JP5469478B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko that distributes a flowing game ball so that it hits a distribution member that swings left and right in the distribution mechanism and rolls to one of two routes divided into left and right with different winning rates. It relates to gaming machines.

  Conventionally, in a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a sorting mechanism, a sorting guide plate that swings to the left and right of the sorting member is disposed below the flowing down game balls, and extends from the bottom of the sorting guide plate to the left and right sides. There is known one in which two routes, a low winning rate route and a high winning rate route, with different winning rates to a specific area (V winning opening) or the like are arranged (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

  In this pachinko gaming machine, if the game ball flows down from above with respect to the distribution guide plate swinging left and right, the game ball will bounce off the distribution guide plate, and in the direction in which the upper surface of the distribution guide plate faces. Correspondingly, it was distributed to roll to one of the left and right routes.

JP 2007-307144 A

  However, in a conventional pachinko machine, the distribution guide plate that the game ball hits on the distribution member swings left and right at the same rotation angle, in other words, symmetrically, and the winning rate is on the left and right routes. In spite of the difference in height, the distribution guide plate portion did not distribute according to the winning rate.

  By the way, if the distribution ratio of the game balls that are rolled to the high winning route is lower than the proportion that is rolled to the low winning route, the ratio of rolling to the high winning route is less, but the game balls are on the high winning route. Will roll up the feeling of expectation to win a specific area (V winning opening). The sense of expectation in this case is easier to raise than the case where the distribution of the high winning route and the low winning rate route is the same, and is preferable in terms of improving the game preference.

  However, in order to achieve the above configuration, for example, it is conceivable to incline the distribution guide plate so that the game balls can easily roll to the low winning percentage side, but the player can easily visually recognize the inclination. If possible, it will cut off the game preferences.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and the game ball that rolls to a route with a lower winning rate than a route with a higher winning rate at the part of the distribution guide plate without reducing the game's preference. The object is to provide a pachinko machine that can increase the distribution ratio.

In the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, a distribution guide plate that swings to the left and right of the distribution member is arranged below the flowing down game ball, and the winning percentages are different from each other so as to extend from the lower side of the distribution guide plate to the left and right sides. It consists of two routes, a low winning rate route and a high winning rate route,
Pachinko machines equipped with a distribution mechanism that distributes the game balls that flow down against the swinging distribution guide plate and bounces off and rolls to either the high winning rate route or the low winning rate route Because
The sorting member includes a sorting guide plate, and a swinging main body portion swinging left and right as a larger shape than the sorting guide plate,
The distribution guide board
As a substantially rectangular plate shape with a vertical cross-sectional shape along the left-right direction as a horizontally long rectangle, it is arranged to protrude forward from the lower surface of the swinging main body part so as to be able to come into contact with a flowing game ball,
Only the tip that comes into contact with the game ball is twisted toward the low winning rate route side, with the step on the edge in the left-right direction being smaller than the thickness of the distribution guide plate, with respect to the base side connected to the swinging main body. Are arranged.

  In the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, the sorting guide plate of the sorting member twists the tip part contacting the game ball toward the low winning percentage route side, and even if it swings symmetrically, the game on the upper surface of the tip part The distribution surface that comes into contact with the ball lengthens the substantial time for the low winning rate route side, so there are more game balls flowing down from the top than the high winning rate route, and the low winning rate route Can be rolled. In this distribution guide plate, the shape of the swing guide body is smaller than that of the swinging main body, and only the tip that contacts the game ball is twisted. Since it is small, the inclination of the tip cannot be easily seen. In other words, the player cannot easily see the twist of the tip portion of the distribution guide plate, and the distribution ratio of the game balls rolling to the low winning rate route and the high winning rate route is halved, Make an illusion and play as much as you can.

  Furthermore, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, if at least the tip side of the sorting guide plate is made of a transparent material, it is obscured by the color of surrounding members or the like, or translucency through which ambient light is transmitted. As a result, it becomes difficult to grasp the outer shape of the tip portion, and it becomes further difficult to determine the twist of the tip portion, and the possibility of scraping the game's preference can be reduced.

