JP4122402B2 - Enclosed ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention plays a game by firing a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in the main body of the game machine from the launch position to the game area, while collecting the game balls that have been played and guiding them to the launch position to circulate the game balls The present invention relates to an enclosed ball game machine to be used.

Enclosed ball type that encloses a predetermined number of game balls in the gaming machine, launches the game balls from the launch position to the game area, collects the game balls that have flowed down the game area, and then recirculates and uses the game balls A gaming machine is known. In such a pachinko gaming machine as an enclosed ball type gaming machine, like a normal gaming machine, a glass frame is disposed so as to be opened in front of a gaming board in which a gaming area is formed on the front surface. A clerk or the like can open the glass frame in order to release the ball stop of the game ball at.
Here, when the glass ball is opened while the game ball is stopped in the game area, the ball stop of the game ball is resolved just by opening the game ball and the game ball falls outside the game area (spilling out) If). Further, even when the glass frame is opened before completely stopping the game ball, the game ball may fall out of the game area (spilled). At this time, since the front side is open, the game ball falls to the lower front side than the game area, and enters the out hole for collecting the out ball that was not won at the lower end of the game area. However, there is a possibility that the player falls to the lower front side than the gaming area and goes out of the gaming machine.

In the pachinko gaming machine, a frame board having a launch rail and a launching device for launching a game ball into the game area is arranged below the game area, and in front of it, the rented game balls are stored. At the same time, an open / close panel provided with an upper plate leading to the launch position was provided. In a normal pachinko gaming machine, a game ball that has dropped below the game area may enter the back side of the open / close panel, and has a ball receiving portion for collecting the game balls that have entered the back side of the open / close panel. A structure in which a game ball dropped from an area and collected is reusable is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Further, in a normal pachinko gaming machine that is not an enclosed ball type, since the upper plate is arranged on the front side below the game area as described above, the game ball that has dropped from the game area to the front side below is collected in the upper plate. There is a possibility that by releasing the glass frame, the game balls falling from the game area may be collected in the above-described ball receiving portion or the upper plate.
JP-A-11-104302

  By the way, the enclosed ball type game machine does not require an upper plate, so there is no upper plate, and if the game ball does not enter the back of the open / close panel, the game is played up to the shelf-like part or floor under the game table of the island facility. There is a high possibility that the ball will fall. The back side of the open / close panel is basically directly below the game area, and the game ball that has dropped before the guide rail that partitions the game area falls on the open / close panel in front of the back of the open / close panel. Therefore, the possibility that the game ball is collected is not necessarily high. Therefore, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, it is difficult to collect the game balls that have dropped from the game area due to the opening of the glass frame. In this case, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, since a predetermined number of enclosed game balls are used in circulation, the dropped game balls cannot be collected and the number of enclosed game balls decreases. Will end up. When the number of enclosed game balls decreases, there is a shortage of game balls circulating in the game machine, which may make it difficult to fire the game balls at predetermined intervals.

  Further, in the normal pachinko gaming machine shown in Patent Document 1, the game balls collected at the ball receiving portion are guided to the lower plate, and the player can use the collected game balls. Since the player can use the game ball that has fallen on the upper plate, if the game ball is collected in the ball receiving portion or the upper plate, there is no disadvantage to the player. In addition, if the game balls cannot be collected, for example, the clerk can easily compensate the game balls that could not be collected by the player by generating the prize balls by winning the game balls on the upper plate at the prize opening. can do.

On the other hand, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, as described above, not only is it more likely that the game ball dropped from the gaming area than the normal pachinko gaming machine, but the gaming ball is enclosed in the gaming machine body, The game balls are not exposed on the upper and lower plates like normal pachinko machines, and game balls that could not be collected like normal pachinko machines can be easily compensated by the player I can't.
Further, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, the number of balls held by the player is managed as numerical data, and each time the game ball is fired, the numerical value is subtracted by one from the number of held balls. Therefore, once a game ball is launched into the game area and the game ball falls to the front lower side of the game area as described above, even if the dropped game ball is collected and can be launched again into the game area, The number of balls held by the player is subtracted when the dropped game ball is fired. The game ball that cannot be completely used in the game because it has stopped in the game area and dropped in the middle of the flow. Will be subtracted from the number of balls held, which is disadvantageous for the player. That is, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, even if the game ball that falls outside the game area is collected and can be launched again into the game area, the disadvantage of the player cannot be eliminated.

From the above, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, when the glass frame is opened due to the ball stopping in the gaming area and the gaming ball falls from the gaming area, there is no upper plate, so there is no normal pachinko machine. It is difficult to collect from a gaming machine, and even if a dropped game ball is collected, the player's number of balls remains subtracted and does not eliminate the player's disadvantage, There has been a problem that it is difficult to compensate for any disadvantage caused to the player.
In addition, when the ball stop is released and the game ball flows down and is collected in the out hole when the glass frame is opened, the game ball is not reusable in a normal pachinko gaming machine. Both the pachinko gaming machine and the enclosed ball type gaming machine are disadvantageous to the player, but at this time, if the gaming ball flows down in the gaming area without going out of the gaming area, There should have been a chance to win a prize, which is not necessarily a disadvantage to the player, but once the game ball has been released in front of the game area where the glass frame has been opened, it returns to the game area again. If the game ball flows into the out hole, the game ball has no chance to win, which is disadvantageous to the player.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a sealed ball game machine in which, when the glass frame is opened, when the game ball falls outside the game area, the dropped game ball can be collected and re-launched into the game area. By reducing the collection rate of game balls, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the number of game balls enclosed in the main body of the gaming machine, and in addition, the number of possessed balls that are game value information owned by the player falls outside the game area. After that, it is possible to automatically compensate for the number of game balls collected.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a transparent member holding frame that holds a transparent member that can visually recognize the game area of the game board and that can be opened and closed on the front frame body, and a firing operation device. A game ball having a predetermined number enclosed in a gaming machine body having a gaming operation panel is launched from the launch position to the game area to play the game, and the game balls that have been played are collected and guided to the launch position. It has a circulation path that circulates and uses game balls,
A launch ball detecting means for detecting one launch of the game ball;
A foul ball flow path that guides the game ball that has been fired and fouled down,
A standby flow path communicating with the foul ball flow path and waiting for a game ball to be launched; and
A foul ball detecting means for detecting a game ball flowing down the foul ball flow path;
Out ball collection opening provided at the lower part of the game area,
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A game is performed based on the game value information held by the player, and when the shot ball detecting means detects the launch of the game ball, subtraction processing is performed from the game value information, and the foul ball detecting means detects the foul ball. In the case of an enclosed ball type gaming machine that adds to the gaming value information,
A spillage that extends in the left-right direction of the gaming area behind the gaming operation panel below the gaming area and that can receive and collect gaming balls that have fallen from the gaming area when the transparent member holding frame is opened. Establish a ball collection unit,
At the required part of the spilled ball collection unit, a recovery flow outlet is formed for allowing the collected game balls to flow down to the foul ball flow channel, and the game balls received by the spilled ball collection unit are flowed down to the foul ball flow channel. The foul sphere detection means detects it,
A game ball that is positioned between the back surface of the transparent member and a virtual plane that passes through front end portions of a plurality of obstacle nails implanted in the game board, and has dropped from the upper part of the game area when the transparent member holding frame is opened This is characterized in that an out-port inflow preventing member for preventing the inflow into the out-ball collection port is provided .

According to the invention of claim 1, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, on the lower front side of the gaming area,
A transparent member holding frame (glass frame) is provided with a spilled ball collecting portion that extends in the left-right direction of the game area and can receive and collect game balls that have dropped from the game area when the transparent member holding frame is opened. A game ball as a spilled ball that has dropped to the front side of the game area when the game box is released can be efficiently collected below the front side of the game area. In other words, there will be a spilled ball collection part at the falling position of the spilled ball falling from the front side of the game area, and it is possible to collect game balls as a spilled ball with high probability, and a predetermined number enclosed in the enclosed ball type gaming machine It is possible to prevent the game balls from decreasing due to the spilled balls being uncollected.

  Then, the game ball as a spilled ball collected by the spilled ball collection unit is guided to the collection flow-down port and flows down from the collection flow-down port to the foul ball flow path. The foul ball flow path has foul ball detecting means, and the collected game balls as spilled balls are detected by the foul ball detecting means. In addition, when a spilled ball is detected by the foul ball detecting means, the game value information is added to the game value information in the control device managing the game value information in the same manner as when the game ball is detected as the foul ball. . For example, 1 is added to one spilled ball detected by the foul ball detecting means to the number of balls held as game value information.

Therefore, when the spilled ball is collected by the spilled ball collecting unit that can efficiently collect the spilled ball as described above, for example, when the game ball that has become a spilled ball is launched, 1 is subtracted as game value information, for example. The number of possessed balls is returned to the original by adding 1, and the disadvantage suffered by the player due to the occurrence of the spilled ball is compensated.
It should be noted that the firing ball detection means may be any device that can output a signal for subtraction processing of game value information to the control device in correspondence with each of the launched game balls when firing the game ball. For example, in the process of sending a game ball to the launch position, the ball is sent to the launch position, the game ball sent to the launch position on the launch rail is hit with the launch device, and the game ball after the hit It is only necessary that there is traveling on the launch rail and that the launch of the game ball can be detected in any of these steps. Note that it is possible to detect the launch of a game ball by detecting the operation of the ball feeding device or the launch device, but it is preferable to detect the game ball to be launched in order to reliably detect the launch. For example, it is preferable to detect a game ball sent to the launch position after being sent to the ball, a game ball at the launch position, a game ball that is hit and travels on the launch rail, and the like.
Furthermore, when detecting a game ball at the launch position or a game ball on the launch rail, there is a possibility that the game ball may come into contact with the launch ball detecting means due to a shake of the game ball at the time of launch. In addition to affecting the launch of the game ball, it causes a failure of the shot ball detection means. Therefore, it is preferable to detect the launch of the game ball by detecting the game ball that is sent to the launch position. In this case, in order to reliably detect the launch, it is preferable that a series of steps are continuously performed from the ball feeding to the hitting and the hitting is not interrupted after the ball feeding.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the transparent member holding frame is opened, the game ball that has dropped from the front side of the game area returns to the game area again before reaching the lower side of the game area, and the out ball It can prevent flowing into the recovery port. That is, the out port inflow prevention member provided so as to be located between the transparent member back surface of the out port inflow prevention member and a virtual plane passing through the front end portions of the plurality of obstacle nails implanted in the game board, After the game ball comes out in front of the game area at the upper part of the game area, this is prevented when the game ball returns again.

  Accordingly, once the game area exits from the game area, the game ball having almost no chance to win is returned to the game area and collected at the out-ball collection port, and is detected by the foul ball detection means as described above. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a value corresponding to the number of spilled balls from being added to the data on the number of possessed balls as game value information and to prevent a player from being disadvantaged by the spilled balls.

  The out port inflow prevention member is preferably transparent so as not to interfere with the game, and is preferably as thin as possible. Moreover, it is preferable that the clerk's hand (finger) reaches the lowest nail or winning opening so as not to disturb the clerk's ball stop. Moreover, it may be made to appear and disappear corresponding to opening and closing of the transparent member holding frame. Further, the out ball collection port may be any one as long as it basically has a configuration that becomes a collection port for collecting the out ball, and may be an out hole of a conventional general pachinko gaming machine. .

According to a second aspect of the invention, the sealed ball type game machine according to claim 1,
Provide the game operation panel on the front side of the front frame body,
The spilled ball collecting portion is formed in a concave shape in a longitudinal section, and the bottom wall of the spilled ball collecting portion is inclined downward toward the recovery flow outlet,
The bottom wall and the rear wall of the spilled ball collection part are formed on the front frame body,
The front wall of the spilled ball collecting part is constituted by a back wall of the game operation panel.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the front frame body is provided with the rear wall and the bottom wall of the spilled ball collecting section having a concave cross section, and the spilled ball is collected on the back side of the game operation panel attached to the front surface of the front frame body. By attaching the game operation panel to the front side of the front frame body by providing the front wall of the front part, the front wall is attached to the rear wall and bottom wall of the spilled ball collection part, for example, A spilled ball collecting portion having a concave longitudinal section is formed, and the spilled ball collecting portion can be attached simply by simply attaching the game operation panel to the front frame body.
In addition, the rear wall and bottom wall of the spilled ball collecting part are integrally molded on the front frame body, and the front wall of the spilled ball collecting part is integrally molded on the member constituting the back surface of the game operation panel. As a result, no separate parts are required for the spilled ball collecting section, and labor saving and cost reduction of the assembly work can be achieved. The game operation panel is operated by a player when playing a game. For example, the game operation panel includes means for adjusting the launching force of a game ball and means for detecting contact of the player's hand. And display means for displaying game value information, etc., and an operation means for operating display changes and the like.

The invention described in claim 3 is the enclosed ball type gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The front frame body is formed with a substantially rectangular opening that faces the game area of the game board forward,
In the lower inner peripheral wall of the opening,
A game board placement portion for placing the lower end portion of the game board;
A lower wall portion located in front of the game board mounting portion;
The spilled ball collection part is provided in front of the lower wall part,
Said lower wall portion is configured to downward inclined toward the loose ball collecting portion, it is fired along the outgoing morphism rail, shot ball passage opening game balls before reaching the guide rail provided on the game board passes Is formed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the game board is located at a position overlapping with the game board on the lower inner peripheral wall which is the lower part of the inner peripheral part of the opening part where the game board of the front frame body is installed. A placement portion is provided, and a lower wall portion is provided in a position overlapping with the game area on the front side of the game board in front of the game board placement section, and overlaps with, for example, a transparent member in front of the previous game area. A spilled ball collecting part is provided at the position.
Therefore, when the spilled ball that has fallen from the game area as described above falls to a position that overlaps the game area below the game area, it falls to the lower wall portion. Since the lower wall portion is inclined downward toward the spilled ball collecting portion, the game ball dropped on the lower wall portion flows down to the spilled ball collecting portion and is collected.

That is, below the game area, a launch device and a launch rail for launching a game ball in the game area are arranged, and when there is no lower wall portion, the game ball is placed on the launch rail or launch device. It is possible to prevent a trouble caused by dropping, or a difficulty in recovery by being caught in any of the components including the launch rail and launch device below the game area.
In addition, when a game ball falls on the launch rail, it is highly likely that the game ball as a spilled ball can be fired again, but in that case, subtract the data of the number of possessed balls corresponding to the spilled ball The player will be disadvantaged and the player will suffer.

On the other hand, the lower wall portion is located directly below the game area, that is, above the launch rail and launch device, so that it is possible to prevent the game ball from falling to the launch rail and launch device side and to fall to the lower wall portion. The game balls flowed down to the spilled ball collection part and collected, and detected by the foul ball detection means as described above, and the number of possessed balls is added, so there is a disadvantage to the player due to the spilled balls Can be prevented.
In addition, when a lower wall portion is provided so as to partition the game area and the launch rail, a launch ball passage opening through which the game ball that is launched and goes from the launch rail toward the game area is passed to the lower wall portion at a minimum. However, it is sufficient that the launch ball passage opening has a size that allows a launch ball, which is a game ball that has been launched, to pass without any problem, and the possibility that a spilled ball flows into the launch ball passage opening is low.
In addition, game balls that have returned to the launch ball passage and have become foul balls also pass through the part that becomes the launch ball passage opening, so if a spilled ball flows into the launch ball passage opening, it is treated as a foul ball The possibility is extremely high, and in this case, the spilled ball is collected as a foul ball, and it is detected by the foul ball detecting means and added to the data on the number of balls held, so there is no disadvantage to the player. .

  In addition, depending on the configuration of the gaming machine (configuration of the enclosed ball type gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention), a recovery port (out ball recovery port) for recovering the gaming ball that has flowed down the gaming area may be formed in the lower wall portion. Although it may be formed, when a spilled ball flows into such a collection port, at least the spilled ball can be collected. In addition, when collected as a normal collection ball (out ball, safe ball) that is not a foul ball, the addition process of the number of possessed balls is not performed. It is preferable to provide an inflow prevention member.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine according to the third aspect ,
Below the game board mounting portion, an enclosed ball circulation device including the standby channel and the foul ball channel is provided,
Below the lower wall portion, the firing rail is provided so that a foul ball block surface for blocking the foul ball is located at one side edge of the recovery flow outlet,
The spilled ball collecting portion is formed with the collection flow lower port communicating with the shot ball passing port below the shot ball passing port in front of the shot ball passing port on the rear wall, and the bottom in front of the recovery flow port. The wall is inclined downward toward the recovery outlet,
The encapsulated sphere circulation device is characterized in that a foul sphere receiving portion extending from an entrance of the foul sphere flow path toward the recovery flow down port is provided below the firing ball passage port.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the foul sphere returns to the launching device side from the launch ball passage opening. At this time, the foul sphere is blocked by the foul ball block surface of the launch rail and is placed on the launch rail. Without returning, it is received by a foul sphere receiving portion extending from the entrance of the foul sphere flow path of the encapsulated sphere circulation device having the foul sphere flow path to below the launching ball passage opening, and is introduced into the foul sphere flow path. . On the other hand, the spilled ball collected in the spilled ball collection unit is introduced into the recovery flow outlet by the inclination of the bottom wall of the spilled ball collection unit. The game ball introduced to the recovery flow outlet joins the foul ball path toward the foul ball flow path below the launch ball passage where the recovery flow communicates, and enters the recovery flow outlet below the launch ball passage. It reaches the foul ball receiving portion extending toward the foul ball, flows down the foul ball flow path, and is detected by the foul ball detecting means.

