JP4932349B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of preventing ball spillage from a ball lead-out collar when the front frame door is opened.

  In general, in a gaming machine in which a game ball is a game medium and a front frame door provided with an upper receiving tray is disposed on the front surface of the main body frame, the game paid out from the payout device to the upper receiving tray of the front frame door The ball is stored.

  In such a gaming machine, as shown in FIG. 10 (A), a ball delivery port b for delivering a game ball paid out from a built-in payout device (not shown) is opened in front of the main body frame a. On the other hand, the front frame door c provided with one side edge pivotally connected to the front surface of the main body frame a so as to be openable and closable has a ball outlet port d at a position facing the lower front of the ball outlet b in the closed state. Is open. Further, the ball outlet port d is provided with a ball outlet rod e projecting rearward, and the ball outlet rod e is located directly below the ball outlet b from the front when the front frame door c is closed. The ball delivery port b and the ball outlet port d are communicated with each other so that the game ball can be led out from the ball outlet port d to the upper tray f disposed on the front side of the front frame door c. It is configured.

  By the way, in such a configuration, the upper receiving tray f is full of gaming balls, and as shown in FIG. 10A, gaming balls that cannot be fully led out from the ball outlet port d to the upper receiving tray f If the front frame door c is opened while staying on the part e, as shown in FIG. 10 (B), there is a problem that the game ball on the ball outlet collar part e spills out of the machine. It was.

Conventionally, in order to prevent such spilling of the ball when the front frame door c is opened, an open / close frame that can shield the rear end opening of the ball lead-out collar e is provided, and the rear frame opens and closes the ball lead-out collar e. The end opening is shielded when the front frame door c is opened, while the front frame door c is opened when the front frame door c is closed (see, for example, Patent Document 1) or the ball outlet port d. A shutter provided with a shutter that closes with opening (for example, see Patent Document 2) has been proposed.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-36784 JP 2002-119718 A ([0047], [0048], FIGS. 4 and 5)

  In the prior art as described above, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, when the front frame door c is opened, the game ball stays up to a position higher than the upper end of the open / close frame that shields the rear end opening of the ball lead-out collar portion e. In this case, the game ball in the high position spills over the upper end of the open / close frame, so that the ball spillage cannot be reliably prevented. Further, in the configuration of Patent Document 2, since the shutter is provided so as to rotate in the vertical direction within the ball outlet port d, the opening area of the ball outlet port d is narrowed by the shutter and the game ball passes. A sufficient opening area of the ball outlet d could not be secured.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional situation, and can reliably prevent spilling of the ball from the ball lead-out flange when the front frame door is opened, and a sufficient opening area of the ball lead-out port. The object is to provide a gaming machine that can be secured.

  The present invention includes a main body frame having a ball outlet and delivering game balls paid out from a built-in payout device forward from the ball outlet, and one side edge pivoted to the front of the main body frame to open and close A front frame door which is provided in a closed state and has a ball outlet opening at a position facing the lower front of the ball outlet, and is disposed on the front side of the front frame door and is led out from the ball outlet An upper tray for storing the played game balls; and a rear projecting from the ball outlet port, and the ball delivery port and the ball outlet port are communicated with each other while the front frame door is closed. In a gaming machine comprising a ball lead-out hook part led out to a receiving tray, the ball lead-out hook part captures a game ball sent from the ball outlet and guides it to the ball lead-out port, and the communication It consists of an extended area coupled to the rear of the area, while the upper part is pivotally supported at the lower position of the ball outlet. When the front frame door is in a closed state, it is suspended in a swingable manner along the front-rear direction, and hangs down into the ball lead-out collar to partition the ball lead-out collar into the communication area and the expansion area. The swing partition member includes a partition position where the swing partition member hangs down in the ball lead-out collar when the front frame door is closed, and the ball lead-out collar when the front frame door is opened. It is a gaming machine characterized in that it is rotated forward by contact and converted into a non-compartment position where a game ball flows into the expansion area.

  In the gaming machine, the swing partition member rolls on the front surface of the game ball, which is scooped up on the front surface in accordance with the conversion to the non-compartment position, and falls to the outside of the ball lead-out collar portion. A configuration including a guide inclined surface is proposed.

