JP2007054398A - Ball supply pipe of inter-machine ball dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To guide game balls without any possibility of their falling even if a ball receiving tray is in a low position and be folded without overhanging forward when being unused in a ball supply pipe supplying the game balls from a inter-machine ball dispenser to the ball receiving tray of a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The inter-machine ball dispenser 3, in its front face, is pivoted with a first nozzle 9 gently inclined forward so as to rotate on a horizontal plane and be tipped up, and a second nozzle 14 in a suspended state so as to be bent to the tip of the first nozzle. The upper edge of the second nozzle is provided with ball stopping pieces 19a and 19b projecting to the ball passage when its bending and preventing the outflow of the game balls. A third nozzle 22 is externally fitted to the lower end of the second nozzle slidably in the vertical direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure of a ball supply pipe provided in a pedestal ball lending machine in order to supply a lending ball to a gaming machine that uses a gaming ball such as a pachinko ball as a gaming medium.

In a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, a sparrow ball gaming machine that uses a gaming ball such as a pachinko ball, or a slot machine (referred to as a parrot) that uses a pachinko ball as a gaming medium, a ball provided in front of the gaming machine A ball supply pipe (nozzle) protrudes from the front surface of the inter-table ball lending machine installed adjacently to supply the lending balls necessary for the game to the tray.
And, for example, as shown in Patent Documents 1 to 5 below, the ball supply tube is generally configured so that it can be folded up so that it does not get in the way when the door on the front of the gaming machine is opened or not normally used. Has been.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-489 JP 2003-210817A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-308759 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-85432 Utility Model Registration No. 2525134

  By the way, recent pachinko machines are equipped with a large display such as a liquid crystal display on the game board, so it is necessary to make the game board as large as possible. Therefore, the height of the ball tray is significantly lower than before. It came to be provided in. For this reason, the sphere supply nozzle cannot reach the sphere tray with the conventional dimensions. For this reason, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is considered that an extension nozzle is detachably provided at the lower end of the sphere supply nozzle. It was.

However, when the extension nozzle is provided, the extension nozzle protrudes greatly forward even when folded, and it becomes a hindrance and danger. Further, the extension nozzle provided detachably has a drawback that it is easily lost if it is removed when not in use.
The present invention is intended to provide a ball supply pipe for a table lending machine that can solve the above-mentioned problems.

For this purpose, the invention of the ball supply pipe of the pedestal ball lending machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that the first nozzle that is gently inclined forwardly on the front surface of the pedestal ball lending machine is rotatable in a horizontal plane and is upward. The second nozzle is pivotally attached in a hanging shape so that it can be bent at the tip of the first nozzle.
The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the above-described ball supply pipe, a ball stop piece that protrudes into the ball flow path when bent and prevents the outflow of the game ball is provided at the upper end edge of the second nozzle.
The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that, in the ball supply pipe, a projection is formed on the inner wall surface of the second nozzle to collide with the game ball and decelerate its flow speed.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the sphere supply pipe, the third nozzle is externally fitted to the lower end portion of the second nozzle so as to be slidable up and down, and the third nozzle is locked at an arbitrary height. A locking mechanism is provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by providing the second nozzle, even if the ball tray of the gaming machine is at a low position, the game ball can be guided onto the ball tray without fear of spilling. In addition, since the second nozzle is bent, it can be folded small without protruding forward together with the first nozzle.
In the invention described in claim 2, by bending the second nozzle, it is possible to prevent the game ball from flowing out and prevent the game ball from spilling.
In the invention described in claim 3, since the game ball is decelerated and prevented from falling onto the ball tray at high speed, the game ball does not scatter from the ball tray.
In the invention described in claim 4, by arbitrarily sliding the third nozzle, the distance from the upper surface of the ball tray can be adjusted as appropriate, and ball spillage can be prevented more reliably.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an installation state of an inter-ball ball lending machine, wherein 1 is a pachinko gaming machine and 2 is a ball tray provided on the front surface thereof. The pedestal ball lending machine 3 is installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1, 4 is a lending supply unit, 5 a is an entrance for cards, banknotes, etc., and 5 b is a lending operation button. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a ball supply pipe of the inter-unit ball lending machine, FIG. 3 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. The ball lending supply unit 4 is formed in a protruding shape on the front surface of the inter-ball lending machine 3 and has a horizontally long opening 4a. A rotating body 6 is provided in the opening so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane. A base 7 is provided. A first nozzle 9 is pivotally attached to a support shaft 8 provided horizontally on the upper edge of the front projecting end of the base 7 so that the first nozzle 9 is inclined gently toward the front. Therefore, the first nozzle 9 can be flipped upward with the support shaft 8 as a fulcrum, and is provided so as to be rotatable in a range of about 90 degrees in the horizontal plane by rotating the base 7. In addition, 10 is a ball stop piece provided at the upper edge of the base of the first nozzle 9, and this ball stop piece protrudes into the base 7 when the first nozzle is flipped upward, and can prevent the game ball from flowing out. . Further, 11a and 11b are small projections projecting from the outer surface of the base 7, 12 is a small hole which is opened on both side walls of the base of the first nozzle 9 and in which the small projections 11a are loosely fitted. When raised upward, the small hole 12 is loosely fitted into the small protrusion 11b, and the raised state of the first nozzle 9 is maintained.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a cylindrical portion 13 that hangs downward in a bowl shape is integrally formed at the tip of the first nozzle 9, and the upper end portion of the second nozzle 14 is formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical portion. A pair of disk-like connecting portions 15a and 15b formed integrally with each other are overlapped, and support shafts 16a and 16b are respectively inserted into the overlapping portions so that the second nozzle 14 can be bent in a vertical plane. It is pivotally attached. Reference numeral 17 denotes an arc-shaped slit formed in the disk-like connecting portion 15a. The arc-shaped slits are formed with enlarged diameter portions 17a and 17c at both ends and an enlarged diameter portion 17b at the middle portion. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, reference numeral 18 denotes a round pin-shaped small protrusion projecting from the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 13, and the tip end portion of the small protrusion is pressed against the arc-shaped slit 17. I am letting. Therefore, when the second nozzle 14 is rotated with the support shafts 16a and 16b as fulcrums and the tip of the small protrusion 18 is engaged with the enlarged diameter portions 17a to 17c, the second nozzle 14 can be stably positioned at the angle. Yes. In addition, when the front-end | tip part of the small processus | protrusion 18 is engaged with the enlarged diameter part 17b, the 2nd nozzle 14 will be in the state drooping straight down, and the drooping state will be maintained by this engagement.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, 19a and 19b are ball stop pieces formed on the upper edge of the second nozzle 14, and the ball stop pieces protrude into the cylindrical portion 13 when the second nozzle 14 is bent. Can prevent the ball from flowing out. Reference numerals 20a to 20c denote protrusions alternately formed on the opposing inner wall surfaces of the second nozzle 14, and the second nozzle 14 is assembled by inserting screws 21a to 21c into the protrusions. The plurality of protrusions 20a to 20c meander the ball flow path so that the game ball flowing down through the second nozzle 14 collides with the protrusions, so that the flow velocity of the game ball is reduced. Yes.

