JP3569319B2 - Ball leveling structure attached to the tank rail of pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a ball leveling structure attached to a tank rail of a pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional pachinko machine, a ball tank is provided on the upper rear surface of a game board, and the pachinko balls in the ball tank are sent to a pachinko ball payout device by tank rails. As shown in FIG. 7, a horizontal axis 101 is provided above the tank rail 100, and a ball leveling 102 is swingably attached to the horizontal axis 101. As is well known, if the pachinko balls of the tank rail 100 overlap and flow down, the ball leveling 102 receives the overlapped pachinko balls on the side surface and acts to align them in a line. The ball leveler 102 is provided with a weight 103 so as to overcome the ball pressure of the overlapping pachinko balls to some extent.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, since the conventional ball leveling 102 is merely mounted swingably by inserting the shaft through hole 104 at the upper end of the ball leveling 102 into the horizontal axis 101, there are many overlapping pachinko balls. The ball leveler 102 is pushed by the ball pressure and oscillates, and as shown in FIG. 8, the return action force of the first and second stage pachinko balls and the weight 103 of the ball leveler 102 is delicately balanced. As a result, there is a problem that the ball is clogged and the pachinko ball is not supplied to the pachinko ball dispensing device.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to cause clogging in a tank rail even when a pachinko ball overlaps and flows down on a tank rail. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball leveling structure attached to a tank rail of a pachinko machine that does not cause the ball to break.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the ball leveling structure attached to the tank rail of the pachinko machine according to the present invention is formed by dividing the ball leveling into two members, a support member and a ball leveling body, A support piece is provided integrally with a cylindrical portion having a shaft through hole formed larger than the diameter of the horizontal axis above the tank rail, and a short axis is protruded from the support piece, and the ball leveling body is a ball passage of the tank rail. A three-dimensional shape having a thickness substantially equal to the width of the passage, a through hole is formed at the upper end, and the through hole of the ball leveling body is inserted into the short axis of the support member, and the ball leveling body is supported by the support member. And the support member is swingably mounted on the horizontal axis, and the support member is swingably mounted on the horizontal axis.
[0006]
Further, the diameter of the through hole of the ball leveling body is preferably formed to be larger than the diameter of the short axis of the support member.
[0007]
Further, it is preferable to provide a roller at the lower part of the ball leveling body.
[0008]
[Action]
The ball leveling structure attached to the tank rail of the pachinko machine configured as above, the pachinko ball that overlaps the tank rail and flows down and contacts the ball leveling body, The main body swings about the short axis as a fulcrum, and the support member swings around the horizontal axis as a fulcrum, and swings integrally with the main body to constantly impart a fluidizing action to the pachinko ball. For this reason, the ball pressure of the pachinko balls flowing down by overlapping the tank rail is balanced with the return action force of the weight of the ball leveling body, so that the ball is less likely to be clogged, and the rectification of the pachinko balls is performed smoothly. Is
[0009]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, 1 is a front frame of the pachinko machine, 2 is a game board detachably attached to the back of the front frame 1, 3 is a back and forth opening of the game board 2. A mechanism plate made of a synthetic resin that can be freely mounted, and a ball tank 4 is fixed to an upper portion of the rear surface of the mechanism plate 3. Further, a tank rail 5 is provided below the ball tank 4 for guiding the pachinko balls of the ball tank 4 in alignment, and the downstream end of the tank rail 5 is connected to a pachinko ball dispensing device 7 via a bent rail 6. Have been.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 2, the tank rail 5 is formed in a gutter shape having an upper surface opened by a rear side wall 8, a bottom 9 and a front side wall 10 made of synthetic resin, which abuts on the mechanism plate 3, and has a longitudinal direction formed on the bottom 9 thereof. A partition wall 11 is provided at the bottom to form two ball passages 12a and 12b. On the back surface of the mechanism plate 3 located above the tank rail 5 on the downstream side, a horizontal shaft 13 is formed integrally with the ball passages 12a and 12b so as to protrude integrally therewith. The horizontal axis 13 pivotally supports a ball leveler 14 to be described later, and its protruding length is selected such that its tip abuts on the inner surface of the front wall 10 of the tank rail 5.
[0011]
The ball leveler 14 attached to the tank rail 5 shown in the drawing is constituted by a support member 15 and ball leveling bodies 16a and 16b corresponding to the ball paths 12a and 12b of each tank rail 5, respectively. In the case of the present embodiment, the support member 15 is formed by dividing into a right half 15a supporting the ball leveling body 16a and a left half 15b supporting the ball leveling body 16b as shown in FIG. ing. The right half 15a and the left half 15b of the support member 15 have cylindrical portions 152a and 152b in which shaft through-holes 151a and 151b, respectively, are inserted. Supporting pieces 153a and 153b projecting downward from the outer end are formed integrally with the cylindrical portions 152a and 152b, and short shafts 154a and 154b are integrally provided on the inner surfaces of the supporting pieces 153a and 153b facing each other. are doing.
[0012]
The short shafts 154a and 154b are provided with small projections 155a and concave holes 155b in which the small projections 155a are fitted. At the inner end of the cylindrical portion 152b of the left half 15b, a fitting hole 156b having a diameter larger than that of the shaft through hole 151b and two protrusions 157b are formed, and the cylindrical portion 152a of the right half 15a is formed. An engagement concave portion 157a is formed at the inner end of the cylindrical member 156a so that the cylindrical portion 156a that fits into the fitting hole 156b engages with the projection 157b.
[0013]
