JP3088638B2 - Ballistic game machine aisle equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passage device for a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, a sparrow ball machine, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine has a ball game machine body including an outer frame and a front frame pivotally connected to the outer frame so as to be openable and closable. , A game board, a launching device, a back mechanism plate, a winning ball tank, a winning ball payout device, a passage unit, and the like are provided. A game board is detachably fitted to the front frame from the rear side via a three-way frame, and a back mechanism plate for pressing and fixing the game board to the front frame side is pivotally supported so as to be freely opened and closed. The game board has game parts such as prize machines,
A back cover that covers this game part etc. from the rear side is attached,
At the rear side of the back cover, a game control unit incorporating electronic components for controlling game operations and the like on the game board side is attached.

When the game board is pressed down, the back mechanism plate is formed with an opening window into which the back cover fits. A prize ball tank is provided above the opening window, and a prize ball payout is provided on one side of the opening window. Each of the devices is mounted, and a passage unit is mounted at a lower corner extending from the lower side of the winning ball dispensing device to the lower side of the opening window.

The passage unit includes a prize ball guide passage for guiding the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device to an upper plate for supplying game balls, and a prize ball payout device when the game balls in the upper plate are full. An overflow guide passage that overflows the prize ball paid out from the spillway, a fall guide passage that drops the prize ball from the overflow guide passage into a communication passage that communicates with the lower plate for receiving, and a game ball on the island structure side A game ball collection passage to be collected, a sampling guide passage for guiding a prize ball from the prize ball dispensing device to the game ball collection passage when a prize ball is extracted from the prize ball dispensing device side, and a rear side of the game board during a game. And a collection guide path for guiding the game ball that has passed through to the game ball collection path.

[0005]

The conventional ball-and-ball game machine employs a structure in which the passage unit is formed separately from the back mechanism plate, and the passage unit is mounted on the rear side of the back mechanism plate. That is, in the conventional passage device, a plate-shaped passage plate is disposed in parallel behind the back mechanism plate, and a game ball collection passage, a extraction guide passage, and a collection guide passage are provided in front of the passage plate, and an award is provided in the rear. The ball guide passage, the overflow guide passage, and the fall guide passage are arranged respectively.

Therefore, conventionally, a passage wall of each passage is integrally formed on both front and rear sides of a passage plate made of a synthetic resin, and the passage plate is brought into contact with a back mechanism plate from the rear side to extract the game ball collection passage from the passage plate. While forming the guide passage and the recovery guide passage, the passage cover is brought into contact with the rear side of the passage plate to form the prize ball guide passage, the overflow guide passage, and the fall guide passage.

In this conventional passage device, the front and rear passages can be divided and separated by the passage plate. However, since the passages are divided on the front and rear sides of the passage plate, the passage walls are formed on the front and rear sides in addition to the back mechanism plate side. Requires a passage plate and a passage cover integrally formed with each other, and there is a disadvantage that the number of parts of a molded product formed by synthetic resin molding increases.

Therefore, there are problems such as an increase in the number of parts, complicated parts management, and an increase in the number of assembling steps in assembling. In addition, before the passage unit is mounted on the back mechanism plate, the passage unit cannot be mounted. It is not possible to reinforce the back mechanism plate with the passage walls constituting the respective passages, and it is necessary to provide a reinforcing structure on the back mechanism plate itself.

In addition, the passage device is generally a molded product made of synthetic resin, and the passage wall of each passage is made of a synthetic resin material. The disadvantage is that the walls are severely damaged. The present invention
In view of such a conventional problem, two passages that overlap each other can be easily divided with a simple structure, the number of parts of a molded product can be reduced, and damage to the bottom wall side of the passage by a game ball can be easily prevented. An object of the present invention is to provide a passage device for a ball game machine that can easily remove static electricity charged on a game ball as required.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the game board 10 mounted on the front frame 4 is pressed against the front frame 4 side.
A prize ball payout device 37 is provided on the back mechanism plate 33 to be fixed , and the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 37 are guided to the game ball supply tray 20 on the lower rear side of the back mechanism plate 33. A prize ball guide passage 40, an overflow guide passage 41 for allowing the prize balls dispensed from the prize ball dispenser 37 to overflow into the tray 22 when the game balls in the game ball supply tray 20 are full, and a prize ball dispenser
When extracting 37 prize balls, the extraction guide passage 43 for guiding the prize balls from the prize ball payout device 37 to the island structure side, and guides the game balls passing to the rear side of the game board 10 during the game to the island structure side. In a ball-and-ball game machine provided with a collection guide passage 44, a metal cover is provided between the two passages 40, 43, 41, 44 so as to divide the two passages 40, 43, 41, 44 overlapping one another. The partition plates 110, 119 are provided, and the lower ends of the partition plates 110, 119 are bent rearward to form bottom plates 111, 121 of the rear passages 40, 41.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a vertical recovery guide passage 44 and a horizontal overflow guide passage 41 are provided crosswise in a front-rear direction. At the intersection of the guide passage 44 and the overflow guide passage 41, both passages 4
A partition plate 119 is provided so as to partition the front and rear sides of the bottom plate 12 of the overflow guide passage 41 by bending the lower end of the partition plate 119.
1 is formed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the overflow guide passage 41 is divided into right and left portions at a portion corresponding to the recovery guide passage 44, and the overflow guide passage 41 is provided. A partition plate 119 having a bottom plate 121 is fitted from the rear side to the divided portion of the above, and a plate retainer for pressing the upper portion of the partition plate 119 from the rear side to the passage cover 94 for detachably closing the rear side of the overflow guide passage 41. And a receiving portion 134 for receiving the rear end of the bottom plate 121 from below.

The present invention described in claim 4 is the first and second aspects of the present invention.
In the invention described in the third aspect, the passage cover 94 is provided with a protruding wall portion 133 which forms a rear wall 132 of the recovery guide passage 44 above the overflow guide passage 41.

[0014]

The prize balls paid out by the prize ball payout device 37 are guided to the game ball supply tray 20 via the prize ball guide passage 40.
At this time, if the game balls in the game ball supply tray 20 are full,
Subsequent prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 37 overflow into the tray 22 via the overflow guide passage 41. The game balls that have passed behind the game board 10 during the game are returned to the collection guideway 44.
And guided to the island structure side to collect. Prize ball payout device
When extracting the 37 prize balls, the prize balls from the prize ball dispensing device 37 are guided to the island structure side through the guide passage 43 and collected.

The prize ball guide passage 40 and the extraction guide passage 43 are located on the front and rear. The prize ball guide passage 40 and the extraction guide passage 43 are partitioned by a partition plate 110, and the lower end of the partition plate 110 is bent to obtain a prize ball guide. The bottom plate 111 of the passage 40 is formed. A collection guide passage 44 and an overflow guide passage 41 are also provided at the front and rear.
44 and the overflow guide passage 41 are partitioned by a partition 119, and
The lower end of 119 is bent to form the bottom plate 121 of the prize ball guide passage 40. The bottom plates 111 and 121 prevent the bottom walls of the passages 40 and 41 from being damaged, and remove static electricity charged on the game balls.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a card-type arrangement ball machine, 1 is an arrangement ball machine main body 1 and a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2.
And a front frame 4 pivotally attached to a front surface of the outer frame 2 by a hinge 3 at one end in the left-right direction so as to be freely opened and closed around a longitudinal axis. The arrangement ball machine body 1 is mounted on an island structure in a state of being arranged alternately on the left and right with a card-type automatic ball rental machine 5.

