JP4703523B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball feeding device mounted on a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

  For example, in a pachinko machine as a ball game machine, when a pachinko ball, which is a game ball, wins a prize opening in the game area, the pachinko ball is paid out to the tray, and the pachinko ball paid out to the tray is inside the pachinko machine. And was able to fire towards the gaming area.

The pachinko machine has a ball striking member that moves between the hitting position where the pachinko ball is struck and a retreat position where the pachinko ball is retracted, a firing rail that places the pachinko ball at the hitting position and guides the pachinko ball to the game area side. A ball feeding device having a discharge port for feeding a pachinko ball to the firing rail in accordance with the movement of the hitting ball member, and the ball feeding device was provided, for example, on a panel provided with a tray and attached to the front of the pachinko machine . Various devices have been devised in such a pachinko machine. For example, in Patent Document 1, a shutter that moves between a closed position that covers the discharge port of the ball feeder and a retreat position that opens the discharge port is provided. A pachinko machine provided with an operation control member for moving the shutter to the retracted position on the main body is shown, and when the panel is detached from the gaming machine main body, the discharge port is blocked by the shutter so that the pachinko balls do not spill. It had been.
JP 2005-152246 A

  However, when the panel was removed from the gaming machine main body, it was waiting in the vicinity of the discharge port of the pachinko ball remaining on the launch rail provided on the gaming machine main body side and the ball feeder provided on the panel side. Pachinko balls may spill, which may make maintenance of the pachinko machine annoying.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it difficult for a game ball to spill when the ball feeder is removed from the game machine body.

To achieve the above object, chromatic present onset Ming, a door pan for receiving game balls are provided on the front, the door is rotatably supported openably and a gaming machine body having a game area in front and a hitting member that moves between a hitting position striking the game ball and a retracted position retracted from the hitting position, the gaming machine and a guide path for guiding the game ball that was hit to the ball-striking sleeve on the playfield provided on the front surface of the main body, a pinball game machine of the ball feeder outlet is provided for discharging the supplied game balls one by one ball in accordance with the movement of the ball-striking sleeve from the pan provided on the back surface of the door The ball feeding device includes a ball seat for setting a game ball discharged from the discharge port in an annular central portion, and a cylindrical enclosure surrounding the ball seat, and the door is closed. The central part of the ball seat is set at the hitting position, and this shape In when the hitting member is moved to the hitting position, the game ball which is set in the center of the spherical base is struck by the ball striking member, hit the game ball is emitted toward the guide passage by the enclosure It is characterized by that.

  Further, the enclosure is characterized in that an engaging portion that engages with a positioning protrusion provided on the gaming machine main body is provided.

  In addition, the enclosure is light transmissive. Further, it is desirable that the ball seat and the enclosure are integrally formed. Note that light-transmitting means forming with a transparent material or a translucent material, or forming a window that can be visually recognized inside.

  In addition, the tray is provided on the front side of the panel attached to the front of the gaming machine body, and a ball seat and an enclosure are provided on the back side of the panel.

  In addition, it comprises a guide unit in which the discharge port, the ball seat and the enclosure are unitized, and a device main body provided with a discharge mechanism for discharging the game ball of the tray from the discharge port, and the guide unit can be attached to and detached from the device main body. It is characterized by that.

  Further, the guide unit is attached to the apparatus main body so as to be swingable within a certain range.

  According to the ball feeding device of the ball game machine of the present invention, the game set in the ball seat when the ball feeding device is shaken by providing an enclosure around the ball seat for setting the game ball at the hitting position. The ball is fastened to the ball seat by an enclosure provided around the ball seat, which makes it difficult for the game ball to spill when the ball feeding device is removed from the gaming machine body. Further, since the ball seat is provided on the ball feeding device side, it becomes easy to perform the maintenance of the hitting member and the like.

  In addition, by providing an engagement portion that engages with the positioning protrusion provided on the gaming machine main body in the enclosure, the positioning protrusion is engaged with the engagement portion of the enclosure, and the ball feeding device moves the trajectory of the hitting member. Can be placed exactly on top.

  In addition, by making the enclosure light-transmitting, it can be easily confirmed whether or not a pachinko ball is set on the ball seat, and when the ball feeder is removed from the gaming machine body, the pachinko ball is placed on the ball seat. Careful action can be encouraged when confirmed.

  In addition, by providing a ball seat and enclosure on the back side of the panel with a saucer on the front side, when the panel is removed from the gaming machine body, the ball feeding device is less likely to spill when the ball feeding device shakes. This can facilitate the maintenance of the panel.

  In addition, it comprises a guide unit in which the discharge port, the ball seat and the enclosure are unitized, and a device main body provided with a discharge mechanism for discharging the game ball of the tray from the discharge port, and the guide unit can be attached to and detached from the device main body. Thus, the guide unit can be detached from the apparatus main body, and maintenance can be executed more easily.

