JP2929997B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional pachinko machine, a mechanism plate is installed on the back side, and a winning ball collecting section and a winning ball recognition device are vertically connected to the mechanism plate. And a game ball dispensing device and a dispensing passage are vertically connected. In such a pachinko machine, when a game ball hit by a player wins a prize area such as a prize device installed in the game area, the winning game ball (prize ball) is sent to a prize ball collecting section. , Through the winning ball passage, and inside the winning ball recognition device. Further, when the game ball passes through the inside of the winning ball recognition device, the winning ball recognition device transmits a winning recognition signal to a control device built in the pachinko machine. When the control device receives the winning recognition signal, the control device immediately transmits a game ball payout signal to the game ball payout device, and when the game ball payout device receives the game ball payout signal, the game ball payout signal is stored in the game ball tank. The game balls are counted as appropriate and paid out to a game ball storage plate installed on the front side of the pachinko machine.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional pachinko machine, a large number of game balls are not normally stored in the winning ball collecting section. Since a large number of game balls are won in the device in a short time, the recognition of the winning balls by the winning ball recognition device below the winning ball collecting unit cannot be made in time, and a large amount of game balls gather in the winning ball collecting unit. When a large number of game balls are gathered in the winning ball collecting section, a situation occurs in which these game balls form a bridge (aggregation) and do not flow down to the winning ball recognition device. When such a situation occurs, the game ball is not paid out in spite of the game ball having won the prize device in the game area, and the winning ball gathering portion becomes saturated, so that the pachinko hall is Employees had to break the bridge of game balls.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional pachinko machine, and to provide a pachinko machine in which a game ball smoothly flows down without forming a bridge in a winning ball collecting section. .

[0005]

The structure of the present invention is as follows.
When a game ball wins a prize area provided in the game area,
The game balls are sent to the prize ball collecting unit and recognized by the prize ball recognition device, and the game balls in the prize ball tank are paid out by the game ball payout device and sent to the storage tray through the payout passage. Machine, a part of the payout passage is adjacent to the winning sphere collecting portion via a partition,
At least a part of the game balls paid out by the game ball payout device collides with the partition.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the front side of a pachinko machine,
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the back side of the pachinko machine by partially omitting a portion thereof;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, and FIGS.
(C) is a cross section taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section taken along a line B and a line CC, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state where the mechanism plate is assembled.
The pachinko machine 1 has a game area 2 slightly above the center on the front side.
An upper plate 3 and a lower plate 4 for storing game balls are provided vertically below the game area 2 (see FIG. 1). A firing handle 5 is provided beside the lower plate 4.
The game ball in the upper plate 3 can be driven into the game area 2 by rotating the firing handle 5. When the game ball wins the winning opening 6 installed in the game area 2, the pachinko machine 1 stops after the three symbols displayed on the ordinary symbol display section 7 fluctuate, and the symbol after the stop is a predetermined symbol. In the case of a combination, a big hit occurs, and the central ordinary electric accessory 8 is opened for a predetermined time. Further, when a game ball wins the opened central ordinary electric auditors' hand 8, the upper ordinary electric auditors' hand 9 and the lower ordinary electric auditors' hand 10 are interlocked with each other to repeat opening and closing a predetermined number of times. For this reason, in the case of the pachinko machine 1, when the jackpot state occurs, the player can acquire a large amount of game balls as prize balls in a short time.

On the other hand, on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, a mechanism plate 1 is provided.
1 (see FIG. 2). The mechanism plate 11 includes an upper member 12, a lower member 13, a right member 14, a left member 15
The upper member 12 is provided with a game ball tank 16 and the right member 1
4, a passage member 17 and a game ball payout device 18 including a main body member 19 and a solenoid member 20 are vertically connected (see FIG. 5). The central portion of the mechanism plate 11 is opened to form an opening 48 (see FIG. 2).

