JP2012239918A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine where a ball feeder that feeds game balls supplied through a ball passage to a ball shooting device from its back side by making use of the ball passage to feed game balls to a shooting rail from its back is provided on the side of a body together with the ball shooting device.SOLUTION: The ball shooting device 50 and the ball feeder 70 to feed game balls to the shooting rail from a back side of a game board are provided in a body frame 20. The ball passage 60b is provided in the body frame 20 so as to supply the ball feeder 70 with game balls from its back side.

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine and other various gaming machines in which a plurality of game balls encapsulated in advance are circulated.

  Conventionally, in this type of gaming machine, an enclosed ball circulation pachinko gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 below has been proposed. This encapsulated ball circulation pachinko game machine sends a predetermined number of pre-enclosed game balls from the ball tray to the launcher, and sequentially fires each game ball thus sent by the launcher onto the board surface of the game board. After rolling along, it is circulated to return to the ball tray again.

JP 2009-273576 A JP 07-313664 A

  By the way, according to the pachinko gaming machine, in the game, a predetermined number of game balls are repeatedly circulated while being enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine. For this reason, when the number of circulation of game balls increases, each game ball becomes dirty.

  Therefore, in recent years, there has been a growing demand to take out each game ball from the pachinko gaming machine at appropriate timing and perform maintenance by cleaning or the like on each game ball.

  For this, a pachinko machine described in Patent Document 2 has been proposed. In this pachinko machine, a ball removing member is provided at a downstream portion of an enclosed bulb provided on the back of the machine frame. For example, when the ball removal member is manually rotated to open the ball removal port, the game ball in the enclosed ball cage is drawn from the ball removal port to the back side of the machine frame. As a result, it is possible to clean the removed game ball or exchange it for a new game ball.

  However, since the ball removal member is configured to be provided in the downstream portion of the enclosed bulb on the back side of the machine casing, the configuration is complicated.

  Therefore, in order to deal with the above-described situation, the present invention utilizes a ball passage that sends a game ball to the launch rail from the rear thereof, so that the game ball supplied from this ball passage is sent to the ball launcher from the rear side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine in which a ball feeding device to be sent is provided on the main body side together with a ball launching device.

In solving the above-described problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention, according to claim 1,
Game board (30),
A ball launcher (50) for launching a game ball into the game area (31) of the game board;
An openable and closable front door (Fd) that covers the game board and the ball launcher on its front surface;
A main body frame (20) on which a game board can be fitted,
The ball launcher has a launch rail (50b) for waiting for the next game ball to be launched,
The main body frame is provided with a ball launcher and a ball feeder (70) that sends game balls to the launch rail from the rear side of the game board, and a ball passage (60b) that supplies game balls to the ball feeder from the rear side. ).

  According to this, the ball launcher and the ball feeder that sends the game ball to the launch rail from the rear side of the game board are provided on the main body frame. Moreover, a ball passage for supplying game balls to the ball feeder from the rear side is also provided in the main body frame.

  In this way, the ball launching device and the ball feeding device are maintained on the main body frame regardless of the opening and closing of the front door, so that when the game ball supplied from the ball passage is sent to the firing rail by the ball feeding device The game ball can be quickly and well stabilized on the firing rail. As a result, the player can smoothly play the game under the stability of the game ball on the launch rail.

According to the description of claim 2, the gaming machine according to the present invention is the gaming machine according to claim 1,
A ball to collect the game balls launched toward the game area by the ball launching device and make the game balls supplied by the ball passage again stand by on the launch rail as the next game balls to be hit by the ball feeding device. It is a ball-circulating game machine in which a game ball is circulated so as to be sent to a launching device.

  In this way, in the ball circulation type gaming machine, it is possible to achieve the same operation effect as the invention described in claim 1, and as described above, the game ball is sent from the rear side of the game board to the firing rail. Since the ball feeding device and the ball passage are arranged, it is possible to shorten the circulation path for collecting the game balls discharged from the game board and returning them to the ball launching device again.

  According to the present invention, since the ball launching device and the ball feeding device are maintained on the main body frame regardless of opening and closing of the front door, the game balls supplied from the ball passage are sent to the firing rail by the ball feeding device. The game ball can be quickly and well stabilized on the firing rail. As a result, the player can smoothly play the game under the stability of the game ball on the launch rail.

