JP3636578B2 - Ball pan for ball tray in pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball removing device for a ball receiving tray attached to the front surface of a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a ball removing device for a ball receiving tray in a pachinko machine that can hold a ball removing hole in an open state.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-196713 discloses a ball removing device for a ball receiving plate in a pachinko machine that can hold the ball removing hole of the ball receiving plate in an open state.
[0003]
In this conventional ball receiving device for ball receiving trays, an open / close plate is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction between a closed position and an open position, and each lock portion corresponding to the closed position and the open position is provided on one side of the open / close plate. And a lock plate having a circulation groove that connects the lock portion in a closed loop shape, and a lock pin that is detachably engaged with each lock portion through the circulation groove of the lock plate is provided on the support cover side. It is provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and is locked alternately between the closed position and the open position each time the ball release lever is operated.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the conventional ball patting machine in the conventional pachinko machine, the lock plate having the lock portion and the circulation groove is formed on the open / close plate so that the open / close plate is large and a space is increased accordingly. Also, the support cover must be enlarged by the stroke for opening the opening / closing plate and the opening, and the manufacturing cost is increased.
In addition, since both the circulation groove provided on the opening / closing plate and the lock pin of the support cover move, the movement becomes unstable, and the lock pin and lock part may not be locked and the opening may not be held open. There is a problem that lacks.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. The object of the present invention is to make the ball removal device compact, and to reliably make the ball removal hole closed or open or alternately locked. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine that can be used.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a ball removing device for a ball receiving tray in a pachinko machine according to the present invention includes a ball removing hole for removing a pachinko ball of the ball receiving plate, a ball removing member for opening and closing the ball removing hole, and the ball removing member. In a ball removing device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine that always has a biasing member that biases the ball punching hole in the closing direction, a first position for closing the ball punching hole and a second position for opening the ball punching hole. Slidably provided on the ball removal member, and an engagement pin is provided on the ball removal member so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the ball removal member. A support frame is provided, and an annular groove is provided in the support frame. The annular groove engages with an engagement pin at a first position of the ball pulling member, and a second locking portion and a second ball pulling member. A second locking portion with which the engagement pin engages at a position and a forward groove from the first locking portion to the bent portion Is molded to the bending portion as Fukumizo from reciprocating groove Toshikatsu second locking portion sharing a groove, stepped portion groove bottom becomes shallower the Fukumizo than a groove bottom of said reciprocating groove is formed in the bent portion, The ball pulling member is slid against the biasing member to be alternately locked at the first position and the second position.
[0007]
The ball removing device for the ball tray in the pachinko machine configured as described above opens the ball removal hole against the urging force of the urging member when the ball removing member is slid in the opening direction. When the ball removal member moves to the second position where the ball removal hole is opened, the engagement pin is engaged with the engagement portion while being guided by the annular groove. In this state, when the ball pulling member is slid again in the opening direction, the engagement pin is released from the locking portion by the annular groove, and is returned to the first position by the biasing member to close the ball pulling hole. To do.
[0008]
In addition, the ball removing device for the ball tray in the pachinko machine of the present invention can be applied to either a hit ball supply tray provided on the front surface of the front frame of the pachinko machine or an excess ball tray that stores surplus balls of the hit ball supply tray. .
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a surplus ball tray, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the surplus ball tray, and FIG. In the drawing, 1 is a machine frame of a pachinko machine, and 2 is a front frame that is mounted on the front surface of the machine frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 2 has a window hole formed substantially at the center, and a glass door 3 is provided at the upper part of the window hole, and a front plate 4 is provided at the lower part thereof so as to be opened and closed. A game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear part of the window hole of the front frame 2 behind the glass door 3. A circular guide rail 6 is provided on the front surface of the game board 5, and an area surrounded by the guide rail 6 is configured as a game area. Further, a hitting ball supply tray 7 for supplying pachinko balls to the launch position of the guide rail 6 is provided on the front surface of the front plate 4, and surplus balls from the hitting ball supply tray 7 are stored in the lower front portion of the front frame 2. An extra sphere receiving tray 8 is provided via a decorative plate 9. Reference numeral 10 denotes a discharge port which is opened on the decorative board 9 and pays out the surplus balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 8. Reference numeral 11 denotes an operation handle which adjusts the resilience of the pachinko balls launched into the game area.
