JP2514082Y2 - Ball feeder for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device] [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a batting ball supply device for a pachinko machine that supplies one batting ball to a launch position.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, as a batting ball supply device for a pachinko machine that supplies one batting ball to a firing position, for example, a batting ball feeding device that operates a ball feeding member in conjunction with a batting mallet that ejects a batting ball, or an electric device such as a solenoid. There has been proposed a hitting ball supply device and the like in which a ball feeding member is driven by using a general driving source. All of these ball hitting supply devices have been applied with a link mechanism.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

For this reason, there is a problem that it cannot be applied to all kinds of pachinko machines because it requires a large space to store the link mechanism.In addition, when the link mechanism is inconveniently connected or a solenoid is used, There was a problem that the magnetic core was worn and accurate ball feeding was not possible. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a stable hit ball for a long period of time without requiring a large installation place, having a simple structure, and having few failures. It is to provide a hitting ball supply device for a pachinko machine that can perform.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the hitting ball supply device according to the present invention is arranged such that one hitting ball can be placed and moves up and down in the middle of a supply passage for supplying the hitting balls in line to the firing position. A hitting ball mounting member capable of alternately forming a first step portion on the downstream side and a second step portion on the upstream side is provided between the bottom surface of the front and rear supply passages, and the hitting ball placing member. An electromagnet for attracting the attracting member fixed to the upper part of the ball is disposed above the hitting ball mounting member, and when the attracting member is not attracted due to the non-operation of the electromagnet, the second step portion is eliminated and the supply passage is provided. The ball hitting the ball is received in the ball placing member, the received ball abuts the first step portion and stands by in the ball placing member, and the attraction member is attracted by the operation of the electromagnet. Sometimes the first stage The hit ball, which has been abandoned in the hit ball placing member, is allowed to flow down toward the firing position, and the subsequent hit ball is not received in the hit ball placing member at the second step portion. It is characterized by that.

[Action]