  In this case, even in the part (rolling path portion) where the game balls roll on the low winning rate route and the high winning rate route below the distribution guide plate, at least near the lower part of the distribution member is formed from a transparent material, A transparent rolling path part of the same quality as the tip part is arranged in the background of the tip part of the sorting guide plate, and the outer shape of the tip part is obscured by the rolling path part, making it difficult to grasp. It becomes difficult to determine the twist of the tip.

Furthermore, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, the edge of the low winning rate route side in the left-right direction is connected to the base portion side in a substantially straight line with respect to the tip portion of the sorting guide plate, and the torsional step is reduced. It is larger than the edge side on the winning rate route side, provided on the edge side on the high winning rate route side in the left-right direction, arranged,
The front end of the swing body is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape,
It is desirable that the torsional step be disposed close to the vicinity of the lower surface side of the front end of the swinging main body portion.

  In such a configuration, the torsional step of the distribution guide plate is not the left and right edges, but the edge of the low winning rate route side in the left and right direction is connected to the base portion side in a substantially straight line, and the high winning rate route side The step is also provided in the vicinity of the lower surface side of the substantially hemispherical front end of the swinging main body so that the step is hidden below the front end of the swinging main body. Yes. In other words, the torsional step is provided on the edge of only one side in the left-right direction and is arranged so as to be hidden at the front end of the swinging main body part, so that the twist of the tip part is further discriminated. It becomes difficult to do.

  Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, the distribution ratio of the game balls that roll to the route with the low winning rate than the route with the high winning rate is reduced at the portion of the distribution guide plate without reducing the game preference. Can be high.

