JP2775134B2 - Foul ball processing equipment in 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 foul ball processing apparatus for a pachinko machine, and more particularly, to a foul ball processing apparatus for recovering foul balls (also called return balls) generated during a pachinko game. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, in a conventionally implemented pachinko machine, a ball feeder and a hit ball launcher cooperate with each other.
The game balls in the upper ball tray are sent one by one to the launch site of the launch rail in the aircraft, and are launched from the same site into the game area in the guide rails of the game board so that the game can be played. The prize ball for the winning ball (safe ball) generated in the game area is discharged preferentially to the upper ball dish side, and after the dish side becomes full, the surplus prize ball is dropped to the lower ball dish side It can be discharged to and stored.

[0003] In such a pachinko game, a non-gaming ball, which is more or less generally called a foul ball, is launched one by one from a launch site, but lacks in hitting power (launching power). As a result, non-gaming balls that fall along the guide rails and attempt to return to the firing rail side without being able to properly reach the game area are generated, albeit irregularly. For this reason, in any pachinko machine, between the upper end of the firing rail and the lower end of the guide rail, the return port for the foul ball described above (also referred to as a foul port) is formed with an appropriate separation opening width, All the foul balls are received in this return port, and return to the firing site side, so that interference with the game ball to be fired next can be avoided.

[0004]

In the meantime, with respect to the above-mentioned conventional technique for processing foul balls in a pachinko machine, as an example of a general practice, a game board is provided separately from the above-mentioned return port for foul balls. A game auxiliary board in a holding frame to be set (a board on which the launch rail is installed)
In the up and down direction on the front side of the front, a recovery gutter communicating with a return port for foul balls and a discharge path for surplus winning balls on the back side are vertically provided, and finally all foul balls received in the return port are finally disposed. Is discharged to the lower ball dish side for recovery processing. For this reason, the front surface of the game auxiliary panel, and the space between the auxiliary panel and the front opening / closing plate on which the upper ball plate is mounted and set, cannot be effectively used, and, for example, auxiliary parts such as speakers, switches, and electromagnetic solenoids. Is difficult to install.

[0005] Further, since all the foul balls are returned to the lower ball plate as described above, it is often troublesome. That is, every time the foul ball generated during the game is discharged to the lower ball plate with the occurrence of a falling sound, it is unexpectedly felt for the player playing the game, and when the foul ball is used as a game ball Must be picked up and thrown into the upper bowl, which is bothersome. In particular, if a foul ball is generated immediately after launching all game balls in the upper ball dish or at the end of the game,
It is often troublesome to pick up and reuse, and it is often sullen and shot out. On the other hand, if the player of the gaming machine leaves with the foul ball left in the lower ball tray, another player who saw this ball will be deemed to have "this gaming machine is still in continuous use". As a result, this causes a disadvantage that the gaming machine is left vacant forever.
Further, if another player who does not know the situation plays a game with the gaming machine, there is a problem that a trouble occurs over the occupation of the gaming machine with a player who has returned later.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to newly solve the above-mentioned problem by providing a ball for a game ball in front of a pachinko machine. A foul ball processing device that can be returned directly to the plate and reused as it is as a game ball, and a processing path is simplified is provided, and a space portion inside the pachinko machine can be effectively utilized, and the foul ball can be used. It is an object to provide means for eliminating inconvenience and the like.

[0007]

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended object, a foul ball processing apparatus in a pachinko machine according to the present invention includes a front frame mounted on an outer frame,
An upper bowl for storing game balls, a lower bowl for storing prize balls, a ball launching device, and the like, while a game board is set in a housing frame inside the front frame and a game auxiliary board for the game board is provided. are installed the firing rail to the front, the pachinko machines return port for foul ball is opened between the guide rails the lower end of the projectile rail top and game board front, the Yu
A ball receiver provided on the front of the technical assistance board and aligned with the return opening
And a discharge device, which protrudes from the back side of the upper bowl and communicates with the bowl.
With a closed ball collection gutter and a closed set
The front opening surface, the ball collection gutter and the rear opening surface of the ball receiving and discharging device.
Are connected to each other in an appropriately facing state, and the
The ball ball can be collected on the plate portion of the upper ball plate .

