JP2008023397A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of smoothly transferring balls gathered by a ball gathering member while suppressing ball clogging and reducing a manufacture cost. <P>SOLUTION: The frame 4a of a mechanism board 4 is provided with the ball gathering part 20 communicating with both of respective winning ports and an out port 2g on a game board 2, and the balls B which have entered the respective winning ports and the balls B which have passed through the out port 2g are discharged to the outside of the mechanism board 4 altogether through a send-out port provided on the ball gathering part 20 and a gathering path 25 connected to the send-out port. The width of the respective parts 21-25 of the ball gathering part 20 is widened compared to the opening width w2 of a normal winning port 32 and the path width w3 of a winning path 31c provided on the upstream side of a sensor 33 for detecting the balls B. Thus, the respective parts 21-25 of the ball gathering part 20 can make a large amount of the balls B including the balls B which have passed through the out port 2g and the balls B which have passed through the winning path 31c of a winning device 30 smoothly flow down to a gathered ball discharge port 4h without ball clogging. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a ball collecting member that collects a ball that has won a winning opening and a ball that has passed through an out opening at a predetermined location, and in particular, suppresses clogging of balls collected by the ball collecting member. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that can be smoothly transferred while reducing manufacturing costs.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine that plays a game by driving a hit ball into the game area has a game board in which a game area is formed, and the game area has a plurality of winning holes through which the hit ball can win and a plurality of the winning holes. An out port is provided for discharging a ball that has not won a prize to any of the winning ports to the outside of the game area. According to such a pachinko machine, a player hits one of a plurality of winning holes by hitting a ball that has been driven into the game area, and a predetermined game value is given to the player. The hit ball that did not win is discharged from the game area to the outside of the game area.

  Further, on the back side of the game board of the pachinko machine, there is disposed a mechanism board equipped with a ball payout device for paying out a predetermined valuable value, that is, a prize ball to the player. This mechanism board is provided with a synthetic resin frame frame on which a ball payout device is mounted. In addition to the ball payout device, this frame frame includes a ball ( The winning ball collecting passage for discharging the winning ball to the outside of the pachinko machine and the out ball collecting passage for discharging the ball passing through the out port (out ball) to the outside of the pachinko machine are provided as separate paths. .

  However, in the frame frame in the mechanism board described above, the winning ball collection passage and the out ball collection passage for collecting the winning ball and the out ball are provided separately, so that the shape of the entire frame frame becomes complicated. Therefore, when the frame frame is molded with synthetic resin, the shape of the mold for molding becomes complicated, so that the manufacturing cost of the mold increases, and the manufacturing cost of the entire pachinko machine increases. There was a problem.

  In addition, since the shape of the frame frame in which the winning ball collection passage and the out ball collection passage are separately provided is complicated, once a ball clogging occurs in either the winning ball collection passage or the out ball collection passage, the clogging occurs. It is difficult to remove the ball, and the pachinko machine has to be stopped for a long time for such removal work.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can smoothly transfer the balls collected by the ball collecting member while suppressing the clogging of the balls, and reduce the manufacturing cost. It aims to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

In order to achieve this object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 has a gaming area into which a ball is driven, a winning opening provided in the gaming area, and a ball that is connected to the winning opening and that has won the winning opening. A winning path, an out opening provided in the game area together with the winning opening, and a ball collecting member that collects the balls that have passed through the out opening and the winning path at a predetermined location, wherein the ball collecting member includes the winning path And a collection path that collectively transfers the winning path and the balls that have passed through the out opening, and the path width of the collection path is larger than the path width of the winning path. Widened.
According to the gaming machine of the first aspect, when the ball that has been driven into the game area wins the winning opening, it passes through the winning path and is sent to the ball collecting member. On the other hand, of the balls that have been driven into the game area, those that do not win the winning prize are passed through the outlet and sent to the ball collecting member. The spheres that have passed through the out mouth are gathered together with the spheres that have passed through the winning path by the sphere collecting member, and are collectively transferred to a predetermined location by the collecting path.
In addition, the collection path for transferring the balls has a wider width than the path width of the winning path, so that a larger number of balls can be transferred than the number of balls passing through the winning path. For this reason, the collection path smoothly transports a large number of balls in which the balls that have passed through the winning path and the balls that have passed through the out mouth are packed together without clogging the balls.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, since the ball collecting member is provided with a collecting path that communicates with both the winning opening and the out opening, the balls that have won the winning opening and the balls that have passed through the out opening are collectively transferred. can do. Therefore, unlike the conventional gaming machine, there is no need to separately provide a path for collecting the balls that have won the winning opening and the balls that have passed the out opening, and the shape of the ball collecting member is simplified, so that There is an effect that the manufacturing cost of the member can be reduced and the manufacturing cost of the entire gaming machine can be reduced accordingly.

