JP2555827B2 - Pachinko island stand - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko island stand in which a plurality of pachinko machines are arranged in a row, and more particularly to a pachinko island stand in which a pachinko machine in which pachinko balls are circulated is arranged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pachinko balls discharged from a pachinko machine lined up on a pachinko island stand are collected by a collecting gutter, then ground and lifted by a ball grinding and lifting device, and then each of them is supplied by a supply gutter. It is supplied to the pachinko machine, used for games, and discharged to the collection gutter again. In this way, the pachinko balls were circulated and used inside the pachinko island stand.

[0003]

By the way, in the case of circulating pachinko balls inside the pachinko island stand as described above, a circulating device such as a large ball polishing and lifting device is used and Since the circulation device of is always operating,
There are problems that the running cost is high, maintenance and inspection are complicated, and the number of pachinko balls required inside the pachinko island stand is extremely large. The present invention
In view of the above-mentioned problems, the purpose thereof is to provide a pachinko island stand that can reduce running costs and simplify maintenance and inspection, and further reduce wasteful pachinko balls. It is in.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, in a pachinko island stand in which a plurality of pachinko machines are lined up, pachinko balls are circulated and used in the pachinko island stand. Lined with pachinko machines
Extraction means for extracting all the pachinko balls that are provided and recycled for each pachinko machine to the outside of the pachinko machine, and ball polishing lifting means for collecting and pumping the removed pachinko balls for polishing. a capturing means for capturing the transmission has been pachinko balls to each pachinko machine, the provided there when the predetermined condition set for each individual pachinko machine is established those
When the pachinko machine is not playing, after driving the extracting means corresponding to the pachinko machine based on the control signal of the management computer, the ball polishing lifting means is driven.
Both are characterized in that the taking-in means corresponding to the pachinko machine is driven.

[0005]

[Function] Normally, the pachinko balls are circulated and used in each pachinko machine, so it is possible to reduce the operation rate of the circulation device such as the ball polishing and lifting device provided inside the pachinko island stand. The running cost can be reduced and the frequency of maintenance and inspection can be reduced. In addition, since the pachinko balls are recycled, there is no need to wait for extra pachinko balls in the collection gutter, ball polishing and lifting device, replenishment gutter, relay tank, etc. on the pachinko island stand, reducing wasteful pachinko balls as a whole. Can be made. On the other hand, a predetermined condition set for each pachinko machine, for example, based on the passage of a predetermined time, a predetermined control signal corresponding to the pachinko machine is derived from the management computer, and is used cyclically. The dirty pachinko balls are taken out by the extracting means, and then the polished pachinko balls are taken into the pachinko machine by the taking-in means. As a result, the game balls that are circulated in the pachinko machine are automatically replaced for each pachinko machine.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG. 5, the overall configuration of the pachinko island stand 1 according to the embodiment will be described. Figure 5
It is a perspective view showing a part of pachinko island stand 1. In the figure, a pachinko island stand 1 is configured by connecting box-shaped ones corresponding to each pachinko machine 10, and a ball for accommodating a ball polishing and lifting device 20 described later in the center thereof. The polishing and lifting device box 2 is erected. In addition, a supply gutter 3 is provided on the upper part of the pachinko island stand 1 and slopes downward from the ball polishing and lifting device box 2 toward both ends, and on the lower part of the pachinko island stand 1, the ball polishing lifter is operated from both ends. A collection gutter 4 that slopes downward toward the feeder box 2 is provided. The replenishment gutter 3 is for replenishing each pachinko machine 10 with a polished pachinko ball led out from a relay tank 23 provided in the upper part of the ball polishing and lifting device 20, as will be described later. Used pachinko balls removed from the pachinko machine 10 are collected in a recovery tank 22 provided below the ball polishing and lifting device 20.

By the way, in the pachinko machine 10 installed on the pachinko island stand 1, an upper plate 11 which stores the prize balls paid out on the front surface thereof and supplies the balls as a hit ball, and a prize stored in the upper plate 11. A lower plate 12 is provided for storing overflowing prize balls when the balls are full, and a ball returning device 13 is provided below the lower plate 12. The ball returning device 13 counts the number of prize balls removed from the lower plate 12, and then returns the ball to a return tank 15 provided inside the pachinko island stand 1 described later, which is settled at the end of the game. The printer device is built in so that a receipt in which the number of counted prize balls (that is, prize balls obtained by the player) is printed is issued.