The front frame 4 includes a window hole 6, a glass door 8 and a front plate 9 which are vertically arranged in the window hole 6 and are pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable. Game board 10 behind
Are detachably mounted. In addition, automatic ball rental machine 5
Has a card insertion slot 11 for removably inserting a prepaid card, and when a prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot 11, a card insertion indicator lamp 12 is turned on.

At the front of the game board 10, a guide rail 13 for guiding the shot game balls is provided, and an image display device is provided at the center surrounded by the guide rail 13.
14, an upper entrance 15, a left entrance 16, a right entrance 17, a lower entrance device 18, and a lower cover 19 are arranged. An upper plate 20 for supplying game balls is provided on the front plate 9, a ball lending operation section 21 is provided on an upper edge portion of the upper plate 20, and a ball removing lever is provided on a front edge portion. The lower part of the front frame 4 is provided with a lower plate 22 and a firing handle 24 for a firing device 23, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the arrangement ball machine.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 25 denotes a launching motor of the launching device 23, which is fixed to the rear side of the front frame 4 as shown in FIGS. 28 is driven. The hammer 28 is pivotally supported by the front frame 4, and when the firing handle 24 is operated, the firing rail 29
Hitting the game balls supplied one by one on the guide rail
Fires at 13. The launch motor 25 is fixed to the front frame 4 via the motor mount 30, and the motor mount 30 has a launch control board for controlling the launch motor 25.
31 is installed.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a back cover, which connects the game parts such as the image display device 14 and the entrances 15 to 17 protruding to the rear side of the game board 10 and the lower lower entrance device 18 on the rear side. To cover from
It is mounted on the back side of the game board 10.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a back mechanism plate for pressing and fixing the game board 10 mounted on the front frame 4 side from the rear side.
A hinge 34 at one end in the left-right direction is pivotally supported on the rear side of the front frame 4 so as to be freely openable and closable about a longitudinal axis, and the game board 10 is pressed and fixed in a closed state. In the back mechanism plate 33, an opening window 35 is formed at a position corresponding to the back cover 32 of the game board 10, and when the game board 10 is pressed down and fixed by the back mechanism plate 33, the back cover 32 is attached to the opening window 35. It fits and projects rearward.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a prize ball tank for storing a prize ball, which is mounted above the back cover 32 and behind the back mechanism plate 33. Reference numeral 37 denotes a prize ball payout device, which includes a payout motor 38, and is vertically mounted on one of the left and right sides on the back side of the back mechanism plate 33 in the vicinity of the hinge 34 side of the back cover 32.
The required number of prize balls supplied from is supplied to the upper plate 20 by a required number.

Reference numeral 39 denotes a passage unit, which is mounted on the back mechanism plate 33 below the lower ball input device 18 and the prize ball payout device 37. As shown in FIG. 3, the passage unit 39 includes a prize ball guide passage 40 for guiding the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 37 to the upper plate 20, and when the game balls on the upper plate 20 are full, An overflow guide passage 41 that allows the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 37 to overflow to the lower plate 22, a game ball collection passage 42 that collects game balls on the island structure side, and a prize from the prize ball payout device 37 side. At the time of ball extraction, the extraction guide passage 43 for guiding the prize ball from the prize ball payout device 37 to the game ball collection passage 42, and the game ball passed to the rear side of the game board 10 during the game to the game ball collection passage 42. A recovery guide passage 44 for guiding and a fall guide passage 45 for guiding a prize ball falling from the overflow guide passage 41 toward the lower plate 22 are provided.

Reference numeral 90 denotes a game control unit mounted below the back cover 32. A game control board 46 mounted with electronic components such as IC elements for controlling a game operation of the game board 10 at the time of a game is mounted in the game control case 47. Built in. Reference numeral 48 denotes a payout control unit, in which a payout control board 49 on which electronic components such as IC elements for controlling the payout operation of the winning ball payout device 37 are mounted in a payout control case 50.

Reference numeral 51 denotes a ball lending control unit, which is an automatic ball lending machine.
When using 5, the ball rental control board 52 for operating the prize ball dispensing device 37 in accordance with a command from the ball rental operation unit 21 and dispensing the loaned ball to the upper plate 20 has a ball rental control case.
Built into 53. The payout control unit 48 and the ball lending control unit 51 include the lower ball entry device 18 and the back cover.
In the vicinity of the lower side of 32, it is mounted side by side on the rear side of the passage unit 39 of the back mechanism plate 33.

The game board 10 is, as shown in FIGS.
Above the lower set plate 54, it is detachably fitted to the three-way frame 55 from the rear side, and is fixed by being pressed down from the rear side by the back mechanism plate 33. The three-way frame 55 is formed in a gate shape so as to surround the window hole 6 formed in the front frame 4 from the left and right and from the upper side.
4 is fixed to the back side. The lower set plate 54 is mounted on the lower side of the three-way frame 55.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the image display device 14 includes a display window frame 56 detachably mounted on the game board 10 from the front side, and a liquid crystal display panel disposed behind the display window frame 56. And a protection plate 58 that covers the image display unit 57 from the front side and allows the image on the image display unit 57 to be seen through.

The display window frame 56 has a rectangular shape, and is detachably fixed to the opening of the game board 10 by screws or the like while being fitted from the front side. The image display unit 57 and the protection plate 58 are arranged in a rearward inclined shape such that the upper side thereof is slightly rearward.
The image display unit 57 is incorporated in the display unit case 59 together with a drive board 58a on which drive electronic components for driving the image display unit 57 are mounted, and is attached to and detached from the ball collecting plate 60 via the display unit case 59 from the rear side. It is freely attached.

The drive board 58a has a symbol display function for changing and displaying a three-digit numeric symbol for a certain period of time when a game ball enters the entrances 15 to 17, and a stop symbol of "7 / 7.7". , Etc., a jackpot display function for displaying a jackpot when a winning symbol is displayed, a winning combination display function for displaying the formation of a winning combination, a winning score display function for displaying a winning score, a game count display function for displaying the number of games, and during a game. Has a game information function of displaying other predetermined game information as an image, and each image is displayed on the image display section 57 based on the function.

The ball collecting plate 60 is formed integrally with a guide passage 61 for guiding a game ball entering each of the ball entrances 15 to 17 downward, and a rear side of the game board 10 above the lower ball entry device 18. It is attached to. The lower ball entry device 18 includes a ball entry case 63 having 16 entry ports 62, as shown in FIGS.
The game balls that have entered the ball entrance 62 or the like and passed through the rear of the game board 10 are collected and guided to the collection guide passage 44 side of the passage unit 39 together with the game balls from the ball collecting plate 60. Gathering case 64
And a ball entry detection switch 65 for detecting a game ball entering each ball entry port 62, and the ball entry case 63 is provided with an opening 66 of the game board 10.
With the ball collecting case 64 side fitted to the game board from the rear side
10 is detachably fixed to the back side.

The ball entry case 63 is formed with ball entry ports 62 in a horizontal row, and each of the ball entry ports 62 projects forward from an opening 66 of the game board 10. Each ball detection switch 65 is connected to each ball entrance 62
The switch board 67 is provided with an entry position display device 68 for displaying the entry position of the game ball.

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the back cover 32 is connected to the game device such as the image display device 14, the entrances 15 to 17, the ball collecting plate 60, the relay board 146, etc. It is detachably mounted on the back side of the game board 10 via a mounting base so as to cover the entirety from behind.