  In addition, the code | symbol in the bracket | parenthesis of each said means shows a corresponding relationship with the specific means as described in embodiment mentioned later.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment which arrange | positions the pachinko game machine to which this invention is applied to island facilities. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the pachinko gaming machine separated from the island facility of FIG. 1. It is a perspective view which shows the pachinko machine of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the pachinko machine of FIG. 3 in the state which opened the front door. It is a partial front view which shows the lower part of the game machine main body of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the lower part of the game machine main body of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the game machine main body of the pachinko game machine of FIG. 4 in the state which isolate | separated the ball | bowl launcher. It is a perspective view which shows the state which looked at the ball | bowl launcher of FIG. 7 from the rear side. It is a front view which shows the state which looked at the ball | bowl launcher of FIG. 7 from the front side with the ball | bowl feeder. It is the perspective view which looked at the lower part of the pachinko game machine of FIG. 4 from the front side with the ball | bowl collection | recovery apparatus. It is a front view which shows the lower part of the pachinko game machine of FIG. 4 with a ball collection device. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the pachinko game machine of FIG. 4 in the decomposition | disassembly state of a ball | bowl collection | recovery apparatus. It is an enlarged front view which shows the ball | bowl collection | recovery apparatus of FIG. 11 in the state which closed the communicating port part of the ball path by the opening / closing mechanism. FIG. 12 is an enlarged front view showing the ball collection device of FIG. 11 in a state where the branch passage is removed and the communication port portion of the ball passage is closed by an opening / closing mechanism. It is a front view which shows the ball | bowl collection | recovery apparatus of FIG. 14 in the state which opened the communicating port part of the ball | bowl channel | path by the opening / closing mechanism. It is a block diagram which shows the drive circuit for the electromagnet of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining a moving process of a game ball that moves from a concave storage portion of the ball collection device of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 4 through the ball passage toward the ball feeding device. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the movement process of the game ball which moves toward the ball feeder through the ball path from the concave storage part of the ball | bowl collection | recovery apparatus of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining a moving process of a game ball discharged from a concave storage portion of the ball collection device of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 4 through a ball passage and a branch passage. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a moving process of a game ball discharged from a concave storage portion of the ball collecting device of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 4 through a ball passage and a branch passage. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the game machine main body of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 6 in the state which discharges | emits a game ball from a branch passage.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 and FIG. 2 show an example in which one embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine P to which the present invention is applied is disposed in an island facility 10 in a hall (not shown). Each of the plurality of pachinko gaming machines P is constituted by a machine frame Pf, a gaming machine main body Pb, a front door Fd, and a ball processing device Ps, as shown in any of FIGS. Yes.

  In FIG. 1, the left oblique rear and the right oblique forward in the figure correspond to the left and right sides of the respective pachinko gaming machines P, and the left oblique forward and the right oblique rear in the drawings correspond to the pachinko gaming machines P. Corresponding to the front and rear, the vertical direction in the figure corresponds to the vertical direction of each pachinko gaming machine P.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the island facility 10 includes a base 11 standing on the floor of the hall, upper and lower bars 12 and 13, and a plurality of support columns 14. . The base 11 is erected on the floor of the hole so as to extend in the left-right direction in the hole.

  The upper and lower bars 12 and 13 are assembled on the base 11 together with a plurality of support columns 14, and the upper bar 12 is directly above the lower bar 13 via the plurality of support columns 14. 13 is supported so as to be parallel to 13.

  Here, the lower bar 13 is fixed along the upper surface of the base 11. The plurality of support columns 14 are erected on the lower bar 13 so as to be spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the lower bar 13 and extend upward. The upper bar 12 is supported on each extended end by a plurality of support columns 14.

  As a result, the upper and lower bars 12 and 13 are arranged between the adjacent support pillars 14 of the plurality of support pillars 14, and together with the adjacent support pillars 14, the accommodation space portions 15 that accommodate the pachinko gaming machines P. (See FIG. 2).

  The plurality of pachinko gaming machines P are accommodated in the accommodating space portions 15 of the island facility 10 as illustrated in FIG.

  Since the plurality of pachinko gaming machines P have the same configuration, one pachinko gaming machine P (hereinafter referred to as pachinko gaming machine Pex) of the plurality of pachinko gaming machines P is taken as an example, and the configuration Will be described.

  The pachinko gaming machine Pex is accommodated in the corresponding accommodating space 15 of each accommodating space 15 (see FIG. 2) of the island facility 10, and the pachinko gaming machine Pex is one of the plurality of pachinko gaming machines P. Since it is a stand, it is comprised by the machine frame Pf, the game machine main body Pb, the front door Fd, and the ball processing apparatus Ps similarly to the above.

  In this pachinko gaming machine Pex, the machine frame Pf, the gaming machine main body Pb, and the front door Fd are formed by forming a common notch N (see FIG. 2) for fitting the ball processing device Ps. The common cutout N is formed by cutting out the corresponding left edge lower portions of the machine frame Pf and the gaming machine main body Pb from the left side to the right side in a U shape, and the corresponding left edge lower portion of the front door Fd is L-shaped ( (See FIG. 4).

  The machine frame Pf is detachably fitted in the corresponding accommodating space 15 of the island facility 10 (see FIG. 1). As shown in FIG. 4, the gaming machine main body Pb includes a main body frame 20 and a game board 30 that is fitted to the main body frame 20 from the front side thereof. The main body frame 20 has a left edge. Is supported at the left edge of the machine frame Pf so as to be pivotable in the front-rear direction.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the gaming machine main body Pb has a guide rail 40 and a ball launching device 50, and the guide rail 40 is provided along the surface of the gaming board 30 (see FIG. 4). . The guide rail 40 has an inner rail portion 41 and an outer rail portion 42, and the inner rail portion 41 and the outer rail portion 42 are assembled in an arc shape along the outer peripheral portion of the board surface of the game board 30, On the inner peripheral side, a game area 31 is formed on the board surface of the game board 30.

