JP2989458B2 - Gaming 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 game machine such as a pachinko machine .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine has been provided with a ball removing device. This ball punching device is provided for discharging game balls remaining in the prize ball tank or the prize ball guide path at the top of the game machine when transporting the game machine, etc., when viewed from the front of the game machine. By inserting a pin such as a wire into a pin hole penetrated in the upper left portion of the front frame, the game ball guiding passage is switched from a position short of the prize ball payout mechanism to a ball removal passage to discharge the game ball out of the machine. It is configured. This advantageously solves the problem that, when the gaming machine is transported, the game balls remaining in the machine spill out.

[0003]

However, the following problems were conceived in the conventional ball removing device. The prize ball payout device must be attached to the upper part of the gaming machine due to the ball pressure of the game ball, etc., but separately from the game ball guide path that guides the game ball from the prize ball payout device to the upper plate, It is necessary to provide a ball-exit passage from the upper part of the gaming machine before the prize ball dispensing device to the lower part of the gaming machine, which makes the mechanism large and complicated, and also removes the ball from just before the prize ball dispensing device. Since it is configured to switch to the passage side, the problem that the game ball in the prize ball payout device may remain, and furthermore, the position of the pin hole is specified from the necessity to insert and operate the pin for the passage switching mechanism. The problem was that it was

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine which is set when a predetermined winning state occurs due to the behavior of a game ball shot on a game board. A prize ball payout means for paying out a number of game balls, a prize ball passage for guiding game balls discharged by the prize ball payout means to a saucer installed on the front side of the gaming machine, A ball removal passage for discharging game balls from the back side of the gaming machine to the outside of the machine, a normal state in which the prize ball passage is opened and the ball removal passage is closed, and a ball removal passage in which the prize ball passage is closed and the ball removal passage is closed. In a gaming machine provided with a path switching means that changes to a ball-open state to open, a prize ball guiding path for guiding game balls flowing out of a prize ball tank along a substantially horizontal direction, Guided almost horizontally from the passage The prize ball payout means for discharging along a substantially vertical direction, a switch hole opened at a predetermined position on the front face frame of the gaming machine, a detection means for detecting that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole, When the detection means detects that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole, the payout driving means activates the winning ball payout means, and when the detection means detects that the pin has been inserted into the switch hole. Switching drive means for changing the passage switching means from the normal state to the ball-pulling state,
Game between the prize ball payout means and the passage switching means
Introduces a bend in the path of the ball and the game ball diagonally
A skew portion for guiding the ball is provided, and a downstream end of the ball removing passage is connected to a merging passage for discharging game balls used for a game outside the machine. Next, in the gaming machine according to claim 2, in the gaming machine according to claim 1, the winning ball payout means is connected to a downstream end of the winning ball guiding passage, and
It is arranged along the traveling direction of the guidance passage.

[0005]

In the gaming machine according to the first aspect having the above structure,
The prize ball guiding passage guides the game ball flowing out of the prize ball tank along a substantially horizontal direction, and the prize ball payout means causes the game ball to
It is introduced along the substantially horizontal direction from the prize ball guiding passage and discharged along the substantially vertical direction. Therefore, the ball pressure applied to the prize ball payout means is extremely small. The switch hole is formed at a predetermined position on the front frame of the gaming machine, and the detecting means detects that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole. And
When the detection means detects that the pin has been inserted into the switch hole, the payout driving means activates the prize ball payout means, and the switching drive means changes the path switching means from the normal state to the ball removing state. The game ball discharged from the prize ball dispensing means passes through the bent part and the skewed part and changes to the ballless state
Balls opened by passage switching means
Flow into the passage. At this time, the game ball is dropped by the bent part
Speed is regulated. Game balls that flow into the ball-pulling passage
A merging passage for discharging the game balls used for the game out of the machine
From the aircraft. Next, in the gaming machine according to claim 2, the prize ball payout means is provided at a downstream end of the prize ball guide path.
Connected along the direction of the prize ball guiding path
Have been.

