JP2006326169A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine with a tray body which enables the storage of a large number of balls with a very simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: A ball storage tank 20 is fastened on a door body 4 on the rear side of a supply port 17 for discharging balls put out from a ball put-out device on the upstream side of the tray body 18 while with the door body 4 closed onto a body frame 3, the lower end of a put-out guide path is made to communicate with a prize ball opening 26 formed on the top surface of the ball storage tank 20. Though the ball storage tank 20 may move following the opening or closing action of the door body 4, the prize ball opening 26 is formed on the top surface of the ball storage tank 20 to keep the balls stored in the ball storage tank 20 from spilling down even when the door body 4 and the ball storage tank 20 are separated from the put-out guide path. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a machine frame installed on an island, a main body frame that is pivotally supported by the machine frame so that it can be opened and closed, and a game unit that can be mounted on the machine frame. The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a gaming window that can be visually recognized by a person and a door body in which a dish body that stores a ball to be paid out according to a gaming result of the gaming unit is disposed below the gaming window.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pachinko machines that play games using balls, or slot machines that play slot games by taking pachinko balls instead of medals are provided on the market. By the way, in recent years, with the former pachinko gaming machine, with the increase in the size of the game board surface, there is a tendency that the upper and lower two plate bodies are provided at the front lower part of the pachinko gaming machine. In slot machines, there is a tendency to use a single plate body as the rotary reel becomes larger. And, when there is one dish body in this way, the amount of storage is significantly reduced compared to the case of two, so the amount of storage in that one dish body is increased. For example, JP-A-11-267316 The thing which provided the storage part in the back side of the plate body is proposed as it describes in gazette (patent document 1) and Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-119718 (patent document 2).
JP-A-11-267316 (FIGS. 1 and 2) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-119718 (FIG. 7)

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the storage unit is provided on the door body (openable / closable) side on which the dish body is provided, or on the frame body side on which the door body is provided to be openable / closable. Rather, it is not obvious, but rather, in the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, the state in which the storage unit is connected to the prize ball discharging device that guides the balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device is clearly shown. Therefore, it is natural to think that the storage part is fixed to the frame side. And when the storage part is being fixed to the frame body side, as shown in patent document 2, when the door is opened, as shown in Patent Document 2, the storage part of the storage part is prevented from falling down. A shutter member that closes the discharge port and the supply port of the dish body in accordance with opening and closing has to be provided, which not only complicates the structure, but also has the disadvantage of requiring troublesome maintenance of the shutter member. The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine including a dish that can store a large amount of balls with an extremely simple structure.

  To achieve the above object, the means adopted by claim 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and 8, the machine frame 2 installed on the island, and the machine frame A main body frame 3 that is pivotally supported by 2 and can be attached to a game unit 5; and gaming windows 10 and 11 that are pivotally supported by the main body frame 3 and that allow the player to visually recognize the game unit 5; In the gaming machine 1 including a door body 4 in which a dish body 18 for storing a ball to be paid out according to a game result of the gaming unit 5 is disposed below the gaming windows 10 and 11, the main body frame 3 includes: The game unit 5 can be detachably attached to the front side thereof, and an upper tank 48 for storing balls on the rear side, and a guide rod 49 for guiding the balls stored in the upper tank 48 while aligning them downstream. And a ball that pays out a ball guided by the guide rod 49 A dispensing device 50; and dispensing guide passages 43 and 44 for guiding a ball dispensed from the dispensing device 50 to the downstream side, and the door body 4 is a ball dispensed from the ball dispensing device 50. In the state where the ball storage tank 20 is fixed to the back surface side of the supply port 17 for discharging the water to the upstream side of the dish body 18 and the door body 4 is closed with respect to the main body frame 3. The lower ends of 43 and 44 communicate with openings 26 and 27 formed on the upper surface of the sphere storage tank 20.

  The means adopted by claim 2 will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, in the invention according to claim 1, the game unit 5 is provided on the front side of the main body frame 3. A mounting wall 40 is provided around the mounting wall 40, and a recess 41 serving as a space for the ball storage tank 20 is formed at a position outside the mounting wall 40 so as to protrude rearward.