1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic front view showing a game board in the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment. It is a schematic perspective view of the game board showing a state in which the opening and closing member or the like at the time of small hits in the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment is operating. It is a schematic exploded perspective view of the game board in the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment. It is a schematic front view which shows the 2nd big prize apparatus vicinity of the pachinko game machine of embodiment. It is a schematic front view which shows the 2nd big prize winning device vicinity of the state which the opening-and-closing member etc. at the time of the small hit in the pachinko gaming machine of embodiment operate | moved. It is the general | schematic fragmentary perspective view seen from the right side of the 2nd big prize apparatus vicinity in the pachinko game machine of embodiment. It is the general | schematic fragmentary perspective view seen from the right side of the 2nd big prize winning device vicinity in the state which the opening-and-closing member etc. at the time of the small hit in the pachinko gaming machine of embodiment operate | moved. It is a general | schematic fragmentary perspective view of the state which removed the center ornament assembly from the state shown in FIG. It is the general | schematic fragmentary perspective view seen from the left side of the 2nd big prize winning device vicinity of the state which the opening-and-closing member at the time of the small hit in the pachinko game machine of embodiment operated. It is a schematic partial perspective view of the state which removed the center ornament assembly from the state shown in FIG. It is a general | schematic fragmentary perspective view of the distribution member vicinity rock | fluctuated right and left in the pachinko game machine of embodiment. It is a general | schematic fragmentary perspective view which shows a part of high winning percentage route | root (2nd branch route) in the pachinko game machine of embodiment. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view of the center decoration assembly which comprises the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view except the decoration material vicinity of the center ornament assembly of embodiment. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view which shows the various decorating materials of the center ornament assembly | attachment body of embodiment. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view by the side of the base side structure which comprises the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment. It is a perspective view of the front side of the main body frame material, the lower partition material, and the bottom plate in the center ornament assembly of the embodiment. It is a perspective view on the back side of a main part frame material, a lower part partition material, and a bottom plate in a center ornament assembly of an embodiment. It is a general | schematic fragmentary perspective view of the back side which assembled | attached the main body frame material in the center ornament assembly of embodiment, the lower part partition material, and the baseplate. It is a perspective view of the back side of the upper part partition material in the center decoration assembly of an embodiment. It is the perspective view of the state seen from the upper part and the state seen from the downward direction of the flow path formation member which comprises a part of high winning percentage route | root of embodiment. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the back side explaining the drive mechanism of the opening-and-closing member of an embodiment. It is a front view explaining opening and closing of the opening-and-closing member of an embodiment. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view of the distribution member vicinity rock | fluctuated right and left in the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment. It is a side view of the sorting member which rocks right and left of an embodiment. It is a front view of the sorting member which rocks right and left of an embodiment. It is a schematic cross-sectional view which shows the distribution preparation room vicinity in the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment, and respond | corresponds to the XXVIII-XXVIII site | part of FIG. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the distribution preparation room vicinity in the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment, and respond | corresponds to the XXIX-XXIX site | part of FIG. It is the schematic perspective view which shows the distribution rocking | fluctuation mechanism which rocks the distribution member of embodiment, and the schematic disassembled perspective view seen from the back side. It is a figure explaining the distribution rocking | fluctuation mechanism of embodiment. FIG. 32 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the sorting swing mechanism of the embodiment swings the sorting member from the state shown in FIG. 31. The distribution member that swings to the left and right of the embodiment rolls the game balls flowing down from the distribution preparation room into a low winning rate route (first branch route) and a high winning rate route (second branch route). It is a figure explaining the state which distributes. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the transfer mechanism of the game ball of embodiment. It is the outline exploded perspective view seen from the back side which shows the transfer mechanism of the game ball of an embodiment. It is a cross-sectional view which shows the wall-less sphere transfer chamber of the ring-shaped rotating body used for the transfer mechanism of the embodiment, and shows a state of being arranged on the left side and the right side of the rotation center axis of the ring-shaped rotating body. It is a cross-sectional view showing a ball-shaped transfer chamber with a wall of a ring-shaped rotator used for the transfer mechanism of the embodiment, and shows a state of being arranged on the left side and the right side of the rotation center axis of the ring-shaped rotator. It is a schematic front view of the state which combined the ring-shaped rotary body used for the transfer mechanism of embodiment, and a cover panel. It is a schematic perspective view of the front side which shows the cover panel of embodiment. It is a schematic perspective view of the back side which shows the cover panel of embodiment. FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of a distribution mechanism in a high winning rate route of the second large winning device of the embodiment, corresponding to the XLI-XLI portion of FIG. 5. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the distribution mechanism vicinity in the high winning rate route | root of the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment, and respond | corresponds to the XLII-XLII site | part of FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating winning of a game ball in a low winning rate route in the second large winning device of the embodiment, corresponding to the XLIII-XLIII portion of FIG. 5. It is a figure explaining the winning of the game ball in the low winning rate route to the second large winning device of the embodiment, corresponding to the XLIV-XLIV part of FIG. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the distribution mechanism vicinity in the high winning percentage route of the 2nd big winning device of embodiment. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view which shows the distribution mechanism vicinity in the high winning rate route | root of the 2nd big winning device of embodiment. It is a schematic cross-sectional view explaining the distribution state in the distribution mechanism in the high winning rate route of the second large winning device of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of a distribution mechanism in a low winning rate route of the second large winning device of the embodiment, corresponding to the XLVIII-XLVIII portion of FIG. 5. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the distribution mechanism vicinity in the low winning rate route | root of the 2nd big prize apparatus of embodiment, and respond | corresponds to the XLIX-XLIX site | part of FIG. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the distribution mechanism vicinity in the low winning rate route of the 2nd big winning device of embodiment. It is the schematic perspective view which removed the attachment plate in the distribution mechanism of the low winning percentage route from the state shown in FIG. FIG. 52 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a low winning rate route distribution mechanism shown in FIG. 50. It is the general | schematic disassembled perspective view seen from the back side which shows the drive mechanism of the sorting member which raises / lowers (reciprocates) up and down of embodiment. In the 2nd big prize device of an embodiment, it is an outline fragmentary longitudinal section showing the state where the distribution member which goes up and down is arranged in the lower end position. In the 2nd big prize device of an embodiment, it is a schematic partial longitudinal section showing the state where the distribution member which goes up and down is arranged in the upper end position. In the 2nd big prize device of an embodiment, it is a schematic partial front view showing the state where the distribution member which goes up and down is arranged in the lower end position. In the 2nd big prize device of an embodiment, it is a schematic partial front view showing the state where the distribution member which goes up and down is arranged in the upper end position. In the 2nd big prize device of an embodiment, it is a schematic plan view near the distributing member which goes up and down, and shows the state where the game ball was transferred to the wallless ball transfer room. It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which the shutter of the ball | bowl biting prevention mechanism of embodiment obstruct | occluded the flow-down opening, and respond | corresponds to the position shown to LIX-LIX of FIG. FIG. 60 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the shutter of the ball biting prevention mechanism of the embodiment opens the flow-down port from the state shown in FIG. 59. It is a schematic fragmentary perspective view which shows the state which the shutter of the ball | bowl biting prevention mechanism of embodiment obstruct | occluded the flow-down opening. It is a general | schematic fragmentary perspective view which shows the state which the shutter of the ball | bowl biting prevention mechanism of embodiment opened the flow-down opening. It is a schematic partial front view which shows the state which the shutter of the ball | bowl biting prevention mechanism of embodiment obstruct | occluded the flow-down opening. It is a general | schematic fragmentary front view which shows the state which the shutter of the ball | bowl biting prevention mechanism of embodiment opened the flow-down opening. FIG. 64 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the shutter of the ball biting prevention mechanism of the embodiment closes the flow-down port, and corresponds to the LXV-LXV portion of FIG. 63. FIG. 65 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the shutter of the ball biting prevention mechanism of the embodiment opens the flow-down port, and corresponds to the LXVI-LXVI portion of FIG. 64. It is a general | schematic fragmentary front view which shows the state by which the ball-shaped transfer chamber with a wall of a ring-shaped rotary body is arrange | positioned behind the flow-down mouth of embodiment. It is a general | schematic fragmentary cross-sectional view which shows the state by which the ball | bowl transfer chamber with a wall of a ring-shaped rotary body is arrange | positioned in the back of the downflow mouth of embodiment. It is a front view of the modification of the distribution member rock | fluctuated right and left. It is a front view in the other modification of the distribution member rock | fluctuated right and left.

