JP2878646B2 - Pachinko machine - 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 machine, and more particularly, to a pachinko machine capable of counting the number of balls put out by a player on the spot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko game, the number of balls played out by a player is counted as a prize counter different from a game at a pachinko machine, or an end of a so-called island where players are arranged in rows. This was done by a ball counting machine installed at the so-called island end. On the other hand, recent pachinko machines have a large number of balls per pachinko machine, and at the pachinko machine position, each player who is playing a game stores the balls in a large carton,
After finishing the game on the pachinko machine or during the game, leave the pachinko machine and go to the prize counter etc. where the ball counter is installed, count at once, and store the counting result on a storage medium such as a magnetic card. Or, it was printed on a receipt or the like. The pachinko balls were returned to the pachinko machine after being counted.

[0003]

However, in a method of counting the number of balls issued by a player at a place different from a pachinko machine such as a prize counter, as in a conventional method of calculating the number of pachinko balls, each player However, during the pachinko game, since the payout balls are stored in the ball boxes at the respective pachinko machine positions, there is a problem that the number of balls actually working on the pachinko island or in the machine is reduced. In other words, the number of balls required in the entire pachinko game hall is the sum of the number of balls actually working in the pachinko machine and the number of balls stored by each player at the pachinko machine position. However, there is a problem that it is necessary to arrange extra balls that are stored but not actually used. In particular, there is a problem that the number of actually operated balls is insufficient on a pachinko machine having a large number of balls in recent years. In addition, when a plurality of cartons are used, the carton that must be moved is heavy, and it is difficult to move the carton to the counting location. However, simply attaching the conventional pitching machine to a pachinko machine has a problem that it is difficult to install it in a limited space because it becomes large-scale. Furthermore, it is necessary to prevent the pachinko balls from spilling out of the ball box and spreading on the pachinko machine. Then, it is necessary to prevent the ball from being jammed even in a narrow space.

Accordingly, in view of these problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine that counts at each pachinko machine position in order to reduce extra balls stored at each pachinko machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides

A counter installed at the lower part of the pachinko machine on the player side, and a ball box which is separated from the rest of the counter by a ball box fixing wall at the center of the counter and has no ball box fixing wall on the player side. A mounting surface, an insertion opening having an openable and closable shutter that is opened on the tray mounting surface, and an opening that is slidably mounted on the player side at the lower part of the counter and that communicates with the insertion opening on the insertion opening side. A discharge port is provided on the side opposite to the player, and a plurality of alignment lanes formed of a plate-like body for aligning pachinko balls are installed in parallel so that the insertion port side is higher and lower as the insertion port side is reached. The width gradually narrows from the insertion port side end to the substantially middle part, becomes slightly wider than one pachinko ball at the substantially middle position, and has the same width from the substantially middle part to the discharge port side end. Aligned lane storage Providing a chromatography scan, pachinko machines, characterized by comprising a counting device which counts the pachinko balls come from the insertion opening provided signal output capable counting means as a count signal.

Therefore, the following operation is provided. Next, the player plays on the pachinko machine. After the winning ball is obtained or prior to the game, the ball box is placed on the ball box placement surface. Next, the payout received at the pachinko machine is moved to the ball box. Furthermore, when the number of balls in the carton increases, the player moves the balls in the carton from the insertion slot to the counting device. Then, the ball is received from the insertion opening of the counting device, moves in the counting device, and reaches the counting means. The counting means counts the balls passing sequentially and outputs a count signal. Since the bin mounting surface is separated from the other portion of the counter by the bin fixing wall at the counter, pachinko balls spilled on the bin mounting surface do not spread to other portions of the counter. Since the ball box mounting surface is separated from the rest of the counter by the ball box fixing wall and the player side does not have a ball box fixing wall, the ball box can be slid from the player side and installed. is there. Pachinko balls that drop randomly on the upper part of the plate on the insertion port side are gradually separated into multiple aligned lanes while gradually dispersing stress at the plate part on the insertion port side installed at small intervals, and suddenly identified Since the pachinko balls are not introduced only to the lane, it is received without causing clogging in a specific lane, and then the pachinko balls are gradually guided to each lane that is approximately the same size as the pachinko balls, and inserted from the insertion slot. The pachinko balls that have moved on the alignment lane are aligned in a substantially middle portion and are in a line, and can move on the alignment lane from the insertion port side end toward the discharge port.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a pachinko machine position, FIG. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of FIG. 1, and FIG. The description will be made with reference to FIG. 3 which is an explanatory diagram, FIG.

