JP4214980B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine using pachinko balls, such as a pachinko gaming machine or a pattylot, and more particularly to a gaming machine equipped with a passage for collecting so-called safe balls and out balls after the game has ended.

For example, in a pachinko machine that is a type of game machine that uses a pachinko ball, a player operates a handle as a part of a launch operation mechanism to launch a pachinko ball (this pachinko ball is called a game ball) on the game surface. The game ball descends while interfering with obstacles such as nails planted on the game surface, and a pachinko ball can be obtained by winning a prize opening provided on the way (this pachinko ball is awarded) Called a sphere). Some game balls launched on the game surface enter the winning opening while descending to become so-called safe balls, and some become so-called out balls without entering the winning opening. These safe balls and out balls will be pachinko balls that have finished playing. The model classification is possible depending on how the pachinko balls that have finished the game are collected. This includes both a safe ball and an out ball, a discharge type that discharges pachinko balls to the outside of the machine and supplies new pachinko balls to the tank located at the upper position, and only the inside of the machine without being discharged outside the machine. There is a circulation type that circulates pachinko balls. The mainstream is the discharge type.
For example, in a pachinko machine equipped with a conventional safe ball processing device in the discharge type, the safe ball is guided to a discharge port by following a different course from the out ball. This is because it is necessary to guide the safe ball once to the safe ball processing device to contribute to the release of the prize ball from the payout device. A specific conventional pachinko ball flow path will be briefly described with reference to FIG.
A drop space 152 where the out sphere falls is formed corresponding to the outlet 151 of the out sphere at a substantially central position of the mechanism panel 150. The outlet 151 is formed on the game board (the back side of the game surface) on the game machine main body side. A discharge mass 153 that guides the out ball to the outside is disposed below the drop space 152. On the other hand, the safe sphere falls on the ball collecting frame 154 extended to the left and right, and is guided to the left in the drawing after being dropped and introduced into the safe sphere processing device 155. The safe sphere that has flowed downstream from the safe sphere processing device 155 finally reaches the discharge mass 153 and is guided to the outside in the same manner as the out sphere.
The mechanism panel 150 is provided with an overflow passage 156 for guiding the pachinko ball overflowed to the lower tray in addition to the out-ball and safe-ball discharge mechanism. The overflow passage 156 communicates from the overflow branching mechanism 158 below the payout unit 157 to the lower tray through the back of the safe ball processing device 155 and the back of the drop space 152. Further, when the ball removal mechanism is operated in order to force the pachinko balls in the tank to be discharged by model exchange or the like, all remaining pachinko balls flow down through the ball removal passage 159. The ball removal passage 159 reaches the discharge mass 153 and is guided to the outside while bypassing the outside and the lower side of the safe ball processing device 155.

However, there are several problems with such a discharge mechanism.
1) The safe ball processing device 155 is formed on a mechanism board 150 disposed on the back side of a gaming machine main body as a gaming table. On the other hand, games are played on the gaming machine main body side. Therefore, the safe ball inevitably has to be moved once from the gaming machine main body side to the mechanism board 150 side on the back side, and the structure has been complicated.
2) Although the out ball and the safe ball follow different routes, they are connected to the discharge mass 153 at the bottom of the mechanism board 155 at the end. That is, since the two types of routes are arranged even though the outlets are the same, other constituent members are pressed. In particular, conventionally, the overflow passage 156 and the ball removal passage 158 are extremely complicated because they are arranged together with the safe ball processing device 155 and the drop space 152 on the mechanism panel.
3) Although it is conceivable that the out ball is discharged from the main body of the gaming machine directly to the outside, the safe ball is once sent to the safe ball processing device 155, so it is intentionally sent to the discharge mass 153 on the mechanism panel 155 side. I'm stuck. That is, the movement toward the mechanism board 155, which is useless for the out ball, has been made to complicate the structure.
4) In order to increase the excitement of the player, there is a need for a game that has a larger gaming surface than conventional pachinko machines. For this purpose, the mounting space for the members disposed near the lower part of the pachinko gaming machine is more restricted. However, since the periphery of the discharge mechanism is complicated as described above, it is difficult to realize a pachinko gaming machine having a gaming surface that is larger than the conventional one with such a configuration.
5) In the above-mentioned conventional model, the pachinko ball discharge mechanism is integrated with the mechanism panel 150. Therefore, when these discharge mechanisms malfunction, it may be difficult to replace only that portion. Further, even when parts can be replaced, the mechanism is complicated, so that work sometimes takes time and skill.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a passage structure for allowing an out ball and a safe ball to flow down in a predetermined direction is simplified.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game board on which a game face on which a player faces to play a game and a winning opening for winning a game ball flowing down on the game face are formed. When,
A safe ball assembly that is arranged on the back side of the game board and guides the game balls that have won the prize opening to the lower side of the back side of the game board, and is arranged below the game side and wins the prize opening. The game board is attached to an out-ball collection port for collecting game balls that have not been collected, a ball passage for passing the game balls removed when the game balls stored on the upstream side are removed. And a game ball that is fixedly attached to the back surface of the game table and passes through the safe ball gathering portion or the out ball collection port and is discharged below the back surface of the game board, and the ball. A discharge passage portion that guides the game ball that has passed through the extraction passage downward, and discharges the game ball to the outside of the gaming machine, and a substrate that is disposed on the back side of the discharge passage portion and on which the substrate for controlling the game is attached to the back side in the gaming machine that includes a mounting base, said discharge passage A portion of the ball passing through the safe ball collecting portion or the out ball collecting port, and a ball collecting frame opened in a vertical direction to receive the game balls discharged to the lower back of the game board; An inclined passage having a bottom plate that receives the game ball passed through the ball passage and receives the game ball that has passed through the ball passage, and a wall that surrounds the bottom plate, and a passage that continues to the inclined passage. And a discharge portion having a discharge port for discharging the game ball guided from the passage toward the outside of the gaming machine, wherein the back wall of the inclined passage is more than the back wall of the ball collecting frame. A game ball is formed on the bottom plate of the inclined passage spaced from the substrate by being formed so as to be close to a table and the substrate mounting base is disposed so as to cover the collecting frame and the inclined passage. its but that in so that to flow down And effect.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 1, the invention described in claim 2 includes a mechanism board in which the ball passage is formed, and the substrate mounting base is configured separately from the mechanism board. it is a gist of being.
The gist of the invention described in claim 3 is that, in addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the gaming machine is a pachinko machine.

In the invention described in the claims, as in the prior art there is no need to flow down out bulb with Safe spheres by separate routes, it is a game for which as yet mechanism Release the provided game machine back surface rather than providing a passage The structure for processing the finished pachinko sphere becomes simple. In addition, the board is not easily affected by noise derived from static electricity due to the contact of the game ball.

