JP5189264B2 - Prize ball apparatus and game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize ball apparatus and a game machine that are provided with a payout passage through which game balls are paid out and a discharge passage through which the game balls are removed all at once, and that switches between the payout passage and the discharge passage.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine uses a prize ball device including a payout device for paying out a game ball such as a rental ball or a prize ball that has flowed down a payout passage or stopping the payout. In addition, there is an apparatus provided with a discharge-dedicated passage (discharge passage) separate from the discharge passage on the upstream side of the discharge device.

  The discharge passage is used when performing “all ball removal” for discharging game balls in the gaming machine at a time.

Here, there is a gaming machine in which two ball flow down paths are provided on the downstream side of a discharge device that discharges game balls, and a flow path switching device that switches between the two ball flow down paths is provided. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-218008 A

  However, the flow path switching device of Patent Document 1 uses a flow path switching valve that rotates by the operation of a solenoid, and requires a plurality of parts such as a path switching lever, a shaft, and a solenoid, reducing the number of parts. It was difficult.

In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a prize ball apparatus and a game machine that can reduce the number of parts of the simultaneous ball removal mechanism and can reliably guide the game ball to the payout passage side .

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a prize ball apparatus, wherein the game ball is caused to flow down from the storage part in which the game balls are stored, and the game ball which is disposed on the lower end side of the flow down path and flows down the flow down path. A payout passage for discharging the game ball, a discharge passage for discharging the game ball that has flowed down the flow passage, and a guide portion that guides the game ball that has flowed down the flow passage to the payout passage And a hole for guiding the game ball that has flowed down the flow path to the discharge path, and is arranged on the downstream side of the flow path and slides in a direction intersecting the flow direction of the game ball to play the game A moving member that switches the path of the ball and causes the game ball to flow down into the payout path or the discharge path, and the game ball that has flowed down the downflow path is provided on the payout path side of the hole. Enter It is characterized by having a prevention wall for preventing the.

According to the above configuration, the path of the game ball can be switched by sliding the moving member in a direction intersecting the flow-down direction of the game ball. Therefore, unlike the conventional passage switching lever, two parts of the shaft and the lever are unnecessary, and the number of parts can be reduced. Furthermore, since the prevention wall provided on the payout passage side of the hole prevents the game ball from entering the payout passage side, the game ball can be reliably guided to the payout passage side.

Prize balls apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention, the guide portion or hole portion, the guiding of the moving member and the dispensing passage or the when the substantially half sliding of the length of the width of the discharge passage before Symbol game balls It is characterized by moving to a position.

  According to the above configuration, the guide portion and the hole portion can be replaced by simply moving the moving member by a length that is half the width of the discharge passage or the discharge passage, so that space can be saved.

In the prize ball device according to claim 3 of the present invention, the flow-down passage, the payout passage, and the discharge passage are formed in two strips, and the moving member is located in the center of one discharge passage and flows down the flow-down passage. A rib that guides the gaming ball to one payout passage, and a flat plate that occupies half the width of the other discharge passage and guides the game ball that has flowed down the flowdown passage to the other payout passage. It is a feature.

  According to the above configuration, since the guide for guiding the game ball to one payout passage is a rib, the amount of material used when molding the moving member can be reduced as compared with a wide member. Further, since the guide for guiding the game ball to the other payout passage is a flat plate, the strength of the moving member can be increased.

A gaming machine according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized by including the prize ball device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

  According to the above configuration, since the number of parts as the prize ball device is reduced, the number of parts of the entire gaming machine can be reduced.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the number of parts of the simultaneous ball removal mechanism can be reduced and the game ball can be reliably guided to the payout passage side .

  Hereinafter, a prize ball device and a gaming machine according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
1 and 2 show a pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 10 includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes an outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is installed in an island facility of the pachinko hall.

  An inner frame 14 formed of a synthetic resin in a rectangular frame shape is disposed on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the front lower end portion of the outer frame 12 on the lower side of the inner frame 14 is disposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10. A synthetic resin undergarment 16 constituting the lower end is attached.

  The inner frame 14 is attached to a pair of hinge portions 18 and 20 provided at the upper left corner portion of the outer frame 12 and the upper left corner portion of the lower decoration 16 so that the left end portion is pivotally supported and can be opened and closed.

