JP4017699B2 - Foul ball processing equipment in pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a foul ball processing apparatus in a pachinko machine for appropriately collecting a foul ball returning from a hitting guide rail when a hit ball launched from a launch rail does not reach a game area of a game board. Is.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the conventional pachinko machine, a foul ball flow path is formed so as to communicate a foul ball return port formed between the start end of the ball striking guide rail and the end of the launch rail and the lower ball receiving tray, The foul sphere falling from the sphere was returned to the lower sphere tray through the foul sphere flow path. For this reason, it is necessary to pick up the foul ball returned to the lower ball receiving tray by hand and return it to the hitting ball supply tray, which is annoying to the player.
[0003]
On the other hand, in order to solve the above-described problems, a mountain-shaped overflow guide is provided in association with the foul ball return opening, and the foul ball falling from the foul ball return opening by the overflow guide is placed in the hitting ball supply tray. There is known a pachinko machine in which a player is prevented from bothering the player by causing the foul ball to overflow into the lower ball tray when the batting ball supply tray is full of prize balls. JP-A-7-80130).
[0004]
However, in the pachinko machine described above, when the hitting ball supply tray is full of prize balls, the foul balls that do not fit in the hitting ball supply tray will stay up to the top of the mountain-shaped overflow guide. Ball clogging is likely to occur near the ball return opening, and as a result, the foul ball can no longer fall to the foul ball return opening and return to the firing position of the launch rail, which hinders the launch operation of the hit ball was there.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and a foul ball falling from a foul ball return port is smoothly applied to either a hit ball supply tray or a lower ball tray depending on a storage state of prize balls in the hit ball supply tray. It is another object of the present invention to provide a foul ball processing apparatus in a pachinko machine that does not cause trouble for a player by guiding it appropriately and does not interfere with the hitting operation of the hit ball.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the foul ball processing apparatus in the pachinko machine of the present invention is provided with a hitting ball supply tray and a lower ball receiving tray on the front surface of the front frame, and a game board is mounted on the back surface of the front frame via an attachment frame. A hitting guide rail which is detachably mounted and guides a hit ball launched from the launch rail to the game area of the game board is provided on the front of the game board, and a foul is provided between the start end of the hit ball guide rail and the end of the launch rail. In a pachinko machine in which a foul ball return port for dropping a hit ball that has become a ball is formed, a foul ball passage for guiding the foul ball falling from the foul ball return port to a hitting ball supply tray, and a side edge of the foul ball passage An opening is formed along which the foul sphere falls, and the foul sphere falling from the opening is guided to the lower sphere tray through the passage member.
[0007]
The end of the foul ball passage faces the side of a prize ball chute provided so as to communicate with a prize ball outlet and a hit ball supply tray formed in a support plate part that receives the lower part of the game board. Is preferred.
[0008]
The opening is preferably provided along the end side of the foul ball passage so that the foul ball does not stay in the foul ball passage when the hitting ball supply tray is full of prize balls.
[0009]
Further, the end portion of the foul sphere passage is preferably formed as a gentle inclined surface toward the opening in order to reliably drop the foul sphere from the opening.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower part of the pachinko machine with a glass frame and a front plate opened. In the figure, 1 is an outer frame of the pachinko machine, and 2 is a front frame that is mounted on the front surface of the outer frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 2 is formed in a frame shape with a window hole provided substantially in the center, and a glass frame 3 and a front plate 4 are attached to the window hole portion so as to be openable and closable around one side. A game board 6 is detachably attached to the rear part of the window hole of the front frame 2 via a game board attachment frame 5 behind the glass frame 3.
[0011]
A hitting guide rail 7 is provided in a circular shape on the front surface of the game board 6, and a launch rail 8 is provided on the front surface of the support plate portion 5 a of the game board mounting frame 5 that supports the lower part of the game board 6. Reference numeral 9 denotes a striking ball with its tip facing the firing position of the firing rail 8, and 10 a striking ball supply tray mounted on the front surface of the front plate 4. Further, a lower ball receiving tray 11 for storing surplus balls overflowing from the hit ball supply tray 10 and an operation handle 12 for launching the hit ball are provided on the lower front surface of the front frame 2.
[0012]
On the rear surface of the front plate 4, a hitting ball supply device 13 is provided for supplying the winning balls stored in the hitting ball supply tray 10 one by one to the launch position of the launch rail 8 in synchronization with the launching operation of the hitting ball 9. ing. Further, the front plate 4 is provided with a prize ball chute 15 communicating with a prize ball outlet 14 formed in the support plate part 5a at the lower part of the game board 6 and an outlet hole 16 for removing the ball of the hitting ball supply tray 10. It has been.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 3, the prize ball outlet 14 communicates with a prize ball discharge passage 18 of a mechanism plate 17 mounted on the back surface of the game board 6, and a prize ball payout device ( A prize ball paid out from a not-shown ball is guided to the hitting ball supply tray 10 via a prize ball chute 15. Further, when the hit ball supply tray 10, the winning ball chute 15 and the winning ball discharge passage 18 are filled with the winning ball, the winning ball to be paid out thereafter flows down the surplus ball passage 19 branched from the side of the winning ball discharge passage 18. It is stored in the lower ball tray 11.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 4, a foul ball return port 20 is formed between the start end of the hitting ball guide rail 7 and the end of the firing rail 8. Further, a box-shaped passage member 22 having a ball passage 21 communicating with the lower ball receiving tray 11 through an excess ball passage 19 is fixed to the front surface of the support plate portion 5a. 2, the award member spills from the winning ball outlet 14 when the front plate 4 is opened in a state where the winning ball is stored from the hitting ball supply tray 10 to the winning ball discharge passage 18 of the mechanism plate 17 as shown in FIG. An opening 23 for receiving a ball and an opening 24 for receiving a prize ball of the hitting ball supply tray 10 flowing out from the outlet hole 16 of the front plate 4 by a ball removing operation are formed. The winning ball removed from the ball 16 flows down the ball passage 21 of the passage member 22, joins the surplus ball passage 19, and is guided and stored in the lower ball receiving tray 11. Reference numeral 25 denotes a speaker fixed to the back surface of the front plate 4, and reference numeral 26 denotes a speaker storage portion established in the passage member 22.