  Accordingly, the recovery flow is made to communicate with the space on the rear wall (of the spilled ball recovery portion) located in front of the space where the foul sphere returning from the launch ball passage below the launch ball passage formed in the lower wall portion. With a very simple structure that forms the mouth, the path of the spilled sphere to the foul sphere flow path can be merged with the path of the foul sphere to the foul sphere flow path.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the encapsulated ball game machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the bottom wall of the spilled ball collecting portion is formed from both sides of the lower inner peripheral wall of the opening. The spilled ball collecting portion is inclined downward toward the recovery flow outlet, and the length in the left-right direction of the spilled ball collecting portion is longer than the length in the left-right direction of the game area.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the left and right length of the spilled ball collecting portion is longer than the left and right length of the game area, and both sides of the lower inner peripheral wall of the opening portion of the front frame body to which the game board 1 is attached. Since the spilled ball collecting part exists on the front side over the entire width of the left and right sides of the game area, the spilled ball that falls when the transparent member holding frame is released (game ball) Can be collected with a higher probability, and more spilled balls can be collected.

  According to the enclosed ball type gaming machine according to the present invention, the spilled ball (game ball) dropped from the game area when the transparent member holding frame is opened by the spilled ball collecting part extending in the left-right direction of the game area below the front side of the game area. ) Can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the spilled balls from being collected and prevent a decrease in the number of encapsulated balls (game balls) encapsulated in the encapsulated ball type gaming machine. Can be prevented.

In addition, the spilled ball collected in the spilled ball collection unit is caused to flow down to the foul ball flow path that flows down when the collected foul ball (game ball) is circulated so that it can be returned to the launch position. Since it is detected by the foul ball detection means, when the spilled ball is detected by the foul ball detection means, an addition process is performed on the game value information possessed by the player.
As a result, the game value information subtracted when the game ball that becomes the spilled ball is fired is added when the game sphere is collected as a spilled ball and collected in the spilled ball collection unit. Compensation will be performed, and it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged by the occurrence of a spilled ball.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The enclosed ball type gaming machine of the present embodiment is an application of the present invention to a pachinko gaming machine. For example, the game content can be the same as that of a conventional pachinko gaming machine, and the outer shape The same size is also possible, and it can be installed in the current island facilities of pachinko amusement stores, but it does not use the ball supply mechanism or ball discharge mechanism of the island facilities. That is, based on data input from a storage medium such as a card (game value information such as the number of rented balls), etc., using a pre-enclosed game sphere as the enclosed ball type gaming machine In response to the number of game balls, that is, the number of possessed balls as game value information, the game balls can be launched into the game area. Data is subtracted. In addition, when a game ball that has been launched wins a prize device such as various prize opening or a variable prize device and a prize ball (game ball) is generated, the actual number of balls held without paying out the actual game ball The number of prize balls is added to the data. Further, when the data on the number of possessed balls becomes 0, the game ball cannot be launched. In this state, when a numerical value (that is, the number of rented balls or the number of replayed balls) is added to the data of the number of balls based on the data of the amount stored in the storage medium such as a card or the data of the stored balls, again Game balls can be launched.
In addition, the game balls that have been launched reach the game area, and a part of them wins and is guided to the back side of the game board to be collected as safe balls, and the remaining game balls that are not won are collected as out balls. The collected game balls can be fired again through the circulation path, and the game balls are circulated in the enclosed ball type gaming machine. In addition, the game balls that have become fouls are also collected in the circulation path, and the game balls that have become fouls can be collected and fired again without being involved in the game (without getting a chance to win a prize) Based on the occurrence of foul balls, the number of foul balls is added to the number of balls held in the game value information.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 9, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment includes a machine frame 110 configured in a rectangular frame shape, and is fitted into the machine frame 110, and is attached to the machine frame 110. A rectangular front frame 120 is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable. That is, the front frame 120 can be opened and closed with respect to the machine casing 110 in a door shape. The front frame body 130, which is the main body of the front frame 120, is provided with a substantially square opening 121 extending from the center to the upper end, and the opening 121 has a front side as a game area 1a. Is inserted. Further, the front surface of the game board 1 is exposed from the opening 121 of the front frame main body 130 in a state where the game board 1 is fitted into the opening 121 of the front frame main body 130.

  Further, the front frame main body 130 is a transparent member holding frame that holds a glass plate 141 as a transparent member that covers the open window 144 that allows the game area 1a of the game board 1 attached to the front frame main body 130 to be visually recognized. A glass frame 140 is provided. That is, the glass frame 140 has an opening window portion 144 that allows at least the gaming area 1a surrounded by the guide rail 2 to be visually recognized on the front side thereof, and the front and rear glass plates 141 and 141 are held on the back side. Yes.

A game operation panel 150 having a touch panel display unit 151 is attached below the lower end of the opening 121 on the front side of the front frame body 130, that is, immediately below the glass frame 140.
Also, on the back side of the front frame main body 130, a launch unit 60 for launching a game ball, and an encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 as an encapsulated ball circulation unit that collects the game ball B flowing down the game area 1a and guides it to the launch position. Etc., as various control devices, a launch control board 63 (arranged in the box 631), a power supply board 71 (arranged in the box 71a), a first frame control board 81 (arranged in the box 81a) and a second frame. A control board 82 (arranged in the box 82a) is provided.
Further, a game control board 20 (arranged in the box 22) that performs overall control related to game contents and an effect control board 50 (arranged in the box 52) that controls the effects of the game under the control of the game board 1 on the back side.

  The front frame main body 130 is a mounting base for each member of the front frame 120, and is configured in a substantially rectangular plate shape so as to fit in the machine frame 110 having a rectangular frame shape as described above. A square-shaped opening 121 for receiving and storing the game board 1 is formed in a portion extending from the center to the upper end. Further, the glass frame 140 is arranged so as to cover the opening 121 in which the game board 1 of the front frame body 130 is fitted, that is, a portion extending from a slightly lower side to the upper end portion from the center of the front frame body 130. A portion surrounded by the guide rail 2 provided on the front surface of the game board 1 between the front surface of the board 1 and the back surfaces of the glass plates 141 and 141 fitted in the glass frame 140 is discharged by the game ball B being launched. The game area 1a to be played.

In addition, one side (left side) of the glass frame 140 is pivotally supported by one side (left side) of the front frame main body 130 so as to be freely opened and closed like a door. By opening, the front side of the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 can be opened.
The glass frame 140 has a space to be a game area 1a in which the game ball B can flow down between the glass board 140 and the game board 1 fitted in the opening 121 so as to substantially close the opening 121 of the front frame body 130. The double glass plate 141 is fixed by opening. In the glass frame 140, at least a portion of the game area 1 a on the front side of the game board 1 can be visually recognized from the front side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 through the glass plate 141.

  Further, on the front side of the glass frame 140, as shown in FIG. 1, external appeal decoration lamps 11,..., Side lamps 12, 12, speakers 13, 13, error display are provided at positions that do not hinder the viewing of the game area 1a. Containers 14 and 14 are provided. The external appeal decoration lamps 11,... Are used to notify the surroundings when the number of acquired game balls mainly becomes large in the upper part of the glass frame 140. For example, the difference ball number (difference ball) that is the difference between the number of balls entered (the number of balls that the player has struck into the gaming machine) and the number of balls played (the number of prize balls that the game ball B has entered after entering the winning slot) The number obtained by adding the number of balls lent to the player by the game store to the number is the number of balls possessed by the player, and the number of possessed balls here allows the above-described game ball B to be fired. When the difference ball number becomes high, the external appeal decoration lamps 11,... Are turned on. As described above, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 does not pay out the prize balls as described above, and the number of exit balls, the number of balls entered, the number of difference balls, the number of balls held (the number of game balls), etc. It is not the actual number of game balls B but a numerical value on the data. In other words, there are only a limited number (for example, 25) of game balls B that are actually used, and the number of possessed balls is detected by, for example, the game balls B being launched into the game area 1a. The number of fired balls counted, the number of foul balls counted by detecting the game balls B that have been launched but returned, the number of recovered balls counted by detecting the game balls B that have been launched and collected in the game area 1a From the numerical values such as the number of winning balls in the case of winning a prize, the number of rented balls rented from an amusement store, etc., the above-mentioned number of entering balls, the number of exiting balls, the number of difference balls, and the number of holding balls can be obtained.

  As long as there is no trouble such as opening the glass frame 140 and the game ball B going out, the number of fired balls = the number of foul balls + the number of collected balls (when the number of collected balls does not include the number of foul balls) Become. Then, the number of entered balls = the number of collected balls = the number of launched balls−the number of foul balls, the number of issued balls = the number of awarded balls (integrated value) = the number of entered balls−the number of rented balls (the number of replayed balls) + the number of held balls, Number of balls = Number of balls rented (or number of replayed balls) + Number of balls played-Number of balls entered, Number of balls played-Number of balls entered = Number of balls differenced, Number of balls held = Number of balls lent (or number of replayed balls) + It becomes the difference ball number. As described above, the game by the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 is performed as a numerical value completely, and an error caused by spilling the game ball B or leaving the game ball B on the lower plate or the upper plate. Can be reliably managed in integer units. However, it is difficult to obtain satisfaction and superiority that the player can obtain by obtaining a large number of game balls B and collecting them in the game ball box by increasing the number of balls. Therefore, the external appeal decoration lamps 11,... Are used so that the player can obtain satisfaction and superiority.

  More specifically, the operation of the external appeal decoration lamps 11,..., For example, when the number of balls held or the number of difference balls reaches 1000 or more, one of the external appeal decoration lamps 11,. When the number of balls held or the number of difference balls reaches 2000 or more, two of the external appeal decoration lamps 11... Are lit and the luminescent color is changed. Each time the number of balls increases by a predetermined number, the number of lighting of the external appeal decoration lamps 11,... Is increased and the light emission color is changed to notify the player in the game store of the number of balls with a large difference in number. It is now appealing that players who play in the game have acquired a large number of game balls.

  In addition, the side lamps 12 and 12 perform effects such as lighting, blinking, and emission color change corresponding to the gaming state. In addition to the side lamps 12 and 12, the external appeal decoration lamps 11,... And the error indicators 14 and 14 may emit light as effects. Further, the error indicators 14 and 14 have a function of notifying the staff of various errors by being turned on by a lighting method such as a color or blinking different from the light emission for production.

A game operation panel 150 is attached to the lower side of the glass frame 140 on the front side of the front frame body 130. The game operation panel 150 holds a touch panel display unit 151, a handle touch detection unit 152, a firing slide volume 153, a show ball decoration unit 154, a speaker 155, and a pocket for operating the launching device 61 described later. A launch operation space forming frame 159 for forming a concave portion 158 (space) is provided.
The touch panel display unit 151 has a liquid crystal display as a display device, and has basic functions such as information on the number of balls, amount information (remaining amount stored in a storage medium such as a card), and storage information (prize) Display game information such as the number of game balls stored in the game store without exchanging them, and the number of held balls can be checked at any time without paying out the actual game balls B. Various information including the occurrence of an error can be displayed to a person or a store clerk. The touch panel display unit 151 is a touch panel that enables display switching and other input operations corresponding to display contents. The touch panel display unit 151 can be rotated around a rotation axis set in the left-right direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 to adjust the tilt, and the player can adjust the inclination according to the physique of the player. It can be changed to an easy-to-see angle.

In addition, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of the present invention, instead of the rotary operation type handle for operating the launch of the game ball B provided in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, the handle touch detection unit 152, 152 and firing slide volume 153.
The handle touch detection units 152 and 152 have touch sensors provided on a conventional operation handle, and when a player's hand is brought into contact with each other, a signal is output to the launch control device. Under this control, the launching device is operated to launch the game ball B.

  In addition, the handle touch detection units 152 and 152 form pocket-shaped recesses 158 in the bulged portions on the left and right sides of the firing operation space forming frame 159 in a state of bulging forward on the lower side of the glass frame 140. Of the inner surface of the recess 158, handle touch detection units 152, 152 are formed by forming a touch sensor mainly on the front side of the gaming machine and facing backward. In addition, the bottom portion of the pocket-shaped recess 158 extends outward from the recess so that the player's hand can be placed, and the hand can be easily touched with the hand touching the touch sensor. It is like the bottom of the recess. That is, the bottom surface of the recess functions as an armrest 158a (handrest). In addition, since the handle touch detection units 152 and 152 are provided on the left and right of the game operation panel 150 at the lower part of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, the operation of launching the game ball B can be performed with either the right hand or the left hand. Yes.

  Conventionally, the adjustment of the firing force has been performed by rotating the operation handle, but in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of this example, the firing slide volume 153 provided with the operation lever 156 that can be slid up and down. The firing force can be adjusted by moving the operation lever 156 of the firing slide volume 153 that can be moved up and down to increase the firing force, and vice versa. ing. Note that the operation lever 156 can be stopped at an arbitrary position, and even if the hand is released, it does not return to the position where the firing force is minimized by a spring or the like. Then, the player can release the game ball B simply by releasing the operation lever 156 and touching the handle touch detection units 152 and 152.

The show ball decoration unit 154 virtually represents a flow or the like due to a decrease or increase in the game balls B accumulated on the upper plate in the pachinko gaming machine that pays out the game balls B.
That is, when the game balls B are sequentially fired or when the game balls B wins, the game balls B collected on the upper plate of the pachinko gaming machine are simply increased or decreased by the number of balls displayed on the touch panel display unit 151. Since it is difficult to realize the decrease due to the launch or the increase due to the payout of the prize ball, the movement of the game ball B is virtually reproduced by the show ball decoration unit 154, thereby increasing or decreasing the game ball B with respect to the player. Make it easy to feel.

  The show ball decoration unit 154 represents, for example, the increase or decrease of the game ball B by the movement of the game ball B, and may be displayed by circulating the actual game ball B or may be displayed as an image. Thus, the movement of the game ball B may be displayed, or the movement of the game ball B may be expressed in a pseudo manner by blinking a lamp (LED). In this example, the show ball decoration portion 154 shows a change in increase / decrease of the game ball B by a hemispherical light emitting member having an LED inside in a pseudo manner.

  The speaker 155 has a portion that becomes the enclosure 157 extending from the rear to the left side (right side from the front) so that the enclosure 157 overlaps the right handle touch detection unit 152 in the front-rear direction. It has become. As a result, the vibration generated by the speaker 155 is transmitted to the player's hand touching the right handle touch detection unit 152 so that the player can experience the vibration based on the sound with his / her hand. It has become.

Then, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 as described above, a game is performed in the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 fitted in the opening 121 of the front frame body 130.
That is, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 plays a game by firing a game ball B (hit ball; game medium) into a game area 1a surrounded by the guide rails 2 of the game board 1 as shown in FIG. In the game area 1a, as shown in FIG. 1, the normal diagram start gates 6, 6 and the game ball B pass through the general diagram start gates 6, 6, and the normal diagram change display game is unprocessed. A general chart start memory display (not shown) for displaying the number of unprocessed times, a normal figure fluctuation display (not shown) for displaying a variation display game of a normal symbol (ordinary figure), a normal variation winning device 9, Special figure start memory display (not shown) that lights up the number of unprocessed times that the game ball B has won the normal fluctuation winning device 9 and the special figure variable display game has not been processed. Information) variation display device 4 for displaying a variation display game, special variation winning device 5,般入 Prize port 8, ..., the ball striking direction conversion member 16, and a large number of nails 10 ... is provided called windmill.

  In the gaming board 1 of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of the present invention, the out ball as the gaming ball B that did not win even if it flows down to the lower end of the gaming area 1a is played at the lower end of the gaming area 1a. A general out hole leading to the back side of the board 1 is not provided, and instead, a guide rail 2 surrounding the game area 1a on the front face of the game board 1 is not provided at the lower end of the game area 1a. That is, a notch portion is provided in a portion surrounding the lower side of the game area 1 a of the guide rail 2, and the game ball B that has not won a prize is played at the center portion of the lower end portion of the game board 1. The game area 1a on the front side of the board 1 flows down to the outside (lower side) of the game area 1a. That is, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, a notch provided in the lower part of the guide rail 2 surrounding the game area 1a is an out hole. Further, an out ball collection port 215 of the collection member 210 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is disposed below the portion corresponding to the out hole. Therefore, an out ball collection port 215 is formed under the game area 1a. The out hole 18 may be regarded as the out ball collection port 215 or a part thereof, and it can be said that the out ball collection port 215 is provided in the lower part of the game area 1a.

The normal variation winning device 9 includes a pair of left and right opening / closing members 9c, 9c and a general-purpose solenoid (not shown) for operating the opening / closing members 9c, 9c. Is closed at an interval enough to allow one to enter (a disadvantageous state for the player), but the result of the normal map change display game of the normal map change display is a predetermined stop display mode (for example, In the case of “7”), it is changed to a state in which the game ball B is likely to flow into the normal variation winning device 9 (a state advantageous to the player) by opening in a reverse “C” shape. ing.
The normal variation winning device 9 also serves as a special winning start opening. That is, the start condition is established based on the detection of the game ball B by the start port sensor (not shown) provided in the inside of the normal variation winning device 9 (winning area), and the special display variable display game is started. It is like that.