  Further, by attaching the guide unit to the apparatus main body so as to be swingable within a certain range, the guide unit can be engaged with the positioning protrusion even when the apparatus main body is attached with low accuracy. It becomes possible to arrange the guide unit at an appropriate position regardless of the mounting accuracy of the main body.

  FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of a pachinko machine that is a ball game machine equipped with the ball feeding device of the present invention. A front door 6 including an upper door 4 and a lower door 5 as a panel is provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 2 so as to be rotatable with respect to the gaming machine main body 3. The upper door 4 and the lower door 5 are attached to the gaming machine main body 3 so as to be freely opened and closed through a hinge portion 8 provided at one side end portion. The upper door 4 and the lower door 5 are closed and locked by a locking device (not shown).

  The gaming machine body 3 is detachably mounted with a gaming board unit in which a control circuit for controlling the driving of the center accessory 30 and the like is unitized on the back of the gaming board 18 and attached. The unit can be easily replaced. An opening 4a is provided at the center of the upper door 4, and a glass plate 7 is assembled to the opening 4a. A game area 9 in which pachinko balls flow down is formed between the glass plate 7 and the game board 18, and the player can visually recognize the game area 9 through the glass plate 7.

  The lower door 5 is provided with a tray 12, a firing operation device 14, a ball passage 15, a payout opening 16, and the like. Pachinko balls flow into the saucer 12 when a game starts, and pachinko balls that flow down the game area 9 win a prize opening provided on the front surface of the game board 18 via a start chuck 23 or the like. In response, the pachinko balls are paid out from the payout opening 16. The ball passage 15 guides the pachinko balls stored in the tray 12 to the launching device side described later, and the firing operation device 14 is operated when the pachinko balls are launched into the game area 9. The firing operation device 14 is provided with a turning member that is turned by the player, and the strength of the pachinko ball launching changes depending on the position of the turning member.

  On the game board 18, a nail, a start chuck 23, a winning chucker 24, an attacker 26, an inner rail 27, an outer rail 28, a center accessory 30 and the like are provided. The starter chuck 23 is provided with an openable and movable device called, for example, an electric tulip, so that a state where the pachinko ball is easy to win and a state where it is difficult to win are switched. If the pachinko balls launched in the game area 9 do not win the winning chucker 24, the attacker 26, etc., they are collected by the out port 33.

  The center accessory 30 is provided with, for example, four hold display portions and a display screen 35, and the hold display portion is displayed while the symbols are variably displayed on the display screen 35 provided on the center accessory 30. Each time a pachinko ball wins a winning prize opening (not shown) provided in the start chuck 23, one lights up. This winning is carried over as a right to change the design by performing an electronic lottery, and the carrying over of this right is determined in advance to a maximum of four. When this right is consumed, the hold display sections are turned off one by one.

  The display screen 35 provided in the center accessory 30 displays various images such as three symbols arranged horizontally. When a pachinko ball is won at the start winning opening of the start chucker 23, an electronic lottery which will be described later is started, and the display screen 35 shows that at least one of the three horizontal symbols flows vertically from top to bottom. After the variable display is performed, the three symbols are stopped and displayed on a straight line. The lottery result is notified to the player through a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the display screen 35. The symbols are numbers from 1 to 9, for example, and after the variable display, the same three numbers are stopped and displayed on the jackpot. In addition, in the display mode of the symbols displayed on the display screen 35, before the three symbols are stopped and displayed, two of the three symbols are stopped and displayed with the same symbol, and the remaining one is variably displayed. Reach display is set.

  When a pachinko ball wins at the start winning opening of the start chucker, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out from the payout opening 16 and flow into the tray 12. In addition, when a pachinko ball is won at the start winning opening, an electronic lottery is started, random numbers are extracted, whether or not the extracted random numbers are winning random numbers, and the result of the determination is displayed on the display screen 35. Is done.

  One winning chucker 24 is arranged on each of the left and right sides of the game area 9, and when a pachinko ball wins a normal winning slot provided in the winning chucker 24, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out to the tray 12. .

  The attacker 26 is provided with a large winning opening and a movable door that opens and closes the large winning opening, and the movable door is opened when a big hit is announced on the display screen 35. When the game is repeated a number of times, or when a certain number of pachinko balls have been won, the opening of the attacker 26 associated with the jackpot notification ends.

  For example, approximately 260 pachinko balls can be stored in the tray 12, and a partition wall is formed inside thereof. The pachinko balls supplied to the tray 12 flow down to the ball passage 15 little by little. The ball passage 15 is gently inclined toward a ball-feeding device for pachinko balls, which will be described later, and the pachinko balls reach the ball-feeding device while being gradually aligned in a line.

