JP2015188476A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine, when transferring balls accumulated in a ball tray from a ball removal hole to a ball box, preventing unstable ball bulge toward a ball box rearward.SOLUTION: A game machine includes an outer frame 2, a front member 3, a ball tray 4 with a ball removal hole 4b and a ball removal member 6b, and a ball box 103 placed on a shelf boad 102 of an installation island 100, and is configured to open the ball removal hole 4b and discharge balls to the ball box 103. The game machine further includes a ball overflow prevention member at an outlet-side rearward of the ball removal hole 4b. The ball overflow prevention member includes: a ball stop plate 7 configured to rotationally turn between an operation standby position that faces rearward the ball removal hole 4b along a bottom part 4a of the ball tray 4, and a ball stop position suspending rearward the ball removal hole 4b; a passive piece 8 that is integrated with the ball stop plate 7, when the ball stop plate 7 is in the operation standby position, suspends to a passive standby position crossing with a passage for setting the ball box 103; energizing means energizing the ball stop plate 7 towards the operation standby position. When the passive piece 8 is pushed by the rear part of the ball box 103 to rotationally turn, the ball stop plate 7 is configured to rotationally turn to the ball stop position.

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine that includes a player's ball tray that stores game balls and that can discharge the game balls stored in the ball tray to a portable ball box.

  An outer frame attached to the gaming machine installation island, a front member provided in a door-like rotatable state on the front surface of the outer frame, and a ball provided on the front surface of the front member for storing game balls A shelf board on an island where a gaming machine is installed, having a dish, a ball hole formed at the bottom of the ball dish, and a ball removing member that opens and closes the ball hole. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a bullet ball game machine in which a portable ball box is placed in the ball box and the game ball is discharged from the ball hole into the ball box.

JP 2009-261655 A

  As described above, in a ball game machine in which a carry-type ball box is placed on the shelf board of the island where the game machine is installed, and the game balls stored in the ball tray are discharged into the ball box, the rear side of the ball box is at the back of the ball It is difficult to see from the player because it is hidden by the player, so the game ball in the ball box may be leveled by hand, but it may rise up to the rear side of the ball box and become unstable. When the ball box in such a state is pulled forward without being aware of it, there is a possibility that the raised game ball collapses and is scattered on the shelf board (see Patent Document 1 [0006]).

  The bullet ball game machine of Patent Document 1 has a problem that the game ball spills from the rear of the ball box as described above, and the upper surface of the ball box is formed on the front upper portion of the curtain plate portion formed on the lower front surface of the outer frame. A ball storage stabilization protrusion that protrudes from the opening surface is projected, and the ball storage stabilization protrusion blocks the trailing edge of the opening surface of the ball box, thereby preventing unstable bulging of the game ball at that portion. It is what I did.

  However, it is the player himself that sets the ball box on the shelf board in the ball game machine, and therefore the ball box is not always pushed into the shelf board. If the setting position of the ball box is shallow and the position of the rear part of the ball box stays in front of the ball storage stabilization protrusion, the ball storage stabilization protrusion hardly functions or is sufficiently I cannot expect the effect.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to prevent an unstable rise of the game ball to the rear part of the ball box when the game ball stored in the ball tray is transferred from the ball hole to the ball box. The object is to provide a ball game machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention
An outer frame attached to the island where the gaming machine is installed,
A front member provided on the front surface of the outer frame, when the side close to the player is the front and the opposite side is the rear,
A ball tray provided in front of the front member for storing game balls;
A ball hole opened at the bottom of the ball pan;
A ball removal member for player operation to open and close the ball removal hole,
The ball hole is opened in a state where a portable type ball box is placed on the shelf board of the gaming machine installation island so as to face the ball hole of the ball dish, and the game ball in the ball dish is thus opened to the ball box. A ball game machine designed to be discharged
It includes a ball spill prevention member rotatably mounted on the outlet side rear side of the ball hole,
The ball spill prevention member is
A ball stop plate formed so as to be rotatable between at least an operation standby position along the bottom of the ball tray facing the lower side of the ball hole and a ball stop position depending on the rear side of the ball hole; ,
When the ball stop plate is integral with the ball stop plate and is at the operation standby position, the ball stop plate is suspended to a driven standby position that intersects the path of the ball box when the ball box is set under the ball tray. With a piece,
Biasing means for holding the ball stop plate at the operation standby position toward the operation standby position;
A ball game in which the passive piece is rotated by being pushed by the rear part of the ball box when set under the ball tray, and the ball stop plate is rotated to the ball stop position integrally with the passive piece. Provide a machine.