Hereinafter, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to the drawings. In particular, in the present embodiment, the present invention will be described by embodying a pachinko gaming machine having a larger gaming surface than conventional ones. Here, the “pachinko machine with a larger game surface than before” is a model in which the game surface has been enlarged in order to increase the interest of the player. The liquid crystal screen of the display device arranged in the center can be enlarged, and the player can enjoy a powerful large screen and can increase the appeal to the player. Furthermore, in the same model, the game surface is large, so the diffusion of the game ball (pachinko ball) in the left-right direction is increased, the visual stimulation of the game itself is increased, and the falling distance of the falling game ball is also long. The expectation of whether or not a game ball will win a winning opening will also increase.
In the following description, the front, front, or front side refers to the side facing the player, and the rear, rear, or back side refers to the opposite side of the facing side. Unless otherwise specified, left and right refer to the left and right direction as viewed from the front.

As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.5, the outer frame 1 as a support frame body of a pachinko game machine is made into the wooden frame body framed in quadrangle | frame by each upper, lower, left, and right frame plates 1a-1d. A curtain plate 2 is disposed on the upper surface of the lower frame plate 1b.
A gaming machine main body 4 as a gaming table is mounted on the outer frame 1. The gaming machine main body 4 is a panel-like structural member that forms the structural core of the pachinko gaming machine, and rotates about the pivot shaft 6a of the hinge bracket 6 to open and close the outer frame 1 as shown in FIG. The metal fitting 4a is detachably mounted so as to be opened and closed.
As shown in FIG. 2, other panel-like components are arranged in a stacked manner in the front-rear direction with the gaming machine body 4 as the center. First, a schematic arrangement state of each component member and main component members associated therewith will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and then each component member will be described in detail.
A game board 5 is fitted in a game board mounting space 9 formed in the upper half of the gaming machine body 4. A door frame 7 is disposed in front of the game board 5. A glass window G is fitted in an upper position of the door frame 7, and an upper tray 8 as a pachinko ball tray is formed in a lower position of the glass window G.
A mechanism board 10 is disposed at a rear position of the game board 5 so as to cover the game board 5 from the back side. A substrate mounting base 11 is disposed immediately below the mechanism panel 10. A cover plate 13 is disposed below the game board 5. The cover plate 13 is fixed to the gaming machine body 4. The cover plate 13 is formed with a lower tray 14 that protrudes forward. The cover plate 13 corresponds to a lower cover plate in a conventional model. The reason why the cover plate 13 is simply used is that, in the present embodiment, the upper cover plate on which the upper tray 8 is originally disposed is not necessary with the movement of the upper tray 8 toward the door frame 7. An operation handle 15 is attached to the right side of the lower tray 14.

First, the gaming machine body 4 and the game board 5 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 7, and 8, a game board mounting space 9 that is framed by a horizontal frame 18 and left and right vertical frames 19 is formed in the upper half of the gaming machine body 4. A lower part of the game board mounting space 9 is a pachinko ball processing area 21 as shown in FIG. 10, and a pachinko ball launching mechanism 23 and an acoustic mechanism 24 are further provided below the pachinko ball processing area 21. The game board 5 is placed on the top plate 22 of the pachinko ball processing area 21 and fitted in the game board mounting space 9. As shown in FIG. 6, the game board 5 is a substantially square panel body, and is substantially enclosed by an inner rail 25 and an outer rail 26 on the game surface 20 arranged substantially perpendicularly to the front surface of the game board 5. A circular game area 27 is formed. In the game area 27, a winning opening 28, a variable display device 29, and the like are arranged at predetermined positions. An out ball collection port 30 is formed at the lowermost position of the inner rail 25. Pachinko balls (game balls) that have not been won in the winning opening 28 after the game ends, exit the rear from the out ball collection opening 30 as out balls. Note that illustration of the nail is omitted.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a curtain board 31 is formed on the front surface of the game board mounting space 9 and is edged in a shape corresponding to the game area 27. The curtain board 31 has a function of holding the game board 5 placed on the top board 22 and preventing it from dropping forward.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the game area 27 has a larger diameter compared to the applicant's conventional model (the upper tray is disposed on the game machine main body side), and the variable display device 29. The display screen 29a is also enlarged and occupies a considerably large area in the game area 27. This is mainly because the mechanism related to the upper tray can be dispersed by moving the upper tray to a lower position of the game board, and as a result, the game board can be configured longer in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 11, safe ball assembly baskets 32 are arranged at three positions on the back surface of the game board 5 and below the variable display device 29. A safe ball assembly plate 34 is disposed below the safe ball assembly cage 32. The safe ball assembly cage 32 is a passage on the back side through which a winning pachinko ball (safe ball) passes after leaving the game area 27, and the safe ball guided to the safe ball assembly cage 32 is inside the safe ball assembly plate 34. It passes through (the gap formed with the game board 5) and falls downward.
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, a main board 33 is disposed on the back side of the safe ball assembly cage 32 and the safe ball assembly plate 34. On the main board 33, a program corresponding to the game content, a program for starting the game, and the like are sealed according to each model.

Next, the structure around the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the game board 5 will be described.
The pachinko ball processing area 21 is provided with an introduction passage 45 for guiding a pachinko ball supplied from a payout mechanism 40 described later to the front surface (player side) and a discharge passage unit 46 for guiding the pachinko ball to the outside. First, the introduction passage 45 will be described.
The introduction passage 45 includes a main passage 47 that guides pachinko balls to the upper tray 8 and a bypass passage 49 that guides pachinko balls that have overflowed in the direction of the lower tray 14 when the upper tray 8 is full. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the main passage 47 is provided with an introduction port 50 on the back side of the gaming machine body 4 and communicates with the outlet 51 on the surface side of the gaming machine body 4 as shown in FIGS. Has been. As shown in FIGS. 13, 14, and 16, a flow surface 47 a that allows the pachinko balls introduced from the introduction port 50 to flow forward is formed in the main passage 47. The flow surface 47a is provided with a gentle slope toward the front. The flow surface 47a is interrupted in the middle thereof, and the outlet 51 is disposed in front of the flow surface 47a across the space.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 and FIGS. 15 and 16, the bypass passage 49 is provided with an introduction port 52 on the back side of the gaming machine body 4, and serves as an overflow passage disposed on the front surface of the gaming machine body 4. 53 is in communication. In the bypass passage 49, a flow surface 49a is formed through which a pachinko ball introduced from the introduction port 52 flows forward. The flow surface 49a is provided with a gentle slope toward the front.
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the main passage 47 and the bypass passage 49 are formed below the top plate 22 where the game board 5 is placed and to the left (right in the figure). Yes.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, 9 to 11, and 16, the lower tray passage 53 is connected to the inlet 14 a of the lower tray 14, traversing rightward from the front left side of the gaming machine body 4. . The lower tray passage 53 has a first passage 53a for dropping the pachinko ball flowing down from the flow surface 49a of the bypass passage 49 in the left front direction of the pachinko ball processing area 21, and the falling pachinko ball smoothly about 90 degrees to the right. And a second passage 53c that guides the pachinko ball diagonally to the lower right. The second passage 53 c is connected to the inlet 14 a of the lower tray 14 at a substantially central position in the left-right direction of the gaming machine body 4. As shown in FIG. 16, above the starting position of the second passage 53c is an open space 54, and the lower end portion of the flow surface 47a of the main passage 47 appears.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, 13, and 14, a flap 55 is erected at the outlet 51. The flap 55 is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 55a and is urged by a spring (not shown). As shown in FIG. 14, by closing the door frame 7, a later-described insertion tray 57 is inserted into the open space 54 from the outlet 51. The flow lower surface 57a of the insertion tray 57 is disposed at a position slightly lower than the flow lower surface 47a of the main passage 47 in a state where it is inserted into the open space 54, and the pachinko balls flowing down the flow lower surface 47a flow further downstream. For this purpose, a gentle slope is provided toward the front.
With the insertion of the insertion tray 57, the flap 55 is laid down toward the open space 54, and a bridge in the direction of the outlet 51 is built at a downstream position of the flow surface 49a interrupted by the open space 54. In this state, the pachinko balls that have flowed down the flow surface 47 a of the main passage 47 flow into the insertion tray 57 and are further guided from the outlet 51 to the upper tray 8.
On the other hand, when the door frame 7 is opened, the flap 55 is returned to the standing position by the biasing force of the spring as shown in FIG. In this state, the pachinko balls are not guided to the outlet 51. That is, since the pachinko balls cannot be guided to the upper tray 8 that has been opened integrally with the door frame 7, it is necessary to guide the pachinko balls flowing down from the upstream to the lower tray 14. That is, since the insertion tray 57 is eliminated, the pachinko ball falls from the open space 54 toward the lower second passage 53c and flows into the lower tray 14. At this time, the pachinko ball that has flowed down the flow surface 49 a vigorously is prevented from jumping out from the outlet 51 by the flap 55.
As shown in FIG. 16, the open space 54 and the first passage 53a adjacent to the open space 54 are in communication with no partition wall in the middle. For this reason, when there are too many pachinko balls guided to the main passage 47 and it cannot flow down, the overflowed pachinko balls are inserted from the main passage 47 to the insertion tray 57 in the direction from the open space 54 to the first passage 53a. It moves so that it is guided to the lower tray path 53 (that is, flows into the lower tray 14). That is, when the pachinko ball guided to the main passage 47 without passing through the bypass passage 49 reaches the front surface of the gaming machine main body 4 and enters an overflow state, the pachinko ball is detoured toward the lower tray 14.