In addition, a gate sensor (not shown) for detecting the game ball B that has passed through the general diagram start gates 6 and 6 is provided in the general diagram start gates 6 and 6.
When the game ball B driven into the game area 1a passes through the normal start gates 6 and 6, a normal variable display game is played on the normal variable display.
Here, the common figure change indicator is composed of, for example, LEDs, etc., and the change display game of normal symbols (for example, numbers, symbols, character symbols, etc.) displays the lighting state of the common figure change indicator for a predetermined time. Then, it is performed by displaying a stop.
If, as a result of the usual fluctuation display game, the stop indication on the ordinary fluctuation display becomes a special result mode, the opening / closing member of the normal fluctuation prize-winning device 9 is set for a predetermined time (for example, 0). .5 seconds) released as described above. This makes it easier for the game ball B to win the normal variation winning device 9, and it becomes easier to start the special display variation display game.

The special figure variable display device 4 (special symbol display device) includes, for example, a liquid crystal display 41 and a display screen 42 that can change display contents. The display content on the display screen 42 is controlled by an effect control board 50 (sub board, board effect board) serving as an effect control device having a function as display control means.
Then, based on the fact that the game ball B driven into the game area 1a enters the normal variation winning device 9 that also serves as the start port of the special figure and the start condition is satisfied, a plurality of types of identification information ( For example, it is possible to execute a special symbol variable display game in which numbers, symbols, character symbols, etc.) are displayed in a variable manner. It should be noted that the special figure variable display game is performed by displaying a plurality of types of identification information in a variable manner on the display screen 42 for a predetermined time.
As a result of the special display variable display game, if the display mode of the display screen 42 is a special result mode (for example, any one of the numbers “7, 7, 7”, etc.), the jackpot It becomes a special gaming state (so-called jackpot state).

  Here, the special variable winning device 5 is provided with a large winning opening 5e that is opened and closed by an attacker-type opening / closing door 5d that can be opened by rotating in a direction in which the upper end side is tilted forward. The cycle game that facilitates the inflow of the game ball B into the big prize opening 5e by converting the big prize opening 5e from a closed state to an open state is limited to a predetermined number of times (a predetermined number of rounds). Done.

  Here, the game ball B driven into the game area 1a flows into any of the winning ports (winning tools) such as the general winning port 8, the normal variable winning device 9, and the special winning port 5 of the special variable winning device 5. When the winning occurs, the winning game balls B are detected by the sensors of each winning opening, and based on the detection, the predetermined number of winning balls set corresponding to each winning opening is the number of gaming balls ( Is added to the data (game value information).

Therefore, by performing the above-described cycle game during the special game state, the player has an opportunity to acquire a high number of game balls (specific game value).
That is, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 is a pachinko gaming machine, and when a special figure variation display game results in a predetermined special result mode (when it is a big hit), a specific game value is given to the player. It is configured to be able to generate a special gaming state that can be given.

In addition, on the back side of the game board 1, the effect control board 50 is disposed in the box 52 on the rear side of the liquid crystal display 41, and the game is stored in the box 22 on the lower side. A game control board 20 serving as a game control device for controlling the game is arranged. When the game control device detects the winning of the game ball B with a sensor, the game control device outputs a signal indicating a win (the number of winning balls) to the frame control device described later, and the game ball B passes the normal start gates 6 and 6. When the gate sensor detects that it has passed, it controls the start of the usual variable display game and also controls the determination of the hit of the usual variable display game. Then, the game control device performs control to activate the normal variation winning device 9 when the usual variation display game is won. In addition, the game control device controls the special display variation display game via the effect control device when the game ball B wins the normal variation winning device 9. That is, the game control device causes the effect control device to perform display control of the variable display device 4 and also controls the determination of big hit and miss.
The game board 1 is provided with sensors, solenoids, display devices, etc. related to the game, and is provided with a game control device and an effect control device for controlling these, so that the game board 1 can be enclosed by changing the game board 1 The game content of the ball game machine 100 can be changed.

  In addition, a game operation panel 150 having the above-described launch operation space forming frame 159 is attached to the lower side of the front frame body 130 below the opening 121 to which the game board 1 of the front frame body 130 is attached. At the same time, a mounting board 131 is provided to which a launching unit 60 equipped with a launching device 61, a launching rail 62, and the like for launching the game ball B is attached on the back side. The front frame main body 130 including the mounting board 131 is integrally formed of resin and has various members mounting members, ribs, and the like formed thereon.

The above-mentioned launch unit 60 is provided on the back side of the mounting plate 131 below the front frame body 130, and the launch control board 63 (arranged in the box 631) serving as a launch control device for controlling the launch device 61, the launch device. The encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 (encapsulated ball circulation device) that collects the game ball B launched into the game area 1 a by 61 and supplies it to the launcher 61 again, and supplies power to each device in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. A power supply board 71 (arranged in the box 71a) serving as a power supply device, a first frame control board 81 (arranged in the box 81a) and a second frame for controlling devices provided in the front frame 120 other than the game board 1 A control board 82 (arranged in the box 82a) is attached. The first frame control board 81 and the second frame control board 82 function as a frame control device, excluding the device attached to the game board 1, for example, the external appeal decoration lamp 11,. 151, a display ball decoration unit 154, an enclosed ball circulation unit 200, and a frame control device for controlling a data communication device with the outside. The first frame control board 81 controls the second frame control board 82 and the launch control board 63 based on the control from the game control board 20 and the effect control board 50.
The front frame body 130 having the mounting plate 131 is provided with a structure for attaching each member to the attachment position of each member. For example, a reinforcing rib is formed so as to surround the attached member. Or a boss or the like for attaching a member with a screw or the like.

As shown in FIG. 7, the firing unit 60 strikes a mounting plate 64 attached to the mounting board 131, a firing rail 62 attached to the mounting plate 64 via a rail mounting base 65, and a game ball on the firing rail 62. And a launching device 61 provided with a launcher 66 for launching a game ball.
The launch rail 62 is formed in a V-shaped cross section so as to guide the game ball along the launch rail 62, and is positioned below the game board 1 and directly below the game area 1 a on the front side of the game board 1. The guide rail 2 is hit at the lower end of the portion where the guide rail 2 is doubly arranged on the outside and inside so as to guide the game ball launched on the left side of the lower part of the game area 1a, for example, The left and right sides of the encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100 extend left and right along the left and right direction so as to guide the game ball, and the left end is higher than the right end when viewed from the front of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. Is arranged. Further, the firing rail 62 is placed on a rib-like rail mounting base 65 formed on the mounting plate 64 so that the left end portion is higher than the right end portion when viewed from the front along the arrangement of the firing rail 62 described above. And fixed to the mounting plate 64 with screws or the like.
Further, the end surface of the upper end of the slope of the rail mounting base 65 is formed substantially vertically, and becomes a foul ball block surface 65a that blocks the foul ball returned so as not to be placed on the firing rail 62 as described later. ing.

The launcher 61 is mounted on a front surface of the mounting plate 64 so as to be stored in a storage space formed between the mounting plate 131 and the mounting plate 64 attached to the mounting plate 131 (see FIG. 3) and a rotation member that is connected to the motor 69 and driven to rotate, thereby hitting the game ball B and firing the game ball B, and a stopper member 67 that regulates the rotation angle of the launch ball 66. And a ball positioning member 68 for stopping the game ball B supplied from the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 on the launch rail 62 at a predetermined position where it can be hit by the launcher 66 on the lower end of the launch rail 62, as will be described later. Is provided.
The launcher 66 is pivotally supported on the rear side of the mounting plate 64 and is connected to a motor 69 disposed on the front side of the mounting plate 64, and from the rotary shaft 661. An arm portion 662 extending in a slightly curved state in a substantially radial direction, a round bar-like flange portion 664 extending in a rotation direction (a direction substantially perpendicular to the radial direction) from the tip of the arm portion 662, and the flange portion A coil spring which is attached to the flange portion 664 and becomes a flange tip 666 with the 664 inserted therein, and a stopper engagement member 665 extending from the rotary shaft portion 661 in the opposite direction to the arm portion 662 are provided.

  The stopper member 67 is fixed to the mounting plate 64 and comes into contact with the stopper engaging member 665 of the launcher 66 that rotates in the hitting direction after hitting the game ball. A first stopper 671 made of a low resilience material that is elastically deformable in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that restricts the rotation of the ball, and a launch rod 66 that rotates backward (reverse to the batting direction) so as to return to the origin angle after the game ball is struck And a second stopper 672 made of a low resilience material that is elastic and can be deformed in a disk shape that comes into contact with the arm portion 662 and stops the launcher 66 at the origin angle when the angle is reached, and the first stopper 671 and And a stopper fixing portion 673 for fixing the second stopper 672 to the mounting plate 64.

  Accordingly, the stopper member 67 rotates the firing rod 66 in the striking direction and the return direction from the state in which the arm portion 662 is in contact with the second stopper 672 to the state in which the stopper engaging member 665 is in contact with the first stopper 671. It is supposed to be free. The launcher 66 is controlled to rotate by a predetermined angle by a stepping motor as the motor 69, but is surely stopped by a stopper member 67.

  The ball positioning member 68 is disposed on the rear side (upstream side of the launch rail 62) of the later-described ball supply port 247 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 formed so as to face the rear end portion of the launch rail 62. The game ball supplied onto the launch rail 62 from the mouth 247 is restricted from rolling to the rear side in the tilt direction of the launch rail 62, and the game ball is retained at the rear end of the launch rail 62 until the launch. It is like that. Further, the ball positioning member 68 is disposed on the rear end portion of the launch rail 62 at a distance slightly shorter than the diameter of the game ball from the launch rail 62, and the front side of the launch rail 62 (the launch rail 62). With the game ball held on the downstream side, the hook 664 and the tip 666 of the launcher 66 pass through the space between the ball positioning member 68 and the launch rail 62 to hit the game ball. . The position at which the game ball is held by the ball positioning member 68 on the rear end portion (inclined lower end portion) of the launch rail 62 is the launch position at which the game ball is launched.

  In the firing unit 60, the launching device 61 and the front side of the firing rail 62 are closed by the mounting plate 64, and the firing rail 62 is formed by ribs formed around the mounting plate 64 of the mounting plate 131 to which the mounting plate 64 is mounted. The top, bottom, left and right except for the path of the launch ball (game ball) launched through are substantially closed, but the back side (rear side) of the launch unit 60 is open. However, the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is attached to the back surface side of the launch unit 60 of the mounting board 131 so as to overlap the front and rear of the launch unit 60 as will be described later, and the launch unit 60 is launched by the front surface of the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200. The rear side of the portion of the rail 62 and the launching device 61 is almost covered and closed.

  Further, as described above, the front frame body 130 is formed with an opening 121 that is a substantially rectangular shape to which the square gaming board 1 is attached and faces the game area 1a of the gaming board 1 forward. An inner peripheral portion of the portion 121 is an inner peripheral wall. And, in the lower inner peripheral wall 134 (that is, the upper end surface of the mounting board 131) constituting the lower part of the inner peripheral wall of the opening 121, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. A game board placement part 139 for placing the game board 1 and a lower part below the game board 1 so as to overlap the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 in front of the game board placement part 139. A spilled ball collecting portion 700 described later is formed in a portion overlapping the top and bottom glass plates 141 and 141 (glass frame 140) covering the front side of the game area 1a in front of the wall portion 139a and the lower wall portion 139a. Has been. Further, the upper end portion of the above-described game operation panel 150 is disposed in front of the spilled ball collection unit 700.

  The lower wall portion 139a that overlaps the gaming area 1a of the front frame body 130 vertically closes the lower portion of the gaming area 1a between the rear surface of the glass plate 141 on the rear side of the glass frame 140 and the front surface of the gaming board 1. It has become. The launch unit 60 is located on the back side of the mounting plate 131 of the front frame body 130 at a position overlapping the game area 1a. As shown in FIG. 7, the lower wall portion 139a is a partition wall that partitions the space below the game area 1a in which the launch unit 60 is arranged and the game area 1a. When the frame 140 is opened and the game ball B in the game area 1a falls, the spilled ball that is the dropped game ball B is prevented from flowing down to the launch unit 60 side.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the game area 1a, the launch ball is introduced into the lower end of the portion that becomes the guide path of the launch ball composed of the two guide rails 2, 2 on the outside and the inside described above. There is a launching ball introduction part that is a mouth and a return opening when the launching ball returns as a foul ball without flowing down the game area 1a, and faces the launching ball introduction part of the game area 1a of the lower wall part 139a A projecting ball passage opening 135 is provided in the portion to be operated. Therefore, even if the game area 1a and the space in which the launch unit 60 below is partitioned by the lower wall 139a, the game ball B launched from the launch device 61 of the launch unit 60 passes through the launch ball. It can be injected into the game area 1a through the mouth 135.
In other words, the lower wall portion 139a is formed with a launch ball passage port 135 through which the game ball B fired along the launch rail 62 and reaches the guide rail 2 provided in the game board 1 passes.
The lower wall 139a is provided with a front portion of the recovery member 210 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 at a position corresponding to the above-described out hole 18, and the lower wall portion 139a is disposed in front of the recovery member 210. A notch part 139b for arranging the part is provided.

  Further, the upper surface of the lower wall portion 139a is inclined downward so as to become lower toward the front spilled ball collecting portion 700, and when the glass frame 140 is opened, the spilled sphere has dropped on the lower wall portion 139a. In this case, it flows down to the spilled ball collecting unit 700 on the front side. When the game ball B stops in the game area 1a and the clerk opens the glass frame 140, the game ball B that normally stops when the glass frame 140 is opened. When the ball spills to the front side and falls, the glass ball 140 is kept slightly open so that the spilled game ball B is not scattered. In many cases, the glass frame 140 is greatly opened while observing the situation. In such a case, the game ball B that has become a spilled ball after the ball stop has been released is not completely opened yet, and hits the back surface of the glass frame 140 in the vicinity of the game area 1a. The possibility of falling on the lower wall 139a is somewhat increased.

And, under the launching ball passage port 135 of the mounting plate 131, a space is opened from the launching ball passage port 135 downward, almost directly below the left side edge when viewed from the back side of the launching ball passage port 135, A vertical foul ball block surface 65a of the rail mounting base 65 located slightly ahead of the tip of the firing rail 62 (right side when viewed from the back surface) is disposed.
Further, a guide wall 136 formed integrally with the lower inner peripheral wall 134 at the right side edge of the launching ball passage port 135 is provided just below the right side edge when viewed from the back side of the launching ball passage port 135. It has been. The guide wall 136 is inclined at substantially the same inclination angle as that of the firing rail 62, and a partition wall 137 formed perpendicularly to the front end surface of the rail mounting base 65 is provided at the lower end portion of the guide wall 136. It is formed continuously.

  A foul ball receiving portion 257, which will be described later, of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is provided between the firing rail 62 and the rail mounting base 65 and the guide wall 136 and the partition wall 137 without returning the foul ball to the firing rail 62 side. It becomes the sphere inlet 138 introduced into the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 via the. In addition, the ball inlet 138 has the above-mentioned launch ball passage port 135 above, communicates with the launch ball introduction part between the outer side and the inner guide rail 2 of the game area 1a, and the front is a spilled ball collection part. 700 is connected to a later-described recovery flow outlet 710, and the rear side is connected to a later-described foul ball recovery port 251 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200.

  Further, the guide wall 136 described above is disposed at a position lower than the extension line of the upper surface of the firing rail 62, and guides the foul sphere to a position lower than the upper surface of the firing rail 62 when the returning foul sphere comes into contact. Thus, the foul sphere is guided so as to hit the foul sphere block surface 65 a so that the foul sphere does not rest on the firing rail 62. Basically, the foul sphere falls to the front side of the firing rail 62 because the tip of the firing rail 62 is positioned so as not to overlap the launching ball passage opening 135.

  The spilled ball collection unit 700 is a portion on the front side of the game area 1a on the upper end surface of the front frame body 130 described above, and when the glass frame 140 is closed, the front and rear two glass plates 141 held by the glass frame 140 are stored. , 141, ie, a position overlapping with the glass frame 140 in the vertical direction, and has a concave shape in the vertical section (a bowl shape). The spilled ball collection unit 700 extends along the left and right direction of the game area 1a below the front side of the game area 1a, and can receive and collect the game balls B that have dropped from the game area 1a when the glass frame 140 is opened. It is said that. Further, the spilled ball collecting portion 700 formed in a concave cross section has a bottom wall 720 inclined downward toward a collection flow outlet 710 described later.

  Further, the bottom wall 720 and the rear wall 730 of the spilled ball collecting portion 700 having a concave cross section are integrally formed in the front portion of the upper end surface of the mounting plate 131 of the front frame body 130 so as to have an L shape in cross section. . On the other hand, the front wall 740 of the spilled ball collecting section 700 having a concave cross section is constituted by a back wall 150 a that covers the back surface of the launch operation space forming frame 159 of the game operation panel 150. In addition, the height of the upper end of the back wall 150a is higher than the rear wall 730, and the portion facing the rear wall 730 in the same height range as the rear wall 730 of the back wall 150a may be the front wall 740. The upper end of the front wall 740 may be higher than the upper end of the rear wall 730, and a range obtained by adding a portion up to the upper end of the back wall 150a to the above-described portion may be used as the front wall 740. Therefore, when the game operation panel 150 is attached to the front side of the front frame body 130, the front wall 740, which is a part of the back wall 150a, and the bottom wall 720 and the rear wall 730 formed on the front frame body 130 are joined. Thus, a spilled ball collecting portion 700 having a concave cross section is formed. That is, in the state where the gaming operation panel 150 that is located below the glass frame 140 as described above and has a firing operation device such as the handle touch detection unit 152 and the firing slide volume 153 is provided on the front side of the front frame body 130, The bottom wall 720 and the rear wall 730 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 are formed on the front frame body 130, and the front wall 740 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is configured by the back wall 150 a of the game operation panel 150.

