JP2563040Y2 - Pachinko machine winning equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize winning device for a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to vertically rotate a game board at a position near a lower side of a square game ball entrance provided on a front game board. The present invention relates to a prize winning device for a pachinko game machine, comprising a flat plate portion supported so as to be able to open and close a game ball entrance by rotating the flat plate portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this kind of pachinko game machine, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 3-39084, an upper end 1a of a flat plate portion 1 is flattened in a lateral direction. Also, the front surface of the flat plate portion 1 was flat (FIG. 1).
1).

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned winning device, since the upper end of the flat plate portion is horizontally flat, the flat plate portion is opened when the game ball entrance (hereinafter referred to as the entrance opening) is opened. If the game ball happens to be caught between the upper end of the flat plate part and the upper end of the ball entrance when moving from the inclined state to the vertical state that closes the entrance, the game ball moves due to the force from both ends. As a result, there is a problem that the closing operation of the flat plate portion becomes impossible, and the continuation of the game becomes impossible. Also, when the flat plate part moves from the vertical state at the time of closing the entrance to the inclined state of opening the entrance, when a game ball happens to be sandwiched between the upper end of the flat part and the glass surface of the front of the game board, A problem that the game ball cannot move due to the force from both, and as a result, the flat plate portion cannot be opened, the game ball cannot enter the entrance, and the game cannot be continued. There is.
The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problem, and a game ball is placed between the upper end of the flat plate portion of the winning device and the end of the entrance or between the upper end of the flat plate portion and the glass surface of the front of the game board. An object of the present invention is to provide a prize winning device for a pachinko gaming machine that can reliably prevent a state in which opening and closing operations of a flat plate portion cannot be performed and a game cannot be continued due to pinching of the game machine.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a structural feature of the invention according to claim 1 is a square game ball entrance provided on a game board on the front of a pachinko game machine. A flat plate portion rotatably supported by the same game board in the vertical direction at a position near the lower side, and a ball opening opening / closing mechanism for opening and closing a game ball entrance by rotating the flat plate. In a winning device of a pachinko gaming machine, a pair of inclined surfaces which are notched obliquely from the center to both side ends are provided on an upper end surface of a flat plate portion.

[0005] Further, the constitutional feature of the invention according to claim 2 is that, in the winning device according to claim 1, the upper end projecting substantially vertically forward from the upper end position of the front surface of the flat plate portion is defined as one side. That is, a substantially triangular projecting piece is provided.

[0006] Further, the constitution of the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the game board is mounted vertically on the game board at the front of the pachinko game machine at a position near the lower side of a square game ball entrance. In a prize winning device of a pachinko game machine having a flat plate portion rotatably supported by the player and a ball entrance opening / closing mechanism for opening and closing a game ball entrance by rotating the flat portion, a front surface of the flat plate portion is provided. There is provided a substantially triangular protruding piece whose one side is the upper end protruding substantially vertically forward from the upper end position.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the flat plate portion supported at a position near the lower side of the square entrance is obliquely cut from the center to both ends. When the flat part moves from the inclined state when the entrance is opened to the vertical state that closes the entrance by accidentally providing the inclined surface, it happens to be between the upper end of the flat part and the upper end of the entrance. When the game ball is pinched, the resultant force of the forces applied from the upper end of the flat plate portion and the upper end of the entrance to the game ball becomes a horizontal outward force. For this reason, the game ball moves laterally along the inclined surface at the upper end of the flat plate portion and jumps out of the entrance. As a result, the operation of closing the flat plate portion is performed smoothly, and the game can be smoothly performed without stopping the operation of the pachinko gaming machine.

[0008] In the invention according to claim 2 configured as described above, a substantially triangular protruding piece is provided forward from the upper end surface of the flat plate portion supported near the lower side of the square entrance. Thereby, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, when the flat plate portion moves from the vertical state in which the entrance is closed to the inclined state when the entrance is opened, it is provided at the upper end of the flat portion by chance. When a game ball is sandwiched between the projecting piece and the glass plate on the entire game board, the resultant force of the forces applied from the projecting piece and the glass plate surface to the game ball becomes a horizontal force. For this reason, the game ball falls downward from between the two by the lateral movement. As a result, the operation of opening and closing the entrance of the flat plate portion is performed smoothly, and it becomes possible to enter the game ball into the entrance, so that the operation of the pachinko gaming machine does not stop. , The game can be played smoothly.

In the invention according to claim 3 configured as described above, as described in claim 2, the projecting piece of the flat plate portion and the glass plate at the time of transition to the open state of the ball entrance of the flat plate portion. Since the game balls can be prevented from being pinched, and the opening operation of the flat plate portion can be performed smoothly, the game can be smoothly performed without stopping the operation of the pachinko gaming machine.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. This pachinko gaming machine includes a game board 20 arranged on a front plate 11 of a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped main body 10, and the game board 20 is shut off from the outside by a door 12 in which a glass plate 12a is fitted. A prize device module M shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is incorporated in a lower portion of the center of the gaming board 20. The prize device module M is composed of a pair of right and left prize devices 21 and 22 and a central lid-openable safe. A ball entry device 30 is provided. Also,
A starting port 23 and a special winning port 24 are provided at the upper center and the upper right side of the winning device module M.

