JP2524743Y2 - Pachinko machine winning equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine having a rotating body having a receiving opening for receiving a hit ball, and an arc-shaped guide wall formed along the outer periphery of the rotating body. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a winning machine for a pachinko machine having a rotary body having a receiving opening for receiving a hit ball and an arc-shaped guide wall formed along the outer periphery of the rotary body. Was. In such a winning device, an arc-shaped guide wall is generally formed along the outer periphery of the rotating body in order to protect the rotating body from the impact of a hit ball.

[0003]

The guide wall described above is formed over substantially the entire circumference of the rotating body except for an upper portion where a hit ball enters, and a small gap is formed between the guide wall and the outer circumference of the rotating body. It had been. For this reason, when dust enters between the guide wall and the rotating body due to long-term use, dust accumulates at the bottom of the guide wall, and the accumulated dust causes uneven rotation of the rotating body, or There is a problem that the rotation of the rotating body stops. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a winning device for a pachinko machine in which the rotating operation of a rotating body is stably performed for a long period of time.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a rotating body having a receiving port for receiving a hit ball, and a circular arc formed along the outer periphery of the rotating body. A pachinko machine having a guide wall, wherein a dropout for removing dust is formed at the bottom of the guide wall.

[0005]

[Function] Even if dust enters the gap between the guide wall and the rotating body,
The dust moves to the bottom of the guide wall by the rotating operation of the rotating body or by its own weight, and falls out of the falling port formed at the bottom, so that there is no accumulation between the rotating body and the guide wall, Smooth rotation of the rotating body is guaranteed for a long period of time.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the winning device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the prize device 1 according to the embodiment, as viewed from the front.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the prize winning device 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the prize winning device 1.

In the drawing, a winning device 1 has a mounting board 2 mounted on the surface of a game board, and a substantially annular guide wall 3 protrudes from a front surface of the mounting board 2. Guide wall 3
A ball inlet 4 having an interval slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball is formed in the upper part of the ball. In addition, a dust drop port 5 having a size slightly smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball is also provided at the bottom of the guide wall 3. Further, a bearing cylinder 6 protrudes from the inside of the guide wall 3 and substantially at the center of the mounting board 2. A rotating shaft 22 of a rotating body 20 described later is loosely fitted to the bearing cylinder 6.

Further, a plurality of lamp holes 7 and 8 are formed in the mounting substrate 2 on the inner side and the outer side of the guide wall 3 so that a decorative LED lamp (not shown) faces in a circular arc shape. Mounting holes 9 are formed in the upper left and right and lower center. The mounting holes 9 are for mounting the winning device 1 on the surface of the game board.

On the other hand, behind the mounting board 2, a plurality of mounting bosses 10 for mounting a motor mounting plate 30, which will be described later (only two upper and lower left and right bosses are shown in FIG. And a guiding gutter 12 is protruded in the center of the lower part. The guide gutter 12 guides the received winning ball backward. In order to guide winning balls flowing from the inner surface of the peripheral wall 24 of the rotating body 20 to the guiding gutter 12 on the mounting board 2 on which the guiding gutter 12 is mounted, as described later, the winning opening 11 (see FIG. 2).
Has been established.

The rotating body 20 rotatably and loosely fitted in the bearing cylinder 6 is formed in a cylindrical shape with an open rear, and a receiving port 21 slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball is formed at one portion of a peripheral wall 24 thereof. Is formed. In the center of the rotating body 20, a rotating shaft 22 is provided to protrude rearward.
After the rotating body 20 is inserted into the bearing cylinder 6, the E-ring 25 is fixed to a locking groove 23 formed behind the protruding rotating shaft 22 to prevent the rotating body 20 from coming off. It is rotatably supported with respect to. When the rotating body 20 is mounted on the mounting board 2 in this manner, as shown in FIG. 3, the distance between the peripheral wall 24 of the rotating body 20 and the guide wall 3 becomes smaller as the guide wall 3 comes into close contact. The rear end of the rotating shaft 22 is connected to the motor 3 via a connecting member 33 described later.
It is connected to one motor shaft 32.

A motor mounting plate 30 mounted on the mounting boss 10 projecting rearward of the mounting substrate 2 has a motor 31 fixed to an upper portion of a rear surface thereof, and a motor shaft 32 of the motor 31 connects the motor mounting plate 30 to the motor mounting plate 30. It penetrates and protrudes forward. A connecting member 33 is fitted into the motor shaft 32, and a rear end of the rotary shaft 22 is fitted into a front end of the connecting member 33. Therefore, when the motor 31 is turned on, the rotating body 20 starts rotating.

Also, at the rear of the lower part of the motor mounting plate 30,
A guide box 34 that penetrates up and down and is open at the front protrudes, and a detection switch 35 is attached to a lower portion of the guide box 34. The detection switch 35 is a so-called proximity switch having a through hole through which a pachinko ball passes, and is mounted such that the through hole is disposed at a rear position. In addition, a fastening hole 36 corresponding to the mounting boss 10 and an LE (not shown) are provided on the front surface of the motor mounting plate 30.
A lamp board positioning boss 37 and a lamp board mounting boss 38 for positioning and fixing the printed wiring board on which the D lamp is provided are provided in a protruding manner.

In the winning device 1 configured as described above, when the motor 31 is ON, the rotating body 20
Has been rotated. If the peripheral wall 24 closes the ball inlet 4 when the ball enters the ball inlet 4 in such a state, the hit ball stands by at the ball inlet 4 in most cases. When the rotating body 20 rotates and the receiving port 21 and the ball port 4 match, the hit ball that has been waiting falls from the receiving port 21 into the rotating body 20 and becomes a winning ball. The winning ball that has fallen into the rotating body 20 passes through the winning opening 11 from the inside of the peripheral wall 24, flows down on the guide gutter 12, and then passes downward through the passage hole of the detection switch 35.