The external appearance of the pachinko island stand 1 has approximately the above-mentioned structure, but the internal structure of the pachinko island stand 1 is as shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the internal configuration of the pachinko island stand 1 and the management computer 40. In the figure, on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10, there is provided a reducing machine 14 for pumping the pachinko balls used in the pachinko machine 10 to the upper part. Specifically, the reducing machine 14 is stored in a returning tank 15 that stores pachinko balls returned from the ball returning device 13 and out balls and safe balls (sometimes referred to as winning balls) generated during a game. The pachinko balls are fed to a prize ball tank 16 provided on the upper back surface of the pachinko machine 10 by a conveyor belt or the like driven by the reduction motor 14a. Further, the reduction motor 14a is OFF when a predetermined amount of pachinko balls are stored in the prize ball tank 16 and is ON for a certain period of time when the storage of pachinko balls is reduced.
That is, the pachinko balls are pumped. The reducing machine 14 does not have a function of polishing pachinko balls. This is because the maintenance and management of the polishing function becomes complicated.

A handle motor 17 is provided on the back surface of the lower portion of the pachinko machine 10. A signal indicating whether or not the handle motor 17 is driven is led to a management computer 40 described later. Similarly, the reduction motor 1
4a may also be connected to the management computer 40 and driven based on a drive signal from the management computer 40. Further, a ball punching solenoid 19 is provided on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10, and the pachinko balls used in the pachinko machine 10 are discharged to the recovery gutter 4 through a recovery pipe 18. Although not clearly shown, the ball drop valve driven by the ball drop solenoid 19 may be provided in the reduction tank 15 or may be provided downstream of the prize ball tank 16. In any place, it is sufficient to ensure that the pachinko balls flowing out when the ball drop valve is opened are guided to the recovery pipe 18.

In the pachinko machine 10 installed on the above-mentioned pachinko island stand 1, the launched pachinko balls become out balls and safe balls and are finally collected in the reduction tank 15, and the safe balls are generated. The prize balls paid out on the basis of the above are also finally collected in the reduction tank 15 through the upper plate 11, the lower plate 12, and the ball returning device 13. Then, the pachinko balls collected in the return tank 15 are pumped to the prize ball tank 16 by the reducing machine 14 and used again as a prize ball. For this reason, the pachinko balls are circulated and used in the pachinko machine 10 and gradually become dirty. And
The dirty pachinko balls are all collected by the collecting gutter 4 by driving the ball-punching solenoid 19. It should be noted that, in the case of a type in which the player lends a game ball to be borrowed for the first time by the player with the pachinko machine, there is no special problem, but a pachinko machine 10 of the type in which the game ball is borrowed with a dedicated ball lending machine is installed. In this case, it is expected that the number of pachinko balls brought in by the player will gradually increase and the return tank 15 and the prize ball tank 16 will become full. In this case, an overflow port is formed in the return tank 15. Then, the overflowed pachinko balls may be collected by the collection gutter 4 through the collection pipe 18.

On the other hand, the pachinko balls removed from the pachinko machine 10 flow down the recovery gutter 4 and are collected in a recovery tank 22 provided below the ball polishing and lifting device 20. The ball polishing and lifting device 20 lifts and lifts the pachinko balls collected in the recovery tank 22 to a relay tank 23 provided at an upper portion by a transfer belt (not shown) that is rotationally driven by a lifting motor 21. In the process, a polishing cloth and a pachinko ball are brought into contact with each other to polish the pachinko ball. Of course, the ball polishing and lifting device 20 for polishing and lifting by another method (for example, a method in which the pachinko balls and the pellets are lifted by a spiral while being stirred) may be used. The hoisting motor 21 is also connected to the management computer 40, and its drive is controlled based on its control signal.

