JP4448778B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a resin molded tank rail for guiding a pachinko ball from a pachinko ball storage tank to a dispensing device.

  Conventionally, a pachinko ball storage tank is provided above the rear surface of the game board of the pachinko machine. Many pachinko balls are stored in the pachinko ball storage tank, and when a game is played and a winning occurs, a predetermined number of pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank are paid out from the front side of the pachinko machine by the payout device. . A resin-made tank rail is arranged below the pachinko ball storage tank. Pachinko ball alignment passages (hereinafter referred to as “ball passages”) are formed in the tank rail. The ball passage is formed so as to incline toward the payout device, and the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko ball storage tank flow down the ball passage and are sent to the payout device (Patent Document 1).

  A board is attached to the rear surface of the game board, and the ball passage has a U-shaped cross-section with an open top by a bottom plate protruding rearward from the board and a rear side plate standing on the rear end of the bottom plate. Is formed. As the tank rail, in order to divide the pachinko ball flowing down from the pachinko ball storage tank into two front and rear strips, a partition plate having a height exceeding one pachinko ball is provided on the bottom surface between the substrate and the rear plate. One in which a single ball passage is formed adjacently is known (Patent Document 2).

  By the way, in many of the pachinko machines, a ball leveling pendulum is attached to prevent the pachinko balls from being stacked and sent to the dispensing device. The ball leveling pendulum, as shown in Patent Document 3, for example, has an upper end rotatably provided on a shaft extending forward and backward on the ball path, and a lower end with a weight centered on the shaft. Swings. The swinging lower end is formed with a width that enters the two ball passages, and when pachinko balls pile up and flow down into the two ball passages, the distance between the lower end and the bottom of the ball passage is the lowest layer. The bottom surface has an arc shape toward the flow-down direction of the pachinko sphere so that only the pachinko sphere can pass through. The partition plate extends in the downstream direction and has a height that is partly cut away so as not to contact the lower end of the ball leveling pendulum.

By the way, since the ball leveling pendulum described in Patent Document 3 is one ball leveling pendulum with respect to the two ball paths, the ball leveling pendulum is stacked on one of the two ball paths. The pachinko ball flowing down causes the lower end to swing, and there is a risk that the pachinko ball will flow down while being stacked in the other ball passage. For this reason, it has been desired that a plurality of ball leveling pendulums individually enter each ball path and be swung by each.
JP 2003-190428 A JP 2002-45542 A JP-A-8-84836

  By the way, when a ball leveling pendulum is provided for each ball path, if the height of the partition plate is low, each ball leveling pendulum swings individually, so that the pachinko ball is separated from the ball path to the adjacent ball path. There is a risk of overcoming. For this reason, it is necessary to make all the heights of a partition plate high. However, the tank rail is a resin molded product. For this reason, when a partition plate is shape | molded highly, there exists a possibility that curvature may arise in a partition plate. In this case, the width of each ball passage becomes narrow, and the pachinko ball is clogged, or the ball leveling pendulum is caught and does not swing.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a gaming machine devised to correct the warping of the partition plate and regulate the width of each ball passage so that the pachinko balls can smoothly flow down at a low cost. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine of the present invention is located below the pachinko ball storage tank, rolls the pachinko ball from the pachinko ball storage tank toward the payout device, and exceeds one pachinko ball. A passage portion in which a side wall having a height is erected, and a height exceeding one pachinko ball along the direction in which the pachinko ball rolls in the passage portion, and higher than the height on the upstream side of the passage portion. A partition plate that is erected so as to have a height on the downstream side, and partitions the passage portion into a plurality of spherical passages, and a part above the spherical passage so that pachinko balls do not jump out of the spherical passages. And a passage cover that acts on an outer wall that constitutes one of the side walls to restrict the ball passage along the outer wall to a width of one or more pachinko balls and less than two, and the passage portion. A portion of the board held on the game board and the passage cover; A is composed of a formed stepped portion, it acts on the upper end of the partition plate on the downstream side of the passage portion and a portion between the stepped portion from both sides in the thickness direction of the partition plate of the substrate, each characterized in that a width regulating member for regulating a ball passage pachinko ball one or more less than two widths.

