JP5457809B2 - Ball tray for ball counting device for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball tray of a ball counting device for a gaming machine that is disposed below a lower tray of a gaming machine, collects pachinko balls discharged from the lower tray and counts the number of the pachinko balls.

  Conventionally, pachinko balls acquired by a player in a gaming machine are stored in a dedicated case, and after the case is transported to a ball counting device or a prize exchange, the acquired pachinko balls are counted. .

  However, when the number of pachinko balls in the case is large, the weight of the case increases in proportion to the number of balls, so it is necessary to carry a heavy case containing a large number of pachinko balls to a ball counter or a prize exchange. It required a lot of labor. In addition, if a plurality of cases storing pachinko balls are stacked around a player's feet, there is a risk that it may interfere with the passage of other players and store clerk. Furthermore, if the pachinko balls are placed in the case as they are stored, the pachinko balls in the case cannot be used for games, and there is an inconvenience that a large number of pachinko balls are required throughout the game hall. .

  Therefore, in order to eliminate such inconvenience, a ball counting device for a gaming machine has been developed which does not require the above-mentioned dedicated case for pachinko balls. As described in Patent Document 1, this device passes a pachinko ball acquired by a player through a ball lending machine adjacent to the gaming machine and transfers it to a gaming island on the back side of the gaming machine. When collecting them, the number of pachinko balls is counted, and the counting result is stored in a medium such as a card. In addition, a player who is provided with a medium such as a card in this way can exchange it for a desired prize by bringing the medium into the prize exchange.

  By the way, the ball counting device for gaming machines of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 includes a ball receiving portion disposed below the lower plate of the gaming machine, a counting passage formed inside the ball lending machine, and the counting passage. It has a connecting passage for connecting the ball receiver and a counting sensor provided in the counting passage.

  In the gaming machine ball counting device configured as described above, the pachinko balls falling from the lower plate of the gaming machine are received by the ball receiving portion. In addition, the pachinko balls received by the ball receiving portion in this way are collected into the game island on the back side of the gaming machine through the connecting passage and the counting passage, and the number is counted by the counting sensor in the transfer process of the counting passage. .

JP 2009-89786 A

  By the way, when the pachinko balls dropped from the lower plate of the gaming machine as described above fall on the ball receiving surface of the ball receiving portion, they collide with the ball receiving surfaces or the pachinko balls collide with each other, There was a case of falling outward from the receiving part. Therefore, in order to prevent the pachinko ball from falling from the ball receiving portion, the ball receiving portion provided in the ball counting device for gaming machines of Patent Document 1 described above extends upward along the wall portion of the ball receiving portion. An extending wall member is provided. However, when opening and closing the main body door of the gaming machine from the gaming frame, if the lower end portion of the main body door collides with the above-mentioned extending wall member, the opening and closing operation of the gaming machine is hindered and the extending wall member is damaged. There was a problem.

  In order to prevent the above-described extension wall member from being damaged, it is necessary to remove the extension wall member before opening the gaming machine and attach the extension wall member after closing the gaming machine. For this reason, workability at the time of opening and closing the gaming machine is deteriorated, and there is a possibility that the extension wall member may be forgotten after the gaming machine is closed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a game receiving device (hereinafter, this ball receiving portion is referred to as a “ball receiving tray”) of a ball counter for a gaming machine provided in a gaming machine has a game. A ball counter for gaming machines that is provided with a scattering prevention member to prevent the scattering of pachinko balls that have fallen from the lower plate of the machine, and that can improve convenience and workability when using this scattering prevention member The object is to provide a ball tray for the device.

In order to solve the above problems, claim 1 of the present invention constitutes a part of a ball counting device for a gaming machine that receives pachinko balls discharged from a lower plate of the gaming machine and collects them while counting the number of the pachinko balls. In the ball tray that is disposed below the lower tray of the gaming machine and on the front side of the gaming machine and that receives the pachinko balls falling from the lower tray of the gaming machine, the ball tray is located in front of the ball tray. An anti-scattering member having a cover portion covering the upper portion is provided, and the anti-scattering member is pivotally pivoted with respect to the ball tray, and the anti-scattering member rotates so as to cover the upper portion from the front side of the ball tray. When the cover portion is lifted, both sides of the scattering prevention member are provided with an upper edge that has an inclined shape that has an upward slope toward the front. Along with the contact with the gaming machine whose edge opens, the flying Prevention member is a ball receiving plate for a game machine ball counting device, characterized in that the cover portion rotates is lowered.

