JP2013102853A - Ball feeding device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a longitudinally miniaturized ball feeding device for a game machine.SOLUTION: This ball feeding device 1 for the game machine includes: a case 2 formed with a ball inlet 21 and a ball outlet 22; an electric driving source 3; a ball feeding member 4 receiving the drive of the electric driving source 3 to turn. The ball feeding member 4 has: a turn shaft part 41 that is a turn supporting point; a ball reception part 421 receiving a game ball B flowing in from the ball inlet 21 in an initial position 401; a ball feeding part 422 receiving the game ball B from the ball reception part 421 in a driving position and feeding the game ball B to the ball outlet 22 in the initial position 401; a connection part 43 connecting a lower member part 42 and the turn shaft part 41; and a driven part 44 driven by the electric driving source 3. The driven part 44 is provided in a position distant from a virtual line L connecting the center of the turn shaft part 41 and the center of the ball feeding part 422 by a prescribed distance parallel with the virtual line L.

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball feeder for a gaming machine that feeds game balls one by one.

In a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, for example, a ball feeding device is used to feed game balls stored in a ball tray to a ball launching device one by one. The ball feeding device is configured to rotate a ball feeding member that sends out a game ball by energizing and shutting off an electromagnetic solenoid.
For example, in the ball feeding device of the pachinko machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, a ball feeding member is disclosed that swings by excitation of a solenoid and sends balls supplied from a ball supply tray to a ball launch rail one by one. . A magnetic plate attracted by a solenoid is fitted to the ball feeding member. This ball feeding member has a magnetic plate on its side, a ball receiving portion on its upper part, and a rotating shaft on its lower part. Then, the ball feeding member is rotated around the rotation axis by utilizing the force with which the magnetic plate is attracted by the excitation of the solenoid.

JP 2002-331080 A

However, in the ball feeding device of Patent Document 1 or the like, the ball receiving portion of the ball feeding member is formed on the upper portion of the ball feeding member, and a game ball is supplied to the ball receiving portion from above. Therefore, it is necessary to form the ball inlet in the ball feeding device above the ball feeding member, and the ball feeding device becomes large in the vertical direction (height direction).
Moreover, in the conventional general ball | bowl feeding member, the magnetic board attracted | sucked by a solenoid is arrange | positioned in the direction (radial direction) extended radially from a rotating shaft. However, in particular, in the ball feeding member in which the ball receiving portion and the ball feeding portion are arranged below the rotation shaft, the magnetic plate is not arranged in the area of the ball receiving portion and the ball feeding portion arranged below. There is a need to. Accordingly, it is necessary to dispose the magnetic plate in a state inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction (vertical direction). Then, the solenoid is positioned along the normal direction (radial direction) from the rotation axis and at an upper position with respect to the magnetic plate arranged obliquely with respect to the vertical direction, along the direction perpendicular to the magnetic plate. Will be placed. For this reason, the ball feeding device becomes larger in the vertical direction (height direction, vertical direction), and in order to reduce the size of the ball feeding device in the vertical direction, further improvements in the shape of the ball feeding member are required. It is said.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and an object thereof is to provide a ball feeder for a gaming machine that can be downsized in the vertical direction.

The present invention includes a case in which a sphere inlet and a sphere outlet are formed;
An electric drive source disposed in the case;
A ball feeding member disposed in the case and rotated from an initial position to a driving position by being driven by the electric drive source;
The ball feeding member includes a rotation shaft portion as a rotation fulcrum formed at a position above the ball feeding member;
A ball receiving portion for receiving a game ball flowing in from the ball entrance at the initial position;
A ball delivery unit that is formed at a position below the pivot shaft unit, receives a game ball from the ball receiving unit at the driving position, and sends the game ball to the ball outlet at the initial position;
A connecting portion for connecting the rotating shaft portion and the member portion on which the ball receiving portion and the ball sending portion are formed;
The connecting portion is provided on a surface facing the driving portion of the electric drive source, and has a driven portion driven by the driving portion;
The driven portion is provided at a position that is a predetermined distance away from the virtual line connecting the center of the rotation shaft portion and the center of the ball sending portion at an angle of parallel or near parallel. In a ball feeder of a gaming machine characterized by (claim 1).

