JP2011000287A - Clogging canceling device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a canceling device for a game machine, having a simple structure and easily settable in any pinball game machine and reliably canceling clogging with game media.SOLUTION: The ball clogging canceling device 1 is attached to a replenishing shoot for separating game media from a horizontal conveying path and/or a ball tank for introducing game media passing through the replenishing shoot, and includes a vibrating means 2, a remote-controlling means 3 and an attaching member 5. The vibrating means 2 can be attached to the replenishing shoot and/or the ball tank by using the attaching member 5, and the vibrating means 2 can be vibrated by operating the remote-controlling means 3.

Description

  The present invention relates to a clog eliminating device for a gaming machine that eliminates clogging that occurs when a game medium is supplied to a ball game machine.

  For example, there is a pachinko machine that is generally known as a ball game machine. A pachinko machine is a game that uses an iron ball, a so-called pachinko ball, as a game medium. In the pachinko machine, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out to the player from the pachinko machine based on the fact that a predetermined condition such as a pachinko ball winning a prize opening during the game is established. Further, recently, when a player puts money into a lending machine adjacent to a desired pachinko machine, the pachinko balls are directly supplied to the pachinko machine via the lending machine and lent to the player.

  By the way, in an amusement hall, a plurality of gaming machines are arranged to form an “island”, and game media circulates within the same island. Specifically, for example, in an island where a pachinko machine is provided, a ball lifting device capable of lifting a pachinko ball to the upper side of the pachinko machine and a pachinko ball lifted by the ball lifting device are located on the same island. A horizontal conveyance path that flows in parallel with the game machine, and a game medium introduction member that is branched from the horizontal conveyance path and that can supply pachinko balls to each pachinko machine, a so-called replenishment chute, are provided. That is, the pachinko balls are used in the pachinko machine, then sent to the ball lifting device, and conveyed upward by the ball lifting device, through the horizontal transport path and the replenishment chute provided at the top of each pachinko machine. Then, it circulates again through the route supplied to each pachinko machine.

  Here, it is known that the pachinko balls are likely to be clogged when they are diverted from the horizontal conveyance path to the replenishment chute or when supplied from the replenishment chute to the ball receiving tank of the pachinko machine. This is because the passage in the replenishment chute and the ball receiving tank has a cross-sectional shape that gradually decreases in a taper shape on the downstream side in the flow direction of the pachinko balls, and finally has a cross-sectional shape through which only one pachinko ball can pass. Therefore, when a large amount of pachinko balls flow through the passage at a time, the pachinko balls are stacked in a dumpling shape, and the passage is closed by the pachinko balls.

  As a result, pachinko balls are paid to the player when throwing money into the lending machine and borrowing pachinko balls, or when the pachinko balls are awarded to the winning slot and the pachinko balls are paid out during the pachinko machine game. There was a problem of not being issued. Therefore, in the past, it has been common for a player to call an employee of a game hall and have the employee manually remove the clogging. However, since one employee manages a plurality of islands in a game hall, the employee may not be able to respond quickly, and the player may feel dissatisfied.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, a sensor is provided at a position downstream of the replenishment chute that is likely to be clogged with a ball, and when a control board that receives a signal from the sensor satisfies a condition that the ball does not pass, An amusement island is disclosed that includes a ball clogging elimination device that generates a signal for driving the ball and eliminates clogging of the ball by vibration of a solenoid.

JP 2007-37829 A

  However, in the gaming island described in Patent Document 1, when the sensor is provided at a position close to the position of the solenoid, there is a concern that the sensor may malfunction due to the influence of the vibration of the solenoid. As a result, the sensor cannot grasp the circulation of the pachinko balls, so that when the clogging occurs, the control board cannot drive the solenoid, and there is a concern that the clogging is not eliminated. Therefore, in the case of the amusement island described in Patent Document 1, in the game hall, when a clogging occurs, the clogging may have to be eliminated manually by an employee.

  Furthermore, in the gaming island described in Patent Document 1, the clogging eliminating device is configured such that a sensor, a solenoid, and the like are connected via a control board, so that it is provided in the same island as compared to the conventional island. When there are many devices and signal lines, and any of the devices or signal lines has a problem, it is difficult to identify the defective part. In other words, even if the original function of the gaming machine is normal, there may be an unreasonable case in which a game cannot be performed only to identify a defective portion of the clogging eliminating device. Thereby, the rotation rate of a gaming machine falls and the problem that a game hall side suffers disadvantageous generate | occur | produces. Under such circumstances, currently, the clogging eliminating device using the sensor as described above has not been widely used.

  Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, the present invention has a simple configuration, can be easily installed in any ball game machine, and can eliminate clogging of gaming media with certainty. It is an object to provide an apparatus.

  The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-described problems is a diversion member for diverting a game medium from a supply path main body that supplies the game medium to a plurality of ball game machines, and / or a ball game. A vibration means provided on a receiving member that is provided in a machine and into which a game medium that has passed through the flow dividing member is introduced, generates a vibration, a remote operation means that can remotely control the vibration means, and can hold the vibration means The vibration means is attached so that vibration is propagated to the flow dividing member and / or the receiving member via the attachment member, and the remote control means is operated, whereby the vibration means Is a clogging eliminating device for gaming machines, characterized in that is vibrated.

The clog elimination device for gaming machines of the present invention can eliminate clogging of game media by vibrating the vibration means arranged so that the vibration is propagated to the flow dividing member and the receiving member by the remote operation means. . That is, as described above, the clogging eliminating device for gaming machines according to the present invention does not require a sensor or a control board, and therefore has no signal line and is simple in configuration. Thereby, since possibility that a malfunction will arise is reduced, when a clogging of game media arises, the situation where a vibration means does not operate hardly occurs. That is, as a result, there is no inconvenience for the game hall employees to manually clear the jammed game media.
In addition, even when a malfunction occurs in the clogging eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention, it can be recognized that a malfunction has occurred in either the vibration means or the remote control means, so that the malfunction location can be easily identified. That is, since it is possible to prevent the unreasonable decrease in the rate of rotation of the gaming machine for identifying the malfunctioning portion, the gaming ground side does not suffer any disadvantage.
Further, the vibration means can be easily attached to the flow dividing member or the receiving member via the attachment member. Thereby, according to the clogging eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention, it can be retrofitted to existing diversion members and receiving members, so that it can be introduced at low cost.
Therefore, the clogging eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention has almost no problem because the configuration is simple even when the gaming medium is clogged with the flow dividing member or the receiving member. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the employee manually eliminates the jamming of the game medium, and it is possible to easily eliminate the jamming of the game medium by vibrating the vibration means by the remote operation means. In addition, since it can be retrofitted to existing diversion members and receiving members, the increase in introduction cost can be reduced.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the attachment member includes a holding portion that can hold the vibration means, a latching portion that can be latched on the upper end side of the flow dividing member or the receiving member, and a lower end side of the flow dividing member or the receiving member. The game according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing means that is positioned and can hold the flow dividing member or the receiving member together with the hooking portion, and the interval between the fixing means and the hooking portion is adjustable. This is a machine clogging device.

  In the clog eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention, the vibration means is held by the holding portion of the mounting member, and the latching portion and the fixing means are arranged so as to sandwich the flow dividing member and the receiving member from above and below. Moreover, since the space | interval of a fixing means and a latching | locking part can be adjusted, even if it is a case where the specifications of a flow dividing member and a receiving member differ, it can fix reliably. That is, according to the clogging eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention, it is possible to attach even an existing diversion member or receiving member, so that the introduction cost is not significantly increased.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the vibration means is arranged on the downstream side of the flow direction of the game medium in the flow dividing member or the receiving member. It is.

  In the clogging eliminating device for a gaming machine according to the present invention, the vibrating means is arranged on the downstream side in the flow direction of the game medium in the flow dividing member or the receiving member. Here, for example, considering the case of using a pachinko ball as a game medium, when an appropriate amount of the pachinko ball is supplied to the flow dividing member and the receiving member, the pachinko ball is on the downstream side where the passage becomes narrow, It flows in one row in the height direction and the width direction, and smoothly flows in the downstream direction in the passage. On the other hand, when a large amount of pachinko balls are supplied to the flow dividing member or the receiving member, the pachinko balls are stacked in the height direction on the downstream side where the passage is narrowed, and a phenomenon that the flow is blocked, so-called clogging may occur. Therefore, in the present invention, the vibration means is disposed on the downstream side of the flow direction of the game medium in the flow dividing member or the receiving member, and the vibration of the vibration means is propagated from a position near the clogged portion. Therefore, even a small vibration is efficiently propagated, and as a result, a small driving force provided for the vibration means is sufficient, and the manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

  In the clog eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention, it is recommended that when the remote control means is operated, the vibration means vibrates continuously for a certain period of time. (Claim 4)

  In the clogging eliminating device for gaming machines of the present invention, the vibration means can be vibrated by remote control, so that no signal line is required, and the device can have a simple configuration. Thereby, the clogging of the game medium can be surely solved by using the apparatus while reducing the possibility of the occurrence of a problem. Moreover, since the clog elimination apparatus for game machines of this invention is attached via an attachment member, it can be easily attached also to the existing member with which the game hall was equipped. As a result, it is possible to prevent a significant increase in introduction cost.