[0008]

[Function] The game ball hit by the hitting ball launching device jumps over the return opening for foul ball from the upper end along the trajectory extending to the firing rail with its hitting force, and falls under the guide rail of the game board. It reaches and is driven into the game area while ascending and flying along the guide rail. A game ball that was fired by the hit ball firing device but could not reach the game area due to insufficient hitting force or the like falls as a foul ball into a return opening between the firing rail and the guide rail.
Foul fell into return port sphere, ball receiving exhaust equipment and balls
The ball is returned to the plate portion of the upper ball tray via the collection gutter, and is sent out to the hitting ball launching device as a game ball for use.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a foul ball processing apparatus in a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to preferred embodiments. In this embodiment, in the most generalized pachinko machine of the game board detachable replacement type, the return opening for foul ball on the game board side and the plate portion of the upper ball plate located on the front side of the machine are aligned and communicated. An example of a foul ball processing device of a type that can be used is shown.

Therefore, a pachinko machine whose overall structure is schematically shown in FIG. 1 will be briefly described. That is, on the front surface of the opening of the outer frame 1 for the outer holding frame, a front frame 2 for mounting a tower, such as various game components to be described later, is removably mounted and opened and closed. The front frame 2 is, for example, a case where the whole is formed of synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 2, the front frame 2 has an outer size suitable for the front surface of the opening of the outer frame 1 and has a window 4 inside. An opened frame 3, an accommodation frame 5 located inside the front of the frame 3 and opening a set port 6 for a game board,
A game auxiliary board 7 positioned below the set port 6 and aligned with the game board is integrally formed in a continuous frame shape. A set hole 8 for a lower ball tray, a set hole 9 for a hit ball launching device, and the like are formed in a support plate 3A below the frame 3, and a ball for a prize ball is formed in each part of the game auxiliary plate 7. An outlet 10, a ball return port 11 for a spilled ball, a set port 12 for a hit ball, and a discharge path 13 for an out ball are formed respectively.

A ball return surface 4A is formed in the lower bottom inner surface of the window 4 so as to be appropriately inclined toward the ball return port 11. A positioning portion 14 for the game board, a retaining portion 15 and the like are formed around the inside of the set opening 6. The detailed description of the structure is omitted and only the illustration is omitted. Incidentally, there is also a type in which the housing frame 5 is formed independently and assembled on the back side of the front frame 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the main components of the game installed in each part of the front frame 2 are attached around the opening of the window 4 in the frame 3. As shown in FIG. A glass door 17 and a front opening / closing plate 18 are mounted on the window frame 16 so as to be able to open sideways. An upper ball plate 19 for a game ball and a ball feeder 21 are set on the front side and inside of the front opening / closing plate 18, respectively. In addition, a lower ball receiving tray 24 and a hit ball launching device 29 are respectively installed on the support board 3A of the frame 3 using the auxiliary board 22. In addition, a discharge cylinder 23 that can communicate with the ball outlet 10 protrudes from the left inside of the front opening / closing plate 18,
The front surface of the opening of the discharge passage 24 faces the upper stage of the upper portion of the dish portion 20 of the upper ball dish 19. The auxiliary board 25 is a lower ball plate 2
7 and the operation unit 30 of the hitting ball launching device 29 are set in advance, and the ball discharge port 26 which is mounted on the front surface of the support board 3A and opened at the center thereof is set in the set port 8 and , Is connected to the dish portion 28 of the lower ball dish 27.

