JP2008279105A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of regulating or allowing the downflow of a game ball to an opening/closing side ball downflow path without performing an operation different from the opening/closing operation of an opening/closing body and efficiently performing maintenance work requiring the opening/closing operation of the opening/closing body. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine includes a downflow regulation member 52 and an appearance/disappearance conversion part 53. The appearance/disappearance conversion part 53 is provided with a moving arm 63, an energizing member 66, an abutting rod 71 which can be abutted to a transparent member holding frame, and an engaging rod 70 for operating the moving arm 63. The movement of the moving arm 63 can be regulated by the engaging rod 70, and an abutting head 71a which can be attracted to the transparent member holding frame is provided at the end of the abutting rod 71. When the transparent member holding frame is opened, the abutting rod 71 is pulled out in the state that the abutting head 71a is attracted to the transparent member holding frame, the engaging rod 70 allows the movement of the moving arm 63, the downflow regulation member 52 is protruded to the downflow opening of the ball downflow path, and the downflow of a game ball to a ball storage space part is regulated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a front frame, an openable / closable body that can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame, an open / close side ball flow path provided on the open / close body, and a frame side ball flow path provided on the front frame side. And a pachinko gaming machine such as a pachinko game machine in which the open / close side ball flow path and the frame side ball flow path communicate with each other when the open / close body is closed, and the game ball can flow from the frame side ball flow path to the open / close side ball flow path .

A conventional game machine, for example, a pachinko game machine, includes a storage tray unit (ball tray) as an opening / closing body that is pivotally attached to one side of the front frame, and can store game balls in the storage tray unit. A reservoir (open / close side ball flow downway) is provided. In addition, the front frame is provided with a frame side ball flow path that allows the game ball to flow down, and the downstream opening (dispensing port) and the ball storage section of the frame side ball flow path with the storage tray unit closed with respect to the front frame And the game ball can be supplied from the frame-side ball flow path to the ball storage unit. In addition, a flow restricting member (shielding member) capable of restricting the flow of the game ball by opening and closing the downstream opening is provided. When the storage tray unit is opened, the downstream opening is closed by the flow restricting member, and the game ball from the frame side ball flow down path It is comprised so that the malfunction which falls may be prevented (for example, refer patent document 1).
JP 2003-205155 A

  By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine described in the above-mentioned patent document, in order to open the storage tray unit, first, the window frame disposed above the storage tray unit is opened to expose the lock mechanism of the storage tray unit. If the lock mechanism is exposed, it is necessary to operate the lock mechanism to unlock the storage tray unit and to close the downstream opening with the flow-down regulating member. For this reason, the procedure until the storage tray unit is opened is troublesome, and maintenance work that requires opening / closing operation of the storage tray unit cannot be performed efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to regulate or permit the flow of the game ball to the open / close side ball flow path without performing an operation separate from the open / close operation of the open / close body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can efficiently perform maintenance work that requires opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body.

The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, and according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a front frame, an opening / closing body that can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame, and the opening / closing body. Open / close side ball flow down path and frame side ball flow down path provided on the front frame side, and when the opening / closing body is closed, the open / close side ball flow down path and the frame side ball flow down path communicate with each other. In gaming machines that can flow from the frame side ball flow down to the opening and closing side ball flow down,
Provided with a ball flow restriction mechanism facing the downstream opening of the frame side ball flow path,
The ball flow restriction mechanism includes a flow restriction member capable of appearing and retracting in a downstream opening of the frame-side ball flow path, and a protrusion / conversion portion that performs the protrusion and depression operation of the flow restriction member.
The in / out conversion part can be pulled out to the opening / closing body side, a movable arm movable with the flow restriction member connected thereto, a biasing member that urges the movement arm in a direction in which the flow restriction member protrudes to the downstream opening, and And a contact rod capable of contacting the tip with the opening and closing body, and a regulation operation unit that operates the movement arm in conjunction with the contact rod, and enables the movement of the movement arm to be regulated by the regulation operation unit,
The tip of the contact rod is provided with an adsorption part that can be adsorbed to the opening and closing body,
When the opening / closing body is opened, the contact rod is pulled out in a state where the adsorbing portion is adsorbed to the opening / closing body, and the regulating operation unit allows the movement arm to move in conjunction with the pulling operation, and the biasing force of the biasing member Protruding the flow restricting member to the downstream opening to restrict the game ball from flowing from the frame side ball flow down path to the open / close side ball flow down path,
When the opening / closing body is closed, the contact rod is pressed toward the front frame side, and in conjunction with this pressing operation, the regulating operation unit operates the moving arm to pull out the flow regulating member from the downstream opening, and the moving arm in this pulled out state The game machine is configured to allow the game ball to flow down from the frame side ball flow down to the open / close side ball flow down by restricting the movement of the ball.

