JP2013128550A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably detect that a lower tray is filled with game balls and to prolong contact service life of a full detection switch, in a game machine.SOLUTION: A ball path 153 capable of guiding game balls that cannot be stored in an upper tray 12 to a lower tray 13 is provided with: a detection lever 17 movable from a non-detection position to a detection position by the contact of a game ball staying in the ball path 153 as the lower tray 13 becomes full; a full detection switch 16 capable of outputting detection signals indicating that the lower tray 13 is filled with the game balls by detecting the movement of the detection lever 17 to the detection position; and a lock lever 18 movable to a locking position for blocking the movement of the detection lever 17 from the non-detection position to the detection position and an unlocking position for enabling the movement of the detection lever 17 from the non-detection position to the detection position by the run-on of the game ball staying in the ball path 153, in the ball path 153.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a full tank detection switch for detecting whether or not a game ball storage amount is full.

  Especially in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, the game balls such as rental balls and prize balls that are paid out from the ball payout device are stored, and the released game balls are released to the game area of the game board. An upper plate that can be supplied, a lower plate that stores game balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate, a ball passage that allows game balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate to flow down to the lower plate, and a ball passage that is provided. And a full tank detection switch for detecting whether or not the game ball stored in the lower plate is full, and the game ball staying in the ball passage when the lower plate is full is in contact with the full tank detection switch. Thus, it is detected that the lower plate is full of game balls (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-246124 A

  In the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, when a game ball that can no longer be stored in the upper plate flows down the ball passage toward the lower plate, the game ball is not fully flowing in the state of following the set route. Although it does not come into contact with the tongue detection switch, the flow direction, flow speed, etc. of some game balls that flow down the ball passage change due to collisions between game balls, etc., and the lower plate becomes full. Some of them do not touch the full tank detection switch. In this way, when the game ball comes into contact with the full tank detection switch even though the lower plate is not full, in order not to erroneously detect that the game ball is full on the lower plate, The time when the full tank detection switch detects the game ball is measured, and only when the measurement time exceeds the predetermined time, the lower plate is judged to be full and a speaker is used to indicate that the lower plate is full. In addition to the voice notification through the player's hearing, the notification through the player's vision using an image display or a light emitting element, the detection signal of the lower plate full state is sent to the game machine management computer, etc. By outputting to an external device, the full state is notified through a terminal device (information terminal device, business instruction device such as a headset, etc.) carried by an attendant at a game hall. In the following, the state in which the lower plate is full is notified from the gaming machine through the visual and auditory senses of the player, and the detection signal of the lower plate full state of the gaming machine is output to the external device. Hereinafter, this is simply referred to as “voice notification”.

  However, in the means for measuring the time when the full tank detection switch detects the game ball, it is possible to cope with erroneous detection due to a change in the flow direction of the game ball, a change in speed, etc. Although the game ball is not fully filled and the game ball is not fully filled, the game ball keeps pressing the full tank detection switch for a predetermined time, and the lower plate is full. There is a risk of misnotifying the player to the effect. Further, when the game ball flows down the ball passage, if the game ball collides with the momentum flowing down to the game ball already staying in the ball passage, the flowed down game ball jumps up to the detection unit of the full tank detection switch. There is a case where the detection unit is brought into contact with the detection unit to be in a detection state. If the game ball is frequently in contact with the detection unit of the full tank detection switch, the contact life of the full tank detection switch is shortened when a contact type switch is used as the full tank detection switch.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and it is possible to reliably detect that the lower plate is full of game balls, and to extend the contact life of the full tank detection switch. An object is to provide a gaming machine.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an upper plate capable of storing game balls paid out from a ball payout device capable of paying out game balls, a lower plate provided below the upper plate, and a game ball that cannot be stored in the upper plate. A ball path that can be guided to the lower plate, and a detection lever that can move from a non-detection position to a detection position by contact of a game ball that stays in the ball path as the lower plate becomes full A full tank detection switch capable of outputting a detection signal indicating that the game ball is full on the lower plate by detecting that the detection lever has moved to the detection position, and the ball path, A lock position that prevents the detection lever from moving from the non-detection position to the detection position, and a game ball that stays in the ball path rides on the detection lever so that the detection lever moves from the non-detection position to the detection position. to enable And a movable latch in unlocked position.