The back cover 32 has a box shape with the game board 10 side opened, and a bulging portion 69 bulging rearward is provided in the upper half of the back cover 32. The bulging portion 69 is formed so as to protrude rearward so that the game component can be sufficiently accommodated in the bulging portion 69 even when a game component protruding greatly from the rear of the game board 10 is mounted. On the other hand, the lower side of the bulging portion 69 of the back cover 32 is configured such that the lower ball entry device 18 is accommodated therein, and the projecting amount is smaller than the upper rear wall portion 70 of the bulging portion 69. I have. The game control unit 90 is detachably mounted on the lower rear wall 71 below the bulging portion 69.

Each of the rear walls 70, 71 of the back cover 32 is substantially parallel to the game board 10 in the upper and lower directions. The upper rear wall 70 has an inspection window 72, and the inspection window 72 is openably closed. A window cover 73 is provided. The back mechanism plate 33 has an opening window into which the back cover 32 fits when the back mechanism plate 33 is closed and the game board 10 is fixed.
35 is formed, and a prize ball payout device 37 is vertically mounted so as to be close to one side of the back cover 32.

As shown in FIG. 12, the prize ball payout device 37 has a rotator 76 provided in a dispense chamber 75 of a dispense case 74, and the rotator 76 is driven around a horizontal axis by a dispense motor 38 to The prize balls supplied from the prize ball tank 36 to the supply passage 77 in the payout case 74 are paid out from the payout port 78 side by the rotation of the rotating body 76, and the lower end of the supply passage 77 is opened / closed by operating the opening / closing operation mechanism 79. The plate 80 is opened, and the upper prize ball is extracted from the supply passage 77 through the extraction opening 81.

The dispensing motor 38 is a dispensing case.
It is fixed to one side of 74 and arranged in a state of being close to the back cover 32 side. The payout port 78 and the extraction port 81 are provided at the lower end of the payout case 74 so as to overlap in the front-back direction. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the game control unit 90 includes a horizontally long rectangular game control case 47 in which a game control board 46 is housed. It is detachably attached to the wall 71 via an engagement structure. Note that a shield plate (not shown) is mounted on the front of the game control case 47.

The payout control unit 48 and the ball lending control unit 51 are mounted on the rear side of the passage unit 39 via the mounting base 82, as shown in FIGS.
The mounting base 82 has a horizontally long rectangular shape, and the shield plate 14
5 is detachably attached to the rear side of the passage unit 39 with a screw 142 or the like with the interposition of 5. The mounting base 82 has
Left and right engaging rails 83 are provided at both upper and lower ends, and a payout control unit 48 is provided between the pair of upper and lower engaging rails 83.
And a ball lending control unit 51 are detachably mounted from the rear side.

On the payout control board 49, electronic components such as IC elements for controlling the payout motor 38 and the like of the prize ball payout device 37 are printed and wired in the center. In the ball lending control board 52, in the case of a card type arrangement ball machine, electronic parts for an interface for connecting the ball lending operation unit 21, the automatic ball lending machine 5 and the payout control board 49 are printed and wired in the center. I have. The payout control board 49 and the ball lending control board 52 have both units 48 and 51 attached to the base 82.
It has connectors that connect to each other when mounted on

The lower set plate 54 is fixed to the front frame 4 behind the front plate 9. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the lower set plate 54 is provided with a firing rail 29 of the firing device 23, a speaker 84 for generating a sound effect, a front frame side substrate 85, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the front frame side substrate 85 is disposed near the upper side of the firing device 23 and at a position corresponding to between the firing device 23 and the payout control case 50. It is detachably mounted on the side with screws or the like. The front frame side substrate 85 includes electronic components for controlling the firing motor 25 of the firing device 23, as well as accessories such as a jackpot indicator, a mallet detection switch, and a speaker 84 mounted on the front frame 4 side. Electronic components are mounted.

The back mechanism plate 33 has an opening window as shown in FIG.
An upper horizontal plate 33a and a lower horizontal plate 33b
A left vertical plate portion 33c and a right vertical plate portion 33d are provided on both the left and right sides of 35, respectively. The back mechanism plate 33 is biased rightward from the center in the left-right direction so that the left vertical plate portion 33c on the hinge 34 side is wide and the right vertical plate portion 33d on the opposite side is narrow. An opening window 35 is formed at the position where the window 35 is located.

As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 6, and FIG. 11, the inner peripheral reinforcing ribs 86 and the outer peripheral reinforcing ribs 87 are integrally formed on the inner and outer sides of the back mechanism plate 33. The inner peripheral reinforcing ribs 86 are formed integrally at the peripheral portion of the opening window 35 so as to protrude from the front and rear sides of the back mechanism plate 33, and are substantially entirely formed except for a lower lower corner of the prize ball dispensing device 37. It is formed continuously in the circumferential direction over the circumference.

The lower portion of the opening window 35 is square, and the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86 on the bottom side of the opening window 35 has a substantially horizontal upper surface, as shown in FIGS. The other portions except for the bottom side are provided such that the rear inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86 is located on the periphery of the opening window 35 while the front inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86 is slightly outside. Have been. The outer peripheral reinforcing rib 87 is formed integrally with the back mechanism plate 33 on the front side.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 13, the interval between the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86 and the outer peripheral reinforcing rib 87 is large in the left vertical plate portion 33c and small in the right vertical plate portion 33d. And left vertical plate part 33c
A connecting rib 89 for connecting and reinforcing the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86 and the outer peripheral reinforcing rib 87 is formed integrally on the upper side of the upper and lower sides, and the right vertical plate portion 33d has both reinforcing ribs 86, 87. A plurality of connecting ribs 88 for connecting the left and right are formed in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the passage unit 39 extends from the left vertical plate portion 33c to the lower horizontal plate portion 33b, and is disposed behind the lower corner of the back mechanism plate 33. Each of the passages 40 to 45 of the passage unit 39 is shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 to FIG.
To 19 are configured.

That is, the game ball collection passage 42 and the collection guide passage 44
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the lower horizontal plate portion 33b is vertically displaced to the left from the center in the horizontal direction, and a drop guide passage 45 is disposed on the right side of the two passages 42 and 44. Have been. The game ball collection passage 42 and the collection guide passage 44 are connected to the back mechanism plate 33.
The inclined wall formed on the upper side of the lower horizontal plate 33b
91 and a lower horizontal plate portion 33 rearward from both left and right sides of the inclined wall portion 91.
a pair of left and right passage walls 92, 93 formed integrally with b;
A passage cover 94 closes the passage walls 92 and 93 from the rear side.

The inclined wall portion 91 is inclined so that the upper end thereof coincides with the front end of the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86. On the front side of the inclined wall portion 91, a vertically protruding ridge 91a projecting forward is provided at intervals in the left-right direction. In one piece. The lower end portion of the game ball collection passage 42 projects downward from the lower horizontal plate portion 33b of the back mechanism plate 33, and the projected portion is bent rearward in an inclined manner. In other words, the lower ends of the pair of passage walls 92 and 93 are provided with vertical projections.
An inclined wall portion 96 having 95 is formed, and a bulging passage wall 97 is formed on the passage cover 94 so as to bulge rearward in correspondence with the inclined wall portion 96. In addition, on the inner surface of the bulging passage wall 97,
A plurality of vertical ridges 98 are formed in the vertical direction.

FIGS. 15 and 16 show the extraction guide passage 43.
As shown in the figure, a vertical passage portion 99 extending downward from the payout port 78 of the prize ball payout device 37, and bent from the lower end of the vertical passage portion 99 to communicate with the upper side of the game ball collection passage 42 from the passage wall 93 side. It has a substantially L-shape with a slanted passage portion 100. The extraction guide passage 43 is disposed along the lower corner of the back mechanism plate 33 such that the vertical passage 99 is located on the left vertical plate 33c and the inclined passage 100 is located on the lower horizontal plate 33b. Have been.