Here, as shown in FIG. 30, in the conventional model, when the pachinko ball is supplied from the mechanism panel to the upper tray through the communication path, the path to the upper tray is blocked when the door frame is opened. Therefore, a passage 160 for guiding the pachinko ball to the lower tray was formed in the gaming machine main body so that the pachinko ball would not spill (the passage 160 was completely covered around like the lower tray passage 53 of the present embodiment). It is only a rail-like member that is open upward rather than a passageway). However, the passage 160 has no function of guiding the overflowing pachinko ball to the lower tray, and merely has a function of guiding the pachinko ball to the lower tray as an escape path of the pachinko ball that should flow down to the upper tray by opening the upper tray.
In this respect, the lower tray passage 53 of this embodiment has both a function of guiding the overflowing pachinko ball to the lower tray and a function of guiding the pachinko ball to the lower tray by blocking the passage to the upper tray when the door frame is opened. Will be combined.
The insertion tray 57 is provided so that pachinko balls do not flow from the open space 54 toward the lower tray 14 when the door frame 7 is closed. It is possible to combine functions.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 12, a sensor storage portion 66 is provided below the second passage 53 c of the lower tray passage 53. A limit switch (not shown) is disposed in the sensor housing 66, and when the lower tray 14 is filled with pachinko balls and overflows to the second passage 53c side, this is detected and a payout device 96 described later is used. The release of the prize ball (pachinko) is paused. A communication passage 104 that is connected to a bypass passage 89 (see FIG. 1), which will be described later, is provided on the right side of the sensor storage section 66 so that the lower tray 14 avoids pachinko balls from the upper tray 8.

Next, the discharge passage unit 46 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the discharge passage unit 46 is disposed on the attachment surface 120 formed on the back side of the pachinko ball processing area 21 (that is, the back side of the gaming machine main body 4). As shown in FIG. 26, the discharge passage unit 46 includes a base plate 121 and a discharge passage 122 formed to protrude from the front surface thereof. The discharge passage 122 is composed of a plurality of portions, which are a ball collecting frame 123, a first inclined passage 124, a second inclined passage 125, a vertical passage 126, and a discharge mass 127 in order from the top. As shown in FIG. 27, a first reinforcing rib 128 corresponding to the outer shape obtained by synthesizing the first inclined passage 124, the second inclined passage 125, and the vertical passage 126 is formed on the mounting surface 120 in a projecting manner. A normal second reinforcing rib 129 is provided around the periphery to improve the strength.
As shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 26 and FIG. 28, the ball collecting frame 123 is a ball receiving frame member extending in the left-right direction and having a large opening on the upper side, and the mounting surface 120 and the front and left and right wall surfaces 123a. ~ 123c. The collecting frame 123 serves to collect the out sphere falling from the out sphere collection port 30 and the safe sphere falling from the safe sphere collecting plate 34 and guide them into the first inclined passage 124 below, In order to make it easier to receive the pachinko ball, it is configured wider than the first inclined passage 124 in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 28, a guide plate 131 is formed in the ball collecting frame 123 as a buffer member extending in the left-right direction. The pachinko ball that has finished the above-mentioned game falls on the guide plate 131 to face the base plate 120 in order to scrape the momentum before reaching the first inclined passage 124 so as not to jump out from the discharge passage 122. An inclination is provided.

The first inclined passage 124 is formed in a bowl shape by the mounting surface 120, the front wall 124a, and the bottom plate 124b, and the bottom plate 124b is abutted against the first reinforcing rib 128. The bottom plate 124b is provided with an inclination so that the pachinko sphere flows down in the right direction in FIG. Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 26, slits 133 for discharging internal dust are formed at a plurality of locations in the front corner portion of the bottom plate 132b. The downstream side of the first inclined passage 124 is in communication with the second inclined passage 125.
The second inclined passage 125 is formed in a bowl shape by the mounting surface 120, the front wall 125a, and the bottom plate 125b, and the bottom plate 125b is abutted against the first reinforcing rib 128. The bottom plate 125b is provided with an inclination so that the pachinko sphere flows down in the left direction in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 26, slits 133 for discharging internal dust are formed at a plurality of locations in the front corner of the bottom plate 124b. The downstream side of the second inclined passage 125 is gradually curved and communicated with the vertical passage 126. The vertical passage 126 forms a space surrounded by a tube shape. A discharge mass 127 is connected to a lower end position of the vertical passage 126, and a pachinko ball that has finished the game is discharged to the outside.
As shown in FIG. 25, FIG. 27 and FIG. 29, a falling pachinko ball is in contact with a pachinko ball that flows down from a ball discharge passage 99 described later formed on the mechanism panel 10 side on the upstream side of the second inclined passage 125. A contact surface 135 is formed. The structure of the falling pachinko ball contact surface 135 and its periphery will be described later.
The discharge passage unit 46 configured in this manner is mounted on the mounting surface 137 so as to be replaceable with screws.