  The means adopted by claim 3 will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 12, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the ball storage tank 20 has an inner bottom surface. 29 and 30 are formed in steps, and the balls received from the opening 26 are sequentially guided from the upper stage to the lower stage to be guided to the supply port 17 of the dish 18.

  The means adopted by claim 4 will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, 8, and 9, the ball dispensing device according to claims 1 to 3 is used. 50 includes a payout member 53 that is rotated by a motor 52. The payout member 53 is discharged as a prize ball of a game result in the game unit 5 by rotation in one direction, and the upper tank 48 and the guide rod are rotated by rotation in the other direction. The balls stored in 49 are discharged to be extracted to the outside, and as the payout guide passages 43 and 44, the prize ball guide passage 43 for the prize balls to be paid out by one-way rotation of the payout member 53, and the payout It is provided on the downstream side of the ball dispensing device 50 so as to be adjacent to a ball removal guiding path 44 for ball removal that is paid out by rotation of the member 53 in the other direction. A prize ball opening 26 communicated with the lower end of the prize ball guiding passage 43 and a ball withdrawal opening 27 communicated with the lower end of the ball removal guiding path 44 are formed, and the inside of the ball storage tank 20 is formed with the prize. The ball opening 26 and the supply port 17 of the dish 18 communicate with each other, and a prize ball guiding space 24 for guiding and storing a prize ball, the ball opening 27 and a ball discharge outlet formed in the lower surface of the ball storage tank 20. The ball discharged from the ball discharge outlet 32 of the ball discharge guide space 25 is formed in the main body frame 3. It is characterized in that it is discharged from the ball release discharge passage 45 to the outside of the gaming machine 1.