  Here, the guide inclined surface may be formed as an inclined surface that inclines to the side with a downward slope in a state where the swing partition member is rotated forward and converted to the non-compartment position.

  As described above, the present invention provides a communication area in which the ball outlet collar captures the game ball delivered from the ball outlet and guides it to the ball outlet, and an expansion area coupled to the rear of the communication area. On the other hand, the upper part is pivotally supported at the lower position of the ball outlet and is suspended so as to be swingable along the front-rear direction. When the front frame door is in the closed state, it is suspended in the ball outlet collar. A swing partition member that divides the ball lead-out collar portion into a communication region and an expansion region, and the swing partition member hangs into the ball lead-out collar portion in a closed state of the front frame door; When the front frame door is opened, it is rotated forward by contact with the ball lead-out collar, and is converted into a non-compartment position where the game ball flows into the expansion area. In the closed state, the ball lead-out collar is delivered from the ball delivery port by a swinging partition member that hangs down in the ball lead-out collar. The game area is partitioned into a communication area that captures the game ball and guides it to the ball outlet, and an expansion area that does not produce a capture action for the game ball behind the communication area. The ball delivery outlet of the frame communicates with the ball outlet of the front frame door, and the game ball is led out to the upper tray. Then, when the front frame door is opened in such a state that the upper receiving tray is filled with the game balls led out to the upper receiving tray and the game balls that cannot be drawn out are staying on the communication area, the opening is released. Along with this, the swing partition member at the partition position moves relatively rearward in the ball lead-out collar part, and the swing partition member is pressed by the side peripheral wall of the ball lead-out collar part that contacts the swing partition member from the rear direction. By rotating forward, the swing partition member is converted to the non-partition position, and the game ball in the communication area that has been blocked by the swing partition member until then flows into the expansion region. This lowers the level of the game balls that have accumulated and stayed on the communication area, and the stable stay state prevents the game balls from spilling out of the machine when the front frame door is opened. be able to.

  In addition, as described above, when the side peripheral wall of the ball lead-out collar that comes into contact with the swing partition member from the rear as the front frame door is opened passes through the lower position of the ball delivery outlet, The swing partition member that has been rotated forward by the contact with the side peripheral wall and converted to the non-compartment position returns to the suspended state. At this time, the swing partition member is moved to the non-compartment position. When the game ball is scooped up on the front surface of the swing partition member with the conversion, the game ball falls forward with the return of the swing partition member to the suspended state. Here, the dropped game ball is discharged to the lower tray through a foul ball flow path provided below the ball delivery port. As a result, the number of game balls in the ball outlet collar can be reduced, and this also prevents ball spilling out of the machine when the front frame door is opened.

  In addition, as described above, the action of scooping up the game ball on the front surface of the swing partition member with the opening of the front frame door and discharging it to the outside of the ball lead-out hook part is that the amount of the game ball staying in the ball lead-out hook part is When it is relatively large, it is easy to function, and when it is relatively small, it is difficult to function. That is, when the side peripheral wall of the ball lead-out collar part comes into contact with the swing partition member from the rear side, it functions only when the game ball is in a position where it can be scooped up on the front surface of the swing partition member, while the staying amount is In the case of a relatively small amount, or when the staying level is sufficiently lowered just by moving the swing partition member relatively rearward in the ball lead-out flange with the opening of the front frame door, it hardly functions. Therefore, when the front frame door is opened, it will not function if there is a low risk that game balls will spill out of the machine, so the number of game balls in the ball lead-out collar will not be reduced unnecessarily, and ball spill prevention is necessary. It can only function when

  In addition, since a swing partition member is provided at the lower position of the ball delivery port so as to be swingable along the front-rear direction, and divides the ball lead-out collar portion into a communication region and an expansion region in a suspended state. The opening area of the sphere outlet is not narrowed by the swing partition member, and thereby a sufficient opening area of the sphere outlet can be secured.