The extraction guide passage 43 is formed by integrally projecting rearward from the left vertical plate portion 33c and the lower horizontal plate portion 33b of the back mechanism plate 33 and from the left vertical plate portion 33c and the lower horizontal plate portion 33b. It is composed of a pair of inner and outer passage walls 101 and 102 and a passage cover 94 for closing the passage walls 101 and 102 from behind. The corner of the outer passage wall 102 is curved in an arc shape, and the inner passage wall 101 is curved.
Are bent in a square shape.

At the lower end of the vertical passage 99, the vertical passage 99
Buffer bumps 103 are formed integrally with each other so as to protrude from the passage walls 101 and 102 into the vertical passage portion 99 so as to reduce the impact of the falling balls falling inside. Each buffer protrusion 103
Is a triangle whose inside is inclined downward so that the buffering protrusion 103 of the inner passage wall 101 is located at its lower end and the buffering protrusion 103 of the outer passage wall 102 is located above it. , Are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIGS. 14 to 17, the prize ball guide passage 40 includes a vertical passage portion 104 below the payout port 78 of the prize ball payout device 37 and a left and right inner side from a lower end of the vertical passage portion 104. Inclined passage portion 105 which is bent and inclined to
And a falling passage portion 106 extending downward from the end opposite to the vertical passage portion 104 and communicating with the upper plate 20 side. 105
And a drop table 107 for dropping the prize ball from the player into the upper plate 20 in the fall passage 106.

The vertical passage portion 104 and the inclined passage portion 105 are formed at the upper end of the passage cover 94 so as to protrude rearward from the passage cover 94 in a substantially L-shape as viewed from the rear side.
It consists of. The drop table 107 is an inclined passage
105 is formed so as to protrude integrally from the bottom side to the front side, and the front end portion thereof protrudes from the passage cover 94 to the front side in an inclined manner. Below the drop table 107, a reinforcing portion 109 which is curved in an arc shape so as to reinforce the drop table 107 from below,
The drop table 107 is formed to extend from the front end to the passage cover 94.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, the vertical passage portion 104 of the prize ball guide passage 40 has a vertical passage portion of the extraction guide passage 43.
It overlaps behind the upper end of 99, and this prize ball guide passage 40
The vertical passage portions 99 and 104 of the extraction guide passage 43 and the extraction guide passage 43 are partitioned forward and backward by a partition plate 110 made of a metal plate.

The partition plate 110 is located on the vertical passage portion 10 of the prize ball guide passage 40.
4 is provided integrally with a bottom plate 111 bent rearward along the bottom, and a pair of passage walls 101 and 102 and a longitudinal passage portion 10 of a passage cover 94.
4 between the left and right sides and the front and rear sides. At the upper end of the partition plate 110, a mounting portion 110a and a connection terminal portion 110b are provided. The connection terminal portion 110b protrudes rearward from the passage cover 94 so that an earth wire can be connected.

As shown in FIG. 14, the width of the overflow guide passage 41 from the passage wall 101 inside the extraction guide passage 43 to the opening window 35 side is such that a part of the fall passage portion 106 projects toward the opening window 35 as shown in FIG. A passage wall 112 integrally formed by projecting
Receiving table 11 fixed to the lower end of 1,112
3

As shown in FIG. 8, the drop passage section 106 has a rear side opening over the entire length in the vertical direction, and has an opening section 106a at the lower portion on the front side.
Side is connected to a rectangular tubular guide passage 114. Guideway
114 is a lower plate via a rectangular tubular guide passage 115 on the front plate 9 side.
Connected to 22.

As shown in FIGS. 8, 16 and the like, the overflow guide passage 41 is provided on the opening window 35 side of the extraction guide passage 43, that is, inside the back mechanism plate 33, along the extraction guide passage 43. And is formed in a substantially L-shape. The overflow guide passage 41 has an upper end that communicates with the drop passage 106 above the receiving table 113 via the rear side of the receiving table 113.
In the vicinity of 45, it is provided so as to intersect the collection guide passage 44 in the vertical direction on the rear side in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 16 and the like, the overflow guide passage 41 includes a passage wall 101, a passage wall 116 integrally formed inside and opposed to the passage wall 101, and a rear end of the receiving table 113. A front wall portion 117 is formed integrally with the passage wall 92 between the pair of passage walls 101 and 116, and a passage cover 94 closing the passage walls 101 and 116 from behind.

The passage wall 116 of the overflow guide passage 41 has an inclined wall 91
Extending forward to the front wall 118 including
Can be guided to the upper end of the collection guide passage 44 together with the front wall portion 118. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 16, the overflow guide passage 41 and the recovery guide passage 44 intersect with each other so as to overlap with each other. Is divided into At the intersection of the two, as shown in FIGS. 7, 16 and 19, an overflow guide passage 41 and a recovery guide passage 41 are provided.
A partition plate 119 made of a metal plate for partitioning the front and rear 44 from each other is detachably fitted from the rear side so as to fit into the notch 120 and abut against each of the passage walls 92 and 93 from the rear side. I have.

At the lower end of the partition plate 119, a bottom plate 121 for partitioning the extraction guide passage 43 and the overflow guide passage 41 between the passage walls 92, 93 and the passage walls 101, 116 is bent rearward. Extend integrally along the passage wall 101 of the overflow guide passage 41 to the lower side of the drop table 107. At the upper end of the bottom plate 121, a connection terminal portion 121a is integrally formed.
121a protrudes rearward from the passage cover 94 so that a ground wire can be connected thereto.

As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 6, and FIG. 14 to FIG.
An upper passage wall 122 extending laterally from the passage wall 92 and integrally projecting rearward from the lower horizontal plate portion 33b;
2, a hanging passage wall 123 formed integrally with the lower horizontal plate portion 33b and projecting rearward from the lower horizontal plate portion 33b, and a passage cover for closing the rear sides of the passage wall 92, the upper passage wall 122, and the hanging passage wall 123.
With 94, the lower side is opened.

The drop guide passage 45 has a hanging passage wall 123
Swing lever 124 and full detection switch 125 near both inside and outside
The guide member 127 is arranged between the swing lever 124 and the open end of the overflow guide passage 41. The swing lever 124 is located near the inner side of the hanging passage wall 123, and the upper side is the pivot 12
6 swings left and right so that when the game balls in the lower plate 22 accumulate to a certain level (full), the game balls hit the lower end side and swing outward. The pivot 126 is the lower horizontal plate 33b of the back mechanism plate 33 and the passage cover.
94 and is formed.

As shown in FIG. 16, the full-state detection switch 125 is located outside the hanging passage wall 123 and the lower horizontal plate portion 33 of the back mechanism plate 33.
b, and operates via the operating piece 125a when the swing lever 124 swings outward, detects the full state of the game balls in the lower plate 22, stops the prize ball payout device 37 and the firing motor 25. It is made to let. The upper end side of the swing lever 124 is protected by a protection plate 128 hanging down from the upper passage wall 122.

The guide member 127 is for guiding the prize ball falling from the overflow guide passage 41 into the fall guide passage 45 downward. The guide member 127 has a semi-lunar shape when viewed from the rear having an uneven surface 127a and an arc surface 127b, and is disposed at a central portion between the opening of the drop guide passage 45 and the swing lever 124,
In addition, the eccentric plane 127a side is used to guide the game ball from the overflow guide path 41 downward on the eccentric plane 127a side.
The lower mechanism plate 33 is formed integrally with the lower horizontal plate portion 33b in a state of being slightly inclined downward toward the side.