Moreover, claim 2 of the present invention constitutes a part of a ball counting device for a gaming machine that receives a pachinko ball discharged from the lower plate of the gaming machine and collects it while counting the number of balls, The ball tray is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine and receives a pachinko ball falling from the lower tray of the gaming machine. The ball tray has a cover portion that covers an upper front portion of the ball tray. A scattering prevention member is provided, and the scattering prevention member is pivotally pivoted with respect to the ball receiving tray, and the scattering preventing member can be moved up and down in the rotation direction so as to cover the upper part from the front side of the ball receiving tray, When the cover part is lifted on both sides of the anti-scattering member, the anti-scattering member has an upper edge that has an upward slope toward the front, and a rear side of the ball receiving tray toward the front. Supports the shielding part inclined downward and both sides of the shielding part. A support portion that is inclined to have an upward slope toward the rear when the cover portion is lowered, and the anti-scattering member is a gaming machine that opens the inclined upper edge of the anti-scattering member. The anti-scattering member rotates with the abutment and the cover part descends, and the anti-scattering member rotates with the abutment of the gaming machine in which the inclined support part is closed, It is a ball tray of the ball counting device for gaming machines characterized by rising .

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the anti-scattering member having the cover portion covering the front upper part of the ball receiving tray is provided, the anti-scattering member is pivoted with respect to the ball receiving pan, and the anti-scattering member is a ball. When the pachinko ball falling from the lower plate of the gaming machine is received by rotating the scattering prevention member and raising the cover part by allowing the front side of the saucer to turn up and down freely, It is possible to prevent the pachinko balls from being scattered and falling outward. In addition, since the cover portion of the anti-scattering member is formed in an inclined shape covering the front of the ball tray, even when a pachinko ball falling from the lower plate collides with the cover portion, the pachinko ball is securely attached to the ball tray. Can be returned to the ball receiving side.

Further, when the cover portion is raised on both sides of the scattering prevention member, the scattering prevention member is provided with an upper edge having an inclined shape that has an upward slope toward the front, and the scattering prevention is performed in contact with the game machine that opens. Since the member rotates and the cover part is lowered, there is no need to manually remove the scattering prevention member, and the workability when opening and closing the gaming machine is improved, and the scattering prevention member collides with the gaming machine. Even when it is done, the scattering prevention member is not damaged, and the ball receiving tray peripheral equipment such as the connecting passage is not damaged.