  In addition, the state that the lower plate is full means that the game ball is replenished only from the lower plate, for example, when the game ball as a prize is continuously paid out from the gaming machine at the time of occurrence of a major player, In the initial state, game balls are gradually paid out to the upper plate, and if the upper plate capacity is exceeded, the overflow ball is guided to the lower plate, and if the upper plate capacity is exceeded, the overflow ball moves from the lower plate to the ball path. It means a state where it overflows toward the point and eventually exceeds the allowable amount of the ball passage.

  According to a second invention, in the first invention, when the lock lever is in the locked position, the detection lever is prevented from moving from the non-detection position to the detection position by engaging with the detection lever. And when it is in the unlocked position, the detection lever can be moved from the non-detection position to the detection position by detaching from the detection lever.

  According to a third invention, in the first or second invention, the lock lever is biased to the lock position by a biasing means, and a plurality of game balls staying in the ball passage ride on the bias lever. It moves from the locked position to the unlocked position against the biasing force of the means.

  According to the present invention, the game ball filled in the lower plate stays in the ball passage, so that the detection lever can be moved to the detection position. It is possible to extend the contact life of the full tank detection switch.

It is a perspective view of the pachinko machine to which the embodiment in the present invention is applied. It is a perspective view of the gaming machine with the glass frame opened. It is a perspective view of a ball guidance unit. It is a perspective view of the 2nd case of the rear side of a ball guidance unit. It is a front view of the 2nd case. It is an enlarged front view of the principal part of a ball guidance unit. It is an enlarged front view of the principal part of the ball guidance unit showing a state immediately before the game ball is full on the downstream side of the lower dish ball passage. It is an enlarged front view of the principal part of the ball guidance unit showing a full tank state in which the game balls are full on the downstream side of the lower dish ball passage. It is a partial fracture expansion front view of the principal part of the downstream in a ball guidance unit. It is a partially broken enlarged front view of a main part on the downstream side in the ball guiding unit showing a state immediately before the game ball is filled to the downstream side of the lower dish ball passage. It is a partially broken expanded front view of the principal part of the downstream in the ball | bowl guide unit which shows the state by which the game ball was stored by one step. It is a partially broken enlarged front view of the principal part on the downstream side of the ball guiding unit showing a full tank state in which the game balls are full on the downstream side of the lower dish ball passage. It is a partially broken enlarged front view of the principal part on the downstream side of the ball guiding unit showing the state when the lock lever returns to the lock position.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 1 includes a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 that forms an outer shell and is installed in an island facility of a pachinko hall. An inner frame 3 made of synthetic resin or metal is fitted on the front surface of the outer frame 2, and a synthetic resin underlay plate 4 is provided on the lower side of the inner frame 3.

  The inner frame 3 is pivotally supported by a pair of hinge portions 21 and 22 provided at the left upper and lower portions of the outer frame 2 so that the inner frame 3 can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction around the vertical axis.

  A frame-like front door 5 that forms the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 is pivotally supported on the front surface of the inner frame 3 by a pair of upper and lower hinge portions 21 and 22 so as to be openable and closable around the vertical axis. A glass plate 6 is fitted in the front door 5.

  Further, a game board 7 having a circular game area 71 formed on the board surface is detachably set on the inner frame 3. The board surface of the game board 7 is covered with the glass plate 6, and the game area 71 is visible from the front through the glass plate 6. The lower left portion of the front surface of the outer frame 2 is provided with a low-frequency speaker 8 that outputs sound effects according to the game situation. A control unit (not shown) for electrically controlling the game is disposed on the back side of the game board 7.

  The game area 71 includes a number of game nails (not shown) that change the flow direction of game balls driven into the game area 71 by a launching device (see FIG. 2) 11 provided on the lower side of the game board 7. 71 is a start opening 72 through which game balls can be won, a display unit 73 composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display capable of variably displaying a plurality of rows of symbols, and a first state disadvantageous to the player (a closed state in which game balls cannot be won) ) And a second state that is advantageous to the player (open state in which game balls can be won), among the game balls that are driven into the game area 71, the start port 72, the big winning port 74, etc. An out port 75 and the like for sending out an out ball that has not won a prize to the back side of the game board 7 are provided.

  When a game ball that has been thrown into the game area 71 wins the start opening 72, a lottery executed based on a predetermined probability by the control unit using this as a trigger results in variability display on the display unit 73. When the symbols are stopped in a predetermined combination and are confirmed and displayed on the big hit (big role) (for example, when the same symbols are arranged in a plurality of rows), the big win state is generated and the big winning opening 74 is set to the first The state is changed to the second state. In the big hit state, a large number of game balls can be won in the big winning opening 74 in the second state, and a large number of game balls are awarded as prize balls from the ball payout device 20 (see FIG. 3) provided on the back side of the game board 7. To be paid out.