As shown in FIG. 16, the passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, and 116, the upper passage wall 122, and the hanging passage wall 123 have the same amount of rearward projection from the lower horizontal plate portion 33b of the back mechanism plate 33. The passage cover 94 comes into contact with these rear ends from the rear side. The passage cover 94 is substantially plate-shaped as a whole, and has a substantially L-shape when viewed from the rear in accordance with the lower corner of the back mechanism plate 33.

As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the passage cover 94 has a bulged passage wall 108 of the prize ball guide passage 40 at an upper portion thereof.
A bulging passage wall 97 of the game ball collection passage 42 is formed in the lower center, and a withdrawal guide is provided between the vertical passage portion 104 of the prize ball guide passage 40 and the swelling passage wall 97 of the game ball collection passage 42. aisle
From 43, fitting projections 135 and 136 are formed along the game ball collection passage 42,
An inclined guide portion 130 is integrally formed at a position corresponding to the drop guide passage 45, and a plate holding portion 131 for holding the partition plate 110 at the upper center and a rear wall 132 on the upper side of the recovery guide passage 44.
Are formed integrally with a receiving portion 134 that receives the bottom plate 121 of the partitioning plate 119 from below.

As shown in FIGS. 8, 17 and 18, the fitting projections 135, 136 are provided with recesses 135a, 136a on the rear side of the passage cover 94.
Each passage wall 92,93,
Game ball collection passage 42 with a slight interval between 101 and 102
And is fitted into the extraction guide passage 43 from the rear side. A plurality of longitudinal projections 137 projecting forward are formed integrally at equal intervals so as to extend over the lower bulging passage wall 97 in the fitting projection 135 corresponding to the game ball collection passage 42. I have.
The fitting protrusion 136 corresponding to the extraction guide passage 43 is integrally formed with a plurality of projections 138 projecting forward and bending in a substantially L shape along the extraction guide passage 43 at equal intervals. .

The inclined guide portion 130 is for guiding a game ball falling near the passage cover 94 in the fall guide passage 45 to the front side. The tilt guide section 130 is provided for the swing lever 12.
In the range corresponding to the lower side from the upper and lower sides of the lower end of 4, the lower end is integrally provided with a downward slope so as to gradually project forward as it moves downward. Incline guide 130
Is fitted from above to a communication path 139 mounted on the rear side of the lower part of the front frame 4 corresponding to the lower plate 22.

As shown in FIG. 7, the protruding wall portion 133 protrudes forward above the passage wall 116 of the overflow guide passage 41 so that the upper surface thereof is substantially the same height as the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 86. The front end forms a rear wall 132 on the upper side of the collection guide passage 44. The plate pressing portion 131 is formed integrally with the lower surface side of the protruding wall portion 133 so that the front end side presses the upper end side of the partition plate 119.

On the side of the back mechanism plate 33, the passage walls 92, 93, 101,
A mounting portion 140 is formed integrally with 102, 112, 116, etc., and a plurality of mounting bosses 141 are formed on the passage walls 92, 93, 101, 10
The passage cover 94 is detachably fixed to the mounting portion 140 and the mounting boss 141 from the rear side by screws 142 from the rear of the mounting portion 140 and the mounting boss 141. A plurality of positioning protrusions 143 are provided on the rear side of the passage cover 94,
The positioning plate 143 positions the shield plate 145 between the passage cover 94 and the mounting base 82.

In the above configuration, during a game, after inserting a card into the card insertion slot 11 of the automatic ball lending machine 5,
When the ball lending operation unit 21 is operated, a payout command corresponding to the number of operations is issued through a ball lending control board 52 to a payout control board.
Since it is sent to the 49 side, the payout motor 38 of the prize ball payout device 37 is operated, and the game balls from the prize ball tank 36 are paid out and paid out. The game balls paid out by the prize ball payout device 37 are placed in the vertical passage portion of the prize ball guide passage 40.
From 104, through the inclined passage portion 105, the inside of the drop passage portion 106 falls from the drop table 107 onto the table 113, and is guided from the opening portion 106a to the upper plate 20 through the guide passages 114 and 115.

When the ball lending operation unit 21 is operated, the remaining amount of the card is sequentially reduced according to the number of operations, and the amount of the card is displayed on the amount display unit. During the game, the upper plate
With the game ball inserted in 20, the firing handle 24 of the firing device 23
When the is operated, the firing motor 25 is operated to drive the hitting hammer 28 by the cam 27, and the hitting hammer 28 sequentially fires the game balls on the firing rail 29 onto the game board 10 along the guide rails 13. Note that 16 game balls are fired per game.

A game ball falling along the game board 10 enters the upper entrance 15 or the like, or enters one of the 16 entrances 62 of the lower entrance 18. The game ball that has entered the upper entry port 15 and the like passes through the back side of the game board 10, falls through the respective guide passages 61 of the ball collecting plate 60, and falls into the ball collecting case 64, and the lower ball entry device 18 The game ball that has entered the entrance 62 passes through the back side of the game board 10 and falls into the ball collecting case 64. Then, the game balls in the ball collecting case 64 fall into the collection guide passage 44 of the passage unit 39, and are collected from the collection guide passage 44 through the game ball collection passage 42 to the island structure side.

When a game ball enters the entrance 62 of the lower ball entry device 18 and the ball detection switch 65 at each ball entry position detects a game ball, the detection signal is processed on the game control board 46 side. Then, it is determined whether or not the winning combination is established, and when the winning combination is established, a score according to the difficulty level is calculated. At this time, the image display
57 shows the success or failure of the winning combination, the score, and the like.

When a game ball enters the upper entrance 15, a changing symbol is displayed on the image display section 57 of the image display device 14, and each symbol changes for a certain period of time. Then, if the stop symbol is a winning symbol such as "7 / 7,7", the profit is returned to the player, for example, the winning score is increased under certain conditions.

Each time a prize is scored, the payout motor 38 is operated and the rotating body 76 is rotated, so that a predetermined number of prize balls in the supply passage 77 of the payout case 74 are fed out from the payout port 78 downward. To pay out. The prize ball is moved from the vertical passage portion 104 of the prize ball guide passage 40 to the inclined passage portion 10.
5, drop table 107, drop passage section 106, receiving table
It is guided to the upper plate 20 via 113 and the guide passages 114 and 115.

When the upper plate 20 is full, game balls are accumulated from the upper plate 20 to the guide passages 114 and 115 to the same height as the receiving table 113. For this reason, the game balls that subsequently fall from the drop table 107 of the prize ball guide passage 40 fall onto the game balls in the stored state below, and then from the rear end of the receiving table 113 to the overflow guide passage 41 side. Overflowing, this overflow guide passage
It flows into the fall guide passage 45 via 41.

The game ball that has passed through the end of the overflow guide passage 41 attempts to fall while drawing a parabola in the fall guide passage 45, but the uneven surface of the guide member 127 in the middle of the path.
It collides with the 127a side, and is guided by the deflected plane 127a and falls downward. On the other hand, since the inclined guide portion 130 is provided on the passage cover 94 side of the fall guide passage 45, a game ball falling in the vicinity along the passage cover 94 is sent to the front side by hitting the inclined guide portion 130 and the front frame. 4 Lower plate via lower communication passage 139
You will be guided to 22.