A winning ball collecting portion 21 having a shape obtained by dug the surface of the lower member 13 into a flat rectangular parallelepiped is provided at an upper portion substantially at the center of the lower member 13, and is provided in the game area 2. It is in a state of communicating with each winning device that has been set (see FIGS. 2 and 5). The winning ball collecting unit 21 is in a state where the bottom surface 22 is inclined downward from the left side to the right side. In addition, a winning ball passage 23 is provided below the winning ball gathering portion 21, and the lowest position (right end) of the bottom surface is provided.
Is in communication with the winning sphere collecting unit 21 via a flow-down hole 24 provided behind. An inclining member 25 is provided on the front side of the downflow hole 24, and is inclined downward from the right side to the left side, and downward from the front to the rear (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5). It is in an inclined state.

The winning ball passage 23 is inclined downward from the communication position with the winning ball collecting portion 21 on the right side to the left side, and is turned back at a position below the left end of the winning ball collecting portion 21, and the turning position thereof From the center to the center. In the winning ball passage 23, the upper and lower passage portions 26, 27, which are lowered leftward, and the lower passage portion 27, which is lowered rightward, have an interval of approximately one game ball. However, the width of the upper passage portion 26 is formed to be wider at the communicating position with the winning ball collecting portion 21 on the right side than near the turning position on the left side. In addition, the width of the upper passage portion 26 near the turning position on the left side is approximately one game ball.
The width of the lower passage portion 27 is the same width for approximately one game ball on both the left side and the right side (FIGS. 3 and 4 (a) to (c)). )reference). In addition, a winning ball recognition device 28 is connected to the lower edge of the lower passage 27.

On the other hand, two payout ports 29, 29 are provided at the lowermost position of the game ball payout device 18 installed on the right side member 14, and the right side member 14 and the lower side member 13 A payout passage 30 is provided so as to communicate with the payout ports 29. The payout passage 30 is provided on the inner side wall plate 3.
1 is inclined to the lower left, and the outer wall plate 32 is curved from the lower side to the lower left, so that the outer wall plate 32 is bent leftward from the lower part of the outlets 29, 29 as a whole. Then, the left end portion is in a state of being adjacent to the winning ball collecting section 21 via the partition wall 33. Also,
The payout passage 30 is in communication with the upper plate 3 projecting below the game area 2 via a game ball passage hole 34 formed in the rear of the lower member 13. Further, the bottom plate 35 below the payout passage 30 is inclined downward from the front to the rear, and the rear edge is located above the ball guide member 36 for guiding the game ball to the upper plate 3. (See FIG. 3).

A lower plate guiding passage 37 is provided below the payout passage 30, and is bent leftward and downward from the vertical direction (see FIGS. 2 and 5). On the right side of the lower end of the lower plate guiding path 37, a full tank switch 38 is fitted and mounted (in FIG. 2,
The description of the full tank switch 38 is omitted). In addition,
The lower end of the lower dish guiding path 37 is in communication with the lower dish 4 installed below the game area 2.