In the winning device 1 according to the present embodiment, even if dust enters the gap between the guide wall 3 and the rotating body 20, the dust is removed by the rotating operation of the rotating body 20 or by its own weight. Move from the bottom to the outside, and fall out of the dust drop opening 5 formed at the bottom, so that there is no accumulation between the rotating body 20 and the guide wall 3, and the rotating body 2
Zero smooth rotation is guaranteed. In the prize winning device 1 that guides the winning prize ball to the prize opening 11 through the inside of the rotating body 20 as in the present embodiment, the size of the dust dropout opening 5 may be larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. . Also,
The garbage falling from the garbage falling port 5 is divided into the guide wall 3 and the rotating body 2.
In addition to dust that has entered through the gap with zero, dust that has entered the interior of the rotating body 20 from the receiving port 21 is also dropped out when the receiving port 21 coincides with the dust drop port 5.
It is possible to prevent an adverse effect that garbage accumulates on the second side and the smooth flow of the winning ball is prevented.

A pachinko machine to which the above-described winning device 1 is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 4. In FIG.
2, a symbol display device 43, a gate passage 44, an electric winning device 45, and a special winning device 46 are arranged in this order from the top. The relationship between these gates will be described below. The gate passage opening 44 is merely configured to allow a hit ball falling in the game area 42 to pass, and does not discharge a prize ball. Is controlled by the symbol display device 43 provided above the gate passage opening 44 by passing through.

The symbol display device 43 includes a plurality of (three in the illustrated embodiment) symbol indicators (consisting of 7-segment LEDs). The symbol display starts changing display based on a hit ball hitting the gate passage opening 44, and is controlled to stop sequentially from the left symbol display after a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) elapses. ing. Then, when the combination of symbols when all the symbol indicators are stopped is a combination of predetermined symbols, it is determined that a hit has occurred, and the electric winning device arranged between the gate passage opening 44 and the special winning device 46. 45 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds).

When the electric winning device 45 is opened, hit balls falling in the game area 42 are more easily accepted, and all hit balls received by the electric winning device 45 are guided to the special winning device 46. On the front surface of the special winning device 46, a rotating body 47 which is constantly driven to rotate is provided. The rotating body 47 has a plurality of recesses of two different shapes formed on the outer periphery thereof, one of which is a specific recess, and a winning ball in the specific recess is generated as the rotating body 47 rotates. To be moved to the special device operation area. Thus, when the winning ball wins in the special device operation area, the game is in the right generating game state. However, this right generation game state ends when a winning ball again wins in the special device operation area, or when a predetermined number (for example, 16) of hit balls wins in the starting winning openings 1 and 48 described below. It is supposed to.

On the right side of the gate passage 44, a winning device 1 according to the present embodiment is provided. This winning device 1
Has a function as a starting winning opening, and a starting winning opening 48 having the same function is also provided on the left side of the special winning device 46. The starting winning ports 1 and 48 are arranged below one of the starting winning ports 1 based on the fact that a hit ball has won the starting winning ports 1 and 48 during the operation of the special device, that is, in the right generating game state. The attacker opening / closing plate 50 of the variable winning device 49 is opened.

The opening of the attacker opening / closing plate 50 of the above-mentioned variable winning device 49 is executed based on the fact that a hit ball has been won in the starting winning ports 1 and 48 while the right generation state is continuing and 1 A certain number of times of opening (for example,
10) until a winning ball is generated or for a certain time T4
(For example, 9.5 seconds).

When the prize device 1 according to the present embodiment functions as a start winning port for a pachinko machine having the above-described game contents, the rotation speed of the rotating body 20 becomes substantially equal to the predetermined time T4. The rotation speed of the motor 31 may be set as described above. With this setting, the winning of the hit ball into the starting winning opening 1 and the opening operation of the attacker opening / closing plate 50 of the variable winning device 49 can be alternately generated. It is possible to enjoy the game up to the maximum number of times the variable winning device 49 is opened.

The configuration and operation of the winning device 1 according to the embodiment have been described above.
Even if dust enters the gap between the rotating body 20 and the dust, the dust moves to the bottom of the guide wall 3 by the rotation of the rotating body 20 or by its own weight, and the dust drop port 5 formed in the bottom of the guide wall 3.
, It does not accumulate between the rotating body 20 and the guide wall 3, and a smooth rotating operation of the rotating body 20 is guaranteed for a long period of time. In the prize winning device 1 that guides the winning prize ball to the prize opening 11 through the inside of the rotating body 20 as in the present embodiment, the size of the dust dropout opening 5 may be larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. .

In the above-described embodiment, the rotating body 20 has the receiving port 21 for receiving a hit ball inside. However, the rotating body 20 has the same structure as the rotating body 47 of the special winning device 46 as the rotating body 20. It may have a structure in which a concave portion is formed in the portion.

[0023]

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, since a dropout for dropping dust is formed at the bottom of the guide wall, dust enters the gap between the guide wall and the rotating body. Also, the dust moves to the bottom of the guide wall by the rotating operation of the rotating body or by its own weight, falls out from the dropout formed at the bottom, and does not accumulate between the rotating body and the guide wall. Thus, smooth rotation of the rotating body is guaranteed for a long period of time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a winning device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the winning device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the winning device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine to which the winning device according to the embodiment is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Winning device 3 Guide wall 5 Garbage falling port 20 Rotating body 21 Receiving port

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A winning device for a pachinko machine, comprising: a rotating body having a receiving opening for receiving a hit ball; and an arc-shaped guide wall formed along an outer periphery of the rotating body. A prize winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein a dropout for dropping garbage is formed at the bottom.