[0006]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10 as a game machine according to the present invention, which includes a well-known game board 12.
The front side of the game board 12 has a double glass 1 mounted almost entirely on a front frame 14 made of plastic via a glass frame 13 made entirely of plastic provided with a decorative portion 13a.
6a and 16b, and a game area 18 is formed between the game board 12 and the inner glass 16a and the decorative portion 13a. At the top of the front frame 14, a big hit lamp 20 that is lit when a so-called big hit state occurs is assembled. The front frame 14 can be opened and closed by operating locks 24 provided on the right side portion 22 so as to pivot on protruding hinges 176a and 176b (details will be described later) mounted on the back side of the left side portion 26. is there. Below the front frame 14, a plate member 32 made of plastic and integrally provided with an upper tray 28 and a lower tray 30 is arranged. The upper tray 28 and the lower tray 30 are respectively provided with an upper plate discharge port 34 and a lower plate discharge port 36 for discharging game balls from inside the pachinko machine 10. The dish member 32 has a speaker surface 38 formed of a plurality of small holes.
A speaker (not shown) that emits sound in accordance with a game state is mounted on the back side of the speaker surface 38. Below the speaker surface 38, a pin hole 39 for inserting a wire-like pin is provided through the front frame 14. When a pin is inserted into the pin hole 39, the built-in pin insertion detection switch 39a closes the contact. In the plate member 32, the game balls supplied from the upper tray 28 are filled with the game area 18.
A launch handle 40 for operating a motor (not shown) for launching the game ball and a stop switch 42 for temporarily stopping the launch of the game ball are provided. Further, a skirt plate 43 is provided below the dish member 32. The plate member 32 is provided with an opening hinge 176c, 1 mounted on the back left side.
Although it can be opened and closed around 76d (details will be described later) as an axis, it is locked and closed in the right rear side during normal use. During normal use, the plate member 32 is pressed by the front frame 14 at the upper side to prevent its opening. Therefore, in order to open the plate member 32, it is necessary to open the front frame 14 and release the lock on the right rear side.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the pachinko machine 10, a plastic member which supports each member of the pachinko machine 10 and is also a member for mounting on a game machine installation island (hereinafter simply referred to as an island) is provided. A body frame 44 is provided, and the front frame 14 and the plate member 32 described above are connected to the body frame 44 via a hinge. The main body frame 44 supports the game board 12, a control board 46 incorporating electrical components such as an LSI for controlling the operation of the accessory and changing the game conditions, a cover 46a for protecting the control board 46, and the like. Backplane 4
8 are assembled. Although illustration is omitted,
On the back side of the game board 12, well-known members such as a game ball detection sensor installed in a winning ball passage or a winning opening, a lead object connected to an accessory, a lamp or the like are arranged. A plastic prize ball tank 50 for storing game balls supplied from a ball supply path (not shown) provided above the island is provided at the upper end of the back panel 48. A load sensor 52 for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball by the presence or absence of the load of the game ball is installed in the center of the prize ball tank 50 slightly to the left. An outlet 54 is provided. The prize ball outlet 54 is a transparent plastic prize ball guide gutter 56 that allows game balls to flow down while being aligned.
Is connected to the prize ball discharging device 58 via the A load sensor 60 is provided at an intermediate portion of the prize ball guiding gutter 56, and can detect a guiding state of the game ball. The prize ball discharging device 58 includes a flight screw driven by a stepping motor 62 as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-42248, and further includes a photosensor installed in front of a discharge port 64. 66 allows the passage of the game ball to be detected.

[0009] As shown in FIG.
Is input to the counter 68. The counter 68
The number of game balls ejected is counted based on the signal SP from the photo sensor 66, and the drive signal S is sent to the motor control circuit 70 until the set number (for example, 15) of game balls is counted.
When K is output and the set number of game balls is counted, the output of the drive signal SK is stopped and the count is reset to zero. Further, a winning signal SN from a winning signal generating circuit 72 that generates a winning signal SN when a winning is detected is input to the motor control circuit 70. When the winning signal SN is input, the motor control circuit 70 causes the stepping motor 6 to eject the game ball during the time when the drive signal SK continues.
2 is rotated at a pitch corresponding to the ejection of one game ball.
Accordingly, the stepping motor 62 accurately discharges the set number of game balls and stops. However, if the supply of the game balls to the prize ball discharging device 58 is insufficient for some reason, the stepping motor 62 will run idle, and the motor control circuit 70 receives the drive signal SK of the counter 68. The stepping motor 62 for a predetermined number of pitches corresponding to, for example, discharging 30 game balls.
Rotate to stop. In such a case, for example, when the clerk turns on the reset switch 74 after repairing the malfunction, the same as when the winning signal SN is input,
The motor control circuit 70 rotates the stepping motor 62. In this case, since the discharge of the set number of game balls has not been completed, the counter 68 continues counting to the count at the time of occurrence of the above-described problem. Therefore, if, for example, ten game balls have already been ejected at the time of occurrence of the above-described inconvenience, the counter 68 executes the count of 11 to 15. Therefore, five game balls that have not been discharged due to the occurrence of the failure are discharged, and the stepping motor 62 is stopped. As described above, the prize ball discharging device 58 additionally discharges the number of incomplete discharges after the problem is solved, so that the game balls corresponding to the number of winnings are correctly discharged.