The thing of Claim 2 arrange | positions a to-be-adsorbed member in the location facing the adsorption | suction part of a contact rod among the said opening-closing bodies,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the attracted member is biased toward the suction portion by an opening / closing biasing member.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the suction portion can be swung toward the opening / closing body side, and is biased toward the opening / closing body side by the suction side biasing member. It is.

According to the present invention, the following excellent effects can be obtained.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sphere flow restriction mechanism is provided facing the downstream opening of the frame-side sphere flow passage, and the sphere flow restriction mechanism is capable of appearing in the downstream opening of the frame-side sphere flow passage. A regulating member, and a projecting / converting conversion unit for performing the projecting / extracting operation of the flow regulating member, the movable converting unit being movable with the flow regulating member connected thereto, and the downstream arm opening of the moving arm to the downstream regulating member A biasing member that biases in a direction that protrudes toward the opening, a contact rod that can be pulled out to the opening / closing body and a tip portion of which can contact the opening / closing body, and a regulation operation that operates the moving arm in conjunction with the contact rod The movement of the moving arm can be regulated by the regulation operation unit, and a suction part that can be attracted to the opening / closing body is provided at the tip of the contact rod, and when the opening / closing body is opened, the contact rod is attracted This part is pulled out with the part adsorbed to the opening / closing body. In conjunction with the operation, the restricting operation unit allows the movement arm to move, and the urging force of the urging member projects the flow-down restricting member to the downstream opening, so that the game ball flows down from the frame-side sphere flow down path to the open / close side ball flow down path. When the opening / closing body is closed, the abutment rod is pressed toward the front frame, and in conjunction with this pressing operation, the control operation unit operates the moving arm to pull out the flow-down control member from the downstream opening. In this state, the movement of the moving arm is restricted to allow the game ball to flow down from the frame side ball flow down to the open / close side ball flow down. In addition, it is possible to restrict or allow the game ball to flow down to the open / close side ball flow path. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently perform maintenance work of a gaming machine that requires opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body. In addition, even if the opening / closing body is attached to the front frame deviated from the preset mounting position in the vertical direction or the left / right direction, the contact rod does not move despite opening / closing the opening / closing body. Can be blocked. Thereby, the appearing and retracting operation of the flow restricting member, and hence the restricting operation or the allowing operation of the game ball flowing from the frame side ball flow down path can be performed without any trouble.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the member to be attracted is disposed at a position of the opening / closing body that faces the attracting portion of the contact rod, and the attracting member is biased toward the attracting portion by the opening / closing side biasing member. Therefore, even if the opening / closing body is attached to the front frame deviating from the preset installation position in the front-rear direction, the attracted member is disposed in front of the preset position and the opening / closing body It is possible to prevent the problem that the contact rod is not pressed, and further the problem that the member to be attracted is arranged behind the preset position and the contact member sticks to the contact rod so that the opening / closing body is not sufficiently closed. . Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the problem that the flow-down restricting member is not pulled out from the downstream opening of the frame-side ball flow path even when the opening / closing body is closed, and the game ball is removed from the frame-side ball flow path when the switch body is closed. It can flow down to the open / close side ball flow path without any trouble.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the suction portion can be swung toward the opening / closing body side, and is urged toward the opening / closing body side by the suction side urging member, so that the opening / closing body is preset with respect to the front frame. Even if the mounting position is shifted in the front-rear direction from the mounting position, it is possible to prevent a problem that the suction portion does not stick to the opening / closing body. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the problem that the flow-down restricting member is not pulled out from the downstream opening of the frame-side ball flow path even when the opening / closing body is closed, and the game ball is removed from the frame-side ball flow path when the switch body is closed. It can flow down to the open / close side ball flow path without any trouble.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a pachinko gaming machine as a typical gaming machine as an example. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front frame (inner frame) 3 attached to an outer frame (machine frame or main body frame) 2 so as to be openable and closable. A game board (not shown) having a game area defined on the front surface can be accommodated in the upper part of 4, and a variable display unit 7 is detachably disposed below the game board (see FIG. 2). ). Further, a transparent member holding frame 11 (corresponding to the opening / closing body in the present invention) having one side (left side in FIG. 1) pivotally mounted on the front side of the front frame body 4 can be opened / closed (rotated) in the front-rear direction. The transparent member holding frame 11 holds a transparent member 12 that can be seen through, and a lower part of the transparent member holding frame 11 includes a ball storage unit 13 that can store a game ball. When the transparent member holding frame 11 is closed, the game board is covered with the transparent member holding frame 11, and the transparent member 12 is disposed in front of the game area, and the game area and the variable display unit 7 are moved up and down through the transparent member 12. It is comprised so that it can visually recognize from the front in the state located in a line. Further, a shelf 15 is disposed in a portion of the front frame body 4 adjacent to the lower part of the transparent member holding frame 11 in the closed state so as to protrude forward from the lower part of the front frame body 4 and is thick in the front-rear direction. Yes. One side (left side in FIG. 1) of the front surface of the shelf 15 is provided with a game effect button 16 that can be operated by the player during the game, and on the other side (right side in FIG. 1) A launching operation unit (launching operation handle) 17 that is operated by a person to launch a game ball is provided.