  In addition, the rear wall 730 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is provided with a collection flow outlet 710 that is an opening at a position (required part) that overlaps with the ball flow inlet 138 below the launching ball passage opening 135 in the front and rear. The recovery outlet 710 communicates with the subsequent ball inlet 138, communicates with the launching ball passage opening 135 via the ball inlet 138, and the rear side of the recovery outlet 710 via the ball inlet 138 It communicates with the foul ball collection port 251 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. As will be described later, the foul ball collection port 251 serves as an inlet of a foul ball passage 252 for circulating and using the foul ball, and the foul ball sensor 253 for detecting the foul ball is provided in the foul ball passage 252. Is provided.

  Accordingly, the spilled ball collection unit 700 is formed with a collection flow-down port 710 for allowing the collected game sphere B to flow down to the foul ball flow path 252. The game sphere B received by the spilled ball collection unit is stored in the foul ball flow path 252. The foul sphere sensor 253 detects the flow.

  Further, the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is inclined downward toward the collection flow outlet 710. More specifically, a recovery flow down port 710 is provided in the rear wall 730 between the left and right ends of the bottom wall 720, and the recovery flow down port 710 extends from one end (right end) of the bottom wall 720. In the bottom wall right portion 721 up to the front of one side edge (right edge) of the bottom wall 720, one end of the bottom wall 720 is higher than the portion of the bottom wall 720 that is in front of one side edge of the recovery flow outlet 710. So as to be inclined. That is, the bottom wall 720 is inclined downward from one end portion of the bottom wall 720 toward a portion in front of one side edge of the recovery flow down port 710.

Further, in the bottom wall left portion 722 from the other end portion (left end portion) of the bottom wall 720 to the front side of the other side edge (left side edge) of the recovery flow down port 710, the other end portion of the bottom wall 720 is recovered. It inclines so that it may become higher than the part of the bottom wall 720 before the one side edge of the opening | mouth 710. FIG. That is, the bottom wall 720 is inclined downward from one end portion of the bottom wall 720 toward a portion in front of one side edge of the recovery flow down port 710.
Then, the recovery flow provided on the rear wall 730 of the bottom wall 720 from the front of one side edge (right side edge) of the bottom wall 720 to the front side of the other side edge (left side edge). The bottom wall merging portion 723 in front of the port 710 is inclined downward from the front, that is, toward the recovery flow down port 710 so that the front is higher than the rear.

The height of the bottom wall right portion 721 in front of one side edge (right side edge) of the recovery flow lower port 710 is substantially the same as the lower side edge of the recovery flow lower port 710, There is no step between the wall joining portion 723 and the wall joining portion 723 is smoothly connected.
Further, the height of the bottom wall left part 722 in front of the other side edge (left side edge) of the recovery flow lower port 710 is substantially the same as the upper edge of the recovery flow lower port 710. A step 724 having a height substantially the same as the vertical width of the recovery flow lower port 710 is formed between the bottom wall left portion 722 and the bottom wall joining portion 723.

Basically, a step 724 is formed on the bottom wall 720 on the front side of the left or right side edge of the recovery flow outlet 710, from the side below the step 724 toward the side above the step 724. It is sufficient that the game flow is prevented from flowing down, but it is more preferable that the step 724 has a height equal to or greater than the diameter of the game ball B (the vertical width of the recovery flow down port 710 is determined by the game ball B). It is longer than the diameter of the game ball B so that it can flow down).
The step 724 as described above is formed for the following reason.

  For example, in a state where there is no step 724, when a plurality of game balls flow down to the bottom wall right part 721 and the bottom wall left part 722, and the game balls B collide at the bottom wall joining part 723, the bottom wall The game ball B on the junction 723 is pressed from the left and right by the ball pressure based on the load of the game ball B, and the game ball B on the bottom wall junction 723 is difficult to move in the front-rear direction. . Further, when the game balls B in the state of being aligned at this time are shifted in the front-rear direction, and the game balls B of the bottom wall merging portion 723 are relatively on the rear side, the game balls B are further collected at the recovery flow outlet 710. It becomes difficult to flow down. For this reason, when there is no step 724, it is considered that the possibility that the game ball B is in a clogged state where the game ball B cannot flow down to the rear collection flow outlet 710 is increased.

  On the other hand, by forming the level difference 724 as described above, for example, the game ball B that has flowed down on the bottom wall right part 721 on the lower side of the level difference 724 toward the recovery flow down port 710, the bottom wall junction 723 In the state where the step 724 is touched, no pressure is applied to the game ball B flowing down from the bottom wall left portion 722, and the pressure is applied to the game ball B from the left and right at the bottom wall joining portion 723 as described above. Can be prevented. Further, when the step 724 is higher than the diameter of the game ball B, the game ball B flowing down the bottom wall left part 722 on the upper side of the step 724 becomes the game ball B flowing down from the bottom wall right part 721 to the bottom wall joining part 723. Even if it exists, it will flow down from the top of the step 724 to the bottom wall joining portion 723, and the game ball B flowing down on the bottom wall left portion 722 will always flow over the step 724. Therefore, the game ball B on the bottom wall left part 722 always moves onto the bottom wall merge part 723 and the bottom wall right part 721, so the game ball B on the bottom wall left part 722 and the bottom wall right part 721 Are not arranged side by side with the bottom wall merging portion 723 as the center, and the above-mentioned clogging of the balls can be prevented.

  It should be noted that the left and right positions of the recovery flow outlet 710 formed corresponding to the position of the launching ball passage opening 135 are directed from one side, that is, from the front, to the left and right centers of the front frame body 130 (spilled ball collection unit 700). The bottom wall left part 722 is shorter than the bottom wall right part 721, but due to the step 724, the inclined lower end of the bottom wall left part 722 is An inclined lower end of the bottom wall right portion 721 is lowered. Thereby, even if the height positions of the inclined upper end portions of the bottom wall left portion 722 and the bottom wall right portion 721 are substantially equal, the inclination angles of the bottom wall left portion 722 and the bottom wall right portion 721 are substantially equal. .

  For example, when the recovery outlet 710 is arranged in the center of the spilled ball recovery unit 700 and a step 724 larger than the diameter of the above-mentioned game ball is provided, the inclination angle of the bottom wall right part 721 is set to the bottom wall. It is necessary to make it larger than the inclination angle of the left part 722 or lower the bottom wall right part 721 as a whole below the bottom wall left part 722, and the case where the recovery outlet 710 is provided to the left of the center as described above. If a similar inclination angle is to be ensured, the vertical width required for the spilled ball collection unit 700 will be large. In other words, when the recovery flow outlet 710 is provided in the center, the length of the bottom wall left part 722 is extended, so that the inclination of the recovery flow outlet 710 is the same as that when the recovery flow outlet 710 is offset. When the height position of the lower end portion is offset, the lower end portion of the bottom wall right portion 721 is provided lower than the bottom wall left portion 722 by the step 724, so that the spilled ball collecting portion The lower end of 700 becomes lower, and the vertical width of the spilled ball collecting unit 700 becomes wider than when offset.

  The spilled ball collecting part 700 is formed from the right end part to the left end part of the lower inner peripheral wall of the opening part 121 of the front frame main body 130, and has a lateral width that is substantially the same as or slightly shorter than the lateral width of the opening part 121. Have On the other hand, the game area 1 a is set to the inside of the guide rail 2 formed in a substantially circular shape on the front surface of the game board 1 fitted in the opening 121. Therefore, the left and right width of the game area 1 a is narrower than the left and right width of the opening 121 and narrower than the left and right width of the spilled ball collection unit 700. In other words, the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is inclined downward from both sides of the lower inner peripheral wall 134 of the opening 121 toward the collection flow outlet 710, and the length of the spilled ball collection unit 700 in the left-right direction is The game area 1a is configured to be longer than the length in the left-right direction.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the game ball B that has come out to the front side of the game area 1 a when the glass frame 140 is opened returns to the game area 1 a again to the out-ball collection port 215. An out port inflow prevention member 800 for preventing the inflow is provided.
The out-port inflow prevention member 800 is a transparent and thin plate-like member, and includes two virtual planes that pass through the front end portions of the plurality of obstacle nails 10... It arrange | positions so that it may be located between the glass plates 141 of the rear side among the glass plates 141 and 141. That is, out port flows preventing member 800 is located between the virtual plane passing through the front end portion of the glass plate 141 back surface and game board 1 more nails 10 planted on the after side, a glass plate 141 It has a surface which forms a parallel, prevents the inflow of the out ball collection port 215 provided in the lower part of the above game area 1a of the open game ball has been dropped from the playfield 1a top when B glass frame 140.
Further, the out-port inflow prevention member 800 has a lateral width that is the front side of the opening 121 with the game board 1 of the front frame main body 130 fitted therein, and the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 is opened forward. The opening 121 has the same width as the left and right width. And the right and left both ends of the out port inflow prevention member 800 are provided with engaging protrusions that engage with engaging holes 801,... Formed in the left and right side walls of the inner peripheral wall of the opening 121 of the front frame body. The engagement protrusions engage with the engagement holes 801, so that the left and right ends of the out-port inflow prevention member 800 are fixed to the front frame body 130.

  Further, the upper edge of the out-port inflow preventing member 800 is, for example, substantially the same height as the lowermost obstacle nail 10 on the front surface of the game board 1 or the obstacle nail 10 in the vicinity thereof. This is basically because ball stopping is likely to occur when the game ball B is in contact with the obstacle nail 10..., So if the thin plate-like out-port inflow prevention member 800 is provided above the obstacle nail 10. In the case where the ball stops at the part of the obstacle nail 10, even if the glass frame 140 is opened, the out-port inflow prevention member 800 covers the front side of the game ball B where the ball stops, This is because there is a possibility that the release work may be hindered.

  In addition, the lower edge of the out-port inflow preventing member 800 is in contact with the lower wall portion 139a in a range that substantially overlaps the front-rear range of the opening for the out-ball collection port 215 formed in the lower wall portion 139a. The height is such that the vertical space is narrower than the diameter of the game ball B or is narrower than the diameter of the game ball B, and the vertical space is wider than the diameter of the game ball B between the lower wall portion 139a in a portion other than the above range. . This is because, when preventing the game ball B from entering the out ball collection port 215 from the front side of the game area 1a, the out port inflow prevention member 800 has substantially the same width as the left and right width of the opening 121. This is to prevent the spilled spheres falling on the lower wall part 139a from collecting and flow down to the spilled sphere collecting part 700. Since the game balls B returned to the left and right ends of the game area 1a by the guide rails 2 are also collected in the out ball collection port 215, the out port inflow prevention member 800 is located at the left and right sides of the game area 1a at least at the installation position. It is preferable to have a length that substantially covers between the ends.

  The game ball B that has been prevented from flowing into the out ball collection port 215 by the out port inflow prevention member 800 is a spilled ball collection unit disposed in front of the out port inflow prevention member 800, as shown in FIG. 700 is collected and detected by the foul ball sensor 253 as described above.

  Accordingly, when the glass frame 140 is opened by the out port inflow prevention member 800, the spilled ball that has dropped from the game area 1a to the front side thereof and has lost or reduced the chance of winning will flow into the out ball collection port 215. In this case, the ball is not a foul ball but an out ball and is prevented from being detected by the foul ball sensor 253. As described later, if a spilled ball is detected by the foul ball sensor 253, the number of foul balls is added to the number of balls held, and the disadvantage of the player based on the occurrence of the spilled ball is eliminated.

As shown in FIG. 10 and the like, the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 has a collection member 210 having a collection port 211 for collecting the game balls B (including out balls and safe balls and excluding foul balls) launched into the game area 1a. A circulation path 220 that guides the game ball B from the collection port 211 to the launch position of the game ball B of the launching device 61 and uses the game ball in a circulating manner, and a part of the upstream side of the circulation path 220 from the collection port 211 A recovery ball flow path 280 that causes a game ball to flow down to a standby flow path 221 to be described later, a recovery ball sensor 212 as a recovery ball detection means that detects a game ball B that flows down the recovery ball flow path 280, and a circulation path 220 A standby channel 221 that is a part of the downstream side and waits for a game ball B before being sent to the launch position, and a shortage of balls as a ball shortage detection unit that detects a shortage of game balls B waiting in the standby channel 221 The outgoing ball 264 is provided at the downstream end of the outgoing sensor 264 and the standby channel 221, and the game ball B is fired through the ball supply port 247 to the lower end of the launch rail 62 of the launch device 61 (the launch position of the game ball B). And a ball feeder 240 that sequentially sends one game ball B to the player in accordance with the timing.
The circulation path 220 may include a supply flow path 245 on the downstream side of a ball feeding device 240 described later, and may include a foul ball flow path 252.

  In addition, the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is the foul ball collection means 250 again, although it is fired between the inner guide rail 2 and the outer guide rail 2 by the launch device 61, the launch device 61 side again. A foul ball collection port 251 for collecting the foul ball that has returned to the direction, a foul ball sensor 253 for detecting the collected foul ball, and a foul ball (game ball B) collected from the foul ball collection port 251 And a foul ball passage 252 that flows down to the standby passage 221 (circulation passage 220). That is, the foul ball collecting means 250 includes a foul ball channel 252 that guides the game ball B that has been fouled without reaching the game area 1a to the standby channel, and the foul ball channel 252. And a foul ball sensor 253 as a foul ball detecting means for detecting the game ball B flowing down.

The encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 includes an adhering matter removing unit 400 that removes adhering matter on the game ball B that moves in the standby flow path 221 every time the game ball B is launched, and a ball removal device that removes the ball in the circulation path 220. 230.
In addition, the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 stores the game balls B for replenishment in addition to the game balls B that are normally used in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200, and replenishes when the game balls B that circulate during the game decrease. And a ball exchange cassette (not shown) storing a predetermined number of game balls B for replacement of the game balls B (for example, 30 balls including the above-described game balls B for supply) are attached. In addition, a ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 for supplying the game ball B in the ball exchange cassette into the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is provided.
The main part of the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 is substantially box-shaped from a front wall member 310 constituting the front side of the main part and a rear wall member 320 (shown in FIG. 9 and the like) constituting the back side of the main part. The above-described circulation path 220 (including the recovery ball flow path 280 and the standby flow path 221) and the foul ball flow path 252 are formed inside the main part. Basically, members constituting the path of the above-described game ball B are formed on the front wall member 310 side, and members for attaching sensors, solenoids, and the like are formed, and the rear wall member 320 is attached with each member. And an outer peripheral wall that surrounds the outer periphery of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. The front wall member 310 and the rear wall member 320 are each integrally formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and the game ball B in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200, the game ball B on the front side of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200, and the launch The unit 60 and the like can be seen through, and the clogging of the game ball B can be visually confirmed from the back side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. The front wall member 310 and the rear wall member 320 are detachably joined.

In addition, the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 can be attached to and detached from left and right attachment portions (not shown) provided at predetermined positions below the attachment position of the firing rail 62 of the attachment plate 131 of the front frame body 130 at the lower end thereof. In addition, left and right connecting members 201 are connected to be rotatable, and are rotatable about a rotation axis set in the left-right direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. The encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 falls from the vertical state (use state) along the back surface of the encapsulated ball game machine 100 (the back surface of the mounting board 131) to the rear side with the upper end centered on the connection members 201 and 201. Thus, it can be rotated to a substantially horizontal state (maintenance state).
Further, the connection members 201 and 201 of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 have a cylindrical shape into which a projection serving as an axis of the mounting portion of the mounting plate 131 is rotatably inserted, and a slit is formed in the cylindrical portion. Then, by allowing the shafts to enter and exit from the slits 201a and 201a, the connecting members 201 and 201 can be detached from the attachment portions 132 and 132, and the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is detached from the attachment plate 131 of the front frame body 130. It is possible (detachable).

  At both left and right end portions of the rear wall member 320, attachment members (not shown) for detachably attaching the rear wall member 320 to the attachment board 131 in a state where the front wall member 310 is attached to the front side of the rear wall member 320. Is provided. By removing the mounting member from the mounting board 131, the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 can be rotated so as to be tilted backward.

In addition, the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is attached to the back side of the front frame body 130 that is the back side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. The mounting board 131 which is the lower part of the front frame body 130 is configured such that a substantially vertical flat plate portion which is a main part thereof is in front of the game board 1 fixed to the front frame body 130. A firing unit 60 having the above-described launching device 61 and the like attached to the back surface of the board 131 is arranged substantially directly below the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1.
The encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is disposed on the rear side of the launch unit 60 and attached to the attachment plate 131 so as to overlap the launch unit 60 attached to the attachment plate 131 in the front-rear direction. The encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is arranged almost directly below the game board 1 attached to the front frame body 130 in a state attached to the attachment board 131.