  On the left and right sides of the front door 5 are provided lighting units 9L and 9R that incorporate a plurality of light sources that turn on, turn off, and blink according to the state of the game and produce effects by illumination. There are provided loudspeakers 10L and 10R for medium and high sounds that output sound effects according to the game situation. Furthermore, in the lower part of the front surface of the front door 5, a game ball paid out from the payout device 20 is stored and can be supplied to the launching device 11. A lower tray 13 is provided for storing game balls that can no longer be played.

  The upper plate 12 is inclined downward from the left side to the right side when viewed from the front so that the stored game balls roll in the right direction when viewed from the front. Further, an alignment passage 121 that aligns the game balls stored in the upper plate 12 in one row and guides it to the launching device 11 is provided on the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the upper plate 12.

  A ball payout outlet 122 through which game balls such as rental balls and prize balls paid out from the ball payout device 20 are discharged is provided on the left inner surface of the upper plate 12.

  On the inner surface of the lower plate 13, a ball payout outlet 131 is provided for discharging game balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 12 and are guided by the lower plate ball passage 154 described later to the lower plate 13. Further, a game ball stored in the lower plate 13 is opened on the bottom surface of the lower plate 13 by operating a lower plate ball release lever 132 provided on the front surface of the lower plate 13 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. Is formed in a ball box (not shown) disposed below the lower plate 13.

  A handle ring 14a provided at a grip portion of the launching handle 14 for adjusting the firing force of the hit ball, which is electrically connected to the launching device 11, is rotatable around the horizontal axis at the lower right portion of the front surface of the front door 5. Provided.

  A ball guiding unit 15 as shown in FIG. 3 is provided below the game board 7 in the inner frame 3 in the pachinko machine 1. The ball guiding unit 15 includes a first case 15A made of synthetic resin and a second case 15B assembled to the rear side of the first case 15A. As shown in FIG. 2, a cover 15C for closing the front surface of the first case 15A, the launching device 11, and the like are assembled on the front surface of the first case 15A. In order to clarify the structure, the cover 15C and the launching device 11 are omitted.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the ball guiding unit 15 is disposed below the inner frame 3 and the ball guiding unit 15 and the inner frame 3 are provided separately will be described. It is good also as a structure which provided the ball guidance unit 15 and the inner frame 3 integrally. Further, the first case 15A and the second case 15B may be integrated.

  The ball guiding unit 15 has a ball receiving port 151 that is in the upper left part of the second case 15B and receives a lending ball or a prize ball (hereinafter referred to as “game ball B”) paid out from the ball payout device 20; On the upper left surface of the first case 15A, with the front door 5 closed, the game ball B received from the ball receiving port 151 communicates with the ball payout port 122 of the upper plate 12 so as to guide it to the upper plate 12. Lower plate for allowing the game ball B, which cannot be stored in the upper plate 12 and overflows the upper plate ball passage 152, to flow toward the lower plate 12 in the front surface of the upper plate ball passage 152 and the second case 15B The ball of the lower plate 13 so that the game ball B flowing down the lower plate ball passage 153 flows into the lower plate 13 with the front door 5 closed in the lower part of the front surface of the ball passage 153 and the first case 15A. A lower plate communication port 154 communicating with the discharge port 131 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lower dish ball passage 153 provided in the second case 15 </ b> B of the ball guiding unit 15 overflows the upper dish ball passage 152 and moves the game ball B flowing down the lower dish ball passage 153 to the right. The upper inclined surface 1531 whose upper surface is inclined to the lower right so as to roll in the direction (downstream direction), and the upper inclined surface so that the game ball B dropped from the right end on the upper inclined surface 1531 can be received and guided to the right direction. The lower inclined surface 1532 that is lower than the surface 1531 and slightly inclined downward in the right direction, and the game ball B guided to the lower inclined surface 1532 can be guided toward the lower dish communication port 154. An inclined forward inclined surface 1533 is continuously formed.

  Below the right end of the upper inclined surface 1531 on the upstream side in the lower dish ball passage 153, a detection lever 17 pivotally supported so as to be swingable in the left-right direction around the axis 171 in the front-rear direction and a left side of the detection lever 17 are arranged. A contact point type full tank detection switch 16 capable of detecting the swing of the detection lever 17 is provided.

  On the lower inclined surface 1532 on the downstream side in the lower dish ball passage 153, a lock lever 18 that can swing up and down around a longitudinal axis 181 is provided.