  Further, in the gaming machine, the swing partition member rolls a game ball, which is scooped up on the front surface in accordance with the conversion to the non-compartment position, on the front surface thereof, to the outside. If the game ball is scooped up on the front surface of the swing partition member in accordance with the conversion of the swing partition member to the non-compartment position, the game The sphere can be rolled to the side by the guide inclined surface and immediately dropped to the outside of the sphere lead-out collar. As a result, as described above, the fall timing of the game ball is earlier than the case where the game ball scooped up is dropped forward with the return of the swing partition member to the suspended state, and the game ball There is no possibility that the ball will be returned to the ball lead-out hook part again, and it is possible to reliably discharge the scooped up game ball outside the ball lead-out hook part.

Below, the 1st Example at the time of applying this invention to a pachinko game machine is described based on FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a rectangular outer frame 2 fixed to a game island facility (not shown), and a gaming machine main body 3 that covers a front opening of the outer frame 2. Consists of.

  The gaming machine main body 3 includes a substantially flat main body frame 5 (see FIG. 2), and the main body frame 5 is pivotally attached to the outer frame 2 via a hinge member 4. A front frame door 6 is disposed on the front side of the main body frame 5 so as to be openable and closable, and a back mechanism plate 7 (see FIG. 3) is disposed on the rear side of the main body frame 5.

  A game board 9 is disposed on the main body frame 5, and a guide rail 13 is provided on the front surface of the game board 9 in a curved shape. The circular area defined by the guide rail 13 is a game area 12 in which various winning devices and game nails having a large winning opening, a normal winning opening, and the like are arranged.

  The main body frame 5 is provided with a launching device 15 provided with a launching rail 16 and a launching rod 60 (see FIG. 8) that are inclined toward the upper left immediately below the game board 9. Further, on the front side of the launching device 15, a rectifier 20 having an electric ball feeding mechanism for feeding game balls one by one to the ball launching position at the lower end of the firing rail 16 is disposed. The game ball sent out from the rectifier 20 is supplied to the ball launch position of the launch rail 16 and is launched into the game area 12 through the guide rail 13 by the striking pressure of the launch rod 60. Here, the upper end of the launch rail 16 and the lower end of the guide rail 13 are connected in a discontinuous manner through the opening 27, and a foul that flows back through the guide rail 13 without being launched into the game area 12 due to the failure of launch. A sphere is discharged downward from the opening 27.

  1 and 2, a lower panel 23 is disposed at the lower front portion of the main body frame 5, and the lower tray 11 that stores excess game balls in the front center of the lower panel 23 projects forward. It is made. A ball discharge port 24 is opened in the lower receiving tray 11, and a game ball overflowing from a ball delivery port 34 described later is released into the lower receiving tray 11 from the ball discharge port 24. Further, a ball hole 25 for discharging a game ball is formed at the bottom of the lower tray 11, and the ball hole 25 is opened by moving the ball slider 26 provided at the bottom of the lower tray 11, The game balls in the lower tray 11 are discharged downward.

  On the lower panel 23, a firing handle 28 projects from the right side of the lower tray 11. The firing handle 28 is provided with a launch lever 29 that can be pivoted on the outer periphery of the launch handle 28, and inside the launch handle 28, a rotational angle detection sensor (a rotational angle detection sensor that detects the rotational angle of the launch lever 29). (Not shown) is provided. The rotation angle detection sensor is connected to a launch control board (not shown) that controls the operation of the launching device 15 and the rectifier 20, and fires from the rotation angle detection sensor as the launch lever 29 is turned. When a signal is input to the control board, the launch control board activates the ball feeding mechanism of the rectifier 20 according to this and drives and controls the launching device 15 so that the game ball sent from the rectifier 20 to the ball launch position is Fired.