  The front frame body 4 is a synthetic resin frame having a large rectangular opening on the upper side, and stores the game board and the variable display unit 7 side by side in the opening. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a display unit placement unit 19 is disposed behind the shelf unit 15 between the variable display unit 7 and the shelf unit 15, and the display unit placement unit 19 is arranged in the upper stage. And a so-called “later” shape with the shelf 15 as the lower stage. And the ball | bowl discharge flow path 21 which can flow down the game ball discharged | emitted from the ball | bowl discharge | emission apparatus (not shown) is provided in the location located behind the fluctuation | variation display unit 7 among the front frame main bodies 4. Further, when the downstream end of the sphere discharge channel 21 faces forward from between the variable display unit 7 and the display unit mounting portion 19 and the transparent member holding frame 11 is closed, the downstream end and the sphere of the sphere discharge channel 21 are closed. The storage unit 13 communicates side by side in the front-and-rear direction so that a game ball can be supplied from the ball discharge channel 21 to the ball storage unit 13. The ball discharge channel 21 will be described in detail later.

  In addition, a ball feed opening 23 through which a game ball can pass one by one is opened in the standing wall portion 22 between the display unit mounting portion 19 and the shelf portion 15, and behind the ball feed opening 23, A launching device (not shown) capable of launching the game balls stored in the ball storage unit 13 toward the game area is arranged. A ball feed flow path (not shown) is arranged between the launching device and the ball feed opening 23, and the game ball flowing down from the ball storage unit 13 to the ball feed opening 23 passes through the ball feed flow path. To reach the launcher.

  The sphere storage unit 13 includes a sphere storage tray 31 that bulges forward, and the interior of the sphere storage tray 31 is recessed downward to form a sphere storage space portion 33 (corresponding to the open / close side sphere flow down path in the present invention). In addition, a discharge communication port 35 that can communicate with the sphere discharge channel 21 is provided at the rear of the sphere storage space 33 (see FIG. 4). Further, a spherical alignment path (not shown) inclined downward from the spherical storage space 33 is provided on the rear side of the spherical storage dish 31, and a spherical lead-out path inclined downward toward the rear is provided at the downstream end of the spherical alignment path. (Not shown). Then, when the transparent member holding frame 11 is closed, the rear end portion of the ball lead-out path and the ball feed opening 23 are communicated with each other in the front-rear direction, via the ball lead-out path, the ball feed opening 23 and the ball feed flow path, It is comprised so that the game ball in the ball | bowl storage tray 31 can be supplied to a launching device.