[Outline of overall configuration of pachinko gaming machine of embodiment]
A pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a gaming machine) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment includes an outer frame (machine frame) 2 as shown in FIG. Further, a middle frame (inner frame) 11 provided with a game board 12 and a glass frame unit (front door unit) 3 provided on the front side of the middle frame 11 and provided with a glass door 4 are attached to be openable. Configured. The glass frame unit 3 is provided with a dish unit portion 5 provided with a ball receiving portion 6 on the lower side. The dish unit 5 is provided with a handle 7, a dish ball removal button 8, a passage ball removal button 9, and an effect button 10 that are operated to launch game balls into the game area 13 of the game board 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the game board 12 includes a board main body constituent member group 70 and a game constituent member group 20 attached to the board main body constituent member group 70.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 17, the board main body constituting member group 70 is joined to the lower part of the rear surface (back surface) of the square annular front member (game board main body) 80 whose front side is the game area 13 and the front member 80. The decorative sheet 81, the square annular spacer 83, the square annular decorative member 85 disposed behind the spacer 83, the mounting base 87 disposed behind the decorative member 85, and the rear of the mounting base 87. A support member 89 is provided. The front member 80 constitutes a game board main body in which the nails 43 and the like are disposed on the front side, and is transparent so that the decorative pattern and the decorative body of the rear decorative sheet 81 and the decorative member 85 can be visually observed from the front side. Made of synthetic resin such as acrylic. Further, the mounting base 87 is also formed of a synthetic resin such as transparent acrylic in the vicinity of the inner peripheral edge portion 87a so that a game ball transferred by a ring-shaped rotating body 410 described later can be seen from the front side. The front side member 80, the decorative sheet 81, the spacer 83, the decorative member 85, the mounting base 87, and the support member 89 are coupled to each other using a screw, an adhesive, or the like, and a game constituent member group With 20 attached, it will be attached to the middle frame 11. The panel main body constituting member group 70 is also provided with an image display device 40 (see FIGS. 1 to 3), a main control board, a sub control board, and the like (not shown) on the rear side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the game constituent member group 20 includes a regulation wall 21 that is set by partitioning the periphery of the game area 13, and a guide rail 22 that guides game balls that are launched by the operation of the handle 7 to the game area 13. In addition, the nail 43, the windmill 44, the gate 45, the normal winning device 46, the first starting winning device 48, the second starting winning device (electric Chu) 50, the first big winning device (attacker) 53, the center of the game area 13 Are provided with a center accessory 25 and restricting members 66, 67, 68. In the case of the embodiment, the center accessory 25 includes the second grand prize device 30, and a display screen 41 made of liquid crystal of the image display device 40 is disposed at the center.