The motor control circuit 70 receives the ball-pull-out signal SI from the pin insertion detection switch 39a. The ball removal signal SI is also input to the solenoid drive circuit 71, which drives the ball discharge gutter opening solenoid 73. When a pin is inserted into the pin hole 39 penetrating the front frame 14, the motor control circuit 70 and the solenoid drive circuit 71
The ball pull-out signal SI from a is input to operate the stepping motor 62 and the ball drain gutter opening solenoid 73 for a predetermined time (about 2 minutes in this embodiment). As shown in FIG. 2, below the discharge port 64 of the prize ball discharge device 58, a prize ball discharge gutter 76 for guiding game balls discharged from the prize ball discharge device 58 is provided.
Is connected. The prize ball discharge gutter 76 is formed by the back plate 48 and the transparent plastic back plates 78 and 80. The prize ball discharge gutter 76 includes a bent portion 82 for regulating the falling speed of the game ball and a skew portion 84 connected to the bent portion 82. Have. The skew portion 84 is connected to a game ball sorting mechanism 88 for sorting and discharging game balls to the upper tray 28 and the lower tray 30. For this reason, the game balls discharged from the prize ball discharge device 58 are guided to the game ball distribution mechanism 88 via the prize ball discharge gutter 76. A ball drain gutter 92 is connected to the prize ball discharge gutter 76 at a sloping portion 84 via a damper 90 driven by the ball drain gutter opening solenoid 73. This ball drain gutter 92 is a path for discharging game balls stored in the prize ball tank 50, the prize ball guide gutter 56, and the like to the outside when the pachinko machine 10 is removed from the island, for example. When a pin is inserted into the pin hole 39 and the pin insertion detection switch 39a is turned on, the ball drain gutter opening solenoid 73 is driven for a predetermined time to drive the damper 90 in the direction of arrow A, thereby cutting off the skewed portion 84 and discharging the prize ball. The gutter 76 and the ball gutter 92 are communicated. In addition, by driving the stepping motor 62 for a predetermined time, the prize ball discharging device 58 is operated to discharge the game ball from the prize ball tank 50. The discharged game balls are discharged to the outside of the machine via the prize ball discharge gutter 76, the ball drain gutter 92 and the merging gutter 131. In a conventional gaming machine, since a damper installed upstream of a prize ball discharge device is mechanically operated by an operation pin to perform a ball removal operation, the operation pin is inserted for damper operation. It was necessary to provide an operation hole near the damper. For this reason, the degree of freedom of the installation position of the damper and the installation position of the operation hole is low, and the configuration of the entire gaming machine may be limited. Further, it is necessary to provide a ball drain gutter from the damper installed on the upstream side of the prize ball discharge device to the lower part of the game machine main body, and there is a problem that the configuration is complicated and large. However, the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment.
Then, as described above, the damper 90 and the prize ball discharging device 58
Are electrically operated, the positions where the damper 90 and the ball-extraction switch are installed are not practically limited, and the degree of freedom in arranging the mechanisms is increased. That is, in this embodiment, the damper 90 is provided in the skewed portion 84 of the prize ball discharge gutter 76 and shares the game ball path to the skewed portion 84 regardless of the prize ball discharging operation or the ball removing operation. It has been simplified.

