JP2008289842A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine having a ball tray capable of storing at least a prescribed number of game balls without largely projecting to the front side of the pachinko machine. <P>SOLUTION: The ball tray 30 temporarily stores a large number of game balls and feeds game balls to a shooting device. In the ball tray 30, a first pathway 38 and a second pathway 40 whose diameter is slightly larger than the diameter of a game ball and in which game balls are aligned in a line, are divided by a partition wall 42, so that the pathways are formed parallel in two lines along the direction of feeding game balls. A liquid crystal display device 16 is set on the front side of the pathways 38 and 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

  Conventionally, a pachinko machine has a built-in launching device that is driven by an operating handle installed at the lower front of the pachinko machine and launches a game ball toward a game area. The front door of the pachinko machine is provided with a ball tray (so-called “upper plate”) for storing a large number of game balls in order to continuously supply game balls to the launching device. A predetermined number of balls and prize balls are paid out to the ball tray from a game ball payout device installed in the pachinko machine by a ball rental operation of the ball rental apparatus and winning a game ball. In addition, the game balls that exceed the number of balls received by the ball tray are configured to be discharged to an excess ball tray provided below the ball tray. And the passage which aligns a game ball in a line in order to supply a game ball one by one to a launching device was provided in the most downstream part of a ball saucer (for example, refer to patent documents 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-66118 (FIG. 9)

  Recently, demands on design and functions for pachinko machines have been diversified, and there has been an increasing demand for installing relatively large parts such as liquid crystal display devices on the front door to which the ball tray is attached. However, at the time of lending operation, the player performs lending operation of about 130 balls at a time, and the pachinko machine itself is provided to discharge about 130 lending balls by lending operation at once. There are many. Therefore, if the ball tray cannot store more than a predetermined number of game balls, the balls will flow down to the surplus ball tray, and the player must transfer the game balls just paid out by the ball rental operation to the ball tray. There is a problem that it must be done.

  Therefore, since the convenience of the pachinko machine may be impaired due to the downsizing of the ball tray, there has been a problem that it is difficult to install a large part or the like on the front door.

  The present invention solves the problems of the conventional pachinko machine described above, and by providing a ball tray that does not protrude greatly on the front side of the pachinko machine, a predetermined number or more of game balls can be stored in the ball tray. And it aims at providing the pachinko machine which can attach a large-sized component to the front side of a ball saucer.

  In order to solve the above problems, means taken by the present invention will be described below. The pachinko machine of the present invention is a pachinko machine having a ball tray that temporarily stores a large number of game balls and supplies the game balls to the launching device, and is formed to have a width slightly larger than the diameter of the game balls. A path for aligning the game balls in one row is provided with a ball tray formed in parallel to the two rows along the supply direction of the game balls, and pachinko parts are installed and fixed on the front surface of the path. A pachinko machine (Claim 1).

  By providing the passages in two rows, it is possible to store a double number of game balls in the passage portion. Therefore, it is possible to store a predetermined number or more of game balls while reducing the depth of the entire ball tray, compared to a conventional ball tray in which only one row of passages is provided. And the projection amount to the front of the said pachinko part can also be suppressed by attaching the pachinko part to the front surface of the ball receiving tray with the reduced depth.

  In this pachinko machine, the pachinko component installed and fixed on the front surface of the passage may be a liquid crystal display device.

  Since the liquid crystal display device that the player visually confirms the display content can be attached to the front of the passage, the player can easily confirm the display content of the liquid crystal display device at hand.

  The pachinko machine of the present invention can hold a necessary number of game balls of a predetermined number or more in a ball tray even if the overall depth is reduced by providing the passages in two rows, and also on the front door. Parts such as a liquid crystal display device can be attached.

  Next, an embodiment of the pachinko machine of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the pachinko machine 3 according to the present invention is a pachinko machine 3 in which a large liquid crystal display device 16 is provided in the center of the front door 7.

[Configuration of the entire pachinko machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 3 is a so-called “first-class pachinko machine”. A special symbol display device (not shown) is provided in the center of the game area 13, and when the symbols are arranged in a specific manner, the open / close door of the variable prize winning device at the lower part of the game board 6 is opened to display a large number of game balls. This is a pachinko machine that can win a special game state called a “big hit”.

