JP2849694B2 - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a main frame having a main frame mounted on a game machine island and a front door including a game surface openably and closably mounted on a front side of the main frame. The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine configured to supply a pachinko ball to a ball counting means in a club through a supply gutter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional pachinko game machine, for example, an upper plate is provided on an upper portion of the game machine, and the upper plate is connected to a supply gutter on a game machine island through a communication member called a chute member or a bellows member. Some are supplied with pachinko balls. In such a pachinko game machine, the ball counting means provided on the back side of the front door portion including the game surface via a chute extending downward from the upper plate, if necessary, after storing a certain amount of balls on the upper plate. I was sending balls.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional pachinko game machine, balls that are once aligned in a row with a chute from a supply gutter are stored in the upper plate in pieces, and then the balls are again aligned in a row. Since the balls are aligned and sent to the ball counting means, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of trouble to pay out the balls, the number of troubles such as ball jamming increases, and the efficiency of paying out a large number of balls is not good. Was.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the conventional technology, and has as its object to provide a pachinko game machine capable of improving the payout efficiency of balls.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is as follows: 1. A main body frame (12) to be mounted on a gaming machine island, and a front side of the main body frame (12) can be freely opened and closed. And a front door portion (11) including a game surface attached to the game machine.
In a pachinko game machine (10) in which pachinko balls are supplied to a supply gutter (0) by a supply gutter (20), the ball counting means (30) is mounted in the main frame (12), and the ball counting means ( 30) and the supply gutter (20) are connected by communication members (21, 22), and the communication members (21, 22) are connected.
A shutter mechanism (40) for stopping the supply of balls is provided in a gap between the ball outlet (22a) of 2) and the ball inlet (33a) of the ball counting means (30), and the shutter mechanism (40) is provided. ) To the ball outlet (2) of the communication member (21, 22).
2a) a shutter plate (41) mounted in the main body frame (12) so as to be displaceable between a closed position for closing the opening and an open position, and the front door portion provided integrally with the shutter plate (41). The shutter plate (41) is displaced to the closed position when the front door (11) is opened in conjunction with opening and closing of (11), and the shutter plate (41) is closed when the front door (11) is closed. And (4) a shutter lever (45) for displacing the open position to the open position.

2) A holder member (3) in which the ball counting means (30) can be removably mounted in the main body frame (12).
5), the holder member (35) is provided with a mounting portion (36) for connecting the ball outlet (22a) of the communication member (21, 22) to the holder member (35), and the shutter mechanism (40) is provided.
The pachinko game machine (10) according to claim 1, further comprising:

[0007] 3 main body frame part (12) to be mounted on the gaming machine island
And a front door portion (11) including a game surface openably and closably mounted on the front side of the main body frame portion (12), and the ball counting means (30) of the game machine is provided with a pachinko machine by a supply gutter (20). In the pachinko game machine (10) adapted to supply balls, the ball counting means (30) is provided in the main body frame (12).
The ball counting means (30) and the supply gutter (20)
Are connected by communication members (21, 22), and a shutter mechanism (40) for stopping supply of balls is provided in the middle of the communication members (21, 22), and the shutter mechanism (40) is provided.
A shutter plate (41) mounted in the body frame (12) so as to be displaceable between a closed position for closing the ball passage of the communication member (21, 22) and an open position for opening the communication member, and the shutter plate (41).
The shutter plate (4) when the front door (11) is opened in conjunction with opening and closing of the front door (11).
A pachinko game machine comprising: a shutter lever (45) for displacing the shutter plate (41) to the open position when the front door (11) is closed while displacing the 1) to the closed position. (10).

[0008]

The pachinko balls flowing through the supply gutter (20) disposed on the gaming machine island are sent to the respective pachinko game machines (10) through the communication members (21, 22), and the pachinko balls are moved into the main frame (12). The ball is supplied to the ball counting means (30) mounted on the device. The balls flowing through the supply gutter (20) as described above are connected to the communication members (21, 21).
Since the ball is directly supplied to the ball counting means (30) in the game machine via 2), an upper plate or the like for temporarily storing the ball in the upper portion of the game machine is not required.

The main body frame (1) of the pachinko game machine (10)
In the normal state in which the front door part (11) on the front side of 2) is closed, between the ball outlet (22a) of the communication member (21, 22) and the ball inlet (33a) of the ball counting means (30). The ball can freely pass through the shutter mechanism (40) provided in the gap, and is supplied to the ball counting means (30) as needed. That is, the shutter plate (41) that can be displaced between a closed position for closing the ball outlet (22a) of the communication member (21, 22) and an open position for opening is provided.
When the front door (11) is closed, the shutter plate (41) is displaced to an open position by a shutter lever (45) interlocking with the opening and closing of the front door (11).