When the ball hits the supply passage while the electromagnet is not energized and is in a non-operating state, the leading ball is received in the ball mounting member and abuts on the first step on the downstream side to stop. . When the electromagnet is energized and operated in this state, the attracting member is attracted and the hitting ball mounting member rises. Then, the first stepped portion between the tip of the hitting ball mounting member and the bottom surface of the supply passage is eliminated, so that the hitting ball standing by in the hitting ball mounting member flows down through the supply passage and hits the ball at the hitting position. Is supplied to.
Further, at this time, since the upstream second step portion is formed between the rear end of the hitting ball mounting member and the bottom surface of the supply passage, the subsequent hitting ball is stopped at the second step portion. It Then, when the energization of the electromagnet is stopped, the attracting action on the attracting member disappears, so that the hitting ball mounting member descends by its own weight. Then, the second step portion between the rear end of the hitting ball mounting member and the bottom surface of the supply passage is eliminated, so that the first hitting ball is received in the hitting ball mounting member. At this time, since the first step portion is formed between the tip of the hitting ball mounting member and the bottom surface of the supply passage, the received hitting ball abuts the first step portion and hits the ball hitting member. Wait inside. Then, by repeating the above-mentioned operation, one hit ball is supplied to the firing position. The energization of the electromagnet is controlled so as to be linked to the operation of the hammer. That is, in the present invention, the hitting ball mounting member which constitutes a part of the supply passage for supplying the hitting ball to the firing position has a function as a ball feeding member, and the ball hitting member itself as the ball feeding member. Since the hitting ball mounting member is moved up and down by an electromagnet having no movable part located above, the size of the hitting ball supply device can be suppressed to a minimum, and therefore, the installation place is saved.
In addition, since there is no complicated link mechanism, it can be applied to various types of pachinko machines, and it is possible to stably supply a hit ball over a long period with few failures.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the pachinko machine 1 to which the hitting ball supply device 25 according to the embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. In this embodiment, as an example of the pachinko machine 1, an enclosed type pachinko machine that encloses a hit ball to be shot and plays a game is illustrated. Then, FIG. 5 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 6 is a partial front view showing a part of the back surface of the pachinko machine. In the figure, a pachinko machine 1 has a frame-shaped front frame 2, and a metal frame 3 is provided around the opening of the front frame 2. A glass door 4 for accommodating a glass plate and a front plate 5 are pivotally supported on the metal frame 3 so that they can be opened and closed separately. A game board 11 is provided behind the glass door 4, and a front plate 5 has a launch ball window 9 through which a hit ball to be shot can be seen,
A display / operation unit 10 is provided in which information related to games, operation buttons related to games, and the like are provided. Further, the front frame 2 has an operation handle 6 for firing a hit ball below and adjusting the firing force thereof, and a speaker 7 for generating a sound effect for enlivening the atmosphere of the game.
Are provided, and a coin insertion slot 8 for inserting a coin for starting a game is provided on the side of the. Then, when the player inserts a coin from the coin insertion slot 8,
A predetermined number (for example, 16) of hit balls are allowed to be fired. Further, instead of the coin insertion slot 8, a card insertion slot into which a card in which ball data is stored may be inserted may be provided. In this case, instead of the operation of continuously inserting coins, a game is continuously played until the number of ball data becomes “0” (in the illustrated embodiment, a game of 16 units is regarded as one unit game, One unit game is played continuously). By the way, a game board arranged behind the glass door 4.
11 is provided with a plurality of various winning devices for winning a shot hit ball, and an obstacle nail for changing the falling direction, speed, etc. of the hit ball. In the illustrated embodiment, a plurality of (16) entrances are formed in the lowermost part of the game board 11, a score is established by a combination of hit balls entering the entrances, and a prize corresponding to the score is awarded. It is like this. On the other hand, on the back surface of the pachinko machine 1, as shown in FIG. 6, the hit balls that have won the various winning devices provided on the game board 11 and the plurality of entrances are discharged from one outlet. A collecting path 12 for collecting hit balls is provided, and a ball polishing device 13 is connected to the end of the collecting path 12. The ball polishing device 13 polishes the collected hit balls (enclosed balls) one by one. The hit ball polished by the ball polishing device 13 is sent to the supply path 14. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the downstream portion of the supply passage 14 is provided with a supply passage 16 including a hitting ball supply device 25 which constitutes a main part of this embodiment.
At the end of the supply passage 16, the firing position of the firing rail 18
A supply hole 17 (see FIG. 1) which faces just before 19 is opened. The supply passage 16 aligns the hit balls in a row and causes the hit balls to flow down. In addition, an overflow ball path 15 is connected to the supply path 14 so that when the number of hit balls stored in the supply path 14 exceeds a certain amount, the ball overflows and is returned to the recovery path 12. A part of the supply path 14 faces the launching ball window 9. Further, a batting ball launching device 20 which is driven by a player operating the operating handle 6 is fixed to the lower portion of one side of the back surface of the pachinko machine 1 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The hitting ball launching device 20 includes a hitting ball hammer 21 for elastically hitting a hitting ball at a launching position 19 of a launching rail 18 and a hitting ball motor 22 for reciprocally rotating the hitting ball hammer 21. Therefore, when the player operates the operation handle 6 to drive the hitting ball launching device 20, the hitting ball at the launch position 19 is sequentially launched into the game board 11 by the hitting mallet 21. At the launch position 19, the supply passage 16
The batted balls are sequentially supplied by the batted ball feeder 25, and the batted balls that are fired as described above are collected in the collecting path 12 and polished by the ball polishing device 13 to be supplied to the supply passage 16. . Therefore, the hit ball is circulated and used in the pachinko machine 1. By the way, the structure of the hitting ball supply device 25 arranged in the middle of the supply passage 16 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. The hitting ball supply device 25 is composed of a hitting ball mounting member 26 arranged immediately before the supply hole 17 formed at the end of the supply passage 16 and an electromagnet 31 fixed above the hitting ball mounting member 26. . The hitting ball mounting member 26 is formed in the shape of a box frame with front and rear walls facing the supply passage 16 penetrating to receive only one hitting ball, and an attracting member 27 made of a magnetic material such as iron is fixed to the upper part thereof. . The bottom surface of the hitting ball mounting member 26 is an inclined surface 28 that inclines toward the downstream side. The hitting ball mounting member 26 configured as described above is installed in the supply passage 16 so as to be vertically movable. At the position where the hitting ball mounting member 26 is lowered, a first step portion 29 is formed between the tip of the hitting ball mounting member 26 and the bottom surface of the supply passage 16 as shown in FIG. Placement part 26
Is raised, the rear end of the hitting ball mounting member 26 and the supply passage
As shown in FIG. 2, a second step portion 30 is formed between the bottom surface of 16 and the bottom surface. The vertical movement of the hitting ball mounting member 26 is activated by the electromagnet 31, and when the electromagnet 31 is energized, the adsorbing member 27 is attracted to raise the hitting ball mounting member 26 and when the energization to the electromagnet 31 is cut off. Then, the hitting ball mounting member 26 descends by its own weight. In the illustrated embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a guide piece 32 is provided on the side of the suction member 27 to guide the vertical movement of the hitting ball mounting member 26. This guide piece 32
Is not necessary depending on the installation location. The operation of the hitting ball supply device 25 configured as described above will be described in connection with the hitting ball launching device 20. First, in a normal state, since the electromagnet 31 is not energized, the hitting ball mounting member 26 is provided. Is in the lowered position. Therefore, the head of the hit balls that flow down in a row in the supply passage 16 is received in the hit ball mounting member 26 and is in contact with the first step portion 29. When the player operates the operation handle 6 in such a state, the hitting motor 22 is rotationally driven and the hitting mallet 21 starts reciprocating rotation. Then, a sensor (optical sensor) (not shown) is actuated by the batting mallet 21 in a state where the batting mallet 21 is most pulled (a position farthest from the firing position 19), and the electromagnet 31 is energized by a signal from the sensor. . When the electromagnet 31 is energized, the attracting member 27 is attracted to raise the hitting ball mounting member 26. As a result, the first step portion 29 is eliminated, and the hit ball waiting in the hit ball placing member 26 flows out from the inclined surface 28, falls from the supply hole 17 onto the launch rail 18, and moves to the launch position 19. Then, after the batting ball moves to the firing position 19, the batting mallet 21 abruptly returns and repels the batting ball at the firing position 19. Further, since the second step portion 30 is formed at the position where the hit ball placing member 26 is raised, the hit balls lined up in the supply passage 16 are stopped by coming into contact with the second step portion 30 and flowing down to the downstream side. It is supposed not to. The energization time of the electromagnet 31 is
The time from when the sensor is turned on until the batting mallet 21 returns to the firing position 19 is set. Then, when the power supply to the electromagnet 31 is cut off, the hitting ball mounting member 26 descends due to its own weight. When the hitting ball mounting member 26 descends, the second step portion 30 is eliminated, so that the next hitting ball is received in the hitting ball mounting member 26 and is waited by the first step portion 29. Below, a hammer
The above-mentioned operation is continuously performed following the reciprocating motion of 21, and the operation of supplying the hit balls one by one to the firing position 19 and ejecting them is repeated. In addition, in the above operation, the hit ball itself supplied by the hit ball supply device 25 is shown to be actuated by the hitting mallet 21.However, for example, the electromagnet is delayed by a minute time from the time when the detection signal from the sensor is received. 31 may be configured to be energized so that the next hit ball is supplied to the firing position 19 after the previously supplied hit ball is ejected (however, the first hit ball is a blank hit) ). With this configuration, it is possible to lengthen the stabilization time of the supplied hit ball at the launch position 19 and prevent spots from flying. Although the embodiment has been described above, according to this embodiment, the hitting ball mounting member 26 forming a part of the supply passage 16 for supplying the hitting ball to the firing position 19 has a function as a ball feeding member, Since the hitting ball mounting member 26 is moved up and down by the electromagnet 31 having no movable portion located above the hitting ball mounting member 26 itself as the ball feeding member, the size of the ball hitting supply device 25 can be suppressed to a minimum. Therefore, since it does not take up a place to install and there is no complicated link mechanism, it can be applied to various types of pachinko machines, and it is possible to stably supply a hit ball for a long period with few failures. it can. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the enclosed type pachinko machine is illustrated as an example of the pachinko machine 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various types of pachinko machines that require a batting ball supply device for supplying a batting ball may be used.