  In addition, since the collection path for transferring the balls is wider than the path width of the winning path, a larger number of balls can be transferred in a lump than the number of balls passing through the winning path. . Therefore, the collection route has an effect that a large amount of balls obtained by adding the balls that have passed through the outlet to the balls that have passed the winning route can be smoothly transferred without clogging the balls. Therefore, it is not necessary to interrupt the game of the gaming machine in order to remove the balls jammed in the collection path.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a back (rear) view of a front frame 1 and a game board 2 in a pachinko machine P which is an embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a display device disposed in each of the disposition holes 2c to 2f of the game board 2, a winning device having a first type starting port, a winning device having a normal winning port, and a big prize The illustration of the variable winning device having a mouth is omitted.

  The front frame 1 is a frame-like body that is provided around the front outer periphery of the pachinko machine P (see FIG. 4), and is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape with a synthetic resin material or the like. A storage space 1a, which is a substantially rectangular opening adapted to the outer shape of the game board 2, is provided at a substantially upper center of the front frame 1, and an edge of one side (right side in FIG. 1) of the front frame 1 is described later. A pair of pin engaging portions 1b, 1b, on which a pair of hinge pins 4b, 4b (see FIG. 2) of the mechanism board 4 are pivotally supported, are provided.

  The game board 2 is formed in a substantially rectangular flat plate shape with a wooden plywood or the like, and a game area 2a into which a ball B is driven is formed on the front surface (back surface with respect to the paper surface of FIG. 1) (see FIG. 4). The game board 2 is detachably accommodated in the accommodation space 1a of the front frame 1, and a plurality of arrangement holes penetrating in the thickness direction of the game board 2 (perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1) on the back surface 2b. 2c-2f is perforated. The arrangement hole 2c is a hole in which a display device for displaying a plurality of kinds of symbols is arranged, and the arrangement hole 2d is arranged by a winning device having a first type starting port (a winning port related to a normal electric accessory). The arrangement holes 2e, 2e are holes in which a prize winning device having a normal prize opening is arranged, and the arrangement holes 2f are arranged in a variable prize winning device having a big prize opening. Is a hole.

  Further, an out-port 2g penetrating in the thickness direction of the game board 2 (perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1) is formed in the back surface 2b of the game board 2 below the arrangement hole 2f. The out port 2g is a hole for discharging a ball that has not won the winning port of various winning devices to the outside of the game area 2a. A safe ball collective cover 3 is attached to the back surface 2b of the game board 2 above the out port 2g.

  The safe ball collective cover 3 is a member that guides a ball (winning ball) that has won a winning opening of various winning devices arranged in the arrangement holes 2d to 2f to the outside of the game area 2a, and is made of a synthetic resin material or the like. Is formed. A ball guide rod 3a having a guide passage through which a sphere can pass is provided at the lower portion of the safe ball assembly cover 3 and below the arrangement hole 2c. The guide path of the ball guide bar 3a is in communication with a winning opening of each winning device disposed in each of the mounting holes 2d to 2f, and a ball that has won a prize through each of the winning openings via the guiding path is a game board. It is guided downward on the back surface 2b side in 2b.

  An opening 3b communicating with the guide passage of the ball guide rod 3a is formed in the lower end surface (lower side in FIG. 1) of the ball guide rod 3a. The opening 3b is an opening for dropping (flowing down) a winning ball guided by the guide passage of the ball guide rod 3a to a ball collecting unit 20 (see FIG. 3) of the mechanism board 4 to be described later. It is formed wide in the direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1). The details of the ball collecting unit 20 provided in the mechanism panel 4 will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a rear view of the mechanism panel 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the mechanism board 4 is a part on which a ball dispensing device 5 for dispensing a prize ball or a lending ball is mounted. A frame frame 4a formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape with a synthetic resin material or the like is provided. I have. On one side (the right side in FIG. 1) of the frame frame 4a, hinge pins 4b pivotally supported by the pin engaging portions 1b and 1b of the front frame 1 described above are provided on the upper and lower portions thereof. One 4b is provided. The hinge pins 4b and 4b are shaft members for pivotally supporting the mechanism panel 4 on the back side of the front frame 1 so as to be opened and closed.

  An opening window 4c, which is a substantially rectangular opening, is formed in a substantially central portion of the frame frame 4a so as to penetrate in the thickness direction of the frame frame 4a (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2). When the mechanism board 4 is attached to the front frame 1 (see FIG. 4), the opening window 4 c allows a part of the safe ball assembly cover 3 attached to the back surface 2 b of the game board 2 to be attached to the mechanism board 4. It is an opening for exposing to the back surface side, and the display device and various winning devices arranged in the arrangement holes 2c to 2f are exposed to the back side of the mechanism panel 4 from the opening window 4c.

  A sphere tank 4d for temporarily storing spheres supplied from a table management device (not shown) is disposed above the frame frame 4a of the mechanism panel 4, and a sphere tank rail 4e is provided below the sphere tank 4d. It is connected continuously. The sphere tank rail 4e is a bowl-shaped member that guides the sphere supplied to the sphere tank 4d to the sphere dispenser 5. The upper part of the sphere dispenser 5 is connected to the downstream end of the sphere tank rail 4e. (Right side of FIG. 2).