On the other hand, when repairing or checking the failure of the pachinko game machine (10), it is necessary to open the front door (11) and look inside the body frame (12). In this case, since the ball counting means (30) for supplying balls from the supply gutter (20) is mounted in the main body frame (12), the supply gutter (2) is provided.
0) and the ball counting means (30).
1, 2) are not affected by the opening and closing of the front door (11).

Further, when the front door (11) of the shutter plate (41) of the shutter mechanism (40) is opened, the communication members (21, 22) are operated by a shutter lever (45) interlocked with the front door (11). Is displaced to a closed position for closing the ball outlet (22a). Thus, even if the front door (11) is opened and closed to inspect the inside of the game machine, the balls do not spill and fall, and the inside can be inspected quickly and easily.

If the shutter mechanism (40) is provided in a gap between the ball outlet (22a) of the communication members (21, 22) and the ball inlet (33a) of the ball counting means (30), The shutter mechanism (40) and the ball counting means (30) can be manufactured integrally, and high-precision manufacturing is possible. On the other hand, if the shutter mechanism (40) is provided in the middle of the communication members (21, 22), the supply gutter (2
0) and the ball counting means (30) can be freely set in layout such as the relative positional relationship.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko game machine 10 has a main body frame portion 12 to be mounted on a gaming machine island, and a front door portion 11 including a game surface openably and closably mounted on the front side of the main body frame portion 12. In addition, the pachinko balls are supplied to the ball counting means 30 of the game machine by the supply gutter 20. More specifically, a ball thrown into the game surface 11 by the ball firing device 13 is a winning opening 19, 1 provided on the game surface 11.
9 is a game machine for paying out winning balls to the player by the ball counting means 30 according to a predetermined winning rate when entering.

A number of such pachinko game machines 10 are provided in series on a gaming machine island, and a supply gutter 20 for supplying balls is provided above each of the pachinko game machines 10. A chute member (communication member) 21 is connected to the supply gutter 20 corresponding to each game machine 10. A bellows member (communication member) 22 extending in the vertical direction is connected to a lower end of the chute member 21, and a ball outlet 22 a of the bellows member 22 opens toward the ball counting means 30 mounted on the inner wall 12 a of the main body frame 12. doing.

The ball counting means 30 is provided on the inner wall 1 of the main frame 12.
It is detachably mounted on a holder member 35 fixed to 2a. The bellows member 2 is provided on the upper surface of the holder member 35.
A mounting portion 36 for connecting the two ball outlets 22a is provided. In a gap between the mounting portion 36 of the holder member 35 and the ball inlet 33a of the ball counting means 30, a shutter mechanism 40 for stopping the flow of the balls is interposed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the shutter mechanism 40 includes a shutter plate 41 pivotally attached to the holder member 35 so as to swing between a closed position for closing the ball outlet 22a of the bellows member 22 and an open position for opening. The shutter plate 41 bends and extends from the base end side of the shutter plate 41 in a V-shape, and swings the shutter plate 41 to the closed position when the front door 11 is opened in conjunction with the opening and closing of the front door 11, while the front A shutter lever 45 for swinging the shutter plate 41 to the open position when the door 11 is closed.

More specifically, the shutter plate 41 and the shutter lever 45 are formed integrally, and the front end 43 of the shutter plate 41 is closed below the upper surface of the holder member 35 via the pin member 44. It is pivotally pivoted between a position (shown in FIG. 2) and an open position (shown in FIG. 4). A notch groove 4 having a semicircular diameter smaller than the diameter of the ball outlet 22 a of the bellows member 22 or the diameter of the ball is provided on the tip end 43 side of the shutter plate 41.
2 are provided. On the other hand, an engagement portion 46 is provided on the front end side of the shutter lever 45 to be in contact with the back surface side of the front door portion 11.

Shutter plate 41 and shutter lever 45
The spring (not shown) moves in the direction of a closed position (shown in FIG. 2) where the cutout groove 43 of the shutter plate 41 narrows the opening of the mounting portion 36 of the holder member 35 and prevents the passage of the ball. Powered by As a result, the engaging portion 46 of the shutter lever 45 is always resiliently engaged with the back surface of the front door portion 11, and when the front door portion 11 is opened, the shutter plate 41 is closed by the urging force of the spring. Swings
When the front door 11 is closed, the shutter lever 45 is pushed back against the urging force of the spring, so that the shutter lever 45 is set to the open position.