  The means adopted by claim 5 will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, in the invention according to claims 1 to 4, the door body 4 includes the plate body. 18 is formed integrally with a ball derivative 15 that receives a rental ball discharged from a payout nozzle 70 of a ball rental apparatus provided adjacent to the gaming machine 1 above the upstream side of the game machine 1, and the ball derivative 15 has an upper surface. The lending unit is configured to be open and tilted toward the passage port 16 established in the door plate 4 communicating with the ball storage tank 20 and discharged from the dispensing nozzle 70 of the lending device. A sphere is once guided from the sphere derivative 15 to the sphere storage tank 20 and then guided to the dish 18.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the sphere storage tank 20 is fixed to the door body 4 on the back surface side of the supply port 17 for discharging the sphere dispensed from the sphere dispenser 50 to the upstream side of the dish body 18, Since the lower end of the dispensing guide passages 43 and 44 communicates with the openings 26 and 27 formed on the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20 with the door body 4 closed with respect to the main body frame 3. Although the ball storage tank 20 moves following the opening / closing operation of the door body 4, since the openings 26 and 27 are formed on the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20, the door plate 2 and the ball storage tank 20 are connected to the payout guide passage. The sphere stored in the sphere storage tank 20 does not fall down even if it is separated from 43 and 44. In this case, as a matter of course, it is not necessary to provide a complicated mechanism such as a shutter member in the openings 26 and 27.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 2, since the main body frame 3 is formed so that the concave portion 41 serving as the space for the ball storage tank 20 protrudes rearward at the outer position avoiding the gaming unit 5, it interferes with the gaming unit. It is possible to secure a space for a sphere storage tank having a large inner volume without a depth.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the ball storage tank 20 has inner bottom surfaces 29 and 30 formed in a step shape, and guides the received balls from the upper stage to the lower stage to guide the supply port 17 of the dish body 18. As a result, the occurrence of clogging in the ball storage tank 20 can be prevented.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 4, the inside of the ball storage tank 20 communicates with the prize ball opening 26 and the supply port 17 of the dish 18 so that the prize ball guiding space 24 and the ball opening are provided to guide and store the prize ball. 27 and a ball discharge outlet 32 formed on the lower surface of the ball storage tank 20 are connected to each other and a ball discharge guide space 25 that guides the extracted ball. Since the balls discharged from the ball 32 are discharged to the outside of the gaming machine 1 from the ball discharge passage 45 formed in the main body frame 3, the ball storage tank 20 is used only as a tank for storing prize balls. Instead, it can be used as part of a ball passage.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 5, the rental balls discharged from the dispensing nozzle 70 of the rental device provided adjacent to the gaming machine 1 above the upstream side of the dish body 18 are provided on the door body 4. A spherical derivative 15 to be received is formed integrally, and the spherical derivative 15 is inclined toward a passage opening 16 opened in the door plate 4 having an open top surface and communicating with the spherical reservoir tank 20. Since the lending balls discharged from the dispensing nozzle 70 of the lending device are once guided from the ball derivative 15 to the ball storage tank 20 and then guided to the dish body 18, the dish body 18 is lowered downward. Even in the gaming machine 1 of the present invention arranged in a state where the ball is lent, the falling distance of the rented ball lent from the ball rental device can be shortened to reliably guide the rented ball lent from the payout nozzle 70 to the dish 18. it can.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13 with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the door body 4 and the main body frame 3 of the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment are opened, and FIG. 2 is a plan view (A) and a front view (B) showing the door body 4. 3 is a perspective view (A), a plan view (B), a bottom view (C), and a front view (D) showing the sphere storage tank 20, and FIG. 4 is a front view showing the main body frame 3. 5 is a front view showing a state in which each component is attached to the main body frame 3, FIG. 6 is a perspective view from the back side of the main body frame 3, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the game unit 5. 8 is a perspective view from the back side of the gaming machine 1, FIG. 9 is a perspective view from the front side of the ball dispensing device 50, and FIG. 10 is a gaming machine 1. 11 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 10, FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 10, and FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line C-C.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 includes a machine frame 2 installed on an island, a main body frame 3 that is pivotally supported by the machine frame 2 so that the game unit 5 can be mounted, and the main body frame 3. A liquid crystal gaming window 10 that is pivotally supported by the player and that allows the player to visually recognize the gaming unit 5, a reel gaming window 11, and a tray 18 that stores balls that are paid out according to the gaming results of the gaming unit 5 are used for the liquid crystal. The door 4 is arranged below the gaming window 10 and the reel gaming window 11. Hereinafter, each component will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 2B, the door body 4 is formed in a vertically long rectangular shape and is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the machine frame 2. In the substantially central portion of the door body 4, the above-mentioned reel gaming window 11 is formed in a horizontal rectangular shape so that a player can visually recognize a reel unit 62 constituting a gaming unit 5 (see FIG. 7) described later. Above the reel gaming window 11, the liquid crystal gaming window 10 having a substantially square shape that allows the player to visually recognize the liquid crystal display 61 that also constitutes the gaming unit 5 is formed. Each of the game windows 10 and 11 is closed on the front surface with a transparent protective cover.

  Also, below the reel gaming window 11, the bed button 12 for setting the number of beds, the start lever 13 for starting the symbol change display by the reel unit 62, and the symbol change display by the reel unit 62 are stopped. Three stop buttons 14 are provided. The bed button 12 corresponds to a single bed, 2 beds, and a MAX bed (3 beds), and the number of beds is incremented by 1 for each operation. When the start lever 13 is operated, the symbols displayed in the three columns of left, middle, and right start to be displayed simultaneously. The three stop buttons 14 correspond to the symbols displayed in the left, middle, and right three columns of the reel unit 62, respectively. By operating the left stop button 14, the symbols in the left column The symbols in the middle row are stopped by operating the stop button 14, and the symbols in the right row are stopped by operating the right stop button 14. In the illustrated embodiment, a single bed, two beds, and a MAX bed (3 beds) are set by the number of times the one bed button 12 is pressed. A button may be provided.

  By the way, when the start lever 13 is operated in the bet placed state, the left, middle and right symbols change display is started at the same time. Thereafter, when the stop button 14 is pressed during the symbol variation display, the symbol variation display corresponding to each stop button 14 is stopped, and the symbol is stopped and displayed in the reel gaming window 11. At this time, if a certain symbol combination (for example, a state in which specific symbols are aligned in one row) is displayed on the winning line enabled in the gaming window 11 for reels, it becomes “winning”. The prize is given to the player according to the type of the winning symbol. Examples of winning awards include payout of prize balls and transition to gaming benefits (so-called big bonus games, regular bonus games, assist time, challenge time, etc.), and the player executes the bonus game. By doing so, it becomes possible to acquire more prize balls.