  The ball payout device 5 is a device for paying out a prize ball or a rental ball to a player, and mainly includes a prize ball payout unit 5a and a ball payout unit 5b provided in parallel with the prize ball payout unit 5a. ing. The winning ball payout unit 5a is a device that pays out a predetermined number of balls guided by the ball tank rail 4e to the player as a winning ball when the ball wins each of the above-described winning holes. Is a device that pays out a predetermined number of balls guided by the ball tank rail 4e to the player as a rented ball when there is a ball rental request from the player. With these prize ball payout unit 5a and rental ball payout unit 5b, the balls guided to the inside of the ball payout device 5 by the ball tank rail 4e can be paid to the payout basket 4f one by one.

  The payout basket 4f is a bowl-shaped member that guides the prize balls and rental balls paid out by the ball payout device 5 to an upper tray or a lower tray (not shown) provided on the front frame 1, and this payout basket 4f Is provided with a passage through which the balls paid out from the ball payout device 5 can pass. The passage of the payout bar 4f communicates from the lower part of the ball payout device 5 toward the lower edge (lower side in FIG. 2) of the frame frame 4a, and is formed in the lower end surface (lower side in FIG. 2) of the frame frame 4a. It communicates with 4g.

  The payout opening 4g is an opening through which the ball that has passed through the payout bar 4f is discharged to the bottom tray of the front frame 1, and is formed at a substantially central portion of the frame frame 4a in the width direction (left and right direction in FIG. 2). On the other hand, a collection ball discharge port 4h is provided to the left of the payout port 4g. The collected ball discharge port 4h discharges the winning ball that has won the winning port of the above-described various winning devices and the out ball that has passed through the out port 2g to the outside of the frame frame 4a and returns them to the table management device (predetermined location). It is an opening.

  A power relay board 6 for relaying the AC voltage supplied from the table management device to the power circuit board is disposed on the right side of the ball tank 4d in the frame frame 4a. The power supply relay board 6 includes an AC cord 6a that is electrically connected to an AC power source of the stand management device. The AC voltage 6a is supplied from the stand management device via the AC cord 6a, and the AC voltage is supplied to the power supply circuit board. The power can be supplied to the power circuit board accommodated in the box 7. The power circuit board box 7 is attached to the lower part on the back side of the frame frame 4a, and is located above the power circuit board box 7 at the lower edge portion of the opening window 4c in the frame frame 4a. 8 is disposed.

  The main control board box 8 accommodates a main control board that controls the entire game in the pachinko machine P, and on the right side of the main control board box 8 is a lower right side of the rear surface of the frame frame 4a (right side in FIG. 2). A payout control board box 9 attached to the lower side is disposed. The payout control board box 9 accommodates a payout control board for controlling the above-described ball payout device 5 and the like, and on the left side of the payout control board box 9 is a lower left part of the back surface of the frame frame 4a (FIG. 2). A firing control board box 10 attached to the lower left side is disposed. The launch control board box 10 accommodates a launch control board that performs launch control of a ball that is driven into the game area 2a.

  FIG. 3 is a partial back view of the pachinko machine P, and shows a cross-sectional view of the ball receiving plates 22 and 24 and a part of the collection passage 25 of the frame frame 4a. In FIG. 3, illustration of various substrate boxes 7 to 10 disposed on the frame frame 4 a of the mechanism panel 4 is omitted, and a part of the back plate 4 i in the frame frame 4 a is illustrated by a two-dot chain line. . Further, the sphere B in FIG. 3 is a winning sphere discharged from the opening 3b of the safe sphere collecting cover 3 or an out sphere that has passed through the out port 2g, and an arrow in the figure is the flow (transfer) of the sphere B. Shows direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the frame frame 4 a of the mechanism board 4 is attached to the front frame 1 via a hinge pin 4 b engaged with the pin engaging portion 1 b of the front frame 1, and the back surface of the game board 2. It is arranged so as to cover the 2b side. A flat back plate 4i is provided on the entire back surface of the frame frame 4a and below the opening window 4c. The back plate 4i covers the back side of the frame frame 4a. The back plate 4i is provided opposite to the back surface 2b of the game board 2 with a predetermined interval (widths w4 and w5 in FIG. 4) (see FIG. 4). The back plate 4i and the game board 2b A sphere collecting unit 20 is provided in a space between the back surface 2b.

