JP5105934B2 - Ball dispenser for gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball payout device for a gaming machine in which ball clogging is unlikely to occur and a ball is paid out smoothly.

In a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine that uses a ball as a game medium, a ball payout device that pays out a ball as a prize ball or a rental ball to a tray at the front of the gaming machine is known. FIG. 9 shows a ball dispensing device disclosed in Patent Document 1. In FIG. 9, a ball inlet 10 and a storage portion 11 are provided at the bottom of the tank 2. A ball outlet 12 is provided at the bottom of the housing 11. The accommodating part 11 accommodates the dispensing body 14 configured as a spiral structure. A payout motor 15 is fixed to the outer surface of the tank 2. The output shaft of the dispensing motor 15 is connected to the dispensing body 14. The bottom surface 6 in contact with the sphere of the tank 2 constitutes a slope that allows the sphere to flow down toward the sphere inlet 10 as indicated by an arrow X1. When the payout body 14 is rotated in one direction by the payout motor 15, the ball is paid out from the tank 2 via the ball inlet 10, the accommodating portion 11, and the ball outlet 12 as indicated by an arrow X 7. However, since the direction in which the bottom surface 6 causes the sphere to flow down toward the sphere inlet 10 and the direction in which the dispenser 14 moves the sphere toward the sphere outlet 12 are opposite to each other, a load is applied to the dispenser 14. However, there is a drawback that ball clogging is likely to occur.
JP-A-8-10415 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-201916

  The problem to be solved by the invention is that ball clogging is likely to occur.

A ball payout device for a gaming machine according to the present invention has a ball storage chamber that has an inclined bottom surface and allows a captured ball to flow down toward a ball inlet provided at the bottom, and a space that is recessed downward from the ball inlet. A gaming machine comprising a storage chamber having a payout body for discharging a ball that has been formed and dropped from the ball inlet from a ball outlet formed on the flow-down direction side, and a bowl that is located on the ball outlet side and closes the ball inlet A ball dispensing device, wherein the ball storage chamber includes an edge opposite to the flow-down direction at the ball inlet and a barrier surrounding the side edge, and the barrier guides the ball toward the ball inlet as it goes in the flow-down direction. The dispensing body has a spiral body that separates the spheres that have fallen into the accommodation chamber by the rotating operation one by one and moves them to the sphere outlet side, and the accommodation chamber is a sphere extrusion side in the accommodation chamber Projecting towards the eyelids in the hindrance, hindering the separation of the sphere by the spiral And, the gap between the eaves and the failure protrusions, many balls than the number of simultaneously entering possible sphere pull side of the sphere in the housing chamber and wherein the arc is the approach that can be sized at the same time.

  In the ball dispensing device for a gaming machine according to the present invention, the front and rear width of the ball storage chamber for storing the ball of the tank is narrowed toward the ball inlet of the dispensing mechanism by the barrier, so that a large number of balls flow down the bottom surface of the tank. The amount of the sphere flowing down the bottom of the tank gradually decreases toward the sphere inlet, and the dispensing motor that drives the dispensing body of the dispensing mechanism is not overloaded, There is an advantage that clogging hardly occurs and the dispenser can smoothly dispense the balls.

  1 to 8 show the best mode for carrying out the invention. FIG. 1 a shows a plan view of the main part of the ball dispensing device 1. FIG. 1b shows a cross-section taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 2 shows a plane of the ball dispensing device 1. FIG. 3A shows a plan view of the accommodating portion 11. FIG. 3b shows a cross-section taken along line BB of FIG. 3a. FIG. 3c shows a cross-section taken along line C-C of FIG. 3a. FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the wiring structure of the ball dispensing device 1. FIG. 5 shows the tank 2 and the lid 49 in an exploded manner. FIG. 6 shows the extraction mechanism 4 in an exploded manner. FIG. 7A shows a cross section in which the extraction door 56 closes the extraction opening 55. 7 shows a cross section in which the extraction door 56 has opened the extraction port 55. FIG. FIG. 8 shows a pachinko gaming machine. In this specification, the directions of “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “up”, “down” are from the front side indicated by the arrow S with the gaming machine frame 71 placed in the state of FIG. This is the direction specified when viewed.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the ball payout device 1 of the gaming machine will be described. The ball payout device 1 includes a tank 2, a payout mechanism 3, a sampling mechanism 4, a ball cut detecting mechanism 5, and the like. In the state where the tank 2 is attached to the gaming machine frame 71, the extraction mechanism 4 closes the bottom of the tank 2 by an artificial closing operation, and the payout mechanism 3 is stopped, the gaming machine frame 71 is not installed. Balls called pachinko balls discharged from the supply mechanism of the gaming machine installation structure are stored in the tank 2 from above. When the storage amount of the balls stored in the tank 2 becomes larger than, for example, the ball breakage, the ball cut detection mechanism 5 stops outputting the ball cut signal to the payout launch control device (not shown), and the payout launch control device does not pay out the ball. The payout interruption process that stops is not executed, and no signal is output to the hall computer (not shown) that manages the business of the amusement store.