  In the upper right corner of the game board 12, as shown in FIG. 2, a first special symbol display 56, a first special symbol hold lamp 57, a second special symbol display 58, a second special symbol hold lamp 59, A normal symbol display 60 and a normal symbol holding lamp 61 are provided. In the case of the embodiment, these first special symbol indicators 56 and the like are arranged on a regulating member 68 attached to the front surface of the game board 12 so as to partition and set an upper right corner area of the game area 13. It is attached to the game board 12. In the case of the embodiment, the regulation members 66 and 67 attached to the front surface of the game board 12 so as to divide and set the lower left and right corners of the game area 13 in the lower left corner and the lower right corner of the game board 12, It is arranged. These regulating members 66 to 68 also constitute a part of the game constituent member group 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the winning holes for winning the game balls in the game area 13 include the normal winning port 47 of the normal winning device 46, the first starting port 49 of the first starting winning device 48, and the second starting winning device. There are 50 second start ports 51, a first grand prize port 54 of the first grand prize device 53, and a second grand prize port 31 of the second grand prize device 30, and when a prize is received, a predetermined number You can get a prize ball. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the second grand prize device 30 has two specific areas (first V prize mouth / 2nd V winning opening) 32 and 33 are arranged.

  If the first start opening 49 of the first start winning device 48 wins, a main control board (not shown) arranged on the back side of the game board 12 performs a lottery with a big hit and a small hit. A lottery with or without a short time after completion and a lottery for the number of rounds are performed, and the first grand prize winning port 54 of the first big prize winning device 53 is opened for a predetermined number of times or time according to the lottery result of the number of rounds. If it is a small win, a lottery with or without a short time on the premise of a big hit by winning in the specific areas 32 and 33 and a lottery of the number of times and time of opening are performed, and the lottery result such as the number of times of opening In response to this, an opening / closing member (blade) 190, which will be described later, is rotated to open the second big prize opening 31 of the second big prize winning device 30.

  The second start opening 51 of the second start winning device 50 is opened for a predetermined number of times or time by lottery by the main control board accompanying the passage of the game ball of the gate 45. If a game ball wins at the second starting port 51, a lottery of a big hit, a small hit, and a miss will be done by lottery of the main control board. If the number of rounds is drawn, the first big prize opening 54 of the first big prize winning device 53 is opened for a predetermined number of times or time according to the lot number lottery result. As described above, the lottery with the presence or absence of the short time and the lottery of the opening time and the lottery are performed on the premise that the winning of the winning in the specific areas 32 and 33 is premised, and the opening / closing member is selected according to the lottery result. 190 is rotated to open the second big prize opening 31 of the second big prize winning device 30. In this case, in the small winning by winning to the second start winning device 50, the time or number of times when the second large winning opening 65 is opened is compared with the small winning at the time of winning to the first starting winning device 28. At least one is set to increase.

  As described above, the second big prize device 30 rotates the opening / closing member 190 at the time of a small hit in the lottery by winning the first start prize device 48 or the second start prize device 50, so that the second big prize device 30 The winning opening 31 is opened. And if the game ball which won the 2nd big prize opening 31 enters into one of two specific fields (the 1st and 2nd V prize opening) 32 and 33, it will be a big hit (V prize), and the 1st big prize winning device 53 It is possible to shift to a jackpot game in which the first big prize opening 54 is opened.