As shown in FIG. 2, the replenishment gutter 3 is connected to the left and right to a relay tank 23 provided in the upper part of the ball polishing and lifting device 20, and an opening / closing plate 24 is connected to the connection part.
a and 24b are provided. This opening / closing plate 24a, 24
b is moved up and down by the ball lead-out solenoids 25a and 25b, and the ball lead-out solenoids 25a and 25b are O.
When FF, the connection part is closed to stop the outflow of the pachinko balls from the relay tank 23 to the supply gutter 3. When the ball lead-out solenoids 25a and 25b are ON, the connection part is opened and the supply gutter from the relay tank 23 is stopped. It is designed to allow the outflow of pachinko balls to 3. Further, although not shown, a ball counter (sensor) 46 (see FIG. 4) for counting the outflowing pachinko balls is provided below the opening / closing plates 24a and 24b.
Is provided. In addition, the ball lead-out solenoids 25a, 2
5b and the ball counter 46 are also connected to the management computer 40.

As shown in FIG. 3, the supply gutter 3 is formed with an introduction opening 26 at a position corresponding to each pachinko machine 10.
An auxiliary tank 28 is connected to the introduction opening 26 via an introduction pipe 27. The auxiliary tank 28 is connected to the prize ball tank 16 via a supply pipe 29. Also,
An introduction plate 30 driven by a ball introduction solenoid 31 is provided in the introduction opening 26. This introduction plate 3
0 is fixed to a rotating shaft 32, one end of which is rotated by a connecting member 33 connected to the plunger of the ball introducing solenoid 31, and the introduction opening 26 is closed when the ball introducing solenoid 31 is OFF. When the ball introduction solenoid 31 is turned on, the supply gutter 3
All the pachinko balls flowing down the supply gutter 3 by blocking the above are guided to the introduction opening 26 and guided to the auxiliary tank 28. The ball introduction solenoid 31 is also connected to the management computer 40.

As described above, the reduction motor 14a, the operation sensor for the handle motor 17, the ball-punching solenoid 19,
Lifting motor 21, ball deriving solenoid, ball counter 4
6, and the ball introduction solenoid 31, as shown in FIG.
It is connected to a management computer 40 provided in the game arcade, and inputs and outputs input signals and control signals and the like between them. Further, although not shown, the management computer 40 has a function of receiving a signal such as a hit ball or a winning ball from each pachinko machine 10 to create management data, which is similar to the conventional one, and the data is also an auxiliary computer. It has a function of giving it to 50 to create auxiliary management data and the like.

Now, among the operations controlled by the management computer 40, the operation for replacing the pachinko balls that are used in a circulating manner will be described with reference to the operation explanatory diagram of FIG. First, when the time measured by the crystal oscillator 41 reaches a preset value of the timer clock 42 (for example, an arbitrary time between 4 and 8 hours depending on the type of model), the latch circuit 43 is set. The signal is derived. At this time, when a signal indicating that the handle motor 17 is driven (hereinafter, this signal is referred to as a handle signal) is input to the latch circuit 43, the latch circuit 43
When the handle signal is not input, the output is derived from the latch circuit 43 and the timer setting 44 is executed. Note that the reason why the output is not derived from the latch circuit 43 when there is a handle signal is that the pachinko balls are not replaced during the game.
On the contrary, it is desirable to control so that the handle motor 17 is not driven once the output is derived from the latch circuit 43.

First, the first timer setting is the output circuit 4
5 to drive the ball pulling solenoid 19. When this timer is set, the reduction motor 1
4a is also driven. As a result, all used dirty pachinko balls used in the pachinko machine 10 are collected in the collecting pipe 18. Therefore, the first timer setting time is set to a time sufficient for all used pachinko balls to be discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10.

Next, when the above-mentioned timer setting times out, one of the ball deriving solenoids 25a, 25b on the side where the pachinko machine 10 having the set value of the timer clock 42 is provided and the ball corresponding to the pachinko machine 10 are provided. The timer setting for driving the introduction solenoid 31 is executed. When this timer is set, the lifting motor 21 is also driven. Ball derivation solenoid 25a or 25b
When the switch is turned on, the corresponding opening / closing plate 24a or 24b is opened and the polished pachinko balls stored in the relay tank 23 flow down the supply gutter 3 and are opened by the ball introducing solenoid 31. Guided by auxiliary tank 28
It is guided inside and finally to the prize ball tank 16.

