JP4484282B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a pachinko gaming machine provided with a ball removal mechanism.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the conventional pachinko gaming machine, the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray are supplied one by one to the launching portion of the launching rail in conjunction with the launching device by the hitting ball supply device. On the other hand, the ball supply tray is provided with a ball release hole and a ball release valve for closing the ball release hole is provided, and the ball release valve is operated by operating the operation member to open the ball release hole. And try to remove the ball.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine includes a ball feeding member of a hitting ball supply device and a ball removal valve of a ball removal device, so that the number of parts is high and the assembly is troublesome.
[0004]
Further, in the structure in which the ball punching hole is provided in the hitting ball supply tray, there is a problem that the pachinko balls already fed into the hitting ball supply device remain without being extracted. Therefore, the player has to perform a troublesome operation to intentionally collect the pachinko balls left in the hitting ball supply device as foul balls.
[0005]
Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a pachinko gaming machine that solves the above-described problems and enables ball removal using a ball feeding member of the hitting ball supply device, and further, without leaving a pachinko ball in the hitting ball supply device. The purpose is to enable ball removal.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention includes a hitting ball supply device that supplies a pachinko ball of a hitting ball supply tray to a firing rail one by one by a ball feed member, and removes the pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply tray. In a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a ball punching operation means, the pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply dish is balled by operating the ball feeding member in conjunction with the operation of the ball punching means. .
[0007]
Further, the ball feeding member is pivotally supported, and the operation of supplying the hitting ball to the firing rail and the ball removing operation are performed by switching the rotation direction of the ball feeding member.
[0008]
Further, it is also possible to selectively switch between the ball removal side and the supply side to the firing rail by making the ball feeding operation and ball removal action direction of the ball feeding member the same and different action ranges.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko gaming machine showing a state in which a glass door frame and a front plate are opened. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine frame of a pachinko gaming machine. A front frame 2 formed in a frame shape is attached to the front surface of the machine frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A game board 4 is mounted on the back surface of the front frame 2 via a mounting frame 3 integrally formed of synthetic resin, and a glass door frame 5 is mounted on the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the front surface. A front plate 6 made of synthetic resin is detachably attached to the lower side thereof. A hitting ball supply tray 7 for supplying hitting balls is mounted on the front surface of the front plate 6. A lower ball receiving tray 8 for storing surplus balls of the hitting ball supply tray 7 and an operation handle 9 for adjusting the hitting force are provided below the front frame 2.
[0010]
A guide rail 10 is disposed on the front surface of the game board 4, and a launch unit 14, to which the launch rail 11, the hit ball launcher 12, the hit ball feeder 13, etc. are mounted, is mounted below the guide rail 10. The mounting recess 15 formed in the frame 3 is detachably attached by any mounting means such as a screw.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the firing unit 14 has a mounting base 16 that fits into the mounting recess 14, and the mounting base 16 is mounted with the mounting boss 17 of the firing rail 11 and the ball hitting device 12. The portion 18 is formed in a concave shape, and the mounting boss 20 of the hit ball supply device 13 is provided. Further, the mounting base 16 has a foul ball falling from a foul ball opening 21 formed between the starting end of the guide rail 10 and the launch rail 11 and a spilling drop from the pachinko ball outlet 22 when the front plate 6 is opened. A foul bulb 23 is formed to receive the sphere and lead it to the lower sphere tray 8, and a speaker storage portion 25 for storing the speaker 24 is formed on the left side thereof. The circular shape exposes the cone portion of the speaker 24 on the front surface. A cover 27 having a sound transmission hole 26 is installed.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 6, the hitting ball supply device 13 includes a case body 28 attached to the mounting base 16 and a ball feeding member 29 that supplies pachinko balls of the hitting ball supply tray 7 one by one to the launching portion 11 a of the launching rail 11. Is done. The case body 29 is divided into two parts, front and rear, and an introduction port 30 for receiving a pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply tray 7 is opened above the front case body 29a, and a supply path 31 is formed in communication with the introduction port 30. A cylindrical housing portion 32 in which the ball feeding member 29 is housed is formed at the end thereof. A supply port 33 for supplying a pachinko ball located in the launching portion 11 a of the launching rail 11 is opened on the side wall of the rear case body 28 b, and a ball removal passage 34 is formed below the housing portion 32. The ball removal passage 34 communicates with the lower ball receiving tray 8 via a ball removal rod 35 formed in the front frame 2.