  When the dispensing mechanism 3 is driven in a state where the sphere is stored in the tank 2, the sphere is dispensed from the tank 2 to the outside outside. When the storage amount of the sphere in the tank 2 decreases to, for example, less than the ball breakage, the ball-cut detection mechanism 5 outputs, for example, a ball-cut signal as a signal indicating that the storage amount of the ball has decreased, to the payout launch control device. The device executes a dispensing interruption process to stop the dispensing of the ball and outputs a ball cutting signal to the hall computer. The hall computer controls the replenishing mechanism, and the replenishing mechanism tanks a prescribed number of balls, for example, 500 pieces. 2 is supplied. In addition, when the ball is stored in the tank 2 and the hall computer stops managing the supply of the ball, when the extraction mechanism 4 opens the bottom of the tank 2 by an opening operation by a person, the ball is extracted from the tank 2 to the outside downward. It is. Therefore, when extracting a ball | bowl from the tank 2, there exists an advantage that it is easy to handle, without using electricity.

  The tank 2 and the dispensing mechanism 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1a, the tank 2 includes a box-shaped sphere storage chamber that opens upward. The bottom surface 6 in contact with the sphere in the sphere storage chamber of the tank 2 is a slope that causes the sphere to flow down toward the sphere inlet 10 of the dispensing mechanism 3 such that the sphere flows down from left to right as indicated by the arrow X1. Configure. The portion of the bottom surface 6 before the ball inlet 10 constitutes an inclined surface that causes the ball to flow down toward the ball inlet 10 of the payout mechanism 3 such that the ball flows down from before to after the direction indicated by the arrow X2. .

  A barrier 7 is provided inside the tank 2. The barrier 7 protrudes from the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2, the rear wall of the tank 2, and the right wall of the tank 2 into the ball storage chamber so as to surround the rear edge and the rear left edge of the ball inlet 10. The left surface of the barrier 7 is configured as a slope 8 that guides the sphere from the rear wall of the tank 2 toward the sphere inlet 10 as it goes from left to right. Since the end of the ball inlet 10 on the slope 8 is disposed at a position corresponding to the dispensing body 14, the barrier 7 moves from the left of the housing portion 11 to the rear portion of the housing portion 11 with the dispensing body 14 as a boundary. The path is blocked, and the ball does not enter the rear part from the left of the housing part 11 with the paying body 14 of the housing part 11 as a boundary. The surface of the portion of the barrier 7 that is connected to the rear edge and the left edge rear portion of the ball inlet 10 is configured as a vertical surface 9 that extends upward from the rear surface and the left surface of the housing portion 11. That is, since the front-rear width of the ball storage chamber for storing the balls of the tank 2 is narrowed toward the ball inlet 10 of the dispensing mechanism 3 by the barrier 7, a large amount of balls flowing down the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2 enter the ball inlet 10. The amount of balls flowing down the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2 is gradually reduced toward the ball inlet 10 without being concentrated, so that the payout motor 15 of the payout mechanism 3 is not overburdened and the ball is clogged. It is difficult, and there is an advantage that the dispenser 14 can dispense the ball smoothly. The upper surface of the barrier 7 constitutes a slope that allows the sphere to flow down from the right to the left as indicated by the arrow X3. Therefore, since the sphere falls to the bottom surface 6 on the side of the extraction mechanism 4 without falling from the upper surface of the barrier 7 to the sphere inlet 10, there is an advantage that the burden on the payout motor 15 can be reduced.