1 is a ball number counting apparatus for a pachinko machine according to the present invention. Reference numeral 2 denotes a pachinko machine, and reference numeral 3 denotes a ball lending machine installed between the pachinko machines. In this embodiment, a ball lending machine is provided between the pachinko machines. The ball lending machine 3 may be incorporated in a part of the pachinko machine 2, in which case the space can be saved. The pachinko machines 2 and the pachinko ball lending machines 3 are alternately and continuously installed, respectively, and constitute a so-called island in the pachinko hall. The table ball rental machine 3 is installed between the pachinko parlors, and when a player inserts a storage medium W such as a card, the storage apparatus matches the ID code stored in the storage medium W with a host computer that is an arithmetic unit. Lending pachinko balls to the player up to the memorized number of pachinko balls. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, cash, for example, 50
Even if you insert a 0 yen coin, you can still receive ball lending.

The ball counting device 1 for a pachinko machine comprises a counting device 4 and a storage device 5. The ball counting device 1 for pachinko machines is a device that stores the number of balls counted by the counting device 4 in the host computer 53 via the storage device 5 or directly against the ID code of the storage medium W. Installed in 6 is a ball box. In this embodiment, the storage medium W is a magnetic card used in the ball rental machine 3,
Only the ID code of the player is stored. In another embodiment, the magnetic card W stores a predetermined number of balls that can be lent out in advance at a prize counter or the like, and the storage device 5 stores the number of balls counted by the counting device 4 in the storage medium 5. . However, the magnetic card W in which the number of balls to be stored is stored is equivalent to a so-called ball lending, so that the storage medium W is not taken out of the pachinko hall like a pachinko ball.
It is desirable that the magnetic card W store only the ID code but not the number of stored coins. The counting device 4 may be provided on the pachinko machine 2 side instead of the pachinko machine ball number counting device 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 2 has a table body 21, an upper plate 22 which is installed substantially horizontally in the middle of the front surface of the table body 21, and a lower part of the upper plate 22. A ball tray 23, a handle 24 disposed to the right of the ball tray 23, a counter 25 disposed substantially horizontally below the ball tray 23, and a discharge gutter 26 disposed at the lower back of the base body 21. . The pachinko machine 2 plays a game of pachinko balls placed in the upper plate 22 by rotating the handle 24 into the table main body 21, and receives the winning balls obtained by winning in the ball receiving plate 23. An opening 27 is provided below the ball receiving tray 23, and a tray shutter 28 closing the opening 27 opens a ball in the ball receiving tray 23 by being opened by a player, and a counter 25 installed below the ball receiving tray 23.
Can be discharged to the side.

3, 47, 48, and 47 shown in FIGS.
Is a ball box fixing wall, and 48 is a ball box mounting surface. The ball box mounting surface 48 is formed lower than the other portion of the counter 25 on the player side in the center of the counter 25, and the ball box fixing wall 4 is formed at the boundary.
7 are provided. The bowl fixing wall 47 is installed in a U-shape in plan view except for the player side. FIG. 8 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the counter 25 other than the ball box mounting surface 48 may be separately erected higher or may have a stepped surface as shown in FIGS. Tama box fixed wall 4
7, the ball-box-mounting surface 48 becomes the counter 2
Since the pachinko balls are spilled from the ball box 6 because they are separated from the other parts of the ball box 5, they do not scatter on the counter 25 other than the ball box mounting surface 48. Since the ball box fixing wall 47 is installed in a U-shape in plan view except for the player side, the ball box 6 can be easily slid from the player side and installed at a predetermined position.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 9, the counting device 4 is installed under the counter 25 at the lower front of the pachinko machine 2 for each pachinko machine 2. The counting device 4 has an insertion port 41 that opens at the top, and the insertion port 41 can be opened and closed by a shutter 42 that is slid by driving a shutter driving motor 43. In this embodiment, unlike the counter at the island end, since it is near the player, there is a possibility that unintentional pachinko balls may be mixed in or cigarette butts may be mixed in. In order to avoid these problems, the shutter 42 is used when the shutter 42 is not in use.
1 closes. 44 is a discharge port. As shown in FIG. 2, the discharge port 44 is opened at the lower rear part of the counting device 4 when attached to the counter 25, and can discharge pachinko balls into the discharge gutter 26 provided at the lower rear part of the pachinko machine 2. It is.