On the other hand, the ball lead-out solenoid 25a or 25b
The pachinko balls that flow out when the
It is counted by the ball counter 46 provided in a or 24b, and the counted value is a predetermined number (for example, 20
(00), a setting end signal is derived from the ball counter 46 to the timer setting 44, first the ball deriving solenoid 25a or 25b is turned off, and the ball introducing solenoid 31 is turned off with a slight delay. . By controlling in this way, almost a fixed number of polished pachinko balls can be reliably guided to the auxiliary tank 28 and finally supplied to the pachinko machine 10, and at the same time, they flowed out from the relay tank 23 to the supply gutter 3. Pachinko balls do not remain in the supply gutter 3. The above-described operation is performed at each set time for each pachinko machine 10.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the pachinko balls are normally circulated in each pachinko machine 10, the ball polishing and lifting device 20 and the like provided inside the pachinko island stand 1 are normally used. It is possible to reduce the operating rate of the circulation device, which reduces the running cost and reduces the frequency of maintenance and inspection of the polishing cloth and the like. In addition, since the pachinko balls are circulated and used, the collection gutter 4 of the pachinko island stand 1 and the ball polishing and lifting device 2
It is not necessary to put extra pachinko balls in 0, the supply gutter 3, the relay tank 23 or the like, and it is possible to reduce wasteful pachinko balls as a whole. On the other hand, based on the lapse of a predetermined time, a control signal is derived from the management computer 40, and pachinko balls that have been circulated and soiled are taken out by the ball-punching solenoid 19 and discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10. After that, the ball lead-out solenoids 25a, 25
b, the polished pachinko balls are taken into the pachinko machine 10 by the take-in means including the ball introducing solenoid 31 and the like, so that the game balls that are circulated in the pachinko machine 10 can be automatically replaced.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, as the pachinko machine 10 installed on the pachinko island stand 1, a payout ball is paid out to the player, and a pachinko ball is circulated by the ball returning device 13 and the reducing machine 14. However, it is also possible to use an enclosed pachinko machine in which points corresponding to prize balls are additionally displayed and an actual hit ball is circulated in the pachinko machine.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, since the pachinko balls are normally circulated and used in each pachinko machine, the ball polishing and hoisting provided inside the pachinko island stand is performed. It is possible to reduce the operating rate of the circulation device such as the device, so that the running cost can be reduced and the frequency of maintenance and inspection can be reduced. In addition, since the pachinko balls are recycled, there is no need to wait for extra pachinko balls in the collection gutter, ball polishing and lifting device, replenishment gutter, relay tank, etc. on the pachinko island stand, reducing wasteful pachinko balls as a whole. Can be made. On the other hand, a predetermined condition set for each pachinko machine, for example, based on the passage of a predetermined time, a predetermined control signal corresponding to the pachinko machine is derived from the management computer, and is used cyclically. The dirty pachinko balls are taken out by the extracting means, and then the polished pachinko balls are taken into the pachinko machine by the taking-in means. As a result, the game balls that are circulated in the pachinko machine are automatically replaced for each pachinko machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a relationship between an internal configuration of a pachinko island stand and a management computer.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a relationship between a relay tank provided at an upper part of the ball polishing and lifting device and a supply gutter.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing an intake mechanism portion of a supply gutter.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram for replacing the pachinko balls that are used in circulation.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a pachinko island stand according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko Island Stand 3 Supply Gutter 4 Collection Gutter 10 Pachinko Machine 13 Ball Return Device 14 Reduction Machine 19 Ball Solenoid 20 Ball Polishing Lifting Device 23 Relay Tank 24a, 24b Open / Close Plate 25a, 25b Ball Derivation Solenoid 26 Inlet Opening 28 Auxiliary Tank 30 introduction plate 31 ball introduction solenoid 40 management computer

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a plurality of pachinko machines are arranged in a row.
On the island stand, the pachinko island stand is a pachinko ball that is recycled and used.
Lined up Ninko machines and provided for each pachinko machine
All pachinko balls that are recycled and used
Extraction means to extract outside and collect the extracted pachinko balls
Ball polishing and lifting means for polishing and pumping and pachinko pumped
With a means for loading balls into each pachinko machine, the predetermined conditions established for each pachinko machine are satisfied.
WhenAnd when the pachinko machine is not playing
In accordance with the control signal of the management computer,
After driving the extraction means corresponding to the machine,Ball polishing
Together with driving the lifting meansBefore supporting the pachinko machine
A pachi characterized by being adapted to drive the recording means.
Nko Island stand.