  Further, below the liquid crystal gaming window 10 and the reel gaming window 11, a tray 18 for storing balls paid out from a ball payout device 50, which will be described later, according to a game result, and the balls to be paid out are placed on the tray 18. A supply port 17 for discharging to the upstream side is formed, and the back surface side of the supply port 17 is discharged from the ball dispensing device 50 as shown in FIG. A sphere storage tank 20 for storing the sphere to be stored is fixed.

  Further, it is discharged from a payout nozzle 70 (see FIG. 11) of a ball rental device (not shown) provided adjacent to the gaming machine 1 on the left side of the start lever 13 and above the upstream side of the dish body 18. A ball derivative 15 for receiving a rented ball is formed integrally with the door body 4. As shown in FIG. 11, the spherical derivative 15 has an inclined surface 15 a so that the upper surface is open and the bottom surface is inclined toward the passage port 16 established in the door body 4 communicating with the spherical storage tank 20. It is configured as. The rental balls discharged from the payout nozzle 70 of the rental device are once guided from the ball derivative 15 to the ball storage tank 20 and then guided to the dish 18. For this reason, even in the gaming machine 1 of the present invention that is arranged in a state in which the dish body 18 is lowered, the rental balls that are lent out from the dispensing nozzle 70 by shortening the falling distance of the lent out loan from the rental device. Can be reliably guided to the dish 18.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an intake device 19 is connected to the downstream side of the dish body 18, and the sphere discharged from the supply port 17 flows down the dish body 18 and this intake device 19. It is supposed to be taken in. The take-in device 19 takes in a fixed number (for example, 5) of game balls as a unit, and enables the game machine 1 to execute a game. Specifically, the take-in device 19 causes the spheres of the dishes 18 to flow down in a line and take them into a motor-driven sprocket (not shown). The sprockets let the spheres flow down one by one, and a built-in detection switch A sphere that has flowed down (not shown) is detected, and a predetermined number of spheres are counted.

  On the other hand, the sphere storage tank 20 fixed to the back side of the supply port 17 is formed in a hollow shape so that the sphere can be stored therein and the sphere can pass therethrough, and approximately 500 spheres are stored. It is configured to be able to. The configuration of the sphere storage tank 20 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. One side surface is a flat surface as a flat surface 21, the other side surface is a circular arc surface as an arc surface 22, and the front side is opened and opened. 34 is formed.

  The inside of the ball storage tank 20 is partitioned by a partition wall 23 standing at a position close to the flat surface 21, and a prize ball guiding space 24 for storing and guiding a prize ball in a large capacity space on one side thereof. In addition, a space with a small capacity on the other side is formed as a ball removal guide space 25 for guiding the ball with the ball removed. Further, on the rear side of the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20, there are a prize ball opening (opening) 26 communicating with the prize ball guidance space 24 for taking the prize ball into the prize ball guidance space 24, and a ball that has been removed from the ball. A ball extraction opening (opening) 27 communicating with the ball extraction guide space 25 to be taken into the ball extraction guide space 25 is formed in parallel.

  In the large-capacity prize ball guiding space 24, there are a side guide plate 28 positioned below the prize ball opening 26 and inclined downward toward the circular arc surface 22, and below the side guide plate 28 on the downstream side. A first bottom surface (inner bottom surface) 29 that is positioned and slopes downward toward the partition wall 23 side, and a second bottom surface (internal bottom surface) that is positioned below and downstream of the first bottom surface 29 and slopes downward toward the opening 34 side. 30 are formed in steps. As described above, the ball storage tank 20 has the side guide plate 28, the first bottom surface 29, and the second bottom surface 30 formed in steps, and sequentially guides the received balls from the upper stage to the lower stage to supply the supply port 17 of the dish body 18. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of clogging in the ball storage tank 20. In the state where the ball storage tank 20 is fixed to the back surface of the door body 4, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the opening 34 corresponding to the prize ball guiding space 24 corresponds to the ball derivative 15 described above. It is in the state opened toward both the passage port 16 formed in this way and the supply port 17 to the plate body 18.