When the game balls in the lower plate 22 are full, the game balls are filled from the lower plate 22 to the lower side of the drop guide passage 45 through the communication passages 139. For this reason, when there is a game ball overflowing from the overflow guide passage 41, the game ball accumulates on the stored game ball and pushes the lower part of the swing lever 124, so that the swing lever 124 is pivoted. It turns outward around 126 and presses the operating piece 125a to detect that the full state detection switch 125 is in the full state. When the full detection switch 125 detects that the lower plate 22 is full of game balls, the prize ball payout device is activated.
37 stops and stops the payout operation,
25 stops, and the hammer 28 stops firing the game ball.

When all the prize balls such as the prize ball tank 36 on the upper side are to be removed from the prize ball payout device 37, the opening / closing operation mechanism is required.
By operating 79, the opening / closing plate 80 at the lower end of the supply passage 77 is opened. Then, all the prize balls on the side of the prize ball tank 36 from the supply passage 77 are extracted downward from the supply passage 77 through the extraction port 81. Then, the extracted game balls fall downward in the vertical passage portion 99 of the extraction guide passage 43, and are collected from the game ball collection passage 42 through the inclined passage portion 100 to the island structure side.

When the game ball from the extraction port 81 falls in the vertical passage portion 99 of the extraction guide passage 43, it falls while colliding with the buffering projections 103 protruding from both right and left sides. The shock at the time can be sufficiently reduced. For this reason, the extraction guide passage 43 includes the vertical passage portion 99 and the inclined passage portion 100.
Despite the structure having a substantially L-shape, the inclined passage portion 100 can be prevented from being damaged.

In this embodiment, a back cover 32 for covering the image display device 14, the relay board 146, and the like is mounted on the back side of the game board 10, but the back cover 32 has a bulging portion on the upper side.
Since the game control unit 90 containing the game control board 46 is disposed below the 69, a sufficient volume in the back cover 32 including the bulging portion 69 can be secured. Therefore, it becomes possible to sufficiently incorporate even the game parts having a large protrusion amount from the game board 10 into the bulging portion 69 of the back cover 32,
Game parts to be mounted on 10 can be freely selected.

The back cover 32 is large enough to cover up to the lower ball entry device 18, and the amount of rearward projection of a portion corresponding to the lower ball entry device 18 is made smaller than that of the bulging portion 69. Since the game control unit 90 is provided behind 32,
As compared with the case where the game control unit 90 is provided behind the bulging portion 69, the amount of protrusion of the bulging portion 69 toward the rear can be sufficiently ensured. Also, since the lower ball entry device 18 is covered by the back cover 32, the lower ball entry device 18 can be protected by the back cover 32, and damage to the lower ball entry device 18 can be reduced.

A payout control unit 48 for controlling the payout operation of the prize ball payout device 37 is provided separately from a game control unit 90 for controlling the game operation on the game board 10 side. Since the payout control unit 48 is mounted below the back cover 32 and behind the passage unit 39, the game control unit 90 mounted on the back cover 32 can be reduced in size.

Since the payout control unit 48 and the ball lending control unit 51 are arranged close to each other on the left and right, the back cover of the back mechanism plate 33 is compared with the case where both control units 48 and 51 are arranged vertically. The length on the lower side from 32 can be shortened, and the size of the back mechanism plate 33 can be reduced.

On the rear side of the back mechanism plate 33, passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, 116 constituting a part of each of the passages 40 to 45, an upper passage wall
122, the hanging passage wall 123, etc., are formed integrally, so that the lower side of the back mechanism plate 33 can be reinforced by the respective passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, 116, the upper passage wall 122, the hanging passage wall 123, etc. Despite having a large opening window 35 in the back mechanism plate
The rigidity and strength of the lower part of 33 are improved. The passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, and 116 of the passages 40 to 45 are arranged vertically and horizontally from the lower side of the opening window 35 of the back mechanism plate 33, and the passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, and 116 are integrated at the intersection. Therefore, a predetermined strength can be ensured in all directions, as compared with a case where they are formed in one direction.

Moreover, each passage wall 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, 116
Are formed integrally with the back mechanism plate 33, while the passage walls 92, 93,
Since the passage covers 94 are detachably attached to the rear ends of the passages 101, 102, 112, and 116 to form the passages 40 to 45, the passage walls are integrally formed on the front and rear sides of the back mechanism plate 33 and the separate passage plate. In comparison, the structure is simple, the number of parts can be reduced, the parts can be easily managed, the assembling work can be simplified, and the efficiency can be improved.

Each of the passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, 116, etc. has substantially the same amount of rearward projection from the back mechanism plate 33, and a passage cover 94 is detachably mounted across the passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, 116. Therefore, the passage cover 94 can be formed in a substantially plate shape or a shape close to a plate shape. In other words, the payout control unit 48 and the ball rental control unit 51 are mounted on the passage cover 94 via the mounting base 82, but since the rear ends of the passage walls 92, 93, 101, 102, 112, 116 are substantially the same, the passage cover 94 There is no need to provide a projection or the like protruding to the rear side at the portion corresponding to the mounting base 82, so that the payout control unit 48 and the ball rental control unit 51 can be easily mounted on the rear side of the passage unit 39, and Projecting amount can be reduced.

Of the passages 40 to 44, the extraction guide passage 43 is disposed in a substantially L-shape along the lower corner of the back mechanism plate 33, and inside the extraction guide passage 43, a substantially L-shape is provided along the lower guide plate 33. Since the overflow guide passage 41 is arranged in a shape, the extraction guide passage 43
Can secure a sufficient passage cross-sectional area. Therefore, when all the prize balls such as the upper prize ball tank 36 are extracted from the prize ball dispenser 37, a large amount of prize balls discharged from the prize ball dispenser 37 can be easily guided to the game ball collection passage 42. .

The extraction guide passage 43 is substantially L-shaped.
A vertical passage portion 99 is provided below the prize ball dispensing device 37, and a buffer protrusion 103 is provided below the vertical passage portion 99. The impact of a game ball falling in the vertical passage portion 99 by the buffer protrusion 103 is provided. When the prize ball is extracted, an excessive impact is not applied to the lower inclined passage portion 100, and the extraction guide passage 43, particularly the inclined passage portion 100, can be prevented from being damaged. improves.

Since the buffer protrusions 103 project into the extraction guide passage 43 on the pair of passage walls 101 and 102 of the extraction guide passage 43 opposed to each other, the impact of the prize ball can be reduced by both of them. Moreover, since the buffering protrusions 103 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, the buffering protrusions 103 form the extraction guide passage 43 despite the presence of the buffering protrusions 103 on the opposed passage walls 101 and 102. The extracted prize balls can be smoothly guided to the game ball collection passage 42 side without the passage cross-sectional area being extremely limited.

When the prize ball is extracted by the prize ball payout device 37, a large amount of prize balls continuously flow from the extraction guide passage 43 to the game ball collection passage 42 for a certain period of time. Since the mounting base 82 is mounted, the payout control unit 48 and the ball lending control unit are operated by static electricity of the prize ball flowing in the extraction guide passage 43 and the like.
There is no malfunction on the 51 side.

Fitting projections 135 and 136 fitted in the game ball collection passage 42 and the extraction guide passage 43 are formed in the passage cover 94, and recesses are formed on the rear side of the passage cover 94 in correspondence with the fitting projections 135 and 136. 135a and 136a, each passage 4
By increasing the distance between the prize ball in each of the control units 48 and 51 and the control units 48 and 51, the influence of the prize ball on each of the control units 48 and 51 can be reduced as much as possible.
135 and 136 make it possible to reinforce the passage cover 94 while reducing its weight.

