JP3075976U - Game media storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] It is desirable for a game medium storage box such as a pachinko ball storage box to have a shape that gives an impression that balls often come out from a pachinko machine, and that it is stable even when full storage boxes are stacked. desired. SOLUTION: An outer bottom surface 2a of a pachinko ball A having an upper surface opened and having a storage portion for storing a game medium therein is made flat, and an inner bottom surface 2b is formed on a raised bottom surface separated from the outer bottom surface 2a. For this purpose, the bottom plate 2 is made thick or a hollow portion 4 is provided inside. Further, in order to prevent a shock due to static electricity charged in the pachinko balls, a hole 3 into which the pachinko balls fall down to a position facing the outer bottom surface 2a can be provided in the inner bottom surface 2b.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a game medium storage box used by a customer in a pachinko playground or the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Customers playing with pachinko machines take out pachinko balls from the pachinko ball storage box and supply them to the pachinko machines, and luckily win the prize and store the pachinko balls released from the pachinko machine in the pachinko ball storage box.

[0003] When the number of pachinko balls increases during a pachinko game and the pachinko ball storage box becomes full, the next pachinko ball storage box is stacked on top of it, and further, harvested pachinko balls are put.

Since the pachinko ball storage box is configured to store approximately a predetermined number of pachinko balls when the pachinko balls are filled to the full opening surface, the number of pachinko balls is calculated during play. Even without a pachinko ball, it is possible to know the tendency of the increase and decrease of pachinko balls, and it is convenient to easily grasp the number of pachinko balls even when pachinko balls are exchanged after playing.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 If the pachinko amusement park lowers the pachinko ball exchange ratio (the ratio of the price when a customer borrows a pachinko ball to the price when a pachinko ball is returned), the pachinko ball to be exchanged as a customer is taken at a lower price. In order to solve this problem, if the pachinko ball exchange rate is reduced and the pachinko ball winning rate is reduced and the ball is pushed out, a new dissatisfaction that pachinko balls are not delivered to customers Occurs.

[0006] Accordingly, as a pachinko game hall, even if the winning rate of pachinko balls is lowered instead of increasing the exchange rate of pachinko balls, it is necessary to prevent the customer from being dissatisfied with poor pachinko ball delivery. Countermeasures are required.

On the other hand, conventionally, since the pachinko ball storage box is made of a plastic material or the like having low conductivity, the static electricity charged in the pachinko ball in the storage box is accumulated without being discharged, and the hand is required to handle the static electricity. Touching it could cause a shock.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and the customer's satisfaction is focused on the fact that the number of filled pachinko ball storage boxes is one measure. Is the same as conventional pachinko ball storage boxes, but the main purpose is to provide a pachinko ball storage box that can reduce the number of pachinko balls stored and can be stacked in a stable state. An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball storage box capable of preventing static electricity from being accumulated in the stored pachinko balls.

The above is not limited to the case of a pachinko machine using pachinko balls, but also applies to a slot machine using medals as a game medium.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game medium storage box having an opening at an upper surface and a storage portion for storing a game medium therein, wherein the outer bottom surface has a flat surface. The inner bottom surface is formed on a raised bottom surface separated from the outer bottom surface.

[0011] The play medium storage box according to the present invention configured as described above has an outer bottom surface formed as a flat surface, so that even if a plurality of full play medium storage boxes are stacked, they may fluctuate. There is no risk of collapse, and there is no fear that the play media will fall out of the storage box.

Further, since the inner bottom surface is raised by an amount separated from the outer wall surface, the number of game media stored in the game media storage box is the same as that of the conventional game media, although the appearance is not different from the conventional one. The number of products is less than that of conventional products, and they are more likely to be full than before, so customer satisfaction can be obtained.

In the game medium storage box according to the present invention, the inner bottom surface and the outer bottom surface may be an upper surface and a lower surface of a thick bottom plate.

In the case of the structure described in claim 2, the inner bottom surface is separated from the outer bottom surface by the thickness of the thick bottom plate, so that the raised bottom structure of the inner bottom surface can be easily formed.