  The back mechanism plate 7 is attached to the back side of the main body frame 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the back mechanism plate 7 is provided with a ball tank 17 at the upper portion thereof, and a game ball supplied from a supply tank of a game island facility (not shown) through a flexible pipe It can be received in the ball tank 17. Further, the back mechanism plate 7 includes a tank rail 19 inclined downwardly with a gentle slope for accepting and flowing down a game ball released from a ball outlet 18 opened in the bottom wall of the ball tank 17, and a lower end of the tank rail 19. There is provided a ball path 21 in the vertical direction that communicates with the portion and guides the game ball to the payout device 31 below. In addition, the back mechanism plate 7 is provided with bifurcated dispensing channels 22a and 22b for guiding the game balls dispensed from the dispensing device 31 further downward, and one of the dispensing channels 22a is a main body. The ball discharge port 34, which will be described later, opened in the frame 5 communicates with the other discharge channel 22 b and communicates with the ball discharge port 24 of the lower tray 11. Thereby, the game balls paid out from the payout device 31 are normally sent to the ball delivery port 34 via the payout flow path 22a. However, when a large number of game balls are paid out, the ball delivery port 34 is used. The game balls overflowing from the game are sent to the ball discharge port 24 of the lower tray 11 through the payout flow path 22b. Further, the back mechanism plate 7 includes various control boards (such as a main control board that controls the overall operation of the game, a payout control board that controls the operation of the payout apparatus 31, and a launch control board that controls the operation of the launching apparatus 15). (Both not shown) are provided.

  The body frame 5 has a ball outlet 34 (see FIG. 5) opened at a position where it can communicate with a ball outlet 33 of the upper tray 10 described later. The ball delivery port 34 communicates with the payout flow path 22a, and the game balls paid out from the payout device 31 are sent forward through the payout flow path 22a.

  The left side edge of the front frame door 6 is pivotally connected to the main body frame 5 by a hinge member 30 (see FIG. 2) so as to be opened and closed. Here, the front frame door 6 is formed in a shape that can substantially cover the main body frame 5 above the lower panel 23 from the front surface, and in the closed state, the game board 9, the launching device 15, the rectifier. 20 is covered from the front.

  In the center of the front frame door 6, a substantially circular game window portion 37 having a transparent plate 36 is formed. With the front frame door 6 closed, the game window portion 37 is used to play the game. The game area 12 of the board 9 can be viewed from the front.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an upper tray 10 is disposed at the lower front portion of the front frame door 6. The upper tray 10 is formed with an alignment portion 38 for aligning game balls along the left-right direction, and a ball intake port 39 for receiving game balls is formed at the right end of the alignment portion 38. Further, the inner bottom surface of the upper tray 10 is inclined downward in the right direction so that game balls flow down the alignment portion 38 and flow into the ball intake port 39. And the game ball which flowed in from the ball | bowl intake port 39 flows into the said rectifier 20 in the closed state of the front frame door 6. FIG. That is, the upper tray 10 is for storing game balls to be sent to the launching device 15.

  Further, the front frame door 6 is provided with a ball outlet port 33 penetrating in the thickness direction of the front frame door 6 at the left side position in the upper tray 10. The ball outlet port 33 is opened at a position facing the lower front side of the ball outlet 34 of the main body frame 5 in a closed state of the front frame door 6 so that the game ball led out from the ball outlet port 33 It is stored in the tray 10.

  In addition, a ball lead-out collar part that leads the game ball to the upper tray 10 by communicating the ball outlet 34 and the ball outlet port 33 with the front frame door 6 in a closed state on the back surface of the front frame door 6. 40 projects from the ball outlet 33 toward the rear. The ball lead-out hook 40 is a main part of the present invention and will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a casing portion 42 provided with an insertion port 41 (see FIG. 8) through which the sphere lead-out collar portion 40 can be inserted is provided on the front side of the main body frame 5. In the insertion opening 41, an opening / closing plate 43 pivotally supported at the lower edge is disposed so as to be able to rise and fall. As shown in FIG. 7C, the opening / closing plate 43 is held in an upright state by a biasing spring (not shown) when the front frame door 6 is in an open state so Shielding and preventing the game ball sent out from the ball delivery outlet 34 from jumping out of the machine, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), when the front frame door 6 is in a closed state, It is pressed by the ball lead-out collar part 40 inserted from the front and rotates backward. In addition, a lower region between the opening / closing plate 43 and the ball outlet / outlet 34 is communicated with a lower portion of an adjacent foul ball flow down path 44 (see FIGS. 2 and 8) in the casing portion 42. The game ball that collides and falls is discharged to the lower tray 11 through the foul ball flow path 44.

  The casing portion 42 is provided with a ball inlet 45 (see FIG. 2) that communicates with the foul ball flow path 44 at a position facing the opening 27 at the lower end of the guide rail 13 from below. The foul sphere that has flowed in from the inlet 45 is discharged to the lower tray 11 via the foul sphere flow down path 44.