  The detection lever 17 is a non-detection position in which the right side surface protrudes from the step surface 1534 whose right side surface faces the vertical direction between the upper inclined surface 1531 and the lower inclined surface 1532 to the lower dish ball passage 153 (FIGS. 4 to 7 and FIG. 9). To the left from the non-detection position by the game ball B being held at the downstream side of the lower tray ball passage 153 and coming in contact with the right side as the lower tray 13 becomes full. To a detection position (position shown in FIGS. 8 and 12) that swings by a predetermined angle. As a means for holding the detection lever 17 at the non-detection position, in the present embodiment, the tongue-shaped detection portion 161 of the full tank detection switch 16 is attached in the OFF direction (for example, rightward in FIG. 6). Although a spring force is used, the spring force is not limited to this, and a dedicated spring for biasing the detection lever 17 toward the non-detection position may be provided separately.

  An engaging portion 172 that is recessed upward is formed on the left side of the lower end surface of the detection lever 17, and a protruding portion 173 that can contact the detection portion 161 of the full tank detection switch 16 is also formed on the left side surface. Provided.

  In the full tank detection switch 16, the detection lever 17 is moved from the non-detection position to the detection position, and the detection unit 161 is pushed to the left by the projection 173 of the detection lever 17 as shown in FIGS. To switch from the OFF state to the ON state. An ON signal of the full tank detection switch 16 (a detection signal indicating that the game ball B is full on the lower plate 13) is transmitted to the control unit. When the ON signal from the full tank detection switch 16 is continuously received for a predetermined time, the control unit determines that the game ball B is full in the lower plate 13 and indicates that the lower plate 13 is full. The lighting units 9L and 9R, the speakers 8, 10L, and 10R or the display unit 73 are driven and controlled so as to “notify by voice” to the player.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the lock lever 18 is pivotally supported by a shaft 181 on the lower side of the lower inclined surface 1532 at the right end (the end in the direction in which the game ball B rolls), and as shown in FIGS. The upper surface is inclined from the lower inclined surface 1532 as shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 9, for example, by the urging force of the spring 19 constituting the urging means disposed on the lower surface of the left end portion. When a predetermined number or more of the game balls B are held on the lock lever 18 and stay on the lower inclined surface 1532 of the lower dish ball passage 153 on the lock lever 18 at the same time and a predetermined weight or more is applied, It moves to the unlocked position shown in FIGS. 8, 10 and 12 that has been swung downward by a predetermined angle from the locked position against the urging force of the spring 19. In this embodiment, the spring 19 constituting the biasing means is a coil spring. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the biasing means may be a torsion spring disposed around the shaft 181. good.

  A claw portion 182 that can be engaged with and disengaged from the engagement portion 172 of the detection lever 17 is projected upward on the upper surface of the left end portion of the lock lever 18, and a tapered surface 1821 is formed on the upper right corner of the claw portion 182. It is formed.

  The claw portion 182 of the lock lever 18 protrudes from the lower inclined surface 1532 when the lock lever 18 is in the locked position, in other words, when the game ball B is not full on the lower plate 13, and the detection lever 17 is engaged. By engaging the portion 172, the movement of the detection lever 17 from the non-detection position to the detection position is prevented, and when the lock lever 18 is in the unlock position, in other words, the game ball B is fully filled in the lower plate 13. When a plurality of game balls B stay on the lower inclined surface 1532 of the lower dish ball passage 153, the detection lever 17 can be moved from the non-detection position to the detection position by detaching from the engaging portion 172 of the detection lever 17. To.

  The tapered surface 1821 of the claw portion 182 of the lock lever 18 is such that the claw portion 182 smoothly engages with the engagement portion 172 of the detection lever 17 when the lock lever 18 returns from the unlock position to the lock position. 17 is surely moved to the normal non-detection position. The tapered surface may be provided at the lower corner of the engaging portion 172 in the detection lever 17 in addition to or instead of the configuration provided in the claw portion 182 of the lock lever 18.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
As a result of the lottery of the control unit executed based on the trigger, the game ball that has been driven into the game area 71 wins the start opening 72, and as described above, a large amount is obtained from the ball payout device 20. Of game balls B are paid out.

