JP2008086442A - Prize ball device and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a prize ball device and a game machine which can curtail the number of parts. <P>SOLUTION: A put-out device fixing lever 130 is movably installed at the lower ends of put-out paths 107A and 107B. With the sliding of the put-out device fixing lever 130 in the arrow OUT direction, the put-out paths 107A and 107B are opened. At the same time, a stopper rib 170 and a slit groove 134 get engaged with each other to fix a put-out device 62 on a pachinko machine 10. On the other hand, the put-out paths 107A and 107B are closed with the sliding of the put-out device fixing lever 130 turned in the arrow IN direction. At the same time, the engagement between the stopper rib 170 and the slit groove 134 is released and the put-out device 62 is removed from the pachinko machine 10. Thus, the sliding of the put-out device fixing lever 130 enables the opening or closing of the put-out paths 107A and 107B and the fixing or releasing of the put-out device 62 simultaneously. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize ball apparatus and a gaming machine that are detachable from a payout passage through which game balls are paid out and that have a payout device that pays out or stops game balls that have flowed down through the payout passage.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine uses a prize ball device including a payout device for paying out a game ball such as a rental ball or a prize ball that has flowed down a payout passage or stopping the payout.

Here, as an example of the payout device, there is a payout device that discharges the game balls one by one to the discharge passage by rotation of a rotating body arranged at the lower ends of a plurality of supply passages through which the game balls flow down. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-135356 A

  However, the payout device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a stopper member for holding a game ball inside the supply passage and a payout device when the game device is removed from the game machine for maintenance or attached to the game machine after maintenance. A mounting member for mounting is separately required, and it is difficult to reduce the number of parts as a gaming machine.

  In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a prize ball apparatus and a gaming machine that can reduce the number of parts.

  A prize ball device according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided detachably at a payout passage for allowing the game ball to flow down from a storage portion in which game balls are stored, and at an outlet of the payout passage, and falls from the payout passage. A payout device that pays out or stops paying out the game ball, and is provided so as to be movable in a direction crossing the flow direction of the game ball to the outlet of the payout passage, and moves in one direction to open the payout passage. A moving member that causes the gaming ball to flow down and locks the payout device, moves in the other direction to prevent the game ball from flowing down from the outlet of the payout passage, and releases the lock of the payout device. It is characterized by having prepared.

  According to the above configuration, the moving member moves in one direction to open the dispensing passage and locks the dispensing device, and moves in the other direction to close the dispensing passage and unlock the dispensing device. There is no need to separately provide a member for opening and closing the payout passage and a member for locking or unlocking the payout device, and the number of parts of the prize ball device can be reduced.

  In the prize ball device according to claim 2 of the present invention, the moving member has a groove portion, and the payout device has a protrusion engageable with the groove portion, and moves the moving member in the one direction. The payout device is locked by engaging the groove and the protrusion.

  According to the above configuration, the payout device is locked by the engagement between the groove portion of the moving member and the protrusion of the payout device, so that the payout device can be locked with a simple configuration.

  In the prize ball device according to claim 3 of the present invention, the moving member has a concave portion that allows the game ball to flow down from the outlet, and a convex portion that stops the game ball at the outlet. It is a feature.

  According to the above configuration, the moving member is moved, and when the concave portion is positioned on the payout passage, the game ball flows down, and when the convex portion is positioned, the game ball is stopped by the convex portion. A game ball can flow down or stop.

  In the prize ball device according to claim 4 of the present invention, the passage wall of the payout passage in the direction in which the convex portion of the moving member protrudes is shorter than the passage wall of the payout passage to which the moving member is attached. It is characterized by.

  According to the above configuration, when the moving member is moved to unlock the dispensing device, the passage wall of the dispensing passage in the direction in which the convex portion of the moving member protrudes is the passage of the dispensing passage to which the moving member is attached. Since it is shorter than the wall, the movable range of the game ball accumulated at the lower end of the payout passage is expanded, so that the load on the moving member by the game ball is reduced, and the movement of the moving member is facilitated.

