JP2551888B2 - Ball punching device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball removing device for a pachinko gaming machine, and more specifically, in a gaming machine capable of playing a game using a pachinko ball, the ball is stored in a ball receiving member on the player side. The present invention relates to a ball removing device for extracting a pachinko ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a typical example of this type of gaming machine, in a generally implemented pachinko machine, a pachinko ball for a game (a pachinko ball for a game) is used in a related operation between a ball launching device and a ball feeding device by game operation. (Also referred to as game balls) are sent one by one to the launch site in the aircraft, and the balls are launched into the game surface to execute the game. Then, as a reward for the safe balls generated during this game, a predetermined number of pachinko balls (also referred to as prize balls) are discharged from the prize ball discharging device on the back side of the machine and returned to the player side. For this reason, as a ball receiving member required for receiving and storing pachinko balls, an upper ball plate is generally arranged at the lower center of the front surface of the machine body, and a lower ball plate is arranged at the lower end. Along with this, the prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharge device are always passed to the upper ball dish with priority, and the surplus balls overflowing after the upper ball plate side fills up the lower balls. It is designed to be stored in a ball dish.

Further, in any of the above-mentioned ball dishes, a ball removing means is provided so that the player can operate the opening with his fingertips as needed. About each of these ball removal means,
On the upper bowl side, a ball removal passage continuously provided from the downstream outlet to communicate with the lower bowl side, and an opening / closing valve member that opens and closes the ball removal passage and guides the ball to the ball feeding device, The operation member is connected to the valve member and is exposed on the front side. When the opening / closing valve member is opened by the operation member, the delivery port and the ball discharge passage are communicated with each other so that the storage ball on the upper bowl plate side is connected to the lower ball dish side. It is configured to be discharged to. On the other hand, on the lower bowl side, an opening / closing valve member having an operating portion is assembled below the ball removal port formed on the bottom surface of the dish section, and the ball removal port is opened by opening the valve member. The storage balls on the side of the ball dish can be discharged into a ball receiving box prepared below.

[0004]

Although the ball receiving member of the pachinko machine described above is provided with ball removing means, there is still an inconvenience in removing balls from all the stored balls. In other words, in the means on the side of the lower bowl, even if it takes time to remove the ball due to the fact that the ball outlet is small at present, by making the ball outlet as large as possible and assembling the opening / closing valve member corresponding to this, Alternatively, it becomes possible to quickly eject all the balls within a relatively short time after the end of the game. However, with the means on the upper bowl plate side, as described above, since the on-off valve member is opened and the ball is removed from the outlet, it takes time until all the balls on the same plate side are discharged after the game ends. Hang Even if the balls are actually ejected from the delivery port in an aligned state, it takes a considerable amount of time to remove the balls.

Therefore, on the lower bowl side, it is inconvenient to keep the on-off valve member in the ball-opening open state for a long time until the discharge of the balls of the upper bowl is completed. Also, the player himself cannot take out all the balls acquired after the game in a short time, and cannot leave the pachinko machine. In such a situation, there is a strong demand for the proposal and further appearance of a suitable technique capable of speeding up the time-consuming ball removal on the upper dish side.

By the way, as a proposal for speeding up the ball removal on the upper bowl side, for example, to increase the size of the delivery port, between the delivery port and the inlet of the ball feeding device, Since the posture is not fixed and an appropriate ball flow cannot be secured for each ball, and as a result, good and smooth ball feeding cannot be continued, it cannot be adopted at all. In addition, in recent pachinko machines, there is a tendency that a lot of prize balls can be obtained when the special game state commonly called big hit is established, and the corresponding storage volume (capacity) of the upper bowl plate corresponding to this However, in this case, there is an inherent problem that the ball removal time becomes long as much balls can be stored.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned problems inherent in removing a ball from a ball receiving member described above, and it has been proposed to suitably solve this problem. A game using a pachinko ball is provided. In a machine, a ball removing device capable of speeding up ball removal by a ball receiving member that performs rectifying and sending out of a pachinko ball and storage, and can eliminate the troublesomeness in ball removal, which is said to take a long time. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve an intended object, the present invention is provided on the front side of a gaming machine that uses a pachinko ball, and uses the received pachinko ball as a gaming ball downstream. The ball receiver for ball rectification, which can be sent from the outlet of the unit to the sphere processing unit side in the machine, and also accepts prize balls discharged from the machine to the upstream side when winning is established and can be sent out as game balls. In the member, a first ball-removing mechanism having an opening / closing valve member which is incorporated in a delivery port of the ball-receiving member and an appropriate connecting portion of a ball-removing passage connected to the ball-reception member and which can be opened and displaced from a normal closed position, A second ball having an opening-and-closing valve member which is incorporated in a ball-removing port formed on the upstream side bottom surface of the ball-retaining member and a connecting part of a ball-removing passage connected to the ball-removing member and which can be opened and displaced from a normal closed position. A removal mechanism, Both of the on-off valve members in the second ball-removing mechanism are appropriately connected by an interconnecting means so that the other on-off valve member can be opened and displaced in association with the opening operation of one of the on-off valve members. .