As shown in FIG. 6, the ball counting means 30 is a ball counting machine capable of accurately and rapidly paying out a designated number of pachinko balls. More specifically, a gear 31 having a concave portion 32 into which a pachinko ball is fitted one by one is formed in a ball passage 34 formed in a ball guide 33 so as to be freely rotatable as desired. The ball which is supplied from above and is about to fall by its own weight is engaged with the concave portion 32 of the gear 31 and falls with the rotation of the gear 31.

Until the number of pachinko balls to be dispensed approaches the command value, the ball counting means 30 continuously rotates the gear 31 according to the weight of the pachinko balls in order to continuously discharge the pachinko balls. Approaches the command value, the rotation of the gear 31 is switched to intermittent rotation in which the minute angle rotation and stop corresponding to one recess 32 of the gear 31 are alternately repeated, and when the number of payouts reaches the command value, The intermittent rotation of the gear 31 is stopped, and the number of pachinko balls according to the command value is paid out.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko game machine 10
On the lower side of the game surface 11, a front plate 14 for storing the balls paid out from the ball counting means 30 and a lower plate 15 for storing the balls overflowing from the front plate 14 are provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball counting means 30 includes an overflow passage member 6.
0 is connected. The overflow passage member 60 is
It is fixed to the rear surface of the front door section 11 via a fixing bracket 64. The overflow passage member 60 is connected to the lower plate 15 by branching from the middle of the front plate supply passage 61 connecting the ball counting means 30 and the front plate 14, and the lower plate 15.
When the front plate 14 is filled with balls, the lower plate supply path 62 is for introducing the balls overflowing from the front plate supply path 61 to the lower plate 15.

More specifically, a lower plate supply path 62 is provided above the front plate supply path 61 so that pachinko balls flow into the lower plate supply path 62 when the front plate supply path 61 overflows. A communication hole 63 that communicates with is provided. The outlet 61 a of the supply path 61 for the front plate is open in the front plate 14, and the outlet 62 a of the supply path 62 for the lower plate is open in the lower plate 15.

In the gap between the adjacent pachinko game machines 10, a ball lending machine 70 is interposed.
Includes a high-value bill validator 71 and a coin selector 72
Are provided.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko balls flowing through the supply gutter 20 provided on the gaming machine island are sent to the pachinko game machine 10 through the chute member 21 and the bellows member 22 extending in the vertical direction, and the balls in the game machine are provided. It is supplied to the counting means 30. Thereby, the balls of the supply gutter 20 are directly supplied to the ball counting means 30 in the game machine via the chute member 21 and the bellows member 22, so that an upper plate or the like for temporarily storing the balls in the upper portion of the game machine is not required.

In the normal state in which the front door 11 on the front side of the main frame 12 of the pachinko game machine 10 is closed as described above, the ball outlet 22a of the bellows member 22 and the ball counting means 30
Shutter mechanism 40 provided in the gap between the ball entrance 33a
Can be passed freely, and the ball is supplied to the ball counting means 30 at any time.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the front door 11 is closed, the engaging portion is provided on the back side of the front door 11 against the urging force of a spring (not shown). The shutter lever 45 in contact with the shutter lever 45 is pushed back, whereby the shutter plate 41 integrated with the shutter lever 45 is located at the open position, and the ball can freely pass through the opening of the mounting portion 36 of the holder member 35.

On the other hand, when repairing or checking the failure of the pachinko game machine 10, it is necessary to open the front door 11 and look inside the main body frame 12. In this case, the ball counting means 30 for supplying balls from the supply gutter 20 is provided on the inner wall 12 of the main body frame 12.
a is attached to the ball counting means 30 fixed to
The bellows member 22 connecting the replenishing gutter 20 and the ball counting means 30 does not cause a problem such as expansion and contraction due to opening and closing of the front door portion 11.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the front door 11 is opened, the shutter lever 45 resiliently engaged with the front door 11 by the urging force of the spring in conjunction with the opening of the front door 11 also. Following this, the shutter plate 41 integrated with the shutter lever 45 swings to the closed position around the pin member 44. Therefore, the portion of the shutter plate 41 where the notch groove 42 is located narrows the opening of the mounting portion 36 of the holder member 35 to prevent the ball from passing.