  The casing portion 42 is a part of the main body frame 5. In this embodiment, the casing portion 42 formed separately is attached to the main body frame 5. It is also possible to integrally form the part 42 and the main body frame 5.

Next, the main part of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, a sphere introduction port 50 communicating with the dispensing channel 22 a is opened in the upper portion of the rear wall of the casing portion 42, and the sphere introduction port 50 is formed inside the casing portion 42. A sphere introduction channel 51 that is slightly inclined downward from the front is formed. The sphere introduction channel 51 extends from the rear wall side to a position where the front-rear width of the casing portion 42 is substantially divided into two, and the sphere delivery port 34 is opened at the front end thereof.

  On the lower side of the sphere introduction flow path 51, a heel housing portion 52 is formed to house the rear end portion of the sphere lead-out heel portion 40 inserted through the insertion port 41 when the front frame door 6 is closed. A swing partition member 53 is disposed at a lower position of the ball delivery port 34 above the basket housing portion 52. As shown in FIG. 4B, the swing partition member 53 includes a main body portion 54 that has a horizontally long rectangular shape in a front view, and a shaft portion 55a that protrudes in the left-right direction from the upper side end of the main body portion 54. , 55b, and the end portions of the shaft portions 55a, 55b are inserted into bearing holes 56, 56 formed in the left and right side walls of the casing portion 42 that divides the rod housing portion 52. A swing partition member 53 whose upper portion is pivotally supported by the shaft portions 55a and 55b is suspended at the lower position of the ball delivery port 34 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the ball outlet rod 40 captures a game ball sent from the ball outlet 34 and guides it to the ball outlet 33, It consists of an extended region 47 coupled rearward. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the ball lead-out flange portion 40 is formed in a rectangular box shape in which the left and right side edge portions and the rear edge portion are surrounded by the side peripheral wall 48, and the communication region 46 and the expansion region 47 are formed. As shown in FIG. 5, the bottom plate portion 49 is provided with an appropriate gradient that is inclined downward to the front so that the game ball can roll toward the ball outlet port 33.

  Then, when the front frame door 6 is in the closed state, as shown in FIG. 40 is divided into a communication area 46 and an expansion area 47.

  Further, the swing partition member 53 has a partition position (see FIG. 7A) that hangs down in the ball lead-out collar 40 by its own weight when the front frame door 6 is closed, and a rearward direction when the front frame door 6 is opened. Is rotated forward by the side peripheral wall 48 of the ball lead-out collar portion 40 that comes into contact with the ball, and is converted into a non-partition position (see FIG. 7B) where the game ball flows into the expansion region 47. .

  As shown in FIG. 6, the shaft portions 55a and 55b of the swing partition member 53 are formed such that the left shaft portion 55a is longer than the right shaft portion 55b by a predetermined length. Yes. Here, since the left side edge of the front frame door 6 is pivotally connected to the main body frame 5 by a hinge member 30 (see FIG. 2), when the front frame door 6 is opened, FIG. As shown in C), since the ball lead-out collar portion 40 gradually displaces to the right and forward with the opening operation, the left shaft portion 55a is elongated by a predetermined length as described above. When the front frame door 6 is opened, the side peripheral wall 48 of the ball lead-out collar 40 can be brought into contact with the main body 54 of the swing partition member 53 from the rear.

  An arc-shaped chamfered portion 57 (see FIG. 5) is formed on the rear surface side of the main portion 54 of the swing partitioning member 53, so that when the opened front frame door 6 is closed, The swing partition member 53 that rotates backward by the contact with the side peripheral wall 48 of the lead-out collar 40 can be quickly detached from the side peripheral wall 48.

  Further, a rectangular notch 59 (see FIG. 5) is formed at the front edge of the bottom wall 58 of the sphere introduction channel 51 at a position corresponding to the main part 54 of the swing partition member 53 and substantially coincides with the lateral width of the main part 54. 4 (B), FIG. 5) is formed, and as a result, the game ball scooped up on the front surface of the swing partition member 53 (FIG. 5) as the swing partition member 53 is converted to the non-compartment position. 7 (B)) does not interfere with the front edge of the bottom wall 58.