It is front sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the game island provided with the clogging elimination apparatus for game machines of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows a vibration unit. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the vibration unit of FIG. It is a front view which shows the condition which attached the transmitter. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state with which the pachinko ball was clogged in a channel | path, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the clogged state was collapsed. It is a perspective view which shows the condition which attached the vibration unit to the supply chute. It is a perspective view which shows the condition which attached the vibration unit to the ball receiving tank. It is a top view which shows the display apparatus provided with the transmitter.

  Next, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the positional relationship between the top, bottom, left and right will be described with reference to the drawings unless otherwise specified.

  The clogging device 1 for gaming machines (hereinafter also referred to as “clogging device 1”) according to the present invention prevents clogging of pachinko balls (game media) T used in the pachinko machine (bullet ball game machine) P shown in FIG. It can be solved. In general, the place where the pachinko balls T are clogged is replenished from the horizontal conveyance path H above the pachinko machine P flowing substantially parallel to the pachinko machine P shown in FIG. Examples thereof include a ball receiving tank (receiving member) 21 provided in the pachinko machine 20 on the downstream side of the chute (dividing member) 20 and the replenishing chute 20. And the clog elimination apparatus 1 of this embodiment acts with respect to the supply chute | shoot 20 and the ball receiving tank 21. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the clog eliminating device 1 includes a vibration means 2, a remote operation means 3, and an attachment member 5.
The vibration means 2 employs a known vibration motor. When electric power is supplied, the motor rotates and vibrates. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the vibration means 2 is electrically connected to the receiver 10 (remote operation means 3), and the receiver 10 receives infrared rays from a transmitter 11 (remote operation means 3) described later. A signal is received and the motor of the vibration means 2 is rotated. That is, the receiver 10 includes a light receiver 15 that receives infrared rays and a relay switch (not shown) that can be turned on / off by a signal from the light receiver 15. Thereby, while the light receiver 15 receives the signal, the power is turned on by the relay switch, and the vibration of the vibration means 2 is maintained.

  The transmitter 11 (remote control means 3) is a so-called remote controller that is capable of transmitting infrared rays having a predetermined wavelength and is known in the art. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the transmitter 11 includes a switch 16 that can be turned on artificially and a light emitter (not shown) that includes a light emitting diode capable of emitting infrared rays. The light emitter emits infrared rays when pressed artificially. Thereby, the infrared rays emitted from the light emitter are received by the receiver 10, and power is supplied to the vibration means 2 to vibrate. When the switch 16 is released from the pressed state, the switch 16 does not emit infrared light, and the receiver 10 does not receive infrared light. Accordingly, the vibration means 2 is not vibrated because it is turned off by a relay switch (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the attachment member 5 includes a case-shaped holding portion 7 whose upper surface side is opened, a hook-shaped latching portion 6, a fixing means 8 including a screwing member 22 and an auxiliary member 23. ing. The holding portion 7 holds the vibration means 2 and is placed from the upper surface where the vibration means 2 is opened, and can restrain the movement of the vibration means 2 in the downward direction, the front and rear, and the left and right (reference to FIG. 1). . That is, the holding part 7 holds the vibration means 2 by the bottom plate 30 and the side surfaces 31a to 31d. The side surface 31a is provided with an insertion hole 33 penetrating in the thickness direction on the lower side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the latching portion 6 includes a plate portion 32 that extends in the vertical direction and a hook portion 34 that is processed into a hook shape that protrudes in a direction substantially perpendicular to one end side of the plate portion 32. ing. The plate portion 32 is provided with a linear adjustment hole 35 extending in the vertical direction penetrating in the thickness direction. The adjustment hole 35 is arranged closer to the lower part than the center of the plate part 35.