[0015] In the game medium storage box according to the present invention, a hollow portion may be formed between the inner bottom surface and the outer bottom surface.

In the case of the structure described in claim 3, the thickness of the bottom plate can be made substantially equal to other portions, and the weight of the bottom plate is reduced by the hollow portion. is there.

[0017] In the game medium storage box according to the present invention, as described in claim 4, a hole can be formed in the inner bottom surface until the game medium falls down to the outer bottom surface.

In the case of the structure described in claim 4, the game media dropped into the hole falls to a position facing the outer bottom surface, and each of the game media in the storage box includes the dropped game media. Is in contact with

When the game medium storage box is placed on the floor or on a full game medium storage box, static electricity charged in the game medium in the storage box is directly on the floor or on the full game medium storage box. Since the game media is discharged onto the floor via the game media, customers who touch the game media do not receive an electrostatic shock.

In the game medium storage box according to the present invention, a conductor penetrating to the outer bottom surface can be embedded in the inner bottom surface.

In the case of the structure described in claim 5, since the game media that are in contact with each other in the storage box are also in contact with the conductor, the game medium storage box is placed on the floor or full of the game media. When placed on a box, the static electricity charged on the game media in the storage box is discharged directly onto the floor or via the conductors onto the floor, so that customers who touch the game media may receive an electrostatic shock. There is no.

[0022]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Next, a specific example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the game medium storage box is a pachinko ball storage box used in a pachinko parlor.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the pachinko ball storage box A according to the present invention has a box shape with an open top surface, and has a storage portion 1 formed therein for storing and stacking pachinko balls. This is the same as a conventional pachinko ball storage box.

The opening area and the height of the peripheral wall of the pachinko ball storage box A are substantially the same as those of the conventional storage box, so that the external appearance looks the same size as the conventional one.

However, in the pachinko ball storage box A, the bottom plate 2 has a thick structure, and the bottom surface of the bottom plate 2, that is, the outer bottom surface 2a has a flat surface parallel to the inner bottom surface 2b.

Therefore, even if the pachinko ball storage box A is stacked on the floor of the pachinko game hall or on a full pachinko ball storage box, there is no danger of the wobble or the slingshot of the pachinko balls falling.

The inner bottom surface 2b is a raised bottom surface separated from the outer bottom surface 2a only by the size of the thick bottom plate 2, and the number of stacked pachinko balls is reduced. Decrease. For example, what was previously filled with 2500 pieces is now filled with 2250 pieces, and a pachinko player has the impression that a lot of pachinko balls appear as before.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the thick bottom plate 2 is provided with a hole 3 communicating from the inner bottom surface 2b to the outer bottom surface 2a.

The hole 3 is composed of a tapered hole 3a for guiding the sling of a pachinko ball and a small hole 3b communicating from the lower end of the tapered hole 3a to the outer bottom surface 2a. The tapered hole 3a has a size such that a part of the surface of the dropped pachinko ball slightly protrudes from the outer bottom surface 2a.

Therefore, when the pachinko ball storage box A is full of pachinko balls, the uppermost pachinko balls are arranged in a plane substantially parallel to the outer bottom surface 2a, and the pachinko balls that have fallen into the holes 3 are placed on the outer bottom surface 2a. And the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball storage box A are in contact with each other, including the dropped pachinko balls.

When the full pachinko ball storage box A is placed on the floor or on another full pachinko ball storage box A, the static electricity charged in the pachinko balls in the storage box A is directly on the floor or full. Since the pachinko balls are discharged onto the floor via the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball storage box A, the danger of a customer touching the pachinko balls receiving an electrostatic shock is reliably prevented.

Next, a second embodiment of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG.

When the pachinko ball storage box A is produced by injection molding from a plastic material, the thickness of each part is made as uniform as possible so that the injected plastic material is cooled evenly in the mold. Is desirable.

In order to make the bottom plate 2 have the same thickness as the other portions while keeping the outer bottom surface 2a flat and the inner bottom surface 2b raised, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, A hollow portion 4 may be provided. In order to manufacture the pachinko ball storage box A, a portion excluding the outer bottom surface 2a is integrally formed, the outer bottom surface 2a is separately formed, and the outer bottom surface 2a may be attached to the bottom of the pachinko ball storage box A.

