JP5188128B2 - Ball dispenser for gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a ball payout device for a gaming machine in which a payout mechanism is provided in a movable frame to which a game board is attached, and a ball passage is provided in a front door that is openably / closably attached to a front portion of the movable frame. The present invention relates to a ball payout device for a gaming machine in which a payout mechanism stops when opened.

As disclosed in Patent Document 1, in a ball dispensing device for a gaming machine that uses a ball called a pachinko ball such as a pachinko gaming machine as a gaming medium, a ball that is paid out from a dispensing mechanism to a tray is from the front side of the gaming machine frame. It is known that a ball passage is provided at the front of the gaming machine frame so that it can be seen. However, since the payout mechanism is provided in the movable frame to which the game board is attached, and the ball passage is provided in the front door that can be opened and closed at the front portion of the movable frame, when the front door is opened, The ball passages are separated from each other. Therefore, for example, when troubles such as ball clogging occur on the game board, when the store clerk opens the front door to solve the above trouble, the payout mechanism is being driven or started to drive. In such a case, the ball dispensed from the dispensing mechanism spills into the store.
JP 2004-187947 A

  The problem to be solved by the invention is that when the front door is opened, if the payout mechanism is being driven or starts to drive, the balls will spill out of the payout mechanism.

A ball payout device for a gaming machine according to the present invention is provided on a movable frame, a payout mechanism provided at a rear portion of the movable frame, and a ball paid out from the payout mechanism on the movable frame so as to lead out to the front of the movable frame. Sphere outlet, a front door that can be opened and closed, a ball passage structure provided at the front of the front door, and a front of the front door so as to receive a ball discharged from the ball passage structure. A tray provided at the front, a ball inlet provided at the rear of the front door so as to introduce the ball discharged from the ball outlet into the ball passage structure, and detecting that the front door has been opened. A door opening detector provided on the movable frame, and a dispensing control device that stops the dispensing mechanism when a door opening signal is input from the door opening detector, and the ball inlet portion is rearward from the upper door. The upper door is moved forward from the door opening detector, and the door opening detector is turned on. In case, the most important feature that said ball outlet portion and the ball inlet is fitted to each other.

  According to the ball dispensing device of the gaming machine according to the present invention, when the upper door is opened forward from the movable frame, the dispensing mechanism is stopped so that the ball does not spill from between the ball outlet portion and the ball inlet portion. There are advantages. Even when the ball entrance part protrudes rearward from the upper door, the upper door moves forward from the door opening detector, and the door opening detector is turned on, if the ball outlet part and the ball inlet part are connected to each other, There is an advantage that the ball paid out to the ball outlet portion immediately before the payout mechanism is stopped due to the opening of the upper door is not spilled from between the ball outlet portion and the ball inlet portion.

  FIG. 1 shows a ball dispensing device in which an upper door 17 of a gaming machine is opened. FIG. 2 shows a ball dispensing device in which the upper door 17 of the gaming machine is supported by the movable frame 3 so as not to be opened and closed. FIG. 3 shows a gaming machine frame 1 of a pachinko gaming machine. The directions of “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “upper”, and “lower” in this specification are viewed from the front side indicated by an arrow S with the gaming machine frame 1 placed in the state of FIG. This is the direction specified when

  With reference to FIG. 3, a ball payout device for a gaming machine will be described using a pachinko gaming machine as an example. The pachinko gaming machine has a configuration in which a gaming board (not shown) is attached to the inside of the gaming machine frame 1 in a replaceable manner. The gaming machine frame 1 includes a movable frame 3 that can be opened and closed at a front portion of a fixed frame 2. The fixed frame 2 is 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 3 is also referred to as a front frame for attaching parts necessary for a game such as a game board or a control device (not shown), and is opened forward in front of the fixed frame 2 around the hinge 4 located on the left side and rearward. It can be opened half way so that it is closed.

  The movable frame 3 includes a panel storage chamber 5, a central opening 6, a locking device 7, a tank 8, a dispensing mechanism 9, a ball outlet 10, a door opening detector 11, a through hole 12, a lock lever 13; 14, and a release operation. A mechanism 15, a firing mechanism 16, an upper door 17, a lower door 18, and the like are provided. When the movable frame 3 is closed, the lock lever 14 supports the fixed frame 2 so that it cannot be opened and closed. The tank 8 and the dispensing mechanism 9 are attached to the rear part of the movable frame 3. The ball outlet portion 10 is a passage for leading the ball paid out from the payout mechanism 9 to the front of the movable frame 3, and when the movable frame 3 is supported by the fixed frame 2 so as not to be opened and closed, When the movable frame 3 is opened, it is separated from the sphere inlet 24. The door opening detector 11 is electrically turned off when the upper door 17 is supported by the movable frame 3 so as not to be opened and closed, and is electrically turned on when the upper door 17 is opened. The operation part 19 of the door opening detector 11 protrudes from the rear part of the movable frame 3 to the front of the movable frame 3 through the through hole 12.