  The inner rail portion 41 is located on the inner peripheral side of the outer rail portion 42, and a guide passage 43 is a ball between the left portion of the inner rail portion 41 and the left portion of the outer rail portion 42. A game ball that is launched along a launch rail 50b (see FIG. 7) by a launch device 50 (described later) is formed so as to be guided into the game area 31.

  As shown in any of FIGS. 4 to 7, the ball launcher 50 has a rear wall portion 21 a in the substantially U-shaped accommodation portion 21 formed in a corresponding portion of the main body frame 20 directly below the center of the game board 30. The ball launcher 50 is assembled to the opening 21b (see FIG. 7) from the front side thereof, and the ball launcher 50 includes a launcher main body 50a and a launch rail 50b (see FIG. 7).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the launcher main body 50 a has a substrate 51, and this substrate 51 is mounted on the outer peripheral portion of the opening 21 of the main body frame 20 from the front side thereof. Yes.

  Further, the launcher main body 50a includes a casing member 52, a rotary solenoid 53, and a long rod 54 as shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 8, or FIG.

  The casing member 52 is attached along the front surface of the substrate 51, and the casing member 52 constitutes a casing that accommodates the flange 54 together with the substrate 51.

  Here, the rotary solenoid 53 is supported on the substrate 51 from the rear surface side so as to extend through the base 51 by the rotation shaft 53a (see FIG. 7). Further, the flange 54 is accommodated in the casing, and is supported at the base end portion 54a thereof so as to be rotatable on the rotation shaft 53a of the rotary solenoid 53. The flange 54 has a base end portion 54a. To the outside along the radial direction of the rotary solenoid 53.

  Accordingly, the rotary solenoid 53 is in an operating state in accordance with the turning operation of the operation handle H, and turns the collar 54 from the retreating turning position toward the firing rail 50b, thereby opening the opening of the casing. Then, the flange portion 54b (see FIG. 9) of the flange 54 is opposed to the ball launching base end portion 55a of the firing rail 50b at the hitting rotation position, and is rotated from the hitting rotation position to the backward rotation position. . The opening of the casing is formed so as to face a ball launch base end 55a (see FIG. 7), which will be described later, of the launch rail 50b.

  As a result, the kite 54 hits a game ball sent to the ball launch base end portion 55a of the launch rail 50b as will be described later at the kite portion 54b, and causes the game ball to fire along the launch rail 50b. Accordingly, the game ball thus launched is guided toward the game area 31 by the inner rail portion 41 and the outer rail portion 42 along the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40.

  The firing rail 50b is supported by the support wall 51a so as to extend forward from its lower edge.

  Here, the support wall 51a extends in a slanting manner upward on the left side along the front surface of the substrate 51 from the opening of the casing toward the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40. Along with this, the firing rail 50b extends from the opening of the casing toward the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40 in an inclined manner along the lower edge of the support wall 51a.

  In addition, the launch rail 50b is located at the base end portion 55 of the ball launching so as to face the opening of the casing, and enters the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40 along the lower edge of the support wall 51a. It extends in a slanting shape toward the upper left side.

  According to such a configuration, the firing rail 50b can guide the guide rail 40 from the opening of the casing so as to face the flange 54b of the flange 54 at the base end 55 of the ball launch. Along the lower edge portion of the substrate 51, the left side is extended upward toward the upper side of the substrate 51.

  Thus, when the game ball sent through the introduction hole 51c onto the ball launch base end 55 of the launch rail 50b is hit by the collar 54b of the kite 54, the game ball is moved along the launch rail 50b. The ball is fired from the ball launch base end 55 toward the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40. The introduction hole 51c is formed in a common corresponding portion with respect to the intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the firing rail 50b in the substrate 51 and the support wall 51a.

  However, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the cover wall 56 extends forward from the upper edge of the support wall 51a so as to face the firing rail 50b in parallel. 56 extends from the opening of the casing toward the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40 along the upper edge of the support wall 51a so as to be inclined upward on the left side.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the cover wall 56 is configured by a base end side wall part 56 a (a wall part on the opening side of the casing) and an extended end side wall part 56 b. The proximal end side wall part 56a is inclined upwardly from the opening side of the casing to the extended end side wall part 56b so as to face the part on the ball launching base end part 55 side of the firing rail 50b. It extends along the upper edge.

  This means that the proximal end side wall part 56a is gradually narrowed from the firing rail 50b from the extended end side wall part 56b side to the opening side of the casing. In the present embodiment, the distance between the base end side wall portion 56a and the ball launch base end portion 55 side portion of the launch rail 50b is somewhat narrower than the outer diameter of the game ball on the opening side of the casing, and extends. On the side of the end side wall portion 56b, it is somewhat wider than the outer diameter of the game ball.

  Accordingly, when the game ball is located at the ball launch base end portion 55 of the launch rail 50b, the game ball is inserted between the ball launch base end portion 55 of the launch rail 50b and the base end side wall portion 56a of the cover wall 56. Without falling to the opening side of the casing, the ball can be held between the base end portion 55 and the base end side wall portion 56a. This means that the cover wall 56 serves as a stopper for the game ball located at the base end portion 55 of the ball launch along with the launch rail 50b at the base end side wall portion 56a. Note that the distance between the extended end side wall portion 56b and the portion other than the ball launching base end portion 55 of the firing rail 50b is somewhat larger than the outer diameter of the game ball.