Incidentally, in the upper ball tray 19, for the game balls (including the discharged prize balls) thrown into the tray portion 20, the distribution gradient of the entire tray portion 20 and the streamline curved surface portion for alignment are utilized. The ball can be fed into the ball feeding device 21 in the order of the leading sphere while being lined up in the alignment path 20a in a one-step and one-row state. Then, the balls overflowing from the alignment path 20a are discharged into the discharge cylinder 23.
The ball is temporarily stored in the upstream portion where the game ball is facing, and can be inserted into the alignment path 20a every time a game ball is sent out from the ball feeder 21 side. On the other hand, in the lower ball tray 27, excess prize balls that have overflowed without being accommodated in the upper ball tray 19 can be stored in the tray portion 28. Any dish 1
Ball removal means 33 and 34 are also attached to 9, 27. In the pachinko machine of the embodiment, by operating the ball removing means 33 of the upper ball tray 19, the game balls of the ball tray 19 are discharged to the lower ball tray 27 through the passage formed on the front surface of the auxiliary board 25. Although the game ball of the upper ball plate 19 is configured,
A type in which the auxiliary plate 25 is discharged from the back side to the lower ball tray 27 may be appropriately adopted.

For the set port 6 of the housing frame 5, a game board 35 having a game area 37 including various game parts 38 and an out port 39 in a circular guide rail 36.
Are set so as to be detachable and replaceable, and are aligned with the upper surface of the game auxiliary board 7. On the back side of the housing frame 5, a mechanism set board 41 having various ball processing units and the like is set so as to be detachable or openable. In this set board 41, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a discharge section 42 communicating with the discharge path 13 for the out-ball, a collective discharge path 43 for the safe ball, and the like are defined and formed below a prize-ball discharge device (not shown). Main discharge path 44 communicating with ball outlet 10 on upper ball tray 19
And a ball discharge port 2 branching from the lower ball tray 27 side.
A sub-discharge path 45 communicating with 6 is defined. The sub-discharge passage 45 and the ball return port 11 are collectively connected by one ball container 46 attached to the back side of the set port 8 of the frame 3.

On the other hand, on the front right side of the game auxiliary board 7, a firing rail 4 which is in flight communication with a guide rail 36 of the game board 35 is provided.
8 is installed at an appropriate inclination so that game balls sent one by one by the ball feeder 21 can be seated on the firing site P at the lower end base thereof, and the hitting ball operating section 31 of the hitting ball firing device 29 Of the ball 32. Looking at both rails, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper end of the firing rail 48 and the lower end of the guide rail 36 are located at a lower position and an upper position close to the upper surface of the game assistance panel 7, and the height difference and The opening faces of the separated space are formed as return holes 49 for foul balls. The firing rail 48
Is set on a base 47 attached to the auxiliary board 7. By the way, the lower end of the guide rail 36 is located on the lower side with reference to the trajectory along the firing rail 48, and both rails 36, 4
The upper and lower ends of 8 are set at a height difference of approximately one ball.

A set member 50 for a speaker is detachably provided using the front left front surface of the game auxiliary board 7. This set member 50 is capable of accommodating a speaker and receiving a spilled ball.
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 7, a case-shaped main body 51 fixed and fixed on the front surface of the auxiliary
Usually, a speaker 53 and a volume controller 54 are built in each of the accommodation rooms defined between the two 51 and 52 to form a unitized member.
The ball receiving / discharging port 55 formed over the area 1, 52 is set so as to face below the ball exit 10 for the prize ball. The opening / closing lid 52 has a slit opening 56 for sound transmission.
And an operation port 57 for adjusting the sound volume, and the spilled ball received in the ball receiving and discharging port 55 can be discharged to the ball returning port 11.

