JP4219315B2 - 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 passing through the game area and guiding them to the launch position. The present invention relates to an enclosed ball game machine that is used in circulation.

  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 encapsulated ball type gaming machine, when one gaming ball is sequentially fired at predetermined intervals, the next firing is performed during a predetermined time from the previous launch to the next launch. A number of game balls having a certain margin are enclosed so that the game balls do not return from the game area and cannot be released every predetermined time.

  However, if a ball stop phenomenon occurs where the game ball stops in the game area, or if the enclosed game ball falls out of the gaming machine due to some reason such as the opening of the glass frame, etc. When a large number of game balls cannot return to the launch position, there is a shortage of game balls that return to the launch position, and there is a possibility that the game balls cannot be launched every predetermined time.

Therefore, a sensor that detects a shortage of game balls returned from the game area to the launch position is provided, and when the shortage of game balls is detected by the sensor, the shortage of game balls is notified (for example, Patent Document 1), and gaming machines that interrupt the progress of the game have been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 2).
Furthermore, when a shortage of game balls is detected by a sensor, game balls are supplied from the outside, and conversely, if it is detected that the number of game balls exceeds a predetermined number, a game machine that discharges game balls to the outside Has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).
JP-A-7-185068 JP-A-9-234271 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-84357

  By the way, in the conventional enclosed ball type gaming machine as shown in Patent Document 3, since the gaming balls can be replenished from the outside, there is no problem in launching the gaming balls due to lack of gaming balls. In order to replenish game balls from the outside and discharge game balls outside the game machine, it is necessary to provide a replenishment system for supplying and discharging game balls to and from each game machine on the island facility . In other words, a replenishment system that is almost the same as the replenishment system for game balls required for ordinary non-enclosed ball game machines that supply game balls from the outside and discharge game balls to the outside is provided on the island facility. Necessary.

Basically, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine, the game ball is not replenished or discharged under normal circumstances, and it is not necessary to provide the above-described replenishment system in the island facility where the enclosed ball type gaming machine is installed. In spite of the fact that it is used only when the number of game balls encapsulated is insufficient as described above, or when it is used only when exchanging the encapsulated game balls, it is a great deal of Installation of an expensive replenishment system imposes a heavy burden on the game store and has no merit of installing an enclosed ball type gaming machine.
In addition, even if the existing supply system installed for normal gaming machines is diverted, maintenance and maintenance of the supply system takes time and money, and the merit of installing encapsulated ball-type gaming machines is also reduced. To do.

  In addition, when a shortage of gaming balls as described above is detected, it is necessary to respond to the notification only by notification, and it takes a lot of time. For example, in a game state where it is advantageous to fire as many game balls as possible in a short time, such as during a big hit, there is a possibility of causing a disadvantage to the player.

  In addition, when a shortage of game balls is detected, it is possible to prevent the player from being disadvantaged by interrupting the progress of the game, even if the game balls cannot be fired normally. If the game is interrupted, the player will be uncomfortable.

  As a method of easily avoiding the above problems, in order to prevent a problem even if the number of game balls returned from the game area and guided to the launch position is reduced, the encapsulated ball type gaming machine is preliminarily set in a normal time. Although it is conceivable to enclose a larger number of game balls than the necessary and sufficient number of game balls, in this case, the flow path of the game balls leading the collected game balls to the launch position becomes long. That is, when guiding the game ball to the launch position, considering ball clogging, it is preferable to form a flow path so that the game balls guided to the launch position are arranged in a single line, but so as to enclose a large amount of game balls In this case, if the game balls are arranged in a line, the flow path becomes extremely long.

In addition, in the gaming machine, the space in which the flow path of the game sphere guided to the launch position can be arranged is limited, and the height difference between the collection position of the game sphere from the game area and the launch position of the game sphere is also limited. There is a limit to the length of the flow path that allows the game ball to flow down from the top to the bottom, and in order to lengthen the flow path, a lifting device that moves the game ball downward and then lifts it upward is used. It was necessary to make it the structure which provided in the flow path and made the flowed game ball flow down again.
And, when a lifting device is provided in the flow path for circulating and using game balls, the problem is that the configuration of the flow path becomes complicated and the probability of problems such as ball clogging occurring in the circulation of game balls increases. There is.

  Further, in the conventional enclosed ball type gaming machine, an electric drive source is provided to discharge the game ball to the outside of the gaming machine, and when the enclosed ball is replaced, the enclosed ball is operated by operating this electrical drive source. However, as described above, providing a device having an electric drive source due to a slight frequency of use such as replacement of the encapsulated sphere results in a wasteful device that is costly. When exchanging, there is a problem that the replacement work cannot be performed unless the gaming machine is turned on.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an enclosed ball type game machine in which a predetermined number of game balls are encapsulated so that the game balls can be automatically replenished when the encapsulated balls are insufficient with a simple device, and the enclosed game balls It is to make it easy to extract. Another object of the present invention is to reduce the cost of an apparatus related to replenishment and extraction of game balls.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a game in which a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in a gaming machine main body are fired from a launch position to a game area to play a game. The ball is collected and guided to the launch position, and the game ball is circulated and used, and the game ball collected through the game area is guided to flow down, and the launch ball located downstream of the collection ball channel In an enclosed ball type gaming machine having a circulation path configured to communicate with a standby flow path for waiting for a predetermined number of game balls before being sent to a position,
A ball removing device that is provided at a required portion of the standby flow path and for taking out the game ball enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside of the enclosed ball type gaming machine;
A ball storage portion that can communicate with a communication port that is established in the middle of the collection ball flow path and stores a predetermined number of game balls, a storage state that stores game balls in the ball storage portion, and the circulation from the ball storage portion Conversion means capable of converting into a non-reserved state in which game balls flow out on the path , and when the number of game balls waiting in the standby flow path becomes a predetermined number or less, A ball replenishment device capable of converting into a storage state and replenishing the circulation path with a game ball in a ball storage unit;
With
The ball removal device includes a removal operation member that is operated by a hand such as an attendant when the game ball enclosed in the gaming machine body is extracted outside the enclosed ball type gaming machine,
In conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation section, an interlocking device for converting the conversion means of the ball replenishing device to the non-reserved state is provided.

Here, the “enclosed ball game machine” is, for example, a ball game machine such as various pachinko machines using a game ball, an arrange ball game machine, or a sparrow ball game machine, and a game launched in the game area A gaming machine that circulates and uses a gaming ball enclosed in a gaming machine without discharging the ball outside the gaming machine.
Further, the “game area” is an area formed on the surface of the game board where game balls flow down.

As described above, the encapsulated ball type gaming machine communicates with a communication port established in the middle of the collection ball channel, stores a predetermined number of game balls, and stores game balls in the ball storage unit. Conversion means capable of converting into a storage state and a non-storage state in which game balls flow out from the ball storage section to the circulation path, and when the game balls in the circulation path run short, the conversion means is By having a ball replenishing device that can be converted into a state and refilling the circulation path with a game ball in the ball reservoir, the game ball can be automatically replenished with a simple device, and the game ball is replenished. The cost of the apparatus can be reduced.
In other words, even if there is a shortage of game balls waiting to be fired, the game balls are automatically replenished, so there is no problem with the launch of the game balls, and refilling of the game balls is provided in the enclosed ball type gaming machine. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the cost by preventing the extra cost in installing the enclosed ball type gaming machine without installing a replenishment system on the island facility. In addition, the ball storage unit has a communication port that communicates with the collection ball flow path, and is provided outside the circulation path, so that extra game balls to be used when there is a shortage of balls in the circulation path are enclosed. In addition, the circulation path does not become long, so that the cost can be reduced and the mechanism for circulating the game ball can be downsized.

In addition, a ball removal device for extracting the game ball enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside at a required portion of the standby flow path is provided, and the ball removal device has an extraction operation member that performs an operation of extracting the game ball. The game ball can be easily extracted, and the cost of the apparatus for extracting the game ball can be reduced.
In other words, when replacing the encapsulated sphere, the extraction operation member may be operated, and the encapsulated sphere can be extracted easily and reliably without providing a costly apparatus for an extraction operation with low use frequency. . In addition, since it is possible to replace the enclosed ball without turning on the power to the enclosed ball type gaming machine, for example, even if the gaming machine is turned off after the game store is closed, the replacement work can be performed without any problems. Can do.

  In addition, by providing an interlocking device that converts the conversion means of the ball replenishing device to the non-reserved state in conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation member, the game ball stored in the ball replenishing device if the extraction operation is performed Since the game ball does not remain in the ball replenishing device, all the enclosed balls can be extracted and replaced.

A second aspect of the present invention is the encapsulated ball type gaming machine according to the first aspect, wherein the ball removal device closes the extraction operation member and a ball extraction opening formed in the standby flow path. An open / close member that can be converted into a state and an open state, and a slide member that converts the state of the open / close member by sliding in the left-right direction by operation of the extraction operation member,
The interlocking device comprises an interlocking member capable of converting the state of the conversion means by acting on the conversion means and sliding up and down,
The sliding member is in contact with the interlocking member, and when the sliding member is slid so that the opening / closing member is in an open state, the sliding member is inclined (upward) to slide the interlocking member upward. It has the part.

As described above, the ball removing device has the extraction operation member and the opening / closing member that can be converted into the closed state and the open state, and is slid in the left-right direction by the operation of the extraction operation member. By providing the slide member that changes the state of the opening and closing member, the ball removal mechanism can be easily configured and a simple extraction operation can be performed by sliding the slide member.
The interlocking device includes an interlocking member that can change the state of the conversion means by sliding in the vertical direction, the slide member abuts on the interlocking member, and slides the slide member so that the opening / closing member is in an open state. By having the inclined contact portion for sliding the interlocking member upward when the interlocking member is moved, the sliding operation of the slide member can be efficiently converted into the operation of the interlocking device.

The invention described in claim 3 is the enclosed ball type gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the collection ball received to collect the game ball that has passed through the game area upstream of the collection ball channel. Comprising a member,
The collecting member includes a ball holding device capable of holding a predetermined number of game balls to be collected at a predetermined portion of the collecting member, and holding the ball by opening an opening / closing frame provided on the front side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine. It is configured to be able to pick up the game ball held by the device from the front side,
The ball holding device includes a ball holding member that can be converted into a holding state in which a game ball can be held and a non-holding state in which the held game ball can be released, and the ball holding device is based on the interlocking operation of the interlocking device. The member is configured to be converted into a non-holding state.

Here, the “predetermined number” may be one or may be two or more (for example, 4, 5).
Further, the “open / close frame” is a clear member holding frame that is provided in front of the game area and holds a clear member (for example, glass).
In addition, the “configuration so that it can be picked up” means that an attendant can pick up a game ball by hand.

In this way, the collecting member that collects the game balls that have passed through the game area includes a ball holding device that can hold a predetermined number of game balls, and the game balls that are held by the ball holding device with the opening / closing frame opened. Can be picked up from the front side, it is possible to reliably execute a winning service in a game store even in an enclosed ball type gaming machine that does not have a game ball held by a player. The “winning service” refers to, for example, when a trouble such as a ball stopping in the gaming area occurs, and after the clerk resolves this trouble, the game ball is manually placed at the start winning opening as a service to the player. Is to put.
The ball holding device includes a ball holding member that can be converted into a holding state and a non-holding state of the game ball, and the ball holding member is converted into a non-holding state based on the interlocking operation of the interlocking device. As a result, the service ball held in the ball holding device also flows down in a non-holding state, and the ball is removed, but the service ball is held and the corresponding game ball cannot be exchanged It is possible to solve the problem or the problem that another work for releasing the holding of the service ball is necessary.

The invention according to claim 4 is the enclosed ball type gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the ball holding member is
A rotatable sphere holding member main body with a horizontal rotation center set downward,
A sphere holding part which is provided at the upper part of the sphere holding member main body so as to face the recovery member, and is convertible between the holding state and the non-holding state by a rotation operation of the sphere holding member main body;
A lower part of the ball holding member main body, provided to protrude on the back side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine, and a transmission member for transmitting the interlocking operation of the interlocking device;
With
The conversion means is configured to be convertible between the storage state and the non-storage state by rotating around a rotation axis set in the front-rear direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine,
One end portion of the conversion means is superposed above the transmission member, so that the conversion means can be rotated according to the rotation operation of the ball holding member.

  As described above, the sphere holding member has a rotatable sphere holding member main body, a sphere holding portion that faces the recovery member and can be converted into the holding state and the non-holding state by the turning operation of the sphere holding member main body. A transmission member for transmitting the interlocking operation of the interlocking device, and the conversion means is configured to be convertible between the storage state and the non-storage state by rotating about a rotation shaft, By superposing one end portion above the transmission member, the conversion means can be rotated according to the rotation operation of the ball holding member. And the conversion means can be reliably converted.

According to the present invention, an enclosed ball type gaming machine communicates with a communication port established in the middle of a collection ball flow path, stores a predetermined number of game balls, and stores game balls in the ball storage unit. Conversion means capable of converting into a storage state for storing and a non-storage state in which game balls flow out from the ball storage section to the circulation path, and when the game balls in the circulation path are insufficient, the conversion means is By having a ball replenishing device that can be converted into the non-reserved state and replenished with the game balls in the ball storage portion into the circulation path, the game balls can be automatically replenished with a simple device, and the game balls are replenished. The cost of the apparatus concerning can be reduced. Further, it is possible to reduce the size of the mechanism for circulating the game ball.
In addition, a ball removal device for extracting the game ball enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside at a required portion of the standby flow path is provided, and the ball removal device has an extraction operation member that performs an operation of extracting the game ball. The game ball can be easily extracted, and the cost of the apparatus for extracting the game ball can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to replace the encapsulated ball without turning on the power to the encapsulated ball type gaming machine.
Further, by providing an interlocking device that converts the conversion means of the ball replenishing device to the non-reserved state in conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation unit, the game ball does not remain in the ball replenishing device, and the enclosed ball Can be removed and replaced.
In addition, it is not necessary to perform the work of removing the ball after the game ball of the ball replenishing device has flowed out, so that all the game balls can be extracted in one operation, and the workability is improved.