  The payout mechanism 3 is provided at the right end of the tank 2 and includes a ball inlet 10, a storage portion 11, a ball outlet 12, a basket 13, a payout body 14, a payout motor 15, and a housing 16. The ball inlet 10 is provided as a through hole in the vertical direction on the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2. The accommodating portion 11 protrudes downward from the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2 as a recess downward from the peripheral edge of the ball inlet 10. The bulb outlet 12 is formed as a through hole in the vertical direction at the bottom of the right portion of the housing portion 11. The basket 13 is provided at the bottom of the tank 2 so as to close the right part of the sphere inlet 10 on the side of the sphere outlet 12.

  The payout body 14 is a helical structure that is housed in the housing portion 11 and includes a payout shaft 17 and a spiral body 18. The payout shaft 17 is constituted by a round bar extending linearly in the left-right direction. The spiral body 18 protrudes in a spiral shape radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the payout shaft 17 at intervals that separate the spheres one by one in a direction parallel to the axis extending in the left-right direction of the payout shaft 17. The payout motor 15 is accommodated in the housing 16. The casing 16 is fixed to the outer surface of the right wall of the tank 2. A payout body 14 is connected to the output shaft of the payout motor 15.

  When the payout mechanism 3 is stopped, the balls stored in the tank 2 are separated from the tank 2 via the ball inlet 10 and taken into the gap between the storage portion 11 and the payout body 14 one by one. In this state, as the dispensing motor 15 drives the dispensing body 14 to rotate in one direction indicated by the circumferential arrow W of the dispensing shaft 17, the spiral body 18 is placed in the gap between the housing portion 11 and the dispensing body 14. The spheres separated and taken one by one are moved from left to right as indicated by an arrow X4 in FIG. The sphere that has moved to the right goes into the bottom of the basket 13 and is paid out downward from the sphere outlet 12 as the dispenser 14 is driven.

  When the dispenser 14 is driven so as to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow W, the front portion of the accommodation unit 11 with the dispenser 14 as a boundary is the extrusion side where the dispenser 14 pushes the ball upward from the accommodation unit 11. (Hereinafter referred to as an extruding side portion of the housing portion 11), and the rear portion of the housing portion 11 with the paying body 14 as a boundary is configured as a drawing side in which the paying body 14 draws the sphere downward from the ball inlet 10 (Hereinafter referred to as a retracting side portion of the accommodating portion 11). In other words, at the push-out side portion of the accommodating portion 11, the sphere is unlikely to be drawn into the accommodating portion 11 from the tank 2 by the dispensing body 14 driven in the direction indicated by the arrow W. In the retracting side portion of the accommodating portion 11, the sphere is easily drawn into the accommodating portion 11 from the tank 2 by the dispensing body 14 driven in the direction indicated by the arrow W. And since the part before the ball | bowl entrance 10 of the bottom face 6 comprises the slope which becomes a downward slope as shown by the arrow X2, the sphere is sphere from the part before the ball | bowl inlet 10 of the bottom face 6 from the front. It is guided to the push-out side portion of the accommodating portion 11 without going to the cut detection mechanism 5 side, compensates for the difficulty of being pulled in the push-out side portion of the containment portion 11, and the ball is appropriately taken into the push-out side portion of the containment portion 11. There is an advantage.

  The extraction port portion 55 of the extraction mechanism 4 is located upstream of the ball inlet 10 of the bottom surface 6 in the direction of the flow of the sphere and is provided at a position facing the inclined surface 8 before the inclined surface 8 of the barrier 7 to detect the ball cut. Since the sensing lever 20 of the mechanism 5 is provided at a position facing the part on the side of the ball inlet 10 in the sampling port 55 before the sampling port 55, a large number of balls flow down the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2. When the extraction mechanism 4 is opened without being concentrated at the sphere inlet 10, there is an advantage that the sphere can be easily extracted from the tank 2 by the barrier action of the slope 8 and the sensing lever 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1b, when the power is supplied to the lever detector 19 of the ball-cutting detection mechanism 5 and the force from the ball is not acting on the sensing lever 20 of the ball-cutting detection mechanism 5, the sensing lever 20 However, the weight 21 rotates upward on the rear side about the shaft 22 and moves away from the front wall of the tank 2 to the rear side. When the sensing lever 20 is separated from the front wall of the tank 2 to the rear side, the minimum gap L1 in the front-rear direction between the lower end of the sensing lever 20 and the inclined surface 8 is one through which one sphere can pass. The size is such that the individual spheres cannot pass side by side in the front-rear direction. In addition, the detected portion 23 provided on the sensing lever 20 moves in a direction away from the detection light L of the lever detector 19 to the rear side. As a result, the lever detector 19 outputs, for example, a ball cutting signal as a signal indicating that the stored amount of the ball has decreased below the ball cutting to a payout and emission control device (not shown).