  Further, the gaming machine main body Pb includes a ball collecting device 60 and a ball feeding device 70 as shown in any of FIGS. 6 and 9 to 15.

  The ball collection device 60 is supported by the gaming machine main body Pb (main body frame 20) immediately below the game board 30, and the ball collection device 60 includes a ball storage body 60a and a ball passage 60b. As shown in any of FIGS. 6 and 9 to 15, the spherical reservoir 60 a is formed by forming a concave reservoir 61 so as to open upward. It stores and stores game balls that fall from above. Here, the game ball falling into the concave storage portion 61 rolls along the board surface of the game board 30 and enters the out port 31a (see FIG. 3) or various board parts (described later), Alternatively, the game balls that are launched by the ball launcher 50 along the launch rail 50b into the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40 and that return to the guide passage 43 without reaching the game area 31 are referred to. The out port 31a is formed in the lower edge central portion of the game board 30 directly above the lower end portion of the inner rail portion 41 of the guide rail 40. Thereby, the game ball that falls along the board surface of the game board 30 without entering any of the board parts enters the out port 31a and falls into the ball reservoir 60a of the ball collection device 60.

  As shown in any of FIGS. 10 to 12, the spherical passage 60 b is formed in a rectangular cylindrical shape, and the spherical passage 60 b is a bottom formed in a substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the bottom wall of the concave storage portion 61. It extends from the wall opening 61a. The ball passage 60b is configured to allow the game balls to pass smoothly through one after another.

  The spherical passage 60b is formed at the base end portion thereof as a base end side communication port portion 62a, and the base end side communication port portion 62a is connected to the bottom wall opening 61a of the concave storage portion 61. Yes. As shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 11, the spherical passage 60b extends obliquely downward to the left from the base end side communication port 62a, and the extended end of the spherical passage 60b is a ball feeding device. It is formed as a front end side rectangular cylindrical communication opening 62b that opens horizontally toward the front. Here, as shown in FIG. 11, the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b is formed so as to be positioned horizontally at the bottom wall portion thereof.

  In addition, the ball collection device 60 further includes a branch passage 60c and an opening / closing mechanism 60d.

  The branch passage 60c is formed at the base end portion thereof as a base end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 63a that extends horizontally toward the front. The base end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 63a forms a communication port portion 63b at the upper wall portion thereof, and the base end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 63a is formed at the upper wall portion thereof. A communication port portion 62c (FIG. 18) formed on the bottom wall portion of the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b by joining to the bottom wall portion of the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b from below. Or, see FIG. 20), it opens into the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port 62b. Note that the communication port portion 62c of the distal end side rectangular tubular communication port portion 62b is formed with an opening at its outer peripheral left edge so that an open / close lever portion 64b of an L-shaped open / close lever 64 described later can be inserted from the left side to the right side. ing.

  Further, the branch passage 60c branches off from the extending end portion of the base end side rectangular tubular communication port portion 63a and extends obliquely forward and downward, and the extending end portion of the branch passage 60c is It is formed as a front end side rectangular cylindrical communication opening 63c that opens horizontally toward the front. Here, as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 63 c is a notch 51 b (notched at the lower left corner of the substrate 51 of the ball emitting device 50 ( 5, 7 or 9) and extends from the rear to the front. This means that the branch passage 60c extends forward from the lower left corner of the substrate 51 of the ball emitting device 50 at the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port 63c.

  According to the spherical passage 60b and the branch passage 60c configured as described above, when the communication port portion 62c of the spherical passage 60b is closed as will be described later by the opening / closing mechanism 60d, the inside of the concave storage portion 61 of the spherical reservoir 60a. Each of the game balls stored in is sequentially entered from the bottom wall opening 61a of the concave storage portion 61 into the ball passage 60b through the base end side communication opening 62a, and then the distal end side rectangular tube of the ball passage 60b. It is supplied toward the ball feeding device 70 from the shape communication port 62b.

  Further, when the communication port portion 62c of the ball passage 60b is opened as described later by the opening / closing mechanism 60d, each game ball that has entered the ball passage 60b as described above is connected to the communication port portion 62c of the ball passage 60b. After passing through the base end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 63a through the branch passage 60c, the branch passage 60c enters from the base end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 63a, and then the branch passage 60c. The front end side rectangular tubular communication port 63c is discharged forward.

  As shown in any of FIGS. 10, 11, and 13 to 15, the opening / closing mechanism 60d is assembled at an appropriate position of the gaming machine main body Pb as described later so as to open and close the communication port 62c of the ball passage 60b. ing.

  The opening / closing mechanism 60d includes an L-shaped opening / closing lever 64, a torsion coil spring 65, and an electromagnet 66, as shown in FIG. 11 or FIG.

  The L-shaped opening / closing lever 64 is made of a magnetic piece such as an iron piece, and the opening / closing lever 64 includes a tilting lever portion 64a and an opening / closing lever portion 64b. The tilting lever portion 64a is supported at its cylindrical base end portion 64c so as to be tiltable in the left-right direction by a pin 21c at a substantially central lower portion of the rear wall portion 21a of the substantially U-shaped housing portion 21 of the gaming machine body Pb. The tilting lever portion 64a extends upward from the cylindrical base end portion 64c. The pin 21c protrudes forward from a substantially central lower portion of the rear wall portion 21a of the substantially U-shaped accommodating portion 21.