In the ball game machine of the present invention, when the ball box is set under the ball tray, the passive piece is pushed by the ball box and rotates, so that the ball stop plate integrated therewith also rotates and stops at the ball stop position. To. When the ball hole of the ball tray is opened in this state, the game ball flows out to the ball box. At this time, even if the game ball moves toward the rear of the ball box, it is blocked by the ball stop plate at the ball stop position. Alternatively, even if the player tries to push the game ball in the ball box backward to equalize by hand, the ball is stopped by the ball stop plate at the ball stop position. Therefore, it is difficult for the game ball to swell behind the ball box.
In addition, even if the ball box is set at a shallow position on the shelf, there is no doubt that the upper surface of the ball box can receive a game ball correspondingly at least under the ball hole in the ball tray. The ball stop plate on the rear side of the exit side also substantially corresponds to the upper opening surface of the ball box. Therefore, even if the ball box is set at a shallow position of the shelf board, the movement of the game ball to the rear of the ball box by the ball stop plate can be suppressed.

It is a partial cross section front view of the bullet ball game machine which omitted the upper half. It is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view of the bullet ball game machine which shows the state in the middle of setting a ball box to a shelf board. It is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional view of the bullet ball game machine which shows the state which discharged | emitted the game ball from the ball tray to the ball box. It is a half section top view of a ball removal device which shows a state where a ball removal member exists in a closed position. It is a half section top view of a ball removal device which shows a state where a ball removal member is in an open position and a ball stop plate is in a ball stop position. It is a disassembled perspective view of a ball removal device. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the other form of the passive piece of a ball spill prevention means.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 2, the ball and ball game machine 1 is fixed in a state where it is placed on the horizontal rail 101 of the gaming machine installation island 100 provided in the game hall, and the gaming machine installation island 100 is located at the lower front side thereof. A shelf board 102 is projected from the player toward the player side.

  The ball game machine 1 of the embodiment provides a player with a plurality of game balls as prizes when a game ball is launched toward the game area of the game board and the game ball wins a winning opening. It is generally called “Pachinko machine”. This bullet ball game machine 1 includes a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front member 3 mounted on the front surface of the outer frame 2 so as to be rotatable like a door with a hinge (not shown). And a ball tray 4 provided on the front surface of the front member 3 for storing game balls. The outer frame 2 is provided with a curtain plate portion 2a at the lower part on the front side so as to be in contact with the lower edge of the front member 3.

The illustrated ball game machine 1 has only a lower half, and a well-known window hole covered with a transparent plate and a game board mounted on the back side of the window hole are not shown. And a prize ball emitting device for emitting a predetermined number of game balls as game prizes, an upper ball tray for receiving the game balls emitted by the prize ball emitting device, and the like.
The ball tray 4 is disposed below the upper ball tray. The ball tray 4 and the upper ball tray are connected to an overflow bowl 5 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) provided on the back of the machine. It is connected. Therefore, when the upper ball tray is full, the game balls released from the prize ball discharge device flow into the lower ball tray 4 through the overflow bowl 5.
At present, there is a model in which the upper and lower bowls are unified.

[Ball plate]
The ball tray 4 has a tray shape surrounding the front of the ball outlet 5a of the overflow bowl 5 established in the front member 3, and the shelf board of the gaming machine installation island 100 as shown in FIGS. It is protruding above 102. The space between the ball tray 4 and the shelf plate 102 is high enough to allow the portable ball box 103 to be taken in and out. The ball box 103 is a square synthetic resin box having a top opening and having handles 104, 104 on both sides.

  The ball tray 4 is provided with a circular ball hole 4b at the bottom 4a, and a gradient gently descending toward the ball hole 4b is provided at the bottom 4a. Therefore, the original game balls released toward the ball tray 4 from the ball outlet 5a of the overflow basket 5 are collected in the ball extraction holes 4b along the gradient of the bottom portion 4a.

  Further, the ball tray 4 is provided with a ball removing device 6 on the lower surface of the bottom portion 4a which can arbitrarily switch between storage and discharge of game balls.

[Ball removal device]
As shown in FIG. 6, the ball punching device 6 is mounted on the bottom surface of the ball tray 4 with a fixing means such as a screw, and an upward tray-like base member 6a, and is slidably mounted on the base member 6a. The ball punching member 6b and a coil spring 6c as a biasing means for biasing the ball punching member 6b are schematically configured.

  The base member 6a has a square substrate 6d facing the bottom portion 4a of the ball tray 4, a side frame plate 6e surrounding the substrate 6d in a low fence shape, and substantially the same diameter as the ball hole 4b of the ball tray 4. A vertical cylindrical hole 6f that communicates with the spherical hole 4b in the vertical direction and a spring receiving pin 6g that receives the base end of the coil spring 6c.