Next, the ball discharge channel 21 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the ball discharge channel 21 is disposed upstream of the ball discharge channel 21 and communicates with the lower end of the ball discharge device via a connection channel (not shown). An L-shaped communication passage 41, a horizontally long discharge storage portion 42 that is disposed in a state of being inclined downward in the lateral direction below the communication passage 41, and can store a game ball in the ball discharge flow path 21, A sphere flow down path 43 (corresponding to the frame side sphere flow down path in the present invention) is provided that communicates with the inclined lower end of the discharge storage section 42 and is inclined downward toward the front sphere storage unit 13 side. Has been. A plurality of (four in this embodiment) ball support protrusions 45 arranged in the width direction of the ball flow down passage 43 are extended in the front-rear direction, in other words, the ball flow down passage 43. It extends along the direction, and the interval between the adjacent ball support protrusions 45 is set to be smaller than the diameter of the game ball. Further, the upper surface of the elongated strip-like shape of the ball support protrusion 45 is inclined downward toward the downstream opening 43a side of the ball flow down passage 43, that is, a ball rolling portion 46 on which the game ball can roll, and is transparent. With the member holding frame 11 closed, the inclined lower end of the ball rolling portion 46 and the discharge communication port 35 of the ball storage unit 13 are close to each other, and the bottom of the ball storage space portion 33 is slightly lower than the ball rolling portion 46. It is comprised so that it may be arrange | positioned ahead of the ball rolling part 46 in a position (refer Fig.4 (a)). Further, an intrusion space portion 48 is formed by vertically passing between the inclined lower ends of the adjacent ball rolling portions 46, and a part of a ball flow regulation mechanism 50 described later can be inserted into the intrusion space portion 48. It is configured.

  In addition, a ball flow lowering regulating mechanism 50 is provided below the ball flow lowering path 43 so as to face the downstream opening 43a. As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the ball flow-down regulating mechanism 50 is formed in a comb-teeth shape, and a plurality (three in this embodiment) of flow-down regulating members 52 that can be projected and retracted in the downstream opening 43a. And a drop-in conversion part 53 that causes the drop-down restriction member 52 to move in and out, and the flow-down restriction member 52 is disposed in front of the drop-in conversion part 53. Then, the flow restriction member 52 protrudes to the downstream opening 43a to restrict the flow of the game ball from the ball flow down path 43 to the ball storage space 33 (see FIG. 4B), and the flow restriction member 52. Is extracted from the downstream opening 43a so that the game ball can be converted into a flow allowable state (see FIG. 4A) that allows the game ball to flow from the ball flow down path 43 to the ball storage space 33.

  The flow restriction member 52 is a vertically long comb-like member arranged along the width direction of the downstream opening 43a, and extends upward from one end (front end) in the front-rear direction of the horizontally flat restricting base 56. Has been. In addition, the width (left-right width) of the flow-down restricting member 52 is set to be narrower than the intruding space portion 48, and the interval between the adjacent flow-down restricting members 52 is narrower than the game ball, and more than the width of the ball support protrusion 45. Is set to be wide and protrudes to the downstream opening 43a through the intrusion space portion 48 in the flow restriction state, and is pulled out from the downstream opening 43a and the intrusion space portion 48 and arranged below the ball rolling portion 46 in the flow allowance state. It is configured. Furthermore, the upper end portion of the flow restriction member 52 is sharpened to form an inter-ball train insertion portion 58, and the flow restriction member 52 can be inserted into the downstream opening 43a from the inter-ball train insertion portion 58. A restriction connecting portion 59 for connecting to the in / out conversion portion 53 is extended downward at the other end (rear end) of the restriction base 56 in the front-rear direction, and the restriction connection portion 59 is extended to the in / out conversion portion 53. Is placed inside. The restriction base 56 that connects the restriction connection portion 59 and the flow-down restriction member 52 is disposed in a state of extending from the inside of the appearance / conversion conversion portion 53 to the outside.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 5, the appearance change unit 53 includes a storage case 61 whose front side is closed by a lid 61 a, and a state in which the flow restriction member 52 is connected to the inside of the storage case 61. The two moving arms 63 (the upper first arm 63a and the lower second arm 63b) that can be moved (rotated) in (1) and the movement (rotation) of the moving arm 63 are restricted or allowed. The movement restricting mechanism 64 is accommodated. The first arm 63a and the second arm 63b are arranged in a horizontal state parallel to each other, and one end (the right end in FIG. 5A) is pivotally mounted in the housing case 61 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The other end is pivotally attached to the restriction connecting portion 59. Further, one end of a biasing member 66 such as a coil spring is locked to an intermediate portion of the upper first arm 63a, and the other end of the biasing member 66 is located above the first arm 63a in the housing case 61. The direction in which the restriction connecting portion 59, the restriction base 56, and the flow-down restriction member 52 are pulled up together with the first arm 63a by the biasing force of the biasing member 66, that is, the direction in which the flow-down restriction member 52 protrudes to the downstream opening 43a Always energized. An engagement receiving portion 68 is provided on the opposite side to the flow-down restricting member 52 across the shaft mounting portion of the first arm 63 a that is pivotally mounted on the housing case 61, and both upper and lower edges of the engagement receiving portion 68. Is protruded toward the movement restricting mechanism 64, and a part of the movement restricting mechanism 64 can be engaged by denting the upper and lower edges toward the flow restricting member 52.