  When a force larger than the weight of the weight 21 is applied to the sensing lever 20 from the top to the bottom from the sphere supplied to the tank 2, the sensing lever 20 is centered on the shaft 22 as shown by an arrow X5 in FIG. Rotates forward and downward. When the sensing lever 20 rotates downward on the front side, the sensing lever 20 comes into contact with the front wall of the tank 2, and the detected portion 23 blocks the detection light L from the lever detector 19. As a result, the storage amount of the spheres in the tank 2 is greater than, for example, the ball breakage, and the lever detector 19 does not output the ball cut signal to the payout and firing control device.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the internal structure of the accommodating part 11 is demonstrated. In FIG. 3 a, an obstruction projection 25 is provided on the extrusion side portion of the accommodating portion 11. In the retracting side portion of the accommodating portion 11, the obstacle protrusions 26 are provided as obstructing the function of separating the balls by the paying body 14 one by one.

  As shown also in FIG. 3 b, the obstacle protrusion 25 extends to the right side from the left wall of the housing portion 11 and constitutes a wall that inhibits the function of separating the balls by the paying body 14 one by one. The gap L2 between the obstacle protrusion 25 and the flange 13 is configured to have a size that allows the plurality of balls P to be taken into the paying body 14 while being separated one by one in the conveying direction indicated by the arrow X4 of the ball by the paying body 14. The That is, a plurality of balls can enter the gap L2 between the obstacle protrusion 25 and the flange 13 at the same time. There is an advantage of being incorporated into. Since the upper surface of the obstacle protrusion 25 is formed as an inclined surface having a downward slope as it goes from the upstream side to the downstream side in the conveying direction indicated by the arrow X4 of the ball by the paying body 14, the sphere moves from the tank 2 to the obstacle protrusion. There is an advantage that it is appropriately taken into the accommodating portion 11 via 25.

  As shown also in FIG. 3 c, the obstacle protrusion 26 constitutes a wall that extends from the left wall of the housing portion 11 to the right and inhibits the function of separating the balls by the paying body 14 one by one. The gap L3 between the obstacle protrusion 26 and the flange 13 has such a size that a single ball P can be taken into the paying body 14 while being separated one by one, but a plurality of balls P are discharged into the paying body 14. 14 is configured in such a size that it cannot be taken in while being separated one by one in the conveying direction indicated by a sphere arrow X4. That is, only one sphere can enter the gap L3 between the obstacle protrusion 26 and the flange 13, and a plurality of spheres cannot enter at the same time. In the pull-in side portion where the ball is easily taken in, there is an advantage that the ball can be taken in properly and the burden applied to the dispensing motor 15 can be reduced. Since the upper surface of the obstacle protrusion 26 is formed as an inclined surface having a downward slope as it goes from the upstream side to the downstream side in the conveying direction indicated by the arrow X4 of the ball by the paying body 14, the sphere moves from the tank 2 to the obstacle protrusion. There is an advantage that it can be appropriately taken into the accommodating portion 11 via 26.

  With reference to FIG. 4, the wiring structure of the ball dispensing device 1 will be described. In order to attach the payout mechanism 3, the tank 2 is provided with a tank side attachment portion 28, a payout insertion hole 29, and a sensor insertion hole 30. Then, the bearing 31 of the payout mechanism 3 is attached to the end of the payout body 14, the payout body 14 is inserted from the right of the tank 2 into the housing portion 11 via the payout insertion hole 29, and the bearing 31 is attached to the housing portion 11. It is mounted in a hole formed in the left wall. Thereafter, a set screw 32 such as a tapping screw is fastened to the tank side mounting portion 28 via the housing side mounting portion 33 after the housing 16. Therefore, when a person removes the set screw 32 and the person supports the casing 16 and moves to the right from the tank 2, the dispenser 14 is pulled out from the accommodating part 11. There is an advantage that the maintenance work to remove is easy.