[0009]

In the ball removing device described above, when the ball receiving member is used for ball removal, one opening / closing valve is used in the ball removing operation of either the first ball removing mechanism or the second ball removing mechanism. The member is open-displaced to open the ball-removing passage, and the other on-off valve member is also open-displaced in connection therewith to open the ball-removing passage. As a result, the balls in the ball receiving member can be discharged from the downstream outlet through the ball removing passage and can be discharged from the upstream ball removing port through the ball removing passage. Can be extracted quickly and smoothly.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a ball-removing device in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to preferred embodiments. In the present embodiment, a general pachinko machine is used as an example of a game machine, and a case where a ball removing device is implemented in a ball receiving member described later is mainly shown.

Therefore, the pachinko machine P generally shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be briefly described. That is, on the front surface of the opening of the outer frame 1 for the outer frame that is held vertically,
A front frame 2 for mounting various game components and the like, which will be described later, is removably assembled and opened and closed. This front frame 2
As shown in FIG. 3, a frame body 3 having an external size suitable for the front surface of the opening of the outer frame 1 and having a rectangular window 4 opened inside is shown in FIG. A set opening 6 for a game board, which is located inside the front of the frame 3;
Is formed integrally with a game auxiliary board 7 positioned below the set opening 6 and aligned with the game board.

The detailed structure of the front frame 2 will be omitted, but various game structural members and accessory parts are provided in each of the frame 3, the housing frame 5, and the game auxiliary board 7. An installation portion, an opening portion, and the like for the above are formed.
In addition, as a part related to the pachinko ball passage, a mouth 8 used as an exit for prize balls is formed in the support board portion 3a below the frame body 3, and each portion of the game auxiliary board 7 is used for prize balls. An outlet 9, a ball receiving path 10 for a spilled ball or a foul ball, a return port 11, and a passage 12 for an out ball are formed respectively. A cover (not shown) is attached to the ball receiving path 10.

As for the game constituting members installed in the respective portions of the front frame 2 described above, as schematically shown in FIG. 1, the window frame 13 attached around the opening of the window 4 in the frame 3 is provided with a glass. The door 14 and the front opening / closing plate 15 are assembled so that they can be opened laterally, and an upper bowl D ₁ to be described later is provided in front of and behind the front opening / closing plate 15.
And the ball feeding device 16 are set respectively. Further, a lower ball dish D ₂ and a hitting ball launching device 17, which will be described later, are installed on the support plate portion 3a of the frame body 3, respectively. On the other hand, a game board 18 constituting a required game surface is detachably set in the setting port 6 of the accommodation frame 5 and aligned with the upper surface of the game auxiliary board 7. In the game board 18, an out port 20 communicating with the passage 12 is formed in a circular rail 19, various winning tools 21, 22 and the like are arranged, and a protective guide cover 23 is attached and detached on the back side. It is set to open and close.

On the front of the game auxiliary board 7, the launch rail 2
4 etc. are installed. A mechanism set board 25 having various ball processing parts and the like is set on the back side of the housing frame 5 so as to be detachable or openable / closable. With this set board 25,
As schematically shown in FIG. 2, a window 27 that allows the opening and closing of the protective guide cover 23 is opened in the center of the main body 26, and a discharge path 28 communicating with the out-ball passage 12 is provided inside the window 27. Then, a collective discharge path 29 for safe balls that has entered each of the prize winning tools 21, 22 and the like are sectioned and formed, and a safe ball processing device 30 is attached to a downstream portion of the collective discharge path 29. Further, from the upper part of the main body 26 to the lower part, a storage tank 31 for prize balls, a straightening gutter 32, a delivery gutter 33, a prize ball discharging device 34, and the like are installed, and below the discharging device 34, an upper ball dish D ₁ Main discharge path 35 communicating with the outlet 9 on the side
And, a sub discharge path 36 that is branched and connected from this and communicates with the mouth 8 on the side of the lower dish D ₂ is defined. The secondary discharge path 36
Further, the return port 11 is collectively communicated with one sphere container 37 attached to the rear side of the frame body 3 of the front frame 2 so as to fit the port 8.