In the ball feeding device of the above gaming machine, the shape of the ball feeding member and the arrangement position of the driven part driven by the electric drive source are devised.
Specifically, by devising the shape of the connecting portion of the ball feeding member, a virtual line that connects the driven portion driven by the electric drive source to the center of the rotating shaft portion and the center of the ball sending portion. On the other hand, it is provided at a position separated by a predetermined distance at an inclination angle parallel or nearly parallel.

Thus, in the case, the electric drive source can be arranged at the extended position in the lateral direction with respect to the ball feeding member with the drive unit as a base point. For this reason, the vertical arrangement region of the electric drive source in the case can be made as small as possible, and the ball feeder can be downsized in the vertical direction.
Further, by devising the arrangement position of the driven part in the connecting part, in the case, the ball inlet and the ball outlet are provided at the front and rear positions while being accommodated within the vertical and horizontal movable ranges of the ball feeding member. be able to. Thereby, it is not necessary to provide a ball | bowl inlet and a ball | bowl outlet in the vertical position with respect to a ball | bowl feed member, and size reduction of the case and a ball | bowl feeder can be achieved in the vertical direction. This also makes it possible to minimize the vertical arrangement distance between the sphere inlet and the sphere outlet. In particular, in a gaming machine, the arrangement space of various functional members positioned around the ball feeding device can be expanded in the vertical direction, and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the various functional members can be improved.

  Therefore, according to the ball feeder of the gaming machine, it is possible to reduce the size in the vertical direction.

The perspective view which shows the ball | bowl feeder of the gaming machine concerning an Example in the state seen from the ball | bowl exit side. The rear view which shows the ball | bowl feeding apparatus of the game machine when the ball | bowl feeding member exists in an initial position concerning the Example in the state seen from the ball | bowl exit side. The rear view which shows the ball | bowl feeding apparatus of the game machine when a ball | bowl feeding member exists in a drive position concerning the Example in the state seen from the ball | bowl exit side. 2. It is a figure which shows the periphery of the ball feeding member of the ball feeding device concerning an Example in the state seen from upper direction, and is AA sectional explanatory drawing of FIG. The front view which shows the game machine concerning an Example. The front view which shows the ball feeding apparatus which has another ball feeding member concerning an Example in the state seen from the ball | bowl entrance side. The rear view which shows the ball | bowl feeder provided with the fraud prevention board concerning an Example in the state seen from the ball | bowl exit side.

A preferred embodiment of the above-described ball feeder for a gaming machine will be described.
In the ball feeding device of the gaming machine, the near-parallel inclination angle of the driven part with respect to the virtual line means a state where the inclination is within, for example, 15 ° with respect to the parallel state.
In addition, the center of the ball delivery unit refers to a portion where the center of the game ball is located when the game ball is placed in the ball delivery unit.

The connecting portion includes an upper connecting portion formed from the rotating shaft portion toward the electric drive source, and a central connecting portion that connects the upper connecting portion and the member portion. The driven portion is provided on the outer side surface of the central coupling portion, and the inner side surface located on the opposite side of the outer side surface in the central coupling portion allows the game ball flowing from the ball inlet to You may be comprised so that it may function as a guide wall at the time of receiving to a ball | bowl receiving part (Claim 2).
In this case, in the case, the guide wall is not formed at a position facing the inner side surface of the central coupling portion in the ball feeding member. Therefore, even if the ball feeding member is unexpectedly vibrated due to an external force applied by a player or the like from the outside of the gaming machine, the game ball may unexpectedly spill from the ball receiving portion of the ball feeding member to the ball sending portion. Can be prevented.