  A glass frame 22 that constitutes an upper front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed on the upper front portion of the inner frame 14. The glass frame 22 has a glass plate 26 attached to a vertically long and oval window 24 and a left end supported by the inner frame 14 so as to be opened and closed.

  A rectangular opening 15 is formed in the front upper portion of the inner frame 14 which is the back side of the glass frame 22. A game board G is set in the opening 15 of the inner frame 14 so as to be detachable (exchangeable).

  The game board G is covered with a glass frame 22 that is closed with respect to the inner frame 14. In addition, a game area PA provided on the board surface of the game board G is visible from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 through the glass plate 26 of the window 24.

  A plurality of lamps 28 that are turned on, turned off, and blinking according to the progress of the game to produce effects by illumination are disposed on the left and right side ends of the front surface of the glass frame 22. In addition, in the vicinity of the upper left and upper right corners of the glass frame 22, middle and high tone speakers 30L and 30R for outputting sound effects in stereo according to the progress of the game are incorporated.

  On the other hand, a dish unit 40 that constitutes the lower front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14.

  The dish unit 40 is attached so that the left end of the base 41 constituting the main body of the dish unit 40 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed.

  An upper plate 42 that protrudes and supplies the pachinko ball to the game board G and supplies it to the launching device 60 is provided on the upper front surface of the base 41. Further, a lower plate 44 for storing pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 protrudes from the lower left of the upper plate 42 in the lower front surface of the base 41.

  The upper plate 42 has a bottom surface inclined downward from the right side to the left side when viewed from the front. An alignment passage 46 that aligns pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 42 in a row and guides them to a ball feeding device 45 attached to the back surface of the base 41 is provided downstream of the bottom surface of the upper plate 42 in the inclination direction. Is provided.

  Lending balls and prize balls that are paid out from a payout device 62 (see FIG. 3) provided on the back surface of the inner frame 14 are discharged to the right end of the inner wall surface of the upper plate 42 formed by the base 41. A ball discharge port 48 is formed.

  A ball discharge port 49 through which pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are discharged is formed at the right end of the rear wall surface of the lower plate 44.

  A firing handle 54 that is electrically connected to the launching device 60 and adjusts the launching force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion of the front surface of the base 41. An ashtray 56 is provided adjacent to the lower plate 44 at the lower left portion of the front surface of the base 41. Further, the substantially center of the front surface of the base 41 swells in a rectangular box shape, and a deep bass speaker (subwoofer) 58 that outputs sound effects as the game progresses is provided inside.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a ball passage 70 is provided at a substantially central portion on the back surface of the base 41 to allow pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 to flow down to the lower plate 44.

  The ball passage 70 has a passage inlet 72 formed at the upper end portion, and a passage outlet formed at the lower end portion communicates with the ball discharge port 49. A ball feeding device 45 is attached to the side closer to the rotation support shaft than the ball passage 70.

  On the other hand, on the rear side of the dish unit 40, a launching device 60 is disposed at the lower left of the game board G. When the game board G is hung from the substantially lower center to the lower right, the storage tank 74 can be attached to and detached from the inner frame 14. Is attached.

  The storage tank 74 has a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom surface of the tank is inclined downward from the left side to the right side in a front view.

  A tank outlet 76 communicating with the ball discharge port 48 of the upper plate 42 is formed on the front surface on the right side which is the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the storage tank 74. In addition, an overflow portion 78 is formed at the front left end of the storage tank 74 so that the pachinko balls overflow when the stored amount of the pachinko balls in the storage tank 74 becomes full.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a locking device 64 for locking the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 is attached to the side end of the inner frame 14 on the open side (the left side in the rear view). .

  A locking device 68 for locking the dish unit 40 is attached to the lower side of the locking device 64. Thereby, the plate unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68 in a state where it is closed by the inner frame 14, and is locked by the locking device 64 while the glass frame 22 is closed by the inner frame 14.

  The locking device 64 is provided with a cylinder lock 66, and the cylinder lock 66 is exposed on the upper right of the front surface of the dish unit 40.