  The ball collecting unit 20 collects a winning ball that has won a winning opening of each winning device arranged in each of the arrangement holes 2d to 2f of the game board 2 and an out ball that has passed through the out opening 2g. The winning balls and the out balls are collected together and communicated with each winning port through the opening 3b of the safe ball collective cover 3 and also through the out port 2g. The ball collecting unit 20 mainly includes a sending port 21 for sending the balls B as winning balls and out balls to the collecting ball discharge port 4h and a ball B falling from the opening 3b of the safe ball collecting cover 3. Sphere receiving plates 22, 23, and 24 for receiving the sphere B and a collection passage 25 that guides the sphere B delivered from the delivery port 21 to the collection sphere outlet 4 h together. The delivery port 21 is provided at one location slightly above the center portion of the frame frame 4a (or the game board 2) in the horizontal direction (substantially in the horizontal direction in FIG. 3).

  The delivery port 21 is provided below the opening 3b and the out port 2g of the safe ball collecting cover 3 described above, communicates with the collection passage 25, and is connected to the collection ball discharge port 4h through the collection passage 25. It is an opening. Further, the opening width of the delivery port 21 (the width in the left-right direction in FIG. 3) (the path width of the collection path) is approximately twice or more the outer diameter d of the sphere B. For this reason, when a large amount of spheres B flow into the sphere collecting unit 20, the spheres B can be smoothly delivered to the collecting passage 25 without causing clogging at the opening edge of the delivery port 21. Further, on both sides (the right side in FIG. 3) of the opening edge of the delivery port 21, flat ball receiving plates 22, 23, 24 that receive the ball B discharged from the opening 3 b of the safe ball collecting cover 3 are provided. ing.

  The ball receiving plate 22 is provided almost immediately below the opening 3b and the out port 2g of the safe ball collective cover 3, and extends over substantially the entire area in the lateral width direction (left and right direction in FIG. 3) of the opening 3b of the safe ball collective cover 3. Is provided. The ball receiving plate 22 is inclined downward from one side in the lateral width direction (right side in FIG. 3) of the frame frame 4a (or the game board 2) toward the delivery port 21, and the ball B received by the ball receiving plate 22 is received. Can be concentrated (collectively) sent from the outlet 21. In addition, a flat plate-like wall plate 22b is erected on the opposite end (right side in FIG. 3) of the ball plate 22 to the outlet 21 side, and a flat plate-like ball plate 23 is also provided at the upper end of the wall plate 22b. Are connected.

  The ball receiving plate 23 is inclined downward from the one end side in the lateral width direction (right side in FIG. 3) of the frame frame 4a (or game board 2) toward the ball receiving plate 22 side. For this reason, the ball B received by the ball receiving plate 23 can be rolled toward the ball receiving plate 22 side. Further, a plate-like standing wall plate 23a is erected on the opposite end (right side in FIG. 3) of the ball receiving plate 23 to the ball receiving plate 22 side, and is received by the ball receiving plate 23 by the standing wall plate 23a. It is possible to prevent the sphere B from spilling from the end of the ball receiving plate 23 on the standing wall plate 23a side.

  On the other hand, the ball receiving plate 24 is inclined downward from the other side in the lateral width direction (left side in FIG. 3) of the frame frame 4a (or the game board 2) toward the delivery port 21, and the end on the delivery port 21 side is inclined. The safe ball collective cover 3 is positioned below one end (left side in FIG. 3) in the lateral width direction of the opening 3b. Therefore, the ball receiving plate 24 can receive the sphere B discharged from the opening 3 b of the safe sphere collecting cover 3 and concentrate and send the sphere B from the outlet 21. Further, a plate-like standing wall plate 24a is erected on the opposite end (left side in FIG. 3) of the ball receiving plate 24 to the delivery port 21 side, and is received by the ball receiving plate 24 by this standing wall plate 24a. It is possible to prevent the sphere B from spilling from the end portion of the sphere receiving plate 24 on the standing wall plate 24a side.

  By the way, the end portion on the outlet 21 side of the ball receiving plate 24 is positioned higher than the end portion on the outlet 21 side of the ball receiving plate 22 by a height h1. A step (height difference) of height h1 is provided between the end portions on the 21 side. Due to this step, the sphere B falling from the ball receiving plate 24 to the delivery port 21 is dropped toward the delivery port 21 from above the sphere B falling from the ball receiving plate 22 to the delivery port 21. For this reason, it is avoided that the spheres B collected at the delivery port 21 by the ball receiving plates 22 and 24 collide head-on at the delivery port 21, and the sphere B stays in the vicinity of the delivery port 21 and suppresses sphere clogging. be able to.

  Moreover, when the ball B dropped from the ball receiving plate 24 comes into contact with the ball B dropped from the ball receiving plate 22, the ball B dropped from the ball receiving plate 24 collides with the ball B dropped from the ball receiving plate 22 from above. Therefore, the falling speed of the sphere B falling from the ball receiving plate 22 is accelerated by the collision, and the flow of the sphere B delivered from the delivery port 21 can be further smoothed. Therefore, it is possible to further suppress ball clogging around the delivery port 21 and in the collection passage 25.