As for the ball receiving members for the game balls and prize balls implemented in the above-mentioned pachinko machine P, the upper ball plate D ₁ mainly for ball rectifying and delivering and the ball ball exclusively for storing balls. lower ball tray D ₂ is the use of these spheres dish D _1,
D ₂ is individually provided with a ball removing mechanism. Therefore, each bowl will be described.

(Regarding Upper Ball Dish and Ball Draining Mechanism) As for the upper ball dish D ₁ , as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a dish main body 41 formed by synthetic resin into a substantial ball dish member. ,
The outer shell protector 47, which serves as a reinforcing exterior member for the ball dish, is assembled inside and outside with each other, and is attached and set by a screw that is tightened from the inside on the front surface of the front opening / closing plate 15. In the dish main body 41, a storage portion 42 having a substantially semicircular plane is formed at the upstream portion on the left half side from the front center, and a rectifying portion 43 having a tapered shape is formed at the downstream portion on the right half side. 43
The bottom surfaces of both are connected with a similar delivery gradient (Fig. 6).
reference). Then, one strip-shaped rail 44 is laid on the bottom surface extending from the central portion of the storage portion 42 to the downstream end of the rectifying portion 43, and a delivery path 45 for delivering the balls in one row is formed.

In the upper ball dish D ₁ , the rectifying section 4
A discharge port 46 having an opening area suitable for one ball is formed at the downstream end of 3, and is aligned and communicated with the inlet of the ball feed device 16. On the other hand, the storage section 42 of the dish main body 41 is connected to the exit 9 for the prize ball through the communication port 49. This communication port 49
Is integrally formed on the back of the front left portion of the synthetic resin molded decorative plate 48 attached to the front upper portion of the front opening / closing plate 15 and is aligned with the outlet 9, and the front opening faces the storage portion 42. I have. In addition, each part of the front opening / closing plate 15 has an opening for each of the above-mentioned outlets.

The first and second ball removing mechanism 5 which can be opened from the outside of the outer shell protector 47 by a fingertip operation to a predetermined portion corresponding to the rectifying portion 43 and the storing portion 42 of the upper bowl D ₁ described above.
1,61 are equipped respectively. First ball removing mechanism 51
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, a ball removal passage 52 is defined inside the plate body 41, the upstream end of which communicates with the lower side of the delivery port 46, and the downstream end of which faces the lower ball plate D ₂ side described later. The movable body 54, which is movably inserted in the left and right directions in the guide frame portion 53A on the front side of the plate body 41 and is always urged by the spring 56 in the closing direction (to the right in the drawing), and the upper portion of the movable body 54. An opening / closing valve 55 formed inside and extending from the slide port 57 of the dish main body 41 to the communicating portion of the delivery port 46 and the ball passage 52, and the front side of the guide port frame 60A below the outer shell protection body 47. The operating tool 58 is assembled and connected to the moving body 54. In the normal state, the open / close valve 55 of the moving body 54 is held in a state where the bottom surface of the delivery port 46 and the upper end of the ball passage 52 are closed, and the open / close valve 5 is operated by operating the operation tool 58.
By retracting 5 from the bottom surface of the delivery port 46 and the upper end of the ball removal passage 52, a ball removal open state can be obtained. In addition,
The moving body 54 is held by a lid 59 attached to the guide frame portion 53A.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the second ball removing mechanism 61 has a ball removing port 62 formed on the bottom surface of the central portion of the storage section 42 of the plate body 41 and the plate body 41. It is defined inside and connects the upstream end below the ball outlet 62,
A ball emptying passage 63 having a downstream end facing the return port 11,
It is movably fitted in the guide frame portion 53B on the front side of the plate body 41 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and is always closed by a spring 66 in the closing direction (right side in the drawing)
A movable body 64 urged toward the opening, an opening / closing valve 65 formed inside the upper part of the movable body 64 and extending from the slide opening 67 of the plate main body 41 to the lower surface of the ball removing opening 62, and an outer protective body 47.
An operating tool 68 is provided on the front side of the lower guide opening frame 60B and is attached to and connected to the moving body 64. At normal times, the on-off valve 65 of the moving body 64 is
Is held in a closed state, and the open / close valve 65 can be made to be in a ball-opening open state by retracting the open / close valve 65 from the ball-out opening 62 by operating the operation tool 68. The moving body 64
Is held by a lid 69 attached to the guide frame portion 53B.