  The upper door 17 is provided at the front of the movable frame 3 so as to be openable and closable, and can be opened on one side so that the hinge 20 located on the left side is centered and opened forward and closed rearward. is there. When the upper door 17 is closed, the lock lever 13 supports the movable frame 3 so that it cannot be opened and closed. The upper door 17 is provided with a window 21, a window panel 22, a ball passage structure 23, a ball inlet portion 24, and the like. The ball inlet portion 24 is configured as a recumbent protrusion protruding rearward from the upper door 17.

  The lower door 18 is provided at the front of the movable frame 3 so as to be openable and closable, and can be opened on one side so that the hinge 25 located on the left side can be opened in front and closed in front of the movable frame 3. is there. When the lower door 18 is closed, it is supported by the movable frame 3 so that it cannot be opened and closed by a lock lever (not shown). A tray 26, a firing operation mechanism 27, and the like are provided at the front of the lower door 18.

  In a state where the movable frame 3 is supported by the fixed frame 2 so that it cannot be opened and closed, and the upper door 17 and the lower door 18 are supported by the movable frame 3 so that they cannot be opened and closed, a store clerk at the game shop locks a key plate (key) outside the figure. When the key plate is inserted into the keyhole of the device 7 and rotated by 90 degrees to the right, for example, the support form of the fixed frame 2 and the movable frame 3 by the lock lever 14 is released. After the release of this support mode, the store clerk of the game store pulls the movable frame 3 forward, whereby the movable frame 3 is opened to the front about the hinge 4.

  When the key plate inserted into the keyhole of the locking device 7 is rotated 90 degrees to the left, for example, the support form of the movable frame 3 and the upper door 17 by the lock lever 13 is released. After the release of this support mode, the clerk of the game store pulls the upper door 17 forward, so that the upper door 17 is opened to the front about the hinge 20. When the store clerk operates the release operation mechanism 15 in a state where the upper door 17 is opened, the support form of the movable frame 3 and the lower door 18 by the lock levers not shown is released. After the release of this support mode, the clerk of the game store pulls the lower door 18 forward, so that the lower door 18 is opened to the front about the hinge 25. When the upper door 17 is supported by the movable frame 3 so as not to be opened and closed, the release operation mechanism 15 is covered with the upper door 17 so as to be inoperable.

  An example of a pachinko game will be described. A game board (not shown) is mounted in the board storage chamber 5, the movable frame 3 is closed and supported by the fixed frame 2 so that it cannot be opened and closed, and the upper door 17 and the lower door 18 are closed and supported by the movable frame 3 so that they cannot be opened and closed. Then, the payout mechanism 9 stops, and a ball called a pachinko ball discharged from the replenishment mechanism of the gaming machine installation structure (not shown) where the gaming machine frame 1 is installed is stored in the tank 8 from above. In this state, the player puts a ball called a pachinko ball into the tray 26, and as the player operates the firing operation mechanism 27, the firing mechanism 16 is driven with a firing force corresponding to the operation amount of the firing operation mechanism 27. Then, the launch mechanism 16 launches the balls taken into the inside of the gaming machine frame 1 from the tray 26 one by one toward the upper part of the game area between the front surface of the game board and the window panel 22. When the ball that has reached the upper part of the game area flows down the game area, the payout mechanism 9 is driven every time a winning component (not shown) wins, and the ball exits from the tank 8 via the payout mechanism 9 Part 10 is paid out. The balls paid out to the ball outlet 10 are paid out from the ball outlet 10 to the tray 26 via the ball inlet 24 and the inside of the ball passage structure 23.

  With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, operation | movement of the ball payout apparatus of a game machine is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 2, the tank 8 is provided with a storage chamber 28 for storing a sphere. The payout body 29 of the payout mechanism 9 is disposed at the bottom of the storage chamber 28 and is configured as a spiral structure including a payout shaft 30 and a spiral body 31. The spiral body 31 protrudes in a spiral shape radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the payout shaft 30 at intervals separating the spheres one by one in a direction parallel to the axis 32 of the payout shaft 30. A driving shaft 34 of a motor 33 attached to the tank 8 is connected to an end of the dispensing body 29 that protrudes outward from the tank 8. A sphere detector 35 is provided at the sphere outlet 10. The door opening detector 11, the motor 33 and the ball detector 35 are connected to a payout control device 36 attached to the rear part of the movable frame 3.