  Further, the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 of the ball collecting unit 20 are provided over almost the entire area in the horizontal width direction (left and right direction in FIG. 3) of the frame frame 4a or the game board 2, and the respective arrangement holes 2c. To 2e are provided corresponding to the lower positions of all winning devices. Therefore, for example, even when the ball B that has won a prize is directly dropped directly under each prize-winning opening without passing through the safe ball collecting cover 3, each winning opening is received by the ball receiving plates 22 to 24. The ball B that has won a prize can be received and sent out from the outlet 21 in a concentrated manner. That is, according to the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment, the ball receiving plate 22 of the ball collecting unit 20 even when the game board is replaced with a safe ball collecting cover of a different type from the safe ball collecting cover 3. The winning ball can be received with certainty by ~ 24.

  The collection passage 25 is a passage for guiding the sphere B that has flowed into the delivery port 21 to the collection sphere outlet 4h, and the right and left sides of the collection passage 25 are partitioned by a pair of flat side wall plates 25a and 25b. The upper ends of the pair of side wall plates 25a and 25b are connected to the end portions on the side of the delivery port 21 of the ball receiving plates 22 and 24, respectively, and the collection passage 25 is connected to the delivery port 21 by such connection. The passage shape of the collection passage 25 is bent (curved) at four locations from the delivery port 21 to the collection ball discharge port 4h, and the falling speed of the sphere B flowing down in the collection passage 25 by this bending is determined. Can be relaxed. For this reason, since the collision force at the time of the sphere B colliding with the side wall plates 25a and 25b of the collection passage 25 is relieved, damage to the side wall plates 25a and 25b is suppressed, and the service life of the collection passage 25 is improved. As a result, the service life of the entire frame 4a can be improved.

  Furthermore, the passage width w 1 of the collection passage 25, that is, the distance between the opposing surfaces of the pair of side wall plates 25 a and 25 b is approximately twice or more the outer diameter d of the sphere B as in the case of the delivery port 21. For this reason, when a large amount of spheres B pass through the collection passage 25, the sphere B can be smoothly guided to the collection sphere outlet 4h without causing clogging in the collection passage 25. .

  FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3, and the illustration of the safe ball collective cover 3 attached to the back surface 2b of the game board 2 is omitted. Note that the arrows in FIG. 4 indicate the flow direction of the sphere B.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the placement hole 2 e of the game board 2 is formed to penetrate from the game area 2 a formed on the front surface (left side of FIG. 4) of the game board 2 to the back surface 2 b of the game board 2. The housing 31 of the winning device 30 is inserted into the arrangement hole 2e. The housing 31 of the winning device 30 is disposed in the disposition hole 2e, and the front portion 31a projecting to the game area 2a side of the game board 2 and the rear side projecting to the back surface 2b side of the game board 2 A normal winning opening 32 is formed in the upper end surface of the front portion 31a.

  The normal winning opening 32 has an opening width w2 that is slightly larger than the outer diameter d of the sphere B and is less than about twice the outer diameter d of the sphere B (d <w2 <2d). It is formed to win one by one. The normal winning opening 32 communicates with a winning passage 31c formed in the housing 31, and the winning passage 31c communicates with a winning ball discharge port 31d formed in the lower end surface of the rear portion 31b of the housing 31. Has been. The winning passage 31c has a passage width w3 that is slightly larger than the outer diameter d of the sphere B, and less than about twice the outer diameter d of the sphere B (d <w3 <2d). It is formed so as to pass through one by one.

  For this reason, the balls B that have flowed down the game area 2a and won the normal winning opening 32 pass through the winning passage 31c one by one, and are discharged from the winning ball discharge opening 31d to the back surface 2b of the game board 2 to collect the balls. It is dropped one by one toward any one of the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 of the portion 20. Moreover, the winning ball outlet 31d is provided with a ring-shaped sensor 33, and the number of balls B passing through the winning passage 31c and discharged from the winning ball outlet 31d by the sensor 33 is one by one. Can be detected.

  Further, an out port 2g penetrating in the thickness direction of the game board 2 (left and right direction in FIG. 4) is formed below the disposition hole 2e in which the winning device 30 is disposed. An inner rail 34 provided around the outer periphery of the game area 2a is provided below the game area 2a side of the out mouth 2g, and the ball B is guided to the out mouth 2g via the inner rail 34. is there. A glass door 35 is disposed on the game area 2a side of the game board 2 with a predetermined distance from the surface on which the game area 2a is formed (left side in FIG. 4).

  On the back surface 2b side of the game board 2 and below the opening position of the out port 2g, the above-described ball collecting unit 20 is provided. The ball collecting unit 20 is provided below (downstream side) the sensor 33 described above, and the upper part of the ball collecting unit 20 is a ball B that has won the normal winning port 32 and a ball that has passed through the out port 2g. Opened to catch B.