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, the number of game balls based on data (number of rented balls) or the like input from a storage medium such as a card via a ball rental machine, etc. The game ball can be launched into the game area in correspondence with the data on the number of possessed balls, and when the game ball is launched, the data on the number of possessed balls is subtracted in accordance with the number of game balls launched. . 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 led to the back side of the game board and 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.
Therefore, the encapsulated ball type gaming machine of this example performs a game by firing a predetermined number of game balls sealed in the gaming machine body from the launch position to the game area, while collecting and launching the game balls that have passed through the game area. A circulation path that circulates and uses the game ball by guiding it to the position is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 of the present embodiment includes a machine frame 110 configured in a rectangular frame shape, and one side of the machine frame 110 has the machine frame 110. On the other hand, a front frame 120 having a rectangular frame shape is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable. Further, the front frame 120 is pivotally supported on the front frame main body 130 serving as a base for mounting various members and the like provided in the front frame 120, and is pivotable to the front frame side with respect to the front frame main body 130. The clear member holding frame 140 (open / close frame) and the firing operation unit 150 attached to the lower side of the clear member holding frame 140 on the front surface of the front frame body 130 are provided.

  The front frame main body 130 is configured in a substantially rectangular plate shape so as to fit within the machine frame 110 having a rectangular frame shape, and accommodates the game board 1 described later in a portion extending from the center to the upper end portion. For this purpose, a rectangular opening is formed. The front surface of the game board 1 accommodated in the front frame body 130 faces the front side from the opening of the front frame body 130. Further, the clear member holding frame 140 is disposed so as to cover an opening portion 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 an 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 game board 1 and the glass plates 141 and 141 as clear members fitted in the clear member holding frame 140 is a game ball. The game area 1a is such that B is fired and flows down.

In addition, one side (left side) of the clear member holding frame 140 is pivotally supported on one side of the front frame main body 130 so as to be able to open and close like a door, and the clear member holding frame 140 can be opened and closed. By opening, the front side of the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 can be opened.
The clear member holding frame 140 is spaced from the game board 1 fitted in the opening so as to substantially close the opening of the front frame main body 130. The double glass plate 141 is fixed by opening. In the clear member holding frame 140, at least a part 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 clear member holding frame 140, as shown in FIG. 2, external appeal decoration lamps 11,..., Side lamps 12, 12, speakers 13, 13, Error indicators 14 and 14 are provided. The external appeal decoration lamps 11,... Are for informing the surroundings when the number of acquired game balls mainly becomes large in the upper part of the clear member holding 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. In addition, in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 as described above, the payout of the winning ball is not performed, and the above-mentioned number of outgoing balls, number of incoming balls, number of difference balls, number of held balls (number of game balls), etc. It is not the number of spheres 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 ball B that was launched but returned, the number of collected balls counted by detecting the game ball B that was launched and collected in the game area, The above-mentioned number of entered balls, number of exited balls, number of difference balls, number of held balls can be obtained from numerical values such as the number of winning balls when winning a prize and the number of rented balls borrowed from an amusement store.

  As long as there is no trouble such as opening the clear member holding frame 140 and the game ball B going out, the number of shot 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) ) And 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 winning 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 held = number of balls rented (or replayed balls) + number of balls played-number of balls entered, number of balls pitched-number of balls entered = number of balls difference, number of balls held = number of balls lent (or number of replay balls) + It becomes the difference ball number. As described above, the game by the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 is completely performed as a numerical value on the data, 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 a player can obtain by obtaining a large number of game balls B and collecting them in a game ball box by increasing the number of balls held. 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,. For example, 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 lamp 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 firing operation unit 150 is attached to the lower side of the clear member holding frame 140 on the front side of the front frame body 130. The firing operation unit 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 these members, 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. When the player touches the player's hand, the handle touch detection units 152 and 152 output signals to the launch control device. The launching device 61 is operated under control to launch the game ball B.

  In addition, the handle touch detection units 152 and 152 are provided with pocket-shaped recesses 158 at 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 clear member holding frame 140. Of the inner surface of the recess 158, the touch sensor is formed on the part facing the rear mainly on the front side of the gaming machine, which are the handle touch detection units 152 and 152. 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 detectors 152 and 152 are provided on the left and right of the launch operation unit 150 at the lower part of the enclosing ball game machine 100, the launch operation of 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 slide 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. 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 his hand from 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 a display. 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 spherical light emitting member having an LED inside in a pseudo manner.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the speaker 155 has a portion that becomes the enclosure 157 extending to the left (from the front to the right) from the rear as shown in FIG. 3, and the enclosure 157 has the right handle touch detection unit. 152 overlaps with the front and rear. 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 vibration based on sound with his / her hand. It has become.

In the enclosed ball type gaming machine as described above, a game is played in the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 fitted into the opening of the front frame body 130.
In other words, 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 shown in FIG. In the game area 1a, as shown in FIG. 1, the normal figure start gates 6, 6 and the game figure B pass through the normal figure start gates 6, 6, and the normal figure change display game is unprocessed. A general diagram start memory display (not shown) that displays the number of unprocessed times, a normal diagram change display (not shown) that displays a normal symbol (general) variable display game, a normal variable winning device 9, and this normal variation Special figure start memory display (not shown) that displays the number of unprocessed times that the game ball B has won in the winning device 9 and the special figure variation display game has not been processed, and a special symbol (special figure, identification information) Fluctuation display device 4 for displaying a variation display game, special variation winning device 5, general winning Mouth 8, ..., the ball striking direction changing member (not shown) called a windmill, and a large number of nails (not shown) is provided.

  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. An out hole leading to the back side of the board 1 is not provided, and instead, the guide rail 2 surrounding the game area 1a on the front surface of the game board 1 is not provided at the lower end of the game area 1a. A notch portion is provided in a portion surrounding the lower side of the game area 1a of the guide rail 2, and the game ball B which has not won a prize is a central portion of the lower end portion of the game board 1, The game area 1a on the front side flows down to the outside (lower side) of the game area 1a as it is.

The normal variation winning device 9 includes a pair of left and right opening / closing members, and these opening / closing members always maintain a closed state (a disadvantageous state for the player) at an interval that allows one game ball B to flow in. However, if the result of the normal map change display game of the normal map change display becomes a predetermined stop display mode (for example, “7”), it is opened in a reverse “C” shape and the normal variable prize is won. The state is changed to a state in which the game ball B easily flows into the device 9 (a state advantageous to the player).
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 a change display game of normal symbols (for example, numbers, symbols, character designs, etc.) displays the lighting state of the common figure change indicator for a predetermined time. This is done by stopping the display.
If, as a result of the usual fluctuation display game, the stop display 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 variation display game in which numbers, symbols, character symbols, etc.) are variably displayed. 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 includes a large winning opening that is opened and closed by an attacker-type opening / closing door that can be opened by rotating in a direction in which the upper end side is tilted toward the front side, and during the special gaming state A cycle game that facilitates the inflow of the game ball B into the big prize opening by converting the big prize opening from the closed state to the opened state is performed up to a predetermined number of times (a predetermined number of rounds).
In addition, a count sensor for detecting the game ball B that has entered the big prize opening and a continuous prize area (V prize winning) of the game balls B that have entered the big prize opening are inside the big prize opening (winning area). A V winning sensor for detecting the game ball B that has flowed into the (region) is provided.
In each of the general winning ports 8,... (Winning area), a winning port sensor for detecting the game ball B that has entered the winning ports 8,.

  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 ( It is added to the data of (number of balls).

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, as shown in FIG. 3, the effect control board 50 is disposed in a state of being housed in the box 51 on the rear side of the liquid crystal display 41, and on the lower side of the box 21 A game control board 20 serving as a game control device for controlling the game in the state of being housed in is stored. 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 (number of winning balls) to the frame control device described later, 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. Further, the game control device controls the special display variable 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, the lower part of the front frame body 130, which is below the opening to which the game board 1 of the front frame body 130 is attached, is mounted with the firing operation unit 150 having the above-described firing operation space forming frame 159 on the front side. As shown in FIG. 3, a mounting board 131 to which a launching unit 60 including a launching device 61 for launching a game ball B and a launching rail 62 and the like is attached is provided on the back side thereof. 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.
Note that the mounting plate 131 and the front frame main body 130 do not necessarily have to be integrally molded, and may be separated from each other so that the mounting plate 131 can be removed from the front frame main body 130.

On the back side of the mounting plate 131 below the front frame body 130, the above-mentioned launch unit 60 is provided, and a launch control board 63 (arranged in the box 63a) 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, a frame control device for controlling a data communication device with the outside, and the like. 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 board 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.
Therefore, an encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 as an encapsulated ball circulation device for deriving the collected game ball B to the launch position again is provided at the lower part on the back side of the enclosed ball game machine 100.

The firing unit 60 hits the game ball B on the launch rail 62 by hitting the game ball B on the launch rail 62, the launch plate 62 attached to the attachment plate 64 via the rail attachment base, and the mounting plate 64. And a launching device 61 having a launcher 66 and the like.
The launch rail 62 is formed in a V-shaped cross section so as to guide the game ball B along the launch rail 62, and is below the game board 1 and directly below the game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1. The launching device 61 is arranged at the lower end of the portion where the guide rail 2 is doubled on the outside and inside so as to guide the game ball B launched on the left side, for example, on the left side of the lower part of the game area 1a. The game ball B that is hit by the ball extends to the left and right along the left-right direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 and the left end portion is higher than the right end portion when viewed from the front of the enclosed ball type game machine 100. So that they are arranged diagonally.

The launching device 61 has a motor (not shown) attached to the front surface side of the mounting plate 64 so as to be housed in a housing space formed between the mounting plate 131 and the mounting plate 64 attached to the mounting plate 131. A stepping motor), a launcher 66 that hits the game ball B and fires the game ball B by being connected to this motor and driven to rotate, and a stopper member 67 that regulates the rotation angle of the launcher 66, A ball positioning member (not shown) for stopping the game ball B supplied from the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 on the firing rail 62 at a predetermined position where it can be hit by the launcher 66 on the lower end of the firing rail 62 as will be described later. With.
The position at which the game ball B is held by the ball positioning member on the rear end portion (inclined lower end portion) of the launch rail 62 is the launch position at which the game ball B is fired.

  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 B) that is 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.

  In the game area 1a, a launch ball introduction port is provided at a lower end portion of a portion serving as a guide path for the launch ball composed of the two guide rails 2 and 2 on the outer side and the inner side. There is a launching ball introducing portion that becomes a return port when returning as a foul ball without flowing down the region 1a. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, a clear member holding frame 140 is provided on a lower frame portion of the front frame body 130 to which the game board 1 is attached, that is, on the upper edge portion of the mounting frame 131 of the front frame body 130. A bottom wall portion 134 that closes a lower portion of the game area 1a between the rear surface of the rear glass plate 141 and the front surface of the game board 1 is formed. A launch ball passage port 135 is provided in a portion of the bottom wall portion 134 of the front frame body 130 that faces the launch ball introduction portion of the above-described game area 1a.

  Then, after being launched by the launching device 61 and moving obliquely upward on the launching rail 62, the game ball B heading into the game area 1a from the launching ball introduction part of the game area 1a passes through the launching ball passage port 135. In addition, when the above-mentioned foul ball returns to the mounting plate 131 side, it passes through the launch ball passage port 135. The tip surface of the launch rail 62 is arranged in front of the launch ball passage port 135 and the foul ball returning to the launch ball passage port 135 flows down before the launch rail 62 without returning to the launch rail 62. Then, it reaches the foul ball collection part 257 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 9, the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 has a recovery port 211 for recovering the game balls B (including out balls and safe balls, excluding foul balls) launched into the game area 1a. As a part of the upstream side of the circulation path 220, the member 210, the circulation path 220 for guiding the game ball B from the collection port 211 to the launch position of the game ball B of the launching device 61 and circulating the game ball B are collected. A recovery ball flow path 280 for flowing the game ball B down from the port 211 to a standby flow path 221 to be described later, a recovery ball sensor 212 as a recovery ball detection means for detecting the game ball B flowing down the recovery ball flow path 280, A standby channel 221 that is a part of the downstream side of the circulation path 220 and waits for the game ball B before being sent to the launch position, and a ball shortage state detection that detects a shortage state of the game ball B waiting in the standby channel 221 hand And a ball shortage detection sensor 264 as a downstream end of the standby flow path 221, and the lower end of the launch rail 62 of the launch device 61 (the launch position of the game ball B) is played through the ball supply port 247. A ball feeding device 240 that sequentially sends one gaming ball B to the ball B according to the timing of launching the ball B is provided.

Note that the standby flow path 221 is a portion for waiting for the game ball B before being sent to the launch position by the ball feeder 240, and is used for circulation except for a replenishment game ball B described later in the circulation path 220. This is the range in which the game balls B are accumulated. This range is maximized when the game balls B are stopped from being fired and all the game balls B to be used for circulation are in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. In this example, the portion of the circulation path 220 that is the maximum range in which the game balls B that are circulated and accumulated is the standby flow path 221.
In the state shown in FIG. 7, four game balls B are held in a ball holding device 290 described later. These game balls B are one of the out balls collected by flowing down the game area 1a. Holding the part.
In addition, the game ball B is, for example, for a staff member to pick up by hand as a service and put it in the normal variable winning device 9, and the game ball B used in this way is played through a safe ball discharge route. It flows down to the lower side of the panel 1 and is collected by the collecting member 210 and flows into the circulation path 220.
Therefore, the game ball B held by the ball holding device 290 is also a game ball that is circulated. If the maximum range in which the game balls that are circulated including this game ball are accumulated is the standby flow path 221, the standby flow The path 221 extends from the height position of the ball storage plate 261 below the collection ball sensor 212 to the ball feeding device 240, and the ball storage plate of a later-described ball storage unit 262 below the collection ball sensor 212 from the collection port 211. Up to the vicinity of the height position of the H.261 is the recovery ball channel 280.
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 described later.

