JP2963132B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a game machine provided with a dish capable of storing game balls, and more specifically, a game stored in the dish. The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of extracting a ball.

[Related Art] Conventionally, for example, a pachinko gaming machine has been known as a gaming machine using a game ball. This pachinko gaming machine has a plate such as a hit ball supply tray or a surplus ball tray for storing a game ball purchased as a game ball or a game ball paid out as a prize ball. A ball-drawing device for extracting the game balls stored in the surplus ball tray was provided. Then, the ball removing device has a structure in which the ball removing operation lever must be continuously operated until all the game balls stored in the dish are removed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For this reason, when a large amount of game balls are stored in the hit ball supply tray or the surplus ball tray, a ball removal operation lever is used for a long time until all of the large amount of game balls are removed. Has to be continuously operated, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can extremely easily perform a boring operation and that can automatically return to an original state after boring is completed.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a gaming machine according to the present invention comprises: a plate capable of storing game balls; and a ball for extracting the game balls stored in the plate. A punching hole, an opening / closing member that opens and closes the boring hole, a biasing member that constantly biases the opening / closing member so as to close the boring hole, and a biasing member against the biasing of the biasing member. When the opening and closing member is manually moved to open the ball hole, an engagement member that mechanically engages with the opening and closing member, and an engagement state between the opening and closing member and the engagement member An electrical drive source to be released; a ball-drawing operation unnecessary state detecting means for detecting that there are no more game balls removed from the ball-drawing hole; and a ball-drawing operation unnecessary state detected by the ball-drawing operation unnecessary state detecting means. Release drive signal to the electric drive source based on the And control means for emitting, in which with a.

[Operation] Since the opening / closing member is always urged by the urging member so as to close the ball hole, the game ball can be stored. Thus, when the opening and closing member is manually moved against the urging force of the urging member, a ball hole is opened and a game ball can be extracted. At this time, since the open / close member and the engaging member are mechanically engaged and the open state is maintained, it is not necessary for the player to keep the state where the open / close member is opened / closed. Can be. Further, when the stored game balls are removed, a release drive signal is automatically issued to an electric drive source for releasing the engagement state between the opening / closing member and the engagement member, and the ball removal holes are closed again. Thus, the opening and closing member is urged by the urging member. As a result, it is not necessary to perform the return operation after the ball is removed. In addition, since the detection of the ball removal operation unnecessary state is performed by the detection means provided in the ball removal hole itself, the moment when there is no game ball removed from the ball removal hole can be detected as the ball removal operation unnecessary state, Even if the ball removal operation unnecessary state is detected and the ball removal hole is closed, no residual ball remains.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine to which this embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine. In the figure, a door holding frame 3 is provided around a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the door holding frame 3 has a glass door frame 4 having a glass plate and a front door plate 5. Is pivotally supported on one side and is attached to open and close freely. A game board 10 is detachably provided behind the glass door frame 4 and on the back of the front frame 2. Also, on the surface of the front door plate 5,
A hit ball supply plate 6 as a plate, which is one of the main parts of this embodiment, is fixed. The hit ball supply tray 6 is used to throw in a game ball borrowed for playing a game or to store a prize ball discharged, and to send one of the stored game balls to the firing position of the hit ball. Supply. In the internal space on the upstream side of the hit ball supply tray 6, a speaker 7 as a notifying means for generating a sound effect related to the game is built. The detailed configuration of the hitting ball supply tray 6 will be described later.

The lower part of the front frame 2 is an operation handle 8 which constitutes a part of the hitting ball firing mechanism and another one of the main parts of this embodiment, and was not fully stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6. A surplus ball tray 9 for storing prize balls is provided.
The surplus ball tray 9 will be described later in detail.

On the surface of the game board 10, a guide rail 11 for guiding a shot hit is planted in a substantially circular shape, and an area defined by the guide rail 11 constitutes a game area 12.