  The open / close lever 64b is bent and extended rightward from the extending end of the tilting lever 64a, and the open / close lever 64b is connected to the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port 62b of the ball passage 60b. It can be inserted into the communication port 62c from the left side to the right side. Thereby, the opening / closing lever portion 64b closes the communication port portion 62c by inserting the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b into the communication port portion 62c, and from the communication port portion 62c of the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b. Is opened to the left side to open the communication port 62c (see FIGS. 13 to 15).

  The torsion coil spring 65 has a pin 21c between the cylindrical base end portion 64c of the L-shaped opening / closing lever 64 and the substantially central lower portion of the rear wall portion 21a of the substantially U-shaped accommodating portion 21 by the coil portion 65a. The torsion coil spring 65 is locked from the left side to the longitudinal intermediate portion of the tilting lever portion 64a at one end portion 65b, and is connected to the other end portion 65c. Thus, the substantially U-shaped accommodating part 21 is locked to the substantially central lower part of the rear wall part 21a via a bifurcated protrusion 21d (see FIG. 14). Here, the bifurcated protrusion 21d protrudes forward from the substantially lower center portion of the rear wall portion 21a of the substantially U-shaped accommodating portion 21 to the front. Accordingly, the other end 65c of the torsion coil spring 65 is engaged with the bifurcated projection 21d by being inserted into the bifurcated portion of the bifurcated projection 21d.

  Thus, the torsion coil spring 65 always urges the tilting lever portion 64a of the opening / closing lever 64 to the right with reference to the cylindrical base end portion 64c. This means that the torsion coil spring 65 always inserts the opening / closing lever portion 64b of the opening / closing lever 64 into the communication port portion 62c of the rectangular tubular communication port portion 62b on the tip end side of the ball passage 60b by its urging force. Meaning (see FIG. 13 or FIG. 14). Accordingly, when the opening / closing lever 64 is tilted to the left with respect to the cylindrical base end portion 64c at the tilting lever portion 64a against the torsion coil spring 65, the opening / closing lever 64 has its opening / closing lever portion 64b. Then, it escapes to the left side from the communication port part 62c of the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port part 62b of the ball passage 60b (see FIG. 15).

  As shown in FIG. 14, the electromagnet 66 includes a U-shaped yoke 66a and a solenoidal electromagnetic coil 66b.

  The U-shaped yoke 66a is disposed at the rear of the substantially U-shaped housing portion 21 via the cylindrical pin 21d and the screw 21e so as to face the tilting lever portion 64a of the opening / closing lever 64 from the left side at both arms 66c. The wall portion 21a is supported at the substantially lower center portion.

  The solenoid-like electromagnetic coil 66b is coaxially wound around one of the two arm portions 66c of the U-shaped yoke 66a, and the solenoid-like electromagnetic coil 66b is energized by the two arms of the U-shaped yoke 66a. At 66c, a suction force for the tilting lever portion 64a is generated. Further, the solenoid-like electromagnetic coil 66b stops generating the attraction force due to its demagnetization.

  Here, the cylindrical pin 21 d protrudes forward from a substantially central lower portion of the rear wall portion 21 a of the substantially U-shaped accommodating portion 21. Along with this, a connecting base portion for connecting both arm portions 66c in the U-shaped yoke 66a is fitted to the cylindrical pin 21d in the front-rear width direction and formed on the inner peripheral portion of the cylindrical pin 21d. By tightening the screw 21e to the female thread portion, the rear wall portion of the substantially U-shaped accommodating portion 21 so that the U-shaped yoke 66a is opposed to the tilting lever portion 64a as described above at both arm portions 66c. 21a is supported at a substantially lower center portion.

  Further, the tilting lever portion 64a of the open / close lever 64 is inserted into the communication port portion 62c of the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b of the spherical passage 60b and the communication port portion 62c is closed (see FIG. 14). When the electromagnet 66 is attracted by the U-shaped yoke 66a with its attraction force, the tilting lever portion 64a is attracted and tilted to the left as shown in FIG. The facing interval between the both arm portions 66c of the U-shaped yoke 66a and the tilting lever portion 64a is set so as to open the communication port portion 62c.

  In addition, the opening / closing mechanism 60d includes a drive circuit 67 for the solenoid-like electromagnetic coil 66b of the electromagnet 66 as shown in FIG. The drive circuit 67 includes an operation switch 67a and a switching circuit 67b, and the operation switch 67a is assembled from the front side to an appropriate position below the main body frame 20 of the gaming machine main body Pb.

  The operation switch 67a is composed of a push button type normally open switch. The operation switch 67a is turned on by the first push operation and kept in the on state, and is turned off by the subsequent push operation. It is supposed to be. Here, in the ON state, the operation switch 67a applies a voltage from a power supply circuit (not shown) of the pachinko gaming machine Pex to the switching circuit 67b. The applied voltage is cut off from the switching circuit 67b when the operation switch 67a is turned off. The power supply circuit is attached to an appropriate position of the game board 30 from the rear side.