  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 that collects the foul ball that has returned toward (including the launch ball B that did not reach between the guide rails 2), a foul ball sensor 253 that detects the collected foul ball, A foul ball flow path 252 is provided for allowing the foul ball (game ball B) collected from the foul ball collection port 251 to flow down to the standby flow path 221 (circulation path 220). That is, the foul ball collecting means 250 includes a foul ball channel 252 that guides the game ball B that has been fired without reaching the game area 1a to the standby channel, and a foul ball channel 252. And a foul ball sensor 253 as 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 encapsulated ball circulation unit 200, and replenishes when the game balls B that circulate during the game decrease. And a ball exchange cassette 275 containing a predetermined number of game balls B for replacement of the game balls B (for example, 30 balls including the above-described supply game balls B), A ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 for supplying the game ball B in the exchange cassette 275 into the enclosed ball circulation unit 200;
The main part of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is formed in a substantially box shape from a front wall member 310 that constitutes the front side of the main part and a rear wall member 320 that constitutes the back side of the main part. The circulation path 220 (including the collection sphere flow path 280 and the standby flow path 221) and the foul sphere flow path 252 are formed inside. 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 326 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 has left and right attachment portions 132 and 132 (shown in FIG. 3) provided at predetermined positions below the launch rail attachment position of the attachment plate 131 of the front frame body 130 at the lower end thereof. In addition, left and right connection members 201, 201 that are detachably and pivotably connected are provided, and can be rotated 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 connection member 201, 201 as the center. Thus, it can be rotated to a substantially horizontal state (maintenance state).
In addition, the connection members 201 and 201 of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 have a cylindrical shape into which protrusions serving as axes of the mounting portions 132 and 132 of the mounting plate 131 are rotatably inserted, and the cylindrical portion includes Since the slits are formed and the shafts can be moved in and out of the slits 201a and 201a, the connecting members 201 and 201 can be detached from the mounting portions 132 and 132, and the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is attached to the mounting frame of the front frame body 130. It is detachable from 131 (detachable).

  At both left and right end portions of the rear wall member 320, there are provided mounting members 203, 203 for detachably attaching the rear wall member 320 to the mounting plate 131 with the front wall member 310 attached to the front side of the rear wall member 320. Yes. By removing the mounting members 203, 203 from the mounting plate 131, the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 can be rotated so as to be tilted rearward.

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. And as shown in FIG. 4, the collection | recovery member 210 can collect the out ball | bowl which is the game ball B which the front part flowed down without winning from under the game area | region 1a of the front side of the game board 1 here. As described above, the lower portion of the guide rail 2 below the game area 1 a on the front side of the game board 1 extends from the lower side of the game board 1 to the lower side of the above-described notch. 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 located on the rear side of the clear member holding frame 140 in front of the game board 1. It arrange | positions in the range from the back surface of the glass plate 141 to the rear end of the discharge path | route of the winning safe ball | bowl behind the game board 1. FIG. 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.

Here, the guide rail 2 in the lower part of the game board 1 is, for example, a special variable winning device 5 (attacker) such as 2 times or more, for example, 4 times, 5 times, etc., compared to the left and right width of the conventional out hole. Since it is cut out more widely and widely, the out ball can flow down efficiently (rapidly). Correspondingly, a later-described out ball collection port 215 of the collection member 210 having substantially the same left-right width as the notch portion of the guide rail 2 is also a dimension that is larger in the left-right direction (at least larger than the special variable winning device 5). Since it is set, the falling out ball can be collected efficiently.
Similarly, a safe ball collection port 216, which will be described later, is also set to have a large size in the left-right direction (a size equivalent to the out ball collection port 215), so that the falling safe ball can be collected efficiently.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, an introduction inclined portion 213 of a later-described game ball introduction port 219 for introducing the game ball B from the collection member 210 into the main body of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 includes a safe ball collection port 216 and an out ball. Since it has a large size in the left-right direction corresponding to the collection port 215 (a little narrower than the safe ball collection port 216 and the out ball collection port 215), even if the game ball B flows down from the left and right at once, the ball is clogged. It becomes a difficult structure, and the game ball B can be smoothly introduced into the collection ball sensor 212. That is, at the game ball introduction port 219, it is possible to prevent a smooth flow of the game balls B from being suppressed due to a plurality of game balls B coming into contact with each other, such as a ball clogging.

  The front-rear width of the main body part below the collection member 210 of the enclosed 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 enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is disposed behind the launch unit 60 on the back side of the mounting board 131, but the collection member 210 on the lower side of the game board 1 of the mounting board 131 is disposed on the portion of the mounting board 131. A gap portion (not shown) corresponding to the shape of the member 210 is formed, and when the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 that is rotatable around the lower end portion as described above is mounted on the mounting plate 131, The front portion of the collection member 210 of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is inserted into the gap portion so that the front portion of the collection member 210 extends ahead of the game board 1.

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 recovery member 210 (inside the enclosure wall 214) is extended to the left and right except for the right end, and the game balls B recovered in the recovery member 210 are placed in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. It is a recovery sphere flow path 280 having an introduction inclined portion 213 that leads to the recovery sphere sensor 212 (inside the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200). 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 that is surrounded by the surrounding wall 214 of the recovery member 210 and opened upward is a recovery port 211 that recovers 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 collects safe balls. It is a recovery port 216.

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 down 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 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 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 configuration as described above. 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 collection 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. The game ball introduction port 219 flows down into the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 (inside the main body). Note that the game ball introduction port 219 is located on the introduction inclined portion 213 and is formed in the central portion of the recovery member 210 in the front-rear direction.

  A ball holding device 290 for holding a part of the game ball B flowing down in the out ball collection port 215 as an out ball on the rear inclined portion 217 is provided at a substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the out ball collection port 215. Is provided. In addition, on the left and right sides of the front side of the rear inclined portion 217, guidance members 298 that are inclined so as to descend toward the ball holding device 290 and guide the game ball B to the ball holding device 290 are provided. The sphere holding device 290 and the guide member 298 will be described in detail later.

  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 lower end of the introduction inclined portion 213 in the hole 212a, and from the lower end of the introduction inclined portion 213, The recovery sphere flow path 280 is directed to the upstream end portion of the standby flow path 221 and the merging section 254 described later, which is the downstream end portion of the foul sphere inclined portion 255 serving as the bottom of the foul sphere flow path 252. A game ball B flowing down 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 ball replenishing 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 (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 to the lower stage while flowing down along the direction.

  Moreover, it is used when controlling the operation of the sphere replenishing device 260 above the downstream portion of the downflow inclined portion 222 of the standby flow path 221, that is, below the upstream portion of the foul sphere inclined 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. Note that the ball shortage detection sensor 264 is a 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 stays in the normal state 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 in 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 a state where the launch of the game ball B is stopped, the game ball B 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. It does not fluctuate in 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. The game balls are not detected for a considerably longer period, and thus, it is possible to detect the lack of game balls, that is, the lack of game balls B.

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 is not present on the downstream portion of the standby inclined portion 223 without overlapping the portion 255 and the downstream 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 disposed on the downstream 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 increased, 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 just in a state where the launch of the game ball B is stopped. In addition, when the game ball B is held by a ball holding device 290 described later, the number of game balls B accommodated in the standby flow path 221 is reduced accordingly. In addition, the number of game balls B that are used in circulation is such that when the game balls B are sequentially fired, the game balls B are not collected in time and the game balls cannot be fired (for example, 25). Pieces). Therefore, the length of the standby flow path 221 is set to a necessary and sufficient length. If the game balls B are insufficient due to ball stoppage or the like 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. Also, the introduction slope 213 of the collection ball channel 280 is open as the game ball introduction port 219, but 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 portion 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 part 225 is formed so as to have the same inclination as the standby inclination part 223 with a space slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball B between the standby ceiling part 225.
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, and 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 collection portion 257 extending 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 side of the front wall member 310. The foul ball collection part 257 is formed in a plate shape whose upper surface is inclined downward toward the rear foul ball collection port 251 and protrudes upward surrounding the periphery except for the rear edge connected to the foul ball collection port 251. When the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is mounted in a state substantially perpendicular to the mounting plate 131, the foul ball collection unit 257 is adjacent to the upper end portion (the end portion in the firing direction) of the firing rail 62. Thus, it is arranged directly below the firing ball passage port 135 so as to receive a foul ball flowing through the firing ball passage port 135 and flowing down.

Accordingly, in the foul ball collecting means 250, the foul ball collecting unit 257 receives the foul ball that has flowed from the front side of the game board 1 through the launching ball passage port 135 to the lower side of the game board 1. Then, the foul sphere reaching the upper surface of the foul sphere collecting unit 257 enters the foul sphere flow path 252 in the enclosed sphere circulation unit 200 from the rear foul sphere collecting port 251 along the inclination of the upper surface, and enters the foul sphere collecting port 251. It passes through the lower foul sphere sensor 253 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, and reaches the above-described standby flow channel 221 so as to merge with the game ball B flowing down the recovery ball flow channel 280. The standby flow path 221 flows down.
The foul ball sensor 253 is a well-known pachinko ball passage sensor switch similar to the recovery ball sensor 212, and is attached to the lower side of the recovery ball sensor 212 of the sensor mounting portion 330 in the opposite direction to the recovery 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.

In addition, from the above, the flow path is formed so that the game ball B flowing down the collection ball flow path 280 and the game ball B flowing down the foul ball flow path 252 merge. In this example, the recovery sphere flow path 280 becomes a standby flow path 221 substantially at the height position of the sphere storage plate 261, and the standby flow path 221 is located above the junction 254 slightly below the sphere storage plate 261. The foul ball passage 252 joins. That is, in this example, the recovery sphere flow path 280 is a standby flow path 221 slightly upstream from the portion where the foul sphere flow path 252 merges, and the standby flow path 221 and the foul sphere flow path 252 merge. However, the collection sphere channel 280 is regarded as the standby channel 221 on the junction 254 (below the sphere storage plate 261), and the collection sphere channel 280 and the foul sphere channel 252 May be regarded as the standby flow path 221 from the portion where the flow paths merge directly.
Here, the portion of the recovery ball flow path 280 and the standby flow path 221 that communicates with the ends of the recovery ball flow path 280 guides the game ball so as to drop onto the merge portion 254 from the lower end side of the introduction inclined portion 213. In this way, the flow direction (flow path direction) of the game ball is almost vertical.
On the other hand, the portion of the foul sphere flow path 252 and the standby flow path 221 that communicates with the ends of the foul sphere flow path 252 extends along the upper surface of the foul sphere inclined portion 255 where the lower inclined end portion becomes the confluence 254. Along the left-right direction of the game machine 100, it is formed in a straight line in an inclined state (a state slightly inclined from the horizontal) so as to incline downward.
Therefore, the game ball B flowing down the collection ball channel 280 and the game ball B flowing down the foul ball channel 252 merge from different directions. The standby flow path 221 is in a state where the upstream side of the portion where the foul sphere flow path 252 joins is substantially vertical and the downstream side is slightly inclined and is almost horizontal, and the standby flow path 221 is a foul sphere flow path. It will be in the state bent at the part which joined 252.

  In addition, a flow path (standby flow path 221) in the merging portion 254 that is near the downstream side of the merge point from the merge point of the game ball that has flowed down the recovery ball flow path 280 and the game ball that has flowed down the foul ball flow path 252 is provided. The surface which becomes the ceiling among the flow path inner surfaces to be configured is configured by the lower surface of the sphere storage plate 261 which becomes a part of the conversion means of the sphere storage unit 262 disposed above the merging unit 254 as described above. In addition, an end surface on the communication port 266 side, which will be described later, of the sphere storage plate 261 becomes an inner surface of a bent portion of the flow path that is bent at the junction. Therefore, the end surface on the communication port 266 side of the ball storage plate 261 as the conversion means and the lower surface that overlaps the merging portion 254 are the flow path formation surface, and the flow path formation surface is the operation of the conversion means, that is, the ball storage plate. It moves by the change of the inclination angle accompanying the change of the replenishment state of 261 and the storage state.

  Therefore, in a state where a ball clogging occurs at a portion where the game ball flowing down the foul ball flow path 252 and the game ball flowing down the recovery ball flow path 280 are joined, The replenishment solenoid 263 is operated so that the ball storage plate 261 to be alternately converted into the replenishment state and the storage state, and the game ball B that has become clogged by moving the flow passage formation surface becomes a flow passage formation surface. The ball clogging can be eliminated by bringing the ball storage plate 261 into contact and shaking the game ball B by the movement of the ball storage plate 261.

Here, when the standby channel 221 is bent at the junction 254, that is, the portion where the foul ball channel 252 joins the standby channel 221, a ball storage unit is formed when a ball clogging occurs here. In a state in which the game balls B are stored in 262, a state in which the plurality of collected game balls B are connected by the collection ball flow path 280 from the confluence portion 254 where the balls are packed, and the game balls B are stopped even in the collection ball sensor 212 portion. It becomes. Therefore, in the collection ball sensor 212, the state in which the game ball B is detected continues, and the state in which a signal indicating the detection of the game ball B is continuously output is maintained.
In addition, when a number of foul balls are generated when the ball clogging occurs at the junction 254 as described above, the game balls B are connected in the foul ball flow path 252 and the game balls B are detected from the foul ball sensor 253. In this state, a signal indicating that the signal is being output is continuously output.

  Therefore, when at least one of the recovery ball sensor 212 and the foul ball sensor 253 outputs a signal indicating that the game ball B has been continuously detected, the game ball and the recovery ball that have flowed down the foul ball channel 252 There is a very high possibility that a clogged ball has occurred in the portion where the game ball flowing down the flow path 280 joins. Therefore, when a signal indicating the detection of the game ball B is continuously output from at least one of the recovery ball sensor 212 and the foul ball sensor 253 for a predetermined time or more, the replenishment solenoid 263 and the ball storage plate as conversion means By operating 261, ball clogging can be eliminated as described above.

  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 removal device 230 is connected to the ball removal opening 231, a plate-like opening / closing member 232 that converts the ball removal opening 231 into a closed state and an open state, and the opening / closing member 232. In addition, a slide operation member 233 for opening / closing the opening / closing member 232 and a slide member 234 having an abutting portion 351 that abuts on the interlocking member 341 of the interlocking device 340, and the lower side of the downstream end of the standby inclined portion 223 The slide member 234 is disposed between the slide member 234 and the bottom of the cylindrical guide portion 235 so as to be slidable along the plate-like standby inclined portion 223, and is slid A coil spring 236 that urges the member 234 toward the ball removal device 230 and a lower portion formed below the ball removal opening 231 and opened downward. And a vent channel 237.