[0010]
Next, with reference to FIG. 2 thru | or FIG. The surplus ball receiving tray 8 includes a ball receiving tray main body 12 that stores pachinko balls, and a cover member 13 that covers the front surface of the ball receiving tray main body 12. The ball tray main body 12 has a dish portion 12a for storing pachinko balls in a substantially central shape in a concave shape, and a bowl-shaped upper surface wall 12b is extended to the outer periphery of the upper end of the plate portion 12a. The decorative plate 9 is opened so that the discharge port 10 faces, and a ball hole 14 is formed in the bottom wall. A dish-like support frame 15 is fixed to the lower surface of the dish portion 12a with screws 16 so as to cool the ball hole 14 and the support frame 15 has a size substantially equal to the position facing the ball hole 14. A through hole 17 is provided.
[0011]
Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the ball punching member 18 that is movable in the left-right direction so as to open the ball punching hole 14 so as to be sandwiched between the support frame 15 and the bottom of the ball tray body 12 and the ball punching member 18 are provided. A spring 19 is provided as a biasing member that biases the ball extraction hole 14 in the closing direction.
[0012]
The ball extraction member 18 is integrally formed with a wide plate-like portion 20 that opens and closes the ball extraction hole 14 and an operation portion 21 that operates the ball extraction member 18 in a direction to open the ball extraction hole 14 against the bias of the spring 19. The operation portion 21 protrudes forward from the notch 15 a of the support frame 15.
[0013]
The spring 19 is housed in a housing recess 22 formed in the support frame 15, and is interposed in a compressed state between the side wall 22 a of the housing recess 22 and the pressing portion 23 provided on the lower surface of the ball pulling member 18. Yes. Therefore, by sliding the operation portion 21 horizontally against the bias of the spring 19, the ball extraction hole 14 is opened and the ball extraction operation can be performed.
[0014]
Thus, the lower surface of the ball extraction member 18 is provided with an engagement pin 24 that moves so as to be orthogonal to the sliding direction of the ball extraction member 18, and the plate-like portion 20 closes the ball extraction hole 14 in the support frame 15. An annular groove 27 having a first locking portion 25 and a second locking portion 26 for locking the engagement pin 24 so as to correspond to the first position and the second position for opening the ball extraction hole 14 is provided. The engagement pin 24 can freely move through the annular groove 27.
[0015]
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the engaging pin 24 is fixed to the sliding plate 28, and the sliding plate 28 is formed on the lower surface of the ball extraction member 18 in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the ball extraction member 18. The guide groove 29 is provided so as to be movable.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 10, the annular groove 27 guides the engaging pin 24 disengaged from the first locking portion 25 and the second locking portion 26 so as to always advance in one direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. 30 and 31 are provided. The guide protrusions 30 and 31 are displaced from the center of the engagement pin 24 locked to the first locking portion 25 and the second locking portion 26 so that the engagement pin 24 can surely advance in one direction. It has become. The first locking portion 25 may be omitted if the ball pulling member 18 is held in the first position by directly contacting the notch 15a of the support frame 15.
[0017]
Next, the operation of the above-described ball receiving device for ball receiving tray will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the normal ball removal member 18 is in the first position where the ball removal hole 14 is closed by the plate-like portion 20 by the bias of the spring 19. At this time, the engaging pin 24 is locked to the first locking portion 25 of the annular groove 27.
[0018]
In this state, when the operating portion 21 is slid in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6 against the bias of the spring 19, the ball-extracting member 18 causes the plate-shaped portion 20 to open the ball extracting hole 14 as shown in FIG. 7. Move to position. Accordingly, the engagement pin 24 is disengaged from the first locking portion 25 and is guided and moved to the forward groove 27a by the guide protrusion 30. At this time, the sliding plate 28 on which the engaging pin 24 is fixed slides in the guide groove 29, and the engaging pin 24 moves along the annular groove 27. Then, when the engaging pin 24 moves until it comes into contact with the end of the annular groove 27 as shown by a chain line in FIG. 6 and the ball pulling operation is released, the second locking portion shown by the solid line in FIG. 26.
[0019]
Next, in order to close the ball hole 14, the operating pin 21 is slid in the direction to open the ball hole 14 against the bias of the spring 19 as shown by a chain line in FIG. It deviates from the stop 26 and is guided to the return groove 27b by the guide protrusion 31. Then, the engagement pin 24 moves until it comes into contact with the end of the annular groove 27 as shown by a chain line in FIG. 7, and when the ball pulling operation is released, the engagement pin 24 moves in the return groove 27b and is shown by a solid line in FIG. At the same time, the ball removal member 18 moves to the first position where the plate-like portion 20 closes the ball removal hole 14. Thereafter, each time the operating portion 21 is operated in the direction of opening the ball extraction hole 14, the ball extraction member 18 can be reliably and alternately locked between the first position and the second position.