The recovery member 210 is formed at an upper end (upper part) that is an upper part of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200. The recovery member 210 has a front portion of the game board 1 such that the out ball, which is the game ball B flowing down without winning from the bottom of the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1, can be recovered. The lower portion of the guide rail 2 on the lower side of the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 is extended from below to the lower side of the notch portion serving as the out hole.
In addition, the recovery member 210 has a game board so that a rear portion thereof can recover a safe ball that is a winning game ball B that flows down the back side of the game board 1 and is discharged to the lower side of the game board 1. 1 extends from below the safe ball discharge path (not shown) on the back side of the game board 1. That is, the recovery member 210 has a front-rear width that is at least twice as large as the diameter of the game ball B than the thickness of the game board 1, and the recovery member 210 is a glass plate on the rear side of the glass frame 140 in front of the game board 1. It is arranged in a range from the back surface of 141 to the rear end of the winning safe ball discharge path behind the game board 1. Further, the horizontal width of the recovery member 210 is the width of the notch portion of the guide rail 2 on the lower side of the game board 1, and the recovery member 210 is arranged in the range from the right end to the left end of the notch portion of the guide rail 2. Is done. In addition, the exit of the discharge path | route (not shown) of the safe ball | bowl on the back surface side of the game board 1 is arrange | positioned in the left-right range of the notch part of the guide rail 2. As shown in FIG.

  The front-rear width of the main body portion below the collection member 210 of the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is slightly wider than the diameter of the game ball B, but is narrower than the thickness (front-rear width) of the game board 1. The recovery member 210 extends from the front and rear of the main body of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 below the game board 1.

  In addition, the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is arranged behind the launch unit 60 on the back side of the mounting board 131, but the upper end portion (lower wall) on which the lower collecting member 210 of the gaming board 1 of the mounting board 131 is arranged. The notch 139b (shown in FIG. 7 and the like) corresponding to the shape of the recovery member 210 is formed in the central portion of the portion 139a). As described above, the enclosing ball is rotatable around the lower end. When the circulating unit 200 is mounted on the mounting board 131 in a standing state, the front part of the collecting member 210 of the enclosing ball circulating unit 200 is inserted into the notch 139b, and the front part of the collecting member 210 is in front of the game board 1. It is supposed to extend to.

In addition, the recovery member 210 has a rectangular shape that is long along the left-right direction of the encapsulated ball game machine 100 in plan view, and a surrounding wall 214 forms a substantially vertical periphery. Further, the central part of the collection member 210 (inside the enclosure wall 214) is extended to the left and right except for the right end, and the game balls B collected in the collection member 210 are contained in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. A recovery sphere flow path 280 having an introduction inclined portion 213 leading to the recovery sphere sensor 212 (inside the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200) is provided. The introductory inclined portion 213 is a member that becomes the bottom portion of the collection ball channel 280 that guides the game ball B collected by the collection member 210 to the collection ball sensor 212.
A portion surrounded by the surrounding wall 214 of the recovery member 210 and opened upward is a recovery port 211 for recovering the out ball and the safe ball. Further, the front part below the front side of the game board 1 of the collection port 211 is an out ball collection port 215 for collecting out balls, and the rear part under the back side of the game board 1 is a safe ball for collecting safe balls. The recovery port 216 (shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 7, FIG. 9, etc.).

The bottom portion of the front part of the recovery member 210 below the out ball collection port 215 guides the out ball collected by flowing down to the out ball collection port 215 to the introduction inclined portion 213 that is the front and rear central portions of the collection member 210. Thus, it is set as the back inclination part 217 which inclines downward toward back. In addition, the bottom part of the rear part of the recovery member 210 below the safe ball recovery port 216 is moved to the introduction inclined part 213 that is the central part before and after the recovery member 210 by flowing the recovered safe ball down to the safe ball recovery port 216. It is set as the front inclination part 218 (illustrated in FIG. 5 etc.) which inclines down toward the front so that it may guide | induced.
It should be noted that the right end portion from the rear of the recovery member 210 does not incline in the front-rear direction, but inclines so as to decrease from the right (end) to the left (center side) from the rear, and will be described later. In this way, it is arranged so as to cover the hole 212a through which the game ball B of the collection ball sensor 212 arranged at the tip of the inclined lower end of the introduction inclined part 213 passes, and in the hole 212a of the collection ball sensor 212 The game ball B is prevented from flowing in directly from the game board 1 side (without flowing down the introduction inclined portion 213). If there is a game ball B that flows directly into the hole 212a of the recovery ball sensor 212, the relationship with other game balls B that flow down the introduction inclined portion 213 and then flow into the hole 212a (collision, contact, etc.) As a result, ball clogging is likely to occur, so that the game ball B is guided onto the introduction inclined portion 213 on the upstream side of the collected ball sensor 212. Further, the upper end portion of the firing unit 60 that is formed so as to rise to the right from the rear and the right end portion is increased by increasing the right end portion from the rear of the bottom portion of the recovery member 210 by the above-described configuration. And the right end of the bottom of the recovery member 210 do not interfere with each other.

  In the recovery member 210, an introduction inclined portion 213 is formed between the rear inclined portion 217 and the front inclined portion 218. The introduction inclined portion 213 is one step lower than the rear inclined portion 217 and the front inclined portion 218, and is disposed in the main body portion of the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 below the recovery member 210. Accordingly, an opening is formed between the rear inclined portion 217 and the front inclined portion 218 of the recovery member 210, and this open portion joins (aggregates) the out sphere and the safe sphere recovered by the recovery member 210. It becomes a game ball introduction port 219 (shown in FIG. 9 and the like) that flows down into the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 (inside the main body portion). Note that the game ball introduction port 219 is located on the introduction inclined portion 213 and is formed at the central portion of the recovery member 210 in the front-rear direction.

  The recovery ball sensor 212 is, for example, a well-known pachinko ball passage sensor switch, and has a hole 212a through which the game ball B passes, and outputs a HIGH or LOW signal when the pachinko ball passes through the hole 212a. is there. Further, in the front wall member 310, a rear portion is fixed to a sensor mounting portion 330 formed at an interval at which the game ball B can flow downward from a downstream end of the introduction inclined portion 213, and the hole 212a is formed. The front portion thus extended extends from the sensor mounting portion 330 to the end of the introduction inclined portion 213 described above.

  The recovery ball sensor 212 is disposed at a position where the game ball B flows down from the end of the introduction inclined portion 213 at the lower side of the introduction inclined portion 213, and is an upstream end of the standby channel 221. A game in which the collection ball channel 280 flows down from the lower end of the introduction inclined portion 213 on the junction 254 described later, which is the downstream end of the foul ball inclined portion 255 serving as the bottom of the foul ball channel 252. The sphere B is detected.

  The standby flow path 221 has, as its bottom, the following members that are extended in a wall shape (plate shape) from the front wall member 310 to the rear side in three upper and lower stages. That is, the circulation path 220 is a downstream end portion of the above-described foul sphere flow path 252 as a member serving as a bottom portion thereof, and the circulation path 220 is replenished to the circulation path 220 from the foul sphere and sphere replenishment device 260 flowing down the foul sphere flow path 252. A replenishment sphere that is a game sphere B, a confluence portion 254 where three kinds of game spheres B, the recovery sphere flowing down from the recovery sphere flow path 280 through the recovery sphere sensor 212 as described above, and an enclosed sphere type game A flow down slope 222 that slopes down from the left to the right when viewed from the back side, and a flow down slope 222 below the junction 254 (foul sphere channel 252) that slopes down from right to left as seen from the back side of the machine 100 A standby inclined portion 223 that is inclined downward from the right to the left when viewed from the back side and reaches the ball feeding device 240 below the portion 222.

In addition, on the standby inclined portion 223 of the standby flow path 221, during the game of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 (the game balls B are sequentially fired, and several or more game balls B flow down to the game area 1a. The game ball B is accumulated regardless of whether the game ball B is being fired or not (the state in which the game ball B is not being fired). Is moved downward by a distance of
The circulation path 220 including the standby flow path 221 is formed over a plurality of upper and lower stages, and in each stage, the circulation path 220 extends along the left-right direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 and moves the game ball B to the left and right. The game ball B is led out to the lower stage while flowing down along the direction.

  Moreover, it is used when controlling the operation of the ball replenishing device 260 above the downstream portion of the falling slope portion 222 of the standby flow path 221, that is, below the upstream portion of the foul ball slope portion 255 of the front wall member 310. A proximity sensor mounting portion 319 for mounting the ball shortage detection sensor 264 is provided, and the ball shortage detection sensor 264 is attached thereto. The ball shortage detection sensor 264 is a well-known proximity sensor switch, and outputs a signal indicating that the game ball B exists in a state where the metal game ball B is in proximity. That is, if the game ball B in a normal state stays in the standby flow path 221, the ball shortage detection sensor 264 exists in a portion where the game ball B is directly below the ball shortage detection sensor 264 of the standby flow path 221. A HIGH or LOW signal indicating that there is no shortage of spheres is output.

When the game balls B are sequentially fired and the game ball B stays just below the ball shortage detection sensor 264, the game ball B moves by the diameter of each game ball B fired. As a result, the output signal of the ball shortage detection sensor 264 periodically changes corresponding to the movement of the game ball. In addition, when the game ball B stays downstream from directly below, the game ball B passes directly below the ball shortage detection sensor 264 every time the game ball B is collected from the game area 1a. The output signal of the ball shortage detection sensor 264 varies between the detection state and the non-detection state every time the recovered ball returns. In addition, in the state where the launch of the game ball B is stopped, the game ball is basically stopped in the vicinity of the ball shortage detection sensor 264, and the output signal of the ball shortage detection sensor 264 detects the game ball B. Does not vary with the state.
When the game ball B stops, for example, in the game area 1a, a delay occurs in the collection of the game balls, and a delay occurs in the detection of the game balls B in the ball shortage detection sensor 264. A game ball is not detected for a considerably longer period, and it can be detected that a shortage of game balls has occurred.

Further, the foul sphere inclined portion 255 and the falling inclined portion 222 having the merging portion 254 are arranged to overlap each other in a state where they are substantially the same length and slightly shifted to the left and right. It is longer than the sphere inclined part 255 and the downflow inclined part 222, for example, about twice as long as these. Then, the upstream half (part) of the standby inclined part 223 is vertically overlapped with the foul sphere inclined part 255 and the downflow inclined part 222, and the downstream half (part) of the standby inclined part 223 is the foul sphere inclined. The circulation path 220 does not exist above the downstream portion of the standby inclined portion 223 without overlapping with the portion 255 and the downflow inclined portion 222 in the vertical direction. Further, a replenishment solenoid 263 (to be described later) of the ball replenishing device 260 and a ball feed solenoid 244 (to be described later) of the ball feeding device 240 are arranged on the downstream side portion of the standby inclined portion 223.
With such an arrangement of the circulation path 220, the space efficiency of the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 is enhanced, and the enclosure sphere circulation unit 200 is reduced in size.

  Note that the length of the standby flow path 221 is, for example, a length that can store all of the game balls B circulating in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 without including the replenishment balls stored in the ball replenishment device 260. In this state, the game ball B that is circulated and used in the standby flow path 221 is in a state where the game ball B is stopped from being emitted. In addition, the number of game balls B that are used in circulation is the number of game balls B that cannot be released when the game balls B are sequentially fired, because the collection of the game balls B is not in time (for example, 25). ). Therefore, the length of the standby flow path 221 is set to a necessary and sufficient length. In addition, when the game balls B are insufficient due to a blockage of balls in the game area 1a, the game balls B are replenished by the ball refill device 260.

  Further, the recovery ball flow path 280, the standby flow path 221 and the foul ball flow path 252 which become the circulation path 220 are in a state where the front side is closed by the front wall member 310 and the rear side is closed by the rear wall member 320. The front and rear widths thereof are slightly longer than the diameter of the game ball B, the game balls B can be stored in a line, and the game balls B flow down without overlapping the front and rear. It is like that. In addition, although the introduction slope 213 of the collection ball channel 280 is open as the game ball introduction port 219, a foul ball is introduced on the foul ball slope 255 of the foul ball channel 252. The sensor mounting part 330 is arranged on the upper part of the slope excluding the upstream end part with a space slightly wider than the diameter of the game ball B, and the confluence part 254 which is the lower part of the fall of the foul ball channel 252. , The inclination direction (inclination angle) of the ball replenishing device 260 is spaced above the portion below the portion where the refilling game ball B and the collection ball meet, with a space slightly wider than the diameter of the game ball B. A ball storage plate 261 that can be freely converted is disposed. It should be noted that, even if the inclination angle of the sphere storage plate 261 is changed within a predetermined angle range in which the inclination angle can be changed, the sphere storage plate 261 is positioned between the sphere storage plate 261 and the lower junction 254. An interval at which the game ball B can flow down is maintained.

  In addition, on the flow down inclined portion 222 of the standby flow path 221, the flow down ceiling portion 224 whose upper end is integrally joined with the merge portion 254 of the foul ball inclined portion 255 and whose lower end is integrally joined with the standby inclined portion 223. Is formed. The flow-down ceiling 224 is formed to have the same inclination as the flow-down inclined portion 222 with a space slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball B between the flow-down inclined portion 222. It should be noted that the lower part of the descending ceiling part 224 (the end part on the lower side of the slope) and the part where the game ball B flows almost directly from the descending slope part 222 to the standby slope part 223 corresponds to the flow path of the game ball B. It is in the state where it was joined to stand-by inclined part 223 in that part.

In addition, a standby ceiling portion 225 whose upper end is integrally joined to the flow-down inclined portion 222 is formed on the standby inclined portion 223 of the circulation path 220. The standby ceiling portion 225 is formed so as to have the same inclination as the standby inclination portion 223 with a space slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball B between the standby inclination portion 223.
From the above, the foul ball flow path 252 and the circulation path 220 are in a state where a gap slightly wider than the diameter of the game ball B is left and right or up and down with respect to the flow direction of the game ball B in many parts. Thus, the game balls B do not pass vertically and vertically, so that the game balls B flow down one by one or in a line.

In the foul ball collection means 250, the foul ball collection port 251 is provided on the upper end portion of the foul ball flow channel 252, and the lower end of the foul ball collection port 251 and the upper end portion of the foul ball flow channel 252 are provided. A foul ball sensor 253 is arranged on the upper side.
The foul ball collection port 251 is an opening formed at the upper right end portion when viewed from the back side of the front wall member 310 that constitutes the front surface of the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200, and collects the collected foul sphere from the outside of the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200. It is designed to be introduced inside. Further, a foul ball receiving portion 257 that extends forward from the front surface of the front wall member 310 is provided at a position corresponding to the lower edge of the foul ball collection port 251 on the front surface side of the front wall member 310. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the foul ball receiving portion 257 is formed in a plate shape whose upper surface is inclined downward toward the rear foul ball collection port 251, and the rear side edge connected to the foul ball collection port 251. Is provided with a protrusion 258 that surrounds the periphery of the mounting board 131 and is attached to the lower part of the ball inlet 138 of the mounting board 131 when the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is attached to the mounting board 131 in a substantially vertical state. It is supposed to be inserted. The foul ball receiving portion 257 in the ball inlet 138 is disposed next to the upper end portion (the end portion in the firing direction) of the launch rail 62 and directly below the launch ball passage port 135, and passes through the launch ball passage port 135. It is designed to receive a foul ball that flows down. Furthermore, as described above, the front side of the ball inflow port 138 communicates with the recovery flow down port 710 of the spilled ball collection unit 700, and the game ball B collected by the spilled ball collection unit 700 is transferred from the collection flow down port 710. It flows into the foul ball receiving part 257 in the ball inlet 138. As shown in FIG. 8, the lower edge of the recovery flow lower port 710 is arranged at a height position higher than the protrusion 258 of the foul ball receiving portion 257.

Therefore, in the encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100 of this example, the encapsulated ball circulation device provided with the foul ball flow path 252 while collecting and waiting for the enclosed game ball B under the game board mounting portion 139. An enclosed circulation unit 200 is provided. Further, as described above, a distance from the launching ball passage port 135 toward the lower side, just below the left side edge when viewed from the back side of the launching ball passage port 135, is slightly ahead of the tip of the firing rail 62 ( A vertical foul ball block surface 65a of the rail mounting base 65 on the right side as viewed from the back surface is disposed. Therefore, under the lower wall portion 139a, the foul ball block surface 65a for blocking the foul ball is fired so as to be positioned at one side edge of the recovery flow lower port 710 on the front side below the shot ball passage port 135. Rails 62 are provided.
In the spilled ball collection unit 700, a collection flow lower port 710 communicating with the shot ball passage port 135 is formed below the shot ball passage port 135 in front of the shot ball passage port 135 on the rear wall 730. The front bottom wall 720 (bottom wall merging portion 723) is inclined downward toward the recovery flow lower port 710 as described above, and the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 has a foul ball passage 252 below the launch ball passage port 135. The foul ball receiving portion 257 is provided so as to extend from the foul ball collection port 251 serving as the inlet of the water to the collection flow down port 710.

Therefore, in the foul ball collecting means 250, the foul ball that has flowed from the front side of the game board 1 through the launch ball passage port 135 to the lower side of the game board 1 and the spilled ball that has flowed in from the collection flow port 710 are fouled. It is received by the ball receiver 257. Then, the foul sphere and the spilled sphere that have reached the upper surface of the foul sphere receiving portion 257 enter the foul sphere flow path 252 in the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 from the rear foul sphere collection port 251 along the inclination of the upper surface, and the foul sphere It passes through the foul sphere sensor 253 on the lower side of the recovery port 251 and reaches the foul sphere inclined portion 255 which is the bottom of the foul sphere flow path 252. Then, the game ball B on the foul ball inclined portion 255 reaches the merging portion 254 along the inclination, merges with the recovery ball flow path 280, reaches the standby flow path 221 described above, and flows down the standby flow path 221. It will be.
The foul ball sensor 253 is a well-known pachinko ball passage sensor switch similar to the collection ball sensor 212, and is attached to the lower side of the collection ball sensor 212 of the sensor mounting portion 330 in the opposite direction to the collection ball sensor 212. A hole 253 a through which the game ball B of the foul ball sensor 253 passes is arranged at the upper end portion of the foul ball channel 252. Then, similar to the collection ball sensor 212, a foul ball is detected and a signal is output.