By the way, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, a large safe ball processing device is disposed at the lower part of the mechanism board. Then, all the safe balls are once sent to the safe ball processing device via the guide passage formed in the mechanism board and held, and the payout device is driven by mechanical counting of the safe balls. The payout position (corresponding to a branching mechanism 61 to be described later) of a pachinko ball (principal ball) paid out from the payout device in the past has to be arranged above mainly because there is not enough space to place the safe ball processing device. Instead, some game boards were cut out to provide a passage.
Therefore, since it is necessary to send the safe ball in the direction of the safe ball processing apparatus, such a discharge passage unit 46 has not been provided in the conventional model. Also, there was no room for space.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the safe ball processing apparatus is eliminated and the discharge passage unit 46 is provided. This is not to mechanically drive the dispensing device, but to drive the dispensing device 96 by electrical control with a dispensing substrate (not shown) disposed on the substrate mounting base 11. More specifically, the dispensing device 96 is operated as follows. First, a detection means (sensor) (not shown) is provided at the winning opening, and the detection means detects that there has been a prize. Therefore, after that, the safe ball is unnecessary, and it may be dropped onto the safe ball assembly plate 34 as described above and discharged as in the case of the out ball. The winning number is counted by the detection signal, and the payout board control device drives a payout device 96 to be described later based on the counted number. Accordingly, since a safe ball processing device is not required, a space below the mechanism panel 10 can be provided, and the discharge passage unit 46 can be provided, and the safe ball can be discharged together with the out ball.
As a result, there is no room for space by the safe ball processing device, and the limitation of the payout position is also released. That is, it is not necessary to make a structure that affects the design of the game board 5 such that a part of the game board 5 is cut out to provide a passage, and the branch mechanism 61 is disposed at a lower position of the game board 5. Is possible.
In addition, since the guide path for guiding the safe ball together with the safe ball processing device is not required, the mechanical relationship with the mechanism panel 10 is completely eliminated. Furthermore, since a safe ball processing apparatus is not required, the branch mechanism 61 has a mechanically simple structure. For these reasons, it can be provided on the gaming machine main body 4 side via the board mounting base 11 as in the present embodiment without being provided on the mechanism panel side. The detailed structure of the branch mechanism 61 will be described later.

Next, the pachinko ball launching mechanism 23 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9 to 12, a pachinko ball launching mechanism 23 is disposed near the lower right side of the gaming machine body 4 (lower left side when viewed from the back). The pachinko ball launching mechanism 23 includes the operation handle 15, firing hammer 63, motor device 64, firing cam (not shown), coil spring (not shown), and the like.
The motor device 64 rotates at a predetermined timing (in this embodiment, at a rate of 100 times per minute) on condition that the player touches the handle ring 15a of the operation handle 15. A firing cam is fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor device 64, and the firing hammer 63 is rotated against the biasing force of the coil spring by rotating the firing cam. Since the firing hammer 63 is disengaged from the rotated firing cam, the firing hammer 63 is instantly returned to the original position by the biasing force of the coil spring. A game ball is launched by the momentum at this time. The urging force of the coil spring is controlled by rotating the handle ring 15a of the operation handle 15, and the contact speed of the firing hammer 63 with the pachinko ball (game ball) is adjusted.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, a firing guide rail 65 is disposed on the right side of the lower tray passage 53. A lower end (right end) of the firing guide rail 65 is disposed on the side of the firing hammer 63 and extends obliquely upward to the left so as to overlap with the advancing and retreating direction of the firing hammer 63. From the upper end of the launch guide rail 65, a jump area 67 is formed in which the launched pachinko ball (game ball) jumps and jumps. Below the jump area 67, a top plate 68 constituting the second passage 53c of the lower tray passage 53 is disposed. Since the top surface of the top plate 68 is inclined to the lower right, the slender pachinko ball that has returned to the game surface 20 even when launched falls from the jump area 67 onto the top plate 68. Then, the pachinko ball flows down on the top board 68 in the right direction and is introduced into the return passage 69 from below the firing guide rail 65. In the present embodiment, the return passage 69 communicates with the open space 54 above the lower tray passage 53. A stopper 79 is attached to the mounting rib 65a of the firing guide rail 65 to support the game ball set on the firing guide rail 65 from below.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the firing guide rail 65 is viewed from the front, the lower end of the firing guide rail 45 is disposed below the upper end of the cover plate 13. That is, it is arranged at a hidden position that cannot be viewed from the front. This is due to the fact that the launch guide rail 65 has been shifted to the lower position as a whole as the vertical width of the game board 5 has been expanded as described above and has advanced to a lower position compared to the conventional model. . Originally, when the firing guide rail 65 is lowered, the operation handle 15 is also lowered so that the lower portion of the firing guide rail 65 is not hidden in this way. However, in the pachinko gaming machine, the position of the operation handle 15 is ergonomically determined so as to be arranged at a position where the player can easily operate. For this reason, the position of the operation handle 15 cannot be lowered. However, the launch guide rail 65 having a predetermined length is necessary as a running distance after the game ball is launched. Thus, this is the configuration.
Here, the game balls to be launched one after another flow into the lowermost position (launch preparation position) of the launch guide rail 65, so the game balls need to be securely held. In the conventional model, the launch guide rail 65 is adjacent to the upper cover plate disposed on the front surface thereof, so that it is possible to design the discharge port of the game ball from the upper cover plate to face the launch preparation position. However, such a design is difficult at the preparation position where the cover plate 13 is hidden downward from the upper end of the cover plate 13 as in the present embodiment. That is, there is no means for supporting the game ball (launch standby ball) set at the launch preparation position from the front. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 17, a game ball guide plate 70 is disposed adjacent to the lowermost position of the firing guide rail 65.
The game ball guide plate 70 supports the game ball supplied from the upper tray 8 on the door frame 7 side onto the launch guide rail 65 from the front. That is, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 17, the arrangement position of the plate 70 at a position (front position) adjacent to the firing preparation position is disposed at a position slightly higher than the firing guide rail 65 at that position. As a result, the game ball placed at the launch preparation position of the launch guide rail 65 is held from the front by the game ball guide plate 70 at a position one step lower than the plate 70, thereby enabling accurate launch.
An ashtray 72 is disposed on the left side of the lower tray 14 of the cover plate 13. In the present embodiment, a speaker (not shown) of the acoustic mechanism 24 is disposed on the back surface of the ashtray 72. As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 12, a keyhole 73 is formed on the right side of the firing guide rail 65. The keyhole 73 is responsible for opening and closing the door frame 7 with respect to the gaming machine body 4.

Next, the door frame 7 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a door frame 7 is disposed on the front surface of the game board 5. The door frame 7 rotates about the rotation axis 6a of the hinge fitting 6 (that is, coaxial with the rotation axis of the gaming machine body 4) and is detachably attached to the gaming machine body 4. . The door frame 7 has a substantially rectangular outer shape, and a substantially circular large window hole 75 is formed at the center. The circular window hole 75 corresponds to the game area 27 of the game surface 9 of the game board 5. Glass G for exposing the game surface 9 of the game board 5 is fitted in the window hole 75. A reinforcing frame 74 is disposed on the rear surface side of the door frame 7 and on the periphery of the window hole 75. On the front side of the door frame 7 and on the periphery of the window hole 75, a decorative panel 76 for decoration is disposed at a predetermined position. A lamp (not shown) is provided in each decorative panel 76 and blinks based on control by the main board 33.
Below the window hole 75, a ball lending operation button 77 and a 7-segment display panel 78 for displaying the remaining amount of the card are disposed.