  The ball receiving plates 22 and 23 extend from the back surface 2b side of the game board 2 to the opposite side of the game board 2, that is, from the back surface 2b of the game board 2 to the rear (right side in FIG. 4). A back plate 4i is erected upward at the extended ends (right side in FIG. 4) of the ball receiving plates 22 and 23, and a normal winning opening is provided between the back plate 4i and the back surface 2b of the game board 2. The ball B that won 32 and the ball B that passed through the out port 2g fall. Similarly to the ball receiving plates 22 and 23, the ball receiving plate 24 is further extended rearward (right side in FIG. 4) from the back surface 2b of the game board 2, and each extended end of the ball receiving plate 24 (right side in FIG. 4). ) Has a back plate 4i erected upward.

  Moreover, the distance between the opposing surfaces of the back surface 2b and the back plate 4i of the game board 2, that is, the extending width w4 of the ball receiving plates 22 and 23 (the width in the left-right direction in FIG. 4) is approximately 2 of the outer diameter d of the ball B. Widened to be more than double. For this reason, when the ball B received by the ball receiving plates 22 and 23 rolls down toward the delivery port 21 and flows down, the ball B is not clogged by the ball receiving plates 22 and 23 to the delivery port 21. It can flow smoothly. The extension width of the ball receiving plate 24 is also widened to be the same as the extension width w4 like the ball receiving plates 22 and 23, and the opening width of the delivery port 21 (the path width of the collection path) is also The receiving plates 22 to 24 are widened in the extending direction to a length substantially equal to the extending width w4.

  On the other hand, the collection passage 25 described above is provided in the lower part of the frame frame 4a, and a collection ball discharge port 4h is connected to the lower end of the collection passage 25. The collection passage 25 is provided between the back surface 2b of the game board 2 and the back plate 4i, and the distance between the opposing surfaces of the back surface 2b and the back plate 4i of the game board 2, that is, the passage width w5 of the collection passage 25 ( The width in the left-right direction in FIG. 4 is widened so as to be approximately twice or more the outer diameter d of the sphere B. For this reason, when a large amount of balls B pass through the collection passage 25, the balls B can be more smoothly guided to the collection ball discharge port 4h without causing clogging of the balls in the collection passage 25. is there.

  Next, a method for processing winning balls and out balls of the pachinko machine P configured as described above will be described. First, the ball B that has been driven into the game area 2a is discharged to the back surface 2b of the game board 2 when winning a prize in each prize-winning device arranged in the arrangements 2c to 2e of the game board 2. For example, when the ball B wins the normal winning slot 32 of the winning apparatus 30 shown in FIG. 4, the winning ball B passes through the winning path 31c and is discharged from the winning ball outlet 31d to the back surface 2b of the game board 2. The The discharged sphere B passes through the guide passage of the sphere guide rod 3a of the safe sphere collecting cover 3 and then falls from the opening 3b of the safe sphere collecting cover 3 toward the sphere collecting section 20 of the mechanism panel 4. On the other hand, the ball B that has not won any of the winning ports of the various winning devices arranged on the game board 2 flows down to the lower part of the game area 2a and is discharged from the out port 2g to the back surface 2b of the game board 2. Then, it is dropped toward the ball collecting unit 20 of the mechanism panel 4. In other words, the sphere B that has won the winning opening and the sphere B that has passed through the out opening 2 g are collectively dropped onto the sphere collecting unit 20 of the mechanism board 4.

  The sphere B dropped toward the sphere collecting unit 20 is received by the sphere receiving plates 22 to 24 provided on the upper part of the sphere collecting unit 20. Since the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 are inclined downward toward the delivery port 21, the balls B received by the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 are gathered to the delivery port 21, and the collection path from the delivery port 21. Concentrated to 25 and flowed down. The sphere B flowing down to the collection passage 25 passes through the collection passage 25 to the collection ball discharge port 4h, and is discharged from the collection ball discharge port 4h to the outside of the frame frame 4a and returned to the stand management device. It is.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment, the frame frame 4a of the mechanism board 4 communicates with both the winning opening and the out opening 2g of various winning devices arranged on the game board 2. A ball collecting unit 20, and a ball B that has won a prize opening through a delivery port 21 provided in one place of the ball collection unit 20 and one collection passage 25 connected to the delivery port 21, The spheres B that have passed through the out port can be discharged to the outside of the mechanism panel 4 at once. Therefore, unlike the conventional pachinko machine, there is no need to separately provide a path for collecting the balls that have won the winning opening and a path for collecting the balls that have passed the out opening, and the shape of the frame frame 4a of the mechanism panel 4 can be changed. It can be simplified. For this reason, for example, when manufacturing the frame frame 4a formed of a synthetic resin material or the like, the manufacturing cost of a mold for injection molding the frame frame 4a is reduced by the simplification of the shape of the frame frame 4a. And the manufacturing cost as the whole pachinko machine P can be reduced.

