JP3439728B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is, pachinko machines, it relates to a ball-shooting game machine such as a ball arranging machine. 2. Description of the Related Art In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an opening is conventionally formed as a winning device mounted on a game board.
And a front plate attached to the front of the game board.
On the back of the front panel and inserted into the opening of the game board
Opening and closing the opening around the horizontal axis and the
When the game ball is in the open state from the opening to the passage in the cylinder
An opening / closing plate for guiding and a rear cover closing the rear of the passage
And an opening / closing drive unit for opening / closing the opening / closing plate . [0003] In this type of prize winning device, a movable iron core is opened by a solenoid arranged downward.
Constitutes a closing drive means and has an interlocking member at the lower end of its movable iron core.
And an operating piece on the opening / closing plate corresponding to this interlocking member.
When the armature moves down, the interlocking member moves
To open the open / close plate and raise the movable core.
The interlocking member releases the pressing of the operating piece and the open / close plate closes.
General. For this reason, in the past, the vertical dimension of the entire device was
Method becomes larger, and it can be inserted and removed from the front of the opening of the game board.
In order to insert a prize device, a large opening
It is necessary to provide a mouth. If the opening / closing plate is long in the left-right direction,
It is desirable to drive on both right sides.
And the interlocking member are located on one end in the left and right direction of the rear cover
And the operating piece is arranged at one end in the left and right direction of the opening and closing plate.
Therefore, if the opening and closing plate can be driven only at one end in the left-right direction
There is a problem. [0005] Provisionally provided operating pieces on both left and right sides of the opening and closing plate,
Even if you try to drive the open / close plate on both the left and right sides,
On the back side, there is a cylindrical part with a passage communicating with the opening inside.
Therefore, it is necessary to arrange the interlocking member avoiding the cylinder,
As long as the open / close drive means is arranged vertically,
Difficulty arranging materials or the structure of interlocking members is very complicated
Problem. The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems,
The winning device can be downsized vertically and its opening and closing plate
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine that can be driven from both left and right sides with a simple structure . [0007] The present invention provides a game board 4 with:
A front plate 26 having an opening 32 formed therein and attached to the front surface of the game board 4; and cylindrical portions 35, 41 provided on the back side of the front plate 26 and inserted into the opening 30 of the game board 4.
The opening 32 is opened and closed around a horizontal pivot 64, and the game ball B is moved from the opening 32 to the cylindrical portion 3 when the opening 32 is opened.
5, an opening / closing plate 29 for guiding to a passage 43 in the passage 43;
In a ball game machine equipped with a winning device 15 having a rear cover 28 for closing the rear of the vehicle, and opening and closing drive means 56 for opening and closing the opening and closing plate 29, an upper frame portion on the back side of the rear cover 28
50, the movable iron core 58 is oriented in the front-rear direction,
The opening / closing drive unit 56 disposed behind the opening / closing drive unit 29 and an interlocking member 57 that slides in the front-rear direction along the upper surface side of the opening / closing drive unit 56 in conjunction with the opening / closing drive unit 56 are provided. , The interlocking member 57
Of the front end portion is provided with a pair of left and right engagement arm 62 for opening and closing the closing plate 29 in conjunction with the back-and-forth movement of the engaged with the engaged portion 71 of the right and left the interlocking member 57 of the closing plate 29, the Engagement arm 62
Project left and right from both sides of the front end of the interlocking member 57,
The tip protrudes forward, and the engaged portion 71
This is provided with an engaging portion 63 that engages with . An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 illustrate an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. FIG. 7 shows the entire pachinko machine. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a front frame, which is pivotally attached to the front side of the machine frame so as to be freely opened and closed. A glass door 2 and a front plate 3 are attached to the front frame 1, and a game board 4 is detachably attached to the rear side. On the front of the game board 4, a game ball B
Guide rail 5 is provided, and in addition to obstacle nails, winning openings 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, starting openings 11, 12, a symbol display device
13, a starting gate 14, a winning device 15, a special ball-in device 16, an out port 17, and various display lamps are provided respectively.
The symbol display device 13 has three symbol displays, and each symbol display unit is configured to segmentally display ten different symbols, for example, numeric symbols from 0 to 9. The starting gate 14 is used to start the fluctuation of the symbol display device 13 and is arranged near the lower portion of the symbol display device 13. The winning device 15 is a so-called winning device, and a symbol display device.