In addition, since the scattering prevention member is provided with a shielding part, the pachinko balls in the ball tray are prevented from spilling backward, and both sides of the shielding part are supported, and when the cover part is lowered, it faces backward. By providing a support part that has an upward slope, the cover part rises as the inclined support part comes into contact with a game machine that closes, so that the opening and closing operation of the game machine prevents scattering. The members can be raised and lowered, and the workability when opening and closing the gaming machine is extremely good. Even when the scattering prevention member collides with the gaming machine that opens and closes, the scattering prevention member is not damaged.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a gaming machine provided with a ball receiving tray of a ball counting apparatus for gaming machines according to a first embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows the ball receiving tray of the ball counting device for game machines of Example 1 by this invention, and its periphery. It is sectional drawing which shows the condition where the pachinko ball is falling toward the ball receiving tray from the lower plate of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the ball receiving tray, scattering prevention member, and support member of the ball counting device for gaming machines of Embodiment 1 according to the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the condition before attaching a scattering prevention member to the ball tray of the ball counting device for gaming machines of Embodiment 1 according to the present invention. (A) is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the condition which rotated the scattering prevention member provided in the ball receiving tray of the ball counter of Example 1 of this invention by this invention, and raised the cover part, (b) is the scattering. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the condition which rotated the prevention member and lowered | hung the cover part. (A) And (b) is a side view which shows the condition where the scattering prevention member provided in the ball tray is rotated and the cover part is lowered by opening the main body door of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is. (A) And (b) is a perspective view which shows the condition at the time of opening and closing the main body door of the game machine which concerns on Example 1 by this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the condition before attaching a scattering prevention member to the ball receiving tray of the ball counting device for game machines of Example 2 by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the condition which rotated the scattering prevention member of the ball | bowl tray of the ball counting device for game machines of Example 2 by Example of this invention, and raised the cover part. It is a perspective view which shows the condition which rotated the scattering prevention member of the ball | bowl tray of the ball | bowl counter of Example 2 of Example 2 by this invention, and lowered | hung the cover part. (A) And (b) is a side view which shows the condition regarding raising / lowering of the scattering prevention member accompanying opening and closing of the main body door of the game machine based on Example 2 by this invention. (A) And (b) is a perspective view which shows the condition at the time of opening and closing the main body door of the gaming machine concerning Example 2 by the present invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, or FIG. 3, the ball receiving tray 2 of the ball counting apparatus 1 for the gaming machine according to the present embodiment receives the pachinko balls P falling from the lower tray 4 of the gaming machine 3 and determines the number of the pachinko balls P. It constitutes a part of the ball counting device 1 for gaming machines that collects while counting.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a gaming machine 3 installed in a game arcade such as a pachinko parlor has a main body door 6 pivotally supported on the front surface of the main body frame 5 in a single-opening manner, and the main body door 6 projects to the front surface thereof. An upper plate 7 and a lower plate 4 are provided. The upper plate 7 temporarily stores pachinko balls supplied from a ball dispensing nozzle 15 provided in a ball lending machine 13 to be described later. Pachinko balls are sequentially supplied from the upper plate 7 into the gaming machine 3. The The lower plate 4 temporarily stores pachinko balls (called “out balls” or “hit balls”) discharged from the gaming machine 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a passage hole 4a having a shutter (not shown) is formed on the bottom surface of the lower plate 4, and the pachinko balls P stored in the lower plate 4 open the passage hole 4a by opening the shutter. After that, it is dropped and received by the ball tray 2 disposed below the lower plate 4.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ball receiving tray 2 is arranged below the lower plate 4 of the gaming machine 3 and on the front side of the gaming machine 3 so as to receive the pachinko balls P falling from the lower plate 4. . As shown in FIG. 2 or 3, the structure includes a ball receiving surface 8 that receives a pachinko ball P dropped from the lower plate 4, and this ball receiving surface 8 descends toward a rail 9 provided behind the ball receiving surface 8. Has a gradient. Further, the ball receiving tray 2 is formed by continuously forming curved portions 10 on the front side and both sides of the ball receiving surface 8 as shown in FIG. 2, and the ball receiving surface from the lower plate 4 as shown in FIG. The pachinko ball P that has fallen to 8 is prevented from falling outward at the enclosure 10, flows down along the ball receiving surface 8, and is mounted on the rail 9.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rail 9 has a downward slope in the direction of the opening 11 illustrated on the left side of the ball tray 2, and the pachinko balls P mounted on the rail 9 follow the downward slope of the rail 9. It flows down in the direction of the opening 11 and flows into the connecting passage 12 connected to the ball receiving tray 2 through the opening 11.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, a ball lending machine 13 is provided on the side of the gaming machine 3. In the upper part of the front surface of the ball lending machine 13, a vertically long slit-shaped bill insertion slot 14 is provided, and in a middle part in the height direction, a ball dispensing nozzle 15 that is rotatable in the horizontal direction is provided. . In addition, a display unit 16 is provided at a lower portion of the front surface below the ball dispensing nozzle 15 of the ball lending machine 13.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a counting passage 17 connected to the above-described connecting passage 12 is provided below the ball lending machine 13, and a counting sensor (not shown) provided in the counting passage 17 is provided. The number of pachinko balls P passing through the counting passage 17 from the connecting passage 12 is counted. After the counting result is stored in a medium such as a card, this medium is provided to the player. The player can exchange the medium with a desired prize by bringing the medium into the prize exchange.

  By the way, in the above structure, for example, when a player puts out many hit balls, a large number of pachinko balls P fall from the lower plate 4 to the ball tray 2, and at that time, the pachinko balls P and ball receivers Due to the collision with the surface 8 or between the pachinko balls P, the balls are scattered in the ball tray 2 and the pachinko balls P fall outside through the enclosure 10.

  In the present embodiment, in order to eliminate such inconvenience, the anti-scattering member 19 including the cover 18 that covers the front upper portion of the ball receiving tray 2 in an inclined manner is detachable and rotatable with respect to the ball receiving tray 2. The anti-scattering member 19 can be moved up and down in the rotational direction on the front side of the ball tray 2.

  The scattering prevention member 19 of the present embodiment will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, the ball receiving tray has a structure in which the scattering prevention member 19 is pivotally mounted on the ball receiving tray 2 so as to be detachable and rotatable. Support members 20 that are separately formed are fixed to both side portions of 2, and the anti-scattering member 19 is rotatably attached via attachment protrusions 22, pivot portions 24, and the like described later provided on the support members 20. ing.