  The ball removing device 230 is provided in front of the ball feeding device 240 at the downstream end of the standby flow path 221. The downstream end portion of the standby inclined portion 223 serving as the bottom portion of the standby flow path 221 is disposed in a state of being spaced apart from the ball feeding device 240 by a distance wider than the diameter of the game ball B. That is, a ball removal opening 231 is provided between the ball removal device 230 and the standby inclined portion 223 as an interval at which the game ball B can flow down.

  The ball removing device 230 is configured to open and close the opening and closing member 232 while being connected to the opening and closing member 232 and the plate-like opening and closing member 232 for opening and closing the ball removing opening 231. And a slider 234 which is movable on the front wall member 310 along the standby inclined portion 223, and the slider 234 is attached to the ball removal device 230 side (the side where the opening and closing member 232 is closed). It has a coil spring 236 to be energized, and a ball passage 237 that is formed below the ball opening 231 and opened downward.

  The ball removing device 230 as described above is for taking out the game ball B enclosed in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 by an external operation of an attendant or the like. Maintenance of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, It is used for taking out the game ball B from the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 for exchange or the like. By moving the operating lever 233 to the upper side of the inclination of the standby inclined portion 223 against the urging force of the coil spring 236, the opening / closing member 232 attached to the slider 234 is moved in the opening direction to open the ball opening 231. Then, the game ball B in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is taken out from the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 (encapsulated ball circulation unit 200) through the ball removal channel 237 communicating with the ball removal opening 231. Yes.

  The ball feeding device 240 is provided on the downstream side of the standby flow path 221, and lowers the inclination of the game ball B due to the load of the game balls B waiting in line on the standby flow path 221 due to the inclination of the standby flow path 221. A ball receiving portion 242 for receiving only one gaming ball B at the lowest inclination of the gaming balls B arranged as described above, and a game ball B held by the ball receiving portion 242 Is formed on the opposite side of the ball receiving portion 242 of the restriction wall 241 and the ball feed solenoid 244 for raising and lowering the ball feed member 243. Supply passage 245 for deriving the game ball B to the launching device 61 (launch position on the launch rail 62), a supply ball sensor 246 for detecting the game ball B passing through the supply passage 245, and a supply passage 24 And a ball supply port 247 which is a (sealed ball circulation unit 200) game ball outlet port to the launcher 61 B of.

  The restriction wall 241 stops the game ball B at the lowermost inclination of the game balls B arranged on the inclined standby flow path 221 and feeds only the game balls B over the restriction wall 241 to the launching device 61. For example, it is formed in a plate shape having a height lower than the diameter of the game ball B (the height from the upper surface of a ball holding portion 243a, which will be described later, of the ball feeding member 243 positioned at the bottom). Has been. The ball receiving portion 242 includes a holding portion bottom wall 248 that is joined to the restriction wall 241 at a right angle, and the restriction wall 241 and the holding portion bottom wall 248 are L-shaped.

  The ball feeding member 243 includes a ball holding portion 243a that is disposed on the holding portion bottom wall 248 of the ball receiving portion 242 and holds the game ball B that has flowed into the ball receiving portion 242, and the left and right and front sides are open. It is formed in a U-shape (channel shape) so that the game ball B can be passed from right to left. The ball holding portion 243a is a portion that becomes the bottom of the U-shaped ball feeding member 243. The ball feed member 243 has a plunger of a ball feed solenoid 244 connected to the upper end portion thereof. The ball feed solenoid 244 causes the upper surface of the ball holding portion 243a on which the game ball B is placed to be lower than the upper surface of the opening / closing member 232 serving as the bottom of the lower end portion of the circulation path 220, and the upper surface of the ball holding portion 243a. Is movable up and down between a position above the upper end of the regulating wall 241.

  Further, the upper surface of the ball holding portion 243a is inclined so as to descend from right to left from the back surface side, and the ball of the ball feeding member 243 disposed on the ball receiving portion 242 from the standby inclined portion 223 of the standby flow path 221. The game ball B that has flowed onto the holding portion 243a is brought into contact with the regulating wall 241 by approaching the regulating wall 241 due to the inclination on the ball holding portion 243a. Then, when the ball feed member 243 is raised by the ball feed solenoid 244 and the upper surface of the ball holding portion 243a becomes higher than the upper end of the restriction wall 241, the game ball B on the ball holding portion 243a is moved to the ball holding portion 243a. By the inclination, it flows down to the supply flow path 245 side over the regulation wall 241. In addition, when the lower end of the ball feeding member 243 is lifted, the opening / closing member 232 prevents the game ball B that is next sent to the ball feeding member 243 on the opening / closing member 232 from entering the ball feeding member 243. It does not rise higher than the diameter of the game ball B waiting on the upper side (the bottom of the standby flow path 221).

  Further, an opening is formed in a ball feed cover portion (not shown) behind the ball feed member 243 of the rear wall member 320 that covers the rear side of the ball feed member 243, and a game on the ball holding portion 243a. The sphere B can be operated from the outside to be discharged from the supply flow path 245 side. This is to prevent the game ball B from remaining on the ball feed member 243 when the game ball B is discharged from the encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100 using the ball removal device 230. Since the ball holding portion 243a is inclined downward toward the opposite side of the ball removing device 230, the ball holding portion 243a cannot be discharged to the outside only by opening the opening / closing member 232 of the ball removing device 230.

  The ball feed solenoid 244 is attached to a ball feed solenoid mounting portion 311 provided on the front wall member 310 with the plunger directed substantially vertically downward, and the ball feed member 243 is connected to the tip of the plunger. In this state, the plunger is driven up and down. The ball feed solenoid 244 is controlled in synchronization with the launch device 61 by the launch control device described above, and immediately after the launch device 61 launches the game ball B, it moves up and down to send the game ball B to the launch device 61. It is like that.

  The supply flow path 245 is formed on the side of the restriction wall 241 opposite to the ball feeding member 243, and after the game ball B has flowed almost directly along the restriction wall 241, it is guided forward to the front ball supply port. From 247, the game ball B is led out to the launch device 61 side (launch position on the launch rail 62) on the front side of the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200. The supply channel 245 is formed by a supply channel wall portion 245a that extends rearward from the front wall member 310. In addition, a channel rib 245b that is erected vertically along the front-rear direction of the encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100 is formed at a position that becomes the bottom of the supply channel 245, and the channel rib 245b is placed from the rear to the front. The game ball B that has flowed down on the flow channel rib 245b rolls forward on the flow channel rib 245b from the rear to the front and is led out from the ball supply port 247. ing.

  The supply ball sensor 246 is a well-known pachinko ball passage sensor switch similar to the recovery ball sensor 212, and is attached to a supply sensor provided at a position of the front wall member 310 on the opposite side of the supply channel 245 to the ball feeding device 240. A rear end portion is attached to the portion 312, a front end portion is disposed in contact with or close to the restriction wall 241, and a hole 246 a through which the game ball B that passes over the restriction wall 241 and flows down directly below the supply flow path 245 passes. The game ball B formed and flowing down the supply flow path 245 and passing through the hole 246a is detected. The supply ball sensor 246 also detects the game ball B and outputs a signal in the same manner as the collection ball sensor 212. Since the game ball B detected by the supply ball sensor 246 is supplied to the launching device 61 and fired immediately after detection, the supply ball sensor 246 is on the front side of the launching device 61 but detects the launch of the game ball B. It also serves as a launching ball sensor.

  The ball feeder 240 is configured to supply the game balls B to the launching device 61 one by one by slightly raising the game balls B so as to get over the regulation wall 241. Compared to the structure in which the balls are discharged one by one in the flow-down state, many parts of the ball feeding device 240 are not arranged below the standby flow path 221, and the ball feeding device Since 240 is below the standby flow path 221 which is the lower part of the circulation path 220, the vertical length of the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 can be prevented from being increased, and the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 can be downsized. In particular, the vertical width of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 can be shortened.

  Further, the ball feeding device 240 raises the game ball B by about half of its length in order to get over the regulation wall 241 and does not lift the game ball B over a long distance. The enclosing ball circulation unit 200 can be sufficiently accommodated in the range of the vertical width required for the circulation path 220 and the foul ball flow path 252 at least, and the vertical width of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 can be surely shortened. Can do. The ball feeding device 240 has a simple structure in which the ball feeding member 243 is directly attached to the plunger of the ball feeding solenoid 244, and the possibility of occurrence of trouble is extremely low.

  The sphere replenishing device 260 is provided on the upper side of the circulation path 220 and has a sphere storage portion 262 including a sphere storage plate 261 that is elongated to the left and right and is rotatable to change the inclination angle, and a sphere storage plate 261. The replenishment solenoid 263 for switching the ball storage unit 262 between a state in which the game ball B is stored and a state in which the game ball B is replenished, and the left side (foul ball viewed from the back side of the ball storage plate 261) A ball restraining member that is provided on the opposite side of the flow path 252 and regulates the fall of the game ball B on the ball storage plate 261 and guides the game ball B flowing from the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 onto the ball storage plate 261 H.265.

  The ball storage plate 261 is pivotally supported by a rotation pin 313 provided on the front wall member 310 at a position in front of the central portion thereof and supported by the rear wall member 320, and the front wall member 310 is front and rear. And the rear wall member 320. The sphere storage plate 261 is normally in a storage state in which the sphere is stored, and the rear end of the sphere holding member 265 side, which is one end of the sphere storage plate 261, is slightly lower. A plurality of (for example, five) game balls B are placed in a row on the ball storage plate 261 in a tilted state. At this time, the game ball B placed on the one end side of the game balls B on the ball storage plate 261 is held by the ball holding member 265, and the game is played along the inclination of the ball storage plate 261. The sphere B does not flow down.

  In addition, the front end portion, which is the other end portion of the sphere storage plate 261, is located on the merging portion 254 on the lower side of the inclination of the foul sphere inclined portion 255 (foul sphere channel 252). When the other end on the side of the ball flow path 252 is inclined downward, the game ball B on the ball storage plate 261 is caused to flow down on the junction 254. In other words, in the replenishment state in which the game ball B serving as the replenishment ball is replenished, the ball storage plate 261 is inclined so that the other end portion on the foul ball flow path 252 side faces downward.

  Further, at one end portion of the ball storage plate 261, a locking portion 261a that is locked to a latch plate 263a connected to the plunger 263b of the replenishing solenoid 263 is provided on the lower side thereof, and the plunger of the replenishing solenoid 263 is provided. The inclination angle of the sphere storage plate 261 can be changed by the vertical movement of the 263b, and when the plunger 263b is lowered, the sphere storage plate 261 is inclined so that one end of the sphere storage plate 261 is downward. In a state where the plunger 263b is raised, the ball replenishment state is established by inclining so that the other end of the ball storage plate 261 is downward.

  In addition, an engaging member 261 b extending from the locking portion 261 a along the extension line of the ball storage plate 261 and reaching the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 is formed at one end of the ball storage plate 261. The engaging member 261b is engaged with an operation link member 273, which will be described later, of the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, and is lifted upward when the ball exchange cassette is set in the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270. The sphere storage plate 261 is brought into a sphere replenishment state by inclining so that the end of the sphere is higher than the other end.

  The replenishing solenoid 263 is attached to a replenishing solenoid mounting portion 314 formed on the front wall member 310 with the plunger 263b facing upward, and is continuously controlled for a predetermined time by a ball shortage detection sensor 264 as described later under the control of the frame control device. When the game ball B is not detected, it is determined that the game ball B waiting for the frame control device as the supplement control means to be launched is insufficient, and the plunger 263b is raised. ing. As a result, when the game ball B runs short in the circulation path 220, the tilt angle is changed by the replenishment solenoid 263 so that the ball storage plate 261 enters the ball replenishment state, and the game ball B on the ball storage plate 261 is circulated. The flow path 220 is supplied to the merging portion 254 which is the upstream end portion.

In addition, after the game balls are replenished from the ball storage unit 262 to the circulation path 220, for example, the game balls B that have stopped in the game area 1a flow down, and the game balls B that have circulated have increased. Is stopped, all the game balls B flowing down the game area 1a are collected and all the game balls B are collected in the standby flow path 221, but the circulating game balls B are increased by replenishment. The number of game balls B increased by the replenishment does not fit in the standby flow path 221 and overflows to one end of the ball storage plate 261 that is the upper end of the standby flow path 221. The overflowing game balls B are accumulated on the ball storage plate 261 of the ball storage unit 262. At this time, the ball storage plate 261 is in a storage state, and the game ball overflowing on the ball storage plate 261 is stored in the ball storage unit 262.
Therefore, when the ball shortage state is resolved, the game balls B that have been replenished and increased during the ball shortage are stored in the ball storage unit 262 again.

  In the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, a cassette insertion portion (not shown) is formed in the rear wall member 320. By inserting the ball exchange cassette into the cassette insertion portion, a game ball is inserted into the circulation path 220 via the ball storage portion 262. Can be replenished. The cassette insertion portion serves as an opening / closing door for the replenishment port 267 between the cassette mounting portion 270 and the ball storage portion 262, and when the ball exchange cassette is inserted into the cassette insertion portion, the game in the ball exchange cassette An operation link member 273 is provided to bring the ball storage plate 261 into a replenishment state so that the ball passes over the ball storage plate 261 and flows into the circulation path 220 (standby flow path 221).

The operation link member 273 is disposed at the end of the ball replacement cassette mounting portion 270 of the front wall member 310 on the side of the ball replenishing device 260.
The operating link member 273 has an opening / closing door portion 273a that opens and closes the replenishing port 267 at the main portion except for the lower end thereof, and has a front-rear width and a vertical width that block the replenishing port 267 so that the game ball B cannot pass therethrough. And has a thickness (horizontal width) that can be reliably pressed when pressed against the ball exchange cassette. Further, the operating link member 273 has a plate-like link piece 273b extending rearward from the front part of the lower end part at the lower end part below the opening / closing door part 273a as the main part. Further, the link piece 273b is arranged in the vicinity (may be in contact) below the engaging member 261b of the ball storage plate 261 extending to the above-described ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 side.
Further, the operating link member 273 is rotatably supported by a shaft (not shown) formed on a link member support portion 317 formed on the front wall member 310 at a joint portion between the opening / closing door portion 273a and the link piece 273b. ing.

  And the operating link member 273 is in a state in which the opening / closing door portion 273a closes the replenishment port 267 of the game ball B described above at normal times when no external force is applied. In this case, when the ball exchange cassette is inserted into the opening / closing door portion 273a, the ball exchange cassette 260 is inserted into one of the left and right end portions of the portion serving as the passage path of the ball exchange cassette. When the ball exchange cassette is inserted into the insertion opening of the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, the opening / closing door portion 273a is pushed rearward so that the opening / closing door portion 273a moves rearward and the introduction port is opened. At the same time, the operating link member 273 rotates so that the link piece 273b moves obliquely upward and forward.

  Further, the link piece 273b is disposed in the vicinity of the lower side of the engaging member 261b of the ball storage plate 261 as described above. By inserting the ball exchange cassette as described above, the link piece 273b is inclined upward. Is pushed upward, the ball storage plate 261 is inclined downward toward the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 side and stored in the storage state where the game ball B is stored, and then moves down toward the foul ball collection means 250. In a replenishment state, the game ball B is inclined to flow down to the junction 254 to replenish the game ball B. Then, the game ball B that has flowed down from the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette to the ball replenishing device 260 side flows down on the ball storage plate 261 and flows into the circulation path 220. Since the link piece 273b is disposed below the engagement member 261b of the ball storage plate 261, the replenishment solenoid 263 raises the end of the ball storage plate 261 on the engagement member 261b side to replenish. Even when the sphere is replenished, the link piece 273b does not move, and the open / close door 273a maintains a state where the space between the sphere replacement cassette mounting portion 270 and the sphere replenishing device 260 is closed.

  As described above, when the ball exchange cassette is set in the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, the opening / closing door portion 273a of the operation link member 273 is provided between the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 and the ball replenishing device 260. By opening 267, the game ball B that has flowed out of the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette as described above moves on the ball restraining member 265 formed at the end on the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 side of the ball replenishing device 260. It passes and flows down onto the ball storage plate 261. At this time, the ball storage plate 261 is in a replenished state by the operation link member 273, and is inclined downward toward the foul ball collection means 250 side. The game balls B to be supplied flow down on the ball storage plate 261 to the foul ball collection means 250 side, and further flow down from the end of the ball storage plate 261 onto the junction 254 to enter the circulation path 220. It will be entering. In this case, the ball exchange cassette also includes game balls stored in the ball storage unit 262, and is further replenished after the game balls used for circulation in the standby flow path 221 are fully accumulated. The game balls are connected to the ball storage plate 261. Here, when the ball exchange cassette is removed, the ball storage plate 261 enters the storage state, and the game balls that are connected in the shape of the ball storage plate 261 are stored in the ball storage unit 262.