At about the center of the game area 12, a variable display device 13 having a plurality of rotating drums is provided. Further, a variable winning ball device 14 is provided below the variable display device 13. The variable prize ball device 14 is in a big hit state when all the combinations of the identification information of the rotating drums of the variable display device 13 are in a specific combination, and a predetermined period (for example, until 30 seconds elapse, or 10 pieces). (Until the winning prize ball is generated), and a hit ball falling in the game area 12 during the opening is received. Then, when the player wins the V winning opening provided in the variable winning ball device 14,
The above-described open state is repeated again, and the open state can be repeated up to 10 times on condition that a winning ball wins in the V winning opening. For this reason, there is a chance to obtain a large number of prize balls in a short time, and the obtained prize balls are stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6 or the surplus ball tray 9 serving as the dish.

In addition, below the variable winning ball device 14 in the game area 13, starting winning ports 15a to 15c that allow variable display of the rotating drum.
Is provided.

Further, in the game area 12, in addition to the variable display device 13, the variable winning ball device 14, the starting winning openings 15a to 15c, a winning opening, a windmill, an effect lamp, an obstacle nail (not shown), and the like are provided. At the bottom of the game area 12, there is provided an out port 16 through which a hit ball that has not won any of the above-mentioned winning areas is guided to the rear of the game board 10.

The pachinko gaming machine has the configuration as described above, but the configuration of the hit ball supply tray 6 and the surplus ball tray 9 as the plates constituting the main part of this embodiment will be described below.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIG. 8, the structure of the surplus ball tray 9 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the surplus ball tray 9 decorates the surface of the front frame 2. It is provided so as to be located in front of the decorative plate 17. And
A surplus ball discharge port 18 is formed substantially at the center of the decorative plate 17,
The surplus ball discharge port 18 faces the surplus ball storage section 20 of the surplus ball tray 9. An ashtray 19 is provided on the side of the surplus tray 9.
Are provided integrally.

As shown in FIG. 1, the surplus ball receiving tray 9 has a surplus ball storage unit 20 for storing a large amount of surplus balls, and one side of the bottom surface of the surplus ball storage unit 20 that is formed in an inclined shape ( A ball hole 21 is formed at the lower end of the surplus ball flowing down). The ball hole 21 is formed in a circular shape, and a proximity type ball-down detection switch 39 is provided along the periphery thereof. Therefore, the falling ball flowing out of the ball hole 21 is detected by the falling ball detection switch 39. In addition, a rectangular opening / closing member 22 that always closes a ball hole 21 is provided on the back side of the bottom surface of the surplus ball storage section 20 so as to be freely opened and closed. That is, a sliding space formed on the back side of the bottom surface of the surplus ball storage section 20
The opening / closing member 22 is slidably housed in 26. A return spring 23 is in contact with the rear end of the opening / closing member 22, and the front portion of the opening / closing member 22 always closes the ball hole 21 by the urging force of the return spring 23. In addition, a concave portion 24 is formed at the center of the side edge of the opening / closing member 22,
The recess 24 is engageable with an engagement member 28 fixed to a release solenoid 27 described later. Further, a contact engagement portion 25 is provided on the front side of the rear end of the opening / closing member 22 so as to protrude therefrom.
25 comes into contact with the pressing pieces 32 and 36 of the first operating member 31 and the second operating member 35 described later.

On the other hand, a release solenoid 27 is disposed on the back side of the opening / closing member 22, and an engagement member 26 is fixed to a tip of the release solenoid 27. The engaging member 28 is constantly urged by an urging spring 29 so as to contact the side edge of the opening / closing member 22. The release solenoid 27 is installed such that the recess 24 and the engaging member 28 are engaged when the opening / closing member 22 is moved by the first operation member 31 described later.
At the rear end of the sliding space 26, there is provided an operation detection switch 30 that is pressed by the rear end of the open / close member 22 to be turned on when the open / close member 22 is moved by the first operating member 31. Have been. The operation detection switch 30 detects that the opening / closing member 22 has been operated, and when there is no signal from the down ball detection switch 39 within a predetermined time T (for example, 10 seconds) from the detection signal, This is for sending an excitation signal to the release solenoid 27.