  A gaming machine according to claim 5 of the present invention is characterized by including the prize ball device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

  According to the above configuration, since the number of parts of the prize ball device can be reduced, the number of parts in the entire gaming machine can be reduced, and the cost is reduced.

  Further, since the payout device can be attached and detached with a simple configuration, maintenance of the gaming machine is facilitated.

  Since the present invention has the above configuration, the number of parts of the prize ball device can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, a prize ball device and a gaming machine according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
1 and 2 show a pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 10 includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes an outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is installed in an island facility of the pachinko hall.

  An inner frame 14 formed of a synthetic resin in a rectangular frame shape is disposed on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the front lower end portion of the outer frame 12 on the lower side of the inner frame 14 is disposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10. A synthetic resin undergarment 16 constituting the lower end is attached.

  The inner frame 14 is attached to a pair of hinge portions 18 and 20 provided at the upper left corner portion of the outer frame 12 and the upper left corner portion of the lower decoration 16 so that the left end portion is pivotally supported and can be opened and closed.

  A glass frame 22 constituting the upper front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed on the upper front portion of the inner frame 14. The glass frame 22 has a glass plate 26 attached to a vertically long and oval window 24 and a left end supported by the inner frame 14 so as to be opened and closed.

  A rectangular opening 15 is formed in the front upper portion of the inner frame 14 which is the back side of the glass frame 22. A game board G is set in the opening 15 of the inner frame 14 so as to be detachable (exchangeable).

  The game board G is covered with a glass frame 22 that is closed with respect to the inner frame 14. In addition, a game area PA provided on the board surface of the game board G is visible from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 through the glass plate 26 of the window 24.

  A plurality of lamps 28 that are turned on, turned off, and blinking according to the progress of the game to produce effects by illumination are disposed on the left and right side ends of the front surface of the glass frame 22. In addition, in the vicinity of the upper left and upper right corners of the glass frame 22, middle and high tone speakers 30L and 30R for outputting sound effects in stereo according to the progress of the game are incorporated.

  On the other hand, a dish unit 40 that constitutes the lower front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14.

  The dish unit 40 is attached so that the left end of the base 41 constituting the main body of the dish unit 40 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed.

  An upper plate 42 that protrudes and supplies the pachinko ball to the game board G and supplies it to the launching device 60 is provided on the upper front surface of the base 41. Further, a lower plate 44 for storing pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 protrudes from the lower left of the upper plate 42 in the lower front surface of the base 41.

  The upper plate 42 has a bottom surface inclined downward from the right side to the left side when viewed from the front. An alignment passage 46 that aligns pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 42 in a row and guides them to a ball feeding device 45 attached to the back surface of the base 41 is provided downstream of the bottom surface of the upper plate 42 in the inclination direction. Is provided.

  Lending balls and prize balls that are paid out from a payout device 62 (see FIG. 3) provided on the back surface of the inner frame 14 are discharged to the right end of the inner wall surface of the upper plate 42 formed by the base 41. A ball discharge port 48 is formed.

  A ball discharge port 49 through which pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are discharged is formed at the right end of the rear wall surface of the lower plate 44.

  A firing handle 54 that is electrically connected to the launching device 60 and adjusts the launching force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion of the front surface of the base 41. An ashtray 56 is provided adjacent to the lower plate 44 at the lower left portion of the front surface of the base 41. Further, the substantially center of the front surface of the base 41 swells in a rectangular box shape, and a deep bass speaker (subwoofer) 58 that outputs sound effects as the game progresses is provided inside.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a ball passage 70 is provided at a substantially central portion on the back surface of the base 41 to allow pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 to flow down to the lower plate 44.

  The ball passage 70 has a passage inlet 72 formed at the upper end portion, and a passage outlet formed at the lower end portion communicates with the ball discharge port 49. A ball feeding device 45 is attached to the side closer to the rotation support shaft than the ball passage 70.

  On the other hand, on the rear side of the dish unit 40, a launching device 60 is disposed at the lower left of the game board G. When the game board G is hung from the substantially lower center to the lower right, the storage tank 74 can be attached to and detached from the inner frame 14. Is attached.

  The storage tank 74 has a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom surface of the tank is inclined downward from the left side to the right side in a front view.