In the foul ball processing apparatus of this embodiment implemented in the above-described pachinko machine, the foul ball return port 49 formed between the firing rail 48 and the guide rail 36 is provided.
On the other hand, the dish portion 20 of the upper ball dish 19 is appropriately lower (lower).
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the ball receiving / ejecting tool 61 installed below the return port 49 and the ball receiving / discharging tool 61 provided on the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18 of the upper ball tray 19 are provided as shown in FIGS. The return port 49 is made in communication with the collected ball collection gutter 63.
All the foul balls that have entered are directly returned to the dish portion 20 and are usable as game balls as they are.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 5, 7 and 8, at the upper end of the front face of the game assisting panel 7, the ball receiving and ejecting tool 61 is screwed in just below the return port 49 for foul balls. It is attached so that it can be attached and detached and replaced.
The discharging tool 61 is, for example, formed in a front concave frame shape having an open upper surface and a front surface based on a synthetic resin molding process, and the bottom inner surface is formed to be appropriately inclined downward toward the opening front surface. In addition, guide stoppers 62, 62 are formed in the upper left and right sides to abut against the ball, to guide the fall, and to prevent the ball from jumping up. Has been aligned. The discharge tool 61 has a size capable of accommodating a plurality of foul balls, and the upper portion of the opening is narrowed by the right and left guide blocking portions 62, 62 so that the bounce of the foul ball can be suitably prevented. Has become.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the ball collecting gutter 63 is provided on the left rear surface of the front opening / closing plate 18 so as to project toward the above-mentioned ball receiving / discharging tool 61. This ball collection gutter 63
Is a discharge cylinder 23 for the prize ball based on a synthetic resin molding process.
The left and right sides of the discharge passage 64 are integrally formed in a side-by-side state, and are formed to project rearward from the right side wall 23a of the discharge tube 23 as shown in the figure, and are opened forward and backward.
Is opened at the base of the right side wall portion 23a and faces the upstream side of the dish portion 20 of the upper ball dish 19. Then, with the front opening / closing plate 18 held at the original closed set position, the entrance 64a of the passage 64 of the ball collection gutter 63 is connected to the ball receiver as shown in FIGS. The discharge tool 61 is aligned and communicated with the front surface of the opening of the discharge tool 61 with an appropriate flow step. The ball collection gutter 63 and the discharge tube 23 are provided as one discharge portion on the left side of the synthetic resin decorative auxiliary plate 22 mounted and set on the upper front surface of the front opening / closing plate 18 in accordance with the upper and lower sides of the upper ball plate 19. The example which was integrally molded on the back surface is shown.

However, in an example in which the right side wall 23a of the discharge cylinder 23 is inclined so as to expand in the prize ball discharging direction, the outlet 64b of the passage 64 is opened at the base of the right side wall 23a. A ball stopping portion 65 projects forward from the left opening edge. As a result, the foul ball from the exit path 64,
It is possible to quickly pass through the dish portion 20 without being affected by the prize balls temporarily present in the discharge path 24 of the discharge tube 23 or the prize balls discharged to the upper ball plate 19, and the discharge is performed. The prize balls in the road 24 can be suitably prevented from entering the exit passage 64 from the exit 64b. The passage 64 has a size capable of accommodating a plurality of foul balls, a bottom inner surface thereof is inclined forward like the discharge path 24, and a flap ball guide piece 66 is formed on the right side.

As can be understood from FIGS. 3, 4, 7 and 8, the ball receiving / discharging tool 61 and the ball collecting gutter 63 are held in alignment with each other as described above. It is desired to prevent fraud by invading foreign substances into the abusive game board 35. Accordingly, as an example of this countermeasure for preventing fraud, a cover 67 for preventing foreign matter intrusion is provided on the alignment connecting portion between the two, that is, on the right side of the front of the opening of the ball receiving and discharging device 61 in the drawing.
A stopping guide 69 is formed at the upper end of the ball receiving / discharging tool 61 for preventing a foreign object from invading and guiding a shot game ball, and is positioned inside the discharging tool 61. A guide piece 68 for a foul ball is formed inside the cover piece 67. According to the example of the countermeasure for preventing fraud, the upper ball plate 1
9 In the case of unauthorized operation from the front side, it is possible to make it difficult for foreign matters such as wire or band-like material to enter the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 from the outlet 64b of the passageway 64, and to discharge the foreign matter while bending the tip of the foreign matter. 61, it is possible to suitably prevent an illegal act of finally intruding into the game area 37 from between the inner glass 17A of the glass door 17 and the guide rail 36. .