On the other hand, a first operating member 31 and a second operating member 35 protrude forward of the surplus ball tray 9, and an extended portion of the operating members 31 and 35 has an L-shape located inside the surplus ball tray 9. Pressing piece portions 32 and 36 of FIG. The rear ends of the pressing pieces 32, 36 are in contact with the contact engaging part 25 of the opening / closing member 22, and the first return springs 33,
The second return spring 37 is in contact with the second return spring 37. The other ends of the return springs 33 and 37 are in contact with the stopper portions 34 and 38, so that the first operation member 31 and the second operation member 35
Is constantly biased to one side by return springs 33 and 37, and when moving against this biasing force,
As shown in FIG. 1, the first operating member 31 includes a stopper portion 34.
Distance to contact the "D _1" only movable, second
The operation member 35 is movable by a distance “D ₂ ” until it comes into contact with the stopper portion 38. Here, when the diameter of the ball escape holes 21 is "D", it is desirable to have a relationship of D _1> D ₂ ≧ D. This means that when the first operating member 31 is operated, the concave portion 24 and the engaging member 28 need to be engaged, but when the second operating member 35 is operated, the concave portion 24 is held in front of the engaging member 28. This is because it is necessary to stop, and even when the second operation member 35 is operated, it is desirable that the opening / closing member 22 completely opens the ball hole 21.

Then, when moving the first operating member 31 by a distance D ₁ is closing member by the contact between the pressing piece portion 32 and the abutting engagement section 25
When the ball 22 moves and opens the ball hole 21, and the stored game ball goes to the village, it flows out of the ball hole 21. Further, at this time, since the concave portion 24 of the opening / closing member 22 and the engaging member 28 of the release solenoid 27 engage as shown in FIG. 2, even if the first operating member 31 is released, the first operating member 31 itself becomes the first operating member 31. Although it returns to the original position by the 1 return spring 33, the opening / closing member 22 is held in a state in which the ball hole 21 is opened. On the other hand, the second operation member
When the user moves the 35 distance D ₂ is the ball escape holes 21 to move the closing member 22 by the contact between the pressing piece 36 and the abutting engagement section 25
When there is a stored game ball, the game ball flows out of the ball hole 21. At this time, the concave portion of the opening / closing member 22
Since the engagement member 24 and the engagement member of the release solenoid 27 do not engage as shown in FIG. 3, when the second operation member 35 is released,
The second operating member 35 itself returns to the original position by the second return spring 37, but the opening / closing member 22 also closes the ball hole 21 again by the urging force of the return spring 23. As described above, when the first operation member 31 is operated, it is mainly a case where the game is ended and all the game balls are removed.
When the second operation member 35 is operated, it is mainly a case where a required number of game balls that are full in the middle of the game are extracted as needed, and by using the first operation member 31 and the second operation member 35 properly, all balls can be used. It is possible to cope with a condition that requires unplugging.

By the way, in addition to the above-described configuration, the surplus ball tray 9 has a ball-off display that lights when the downflow ball detection switch 39 is turned on.
An LED 40 is provided on one side of the upper surface of the surplus ball tray 9 to notify that the ball removing operation is being performed. In this sense, the light may be turned on when the operation detection switch 30 is turned on. A release button for manually forcibly turning on the release solenoid 27 is provided on the other side of the upper surface of the surplus ball tray 9.
When a release button 41 is operated by the player, a built-in manual release switch 42 is turned on.