On the front surface of the fitting projections 135, 136, a plurality of projections 137, integrally projecting forward from the fitting projections 135, 136, are provided.
The projections 137 and 138 guide the game balls moving in the passages 42 and 43 in the direction of the passage. Therefore, each of the passages 42, 43
The distance between the prize balls and the control units 48 and 51 can be further increased, and the strength of the passage cover 94 can be secured.

The prize ball guide passage 40 and the extraction guide passage 43 overlap each other in front and rear, respectively. The passages 40 and 43 of the prize ball guide passage 40 and the extraction guide passage 43 before and after that are divided by a partition plate 110. Prize ball guide passage 40 and extraction guide passage 43
In the case where both are formed so as to straddle the back mechanism plate 33 and the passage cover 94, the shapes of the back mechanism plate 33 and the passage cover 94 can be simplified, and the molding thereof can be easily performed.

The partition plate 110 is made of metal.
Since the lower end of 110 is bent rearward to form a bottom plate 111 for the rear prize ball guide passage 40, a metal bottom plate 111 can be easily provided in the prize ball guide passage 40, and the bottom plate 111 allows the prize ball to be provided. Damage due to game balls passing through the guide passage 40 can be prevented. Particularly, in the prize ball guide passage 40, the prize ball from the payout port 78 of the prize ball payout device 37 falls in the vertical passage portion 104, but this prize ball is received by the bottom plate 111 of the partition plate 110, The prize ball guide passage 40 can be prevented from being damaged, and its durability is improved.

Since the partition plate 110 is made of metal and has a bottom plate 111 integrally, by connecting this partition plate 110 to ground or the like, a prize ball is placed on the bottom plate 111 in the prize ball guide passage 40. When the game ball falls, the static electricity of the game ball can be easily removed through the bottom plate 111.

A partition plate 119 is also provided between the collection guide passage 44 and the overflow guide passage 41. The partition plate 119 defines a front vertical collection guide passage 44 and a rear left / right overflow guide passage. 41
Despite the provision of the collection guide passage 44 and the overflow guide passage 41 on the back mechanism plate 33 side in a cross shape, the structure is simplified and molding etc. Can be easily done.

The partition plate 119 is made of metal, and the lower end of the overflow guide passage 41 is bent by bending the lower end of the partition plate 119.
As in the case of the partition plate 119, the bottom plate 121 can prevent the overflow guide passage 41 from being damaged, and can reliably remove static electricity of the prize balls in the overflow guide passage 41. In particular, since the bottom plate 121 of the partition board 119 extends in the longitudinal direction of the overflow guide passage 41 over substantially the entire length thereof, damage to the bottom side of the overflow guide passage 41 due to a winning ball can be reliably prevented.

The overflow guide passage 41 is formed so as to be divided right and left at a portion corresponding to the recovery guide passage 44, and a partition plate 119 having a bottom plate 121 is provided at the divided portion of the overflow guide passage 41 during assembly. The collection guide passage 44 and the overflow guide passage 41 are divided into front and rear by the partition plate 119 by being fitted from the rear side. A passage cover 94 closing the rear side of the overflow guide passage 41
The upper portion of the partition plate 119 is pressed from behind by the plate pressing portion 131 of the passage cover 94, and the rear end of the bottom plate 121 is received by the receiving portion 134 from below.

For this reason, the recovery guide passage 44 and the overflow guide passage
Molding of the intersection with 41 is easy, and molding of the back mechanism plate 33 is easy. In addition, assembly work is easy,
119 can be fixed easily and securely, and at the same time, the rear end of the bottom plate 121 can be reliably supported by the receiving portion 134.

When the passage cover 94 is mounted, a projecting wall portion 133 projects above the overflow guide passage 41, and the projecting wall portion 13
3 forms a rear wall 132 of the collection guide passage 44. For this reason,
It is not necessary to previously form the rear wall 132 of the recovery guide passage 44 above the overflow guide passage 41, and despite the rear wall 132 of the recovery guide passage 44 above the overflow guide passage 41, the back mechanism plate Molding on the 33 side is easy.

The prize ball guide path 40 and the overflow guide path 41 are used to transfer the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 37 to the prize ball guide path.
After dropping downward from the drop table 107 through the vertical path portion 104 and the inclined passage portion 105 from the drop table 107 to the upper plate 20 through the opening 106a at the lower end of the drop passage portion 106. At the same time, when the prize balls on the upper plate 20 are full, the following prize balls falling from the drop table 107 are guided to the lower plate 22 via the overflow guide passage 41.

The winning ball guide passage 40 and the overflow guide passage 41
Passage wall 112 that constitutes the falling passage portion 106 of the prize ball guide passage 40
And a pair of passage walls 101, 11 forming a part of the overflow guide passage 41
6 is on the back mechanism plate 33 side, and the passage wall 10 of the overflow guide passage 41
While the space between 1,116 is closed from the rear side by a plate-like passage cover 94, a bulging passage wall 108 forming the vertical passage portion 104 and the inclined passage portion 105 is integrally formed on the passage cover 94 so as to bulge rearward. As a result, the structure of the back mechanism plate 33 and the passage cover 94 can be simplified even though the prize ball guide passage 40 has a bent structure. A drop table 107 is provided on the side of the passage cover 94 so as to protrude from the inclined passage portion 105 into the fall passage portion 106.
Are formed integrally, so that the shape and structure of the base side of the drop table 107 are enlarged,
Durability can be increased.

In particular, the reinforcing portion 10 for reinforcing the drop table 107
9 is provided in an arc shape extending from the lower side of the drop table 107 to the passage cover 94, so that the strength of the drop table 107 can be sufficiently ensured, and at the same time, the upper end of the overflow guide passage 41 can be secured by the reinforcing portion 109. There is no limitation on the part, and when the upper plate 20 is full, the subsequent game balls can smoothly and reliably overflow to the overflow guide passage 41 side.

The passage cover 94 has a substantially plate shape as a whole.
The fitting projections 135 and 136, the plate holder 131, etc.
7 is integrally formed with substantially the same protrusion amount as that of FIG. 7, and in combination with the above-mentioned reinforcing effect, it is possible to prevent the drop table 107 from being damaged when the passage cover 94 is handled.

At the lower end of the falling passage portion 106 of the prize ball guide passage 40, the upper plate 20 receives the prize ball falling from the drop table 107.
Since the overflow guide passage 41 is communicated with the falling passage portion 106 above the receiving table 113 when the upper plate 20 is full, it falls from the falling table 107. Table 113 once receiving the prize ball
After receiving the prize ball from the drop passage 106,
Guide to 41.

A guide member 127 is provided at an upper portion between the overflow guide passage 41 and the swing lever 124. The prize ball sent from the overflow guide passage 41 into the fall guide passage 45 is transferred to the uneven surface of the guide member 127.
Since the guide is guided downward on the 127a side, the prize ball entering the fall guide passage 45 from the overflow guide passage 41 does not irregularly collide with the swing lever 124 to activate the full detection switch 125.

Since the inclined guide portion 130 is provided on the passage cover 94 side of the fall guide passage 45, the eccentric flat surface 127a of the guide member 127 is provided.
After hitting the game ball, the game ball falling downward along the passage cover 94 can be guided forward by the inclined guide portion 130, and the flow of the prize ball in the fall guide passage 45 can be very smooth. . Therefore, there is no unstable swing of the swing lever 124 due to disturbance of the prize ball or the like in the fall guide passage 45.
Only when 22 is full, the full-state detection switch 125 is reliably operated via the swing lever 124, so that the erroneous detection operation of the full-state detection switch 125 can be prevented.