  Further, in the fixing means 8, the screwing member 22 is a bolt 36 and a nut 37, and the auxiliary member 23 is a plate whose cross-sectional shape is processed into an L shape. The auxiliary member 23 is an abutting surface 23a where one L-shaped surface abuts against the latching portion 6, and the other surface is a clamping surface 23b extending from one end of the abutting surface 23a in a substantially orthogonal direction. The contact surface 23a is provided with an insertion hole 38 penetrating in the thickness direction through which the bolt 36 is inserted substantially at the center.

  Here, the bolt 36 is inserted through the through hole 33 of the holding portion 7, the through hole 35 of the latching portion 6, the insertion hole 38 of the auxiliary member 23, and the nut 37. That is, the length of the bolt 36 is the sum of the thickness of the side surface 31 a of the holding portion 7, the thickness of the plate portion 32 of the latching portion 6, the thickness of the contact surface 23 a of the auxiliary member 23, and the length of the nut 37. It is approximately the same length as the length or a length slightly longer. That is, the bolts 36 are inserted into the respective holes 33, 35, 38 and screwed by the nuts 37, whereby the positions of the holding part 7 and the auxiliary member 23 with respect to the latching part 6 are determined. Thereby, according to the magnitude | size of the supply chute | shoot 20 and the ball receiving tank 21, it becomes possible to adjust the space | interval of the hook part 34 of the latching | locking part 6 and the clamping surface 23b of the auxiliary member 23 to an up-down direction.

  Next, the assembly structure of the clog elimination device 1 according to this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the clogging eliminating device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a holding portion 7 and an auxiliary member 23 of the fixing means 8 so as to sandwich the latching portion 6. The auxiliary member 23 is located on the side (rear surface side) on which the hook portion 34 is disposed, and the contact surface 23 a is in contact with the plate portion 32 of the latching portion 6. The insertion hole 38 of the contact surface 23a and the through hole 35 of the plate part 32 are arranged to communicate with each other.

  The holding portion 7 is located on the side (front side) facing the auxiliary member 23 via the plate portion 32, and the side surface 31 a is in contact with the plate portion 32 of the latching portion 6. The insertion hole 33 of the side surface 31a and the through hole 35 of the plate portion 32 are arranged in communication. The bolt 36 of the fixing means 8 is inserted into the respective holes 33, 35, and 38 that communicate with each other, and the tip is screwed with a nut 37. In addition, after adjusting the position of the holding part 7 and the auxiliary member 23 to a desired position, the bolt 36 is screwed into the nut 37 and fixed.

  The vibrating means 2 is placed on the holding portion 7 fixed at a desired position from above. That is, the vibration means 2 is fixed by the bottom surface 30 and the side surfaces 31a to 31d and is held so as not to move in the front-rear and left-right directions. The vibration means 2 is connected to an external power source (not shown) via an electric wire 39, and the receiver 10 (remote operation means 3) is connected in the middle thereof. The receiver 10 is fixed to the side surface 31a of the holding unit 7 so that the light receiver 15 faces the front side. In the following description, a complex of the vibration means 2, the attachment member 5, and the receiver 10 is referred to as a vibration unit 9 as necessary. The receiver 10 is fixed by simple fixing means such as a double-sided tape (not shown).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the transmitter 11 (remote control means 3) is fixed at a position adjacent to the display device J on which start information, jackpot information, and the like arranged on the upper part of the pachinko machine P are displayed. Yes. The transmitter 11 is connected to an external power source (not shown) as with the vibration means 2.

  Next, the positional relationship between the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 to which the vibration unit 9 (complex of the vibration means 2, the attachment member 5, and the receiver 10) is attached will be described, and the flow of the pachinko balls T will be described.

  As described above, the vibration unit 9 is a ball provided in the pachinko machine P that receives the pachinko ball T supplied from the supply chute (diverging member) 20 and the supply chute 20 that diverts the pachinko ball T to the pachinko machine P. It is attached to a receiving tank (receiving member) 21.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 are arranged in a gaming island I constituted by a plurality of gaming machines 20 and each gaming machine 20. More specifically, in the game island I, on the same island as the ball feeding device U capable of feeding the pachinko balls T upward from the pachinko machines P to the path for supplying the pachinko balls T to each pachinko machine P. A horizontal conveyance path H that allows the pachinko balls T to flow almost parallel to the installed pachinko machine P is provided, and the replenishment chute 20 is located above each pachinko machine P and is connected to the horizontal conveyance path H. Has been. In addition, the ball receiving tank 21 is provided in each pachinko machine P, and receives the pachinko ball T supplied from the replenishing chute 20, so that it is located almost directly below the replenishing chute 20.