In order to prevent ball clogging due to the overlap of pachinko balls, a ball leveling member is provided for evenly distributing pachinko balls that roll into each ball passage individually from the opening provided on the upstream side of the passage portion and overlap and roll. In addition, it is preferable that the width of each of the ball passages is restricted by the passage cover and the width restricting member, and the ball leveling member is swingable in the direction in which the pachinko balls roll.

The substrate is preferably used as the other side wall.

  A width restricting member that supports a partition plate that divides the passage portion into a plurality of ball passages from at least one of the directions orthogonal to the rising direction of the partition plate is provided, and each ball passage is connected to one pachinko ball by this width restricting member. Since the width is restricted to less than two as described above, even if the partition plate of the molded tank rail is warped, the warpage can be corrected by the width restricting member, and the pachinko balls can flow smoothly. be able to. In addition, since it does not require a mold correction operation for adding new ribs or the like to the tank rail of the molded product, it can be achieved at a low cost.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes a main body 11, a front door 12, and the like. On the front surface of the main body 11, a board surface 13 of the game board, a payout port 14, an operation handle 15 of the ball launcher, and a lower plate 16 for supplying pachinko balls from the payout port 14 to the ball launcher are exposed. ing. The board surface 13 is provided with a symbol display device 17, a start port 18, a normal winning port 19, an attacker 20, an out port 21, and the like, which are covered with a transparent glass 22 provided on the front door 12.

  In the pachinko machine 10, the ball launching device is operated by operating the operation handle 15 to launch the pachinko balls one by one toward the board surface 13. When the pachinko ball enters the start opening 18, the symbol display device 17 is activated, and when a predetermined symbol combination is obtained on the winning line of the symbol display device 17, a big hit is obtained. When the jackpot is obtained, the attacker 20 opens for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of pachinko balls are won, and this is repeated a predetermined number of times. When a pachinko ball wins the attacker 20 or the normal winning port 19, a predetermined number of premium balls are paid out from the payout port 14 to the lower plate 16 by the payout device. Pachinko balls that enter the outlet 21 are collected.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a pachinko ball supply device 23 and a payout device 24 are attached to the rear surface of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko ball supply device 23 includes a pachinko ball storage tank 26, a tank rail 27, a ball leveling member 44, a stopper 30, and a passage cover 31 that are integrally attached to the substrate 25. It has become.

  The tank rail 27 includes a passage portion 32 that allows the pachinko balls to flow down from the pachinko ball storage tank 26 toward the discharge device 24. As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom plate 33 and the outer plate 34 are connected in an L shape. It has a cross-sectional shape. The bottom plate 33 and the outer plate 34 are formed so as to extend in the flow-down direction, and the passage portion 32 has a U-shaped cross section in which the upper side is opened by the bottom plate 33, the outer plate 34, and the substrate 25. A partition plate 35 is erected on the bottom plate 33 between the substrate 25 and the outer plate 34. The partition plate 35 is provided with a height exceeding one pachinko ball 36 and extending in the flow-down direction, and partitions the passage portion 32 into two ball passages 37 and 38.

  The ball leveling member 44 is composed of two ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29. The ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 individually enter the two ball passages 37 and 38 from above and swing around the ball passages 37 and 38 in the direction in which the pachinko spheres flow around a common shaft 39. This prevents ball clogging due to overlapping of pachinko balls 36 flowing down from the pachinko ball storage tank 26. The passage cover 31 is fitted and fixed between the base plate 25 and the outer plate 34 at a position downstream of the two ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 in the flow-down direction, and is fixed to the two ball passages 37 and 38. The pachinko ball 36 is covered above the passage portion 32 so as not to jump out. The stopper 30 has a pair of claws that enter each of the ball passages 37 and 38 from the gap of the passage cover 31, and the pachinko ball 36 flows down to the dispensing device 24 by inserting the pair of claws during maintenance or the like. To prevent.