[0020]
11 and 12 show an annular groove according to another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the annular groove 32 extends from the first locking portion 25 to the second locking portion 26 through the bent portion 33. FIG. The bottom is gradually deeper, and the first locking portion 25 to the bent portion 33 form a reciprocating groove 32a. The return groove 32b from the second locking portion 26 to the bent portion 33 has a shallow groove bottom, and the bent portion 33 forms a step portion 34. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, the engaging pin 24 has a gap S in which the sliding plate 28 accommodated in the guide groove 29 moves up and down in the depth direction of the groove so as to move reliably in the groove.
[0021]
In the ball pulling device having the annular groove 32 formed in this way, when the ball pulling member 18 moves from the first position to the second position, the engaging pin 24 of the first locking portion 25 shown by the solid line in FIG. The reciprocating groove 32a is moved out of the lock and moved in the reciprocating groove 32a. The step 34 of the bent portion 33 moves in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 11 and is guided by the second lock 26 to be locked by the bias of the spring 19.
Next, when the ball pulling member 18 is moved from the second position to the first position, when the operating portion 21 is slid in the direction to open the ball pulling hole 14, the engaging pin 24 is disengaged from the locking of the second locking portion 26. 11, the return groove 32b is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow B, and the reciprocating groove 32a is moved via the step portion 34 so as to be locked to the first locking portion 25.
[0022]
The annular groove 32 formed in this way can reduce the overall width by sharing the forward groove and the return groove. Along with this, the movement of the engagement pin 24 can be made smaller, so that it becomes more compact and a reliable movement can be realized.
[0023]
FIGS. 13 and 14 show an embodiment in which an annular groove 27 is provided at the bottom of the ball tray body 12, and the ball pulling member 18 is provided by a guide piece 35 provided integrally with the ball tray body 12. It is supported. For this reason, the support frame 15 becomes unnecessary.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, an annular groove having a locking portion is fixedly provided, and an engagement pin that moves through the annular groove is provided on a ball pulling member that slides. Since only the mating pin moves, the ball extraction member and the support frame can be made compact, and the first position for reliably closing the ball extraction hole and the second position for opening the ball extraction hole reliably. Can be alternately locked.
[0025]
Further, by providing the annular groove on the ball tray body side, a support frame is not required and the number of parts is reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a surplus ball receiving tray in which a ball removing device according to the present invention is incorporated.
3 is an exploded perspective view of the surplus ball receiving tray of FIG. 2. FIG.
4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the surplus sphere tray in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a front cross-sectional view of a main part of the surplus sphere tray in FIG. 2;
FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which a ball hole is closed.
FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which a ball hole is opened.
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the surplus sphere tray.
9 is a sectional side view of the main part of FIG.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing an operation in which the engaging pin circulates in the annular groove.
FIG. 11 is a plan view of an annular groove according to another embodiment.
12 is a front sectional view of the surplus sphere tray of FIG. 11. FIG.
FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of an extra ball receiving tray according to another embodiment.
14 is a front sectional view of the surplus sphere tray of FIG. 13;
[Explanation of symbols]
12 Ball tray body 14 Ball extraction hole 15 Support frame 18 Ball extraction member 19 Spring (biasing member)
24 engaging pin 25 first locking portion 26 second locking portion 27 annular groove 32 annular groove 32a reciprocating groove 32b return groove 33 bent portion
34 steps

Claims (1)

In a pachinko machine comprising a ball punching hole for punching out a pachinko ball of a ball tray, a ball punching member for opening and closing the ball punching hole, and a biasing member for always biasing the ball punching member in a direction to close the ball punching hole In the ball receiving device for the ball tray,
The ball removal member is slidably provided at a first position for closing the ball removal hole and a second position for opening the ball removal hole, and an engagement pin is provided on the ball removal member in a sliding direction of the ball removal member. A support frame is provided in the lower part of the ball tray body provided with the ball extraction hole so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to each other via the ball extraction member, an annular groove is provided in the support frame, and the annular groove is the ball extraction member And a first locking portion that engages with the engagement pin at the first position, a bent portion, and a second locking portion with which the engagement pin engages at the second position of the ball removal member. A reciprocating groove sharing a forward groove and a return groove is formed from one locking portion to the bent portion, and a return groove is formed from the second locking portion to the bent portion, and the groove of the reciprocating groove is formed in the bent portion. the groove bottom of the the bottom Fukumizo is stepped portion formed becomes shallow, that is slid against the ball recessed portions member to the biasing member Sphere disconnect device sphere pan in pachinko machines, characterized in that so as to engage alternately in the first position and the second position.

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