Reference numeral 71 denotes an alignment lane storage case attached to the lower portion of the counting device 4, and reference numeral 45 denotes an alignment lane storage case 7.
1 is an alignment lane that is set up in FIG. The alignment lane storage case 71 has a box-shaped drawer shape whose upper surface and the side opposite to the player are open, and can be detached from the counting device 4 by sliding the drawer toward the player. The alignment lane 45 is made up of 16 plate-like bodies 72 erected. As shown in FIG. 11, the plate-shaped members 72 constitute one set of adjacent plate-shaped members 72, and are integrated by a binding clip 73 at an intermediate portion. One set of plate-like bodies 72
On the insertion port 41 side, the mutual binding is released, and the ends of the plate-like bodies 72 are arranged at equal intervals on the lower surface of the insertion port 41.
At the outlet 44 side, the plate-like body 72 is a set of plate-like bodies 7.
The two are maintained in a unity with each other, and are arranged at equal intervals slightly smaller than the pachinko balls in each set. That is, the width gradually decreases from the end of the insertion port 41 to the substantially middle part a, and becomes slightly wider than one pachinko ball at the substantially middle part a. The width is substantially the same from the substantially middle portion a to the end on the discharge port 44 side.

Reference numerals 74, 74 denote plate-like body fixing pipes, which are installed in the width direction in the alignment lane storage case 71 and fix the plate-like bodies 72, respectively. The alignment lane 45 is the outlet 4
From the position 4 to the lower part of the insertion port 41, it is fixed with a height difference so that the discharge port 44 side becomes lower. Tying clip 73,
By fixing the plate-like body 72 using the plate-like body fixing clip 74, the pachinko ball is used as a set of two sheets at the insertion port 41 side and two at the discharge port side while using the plate-like body 72 of the same shape. It is possible to adjust the interval to a slightly smaller extent.

For this reason, the pachinko balls that fall irregularly onto the plate-shaped body 72 on the insertion port 41 side are gradually dispersed while dispersing the stress in the plate-shaped body 72 on the insertion port 41 side arranged at small intervals. Since it is not divided into a plurality of alignment lanes 45 and pachinko balls are not introduced to only a specific lane suddenly,
The pachinko ball received without causing clogging in a specific lane is gradually guided to each lane at intervals of approximately the size of the pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball moved from the insertion port 41 onto the alignment lane 45 is substantially in the middle. And can be moved in a line on the alignment lane 45 from the end of the insertion port 41 toward the discharge port 44.

The shutter driving motor 43 and the counting means 4
6 are installed on the counting device 4 side, and the alignment lane storage case 71 is not installed except for the alignment lane 45, so that even if a clogging occurs, the repair is easy.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, which are partially enlarged views of FIG. 4, the alignment lane storage case 71 has a partially cut-out locking portion projecting upward and inward. Part 9
2 are provided. Reference numeral 91 denotes a shutter driving means, which is a cam in this embodiment. The cam 91 is attached to the rotation shaft of the shutter driving motor 43 and is driven to rotate freely forward and backward. A shutter-side cam 95 is attached to the shutter 42 and can mesh with the cam 91.
93 is a locking piece. The locking piece 93 is attached to the counter 25 side by a rotating shaft 94, and can be rotated forward and backward about the rotating shaft 94 as a rotation center as shown by an arrow in FIG.
The locking piece 93 is always urged downward by a spring as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, that is, in the direction of the locking portion 92. Therefore, the locking piece 93 normally comes into contact with the locking portion 92 and is locked, and the movement of the alignment lane storage case 71 in the left-right direction in the figure is restricted.

When the cam, which is the shutter driving means 91, rotates clockwise in FIGS. 12 to 14, the insertion port 41 and the opening 61 are shut off by the shutter 422 as shown in FIG. The shutter 42, to which the shutter-side cam 95 is attached and comes into contact with and meshes with the shutter-side cam 95, moves to the right in the drawing, and the insertion port 41 and the opening 61 communicate with each other as shown in FIG. When the cam serving as the shutter driving means 91 further rotates, the shutter driving means 91 and the shutter-side cam 95 are disengaged from each other, and then come into contact with a part of the locking piece. When the shutter driving means 91 further rotates, the end of the locking piece 93 is pushed down. Then, as shown in FIG.
The other end of the locking piece 93 located at the opposite end of
The locking piece 93 and the locking portion 92 are unlocked, and the alignment lane storage case 71 can move in the left-right direction in FIGS. 12 to 14.