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ball feeding member 29 is rotatably supported on a rotation support shaft 36 provided integrally with the front case body 28 a via a winding spring 37. A ball stop portion 38 for receiving the earliest pachinko ball and a ball receiving portion 39 for receiving and holding the pachinko ball falling from the ball stop portion 38 by rotation are integrally provided, and the arc-shaped elongated hole of the rear case body 28b is provided on the side surface. An engagement pin 41 protruding outward from 40 is provided. Further, a guide path 42 that guides the pachinko ball to the ball removal passage 34 is provided at a position opposite to the ball receiving portion 39 via the ball stop portion 38. Further, a gear 43 is integrally formed on the side surface, and the upper surface is exposed from the notch 44 of the housing portion 32. The ball stop portion 38 is formed in an arc surface centered on the rotation support shaft 36, and the ball receiving portion 39 is provided with a guide piece 45 for guiding the pachinko ball received in the ball receiving portion 39 to the supply port 33. It has been. Reference numerals 46 and 47 denote restriction protrusions and restriction long holes for restricting the rotation of the ball feeding member 29, and the ball feeding member 29 always accepts pachinko balls into the ball receiving portion 39 by the winding spring 37 while being restricted by these rotations. Is biased to the side.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the hitting ball launching device 12 is provided with a linear reciprocating firing solenoid 49 that is driven by the operation of the operation handle 9 on a box-like attachment member 48 that fits in the attachment portion 18. Yes. The firing solenoid 49 has a plunger-type hitting rod 50 inserted and supported in the longitudinal direction. A rubber wharf 51 is provided at the tip, and reciprocation is restricted by a stopper 52 at the rear end of the hitting ball 50. At the same time, the impact is mitigated. A connecting member 53 that engages with the engaging pin 41 of the ball feeding member 29 is mounted on the tip side of the hitting ball 50, and the ball feeding member 29 is rotated a predetermined angle in conjunction with the operation of the firing solenoid 49. I try to move it. Reference numeral 54 denotes a coiled restoring spring wound around the hitting ball 50.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 14, the operation handle 9 includes a grip portion 55 that is fixed to the front surface of the front frame 2, and an operation lever 56 that is rotatably provided on the grip portion 55. The grip portion 55 is composed of two members, a rear half 55a fixed to the front frame 2 and a front half 55b fixedly coupled to the rear half 55a, and a volume switch 57 is incorporated in the front half 55b. By rotating the operating lever 56, the volume of the volume switch 57 is adjusted, and the firing force of the hit ball by the firing solenoid 49 is adjusted.
[0016]
On the other hand, the hitting ball supply tray 7 includes a tray member 58 for storing pachinko balls and a cover member 59 covering the outside of the front surface of the tray member 58 as shown in FIG. An alignment passage portion 61 in which pachinko balls are aligned in a line is formed at the lower end of the inclination and communicates with a through-hole 62 opened in the front plate 6. Further, inside the cover member 59, a ball removing device 63 is provided as a ball removing means for removing the pachinko balls of the dish member 58.