  Further, in the ball extraction guide space 25, a guide bottom surface 31 that is positioned below the ball extraction opening 27 and is inclined downward toward the opening 34, a discharge port 32 that is positioned below the downstream end of the guide bottom surface 31, and A closing plate 33 erected on the opening 34 side of the discharge port 32 is formed. The discharge port 32 is formed on the bottom surface of the sphere storage tank 20, and the closing plate 33 guides the sphere rolling on the guide bottom surface 31 toward the discharge port 32. It should be noted that the ball removal guide space 25 is sufficient if it has a width dimension that allows the balls to flow down in a row, so that most of the ball storage tank 20 is used as the award ball guide space 24 and many balls are used. Is stored and guided.

  In the sphere storage tank 20 configured as described above, the winning sphere opening 26 and the sphere extraction opening 27 of the sphere storage tank 20 are formed on the rear side of the sphere storage tank 20 that is upstream of the flow path of the sphere. Therefore, when the sphere is stored in the sphere storage tank 20, it is gradually stored from the front side of the sphere storage tank 20 on the downstream side. For this reason, for example, a space is created on the rear side of the ball storage tank 20 when the balls are stored, such as when the prize ball opening 26 and the ball extraction opening 27 are provided on the front side of the ball storage tank 20. Therefore, a large amount of spheres cannot be stored, and a large amount of spheres can be stored using the space inside the sphere storage tank 20 sufficiently.

  Further, as described above, since one side surface of the sphere storage tank 20 is formed in an arc shape as the arc surface 22, the sphere guided by the side guide plate 28 can be smoothly guided to the first bottom surface. Even when the door body 4 is opened and closed with respect to the main body frame 3 in a state where the ball storage tank 20 is attached to the door body 4, the side portion on one side of the rear side of the ball storage tank 20 is attached to the main body frame 3. The door body 4 can be smoothly opened without interference.

  Next, the configuration of the main body frame 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. The main body frame 3 is formed of a synthetic resin in a vertical rectangular shape, and an opening 47 is formed in the approximate center thereof. Yes. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a mounting wall 40 for mounting the game unit 5 is provided around the front side of the main body frame 3. The side wall and the lower part of the mounting wall 40 are formed along the opening 47, but the upper mounting wall 40 is formed at a position above the upper end side of the opening 47.

  On one side of the opening 47, a payout device attachment opening 42 for attaching the ball payout device 50 is formed as shown in FIG. Also, on one side of the opening 47, below the payout device mounting opening 42, a prize ball guide passage 43 and a ball removal guide passage for guiding the ball paid out from the ball payout device 50 to the downstream side. 44 are formed adjacent to each other.

  Further, a recessed portion 41 serving as a space for the ball storage tank 20 is formed so as to protrude rearward under the prize ball guiding passage 43 and the ball removal guiding passage 44 and outside the mounting wall 40. As described above, since the concave portion 41 serving as a space for the ball storage tank 20 is formed in the main body frame 3 so as to protrude rearward at an outer position avoiding the gaming unit 5, there is a depth without interfering with the gaming unit 5. A space for the sphere storage tank 20 having a large internal volume can be secured.

  Further, below the recess 41, when the door body 4 is closed with respect to the main body frame 3 and the ball storage tank 20 is positioned in the recess 41, the discharge is made from the ball discharge outlet 32 of the ball storage tank 20. A ball release passage 45 for releasing the ball to the outside of the gaming machine 1 is formed. In addition, a cover 45a is attached to the ball discharge passage 45 as shown in FIG.