  The firing operation device 14 includes a turning member that is turned by a player, and the turning member is turnable between an initial position where the pachinko ball is not fired and a maximum position where the pachinko ball is most strongly fired. . A position detection sensor (not shown) is provided inside the firing operation device 14, and the launching device described later adjusts the firing strength of the pachinko ball in response to a position signal from the position detection sensor.

  An inner rail 27 and an outer rail 28 facing the inner rail are disposed at the left end of the game area 9, and a guide passage 29 is formed between the inner rail 27 and the outer rail 28. The guide passage 29 guides the pachinko ball fired by the launching device to the upper part of the game area 9, so that the pachinko ball can flow down from the upper part of the game area 9.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a launching device 45 is provided at the lower part of the gaming machine body 3, and the launching device 45 is covered by the lower door 5. A tray 12 is provided on the front side of the lower door 5, and a ball feeding device 65 for supplying pachinko balls to the launching device 45 is provided on the back side of the lower door 5. The lower door 5 is configured to be rotatably or detachably assembled to the gaming machine body 3 via the hinge 8, and when the lower front surface of the gaming machine body 3 is covered by the lower door 5, The device 65 can be combined with the launching device 45 to launch a pachinko ball.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the firing device 45 includes a knock arm 50 that is a hitting member, a rotary solenoid 52, a first stopper 54, a second stopper 55, a first protrusion 57, a second protrusion 58, and a base plate 60. It consists of and. One end 50a of the knock arm 50 is fixed to the rotating shaft 52a of the rotary solenoid 52, and thus the knock arm 50 rotates about the one end 50a when the rotary solenoid 52 is operated. For example, the knock arm 50 rotates in the A direction when energized, rotates in the B direction when power supply is stopped, and hits a pachinko ball between a hitting position and a retreat position retracted in the B direction from the hitting position. The rotation range is regulated by the first and second stoppers 54 and 55.

  The other end 50b of the knock arm 50 is provided with a hitting ball 62 projecting in a substantially L shape. When the knock arm 50 is rotated to the hitting position, the hitting ball 62 enters a guide unit described later. Then hit the pachinko ball.

  The base plate 60 is provided with first and second protrusions 57 and 58 that protrude in the same direction as the rotation axis direction of the knock arm 50. The first and second protrusions 57 and 58 are tapered toward the tip, and determine the position of the ball feeding device 65 when the ball feeding device 65 described later is combined.

  The ball feeder 65 includes a guide unit 67 and a ball feeder main body 68. The guide unit 67 has a plate-like base plate 67c that supports the enclosure 67b, and is attached to and detached from the ball feeder main body 68 by a snap 73. Concave and convex are freely fitted. The concave portion formed in the ball feeder main body 68 is larger than the convex portion provided in the snap 73, and the guide unit 67 can swing within a certain range with respect to the ball feeder main body 68 when the concave and convex portions are fitted. It has become. In the ball feeding device main body 68, for example, a device for individually pushing out the pachinko balls by a swinging member that moves in a pendulum manner is provided, so that the pachinko balls are taken out one by one from the discharge port 69 formed in the guide unit 67. It can be discharged. The ball feeder 65 receives the supply of pachinko balls from the tray 12 via the supply passage 70, and the discharge mechanism provided in the ball feeder main body 68 discharges the pachinko balls of the tray 12 from the outlet 69 one by one. .

  The guide unit 67 has a ball seat 67a, an enclosure 67b, and a discharge port 69, and is integrally formed of a transparent material such as polycarbonate, for example, and the inner diameter of the enclosure 67b formed in a cylindrical shape is a pachinko ball. The inner diameter of the penetrating portion 71 provided on the inner side of the annularly formed ball seat 67a is smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball. The enclosure 67b is formed so as to surround the outer periphery of the annular ball seat 67a, and a pachinko ball is set at the center of the annular ball seat 67a. An injection port 81 for injecting a pachinko ball is formed at one end of the cylindrical enclosure 67b on the extended side, and the other end of the cylindrical enclosure 67b on the ball seat side. Is formed with a receiving port 80 for receiving the hitting ball 62 of the knock arm 50. The hitting ball rod 62 is formed smaller than the inner diameter of the penetrating portion 71, and the hitting ball rod 62 that has entered from the receiving port 80 enters the penetrating portion 71 formed in the central portion of the ball seat 67a so that the pachinko ball is hit. . An enclosure 67b is integrally formed around the ball seat 67a, and a discharge port 69 for discharging a pachinko ball is provided in a portion of the enclosure 67b located on the front side of the ball seat 67a. The pachinko ball is discharged from the discharge port 69 in accordance with the movement of the knock arm 50, and the pachinko ball hit by the hitting ball 62 is injected from the injection port 81 into the discharge passage 90.