The switching circuit 67b is turned on based on the applied voltage from the power supply circuit to excite the electromagnetic coil 66b, and demagnetizes the electromagnetic coil 66b based on the interruption of the applied voltage from the power supply circuit (see FIG. 16).
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the ball feeding device 70 is positioned between the ball passage 60b of the ball collecting device 60 and the ball launching device 50, as shown in FIGS. The ball feeding device 70 is connected to the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b of the ball passage 60b at the ball introduction port portion (not shown), and is connected to the front end side rectangular cylindrical shape. It opens in the communication port part 62b. Further, the ball feeding device 70 is connected to the introduction hole 51c of the ball launching device 50 through a ball feeding hole (not shown) and opens into the introduction hole 51c.

  Accordingly, the ball feeding device 70 sequentially introduces the game balls from the ball passage 60b through the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port 62b, and sequentially introduces the game balls one by one. It passes through the introduction hole 51c and is sent out onto the firing rail 50b.

  In addition, the gaming machine main body Pb has a number of game nails, a prize opening device for giving a gaming state advantageous to the player, such as a big prize opening device and a starting prize opening device, and other various board parts (not shown). These board surface parts are provided on the board surface of the game board 30. The large number of game nails are driven into the board surface of the game board 30 in a distributed manner within the game area 31.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the front door Fd includes a front frame Fda, a transparent window glass Fdb, and an operation handle H. The front frame Fda has a left edge portion of the gaming machine main body Pb at the left edge portion thereof. Is supported by the left edge of the machine casing Pf so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction.

  The window glass Fdb is assembled to the front frame Fda from the rear side so as to correspond to the hollow portion, and the window glass Fdb can be seen through the game board 30 from the front side. As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, the handle H is supported at the lower right corner of the front frame Fda so as to be rotatable from the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ball processing device Ps is fitted in the common cutout portion N (see any of FIGS. 1 to 4) of the pachinko gaming machine Pex. As shown in FIG. 1, it is configured with a ball payout portion 80a, a connecting portion 80b, and a storage portion 80c.

  Accordingly, the ball processing device Ps pays out a predetermined number of game balls by the ball payout unit 80a in accordance with the winning of the game balls to the winning port device such as the big winning port device or the starting winning port device, and the connecting unit 80b and the memory. It is made to circulate to the ball paying-out part 80a through the part 80c. In addition, the memory | storage part 80c memorize | stores the payout number of game balls, and can be written in a prepaid card.

  In the present embodiment, the front surface of the ball processing device Ps corresponds to the front lid of the ball receiving portion that receives the game balls discharged by the ball payout portion 80a.

  Here, the front lid which is the front surface of the ball processing apparatus Ps is made of a transparent member. Therefore, the player can visually recognize that the prize ball has been paid out through the front lid of the ball processing device Ps.

  Further, since the front lid can be freely opened and closed, the player can freely take out the game balls paid out as prize balls.

  In addition, a ball counting sensor that counts as a player's ball is arranged downstream of the storage unit 61 that is a ball receiving unit. For this reason, when the ball counting sensor detects the passing of the game ball, the ball counting sensor adds as the player's ball. Accordingly, there is a possibility that the front lid is opened and the ball counting sensor is illegally operated to increase the holding ball. Therefore, when the front lid is opened, a configuration that prevents the game ball from passing through the ball counting sensor, for example, a slider that blocks the game ball from passing through the detection unit of the ball counting sensor in conjunction with the opening of the front lid. It is configured to project, or a sensor for newly detecting the opening of the front lid is provided, and when the opening of the front lid is detected, the detection of the ball counting sensor is controlled to be disabled. Also good.

  In addition, the player must be able to check the number of playable balls, but in the configuration of the present embodiment, the game balls flowing down from the board surface of the game board are fired again from the rear of the launching device inside the game machine. Since the game ball circulation configuration is such that it is supplied to the rail, it becomes difficult for the player to confirm the actual game ball. In that case, a display device that displays the number of balls from a control board that manages the number of balls that can be played, such as the number of shot balls and prize balls, may be provided on the front side of the gaming machine.

  In the present embodiment configured as described above, it is assumed that the pachinko gaming machine Pex is in a playable state by the player. In this state, if the player does not operate the handle H, the ball launcher 50 is in a stopped state under the demagnetization of the rotary solenoid 53 (see FIG. 7).

In the open / close mechanism 60d, the open / close lever 64 is biased by the torsion coil spring 65 at the open / close lever portion 64b under the demagnetization of the solenoid-like electromagnetic coil 66b of the electromagnet 66, and the tip of the ball passage 60b. The communication port portion 62c of the side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b is closed.
At this time, the game ball is sent from the concave storage portion 61 of the ball reservoir 60a through the ball passage 60b, the ball feeding device 70, and the introduction hole portion 51c of the ball launching device 50, and onto the ball launching base end portion 55 of the firing rail 50b. Shall be located. At this stage, since the communication port 62c of the ball passage 60b is closed as described above by the opening / closing mechanism 60d, the game ball does not enter the branch passage 60c from the ball passage 60b.

  In such a state, when the player rotates the handle H, the ball launcher 50 is driven by the heel drive circuit (not shown) by the rotary solenoid 53 so that the rotation angle of the handle H is reached. In response, the spear is rotated toward the ball launch base end 55 of the launch rail 50b.