  Here, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 66 and the unlocking operation is performed, the inner frame 14 locked to the outer frame 12 is unlocked and can be opened. Further, the glass frame 22 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  Furthermore, when the unlocking lever 69 of the locking device 68 exposed by opening the glass frame 22 is operated, the dish unit 40 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  When the dish unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68, the ball feeding device 45 is disposed on the front side of the launching device 60. A passage inlet 72 of the ball passage 70 is disposed on the lower front side of the overflow portion 78, and the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 are communicated with each other via the tank outlet 76 and the ball discharge port 48.

  As shown in FIG. 3, an upper tank 80 and a lower tank 82 for storing pachinko balls supplied from the island facility are provided on the upper part of the back surface of the inner frame 14.

  An upper sphere passage through which the pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 flow down to the storage tank 74 (see FIG. 2) side at the side end of the inner frame 14 on the rotation support shaft side (the right side of the rear surface). A unit 84 and a lower sphere passage unit 86 are extended.

  A payout device 62 for paying out a predetermined number of pachinko balls is attached between the upper ball passage unit 84 and the lower ball passage unit 86. A launching device 60 is attached below the lower sphere passage unit 86.

  On the left side of the launching device 60, a payout control board 88 that controls the payout device 62 to execute and stop the payout of the pachinko balls is provided.

  The payout control board 88 is provided so as to be able to execute payout stop control and payout execution control.

  In the case of payout stop control, the payout control board 88 stops the payout device 62 to stop paying out the pachinko balls.

  On the other hand, in the case of the payout execution control, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the payout control board 88 drives the payout device 62 to flow down the upper ball passage unit 84 from the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82. The pachinko balls guided to 62 are paid out to the lower ball passage unit 86 as rental balls or prize balls.

  The pachinko ball guided to the storage tank 74 through the lower ball passage unit 86 rolls in the storage tank 74 from the upstream side (left side) to the downstream side (right side) and is discharged from the ball discharge port 48. And stored in the upper plate 42.

  Further, the pachinko balls are aligned in a row by the alignment passage 46 while flowing down in the upper plate 42 to the downstream side (left side). Is sent to.

  The pachinko balls sent to the launching device 60 are launched by the launching device 60 into the game area PA of the game board G (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2). A game using the pachinko ball is performed on the game board G by winning or losing in the process of the pachinko ball falling on the game area PA by its own weight.

  As the game progresses, a large number of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and when the upper plate 42 becomes full, pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are stored in the storage tank 74.

  Furthermore, when the storage tank 74 is full, the pachinko balls overflow from the overflow portion 78. Pachinko balls overflowing from the storage tank 74 fall to the passage inlet 72 and flow down the ball passage 70, are discharged from the ball discharge port 49, and are stored in the lower plate 44.

  Further, when the game is finished, if the upper plate ball removal lever 50 provided on the left side of the front surface of the upper plate 42 is operated, the most downstream portion of the alignment passage 46 is opened, and the pachinko stored in the upper plate 42 is opened. The sphere is discharged to the ball passage 70 and flows down to the lower tray 44.

  Furthermore, when the lower pan 44 is filled with pachinko balls or when the game is over, the lower pan ball removing lever 52 provided on the lower front side of the lower pan 44 is operated to remove the bottom plate 44 from the bottom. The part is opened, and the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate 44 are discharged into a ball box (not shown) arranged below the lower plate 44.

  On the other hand, a pair of shutter plates 90, 92 that are slidable in the vertical direction are located below the tank outlet 76 on the front surface of the inner frame 14 and below the ball outlet 48 on the back surface of the base 41 of the dish unit 40. Is attached.

  When the plate unit 40 is closed, the shutter plates 90 and 92 respectively move downward to open and communicate the tank outlet 76 and the ball outlet 48. When the dish unit 40 is opened, each moves upward, the shutter plate 90 on the inner frame 14 side closes the lower edge side of the tank outlet 76, and the shutter plate 92 on the dish unit 40 side is below the ball discharge port 48. Block the edge.

  The shutter plates 90 and 92 prevent the pachinko balls from flowing out from the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 when the dish unit 40 is opened.

(Structure of payout mechanism)
Next, a pachinko ball payout mechanism provided on the back surface of the inner frame 14 of the pachinko machine 10 will be described.