The electric drive source is a solenoid that energizes a coil disposed around the iron core to generate a magnetic attractive force as a drive force in the drive unit, and the driven unit is connected to the drive unit. It is a metal plate to be adsorbed, and the metal plate may be arranged along the substantially vertical direction in the longitudinal direction at the initial position.
In this case, the structure of the ball feeding member driven by the solenoid can be configured more simply, and the ball feeding device can be more appropriately downsized in the vertical direction.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a ball feeder of a gaming machine will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the ball feeder 1 of the gaming machine 5 in a state (rear view) viewed from the side (rear side) of the ball outlet 22 with the rear case part 24 of the case 2 removed. 2 shows the case where the ball feeding member 4 is at the initial position 401 in the same state as FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows the case where the ball feeding member 4 is at the driving position 402 in the same state as FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball feeding device 1 of the gaming machine 5 of this example includes a case 2 in which a ball inlet 21 and a ball outlet 22 are formed, and an electric drive source 3 disposed in the case 2. And a ball feeding member 4 that is disposed in the case 2 and rotates from the initial position 401 (see FIG. 2) to the driving position 402 (see FIG. 3) under the drive of the electric drive source 3. . The ball feeding member 4 includes a rotating shaft part 41, a ball receiving part 421, a ball sending part 422, a connecting part 43, and a driven part 44.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rotation shaft portion 41 functions as a rotation fulcrum formed at an upper position of the ball feeding member 4. The ball receiving portion 421 is formed as a portion that receives the game ball B flowing from the ball inlet 21 at the initial position 401. As shown in FIG. 3, the ball delivery part 422 is formed at a position below the rotation shaft part 41, receives the game ball B from the ball receiving part 421 at the drive position 402, and receives the game ball B at the initial position 401. It is formed as a part sent out to 22.

The connecting portion 43 is formed as a portion connecting the lower member portion 42 (member portion 42) where the ball receiving portion 421 and the ball sending portion 422 are formed and the rotating shaft portion 41. The driven portion 44 is provided on a surface of the coupling portion 43 that faces the electric drive source 3 and is formed as a portion that is driven by the electric drive source 3.
And the driven part 44 is a predetermined distance with respect to the virtual line L which connects the center of the rotating shaft part 41 and the center of the ball delivery part 422 (the center of the game ball B arranged in the ball delivery part 422). It is provided in parallel at a distant position.

Hereinafter, the ball feeder 1 of the gaming machine 5 of this example will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 5 shows the gaming machine 5 of this example as viewed from the front.
As shown in the figure, the gaming machine 5 of this example is a pachinko gaming machine 5, and a game board 52 equipped with an image display device 53 such as a liquid crystal monitor is disposed on a main body frame 51 of the pachinko gaming machine 5. Yes. The ball feeding member 4 is disposed at a central portion in the left-right direction W at a position below the gaming machine 5. A front panel 65 and a ball tray 6 are disposed on the front side of the lower position of the main body frame 51, and the ball feeder (rectifier) 1 is disposed behind the ball tray 6. Further, behind the ball feeder 1, a ball launcher 7 that launches the game ball B to the game area of the game board 52 disposed in the main body frame 51 is provided. In addition, a ball launching rail 71 serving as a guide for launching the game ball B to the game area is disposed at the hitting position in the ball launching device 7.

  In the ball tray 6, a storage portion 61 for storing the game ball B and a ball supply passage 62 that connects the storage portion 61 to the ball feeding device 1 are formed. The game balls B stored in the storage unit 61 flow down to the ball supply passage 62 while being rectified in one row, and are supplied to the ball feeder 1 through the ball supply passage 62. The spheres are rectified and sent to the launch ball seating portion of the ball launch rail 71. Then, the game ball B seated on the launch ball seating portion is launched into the game area of the game board 52 by the hitting ball of the ball launcher 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting portion 43 of the ball feeding member 4 includes an upper connecting portion 431 formed in the lateral direction W from the rotating shaft portion 41 toward the electric drive source 3 side, and an upper connecting portion 431. And a central connecting portion 432 formed in the longitudinal direction H from the end. The lower member portion 42 in which the ball delivery portion 422 is formed is formed in the lateral direction W from the lower end portion of the central coupling portion 432. The ball receiving portion 421 is formed adjacent to the ball sending portion 422 in the lower member portion 42. The central connecting portion 432 is formed to be offset in the lateral direction W with respect to the virtual line L (formed at a position substantially translated).
The ball sending section 422 and the ball receiving section 421 are formed on the upper side surface of the lower member portion 42 so as to receive the game ball B and flow down to the downstream side. The rotation shaft portion 41 is formed at the tip of the upper connection portion 431. The ball delivery portion 422 is formed at the tip of the lower member portion 42, and the ball receiving portion 421 is formed on the lower member portion 42 on the side close to the central coupling portion 432.