  A tank outlet 76 communicating with the ball discharge port 48 of the upper plate 42 is formed on the right front surface which is the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the storage tank 74. Further, an overflow portion 78 is formed at the front left end portion of the storage tank 74 where the pachinko balls overflow when the stored amount of the pachinko balls in the storage tank 74 becomes full.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a locking device 64 for locking the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 is attached to the side end of the inner frame 14 on the open side (the left side in the rear view). .

  A locking device 68 for locking the dish unit 40 is attached to the lower side of the locking device 64. Thereby, the plate unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68 in a state where it is closed by the inner frame 14, and is locked by the locking device 64 while the glass frame 22 is closed by the inner frame 14.

  The locking device 64 is provided with a cylinder lock 66, and the cylinder lock 66 is exposed on the upper right of the front surface of the dish unit 40.

  Here, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 66 and the unlocking operation is performed, the inner frame 14 locked to the outer frame 12 is unlocked and can be opened. Further, the glass frame 22 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  Furthermore, when the unlocking lever 69 of the locking device 68 exposed by opening the glass frame 22 is operated, the dish unit 40 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  When the dish unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68, the ball feeding device 45 is disposed on the front side of the launching device 60. A passage inlet 72 of the ball passage 70 is disposed on the lower front side of the overflow portion 78, and the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 communicate with each other via the tank outlet 76 and the ball discharge port 48.

  As shown in FIG. 3, an upper tank 80 and a lower tank 82 for storing pachinko balls supplied from the island facility are provided on the upper part of the back surface of the inner frame 14.

  An upper sphere passage through which the pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 flow down to the storage tank 74 (see FIG. 2) side at the side end of the inner frame 14 on the rotation support shaft side (the right side of the rear surface). A unit 84 and a lower sphere passage unit 86 are extended.

  A payout device 62 for paying out a predetermined number of pachinko balls is attached between the upper ball passage unit 84 and the lower ball passage unit 86. A launching device 60 is attached below the lower sphere passage unit 86.

  On the left side of the launching device 60, a payout control board 88 that controls the payout device 62 to execute and stop the payout of the pachinko balls is provided.

  The payout control board 88 is provided so as to be able to execute payout stop control and payout execution control.

  In the case of payout stop control, the payout control board 88 stops the payout device 62 to stop paying out the pachinko balls.

  On the other hand, in the case of the payout execution control, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the payout control board 88 drives the payout device 62 to flow down the upper ball passage unit 84 from the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82. The pachinko balls guided to 62 are paid out to the lower ball passage unit 86 as rental balls or prize balls.

  The pachinko ball guided to the storage tank 74 through the lower ball passage unit 86 rolls in the storage tank 74 from the upstream side (left side) to the downstream side (right side) and is discharged from the ball discharge port 48. And stored in the upper plate 42.

  Further, the pachinko balls are aligned in a row by the alignment passage 46 while flowing down in the upper plate 42 to the downstream side (left side). Is sent to.

  The pachinko balls sent to the launching device 60 are launched by the launching device 60 into the game area PA of the game board G (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2). A game using the pachinko ball is performed on the game board G by winning or losing in the process of the pachinko ball falling on the game area PA by its own weight.

  As the game progresses, a large number of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and when the upper plate 42 becomes full, pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are stored in the storage tank 74.

  Furthermore, when the storage tank 74 is full, the pachinko balls overflow from the overflow portion 78. Pachinko balls overflowing from the storage tank 74 fall to the passage inlet 72 and flow down the ball passage 70, are discharged from the ball discharge port 49, and are stored in the lower plate 44.

  Further, when the game is finished, if the upper plate ball removal lever 50 provided on the left side of the front surface of the upper plate 42 is operated, the most downstream portion of the alignment passage 46 is opened, and the pachinko stored in the upper plate 42 is opened. The sphere is discharged to the ball passage 70 and flows down to the lower tray 44.

  Furthermore, when the lower pan 44 is filled with pachinko balls or when the game is over, the lower pan ball removing lever 52 provided on the lower front side of the lower pan 44 is operated to remove the bottom plate 44 from the bottom. The part is opened, and the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate 44 are discharged into a ball box (not shown) arranged below the lower plate 44.