  4 to 11 show the payout mechanism 100 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 described above are attached to the upper left corner of the back surface of the rectangular base plate 102 serving as a substrate provided in the dispensing mechanism 100.

  The bottom surface of the lower tank 82 is inclined downward from the left side to the right side in back view, and the downstream side in the inclination direction extends to the vicinity of the right side end of the back surface of the base plate 102. Two ball passages 83 </ b> A and 83 </ b> B adjacent to the pachinko machine 10 in the front-rear direction are formed inside the extending portion.

The upper sphere passage unit 84 described above is attached to the upper side of the right side end of the back surface of the base plate 102.
Two passage inlets (not shown) corresponding to the ball passages 83A and 83B are formed in the upper part of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the upper sphere passage unit 84, two downflow passages 104 </ b> A and 104 </ b> B are provided that allow the pachinko balls that have flowed into the passage entrances to flow down to the payout path.

  The flow-down passages 104A and 104B are adjacent to each other on the back side and the front side when viewed from the back side in the upper side in the upper sphere passage unit 84, and are respectively in the width direction of the pachinko machine 10 from the upper side to the lower side. It extends so as to meander in the left-right direction.

  In addition, on the lower side in the upper ball passage unit 84, a payout passage 107A for allowing the pachinko balls to flow down to the payout route is arranged on the left side, and a payout passage 107B is arranged on the right side, each extending downward. ing.

  Two ball payout passage outlets 106A and 106B through which pachinko balls flowing down the payout passages 107A and 107B flow out are formed adjacent to each other in the left-right direction on the front side of the lower surface of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  Two discharge passages 108A and 108B are provided on the lower side of the upper ball passage unit 84. The two discharge passages 108A and 108B branch from the vicinity of the meandering portion toward the front side of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and flow down the pachinko balls to the discharge passage. It has been.

  Two ball discharge passage outlets 110A and 110B from which pachinko balls flowing down the discharge passages 108A and 108B flow out are formed adjacent to each other in the left-right direction at the lower front portion of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  On the other hand, a ball removal lever 120 is disposed at a branch portion between the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and the discharge passages 108A and 108B.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the ball removal lever 120 is provided with an operation portion 123 projecting from a side end portion of the lever main body 122 and two slope portions 124 </ b> A and 124 </ b> B.

  The slope portions 124A and 124B are disposed at substantially the same interval L as the interval between the flow-down passages 104A and 104B.

  The slope portion 124A is narrowly formed by the end face of the rib 125 that curves from the upper side toward the lower front side, and the through portion 126A is formed on the left side of the slope portion 124A by the open portion opened in the vertical direction. Has been.

  The slope portion 124B is formed wide by a curved surface that curves from the upper side toward the lower rear side. A flat surface portion 127 is formed at the end of the slope portion 124B.

  A through portion 126B is formed between the slope portion 124B and the slope portion 124A by an opening that penetrates in the vertical direction. The width L in the left-right direction of the through portion 126B is large enough to allow the pachinko ball PB to pass through. Is set.

  Further, the width D in the depth direction of the through portions 126A and 126B is at least twice the diameter of the pachinko sphere PB, and the pachinko sphere PB is not easily clogged by the through portions 126A and 126B.

  Here, on the left side of the downstream portion of the slope portion 124A, a stopper portion 128A that protrudes upward from the downstream portion of the slope portion 124A is provided. On the opposite side of the slope portion 124A from the stopper portion 128A, there is provided a stopper portion 128B protruding upward from each downstream portion of the slope portion 124B.

  The protrusion amount X of the stopper portions 128A and 128B is defined in advance so that the pachinko balls PB do not enter the payout passages 107A and 107B. The stopper portions 128A and 128B are tapered so that the pachinko ball PB can be lifted when the ball removal lever 120 is moved.

  On the front side of the stopper portions 128A and 128B, space portions 121A and 121B are provided for releasing the pachinko balls PB on the upstream side of the stopper portions 128A and 128B when the ball removal lever 120 is moved. The width Y of the spaces 121A and 121B is defined in advance so that the pachinko sphere PB can be easily escaped.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the ball removal lever 120 is slidably attached in the directions of arrows IN and OUT at the branching portions of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and the discharge passages 108A and 108B. The upper sphere passage unit 84 is exposed from the right side surface.