An upper tray 8 is disposed below the operation buttons 77 and the display panel 78. As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the upper tray 8 includes a flow surface 81 in which the introduced pachinko balls are pooled and a surrounding wall 82 that surrounds the flow surface 81. Pachinko balls released from a ball distribution nozzle of a pachinko ball lending device (not shown) fall and come into contact with the flow surface 81. The flow surface 81 is formed to have a right-side downward slope, and a narrowed passage 84 is formed so that the downstream side (right side) is gradually narrowed and pachinko balls are arranged in tandem.
Pachinko balls introduced from the pachinko ball introduction port 83 formed on the wall surface of the door frame 7 on the upstream side (left side) are pooled in the upper tray 8 and at the same time, gradually flow down to the downstream side to reach the stenosis passage 84, Further, it is guided to the back side of the door frame 7 from the supply port 85 arranged on the most downstream side of the narrowed passage 84. As shown in FIG. 1, a game ball guide passage 87 that guides the game ball to the game ball guide plate 70 is disposed at a corresponding back surface position of the door frame 7 of the supply port 85. The game ball guide device 87 is a device for dropping a pachinko ball flowing down from the supply port 85 of the upper tray 8 onto the firing guide rail 65. A bypass path 89 is formed on the side of the game ball guide device 87 when the pachinko balls accumulated in the upper tray 8 are avoided by the lower tray 14 independently by the player's operation.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 14, the insertion tray 57 is formed so as to project rearward at a corresponding back position of the door frame 7 of the pachinko ball inlet 83. The insertion tray 57 receives the pachinko balls inserted into the open space 54 from the outlet 51 and supplied from the pachinko ball processing area 21 with the door frame 7 attached to the front surface of the gaming machine body 4 from the pachinko ball introduction port 83. Lead to 8. On the back side of the operation buttons 77 and the display panel 78, a ball rental board box 88 containing a ball rental board is disposed.

As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the surrounding wall 82 that surrounds the flow surface 81 of the upper tray 8 is a high wall portion 82 a in which the periphery of the pachinko ball inlet 83 is formed higher than the other portions. The upper end of the high wall portion 82a is higher than the upper end position of the pachinko ball introduction port 83, and the pachinko ball introduction port 83 is completely covered by the surrounding wall 82 and the high wall portion 82a when viewed from the front. Yes. The left position of the flow surface 81 surrounded by the high wall portion 82a (and the wall surface of the door frame 7) (in front of the pachinko ball introduction port 83) is a position where the pachinko ball falls and comes into contact with the ball distribution nozzle of the pachinko ball lending device. is there. Therefore, even if the size of the game board 5 is increased and the upper tray 8 is disposed below the conventional model and the distance from the ball distribution nozzle to the flow surface 81 is increased, the high wall portion 82a Pachinko balls released from the pitching nozzle will not pop out.
Here, in the conventional model, the upper tray is disposed on the upper cover plate separately from the door frame. The upper cover plate is a member disposed at a position below the door frame. Therefore, when the door frame is opened, the height of the wall of the upper tray provided on the upper cover plate must be limited so as not to interfere with the opening of the door frame (so as not to interfere). It was. Therefore, if the distance from the ball distribution nozzle of the pachinko ball lending device to the upper tray is long, there is a possibility that the pachinko ball that has dropped on the upper tray will jump over the wall and jump out. Therefore, the position of the pitching nozzle is set to be as low as possible. In addition, the upper cover plate has to be designed taking care not to make the wall too high, and there were design limitations. However, in the present embodiment, since the upper tray 8 is on the door frame 7 side and is opened integrally with the door frame 7, the height of the high wall portion 82a is not limited (actually, the game board 5 To the extent that it does not affect the game surface 20).

Next, the mechanism panel 10 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 9, a mechanism board 10 is mounted on the back side of the gaming board 5 so as to be openable and closable with respect to the gaming machine body 4. The mechanism board 10 is supported on the gaming machine main body 4 by hinge portions 90 (displayed only on the lower side in the present embodiment) arranged up and down, and the opening and closing pins 91 arranged in a scattered manner on the board surface and It can be attached to and detached from the gaming machine main body 4 by pushing. A large opening 10 a is formed near the center of the mechanism panel 10. The upper half of the large opening 10a is covered from the back by a cover 92.
As shown in FIG. 9, the variable display device 29 and the main board 33 disposed on the back surface of the game board 5 are exposed from the large opening 10 a in a state where the mechanism board 10 is closed with respect to the gaming machine body 4. The The variable display device 29 is covered from the back by the cover 92, but the main board 33 is not covered for visual confirmation.
A tank T is disposed on the upper part of the mechanism panel 10. A tank rail 93 is disposed below the tank T. The tank rail 93 moves the pachinko balls introduced from the tank T from the left to the right in FIG. In this embodiment, since the game board 5 is extended upward as compared with the conventional model, the tank T is formed slightly shallower than the conventional model. On the right side of the tank rail 93, a payout unit 95 as a payout mechanism is disposed downward. The payout unit 95 includes a payout device 96, a first flow path 97 for guiding the pachinko balls to the payout device 96, and ball removal in the first flow path 97 when the pachinko machine is removed from the island by disposal of the pachinko machine or the like. A ball removal mechanism 98 for performing the ball removal, a ball removal passage 99 through which the pachinko balls are discharged when the ball removal is performed, a second flow passage 100 downstream of the dispensing device 96, a bell 101, and a bell 101 It is composed of a downstream third flow path 103.
In the present embodiment, the two payout devices 96 pay out a predetermined amount of pachinko balls (prize balls) based on the generation of safe balls. The pachinko ball flows down the second flow path 100 and abuts on the bell 101 in the middle. The pachinko ball in contact with the bell 101 is guided obliquely downward (downwardly diagonally left in FIG. 9) through the third flow path 103. The pachinko balls that have flowed down the third flow path 103 reach into the substrate mounting base 11. The pachinko balls that have flowed down the back surface of the mechanism board 10 are redirected forward in the board mounting base 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, and 9, a substrate mounting base 11 is disposed below the mechanism panel 10. The board mounting base 11 is supported by the gaming machine main body 4 so as to be openable and closable by hinge portions 105 disposed vertically, and is attached to the gaming machine main body 4 by pulling out and pushing in the opening / closing pins 107 arranged on the left side in FIG. On the other hand, it is detachable. As shown in FIGS. 9, 20, and 21, a launch board box 11 a that houses a launch board and a power board box 11 b that houses a power board are fixed to the board mounting base 11. As shown in FIG. 21, the payout board box 11c in which the payout board is stored is detachable. This is because it is necessary to supply only the payout board box 11c to the user separately from the viewpoint of fraud prevention.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 20 to 24, a branching unit 61 as a branching mechanism is detachably disposed on the front side of the mounting position of the payout board box 11 c of the board mounting base 11. The branching unit 61 is a first branching mechanism that branches the pachinko ball flowing down from the payout device 96 in either the upper tray 8 direction or the lower tray 14 direction when guiding the pachinko ball in the direction of the gaming machine body 4. As shown in FIG. 24, the branch unit 61 is configured as a hollow, substantially rectangular box as a whole, and a first shielding plate 66 for partitioning the space is disposed therein. The branch unit 61 is fixed to the board mounting base 11 with a screw 108 via a fixed piece 106. As shown in FIG. 9, the branch unit 61 is disposed below the top plate 22 position on which the game board 5 is placed in the horizontal position. That is, the branch unit 61 is disposed at a position lower than the lowermost position of the game board 5 and is attached to the gaming machine main body 4 side through the board mounting base 11.
The branch unit 61 is partitioned into three passages. In FIG. 23, an intermediate passage 109 for the main passage, an intermediate passage 110 for the bypass passage, and a passage 111 for the ball removal passage are sequentially formed from the right side. The passages 109, 110, and 111 are arranged horizontally. The main passage intermediate passage 109 and the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 are defined by the first shielding plate 66, and the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 and the ball passage passage 111 are defined by the second shielding plate 71. Yes.
As shown in FIGS. 22 and 24, the first shielding plate 66 has a substantially right-angled triangular appearance, and the first shielding plate 66 is detachably fixed by screws 112. The first shielding plate 66 is formed as a curved inclined surface 66a whose oblique side of the triangle is slightly curved, and is arranged so that the curved inclined surface 66a faces the intermediate passage 109 side for the main passage. The rear wall 61 a of the branch unit 61 is detachable with a screw 113 for attaching and detaching the first shielding plate 66.
A first entrance 114 is opened above the intermediate passage 109 for the main passage, and a first exit 115 is opened on the front. A second entrance 116 is opened above the bypass passage intermediate passage 110, and a second exit 117 is opened on the front. A third entrance 118 is opened above the ball passage channel 111, and a third exit 119 is opened on the front. As shown in FIG. 22, the first entrance 114 is opened at an obliquely lower position of the third flow path 103 (that is, a downstream position of the flowing down pachinko ball), and the first outgoing ball The mouth 115 is connected to the main passage 47. The second entrance 116 is opened at a side position outside the main flow lower position of the third flow path 103, and the second exit 117 is connected to the bypass passage 49.
The third ball outlet 118 is connected to the lower end outlet of the ball discharge channel 99, and the third ball outlet 119 is opposed to the falling pachinko ball contact surface 135. As shown in FIG. 29, the pachinko sphere that has been drawn down and dropped down falls from the third outlet 119 or comes into contact with the falling pachinko ball contact surface 135 and then falls. The fallen pachinko ball is guided to the second inclined passage 125 of the discharge passage unit 46 and finally discharged to the outside. That is, the pachinko balls that pass through the main passage intermediate passage 109 and the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 are pachinko balls to be used for the game, and are led to the upper tray 8 or the lower tray 14 at the front of the gaming machine body 4. However, since the pachinko sphere passing through the ball passage channel 111 is a pachinko sphere that is no longer necessary, it needs to be discharged. Therefore, the third outlet 119 communicates with the discharge passage unit 46 (discharge passage 122).