  On the other hand, a pair of shutter plates 90, 92 that are slidable in the vertical direction are located below the tank outlet 76 on the front surface of the inner frame 14 and below the ball outlet 48 on the back surface of the base 41 of the dish unit 40. Is attached.

  When the plate unit 40 is closed, the shutter plates 90 and 92 respectively move downward to open and communicate the tank outlet 76 and the ball outlet 48. When the dish unit 40 is opened, each moves upward, the shutter plate 90 on the inner frame 14 side closes the lower edge side of the tank outlet 76, and the shutter plate 92 on the dish unit 40 side is below the ball discharge port 48. Block the edge.

  The shutter plates 90 and 92 prevent the pachinko balls from flowing out from the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 when the dish unit 40 is opened.

(Structure of payout mechanism)
Next, a pachinko ball payout mechanism provided on the back surface of the inner frame 14 of the pachinko machine 10 will be described.

  4 to 10 show the payout mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 described above are attached to the upper left corner of the back surface of the rectangular base plate 102 serving as a substrate provided in the dispensing mechanism 100.

  The bottom surface of the lower tank 82 is inclined downward from the left side to the right side in back view, and the downstream side in the inclination direction extends to the vicinity of the right side end of the back surface of the base plate 102. Two ball passages 83 </ b> A and 83 </ b> B adjacent to the pachinko machine 10 in the front-rear direction are formed inside the extending portion.

The upper sphere passage unit 84 described above is attached to the upper side of the right side end of the back surface of the base plate 102.
Two passage inlets (not shown) corresponding to the ball passages 83A and 83B are formed in the upper part of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the upper sphere passage unit 84, two downflow passages 104 </ b> A and 104 </ b> B are provided that allow the pachinko balls that have flowed into the passage entrances to flow down to the payout path.

  The flow-down passages 104A and 104B are adjacent to each other on the back side and the front side when viewed from the back side in the upper side in the upper sphere passage unit 84, and are respectively in the width direction of the pachinko machine 10 from the upper side to the lower side. It extends so as to meander in the left-right direction.

  In addition, on the lower side in the upper ball passage unit 84, a payout passage 107A for allowing the pachinko balls to flow down to the payout route is arranged on the left side, and a payout passage 107B is arranged on the right side, each extending downward. ing.

  Two ball payout passage outlets 106A and 106B through which pachinko balls flowing down the payout passages 107A and 107B flow out are formed adjacent to each other in the left-right direction on the front side of the lower surface of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  Two discharge passages 108A and 108B are provided on the lower side of the upper ball passage unit 84. The two discharge passages 108A and 108B branch from the vicinity of the meandering portion toward the front side of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and flow down the pachinko balls to the discharge passage. It has been.

  Two ball discharge passage outlets 110A and 110B from which pachinko balls flowing down the discharge passages 108A and 108B flow out are formed adjacent to each other in the left-right direction at the lower front portion of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  On the other hand, a ball removal lever 120 is disposed at a branch portion between the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and the discharge passages 108A and 108B.

  The ball release lever 120 is slidably attached in the direction of the arrows IN and OUT at the branch portions of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and the discharge passages 108A and 108B, and the operation portion 123 is exposed from the right side surface of the upper ball passage unit 84. is doing.

  The directions of arrows IN and OUT are directions that intersect the flow-down direction of the pachinko sphere PB. Further, by moving the ball release lever 120 approximately half of the lateral width L of the through portion 126B, the positions of the slope portions 124A and 124B and the stopper portions 128A and 128B change, and the payout or discharge of the pachinko ball PB is switched. It is supposed to be.

  Note that the width L in the left-right direction of the through portion 126B is half the width of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B or the discharge passages 108A and 108B.

  A stopper member 129 is attached to the right side surface portion of the upper ball passage unit 84 corresponding to the operation unit 123, and sliding of the ball removal lever 120 in the arrow OUT direction is restricted by the stopper member 129.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a dispensing device fixing lever 130 is disposed on the lower surface of the upper spherical path unit 84.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 8, the dispensing device fixing lever 130 has an operation portion 133 protruding from the right end portion of the lever main body 132, and a slit along the left-right direction at the lower end portion of the operation portion 133. A groove 134 is formed.