  In such a configuration, in the closed state of the front frame door 6, as shown in FIG. 5, the ball outlet rod 40 is moved by the swing partition member 53 that hangs into the ball outlet rod 40. 34 is divided into a communication area 46 that captures and guides the game ball delivered from the ball 34 to the ball outlet port 33, and an expansion area 47 that does not produce a game ball capturing action behind the communication area 46. The ball delivery port 34 of the main body frame 5 and the ball outlet port 33 of the front frame door 6 are communicated with each other via the communication area 46, and the game ball sent from the ball delivery port 34 is led out to the upper tray 10. Can be made.

  Then, the game balls that are led out to the upper tray 10 in this way fill the upper tray 10, and as shown in FIGS. 6 (A) and 7 (A), the game balls that cannot be drawn out are on the communication area 46. When the front frame door 6 is opened while staying in the swinging position, the swinging partition member 53 at the partitioning position moves relatively rearward in the ball lead-out flange 40 and swings with the opening. As shown in FIGS. 6 (B) and 7 (B), the swinging partition member 53 is pressed forward and rotated forward by the side peripheral wall 48 of the ball lead-out collar portion 40 that contacts the partition member 53 from the rear side. As a result, the swing partition member 53 is converted to the non-partition position, and the game ball in the communication area 46 that has been blocked by the swing partition member 53 flows into the expansion region 47. As a result, the level of the game balls that have accumulated and stayed on the communication area 46 is lowered, and the stable stay state is ensured that the game balls spill out of the machine when the front frame door 6 is opened. Can be prevented.

  Further, as described above, when the side peripheral wall 48 of the ball lead-out collar portion 40 that comes into contact with the swing partition member 53 from the rear as the front frame door 6 is opened passes through the lower position of the ball outlet 34, The swing partition member 53 that has been rotated forward by the contact with the side peripheral wall 48 of the ball outlet collar 40 and converted to the non-partition position returns to the suspended state as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 6 (B) and 7 (B), a game ball is formed on the front surface of the swing partition member 53 as the swing partition member 53 is converted to the non-partition position. When the game ball is raised, the game ball falls forward as the swinging partition member 53 returns to the suspended state. Here, the game ball dropped from the swing partition member 53 is transferred to the lower tray 11 via a foul ball flow path 44 (see FIG. 8) communicating with a lower region between the ball delivery port 34 and the opening / closing plate 43. Will be discharged. Thereby, the number of game balls in the ball lead-out collar part 40 can be reduced, and this also prevents ball spilling out of the machine when the front frame door 6 is opened.

  Further, a swing partition member 53 that is suspended at the lower position of the ball delivery port 34 so as to swing in the front-rear direction and partitions the ball lead-out collar 40 into the communication region 46 and the expansion region 47 in the suspended state. Therefore, the opening area of the ball outlet port 33 is not narrowed by the swing partition member 53, so that a sufficient opening region of the ball outlet port 33 can be secured.

  FIG. 9 shows the second embodiment, and the swing partition member 53 in this second embodiment rolls the game ball scooped up on the front surface in accordance with the conversion to the non-compartment position to the side. Thus, a guide inclined surface 61 is formed to be dropped out of the ball lead-out collar portion 40. Here, as shown in FIG. 9 (B), the guide inclined surface 61 is inclined so as to incline to the side with a downward slope in a state where the swing partition member 53 is rotated forward and converted to the non-partition position. It is formed as a surface.

  In such a configuration, the game ball scoops up on the front surface of the swing partition member 53 in accordance with the conversion of the swing partition member 53 to the non-compartment position (see FIGS. 6B and 7B). In this case, the game ball can be rolled to the side by the guide inclined surface 61 and immediately dropped to the outside of the ball lead-out collar portion 40. As a result, as in the first embodiment, the falling timing of the game ball is earlier than in the case of dropping the scooped game ball forward with the return of the swinging partition member 53 to the suspended state. At the same time, there is no risk that the game ball will be returned to the ball outlet rod 40 again, and the game ball that has been scooped up can be reliably discharged out of the ball outlet rod 40.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the swing ball 53 that is converted to the non-compartment position in accordance with the opening operation of the front frame door 6 causes the game ball in the communication area 46 to flow into the expansion area 47, Since the level of the game balls that are stacked and staying on the communication area 46 is lowered, it is possible to reliably prevent ball spillage when the front frame door 6 is opened. In addition, since the game balls raised by the swing partition member 53 in accordance with the conversion to the non-compartment position are discharged out of the ball lead-out collar portion 40, the number of game balls in the ball lead-out collar portion 40 is reduced. In addition, it is possible to prevent ball spilling out of the machine when the front frame door 6 is opened.