  Accordingly, the pachinko balls T are moved upward through the ball lifting device U, flowed to the horizontal conveyance path H, and supplied to the replenishment chute 20 arranged at the upper part of each pachinko machine P. Here, the replenishment chute 20 has one pachinko ball T on the downstream side in the flow direction of the pachinko ball T (immediately before the passage for conveying the pachinko ball T downward) for the purpose of measuring the number of the pachinko balls T or the like. It has a cross-sectional shape that can pass only one by one.

  Also, the ball receiving tank 21 located downstream of the replenishment chute 20 in the flow direction of the pachinko ball T is also downstream in the flow direction of the pachinko ball T (immediately before the path for conveying the pachinko ball T downward) for the same purpose. The cross-sectional shape allows only one pachinko ball T to pass through. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when a large amount of pachinko balls T are supplied, the pachinko balls T are stacked on the downstream side of the supply chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 as shown in FIG. There was a case. Therefore, since the clogging device 1 of the present invention can generate vibrations in the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 by remote operation, when a clogging of the pachinko ball T occurs, without calling an employee, The clogging can be surely eliminated.

  A method for installing and using the clog elimination device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. In the following, a description is given in which the vibration unit 9 is attached to both the supply chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21.

  A screw 36 is inserted into the holding portion 7, the latching portion 6, and the auxiliary member 23, and the nut 37 is tightened to such an extent that the screw 36 can move through the insertion hole 35. In this state, the hook portion 34 of the latching portion 6 is hung on the upper end portion of the supply chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21. Specifically, it is preferable that the vibration means 2 is disposed at a position where the pachinko ball T is jammed.

  And it adjusts so that the clamping surface 23b of the auxiliary member 23 may contact | abut the supply chute | shoot 20 and the bottom face of the ball receiving tank 21. FIG. After the adjustment, the auxiliary member 23 is fixed at a desired position by firmly tightening the bolt 36 and the nut 37. Further, since the hook portion 34 and the sandwiching surface 23 are provided with a rubber plate (not shown), the hook portion 34 and the sandwiching surface 23 do not slip due to vibration or the like, and the vibration unit 9 does not fall off. That is, the clogging eliminating device 1 according to the present embodiment can securely fix the mounting member 5 by sandwiching the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 from above and below using the hook portion 34 and the clamping surface 23b. Then, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the vibration means 2 is placed on the holding unit 7. The receiver 10 (remote control means 3) is preferably arranged so that the light receiver 15 faces the front side, and is fixed to the attachment member 5 or the like by simple fixing means such as a double-sided tape (not shown).

  On the other hand, the transmitter 11 (remote control means 3) is fixed at a position adjacent to the display device J as shown in FIG. As a fixing means, it is preferable to fix with a screw (not shown) or an adhesive having a strong adhesive force. As a result, it can be prevented from being carried and lost by a player or employee.

  Therefore, on the gaming island I where the clogging device 1 having the above-described configuration is installed, even if the pachinko ball T is not paid out during the game or lending, the player himself is clogged with the pachinko ball T. Therefore, the clogging of the pachinko balls T can be easily eliminated. That is, when the pachinko balls T are not supplied to the trays of the pachinko machine P during the game or rental, assuming that all the devices are operating normally, the pachinko balls T are clogged in the passage. The situation can be considered (FIG. 5 (a)).

  Therefore, in this state, the player presses the switch 16 of the transmitter 11 arranged at a position adjacent to the display device J above the pachinko machine P. Then, infrared rays are sent from the light emitter 15 of the transmitter 11, the receiver 10 receives the infrared rays, and the vibration means 2 of the vibration unit 9 arranged in the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 vibrates, so that the pachinko Vibration is propagated to the ball T. Then, due to the vibration effect propagated to the pachinko ball T, as shown in FIG. 5B, the state in which the pachinko balls T are stacked in the passage collapses, and the pachinko ball T smoothly flows again in the passage. It will be. That is, in this embodiment, even if the clogging phenomenon occurs in either the replenishing chute 20 or the ball receiving tank 21, the clogging can be surely solved because the both are vibrated. In this embodiment, since the vibration of the vibration means 2 is maintained while the switch 16 of the transmitter 11 is being pressed, the switch 16 is kept pressed until the supply of the pachinko ball T is confirmed. May be.