  In addition, the operation link member 273 can be operated by pushing the opening / closing door portion 273a by hand. The operation link member 273 is pushed in to open the opening / closing door portion 273a, and the game balls that are lacking are balled. It is also possible to supply the circulation path 220 via the storage unit 262. Also in this case, when the operation link member 273 is pushed rearward by hand, the ball storage portion 262 is in a replenishment state, and the game ball replenished manually from the outside is replenished with the game ball B with a ball exchange cassette Similarly, when the standby flow channel 221 flows into the standby flow path 221 from the top of the ball storage plate 261 and the standby flow path 221 becomes full, the game storage ball is stored on the ball storage plate 261 and the game balls are stored in the ball storage unit 262. .

The deposit removal means 400 removes deposits from the game ball B in the standby flow path 221 upstream of the launch position of the game ball B of the launching device 61 that launches the game ball B in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. It is possible.
The deposit removing means 400 is provided in the standby flow path 221 of the circulation path 220 so as to be in contact with the game ball B and grounded, and in the standby flow path 221 of the circulation path 220 serving as a flow-down path. A blower fan 420 (illustrated in FIG. 7, FIG. 9, etc.) is provided as a wind forming means for forming artificial wind by blowing or sucking.

  The metal plate 410 constitutes the bottom of the standby flow path 221 and is attached to a plate-shaped standby inclined portion 223 that extends rearward from the back surface of the front wall member 310. And the metal plate 410 is fixed to the upper surface used as the bottom face of the standby flow path 221 of the standby inclination part 223, and has the earth attachment part 414 to which earth wiring is connected.

The metal plate 410 is formed in a U-shaped cross section, and is fixed to the standby inclined portion 223 by sandwiching the standby inclined portion 223.
Further, the standby inclined portion 223 is thinner than other portions in the plate mounting portion 223a to which the metal plate 410 is attached, and can be easily positioned, and when the metal plate 410 is attached to the standby inclined portion 223. Further, the upper surface of the standby inclined portion 223 where the metal plate 410 is not attached and the upper surface of the metal plate 410 are arranged in substantially the same plane so that the movement of the game ball B is not hindered. It has become. Further, although the metal plate 410 is grounded to the metal launch rail 62, the metal plate 410 may be grounded anywhere as long as the charge of the metal plate 410 can be released.

  The blower fan 420 is a well-known blower fan for exhaust heat (cooling) of power supplies, substrates, etc. of electrical products. It is provided and is attached to the blower fan attachment part provided in front of the position where the metal plate 410 of the standby flow path 221 is attached on the front side of the front wall member 310. Moreover, the blowing direction of the blower fan 420 is from the front to the rear of the enclosing ball type gaming machine 100 in this example.

  Further, vents 318,... Are formed at the upper and lower portions of the front wall member 310 where the blower fan 420 is attached and where the metal plate 410 of the standby flow path 221 is disposed. An opening (not shown) is formed in a portion corresponding to the attachment position of the blower fan 420 on the rear surface of the rear wall member 320, and a filter (not shown) is attached.

  The filter serves as a garbage collection means for collecting so-called garbage such as the above-mentioned dust blown by the blower of the blower fan 420, and the dust blown off by the blower is, for example, the rear of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. It will prevent being discharged into the island facility.

  A fan opening 125 communicating with the blower fan 420 (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 5) is located at a position overlapping the blower fan 420 of the mounting plate 131 of the front frame body 130 serving as a base frame body to which the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is attached. 7 and 9). A game operation panel 150 including a touch panel display unit 151 is provided on the front side of the mounting board 131 of the front frame body 130.

  The fan opening 125 of the mounting board 131 communicates with a space on the back side of the touch panel display unit 151 inside the game operation panel 150, and a touch panel display unit 151 (backlight, driver circuit board, etc.) as a display device. The air blowing fan 420 sucks the heat released into the game operation panel 150 from the heat generating structure.

  From the above, in this embodiment, the transparent member holding frame (glass frame) that holds the transparent member (glass plate 141) that can visually recognize the game area 1a of the game board 1 and that can be opened and closed on the front frame body 130. 140) and a game ball B encapsulating a predetermined number in a gaming machine body having a gaming operation panel 150 provided with a firing operation device (a firing slide volume 153, a handle touch detection unit 152) from the launch position to the game area. In the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 provided with the circulation path 220 that collects the game ball B that has been played and collects the game ball B that has been played and led to the launch position to circulate and use the game ball B, the game area 1a extends in the left-right direction of the game area 1a on the back side of the upper part of the game operation panel 150 below the front side, and from the game area 1a when the transparent member holding frame is opened. A spilled ball collecting unit 700 that can receive and collect the game sphere B that has been lowered is provided, and the collected game sphere B is circulated to a required portion of the spilled ball collecting unit 700 (a position corresponding to the launching ball passage port 135). A recovery flow outlet 710 leading to the path 220 is formed.

  In this enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, the game operation panel 150 is provided on the front side of the front frame main body 130, the spilled ball collecting portion 700 is formed in a concave shape in the longitudinal section, and the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collecting portion. Is inclined downward toward the recovery flow outlet 710, the bottom wall 720 and the rear wall 730 of the spilled ball collecting part 700 are formed on the front frame body 130, and the front wall 740 of the spilled ball collecting part 700 is The game operation panel 150 includes a back wall 150a.

Further, in these enclosed ball type gaming machines 100, the front frame body 130 is formed with a substantially rectangular opening 121 that faces the game area 1a of the game board 1 forward, and a lower inner peripheral wall of the opening 121 In 134, a game board placing part 139 for placing the lower end part of the game board 1 and a lower wall part 139a positioned in front of the game board placing part 139 are formed. The guide provided on the game board 1 is provided in front of the lower wall portion 139a, and the lower wall portion 139a is inclined downward toward the spilled ball collecting portion 700 and is fired along the firing rail 62. A launch ball passage port 135 through which the game ball B before reaching the rail 2 passes is formed.
Further, in this encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100, an encapsulated ball circulation device (encapsulated ball circulation unit 200) including the standby channel 221 and the foul ball channel 252 is provided below the game board mounting portion 139. The firing rail 62 is provided below the lower wall portion 139a so that a foul ball block surface 65a for blocking a foul ball is located at one side edge of the recovery flow lower port 710. In the ball collection unit 700, the collection flow lower port 710 communicating with the shot ball passage port 135 is formed below the shot ball passage port 135 in front of the shot ball passage port 135 on the rear wall 730. The bottom wall 720 in front of 710 is inclined downward toward the recovery flow outlet 710 side, and the enclosed ball circulation device has the foul bulb flow path below the launch ball passage 135. 52 of the inlet is provided with a foul ball reception portion 257 is extended toward the collection falling port 710 from (foul ball collection port 251).
Further, in these enclosed ball type gaming machines 100, the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is inclined downward from both sides of the lower inner peripheral wall 134 of the opening 121 toward the collection flow lower port 710, and The length of the spilled ball collection unit 700 in the left-right direction is longer than the length of the game area 1a in the left-right direction.

In the encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100 as described above, the game balls B launched into the game area 1a are collected and recycled as described below, and the first frame control board 81 and the second frame are used. A frame control device comprising a frame control board calculates the number of balls held as game value information owned by the player.
That is, the game ball that has flowed into the ball receiving portion 242 of the ball feeding device 240 from the standby flow path 221 is placed on the ball holding portion 243a of the ball feeding member 243, and the ball feeding member 243 is raised by the operation of the ball feeding solenoid 244. As a result, it passes over the regulating wall 241 and flows into the supply flow path 245, detected by the supply ball sensor 246 (ball feed sensor), and supplied to the launch device 61 (launch position) of the launch unit 60. At this time, based on the detection signal of the game ball B from the supply ball sensor 246 that also serves as the launch detection means, the frame control device performs a process of subtracting 1 from the number of balls held. As a result, the number of balls managed by the frame control device decreases by one each time the game ball B is launched. In the frame control device, when the number of possessed balls becomes 0, the frame control device controls the launch control device including the launch control board 63 to prohibit the launch of the game ball B. In addition, when the number of possessed balls becomes larger than 0 by the lending process for adding a lending ball or the replaying process using the replayed ball that has been accumulated, the prohibition of the release of the game ball B is canceled, Again, the game ball B is fired by the launch control device.
Then, the game ball B supplied to the launch position of the launcher 61 passes between the two guide rails 2 from the lower side of the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 by the launcher 61, thereby playing the game area 1a. Fired inside. Then, the game balls B fired in the game area 1a flow down in the game area 1a, and a part of the fired game balls B is a normal variable prize winning device 9, a special variable prize winning device 5, a general prize opening, etc. It flows into the winning opening and wins, is led to the back side of the game board 1 to become a safe ball, and flows down to the lower side of the game board 1 through the discharge path of the safe ball on the back side of the game board 1.

On the other hand, the game ball B reaching the lower end of the game area 1a without winning even if it flows down in the game area 1a is provided with a guide rail 2 at the lower end on the front side of the game board 1 as an out ball. It flows down to the lower side of the game board 1 from the center part which is not.
Then, the out ball and the safe ball that have flowed down to the lower side of the game board 1 flow into the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 from the collection port 211 of the collection member 210 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200, respectively. Then, the collected game balls B (out balls, safe balls) reach the collection ball sensor 212 immediately from the game ball introduction port 219 through the collection ball channel 280, and pass through the collection ball sensor 212 to collect the collection balls. It is detected by the sensor 212.

Then, the game ball B that has passed through the recovery ball sensor 212 flows down onto the junction portion 254 that becomes the lower end portion of the foul ball passage 252 and the upper end portion of the standby passage 221.
On the other hand, a game ball B as a foul ball (including a game ball B that has not reached the game area 1a) returned without flowing down the game area 1a despite being launched by the launching device 61 is a foul ball. After being collected by the foul ball receiving portion 257 of the collecting means 250 and passing through the foul ball collection port 251, the foul ball sensor 253 passes through the foul ball sensor 253 and is detected by the foul ball sensor 253 and flows down the foul ball flow path 252. Then, the game ball B as a foul sphere flowing down the foul ball flow path 252 flows down to the merge part 254 that becomes the lower end of the foul ball flow path 252 and joins the game ball B as the above-described recovery ball.

  The foul sphere is detected by the foul sphere sensor 253, and a signal indicating that the foul sphere has been detected is input from the foul sphere sensor 253 to the frame control device. At this time, the frame control device performs a process of adding 1 to the above-mentioned number of held balls based on the detection of a foul ball that has been fired but returned without flowing down the game area 1a. This prevents the number of game balls that have become foul balls from being subtracted from the number of balls held, and in a pachinko game machine that is not an enclosed ball type, the foul balls can be re-launched as well. Also in the ball-type game machine, a number of game balls corresponding to the number of foul balls can be relaunched.

Then, the game balls B merged at the merge unit 254 reach the standby channel 221 and flow down the standby channel 221. The game ball B flowing down on the standby flow path 221 reaches the grounded metal plate 410 of the deposit removing means 400 provided in the standby flow path 221 to remove static electricity. Further, the front wall member 310 and the rear wall, which are overlapped with the metal plate 410 in the front and rear directions, and artificial winds directed from the front to the rear from the blower fan 420 disposed on the front side of the metal plate 410 serve as the front and rear side walls of the metal plate 410. The game ball B in a state where static electricity is removed on the metal plate 410 through the ventilation hole 318 and the like formed in the member 320 is sprayed.
Then, the artificial wind is blown onto the game ball B in which the adherence of dust, particularly dry dust, is reduced by removing static electricity, so that the deposits attached to the game ball B are efficiently removed.

The game balls B that have flowed down the standby channel 221 reach the ball feeding device 240 one by one, and are sent to the supply channel 245 by the ball feeding device 240 as described above.
Then, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 as described above, for example, a ball stop occurs in the game area 1a, and a shortage of balls in the standby flow path 221 is detected by the shortage ball detection sensor 264 (a game ball continuously for a predetermined time). When a game ball is supplied from the ball storage unit 262 to the circulation path 220 by the ball replenishing device 260, or a storage ball detection sensor (not shown) that detects a game ball stored in the ball storage unit 262 is provided. The ball shortage detection sensor 264 is detected even when the ball storage detection sensor does not detect the game ball even after a predetermined time has elapsed after the stop of the game ball launch or when the ball replenishment device 260 refills the circulation path 220 with the game ball. When a game ball is not detected in the game, or when a player who finds a ball stop presses an island facility call button (not shown) to call the clerk, the clerk is notified. It is.

  Then, the clerk goes to the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 where the ball stop has occurred, and the glass frame 140 of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 is opened to eliminate the ball stopping. At this time, by opening the glass frame 140 or by touching the game ball B where the clerk has stopped the ball, the ball stop will be resolved and the game ball B will flow down. Since the glass frame 140 is open, it does not necessarily flow down in the game area 1a, and may fall before the game area 1a and become a spilled ball. Further, if the game ball B is still flowing down the game area 1a when the glass frame 140 is opened, or if the launch of the game ball B to the game area 1a is not completely stopped, the game area 1a There is a possibility that the game sphere B that has been launched and the game sphere B that flows down in the game area 1a also become spilled balls.

Then, the spilled ball generated from the above will fall into the above-described spilled ball collection unit 700 provided below the front side of the game area 1a if it does not rebound greatly. At this time, the left and right width of the spilled ball collecting part 700 is wider than the left and right width of the game area 1a surrounded by the guide rail 2, and the left and right end parts of the spilled ball collecting part 700 are outside the left and right end parts of the game area 1a. It is also possible to collect spilled balls that spill right and left.
In addition, even if there is a spilling ball that repels greatly, when the clerk or the like opens the glass frame 140, the glass frame 140 is not opened suddenly, and the glass frame 140 is slightly opened so that the game ball B is not scattered. If the opening angle of the glass frame 140 is gradually increased, the repelled game ball B hits the glass plate 141 on the back side of the glass frame 140 and falls downward, and the replayed game ball B is also spilled. The ball is collected by the ball collecting unit 700.

In addition, when a spilled ball hits the glass plate 141 as described above, the spilled ball may return to the game area 1a again and flow down to the out ball collection port 215. As described above, the flow of the spilled ball to the out sphere collecting port 215 is blocked, and the spilled ball is guided to the spilled ball collecting unit 700.
From the above, most of the spilled balls can be collected by the spilled ball collection unit 700.
Then, the spilled balls collected by the spilled ball collection unit 700 flow down toward the collection flow outlet 710 due to the inclination of the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700. At this time, the spilled ball that has fallen to the right, which is one of the left and right sides from the recovery flow outlet 710, flows down from the right to the left along the inclination of the bottom wall right portion 721, and in front of the recovery flow outlet 710. Of the bottom wall merging portion 723 which reaches the bottom wall merging portion 723 and becomes a vertical slope of a step 724 formed between the bottom wall left portion 722 and the bottom wall merging portion 723 and then inclines downward. It flows into the recovery flow outlet 710 along the slope.

  The spilled ball that has fallen to the left on the other side of the left and right sides from the recovery flow outlet 710 flows down from the left to the right along the slope of the bottom wall left part 722 and also joins the bottom wall left part 722 and the bottom wall joining part. It falls from a step 724 formed between the bottom wall 723 and the bottom wall merging portion 723, and flows into the recovery flow lower port 710 along the inclination of the bottom wall merging portion 723. At this time, when a plurality of game balls B flow into the left and right sides of the recovery flow outlet 710, the spilled balls that have dropped on the bottom wall right part 721 are directly collected via the bottom wall confluence 723. The spilled ball that has flowed into the bottom wall and dropped onto the bottom wall left part 722 passes over the spilled ball on the bottom wall joining part 723 from the step 724 to reach the bottom wall right part 721 and then flows down to the bottom wall joining part 723. Flow into the recovery outlet 710. Therefore, even if a plurality of spilled balls fall to the left and right of the recovery flow lower port 710, the spilled spheres flowing down to the bottom wall merging portion 723 are not subjected to the ball pressure of other spilled balls from the left and right, and the bottom wall merging portion Ball clogging at 723 can be prevented.

Then, the spilled ball that has flowed into the recovery flow lower port 710 flows into the foul ball receiving portion 257, and thereafter is detected by the foul ball sensor 253 through the same path as the foul ball. When the spilled ball is detected by the foul ball sensor and the detection signal is output to the frame control device, the frame control device performs a process of adding 1 to the number of balls held, Compensate for loss due to
Even if the glass frame 140 is opened, the game ball B that has flowed down in the game area 1a is collected in the out-ball collection port 215 unless it wins and is not added to the number of balls held. The game ball B flowing down 1a has a chance to win a prize and is not necessarily a spilled ball, and is unlikely to be disadvantageous to the player.

  The encapsulated ball type gaming machine 100 as described above holds a transparent member (glass plate 141) capable of visually recognizing the game area 1a of the game board 1 and is provided on the front frame body 130 so as to be opened and closed. A predetermined number of game balls B enclosed in a gaming machine body having a frame 140) and a game operation panel 150 provided with a launch operation device (a launch slide volume 153, a handle touch detection unit 152) from the launch position to the game. While the game is played by launching into the area 1a, the game ball B that has finished the game is collected and guided to the launch position to circulate and use the game ball B, and one shot of the game ball is detected. A shooting ball detecting means (supply ball sensor 246) and a foul ball flow path 252 that guides the flow down of the game ball B fired from the launch position and the foul ball flow path 252 communicate with the foul ball flow path 252. A standby flow path 221 for waiting for launching the ball B and a foul ball detection means (foul ball sensor 253) for detecting the game ball B flowing down the foul ball flow path 252 are provided, and the game value information (held) possessed by the player The game is performed based on the number of balls), and when the shot ball detecting means (supply ball sensor 246) detects the launch of the game ball B, it is subtracted from the game value information, and the foul ball detection means (foul ball sensor 253). ) Is added to the game value information (the number of balls held) when a foul ball is detected, and is added to the back side of the upper part of the game operation panel below the front side of the game area 1a in the horizontal direction of the game area 1a. A spilled ball collecting unit 700 that extends and receives the game ball B that has dropped from the game area 1a when the transparent member holding frame is opened is provided. In the position, a recovery flow-down port 710 is formed for allowing the collected game ball B to flow down to the foul ball flow path 252 and the game ball B received by the spilled ball collection unit 700 is flowed down to the foul ball flow path 252 to detect foul ball detection means. (Foul ball sensor 253) is used for detection.