  On the back side of the lever body 132, two rectangular mounting holes 135A, 135B with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction are formed, and on the front side of the lever body 132, two through portions 136A, 136B are provided. It has been.

  The through portions 136A and 136B are disposed at substantially the same interval as the interval between the upper ball payout passages 104A and 104B, and are formed in a concave arc shape. A stopper portion 138A protrudes between the through portion 136A and the through portion 136B, and a stopper portion 138B protrudes on the right side of the through portion 136B.

  The payout device fixing lever 130 has screws (not shown) inserted through the attachment holes 135 </ b> A and 135 </ b> B from below, and is attached to be slidable in the left-right direction at the lower end portion of the upper spherical path unit 84. The operation unit 133 is exposed from the right side surface of the lower end portion of the upper spherical path unit 84.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a groove portion 140 is provided on the back side of the dispensing device fixing lever 130 at the lower end portion of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  The groove part 140 has a longitudinal cross-section that is reversely concave and extends along the front-rear direction. Here, when the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is slid in the direction of the arrow OUT (see FIG. 8), the operation unit 133 is disposed on the front side of the groove 140, and the front side of the groove 140 is closed (see FIG. 4). .

  When the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is slid in the direction of the arrow IN (see FIG. 8), the operation unit 133 located on the front side of the groove part 140 is retracted to the left side, and the front side of the groove part 140 is opened. .

  The aforementioned dispensing device 62 is attached to a position adjacent to the lower end of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  An L-shaped stopper rib 170 and a fixing rib 168 having a projecting cross section corresponding to the groove 140 are provided on the upper portion of the dispensing device 62.

  As shown in FIG. 7, two ball payout passage inlets 142 </ b> A and 142 </ b> B corresponding to the ball payout passage outlets 106 </ b> A and 106 </ b> B of the upper ball passage unit 84 are formed on the upper front side of the payout device 62. Further, in the inside of the payout device 62, two ball payout passages 144A and 144B are provided for allowing the pachinko balls flowing into the ball payout passage inlets 142A and 142B to flow down to the payout route.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10a, the passage wall 202 and the passage wall 204 that constitute the side wall of the payout passage 107B have different lengths in the vertical direction, and are located in the direction in which the lever main body 132 protrudes. The length of the wall 202 is shorter than the passage wall 204 provided with the lever main body 132.

  On the other hand, the lengths in the vertical direction of the opposed flow path walls 206 and the flow path walls 208 constituting the side walls of the ball payout paths 144A and 144B in the payout device 62 are different and located on the front side (left side in FIG. 10). The flow path wall 206 is longer by the length Z than the flow path wall 208 on the back side (right side in FIG. 10). As a result, there is a region where the passage wall 204 and the flow path wall 206 overlap when viewed in a substantially horizontal direction.

  As described above, the flow path wall 206 is located below the passage wall 202 and the flow path wall 208 is located below the passage 204, and they are arranged so as to enter each other.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the ball payout passages 144A and 144B are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction on the upper side in the payout device 62, and extend so as to meander in the front and back directions from above to below, respectively. Has been. Further, when reaching the lower side in the payout device 62, the ball payout passages 144A and 144B merge to form a single ball payout passage 144C.

  The ball payout passage 144C extends linearly downward. A ball discharge passage outlet 146 through which the pachinko balls flowing down the ball discharge passage 144C flow out is formed at the lower end of the payout device 62.

  A sprocket 150 is provided in the vicinity of the junction between the ball payout passage 144A and the ball payout passage 144B.

  The sprocket 150 is formed with a concave groove 152A corresponding to the ball payout passage 144A and a concave groove 152B corresponding to the ball payout passage 144B on the outer peripheral portion. Moreover, it attaches to the rotating shaft 156 of the stepping motor 154 (refer FIG. 4) arrange | positioned at the right end in the payout apparatus 62, and arrange | positions so that a part of outer peripheral part may face in each channel | path.