  The movement restricting mechanism 64 has an engaging rod 70 (corresponding to a restricting operation portion in the present invention) that can move in the vertical direction and a tip portion that can abut against the transparent member holding frame 11 and can move in the front-rear direction, in other words. And a contact rod 71 that can be pulled out to the transparent member holding frame 11 side, and a connecting member 72 that is bent in an L shape and connects the engagement rod 70 and the contact rod 71. Further, an engagement protrusion 73 is provided on the engagement rod 70 toward the first arm 63a side (left side in FIG. 5A), and the engagement protrusion 73 is an engagement receiving portion of the first arm 63a. When the engagement rod 70 is moved by engaging with the engagement arm 68, the first arm 63a can be operated via the engagement protrusion 73 and the engagement receiving portion 68. The front end portion (front end portion) of the contact rod 71 is provided with a contact head 71a (corresponding to the suction portion in the present invention), and the contact rod 71 is moved in the front-rear direction to open the contact head 71a in the lid 61a. It is possible to appear and disappear from the appearing and appearing opening 61b. Further, the bent portion of the connecting member 72 is pivotally attached to the side portion of the housing case 61 so that the connecting member 72 can be rotated in the vertical direction, and the distal end of the arm extending upward from the bent portion is connected to the rear of the contact rod 71. While being pivotally attached to the end portion, the distal end portion of the arm extending forward from the bent portion is pivotally attached to the upper end portion of the engagement rod 70 (see FIGS. 5B, 5D, and 5F). Therefore, the engagement rod 70 is configured to operate the first arm 63 a by moving the engagement protrusion 73 and the engagement receiving portion 68 up and down in conjunction with the contact rod 71. The contact member 71b such as a magnet is housed inside the contact head 71a, and an iron plate or the like is disposed on the back surface of the transparent member holding frame 11 so as to face the contact head 71a. (Not shown) is set, and the contact head 71a can be sucked to the sucked area.

  When the ball drop control mechanism 50 having such a configuration is provided and the transparent member holding frame 11 is closed with respect to the front frame 3, as shown in FIG. The bottom of the ball storage space 33 is disposed in front of the ball rolling portion 46 at a position slightly lower than the ball rolling portion 46 due to proximity or contact with the discharge communication port 35, and the transparent member holding frame 11 is restricted in movement. The abutment head 71 a (abutment rod 71) of the mechanism 64 of the mechanism 64 is pressed toward the rear front frame 3, and the abutment head 71 a is attracted to the attracted area of the transparent member holding frame 11. Then, as shown in FIGS. 5C and 5D, the appearance conversion unit 53 moves the contact head 71a backward (in the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 5D) and moves the connecting member 72. Rotating upward (the direction indicated by arrow B in FIG. 5D), the engaging rod 70 is moved upward (the direction indicated by arrow C in FIGS. 5C and 5D). Furthermore, the engagement receiving portion 68 (specifically, the upper edge portion of the engagement receiving portion 68) is pushed up by the engagement protrusion 73 of the raised engagement rod 70, and the first arm 63a is resisted against the urging force of the urging member 66. Then, it rotates downward (in the direction indicated by arrow D in FIG. 5C). Then, the flow restricting member 52 connected to the tip of the first arm 63a is moved downward, and the flow restricting member 52 is pulled downward from the downstream opening 43a through the intrusion space portion 48 (see FIG. 4A). . That is, the engagement rod 70 operates the moving arm 63 via the engagement protrusion 73 in conjunction with the operation of pressing the contact rod 71 to pull out the flow-down restricting member 52 from the downstream opening 43a. As a result, the ball flow down regulation mechanism 50 converts to a flow down allowable state and allows the game ball to flow down from the ball flow down path 43 to the ball storage space 33.