Here, the board mounting base 11 is configured separately from the mechanism panel 10. In the conventional model, the launch board, the power supply board, and the payout board are arranged on the mechanism panel, and are not necessarily arranged at a lower position where they can be easily checked together. The reason why the substrate mounting base 11 is configured separately from the mechanism panel 10 in the present embodiment is mainly 1) that the conventional mechanism panel has been increased in size and weight, and 2) separated from the mechanism panel 10. By doing so, the assembly work of the pachinko gaming machine is speeded up, and 3) on the contrary, it is easy to remove when reused.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, maintenance / inspection is facilitated by gathering a common board as a pachinko gaming machine regardless of the game contents, as a separate body from the mechanism panel 10 on the board mounting base 11. In addition, the board mounting base 11 can be provided in this way because the safe ball processing apparatus is eliminated as described above, and the discharge passage unit 46 can be moved to the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the gaming machine body 4. This is also due to the fact that the space at the position of the mechanism panel 10 is sufficient. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, since the vertical width of the mechanism board 10 is configured to be substantially equal to the vertical width of the game board 5, the board mounting base 11 is opened or removed by opening the mechanism board 10. Even if not, maintenance / inspection and replacement of the game board 5 can be performed.
Further, by separating the launch board box 11a, the power board board box 11b, and the payout board box 11c from the discharge passage unit 46, it is difficult to be affected by static noise (electrical signal) generated when the pachinko balls contact each other. This is also why the board mounting base 11 is configured separately.

Next, the operation around the discharge passage unit 46 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
Of the pachinko balls that have finished playing on the game surface 9 of the game board 5, the safe ball that has won the winning opening 28 falls backward from the safe ball collecting plate 34. At this time, the winning is detected by detection means (sensor) (not shown) as described above. In addition, pachinko balls that have not won a prize fall backward from the out ball collection port 30. All the pachinko balls that have finished these games reach the first inclined passage 124 below while being received by the guide plate 131 of the ball collecting frame 123 of the discharge passage unit 46 of the present embodiment. The pachinko balls flow down on the bottom plate 124b to the right and reach the second inclined passage 125 on the downstream side. The second inclined passage 125 has a function of changing the direction of the pachinko sphere flowing down and relaxing the momentum of the pachinko sphere flowing down by making it reversely inclined. The pachinko balls are further discharged from the vertical passage 126 to the discharge mass 127.
Further, when pachinko balls are congested in the main passage intermediate passage 109 (for example, the amount of payout due to winning of the pachinko balls is increased) and the pachinko balls overflowing from the main passage 47 fill the main passage intermediate passage 109, The pachinko ball is guided to the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 from the second entrance 116 beyond the first shielding plate 66. The pachinko balls introduced into the bypass passage intermediate passage 110 turn 90 degrees forward and are introduced from the second outlet port 117 toward the bypass passage 49. This pachinko ball reaches the lower tray 14 from the lower tray path 53 as an overflow path on the front surface of the gaming machine body 4. In other words, the overflow passage that has been conventionally disposed on the mechanism panel side is separated and disposed on the front and back sides of the discharge passage unit 46 and the gaming machine body 4.
Further, when all the pachinko balls in the tank T are once discharged by changing the model or the like, that is, in the ball removing operation, the ball removing mechanism 98 is operated to remove the balls from the ball removing channel 99. At this time, the pachinko balls flow down the ball removal channel 99 and are introduced into the branch unit 61 from the third entrance 118. In the branching unit 61, the pachinko balls are introduced from the third entrance port 118 into the ball exit passage 111. The pachinko sphere introduced into the passage 111 for the ball discharge passage changes its direction 90 degrees forward and comes into contact with the falling pachinko ball contact surface 135 from the third outlet 119, and the second inclined passage 125 below. In the same manner as the other pachinko balls described above, the vertical passage 126 reaches the discharge mass 127 and is discharged to the outside.
Such a discharge passage unit 46 of the present embodiment is covered with the substrate mounting base 11 as shown in FIGS. Then, by rotating or removing the substrate mounting base 11 around the hinge portion 105 (the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 11), the mechanism panel 10 can be exposed to the rear side without being opened.