The stopped symbols after the change of each symbol display section of FIG. 13 are designed to operate in an open state for a predetermined time when a preset hit symbol is displayed. The special ball entry device 16 is a so-called jackpot, and as shown in FIG. 6, when the detection switch 18 provided in the winning device 15 detects the game ball B, either one of the starting ports 11 and 12 is used. If the crab has already entered the game ball B, it is opened for a predetermined time. An upper plate 19 is mounted on the front plate 3, and this upper plate
At the front edge of 19, a ball removing lever 20 is provided. At the bottom of the front frame 1 is a lower plate 21 and an operating handle 23 for the launcher 22.
When the operation handle 23 is operated, the upper plate
The game balls B are supplied one by one from 19 to the firing unit, and the game balls B are fired along the guide rails 5 by the operation of the firing motor. The winning device 15 is, as shown in FIGS.
Front plate 26, lower cover 27, rear cover 28, and opening / closing plate
In the state where the rear part of the winning device 15 is inserted into the router hole 30 of the game board 4,
4 is attached by screws 31. The front plate 26 has a rectangular opening at the top.
32 is provided, and on the rear surface, an upper wall 33 corresponding to the opening 32 is provided.
A U-shaped upper peripheral wall 35, which is composed of the upper side wall 34 and the left and right upper side walls 34 and opens downward, protrudes rearward. Each upper side wall 34
On the lower side, a first mounting boss 36, a pivot rib 37 having a recess in the middle, and a second mounting boss 38 lower than the first mounting boss 36 are provided in this order. The lower cover 27 has a bottom wall 39 and left and right lower side walls 40.
And has a U-shaped lower peripheral wall 41 having an upper opening,
The lower peripheral wall 41 and the upper peripheral wall 35 of the front plate 26 form a rectangular tubular portion behind the front plate 26, and a passage 43 is formed in the tubular portion. A rear wall 44 protruding downward is formed at the rear end of the bottom wall 39. A pair of switch mounting parts 45 protruding rearward are formed at the center of the rear wall 44 at right and left intervals. ing. The bottom wall 39 and the upper part of each switch mounting part 45 are provided with ribs 46 which form a specific passage 43a in the front-rear direction, and the switch mounting part 45 has a game ball B passing through the specific passage 43a.
A detection switch 18 with a hole is detachably mounted from the rear so as to detect the state. On the lower side wall 40, as shown in FIG.
A groove 47 into which the second mounting boss 38 is inserted is formed,
A cylindrical screw hole 48 is formed on the rear side of the groove 47, and the lower cover 27 is inserted through the screw hole 48 with the lower side wall 40 inserted between the first mounting boss 36 and the second mounting boss 38. It is attached to the front plate 26 with a countersunk screw 49. The rear cover 28 has a rectangular frame portion 50 opened in the front-rear direction, and mounting plates formed on both sides of the front end of the rectangular frame portion 50.
The mounting plate 51 is mounted to the first mounting boss 36 with screws 52 so as to close the rear of the left and right passages 43. A guide plate 53 projecting into the specific passage 43a is formed below the rectangular frame portion 50 to detect the game ball B by the detection switch 18.
In the direction of the hole. A convex wall portion 54 is provided below both sides of the rectangular frame portion 50, and the inside of the convex wall portion 54 is an opening 32.
A ball drop passage 55 communicates with the ball. Inside the rectangular frame portion 50, a solenoid (opening / closing drive means) 56 and an interlocking member 57 are arranged in the front-rear direction, and an interlocking member 57 fixed to a movable iron core 58 of the solenoid 56 is movable in the front-rear direction. It has been. Solenoid 56 has a rectangular frame
The movable iron core 58 is attached to the side wall of the cylinder 50 from both sides by screws 59, and the movable iron core 58 is urged rearward by a spring 60. The interlocking member 57 includes a mounting base 61 having both ends fixed to the movable iron core 58, and a pair of left and right engaging arms 62 projecting right and left from both front ends of the mounting base 61 and further projecting forward. ing. A front end portion of each engagement arm 62 projects downward, and an engagement portion 63 inclined rearward and downward is provided at a front end thereof, so that the engagement portion 63 moves back and forth in the passage 43. The opening / closing plate 29 opens and closes the opening 32 and guides the game ball B falling from above in the open state into the opening 32. The opening / closing plate 29 is provided between the closed position and the open position. Each pivot 64 at the lower end thereof is supported between the concave portion of the pivot rib 37 and the lower side wall 40 so as to rotate in the front-rear direction, and the pivot 64 abuts on the back surface of the front plate 26. I have. The opening / closing plate 29 has side ribs 65 at both left and right ends.