The opening / closing member 232 normally closes the ball opening 231 by extending to the ball opening 231. In the closed state, the opening / closing member 232 is inclined in the same manner as the standby inclined portion 223 with the upper surface of the end portion on the standby inclined portion 223 side in contact with the lower surface of the standby inclined portion 223. In this state, at the position of the ball opening 231, the opening / closing member 232 functions as the bottom of the lower end of the standby flow path 221 of the circulation path 220, and the game ball B flowing down on the standby inclined portion 223 opens and closes one step below. The game ball B reaches the member 232 and passes through the opening / closing member 232 to reach the ball feeder 240.
Further, when the opening / closing member 232 is moved along the standby inclined portion 223 to the upper side of the inclination of the standby inclined portion 223, the ball opening portion 231 is opened, and the lower end portion of the opening / closing member 232 and the ball removing portion are opened. A space wider than the diameter of the game ball B is provided between the device 230 and the device 230 so that the game ball B can flow down from the ball opening 231.

  The guide portion 235 is formed on the back side (inner surface side) of the front wall member 310, and extends downward to the lower end portion of the plate-like standby inclined portion 223 and below the lower end portion of the standby inclined portion 223. Thus, a slide member 234, which will be described later, is sandwiched between the standby inclined portion 223, a guide lower wall 235a formed parallel to the standby inclined portion 223, a lower end portion of the standby inclined portion 223, and a guide lower wall The interior is elongated from the portion of the front wall member 310 between the front wall member 310 and the portion between the lower end of the standby inclined portion 223 of the rear wall member 320 connected to the front wall member 310 and the guide lower wall 235a. It has a rectangular cylindrical shape that is a rectangular parallelepiped space with the direction along the standby inclined portion 223. Further, the guide portion 235 is the bottom of the cylindrical guide portion 235 at the upper end of the guide lower wall 235a parallel to the standby inclined portion 223 and perpendicular to the guide lower wall 235a and the standby inclined portion 223. A bottom wall 235b extends rearward from the front wall member 310.

  In addition, on the inclined lower side of the guide portion 235, left and right ball-extracted side walls 237a and 237b that extend rearward from the front wall member 310 so as to constitute a ball-extract flow path 237 and are substantially vertical are provided. They are formed with an interval equal to or greater than the diameter of the game balls B, and the right ball-extracting side wall 237b is closed from the rear side of the cylindrical guide portion 235 from the rear. Note that the upper end of one of the bulb-exited side walls 237b is integrally connected to the lower end of the inclined side of the standby inclined portion 223, but a slit for inserting the opening / closing member 232 is formed at the upper end of the bulb-exited side wall 237b. The opening / closing member 232 is movable along the standby inclined portion 223 while passing through the slit.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, the slide member 234 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped member having the opening / closing member 232, the contact member 350 and the extraction operation member 233, the coil spring holding portion 352, and the fitting portion 353 on the peripheral surface. And, it is accommodated in the above-mentioned square cylindrical guide part 235 so as to be slidable along the standby inclined part 223.
The above-described opening / closing member 232 has an upper surface on the left side surface of the slide member 234 as viewed from the rear of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 so that the plate surface forming the upper surface of the slide member 234 and the upper surface of the opening / closing member 232 is in the same plane. Is formed.
Further, a contact member 350 having a substantially right triangular shape when viewed from the rear is formed at the lower left portion of the rear surface of the slide member 234 so that two orthogonal sides thereof are along the left side and the lower side of the rear surface of the slide member, respectively. .
The abutting member 350 protrudes rearward from the rear surface of the rear wall member 320 from a slit 326a formed in the rear wall member 320, and is interlocked with the abutting portion 351 on the upper surface of the abutting member 351 provided on the rear surface of the rear wall member 320. The interlocking member 341 of the apparatus 340 is brought into contact with it, and the operation of the slide member 234 is transmitted to the interlocking member 341.

  The left side surface of the contact member 350 is a surface continuous with the left side surface of the slide member 234 and has the same vertical width as the vertical width of the slide member 234. Further, the lower surface of the contact member 350 is also a surface that is continuous with the lower surface of the slide member 234 and has the same left-right width as the left-right width of the slide member 234. The upper surface of the contact member 350 is a surface forming a contact portion 351 with which the lower end portion (contacted portion) of the interlocking member 341 of the interlocking device 340 contacts, and an inclined surface 351a that descends from the upper end of the left side surface toward the right side. However, the right end side is a horizontal plane 351b with a predetermined width from the right end of the slide member 234, and the lower end of the inclined surface 351a is positioned to the left of the right end of the slide member 234 by that amount. Note that the horizontal width of the horizontal surface 351 b formed on the right end portion side of the upper surface of the contact member 350 is wider than the horizontal width of the lower end portion of the interlocking member 341. Further, the right side surface of the contact member 350 is a surface that is continuous with the right side surface of the slide member 234, and is continuous with the upper surface (horizontal surface 351 b) and the lower surface of the contact member 350. The front and rear widths of these upper and lower surfaces and left and right side surfaces, that is, the front and rear widths of the contact member 350 are wider than the front and rear widths of the lower end portion of the interlocking member 341 described later. The upper surface of the contact member 350 forms a contact portion 351 with which the interlocking member 341 contacts. In a normal state, the lower end of the interlocking member 341 is in contact with the horizontal surface 351b, and the slide member 234 is placed on the right side (standby). When sliding to the upper side of the inclined portion 223 (opening the ball opening 231), the interlocking member 341 is guided upward along the inclined surface 351a. Further, since the interlocking member 341 is guided by the contact portion 351 in this way, the width of the inclined surface 351a of the contact portion 351 is equal to or larger than the slide width of the slide member 234 in the left-right direction. 341 is prevented from coming off from the contact portion 351.

  In addition, a columnar extraction operation member 233 protrudes rearward from the rear surface of the contact member 350. As described above, the abutting member 350 protrudes rearward from the rear surface of the rear wall member 320 from the slit 326a formed in the rear wall member 320. Therefore, the extraction operation member 233 formed on the rear surface is circulated in an enclosed ball. It can be operated by hand from behind the unit 200. Therefore, the ball removal device 230 can change the state of the opening / closing member 232 by sliding the slide member 234 in the left-right direction by operating the extraction operation member 233 from the rear of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200.

  A coil spring holding portion 352 that is a cylindrical recess is formed on the right side surface of the slide member 234, and one end of the coil spring 236 is inserted therein. The other end of the coil spring 236 is fixed to the inside of the bottom wall 235b of the guide portion 235, and always urges the slide member 234 toward the ball removal device 230. As a result, the opening / closing member 232 is normally maintained in a state where the ball opening 231 is closed.

  The right end portion of the front portion of the slide member 234 protrudes to the right side from the right side surface, and a fitting portion 353 is formed here. The fitting portion 353 is a member having a T-shaped cross section, and is formed on the front side of the front surface of the slide member 234 so that a groove-shaped portion is formed vertically along the left-right direction (slide direction) of the slide member 234. It is formed so as to protrude. By fitting the groove-shaped portion of the fitting portion 353 into the slit 354 formed in the front wall member 310 serving as the front wall of the guide portion 235 along the sliding direction of the slide member 234, the slide member 234 is fitted. Is supported by the front wall member 310 and is slidable in the left-right direction.

From the above, the ball removal device 230 includes the opening / closing member 232 that can be converted into a state in which the extraction operation member 233 and the ball removal opening 231 opened in the standby flow path 221 are closed and opened, A slide member 234 that changes the state of the opening / closing member 232 by sliding in the left-right direction by the operation of the extraction operation member 233 is provided.
In addition, the slide member 234 contacts the interlocking member 341, and when the slide member 234 is slid so that the opening / closing member 232 is in the open state, the slide member 234 is inclined to contact the interlocking member 341 upward. It will have the part 351.

  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 to take out the game ball B from the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 for exchange or the like. As shown in FIG. 9, by moving the extraction operation member 233 to the upper side of the standby inclined portion 223 against the biasing force of the coil spring 236, the opening / closing member 232 is moved in the opening direction to remove the ball opening 231. And 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. It has become. As the ball removing device 230 is operated, the abutting portion 351 of the slide member 234 slides the interlocking member 341 upward to operate the interlocking device 340. As described later, the ball replenishing device 260 and the like are operated. It is designed to work in conjunction.

  As shown in FIG. 7 and the like, the ball feeding device 240 is provided on the downstream side of the standby flow path 221, and depends on 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 that includes a restricting wall 241 for restricting the downward movement of the game ball B and receives only one game ball B that is the lowermost of the game balls B arranged as described above, and a ball receiving portion A ball feeding member 243 that raises the game ball B held by 242 to a height over the regulation wall 241; a ball feeding solenoid 244 that drives the ball feeding member 243 to move up and down; and a side opposite to the ball receiving portion 242 of the regulation wall 241 And a supply channel 245 for deriving the game ball B over the regulation wall 241 to the launching device 61 (a launch position on the launch rail 62) and the game ball B passing through the supply channel 245 are detected. Supply ball sensor Includes a 46, a ball supply port 247 serving as a supply passage 245 (enclosed 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 supplies only the game balls B over the restriction wall 241 to the launching device 61. For example, in a plate shape having a height lower than the diameter of the game ball B (a height from the upper surface of a supply ball holding portion 243a to be described later of the ball feed member 243 positioned at the bottom). Is formed. 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 supply 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 is open on the left and right and front sides. It is formed in a U-shape (channel shape) and allows the game ball B to pass from right to left. The supply 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. Then, the ball feeding solenoid 244 causes the upper surface of the supply 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 portion of the lower end of the circulation path 220, and the supply ball holding portion 243a. It is possible to move up and down between the upper surface of the control wall 241 and the position above the upper end of the restriction wall 241.

  In addition, the upper surface of the supply ball holding portion 243a is inclined so as to descend from right to left from the back surface side, and 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 supply ball holding portion 243a is brought into contact with the restriction wall 241 on the supply ball holding portion 243a due to its inclination toward the restriction wall 241 side. Then, when the ball feeding member 243 is raised by the ball feeding solenoid 244 and the upper surface of the supply ball holding portion 243a becomes higher than the upper end of the regulating wall 241, the game ball B on the supply ball holding portion 243a is held by the supply ball. Due to the inclination of the portion 243a, 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 raised, the opening / closing member 232 prevents the game ball B to be sent next to the ball feeding member 243 on the opening / closing member 232 from entering under 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).

  In addition, an opening is formed in the ball feed cover portion 326b behind the ball feed member 243 of the rear wall member 320 that covers the rear side of the ball feed member 243, and the game ball B on the supply ball holding portion 243a is formed. Is 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 supply ball holding portion 243a is inclined downward toward the opposite side of the ball removing device 230, the supply 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 launching device 61 by the launch control board 63, and immediately after the launching device 61 launches the game ball B, it moves up and down to send the game ball B to the launching device 61. It has become.

  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 launching device 61 side on the front side of the enclosed 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 vertically erected along the front-rear direction of the enclosing 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 path rib 245b rolls forward on the flow path 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 the 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 passes over the restriction wall 241 and flows down directly below the supply flow path 245. 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 the length of the radius 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. Further, 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 unit 262 that is long and has a sphere storage plate 261 that can be rotated and moved to change an inclination angle, and a sphere storage plate 261. A replenishment solenoid 263 that switches between a state in which the game ball B is stored in the ball storage unit 262 by changing the inclination angle (storage state) and a state in which the game ball B is replenished (non-storage state), and the ball storage plate 261 Provided on the left side (opposite of the foul ball flow path 252) when viewed from the back side, the fall of the game ball B on the ball storage plate 261 is restricted, and the game ball B flowing in from the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 is stored in the ball. And a ball restraining member 265 that is guided onto the plate 261.

  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.
Then, the other end of the sphere storage plate 261 becomes a communication port 266 of the sphere storage unit 262 communicating with the circulation path 220. That is, in a state of being adjacent to the other end of the sphere storage plate 261, a recovery sphere flow path 280 of the circulation path 220 and a standby flow path 221 below the circulation path 220 are provided. In the replenishment state, the game ball B on the ball storage plate 261 falls from the ball storage plate 261 in the middle of the collection ball flow path 280 of the circulation path 220. The other end of the ball storage plate 261 is connected to the communication port. 266. Therefore, the ball storage unit 262 that can store the game ball B has a communication port 266 that communicates with the collection ball channel 280 of the circulation path 220. Further, the communication port 266 communicates with the collection ball flow path 280 of the circulation path 220 at a position directly below the collection ball sensor 212. The recovery ball channel 280 and the standby channel 221 are connected so as to be in communication with each other substantially at the height position of the communication port 266 (approximately the height position of the other end of the sphere storage plate 261). The communication port 266 is provided at a position facing the collection ball channel 280.

  Further, at one end portion of the ball storage plate 261, a locking portion 261 a that is locked to a latch plate 263 a connected to the plunger 263 b 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. Therefore, the ball storage plate 261 and the replenishment solenoid 263 provided in the ball storage unit 262 of the ball replenishment device 260 are stored in the storage state in which the game ball B is stored in the ball storage unit 262 and from the ball storage unit 262 to the circulation path 220. It becomes the conversion means which can be converted into a replenishment state for replenishing game balls. Further, the sphere storage plate 261 of the conversion means forms the bottom surface of the sphere storage portion 262, and the inclination direction of the bottom surface is inclined upward toward the communication port 266 (one end of the sphere storage plate 261 is the other end). It is configured to be convertible between a state in which it is higher than the end portion and a state in which it is inclined downward toward the communication port 266 (the other end portion of the ball storage plate 261 is higher than the one end portion).

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 arranged so as to be superimposed on a link piece 273b (transmission member) of an operation link member 273 described later of the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270. For example, the ball exchange cassette 275 is placed on the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270. When the link piece 273b is moved upward, the ball storage plate 261 is lifted up and inclined so that one end of the ball storage plate 261 is higher than the other end. It is supposed to be in a replenishment state.
In addition to this, when the conversion means of the ball replenishing device 260 is converted to the ball replenishing state (non-reserved state) by the link piece 273b of the operating link member 273 moving upward, May depend on behavior. The interlocking device 340 operates in response to the operation of the ball removing device 230, and thereby, the game ball B stored in the ball replenishing device 260 is also extracted in conjunction with the ball removing operation. Can do.

  The replenishment solenoid 263 is attached to a replenishment solenoid mounting portion 314 formed on the front wall member 310 with the plunger 263b facing upward, and is controlled by the first frame control board 81 by a ball shortage detection sensor 264 as described later. When the game balls B are not detected continuously for a period of time (the game balls B are in a shortage state), the game balls B waiting for the frame control device as the supplement control means to be launched are insufficient. It is determined and controlled to raise the plunger 263b. 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 section 254 that is the upstream end of the path 220.