[0022]

In the above-described pachinko machine of the present embodiment, as an original pachinko game, gaming pachinko balls inserted (accommodated) in the upper ball tray 19 are passed through the ball feeder 21 in the order of leading. By operating the operation unit 30 of the hit ball launching device 29 while the ball is in the ball, the hitting operation by the hitting operation unit 31 of the hitting device 29 and the ball feeding operation by the ball feeding device 21 at the same time as this With the cooperation of the game balls, the game balls are sequentially sent one by one to the firing site P of the firing rail 48, and are hit by the hitting rod 32 after sitting, and fly from the firing rail 48 along the guide rail 36 of the game board 35. And is driven into the game area 37. And in the game area 37,
The game balls are divided into safe balls when entering the winning opening while moving / falling in each direction, and into out balls when entering the out opening 39, and finally from the respective routes 43, 13, and 42. It is discharged to the back side of the machine and transferred to the collection section.

On the other hand, each safe ball is a processing device (not shown)
Prize ball discharge device
The prize balls paid out in a set number of units by the operation of (not shown) are preferentially discharged from the main discharge path 44 to the upper ball tray 19 via the ball outlet 10 and, after filling, from the sub discharge path 45. The ball is discharged to the lower ball tray 27 via the ball container 46 and the ball outlet 26. Looking at the state of the prize balls being discharged to the upper ball plate 19, the prize balls discharged from the discharge tube 23 are vigorously discharged to the plate portion 20 in a dispersed state throughout the discharge path 24, and in particular, the right side wall portion. About the prize ball discharged along 23a,
While being guided by the ball stopping portion 65, the ball is discharged to the plate portion 20 in a forward direction, so that the ball collecting gutter 63 is prevented from entering the outlet 64b backward. Many of the prize balls that have been ejected are
In the case where the upstream portion of the cylinder 0 and the discharge channel 24 are filled,
Plate portion 20, discharge path 24, outlet 64b of ball collection gutter 63
Exit 64b due to the step with the ball stop guide 65
The entry into the inside is stopped.
It is stored in such a state that it surrounds the front periphery while b is open (see FIG. 3).

In such a pachinko game, a game ball originally properly launched one by one from the launch site P follows a trajectory extending to the launch rail 48 with its hitting force (firing force). From the upper end, it jumps over the return hole 49 for foul ball, reaches the lower part of the guide rail 36, and is normally driven into the game area 37 while flying upward along the rail 36. However, a game ball fired from the firing site P, but could not reach the game area 37 due to insufficient hitting force or the like, is generated as a foul ball (return ball) and falls to the return port 49. , And unexpectedly many occasionally occur during the game. When viewed from the state of occurrence of this foul ball, when it flies upward along the guide rail 36, it falls from the middle and falls from the lower end, and reaches the lower part of the guide rail 36 and falls from the lower end. And guide rail 3
6 may fall from the upper end of the firing rail 48 without being able to reach 6.

Therefore, the foul ball processing apparatus of the present embodiment can suitably collect the foul balls generated as described above as follows. That is, as a mode for receiving the foul ball that has fallen into the return port 49 into the ball receiving / ejecting tool 61, the foul ball from the lower end of the guide rail 36 is mainly once temporarily applied to the right guide blocking portion 62, and the firing rail 48 is also used.
The foul ball from the upper end of each can be quietly received in the discharge tool 61 in a state where the foul ball is mainly once applied to the left guide blocking portion 62. In this discharge tool 61, the foul balls can be suitably prevented from jumping out of the discharge tool 61 by the guide blocking portions 62, 62 on both sides. In this way, the ball receiving and discharging tool 61
The foul spheres received inside enter the entrance 64a of the passage outlet 64 of the ball collection gutter 63 facing the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18 from the front of the opening, and are discharged from the outlet 64b to the front of the opening of the discharge passage 24 of the discharge cylinder 23. After that, the plate portion 2 of the upper ball plate 19
0 is returned in the upstream part.