The game ball sorting mechanism 88 includes the upper tray 28.
An upper plate introduction port 96 leading to the lower tray 30 and an upper plate introduction port 96 leading to the lower tray 30 are open adjacent to each other. A barrier 100 having a height about the radius of a game ball is provided between the upper plate introduction port 96 and the lower plate introduction port 98, and a communication port 102 through which the game ball can pass is provided above the barrier 100. ing. For this reason, the game ball dropped from the prize ball discharge gutter 76 is
Normally, the barrier 100 prevents horizontal movement from the upper plate introduction port 96 side to the lower plate introduction port 98 side, and the upper tray 28
Will be led to. However, when a large amount of game balls are accumulated in the upper tray 28 due to a winning sequence or the like, the game balls may be filled up to the vicinity of the upper plate introduction port 96 with the game balls, and the game balls may not be able to enter the upper plate introduction port 96. . In such a state, the game balls discharged from the prize ball discharge gutter 76 are interrupted in the passage by the game balls staying near the upper plate introduction port 96, so that they pass through the communication port 102 above the barrier 100 and the lower plate. The water overflows to the inlet 98 and is guided to the lower tray 30. Adjacent to the game ball distribution mechanism 88, a winning ball collecting gutter 104 for guiding the winning balls from the game board 12 in a concentrated manner is provided. At the exit side of the winning ball collecting gutter 104, a winning ball discharging device 106 is installed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the winning ball discharging device 106
Of the ball passage 108 is formed at the upper end 10 of the winning ball collecting gutter 104 side.
8a and the cylindrical portion of the lower end portion 108b with the side wall portion 108c.
It is a shape connected by. A pair of openings 110 and 112 facing each other are provided at the center of the side wall 108c.
4 are installed. In the ball passage 108, a pair of plate portions 116a, 116 pivotally supported at the upper end portion 108a is provided.
b, a swinging member 120 comprising a ball receiving portion 118 provided at the tip of the plate portions 116a and 116b is installed. The swing member 120 is driven by a solenoid 124 connected via a wedge member 122 to
8 can be swung. A spring 126 for returning the solenoid 124 is mounted on the wedge member 122. With such a configuration, the game ball guided from the winning ball collecting gutter 104 to the winning ball discharging device 106 falls in the ball passage 108 and is temporarily stopped at the ball receiving portion 118. Here, the proximity switch 114 is turned on. The signal of the proximity switch 114 is input to, for example, a winning signal generation circuit 72 to operate the stepping motor 62 of the prize ball discharging device 58 in accordance with the winning signal SN, and is also input to the control board 46 and used for a predetermined control operation. You. Next, when the swing member 120 is swung in the direction of arrow B by the operation of the solenoid 124, the game ball falls through a gap formed between the ball receiving portion 118 and the ball passage 108. At this time, if there is a subsequent game ball, the game ball is prevented from falling by the wedge member 122. Further, when the wedge member 122 retreats with the return of the solenoid 124, the game ball falls and stops on the ball receiving portion 118, and as described above, the proximity switch 11
4 is activated. In this way, the winning game balls are discharged exactly one by one.

As shown in FIG. 2, the winning ball discharging device 106
Below, a prize ball discharge gutter 128 is provided as a passage of the game ball discharged from the prize ball discharge device 106.
On the left side of the prize ball discharge device 106, an out ball discharge gutter 129 connected to an out hole (not shown) opened at the lower part of the game board 12 is provided. As shown in the drawing, the winning ball discharge gutter 128 and the out ball discharge gutter 129 join and are connected to a merge gutter 131, and the ball drain gutter 92 also merges with the merge gutter 131. Further, a recovery path (not shown) installed on the island is connected to the outlet 131a of the merging gutter 131. With such a configuration, when the pachinko machine 10 is operating (during a game), the winning ball is passed through the winning ball discharging device 106 and the winning ball discharging gutter 128 to the merging gutter 13.
The out ball is led to the merging gutter 131 via the out ball discharge gutter 129, and is discharged to the recovery path.
The game balls guided to the ball drain gutter 92 in performing the ball draining operation described above are discharged to the collection path via the merging gutter 131. In this way, the winning prize ball, the out ball, and the game ball discharged by the ball removing operation are all connected to the merging gutter 1
It is discharged from 31. Therefore, the recovery path is the merging gutter 13
It is only necessary to connect the pachinko machine 10 and the recovery path at a plurality of locations, and the connection between the pachinko machine 10 and the island can be simplified. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, eight engaging pieces 43 a provided on the back surface of the hem plate 43 engage with eight engaging ports 130 provided at the lower part of the main body frame 44, respectively. Thereby, the main body frame 44 and the hem plate 43 are connected. Also body frame 4
A pair of spacers 132, 132 are housed in a concave portion 44a formed at the lowermost portion of the fourth. These spacers 132 are for preventing breakage of the main body frame 44 due to nailing when the pachinko machine 10 is installed on an island. By adjusting the thickness t of the spacer 132, the main body frame 44 can be adjusted. The height of the installation can be adjusted. For this reason, if the pachinko machine 10 using the body frame 44 of the Kanto frame size is incorporated with the spacer 132 having the increased thickness t, the pachinko machine 10 of the Kanto frame size can be installed on an island of the Kansai frame size. . Therefore, there is no need to manufacture two types of main body frames 44, the Kanto frame and the Kansai frame. Since the Kansai frame is also larger in width than the Kanto frame, the width can be adjusted by using a vertical spacer that can be installed along the side surface of the main body frame 44. Needless to say, the size of the frame of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is 809 mm long and 52 mm wide in the Kanto frame.
1mm, Kansai frame is 818mm long and 530mm wide.