The moving bodies 54, 64 and the operating tools 58, 68 in the respective ball-removing mechanisms 51, 61 are connected to each other in a similar fitting engagement form as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. That is, in each of the moving bodies 54 and 64, elastically deformable connecting pieces 72 projecting outward from a substantially triangular hook portion 73 are formed on the left and right sides of the fitting portion 71 formed downward and forward. . On the other hand, each operating tool 5
8 and 68, the fitting port 74 formed inside the central part
Engaging ports 75 are formed on both left and right sides of the inside. Then, in assembling the respective moving bodies 54, 64 and the operating tools 58, 68, the fitting portions 71 and the fitting openings 74 are closely fitted to each other so that the hook portions 73 of the connecting pieces 72 on both sides are engaged with each other. 75 is elastically engaged and connected. By the way, at the time of disassembly of both, the moving tool is inserted by inserting a needle-shaped tool or the like into each engagement opening 75 to disengage the hook portion 73 of the connecting piece 72 from the engagement opening 75 and pull out the operating tools 58 and 68 to the front side. 54, 64 can be removed.

Both of the ball removing mechanisms 51 and 61 described above are
They are linked based on a right operation left interlocking mode as each other's opening operation conditions. That is, as shown in FIG.
1 the front side of which (see FIG. 6) are movably supported one continuous rod 77 to the support portion 76 to the horizontal lateral direction, the moving body 54 the right end of the interlocking device 78A in the communication rod 7 7 of the first side with the engagement connection to the opening and closing direction support piece 79, the left end of the interlocking device 78B in the same continuous rod 7 7 abuts against the engagement Goka ability in the opening direction on the support piece 80 of the movable body 64 of the second side There is. This allows the second mechanism 61 to perform the opening operation by itself, and the second mechanism 61 is opened in the synchronous interlocking state in association with the opening operation of the first mechanism 51. In addition, the support pieces 79 of the moving bodies 54 and 64 on each side,
80 extends forward from the escape ports 59a, 69a of the lids 59, 69 and can be connected to the connecting members 78A, 78B.

(Regarding Lower Ball Dish and Ball Removing Mechanism) As for the lower ball dish D ₂ , as shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 10, a lower plate main body 81 and an upper plate frame made of synthetic resin are formed. The body 82 and the body 82 are combined with each other in an upper and lower direction, and are attached and set by screws that are tightened from the inside on the surface of the contact plate 88, and a storage portion 83 is formed inside the both bodies 81, 82. And as a discharge portion of the aforementioned upper ball dish was withdrawn from the first ball vent mechanism 51 side of the D ₁ sphere, caul 88
The drain gutter 84 attached to the right side of the front of the container frame, and a passage 85 formed from the right side of the plate frame 82 to the side of the storage portion 83, allow the storage portion 83 to communicate with the downstream end of the ball emptying passage 52. Have been. The backing plate 88 is provided on the support plate 3a of the front frame 2.
Is attached with screws from the inside at the front side of the. Further, the discharge gutter 84 and the passage 85 are provided with a backing plate 88 and a lower ball dish D.
It is covered with a cover 86 fitted over _two . More front left lower ball dish D _2, ashtray 87 is attached rotatably to the front and rear directions.