  Therefore, according to the clog eliminating device 1 of the present invention, since the vibration means 2 can be vibrated by remote operation, no signal line is required, and the device can be configured simply. Thereby, the clogging of the pachinko ball T can be surely solved by using the clogging eliminating device 1 while reducing the possibility of occurrence of a problem. Moreover, since the clog elimination apparatus 1 of this invention is attached via the attachment member 5, it can be easily attached also to the existing member with which the game hall was equipped. Thereby, the increase in introduction cost can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the vibration means 2 is configured to vibrate only while the switch 16 of the transmitter 11 is being pressed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the receiver 10 is provided with a timer or the like (not shown). It may be configured to vibrate for a certain time (for example, 5 seconds) when is pressed once.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the vibration motor is used as the vibration unit 2 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the vibration unit 2 may have a configuration using a solenoid or the like that gives vibration by an impact. .

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the vibration unit 9 is attached to both the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and either the replenishment chute 20 or the ball receiving tank 21 is used. A configuration in which the crab vibration unit 9 is attached may be used.

  In the said embodiment, although the transmitter 11 distribute | arranged to each pachinko machine P showed the structure which transmits the infrared rays of the same wavelength, this invention is not limited to this, The transmitter 11 of the adjacent pachinko machine P is The configuration may be such that infrared rays having different wavelengths are transmitted. In this case, it is also necessary to change the wavelength of infrared rays to which the receiver 10 responds.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the transmitter 11 is arranged at a position adjacent to the display device J is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the transmitter 11 is arranged in the vicinity of the handle G of the pachinko machine P. The configuration provided for J may be used. When the transmitter 11 is arranged on the display device J, the switch 16 is preferably arranged in parallel with a call button or the like provided on the display device J as shown in FIG.

  In the said embodiment, although the structure which fixes the transmitter 11 to the vicinity of the pachinko machine P was shown, this invention is not limited to this, The structure which the employee of a game hall can carry may be sufficient. However, if the employee carries the transmitter 11, the player needs to call the employee in order to eliminate the clogging of the pachinko ball T. Therefore, as shown in the above embodiment, the vicinity of the pachinko machine P is required. The structure fixed to is preferable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the vibration unit 2 and the transmitter 11 are configured to receive power from an external power source (not shown). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration using a primary battery such as a dry battery. It doesn't matter.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 are directly sandwiched between the hook portion 34 of the mounting member 5 and the sandwiching surface 23b is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. A rubber plate (not shown) having a large friction coefficient is provided on the clamping surface 23b on the side where the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 are sandwiched, and the replenishment chute 20 and the ball receiving tank 21 are sandwiched indirectly via the rubber plate. It does not matter. With such a configuration, there is no fear that the clogging eliminating device 1 slides down from the replenishment chute 20 or the ball receiving tank 21 due to the influence of vibration of the vibration means 2.

1 Clogging device for gaming machines (clogging device)
2 Vibrating means 3 Remote control means 5 Mounting member 10 Receiver 11 Transmitter 20 Supply chute (distribution member)
21 Receiving member (ball receiving tank)
H Horizontal conveyance path (main body of supply path)
P Pachinko machine (game machine)
T Pachinko ball (game media)

Claims (4)

A diversion member that diverts the game medium from a supply path main body that supplies game media to a plurality of ball game machines and / or a game medium that is provided in the ball game machine and passes through the diversion member is introduced. Vibration means provided on the receiving member for generating vibration;
Remote operation means capable of remotely operating the vibration means;
An attachment member capable of holding the vibration means;
The vibration means is attached so that vibration is propagated to the flow dividing member and / or the receiving member via the attachment member,
A clogging elimination device for a gaming machine, wherein the vibration means vibrates when the remote control means is operated. The mounting member includes a holding portion that can hold the vibration means, a hooking portion that can be hooked on the upper end side of the flow dividing member or the receiving member, and a flow dividing member that is located on the lower end side of the flow dividing member or the receiving member together with the hooking portion. Or a fixing means capable of sandwiching the receiving member,
The clogging eliminating device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the fixing means and the hooking portion is adjustable.   The clogging eliminating device for a gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the vibration means is arranged downstream of the flow dividing member or the receiving member.   4. The clog eliminating device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the remote control means is operated, the vibration means vibrates continuously for a predetermined time.

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