Further, the ball punching member 6b includes a shutter plate 60b that can block the lower surface of the ball punching hole 4b, a sliding operation piece 61b that is integrally provided on the side edge of the shutter plate 60b on the player side, and the tip of the coil spring 6c. A spring receiving recess 62b.
The ball removing member 6b is slidably supported by sandwiching the shutter plate 60b between the ball tray 4 and the base member 6a. Further, a coil spring 6c is interposed between the spring receiving pin 6g and the spring receiving recess 62b in a compressed state, and normally the shutter plate 60b is provided by the coil spring 6c as shown in FIGS. Is biased toward a closed position that closes the ball extraction hole 4b.
Further, in the ball removing member 6b, the sliding operation piece 61b beside the shutter plate 60b protrudes to the player side through the operation piece missing portion 6h provided on the side frame plate 6e of the base member 6a. The person can move the sliding operation piece 61b to the open position where the ball extraction hole 4b is opened as shown in FIG. 5 by performing a ball extraction operation that applies a force against the biasing force of the coil spring 6c.

Since the ball removal device 6 is configured as described above, the ball removal member 6b is normally in the closed position, and the ball removal hole 4b is closed by the shutter plate 60b as shown in FIGS. . Accordingly, the game balls released into the ball tray 4 from the ball outlet 5a of the overflow basket 5 are stored in the ball tray 4 without coming out of the ball extraction hole 4b.
On the other hand, when the game ball is stored in the ball tray 4 and the player forcibly moves the ball removal member 6b to the open position, the ball removal hole 4b is opened as shown in FIG. The sphere flows downward from the outlet side through the sphere extraction hole 4b and the vertical cylinder hole 6f. As will be described later, a ball box 103 is set on the shelf plate 102 under the ball tray 4, so that game balls that have flowed out of the ball tray 4 are stored in the ball box 103.
Further, when the player releases his / her hand from the sliding operation piece 61b with the ball removal member 6b in the open position, the ball removal member 6b moves to the closed position due to the elasticity of the coil spring 6c and returns to the original state.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a method in which the game ball transferred from the ball tray 4 to the ball box 103 rises in an unstable manner on the ball box 103 and pulls the ball box 103 forward. In order to solve the problem of falling down, a ball spill prevention means for the ball box 103 is provided.

  This ball spill prevention means includes a ball stop plate 7 pivotally attached to the outlet side rear side of the ball hole 4b of the ball tray 4, a passive piece 8 integral with the ball stop plate 7, and a ball stop plate 7 And an urging means for urging the passive piece 8.

[Ball stop plate]
The ball stop plate 7 is a plate-like member having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view having a shaft hole 7a at one end, and is shown in FIG. 2 facing the outlet side rear side of the ball release hole 4b in a shelf shape below the ball release hole 4b. It is pivotally mounted so as to be able to rotate between the standby position and the ball stop position shown in FIG. 3 that hangs behind the ball extraction hole 4b.

  Specifically, the ball stop plate 7 has a length in the left-right direction as viewed from the player side that is substantially the same as the base member 6a of the ball removal device 6, and the rear edge of the base member 6a of the ball removal device 6 The rotating shaft 9 is inserted into the bearing portion 6i projecting from the shaft 6a and the shaft hole 7a of the bearing member 6i, and is thus pivotally attached to the rear edge of the base member 6a.

  When the ball stop plate 7 is in the ball stop position shown in FIG. 3, the ball stop plate 7 hangs behind the ball extraction hole 4b, and in this posture, the free end side is substantially the same height as the upper edge of the rear side of the ball box 103. Is set to

[Passive piece]
The passive piece 8 protrudes downward from the end of the ball stop plate 7 on the side of the shaft hole 7a, and as shown in FIG. 2, the upper half portion substantially parallel to the curtain plate portion 2a of the outer frame 2 is provided. 8a and a lower half portion 8b that bends obliquely from the lower end of the upper half portion 8a toward the player side.
The passive piece 8 is integral with the ball stop plate 7, and when the ball stop plate 7 is in the operation standby position of FIG. 2, at least the lower half 8 b puts the ball box 103 under the ball plate 4. It is in a driven standby position that crosses the path of the ball box 103 when setting. Therefore, when trying to set the ball box 103 under the ball tray 4, the rear part of the ball box 103 hits the lower half 8 b of the passive piece 8.
The passive piece 8 is driven by the lower half portion 8b being pushed into the ball box 103 as described above, and comes into contact with the curtain plate portion 2a of the outer frame 2 as shown in FIG. In this state, the ball stop plate 7 reaches the ball stop position.