As shown in FIG. 5, the front frame 14, the plate member 3
A steel reinforcing rail 134 is bolted to the first side wall 44b of the main body frame 44 that supports a load such as 2.
Further, L members 136 and 136 for locking the front frame 14 and a lower locking member 138 for locking the plate member 32 are attached to the second side wall 44c facing the first side wall 44b. The lower locking member 138 can reciprocate along the arrow Z direction within a predetermined range, and is urged upward by a spring.
8a is pressed downward in the figure, so that the lower locking member 13 is pressed.
8 can be lowered against the urging force of the spring. As shown in FIG. 6, the back panel 48 includes two hinges 139, 1
39, it is pivotally supported on the first side wall 44b of the main body frame 44,
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, a pair of locking mechanisms 14 are provided.
It is detachably locked to the second side wall 44c via 0 and 140. As shown in FIG. 7, this locking mechanism 140
It is composed of a locking member 144 which is pivotally supported by the pin 142 and is attached to the back panel 48 so as to swing along the arrow C, and a locking bar 146 fixed to the second side wall 44c of the main body frame 44. . The locking member 144 is provided with a locking hook 144a and a handle 144b that can be locked with the locking bar 146. The locking hook 144a is locked by swinging the handle 144b along arrow C. The back panel 48 can be disengaged from the bar 146 by this operation.
4 and can be released.

2 and the pachinko machine 10 to the front frame 14
FIG. 6 is a front view of a state where the plate member 32 is removed.
As shown in the figure, the game board 12 is held on the back board 48 via four pressing mechanisms 148. As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of plate-shaped projections 150a, 1
50, a shaft 152 having a semi-lunar cross-sectional shape and penetrating through the pressure member 150;
Is provided with a knob 154 for rotating the. The pressing mechanism 148 includes a shaft 152 between the pressing member 150 and the knob 154.
Is rotatably held in a shaft hole 156 of the back panel 48.
The pressing member 150 is housed in an insertion portion 158 formed in the back panel 48. With such a configuration, if the pressing member 150 is rotated through the knob 154 within a range of about 90 degrees, the game board 12 and the pressing edge 160 of the back panel 48 come into close contact with each other,
It can be in a pressed state (see FIGS. 8A and 8C) and released from this state (see FIGS. 8B and 8D).
As shown in FIG. 6, the game board 12 mounted on the back board 48
The movement in the horizontal direction is regulated by the above-described compression mechanism 148, and the movement in the direction of gravity is regulated by the support portion 162 of the back panel 48.
, The game board 12 can be moved in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. If the operation is performed in the opposite manner, the game board 12 is
8 can be attached. In this manner, the game board 12 can be attached to and detached from the back board 48 from the front side of the back board 48, and is easy. Therefore, for example, it is extremely easy to replace only the game board 12 with a new game board. As described above, since the game board 12 is directly supported by the back panel 48 held by the main body frame 44, the conventional pachinko machine or the like is supported by the main body frame to hold the game board and fix the firing handle 40 and the like. The old wooden front frame is no longer needed. Also, a plastic inner frame fixed to the front frame and supporting the game board is not required. That is, the back panel 48 of the present embodiment is
It has the functions of a conventional plastic so-called back pack and a front frame and a middle frame for holding a game board. With such a configuration, the number of components can be reduced.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, a firing device 168 provided with a hitting hammer 164 for firing game balls into the game area 18 and a motor 166 for driving the hitting hammer 164 is provided below the back panel 48. Is housed. Launching device 1
A firing rail 170 for guiding a game ball to be fired is disposed diagonally above 68.
By hitting the game ball placed at the rear end 170a with the hitting portion 164a of the ball hammer 164, the game ball can be fired. The fired ball is fired on the firing rail 17.
0, the guide rail 1 fixed to the game board 12
It is guided along 72 and discharged to the game area 18. In addition, between the firing rail 170 and the guide rail 172, for example, a foul ball for collecting game balls that could not reach the game area due to insufficient urging by the ball hammer 164 and leading them to the lower tray 30. A guideway 174 is provided. Four projecting hinges 176a, 176b, 176c, 176 are provided on the inner side of the first side wall 44b of the main body frame 44.
d is installed, and the protruding hinges 176a, 176b
The front frame 14 is attached to the
The plate member 32 is attached to c and 176d.