The pachinko machine 1 further includes a winning ball collecting portion 21 of the lower member 13, a payout passage 30, and a lower plate ball guiding passage 37.
, The portion of the winning ball passage 23, and the portion of the winning ball recognition device 28 are respectively an upper cover 39, a lower cover 40,
It is covered by the opening / closing cover 41 (see FIG. 5, and in FIG. 2, the upper cover 39 and the lower cover 4
0, the opening and closing cover 41 is omitted). The upper cover 39 is configured such that the fitting protrusions 42 on both ends are
The lower cover 40 is detachably attached to the lower member 13 by a fastening member 44 while being fitted in fitting holes 43 formed on both sides of the lower member 13. The three fastening holes 45a, 45b,... And the three fastening holes 45b, 45b,.
Are attached to the lower member 13 in a state where they are fixed. The three fastening holes 45 of the lower member 13
Of the b, 45b, the upper two are fastening holes 45b, 4
5b is engaged with the lower cover 40 in a state where the periphery of the drilled portion is fitted into fitting holes 47, 47 formed in the upper cover 39 (see FIGS. 5 and 6). Also, the fastening member 4
4 is the lower cover 4
, And the fixing holes 45b, 45b,... Of the lower member 13 can be fixed.
By pulling the knob, the fixed state can be easily released.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a cover member 49 so as to cover the opening 48 of the mechanism plate 11 (in FIG. 2, the description of the cover member 49 is omitted. There). The lid member 49 has engaging concave bodies 50, 50 protruding at the upper part on the right side, and fitting holes 51a, 51a at the upper part on the left side. And
The engagement concave bodies 50, 50 are engaged with the engagement projections 46, 46 provided on the right side member 14 of the mechanism plate 11, and the fastening members 44 are provided.
With the portions of the engagement holes 51a, 51a being engaged with the portions of the engagement holes 51b, 51b of the left member 15, the engagement portions between the engagement concave bodies 50, 50 and the engagement protrusions 46, 46 are changed. It is attached so that it can open freely on the axis. The fastening member 44 is engaged with the engagement holes 51a, 51a of the lid member 49 and the left side 15 by pushing the knob portion, similarly to the fastening member 44 used for installing the lower cover 40 described above. The holes 51b, 51b can be engaged,
By pulling the knob portion, the engaged state can be easily released.

In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball hit into the game area 2 wins a winning area such as a prize device installed in the game area 2, the winning game ball is transferred to the mechanical plate 11. Is sent to the prize ball collecting unit 21 provided in the player. The game ball sent to the winning ball collecting unit 21 has the bottom 2
The ball 2 flows down to the position of the flow-down hole 24 by the inclined member 25, and flows down to the winning ball recognition device 28 through the winning ball passage 23. When a game ball flows down in the winning ball recognition device 28, a winning recognition switch built in the winning ball recognition device 28 is turned on, and a winning recognition signal is transmitted to a control device (not shown) built in the pachinko machine 1. You. Upon receiving the winning recognition signal, the control device transmits a prize ball payout signal to the game ball payout device 18 immediately. In the pachinko machine 1, usually, a large number of game balls are not stored in the prize ball collecting unit 21, but when a big hit occurs, a short prize device installed in the game area 2 is used. Since many game balls win in time, many game balls are stored in the winning ball collecting unit 21.

On the other hand, in the pachinko machine 1, when a prize ball payout signal is transmitted to the game ball payout device 18, the game balls stored in the game ball tank 16 of the upper member 12 are used.
After flowing down the inside of the passage member 17, the game ball payout device 1
8 and is paid out from the payout ports 29, 29 at the lower end of the game ball payout device 18.

The game balls paid out from the payout ports 29, 29 of the game ball payout device 18 fall vertically in the payout passage 30, but the outer wall plate 32 of the payout passage 30 is directed downward from the left to the lower left. Since it is bent so as to draw a curve, it collides with the bent portion, turns to the left, rolls on the bottom plate 35, and collides with the partition 33 at the left end of the discharge passage 30. As shown in FIG. 3, the game ball colliding with the partition wall 33 rolls on the bottom plate 35 and then on the ball guide member 36 to the upper plate 3 installed below the game area 2. Flow down.

When the game balls are saturated in the upper plate 3, the overflowing game balls are sent to the lower plate 4 through the lower plate ball guide passage 37. Further, when the game ball is saturated in the lower plate 4, a full signal is transmitted to a control device built in the pachinko machine 1 by the full tank switch 38, and the firing handle 5 below the gaming area 2 is rotated. The game ball will not be fired even if the moving operation is performed.

The pachinko machine 1 is configured as described above, and the game balls paid out from the payout ports 29, 29 of the game ball payout device 18 are placed on the partition wall 33 at the boundary between the winning ball collecting section 21 and the payout passage 30. Since the collision occurs continuously, the impact due to the collision propagates to the winning ball collecting unit 21. For this reason,
Even if many game balls are stored in the winning ball collection unit 21 and they form a bridge,
The bridge is immediately canceled, and the game balls in the winning ball collecting section 21 flow down to the winning ball recognition device 28 without stagnation. This eliminates the need for pachinko hall employees to perform maintenance work.