At the center of the lower surface of the lower bowl D ₂ described above, there is provided a ball removing mechanism 91 which can be opened from the outside by a fingertip operation. The ball removing mechanism 91 includes a ball removing port 92 formed in the center of the bottom surface of the storage section 83, and a guide holder that is horizontally attached to the lower surface of the dish body 81 and has a ball outlet 94 aligned below the ball removing port 92. 93, a movable opening / closing member 95 that is movably interposed between the holding body 93 and the lower surface of the dish body 81 and is always urged by a spring 98 in the closing direction (to the right in the drawing), and a guide holding body. It is composed of an engagement piece 99 laid on the bottom surface in 93 so as to be movable back and forth (see FIG. 11). And at the time of normal are held in a state where the moving closing member 95 closes the ball vent port 92 in the valve portion 96, ball vent opening by retracting the valve portion 9 6 sphere vent port 92 by the operation of the member 95 Can be in a state. At this time, the opening / closing member 95 can be restrained and held in the open state by the engagement piece 99.

As shown in FIG. 11, the valve portion 96 of the moving opening / closing member 95 is integrally formed with an operating portion 97 extending to the front side, and the operating opening 97 opens the moving opening / closing member 95. . Further, the engagement piece 99 has an operation portion 100 formed on the lower surface thereof and extends downward from the opening 101 of the guide holding body 93, and is in a non-restrained state in which the engagement piece 99 is retracted into the guide holding body 93 by a fingertip operation. The holding body 93 can be changed to a restrained state in which the holding body 93 is pushed forward and its front end portion is engaged with an engagement opening 103 formed on the front side of the movable opening / closing member 95.

[0025]

Next, the operation of the ball removing device in the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment will be described. In the pachinko machine P, by performing a required game operation under the state of being used for a game, based on the relationship between the operation of the hitting ball launching device 17 and the operation of the ball feeding device 16, inside the upper ball dish D ₁ . Pachinko balls (gaming balls) are sent to the launch rail 24 one by one via the ball feeding device 16, and from the rail 24 to the game board 18
And the game is developed. And during this game, the out mouth 20, each prize tool 21,2
The game ball entered in 2 is finally discharged from the discharge paths 28 and 29 of the mechanism set board 25 to the outside of the machine as an out ball and a safe ball. On the other hand, as a reward for the safe ball, on the assumption that each safe ball is detected and confirmed by the safe ball processing device 30 one by one, based on the setting operation of the prize ball discharging device 34 in the set board 25, A predetermined number of prize balls are ejected.

The prize balls are always discharged preferentially to the upper bowl D ₁ side, and the excess overflowed under this is discharged to the lower bowl D ₂ side. That is, the prize balls discharged toward the main discharge path 35 by each operation of the prize ball discharging device 34 flow down in the same path 35 as shown in FIG. 5, and the prize ball outlet 9 on the front frame 2 side. To the communication port 49 on the front opening / closing plate 15 side
And is discharged to the storage portion 42 of the upper bowl D ₁ . Then, after that, it moves to the downstream side along the slope of the spherical dish D ₁ , and is discharged in _one line through the delivery passage 45 while being sequentially aligned by the rectifying unit 43. The prize balls stored in the upper ball dish D ₁ flow out in the preceding order from the delivery port 46 as game balls in the above-described game continuation state, and then pass through the opening / closing valve 55 of the first ball removing mechanism 51. Pass into the feeder 16.

In this state, when one game ball is struck with the continuation of the game, while many safe balls are generated within a short time, a large number of prize balls are discharged, After the prize balls are stored in each part of the upper ball plate D ₁ ,
The space is filled sequentially with the communication port 49 and the outlet 9. After being filled to the downstream portion of the main discharge passage 35, the ball overflows from the same portion as surplus prize balls from the sub discharge passage 36 to the ball container 37.
And is finally discharged to the storage portion 83 of the lower dish D ₂ and stored as it is (see FIG. 5). However, upper bowl D
_{When the} number of balls in ₁ has decreased, the prize balls are preferentially discharged to the upper bowl D ₁ via the outlet 9 and the communication port 49 as described above. Incidentally, the foul ball generated during the game is discharged from the ball receiving path 10 to the ball container 37 via the return port 11.