  Further, a detection sensor 148 is provided inside the payout device 62, and a pachinko ball detection signal detected by the detection sensor 148 is output to the payout control board 88 (see FIG. 3). Based on this pachinko ball detection signal, the payout control board 88 supplies driving power to the stepping motor 154 to control the rotation of the sprocket 150.

  On the other hand, on the back side of the dispensing device 62, two ball discharge passage inlets 162A and 162B corresponding to the ball discharge passage outlets 110A and 110B of the upper ball passage unit 84, and pachinko balls that have flowed into the ball discharge passage inlets 162A and 162B. Are provided with two ball discharge passages 164A, 164B.

  The ball discharge passages 164A and 164B are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and extend from the top to the bottom. Two ball discharge passage outlets 166A and 166B from which pachinko balls that have flowed down the ball discharge passages 164A and 164B flow out are formed adjacent to each other in the left-right direction at the lower front portion of the dispensing device 62.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a lower ball passage unit 86 is attached to the lower side of the dispensing device 62. The lower sphere passage unit 86 is attached to the base plate 102 with a plurality of screws 171.

  On the front side of the upper surface of the lower ball passage unit 86, a ball payout passage inlet 172 corresponding to the ball discharge passage outlet 146 (see FIG. 7) of the payout device 62 and a pachinko ball that has flowed into the ball discharge passage inlet 172 to the payout path. A lower ball payout passage 174 is provided to flow down.

  The lower ball payout passage 174 is connected to the tank inlet of the above-described ball storage tank 74 (see FIG. 2).

  Further, on the back side of the upper surface of the lower sphere passage unit 86, there are two sphere discharge passage inlets 178A and 178B corresponding to the sphere discharge passage outlets 166A and 166B (see FIG. 7) of the payout device 62, a sphere discharge passage inlet 178A, Two lower sphere discharge passages 180A and 180B are provided for allowing the pachinko balls that have flowed into 178B to flow down to the discharge path.

  The lower ball discharge passages 180A and 180B are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and ball discharge passage outlets 182A and 182B are provided at the lower ends.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  First, a case where the dispensing device 62 is fixed to the pachinko machine 10 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the payout device 62 is disposed below the payout device fixing lever 130. At this time, the fixing rib 168 on the upper surface of the dispensing device 62 and the groove portion 140 (see FIG. 5) of the upper spherical passage unit 84 are in an engaged state.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9b, when the payout device fixing lever 130 is slid in the direction of the arrow OUT, the through portions 136A and 136B are disposed below the payout passages 107A and 107B, and the payout passages 107A and 107B Opened. As a result, the pachinko balls PB flow down from the payout passages 107A and 107B to the ball payout passages 144A and 144B.

  At the same time, the stopper rib 170 and the slit groove 134 are engaged, and the dispensing device 62 is fixed to the pachinko machine 10.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10b, since the flow path wall 206 is longer than the flow path wall 208 by the length Z, the pachinko balls PB surely flow down to the ball payout passages 144A and 144B.

  Next, a case where the dispensing device 62 is removed from the pachinko machine 10 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9a, when the payout device 62 is fixed to the pachinko machine 10, when the payout device fixing lever 130 is slid in the direction of the arrow IN, the stopper portion 138A, 138B is disposed, and the payout passages 107A and 107B are closed. Thereby, the pachinko ball PB is held in the payout passages 107A and 107B.

  At the same time, the engagement between the stopper rib 170 and the slit groove 134 is released, and the dispensing device 62 is removed from the pachinko machine 10.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10c, since the dispensing device 62 is removed in the direction of arrow X (front side), the flow path wall 206 gradually moves away from the passage wall 204 in accordance with the slide of the lever main body 132, and the pachinko ball PB. The movable area of is expanded by a distance L.

  As a result, the pachinko sphere PB can move not only vertically downward but also in a substantially horizontal direction, the contact area between the lever main body 132 and the pachinko sphere PB is reduced, and the load due to interference between the lever main body 132 and the pachinko sphere PB is reduced. And the movement of the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is facilitated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the payout device fixing lever 130 moves in one direction to open the payout passage and locks the payout device 62 and moves in the other direction to close the payout passage. Since the lock of the payout device 62 is released, there is no need to separately provide a member for opening and closing the payout passage and a member for locking or unlocking the payout device 62, and the number of parts of the payout mechanism 100 can be reduced.