Although the configuration of the surplus ball tray 9 is as described above, the drive control of the electric components included therein is controlled by a control board 43 (see FIG. 8) provided at the lower part of the rear surface of the front frame 2.
Done by Therefore, the control operation of the control board 43 will be described below. First, when the second operation member 35 is operated, the control operation by the control board 43 is not performed, but the game ball flowing out of the ball hole 21 is merely operated. May be detected by the falling ball detection switch 39 and the control for lighting the ball removal display LED 40 may be performed. Of course, there is no need to perform such control. On the other hand, when the first operating member 31 is operated, it will be control operation is performed by the control board 43, to move the first operating member 31 as described above by a distance D _1, the recess of the closing member 22 24 and the engagement member 28 of the release solenoid 27 are engaged, and the opening / closing member 22 maintains the state in which the ball hole 21 is completely opened even if the hand is released from the first operation member 31. At the same time, the operation detection switch 30 is turned ON.
Becomes If there is no signal from the falling ball detection switch 39 within a predetermined time T (for example, 10 seconds) after the operation detection switch 30 is turned on, the release solenoid 27 is turned on, and therefore, the engagement member 28 and the recess Since the engagement with 24 is released, the opening / closing member 22 returns to the original position by the biasing force of the return spring 23 and closes the ball hole 21. When there is a signal from the falling ball detection switch 39 within the predetermined time T,
A signal for turning on the release solenoid 27 is not derived, and balls are continuously removed. Then, after all the game balls stored in the surplus ball storage unit 20 flow out and the detection output of the down ball detection switch 39 disappears, a predetermined time T ₁ (= T may be used).
Is passed, a signal for turning on the release solenoid 27 is derived, whereby the opening / closing member 22 automatically closes the boring hole 21 as described above.

Further, even if the ball removal is performed while the first operating member 31 is operated and the opening / closing member 22 is held, if the ball removal is to be completed halfway, the release button 41 is pressed to release the manual release switch. 42 turns ON, which releases the release solenoid 27
Is turned on, the engagement between the engaging member 28 and the concave portion 24 is released, and the opening / closing member 22 is returned to the original position, so that the boring hole 21 can be closed.

As described above, in the surplus ball tray 9 according to the embodiment, since the opening / closing member 22 is held by the engagement between the recess 24 and the engaging member 28, the first operating member 31 is held in a state where the opening / closing member 22 is opened. It is not necessary to keep holding, and it is possible to extremely easily remove balls. When all the game balls stored in the surplus ball tray 9 are extracted, the release solenoid 27 is activated.
When ON, the holding state of the opening / closing member 22 due to the engagement between the recess 24 and the engaging member 28 is automatically released, and the opening / closing member 22 is urged by the return spring 23 so as to close the ball hole 21 again. It is not necessary to perform the return operation after boring. In particular, in the holding state releasing method, when the automatic return is performed when a predetermined time has elapsed after the operation of the opening / closing member 22, if the setting of the predetermined time is short, the surplus ball tray is set. There is a possibility that the game must be automatically returned and operated again before all the game balls stored in the ball 9 are discharged, and the predetermined amount of time is set so that the maximum amount of the ball stored in the surplus ball tray 9 can be stored. If the time is set based on a time sufficient for the balls to flow out, when the amount of the stored game balls is small, the waiting time after all the game balls have flowed out increases, and the There is a disadvantage that the game cannot be immediately resumed with the gaming machine. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the release of the holding state is performed after a lapse of a predetermined time from the outflow of the ball, the game is not automatically returned in the middle of the game. After a certain time, the opening / closing member 22 can be reliably returned to the original state, and the game can be started immediately in the gaming machine immediately after the ball is removed.