  Further, when the first arm 63a is further rotated downward by sufficiently closing the transparent member holding frame 11, the rotation restricting member 52 reaches the bottom dead center due to this rotation, and the engagement protrusion 73 is engaged. The upper edge portion of the portion 68 is pushed away and comes into contact with the side portion of the upper edge portion (see FIGS. 5E and 5F). Then, the movement restricting mechanism 64 (specifically, the engaging protrusion 73 of the engaging rod 70) locks in a state where the first arm 63a is lowered to maintain the pulled-out state of the flow restricting member 52, and the biasing member 66 The urging force restricts the first arm 63a from moving upward and, as a result, the flow restricting member 52 from rising. Therefore, the ball flow restriction mechanism 50 is maintained in a flow allowable state.

  On the other hand, when the transparent member holding frame 11 is opened with respect to the front frame 3, the ball rolling portion 46 and the discharge communication port 35 of the ball storage unit 13 are separated from each other as shown in FIG. Then, immediately after the ball rolling portion 46 and the discharge communication port 35 are separated, in other words, before the separation distance becomes larger than the diameter of the game ball, the contact rod 71 holds the contact head 71a with the transparent member holding frame. 11 is pulled out of the housing case 61 while being attracted to the attracted area 11 and moves forward together with the transparent member holding frame 11. Then, the appearance change part 53 moves the engagement rod 70 in conjunction with the pulling-out operation of the contact rod 71, and allows the first arm 63a to move. Specifically, the contact head 71a is moved forward (the direction indicated by the arrow E in FIG. 5D) and the connecting member 72 is rotated downward (the direction indicated by the arrow F in FIG. 5D). The engagement rod 70 is moved downward (in the direction indicated by the arrow G in FIGS. 5C and 5D). Then, the engagement protrusion 73 of the lowered engagement rod 70 is removed downward from the upper edge of the engagement receiving portion 68 to release the rotation restriction of the first arm 63a (see FIGS. 5C and 5D). ). When the rotation restriction of the first arm 63a is released, the first arm 63a is quickly rotated upward (in the direction indicated by the arrow H in FIG. 5C) by the urging force of the urging member 66. The flow restriction member 52 is raised along with the rotation, and the flow restriction member 52 protrudes to the downstream opening 43a through the intruding space portion 48 (see FIGS. 4B, 5A, and 5B). As a result, the ball flow restriction mechanism 50 converts to a flow restriction state, and before the distance between the ball rolling portion 46 and the discharge communication port 35 becomes wider than the diameter of the game ball (that is, the transparent member holding frame 11 and the front surface). The game ball is restricted from flowing down from the ball flow down path 43 toward the ball storage space 33 (before the game ball can fall from between the frame 3).

  In this way, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 provided with the ball flow down regulation mechanism 50, the flow of the game ball to the ball storage space 33 is regulated without performing an operation separate from the opening / closing operation of the transparent member holding frame 11. Or tolerate. Therefore, the maintenance work of the pachinko gaming machine 1 that requires the opening / closing operation of the transparent member holding frame 11 can be efficiently performed. Further, since the abutting head 71a functioning as an adsorbing portion is adsorbed and engaged with the transparent member holding frame 11 and the ball flow down regulating mechanism 50, the mounting position of the transparent member holding frame 11 with respect to the front frame 3 is set in advance. Even if it is attached so as to be shifted in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, it is possible to prevent the contact rod 71 from moving despite the opening and closing of the transparent member holding frame 11. Thereby, the appearing and retracting operation of the flow-down restricting member 52, and hence the restricting operation or the allowable operation of the flow of the game ball from the ball flow down path 43 can be performed without any trouble.

  Further, when the transparent member holding frame 11 is opened, the force for pulling the transparent member holding frame 11 forward becomes larger than the attracting force of the contact head 71 a, and the contact head 71 a is separated from the transparent member holding frame 11. Therefore, the transparent member holding frame 11 can be opened widely to open the front surface of the front frame 3.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the transparent member holding frame 11 is provided with a member to be sucked 76 whose rear surface (surface on the front frame body 4 side) is a sucked region at a position facing the contact head 71 a, A holding frame side urging member 77 such as a coil spring (corresponding to the opening / closing side urging member in the present invention) is provided between the adsorbed member 76 and the transparent member holding frame 11, and the adsorbed member 76 is attached to the holding frame side. The biasing member 77 may bias the rearward contact head 71a. In this way, the transparent member holding frame 11 is attached to the front frame 3 so as to deviate in the front-rear direction from the preset attachment position, or the ball flow restricting mechanism 50 and the transparent member holding frame 11 in the closed state are attached. Even if the distance between the first member and the second member is wider than a preset distance, the member to be attracted 76 is arranged in front of the preset position, and the transparent member holding frame 11 presses the contact rod 71. To prevent the problem that the transparent member holding frame 11 is not sufficiently closed due to the attracted member 76 being arranged behind the preset position and striking the contact rod 71. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a problem that the flow-down restricting member 52 is not pulled out from the downstream opening 43a of the ball flow down passage 43 even when the transparent member holding frame 11 is closed. Can flow from the ball flow down path 43 to the ball storage space 33 without any trouble.