  A ball detector 34 for detecting a ball paid out from the payout mechanism 3 is inserted into the sensor insertion hole 30 from the left of the tank 2. The part of the sphere detector 34 that detects the sphere protrudes rightward from the sensor insertion hole 30 and is inserted into the housing 16. Thereafter, a cover (not shown) that prevents the ball detector 34 from falling off is attached to the tank 2 or the casing 16. When the sphere detector 34 is attached to the tank 2, the sphere discharged from the sphere outlet 12 (see FIG. 3) passes through the sphere detector 34. The sphere detector 34 outputs a sphere detection signal to the payout launch control device each time it detects a passing sphere in a state where power is supplied from the payout launch control device.

  Due to the wiring structure of the ball dispensing device 1, a substrate accommodating portion 36 is provided in the front portion of the tank 2 as a box-shaped room opened upward. In the left and right side walls of the substrate housing portion 36, wiring holes 37; 38 are provided as depressions opened upward. A relay board 39 is attached to the bottom of the board housing part 36. The relay board 39 centrally connects all the wirings of the electrical components related to the ball dispensing device 1, and is connected to a circuit board such as a printed wiring board with a plurality of connectors 40; 41; 42; 43; 44 is implemented. The connectors 40 to 44 are thin wiring such as printed wiring attached to the relay board 39 and are connected to each other so as to constitute an electric circuit.

  The connector 40 is connected to the wiring 45 of the payout mechanism 3. The wiring 45 includes a power line to the payout motor 15 and a signal line to a position detector (not shown) that detects the position of the payout motor 15. The connector 41 is connected to the wiring 46 of the sphere detector 34. The connector 42 is connected to the wiring 47 of the ball-cut detecting mechanism 5. The connector 43 is connected to an unillustrated wiring of the door opening sensor of the gaming machine frame 71. The connector 44 is connected to a wiring outside the figure of the firing and dispensing control device. The wirings 45 to 47 are passed through the wiring hole 38 into and out of the substrate housing portion 36. In this way, there is an advantage that the wires 45 to 47 necessary for the ball dispensing device 1 are collected in front of the tank 2.

  With reference to FIG. 5, the lid 49 attached to the substrate housing portion 36 will be described. The lid 49 is a plate having a size that closes the upper opening of the substrate housing portion 36. On the left and right ends of the lid 49, lid side latching portions 50; 51 are provided. On the left and right walls of the substrate housing portion 36, housing side latching portions 52; 53 are provided. Then, after the lid side latching part 51 is inserted into the accommodation side latching part 53 from the substrate housing part 36 side, when the left side portion of the lid 49 is artificially closed downward, the lid side latching part 50 is Since the lid 49 is latched by the accommodation side latching portion 52 and is supported by the substrate housing portion 36 so as not to be opened and closed by closing the upper opening of the substrate housing portion 36, the ball falling from above the substrate housing portion 36. There is an advantage that the relay board 39 and the wirings 45 to 47 are not directly hit, and the lid 49 can be easily attached and detached.

  The extraction mechanism 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The sampling mechanism 4 includes a sampling port 55, a sampling door 56, and a cover 57. A closed engagement portion 58, an open engagement portion 59, and a tank side attachment portion 60 are provided at the bottom of the tank 2 around the extraction port portion 55. The extraction door 56 includes an operation part 61 and an engaged part 62. The engaged portion 62 includes a flange portion at the free end of an elastic piece formed like a cantilever on the extraction door 56 by the groove 63. The cover 57 is provided with a withdrawal escape portion 64, an operation escape portion 65, and a cover side attachment portion 66.

  A method of attaching the sampling mechanism 4 to the tank 2 will be described. The cover 57 covers the bottom of the tank 2 from below so that the extraction door 56 is disposed between the bottom of the tank 2 and the cover 57. Thereafter, a set screw 67 such as a tapping screw is fastened to the tank side mounting portion 60 via the cover side mounting portion 66. As a result, the cover 57 is fixed to the bottom of the tank 2. When the cover 57 is fixed to the bottom of the tank 2 in this way, the extraction escape portion 64 is positioned below the extraction opening portion 55 and directly below the extraction opening portion 55, and the operation portion 61 passes through the operation escape portion 65. Thus, the extraction door 56 is disposed between the bottom of the tank 2 and the cover 57 so as to be movable in the opening and closing direction.