In this case, a cylindrical wall 5 penetrating vertically through the hollow portion 4 of the bottom plate 2 is provided, a hole 3 is provided inside the cylindrical wall 5, and the pachinko balls dropped into the hole 3 Do not flow into the hollow part 4.

Next, third and fourth embodiments of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, respectively.

In the third embodiment of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention shown in FIG. 8, instead of providing the hole 3 for preventing electrostatic shock in the thick bottom plate 2, the inner bottom surface 2b passes through the outer bottom surface 2a. The conductor 6 is embedded in the bottom plate 2. Is also good.

In the fourth embodiment of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention shown in FIG. 9, the pachinko ball storage box A having the hollow portion 4 formed between the inner bottom surface 2b and the outer bottom surface 2a has a contact area. In order to increase the size, a conductor 6 having a U-shaped cross section is provided to maintain good contact with the pachinko balls or the floor surface.

As described above, by providing the conductor 6 in the pachinko ball storage box A, the lowermost pachinko ball of the pachinko ball storage box A comes into contact with the upper end surface of the conductor 6 and the lower end surface of the conductor 6 Is in contact with the pachinko balls on the floor or in the full pachinko ball storage box A, so that the static electricity charged in the pachinko in the pachinko ball storage box A is discharged, and the electrostatic shock of a person touching the pachinko balls is prevented. You.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which the game medium storage box according to the present invention is a pachinko ball storage box. However, even in the case of a slot machine or the like using medals as a game medium, the game according to the present invention is also provided. A medium storage box can be applied.

[0041]

[Effect of the invention]

 Since the game medium storage box according to the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. The following effects are obtained when the game medium storage box according to the present invention is a pachinko ball storage box.

(1) If the pachinko amusement park lowers the pachinko ball winning rate instead of raising the pachinko ball exchange rate according to the customer's request, a new dissatisfaction with the customer that pachinko balls are not well delivered is made. However, in the present invention, the number of balls to be stored is reduced without changing the external shape of the pachinko ball storage box, so that customers are not dissatisfied with poor pachinko ball output. it can.

(2) Since the pachinko ball storage box is made of a low-conductive plastic material or the like, there has been a problem that the pachinko balls receive an electrostatic shock due to static electricity accumulated in the pachinko balls in the storage box. By providing a hole in the bottom plate of the storage box where the pachinko balls fall to the outer bottom surface, or by burying a conductor in the bottom plate, electrostatic shock could be completely prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of a pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko ball storage box of FIG. 1;

3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the pachinko ball storage box of FIG. 1 in a longitudinal direction.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the pachinko ball storage box of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the pachinko ball storage box of FIG. 1 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a second embodiment of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the pachinko ball storage box of FIG. 6 in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing a third embodiment of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing a fourth embodiment of the pachinko ball storage box according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Pachinko ball storage box (game medium storage box) 1 Storage section 2 Bottom plate 2a Outer bottom 2b Inner bottom 3 Hole 3a Tapered hole 3b Small hole 4 Hollow part 5 Cylindrical wall 6 Conductor

Claims (5)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. An amusement medium storage box having an upper surface opened and having an accommodation portion for accommodating an amusement medium therein, wherein an outer bottom surface has a flat surface, and an inner bottom surface has a raised bottom surface separated from the outer bottom surface. A game medium storage box, characterized in that: 2. The game medium storage box according to claim 1, wherein the inner bottom surface and the outer bottom surface are an upper surface and a lower surface of a thick bottom plate. 3. The game medium storage box according to claim 1, wherein a hollow portion is formed between the inner bottom surface and the outer bottom surface. 4. The game medium storage box according to claim 1, wherein a hole is formed in the inner bottom surface so that the game medium falls down to reach the outer bottom surface. 5. The game medium storage box according to claim 1, wherein a conductor penetrating to the outer bottom surface is embedded in the inner bottom surface.