With this configuration, the present embodiment has the following effects.
(1) In the conventional pachinko gaming machine, all of the safe balls and the out balls once moved to the mechanism board as shown in FIG. 31 can be processed on the gaming machine main body side. This is because the safe ball processing apparatus is not necessary in the present embodiment as described above, and it is no longer necessary to send the safe ball to the mechanism panel 10 side. Furthermore, since the safe ball processing device is not required, there is a space in the lower position of the mechanism panel 10 and a synergistic mechanical improvement has been made that the discharge passage unit 46 can be disposed.
This simplifies the discharge mechanism of the safe sphere and the out sphere, and contributes to cost reduction as a result. In addition, since the structure is simplified and the connection with the mechanism panel 10 is eliminated, problems such as ball clogging during the discharge of pachinko balls are less likely to occur.
Further, since the safe ball and the out ball can be discharged using the same discharge passage unit 46 without being distinguished, the structure is simplified in this respect and contributes to cost reduction.
(2) All safe balls and out balls can be processed on the gaming machine main body side, and the connection with the mechanism board 10 is eliminated, so that the structure is simplified. Furthermore, as described above, the overflow passage that has been provided on the mechanism board side is provided as a lower tray passage 53 on the front side of the gaming machine main body 4 as described above. That is, since the discharge passage unit 46 is simply responsible for the discharge function of the safe ball and the out ball (and the pachinko ball when the ball is removed), there are no overflow passage, safe ball and out ball discharge passage as in the prior art. The structure is not complicated or thickened because it is disposed on the mechanism panel in an overlapping manner. Therefore, a sufficient margin for attaching the substrate mounting base 11 is provided on the back surface of the discharge passage unit 46.
(3) In the conventional model, the ball removal passage 159 is provided with a passage independent of the discharge passage for the out ball and the safe ball and is connected to the discharge mass 153 on the mechanism panel 155 side. The purpose of connecting the ball removal passage 159 to the discharge mass 153 is a serious problem in the arrangement of a recovery mechanism (bucket or the like) for recovering the discharged pachinko balls on the island side where the pachinko gaming machine is installed. Providing a separate discharge port directly under the ball removal passage 159 requires installation of a plurality of recovery mechanisms on the island side, so conventionally the passage becomes complicated and the total length until the discharge is increased. Regardless, the structure in which the ball passage 159 is connected to the discharge mass 153 has been adopted.
However, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to provide a special passage for the pachinko sphere that has been removed from the sphere extraction flow path 99 to reach the discharge mass 127. As described above, the configuration is such that the third entrance 118 leads to the ball exit passage 111 of the branch unit 61 and the third exit 119 leads to the second inclined passage 125 below. Has been. The second inclined passage 125 is wide at the top and is opened in the left-right direction, and the pachinko ball falling from the third outlet 119 is guided to the second inclined passage 125 without providing a special passage, and the bottom plate 125b. Can fall on top. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the pachinko ball flowing down from the ball passage 159 can be quickly guided to the outside without providing a mechanism with a particularly complicated structure, and in particular without increasing the total length of the passage. .
As a result, the single discharge passage unit 46 (discharge passage 122) can discharge all of the safe balls, the out balls, and the pachinko balls that have been removed from the balls.
(4) In the conventional model, even if the mechanism board is opened while the pachinko ball discharge mechanism is sealed inside the mechanism board, it is difficult to visually observe the discharge mechanism and to adjust the defects. It was. In the present embodiment, the circuit board mounting base 11 is rotated around the hinge portion 105 or removed (the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 11) so that the passage through which the pachinko sphere flows can be seen from the front, so that the defect is adjusted. And inspection can be performed very easily. Further, since it is covered with the substrate mounting base 11 which is separate from the mechanism panel 10, the mechanism panel 10 can be exposed to the rear side without being opened.
(5) The discharge passage unit 46 can be exposed by rotating or removing the substrate mounting base 11 around the hinge portion 105 (the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 11) and can be easily replaced by the discharge passage unit 46 alone. Therefore, it is advantageous compared with a conventional mechanism panel integrated discharge mechanism.
(6) Unlike the conventional case, the safe ball is guided from the rear position of the winning holes 28 scattered in the game area 27 of the game surface 9 to the back side of the game board 5 and falls as it is. That is, when viewed from the back side of the game board 5, the safe balls will fall evenly into the passage in the left-right direction. In the present embodiment, the discharge mass 127 is arranged at a substantially central position in the left-right direction in order to discharge the pachinko balls flowing from such a wide range most efficiently.