  The game ball B paid out from the ball payout device 20 is received from the ball receiving port 151 of the ball guiding unit 15 and flows into the upper plate 12 through the upper plate ball passage 152 and the ball payout port 122 and stored. When the upper plate 12 is filled with the game balls B and the game ball B overflows into the upper plate ball passage 152, the game balls B overflowing into the upper plate ball passage 152 are moved to the lower plate as shown in FIGS. It flows down to the spherical passage 153 side, rolls the upstream upper inclined surface 1531 rightward, and falls from the right end of the upper inclined surface 1531 onto the lower inclined surface 1532 on the downstream side. At this time, since the game ball B is not yet full in the lower plate 13, the game ball B does not stay on the lower inclined surface 2532 of the lower plate ball passage 153. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lock lever 18 is held in the locked position by the urging force of the spring 19, and the claw portion 182 engages with the engagement portion 172 of the detection lever 17, thereby disengaging the detection lever 17. Restrained at the detection position. Therefore, in this state, the game ball B dropped on the lower inclined surface 1532 rebounds toward the detection lever 17, the flow direction of the game ball B changes due to a collision between the game balls B, etc. Even if the game ball B comes into contact with the detection lever 17, the detection lever 17 does not move to the detection position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the operation when the detection unit 161 of the full tank detection switch 16 is not necessary, extend the contact life of the full tank detection switch 16, and reliably prevent erroneous detection. Become.

  Further, when the game ball B is continuously paid out from the ball payout device 20 and the game ball B becomes full in the lower plate 13, the game ball B is placed under the lower plate ball passage 153 as shown in FIG. It begins to stay on the inclined surface 1532 and rides on the lock lever 18. However, in this state, since the game ball B is not yet full on the lower inclined surface 1532, the number of the game balls B riding on the lock lever 18 is small, and the downward load acting on the lock lever 18 Therefore, although the lock lever 18 moves slightly downward against the biasing force of the spring 19, the claw portion 182 is still engaged with the engagement portion 172 of the detection lever 17, and the detection lever 17 is moved to the detection position. Is preventing movement. Therefore, even when the game ball B stays slightly on the lower inclined surface 1532, erroneous detection of the full tank detection switch 16 can be reliably prevented.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, even if the game ball B is stored on the lower inclined surface 1532 of the lower dish ball passage 153 so as not to overlap vertically and rides on the lock lever 18 in a single stage, it acts on the lock lever 18. Since the downward load to be applied is insufficient, the lock lever 18 is still held in the locked position and prevents the detection lever 17 from moving to the detection position. Therefore, even if a ball biting phenomenon occurs on the lower inclined surface 1532 of the lower dish ball passage 153 and the game ball B is not full on the lower inclined surface 1532, the detection lever 17 does not touch the detection lever 17. It does not move to the detection position. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the player from informing the player about the ball removal of the lower plate 13 before the game ball B is filled with the lower inclined surface 1532.

  When the game ball B is further paid out from the ball payout device 20 and the game ball B overflowing from the lower plate 13 fills the lower inclined surface 1532 of the lower plate ball passage 153, as shown in FIG. When the plurality of game balls B ride on the lock lever 18, the lock lever 18 moves from the lock position to the unlock position against the biasing force of the spring 19 due to the weight of the plurality of game balls B.

  When the game ball B flowing down in the lower dish ball passage 153 falls on the game ball B staying on the lower inclined surface 1532 in a state where the lock lever 18 is moved to the unlock position, FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the dropped game ball B comes into contact with the right side surface of the detection lever 17 so as to push the detection lever 17 leftward. As a result, the detection lever 17 moves from the non-detection position to the detection position and pushes the detection unit 161 of the full tank detection switch 16 to turn the full tank detection switch 16 on. When the ON state of the full tank detection switch 16 continues for a predetermined time, the control unit fills the lower ball 13 with the game ball B based on the ON signal of the full tank detection switch 16 continuing for a predetermined time. The lighting units 9L and 9R, the speakers 10L and 10R, or the display unit 73 are controlled to “notify by voice” so that the player can remove the ball from the lower tray 13.

  Based on the notification of ball removal, when the player slides the lower plate ball removal lever 132 to open the ball removal hole 133, the game ball B stored in the lower plate 13 is removed from the ball removal hole 133. It is discharged to the ball box.