  The operation of the sampling mechanism 4 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7A, when the extraction door 56 closes the extraction opening 55, the closing engagement portion 58 and the engaged portion 62 are engaged with each other so that the extraction door 56 does not move in the opening direction. In addition, since the extraction door 56 is held in the closed position, there is an advantage that the ball is appropriately stored in the tank 2 without falling from the extraction port portion 55. When the operation portion 61 is artificially operated in the opening direction indicated by the arrow X6 in the state where the extraction door 56 is held at the closed position, the engaged portion 62 is released from the closed engagement portion 58. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7 b, the extraction door 56 is held in the open position so that the open engagement portion 59 and the engaged portion 62 are engaged with each other and the extraction door 56 does not move in the closing direction. Therefore, there exists an advantage that a ball | bowl can be appropriately extracted from the extraction port part 55 to the downward exterior of the tank 2. FIG. Therefore, the ball can be easily extracted from the tank 2 by the extraction mechanism 4 for maintenance of the ball dispensing device 1 or the like.

  With reference to FIG. 8, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example of a gaming machine provided with the ball dispensing device 1. The pachinko gaming machine has a form in which a gaming board (not shown) is attached to the inside of the gaming machine frame 71 in a replaceable manner. The gaming machine frame 71 includes a movable frame 73 that can be opened and closed at the front part of the fixed frame 72, and an upper door 74 and a lower door 75 that can be opened and closed at the front part of the movable frame 73. The fixed frame 72 is also called an outer frame fixed to the gaming machine installation facility. The gaming machine installation facility is a facility called an island of a gaming store where a pachinko gaming machine is installed. The movable frame 73 is also called a front frame for attaching parts necessary for a game such as a game board or a control device (not shown). The movable frame 73 is opened forward in front of the fixed frame 72 and rearward with the hinge 76 positioned on the left side as a center. In order to be closed, it can be opened halfway and includes a panel installation structure 77 and a firing mechanism 78. The board installation structure 77 is a member for mounting the game board. The firing mechanism 78 is attached to the lower front surface of the panel installation structure 77.

  The launch mechanism 78 is covered with the lower door 75 when the lower door 75 is closed and supported by the movable frame 73 so that it cannot be opened and closed. The movable frame 73 is also provided with the ball payout device 1 and a locking device not shown. The upper door 74 is centered on a hinge 79 located on the left side, and can be opened on one side so as to be opened forward and closed rearward in front of the movable frame 73. The upper door 74 is provided with a window 80 and a front panel 81. The window 80 is configured as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The front panel 81 is configured as a light-transmitting colorless plate made of glass or synthetic resin having a size that covers the window 80 later. The lower door 75 is provided with a tray 82, a firing operation mechanism 83, a supply port 84, and an intake port 85.

  When the game board is mounted on the board installation structure 77, the movable frame 73 is closed and supported by the fixed frame 72 so that it cannot be opened and closed, and the upper door 74 is closed and supported by the movable frame 73 so that it cannot be opened and closed, the front panel A portion surrounded by a guide rail (not shown) between 81 and the front surface of the game board becomes a game area where balls launched from the launch mechanism 78 fly. The guide rail is provided on the upper door 74, the front panel 81, or the game board. The gaming area is visible through the window 80 and the front panel 81 from the front of the gaming machine frame 71.

  Then, when a ball called a pachinko ball is placed in the tray 82 and the firing operation mechanism 83 is artificially operated, the launch mechanism 78 removes the ball taken into the launch mechanism 78 from the tray 82 via the supply port 84. Fire one by one toward the upper part of the game area with a firing force according to the operation amount of the firing operation mechanism 83. When the ball that has reached the upper part of the game area flows down the game area and wins a winning part (not shown) in the game area, the payout mechanism 3 pays out the ball as a prize ball to the player. The ball paid out from the payout mechanism 3 is paid out to the tray 82 from the ball passage 86 via the intake port 85.

  In FIG. 2, the dispensing mechanism 3 is provided at the left end of the tank 2, and the bottom surface 6 of the tank 2 constitutes a slope that causes the sphere to flow down toward the sphere inlet 10 such that the sphere flows down from right to left. May be. In this case, the right in the best mode should be read as left and the left should be read as right.