  Therefore, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, when the transparent member holding frame (glass frame 140) is opened, the game ball B as a spilled ball that has dropped to the front side of the game area 1a is efficiently moved below the front side of the game area 1a. It can be recovered. That is, the spilled ball collecting unit 700 is located at the falling position of the spilled ball falling in front of the game area 1a, and the game sphere B as the spilled ball can be collected with high probability and enclosed in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. It is possible to prevent the predetermined number of game balls B from being reduced due to the uncollected spilled balls.

  Then, the game ball as a spilled ball collected by the spilled ball collection unit 700 is guided to the collection flow down port 710 and flows down from the collection flow down port 710 to the foul ball flow path 252. The foul ball flow path 252 has a foul ball sensor 253, and the recovered game ball B as a spilled ball is detected by the foul ball sensor 253. When a spilled ball is detected by the foul ball sensor 253, an addition process is performed on the game value information in the frame control device that manages the game value information in the same manner as when a game ball as a foul ball is detected. Is called. For example, 1 is added to one spilled ball detected by the foul ball sensor 253 to the number of balls held as game value information.

  Accordingly, when the spilled ball is collected by the spilled ball collection unit 700 that can efficiently collect the spilled ball as described above, for example, 1 is subtracted from the game value information when the game ball B that has become a spilled ball is launched. As a result, the number of possessed balls is incremented by one and returned to the original, and the disadvantage suffered by the player due to the occurrence of a spilled ball is compensated.

In addition, an out ball collection port is provided at the bottom of the game area,
Located between the back surface of the transparent member (glass plate 141) and the front end portion of the obstacle nail 10 planted in the game board 1, and has a surface in a virtual parallel plane with the transparent member (glass plate 141). In addition, an out-port inflow prevention member 800 is provided for preventing the inflow of the game ball B that has dropped from the upper portion of the game area 1a when the transparent member holding frame (glass frame 140) is opened into the out-ball collection port 215.

  Therefore, when the glass frame 140 is opened, the game ball B dropped on the front side of the game area 1a returns to the game area 1a and flows into the out-ball collection port 215 before reaching the lower side of the game area 1a. Can be prevented. That is, it is located in the front-rear position between the rear surface of the glass plate 141 of the out-port inflow prevention member 800 and the front end portion of the obstacle nail 10 implanted in the game board 1, and is parallel to the glass plate 141, In addition, the surface overlapping at least a part of the upper vicinity of the out-ball collection port 215 in the front-rear direction is when the game ball B returns to the game area 1a again after it comes out of the game area 1a above the game area 1a. To prevent this.

  Accordingly, once the game ball 1 exits from the game area 1a to the front side, the game ball B having almost no chance of winning a prize returns to the game area 1a and is collected in the out collection port 215. It is collected and reaches the foul ball flow path 252 and is not detected by the foul ball sensor 253, and it is prevented that a value corresponding to the number of spilled balls is not added to the data on the number of balls as game value information. It is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged.

  In addition, the game operation panel 150 is provided on the front side of the front frame body 130, and the spilled ball collecting part 700 is formed in a concave shape in the longitudinal section, and the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collecting part 700 is directed toward the collection flow outlet 710. The bottom wall 720 and the rear wall 730 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 are formed on the front frame body 130, and the front wall 740 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is configured by the back wall 150 a of the game operation panel 150. It is characterized by being.

Therefore, the front wall body 130 is provided with the rear wall 730 and the bottom wall 720 having a concave vertical section of the spilled ball collection unit 700, and the spilled ball collection unit 700 is provided on the back side of the game operation panel 150 attached to the front surface of the front frame body 130. By providing the front wall 740, the game operation panel 150 is attached to the front side of the front frame body 130, so that the spilled ball collection unit 700 has, for example, an L-shaped front wall 740 and a bottom wall 720 on the rear wall. 730 is attached to form a spilled ball collecting portion 700 having a concave cross section, and the spilled ball collecting portion 700 is basically simply attached by attaching the game operation panel 150 to the front frame body 130. Can be.
In addition, the rear wall 730 and the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 are integrally formed on the front frame main body 130, and the front wall 740 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is formed as a member constituting the back surface of the game operation panel 150. If the ball is integrally molded, a separate part is not required for the spilled ball collection unit 700, and labor saving and cost reduction of the assembly work can be achieved.

  The front frame body 130 is formed with a substantially rectangular opening 121 that faces the game area 1a of the game board 1 forward. A lower inner peripheral wall 134 of the opening 121 has a lower end of the game board 1 mounted thereon. A game board placement part 139 to be placed and a lower wall part 139a located in front of the game board placement part 139 are formed, and the spilled ball collecting part 700 is provided in front of the lower wall part 139a, The portion 139a inclines downward toward the spilled ball collection unit 700, and is fired along the launch rail 62 and is passed along the launch ball passing through the game ball B before reaching the guide rail 2 provided on the game board 1 A mouth 135 is formed.

Accordingly, the game board mounting portion is located at a position overlapping the game board 1 in the lower inner peripheral wall 134 which is the lower part of the inner part of the opening 121 where the game board 1 of the front frame body 130 is installed. 139 is provided, and a lower wall portion 139a is provided in front of the game board mounting portion 139 at a position overlapping with the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1, and for example, a glass plate 141 in front of the previous game area 1a. The spilled ball collection unit 700 is provided at a position overlapping vertically.
As a result, when the spilled ball that has fallen from the game area 1a as described above falls to a position that overlaps the game area 1a below the game area 1a, it falls to the lower wall portion 139a. Since the lower wall portion 139a is inclined downward toward the spilled ball collecting portion 700, the game ball B falling on the lower wall portion 139a flows down to the spilled ball collecting portion 700 and is collected.

That is, below the game area 1a, the launch device 61 and the launch rail 62 for launching the game ball B are arranged in the game area 1a, and when there is no lower wall portion 139a, the game ball B Can be prevented from falling on the firing rail 62 and the launching device 61 and causing troubles or being caught in any of the components including the firing rail 62 and the launching device 61 below the game area 1a.
In addition, when the game ball B falls on the launch rail 62, there is a high possibility that the game ball B as a spilled ball can be fired again. In this case, the number of possessed balls corresponding to the spilled ball B The data will remain subtracted and the player will be penalized.

On the other hand, by having the lower wall 139a directly below the game area 1a, that is, above the launch rail 62 and the launch device 61, it is possible to prevent the game ball B from falling to the launch rail 62 and the launch device 61 side. At the same time, the game ball B that has fallen to the lower wall portion 139a flows down to the spilled ball collection unit 700 and is collected, detected by the foul ball sensor 253 as described above, and added with the number of balls held. It is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged by the spilled ball.
In addition, when the lower wall portion 139a is provided so as to partition the game area 1a and the firing rail 62, the lower wall portion 139a is, at a minimum, fired and directed to the game area 1a from the launch rail 62. The launch ball passage port 135 is required to have a size that allows the launch ball, which is the game ball B that has been launched, to pass without any problem. Inflow is unlikely.
In addition, the game ball B that has returned to the shot ball passing port 135 after passing through the ball passes through the portion that becomes the shot ball passing port 135, so if a spilled ball flows into the shot ball passing port 135, In this case, the spilled ball is collected as a foul ball, and is detected by the foul ball sensor 253 and added to the number of balls held. Does not occur.

  In addition, depending on the configuration of the gaming machine (configuration of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of the embodiment of the present invention), a recovery port 211 (out ball recovery port 215) for recovering the game ball that has flowed down the game area 1a, Although there is a possibility that the spilled ball flows into the collection port 211, it is possible to collect at least the spilled ball. In addition, when collected as a normal collection ball (out ball, safe ball) that is not a foul ball, the addition process of the number of possessed balls is not performed. An inflow prevention member 800 is preferably provided.

  Further, an encapsulated ball circulation device (enclosed ball circulation unit 200) having a standby channel 211 and a foul ball channel 252 is provided below the game board placement unit 139, and below the lower wall 139a, The firing rail 62 is provided so that the foul ball blocking surface 65a for blocking the foul ball is located on one side edge of the recovery flow outlet 710, and the spilled ball recovery unit 700 is provided on the rear wall 730. The recovery flow-down port 710 communicating with the launching ball passage port 135 is formed below the launching ball passage port 135 in the front, and the bottom wall 720 in front of the recovery flow-down port 710 is inclined downward toward the recovery flow port 710, In the enclosing ball circulation device, the foul ball receiver is extended from the entrance of the foul ball passage 252 (foul ball collection port 251) toward the collection flow down port 710 below the launch ball passage port 135. The part 257 is provided.

  Accordingly, the foul sphere returns to the launching device 61 side from the launching ball passage port 135. At this time, the foul ball is blocked by the foul ball block surface 65a of the launch rail 62, and does not return to the launch rail 62. The foul sphere flow path 252 of the encapsulated sphere circulation unit 200 having the foul sphere flow path 252 is received by the foul sphere receiving part 257 extending from the foul sphere recovery port 251 of the foul sphere flow path 252 to the lower side of the launching ball passage port 135, 252 is introduced. On the other hand, the spilled balls collected in the spilled ball collection unit 700 are introduced into the collection flow outlet 710 by the inclination of the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700. The game ball B introduced into the recovery flow outlet 710 joins the path of the foul sphere toward the foul ball flow path 252 below the launch ball passage opening 135 through which the recovery flow reduction opening 710 communicates. It reaches the foul ball receiving portion 257 that extends downward toward the recovery flow lower port 710, flows down the foul ball passage 252, and is detected by the foul ball sensor 253.

  Accordingly, the space on the rear wall 730 (of the spilled ball collecting unit 700) is located in front of the space where the foul sphere returning from the launching ball passage port 135 flows below the launching ball passage port 135 formed in the lower wall portion 139a. With a very simple structure in which the recovery flow outlet 710 is formed so as to communicate, the path of the spilled sphere to the foul sphere flow path 252 can be merged with the path of the foul sphere to the foul sphere flow path 252.

In addition, the bottom wall 720 of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is inclined downward from both sides of the lower inner peripheral wall 134 of the opening 121 toward the collection flow outlet 710, and the length of the spilled ball collection unit 700 in the left-right direction is: The game area 1a is configured to be longer than the length in the left-right direction.
Accordingly, since the left and right length of the spilled ball collection unit 700 is longer than the left and right length of the game area 1a, it is possible to collect the spilled ball (game ball B) that has dropped when the glass frame 140 is opened with a higher probability. And more spilled balls can be collected. Note that the game ball B collected by the spilled ball collection unit 700 flows down to the collection flow outlet 710 based on the inclination of the bottom wall 720.

Further, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko gaming machine as shown in the above embodiment as a gaming machine. For example, other pachinko gaming machines, arrange ball gaming machines, sparrows, etc. The present invention is applicable to all gaming machines that use the game ball B such as a ball game machine.
Furthermore, it should be thought that embodiment disclosed this time is an illustration and restrictive at no points. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a front view which shows the enclosure ball-type game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the enclosure ball type game machine of the state which closed the glass frame. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the front side of an enclosed ball type game machine. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the back surface side of an enclosure ball type game machine. It is a perspective view which shows the lower inner peripheral wall among the inner peripheral walls of the said opening part of the state which removed the game board from the opening part to which the game board of the front frame main body of an enclosure ball type game machine is attached. It is a perspective view which shows the lower inner peripheral wall among the inner peripheral walls of the said opening part of the state which attached the game board to the opening part of the front frame main body. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the back side by which the enclosure ball | bowl circulation unit of the enclosure ball | bowl type game machine was defeated. It is sectional drawing which shows the said lower inner peripheral wall of the front frame main body of an enclosed ball type game machine. It is sectional drawing which shows the said lower inner peripheral wall of the front frame main body of an enclosed ball type game machine. It is the rear view which removed the back wall member of the enclosure ball circulation unit of an enclosure ball type game machine. It is a perspective view which shows the out port inflow prevention member provided in the opening part of the front frame main body. It is sectional drawing which shows the out port inflow prevention member provided in the opening part of the front frame main body. It is sectional drawing which shows the out port inflow prevention member provided in the opening part of the front frame main body.

Explanation of symbols

B Game Ball 1 Game Board 1a Game Area 60 Launch Unit 61 Launch Device 62 Launch Rail 65 Foul Ball Block Surface 100 Enclosed Ball Game Machine 110 Machine Frame 120 Front Frame 121 Opening 130 Front Frame Body 134 Lower Inner Wall 135 Launch Ball Pass Mouth 139 Game board placement part 139a Lower wall part 140 Glass frame (transparent member holding frame)
141 Glass plate (transparent member)
150 Game operation panel 150a Back wall 152 Handle touch detection unit (launch operation device)
153 Firing slide volume (firing control device)
200 Encapsulated sphere circulation unit (Encapsulated sphere circulation device)
215 Out ball recovery port 220 Circulation path 221 Standby flow path 246 Supply ball sensor (launch ball detection means)
252 Foul bulb collection port (Fall bulb passage entrance)
252 Foul sphere flow path 253 Foul sphere sensor (foul sphere detection means)
257 Foul ball receiving portion 700 Spilled ball collecting portion 710 Recovery flow lower port 720 Bottom wall 730 Rear wall 740 Front wall 800 Out port inflow prevention member

Claims (5)

A predetermined number is enclosed in a gaming machine main body having a transparent member holding frame that can be opened and closed on the front frame body holding a transparent member capable of visually recognizing the game area of the game board, and a game operation panel provided with a firing operation device. The game ball is fired from the launch position to the game area to play a game, while the game ball that has finished the game is collected and led to the launch position to circulate and use the game ball,
A launch ball detecting means for detecting one launch of the game ball;
A foul ball flow path that guides the game ball that has been fired and fouled down,
A standby flow path communicating with the foul ball flow path and waiting for a game ball to be launched; and
A foul ball detecting means for detecting a game ball flowing down the foul ball flow path;
Out ball collection opening provided at the lower part of the game area,
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A game is performed based on the game value information held by the player, and when the shot ball detecting means detects the launch of the game ball, subtraction processing is performed from the game value information, and the foul ball detecting means detects the foul ball. In the case of an enclosed ball type gaming machine that adds to the gaming value information,
A spillage that extends in the left-right direction of the gaming area behind the gaming operation panel below the gaming area and that can receive and collect gaming balls that have fallen from the gaming area when the transparent member holding frame is opened. Establish a ball collection unit,
At the required part of the spilled ball collection unit, a recovery flow outlet is formed for allowing the collected game balls to flow down to the foul ball flow channel, and the game balls received by the spilled ball collection unit are flowed down to the foul ball flow channel. The foul sphere detection means detects it,
A game ball that is positioned between the back surface of the transparent member and a virtual plane that passes through front end portions of a plurality of obstacle nails implanted in the game board, and has dropped from the upper part of the game area when the transparent member holding frame is opened An enclosed ball type gaming machine characterized in that an out port inflow prevention member for preventing the inflow of the ball into the out ball collection port is provided . Provide the game operation panel on the front side of the front frame body,
The spilled ball collecting portion is formed in a concave shape in a longitudinal section, and the bottom wall of the spilled ball collecting portion is inclined downward toward the recovery flow outlet,
The bottom wall and the rear wall of the spilled ball collection part are formed on the front frame body,
Front wall of the loose ball collecting section, filled and ball game machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it is constituted by a rear surface wall of said game control panel. The front frame body is formed with a substantially square opening that faces the game area of the game board forward,
In the lower inner peripheral wall of the opening,
A game board placement portion for placing the lower end portion of the game board;
A lower wall portion located in front of the game board mounting portion;
The spilled ball collection part is provided in front of the lower wall part,
Said lower wall portion is configured to downward inclined toward the loose ball collecting portion, it is fired along the outgoing morphism rail, shot ball passage opening game balls before reaching the guide rail provided on the game board passes The encapsulated ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that is formed. Below the game board mounting portion, an enclosed ball circulation device including the standby channel and the foul ball channel is provided,
Below the lower wall portion, the firing rail is provided so that a foul ball block surface for blocking the foul ball is located at one side edge of the recovery flow outlet,
The spilled ball collecting portion is formed with the collection flow lower port communicating with the shot ball passing port below the shot ball passing port in front of the shot ball passing port on the rear wall, and the bottom in front of the recovery flow port. The wall is inclined downward toward the recovery outlet,
Wherein the enclosing sphere circulating apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that a said foul ball receiving part below the shot ball passage openings from the inlet of the foul ball passage extend toward the recovery flow down port Encapsulated ball game machine described in 1. The bottom wall of the spilled ball collection part is inclined downward from both sides of the lower inner peripheral wall of the opening toward the collection flow lower port, and the length of the spilled ball collection part in the left-right direction is the length of the game area. The encapsulated ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the ball game machine is configured to be longer than a length in a left-right direction.

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