  On the other hand, 22 is a third nozzle externally fitted to the lower end portion of the second nozzle 14 so as to be slidable up and down, and 23 is a slide locking mechanism for locking the third nozzle at an arbitrary height. The slide locking mechanism 23 is formed with a vertical hole 24 in the side wall of the third nozzle 22, rack teeth 25 are formed at the inner edge of the vertical hole, and elastically engaged with the rack teeth 25 at the lower end of the second nozzle 14. The piece 26 is integrally formed, and when the third nozzle 22 is slid up and down, the elastic piece 26 is appropriately engaged with the rack teeth 25 so that the third nozzle is not dropped and stopped at an arbitrary height. I am trying to do it.

  In the ball supply pipe of the inter-unit ball lending machine configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 1, the first nozzle 9 is rotated to the gaming machine 1 side in the horizontal plane, and the second nozzle is directly above the ball tray 2. 14, the third nozzle 22 is suspended according to the height of the ball tray, and in this state, the game ball is discharged from the base 7 by operating the lending operation button 5 b, so that the game ball is moved to the first nozzle. 9 and the second nozzle 14 and the third nozzle 22 to be supplied to the ball tray 2. The lower end opening of the third nozzle 22 can be set as appropriate by sliding the third nozzle 22 up and down in accordance with the height of the ball tray 2, and the game ball flowing down the second nozzle 14 is projected 20a. Since the vehicle ball collides with -20c and is decelerated, the game ball does not collide with the upper surface of the ball receiving tray 2 at high speed and scatter. In this way, the game balls that have flowed out of the inter-ball rental machine can be guided to the ball tray 2 without spilling. Therefore, it is possible to reliably supply the game balls of the interlocular ball lending machine without spilling to the recent game machines in which the ball tray 2 is in the low position or to the conventional game machines.

  Further, when the bulb supply pipe is not in use, the first nozzle 9 is flipped upward as shown in FIG. 6 and at the same time the second nozzle 14 is refracted and overlapped with the first nozzle to be folded small. Therefore, it does not obstruct the opening of the front door of the gaming machine 1, and there is no possibility that the player gets in and out of the seat or disturbs the field of view.

  The present invention is not limited to the pachinko gaming machine shown in the above embodiment, and a game ball is supplied from a pedestal ball lending machine to a game machine such as a sparrow ball game machine or a slot machine using a game ball such as a pachinko ball as a game medium. Can be applied to sphere supply pipe.

1 is a perspective view of a gaming machine and a ball rental machine according to the present invention. The perspective view of the ball | bowl supply pipe | tube of the platform ball lending machine concerning this invention. The side view of the ball | bowl supply pipe | tube of the platform ball lending machine concerning this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ball | bowl supply pipe | tube of the platform lending machine concerning this invention. AA line sectional view of Drawing 3. The side view when the ball | bowl supply pipe | tube of the platform ball lending machine concerning this invention is folded.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Ball receiving tray 3 Interim ball lending machine 4 Ball lending supply part 7 Base 8 Support shaft 9 1st nozzle 10 Ball stop piece 13 Tube part 14 2nd nozzle 15a, 15b Connection part 16a, 16b Support axis 19a, 19b Ball stop piece 20a to 20c Projection 22 Third nozzle 23 Slide locking mechanism

Claims (4)

  A first nozzle that is gently inclined forward is provided on the front surface of the interpolated ball lending machine so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane so that it can be flipped upward, and the second nozzle is connected to the tip of the first nozzle. A ball supply pipe for a ball lending machine, which is pivotally attached in a hanging manner so that it can be bent.   2. The ball supply pipe of the interlocular ball lending machine according to claim 1, wherein a ball stop piece that protrudes into the ball flow path when bent and prevents the outflow of the game ball is provided at the upper end edge of the second nozzle.   3. A ball supply pipe for a pedestal ball lending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a projection is formed on the inner wall surface of the second nozzle to collide with a game ball and decelerate its flow speed.   The third nozzle is slidably fitted to the lower end of the second nozzle so as to be slidable up and down, and a slide locking mechanism for locking the third nozzle at an arbitrary height is provided. The ball supply pipe of the rent-a-car lending machine described in any one of 3 above.

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