In the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that the game ball to be removed is detected in the surplus ball receiving tray 9 by the falling ball detection switch 39 provided along the peripheral edge of the ball removal hole 21. However, as shown in FIG.
A game ball detection switch 39a provided near the ball hole 21
Thus, it may be detected that there is no game ball in the surplus ball tray 9. In this case, the game ball detection switch 39a is provided on the back surface of the surplus ball storage unit 20 and detects whether or not a game ball as a metal ball is present in the surplus ball storage unit 20 (for example, , Proximity detectors). Therefore, when the surplus balls flow down the slanted bottom surface of the surplus ball storage unit 20 and flow out of the ball boring holes 21, the detection signal is sent intermittently from the game ball detection switch 39a, When the game ball flows out of the ball hole 21, the detection signal is not sent. Then, when a certain period of time has elapsed since the detection signal is no longer sent, a signal for turning on the release solenoid 27 is derived,
The opening / closing member 22 automatically closes the boring hole 21. The installation position of the game ball detection switch 39a may be any position as long as it is near the lower end of the surplus ball storage unit 20 formed in an inclined shape.

Next, the configuration of the hit ball supply tray 6 as another dish provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. The hit ball supply tray 6 is attached to the surface of the front door plate 5 as described above, and the front door plate 5 has an upper decorative plate 44 on the upper portion of the hit ball supply plate 6 as shown in FIG. Is attached.
The upper decorative plate 44 is formed with guide grooves 45 and 46 through which a first operation member 67 and a second operation member 71 described later are slidably guided. A ball-off indicator 47 is provided beside the guide groove 45. Is provided. The ball-off display 47 has the same function as the ball-off display LED 40, and notifies that the game balls stored in the hit ball supply tray 6 have been ball-off. On the other side of the upper decorative plate 44 (left side in FIG. 8),
A prize ball discharge port 48 is provided for discharging prize balls paid out from a prize ball payout device (not shown) provided on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

By the way, the upstream side of the hit ball supply tray 6 is a prize ball storage section 49 having a large volume for storing game balls, while the downstream side of the hit ball supply tray 6 has a game as shown in FIG. There is a guide path 50 in which the balls are arranged in a line and flow down. However, just before the end of the taxiway 50,
Is opened and closed so as to open and close the ball opening 51.
52 is slidably provided below the guideway 50. The opening / closing member 52 opens the ball opening 51 at its tip,
Or a return spring at the rear end.
One end of 57 is abutted and is constantly urged in a direction to close the ball opening 51. The other end of the return spring 57 is
It is in contact with the stopper portion 58. A first contact engaging portion 53 and a second contact engaging portion 54 are provided on the side surface of the opening / closing member 52 at a predetermined interval. A pressing piece 68 of a first operating member 67 to be described later is brought into contact with the first contact engaging portion 53, and a second contacting portion 54 is brought into contact with a second The pressing piece 72 of the operating member 71 is configured to abut and engage. Further, an engaging projection 55 extending rearward from the stopper 58 extends above the rear end of the opening / closing member 52, and an engaging portion 56 is formed at the tip of the engaging projection 55.

On the other hand, a release solenoid 59 is disposed behind the opening / closing member 52, and one side end of the inverted L-shaped engagement member 62 is fixed to the tip of the plunger 60 of the release solenoid 59. The engagement member 62 is rotatably supported around a support shaft 63, and an engagement portion 64 is formed at the other side end. Thus, the engaging member 62 is constantly urged by an urging spring 61 provided around the plunger 60 so as to come into contact with the stopper 65 in a state rotated counterclockwise, that is, with the engaging portion 64 raised. Have been. Further, the installation position of the engagement member 62 is determined by a first
The engagement portion 56 of the engagement projection 55 and the engagement portion 64 of the engagement member 62 are installed so that the engagement portion 56 of the engagement protrusion 55 engages with the engagement portion 64 when the opening and closing member 52 is moved by the operation member 67. Also, behind the engaging portion 64, when the opening / closing member 52 is moved by the first operating member 67,
An operation detection switch 66 that is pressed by the tip of the engagement projection 55 and turned ON is provided. This operation detection switch 66
This detects that the opening / closing member 52 has been operated, and when there is no signal from a falling ball detection switch 75 to be described later within a predetermined time T (for example, 10 seconds) from the detection signal, an excitation signal is supplied to the release solenoid 59. It is for sending.

