the piano wire or the like entering the bag path portion 26. For this reason, it is very difficult to enter the game area 18a through the foul ball passage 22 with a piano wire or the like. Since one foul ball usually falls, even if the path is complicated, there is little risk of clogging.

  Further, when it becomes necessary to change the foul ball path 22 in order to cope with a new intrusion method via the foul ball path 22, the screw that fastens the path unit 20 to the front frame 3 is removed. If removed, the passage unit 20 is removed from the front frame 3. Then, if the passage unit 20 is replaced, the foul ball passage 22 is replaced, so that the change of the foul ball passage 22 can be flexibly handled.

  Further, the passage unit 20 is configured to be divided into a front member 20a and a rear member 20b, and when divided in this way, part of the passage walls of the payout ball passage 21 and the foul ball passage 22 are opened. Therefore, in the unlikely event that a ball clog occurs, maintenance can be easily performed, for example, the ball clog can be easily eliminated by dividing and removing the ball. Moreover, manufacture becomes easy by dividing | segmenting and manufacturing the channel | path unit 20 into a some member.

  In the present embodiment, the passage unit 20 is detached from the front frame 3 by removing the screws that attach the passage unit 20 to the front frame 3, and is divided into a front member 20a and a rear member 20b. Although configured so that the front member 20a cannot be removed from the front frame 3, and the rear member 20b can be opened and closed with respect to the front member 20a, the passage unit 20 can be opened and closed with respect to the front member 20a and the rear member 20b. You may comprise so that it can divide | segment into.

  In the present embodiment, the passage unit 20 can be divided into two members, that is, the front member 20a and the rear member 20b. However, the passage unit 20 may be divided into three or more members.

  That is, the present invention can adopt various configurations without departing from the scope of the claims.

It is a schematic front view of one embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 1 with a front frame opened. It is a principal part perspective view of the pachinko machine of FIG. It is the principal part perspective view of the state which opened the front frame of the pachinko game machine of FIG. 1, and is the figure seen from the rear surface side of the front frame. It is the perspective view seen from the rear surface side of the channel | path unit of the pachinko game machine of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the channel | path unit of the pachinko game machine of FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the front side of the channel | path unit of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. It is the principal part perspective view seen from the rear surface side of the front frame of the pachinko game machine of FIG. 1, and is a figure of the state which opened the ball extraction passage member.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Front frame 7 ... Saucer 20 ... Passage unit 20a ... Front side member 20b ... Rear side member 21 ... Discharge ball passage 22 ... Foul ball passage 26 ... Bag path part 29 ... Foul ball collection part 30 ... Game ball payout device 73 ... Discharge Mouth 74 ... Fall ball exit 75 ... Back wall

Claims (5)

A game ball payout device provided in the gaming machine;
A tray for receiving the game balls paid out from the game ball payout device;
A foul ball collection unit that collects game balls that have not reached the game area among the launched game balls (hereinafter referred to as foul balls);
With
A payout port for discharging the game balls paid out from the game ball payout device to the tray, and a foul ball outlet for discharging the foul balls collected by the foul ball collection unit to the tray. Is a pachinko machine that opens independently,
The foul bulb exit opens in the rear wall of the tray;
A passage unit is detachably attached to the rear surface side of the front frame provided with the tray,
In the passage unit, a foul ball passage through which a foul ball collected by the foul ball collection unit passes is formed, and an outlet of the foul ball passage and a foul ball outlet are connected to each other. Gaming machine.   2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the foul ball passage is bent in the front / rear and left / right directions, and the foul ball passage is provided with a bag path-like structure that stops from the bottom to the top.   The passage unit is configured to be divided into a plurality of members, and when the passage unit is divided into the plurality of members, a part of a passage wall forming the foul ball passage is opened. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.   2. A payout ball passage for guiding a game ball paid out from the game ball payout device to the payout port is formed in the passage unit independently of the foul ball passage. Or the pachinko game machine of 2.   The passage unit is configured to be divided into a plurality of members, and when the passage unit is divided into the plurality of members, a part of a passage wall forming the foul ball passage and the discharge ball passage are formed. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein a part of the passage walls is opened.

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