  Further, on one side of the back side of the main body frame 3, as shown in FIG. 1, there is provided a double lock device 46 that locks to the machine frame 2 when the main body frame 3 is closed with respect to the machine frame 2. It has been. A key portion 46a that is operated when releasing the double lock device 46 protrudes from a lower portion on one side of the surface side of the main body frame 3, and the tip of the key portion 46a is formed on the door body 4. It faces the front from the keyhole. The main body frame 3 can be opened with respect to the machine frame 2 by inserting a key (not shown) into the key portion 46a and rotating in one direction, and the door body 4 by rotating in the other direction. Can be opened to the main body frame 3.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the machine frame 2 is formed of wood or the like with an opening at the center, and a front abutment plate 7 on which the door body 4 is placed at the time of closing is attached to the lower part thereof, A shaft support bracket 6 (the lower shaft support bracket is not shown) for pivotally supporting the body frame 3 so as to be openable and closable is attached to one side upper and lower portions.

  Next, the gaming unit 5 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. The gaming unit 5 includes a unit frame 60 that forms the outer shape of the gaming unit 5, effects accompanying the progress of the game, various character information, image information, and the like. A liquid crystal display 61 for displaying the display, a reel unit 62 for variably displaying the left, middle and right three rows of symbols, a display control of the liquid crystal display 61, the front of the gaming machine 1, and the like. And a sub board box 63 in which a sub board for performing drive control of a speaker for generating sound effects and the like is housed.

  A liquid crystal display control board box (not shown) in which a liquid crystal display control board (not shown) for controlling the display of the liquid crystal display 61 is housed on the back side of the liquid crystal display 61 is the liquid crystal display control. On the rear side of the board box, a game control board box (not shown) in which a game control board (not shown) for controlling the entire gaming machine 1 is housed is provided.

  The gaming unit 5 is fitted into the space surrounded by the mounting wall 40 of the main body frame 3 with the liquid crystal display 61, the reel unit 62, and the sub board box 63 assembled to the unit frame 60 as described above. As shown in FIG. 5, it is attached to the main body frame 3. Then, in a state where the gaming unit 5 is attached, as shown in FIG. 8, a part of the gaming unit 5 that protrudes rearward is positioned so as to face the opening 47 of the main body frame 3. Thus, the main body frame 3 can be detachably mounted with the game unit 5 on the front side thereof.

  Note that the outer shape of the unit frame 60 is the same as that of a general game board in a pachinko machine, so that the game unit 5 can be replaced with a game board of a pachinko machine. Therefore, it is easy to install on existing island facilities for pachinko machines. For this reason, there is a commercial advantage that a pachinko machine and a slot machine can be mixed in the same island facility, or an existing island facility can be diverted for a slot machine.

  As described above, the main body frame 3 can be detachably mounted with the game unit 5 on the front side, while the rear tank side has an upper tank for storing a ball as shown in FIG. 48, a guide rod 49 that guides the balls stored in the upper tank 48 while aligning them downstream, and a ball dispensing device 50 that pays out the balls guided by the guide rod 49. Further, in the lower part on the rear surface side of the main body frame 3, a payout control board box 54 in which a payout control board for driving and controlling the ball payout device 50 is housed, various control boards, movable objects provided in the gaming machine 1, etc. There is provided a power supply board box 55 in which a power supply board for supplying a power supply voltage necessary for the operation is housed.

  Next, the ball payout device 50 will be described with reference to FIG. 9. The ball payout device 50 pays out game balls (prize balls) based on winning a prize, or lends game balls based on a ball rental command. To do. A ball inlet 51 for receiving a ball guided by the guide rod 49 from the upper tank 48 is provided in the upper portion of the ball payout device 50, and a ball received in the ball inlet 51 is received in the lower portion of the ball payout device 50. A payout member (sprocket) 53 is provided for receiving the ball that has flowed down in the payout device 50 and discharging it as a prize ball or extracting it. A stepping motor (motor) 52 for rotating the payout member 53 is provided on the front side of the ball payout device 50.

  Since the stepping motor 52 can rotate in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction, when the ball dispensing device 50 is provided in the gaming machine 1, It is discharged as a prize ball as a game result in the game unit 5 by rotation, and discharged in order to extract the balls stored in the upper tank 48 and the guide rod 49 to the outside by rotation in the other direction.