  From the above, while playing a game by launching a predetermined number of game balls B enclosed in the gaming machine body from the launch position to the game area 1a, the game balls B that have passed through the game area 1a are collected and returned to the launch position. The game ball B is guided and used in a circulating manner, and the game ball B collected through the game area 1a is guided to flow down, and is positioned downstream of the collection ball channel 280 and sent to the launch position. In the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 including the circulation path 220 configured to communicate with the standby flow path 221 that waits for a predetermined number of game balls B before being played, the game ball B is provided at a required portion of the standby flow path 221 to play A predetermined number of balls are communicated with a ball removing device 230 for extracting the game ball B enclosed in the machine main body to the outside of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 and a communication port 266 opened in the middle of the collection ball channel 280. A ball storage unit 262 capable of storing the game ball B; Conversion means (replenishment solenoid 263, ball storage plate 261) that can be converted into a storage state in which the game ball B is stored in the ball storage unit 262 and a non-storage state in which the game ball B flows out from the ball storage unit 262 to the circulation path 220. , A rotation pin 313), and when the game balls B in the circulation path 220 are insufficient, the conversion means is converted to the non-reserved state so that the game balls B of the ball storage unit 262 are converted into the circulation path 220. A ball refilling device 260 that can be refilled, and the ball pulling device 230 performs a pulling operation for pulling out the game ball B enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. The member 233 is provided.

  Note that the shortage of balls is collected by the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 when, for example, a game ball B stops in the game area 1a and there are more game balls B than usual in the game area 1a. This occurs when the number of game balls B to be reduced or when the game balls B flow out to the outside when the clear member holding frame 140 is opened. In addition, the above-mentioned predetermined time is set to be shorter than the time when there is no game ball in the standby flow path 221 when the game ball is fired, and the game balls are being sequentially fired. Thus, when it is determined that there is a shortage of balls after a predetermined time has elapsed and the game balls are replenished, the game balls B in the standby flow path 221 are not set to zero. Therefore, if the game ball is replenished after the predetermined time has elapsed, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the game ball is not fired at the launch timing of the game ball B.

  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 increased number of game balls B due to the replenishment does not fit in the standby flow path 221 and overflows from the communication port 266 at the height position 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 through the communication port 266. 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 shortage state of the game balls B is resolved, the game balls B that have been replenished and increased during the shortage of balls are stored in the ball storage unit 262 again. That is, when the game balls B waiting in the standby flow path 221 are connected and reach the communication port 266 of the ball storage unit 262, the game balls B that subsequently flow down from the collection ball flow channel 280 reach the communication port 266. The game ball B comes into contact with the game ball B and is guided in the direction of the ball storage unit 262 and stored in the ball storage unit 262.
Note that the game ball B overflowing from the communication port 266 as described above flows into the ball storage unit 262, so that the game ball overflowing from the standby channel 221 to the communication port 266 is directly collected from the standby channel 221. Even if the number of game balls in the circulation path 220 increases by being replenished with the game balls B without being connected to the path 280, the recovery ball path 280 or the foul ball path 252 side The game balls B are connected to each other, and the connected game balls reach the recovery ball sensor 212 and the foul ball sensor 253, and the state where the game balls B are detected when the release of the game balls B is stopped is prevented. it can.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 includes a cassette insertion portion 271 formed on the rear wall member 320, a cassette receiving portion 272 formed on the front wall member 310, and a ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270. A cassette latching portion 279 that latches the inserted ball exchange cassette 275 (shown in FIG. 6), an operation link member 273 that changes the inclination angle of the above-described ball storage plate 261 when the ball exchange cassette 275 is attached, and a cassette And a lid opening locking member 274.

  The cassette insertion portion 271 is formed in the rear wall member 320 and is provided so as to extend rearward around the insertion opening 276 for inserting the ball exchange cassette 275 and the insertion opening 276 of the rear wall member 320. And a cassette guide member 277 for guiding the inserted ball exchange cassette 275 and supporting the inserted ball exchange cassette 275. In the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, when the ball exchange cassette 275 is set, one end on the side where the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette 275 is located (the ball replenishing device 260 side) is lower than the other end. The game ball B in the ball exchange cassette 275 flows down toward the ball outlet due to the inclination of the ball exchange cassette 275 when the ball exchange cassette 275 is set to the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270.

  The cassette receiving portion 272 formed on the front wall member 310 is a concave portion having a shape corresponding to the front end portion in the insertion direction of the ball exchange cassette 275, and the front end portion of the inserted ball exchange cassette 275 is a concave portion. By being inserted into the receiving portion 272, the front end portion of the ball exchange cassette 275 is supported in a positioned state. Further, the movement of the operation link member 273 that rotates and moves at one of the left and right ends (the right end as viewed from the back) of the cassette receiving portion 272 on the side of the ball replenishing device 260 is not hindered. An operating link member opening (not shown) is formed.

  The cassette hooking portion 279 is formed on the front wall member 310 and extends rearward from the front wall member 310 and is disposed along the cassette guide member 277 from the lower portion of the peripheral edge of the insertion opening 276 of the rear wall member 320. And has an engaging projection 278 on the upper surface at the rear end. Further, the engaging projection 278 protrudes into the passage path of the ball exchange cassette 275 when the ball exchange cassette 275 is inserted into the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270. However, when the ball exchange cassette 275 is inserted, When the engaging projection 278 comes into contact with the exchange cassette 275, the cassette latching portion 279 is elastically deformed and the engaging projection 278 goes out of the passage path of the ball exchange cassette 275, and the ball exchange cassette 275 is inserted into the insertion opening 276. It becomes possible.

  The engaging protrusion 278 of the cassette latching portion 279 has a triangular shape in cross section, with the surface facing the insertion direction of the ball exchange cassette 275 being tapered. Further, the engaging protrusion 278 of the cassette latching portion 279 is positioned immediately after the rear end of the cassette latching portion 279 when the ball exchange cassette 275 is completely inserted into the insertion opening 276. With the ball exchange cassette 275 fully inserted, the cassette latching portion 279 returns to its original state from the elastically deformed state, and the engagement protrusion 278 engages with the lower surface of the ball exchange cassette 275. It is supposed to be. Further, when the ball exchange cassette 275 is operated to be pulled out from the insertion opening 276, the cassette latching portion 279 is elastically deformed, and the engagement protrusion 278 comes out of the passage path of the ball exchange cassette 275 again. The ball exchange cassette 275 can be removed from the exchange cassette mounting portion 270.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cassette lid opening locking member 274 is formed to extend rearward in the vicinity of the cassette insertion portion 271 of the rear wall member 320 and on the side of the ball replenishing device 260. And a lid engaging protrusion 274a protruding toward the cassette insertion portion 271. The lid engaging protrusion 274a covers the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette 275 when the ball exchange cassette 275 is set on the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, and slides back and forth to open and close the ball outlet. When the ball exchange cassette 275 is moved forward and inserted into the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 by engaging with the lid 275b, the cassette lid 275b is fixed to the forward ball exchange cassette 275, and the cassette lid 275b Is moved rearward relative to the ball exchange cassette body 275a so that the cassette lid 275b opens the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette 275.
Thereby, by setting the ball exchange cassette 275 in the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette 275 is opened, and when the ball exchange cassette 275 is set, the ball exchange cassette 275 is opened from the ball outlet. The game ball B starts flowing down to the circulation path 220 through the ball replenishment device 260.
Note that the ball exchange cassette 275 shown in FIG. 6 is not completely fitted into the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270. By pushing the ball exchange cassette 275 further forward from this state, the ball exchange cassette 275 is completely fitted into the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, and the cassette lid 275b is opened so that the game ball B can be replenished.

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. Further, the space between the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 and the ball replenishing device 260 serves as an introduction port for the game ball B from the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 to the ball replenishing device 260 at the time of ball exchange, etc. Reference numeral 273 functions as an opening / closing member that opens and closes the inlet of the replacement game ball.
In addition, when the game ball B is supplied from the outside, such as when the game ball B is exchanged, the game ball B passes through the ball replenishment device 260 when the game ball B is sent from the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 to the circulation path 220. It is like that. When the game ball B is supplied from the outside, the operation link member 273 converts the ball storage plate 261 of the ball supply device 260 from the inclination angle in the storage state to the inclination angle in the supply state.

The operation link member 273 has an opening / closing door portion 273a that opens and closes the introduction port, and has a front-rear width and a vertical width that block the introduction port so that the game ball B cannot pass. In addition, it has a thickness (horizontal width) that can be reliably pressed when pressed by a ball exchange cassette 275 that is set as described later. 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 disposed in the vicinity (may be in contact with) the lower side of the engaging member 261b of the ball storage plate 261 extending to the above-described ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 side, and further to the rear wall member 320. It protrudes rearward from the formed opening 344. As shown in FIG. 10, the operation link member 273 is formed with a ball holding member main body 297 of a ball holding device 290 described later. The shape and function of the sphere holding member main body 297 will be described in detail later.
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.

  The operation link member 273 is in a state in which the opening / closing door portion 273a closes the introduction port of the above-described game ball B during normal times when no force is applied from the outside. In this case, when the ball exchange cassette 275 is inserted into the opening / closing door portion 273a, the ball replenishing device 260 side end of one of the left and right ends of the portion serving as the passage path of the ball exchange cassette 275 is inserted. When the ball exchange cassette 275 is inserted into the insertion opening 276 of the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, the opening / closing door portion 273a is pushed rearward to move the opening / closing door portion 273a to the front side. While the introduction port is opened, the operation 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, and the link replacement cassette 275 is inserted as described above, or interlocked as described later. When the link piece 273b rises obliquely upward by the operation of the device 340, the engaging member 261b is pushed up, and the ball storage plate 261 is inclined downward toward the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 side to store the game ball B. From the stored state, the game ball B is inclined downward toward the foul ball collecting means 250, and the game ball B is made to flow down to the junction 254 to be replenished. Then, the game ball B that has flowed down from the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette 275 toward the ball replenishing device 260 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 ball is refilled, the link piece 273b does not move, and the open / close door portion 273a maintains a state where the space between the ball replacement cassette mounting portion 270 and the ball refill device 260 is closed, and the ball holding member main body. The holding state of the game ball B by the ball holding portion 294 formed at 297 is maintained.

  When the ball exchange cassette 275 is set in the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 as described above, the opening / closing door portion 273a of the operation link member 273 is introduced between the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 and the ball replenishing device 260. By opening the mouth, the game ball B that has flowed out of the ball outlet of the ball exchange cassette 275 as described above is placed on the ball holding member 265 formed at the end on the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 side of the ball replenishing device 260. , And flows down onto the ball storage plate 261. At this time, the ball storage plate 261 is replenished by the operation link member 273 and is inclined downward toward the foul ball collection means 250 side. The game ball B to be supplied flows down on the ball storage plate 261 to the foul ball collection means 250 side, falls from the end of the ball storage plate 261 on the communication port 266 side, and is upstream of the circulation path 220. It flows down on the merging unit 254 as a part, will flow into the circulation path 220. At this time, the ball exchange cassette 275 includes the game balls stored in the ball storage unit 262, and the game balls used for circulation in the standby flow path 221 are accumulated and connected to the communication port 266. When the state is reached and the communication port 266 is closed with game balls, the further replenished game balls are connected to the ball storage plate 261. Here, when the ball exchange cassette 275 is removed, the ball storage plate 261 enters a storage state, and the game balls that are connected on the ball storage plate 261 are stored in the ball storage unit 262.

  Since the ball exchange cassette 275 shown in FIG. 6 is not completely fitted into the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, the open / close door portion 273a of the operation link member 273 is still in the front side in this normal state. It is not pushed by.

  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 forward by hand, the ball storage portion 262 is in a replenishment state, and the game ball manually replenished from the outside is replenished with the game ball B by the ball exchange cassette 275 In the same manner as described above, when flowing down on the ball storage plate 261 and flowing into the standby flow path 221 from the communication port 266 and the standby flow path 221 fills up, it accumulates on the ball storage plate 261 and is stored in the ball storage section 262. Is stored. The operation of the operation link member 273 by the interlock device 340 will be described later.

  From the above, the introduction port to the ball replenishing device 260 between the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270 and the ball replenishing device 260 is a replenishing port 267 for replenishing the game ball B from the outside of the gaming machine body to the middle of the circulation path 220. Thus, the supply port 267 is provided in the ball storage unit 262. When the game ball B is supplied from the supply port 267 to the circulation path 220 via the ball storage portion 262, the opening / closing door portion 273a of the operation link member 273 is used regardless of whether or not the ball exchange cassette 275 is used. Leave open. In this case, the ball storage plate 261 is brought into the replenishment state as described above by the link piece 273b of the operation link member 273. Therefore, the operation link member 273 serves as a replenishment conversion operation unit that converts the ball storage plate 261 serving as the conversion unit into a replenishment state.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 11, the sphere holding device 290 is provided at a substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the out sphere collection port 215 formed in the collection member 210, and flows down in the out sphere collection port 215 as an out sphere. A predetermined number of game balls B to be held are held on the rear inclined portion 217. The ball holding device 290 includes a ball holding recess 291 extending along the front-rear direction of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 and a ball holding member main body 297 that holds the game ball B in the ball holding recess 291.

As shown in FIG. 6, the ball holding recess 291 is a rectangular recess formed along the front-rear direction of the rear inclined portion 217 from the front end to the rear end of the rear inclined portion 217, and the left-right direction of the rear inclined portion 217. Two strips are formed in the approximate center of the. The front-rear width of the ball holding recess 291 is slightly wider than twice the diameter of the game ball B, and a maximum of four game balls B can be accommodated by the two ball holding recesses 291.
In addition, the number of the ball | bowl holding | maintenance recessed parts 291 may not be 2 items | rows, and may be 1 item | strip | rows, and may form 3 or more items | stripes. Also, the number of game balls B that can be accommodated in one ball holding recess 291 is not limited to two, and may be one, or three or more if the rear inclined portion 217 has a wide front-rear width. Anyway. For example, in the present embodiment, since there is a space on the left and right of the ball holding device 290, another ball holding concave portion 291 is formed, and six game balls B are produced without causing problems such as ball clogging. Can also be held.