  Each of the support members 20 has a bilaterally symmetric structure. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the support member 20 on the side having the connection passage 12 is provided with a concave fitting groove 21 straddling the connection passage 12. . Moreover, the inner side surface of each support member 20 is formed in the shape according to each side surface of the ball receiving tray 2, and the upper end of each support member 20 is made into the shape where the upper edge 23 protruded inside. In order to attach the support member 20 to the side of the ball receiving tray 2, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the upper edge 23 of each support member 20 is brought into contact with the upper end 2 a of the ball receiving tray 2 so that the positioning can be easily performed. it can. And the attachment of each support member 20 is completed by adhere | attaching the inner side surface of each support member 20 and the side surface of the ball receiving tray 2 with a double-sided adhesive tape etc., or fixing with a volt | bolt etc.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, each support member 20 is provided with a mounting protrusion 22 protruding outward. A circular pivot portion 24 is formed at the outer end of the mounting projection 22, and the pivot portion 24 is rotatably fitted in mounting holes 29 a formed in the holding portions 29, 29 on both sides of the scattering prevention member 19. Is done.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, each mounting projection 22 is formed with a pin receiving portion 26 directed obliquely upward and forward of the ball receiving tray 2. The pin receiving portion 26 has a cavity 26a inside, and a pin passage 26b having a diameter smaller than that of the internal cavity 26a is formed at the upper end of the pin receiving portion 26, and the locking pin 27 is slidable in the pin passage 26b. Is inserted. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the reinforcing portion 22a is formed to protrude from the outer periphery of the mounting projection 22 and the strength due to the formation of the notch 25 in the mounting projection 22 is reinforced. ing.

  The locking pin 27 moves up and down slidably in the pin passage 26b, and a locking portion 27a having an enlarged diameter is formed at the rear end thereof. The locking pin 27 is inserted into the pin passage 26b of the pin receiving portion 26, the locking portion 27a is accommodated in the cavity 26a, and the locking portion 27a is supported by the elastic spring 28 accommodated in the cavity 26a. Thus, the locking pin 27 can be elastically biased outward.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, the anti-scattering member 19 is pivotably mounted on the cover 18 that covers the front upper portion of the ball receiving tray 2 in an inclined manner and on both sides of the ball receiving tray 2 so as to be detachable and rotatable. It has a pressing part 29 on both sides. That is, the scattering prevention member 19 is formed in a continuous shape that follows the contour of the ball receiving tray 2 with the cover portion 18, and a presser that protrudes slightly outward on both sides of the scattering prevention member 19. Portions 29 and 29 are formed. 2 is provided at the center of the cover portion 18 of the anti-scattering member 19, and the anti-scattering member 19 is rotated upward or downward by placing a finger on the anti-scattering portion 19a. It can be used as a finger hook.

  Further, in the above configuration, by forming the scattering prevention member 19 from an elastic synthetic resin or the like, it is possible to manually spread the holding portions 29 and 29 on both sides of the scattering prevention member 19 to each other. By the simple deformation, the mounting holes 29a, 29a of the holding parts 29, 29 on both sides can be easily fitted to the pivot parts 24, 24 of the supporting members 20, 20 on both sides.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, cover presser pieces 30 and 30 having elasticity are provided vertically downward from the upper edges of the presser parts 29 and 29 on both sides of the scattering prevention member 19. ing. On the other hand, a notch 25 is formed on the side of each mounting projection 22 of the support member 20 on the rear side of the ball tray 2 as shown in FIGS.

  In such a configuration, each cover presser piece 30, 30 is fitted into the notch 25 of the mounting projection 22 as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, thereby providing each cover presser piece 30, 30. Will remain locked to the pivots 24, 24 (see FIG. 5). Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the attachment holes 29a, 29a of the pressing portions 29, 29 on both sides of the scattering prevention member 19 from coming out of the state where they are fitted to the pivotal support portions 24, 24. Further, it is possible to prevent the lateral movement in the structure in which the holding portions 29, 29 on both sides of the scattering prevention member 19 are pivotably mounted on the ball receiving tray 2 so as to be detachable and rotatable.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the scattering prevention member 19 includes a plurality of locking recesses 31, 31 along the inner side of the curved ceiling portion 29 b formed in each pressing portion 29. Are arranged sequentially. Then, the locking pins 27 supported by the elastic springs 28 on the pin receiving portions 26 of the mounting projections 22 are locked to the respective locking recesses 31, 31. It becomes possible to stop the moving operation intermittently. With such a configuration, even when the height of the lower plate 4 as shown in FIG. It becomes possible to make it high.