  The ball payout device 50 configured as described above is attached to the main body frame 3 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8. When the ball payout device 50 is attached to the main body frame 3, as shown in FIG. On the downstream side of 50, a winning ball guiding passage 43 and a ball removal guiding passage 44 are located. The prize ball guiding passage 43 becomes a payout guide path for a prize ball paid out by one-way rotation of the payout member 53, and the ball removal guidance path 44 paid out by the other direction rotation of the payout member 53. It becomes a guide passage.

  Although the configuration of the gaming machine 1 has been described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to this embodiment, the ball storage tank 20 is fixed to the door body 4, and the door body 4 is closed with respect to the main body frame 3. In this state, the ball storage tank 20 is housed in the recess 41 formed in the main body frame 3. In the state where the ball storage tank 20 is housed in the recess 41, the ball storage tank 20 is positioned below the prize ball guiding path 43 and the ball removal guiding path 44, and the lower end of the prize ball guiding path 43 is In addition to communicating with the award ball opening 26 formed on the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20, the lower end of the ball removal guide passage 44 communicates with the ball extraction opening 27 formed on the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20. Further, the discharge port 32 formed on the bottom surface of the sphere storage tank 20 communicates with the sphere removal discharge passage 45.

  The flow of the ball in the gaming machine 1 configured as described above will be described. The ball stored in the upper tank 48 is guided to the ball paying device 50 by the guide rod 49, and by the paying member 53 in the ball paying device 50. They are distributed to either the winning ball guiding passage 43 side or the ball removing guiding passage 44 side. The balls distributed to the prize ball guiding passage 43 pass through the prize ball guiding passage 43 and are taken into the ball storage tank 20 from the prize ball opening 26 of the ball storage tank 20, and then pass through the prize ball guiding space 24. Then, it is discharged from the supply port 17 to the dish body 18.

  On the other hand, the balls distributed to the ball removal guide passage 44 by the ball dispensing device 50 pass through the ball removal guide passage 44 and are taken into the ball storage tank 20 from the ball release opening 27 of the ball storage tank 20. It passes through the punch guide space 25 and is discharged from the discharge port 32 to the ball discharge passage 45 and is discharged from the ball discharge passage 45 to the outside of the gaming machine 1.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the ball on the back side door body 4 of the supply port 17 for discharging the ball paid out from the ball payout device 50 to the upstream side of the dish body 18. In the state where the storage tank 20 is fixed and the door body 4 is closed with respect to the main body frame 3, the lower end of the payout guide passage is formed in the prize ball opening 26 and the ball extraction opening 27 formed on the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20. Since the ball storage tank 20 moves following the opening / closing operation of the door body 4 because it is configured to communicate, a prize ball opening 26 and a ball extraction opening 27 are formed on the upper surface of the ball storage tank 20. Therefore, even if the door body 4 and the ball storage tank 20 are separated from the prize ball guide passage 43 and the ball removal guide passage 44, the balls stored in the ball storage tank 20 do not fall down. In this case, as a matter of course, it is not necessary to provide a complicated mechanism such as a shutter member in the winning ball opening 26 and the ball opening 27.

  Further, the inside of the ball storage tank 20 communicates with the prize ball opening 26 and the supply port 17 of the dish 18 so that the prize ball guiding space 24 for guiding and storing the prize ball, the ball extraction opening 27, and the lower surface of the ball storage tank 20. The formed sphere extraction outlet 32 communicates with the sphere extraction guide space 25 that guides the extracted sphere, and the sphere discharged from the sphere extraction outlet 32 of the sphere extraction guide space 25 has a main body. Since the ball discharge passage 45 formed in the frame 3 is discharged to the outside of the gaming machine 1, the ball storage tank 20 is not used only as a tank for storing prize balls, Can be used as part.

  In the present embodiment, a gaming machine that uses a game ball to perform a slot game is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and a pachinko machine, an arrangement game machine, a sparrow ball game machine, or the like is used. Any configuration may be used as long as it is a gaming machine that performs a game.