When the shutter driving motor 43 is rotated in the reverse direction from the state shown in FIG. 14, the locking between the shutter driving means 91 and the locking piece 93 is released, and therefore the locking piece 93 is biased by the spring. And the locking portion 92 are locked again, and the movement of the alignment lane storage case 71 in the horizontal direction in FIGS. 12 to 14 is restricted. Furthermore, when the shutter driving motor 43 is rotated, the shutter driving means 91 and the shutter side cam 42 are locked,
Is moved from the state shown in FIG. 13 to the state shown in FIG. 12, and the communication between the insertion port 41 and the opening 61 is cut off.

The shutter driving means 91 is provided in the storage device 5 and / or the host computer 53 so that signals can be input and output freely.
And the drive is controlled.

Reference numeral 46 denotes a counting means. The counting means 46 is connected to the host computer 53 directly or via the storage device 5 so as to be able to output a signal to the storage device 5. A light sensor 81 is provided above the alignment lane 45 on the side. A count signal can be transmitted each time a pachinko ball passes below the optical sensor 81. The counting device 46 may be provided at the outlet 44. In this embodiment, the count signal emits one pulse of an electric signal every time one pachinko ball is confirmed to pass for each alignment lane 45 in this embodiment, but may be light or the like. The counting device 4 starts operation by inputting an operation start signal from the storage device 5, operates the shutter driving motor 43, moves the shutter 42, and opens the insertion port 41. Similarly, by inputting an operation end signal, the operation is ended, the shutter driving motor 43 is operated, the shutter 42 is moved, and the insertion port 41 is closed.
Reference numeral 75 denotes a holding lid, which is installed on the counting device 4 side so as to face the alignment lane 45 to prevent a pachinko ball from hitting the jumping shutter 42 or the like. The holding lid 75 may not be provided.

In this embodiment, the storage device 5 is housed and installed in the tama ball lending machine 3 so that the storage medium insertion port 51 for housing the storage medium W is located on the front surface. Output is connected freely. The storage device 5 counts the count signal input from the counting device 4 and can store the counted total number in the host computer 53 in a callable manner by collating the total number with the ID code of the storage medium W. In this case, the storage device 5 may be omitted and stored directly in the host computer 53 which is a storage device. Alternatively, as another embodiment, the storage device 5 counts the count signal input from the counting device 4 and writes the count signal so that the total number counted is stored in the storage medium W. In this case, at the same time, the storage device 5 is connected so as to be able to input and output a signal to and from the inter-ball lending machine 3 and is also used as an input / output device of the inter-ball lending machine 3. When the storage medium W is inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51, the storage device 5 can output an operation start signal to the counting device 4 so that the counting device 4 starts operating. From the input port 51 to the storage medium W
Upon taking out, an operation end signal can be output to the counting device 4 so as to end the operation.

The ball box 6 has a box shape capable of storing pachinko balls, and has two openings 61 at the lower part thereof. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, on the lower surface of the ball case 6, a ball case wall 65 protrudes from the other portion of the lower surface along the outer periphery according to the shape of the ball case mounting surface 48. , And are continuously erected downward so as to surround the opening. Since the ball box wall 65 is provided, even if pachinko balls are spilled from the ball box 6, a wall is formed together with the ball box fixing wall 47 to prevent the ball from diffusing to the counter 25 surface outside the ball box mounting surface 48. I do.

An opening / closing shutter 63 is provided in the opening 61 of the ball box 6.
Is provided. The shutter 63 has a connection portion 62 having an open inside so that the ball box 6 can be installed so as to correspond to the opening 61.
Is formed. 66 is a spring, and the opening 6
1 and the connecting portion 62 are always urged in the mismatching direction. When the player operates the lever 64, the opening 61 and the connection 62
And the pachinko balls in the ball box 6 can be sequentially dropped from the openings 61.