In the situation where a large number of prize balls are discharged and stored in the upper bowl D ₁ side and the lower bowl D ₂ side respectively as described above, when these reserved balls are withdrawn as necessary, , Open the ball removal mechanism in each dish. First, lower dish D ₂
On the side, a ball receiving box (not shown) lent from the game hall side is prepared below, and as shown in FIG. 10, the moving opening / closing member 95 of the ball removing mechanism 91 is moved to the left in the figure with a fingertip. By the pushing operation, the ball outlet 92 is opened and the ball outlet 94 is communicated with the displacement of the valve portion 96. As a result, the stored balls in the dish and the ball container 37 can be pulled out from both the openings 92 and 94 and discharged into the ball receiving box.
Then, in this ball removal, the engagement piece 99 is pulled out to the front side by a fingertip operation, and the engagement opening 103 of the moving opening / closing member 95 is pulled out.
The opening / closing member 95 is constrained to the open position and is prevented from returning to the closed position by engaging with. Therefore, in the mechanism 91, even if the finger is released from the opening / closing member 95, the ball can be held in the ball-opening open state, and the ball can be extracted under this condition.

In the removal of the stored balls, the stored balls are finally removed from the lower bowl plate side. Therefore, with the ball receiving box prepared during the game, the ball removing mechanism 91 uses the previously described balls. It may be held in the open state. According to this, every time a considerable amount of the prize balls discharged to the lower ball dish D ₂ side is stored, it is possible to eliminate the trouble and troublesomeness of the ball removing operation.

On the other hand, on the upper bowl D ₁ side, both ball removing mechanisms 51, 61 are opened according to the situation. For example, if you want to withdraw all the stored balls at the end of the game,
The second ball removal mechanism 61 is also opened in synchronization with the opening operation of the first ball removal mechanism 51. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, by pushing the operating tool 58 on the first side to the left in the figure by operating the fingertip, the bottom surface of the delivery port 46 is opened due to the change of the opening / closing valve 55 of the moving body 54. It is communicated with the ball passage 52. Further, since the second-side moving body 64 is pushed by the connecting rod 77 with respect to the first-side moving body 54,
Along with the change of the opening / closing valve 65, the lower surface of the ball outlet 62 is opened and communicates with the ball passage 63. As a result, the upper dish D
Both the downstream part and the upstream part of ₁ are held in the ball-opening open state.

Therefore, the storage balls 42 of the upper ball dish D _{1 and} the storage balls of the ball flow straightening unit 43 are discharged from the delivery port 46 to the ball removing passage 52.
Is discharged to the storage portion 83 through the passage 85 from the discharge gutter 84 on the lower ball dish D ₂ side (see FIG. 4). Also upper bowl D
_The storage balls 42 from the storage portion 42 and the communication port 49 to the outlet 9 of the first flow through the ball removal port 62 through the ball removal passage 63, are discharged from the return port 11 into the ball container 37, and finally reach the bottom. It is discharged to the storage portion 83 of the bowl D ₂ . As a result, all the stored balls on the upper bowl D ₁ side are quickly discharged in a short time.

When a part of the stored balls is to be withdrawn during the game, if necessary, only the second ball removal mechanism 61 described above is independently opened at a proper time. That is, by pushing the operating tool 68 to the left in the figure by fingertip operation, the ball outlet 62 is opened with the displacement of the on-off valve 65 of the moving body 64 and communicates with the ball outlet passage 63 as described above. You. Therefore, the upper plate D
_The stored spheres reaching the storage section 42 and the communication port 49 side of ₁ circulate in the order of the ball bleeding port 62, the ball bleeding passage 63, the return port 11, and the sphere container 37, and are discharged to the lower ball dish D ₂ . At the time of removing the ball, the game can be normally continued for a proper time by using at least the storage ball reaching the storage unit 42 and the rectification unit 43.

In the above-mentioned ball removal with the upper ball dish D ₁ , the ball removal mechanism 91 of the lower ball dish D ₂ may be held in the ball removal open state. According to this, when removing the ball at the end of the game, the operation can be easily performed by simply opening the first ball removing mechanism 51. Further, in the second ball removing mechanism 61, since the stored balls can be partially removed by an operation at any time, an adverse effect on the upper bowl D ₁ , for example, a ball clogging between the storage section 42 and the rectifying section 43. Inadequate sphere flow in the delivery path 45 due to increase in the stored sphere pressure, and further, ball clogging stop near the delivery port 46 and the like are eliminated.
Moreover, even if the mechanism 61 is operated in most cases during the game, it can be easily operated by the left hand of the player operating the hitting ball launching device 17 in a free state, and is careful about removing the ball. You can concentrate on the game without leaving.