As shown in the figure, the electric drive source 3 of this example energizes a coil arranged around the iron core, and a magnetic attraction force as a drive force at the iron core end portion (output side end face 31) as a drive portion. Is a solenoid 3 for generating The solenoid 3 is disposed in the case 2 with the axial direction of the iron core directed in an oblique lateral direction (horizontal direction) W. The iron core of the solenoid 3 of this example is arranged with an inclination angle of 10 to 30 ° with respect to the transverse direction W in the axial direction.
In a state where the ball feeding member 4 is at the initial position 401, the center of the ball sending portion 422 in this example is located directly below the center of the rotating shaft portion 41. Then, in a state where the ball feeding member 4 is at the initial position 401, a virtual line L connecting the center of the rotation shaft portion 41 and the center of the ball sending portion 422 is drawn in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the driven portion 44 is provided on the outer surface 433 of the central coupling portion 432. The inner side surface 434 located on the opposite side of the outer side surface 433 in the central connecting portion 432 is configured to function as a guide wall when the game ball B flowing in from the ball inlet 21 is received by the ball receiving portion 421. Here, the inner side surface 434 functions as one side wall portion of the ball receiving portion 421 and is configured as a part of the ball receiving portion 421.
The driven portion 44 in this example is a metal plate 44 that is attracted to the solenoid 3. In a state where the ball feeding member 4 is at the initial position 401, the metal plate 44 is disposed in the connecting portion 43 so that the longitudinal direction thereof is positioned in the vertical direction. The metal plate 44 is provided on the connecting portion 43 of the ball feeding member 4 so that the plate surface faces the output-side end surface 31 that is the driving portion of the solenoid 3.

  As shown in the figure, the ball feeding member 4 of this example has an initial position 401 for receiving the game ball B from the ball inlet 21 when the solenoid 3 is not excited and the metal plate 44 is not attracted to the solenoid 3. It is in. The ball feeding member 4 is configured to be urged to rotate counterclockwise by its own weight when viewed from the back. A side end portion of an upper side wall 262 to be described later abuts on an inner side surface 434 of the ball feeding member 4, thereby functioning as a stopper member for regulating the position of the ball feeding member 4 to the initial position 401. At the initial position 401, the game ball B is arranged in the ball receiving portion 421 of the ball feeding member 4 from the ball supply passage 62 through the ball inlet 21. As shown in FIG. 3, when the solenoid 3 is excited and the metal plate 44 is attracted to the solenoid 3, the ball feed member 4 rotates from the initial position 401 to the drive position 402, and the ball feed member 4 The game ball B arranged in the ball receiving unit 421 falls down to the ball delivery unit 422. Next, as shown in FIG. 2, when the excitation state of the solenoid 3 is released and the ball feed member 4 returns to the initial position 401 due to its own weight, the ball delivery unit 422 faces the ball exit 22, and the ball delivery unit 422 The arranged game ball B is sent to the ball outlet 22.

FIG. 4 shows the periphery of the ball feeding member 4 of the ball feeding device 1 as viewed from above.
As shown in the figure, the case 2 of this example is configured by combining a front side case portion 23 disposed on the front side of the gaming machine 5 and a rear side case portion 24 disposed on the rear side of the gaming machine 5. Has been. The front case portion 23 is formed with a ball inlet 21 connected to the downstream end portion of the ball supply passage 62 formed in the ball tray 6, and the rear case portion 24 has a launch ball of the ball launch rail 71. A ball outlet 22 connected to the seating portion is formed.
Further, a part 423 of the ball delivery portion 422 in the ball feed member 4 is inserted into the ball outlet 22 for the purpose of appropriately guiding the game ball B to the launch ball seating portion of the ball launch rail 71. It is formed to protrude rearward so as to extend out of the case 2.