  When the upper door 17 is supported by the movable frame 3 so as not to be opened and closed, the ball inlet portion 24 is disposed below the ball outlet portion 10, and the ball outlet portion 10 and the ball inlet portion 24 are overlapped and connected to each other. The upper door 17 pushes the operation unit 19, the door opening detector 11 is turned off, and the dispensing control device 36 electrically determines that the upper door 17 is supported by the movable frame 3 so as not to be opened and closed. Thereafter, when an instruction for paying out a prize ball is input to a payout control device 36 from a game control device such as a main control device (not shown) in accordance with winning a prize component, the payout control device 36 turns off the motor 33 of the payout mechanism 9. When driven, the payout body 29 rotates around the shaft center 32 in the circumferential direction of the shaft center 32, and the spiral body 31 is taken into the gap formed by the bottom of the storage chamber 28, the payout shaft 30 and the spiral body 31. The spheres are moved one by one to the sphere outlet 10 while being separated one by one, and the spheres are moved from the tank 8 through the sphere outlet 10, the sphere inlet 24 and the inside of the sphere passage structure 23 as indicated by an arrow X 1. (See FIG. 3). The payout control device 36 counts the detection signal input from the ball detector 35, and when the counted value reaches the prize ball payout number corresponding to the instruction from the game control device, the motor 33 is stopped and the ball by the payout mechanism 9 is stopped. Disbursement of is stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the upper door 17 is opened forward from the movable frame 3 as indicated by the arrow X2, the upper door 17 is moved forward from the operation unit 19, and the door opening detector 11 is turned on to open the door. When the signal is output to the payout control device 36, the payout control device 36 performs a process of electrically determining that the upper door 17 has been opened and stopping the motor 33. With this process, even when the motor 33 of the dispensing mechanism 9 is being driven or started when the upper door 17 is opened forward from the movable frame 3, the motor 33 is stopped and the dispensing mechanism 9 is started. The payout by 9 stops. Therefore, there is an advantage that the ball does not spill from between the ball outlet portion 10 of the dispensing mechanism 9 and the ball inlet portion 24 of the ball passage structure 23.

  Even when the upper door 17 is moved forward from the operation unit 19 and the door opening detector 11 is turned on, the ball outlet 10 and the ball inlet 24 are fitted to each other. Therefore, the ball paid out to the ball outlet 10 immediately before the motor 33 stops with the opening of the upper door 17 is between the ball outlet 10 of the payout mechanism 9 and the ball inlet 24 of the ball passage structure 23. There is an advantage of not spilling. And if the upper door 17 is opened in the direction of arrow X2 rather than the state shown in FIG. 1, the ball | bowl inlet part 24 will leave | separate ahead from the ball | bowl outlet part 10 as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the upper door 17 and the lower door 18 may be integrally configured as a front door. The ball inlet portion 24 may be configured as a cylinder into which the ball outlet portion 10 can be inserted.

The side schematic diagram (best form) of the ball dispensing device with the upper door opened. The side view schematic diagram (best form) of the ball dispensing device with the upper door closed. The perspective view (best form) of the gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine.

Explanation of symbols

  1 is a gaming machine frame, 2 is a fixed frame, 3 is a movable frame, 4 is a hinge, 5 is a board storage chamber, 6 is a central opening, 7 is a locking device, 8 is a tank, 9 is a payout mechanism, and 10 is a ball outlet , 11 is a door open detector, 12 is a through-hole, 13; 14 is a lock lever, 15 is a release operation mechanism, 16 is a launching mechanism, 17 is an upper door, 18 is a lower door, 19 is an operation unit, and 20 is a hinge , 21 is a window, 22 is a window panel, 23 is a ball passage structure, 24 is a ball inlet, 25 is a hinge, 26 is a receiving tray, 27 is a firing operation mechanism, 28 is a storage room, 29 is a dispensing body, and 30 is dispensing A shaft, 31 is a spiral body, 32 is an axis, 33 is a motor, 34 is a drive shaft, 35 is a ball detector, and 36 is a dispensing control device.

Claims (1)

A movable frame, a payout mechanism provided at the rear of the movable frame, a ball outlet provided in the movable frame so as to lead a ball paid out from the payout mechanism to the front of the movable frame, and an openable and closable attachment. From the front door, a ball passage structure provided at the front portion of the front door, a tray provided at the front portion of the front door so as to receive a ball paid out from the ball passage structure, and a ball outlet portion A ball entrance portion provided at the rear of the front door so as to introduce the dispensed ball into the ball passage structure, and a door open detector provided on the movable frame so as to detect that the front door has been opened. And a payout control device that stops the payout mechanism when a door open signal is input from the door open detector , the ball entrance portion protrudes rearward from the upper door, and the upper door extends from the door open detector. Even when the door opening detector is turned on, the ball outlet portion and the ball inlet are separated. DOO ball dispensing device for the game machine, characterized in that is fitted to each other.

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