  Further, the ball flow-down regulating mechanism 50 is provided with a contact head 71a on the contact rod 71 in a state in which the contact head 71a can swing toward the transparent member holding frame 11 side, and a suction side biasing member 79 on the transparent member holding frame 11 side. May be energized. For example, in the movement restricting mechanism 64 shown in FIG. 7, the head shaft portion 80 is extended inside the contact head 71 a in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the contact rod 71, and the front end ( A bearing portion 81 is provided at the end of the transparent member holding frame 11 side, and the head shaft portion 80 is loosely fitted to the bearing portion 81 so that the contact rod 71 can swing in the front-rear direction. Further, a portion of the contact rod 71 that is closer to the contact head 71a (frontward) is formed to be narrower than a portion that is closer to the connection member 72 (rearward), thereby forming a stepped portion 82. One end of the biasing member 79 is locked, and the other end of the suction side biasing member 79 is locked to the rear end of the contact head 71a.

  With such a configuration, if the abutting head 71a is constantly urged toward the transparent member holding frame 11 by the urging force of the suction side urging member 79, the transparent member holding frame 11 is preset with respect to the front frame 3. Even if the mounting position is shifted in the front-rear direction from the mounting position, a problem that the contact head 71a is not attracted to the transparent member holding frame 11 can be prevented. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a problem that the flow-down restricting member 52 is not pulled out from the downstream opening 43a of the ball flow down passage 43 even when the transparent member holding frame 11 is closed. Can flow from the ball flow down path 43 to the ball storage space 33 without any trouble. Even if the transparent member holding frame 11 collides with the contact head 71a, the impact at the time of the collision can be absorbed by the suction side biasing member 79. Thereby, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience that the movement restricting mechanism 64 is damaged by the impact received from the transparent member holding frame 11.

  In the above embodiment, the movable arm 63 is pivotally mounted in the housing case 61, but the present invention is not limited to this. In short, any configuration may be used as long as the flow restriction member 52 can be moved by the movement of the moving arm 63. For example, the movement arm 63 is slid to move the flow restriction member 52 into and out of the downstream opening 43a of the ball flow passage 43. You may be able to do it. In addition, the engagement rod (regulation operation unit) 70 is configured to move up and down to operate the moving arm 63, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the movement arm 63 can be operated to restrict movement. Any configuration may be used. Further, any configuration for adsorbing the contact head 71a to the transparent member holding frame 11 may be used. For example, a suction cup or an adhesive member may be provided at the tip of the contact head 71a so that the contact head 71a can be attracted to the transparent member holding frame 11.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the flow-down control member 52 was set in the comb-tooth shape, this invention is not restricted to this, What kind of structure will be sufficient if it can control the flow of the game ball in the ball flow down channel 43? There may be. The transparent member holding frame 11 including the ball storage space 33 is illustrated as an opening / closing body having an opening / closing side ball flow path, and the ball discharge channel 21 is used as a frame side ball flow path that can communicate with the opening / closing side ball flow path. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The opening / closing body in the present invention may be any one as long as it has a component that can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame 3 and can flow down the game ball. For example, it can store (flow down) the game ball. A sphere storage unit that includes a sphere storage tray and is pivotally attached to the front frame 3 separately from the transparent member holding frame 11 may be used. Furthermore, the frame side ball flow downway in the present invention may be any as long as it is arranged on the front frame 3 and can supply game balls to the open / close side ball flow downway.

  And in the said embodiment, although it demonstrated taking the case of the pachinko game machine which is a typical game machine, this invention is not limited to this, The opening / closing body which can be opened and closed with respect to this front frame, An opening / closing side ball flow path provided on the opening / closing body and a frame side ball flow path provided on the front frame side are provided, and the opening / closing side ball flow path and the frame side ball flow path communicate with each other when the opening / closing body is closed. Thus, any gaming machine may be used as long as it can flow the game ball from the frame-side ball flow path to the open / close-side ball flow path. For example, a gaming machine such as an arrangement ball type gaming machine or a sparrow ball type gaming machine may be used.