  The ball inlet 21 in the front case portion 23 is formed at a position facing the ball receiving portion 421 of the ball feeding member 4 when the ball feeding member 4 is in the initial position 401. In a state where the ball feeding member 4 is in the initial position 401, the game ball B flows from the ball supply passage 62 of the ball tray 6 through the ball inlet 21 into the ball receiving unit 421. The game ball B that has flowed into the ball receiving portion 421 from the ball inlet 21 is supported by a ball receiving wall 261 formed to protrude to the inner side facing the ball feeding member 4 in the front side case portion 23, and the ball receiving portion 421.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the protruding wall 26 that protrudes to the inner side of the ball inlet 21 of the present example includes an upper wall 262 formed on the upper edge of the ball inlet 21, and a ball feeding member that continues from the upper wall 262. 4 and a ball receiving wall 261 formed on a side edge portion located on the ball sending portion 422 side. The protruding wall 26 is not formed in the side edge region 260 located on the inner side of the ball inlet 21 on the central connecting portion 432 side of the ball feeding member 4. Then, the game ball B flowing in from the ball inlet 21 is guided by the inner side surface 434 and the ball receiving wall 261 in the central connecting portion 432 and received by the ball receiving portion 421.

Since the protruding wall 26 is not formed in the side edge region 260 located on the central connecting portion 432 side of the ball feeding member 4 on the inner side of the ball inlet 21, an external force applied by a player or the like from the outside of the gaming machine 5 Thus, even if the ball feeding member 4 is vibrated unexpectedly, it is possible to prevent the game ball B from spilling unexpectedly from the ball receiving portion 421 of the ball feeding member 4 to the ball sending portion 422.
More specifically, if the protruding wall 26 is formed in the side edge region 260, the game ball B may fall down as follows. When the ball feeding member 4 rotates from the initial position 401 to the driving position 402 side in response to an external force applied by a player or the like, the game ball B is placed on the ball receiving portion 421. Trying to rotate while standing. At this time, the protruding wall 26 interferes with the game ball B placed on the ball receiving portion 421 of the ball feeding member 4, and only the ball feeding member 4 rotates. As a result, there is a risk that a malfunction occurs in which the game ball B falls from the ball receiving unit 421 to the ball sending unit 422.

On the other hand, in the case where the protruding wall 26 is not formed as in this example, the ball feeding member 4 is received with the game ball B placed on the ball receiving portion 421 under the external force. There is nothing that interferes with the game ball B placed on the ball receiving portion 421 when it rotates to the drive position 402 side. Therefore, the ball feeding member 4 rotates while the game ball B is still placed on the ball receiving unit 421, and the game ball B falls from the ball receiving unit 421 to the ball sending unit 422. Is prevented.
Further, by eliminating the protruding wall 26 of the side edge region 260 located on the center connecting portion 432 side, the distance between the rotating shaft portion 41 and the metal plate 44 is shortened by the thickness dimension of the protruding wall 26. . Thereby, the suction torque required when the ball feed member 4 is rotated around the rotation shaft portion 41 can be reduced. Therefore, the capacity of the solenoid 3 as the electric drive source 3 can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the front case portion 23, the outer periphery located on the front side of the sphere inlet 21 is surrounded by a square shape around the outer periphery of the sphere inlet 21, and the sphere is supplied from the sphere supply passage 62. A guide protrusion 27 for guiding the game ball B flowing into the inlet 21 is formed.
In this example, when the ball feeding member 4 is located at the initial position 401, the driving position is determined by the ball pressure applied from the game ball B in the ball supply passage 62 to the game ball B placed on the ball receiving unit 421. A device is made to make it difficult to rotate unexpectedly in the direction of 402.