  By the way, in the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment, the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 of the ball collecting unit 22 collect and collect the balls B that have won the winning ports and the balls B that have passed through the out port 2g from the outlet 21. Since they are sent to the passage 25 at a time, a larger amount of spheres B are collected in the sphere collection unit 20 than the conventional pachinko machine P. Therefore, each of the portions 21 to 25 of the sphere collecting unit 20 is widened so that the large amount of spheres B can flow smoothly. Specifically, the opening width of the delivery port 21 and the passage width w1 of the collection passage 25 are approximately twice or more the outer diameter d of the sphere B in the lateral width direction of the frame frame 4a (or the game board 2). So that it is widened.

  Further, the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 are extended from the back surface 2a side of the game board 2 toward the opposite side of the game board 2, and the extension width w4 is approximately twice or more the outer diameter of the ball B. It has been widened. Further, in correspondence with the widening of the ball receiving plates 22 to 24, the opening width of the delivery port 21 is substantially the same as the extending width w4 in the extending direction of the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 (left and right direction in FIG. 4). The passage width w5 of the collection passage 25 is also widened so as to be approximately twice or more the outer diameter d of the sphere B in the extending direction of the sphere receiving plates 22-24.

  As described above, the width of each of the portions 21 to 25 of the ball collecting unit 20 is larger than the opening width w2 of the normal winning opening 32 provided on the upstream side of the sensor 33 that detects the ball B and the passage width w3 of the winning passage 31c. Widened. Therefore, each of the parts 21 to 25 of the ball collecting unit 20 passes a larger amount of the balls B through the winning passage 31c of the winning device 30 and falls from the winning ball discharge port 31d to the collection ball discharge port 4h. It can flow smoothly. Therefore, the respective parts 21 to 25 of the ball collecting unit 20 flow smoothly without clogging a large amount of the balls B obtained by adding the balls B that have passed through the outlet 2g to the balls B that have passed through the winning path 31c of the winning device 30. Can be made. Therefore, it is not necessary to interrupt the game of the pachinko machine P in order to remove the balls B jammed in the ball collecting unit 20, and the cost required for maintenance of the pachinko machine P can be reduced.

  Further, by expanding the ball receiving plates 22 to 24, the area of the portion of the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 that receives the ball B is expanded, and accordingly, the number of balls per unit area of the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 is increased. The service life of the ball receiving plates 22 to 24 can be improved by reducing the collision frequency of B.

  Further, since the ball collecting unit 20 is formed integrally with the lower part of the frame frame 4a, there is no need to manufacture the ball collecting unit 20 and the frame frame 4a separately, and accordingly, the entire pachinko machine P As a result, the manufacturing cost of the pachinko machine P as a whole can be simplified.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be easily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It can be guessed.

  In the present embodiment, the normal winning opening 32 of the winning device 30 is described as an example of the winning opening of the present invention, but the winning opening of the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and the arrangement holes 2c to 2c of the game board 2 are not limited thereto. The present invention may be applied to each winning opening of the winning device arranged in 2f.

  Hereinafter, modifications of the present invention will be described. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a detection device that detects a ball passing through the winning path, wherein the collection path is provided on a downstream side of the detecting device and the winning path on an upstream side of the detecting device. The gaming machine 1 is characterized in that the path width is widened compared to the above.

  According to this gaming machine 1, the ball that has passed through the winning path is detected by the detection device and then sent to the collection path provided on the downstream side of the detection device. In addition, since the collection path has a wider path width than the winning path on the upstream side of the detection device, it is possible to transfer a larger number of balls than the number of balls passing through the winning path. Therefore, the collection route can be smoothly transferred without clogging a large amount of balls, which are balls that have passed through the winning route and balls that have passed through the outlet.

  In the gaming machine 1, the path width of the winning path on the upstream side of the detection device is formed to be less than about twice the outer diameter of the ball. Therefore, the balls that have passed through the winning path can be sent to the detection device one by one and detected. As the balls passing through the winning path are detected one by one by the detecting device in this way, two or more balls are not simultaneously detected by the detecting device. Detection is prevented.

  3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, or the gaming machine 1 or 2, further comprising a gaming board provided with the gaming area, wherein the collection path receives a ball that has won the winning a prize opening and a ball that has passed through the out mouth. Therefore, a ball receiving member is provided below the winning path and the out port on the back side of the game board, and the ball receiving member extends from the back side of the game board to the side opposite to the game board. The gaming machine 3 is characterized in that the extending width is formed to be approximately twice or more the outer diameter of the sphere.

  According to this gaming machine 3, a ball that has passed through the winning path and the out port is received by the ball receiving member disposed below the winning path and the out port. In addition, the ball receiving member extends from the back side of the game board toward the opposite side of the game board, and the extension width is formed to be approximately twice or more the outer diameter of the ball. Therefore, since the area of the portion of the ball receiving member that receives the ball is expanded accordingly, the collision frequency of the balls per unit area of the ball receiving member can be reduced, and the life of the ball receiving member can be improved. it can.

  In the gaming machine 3, the ball receiving member is inclined downward in the lateral width direction of the game board and has a ball delivery opening formed at the lower end in the inclination direction of the ball receiving member. The gaming machine 4 is characterized in that the opening width is approximately twice or more the outer diameter of the sphere.