The front end of the ball holding recess 291 is in contact with the inner surface of the front enclosure wall 214. The rear end portion is a portion that becomes a side wall of the collection sphere flow path 280, and a notch is formed in this portion by a sphere holding recess 291. The ball holding recess 291 has left and right inner surfaces perpendicular to the rear inclined portion 217 and along the front-rear direction, and a bottom surface parallel to the upper surface of the rear inclined portion 217.
On both sides of the bottom of the sphere holding recess 291, slits 293 extending in the front-rear direction are formed from the front end to the rear end of the sphere holding recess 291. The slit 293 is for exposing a sphere holding portion 294 of a sphere holding member main body 297, which will be described later, from the lower side to the upper side of the rear inclined portion 217 and for moving in the front-rear direction. Since the slit 293 is formed on the bottom surface in this way, the bottom surface and the side surface are not directly connected.

  In addition, a partition wall 295 is formed between the two sphere holding recesses 291 so as to stand vertically along the sphere holding recess 291 with respect to the rear inclined portion 217. The upper end of the partition wall 295 has a constant height in the front-rear direction. That is, since the rear inclined portion 217 is inclined so as to be lowered toward the rear side, the height from the upper surface of the rear inclined portion 217 to the upper end of the partition wall 295 is higher on the rear side. The side surface of the partition wall 295 is a plane perpendicular to the rear inclined portion 217, but the portion above the height of the portion where the front end of the rear inclined portion 217 contacts the surrounding wall 214 is the left-right direction of the partition wall 295. It has a ridge line extending in the front-rear direction at the center of the ridge, and is a slope that descends from the ridge line in the left-right direction. Further, a rectangular recess 296 is formed on the inner surface of the front enclosure wall 214 where the ball holding recess 291 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 10, the sphere holding member main body 297 is a part including a side surface 273 c which is the front side of the above-described operation link member 273, and a sphere holding portion 294 is formed on the top thereof.
The ball holding member main body 297 has a plate-like extension part 299 continuously extending on the upper part of the side surface 273c which is the front side of the operation link member 273, and the extension part 299 has a tip part from the rear side. It is formed in an L shape that refracts in the left direction and extends in the lateral direction. The upper end surface of the tip portion of the extending portion 299 that extends in the horizontal direction is a horizontal plane, and four ball holding portions 294,...

  The sphere holding portion 294 is a substantially right triangular plate-like member, and is formed to have a plate surface perpendicular to the upper end surface of the extending portion 299 and along the front-rear direction. The spherical holding portion 294 having a substantially right triangle shape has an end surface (circumferential surface) whose end surface corresponding to the oblique side is the front surface 294d, and one of the end surfaces corresponding to the two orthogonal sides is A horizontal bottom surface 294a connected to the upper surface of the extending portion 299 is formed on the extending portion 299 so that the other is a vertical rear end surface 294c. The front and rear width of the ball holding portion 294 is wider than the front and rear width of the extending portion 299, and the front and rear end portions of the ball holding portion 294 are formed so as to protrude from the front and rear surfaces of the extending portion 299, respectively. Yes.

  Note that the front end portion of the bottom surface 294a protrudes more to the front side than the front surface of the extending portion 299, but the rear end portion reaches a position in contact with the rear surface of the extending portion 299. Further, the lower end of the rear end surface 294c, which is a vertical surface disposed behind the rear surface of the extending portion 299, is located above the height of the bottom surface 294a, and the bottom surface 294a and the rear end surface 294c are not directly. The connection is made via the stepped portion 294b. That is, the right-angled portion of the right triangle is a notch. The front surface 294d is a curved surface.

  The width of the sphere holding portion 294 is narrower than the lateral width of the slit 293, and the interval in the left-right direction of each sphere holding portion 294,... Is the same as the interval in the left-right direction of the slit 293. Further, since the sphere holding part 294 has a predetermined height, the sphere holding part 294 is exposed above the rear inclined part 217 from the slit 293 when the operation link member 273 is attached to the enclosing sphere circulation unit 200. It can be done. The ball holding portion 294 is positioned on the rear end side of the ball holding concave portion 291 at normal times when no external force is applied to the operation link member 273, and the game ball B in the ball holding concave portion 291 is located. Is restricted from flowing down along the inclination, and the game ball B is held in the ball holding recess 291. Further, since the front surface 294d of the ball holding portion 294 is a curved surface, the game ball B can be reliably held in the ball holding recess 291 and the released state of the game ball B can be easily released as will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, guide members 298 are provided on the left and right sides of the front side of the rear inclined portion 217 so as to be inclined toward the ball holding device 290 and guide the game ball B to the ball holding device 290. ing.
The rear inclined portion 217 of the recovery member 210 has an inclination that descends toward the rear, and the game ball B as an out ball descends along this inclination and flows down to the recovery ball channel 280. . The ball holding device 290 is provided in the rear inclined portion 217, and thus receives and holds the game ball B flowing down the rear inclined portion 217. As shown in FIG. In particular, when holding the second game ball B in a state where one game ball B is held, it is caused to flow from the upstream side of the held first game ball B. There is a need. For this reason, a guiding member 298 is provided in the rear inclined portion 217 so that the game ball B flows from the upstream side of the ball holding device 290.

The left guide member 298 when viewed from the rear surface side of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is in contact with the inner surface of the left enclosure wall 214 and the inner surface of the front enclosure wall 214, and the upper surface of the ball holding device is lowered toward the right side. It is formed up to 290. Further, the right guide member 298 as viewed from the rear surface side of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is continuous with the inclined portion at the right end of the recovery member 210 and is in contact with the inner surface of the front enclosure wall 214, and the upper surface thereof is lowered toward the left side. Thus, it is formed up to the front of the ball holding device 290. Note that the upper surfaces of these two guide members 298 are not inclined in the front-rear direction.
As shown in FIG. 6, ribs 298 a are formed at the rear edge portions of the left and right guide members 298 perpendicular to the guide members 298. The rib 298a has a rear surface that is continuous with the rear surface of the guide member 298, a front surface that is a slope that is lowered toward the front side, has a triangular cross section, and extends along the rear edge of the guide member 298. It is formed so as to extend in the left-right direction. In addition, in the guide member 298 on the right side when viewed from the rear surface side of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200, a rib 298a is extended to a substantially central portion of the inclined portion formed on the right side of the recovery member 210.
The rib 298a prevents the game ball B flowing down on the guide member 298 from falling directly rearward from the rear edge of the guide member 298. This enhances the effect of guiding upstream.

Such a game ball B flowing down on the guide member 298 does not flow down in the front-rear direction but flows down in the left-right direction, so the upstream side of the ball holding device 290 (the opposite side to the inclination direction in the ball holding recess 291) ) And can flow into the ball holding device 290 from the upstream side.
In addition, the game ball B flowing into the ball holding device 290 from the left and right directions flows into the ball holding recess 291 opposite to the inflow direction by the partition wall 295 provided between the two ball holding recesses 291. The game balls B held in the adjacent ball holding recesses 291 are prevented from coming into contact with each other. As a result, for example, the game ball B that has flowed down the guide member 298 collides with the game ball B (holding ball) already held by the ball holding device 290 and flips the holding ball, or has been hit It is possible to prevent the holding ball from flipping off the holding ball in the opposite ball holding recess 291, and the ball holding device 290 can hold the game ball B efficiently.
Note that the game ball B does not necessarily have to pass through the guide member 298 in order to flow into the ball holding device 290. Instead, the game ball B falls directly from the game region 1a above the ball holding device 290 or flows backward. Of course, it may flow down and flow in.

In the ball holding device 290 configured as described above, the clerk can easily pick up the held game ball B by opening the clear member holding frame 140 that covers the front side of the game board 1. Yes.
As described above, the out-ball collecting member 210a that forms the out-ball collecting port 215 at the front portion of the collecting member 210 is inserted into the gap formed in the mounting board 131, and as shown in FIG. Therefore, the ball holding device 290 provided in the out-ball collection port 215 is positioned in front of the game board 1. In addition, the firing operation unit 150 is disposed at a position lower than the recovery member 210, and the interval between the upper end of the firing operation unit 150 and the lower end of the game board 1 is determined when the clear member holding frame 140 is opened. It is set to the extent that a hand can be inserted. Thus, if the clear member holding frame 140 is opened, the game ball B held by the ball holding device 290 can be picked up by hand. For example, when a ball clogging occurs on the game board 1, After eliminating this, the game ball B picked up in the normal variation winning device 9 can be put in for service.

Further, in this ball holding device 290, the holding state of the game ball B by the ball holding device 290 can be easily released.
As described above, the operation link member 273 is rotatably supported by the shaft formed in the link member support portion 317, and the state in which the opening / closing door portion 273a closes the introduction port of the game ball B and from this state. It can be swung between a state in which it is rotated to the front side of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 and the introduction port is opened. And the ball | bowl holding | maintenance part 294 formed in the upper part of the ball | bowl holding member main body 297 of the action | operation link member 273 moves along the front-back direction in the slit 293 with this rotation. In a normal state (normal state) in which no force is applied to the operating link member 273 from outside, the open / close door portion 273a of the operating link member 273 closes the introduction port of the game ball B. In this state, FIG. As shown, the side surface 273c on the front side of the operation link member 273, that is, the ball holding member main body 297 is in a substantially vertical state. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the ball holding portion 294 exposed above the rear inclined portion 217 is located at the rear end (normal position) of the ball holding concave portion 291, and is located downstream in the ball holding concave portion 291. The game ball B about to flow down is held and can be held. Note that the rear end of the sphere holding recess 291 is an end portion on the side descending along the tilt direction of the sphere holding recess 291 and a downstream end portion in the tilt direction.

  When the operation link member 273 is rotated forward from this state, the front side surface 273c of the operation link member 273 is substantially vertical as shown in FIG. The holding part 294 moves in the slit 293 to the front side (the other end side). Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the height of the upper end of the ball holding portion 294 is lower than the initial state because it falls to the front side. Further, since the rear inclined portion 217 has an inclination that the front side becomes higher, the portion where the ball holding portion 294 is exposed above the rear inclined portion 217 gradually decreases as the ball holding portion 294 moves to the front side. The ball B cannot be held. Accordingly, the holding state of the game ball B is released and the holding state is released. That is, the operation link member 273 forms a ball holding member that can be converted into a holding state in which the game ball B can be held in the ball holding device 290 and a non-holding state in which the held game ball B can be released.

For example, when two game balls B are held in one ball holding recess 291, when the operation link member 273 is rotated forward, the ball holding unit 294 initially rotates the two game balls B, The game ball B on the upstream side is pushed up to the upstream side until it comes into contact with the recess 296 formed in the front side wall 214. Further, when the operation link member 273 is rotated to the front side, one of the two game balls B is not held by being pushed to the side of the ball holding recess 291 and flows down the rear inclined portion 217. And flows into the collection sphere flow path 280.
Alternatively, since the front surface 294d that contacts the game ball B of the ball holding portion 294 has a curved surface, the game ball B on the downstream side is pushed upward along the curved surface and exceeds the upper side of the ball holding portion 294. As a result, the ball holding recess 291 flows down to the downstream side and flows into the game ball inlet 219. The rear end portion (downstream side) of the ball holding recess 291 is an open end in which a notch is formed in the side wall of the recovery ball channel 280, so that the game ball B flows down to the recovery ball channel 280. There is no hindrance.

  The game ball B remaining in the ball holding recess 291 is pushed up further upstream, but the portion exposed above the rear inclined portion 217 of the ball holding portion 294 is gradually lowered, so that the ball holding portion 294 becomes the game ball B. Cannot be held, and the game ball B gets over the ball holding portion 294 and flows down the ball holding concave portion 291 and flows into the collection ball channel 280. With the above operation, the holding of the game ball B held by the ball holding device 290 is released, and the game ball B flows down to the circulation path 220 via the collection ball channel 280.

  Further, when the operation link member 273 is rotated forward, the engagement member 261b of the ball storage plate 261 is pushed up by the link piece 273b, and the ball storage plate 261 is rotated and stored in the ball replenishing device 260. The game ball B flows down to the circulation path 220. That is, the ball storage plate 261 (conversion means) rotates in accordance with the rotation operation of the operation link member 273 (sphere holding member), and is converted into a non-storage state. As a result, when the game ball B in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is extracted, the operation link member 273 rotates forward, and is stored in the game ball B held by the ball holding device 290 and the ball replenishment device 260. The game ball B that has been stored can be caused to flow down to the circulation path 220 by a single operation.

As shown in FIG. 5, the interlocking device 340 is provided on the rear surface side of the rear wall member 320 and between the mounting position of the ball feed solenoid 244 and the mounting position of the replenishing solenoid 263.
The interlocking device 340 interlocks the operation of the slide member 234 of the ball removing device 230 and the operation of the operation link member 273. And have.

The interlocking member 341 is a rod-like member having a refracting portion 341a refracted in a crank shape at a substantially central portion in the length direction. The lower end of the interlocking member 341 is disposed so as to contact the contact portion 351 of the contact member 350 of the slide member 234. The upper end of the interlocking member 341 is the lower surface of the link piece 273b (transmission member) formed in the lower part of the ball holding member main body 297 of the operation link member 273, and the opening 344 formed in the rear wall member 320. It is arranged so as to contact the portion protruding rearward from.
A guide slit 341b is provided along the length direction of the interlocking member 341 at a substantially central portion between the upper end of the interlocking member 341 and the refracting portion 341a and a substantially central portion between the lower end of the interlocking member 341a. , 341b is formed with a long hole. Projections provided on the rear surface of the rear wall member 320 are fitted into the guide slits 341b and 341b. In addition, a pressing member (not shown) for pressing the interlocking member 341 so as not to be separated from the rear surface of the rear wall member 320 is protruded on the inner side of a cover member 342 to be described later. It is guided in the vertical direction along the rear surface of the member 320.

The cover member 342 is a box-shaped member that is refracted in accordance with the interlocking member 341 that is refracted into a crank shape, and protrudes from the interlocking member 341, the opening 344, and the opening 344 disposed on the rear surface of the rear wall member 320. The link piece 273b to be covered is covered. Note that the contact member 350 of the ball removal device 230 needs to be operated by hand during the ball removal operation, so that the cover member 342 covers the upper part of the contact member 350. Therefore, a notch (not shown) for inserting the interlocking member 341 is formed on the lower side surface of the cover member 342.
A concave engaging portion 345 is formed at the side end portion of the rear surface of the cover member 342. The engaging portion 345 is formed at a position corresponding to the engaging claw 346 formed on the rear wall member 320 when the cover member 342 is attached to the rear wall member 320. The cover member 342 can be fixed to the rear wall member 320 by engaging with the engaging portion 345.