  Specifically, as shown in the figure, the ball feeding member 4 is moved from the outer side (front side) to the inner side (rear side) at the portion in the lateral direction W on the inner wall surface 271 of the guide protrusion 27. A tapered surface is formed so as to be inclined from the sphere receiving portion 421 side to the sphere delivery portion 422 side (the front side is indicated by an arrow F in the figure). Thereby, the ball pressure applied from the game ball B in the ball supply passage 62 to the game ball B arranged in the ball receiving portion 421 is moved to the side opposite to the position where the solenoid 3 is arranged (the ball feed member 4 is moved to the initial position). 401 in the direction of maintaining it). Thereby, it is possible to prevent the ball feeding member 4 from rotating unexpectedly from the initial position 401 toward the driving position 402. Further, by forming the tapered surface, the game ball B flowing in from the ball supply passage 62 can be appropriately guided to flow down toward the ball delivery section 422, which is the downstream direction under the ball flow.

  As described above, by devising the shape of the connecting portion 43 of the ball feeding member 4, the metal plate 44 driven by the solenoid 3 is virtually connected to the center of the rotating shaft portion 41 and the center of the ball sending portion 422. With respect to the line L, it is provided in parallel at a position separated by a predetermined distance. Thereby, in the case 2, the solenoid 3 can be disposed in the lateral direction W with respect to the ball feeding member 4. Therefore, the arrangement | positioning area | region of the vertical direction H of the solenoid 3 in the case 2 can be made small as much as possible, and the ball feeder 1 can be reduced in size in the vertical direction H.

  In addition, in the case 2, the ball inlet 21 and the ball outlet 22 are moved forward and backward relative to the movable range in the vertical direction H and the horizontal direction W of the ball feeding member 4 by devising the arrangement position of the metal plate 44 in the connecting portion 43. Can be provided in position. Thereby, it is not necessary to provide the ball | bowl inlet 21 and the ball | bowl outlet 22 in the vertical position with respect to the ball | bowl feed member 4, and size reduction of the vertical direction H of the case 2 and the ball | bowl feeder 1 can be achieved.

  Therefore, according to the ball feeder 1 of the gaming machine 5 of this example, it is possible to reduce the size in the vertical direction H.

  The ball feeding member 4 can be formed in various shapes other than the C-shaped shape in which the upper connecting portion 431, the central connecting portion 432, and the lower member portion 42 are connected. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the ball feeding member 4 can be formed in an annular shape in which a through shaft 45 is formed inside by connecting the rotation shaft portion 41 and the tip portion of the ball feeding portion 422. . Here, FIG. 6 shows the ball feeding device 1 when the ball feeding member 4 is at the initial position 401 when viewed from the side of the ball inlet 21 (front side) with the front case portion 23 of the case 2 removed. It shows in the state.

In this case, the ball sending part 422 and the ball receiving part 421 are formed in the lower part of the penetrating part 45. In this case, the strength of the ball feed member 4 can be improved by the structure in which the tip of the ball delivery portion 422 and the rotation shaft portion 41 are connected, and when the ball feed member 4 is molded with resin. In addition, the ball feeding member 4 can be hardly deformed or twisted.
An annular protrusion 25 for reducing friction when sliding with the case 2 is formed around the rotation shaft portion 41 of the ball feeding member 4. The annular protrusion 25 is formed with a notch 251 that is no longer in the shape of a protrusion in the lower portion. When the cutout portion 251 scrapes off a part of the case 2 or the ball feeding member 4 due to friction or the like, and powder is generated around the rotation shaft portion 41, the powder is moved out of the rotation shaft portion 41. It can be discharged properly.

  As shown in the figure, the output side end face 31 of the solenoid 3 as the electric drive source 3 is formed with a protrusion 32 for increasing the attractive force, and the metal plate 44 as the driven part 44 has a protrusion. An insertion portion 441 into which the portion 32 is inserted can be formed. The insertion portion 441 can have a hole shape, a concave shape, a notch shape, or the like.