On the other hand, the ball leveling bodies 16a, 16b are formed in a three-dimensional shape having a circular overall shape and a thickness substantially equal to the width of each of the ball passages 12a, 12b. In addition, through holes 161a and 161b are formed at the upper ends of the support member 15 so as to pass through the short shafts 154a and 154b, respectively. Stoppers 162a and 1662b are formed on the outer surfaces of the ball leveling bodies 16a and 16b to abut on the support pieces 153a and 153b of the support member 15 to regulate the swing range. Weights 163a and 163b are provided so that the center of gravity is located.
[0014]
The right half 15a and the left half 15b of the support member 15 described above are inserted through the through holes 161a, 161b of the ball leveling bodies 16a, 16b into the short axes 154a, 154b, respectively. 16b is swingably supported. Then, in this state, the fitting hole 156b of the left half 15b and the projection piece 157b, and the cylindrical portion 156a of the right half 15a and the engagement concave portion 157a are fitted to each other to assemble the ball leveling member 14 having an integral structure. Then, the shaft through-holes 151a and 151b of each of the cylindrical portions 152a and 152b are inserted into the horizontal shaft 13 above the tank rail 5, whereby the ball leveling 14 is swingably mounted. The distance between the lower ends of the ball leveling bodies 16a and 16b and the upper surface of the bottom 9 of the tank rail 5 is such that the pachinko balls flowing down the ball passages 12a and 12b in a line as shown in FIG. , 16b to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball.
[0015]
According to the present invention configured as described above, many pachinko balls flow down while overlapping each ball passage 12a, 12b of the tank rail 5, and the ball leveling bodies 16a, 16b swing by the ball pressure. Even in such a case, each of the ball leveling bodies 16a and 16b swings around the short axis 154a and 154b as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the pachinko ball swings integrally with the support member 15 with the horizontal axis 13 as a fulcrum, so that the pachinko ball always exerts a fluidizing action. The restoring forces of the balls or the pachinko balls and the respective ball leveling bodies 16a and 16b are balanced to reduce the possibility of clogging of the balls, thereby reliably rectifying the pachinko balls in the ball passages 12a and 12b. Let it flow down It is possible.
[0016]
6A, 6B, and 6C show another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A shows the diameter of the shaft through-hole 151b (151a) of the support FIG. 6B is a diagram in which the diameter of the through hole 161 b (161 a) of the ball leveling body 16 b (16 a) is larger than the diameter of the short axis 154 b (154 a) of the support member 15. It is. FIG. 6C shows a state in which a roller 164b (164a) is rotatably attached to the lower end of the ball leveling body 16b (16a). In each of these embodiments, a complicated flow action can be imparted to the pachinko spheres flowing down by overlapping the ball passages 12a and 12b further than in the first embodiment, and the probability of causing ball clogging can be further reduced. it can.
[0017]
In this embodiment, the ball passages of the tank rail 5 are arranged in two rows 12a and 12b, and the ball passage bodies 12a and 12b are provided with the ball leveling bodies 16a and 16b, respectively. The member may be formed as one solid member having a thickness equal to the passage width of the two rows of spherical passages 12a and 12b. When the ball passages have three rows, the ball leveling bodies may be individually provided in the respective ball paths, or the ball leveling bodies may be used in combination of two rows for the ball paths and one row for the ball paths. .
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, the ball leveling structure attached to the tank rail of the pachinko machine according to the present invention has a support member that is swingably mounted on the horizontal axis above the tank rail, and a swing member that swings on the support member. Since the ball leveling body is formed so as to be able to swing integrally with the support member or the ball leveling body, the ball path is formed by dividing the ball leveling body into a movable member and a ball leveling body. Even if the pachinko ball overlaps and flows down, it swings in a complicated manner according to the ball pressure state, and reliably imparts a flow action to the punching ball. For this reason, the occurrence of clogging of the ball in the tank rail is reduced, and the straightening of the pachinko ball can be performed reliably and smoothly.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the pachinko machine of FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a ball leveling machine.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a mounted state of a ball leveling machine.
FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are diagrams for explaining the operation of a ball leveling.
6 (a), 6 (b) and 6 (c) are front views of essential parts showing a mounted state of a ball leveler of another embodiment.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a ball clogging state according to the related art.
[Explanation of symbols]
5 Tank rails 12a, 12b Ball passage 13 Horizontal axis 14 Ball leveling 15 Support members 151a, 151b Shaft through holes 152a, 152b Cylindrical parts 153a, 153b Supporting pieces 154a, 154b Short axes 16a, 16b Ball leveling bodies 161a, 161b Hole

Claims (3)

The ball leveling is divided into two parts, a supporting member and a ball leveling body, and the supporting member is integrated with the supporting piece in a cylindrical part having a shaft through hole formed larger than the diameter of the horizontal axis above the tank rail. The support piece has a short axis protruding therefrom, and the ball leveling body has a three-dimensional shape having a thickness substantially equal to the width of the ball passage of the tank rail, and a through hole is formed at an upper end thereof. The through-hole of the leveling body is inserted through the short axis of the support member, and the ball leveling body is swingably attached to the support member. A ball leveling structure attached to a tank rail of a pachinko machine, which is configured to be swingably mounted on a horizontal axis. 2. The ball leveling structure attached to a tank rail of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of the through hole of the ball leveling body is formed larger than the diameter of the minor axis. The ball leveling structure attached to a tank rail of a pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a roller is provided at a lower end of the ball leveling body.

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