Reference numeral 67 denotes an intermediate portion provided between the two openings 61. The intermediate portion 67 has a convex cross section as a whole, and the end portion faces downward. Reference numeral 68 denotes an opening cover attached to the shutter 63. The opening cover 68 is installed adjacent to the opened connecting portion 62 so as to take the position of the opening 61 when the shutter 63 is not operated. The opening cover 68 has a concave cross section as a whole, and the end faces upward. Since the intermediate portion 67 and the opening cover 68 are convex and concave, respectively, even when the opening 61 and the connecting portion 62 are half open as shown in FIG.
The pachinko ball is moved by the interaction between the concave and convex shapes and by the dent at the ends of both, so that a bridge does not occur and a ball jam does not occur.

In a conventional pachinko counter apparatus installed at an island end or the like, as shown in FIG. 15, an opening 102 is provided on the bottom surface of a ball box 101, and a plate-like slidable top and bottom is provided on the opening 102. Is provided. Further, the counting device 10
The hopper 105 was provided with a dish-shaped hopper 105. Reference numeral 106 denotes a lid elevating projection, which protrudes upward from the bottom surface of the hopper 105. Therefore, the ball box 101 is placed in the hopper 1
When the cover 103 is placed on the cover 05, the cover 103 is pushed up by the cover raising projection 106 to expose the opening 102. Pachinko balls are
The pachinko balls are carried into the hopper 105 through the exposed opening 102 without spilling into the hopper 105, and the number of pachinko balls is calculated by the counting device 104.

However, if a hopper such as a conventional counting device is formed on the counter 25 of the pachinko machine 2 as in this embodiment, it takes up space and hinders the player.
When the ball box fixing wall 47 is provided as in this embodiment, even if the counter 25 has no slight step or no step, the pachinko ball does not spread when the pachinko ball is moved to the counting device.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 82 denotes a display unit, and 83 denotes a receipt providing unit. The display unit 82 displays the result calculated by the counting device 4, and allows the player to confirm the result. The receipt providing unit 83 displays the number of balls that have been calculated and stored as necessary on a recording unit such as a paper receipt and displays the number.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
A player starts a game on a predetermined pachinko machine 2. At this time, the storage medium W has already been stored by the player in the
It is inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51 of the storage device 5 housed and installed therein. That is, in the case of a member, the storage medium W, which is a member card, is inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51. However, in the case of a non-member, the storage medium W, which is a membership card, is lent on the day and inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51. The ball lending machine 3 starts operating by inserting the card. That is, the host computer 53 senses the fact through the storage medium insertion port 51 of the storage medium W, drives the shutter driving motor 43, moves the shutter 42, and makes the insertion port 41 already open.

The counting device 4 is in an operating state since it has already received an operation start signal instructed to start an operation from the host computer 53 or the storage device 5, and the storage medium W
The shutter drive motor 43 is driven by the storage medium insertion port 51, and the shutter 42 is moved, and the insertion port 41 is already open. That is, the shutter driving means 91
When the cam rotates clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 12 to the state shown in FIG. 13, it comes into contact with and meshes with the shutter-side cam 95, and the shutter 42 to which the shutter-side cam 95 is attached moves to the right side in FIG. The mouth 41 and the opening 61 communicate with each other. When the cam, which is the shutter driving means 91, further rotates, the shutter driving means 91 and the shutter-side cam are disengaged from each other, and then contact a part of the locking piece as shown in FIG. When it is necessary to take out the alignment lane storage case 71 such as when clogging occurs, when the shutter driving means 91 further rotates, the end of the locking piece 93 is pushed down. Then, the other end of the locking piece 93 located at the opposite end of the rotating shaft 94 is lifted, the locking of the locking piece 93 and the locking portion 92 is released, and the alignment lane storage case 71 is shown in FIGS. It can move in the middle and left and right directions. To release the locking between the locking piece 93 and the locking portion 92, the employee inserts the storage medium W, which is a maintenance card, into the storage medium insertion port 51 and transmits an operation signal to the storage device 5 or the host computer 53. Then, the shutter driving motor 43 is operated. The alignment lane storage case 71 only needs to be inserted into the storage medium insertion slot 51 of the maintenance card, so that it is not necessary to separately provide a key, and the number of parts can be reduced.