On the other hand, a first operating member 67 and a second operating member 71 protrude from the guide grooves 45, 46 of the upper decorative plate 44, and extended portions of the operating members 67, 71 are pressed piece portions 68, 72. It has become.
The lower ends of the pressing pieces 68, 72 are in contact with the first contact engaging part 53 and the second contact engaging part 54 of the opening / closing member 52, respectively. A first return spring 69 and a second return spring 73 are in contact with the base, respectively. The other end of each return spring 69, 73 is
0, 74 are in contact. However, the first operating member 67 and the second operating member 71 are constantly biased to one side by the return springs 69 and 73, and when the first operating member 67 is moved against the biasing force, the first operating member 67 is is movable by a distance "D _3" to contact with the stopper portion 70 as shown in FIG. 5, the second operating member 71, the distance the "D _4" in until it abuts against the stopper 74 by movable It is. Here, when the diameter of the ball vent opening 51 is "D", it is desirable to have a relationship of D _3> D ₄ ≧ D. This is because when the first operating member 67 is operated, the engaging portion 56 and the engaging portion
This is because when the second operating member 71 is operated, it is necessary to stop the engaging portion 56 in front of the engaging portion 64. This is because it is desirable that the opening / closing member 52 completely opens the ball opening 51 even when operated.

Then, when moving the first operating member 67 by a distance D ₃ is to open the ball ejecting opening 51 closing member 52 by the contact is moved between the pressing piece 68 and the first abutting engagement section 53, the reservoir If there is a played game ball, the game ball is caused to flow out of the ball punching opening 51. At this time, the engaging portion 56 of the opening / closing member 52 and the engaging member 62
6 is engaged as shown in FIG.
Even when the operating member 67 is released, the first operating member 67 itself returns to the original position by the first return spring 69.
It is held in a state where the ball opening 51 is opened. On the other hand, the second
The operating member 71 by a distance D ₄ when moved, the pressing piece portion 72
The opening / closing member 52 moves due to the contact between the second contact engagement portion 54 and the second contact engagement portion 54 to open the ball ejection opening 51, and when there is a stored game ball, the ball is discharged from the ball ejection opening 51. At this time, since the engaging portion 56 of the opening / closing member 52 and the engaging portion 64 of the engaging member 62 do not engage as shown in FIG. 7, when the second operating member 71 is released, the second The operation member 71 itself returns to the original position by the second return spring 73, but the opening / closing member 52 also closes the ball opening 51 again by the urging force of the return spring 57. As described above, the operation of the first operation member 67 is mainly a case where the game is ended and all the game balls are removed, and the operation of the second operation member 71 is mainly performed during the game. This is a case where a full number of game balls are extracted as necessary. By properly using the first operation member 67 and the second operation member 71, it is possible to cope with any state in which ball removal is necessary.

As described above, when the opening / closing member 52 is moved by the first operating member 67 and the second operating member 71 and the ball opening 51 is opened, the game balls stored in the hit ball supply tray 6 are moved to the ball opening. From 51, the ball is led to the ball extraction passage 78. Thus, on the upstream side of the ball ejection passage 78 and directly below the ball ejection opening 51, a support shaft is provided.
A ball sensing plate 76 pivotally supported by 77 is provided, and a falling ball detection switch 75 is disposed below the swinging end of the ball sensing plate 76. This falling ball detection switch 75 is
Similar to the falling ball detection switch 39 provided on the surplus ball receiving tray 9, it detects a game ball flowing out of the ball opening 51, and is pressed by the ball sensing plate 76 while the flowing game ball is present.
It turns ON, and when there are no outflowing game balls, it turns OFF,
The release solenoid 59 after a predetermined time T ₁ from the time from which it OFF is to act as turned ON. The swing range of the ball sensing plate 76 is regulated by a stopper 82 projecting above the falling ball detection switch 75 when swinging. Further, a ball outlet 79 is formed at the end of the ball removing passage 78, and the ball outlet 79 faces a communication gutter (not shown) communicating with the surplus ball tray 9. Therefore, the game ball removed from the ball removal opening 51 is finally guided to the surplus ball tray 9. When the ball opening 51 is closed, a game ball flowing down the guide path 50 is sent to the supply path 80 through the opening / closing member 52, and the hitting ball supply device (not shown) is used to launch one ball at a firing position. Supplied to

A release button 81 for manually forcibly turning on the release solenoid 59 is provided on the upper surface of the hit ball supply tray 6, as shown in FIG. Manual release switch (not shown)
Turn ON.