As shown in FIGS. 10, 11 and 12, the protruding hinges 176a to 176d
8 and is fixed to the first side wall 44b. A plate-like piece 182 is connected to the fixing member 178 so as to be swingable about a pin 180, and a triangular piece 186 is connected to be swingable about a pin 184. Also, a plate-like piece 182
The other end of the L-shaped plate 1 is swingable with each other via a pin 188.
90 is connected to the rear end of the triangular piece 186.
0 is connected to the center. The tip side of this L-shaped plate 190 is substantially U-shaped, and the tip of the
(Plate member 32)
6 are connected to each other so as to be swingable. further,
The S member connected to the concave member 194 via a pin 198
The other end of the character piece 200 is connected to the triangular piece 186 via the pin 202.
It is connected to. Such an exposed hinge 176a-
In 176d, when shifting from the closed state (see FIG. 11) to the open state (see FIGS. 10 and 12), the L-shaped plate 19 is used.
The 0 and S-shaped pieces 200 are displaced so as to be pulled out along the arrow E direction. However, the triangular piece 18 is larger than the displacement of the L-shaped plate 190 connected near the center of the triangular piece 186.
Since the amount of displacement of the S-shaped piece 200 connected to the distal end of the front frame 6 increases, the front frame 14 (the plate member 32) protrudes in the direction of arrow E and swings in the direction of arrow F. Become. As described above, since the front frame 14 (dish member 32) moves in a fan shape while detaching from the main body frame 44, a gap K is formed between the front frame 14 (dish member 32) and the main body frame 44 in the open state. You. Accordingly, for example, a distance according to the gap K is also secured between the adjacent pachinko machine or the ball lending machine installed between the pachinko machines and the open front frame 14 (dish member 32). it can. Therefore, for example, the front frame 14 can be opened at a larger angle than before, and maintenance inside the pachinko machine 10 becomes easier. In addition, for example, the upper and lower trays can be extended as much as the gap K, and the volume of the upper and lower trays can be increased.

As shown in FIG. 13, various members are installed on the back side of the front frame 14 and the plate member 32 which are attached to the main body frame 44 via the protruding hinges 176a to 176d. . In FIG. 13, in order to clearly distinguish the front frame 14 and the plate member 32, the front frame 14 and the plate member 32 are displayed more apart than actually. First, the front frame 14 will be described.
A protection plate 208 for protecting the wiring to is provided. Also, the front frames 14 are closed by engaging with L members 136 and 136 shown in FIG. 5 fixed to the second side wall 44c of the main body frame 44 along the sides facing the protruding hinges 176a and 176b. Front frame locking mechanism 210 for maintaining
Is arranged. The front frame locking mechanism 210 is rotated by a locking plate 212 that can move up and down within a predetermined range, a spring 214 that urges the locking plate 212 upward, and a lock 24 to move the locking plate 212. Push member 216 that can be pushed down
It has. When the front frame 14 is closed, the locking plate 212 and the L members 136 and 136 are locked to each other, and the spring 214 biases the locking plate 212 to maintain this state. When the pressing member 216 is rotated via the, and the locking plate 212 is pressed down against the urging force of the spring 214,
The locking between the locking plate 212 and the L members 136 and 136 is released, and the front frame 14 can be opened. The front frame 14 is supported by a pair of shaft pins 218 and 218 disposed between the projection hinges 176a and 176b, and
Is installed.