When the shutter driving motor 43 is rotated in the reverse direction, the locking between the shutter driving means 91 and the locking piece 93 is released, so that the locking piece 9 is urged by the spring.
3 and the locking portion 92 are locked again, and the state shown in FIG. 14 is changed to the state shown in FIG. 13, and the movement of the alignment lane storage case 71 in the horizontal direction in FIGS. 12 to 14 is restricted. Is done. Further, when the shutter drive motor 43 is rotated, the shutter drive means 91 and the shutter side cam 42 are locked and the shutter 4 is stopped, as shown in FIG.
2 to block the communication between the insertion port 41 and the opening 61.

The player places the ball box 6 on the counting device 4,
The number of balls stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W is recognized by the host computer 53 or the storage device 5 also serving as an input / output device of the inter-ball game machine 3.

When the balls are accumulated in the ball tray 23, the player opens the tray shutter 28 so as to move the balls from the opening 27 of the ball tray 23 to the ball box 6. Then, the balls accumulated in the ball tray 23 fall into the ball box 6 from the opening 27 and are stored in the ball box 6.

The player counts the number of pachinko balls by a counting device 4.
, The lever 64 of the ball case 6 is moved to open the shutter 63 to open the opening 61. Then, in the counting device 4, since the insertion port 41 is already in the open state, the pachinko balls fall from the opening 61 of the ball box 6 and sequentially fall into the insertion port 41 of the counting device 4. Since the intermediate portion 67 and the opening cover 68 are convex and concave, respectively, even when the opening 61 and the connection portion 62 are half open as shown in FIG. The pachinko ball is not moved by the dent, and the ball is not jammed. The pachinko ball that has fallen into the insertion slot 41 falls from the insertion slot 41 to the ball alignment lane 45, and
The balls are aligned while moving in the direction of the discharge port 44, and are aligned in a line up to a position substantially at the middle part a of the ball alignment lane 45. Further, the pachinko ball moves and eventually passes below the counting means 46. When passing, the counting means 46 outputs a count signal to the storage means 5 every time a pachinko ball passes. The pachinko balls counted by the counting means 46 move to the discharge port,
It is discharged to the discharge gutter 26 of the pachinko machine 2. The discharged pachinko balls have already been counted as payouts and are returned to the pachinko machine 2 to be used as working balls for games.

The count signal from the counting means 46 is input to the host computer 53 or to the host computer 53 or to the storage means 5 via the storage means 5.
Then, every time the count signal is input, the number of balls already stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W is added as a winning ball in association with the ID code of the storage medium W inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51. .

Eventually, the balls in the ball box 6 run out, and the pachinko balls do not fall into the counting device 4. Then, the count signal is not output from the counting means 46 of the counting device 4, and the host computer 53 or the storage means 5 does not perform the addition. If there is no input of a count signal for a predetermined period of time in the host computer 53 or the storage means 5, the total number of balls counted and added up to that time is sent to the host computer 53 or the storage medium W or the number of winning balls or the corresponding number. The amount to be stored is stored.

When balls are collected again in the ball tray 23, the player moves the balls of the pachinko machine 1 to the ball box 6 again as described above. When the balls are accumulated in the ball box 6, the opening / closing shutter 63 of the ball box 6 is opened again, and the balls are dropped to the counting device 4 to be counted. The method of moving and counting the pachinko balls is the same as described above.

At the end of the game, the player removes the ball box 6 from the counting device 4 and removes the storage medium W from the storage means 5. Then, since the result counted by the count signal from the counting device 4 is already stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W, the host computer 53
Alternatively, the number of winning balls is stored in the taken out storage medium W separately from the number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of balls rented out by the lending machine 3 from the number of pachinko balls stored in advance as the number of balls stored. That is, for example, in a pachinko parlor, the amount of the stored ball is a value converted into a premium price, so that it is 2.5 yen per pachinko ball, but the winning ball obtained at the time of the game is calculated as 4 yen.

At the end of the game, there is a complete end, and there is a break such as lunch. In that case, a display to that effect is required, but it cannot be distinguished. For the time being, the player uses the storage medium W
This is because it may be understood that when the player removes the storage medium W from the storage medium insertion port 51 at the end of the game, but the storage medium W may be pulled out during a break. Therefore, when the employee determines that the complete game has been completed by remote control or by another method other than that, a signal to that effect is transmitted to the host computer 53 or the storage medium W. Then, the number of pachinko balls stored as the winning ball stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W is calculated as a ball, and the number or the amount added to the number of balls already stored as the ball is stored as the ball. .