FIG. 7 shows the ball feeder 1 provided with the tamper-proof plate 28 as viewed from the side (rear side) of the ball outlet 22 with the rear case portion 24 of the case 2 removed.
As shown in the figure, a fraud prevention plate 28 capable of cutting or hooking a fraudulent thread attached to the game ball B in order to cheat the game can be provided around the ball entrance 21 or the ball exit 22. The fraud prevention plate 28 can be formed with a cutting portion 281 for cutting the fraudulent yarn. The cutting portion 281 can be formed into a scissor shape that cuts a sheet metal constituting the fraud prevention plate 28 and allows the fraudulent yarn to be caught and cut.

The solenoid 3 as the electric drive source 3 is not limited to the magnetic attraction type as in this example, and a plunger type solenoid in which the drive unit moves as a piston may be used.
In this case, the piston formed as the driving portion of the solenoid 3 and the driven portion 44 in the connecting portion 43 are connected by a connecting mechanism or engaged by an engaging mechanism, and the driven portion 44 is driven by the piston. What is necessary is just to comprise so that may rotate.
In addition, a movable part (metal plate) that is movable (rotated) by magnetic attraction force is formed integrally with the solenoid 3, and this movable part is connected to or engaged with the driven part 44 to rotate the ball feeding member 4. You may comprise so that it may move.

Moreover, the ball feeder 1 of this example can be used for various purposes other than a so-called rectifier that supplies the game ball B in the ball tray to the ball launcher 7. The ball feeding device 1 can be used in any gaming device that requires a function of feeding out the gaming balls B one by one, such as a ball discharging device that discharges the gaming balls B while counting the balls one by one. .
Further, the ball feeding device 1 of the present example can also be used for an upper firing pachinko gaming machine in which the ball launching device 7 is disposed above the game area.
Moreover, you may use the ball feeder 1 of this example for the enclosed pachinko game machine which encloses the game ball B. FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ball feeder 2 Case 21 Ball inlet 22 Ball outlet 26 Projection wall 261 Ball receiving wall 27 Guide protrusion 3 Electric drive source (solenoid)
4 Ball feed member 401 Initial position 402 Drive position 41 Rotating shaft part 42 Lower member part (member part)
421 Sphere receiving part 422 Sphere delivery part 43 Connecting part 431 Upper connecting part 432 Central connecting part 44 Driven part (metal plate)
5 gaming machine B game ball L virtual line

Claims (3)

A case where a ball inlet and a ball outlet are formed;
An electric drive source disposed in the case;
A ball feeding member disposed in the case and rotated from an initial position to a driving position by being driven by the electric drive source;
The ball feeding member includes a rotation shaft portion as a rotation fulcrum formed at a position above the ball feeding member;
A ball receiving portion for receiving a game ball flowing in from the ball entrance at the initial position;
A ball delivery unit that is formed at a position below the pivot shaft unit, receives a game ball from the ball receiving unit at the driving position, and sends the game ball to the ball outlet at the initial position;
A connecting portion for connecting the rotating shaft portion and the member portion on which the ball receiving portion and the ball sending portion are formed;
The connecting portion is provided on a surface facing the driving portion of the electric drive source, and has a driven portion driven by the driving portion;
The driven portion is provided at a position that is a predetermined distance away from the virtual line connecting the center of the rotation shaft portion and the center of the ball sending portion at an angle of parallel or near parallel. A ball feeder for a gaming machine characterized by the above. 2. The ball feeding device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion includes an upper connecting portion formed from the rotating shaft portion toward the electric drive source, the upper connecting portion, and the member. A central connecting portion connecting the portions,
The driven part is provided on the outer surface of the central coupling part,
An inner surface located on the opposite side to the outer surface in the central connecting portion is configured to function as a guide wall when the game ball flowing in from the ball inlet is received by the ball receiving portion. A ball feeder for gaming machines. 3. The ball feeding device of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the electric drive source energizes a coil disposed around an iron core to generate a magnetic attraction force as a drive force in the drive unit. Solenoid,
The driven unit is a metal plate that is attracted to the driving unit, and the metal plate is disposed along a substantially vertical direction in the longitudinal direction at the initial position. Ball feeder.

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