The pachinko machine 1 easily removes the stagnant state by detaching the upper cover 39 even when the game balls flowing down the winning ball passage 23 are stagnated due to accumulation of dust and the like. Opening the cover member 49 makes it possible to easily exchange the winning device and the like provided in the opening 48 of the mechanism plate 11. In this case, the upper cover 39 is attached to the fastening member 4.
4, the lid member 49 is easily attached to and detached from the lower member 13, and the lid member 49 is easily opened because the left side is engaged by the fastening member 44. It is.

Further, in the pachinko machine 1, the winning ball recognition device 28 and the full tank switch 38 are simply fitted and installed, so that when they break down, they can be easily removed and replaced. .

The configuration of the pachinko machine 1 of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but includes a mechanism plate, a passage member, a game ball payout device, a winning ball collecting section, a winning ball passage, Winning ball recognition device, payout passage, various cover members,
The structure and shape of the lid member, the configuration of the game contents in the pachinko machine, and the like can be appropriately changed as necessary.

For example, the mechanism plate does not necessarily have to have a combined structure, but may be formed integrally. In addition, it is also possible to integrate both the passage member and the game ball payout device without providing them separately.

[0024]

According to the present invention, at least a portion of the game balls paid out by the game ball payout device are sent to the storage dish after colliding with the winning ball collecting portion in the payout passage, Since the game balls flow smoothly without forming a bridge in the winning ball collecting section, the maintenance work of the pachinko hall staff is unnecessary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the front side of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the back side of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section taken along line AA in FIG. 1;

4 is a cross section taken along line AA, a cross section taken along line BB, and C in FIG.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the -C line cross section.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the mechanism plate in an exploded manner.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state where the mechanism plate is assembled.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a lid member is attached to an opening of the mechanism plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Pachinko machine, 2. Game area, 3. Upper plate, 4.
・ Lower plate, 5 ・ ・ Launch handle, 6 ・ Winning hole, 7 ・ ・ Normal symbol display, 8 ・ ・ Central ordinary electric accessory, 9 ・ ・ Upper ordinary electric accessory, 10 ・ ・ Lower ordinary electric accessory Object, 11 mechanism plate, 12 upper member, 13 lower member, 14 right member, 15 left member, 16 game ball tank, 1
7. passage member, 18. game ball dispensing device, 19 body member, 20 solenoid member, 22 bottom surface, 23
..Winning ball passages, 24..fall holes, 25..inclined members,
26 upper passage portion, 27 lower passage portion, 28 winning ball recognition device, 29 payout exit, 30 payout passage, 3
1 · · · inner wall plate, 32 · · · outer member, 33 · · · partition, 3
4 ··· Gaming ball passage hole, 35 ··· Bottom plate, 36 ·· Ball guide member, 37 ··· Passage for lower plate ball guide, 38 ·· Full tank switch, 39 ··· Top cover, 40 ··· Bottom cover, 41 ・
· Opening / closing cover, 42 · · · fitting protrusion, 43 · · · fitting hole, 4
4. A fastening member, 45a, 45b, a fastening hole, 46
Engaging projection, 47, fitting hole, 48, opening, 49
Lid member, 50 engagement concave body, 51a, 51b engagement hole.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] When a game ball wins a prize area provided in a game area, the game ball is sent to a prize ball collecting unit and recognized by a prize ball recognition device, and a game ball in a prize ball tank is recognized. A pachinko machine that is paid out by a game ball payout device and sent to a storage dish via a payout passage, wherein a part of the payout passage is adjacent to the winning ball collecting unit via a partition wall, A pachinko machine wherein at least a part of the game balls paid out by the payout device collide with the partition.