  The machine frame 1 of the pachinko machine 3 is for fixing the main body 2 of the pachinko machine 3 to a place where the game hall is installed (so-called “island facility”), and is composed of a vertically long wooden frame member. On the front surface of the machine frame 1, a front frame 4 is provided that is attached and fixed to the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism.

  Further, a glass door frame 5 is attached and fixed to the upper portion of the front frame 4 so as to be openable and closable. A game board 6 is disposed on the back side of the glass door frame 5, and the game board 6 can be seen through a glass plate attached to the inside of the glass door frame 5. A front door 7 provided with a ball tray 30 and a liquid crystal display device 16 is attached and fixed to the lower part of the front side of the front frame 4 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  Further, below the front door 7 described above, an extra ball receiving tray 9 for storing the extra balls of the ball receiving tray 30 and an operation handle 10 for driving the launching device to launch the game balls toward the game area. Is attached.

  On the front surface of the game board 6, a guide rail 12, which is disposed in a generally circular shape near the periphery of the game board 6, is attached. A section surrounded by the guide rail 12 is defined as a game area 13. Yes. Although not shown in the game area 13, a special symbol display device, a normal symbol display device, a start winning opening, a variable large winning opening device, a passing chucker, various general winning openings, an out opening, a windmill, and many nails, etc. Is attached. Also, various switches 14 for performing a ball rental operation and other operations are attached to the front door 7 on the right side of the front view.

  As described above, a relatively large liquid crystal display device 16 is attached to an upper portion near the center of the front door 7. The liquid crystal display device 16 normally displays game rules and the like peculiar to the pachinko machine 3. On the other hand, in the case of a big hit, the liquid crystal display device 16 has an image effect with other illuminations provided in the pachinko machine 3.・ Display movies.

[Embodiment 1 of the ball tray]
Next, the ball tray 30 attached to the front door 7 will be described. The ball tray 30 is attached between the left end of the front door 7 and the launching device (not shown). A ball passage (not shown) through which game balls flow down from a game ball dispensing device (not shown) is connected in communication with the upstream side of the ball tray 30, and the downstream side of the ball tray 30 is connected as described above. A launcher is connected.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the ball tray 30 is formed in a funnel shape in which the left side is wide and the right side is narrow in plan view. A storage part 32 is formed on the left side. The storage part 32 is formed in a shape that gradually becomes narrower toward the tip end in a plan view, and is provided so that a large number of game balls can be dispersed and stored in a planar shape. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper portion of the storage portion 32 is opened and exposed by an opening portion 8 formed integrally with the front door 7 so that the stored game balls can be seen. Yes. The player can check whether or not there are more game balls than the game ball reaches the opening 8 by using the opening 8.

  As shown in FIG. 5, on the downstream side of the storage portion 32, a continuous portion 36 that is gradually narrowed and is continuously connected to the passage portion 34 is formed. When the connecting portions 36 are attached to the main body 2 of the pachinko machine 3 so that approximately the same number of game balls stored in the storage portion 32 flow in each of the passage portions 34 formed in two rows. It is formed to be horizontal. That is, the main body 2 of the pachinko machine 3 is normally installed on the island so that the upper side is inclined later, and is inclined about 1 degree. A continuous portion 36 is formed in accordance with the inclination of the pachinko machine. Further, the connecting portion 36 is formed so as to be inclined downward by about 5 degrees to the right with respect to the main body 2 of the pachinko machine 3 when attached to the main body 2 of the pachinko machine 3.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the entire passage portion 34 is formed in an elongated bowl shape. The passage portion 34 is provided with a first passage 38 on the front side and a second passage 40 on the back side, and the first passage 38 and the second passage 40 are partitioned by a partition wall 42. As shown in FIG. 7, the widths of the first passage 38 and the second passage 40 are slightly larger than the diameter of the game balls to be flowed down, and the game balls are aligned in a line and smoothly flowed down. It is provided so that.

  Each of the first passage 38 and the second passage 40 is formed to have a length capable of storing about 13 game balls therein, and is provided so that about 26 game balls can be stored by both passages. It has been. Moreover, it is provided in a size that can store about 130 game balls together with the storage unit 32. Here, the number of about 130 game balls corresponds to the number of game balls to be paid out by one lending operation, although it varies depending on the game hall. Therefore, in this ball tray 30, it is possible to store all the game balls in the ball tray 30 when a normal ball lending operation is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, an opening 35 that opens downward is formed at the tip of the passage portion 34. Below the opening 35, there is provided a game ball supply device 50 for causing the game balls to flow alternately one by one from the two passages 38, 40 and supplying the game balls one by one to the downstream launch device. ing.