  When the game ball B in the lower plate 13 is discharged to the ball box, the game ball B staying on the lower inclined surface 1532 including the game ball B riding on the lock lever 18 is It flows into the lower plate 13 through the direction inclined surface 1533, the lower plate communication hole 154, and the ball discharge outlet 131. As a result, the game ball B that is in contact with the detection lever 17 in the state of being on the lock lever 18 is eliminated, so that the detection lever 17 is moved from the detection position by the elastic force of the detection unit 161 of the full tank detection switch 16. The lock lever 18 returns to the detection position, and the urging force of the spring 19 returns the lock lever 18 from the unlock position to the lock position, and the claw portion 182 engages with the engagement portion 172 of the detection lever 17 to detect the detection position of the detection lever 17. Stop moving to. When the detection lever 18 moves to the non-detection position, the full tank detection switch 16 is switched from the ON state to the OFF state, and the control unit stops the control of the ball removal notification in response to this.

  When the claw portion 182 of the lock lever 18 is engaged with the engagement portion 182 of the detection lever 18, the detection lever 18 is slightly moved from the non-detection position to the detection position as shown in FIG. In addition, since the tapered surface 1821 is formed at the upper right corner of the claw portion 182, the claw portion 182 reliably engages with the engaging portion 182 and forcibly moves the detection lever 18 to the detection position.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the detection lever 17 that can move from the non-detection position to the detection position when the game ball B staying in the lower dish ball passage 153 contacts the lower dish ball passage 153. When the detection lever 17 is moved to the detection position, the full tray detection switch 16 that can output a detection signal indicating that the game ball B is full on the lower plate 13 and the lower plate 13 are full. As a result, when a plurality of game balls B staying in the lower dish ball passage 153 ride on, the detection lever 17 is moved from the non-detection position to the detection position to the unlock position where the detection lever 17 is prevented from moving to the detection position. By providing the lock lever 18 that can be used, the detection lever 17 can be moved to the detection position when the lower tray 13 is full and the game ball B fills the lower tray ball passage 153. Therefore, it is possible to lower tray 13 is reliably detected that became full in the game ball B. Further, when the lower dish ball passage 153 is not filled with the game balls B, even if the game ball B bounced back in the lower dish ball passage 153 contacts the detection lever 17, the detection position of the detection lever 18 is detected from the non-detection position. Therefore, the contact life of the full tank detection switch 16 can be extended.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiment within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.
(I) The full tank detection switch 16 is replaced with a contact type switch, and is a contactless type switch.
(Ii) The lock lever 18 is formed of a spring material and is returned to the lock position by its own elastic force. In this case, the lock lever 18 itself constitutes an urging means for urging the lock lever 18 to the lock position.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Lower decoration board 5 Front door 6 Glass board 7 Game board 8 Speaker 9L, 9R Illumination part 10L, 10R Speaker 11 Launching device 12 Upper plate 13 Lower plate 14 Launch handle 14a Handle ring 15 Sphere Guidance unit 15A First case 15B Second case 15C Cover 16 Full detection switch 17 Detection lever 18 Lock lever 19 Spring (biasing means)
20 Ball dispenser 21, 22 Hinge part 71 Game area 72 Start opening 73 Display part 74 Big prize opening 75 Out opening 121 Alignment passage 122 Ball discharge outlet 131 Ball discharge outlet 132 Ball release lever 133 for lower dish Ball release hole 151 Ball receiver Entrance 152 Upper plate ball passage 153 Lower plate ball passage 154 Lower plate communication port 161 Detection unit 171 Shaft 172 Engagement portion 173 Projection portion 181 Shaft 182 Claw portion 1531 Upper inclined surface 1532 Lower inclined surface 1533 Forward inclined surface 1534 Step surface 1821 Tapered surface B game ball

Claims (3)

An upper plate capable of storing game balls paid out from a ball payout device capable of paying out game balls;
A lower plate provided below the upper plate;
A ball path capable of guiding game balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate to the lower plate;
A detection lever capable of moving from a non-detection position to a detection position by contact of a game ball staying in the ball passage as the lower plate becomes full,
A full tank detection switch capable of outputting a detection signal indicating that the game ball is full on the lower plate by detecting that the detection lever has moved to the detection position;
In the ball passage, the detection lever is prevented from moving from the non-detection position to the detection position, and the game ball staying in the ball passage rides on the detection lever from the non-detection position. A gaming machine comprising: a lock lever movable to an unlock position that enables movement to the detection position.   When the lock lever is in the locked position, it engages with the detection lever to prevent the detection lever from moving from the non-detection position to the detection position, and when in the unlock position, the detection lever The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the detection lever is allowed to move from the non-detection position to the detection position by detaching from the lever.   The lock lever is urged to the lock position by the urging means, and a plurality of game balls staying in the ball passage ride on the lock lever from the lock position against the urging force of the urging means. The game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game machine moves to a position.

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