  The directions of arrows IN and OUT are directions that intersect the flow-down direction of the pachinko sphere PB. Further, by moving the ball release lever 120 approximately half of the width L in the left-right direction of the through portion 126B, the positions of the slope portions 124A and 124B and the stopper portions 128A and 128B change, and the payout or discharge of the pachinko ball PB is switched. It is supposed to be.

  Note that the width L in the left-right direction of the through portion 126B is half the width of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B or the discharge passages 108A and 108B.

  A stopper member 129 is attached to the right side surface portion of the upper ball passage unit 84 corresponding to the operation unit 123, and sliding of the ball removal lever 120 in the arrow OUT direction is restricted by the stopper member 129.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a dispensing device fixing lever 130 is disposed on the lower surface of the upper spherical path unit 84.

  The dispensing device fixing lever 130 has an operation portion 133 protruding from the right end portion of the lever body, and a slit groove 134 extending in the left-right direction is formed at the lower end portion of the operation portion 133.

  Further, the payout device fixing lever 130 is attached to a mounting hole (not shown) so as to be slidable in the left-right direction at the lower rear portion of the upper spherical path unit 84.

  Here, when the payout device fixing lever 130 is slid in the direction of the arrow OUT, the ball payout passage outlets 106A and 106B are opened, and the pachinko balls PB can flow down.

  Further, when the payout device fixing lever 130 is slid in the direction of the arrow IN, the ball payout passage outlets 106A and 106B are closed.

  A groove 140 is provided at the lower end of the right side surface of the upper spherical passage unit 84.

  The groove part 140 has a longitudinal cross section that is reversely concave, and extends from the front side to the back side direction. Further, the groove portion 140 is closed on the front side when the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is slid rightward, and is opened on the near side when the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is slid leftward.

  The aforementioned dispensing device 62 is attached to a position adjacent to the lower end of the upper ball passage unit 84.

  An L-shaped stopper rib 170 and a fixing rib 168 having a projecting cross section corresponding to the groove 140 are provided on the upper portion of the dispensing device 62.

  In the state where the groove portion 140 and the fixing rib 168 are engaged, the payout device 62 slides the payout device fixing lever 130 to the right, so that the stopper rib 170 and the slit groove 134 are engaged and fixed to the pachinko machine 10. Is done. On the other hand, when the dispensing device fixing lever 130 is slid leftward, the fixing is released.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, two ball payout passage inlets 142 </ b> A and 142 </ b> B corresponding to the ball payout passage outlets 106 </ b> A and 106 </ b> B of the upper ball passage unit 84 are formed on the front side of the upper surface of the payout device 62. . Further, in the inside of the payout device 62, two ball payout passages 144A and 144B are provided for allowing the pachinko balls flowing into the ball payout passage inlets 142A and 142B to flow down to the payout route. The ball payout passages 144A and 144B are On the upper side in the dispensing device 62, they are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and extend so as to meander in the front and back directions from above to below. Further, when reaching the lower side in the payout device 62, the ball payout passages 144A and 144B merge to form one ball payout passage 144C.

  The ball payout passage 144C extends linearly downward. A ball discharge passage outlet 146 through which the pachinko balls flowing down the ball discharge passage 144C flow out is formed at the lower end of the payout device 62.

  A sprocket 150 is provided in the vicinity of the junction between the ball payout passage 144A and the ball payout passage 144B.

  The sprocket 150 is formed with a concave groove 152A corresponding to the ball payout passage 144A and a concave groove 152B corresponding to the ball payout passage 144B on the outer peripheral portion. Moreover, it attaches to the rotating shaft 156 of the stepping motor 154 (refer FIG. 5) arrange | positioned at the right end in the payout apparatus 62, and arrange | positions so that a part of outer peripheral part may face each channel | path.

  Further, a detection sensor 148 is provided inside the payout device 62, and a pachinko ball detection signal detected by the detection sensor 148 is output to the payout control board 88 (see FIG. 3). Based on this pachinko ball detection signal, the payout control board 88 supplies driving power to the stepping motor 154 to control the rotation of the sprocket 150.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, two ball discharge passage inlets 162A and 162B corresponding to the ball discharge passage outlets 110A and 110B of the upper ball passage unit 84 and the ball discharge passage inlet 162A are provided on the back side of the dispensing device 62. , Two ball discharge passages 164A and 164B are provided for allowing the pachinko balls that have flowed into 162B to flow down to the discharge path.