It should be noted that the present invention can be modified and embodied as follows.
In the above embodiment, the discharge passage unit 46 is attached to the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the gaming machine body 4 as a separate body. However, it may be integrated with the gaming machine main body 4 (that is, not exchangeable).
In the above embodiment, the discharge passage unit 46 is attached to the pachinko ball processing area 21 of the gaming machine body 4 as a separate body. This may be arranged on the front side of the substrate mounting base 11. In this case, it may be configured integrally with the substrate mounting base 11 or may be mounted so as to be replaceable.
The shape of the discharge passage unit 46 is an example, and is not limited to the above.
In the above embodiment, the first shielding plate 66 can be replaced, but the branch unit 61 that cannot be replaced may be used.
The gaming machine body 4 may be made of a metal material and applied to a model that can be used for a long time.
The shape of the branch unit 61 is an example, and is not limited to the above embodiment.
In the above-described embodiment, the second inclined passage 125 with the first inclined passage 124 is provided and the discharge mass 127 is finally disposed near the center. However, depending on the design, such an inclined passage 124 is provided. , 125 can be one or three or more, and the discharge mass 127 does not have to be arranged in the center.
A conductive metal plate as a ground member may be disposed on a part or all of the branch unit 61. Examples of the part include guide plates 131, 124b, and 125b that are most in contact with pachinko balls. In such a configuration, static electricity caused by contact between surrounding pachinko balls when flowing down is eliminated, so noise caused by static electricity can be prevented. As the ground member, the other shielding member itself may be made of a conductive metal, or a thin film of a conductive metal may be deposited. Moreover, you may use a conductive resin.
-Although this embodiment was an example which discharges | emits the pachinko ball which the game was complete | finished outside, you may make it apply to a circulation type pachinko game machine.
-This embodiment is applicable also to CR machines other than what is called a cash machine.
The present invention may be applied to a slot machine using a pachinko ball called a so-called pacilot.
In addition, it is free to implement in a mode that does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Other technical ideas that can be grasped from the above-described embodiments in order to achieve the object of the present invention will be described below as additional notes.
(1) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the passage is configured integrally with the gaming table.
(2) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the passage is unitized and configured separately from the gaming table.
If comprised in this way, when the malfunction which needs replacement | exchange to a path | route arises, only the path | route unitized can be replaced | exchanged.
(3) The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a board mounting base on which various control boards are mounted is disposed on the gaming table, and the passage is disposed on the base.
(4) The gaming machine according to appendix 3, wherein the passage is replaceably disposed on the board mounting base.
(5) The gaming machine according to claim 1 or any one of appendices 1 to 4, wherein the passage is a discharge passage for discharging a pachinko ball outside the machine.
(6) The game machine according to any one of claims 1 or 1-5, wherein a ball collecting frame for collecting falling pachinko balls extending in the left-right direction is formed in the passage. . In order to make it easier to receive the pachinko ball, the ball collecting frame preferably has a wider opening than the passage through which the pachinko ball on the downstream side passes.
(7) The gaming machine according to appendix 6, wherein the ball collecting frame is provided with a buffer member that receives the falling pachinko ball and scrapes the falling momentum. As a result, the pachinko ball that has finished the game falling from above is prevented from jumping out of the collecting frame, and can be promptly guided to the lower passage.
(8) The game according to any one of claims 1 or appendix 1-7, wherein the recovered pachinko ball flowing down the passage has a discharge port formed substantially at the center in the left-right direction of the game table. Machine. Unlike the conventional case, the safe ball is guided to the back side of the game board 5 from the rear position of the winning holes 28 scattered in the game area 27 of the game surface 9 and falls as it is. Therefore, the safe ball is viewed from the back side of the game board 5. Will fall into the aisle evenly in the left-right direction. Therefore, in order to discharge the pachinko sphere flowing from such a wide range most efficiently, it is preferable to arrange the discharge port at a substantially central position in the left-right direction.
(9) The passage according to claim 1 or any one of appendices 1 to 8, wherein the passage receives the pachinko balls that have flowed down from the passage for discharging the pachinko balls when the ball is removed from the tank. Game machines. In the above embodiment, the inclined passage 125 of the discharge passage 122 has its function. As a result, all of safe balls, out balls and pachinko balls that have been removed from a single passage can be processed.
(10) The number of safe balls is electrically counted with winning, and the same path as the out ball is obtained by instructing the payout device to pay out the prize balls under the control of the payout board based on the counted number. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or any one of appendices 1 to 9, characterized in that can be used.
That is, since the conventional safe ball processing device is not required, it is not necessary to pass through the safe ball processing device, so that the safe ball can use the same passage as the out ball.
(11) The pachinko ball tray is an upper tray, and when the pachinko ball supplied to the same tray overflows to the supply passage side, an overflow passage is arranged on the front of the game table to bypass the pachinko ball overflowed to the lower tray. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or any one of appendices 1 to 10, wherein the gaming machine is provided.
As a result, the overflow path and the path for guiding the pachinko ball where the game has ended can be separately provided on the front and back of the game table, and the complexity of the path can be prevented.
(12) The passage may receive a pachinko ball that flows down from a ball discharge passage through which the pachinko ball is discharged when the ball is discharged from the tank. Gaming machine.
With such a configuration, it is not necessary to provide a separate passage for guiding the pachinko sphere flowing down from the ball passage.
(13) The ball discharge channel branches the pachinko ball flowing down from the dispensing device to the upper tray at all times and changes the direction in the lower tray direction when the pachinko ball supplied to the upper tray overflows to the supply passage. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or any one of appendices 1 to 12, wherein the pachinko ball connected to the mechanism and flowing down the same ball outlet channel is guided in the direction of the passage via the branching mechanism. .

The schematic perspective view which shows the state which the pachinko game machine of embodiment of this invention opened. The exploded side view of the same pachinko machine. Front view of the same pachinko machine. A side view of the same pachinko machine. The front view of the state which removed the door frame of the same pachinko machine. The front view of the game board of the same pachinko machine. The front view of the upper body of the game machine main body of the same pachinko machine. The side sectional view of the upper half of the gaming machine main body of the same pachinko gaming machine. The back view of the same pachinko machine. The rear view of the state which removed the mechanism panel of the same pachinko gaming machine. The rear view of the state which removed the main board periphery in FIG. The perspective view from diagonally upward vicinity of the pachinko ball processing area | region of the same pachinko gaming machine. Sectional drawing in the AA in FIG. Sectional drawing in the AA in FIG. Sectional drawing in the BB line in FIG. Sectional drawing of the main channel | path of the same pachinko game machine, a bypass channel, and an outlet. Sectional drawing in the CC line | wire in FIG. The top view of the upper saucer of the same pachinko machine. Sectional drawing of the upper saucer of the same pachinko machine. The top view of the board | substrate mounting base of the same pachinko gaming machine. The perspective view of the board | substrate mounting base of the same pachinko gaming machine. The notch rear view around a branch unit. The front view of the board | substrate mounting base of the same pachinko machine. The disassembled perspective view of a branch unit. The top view of a board | substrate attachment base and discharge passage unit periphery. The perspective view of a discharge passage unit. The rear view around the attachment surface of a discharge passage unit. Sectional drawing in the DD line | wire in FIG. Sectional drawing explaining the connection state of the channel | path for ball extraction flow paths of a branch unit, and the falling pachinko ball contact surface. The partial cross-section partial top view of the conventional saucer of a pachinko game machine, a game machine main body, and a mechanism board. The partial enlarged front view of the mechanism board of the conventional pachinko gaming machine. FIG.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Outer frame as a support frame, 4 ... Game machine main body as a game stand, 5 ... Game board, 7 ... Door frame, 8 ... Upper tray, 14 ... Lower tray, 20 ... Game surface, 46 ... Discharge passage unit 122 ... A discharge passage as a passage, 123 ... a collecting frame that is a part of the passage, 124 ... a first inclined passage that is a part of the passage, 125 ... a second inclined passage that is a part of the passage, 126 ... a vertical passage that is part of the passage.

Claims (3)

A game board on which a game face on which a player faces and a game ball flowing down on the game face can be won,
A safe ball assembly that is arranged on the back side of the game board and guides the game ball that has won the winning opening to the lower side of the game board;
An out-ball collecting port that is disposed below the gaming surface and collects gaming balls that have not won the winning port;
When removing the game balls stored on the upstream side, a ball removal passage through which the game balls removed are passed;
A game table on which the game board is mounted;
It is fixedly provided on the back surface of the game table, passes through the safe ball gathering portion or the out ball collection port, and is discharged below the back surface of the game board, and passes through the ball passage. A discharge passage portion for guiding the game ball downward and discharging it to the outside of the game machine;
In a gaming machine provided with a board mounting base that is disposed on the back side of the discharge passage portion and a board for controlling the game is attached to the back side .
The discharge passage part is
A collection frame opened in the vertical direction to receive the game balls discharged through the safe ball assembly part or the out ball collection port and below the back of the game board;
A game ball guided through the ball collecting frame, a bottom plate for receiving and flowing down the game ball that has passed through the ball passage, and an inclined passage having a wall surrounding the bottom plate;
A passage that is continuous with the inclined passage, and is configured to include a discharge portion that has a discharge port for discharging the game ball guided from the inclined passage toward the outside of the gaming machine,
The back wall of the inclined passage is formed so as to be closer to the game table than the back wall of the ball collecting frame, and the board mounting base is disposed so as to cover the ball collecting frame and the inclined passage. Thus, a game ball is allowed to flow down on the bottom plate of the inclined passage separated from the substrate. A mechanism board in which the ball passage is formed;
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the board mounting base is configured separately from the mechanism board . The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine .

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