  Further, since the dispensing device 62 is locked by the engagement of the slit groove 134 of the dispensing device fixing lever 130 and the stopper rib 170 of the dispensing device 62, the dispensing device 62 can be locked with a simple configuration.

  Further, the payout device fixing lever 130 is moved so that the pachinko balls flow down when the through portions 136A and 136B are positioned on the payout passage, and when the stopper portions 138A and 138B are positioned, the pachinko balls are moved by the stopper portions 138A and 138B. Since it is stopped, the game ball can flow down or stop with a simple configuration.

  Further, when the payout device fixing lever 130 is moved to release the lock of the payout device 62, the flow path wall 206 is separated from the passage wall 204 and the movable range of the pachinko balls collected at the lower ends of the payout passages 107A and 107B is obtained. Therefore, the load on the dispensing device fixing lever 130 by the pachinko ball is reduced, and the movement of the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is facilitated.

  Furthermore, since the number of parts of the payout mechanism 100 can be reduced, the number of parts in the entire pachinko machine 10 can be reduced, and the cost is reduced.

  Further, since the dispensing device 62 can be attached and detached with a simple configuration, maintenance of the pachinko machine 10 is facilitated.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment.

  Either of the installation positions of the payout passages 107A and 107B and the installation positions of the discharge passages 108A and 108B may be on the near side or the back side, and may be arranged on the left and right.

  The cross-sectional shape of the slit groove 134 of the dispensing device fixing lever 130 may be a polygonal shape or a substantially circular shape other than the rectangular shape.

  The moving direction of the payout device fixing lever 130 is not limited to the left-right direction. Depending on the shape and arrangement of the payout passages 107A, 107B or the payout device 62, the moving direction may be moved in the up-down direction or the oblique direction. Good.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the state where the glass frame and tray unit of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention from the back. It is a perspective view which shows the payout mechanism provided in the back surface of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the decomposition | disassembly state of the dispensing mechanism provided in the back surface of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view which shows the paying-out mechanism of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the front view and sectional view of an upper sphere passage unit concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the dispensing device fixing lever which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the movement state of the payout apparatus fixing lever which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view showing a state just before removal of a dispensing device concerning an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
62 Dispensing device (dispensing device)
80 Upper tank (reservoir)
82 Lower tank (reservoir)
100 payout mechanism (prize ball device)
107A Dispensing passage (dispensing passage)
107B Dispensing passage (dispensing passage)
130 Dispensing device fixing lever (moving member)
134 Slit groove (groove)
136A Through part (concave part)
136B Through part (concave part)
138A Stopper part (convex part)
138B Stopper part (convex part)
168 Fixing rib (projection)
202 Side wall (passage wall)
204 Side wall (passage wall)
PB Pachinko ball (game ball)

Claims (5)

A payout passage for allowing the game ball to flow down from the storage part in which the game ball is stored;
A payout device that is detachably provided at an outlet of the payout passage, and that pays out or stops payout of the game ball dropped from the payout passage;
It is provided so as to be movable in a direction crossing the direction in which the game ball flows down to the outlet of the payout passage, and moves in one direction to open the payout passage to flow down the game ball and lock the payout device. A moving member that moves in the other direction to prevent the game ball from flowing down from the outlet of the payout passage and unlocks the payout device;
A prize ball device characterized by comprising:   The moving member has a groove, and the dispensing device has a protrusion that can be engaged with the groove, and moves the moving member in the one direction to engage the groove with the protrusion. The prize ball device according to claim 1, wherein the payout device is locked by means of the above.   The said moving member has a recessed part which enables the said game ball to flow down from the said exit, and a convex part which makes the said game ball stop at the said exit, The Claim 1 or Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Prize ball equipment.   4. The prize-ball apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a passage wall of the payout passage in a direction in which the convex portion of the moving member protrudes is shorter than a passage wall of the payout passage to which the moving member is attached. .   A gaming machine comprising the prize ball device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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