Thus, even if the front door 11 is opened and closed in order to inspect the inside of the game machine, the balls do not spill and fall.
Internal inspection can be performed quickly and easily. Further, since the shutter mechanism 40 and the ball counting means 30 can be manufactured integrally, it is possible to manufacture with high accuracy.

In the normal state in which the front door 11 on the front side of the main frame 12 of the pachinko game machine 10 is closed, the balls passed through the shutter mechanism 40 and supplied to the ball counting means 30 are used as needed. While being counted by the predetermined number, it is discharged to the front plate 14 and the lower plate 15 through the overflow passage member 60.

The balls dispensed from the ball counting means 30 are first dispensed to the front plate 14 through the front plate supply passage 61 of the overflow passage member 60. When the front plate 14 is full of balls, the balls overflowing from the front plate supply channel 61 are discharged from the front plate supply channel 6.
The liquid is introduced into the lower plate supply path 62 from the communication hole 63 in the middle of 1 and is discharged to the lower plate 15 through the lower plate supply path 62.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 7, a shutter mechanism 40 for stopping the supply of the ball is provided in the bellows member 22 extending in the pachinko game machine 10a. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted. According to the present embodiment, the shutter mechanism 40 can be provided at an arbitrary position in the middle of the bellows member 22, and a free layout setting such as a relative positional relationship between the supply gutter 20 and the ball counting means 30 can be performed. It becomes possible.

In each of the above embodiments, the shutter plate constituting the shutter mechanism is swingably pivoted between the closed position and the open position. However, the mode in which the shutter plate is displaceably mounted is not limited to this. Instead, for example, it may be slidably mounted between a closed position and an open position.

[0034]

According to the pachinko game machine of the present invention, the ball counting means in the main body frame and the supply gutter are connected by the communication member, and the shutter is provided between the communication member and the ball counting means or in the middle of the communication member. A mechanism is provided, and the communication member can be closed by the shutter plate of the shutter mechanism when the front door is opened in conjunction with opening and closing of the front door, thereby improving the ball payout efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic rear view of a pachinko game machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a shutter mechanism included in the pachinko game machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the pachinko game machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a shutter mechanism included in the pachinko game machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the pachinko game machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of ball counting means constituting the pachinko game machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic rear view of a pachinko game machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10a Pachinko game machine 11 Front door unit 12 Main frame unit 14 Front plate 15 Lower plate 21 Chute member (communication member) 22 Bellows member (communication member) 30 Ball counting means 35 Holder member 40 shutter mechanism 41 shutter plate 45 shutter lever

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game machine comprising: a main body frame to be mounted on a game machine island; and a front door including a game surface openably and closably mounted on a front side of the main body frame. In the pachinko game machine configured to supply pachinko balls, the ball counting means is mounted in the main body frame portion, the ball counting means and the supply gutter are connected by a communication member, and a ball outlet of the communication member is provided. A shutter mechanism for stopping the supply of the ball is provided in a gap between the ball inlet of the ball counting means, and the shutter mechanism can be displaced between a closed position for closing the ball outlet of the communication member and an open position for opening. A shutter plate mounted in the main body frame portion; and a shutter plate provided integrally with the shutter plate and displacing the shutter plate to a closed position when the front door is opened in conjunction with opening and closing of the front door. The shutter plate is opened when the front door is closed. Pachinko game machine which is characterized by being configured and a shutter lever to displace the. 2. A holder member to which the ball counting means can be detachably mounted is fixed in the main body frame portion, and a mounting portion for connecting a ball outlet of the communication member to the holder member is provided, and the shutter mechanism is provided. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko game machine is provided. 3. A game machine comprising: a main body frame to be mounted on a game machine island; and a front door including a game surface openably and closably mounted on a front side of the main body frame. In the pachinko game machine configured to supply pachinko balls, the ball counting means is mounted in the main body frame portion, the ball counting means is connected to the supply gutter by a communication member, and the ball is provided in the middle of the communication member. A shutter mechanism for stopping supply of the shutter plate, a shutter plate mounted in the main body frame so as to be displaceable between a closed position for closing the ball passage of the communication member and an open position for opening the shutter mechanism; and the shutter plate. The shutter plate is displaced to the closed position when the front door is opened in conjunction with the opening and closing of the front door, and the shutter plate is moved to the open position when the front door is closed. And a shutter lever that displaces Pachinko game machine, wherein the door.