  Then, as described above, the game ball located on the ball launch base end portion 55 of the launch rail 50b is hit by the collar portion 54b of the collar 54 and fired toward the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40 along the launch rail 50b. Is done. Thereafter, each time the game ball is sent from the ball feeder 70 through the ball introduction hole 51c onto the ball launch base end portion 55 of the launch rail 50b, the game ball is transferred to the launch rail 50b by the hook 54 in the same manner as described above. Fired toward the guide passage 43 of the along guide rail 40.

  Of the game balls repeatedly fired as described above, the game balls guided toward the game area 31 by the inner rail part 41 and the outer rail part 42 along the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40 are the game board 30. Along the board surface, it rolls toward or away from any of the various board parts.

  Then, as described above, when a game ball that rolls toward any of the various surface components wins a prize winning device, for example, the game ball is placed in the concave storage portion 61 of the ball collection device 60. After being dropped and stored, it passes through the base end side communication port 62a into the spherical passage 60b and enters from the bottom wall opening 61a of the concave storage 61 (see FIGS. 17 and 18). By detecting a winning game ball as described above, the ball processing device Ps pays out a predetermined number of game balls by the ball paying unit 80a and circulates it to the ball paying unit 80a through the connecting unit 80b and the storage unit 80c. .

  In addition, when the game ball that rolls off from the board component as described above enters the out port 31a, the game ball falls into the concave storage portion 61 of the ball collection device 60 and is stored. It enters from the bottom wall opening 61a of the concave reservoir 61 through the base end side communication port 62a into the spherical passage 60b.

  Also, among the game balls repeatedly fired as described above, the game balls that do not reach the game area 31 even if they are fired toward the guide passage 43 are reverted as they are, and are used as foul balls to collect the ball collecting device 60. After being dropped and stored in the concave storage section 61, the base passage side 62a enters the spherical passage 60b and enters from the bottom wall opening 61a of the concave storage section 61.

  At the present stage, the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b of the spherical passage 60b is closed at the communication port portion 62c by the opening / closing mechanism 60d as described above. Therefore, the game ball that has entered the ball passage 60b from the concave storage portion 61 as described above passes through the ball passage 60b without entering the branch passage 60c as shown in FIG. 17 or FIG. Guided toward the feeder 70.

  Thus, when the game ball guided in this way reaches the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b of the ball passage 60b, the game ball passes through the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b and receives the ball receiving device 70. The ball enters from the ball inlet.

  Thus, for each game ball guided from the ball passage 60b to the ball feeding device 70, the game ball enters the ball feeding device 70 from the ball introduction port, and then the ball feeding hole of the ball feeding device 70. From the part, it passes through the ball introduction hole 51c common to the substrate 51 and the support wall 51a and is sent onto the ball launch base end 55 of the launch rail 50b. This means that for each game ball launched from the launch rail 50b, the game ball circulates back to the launch rail 50b.

  Then, for each game ball sent on the ball launch base end portion 55 of the launch rail 50b in this way, the game ball is directed by the ball launcher 50 along the launch rail 50b toward the guide passage 43 of the guide rail 40. Fired. Along with this, for each game ball thus launched, the game ball is circulated back to the launch rail 50b in the same manner as described above.

  By the way, while the game by the pachinko gaming machine Pex is being repeated, the circulating game balls are soiled. For this reason, the maintenance time that requires maintenance such as taking out each of the circulating game balls from the pachinko gaming machine Pex and cleaning them repeatedly arrives at intervals.

  Thus, when the main tense time has come, first, the front door Fd is opened forward from the gaming machine main body Pb as shown in FIG. Thereby, the game board 30 of the gaming machine main body Pb is exposed forward on the board surface.

  At this time, in the opening / closing mechanism 60d, the opening / closing lever 64 closes the communication port portion 62c of the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b of the ball passage 60b at the opening / closing lever portion 64b. Therefore, when the operation switch 67a of the drive circuit 67 is pushed, the operation switch 67a is turned on, and the switching circuit 67b is applied with a voltage from the power supply circuit to excite the solenoid-like electromagnetic coil 66b of the electromagnet 66.

  Then, the U-shaped yoke 66a of the electromagnet 66 generates an attractive force at its both arm portions 66c to attract the tilting lever portion 64a of the opening / closing lever 64. For this reason, the opening / closing lever 64 is tilted counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 14 with respect to the cylindrical base end portion 64c of the tilting lever portion 64a against the torsion coil spring 65, so that the opening / closing lever portion 64b is moved. The ball passage 60b is allowed to escape to the left from the communication port portion 62c of the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b. This means that the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b of the ball passage 60b is opened at the communication port portion 62c.

  Along with this, as shown in FIG. 19 or FIG. 20, the game ball that has entered the ball passage 60b from the concave storage portion 61 is fed from the tip side rectangular cylindrical communication port 62b of the ball passage 60b. Without proceeding to the device 70, it passes through the communication port portion 62c of the distal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 62b and sequentially enters the proximal end side rectangular cylindrical communication port portion 0 of the branch passage 60c from the communication port portion 63b. The game balls that sequentially enter in this way are sequentially guided toward the distal end side rectangular tubular communication port 63c by the branch passage 60c (see FIG. 20). Then, as shown in FIG. 21, the game balls guided in this way sequentially escape from the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port 63c of the branch passage 60c and fall.