[Energizing means]
The urging means is for holding the ball stop plate 7 toward the operation standby position in FIG. 2 and maintaining its posture, and is formed by a spring (not shown) in the embodiment. In addition to this, as the biasing means, there is a method of appropriately setting the position of the center of gravity with a weight or the like.

In addition, reference numerals 10 and 10 in the drawing are a pair of left and right guard members protruding forward from the curtain plate portion 2a of the outer frame 2 so as to sandwich the set region of the ball box 103. Each of the guard members 10 and 10 has a protruding shape that collides with the side surface of the ball box 103 when the ball box 103 is slid on the shelf plate 102.
The guard members 10 and 10 may be fitted to both sides of the handle 104 of the ball box 103 by adjusting the position in the horizontal direction and / or the vertical direction, and more preferably. A ball stop auxiliary part (not shown) may be provided so as to project toward the handle 104 so that the ball stop auxiliary part covers the upper surface of the handle 104. By doing so, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon that the game ball is placed on the upper surface of the handle 104 and spills on the shelf board 102.

[Ball removal operation]
Next, a ball removal operation for transferring the game balls stored in the ball tray 4 to the ball box 103 will be described.
First, in the state where the ball box 103 is not set under the ball tray 4, as shown in FIG. 2, the ball stop plate 7 of the ball spill prevention means is in the operation standby position, while the passive piece 8 is directed downward. It is in the standby position where it waits for the ball box 103.

In this state, when the player pushes the ball box 103 from the near side of the shelf board 102 toward the back, the lower half 8b of the passive piece 8 hits the rear part of the ball box 103 as shown in FIG.
In addition, in some gaming machine installation islands 100, a ball box 103 placed on a shelf board 102 can be slid horizontally. In such a case, the ball box 103 is slid horizontally. It is also possible to set it under the ball tray 4. Of course, in such a case, the correct setting direction of the ball box 103 may be explained to the player as a game precaution. However, in the embodiment, since the guard members 10 and 10 are protruded from the outer frame 2 to restrict the lateral movement of the ball box 103 on the shelf board 102, any structure of the gaming machine installation island 100 can be used as a ball. The setting direction of the box 103 can be reliably directed from the near side to the back.

Next, when the ball box 103 is further pushed in the state of FIG. 2, the passive piece 8 is driven and rotated, and the ball stop piece 7 integrated therewith is also rotated. Then, when the ball box 103 reaches the innermost position, the lower half portion 8b of the passive piece 8 stops in a state of being sandwiched between the curtain plate portion 2a of the outer frame 2 and the ball box 103 as shown in FIG. In this state, the ball stop plate 7 is stopped at a ball stop position depending on the rear side of the ball extraction hole 4b.
The ball box 103 set at a predetermined position has an upper surface opening corresponding to the bottom of the ball hole 4 b of the ball tray 4.

Next, when the player places a finger on the sliding operation piece 61b of the ball removal member 6b in the closed position and moves the ball removal member 6b to the open position against the bias of the coil spring 6c, FIG. Thus, the shutter plate 60b is displaced and the ball hole 4b is opened. Thereby, the game ball flows out from the ball extraction hole 4 b toward the ball box 103.
At this time, the ball stop plate 7 of the ball spill prevention device is in the ball stop position as shown in FIG. 3 and hangs down like a fixed fence behind the exit side of the ball extraction hole 4b, so that the game flows down from the ball extraction hole 4b. The ball does not go to the rear of the ball box 103. In particular, in the embodiment, the front surface of the ball stop plate 7 at the ball stop position is tilted in the shape of an inclined slider, and the game balls that flow down are urged toward the front, so that they flow toward the front of the ball box 103. Cheap.

Since the game ball that has passed through the ball hole 4b as described above can freely move in the ball box 103 in the portion below the ball stop plate 7, the corner of the ball box 103 is independent of the presence of the ball stop plate 7. Go around.
Then, when the storage level of the game balls reaches the lower end of the ball stop plate 7, the subsequent game balls accumulate in front of the ball stop plate 7. Therefore, a space without a game ball is formed behind the ball stop plate 7.
In addition, when a game ball accumulates in the ball box 103, the player tends to level the game ball by pushing the game ball backward or the like, but even in such a case, the game ball is stopped by the ball stop plate 7. Is blocked, it is possible to prevent the bulge in the rear of the ball box 103. By the way, if you try to level the game balls in the ball box 103 by hand, the back of the ball box 103 is hidden behind the ball tray 4 etc. I don't know if I can.