[0017]
The ball punching device 63 includes an operation member 64 and a lever member 65 as shown in FIGS. 11 and 13, and the operation member 64 faces the opening 66 formed in the decorative plate portion 58 a of the dish member 58, and The lever member 65 is pivotally supported by a shaft cylinder 68 projecting from the front plate 6, and is pivotally supported by a shaft 67 projecting from the front plate 6. The open end is blocked by a plate-like portion 69 that hangs down from the lower portion of the operation member 64 and is prevented from coming off. The lever member 65 is urged by a spring 70 as an urging member, and is always urged so that the locking projection 71 provided on the lever member 65 and the operating piece 72 of the operation member 54 are in contact with each other as shown in FIG. Has been. Further, the lever member 65 is formed with a gear piece 73 that engages with the gear 43 of the ball feeding member 29, and is further provided with a closing piece 74 that closes the through hole 62 when the front plate 6 is opened. . In the closing piece 74, when the front plate 6 is closed, a conical restriction cylinder portion 75 provided on the mounting base 16 of the firing unit 14 faces the through hole 76 of the front plate 6, and the lever member 65 is restricted and the through hole is formed. 62 is opened, and the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 7 can be supplied to the hitting ball supply device 13. When the front plate 6 is opened, it is released from the restriction by the restriction cylinder portion 75 and the through hole 62 is closed by the bias of the spring 70. It has become.
[0018]
In the pachinko gaming machine configured as described above, the launch rail 11 and the hit ball launching device 12 are attached to the respective mounting bosses 17 and the mounting portion 18, and the connecting member 53 and the ball of the hit ball launching device 12 as shown in FIG. In the state where the hitting ball supply device 13 is attached to the mounting base 16 so that the engaging pin 41 of the feeding member 29 is engaged, the firing solenoid 49 is demagnetized, and the hitting ball 50 is retracted, the ball feeding member 29 is shown in FIG. As shown, the ball stop portion 38 is positioned on the axis of the rotation support shaft 36 and is stopped in a state of receiving the earliest pachinko ball that has flowed into the ball supply path 31 from the hit ball supply tray 7.
[0019]
In this state, the player rotates the operation lever 56 of the operation handle 9 and adjusts the volume of the volume switch 57 to output a pulse signal. The pulse signal activates the firing solenoid 49 of the ball striking device 12. By the forward movement of the hitting ball 50, the ball feeding member 29 of the hitting ball supply device 13 is rotated via the connecting member 53 as shown in FIG. The ball feeding member 29 is received by the ball receiving portion 39 of the feeding member 29, and then the ball feeding member 29 returns to the position shown in FIG. 7 by the backward movement of the hitting ball 50, and the pachinko ball is discharged from the supply port 33 to the firing portion 11a of the firing rail 11. To be sent to. Then, by the forward movement of the hitting ball 50, the pachinko ball of the launching part 11a of the launching rail 11 is vigorously launched on the game board 4, and thereafter the same operation is repeated.
[0020]
Next, the ball removal of the pachinko balls in the hit ball supply tray 7 will be described. First, the operating member 64 is pressed downward as shown by a chain line in FIG. 11 to rotate the lever member 65 against the bias of the spring 70. As a result, the gear piece 73 of the lever member 65 faces the notch 44 of the storage portion 32 and meshes with the gear 43 of the ball feeding member 29 to rotate the gear 43 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Rotate as shown. Then, the pachinko ball received by the ball stopper 38 loses the support of the ball stopper 38 and falls to the ball discharge passage 34 through the guide path 42. As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. It is discharged to the lower ball receiving tray 8 through 35. In this way, all the pachinko balls in the hit ball supply tray 7 can be extracted into the lower ball tray 8 without any pachinko balls remaining in the hit ball supply device 13.
[0021]
Then, after the pachinko ball in the hitting ball supply tray 7 is pulled out to the lower ball receiving tray 8, when the pressing of the operation member 64 is released, the lever member 65 returns to the original state by the bias of the spring 70, and at the same time the gear 43 And the gear piece 73 is released, and the ball feed member 29 is moved to a position where the ball stop portion 38 shown in FIG. The communication state of is released. Further, when the front plate 6 is opened and inspected during the game, the pachinko ball remaining in the supply path 31 of the hitting ball supply device 13 has a restricting projection 46 for restricting the rotation of the ball feeding member 29 as shown in FIG. By turning in the direction, the ball is drawn into the ball passage 34, and the inside of the hit ball supply device 13 can be emptied.