  This means that the game balls are sequentially discharged forward from the distal end side rectangular tubular communication port 63c of the branch passage 60c.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 21, if the dollar box Db is placed immediately below the front end side rectangular cylindrical communication port 63c of the branch passage 60c on the front side of the game board 30, each of the falling boxes as described above The game balls are sequentially accommodated in the dollar box Db. This means that each game ball falling as described above is accommodated in the dollar box Db on the front side of the game board 30.

  Thus, the dollar box Db that accommodates each game ball in this way can be easily taken out from the front side of the game board 30, and maintenance can be performed by cleaning or replacing each accommodated game ball. In addition, each game ball subjected to maintenance in this way may be returned to the ball collection device 60 again.

  Here, the ball feeding device 70 is disposed along the rear side of the ball launching device 50. Therefore, the game ball sent from the ball feeder 70 onto the firing rail 50b can be stabilized at an early stage on the firing rail 50b. As a result, in addition to the maintenance for the game ball as described above, the ball launch device 50 can successfully launch the game ball along the launch rail 50b.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the ball passage 60b is configured by connecting the branch passage 60c to the ball passage 60b as described above, and the ball passage 60b is formed at the communication port portion 62c at the communication port of the branch passage 60c. It is comprised so that communication with the part 63b is possible. As described above, the opening / closing mechanism 60d is provided so as to be able to open and close the communication port portion 62c by utilizing the communication port portion 62c of the ball passage 60b. Therefore, a configuration for discharging the game ball to the front side of the game board 30 can be simply provided.

  Further, as described above, the main body frame 20 is provided with the ball launcher 50 and the ball feeder 70 that sends the game ball to the launch rail 50b from the rear side of the game board 30. In addition, the main body frame 20 is also provided with a ball passage 60b for supplying game balls to the ball feeder 70 from the rear side.

  Thus, since the ball launching device 50 and the ball feeding device 70 are maintained in the main body frame 20 regardless of the opening / closing of the front door Fd, the game balls supplied from the ball passage 60b are launched by the ball feeding device 70. When sent to the rail 50b, the game ball can be stabilized early and well on the firing rail 50b. As a result, the player can smoothly play the game under the stability of the game ball on the launch rail 50b.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine configured to enclose and circulate the game balls as described above, that is, the game balls launched toward the game area 31 by the ball launching device 50 are collected and supplied again through the ball passage 60b. In a pachinko gaming machine in which a game ball is circulated by sending it to the ball launcher 50 to wait on the launch rail 50b as a game ball to be hit next by the ball feeder 70, Since the ball feeder 50 and the ball passage 60b are arranged so as to be sent from the rear side of the game board 30 to the launch rail 50b, the circulation path for collecting the game balls discharged from the game board 30 and returning them to the ball launcher 50 again is shortened. (See FIGS. 17 and 19).

  In the implementation of the present invention, unlike the above embodiment, the communication port portion 63b of the branch passage 60c is opened and closed by the opening / closing lever portion 64b of the opening / closing lever 64 instead of the communication port portion 62c of the ball passage 60b. Also good.

  Further, in carrying out the present invention, the ball passage 60b described in the above embodiment may be configured such that the game ball can be discharged forward from an intermediate portion in the passage direction, unlike the above embodiment.

  Further, in carrying out the present invention, the ball passage 60b described in the above embodiment may be configured such that the game ball can be discharged forward from the ball feeding device 70, unlike the above embodiment.

  Further, in the implementation of the present invention, the launch rail 50b may be configured with a so-called M rail at the base end of the ball launch, unlike the above embodiment.

  In implementing the present invention, the present invention is not limited to pachinko gaming machines configured to enclose and circulate the game balls described in the above embodiment, and the present invention is applied to various pachinko gaming machines and the like. May be.

20 ... body frame, 30 ... game board, 50 ... ball launcher, 50b ... launch rail,
55 ... Sphere launch base end, 60b ... Sphere passage, 60c ... Branch passage, 60d ... Opening / closing mechanism,
62c, 63b ... communication opening, 64 ... opening / closing lever, 65 ... torsion coil spring,
66 ... Electromagnet, 67 ... Drive circuit, 70 ... Ball feeder, Fd ... Front door.

Claims (2)

Game board,
A ball launcher that launches game balls into the game area of the game board;
An openable and closable front door covering the game board and the ball launcher on the front surface thereof;
A main body frame that can be fitted with the game board,
The ball launcher has a launch rail that waits for the next game ball to be launched,
The main body frame includes the ball launching device and a ball feeding device that sends a game ball to the firing rail from the rear side of the game board, and a ball passage that supplies the game ball to the ball feeding device from the rear side. A gaming machine provided with   The game balls launched toward the game area by the ball launching device are collected, and the game balls supplied by the ball passage again are used as the game balls to be hit next by the ball feeding device on the launch rail. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game machine is a ball circulation type game machine in which a game ball is circulated so as to be sent to the ball launching device for waiting.

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