  According to this gaming machine 4, the balls received by the ball receiving member are collected by the ball receiving member to the ball delivery port, and are sent out from the ball delivery port at a time. In addition, since the opening width of the ball outlet is formed to be approximately twice or more the outer diameter of the ball, the balls collected in a large amount by the collecting path are not clogged around the ball outlet.

  In the gaming machine 4, the collection path includes a guide passage that communicates with the ball outlet of the ball receiving member and guides the ball below the ball outlet, and the guide passage is on the back side of the game board. The gaming machine 5 is characterized in that the passage width is formed to be approximately twice or more of the outer diameter of the sphere by being widened toward the opposite side of the game board.

  In the gaming machine 4 or 5, the collection path includes a guide passage that communicates with the ball outlet of the ball receiving member and guides the ball below the ball outlet, and the guide passage is in a lateral direction of the game board. The game machine 6 is characterized in that the width of the passage is formed to be approximately twice or more of the outer diameter of the sphere.

  According to this gaming machine 5 or 6, the balls received by the ball receiving member and delivered from the ball delivery port are guided to the lower side of the ball delivery port by the guide passage, and are collected at a predetermined location through the guide passage. Moreover, since the passage width of the guide passage is increased to about twice or more the outer diameter of the sphere, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of clogging in the guide passage when a large amount of spheres flow into the guide passage. it can.

  In any one of the gaming machines 4 to 6, the ball receiving member has a first inclined surface portion inclined downward from one side in a lateral width direction of the game board toward the ball delivery port, and toward the ball delivery port. A second inclined surface portion that is inclined downward from the other side in the lateral width direction of the game board, an end portion on the ball outlet side of the second inclined surface portion, and an end on the ball outlet side of the first inclined surface portion A gaming machine 7 characterized in that a step is provided between the parts.

  According to this gaming machine 7, the ball that has won the winning opening and the ball that has passed through the out opening are received by the first or second inclined surface portion, and rolls on the first or second inclined surface portion to move to the ball outlet. And sent out in a lump from the ball outlet. And the level | step difference is provided between the edge part by the side of the ball delivery port in the 1st inclined surface part, and the edge part by the side of the ball delivery port in the 2nd inclined surface part. Therefore, the sphere that rolls on one of the first or second inclined surface portions is sent to the ball delivery port from above from the sphere that rolls on the other of the first or second inclined surface portions. For this reason, it can suppress that the ball | bowl sent out to a ball | bowl delivery port by both inclined surface parts clogs a ball | bowl around a ball | bowl delivery port.

  The gaming machine according to claim 1, or a gaming machine according to any one of the gaming machines 1 to 7, wherein a mechanism board on which a prize ball payout device for delivering a prize ball when a ball wins the prize opening is mounted, and the mechanism board. The game machine 8 is characterized in that the ball collecting member is integrally formed on the frame frame. Therefore, it is not necessary to manufacture the frame frame and the ball collecting member separately, and accordingly, the manufacturing cost of the entire gaming machine can be reduced, and the assembly work of the entire gaming machine can be simplified. It can be done.

It is a rear view of the front frame and game board in the pachinko machine which is one example of the game machine of this invention. It is a reverse view of a mechanism board. It is a partial back view of a pachinko machine. It is a sectional side view in the IV-IV line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 Game board 2a Game area 2b Back side (back side of game board)
2g Out port 4 Mechanism panel 4a Frame frame 4h Collection ball discharge port (part of collection route)
5 ball dispensing device (prize ball dispensing device)
20 Sphere Collection Unit (Sphere Collection Member)
21 Outlet (ball outlet, part of collection route)
22-24 Ball receiving plate (first inclined surface portion, second inclined surface portion, ball receiving member, part of collection path)
25 Collection passage (part of collection route)
31c Prize-winning passage (part of the prize-winning route)
31d Winning ball outlet (part of the winning route)
32 Regular winning entrance (part of winning entrance)
33 Sensor (detection device)
w1 passage width (passage width of guide passage, route width of collection route)
w2 opening width (part of the path width of the winning path)
w3 Passage width (part of the path width of the winning path)
w4 Extension width (extension width of ball receiving member, path width of collection path)
w5 passage width (passage width of guide passage, route width of collection route)
h1 Height (step)
B Sphere P Pachinko machine (game machine)

Claims (1)

A game area into which a ball is driven, a winning opening provided in the gaming area, a winning path that is in communication with the winning opening and through which a ball that has won the winning opening passes, and an out opening provided in the gaming area together with the winning opening And a game machine equipped with a ball collecting member that collects the ball that has passed through the outlet and the winning path at a predetermined location,
The ball collecting member includes a collecting path that collectively transfers the balls that have passed through the winning path and the outlet, and the path width of the collecting path is wider than the path width of the winning path. A gaming machine characterized by

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