Next, when the player releases the sliding operation piece 61b of the ball removal member 6b when the ball box 103 is full, the ball removal member 6b is automatically moved to the closed position by the bias of the coil spring 6c. Return to.
Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the ball box 103 filled with the game balls is pulled out from the shelf board 102. As the ball box 103 moves forward, the ball stop plate 7 moves relatively backward, so that the game balls that have accumulated in front of the ball stop plate 7 gradually move toward the rear of the ball stop plate 7. It flows into the space and is leveled naturally. Therefore, the ball box 103 can be pulled out from the shelf board 102 without scattering the game balls.
On the other hand, the ball stop plate 7 and the passive piece 8 are automatically set to the operation standby position by the urging force of the urging means because the game balls accumulated in front of the ball stop plate 7 are eliminated by the drawing operation of the ball box 103. Return to the driven standby position.
When the ball box 103 is slid on the shelf plate 102 and pulled out, there is a possibility that the rear part of the ball box 103 may come into contact with the ball stop plate 7 in the middle of the backward movement. Since the rotation direction in which the ball stop plate 7 returns to the operation standby position is the same, there is almost no influence.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, of course, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment. For example, in the embodiment, the length of the upper half portion 8a and the lower half portion 8b and the angle of the lower half portion 8b are not changed in the form of the passive piece 8. It is also possible to provide an adjusting means that can adjust the size according to the size (mainly height) of the ball box 103.
FIG. 7 shows an example of such adjusting means, in which the upper half 8a and the lower half 8b are formed separately, and both are connected by a fixing means such as a screw 11 or the like. By doing so, the lower half portion 8b (or the upper half portion 8a) having a length matching the size of the ball box 103 can be selected and attached. In the adjusting means shown in FIG. 7, the height may be adjusted as appropriate by forming a plurality of screw holes 12 corresponding to the screws 11 in the vertical direction.
Further, although not shown, the adjusting means may be formed in a blind shape by arranging the portions from the bent portion of the lower half portion 8 b in multiple stages in the vertical direction, and any one of them may be in contact with the ball box 103.
Further, although not shown, the adjusting means may be configured such that the angle of the bent portion of the lower half 8b can be changed to a hinge structure capable of adjusting the angle.

  In the embodiment, the position of the free end side of the ball stop plate 7 at the ball stop position is set to be substantially the same as the upper edge of the ball box 103, but the free end side of the ball stop plate 7 at the ball stop position is set. The position may be set within a range equal to or less than one gaming ball from the upper edge of the ball box 103, or may be set below the upper edge of the ball box 103.

  Further, in the embodiment, the ball spill prevention means is provided on the base member 6a, but the ball spill prevention means is directly attached to the bottom 4a of the ball tray 4 or the curtain plate portion of the outer frame 2 is mounted. A bearing arm may be provided on 2a so as to be pivotally attached to the bearing arm. However, when the ball spill prevention means is provided on the base member 6a of the ball removal device 6 as in the embodiment, the present invention can be applied to an existing ball game machine simply by replacing the base member 6a. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bullet-ball game machine 2 ... Outer frame 3 ... Front member 4 ... Ball tray 4a ... Bottom part 4b ... Ball extraction hole 6b ... Ball extraction member 7 ... Ball stop plate (ball spill prevention means)
8 ... Passive piece (ball spill prevention means)
100 ... Island where the machine is installed 102 ... Shelf 103 ... Ball box

Claims (1)

An outer frame attached to the island where the gaming machine is installed,
A front member provided on the front surface of the outer frame, when the side close to the player is the front and the opposite side is the rear,
A ball tray provided in front of the front member for storing game balls;
A ball hole opened at the bottom of the ball pan;
A ball removal member for player operation to open and close the ball removal hole,
The ball hole is opened in a state where a portable type ball box is placed on the shelf board of the gaming machine installation island so as to face the ball hole of the ball dish, and the game ball in the ball dish is thus opened to the ball box. A ball game machine designed to be discharged
It includes a ball spill prevention member rotatably mounted on the outlet side rear side of the ball hole,
The ball spill prevention member is
A ball stop plate formed so as to be rotatable between at least an operation standby position along the bottom of the ball tray facing the lower side of the ball hole and a ball stop position depending on the rear side of the ball hole; ,
When the ball stop plate is integral with the ball stop plate and is at the operation standby position, the ball stop plate is suspended to a driven standby position that intersects the path of the ball box when the ball box is set under the ball tray. With a piece,
Biasing means for holding the ball stop plate at the operation standby position toward the operation standby position;
The passive piece is rotated by being pushed by the rear part of the ball box when set under the ball dish, and the ball stop plate is rotated to the ball stop position integrally with the passive piece. A ball game machine.

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