In such a foul ball collection process, during a state in which a prize ball is being discharged toward the upper ball plate 19, or when many game balls (including a prize ball) are stored in the plate 19, In this case, the ball stopping portion 65 appropriately prevents the ejected prize ball or the stored ball from entering the outlet 64b of the ball collection gutter 63 as described above.
By opening the front of 4b, the foul ball can be quickly returned to the dish 20 from the outlet 64b. Then, all the foul balls collected in the plate portion 20 are mixed with other game balls existing in the plate portion 20 and are similarly aligned while sequentially entering and moving toward the alignment path 20a. Can be sent out into the ball feeder 21 and used.

As an example of a state during the pachinko game, a game ball located upstream of the plate portion 20 temporarily remains for some reason without being able to quickly move to the alignment path 20a side. On the other hand, even if many of the game balls that are sent from the ball feeder 21 one by one to the shooting site P and fired become foul balls, these foul balls will pass through the passage of the ball collection gutter 63 during this time. A considerable number is temporarily accommodated in the inside of the ball receiving and ejecting tool 61. Then, the player notices the poor ball flow, and
In a state in which the temporarily remaining spheres inside the sphere can normally enter and move again to the alignment path 20a, the foul sphere is moved to the exit 6
4b quickly returns to the inside of the plate portion 20. As a result, it is possible to prevent the foul ball from overflowing above the return port 49 beforehand, and the game ball that has been normally launched can be prevented.
It is also possible to preferably prevent the (launched sphere) from interfering with the foul sphere remaining in the ball receiving and discharging tool 61.

As described above, in the foul ball processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the ball receiving and discharging device 61 on the front side of the game auxiliary panel 7 includes:
Since it is a form that only aligns and connects the ball collection gutter 63 on the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18 for the upper bowl, the structure is simple,
In addition, by forming the ball collecting gutter 63 integrally with the discharge tube 23 for the prize ball, both 63, 23 can be easily formed and implemented as one discharge port member. Also, in the state of communication between the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 and the ball collecting gutter 63,
As described above, since the stopping guide 69 is located in the ejector 61, the game board 35 can be accessed from the front side of the outlet 64b.
Illegal operation due to an operation of entering a foreign object into the game area 37 can be prevented. According to such a foul ball processing device, the left front surface (the front surface on the opposite side of the installation of the firing rail 48) of the game auxiliary panel 7 can be widely opened (see FIG. 2). The speaker set member 50 shown can be suitably installed, and other necessary accessories such as a switch and an electromagnetic solenoid, which are not shown in the drawing, can be easily attached, and a suitable and effective use of the left space can be achieved. Things.

[0029]

[Modifications] The foul ball processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the illustrated embodiment described above, and other examples are also preferably recommended. For example, the ball receiving and discharging device 6
1 may be formed integrally with the base 47 of the firing rail 48, or may be formed integrally with the main body 51 of the speaker set member 50. According to this, it is possible to configure and implement each of them as a foul ball receiving type firing rail device and a set member. Of course the same discharging tool 61
Can be integrally formed on the front surface of the game auxiliary board 7. On the other hand, for the ball collection gutter 63, the discharge cylinder 23 for the prize ball is used.
And a single member separated therefrom. Front opening plate 18
Considering the assumption that can be opened and closed at the pivot on the left end in the figure,
The ball collecting gutter 63 and the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 are configured as one ball receiving and collecting member, and are attached and set to the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18. You may come. Incidentally, the return portion may be an upper stage on the upstream side of the alignment path 20a.