The interlocking device 340 as described above interlocks the operation of the slide member 234 and the operation of the operation link member 273, and opens the ball extraction opening 231 when the game ball B is extracted from the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. Accordingly, the game ball B stored in the ball replenishing device 260 and the game ball B held in the ball holding device 290 are released.
As shown in FIG. 7, in a normal state, the slide member of the ball removing device 230 is urged by the coil spring 236 and the left end of the left and right movable range (of the standby inclined portion 223) as viewed from the rear of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. The opening / closing member 232 is in a state in which the ball opening 231 is closed. Further, the ball holding device 290 has a holding state in which the ball holding portion 294 formed on the upper portion of the ball holding member main body 297 of the operation link member 273 is located at the rear end of the ball holding recess 291 and can hold the game ball B It has become. In this state, the link piece 273b is positioned at the lower end of the upper and lower movable range. In addition, the ball replenishing device 260 is in a storage state in which the ball storage plate 261 forming the converting means is inclined so that the communication port 266 side becomes higher, and the game ball B can be stored in the ball storage unit 262. As shown in FIG. 10, in the normal state, the interlocking member 341 of the interlocking device 340 has a lower end portion on the horizontal plane 351b formed at the right end portion of the abutting portion 351 of the abutting member 350 and an upper end portion linked It is in a state of contacting the lower surface of the piece 273b.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the slide member 234 is moved to the right side (the upper side of the inclination of the standby inclined portion 223) against the urging force of the coil spring 236 by the ball extraction operation member 233 in the extraction operation, the opening / closing member 232 is moved. The game ball B that has been retracted from the ball removal opening 231 and opened in the ball discharge opening 231 and has been waiting in the standby flow path 221 flows out to the outside. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 11, as the contact member 350 formed on the slide member 234 moves to the right, the lower end portion of the interlocking member 341 is guided upward along the inclined surface 351 a of the contact portion 351. Thus, the interlocking member 341 moves upward, and the upper end of the interlocking member 341 pushes the link piece 273b upward. As a result, the engaging member 261b of the ball storage plate 261 that forms one end of the conversion means arranged to be superimposed on the link piece 273b is pushed up, and the ball storage plate 261 of the ball replenishing device 260 is rotated by the rotation pin 313. Is turned into a state in which the game ball B is replenished (non-reserved state), and the stored game ball B flows into the circulation path 220 from the communication port 266.

From the above, in conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation member 233, the interlocking device 340 for converting the conversion means (replenishment solenoid 263, ball storage plate 261, rotation pin 313) of the ball replenishment device 260 to the non-reserved state is provided. It will be.
The interlocking device 340 includes an interlocking member 341 that can convert the state of the converting means by acting on the converting means and sliding in the vertical direction.

Further, when the link piece 273b is pushed upward, the ball holding member main body 297 formed on the operation link member 273 rotates forward, and the operation link member 273 (ball holding member) holds the game ball B. It is converted to a non-holding state that releases the state. As a result, the game ball B held by the ball holding device 290 flows into the circulation path 220 via the collection ball channel 280.
Then, the game ball B that has flowed into the circulation path 220 from the ball replenishing device 260 and the ball holding device 290 flows down the circulation path 220 and flows out from the ball opening 231 to the outside. That is, only by operating the ball removal operation member 233, not only the game ball B waiting in the standby flow path 221 but also held in the game ball B and the ball holding device 290 stored in the ball replenishment device 260. The game ball B can also be extracted from the ball opening 231.

  From the above, the collection member 210 that receives the game ball B that has passed through the game area 1a is provided upstream of the collection ball flow path 280, and the collection member 210 collects the game ball B to be collected. And a ball holding device 290 capable of holding a predetermined number at a predetermined portion, and opening and closing the opening / closing frame (clear member holding frame 140) provided on the front side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 and holding the ball holding device 290. The ball holding device 290 can be converted into a holding state in which the game ball B can be held and a non-holding state in which the held game ball B can be released. A ball holding member (operation link member 273) is provided, and the ball holding member is configured to be converted into a non-holding state based on the interlocking operation of the interlocking device 340.

  In addition, the ball holding member (operation link member 273) includes a rotatable ball holding member main body 297 having a horizontal rotation center set downward and an upper portion of the ball holding member main body 297 and the recovery member 210. A sphere holding portion 294 that can be converted into a holding state and a non-holding state by a rotation operation of the sphere holding member main body 297, and a lower portion of the sphere holding member main body 297, the enclosing sphere type And a transmission member (link piece 273b) for projecting on the back side of the gaming machine 100 and transmitting the interlocking operation of the interlocking device 340, and the conversion means is provided in the front-rear direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 It is configured to be convertible between a storage state and a non-storage state by rotating around the set rotation shaft (rotation pin 313), and one end portion (engagement member 261b) of the conversion means is connected to the transmission member (link piece). Above 273b) By polymerizing, said conversion means is that it has operatively configured rotate in response to rotation of ball holding members.

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 provided as possible.
As shown in FIG. 8, the deposit removing means 400 includes a grounded metal plate 410 that can be brought into contact with the game ball B in the standby flow path 221 of the circulation path 220, and a circulation path that serves as a downflow path. A ventilation fan 420 serving as a wind forming means for forming artificial wind by blowing or sucking into the 220 standby flow path 221 is provided.

  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. The length of the metal plate 410 along the flow direction of the game ball B, that is, the longitudinal direction of the standby inclined portion 223 is equal to or longer than the entire circumference of the game ball B (π × diameter of the game ball B). When the game ball B rolls on 410, it is preferable that the game ball B can roll on the metal plate 410 at least for one round of the game ball B. As a result, when the game ball B rolls on the metal plate 410, it is possible to contact the metal plate 410 over the entire circumference of the game ball B, and to more reliably remove static electricity from the game ball B. In addition, when the game ball B flows down, wind is blown over the entire surface of the game ball B, so that it is possible to secure a sufficient time for removing the deposits.

  In addition, the ground attachment portion 414 formed below the metal plate 410 has a screw hole serving as a ground wiring attachment terminal and a screw 415 screwed into the screw hole, and the terminal 431 of the ground wiring 430 is a screw. It is fixed by. The ground wiring 430 passes through the ground wiring hole 316 provided in the vicinity of the metal plate 410 below the standby inclined portion 223 of the front wall member 310, is fixed to the metal launch rail 62, and includes the launch rail 62. The launch unit 60 is grounded. Note that the grounding of the metal plate 410 is not limited to the connection to the launch unit 60, but the metal plate 410 is grounded to the launch unit 60 and other metal parts of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 or to the island facility. The grounding effect 410 may be enhanced.

  The blower fan 420 is a well-known blower fan for exhaust heat (cooling) of a power source, a substrate, etc. of an electric product, and includes, for example, a fan in a substantially square casing when viewed from the front and a motor that rotates the fan. 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 back 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. A filter attachment portion 321 for attaching a filter (not shown) is provided at a portion corresponding to the attachment position of the blower fan 420 on the back surface of the rear wall member 320. The filter mounting portion 321 is formed with a filter opening 322 through which dust or the like containing deposits on the game ball B blown off by the blower fan 420 and blown by the blower is passed.

Further, the upper edge of the filter opening 322 is disposed slightly above the standby inclined portion 223, and is disposed obliquely along the upper surface of the standby inclined portion 223, that is, the upper surface of the metal plate 410. On the rear side of the path 221, a slit-shaped vent 328 (shown in FIG. 3) is formed near the upper surface of the standby inclined portion 223 (metal plate 410) along the upper surface.
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.

  In addition, a fan opening communicating with the blower fan is formed at a position overlapping the blower fan 420 of the mounting plate 131 of the front frame body 130 serving as a base frame to which the encapsulated ball circulation unit 200 is attached. A launch operation unit 150 including a touch panel display unit 151 is provided on the front side of the mounting plate 131 of the front frame body 130.

The fan opening of the mounting board 131 communicates with a space on the back side of the touch panel display unit 151 inside the launch operation unit 150, and a touch panel display unit 151 (backlight, driver circuit board, etc.) as a display device. The blower fan 420 sucks the heat released into the firing operation unit 150 from the heat generating structure).
The enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is attached to the rear side of the launch unit 60 on the back surface side of the mounting board 131, but the blower fan 420 attached to the front side of the front wall member 310 of the enclosing ball circulation unit 200 is Arranged below the raised portion of the launch unit 60 that is disposed obliquely, the blower fan 420 and the launch unit 60 overlap not vertically but vertically so that space efficiency is enhanced.

In the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 as described above, the game ball B launched into the game area 1a is collected as described below, and the game ball B is circulated and used.
The game ball B supplied to the launching device 61 of the launching unit 60 passes through the space between the two guide rails 2 inside and outside from the lower side of the game region 1a on the front side of the game board 1 by the launching device 61, and in the game region 1a. Fired. Then, the game balls B fired in the game area 1a flow down in the game area 1a, and some of the fired game balls B are the normal variation winning device 9, the special variation winning device 5, the general winning port 8, and the like. It flows into the winning opening of the game board and wins, is led to the back side of the game board 1 to become a safe ball, 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 and enclosed It reaches the safe ball collection port 216 at the rear of the collection member 210 of the ball circulation unit 200.
The safe ball collected at the safe ball collection port 216 flows down along the inclination of the front inclined portion 218 at the rear of the collection member 210 and reaches the central game ball introduction port 219 before and after the collection member 210.

  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. That is, the out ball flows down from the front side of the game board 1 to the lower side of the game board 1 and reaches the out ball collection port 215 at the front of the collection member 210 of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200.

  The game ball B reaching the out ball collection port 215 flows down in the front-rear direction along the inclination of the rear inclined portion 217 toward the game ball introduction port 219, but on the guide member 298 provided in the rear inclined portion 217. Most of the game balls B flowing down the ball flow down toward the ball holding device 290 along the left-right direction of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. When the game ball B is not held in the ball holding recess 291 of the ball holding device 290 and flows into the ball holding recess 291, it flows down along the inclination in the ball holding recess 291, and the ball holding portion 294. To be held in the ball holding recess 291. Furthermore, after this, the game ball B that has flowed in from the upstream side of the first game ball B held in the ball holding recess 291 abuts on the first game ball B and enters the ball holding recess 291. Is held on the upstream side. By holding the game balls B in this way by the ball holding device 290, a maximum of four game balls B are held by the two ball holding recesses 291. Note that the game ball B that did not reach the ball holding device 290 or the game ball B that reached the ball holding device 290 but could not flow into the ball holding recess 291 due to collision with the held game ball B It flows down along the inclination of the inclined part 217 and reaches the game ball introduction port 219.

Then, the game ball B (out ball, safe ball) flows into the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 from the game ball introduction port 219 through the collection ball flow path 280 and passes through the collection ball sensor 212, thereby collecting the collection ball sensor. Detected at 212. The game ball B that has passed through the collection ball sensor 212 passes next to the communication port 266 of the ball storage unit 262 and becomes a lower end portion of the foul ball flow channel 252 and a merging portion that serves as an upper end portion of the standby flow channel 221. Flow down to H.254.
On the other hand, the game ball B as a foul ball that has returned without being flowed down the game area 1a despite being launched by the launching device 61 is collected by the foul ball collection unit 257 of the foul ball collection means 250, and the foul ball is collected. After passing through the ball collection port 251, it passes through the foul ball sensor 253, 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 ball flowing down the foul ball channel 252 flows down to the junction 254 as the lower end of the foul ball channel 252, and joins the game ball B as the above-mentioned recovery ball.

  Then, the game ball B flows down the standby channel 221 at the junction 254. 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. In addition, the artificial wind directed from the front to the rear from the blower fan 420 disposed on the front side of the metal plate 410 overlaps with the metal plate 410 in the front and rear direction to the game ball B in a state where static electricity is removed on the metal plate 410. Will be sprayed. Then, 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 flowing down the standby flow path 221 reach the ball feeding device 240 one by one and are sent to the supply flow path 245 by the ball feeding device 240. Then, the game ball B flowing down the supply flow path 245 passes through the supply ball sensor 246 (ball feed sensor) and is detected by the supply ball sensor 246, and then from the ball supply port 247 to the outside of the enclosed ball circulation unit 200. To the game ball launch position of the launching device 61 of the launch unit 60. Then, the game ball B that has flowed down the game area 1a and collected in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is again fired from the launch device 61 to the game area 1a and is used in a circulating manner.

  In addition, in the process of circulating the game ball B as described above, for example, when a ball clog occurs, the player calls an attendant to resolve it. Then, after the ball clogging is cleared, the clerk opens the clear member holding frame 140, picks up the game ball B held by the ball holding device 290 by hand, and puts it in the normal variable prize winning device 9 so that the player To service.

Further, in the enclosed ball game machine 100 as described above, the game ball B enclosed in the enclosed ball circulation unit 200 is exchanged as follows.
First, the slide member is moved by the extraction operation member 233 of the ball removing device 230 to the upper side of the standby inclined portion 223 against the biasing force of the coil spring 236, thereby moving the opening / closing member 232 in the opening direction to remove the ball. The opening 231 is opened, and the game ball B in the standby channel 221 is extracted from the ball extraction channel 237. At the same time, in accordance with the operation of the slide member 234, the interlocking member 341 of the interlocking device 340 moves upward to push up the link piece 273b of the operating link member 273, thereby forming conversion means of the ball replenishing device 260. While the sphere storage plate 261 is converted into the non-storage state, the operation link member 273 that forms the sphere holding member of the sphere holding device 290 is converted into the non-holding state. As a result, the game ball B stored in the ball replenishing device 260 and the game ball B held in the ball holding device 290 flow into the circulation path 220, pass through the ball opening 231, and the ball discharging channel 237. Leaked from. Then, the game ball B on the supply ball holding portion 243a is operated from the ball feed cover portion 326b of the rear wall member 320 that covers the rear side of the ball feed member 243 to flow out from the supply flow path 245 side. All the game balls B enclosed in the circulation unit 200 are discharged to the outside.
Further, the refilling operation of the new game ball B to be performed thereafter is performed by attaching the ball exchange cassette 275 filled with the game ball B to the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270, and all the game balls B in the ball exchange cassette 275 are enclosed ball circulation units. After flowing out into 200, the ball exchange cassette 275 may be removed from the ball exchange cassette mounting portion 270.
All of the above replacement operations of the game balls B can be performed from the back side of the encapsulated ball game machine 100. In particular, by having the interlocking device 340, if the ball removing device 230 is operated, the ball replenishing device 260, The game ball B of the ball holding device 290 can also be extracted at the same time, and the efficiency of exchanging the game ball B can be improved.