Since the guide member 127 is formed in a half-moon shape, and the game ball from the overflow guide passage 41 collides against the uneven surface 127a of the guide member 127, the prize ball from the overflow guide passage 41 is formed. Can be reliably guided on the side of the uneven surface 127a of the guide member 127.

Further, the guide member 127 has an arcuate surface 127b on the side opposite to the deviated flat surface 127a, and since the guide member 127 is disposed at a distance from the upper passage wall 122 of the fall guide passage 45, Full swing detection switch when swing lever 124 swings
If a large amount of prize balls dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device 37 are guided even after the firing device 125 is operated and the firing device 23 is stopped, the ball swings over the guide member 127. The game ball can be smoothly moved to the moving lever 124 side. Therefore, the space in the fall guide passage 45 can be used effectively. As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to an Example. For example, although the embodiment exemplifies an arrangement ball machine, the invention can be similarly applied to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0112]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front frame is provided.
The game board 10 mounted on the front frame 4 is pressed and fixed to the front frame 4 side. <br/> A prize ball payout device 37 is provided on the back mechanism plate 33, and a prize ball is provided on the lower rear side of the back mechanism plate 33. The prize ball guide passage 40 for guiding the prize balls paid out from the ball payout device 37 to the game ball supply tray 20, and the prize ball payout device 37 is paid out when the game balls in the game ball supply plate 20 are full. An overflow guide passage 41 for causing the prize ball to overflow to the plate 22; and an extraction guide passage 43 for guiding the prize ball from the prize ball dispenser 37 to the island structure side when the prize ball is extracted by the prize ball dispenser 37. In a ball game machine having a recovery guide passage 44 for guiding a game ball passing behind the game board 10 to the island structure side during a game, two passages 40, 43, 41, 44 overlapping one another are defined. As
A metal partition plate 110, 11 is provided between the two passages 40, 43, 41, 44.
9 so that the two passages 40, 43,
41,44 can be easily partitioned with a simple structure.

For this reason, the two passages 40 and 43 which overlap one another
, 41, 44 can be easily divided with a simple structure, and when the respective passages 40, 43, 41, 44 are formed by synthetic resin molding,
Each of the passages 40 and 43 can be easily molded integrally with the back mechanism plate 33.
, 41, 44 can be reduced in the number of parts. In addition, since the lower ends of the metal partition plates 110 and 119 are bent rearward to be the bottom plates 111 and 121 of the rear passages 40 and 41, damage to the bottom wall side of the passages 40 and 41 due to game balls can be easily prevented. If the partition plates 110 and 119 are further grounded, the static electricity charged on the game balls passing through the rear passages 40 and 41 can be easily removed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the recovery guide passage 44 in the vertical direction is provided.
And a spillover guide passage 41 in the left and right direction are provided in an intersecting manner in the front and rear, and at the intersection of the recovery guide passage 44 and the spillover guide passage 41, a partition plate is formed so as to divide the two passages 41 and 44 back and forth. 119 is provided, and the lower end of the partition plate 119 is bent to form an overflow guide passage.
Since the bottom plate 121 is formed, the collection guide passage 44 in the vertical direction and the overflow guide passage 41 in the left and right direction are provided in an intersecting manner in the front and rear directions, but both the front and rear passages 41, 44 are separated by the partition plate. 119
Can be easily partitioned.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the overflow guide passage 41 is provided so as to be divided into right and left at a portion corresponding to the recovery guide passage 44. Since the partition plate 119 having the bottom plate 121 is fitted from the rear side to the divided portion of the overflow guide passage 41, the back mechanism plate 33
The recovery guide passage 44 and the overflow guide passage 41 can be easily formed integrally on the side, and the divided portion can be easily partitioned by the partition plate 119, so that the back mechanism plate 33 side can be easily formed. A passage cover 94 for detachably closing the rear side of the overflow guide passage 41.
In addition, a plate holding portion 13 for pressing the upper part of the partitioning plate 119 from the rear side.
1 and the receiving portion 134 for receiving the rear end of the bottom plate 121 from below, the partition plate 119 fitted to the divided portion can be securely fixed, and the game ball passing through the overflow guide passage 41 can be fixed. The bottom plate 121 can be prevented from being lowered due to its weight.

According to the present invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 1, 2, or 3, the passage cover 94 is
Since a protruding wall portion 133 that forms a rear wall 132 of the recovery guide passage 44 above the overflow guide passage 41 is provided, the recovery guide passage 44 is provided.
The rear wall 132 can be easily provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an arrangement ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the arrangement ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional rear view of the lower side of the back mechanism plate showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a central portion of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 3;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line GG of FIG. 3;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a prize ball payout apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the back mechanism plate in an open state according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional rear view of the passage unit showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a rear view of the passage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention, with a passage cover removed.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the passage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention, with a passage cover removed.

FIG. 17 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a passage cover of the passage unit showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a front view of a passage cover of the passage unit showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a sectional view taken along the line HH in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Front frame 10 Game board 20 Game ball supply tray 33 Back mechanism plate 37 Prize ball payout device 40 Prize ball guide passage 41 Overflow guide passage 42 Game ball collection passage 43 Extraction guide passage 44 Collection guide passage 45 Fall guide passage 94 Passage cover 99,104 Vertical passage 107 Drop table 110,119 Partition plate 111,121 Bottom plate 131 Plate holding part 132 Rear wall 133 Projecting wall part 134 Receiving part

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game board (10) mounted on a front frame (4).
(4) A prize ball payout device (37) is provided on the back mechanism plate (33) which is pressed and fixed to the side, and a prize ball payout device (37) is provided on the lower rear side of the back mechanism plate (33). The prize ball guide passageway (40) for guiding the paid prize balls to the game ball supply tray (20) and the prize ball payout device (37) when the game balls in the game ball supply plate (20) are full. The overflow guide passage (41) for overflowing the prize ball to the plate (22) and the prize ball from the prize ball payout device (37) when the prize ball is extracted by the prize ball payout device (37). A ball game machine provided with a sampling guide path (43) for guiding to the island structure side and a collection guide path (44) for guiding game balls passing behind the game board (10) to the island structure side during a game At
In order to partition two passages (40) (43), (41) and (44) that overlap one another before and after, a metal partition plate between the two passages (40) (43) and (41) (44) (110) and (119) are provided, and the lower ends of the partition plates (110) and (119) are bent rearward so that the bottom plates (111) and (12) of the rear passageways (40) and (41) are bent.
(1) A passage device for a ball-and-ball game machine, characterized in that: 2. A recovery guide passage (44) in a vertical direction and an overflow guide passage (41) in a left-right direction are provided in an intersecting manner in the front-rear direction. A partition plate (119) is provided at the intersection with the front and rear to partition the two passages (41) and (44) forward and backward, and the lower end of this partition plate (119) is bent to form an overflow guide passage.
2. A base plate according to claim 1, wherein said bottom plate is formed.
A passage device for a ball game machine according to claim 1. 3. An overflow guide passage (41) is divided right and left at a portion corresponding to the recovery guide passage (44), and the overflow guide passage (4) is separated.
A partition plate (119) having a bottom plate (121) is fitted from the rear side to the divided portion of (1), and a partition cover (94) for detachably closing the rear side of the overflow guide passage (41) is attached to the partition plate (94). The plate holding part (131) for pressing the upper part of the (119) from the rear side and a receiving part (134) for receiving the rear end of the bottom plate (121) from the lower side are provided. Path machine for ball game machine. 4. The passage cover (94) is provided with a protruding wall (133) that forms a rear wall (132) of the recovery guide passage (44) above the overflow guide passage (41). The passage device for a ball game machine according to claim 3.