However, in the case where the player independently sends a game end signal, even if there is the above problem, when the storage medium W is pulled out from the storage medium insertion port 51 or a switch is provided by itself. When the switch is turned on, it may be determined that the game is over. Further, these may be used in combination.

When the storage device 5 is used as a storage device, the storage device 5 is installed in the
Although it was configured to be usable as an input / output device, for example,
The pachinko machine 2 may be installed near the pachinko machine 2 other than the inter-ball machine 3 such as the inside of the counting device 4.
The input / output device for the storage medium W may be independent of the input / output device. In this case, the storage device 5 is configured to read the number of balls stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W from the host computer 53 or the storage medium W.

Although a magnetic card is used as the storage medium W in this embodiment, an IC in which a storage element such as an LSI is embedded is used.
A card, a card having a magnetic tape on the surface thereof, or the like may be used, or the ID code can be collated by the host computer 53, or the number of balls counted by the storage device 5 can be stored in a storage medium. Any embodiment may be used. In that case, the storage device 5 is also an input / output device according to the embodiment of each storage medium.

In this embodiment, the pachinko balls are introduced into the counting device 4 through the ball box 6, but if the pachinko balls are introduced into the counting device 4 directly from the ball tray 23, the ball box 6 becomes unnecessary. In addition, a nozzle having the same structure as the nozzle for lending pachinko balls provided in the pachinko ball lending machine 3 shown in FIG. If supplied from the tray 23, the structure becomes easy.
If a pachinko ball is directly supplied to the insertion port 41, the ball box 6 can be omitted.

[0045]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the pachinko balls which drop randomly on the upper part of the plate-like body on the insertion port side disperse the stress in the plate-like body part on the insertion port side provided at a small interval. However, gradually dividing into multiple aligned lanes and suddenly introducing pachinko balls only to specific lanes,
Received without clogging in a specific lane, then guided gradually to each lane with approximately the size of pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls moved from the insertion slot to the alignment lane were aligned at almost the middle part They are arranged in a line and can move on the alignment lane from the insertion port side end toward the discharge port.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a pachinko machine position.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a central longitudinal section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective explanatory view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a longitudinal center section according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a part of the ball case according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 a is a partially enlarged view of a part of a ball case according to an embodiment of the present invention; b is a partially enlarged view of a part of a ball case of an embodiment of the present invention c; Large sectional view of each part

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of a part of the ball case according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a counter of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the pachinko machine counter according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a partially large front view of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of an alignment lane storage case according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing details of a shutter driving unit;

FIG. 13 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing details of a shutter driving unit;

FIG. 14 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing details of a shutter driving unit;

FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged view of a hopper part of a conventional counting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 W Storage medium 1 Pachinko machine ball counting system 2 Pachinko machine 21 Main body 22 Upper plate 23 Ball tray 24 Handle 25 Counter 26 Discharge gutter 27 Opening 28 Receiving tray 3 Inter-unit ball lending machine 4 Counter 41 Insertion opening 42 Shutter 43 Shutter drive motor 44 Discharge port 45 Alignment lane 46 Counting means 47 Tray box fixing wall 48 Tray box mounting surface 5 Storage device 51 Storage medium insertion port 6 Tray box 61 Opening 62 Connection 63 Opening / closing shutter 64 Lever 71 Alignment lane storage case 72 plate

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A counter installed at the lower part of the player on the pachinko machine stand, and the other part of the counter is separated by a ball box fixing wall at the center of the counter, and the player side is not provided with a ball box fixing wall. A cardboard box mounting surface, an insertion opening having an openable shutter that is opened on the cardboard box mounting surface, and an opening that is slidably attached to the player side below the counter and that communicates with the insertion port on the insertion port side. A discharge port is provided on the side opposite to the player having a portion, and a plurality of alignment lanes composed of plate-like bodies for aligning pachinko balls are arranged in parallel so that the insertion port side is higher as going toward the discharge port side and becomes lower as going toward the discharge port side. As it is installed, the width gradually narrows from the insertion port side end to the substantially middle part, becomes slightly wider than one pachinko ball at the substantially middle position, and is the same from the substantially middle part to the discharge port side end. Width of the alignment lane Pachinko machine, wherein the case, that comprising a counting device for providing a signal capable of outputting counting means as a count signal by counting the pachinko balls come from the insertion opening.