[0034]

[Modification] Regarding the ball-removing device to which the present invention is applied
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and another example, which is appropriately applied and modified, is proposed and is preferably recommended. That is, regarding the first and second ball removing mechanisms 51, 61 on the side of the upper bowl D ₁ described above,
The slide operation mode may be changed to a push button operation mode or a rotating lever operation mode, and a left operation right interlocking mode may be used as an opening operation condition for both mechanisms 51 and 61.
In any opening operation form, the operation tool or the moving body of one mechanism on the interlocking operation side is attached to the lower bowl D ₂ shown in the figure.
The ball pull-out mechanism 91 may be restrained in the open position for the same purpose. Further, the ball removing passage 52 of the illustrated first ball removing mechanism 51 may be formed in the center of the inside of the dish body 41 of the upper ball dish D ₁ so as to join with the ball removing passage 63 of the second ball removing mechanism 61. .

In any of the technical examples, the upper bowl D ₁ is
It can be handled as one ball receiving member equipped with a ball removing mechanism in the upstream and downstream parts, and to a game machine other than a pachinko machine, for example, a game machine that can play a symbol combination game using a pachinko ball. Can also be suitably implemented. By the way, in the case of this type of gaming machine, the first ball removal mechanism may be equipped on the game ball delivery processing section side and the second ball removal mechanism may be installed on the prize ball discharge section side. Good.

[0036]

As described above, according to the ball punching device in the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, the ball punching mechanism is arranged at each of the upstream portion and the downstream portion of the ball receiving member of the pachinko ball, and one of them is provided. By arranging the other ball-draining mechanism so that it can be opened and displaced in connection with the opening operation of the ball-draining mechanism, it is possible to speed up ball-draining, which is said to take some time,
The annoyance can be eliminated.

Further, in connection with the opening operation of one ball removing mechanism, the other ball removing mechanism can be opened and the other ball removing mechanism can be opened by an independent operation. All pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving member can be discharged in a short time by opening the mechanism, and only the other ball pulling mechanism can be opened to remove a part of the pachinko balls during the game if necessary. You can also put it out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view schematically showing a pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view schematically showing a front frame of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the upper and lower ball receiving members of the present embodiment, partially cut away.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing upper and lower ball receiving members and a discharge path of award balls.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an upper ball receiving member partially broken away.

7 is a rear view shows the ball receiving member on.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the first and second ball removing mechanisms and their related states with some parts omitted.

FIG. 9 is a plan cross-sectional view showing a connecting portion between a moving body and an operating tool in the ball removing mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a lower ball receiving member partially broken away.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a ball removing mechanism of a lower ball receiving member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 D₁Ball receiving member 46 Outlet 51 First ball removal mechanism 52 Ball removal passage 55 Opening / closingvalve  61 Second Ball Removing Mechanism 62 Ball Removing Port 63 Ball Removing Passage 65 Opening / Closingvalve  77 consecutive rods

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko ball that is provided on the front side of a game machine that uses a pachinko ball, and the received pachinko ball can be sent as a game ball from a delivery port (46) in the downstream section to the ball processing unit side in the machine, and a winning combination is achieved. On the other hand, in the ball receiving member (D ₁ ) for ball rectifying and sending out, which can receive the prize balls discharged from the inside of the machine on the upstream side and send them out as game balls, the outlet (46) of the ball receiving member (D ₁ ) ) And an opening / closing valve member (55) which is incorporated in an appropriate connecting portion of the ball passageway (52) connected thereto and which can be opened and displaced from a normal closed position.
Ball removing mechanism (51), and a ball removing port formed on the upstream bottom surface of the ball receiving member (D ₁ ).
(62) and a second ball-removing mechanism (61) having an opening / closing valve member (65) which is incorporated in a connecting portion of a ball-removing passage (63) connected to the valve (62) and which can be opened and displaced from a normal closed position. The first and second ball removing mechanisms (51, 61) are connected to each other by the on-off valve members (55, 65) by an appropriate connecting means (77),
A ball-punching device for a pachinko gaming machine, characterized in that the other on-off valve member (65) is configured to be openable and displaceable in association with the opening operation of the one on-off valve member (55). 2. The first and second ball removing mechanisms (51, 6)
The on-off valve members (55, 65) in 1) are connected by means (7
7) so that the other on-off valve member (65) can be opened and displaced in association with the opening operation of the one on-off valve member (55), and the other on-off valve member (65). 2. The ball punching device for a pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball is opened and displaced by an independent operation.