It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the door body and main body frame of the game machine which concerns on embodiment. It is the top view (A) and front view (B) which show a door body. They are a perspective view (A), a top view (B), a bottom view (C), and a front view (D) showing a sphere storage tank. It is a front view which shows a main body frame. It is a front view which shows the state which attached each component to the main body frame. It is a perspective view from the back side of a main part frame. It is a perspective view from the front side of a game unit. It is a perspective view from the back side of a gaming machine. It is a perspective view from the front side of a ball dispensing device. It is a front view which shows a gaming machine. It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected by the AA line of FIG. It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected by the BB line of FIG. It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected by CC line of FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Machine frame 3 Main body frame 4 Door body 5 Game unit 10 Liquid crystal game window 11 Reel game window 15 Ball derivative 16 Passage port 17 Supply port 18 Dish body 20 Ball storage tank 24 Prize ball guidance space 25 Ball extraction guidance Space 26 Prize ball opening (opening)
27 Ball opening (opening)
29 1st bottom surface (internal bottom surface)
30 Second bottom (inner bottom)
32 discharge port 40 mounting wall 41 recess 43 prize ball guide passage (payout guide passage)
44 ball removal guide passage (payout guide passage)
45 Ball release passage 48 Upper tank 49 Guide rod 50 Ball dispenser 52 Stepping motor (motor)
53 Dispensing member (sprocket)

Claims (5)

A machine frame installed on the island, a main frame that is pivotally supported by the machine frame so that the game unit can be mounted, and a player that visually supports the game unit that is pivotally supported by the main frame and that can be opened and closed. In a gaming machine comprising: a gaming window to be obtained; and a door body in which a dish body for storing a ball to be paid out according to a gaming result of the gaming unit is disposed below the gaming window.
The main body frame can be detachably mounted with a gaming unit on the front side thereof, and an upper tank that stores balls on the rear side, and a guide that guides the balls stored in the upper tank while aligning them downstream. A spear, a ball payout device for paying out the ball guided by the guide wrinkle, and a payout guide passage for guiding the ball paid out from the payout device to the downstream side,
In the door body, a sphere storage tank is fixed to the back surface side of the supply port for discharging the sphere dispensed from the sphere dispensing apparatus to the upstream side of the dish body,
A gaming machine, wherein a lower end of the payout guide passage communicates with an opening formed on an upper surface of the ball storage tank in a state where the door body is closed with respect to the main body frame.   A mounting wall for mounting the game unit is provided around the front side of the main body frame, and a recess serving as a space for the ball storage tank is formed at a position outside the mounting wall so as to protrude rearward. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein:   2. The ball storage tank has an inner bottom surface formed in a stepped shape, and guides a ball received from the opening from an upper stage to a lower stage sequentially to the supply port of the dish body. Or the game machine of Claim 2. The ball payout device includes a payout member that is rotated by a motor, and is discharged as a prize ball as a game result in the game unit by rotation of the payout member in one direction, and stored in the upper tank and the guide basket by rotation in the other direction. The ball to be discharged to the outside and
As the payout guide passages, there are a prize ball guide passage for prize balls paid out by rotation in one direction of the payout member and a ball release guide passage for ball removal paid out by rotation in the other direction of the payout member. Provided on the downstream side of the ball dispensing device so as to be adjacent,
In the ball storage tank, a prize ball opening communicating with the lower end of the prize ball guiding passage and a ball opening opening communicating with the lower end of the ball drawing guiding passage are formed as the opening, and the ball storage tank A prize ball guiding space in which the prize ball opening and the supply port of the dish body communicate with each other to guide and store a prize ball, a ball withdrawal opening, and a ball release outlet formed on the lower surface of the ball storage tank. Is divided into a ball extraction guide space that communicates and guides a ball extracted from the ball,
The ball discharged from the ball discharge outlet of the ball discharge guide space is discharged to the outside of the gaming machine from a ball discharge passage formed in the main body frame. A gaming machine according to any one of the above. The door body is integrally formed with a ball derivative that receives a rental ball discharged from a payout nozzle of a rental device provided adjacent to the gaming machine above the upstream side of the dish body,
The sphere derivative is configured such that the upper surface is open and the bottom surface is inclined toward a passage opening established in the door plate communicating with the sphere storage tank,
The lending ball discharged from the dispensing nozzle of the lending device is once guided from the ball derivative to the ball storage tank and then guided to the dish body. The gaming machine described.

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