Although the configuration of the hit ball supply tray 6 is as described above, the drive control of the electrical components included therein is performed by the control board that controls the drive of the electrical components included in the surplus ball tray 9.
43 (see FIG. 8). Therefore, the control operation of the control board 43 will be described in the same manner. First, when the second operation member 71 is operated, the control operation by the control board 43 is not performed, but only flows out of the ball opening 51. Control may be performed such that a game ball is detected by the falling ball detection switch 75 and the ball removal indicator 47 is turned on. Of course, there is no need to perform such control. On the other hand, when the first operation member 67 is operated, the control board 43
Although so that the control operation is performed by moving the first operating member 67 as described above by a distance D _3, the engaging portion 64 of the engaging portion 56 and the engaging member 62 of the engaging protrusion 55 Are engaged, and the opening and closing member 52
Keeps the ball opening 51 completely opened. At the same time, the operation detection switch 66 turns ON. If there is no signal from the falling ball detection switch 75 within a fixed time T (for example, 10 seconds) after the operation detection switch 66 is turned on,
Since the release solenoid 59 is turned ON, the engagement between the engagement portion 64 of the engagement member 62 and the engagement portion 56 of the engagement protrusion 55 is released, and the opening / closing member 52 is attached to the return spring 57. It returns to the original position by the force and closes the ball ejection opening 51. When a signal from the falling ball detection switch 75 is received within the predetermined time T, a signal for turning on the release solenoid 59 is not derived, and the ball is continuously removed. Then, all the game balls stored in the prize ball storage unit 49 flow out and the falling ball detection switch
When a certain time T ₁ (= T may have elapsed) after the detection output of 75 has disappeared, a signal for turning on the release solenoid 59 is derived, whereby the opening / closing member 52 is automatically opened as described above. Close 51.

Further, even if the ball removal is performed while the first operating member 67 is operated and the opening / closing member 52 is held, if the ball removal is to be completed in the middle, the release button 81 is pressed to release the manual release switch. Turns ON, which releases the release solenoid 59
When turned ON, the engagement between the engagement portion 64 of the engagement member 62 and the engagement portion 56 of the engagement protrusion 55 is released, and the opening / closing member 52 is returned to the original position to close the ball opening 51. be able to.