As shown in FIG. 14, the glass frame 13 is rectangular and has a pair of glass grooves 22 for holding the glasses 16a and 16b.
0a, 220b and outer member 22
And an ornamental portion 13a which is disposed in the interior of the housing 2 and forms a substantially circular space at the center, and an engaging portion 224 provided with a hole engageable with the shaft pins 218, 218 on the left side in the figure.
a and 224b are fixedly attached to a metal engaging support fitting 226. In addition, the glass 16a, 16b is provided with glass grooves 220a, 220b on the side facing the engagement support fitting 226.
In addition, a metal glass holding plate 230 that holds the inside of the glass 16a and opens and closes the hinges 228a and 228b as axes and enables insertion and removal of the glasses 16a and 16b is mounted. An elastic plate 232 made of steel is arranged near the center of the glass pressing plate 230. This elastic plate 232 is elastically deformable along the direction of arrow G. As shown in FIG. 13, when the glass frame 13 is brought into close contact with the front frame 14, the elastic plate 2
32 is in contact with the rear end 234 of the pressing member 216. Therefore, the glass frame 13 is attached to the front frame 1 by the rear end 234.
4 is restricted from leaving. On the other hand, when the elastic plate 232 is elastically deformed toward the center of the glass frame 13, the elastic plate 232 is released from the state of contact with the rear end 234, and the glass frame 13 moves the shaft pins 218, 218. It becomes swingable as an axis. Therefore, by operating the elastic plate 232, the glass frame 13 can be separated from the state in which the glass frame 13 is in close contact with the front frame 14. The elastic plate 232 is
The pressing force from the rear end 234 causes the glass holding plate 23
It also has a function of holding 0 in a closed state, and when the glass frame 13 is separated from the front frame 14 as described above, the glass pressing plate 230 can also be opened.

Next, the back side of the plate member 32 will be described. The back surface of the plate member 32 is made of a plastic back plate 236.
A passage 238 that penetrates the back plate 236 and communicates with the upper tray discharge port 34 of the upper tray 28 is open. A substantially parallelogram member disposed below the passage 238 is
A bypass member 240 for guiding game balls from the lower plate introduction port 98 to the lower plate discharge port 36 of the lower tray 30, and a game ball port 242 is provided on the upper side. In addition, an opening that communicates with the lower tray 30 is provided in the back plate 236 corresponding to the convex portion 244 below the bypass member 240. Further, a diagonally above the convex portion 244 of the bypass member 240, a foul ball guiding path 17 from which game balls fired from the firing device 168 and cannot reach the game area 18 are collected.
Foul ball socket 24 for receiving game balls from 4
6 are provided. On the left side of the bypass member 240 in the figure, a back plate 236 is partially removed, and inside the bypass member 240, game balls supplied from the upper tray 28 are fired one by one.
A launching ball supply device 248 for supplying the inside of the shooting ball 70 is provided. The back plate 236 is provided with a lead wire hole 250 as a passage for a lead wire (not shown) connecting the firing handle 40 and the firing device 168 below the firing ball supply device 248. Furthermore, the projecting hinge 17 of the plate member 32
6c, 176d, along a side opposite to the lower locking member 138 shown in FIG. 5 installed on the main body frame 44, a steel locking metal fitting 25 having locking portions 252a, 252b capable of locking.
2 are installed. Therefore, if the locking between the lower locking member 138 and the locking portions 252a and 252b is released by pressing down the pressing portion 138a of the lower locking member 138 of the main body frame 44, the plate member 32 is exposed to the hinge 176c.
It can be opened around 176d. Open plate member 3
2 is closed so as to be pressed against the main body frame 44, the locking portion 2
52a and 252b can be locked with the locking member 138 of the main body frame 44, and the plate member 32 and the main body frame 44 can be held in a joined state.