  The game ball supply device 50 is provided with swinging wing pieces 52a and 52b attached to the two passages 39 and 40, respectively. The swing wing pieces 52a and 52b are formed with a storage portion 54 that can store one game ball at a time and about the lower half thereof. In addition, a locking portion 56 that can lock the game ball when the swinging wing pieces 52a and 52b swing forward is formed at the rear end of the housing portion 54. The swing blade pieces 52a and 52b are provided so as to swing back and forth around a lower mounting shaft 58 by a solenoid (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the swinging blade pieces 52 a and 52 b accommodate only one game ball that has flowed down the passages 38 and 40 in a state where the swinging blade pieces 52 a and 52 b are swung to the base end side of the passages 38 and 40. It is dropped into the portion 54 and accommodated. Next, the swing blade piece 52a. When 52b is swung to the front end side of the passages 38 and 40, the game balls stored in the storage portion 54 flow down below the game ball supply device 50. At the same time, in this state, the next game ball is locked by the locking portion 56 so as not to fall into the housing portion 54. After this, the oscillating blade pieces 52a. When 52b is swung to the base end side of the passages 38 and 40, only one next game ball is dropped into the accommodating portion 54, and thereafter, the game balls are sequentially supplied one by one in the same manner. It flows down below.

  The two oscillating blade pieces 52a. 52b swings the passages 38, 40 toward the proximal end and the distal end in turn, dropping each one of the game balls alternately, and approximately doubling the number of dropped game balls per predetermined time. Has increased. The game ball dropped from the game ball supply device 50 in this way is supplied to the launching device.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, unlike the above-described embodiment, the storage portion 32 is omitted, the first passage 38 and the second passage 40 are extended, and the game balls are stored in the first passage 38 and the second passage 40. Also good. By comprising in this way, the site | part which protrudes in the front side of the pachinko machine 3 like the storage part 32 is lose | eliminated, and it can accommodate in the main body 2 of the pachinko machine 3 over all the ball receptacles 30. Therefore, for example, it does not hinder the attachment of a large component to the front door 7 where the ball tray 30 is provided.

  Moreover, although the example which attaches the liquid crystal display device 16 to the front side of the ball receiving tray 30 was shown in above-mentioned embodiment, not only this but the ball receiving tray 30 does not become trouble even when attaching other components. Therefore, the present invention is suitable.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 10, it is good also as providing the permeation | transmission part 11 provided in the storage part 32 so that the inside of the storage part 32 could be visually recognized. The player can also visually observe the game ball stored in the storage unit 32 through the transmission unit 11.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the pachinko machine of FIG. It is a top view of the pachinko machine of FIG. It is a right view of the pachinko machine of FIG. It is a perspective view of a ball tray. It is a perspective view of a channel | path part. It is a top view of a channel | path part. It is a front view longitudinal cross-sectional view of a channel | path part. It is a side view of a channel | path part. It is a front view of another pachinko machine of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Machine frame, 2; Main body, 3; Pachinko machine, 4; Front frame, 5: Glass door frame, 6: Game board, 7: Front door, 8; Opening, 9; 11; Transmission part, 12; Guide rail, 13; Game area, 14; Switches, 16; Liquid crystal display device, 30; Ball tray, 32; Storage part, 34; Passage part, 35; Installation part, 38; First passage, 40; Second passage, 42; Bulkhead, 50; Game ball supply device, 52a, 52b; Swing wing piece, 54; Storage part, 56; Locking part, 58; .

Claims (2)

A pachinko machine equipped with a ball tray for temporarily storing a large number of game balls and supplying game balls to a launcher,
A path that is formed with a width slightly larger than the diameter of the game balls and aligns the game balls in one row is provided with a ball tray that is formed in parallel with the two rows along the supply direction of the game balls,
A pachinko machine in which pachinko parts are installed and fixed in front of the passage. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko component installed and fixed on the front surface of the passage is a liquid crystal display device.

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