  The tank rail 27 is a resin molded product, and is used to guide the pachinko ball from the pachinko ball storage tank 26 disposed at the upper left part of the back surface of the pachinko machine 10 to the dispensing device 24 disposed at the lower right part. It has a long and narrow shape. For this reason, the partition plate 35 and the outer plate 34 standing on the bottom plate 33 may be warped after molding. Therefore, the partition plate 35 and the outer plate 34 are supported from at least one of the directions orthogonal to the rising direction of the partition plate 35 (front-rear direction), and the ball passages 37 and 38 have a width of 1 or more and less than 2 pachinko balls. A width regulating member is provided for regulating the width.

  The width restricting member includes a first support portion that supports the front end of the partition plate 35 from the front-rear direction and a second support portion that supports the outer plate 34 from the front-rear direction. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first support portion is composed of a protruding portion 40 provided on the substrate 25 and a stepped portion 41 provided on the passage cover 31. The warp of the partition plate 35 is corrected by sandwiching the tip of the partition plate 35 in the gap between the front surface 41a of the portion 41. The second support portion corrects the warp of the outer plate 34 by stopping the tip 34 a of the outer plate 34 with the screw 43 on the male threaded pin 42 protruding from the protruding portion 40. In addition, as a 1st support part, you may make it support from one direction of the front-back direction instead of supporting the front-end | tip of the partition plate 35 from both directions.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine configured as described above will be described. The pachinko ball supply device 23 has a pachinko ball storage tank 26 attached to the substrate 25, and then a pair of ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 attached to the shaft 39, and further, a stopper 30 and a passage between the substrate 25 and the pachinko ball supply device 23. The tank rail 27 is attached to the substrate 25 and assembled while the cover 31 is sandwiched.

  At this time, the front end of the partition plate 35 is inserted into the gap between the rear surface 40a and the front surface 41a. Thereby, the curvature of the partition plate 35 can be corrected. Further, the outer plate 34 can be corrected by fixing the outer plate 34 to the male threaded pin 42 with the screw 43. Further, the ball leveling pendulum 29 is inserted into the ball passage 38. The partition plate 35 is lower than the shaft 39. Therefore, if the ball leveling pendulum 29 is rotated, the ball breaks over the partition plate 35 and enters the front ball passage 38. As a result, the ball passages 37 and 38 are maintained at a predetermined width, and the ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 smoothly swing in the ball passages 37 and 38. The pachinko ball supply device 23 assembled in this way is attached to the rear surface of the main body 11.

  The pachinko ball storage tank 26 contains a large amount of pachinko balls. As shown in FIG. 7, the pachinko balls fall from the opening 26 a of the pachinko ball storage tank 26 to the upstream side in the flow direction of the passage portion 32. On the upstream side, the partition plate 35 is cut out and gradually rises toward the downstream side. For this reason, the pachinko sphere falls from the opening 26a, flows down the passage portion 32 slightly, and is divided into the spherical passages 37 and 38 by the partition plate 35.

  The ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 maintain a constant posture so that the weight is at the lowermost end. The pachinko balls 36 divided into two lanes flow down in a plurality of layers in each of the ball passages 37 and 38. The ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 individually swing so that only the lowermost pachinko ball 36 flows downstream. Thereby, the pachinko balls 36 passing through the ball leveling pendulums 28 and 29 are flowed down in an aligned state and supplied to the dispensing device 24.

  When a player plays a game and a pachinko ball wins at any one of the normal winning port 19, start port 18, and attacker 20, a predetermined number of prize balls are sent from the payout device 24 to the payout port 14, and the payout port A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from 14 to the lower plate 16. When the payout balls are paid out, the pachinko balls are sequentially sent from the pachinko ball storage tank 26 through the tank rail 27 to the payout device 24.