  With the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the scattering prevention member 19 is rotated upward, the locking pin 27 sequentially moves the plurality of locking recesses 31, 31. Passing over, the locking pin 27 is locked in the locking recess 31a in the foremost part. At this position, the rear end 18b of the upper edge 18a of the cover portion 18 abuts on the upper edge 23 of the support member 20, so that the upper edge 18a of the cover portion 18 of the scattering prevention member 19 rises toward the front of the ball tray 2. An inclined state having a gradient is obtained.

  Further, when the scattering prevention member 19 is rotated upward as described above and the cover portion 18 is in the raised state, the cover portion 18 covers the front upper portion of the ball tray 2 in an inclined manner as shown in FIG. Thus, even when the pachinko ball P that has fallen from the lower plate 4 to the ball receiving plate 2 is scattered forward, it can hit the inside of the cover 18 of the anti-scattering member 19 and bounce back inward to return to the inside of the ball receiving plate 2. It becomes.

  When the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 is opened as shown in FIG. 7A, the lower end portion of the main body door 6 comes into contact with the upper edge 18a of the scattering prevention member 19 that is inclined. A dotted line L shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B shows a trajectory along which the lower end of the main body door 6 moves when the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 opens and closes, as shown in FIG. 8A. Then, the upper edge 18a of the anti-scattering member 19 whose lower end of the main body door 6 is inclined is pushed forward to automatically rotate the anti-scattering member 19 in the downward direction, and FIG. 7 (b) or FIG. 8 (b). As shown, the cover 18 can be lowered. Therefore, when the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 is opened, it is not necessary to manually remove the scattering prevention member 19, and the workability when opening and closing the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 is improved. Even if it collides with the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3, it will not be damaged.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the ball receiving tray 2 of the ball counting apparatus 1 for gaming machines 1 (see FIG. 1) is provided with an inclined shielding member 34 at the rear of the rail 9, and the pachinko balls P are moved to the rear of the rail 9. I try not to fall. Using such a structure, the anti-scattering member 19 of the present embodiment allows the pachinko balls P in the ball tray 2 to spill rearward in addition to the cover portion 18 that covers the front side of the ball tray 2 in an inclined manner. The shielding part 32 which prevents this is provided. The shielding portion 32 has a shape that covers the shielding member 34 of the ball receiving tray 2 in an inclined manner, and is supported by inclined supporting portions 33 and 33 having an upward slope from the upper part of the rear end of both sides of the cover portion 18 to the rear. It is configured.

  Other configurations of the second embodiment have the same configurations as those of the first embodiment. Accordingly, the situation in which the anti-scattering member 19 of this embodiment is attached to the ball tray 2 is as shown in FIG. 10, and when the shielding part 32 of the anti-scattering member 19 is tilted downward, the support parts 33 on both sides are arranged. , 33 are substantially horizontal along the upper end of the ball tray 2. Further, in this state, the scattering prevention member 19 is rotated upward to raise the cover portion 18, and the upper edge 18 a of the cover portion 18 is in an inclined state having an upward slope toward the front of the ball receiving tray 2.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, when the scattering prevention member 19 is rotated downward to bring the cover portion 18 into the lowered state, the shielding portion 32 of the scattering prevention member 19 rises and the support portions 33, 33 on both sides are moved. It will be in the incline state which has an upward slope toward the back of the ball receiving tray 2. FIG.

  Therefore, in the above configuration, when the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 is opened as shown in FIG. 12A, the lower end portion of the main body door 6 comes into contact with the upper edge 18a of the scattering prevention member 19 that is inclined. At this time, as shown in FIG. 13A, the lower end portion of the main body door 6 pushes the upper edge 18a of the inclined scattering prevention member 19 forward and automatically rotates the scattering prevention member 19 in the downward direction. As shown in FIG. 11, FIG. 12 (b) or FIG. 13 (b), the cover portion 18 is lowered and the rear shielding portion 32 is raised. A dotted line L shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B indicates a trajectory along which the lower end of the main body door 6 moves when the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 opens and closes.