  The ball feeder 65 is attached to the back side of the lower door 5 by a fixture 72. The ball feeder 65 is formed with an insertion hole 77 through which the fixture 72 is inserted, and the fixture 72 is locked to the back surface of the lower door 5 through the insertion hole 77, whereby the ball feeder 65 is moved to the lower door 5. It is fixed on the back of the.

  The enclosure 67b is provided with first and second engaging portions 74 and 75 having circular concave shapes that engage with cylindrical first and second protrusions 57 and 58 provided on the launching device 45 side. The first engagement portion 74 is provided in the vicinity of the injection port 81, and the second engagement portion 75 is provided between the injection port 81 and the receiving port 80 on the outer side surface of the enclosure 67 b. When the lower door 5 is closed, the first and second protrusions 57 and 58 are engaged with the first and second engaging portions 74 and 75, whereby the ball feeding device 65 is fixed to the firing device 45. . The tip of the second protrusion is tapered, so that the second protrusion 58 is smoothly engaged with the second engaging portion 75.

  When the ball feeder 65 is combined in accordance with the movement trajectory of the hitting ball 62 of the launching device 45, the hitting ball 62 can enter the guide unit 67. As shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko balls hit by the hitting ball 62 that has entered the through-hole 71 of the ball seat 67 a from the receiving port 80 are driven out from the injection port 81 and enter the guide passage 29 via the discharge passage 90. Released. The pachinko balls released to the guide passage 29 are driven through the guide passage 29 to the upper part of the game area 9.

  As described above, by providing the guide unit 67 in the ball feeder 65, the pachinko balls are held in the guide unit 67, so that when the lower door 5 is opened, the pachinko balls and the like are ejected from the discharge port 69. It is possible to reduce that the remaining pachinko balls without falling out.

  In the above embodiment, the launching device that strikes the pachinko ball with the knock arm 50 fixed to the rotating shaft of the rotary solenoid 52 is exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pachinko ball is projected by a plunger that projects when energized. A ball feeder can also be used for launchers with solenoids that are struck.

  In the above embodiment, the first and second protrusions 57 and 58 for positioning are provided on the launching device 45 side, and the first and second engaging portions 74 and 75 are provided on the ball feeding device 65 side. The first and second protrusions may be provided on the ball feeder side, and the first and second engaging portions may be provided on the launcher side. Moreover, you may change suitably the number and arrangement | positioning location of a processus | protrusion and an engaging part.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, although the ball seat 67a and the enclosure 67b were integrally formed, the form of a ball seat and an enclosure is not restricted to this. For example, the ball seat and the enclosure may be formed separately and combined to be attached to the ball feeder main body.

  In the above-described embodiment, the entire guide unit 67 is integrally formed of a transparent plastic material, but only the enclosure may be formed of a light-transmitting material. This also makes it possible to check pachinko balls. Moreover, you may provide the window part which can look into the pachinko ball set in the ball seat in the enclosure.

  In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine has been exemplified as a ball game machine. However, the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine. For example, a plurality of entrance holes are arranged horizontally in a game area, and The present invention may be applied to an arrange ball machine in which a game ball is paid out to a tray when a game ball enters and a specific winning combination is established, or a pachinko slot machine that uses a pachinko ball to play.

It is the external appearance perspective view which observed the pachinko machine of the present invention from the front side. It is the external appearance perspective view which observed the pachinko machine which opened the front door which covers the front of a pachinko machine from the front side. It is explanatory drawing which showed the launching device and the ball feeding device schematically. It is explanatory drawing which launches a pachinko ball from a ball feeder combined with a launcher.

Explanation of symbols

2 Pachinko machines (ball game machines)
3 Machine body 5 Lower door (panel)
12 saucer 14 launching operation device 45 launching device 50 knock arm (ball striking member)
57 First protrusion 58 Second protrusion 65 Ball feeder 67 Guide unit 67a Ball seat 67b Enclosure 68 Ball feeder main body (device main body)
69 Discharge port 74 First engagement portion 75 Second engagement portion

Claims (1)

There is a door provided with a receiving tray for receiving a game ball on the front surface, and a gaming machine main body having a game area on the front surface that is pivotally supported so that the door can be freely opened and closed. a hitting member that moves between a retracted position, a game in which said hit the game balls in the ball striking member is provided and a guide path for guiding the game region on the front of the gaming machine main body, which is supplied from the said pan A ball game machine in which a ball feeding device provided with a discharge port for discharging balls one by one in accordance with the movement of the hitting ball member is provided on the back surface of the door,
The ball feeding device includes a ball seat that sets a game ball discharged from the discharge port in an annular central portion, and a cylindrical enclosure that surrounds the ball seat,
When the door is closed, the center portion of the ball seat is set at the hitting position, and in this state, when the hitting member moves to the hitting position, the game ball set at the center portion of the ball seat becomes the hitting member. A ball game machine characterized in that the game ball hit by is ejected toward the guide passage by the enclosure .

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