  It should be understood that the above-described embodiment is illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The present invention is not limited to the above description, but is defined by the scope of the claims, and includes all modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the scope of the claims.

It is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine. It is an expansion perspective view of the lower part periphery of the pachinko game machine which opened the transparent member holding frame. (A) is a perspective view of a ball discharge channel, (b) is an exploded perspective view of a ball flow down regulation mechanism. (A) is sectional drawing of the ball | bowl discharge flow path which converted the ball | bowl flow-down regulation mechanism into the flow-down allowable state, (b) is sectional drawing of the ball | bowl discharge channel which converted the ball | bowl flow-down restriction mechanism into the flow-down regulation state. It is the schematic which shows the state of a ball | bowl flow-down control mechanism, (a) is a front view of a flow-down control state, (b) is a side view of (a), (c) is an intermediate state between a flow-down control state and a flow-down allowable state (D) is a side view of (c), (e) is a front view of a flow allowable state, and (f) is a side view of (e). It is explanatory drawing of the to-be-adsorbed member and holding frame side urging member provided in the transparent member holding frame. It is explanatory drawing of the ball | bowl falling regulation mechanism provided with the adsorption | suction side biasing member in the contact rod.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 3 Front frame 11 Transparent member holding frame 13 Sphere storage unit 21 Sphere discharge channel 31 Sphere storage tray 33 Sphere storage space 35 Discharge communication port 41 Communication channel 42 Discharge storage unit 43 Sphere flow down channel 43a Downstream opening 45 Sphere Supporting protrusion 46 Ball rolling part 48 Intrusion space part 50 Flowing restriction mechanism 52 Flowing restriction member 53 Intrusion conversion part 58 Insertion part 63 between ball rows Moving arm 63a First arm 63b Second arm 64 Movement restriction mechanism 66 Energizing Member 68 Engagement receiving portion 70 Engagement rod 71 Abutment rod 72 Connecting member 73 Engagement protrusion 76 Adsorbed member 77 Holding frame side urging member 79 Adsorption side urging member

Claims (3)

A front frame, an openable / closable body that can be opened and closed with respect to the front frame, an open / close side ball flow path provided on the open / close body, and a frame side ball flow path provided on the front frame side. In the gaming machine in which the opening and closing side ball flow downway and the frame side ball flow downway communicate with each other and the game ball can flow down from the frame side ball flow downway to the opening and closing side ball flow downway.
Provided with a ball flow restriction mechanism facing the downstream opening of the frame side ball flow path,
The ball flow restriction mechanism includes a flow restriction member capable of appearing and retracting in a downstream opening of the frame-side ball flow path, and a protrusion / conversion portion that performs the protrusion and depression operation of the flow restriction member.
The in / out conversion part can be pulled out to the opening / closing body side, a movable arm movable with the flow restriction member connected thereto, a biasing member that urges the movement arm in a direction in which the flow restriction member protrudes to the downstream opening, and And a contact rod capable of contacting the tip with the opening and closing body, and a regulation operation unit that operates the movement arm in conjunction with the contact rod, and enables the movement of the movement arm to be regulated by the regulation operation unit,
The tip of the contact rod is provided with an adsorption part that can be adsorbed to the opening and closing body,
When the opening / closing body is opened, the contact rod is pulled out in a state where the adsorbing portion is adsorbed to the opening / closing body, and the regulating operation unit allows the movement arm to move in conjunction with the pulling operation, and the biasing force of the biasing member Protruding the flow restricting member to the downstream opening to restrict the game ball from flowing from the frame side ball flow down path to the open / close side ball flow down path,
When the opening / closing body is closed, the contact rod is pressed toward the front frame side, and in conjunction with this pressing operation, the regulating operation unit operates the moving arm to pull out the flow regulating member from the downstream opening, and the moving arm in this pulled out state A game machine configured to allow the game ball to flow down from the frame side ball flow down to the open / close side ball flow down by restricting the movement of the ball. A member to be adsorbed is disposed at a position facing the adsorbing portion of the contact rod in the opening and closing body,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the attracted member is biased toward the suction portion by an opening / closing biasing member.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the suction portion is swingable toward the opening / closing body and is biased toward the opening / closing body by the suction side biasing member.

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