In the gaming machine of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the damper 90 and the prize ball discharging device 58 for closing the skewed portion 84 of the prize ball discharge gutter 76 and opening the ball drain gutter 92 are electrically operated. With such a configuration, the damper 90 and the pin hole 39
The installation position of is not limited, and has an excellent effect that the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the mechanism is increased. This allows
The disadvantages of conventional gaming machines, that is, it is necessary to provide an operation hole through which an operation pin is inserted for damper operation near the damper, and the degree of freedom in the installation position of the damper and the operation hole is low, limiting the gaming machine overall configuration problem, a problem that it is necessary to provide a ball抜樋consists installed damper on the upstream side to the lower of the gaming machine body is complicated and large suitably of prize balls eductor It has an excellent effect that it can be eliminated. In addition, the prize ball discharging device 5
Since the ball 8 is operated to remove the balls, there is also an effect that all the game balls can be discharged without the game balls remaining in the prize ball discharge device 58.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, when it is detected that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole , the passage switching means is driven.
Since the configuration is such that the award ball payout means is operated by being moved, the installation positions of the switch holes and the passage switching means are practically not restricted, and there is an excellent effect that the degree of freedom in arrangement of the mechanism is increased. As a result, it is necessary to provide an operation hole for inserting an operation pin for operating the damper in the vicinity of the damper. Is low, which limits the overall configuration of the gaming machine, and requires the installation of a ball drain gutter from the damper installed upstream of the prize ball discharge device to the lower part of the gaming machine body, resulting in a complicated and large configuration. Can be preferably eliminated. Further, since the ball is removed by driving the prize ball payout means, there is an excellent effect that all the game balls can be discharged without leaving the game balls as in the related art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a mechanism related to control of a stepping motor of a prize ball discharging device mounted on the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of a winning ball discharging device of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main body frame of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine of the embodiment in a state where a front frame and a plate member are removed.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the locking mechanism of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

8 (a) and 8 (b) are partial longitudinal sectional views, FIG. 8 (c) is a front view of a pressed state, and FIG. (D) is a front view of the release state.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the state of the pachinko machine of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the vicinity of an extension hinge of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of an extension hinge of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the pachinko machine of the embodiment in a state where an extension hinge is opened.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of a front frame and a plate member of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a glass frame of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... pachinko machine (game machine), 12 ... game board,
13: Glass frame, 14: Front frame, 16a, 16
b: glass (glass plate), 18: game area, 2
8 upper tray, 30 lower tray, 32 plate member, 39 pin hole, 39a pin insertion detection switch (detection means), 44 body frame, 48 · · · Back plate, 50 · · · prize ball tank, 56 · · · prize ball guide gutter (prize ball guide path), 58 · · · prize ball discharge device (prize ball payout means), 62 · · · stepping motor ( Prize ball payout means), 70... Motor control circuit (payout drive means),
73: Ball drainage opening solenoid (switching drive means), 7
6: prize ball discharge gutter (prize ball passage), 90: damper (passage switching means), 92: ball drain gutter ( ball drain passage) , 131: merging gutter (merging passage).

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Shogo Tatsumi 125 Yorocho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan Taiyo Electronics Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-5-337239 (JP, A) JP-A-5 −42248 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model 4-35484 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A prize ball payout means for paying out a set number of game balls when a predetermined winning state occurs due to the behavior of a game ball fired on a game board surface, and a game discharged by the prize ball payout means A prize ball path for guiding a ball to a tray installed on the front side of the gaming machine, a ball-pulling path for discharging game balls discharged by the prize ball payout means from the back side of the game machine to the outside, A gaming machine comprising a ball passage opening means for changing between a normal state in which the ball passage is opened and the ball-pulling passage is closed and a ball-pulling state in which the prize ball passage is closed and the ball-pulling passage is opened, A prize ball guiding path for guiding outflowing game balls along a substantially horizontal direction; and the prize ball payout for introducing game balls from the prize ball guiding path along a substantially horizontal direction and discharging the balls along a substantially vertical direction. Means and a predetermined position of the front frame of the gaming machine A switch hole formed in the switch hole, a detecting means for detecting that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole, and the prize ball paying means when the detecting means detects that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole. Dispensing drive means for operating a, and switching drive means for changing the path switching means from the normal state to the ball removal state when the detection means detects that a pin has been inserted into the switch hole, Game between the prize ball payout means and the passage switching means
Introduces a bend in the path of the ball and the game ball diagonally
A gaming machine , wherein a skewed portion for guiding is provided, and a downstream end of the ball removing passage is connected to a merging passage for discharging a game ball used for a game outside the machine. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said winning ball payout means is connected to a downstream end of said winning ball guiding passage.
And placed along the advancing direction of the award ball guidance path.
A gaming machine characterized by the following.