  The ball discharge passages 164A and 164B are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and extend from the top to the bottom. Two ball discharge passage outlets 166A and 166B from which pachinko balls that have flowed down the ball discharge passages 164A and 164B flow out are formed adjacent to each other in the left-right direction at the lower front portion of the dispensing device 62.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lower spherical passage unit 86 described above is attached to the lower side of the dispensing device 62. The lower sphere passage unit 86 is attached to the base plate 102 with a plurality of screws 171.

  On the front side of the upper surface of the lower ball passage unit 86, a ball payout passage inlet 172 corresponding to the ball discharge passage outlet 146 (see FIG. 7) of the payout device 62 and a pachinko ball that has flowed into the ball discharge passage inlet 172 to the payout path. A lower ball payout passage 174 is provided to flow down.

  The lower ball payout passage 174 is connected to the tank inlet of the above-described ball storage tank 74 (see FIG. 2).

  Further, on the back side of the upper surface of the lower sphere passage unit 86, there are two sphere discharge passage inlets 178A and 178B corresponding to the sphere discharge passage outlets 166A and 166B (see FIG. 7) of the payout device 62, a sphere discharge passage inlet 178A, Two lower sphere discharge passages 180A and 180B are provided for allowing the pachinko balls that have flowed into 178B to flow down to the discharge path.

  The lower ball discharge passages 180A and 180B are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and ball discharge passage outlets 182A and 182B are provided at the lower ends.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, when playing a game in the pachinko machine 10, the operation unit 123 of the ball removal lever 120 is pushed with a finger, and the ball removal lever 120 is slid in the direction of the arrow IN.

  When the ball release lever 120 is slid in the direction of the arrow IN, the slope portions 124A and 124B are arranged at the branch portions of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and the discharge passages 108A and 108B, and flow paths RA and RB are formed.

  In the flow paths RA and RB, the pachinko balls PB that have flowed down the flow-down passages 104A and 104B are guided to the slope portions 124A and 124B, and flow down through the payout passages 107A and 107B.

  The pachinko balls PB that have flowed down the payout passages 107A and 107B flow down to the ball payout passages 144A and 144B of the payout device 62, are blocked by the sprocket 150, and stay on the upstream side of the sprocket 150.

  Then, at the time of lending a ball or winning a prize, the payout control board 88 controls and rotates the stepping motor 154, so that the sprocket 150 rotates.

  The pachinko balls PB in the ball payout passages 144A and 144B are fitted into the concave grooves 152A and 152B, and are alternately guided to the ball payout passage 144C as the sprocket 150 rotates, and are paid out to the upper plate 74 as rental balls or prize balls. It is.

  In this manner, a payout path for paying out the pachinko balls PB stored in the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 (see FIG. 3) to the upper plate 42 through the storage tank 74 is formed.

  On the other hand, when performing ball removal due to maintenance or replacement of the pachinko machine 10, the ball removal lever 120 is slid in the direction of the arrow OUT.

  When the ball release lever 120 is slid in the direction of the arrow OUT, the through portions 126A and 126B and the stopper portions 128A and 128B are arranged at the branch portions of the flow-down passages 104A and 104B and the discharge passages 108A and 108B, and the flow paths RC and RD. Is formed.

  In the flow paths RC and RD, the pachinko balls PB that have flowed down the flow passages 104A and 104B are prevented from entering the payout passages 107A and 107B by the stopper portions 128A and 128B, pass through the through portions 126A and 126B, and are discharged. Flow down 108A and 108B.

  The pachinko balls PB that have flowed down the discharge passages 108A and 108B flow down the ball discharge passages 164A and 164B of the dispensing device 62 and the lower ball discharge passages 180A and 180B of the lower ball passage unit 86 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10. Discharge.

  In this way, a discharge path (ball discharge path) for discharging the pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 is formed.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the passage of the pachinko sphere PB can be switched by sliding the ball removal lever 120 in a direction intersecting the flow-down direction of the pachinko sphere PB. Therefore, unlike the conventional passage switching lever, two parts of the shaft and the lever are unnecessary, and the number of parts can be reduced.