Any type of foul ball processing apparatus including the above-described embodiment and other examples can be implemented in an arrangement ball machine which is a kind of a pachinko machine. In other words, in the arrangement ball machine, in each symbol combination game, a set number (16) of game balls whose use is restricted is set on the premise of the pachinko machine in the upper ball tray.
If a foul ball is generated in the process of launching the ball toward the game area, the foul ball is detected and counted one by one by a switch below the return port and returned to the player side, while the foul ball detection count number A new game ball can be launched by the minute and the game of this time can be continued and ended. In the gaming machine with such a game setting condition, in the foul ball processing device, the ball receiving / discharging tool below the return port is aligned with the ball collecting gutter inside the upper ball receiving tray, or the ball is collected by one ball receiving / collecting gutter. In the communication between the mouth and the upper bowl,
The foul ball detected by the switch is returned to the upper ball tray, and can be used as it is as a game ball. The switch may be provided at an upper portion or the like in the ball receiving and discharging device.

[0031]

As described above, according to the foul ball processing apparatus in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the foul ball generated during the game and falling to the return port can be discharged to the ball receiving and discharging device.
And it can return to the plate part of an upper ball tray via a ball collection gutter . That is, in order to use the foul ball as a game ball, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of picking up the foul ball from the lower ball plate and putting it into the upper ball plate. Also, even if a foul ball is generated immediately after all game balls in the upper ball plate are launched or at the end of the game, the foul ball is returned to the plate portion of the upper ball plate and used as a game ball. Troubles caused by balls remaining in the lower bowl can be prevented beforehand.

Further, a foul ball processing devicePlace,Align to return
CombinedBall catching / ejection tool on the front of the game auxiliary boardFront opening surface
And the back of the front opening / closing plate for the upper bowlInBall collection gutterAfter
Opening surfaceAndWith a forward descending distribution stepContact
The structure is simple because it is only a form
The front of the can be widely opened. That is, game assistance
On the front of the panel, for example, speakers, switches, electromagnetic solenoids
Necessary attached parts such as can be installed without difficulty, suitable for space
Effective utilization can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing an entire pachinko machine in which a foul ball processing apparatus according to an embodiment is suitably employed.

FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a front frame.

FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view based on the line III-III in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view mainly showing a game auxiliary board inside the front frame.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an upper ball plate partially broken away.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view schematically illustrating a main part of a foul ball processing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view showing a main part of a foul ball processing apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a rear view mainly showing a ball collection gutter on the upper ball tray side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outer frame 2 Front frame 5 Housing frame 7 Game auxiliary board 19 Upper ball tray 20 Plate part 27 Lower ball tray29 hitting launcher  35 Game board 36 Guide rail 48 Launch rail 49 Return port 61 Ball catcher 63 Ball recovery gutter

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A front frame (2) attached to an outer frame (1) has an upper ball plate (19) for storing game balls, a lower ball plate (27) for storing prize balls, and a hit ball launching device ( While the game board (35) is set in the accommodation frame (5) inside the front frame (2), the game board (35) is fired in front of the game auxiliary board (7) with respect to the game board (35). The rail (48) is installed, the upper end of the launch rail (48) and the game board
(35) In a pachinko machine in which a return port (49) for a foul ball is opened between the lower end of a guide rail (36) and a front end of the guide rail (36), the return port (49) is provided on the front of the game auxiliary board (7). To
The aligned ball receiver / discharge tool (61) and the back of the upper bowl (19)
A ball collection gutter (63) protruding and connected to the plate (20) is provided.
When the upper bowl (19) is in the closed set state,
Align the front opening surface of the discharge tool (61) with the ball collection gutter (63) and the rear opening surface.
Fur in the return port (49)
A foul ball processing apparatus for a pachinko machine, wherein a ball can be collected in a dish portion (20) of an upper ball dish (19) . 2. The ball receiving and discharging device (61) is formed in a frame shape.
The game auxiliary board (7) is detachably attached to the front,
The ball collection gutter (63) is formed into a tubular shape with the front and rear open.
The ball tray (19) is projected rearward from the back side of the ball tray (19), and the ball receiver is discharged.
The front opening surface of the tool (61) and the rear opening surface of the ball collection gutter (63)
2. The communication according to claim 1, wherein the communication is made possible by a downflow distribution step.
Ball processing equipment for pachinko machines.