Intermediate ribs 66 slightly lower than the side ribs 65 are provided in the intermediate portion, respectively, and the ribs 65, 66 reinforce the opening / closing plate 29. In the center of the opening / closing plate 29, when the opening / closing plate 29 is in the open state, the game ball B that is going to enter the specific passage 43a in the opening 32 is stopped and stopped, and when closed, the game ball B is moved to the specific passage 43a. A stop part 67 for guiding to the side is provided integrally. The stop portion 67 includes side plates 68 projecting from the left and right at intervals so that one game ball B can be accommodated, a connecting plate 69 connecting the side plates 68, and a central portion of the connecting plate 69. Game ball
B, and a rear end of the connecting plate 69 is formed in a short arc shape so that the game ball B falls in the passage 43 and enters the specific passage 43a when the opening / closing plate 29 is closed. Have been. At the rear end of the side rib 65 of the opening / closing plate 29, an engaged portion 71 which is U-shaped in a side view and is open upward is provided.
When moving forward, the engaging portion 63 contacts the engaged portion 71 from behind to open the opening / closing plate 29, and when the interlocking member 57 moves backward, the engaged portion 71 is hooked. The engaging portion 63 and the engaged portion 71 are engaged so that the opening / closing plate 29 is closed. Therefore, the opening and closing plate 29 is moved by the forward and backward movement of the interlocking member 57.
Opens and closes easily. The opening / closing plate 29 is provided on the upper wall 33 of the front plate 26.
Abutment ribs at right and left intervals to face side plate 68
72 is projected downward, and when the open / close plate 29 is closed,
The rear surface of the 29 comes into contact. Also mounting base
At the front end of 61, a blocking portion 73 is provided which protrudes forward.When the interlocking member 57 moves forward, it is located behind the stopping portion 67 and prevents the game ball B from entering the specific passage 43a side. are doing. Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
Normally, the solenoid 56 is in the demagnetized state and the interlocking member 57
Is urged rearward by the spring 60, so that the interlocking member 57
Is in the rear position. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6, the opening / closing plate 29 is in a closed position rising upward from the pivot 64, and closes the opening 32 from the front side. Therefore, the game ball B falling from above passes through the front side of the opening / closing plate 29 and falls downward. When the game ball B enters the starting gate 14, the symbols on each symbol display section of the symbol display device 13 fluctuate for a predetermined time. Then, when a stop symbol of each symbol display section of the symbol display device 13 hits the symbol, the solenoid 56 of the winning device 15 is excited, and the movable iron core 58 moves forward against the spring 60. As a result, the interlocking member 57 moves forward, and the engagement portion 63 at the front end of the engagement arm 62 pushes the opening / closing plate 29 forward, so that the opening / closing plate 29 opens around the pivot 64 as shown in FIG. Rotate to the position. At this time, the open / close plate 29 abuts on the lower edge of the opening 32 and is regulated. When the open / close plate 29 rotates to the open position, the game ball B falling from above hits the open / close plate 29 and is guided by the open / close plate 29 to the opening 32 side. Go into. At this time, if there is a game ball B falling at the center of the opening / closing plate 29, the first game ball B hits the opening / closing plate 29 and is received and stopped by the stopping portion 67 as shown in FIG. Therefore, even if the opening and closing plate 29 is opened, the game ball B does not immediately enter the specific passage 43a, and the player can visually confirm that the game ball B is in the stopped state in the stop portion 67. When the game ball B stops at the stop 67, the stop 73 is located behind the stop 67, so that the stop 67
Game ball B does not enter the specific passage 43a side. The game ball B which has fallen to the left and right sides of the opening / closing plate 29
After hitting the opening / closing plate 29 and guided to the opening 32 side, it enters the ball fall passage 55 of the rear cover 28 through the left and right passages 43, falls downward and is collected. Further, if one game ball B stops at the stop portion 67, the subsequent game ball B that falls to the central portion of the opening / closing plate 29 thereafter has the game ball B or the opening / closing plate 29 stopped at the stop portion 67. After being hit, etc., it is distributed to both sides of the stopping portion 67 and moves to the ball falling passage 55 through the passages 43 on both sides of the opening 32. When a predetermined time elapses after the opening and closing plate 29 is opened, the solenoid 56 is demagnetized, and the movable iron core 58 and the interlocking member 57 are moved backward by the spring 60. Therefore, as shown in FIG. Until the opening 32 is closed. Then, the game ball B stopped in the stopping portion 67 falls downward, moves to the detection switch 18 side through the specific passage 43a, and falls downward from the hole of the detection switch 18, so that
The detection switch 18 detects the game ball B. Detection switch 18
When the game ball B is detected, if the game ball B is already in one of the starting ports 11 and 12, the special ball-in device 16 is operated. According to the above configuration, the movable iron core 58 is
A solenoid 56 is provided behind the opening 32 in a state facing
An interlocking member 57 for interlocking the solenoid 56 and the opening / closing plate 29
The order is provided slidably <br/> back and forth along the upper side of the solenoid 56, which is a main component of the winning device 15 opening and closing
The plate 29, the solenoid 56, and the interlocking member 57 are substantially
And their interlocking movement is also forward and backward
In the vertical direction of the winning device 15
It can be molded, and the solenoid 56 and the interlocking member
57 is placed vertically on top of
The winning device 15 can be mounted from the front side of the game board 4. An interlocking member 57 is slidably provided in the front-rear direction. When the interlocking member 57 moves forward,
The interlocking member 57 is provided with a blocking portion 73 that is located at the rear of the game ball B and prevents the game ball B from entering the specific passage 43a.