  Furthermore, when the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 is closed from the state shown in FIG. 12B, the lower end portion of the main body door 6 comes into contact with the inclined support portion 33 of the shielding portion 32. At this time, as shown in FIG. 13 (b), the support portion 33 whose lower end portion of the main body door 6 is inclined is pushed backward to automatically rotate the scattering preventing member 19 in the upward direction, and FIG. As shown to (a), the cover part 18 can be made into a raise state.

  According to the present embodiment, the main body of the gaming machine 3 is not only lowered by automatically rotating the anti-scattering member 19 downward by the operation of opening the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 but also lowering the cover 18. By the operation of closing the door 6, the scattering prevention member 19 can be automatically rotated upward to raise the cover portion 18. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the workability when opening and closing the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3 is extremely good, and there is no possibility of damaging the scattering prevention member 19 when opening and closing the main body door 6 of the gaming machine 3. .

  The ball receiving tray of the ball counting apparatus for gaming machines of the present invention is provided with a scattering preventing member for preventing the pachinko balls falling from the lower tray of the gaming machine on the ball receiving tray and is rotatable with respect to the ball receiving tray. To improve convenience and workability when using the anti-scattering member by pivoting the anti-scattering member according to the operation when opening and closing the main body door of the gaming machine. It can be used as a ball tray for a ball counting device for gaming machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine ball counter 2 Ball receiving tray 2a Upper end 3 Game machine 4 Lower tray 4a Passing hole 5 Body frame 6 Body door 7 Upper tray 8 Ball receiving surface 9 Rail 10 Enclosure 11 Opening 12 Connecting passage 13 Ball lending machine 14 bill insertion slot 15 ball dispensing nozzle 16 display portion 17 counting passage 18 cover portion 18a upper edge 18b upper edge rear end 19 scattering prevention member 19a finger hook projection 20 support member 21 fitting groove 22 attachment projection 22a reinforcement 23 Upper edge 24 Pivoting portion 25 Notch portion 26 Pin receiving portion 26a Cavity 26b Pin passage 27 Locking pin 27a Locking portion 28 Elastic spring 29 Pressing portion 29a Mounting hole 30 Cover pressing piece 31 Locking recess 31a Foremost locking recess 31b Locking recess 32 at the rearmost portion Shielding portion 33 Supporting portion 34 Shielding member P Pachinko ball L Movement locus of lower end portion of main body door

Claims (2)

Part of a ball counting device for gaming machines that collects pachinko balls discharged from the lower tray of the gaming machine and collects the number of balls,
Located below the lower plate of the gaming machine and on the front side of the gaming machine,
In the ball saucer designed to receive pachinko balls falling from the lower plate of the gaming machine,
The ball tray is provided with a scattering prevention member having a cover portion that covers the front upper portion of the ball tray,
The scattering prevention member is pivotally pivoted with respect to the ball tray,
The scattering prevention member can be moved up and down in the rotation direction so as to cover the upper part from the front side of the ball tray ,
On both sides of the scattering prevention member,
When the cover portion is raised, the upper edge is inclined and has an upward slope toward the front,
With the contact with the gaming machine in which the inclined upper edge of the scattering prevention member opens
A ball tray for a ball counting apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the scattering prevention member rotates and the cover part descends .
Part of a ball counting device for gaming machines that collects pachinko balls discharged from the lower tray of the gaming machine and collects the number of balls,
Located below the lower plate of the gaming machine and on the front side of the gaming machine,
In the ball saucer designed to receive pachinko balls falling from the lower plate of the gaming machine,
The ball tray is provided with a scattering prevention member having a cover portion that covers the front upper portion of the ball tray,
The scattering prevention member is pivotally pivoted with respect to the ball tray,
The scattering prevention member can be moved up and down in the rotation direction so as to cover the upper part from the front side of the ball tray ,
The scattering prevention member is
When the cover part is raised on both sides of the scattering prevention member, an upper edge that is inclined with an upward slope toward the front,
On the rear side of the ball tray, a shielding part inclined downward in the forward direction;
Support both sides of the shield,
An inclined support portion having an upward slope toward the rear when the cover portion is lowered,
The scattering prevention member is
As the anti-scattering member rotates and the cover part descends as the upper edge of the anti-scattering member inclines with the game machine that opens,
A ball receiving tray for a ball counting apparatus for a gaming machine, wherein the anti-scattering member rotates and ascends the cover portion when the inclined support portion comes into contact with a game machine that closes .