[Effect of device]

As is apparent from the above description, in the hitting ball supply device according to the present invention, the hitting ball mounting member forming a part of the supply passage for supplying the hitting ball to the firing position has a function as a ball feeding member, Since the ball striking member is moved up and down by an electromagnet having no movable section located above the ball striking member itself, the size of the ball striking device can be minimized. Since it does not take a long time and there is no complicated link mechanism, it can be applied to various types of pachinko machines and can supply a hit ball stably for a long period with few failures.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 and 2 are perspective views showing the operation of the hitting ball supply device according to the embodiment, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are partial rear views showing the back surface configuration of the pachinko machine including the hitting ball supply device. The figure is
FIG. 6 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the hitting ball supply device according to the embodiment is applied, and FIG. 6 is a partial front view showing a part of the back surface of the pachinko machine. 1 …… Pachinko machine 16 …… Supply passage 19 …… Launching position 25 …… Striking ball feeding device 26 …… Striking ball mounting member 27 …… Suctioning member 29 …… First step portion 30 …… Second step portion 31 ……electromagnet

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A batting ball supply device for a pachinko machine that feeds one batting ball to a firing position, wherein one batting ball can be placed in the middle of a supply passage that feeds the batting ball to the firing position in line. In addition, a hitting ball mounting member is provided which is capable of alternately forming a first step portion on the downstream side and a second step portion on the upstream side between the bottom surface of the front and rear supply passages by vertically moving. An electromagnet for attracting the attraction member fixed to the upper portion of the hitting ball mounting member is disposed above the hitting ball placing member, and when the attraction member is not attracted due to the non-operation of the electromagnet, the second step portion is While accepting the hit ball that is eliminated and flows down through the supply passage into the hit ball mounting member,
The received hit ball abuts the first step portion and waits in the hit ball mounting member, and when the attraction member is attracted by the operation of the electromagnet, the first step portion is eliminated and the hit ball is hit. A pachinko machine characterized in that a hitting ball that has been waiting in the placing member is made to flow down toward the firing position, and that a subsequent hitting ball is not received in the hitting ball placing member at the second step portion. Batting supply device.