  In the above-described embodiment, the swing partition member 53 is suspended by its own weight. Instead, the swing partition member 53 generates a resilient force when the swing partition member 53 rotates in the front-rear direction. The spring 53 may be urged in the hanging direction, and a spring may be attached so that the elastic force disappears in the hanging state of the swing partition member 53. As a result, when the front frame door 6 is closed, the game ball flowing into the expansion region 47 can be pushed out to the communication region 46 by the swing partition member 53 biased in the hanging direction.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine has been described. However, even in a gaming machine other than a pachinko gaming machine, the gaming ball is used as a gaming medium, and the gaming ball is attached to the front frame door 6. The present invention can be applied to any gaming machine that pays out to the arranged upper tray 10.

1 is an external perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state which open | released the front frame door 6 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 same as the above. 7 is a rear view of the back mechanism plate 7. FIG. (A) is a partially cutaway perspective view of the casing portion 42, and (B) is a partially cutaway perspective view of the casing portion 42 showing the swing partition member 53 separately. 3 is a schematic sectional side view of a main part in a closed state of a front frame door 6. FIG. (A) is a closed state of the front frame door 6, (B) is a state where the front frame door 6 is slightly opened, and (C) is a state of the swing partition member 53 and the game ball when the front frame door 6 is open. It is a schematic plan view shown respectively. (A) is a closed state of the front frame door 6, (B) is a state where the front frame door 6 is slightly opened, and (C) is a state of the swing partition member 53 and the game ball when the front frame door 6 is open. It is a schematic sectional side view shown, respectively. It is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in a closed state of the front frame door 6 (not shown). The swing division member 53 concerning a 2nd Example is shown, (A) is an external appearance perspective view, (B) is the front view in the state converted into the non-division position. (A) is a sectional side view showing a configuration of a conventional ball lead-out flange e, and (B) is an explanatory diagram showing a spilled state of the ball that occurs when the front frame door c is opened.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
5 Body frame 6 Front frame door 10 Upper tray 31 Dispensing device 33 Sphere outlet 34 Ball outlet 40 Sphere outlet 46 Communication area 47 Expansion area 53 Oscillating partition member 61 Guide inclined surface

Claims (2)

A main body frame that includes a ball outlet and sends out a game ball paid out from a built-in payout device forward from the ball outlet;
A front frame door in which one side edge is pivotally connected to the front surface of the main body frame so as to be opened and closed, and a ball outlet port is opened at a position facing the lower front of the ball outlet in the closed state;
An upper tray for storing game balls arranged on the front side of the front frame door and led out from the ball outlet;
A ball lead-out hook that protrudes rearward from the ball lead-out port, communicates the ball outlet and the ball lead-out port in a closed state of the front frame door, and leads the game ball to the upper tray. In the gaming machine
The ball lead-out saddle portion is composed of a communication area for capturing the game ball sent from the ball outlet and guiding it to the ball lead-out port, and an extension area coupled to the rear of the communication area,
The upper part is pivotally supported at the lower position of the ball outlet and is suspended so as to be swingable along the front-rear direction. When the front frame door is in a closed state, Comprising a swing partitioning member for partitioning the ball outlet collar into the communication region and the expansion region;
The swing partition member pivots forward by abutment between the partition position where the swing frame member hangs down in the ball lead-out collar part in the closed state of the front frame door and the ball lead-out collar part when the front frame door is opened, A gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine is converted into a non-compartment position where a game ball flows into the expansion area. The swing partition member has, on the front surface thereof, a guide inclined surface that rolls the game ball scooped up on the front surface in accordance with the conversion to the non-compartment position to the side and drops it outside the ball lead-out collar portion. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein:

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