[0022]
In this way, the ball feeding member 29 is operated in conjunction with the hitting ball launching device 12 to supply the pachinko balls to the launching part 11a of the firing rail 11, and the ball feeding member 29 is operated in conjunction with the ball removal operation. The ball can be removed, and the ball feeding member 29 has the function of a ball removal valve, so that the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
[0023]
FIG. 15 shows another movement of the ball feeding member 29A. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15A, the ball feeding member 29A normally supports the pachinko ball at the head of the supply path 31 with a ball stopper 38. Then, the ball feeding member 29A rotates as shown in FIG. 15 (b) in conjunction with the operation of the hitting ball launching device 12, and the ball receiving portion 39 receives and holds the leading pachinko ball. Thereafter, in conjunction with the operation of the ball hitting device 12, the operation of supplying one by one from the supply port 33 to the shooting rail 11 is repeated in the state of FIG. Next, the action of ball removal will be described. When the operation member 64 of the ball removing device 63 is pressed downward in the state shown in FIG. 15 (a) where the leading pachinko ball is supported by the ball stopping portion 38, the locking piece 77 of the lever member 65 is fed to the ball. 15B is engaged with the locking portion 78 of the member 29A, and the operation member 64 is further pressed, whereby the pachinko ball of the supply path 31 is received by the ball receiver as shown in FIG. It flows out to the ball removal passage 34 via the part 39, and the pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply tray 7 can be extracted. In this way, the ball can be removed by changing the range of action in the same direction as the supply of the hit ball.
[0024]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, a pachinko gaming machine in which the hitting ball supply device is mounted on the back surface of the front plate 6 may be used. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to a pachinko gaming machine in which the ball feeding member is caused to reciprocate through the interlocking lever.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention enables ball removal by using a ball feeding member for supplying a hit ball, so that the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced. It is possible to provide an innovative pachinko gaming machine that can be used effectively and has never existed. Furthermore, since all the pachinko balls can be removed without leaving the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply device when removing the balls from the hitting ball supply tray, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of the player's remaining ball processing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower part of the pachinko gaming machine showing a state in which a glass door frame and a front plate are opened.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a launch unit.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the launch unit is removed from the front frame.
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a launch unit.
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a hit ball supply device.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a hit ball supply device.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the operation of the hit ball supply device.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the connection between the ball striking device and the ball feeding member.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part of a hit ball supply device portion.
FIG. 11 is a main part front view showing the operation of the ball removing device.
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the hitting ball supply device showing a ball removal state.
FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a hit ball supply tray.
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of an operation handle.
FIG. 15 is an operation explanatory diagram of another embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
7 Ball supply tray 11 Launch rail 13 Ball supply device 29, 29A Ball feed member 63 Ball removal device (ball removal means)
65 Lever member

Claims (1)

A launching device that launches the pachinko balls on the firing rail, and a ball feed member that receives the pachinko balls on the hitting ball supply tray and rotates in synchronization with the operation of the launching device to guide the pachinko balls one by one to the firing rail. In the provided pachinko machine,
While providing a ball removal passage for removing the pachinko ball of the hitting ball supply tray downward,
There is provided a ball removal operation means comprising an operation member that is operated when removing the pachinko ball and a lever member that is swingable by the operation of the operation member and engageable with the ball feeding member.
The ball removing operation means is biased by a biasing member and is always maintained in a state where the lever member is not engaged with the ball feeding member. On the other hand, when the operating member is operated, the lever member is biased. Engaging the ball feed member against the bias of the force member and rotating the ball feed member;
A pachinko machine characterized in that when the ball feeding member is rotated by the ball removal operation means, the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray flow down to the ball removal passage .

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