67 can be reduced, and when the open / close plate 29 is closed,
Since the blocking portion 73 moves rearward, the game ball B can be dropped downward near the rear surface of the opening / closing plate 29, so that it is not necessary to increase the depth of the passage 43, and the length of the winning device 15 in the front-rear direction is eliminated. Can be shortened. Further, the front end of the interlocking member 57
The engagement arm 62 provided at the left side from both sides of the front end of the interlocking member 57
Project to the right, and its tip also projects forward,
Is provided with an engaging portion 63 that engages with the engaged portion 71 on the opening / closing plate 29 side.
The winning device 15 as described above,
While reducing the size in the direction, a passage 43
To secure enough space for the prize ball
It can be prevented from being hindered by the interlocking member 57 and the like. In the present embodiment, the prize winning device 15 of the pachinko machine is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to the pachinko machine, and the present invention is similarly applied to various prize devices of an arrangement ball machine and the like. It goes without saying that you can do it. In addition, the stopping section 67 may stop two or more game balls B by a fixed number, and the number is not limited to one in the embodiment. Further stop 67
Is not limited to this embodiment as long as it can stop the game ball B. According to the present invention, the movable core 58 is opened on the frame 50 on the upper rear side of the rear cover 28 with the movable iron core 58 directed in the front-rear direction.
An opening / closing drive unit 56 disposed behind the closing plate 29 ; and an interlocking member 57 that slides in the front-rear direction along the upper surface of the opening / closing drive unit 56 in conjunction with the opening / closing drive unit 56. The interlocking member 57
Of the front end portion, a pair of left and right engagement arm 62 for opening and closing the opening and closing plate 29 in conjunction with the back-and-forth movement of the left and right to engage the engaged portion 71 the interlocking member 57 of the closing plate 29 is provided, engaging Arm 62 is an interlocking part
Protrudes left and right from both sides of the front end of the material 57, and its tip is forward
The engaging portion 63 that projects into
It is provided with the, with the winning device 15 can be downsized in the vertical and longitudinal directions <br/>, can be driven from the left and right sides of the opening and closing plate 29 in a simple structure, further passages to the rear side of the opening and closing plate 29 43 Nota
Ru it is possible to ensure a sufficient space of the eye.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a prize winning device showing an embodiment of the present invention (a).
And a plan sectional view (b). FIG. 2 is a front view of a winning device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a side view of the winning device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially omitted plan view of the winning device showing the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 (b). FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view of the winning device according to the embodiment of the present invention in a closed state. FIG. 7 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. [Description of Signs] 4 Game board 26 Front plate 29 Opening / closing plate 32 Opening 56 Solenoid (opening / closing drive means) 64 Axis

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] (1) An opening (32) is formed in a game board (4) and a front plate (2) attached to a front surface of the game board (4).
6), a tubular portion (35) (41) provided on the back side of the front plate (26) and inserted into the opening (30) of the game board (4), and around a horizontal pivot (64). When the opening (32) is opened and closed and in the open state, the game ball (B) is moved from the opening (32) to the cylindrical portion (35).
An opening / closing plate (29) for guiding to a passage (43) in (41);
(43) and a rear cover (28) for closing the rear of the
A prize winning device (1) having opening and closing driving means (56) for opening and closing the 9)
In the ball game machine equipped with (5), the movable iron core (58) is directed in the front-rear direction to the frame (50) on the upper rear side of the rear cover (28).
The opening / closing drive means (56) arranged behind the opening / closing plate (29) in the opened state , and the opening / closing drive means (56) in conjunction with the opening / closing drive means (56).
An interlocking member (57) that slides in the front-rear direction along the upper surface side of the moving means (56) , and a left and right engaged portion of the open / close plate (29) is provided at the front end of the interlocking member (57). A pair of left and right engagement arms (62) that engage with (71) and open and close the opening and closing plate (29) in conjunction with the forward and backward movement of the interlocking member (57) are provided . The ream
The left and right sides of the front end of the moving member (57)
Protrudes forward and engages the engaged portion (71) at its tip.
A ball game machine comprising an engaging portion (63) that engages .