  In the above-described embodiment, a part of the substrate 25 is also used as the wall of the passage portion. However, as another embodiment, as shown in FIG. A tank rail 59 in which the outer plates 52 are erected and a partition plate 53 is erected between the inner plate 51 and the outer plate 52 may be used. Further, the number of ball paths is not limited to two, and may be three or more.

  As shown in the figure, the width regulating member supports two spacers 54 and 55 that fit between the inner plate 51 and the partition plate 53 and between the partition plate 53 and the outer plate 52. You may make it the structure attached to the board 56 integrally. In this case, since the spacers 54 and 55 can be fitted together in the ball passages 57 and 58, the operation is simplified.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, spacers 60 and 61 may be individually attached to the respective ball passages 57 and 58. In this case, the same number of width restricting members 62, 63 provided with one spacer on the support plate as the ball passages 57, 58 are prepared, and the spacers 60, 61 are individually fitted in different ball passages 57, 58. The width regulating members 62 and 63 are attached to the substrate 25 so as to be round. In the figure, the width restricting members 62 and 63 are mounted side by side in the flow direction of the respective ball passages 57 and 58. However, by attaching the width restricting members 62 and 63 to each other, the spacers 60 and 61 are attached to the respective balls. You may comprise so that the passages 57 and 58 may be fitted.

  Furthermore, in each said embodiment, although the ball | bowl leveling member 44 is comprised with the two ball | bowl leveling pendulums 28 and 29, in this invention, it is not restricted to this, Each ball | bowl channel | path 37,38 from an upper open part. If it is a member that individually enters and swings in the flow direction of the pachinko spheres in the respective ball passages 37 and 38 and evenly distributes the pachinko balls flowing in an overlapping manner, for example, a jammer plate or a brush may be used. good. Further, a non-oscillating member such as a fixed brush may be used.

It is a perspective view of the front side of the pachinko machine which implemented the present invention. It is a perspective view of the back side of a pachinko machine. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the outline of a pachinko ball supply apparatus. It is sectional drawing which shows the channel | path part which arranged the ball leveling pendulum. It is sectional drawing which shows the channel | path part which has arrange | positioned the width control member. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the protrusion part of a board | substrate, a channel | path cover, and a tank rail. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which is preventing the fall of the pachinko ball with which the ball leveling pendulum overlapped. It is a perspective view which shows another embodiment of a tank rail and a width control member. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of a width control member.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machine 24 Dispensing device 25 Substrate 26 Pachinko ball storage tank 27 Tank rail 31 Passage cover

Claims (3)

Located below the pachinko ball storage tank, thereby rolling the pachinko ball towards the dispenser from the pachinko ball storage tank, a passage portion which is the side wall height is erected more than pachinko ball 1 minute,
In the direction of the pachinko ball rolling, the passage portion is set so that the height on the downstream side is higher than the height on the upstream side of the passage portion at a height exceeding one pachinko ball. It is set, and the partition plate that partitions the passage into a plurality of balls passages,
The pachinko ball covers a part above the ball passage so that the pachinko ball does not jump out of the ball passage, and acts on the outer wall constituting one of the side walls so that the ball passage along the outer wall is pachinko. A passage cover that regulates the width of one or more balls and less than two,
A part of the substrate that holds the passage part on the game board and a step part formed on the passage cover, the part of the board and the step part from both sides in the thickness direction of the partition plate. acts on the upper end of the partition plate on the downstream side of the passage portion, the gaming machine, characterized in that each of said ball passage provided with width regulating member for regulating the pachinko ball one or more less than two widths. In order to prevent ball clogging due to the overlap of pachinko balls, a ball leveling member is provided for evenly distributing pachinko balls that roll and overlap by entering into each ball passage individually from the opening provided on the upstream side of the passage portion. And
2. The game according to claim 1 , wherein the width of each ball passage is restricted by the passage cover and the width restricting member, and the ball smoothing member is swingable in a direction in which the pachinko ball rolls. Machine. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the board is used as the other side wall.

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