  The gaming machine as described above launches a game ball B encapsulated in a predetermined number in the game machine body from the launch position to the game area 1a and plays the game, while collecting the game balls B that have passed through the game area 1a. The game ball B is guided to the launch position and circulated and used, and the game ball B collected through the game area 1a is guided to flow down, and the launch ball located on the downstream side of the collection ball channel 280 An enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 including a circulation path 220 configured to communicate with a standby flow path 221 that waits for a predetermined number of game balls B before being sent to a position, and a required portion of the standby flow path 221 A ball removal device 230 for extracting the game ball B enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, and a communication port 266 opened in the middle of the collection ball channel 280. Sphere storage unit 2 capable of storing a predetermined number of game balls B in communication 2 and conversion means (replenishment solenoid 263, ball that can be converted into a storage state in which the game ball B is stored in the ball storage unit 262 and a non-storage state in which the game ball B flows out from the ball storage unit 262 to the circulation path 220. And when the game balls B in the circulation path 220 are insufficient, the conversion means is converted to the non-reserved state so that the game balls B of the ball storage unit 262 are replaced with the game balls B. A ball replenishing device 260 that can replenish the circulation path 220, and the ball removing device 230 performs an extraction operation when the game ball B enclosed in the gaming machine body is extracted outside the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100. An extraction operation member 233 is provided, and in conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation member 233, an interlocking device 340 that converts the conversion means of the ball replenishing device 260 into a non-reserved state is provided.

Accordingly, the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 communicates with the communication port 266 opened in the middle of the collection ball flow path 280 and stores a predetermined number of game balls B, and the ball storage unit 262 has a game. A conversion means capable of converting into a storage state in which the ball B is stored and a non-storage state in which the game ball B flows out from the ball storage unit 262 to the circulation path 220, and the game balls B in the circulation path 220 are insufficient In this case, the conversion means is converted into the non-reserved state, and the ball replenishing device 260 capable of replenishing the circulation path 220 with the game ball B of the ball storage unit 262 is provided. Can be replenished automatically, and the cost of the device for refilling the game ball B can be reduced.
In other words, even if there is a shortage in the game balls B waiting for launch, the game balls B are automatically replenished, so that there is no problem in launching the game balls B, and the refilling of the game balls B is performed in the enclosed ball type. Since it is performed by the ball replenishment device 260 provided in the gaming machine 100, it is possible to prevent the extra cost in installing the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 without installing a replenishment system on the island facility and reducing the cost. Reduction can be achieved. In addition, the ball storage unit 262 has a communication port 266 that communicates with the collection ball channel 280 and is provided outside the circulation path 220, so that an extra game ball B to be used when the number of balls is insufficient is added to the circulation path 220. Thus, the circulation path 220 does not become longer as in the case of encapsulating, and the cost can be reduced and the mechanism for circulating the game ball B can be reduced.

In addition, a ball removal device 230 for extracting the game ball B enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside at a required portion of the standby flow path 221 is provided, and the ball removal device 230 performs an extraction operation for extracting the game ball B. By having the member 233, the extraction operation of the game ball B can be simplified, and the cost of the device related to the extraction of the game ball B can be reduced.
That is, when exchanging the encapsulated ball, etc., it is only necessary to operate the extraction operation member 233, and the encapsulated ball can be easily and reliably extracted without providing a costly apparatus for an extraction operation with low use frequency. it can. Furthermore, since the enclosed ball can be exchanged without turning on the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100, for example, the exchange operation can be performed without any problem even after the gaming machine is turned off after the game store is closed. be able to.

  In addition, in conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation member 233, an interlocking device 340 that converts the conversion means of the ball replenishing device 260 to a non-reserved state is provided. Since the game ball B that has been stored can also be extracted, the game ball B does not remain in the ball replenishing device 260, and it becomes possible to extract and replace all the enclosed balls.

  The ball removing device 230 includes an extraction member 233 and an opening / closing member 232 that can be converted into a closed state and an opened state of the ball opening 231 provided in the standby flow path 221, and the extraction operation A slide member 234 that changes the state of the opening / closing member 232 by sliding in the left-right direction by operating the member 233 is provided, and the interlocking device 340 acts on the conversion means and slides in the vertical direction to change the state of the conversion means The slide member 234 abuts on the interlock member 341, and when the slide member 234 is slid so that the open / close member 232 is in an open state, the interlock member 341 is moved upward. An inclined contact portion 351 for sliding is provided.

Therefore, the ball removing device 230 includes the extraction operation member 233 and the opening / closing member 232 that can be converted into a closed state and an open state, and the left and right directions are operated by the operation of the extraction operation member 233. By providing the slide member 234 that changes the state of the opening / closing member 232 by sliding, the ball removal mechanism can be configured easily and a simple extraction operation can be performed by sliding the slide member 234.
The interlocking device 340 includes an interlocking member 341 that can change the state of the conversion means by sliding in the vertical direction. The slide member 234 abuts on the interlocking member 341 and the opening / closing member 232 opens the slide member 234. By having the inclined contact portion 351 for sliding the interlocking member 341 upward when it is slid so as to be in a state, the sliding operation of the slide member 234 can be efficiently converted into the operation of the interlocking device 340. .

  In addition, a recovery member 210 that receives the game ball B that has passed through the game area 1 a is provided on the upstream side of the recovery ball channel 280, and the recovery member 210 receives the game ball B to be recovered from a predetermined portion of the recovery member 210. Is provided with a ball holding device 290 capable of holding a predetermined number, and the opening and closing frame (clear member holding frame 140) provided on the front side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 is opened and held by the ball holding device 290. The ball holding device 290 is configured to be able to pick up the game ball B from the front side, and the ball holding device 290 can convert the holding ball B into a holding state capable of holding the game ball B and a non-holding state capable of releasing the held game ball B (Actuating link member 273) is provided, and based on the interlocking operation of the interlocking device 340, the ball holding member is converted to a non-holding state.

Accordingly, the recovery member 210 that recovers the game balls B that have passed through the game area 1a includes a ball holding device 290 that can hold a predetermined number of game balls B, and is held by the ball holding device 290 with the opening / closing frame opened. The game ball B is configured so that it can be picked up from the front side, so that even in the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 that does not have the game ball B possessed by the player, a winning service at the game store is reliably executed. It becomes possible. The “winning service” refers to, for example, when a trouble such as a ball stop in the game area 1a occurs, after the clerk has solved the trouble, 9) is to insert the game ball B by hand.
The ball holding device 290 includes a ball holding member that can be converted into a holding state and a non-holding state of the game ball B, and converts the ball holding member into a non-holding state based on the interlocking operation of the interlocking device 340. The service ball held in the ball holding device 290 is also held in the non-holding state by performing the extraction operation, and flows down, so that the service ball is held and the corresponding game ball is removed. The problem that B cannot be exchanged, or the problem that another work for releasing the holding of the service ball is necessary can be solved.

  In addition, the ball holding member (operation link member 273) includes a rotatable ball holding member main body 297 having a horizontal rotation center set downward and an upper portion of the ball holding member main body 297 and the recovery member 210. A sphere holding portion 294 that can be converted into a holding state and a non-holding state by a rotation operation of the sphere holding member main body 297, and a lower portion of the sphere holding member main body 297, the enclosing sphere type And a transmission member (link piece 273b) for projecting on the back side of the gaming machine 100 and transmitting the interlocking operation of the interlocking device 340, and the conversion means is provided in the front-rear direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine 100 It is configured to be convertible between a storage state and a non-storage state by rotating around the set rotation shaft (rotation pin 313), and one end portion (engagement member 261b) of the conversion means is connected to the transmission member (link piece). Above 273b) By polymerizing and said conversion means in response to rotation of ball holding members are configured operatively rotate.

  Therefore, the sphere holding member faces the rotatable sphere holding member main body 297 and the recovery member 210, and can be converted into the holding state and the non-holding state by the rotation operation of the sphere holding member main body 297. 294 and a transmission member for transmitting the interlocking operation of the interlocking device 340, and the conversion means is configured to be convertible between the storage state and the non-storage state by rotating around the rotation shaft, By linking one end of the conversion means above the transmission member, the conversion means can be rotated according to the rotation operation of the ball holding member. By the operation, both the ball holding member and the conversion means can be reliably converted.

Note that the gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko gaming machine as shown in the above embodiment as a gaming machine, and for example, other pachinko gaming machines, arrange ball gaming machines, sparrow ball gaming machines, etc. It can be applied to all gaming machines that use this game ball.
Further, it should be considered that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. 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 perspective view which shows the enclosure ball type game machine of the state which open | released the clear member holding frame illustrated as an 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 clear member holding frame. It is a rear view which shows the back side of an enclosed ball type game machine. It is a perspective view which shows the lower part of the game board front side. It is a figure which shows the back surface side of the enclosure ball circulation unit of an enclosure ball type game machine, Comprising: It is a perspective view of the state which removed the cover member of the interlocking device. It is a perspective view which shows the upper part of an enclosure bulb | ball circulation unit. It is a rear view which shows the part except the rear wall member of the enclosure bulb | ball circulation unit. It is a perspective view which shows the part except the rear wall member of the enclosure bulb | ball circulation unit. It is a figure which shows the part except the rear wall member of the enclosure bulb | ball circulation unit, Comprising: It is a rear view which shows the state which is performing ball extraction operation. It is a perspective view which shows arrangement | positioning of the ball removal apparatus of the enclosure ball | bowl circulation unit, an interlocking device, an operation link member, and a ball replenishment apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows operation | movement of the ball removal apparatus, the interlocking device, the action | operation link member, and the ball replenishment apparatus in the state which is performing ball removal operation.

Explanation of symbols

B Game ball 1 Game board 1a Game area 100 Enclosed ball game machine 140 Clear member holding frame (open / close frame)
200 Enclosed ball circulation unit 210 Recovery member 220 Circulation path 221 Standby path 230 Ball removal device 231 Ball removal opening 232 Opening / closing member 233 Removal operation member 234 Slide member 260 Ball replenishment device 261 Ball storage plate (conversion means)
262 Ball reservoir 263 Replenishment solenoid (conversion means)
266 Communication port 273 Actuation link member (ball holding member)
273b Link piece (transmission member)
280 Collection sphere flow path 290 Sphere holding device 294 Sphere holding unit 297 Sphere holding member main body 313 Rotating pin (rotating shaft, conversion means)
340 Interlocking device 341 Interlocking member 351 Contact portion

Claims (4)

While playing a game by enclosing a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in the gaming machine main body from the launch position to the game area, the game balls that have passed through the game area are collected and guided to the launch position, and the game balls are circulated and used. A recovery ball channel that guides the game balls collected through the game area down, and a standby channel that is located downstream of the recovery ball channel and waits for a predetermined number of game balls before being sent to the launch position In a sealed ball game machine with a circulation path configured in communication with
A ball removing device that is provided at a required portion of the standby flow path and for taking out the game ball enclosed in the gaming machine main body to the outside of the enclosed ball type gaming machine;
A ball storage portion that can communicate with a communication port that is established in the middle of the collection ball flow path and stores a predetermined number of game balls, a storage state that stores game balls in the ball storage portion, and the circulation from the ball storage portion Conversion means capable of converting into a non-reserved state in which game balls flow out on the path , and when the number of game balls waiting in the standby flow path becomes a predetermined number or less, A ball replenishment device capable of converting into a storage state and replenishing the circulation path with a game ball in a ball storage unit;
With
The ball removal device includes a removal operation member that is operated by a hand such as an attendant when the game ball enclosed in the gaming machine body is extracted outside the enclosed ball type gaming machine,
An encapsulated ball type gaming machine comprising an interlocking device that converts the conversion means of the ball replenishing device to the non-reserved state in conjunction with the extraction operation of the extraction operation member. The ball removing device has an opening / closing member that can be converted into a closed state and an opened state of the ball removing opening formed in the standby flow path and the ball removing opening, and the left and right by the operation of the drawing operation member. A slide member that converts the state of the opening and closing member by sliding in a direction,
The interlocking device comprises an interlocking member capable of converting the state of the conversion means by acting on the conversion means and sliding up and down,
The slide member abuts on the interlocking member, and has an inclined contact portion for sliding the interlocking member upward when the slide member is slid so that the opening / closing member is in an open state. The encapsulated ball game machine according to claim 1. On the upstream side of the recovery ball flow path, a recovery member that receives the game ball that has passed through the game area is provided,
The collecting member includes a ball holding device capable of holding a predetermined number of game balls to be collected at a predetermined portion of the collecting member, and holding the ball by opening an opening / closing frame provided on the front side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine. It is configured to be able to pick up the game ball held by the device from the front side,
The ball holding device includes a ball holding member that can be converted into a holding state in which a game ball can be held and a non-holding state in which the held game ball can be released, and the ball holding device is based on the interlocking operation of the interlocking device. 3. The enclosed ball type gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the member is configured to be converted into a non-holding state. The ball holding member is
A rotatable sphere holding member main body with a horizontal rotation center set downward,
A sphere holding part which is provided at the upper part of the sphere holding member main body so as to face the recovery member, and is convertible between the holding state and the non-holding state by a rotation operation of the sphere holding member main body;
A lower part of the ball holding member main body, provided to protrude on the back side of the enclosed ball type gaming machine, and a transmission member for transmitting the interlocking operation of the interlocking device;
With
The conversion means is configured to be convertible between the storage state and the non-storage state by rotating around a rotation axis set in the front-rear direction of the enclosed ball type gaming machine,
The one end portion of the conversion means is superposed above the transmission member, so that the conversion means can be rotated according to the rotation operation of the ball holding member. Enclosed ball game machine.

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