As described above, in the hit ball supply tray 6 according to the embodiment, the opening / closing member 52 is held by the engagement between the engaging portion 56 of the engaging projection 55 and the engaging portion 64 of the engaging member 62. Opening / closing member 52
It is not necessary to keep holding the first operation member 67 in the state in which is opened, and it is possible to extremely easily remove balls. When all the game balls stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6 are removed, the release solenoid 59 is turned on and the engaging portion 56 of the engaging protrusion 55 is turned on.
The holding state of the opening / closing member 52 due to the engagement of the engaging member 64 with the engaging portion 64 is automatically released, and the opening / closing member 52 is urged by the return spring 57 so as to close the ball opening 51 again. It is not necessary to perform the return operation after boring. In particular, in the holding state release method, when the opening / closing member 52 is configured to automatically return when a predetermined time has elapsed after being operated, if the setting of the predetermined time is short, the hitting ball supply tray It may be necessary to automatically return and operate again before all the game balls stored in the ball 6 are discharged, and the setting of the predetermined time is limited to the amount of the ball stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6 as much as possible. If the time is set based on a time sufficient for the balls to flow out, when the amount of the stored game balls is small, the waiting time after all the game balls have flowed out increases, and the There is a disadvantage that the game cannot be immediately resumed with the gaming machine. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the release of the holding state is performed after a lapse of a predetermined time from the outflow of the ball, the game is not automatically returned in the middle of the game. After a certain time, the opening and closing member 52 can be reliably returned to the original state, and the game can be started immediately in the gaming machine immediately after the ball is removed.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the two operation members of the first operation members 31 and 67 and the second operation members 35 and 71 are provided has been described. However, the second operation members 35 and 71 are not provided and the second operation members 35 and 71 are not provided. 1 operation member 3
1 and 67 may be included.
The operating members 31, 67 may be constituted by push buttons, and the opening / closing members 22, 52 may be moved by solenoids when the push buttons are operated. Also, after the detection signal of the falling ball detection switches 39 and 75 disappears, the release solenoid
As a predetermined time T ₁ of the up drive signal 27,59 is issued, a time longer than the above embodiments (e.g., 1 minute) may be set. In this case, the restart of the game in the gaming machine after the ball is removed is slightly delayed. Further, in the above-described embodiment, as an example of the gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is illustrated, but any gaming machine having a plate that can store gaming balls may be used. .

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, the gaming machine according to the present invention is configured such that the opening / closing member is mechanically engaged with the engaging member and the opened state is maintained. Therefore, it is not necessary for the player to keep the state in which the opening / closing member is opened / closed, and the ball can be removed extremely easily. When the stored game ball is removed, the holding state of the opening / closing member by the engagement member is automatically released, and the opening / closing member is urged by the urging member so as to close the ball hole. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform the return operation after the reverse pulling.
In addition, since the detection of the ball removal operation unnecessary state is performed by the detection means provided in the ball removal hole itself, the moment when there is no game ball removed from the ball removal hole can be detected as the ball removal operation unnecessary state, Even if the ball removal operation unnecessary state is detected and the ball removal hole is closed, no residual ball remains.

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FIGS. 1 to 3 are plan views of a surplus ball tray as an example of a dish body, FIG. 1 shows a state in which a ball hole is closed, and FIG. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the ball hole is opened, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which the ball hole is opened by the second operating member. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a surplus ball tray showing another example of the game ball detection switch. 5 to 7 are rear views of a hitting ball supply tray as an example of a plate body, FIG. 5 shows a state in which a ball opening is closed, and FIG. 6 shows a first operation. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the ball opening is opened by the member, and FIG. 7 shows a state in which the ball opening is opened by the second operating member. FIG. 8 is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of a game machine to which the surplus ball tray and the hit ball supply tray as the above-mentioned dish body are applied. 1 ... Pachinko gaming machine (Game) 6 ... Ball supply tray (dish) 9 ... Extra ball tray (dish) 21 ... Ball hole 22 ... Opening / closing member 23 ... Return spring (biasing member) ) 27: Release solenoid (electric drive source) 28: Engagement member 39: Downflow ball detection switch (game ball detection means) 39a: Game ball detection switch (game ball detection means) 43: Control board ( (Including control means) 51 ball opening (ball hole) 52 opening / closing member 57 return spring (biasing member) 59 release solenoid (electric drive source) 62 engagement member 75 … Downstream ball detection switch (game ball detection means)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A dish body capable of storing game balls, a ball hole for extracting game balls stored in the dish body, an opening / closing member for opening and closing the ball hole, and a ball hole always. An urging member for urging the opening / closing member to close the door, and when the opening / closing member is manually moved to open the ball hole against the urging of the urging member. An engaging member that mechanically engages with the opening / closing member; an electric drive source that releases an engagement state between the opening / closing member and the engaging member; A ball-drawing-unnecessary state detecting means for detecting that the game balls to be removed have disappeared, and a release drive to the electric drive source based on the ball-pulling-out operation unnecessary state detected by the ball-dropping-unnecessary state detecting means. A game machine comprising: a control unit that emits a signal.