  Further, since the slope portions 124A and 124B and the through portions 126A and 126B can be replaced only by moving the ball release lever 120 by half the width of the discharge passages 107A and 107B or the discharge passages 108A and 108B, space saving is achieved. Can be realized.

  Further, the stopper portions 128A, 128B provided on the payout passages 107A, 107B side of the through portions 126A, 126B prevent the pachinko ball PB from entering the payout passages 107A, 107B, so that the discharge passages 108A, 108B side The pachinko sphere PB can be guided to.

  Further, since the guide for guiding the pachinko ball PB to the one payout passage 107A is the rib 125, the amount of material used can be reduced as compared with a wide member. Further, since the guide for guiding the ball to the other payout passage 107B is the flat surface portion 127, the strength of the ball removal lever 120 can be increased.

  Furthermore, since the number of parts as the payout mechanism 100 is reduced, the number of parts of the pachinko machine 10 as a whole can be reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment.

  Either of the installation positions of the payout passages 107A and 107B and the installation positions of the discharge passages 108A and 108B may be on the near side or the back side, and may be arranged on the left and right.

  The operation part 123, the slope parts 124A and 124B, the through parts 126A and 126B, etc. in the ball removal lever 120 may be arranged in the left and right direction.

  The moving direction of the ball removal lever 120 is not limited to the left-right direction, and it moves in the up-down direction or the diagonal direction depending on the shape and position of the discharge passages 107A, 107B or the discharge passages 108A, 108B. May be.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the state where the glass frame and tray unit of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention from the back. It is a perspective view which shows the payout mechanism provided in the back surface of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the decomposition | disassembly state of the dispensing mechanism provided in the back surface of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view which shows the paying-out mechanism of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the front view and sectional drawing of the top sphere passage unit concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is the front view, top view, and left view of a ball removal lever concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the ball removal lever concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the paying-out state of the pachinko ball in the upper ball passage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view showing the discharge state of the pachinko ball in the upper sphere passage unit concerning the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
80 Upper tank (reservoir)
82 Lower tank (reservoir)
100 payout mechanism (prize ball device)
104A Downflow passage (downflow passage)
104B Downflow passage (downflow passage)
107A Dispensing passage (dispensing passage)
107B Dispensing passage (dispensing passage)
108A Discharge passage (discharge passage)
108B Discharge passage (discharge passage)
120 Ball release lever (moving member)
124A slope part (guide part)
124B slope part (guide part)
125 ribs
126A Through part (hole part)
126B Through part (hole part)
127 Flat part (flat plate)
128A Stopper (prevention wall)
128B Stopper (prevention wall)
PB Pachinko ball (game ball)

Claims (4)

A downflow passage for allowing the game ball to flow down from a storage part in which the game ball is stored;
A payout passage which is disposed on the lower end side of the flow-down passage and pays out the game ball which has flowed down the flow-down passage;
A discharge passage that is disposed on the lower end side of the flow-down passage and discharges the game ball that has flowed down the flow-down passage;
A guide portion that guides the game ball that has flowed down the flow-down passage to the payout passage, and a hole portion that guides the game ball that has flowed down the flow-down passage to the discharge passage, on the downstream side of the flow-down passage A moving member that is arranged and slid in a direction intersecting the flow direction of the game ball to switch the path of the game ball, and causes the game ball to flow down to the payout path or the discharge path;
A prevention wall that is provided on the payout passage side of the hole and prevents the game ball that has flowed down the flowdown passage from entering the payout passage side;
Prize balls apparatus characterized by having a. The guide portion or the hole portion, in claim 1, characterized in that moving the moving member to the guide position of the dispensing passage or the when the substantially half sliding of the length of the width of the discharge passage before Symbol game balls The award ball device described. The downflow passage, the discharge passage, and the discharge passage are formed in two lines,
The moving member is located at the center of one discharge passage, and has a rib that guides the game ball that has flowed down the flow-down passage to one payout passage, and occupies half the width of the other discharge passage, and flowed down the flow-down passage. The prize ball device according to claim 1 , further comprising a flat plate for guiding the game ball to the other payout passage . A gaming machine comprising the prize ball device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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