[0015]
In the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a foul ball passage 27 is formed in the passage member 22 located below the foul ball return port 20. The end of the foul ball passage 27 communicates with the side opening 28 of the prize ball chute 15, and the foul ball falling from the foul ball return port 20 is guided to the hitting ball supply tray 10 via the prize ball chute 15. ing. Further, an opening 29 is formed along the side edge at the end of the foul ball passage 27, where the foul ball falls, and the opening 29 communicates with the ball passage 21 of the passage member 22.
[0016]
A guide wall 30 is formed at the opposite side edge portion where the terminal opening 29 of the foul ball passage 27 is formed, and the foul ball flowing down the foul ball passage 27 is a prize ball along the guide wall 30. It flows into the side opening 28 of the chute 15. Reference numeral 31 denotes a ball pressure receiving plate provided inside the prize ball chute 15.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 7, the foul ball processing apparatus of the pachinko machine configured as described above has a foul ball B falling from the foul ball return port 20 when the prize ball of the hitting ball supply tray 10 is not full. The ball 27 flows down the passage 27 and is guided along the guide wall 30 by the flow velocity of the foul ball B through the side opening 28 of the prize ball chute 15 and directly to the hitting ball supply tray 10. For this reason, the troublesomeness of returning the foul ball from the lower ball receiving tray 11 to the hitting ball supply tray 10 can be eliminated.
[0018]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, when the prize ball is stored from the hit ball supply tray 10 to the prize ball discharge passage 18 of the mechanism plate 17, if the fall ball B1 falls into the fall ball return port 20, the fall ball B1. Flows down the foul ball passage 27, hits the prize ball retained in the side opening 28 of the prize ball chute 15, and falls from the opening 29 to the ball passage 21 of the passage member 22. Then, the ball is guided from the ball passage 21 to the lower ball tray 11 through the surplus ball passage 19. At this time, the slope of the gentle slope toward the opening 29 at the end portion of the foul ball passage 27, specifically, the slope of the foul ball flowing down toward the prize ball chute 15 is not affected. As a result, the foul ball B1 can be more reliably dropped into the opening 29. For this reason, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the foul ball stays in the vicinity of the foul ball return port 20 or clogs the ball and interferes with the hitting operation of the hit ball as in the prior art.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the foul ball processing device in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the foul ball falling from the foul ball return port is returned to the hit ball supply tray when the winning ball of the hit ball supply tray is not full. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate annoying players.
[0020]
And when the hitting ball supply tray is full of prize balls, the foul ball that falls to the foul ball return opening is dropped into the opening formed along the side edge of the foul ball passage and guided to the lower ball tray. Therefore, it is possible to reliably avoid a situation in which the foul ball stays up to the foul ball return port and interferes with the hitting operation of the hit ball.
[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 lower part of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of a main part of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a front sectional view of a main part of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a foul ball passage portion.
FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of an essential part for explaining the operation.
FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram when the prize balls of the hitting ball supply tray are not full.
FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram when the winning balls of the hitting ball supply tray are full.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Front frame 6 Game board 7 Hitting ball guide rail 8 Launching rail 10 Hitting ball supply tray 11 Lower ball receiving tray 20 Foul ball return port 22 Path member 27 Foul ball path 29 Opening

Claims (1)

A ball supply tray and a lower ball tray are provided on the front surface of the front frame, and a game board is detachably attached to the back surface of the front frame via an attachment frame. Is provided with a ball striking guide rail for guiding the ball to the game area of the game board, and a foul ball return port is formed between the starting end of the hitting ball guiding rail and the end of the firing rail to drop the hit ball that has become a foul ball,
In the pachinko machine in which a prize ball discharge passage is provided on the back side of the game board, and a prize ball paid out from the prize ball discharge passage is guided to a hitting ball supply tray via a prize ball chute ,
A foul ball passage for guiding a foul ball falling from the foul ball return port to the hitting ball supply tray through the prize ball chute , and an opening for dropping the foul ball along a side edge of the foul ball passage are formed. ,
The end of the foul ball passage is communicated with the side opening of the prize ball chute, and a guide wall is formed on the opposite side edge portion where the opening is formed, and the foul ball is awarded along the guide wall. A ball pressure receiving plate extending from the guide wall is provided inside the prize ball chute so as to flow into the ball chute,
On the other hand, foul ball foul ball process in the pachinko machine, characterized in that it is configured to be guided to the lower ball pan through the passage member dropping through the opening from the passage member and communicating with said opening apparatus.

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