  In FIG. 8, the gaming machine is not limited to a pachinko gaming machine but may be a slot machine. That is, the game board is replaced with a symbol display, the launch operation mechanism 83 is replaced with a ball take-in operation mechanism, the ball launch mechanism is replaced with a ball take-in mechanism, and the game start operation mechanism and the design stop operation mechanism are If it is provided at the front part of 74 or the front part of the lower door 75, the ball dispensing device 1 can also be applied to a slot machine. The upper door 74 and the lower door 75 may be integrally configured as a front door.

a figure is a top view of the principal part of a ball dispensing device, and b figure is an AA line sectional view (best form) of a figure. The whole top view (best form) of a ball dispensing device. a figure is a top view of an accommodating part, b figure is a BB line sectional view of a figure, c figure is a CC line sectional view (best form) of a figure. The exploded perspective view of the ball dispensing device (best mode). The exploded perspective view of a tank and a lid (best form). The disassembled perspective view (best form) of a sampling mechanism. Fig. 3a is a closed sectional view of the extraction mechanism, and Fig. b is an open sectional view of the extraction mechanism (best mode). The perspective view (best form) of the gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine. a figure is a top view of a ball dispensing device, b figure is a DD line sectional view of figure a (conventional).

Explanation of symbols

1 is a ball dispensing device, 2 is a tank, 3 is a dispensing mechanism, 4 is a sampling mechanism, 5 is a ball cutting detection mechanism, 6 is a bottom surface, 7 is a barrier, 8 is a slope, 9 is a vertical surface, 10 is a ball entrance, 11 Is a container, 12 is a ball outlet, 13 is a basket, 14 is a dispensing body, 15 is a dispensing motor, 16 is a housing, 17 is a dispensing shaft, 18 is a helical body, 19 is a lever detector, 20 is a sensing lever, 21 is Weight, 22 is a shaft, 23 is a detected part, 24 is a missing number, 25; 26 is an obstruction projection, 27 is a missing number, 28 is a tank side mounting part, 29 is a dispensing insertion hole, 30 is a sensor insertion hole, 31 is a bearing, 32 is a set screw, 33 is a housing side mounting part, 34 is a ball detector, 35 is a missing number, 36 is a board housing part, 37 is a wiring hole, 38 is a wiring hole, 39 is a relay board, 40 to 44 are connectors, 45 To 47 are wiring, 48 is a missing number, 49 is a lid, 50; 51 is a lid side latching part, 52; 53 is a housing side latch , 54 is a missing number, 55 is an extraction port, 56 is an extraction door, 57 is a cover, 58 is a closed engagement portion, 59 is an open engagement portion, 60 is a tank side attachment portion, 61 is an operation portion, and 62 is a cover. Engaging portion, 63 is a groove, 64 is a withdrawal escape portion, 65 is an operation escape portion, 66 is a cover side mounting portion, 67 is a set screw, 68 to 70 are missing numbers, 71 is a gaming machine frame, 72 is a fixed frame, 73 Is a movable frame, 74 is an upper door, 75 is a lower door, 76 is a hinge, 77 is a panel installation structure, 78 is a launching mechanism, 79 is a hinge, 80 is a window, 81 is a front panel, 82 is a saucer, and 83 is launching An operation mechanism, 84 is a supply port, 85 is an intake port, and 86 is a ball passage.

Claims (1)

A sphere storage chamber having an inclined bottom surface and allowing the captured sphere to flow down toward a sphere entrance provided at the bottom ;
A storage chamber having a dispensing body for forming a space recessed downward from the ball inlet, and discharging a ball dropped from the ball inlet from a ball outlet formed on the flow direction side ;
A trough that is located on the side of the ball exit and closes the ball entrance;
A ball dispenser for a gaming machine comprising
The sphere storage chamber includes an edge at the sphere inlet opposite to the flow direction and a barrier surrounding the side edge, and the barrier is a slope that guides the sphere toward the sphere inlet as it goes in the flow direction. Have
The payout body has a spiral body that separates spheres dropped into the accommodation chamber one by one by a rotating operation and moves them to the sphere outlet side ,
The storage chamber protrudes toward the heel on the sphere extrusion side in the storage chamber , and has an obstruction protrusion that inhibits separation of the sphere by the spiral,
A ball of a gaming machine characterized in that a gap between the hook and the obstacle protrusion is dimensioned so that more balls can enter at the same time than the number of balls that can simultaneously enter the retracting side of the balls in the storage chamber. Dispensing device.

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