As shown in FIG. 4, the safe ball entering device 30 has a horizontally long rectangular game ball entrance 31 (hereinafter, referred to as a ball entrance) in the center, and a lower side of the entrance 31. In the vicinity,
An opening / closing member 32 to which a horizontal shaft 32a provided at a lower end portion is rotatably attached is provided. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the opening / closing member 32 includes a flat plate portion 32 b having substantially the same shape as the entrance 31, and substantially triangular side plates 3 provided on both sides on the back surface of the flat plate portion.
2c1 and 32c2, a winning ball receiving portion 32d provided in the center of the back surface of the flat plate portion 32b, and a pair of game ball dropouts 32e1 and 32e2 provided on both sides of the winning ball receiving portion 32d. The winning ball receiving portion 32d is provided for the winning ball passage 3 shown in FIG.
The winning ball stored in the winning ball receiving portion 32 d is supplied to the winning ball passage 34 when the opening / closing member 32 is closed. The game ball drop port 32e drops the game ball entered therein to the lower game board surface. And the right side plate 32c
A conversion bar 32f for converting the rotational movement of the opening / closing member 32 into a vertical movement is attached to the right side surface of the cover 2. The conversion bar 32f is connected to the electromagnetic solenoid 3 via the conversion device 35.
The opening / closing member 32 opens and closes by moving up and down according to the on / off state of the switch 3.

The opening / closing member 32, which is a main part of the present invention, is provided.
The flat plate portion 32b has an upper end surface 32b1 formed on an inclined surface 32b2 which is inclined from a central rear end portion to left and right end portions as shown in FIGS. The flat plate portion 32b
As shown in FIG. 5, a protruding piece 32b3 is provided at the upper end of the front surface of the front side of the front face, and the protruding piece 32b3 is formed as an isosceles triangle whose center largely protrudes.

Next, the operation of the safe ball entering ball device 30 configured as described above will be described. When a game ball supplied into the game board by a hit ball launching device (not shown) enters the central starting port 23, the safe ball entering device 30 is controlled under the control of a control device (not shown) accordingly. Open / close member 32 repeats opening and closing a predetermined number of times at a predetermined cycle. When the game ball B enters the entrance 31 and enters the winning ball receiving portion 32d when the opening / closing member 32 is opened, the benefit of opening the special winning opening 24 is given. When entering the game ball drop opening 32e, the game ball B falls downward. Then, the opening and closing member 32 attempts to move from the closed state of the entrance 31 to the open state,
When the flat plate portion 32b starts to tilt, as shown in FIG. 7, the projecting piece 32b3 at the upper end of the flat plate portion 32b and the glass plate 1
Even if the game ball B happens to be sandwiched between 1a, the resultant force of the force applied from the protruding piece 32b3 and the glass plate 11a surface to the game ball B becomes a horizontal outward force (see FIG. 8). For this reason, the game ball B is moved in the lateral direction so that the projecting piece 32b3
And it falls down from between the glass plate 11a surfaces. As a result, the opening operation of the flat plate portion 32b is performed smoothly, and the game ball B can be entered into the entrance 31 and the game can be smoothly continued without stopping.

When the opening / closing member 32 moves from the open state of the entrance 31 to the closed state and the flat plate portion 32b returns to the vertical state, as shown in FIG. 9, the upper end 32b1 of the flat plate portion 32b is closed. Between the upper end of the entrance 31 and
Even if the game ball B happens to be caught, the resultant force of the forces applied to the game ball B from the flat plate upper end 32b1 and the upper end of the entrance 31 is slightly lower than the horizontal (see FIG. 10). For this reason, the game ball B has an inclined surface 32b at the upper end of the flat plate portion.
It moves laterally along 2 and jumps out of the entrance 31. As a result, the closing operation of the flat plate portion 32b is performed smoothly, and the game can be smoothly continued without stopping.

The safe ball insertion device 30 shown in the above embodiment is an example, and the specific shapes of the inclined portion of the flat plate portion and the front protruding piece can be appropriately changed according to the use and the like. it can. In the above embodiment,
The case where both the inclined portion and the front protruding piece are provided has been described, but by using either one of them, a unique effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a front side of a pachinko gaming machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing in detail a winning device module of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view showing in detail a winning device module of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing member of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the opening / closing member.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along a line II and a line II-II shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and a glass plate.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and a glass plate.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and the upper end of a ball entrance.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and the upper end of a ball entrance.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing member of a conventional pachinko gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

10; pachinko machine main body, 11; front panel, 11a; glass plate, 20; gaming board, 21, 22;
Safe ball entry device, 31; entrance, 32;
2a; horizontal axis, 32b; flat plate part, 32b1;
2b2; inclined surface, 32b3; projecting piece, 32c1, 32c
2; side plate, 32d; winning ball receiving portion, 32e1, 32e
2; game ball drop opening, 32f; conversion bar, 33; electromagnetic solenoid, 34; winning ball passage, B: game ball.

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A flat plate portion rotatably supported in a vertical direction on a game board at a position near a lower side of a square game ball entrance provided on a game board in front of a pachinko game machine, and A ball opening / closing mechanism for opening and closing the game ball entrance by rotating a portion of the game ball, wherein the flat plate portion is obliquely notched from the center to both side edges of the upper end surface of the flat plate portion. A prize winning device for a pachinko game machine, wherein a pair of inclined surfaces are provided. 2. The prize winning device according to claim 1, wherein a substantially triangular protruding piece having one side as an upper end protruding substantially vertically forward from a front upper end position of the flat plate portion is provided. Pachinko machine winning device. 3. A flat plate portion rotatably supported on the game board at a position near the lower side of a square game ball entrance provided on the game board on the front of the pachinko game machine, the flat plate being provided with the same. A winning port opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing the game ball entrance by rotating a section, wherein the upper end projecting substantially vertically forward from the upper end position of the front surface of the flat plate portion. A winning device for a pachinko game machine, wherein a substantially triangular projecting piece having one side as a side is provided.