  In addition, after the jackpot game is ended by lottery at the time of winning the first starting port 49 or the second starting port 51, or after the jackpot game is ended by winning the second V winning port 33 or the first V winning port 32 If a lottery or a small win lottery is given with a short time, the second start opening 51 of the second start winning device 50 is opened for a predetermined number of times or a time by the lottery by passing the gate 45 of the game ball. If it is made to shift to the short gaming state, and if it is not time-saving, it will shift to the normal gaming state.

  The normal symbol display 60 displays the stoppage of lottery fluctuations associated with the passage of the game ball through the gate 45, and the normal symbol hold lamp 61 has a maximum of four game balls that have passed through the gate 45 waiting for the lottery. Is displayed. Further, in the first special symbol display 56, the lottery fluctuation stop accompanying the winning to the first start winning device 48 is displayed together with the effect on the display screen 41 of the image display device 40, and the first waiting for the lottery. The number of game balls that have been awarded to the start winning device 48 is displayed on the first special symbol holding lamp 57 up to a maximum of four. Further, the second special symbol display 58 displays the lottery fluctuation stop accompanying the winning to the second start winning device 50 together with the effect on the display screen 41 of the image display device 40, and waits for the lottery. The number of game balls that have been awarded to the start winning device 50 is displayed on the second special symbol holding lamp 59 up to a maximum of four.

  The effect displayed on the display screen 41 of the image display device 40 is made by controlling a sub-control board (not shown) disposed on the back side of the gaming machine 1, and the sub-control board is the above lottery of the main control board (not shown). Based on the lottery result and the operation result from the main control board, the operation signal from the main control board and the operation signal to the lamp 63 and the speaker 64 (see FIG. 1), the image display device 40 is provided with a predetermined operation signal. Is output. In the case of the embodiment, the sub-control board senses them when winning the second grand prize winning device 30 and also when distributing the game balls to the special route SR described later in the second big prize winning device 30. Based on a signal from the main control board, a predetermined operation signal is output to the image display device 40 so as to perform a predetermined effect together with an operation signal to the lamp 63 and the speaker 64. In addition, the sub-control board also appropriately performs an effect of causing the player to press the effect button 10 at the time of the notice effect or reach effect on the image display device 40, and performs the corresponding predetermined effect at the time of the press operation. In addition, a predetermined operation signal is output to the image display device 40, the lamp 63, and the like.

[Explanation of 2nd Grand Prize Winner]
As shown in FIG. 5, the second grand prize winning device 30 constitutes the center accessory 25 together with the image display device 40. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the opening / closing member 190 and the sorting member The center decoration assembly 100 having 260 and the base side structure 300 disposed on the rear side of the center decoration assembly 100 are configured. As shown in FIG. 17, the base-side structure 300 includes a distribution swing mechanism that swings the cover panel 500 including the inner peripheral edge 87 a of the mounting base 87 in the board body constituting member group 70 of the game board 12 and the distribution member 260. 310, a transfer mechanism 400 for transferring game balls, a normal route (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as N route) distribution mechanism 700, and a special route (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as S route) distribution mechanism 600 , And is configured.

  In the second grand prize winning device 30, as shown in FIG. 6, there are two routes (normal route NR and special route) for winning in two specific areas (first V prize opening, second V prize opening) 32 and 33, respectively. SR) is formed. Although the normal route (N route) NR may win the corresponding first V winning opening 32, it is a low chance to win with a slightly low probability (about 1/23 of the game balls in the N route NR). The winning rate route. The special route (S route) SR is a high winning rate route that is easy to win with a high probability (1/3 of the game balls entering the S route SR) with respect to the corresponding second V winning opening 33. The game balls won from the second grand prize opening 31 are distributed to either the N route NR or the S route SR by the distribution member 260 that swings to the left and right of the distribution mechanism 250, and the first V prize opening. 32 or the 2nd V winning opening 33, or it will be discharged | emitted from the outflow discharge port 784,785,786,614 (refer FIG. 7).

  In the case of the embodiment, the configuration of the distribution mechanism 250, which will be described later, is set to increase the probability that the game ball is distributed from the S route SR to the N route NR. Therefore, in the second grand prize-winning device 30, the N root NR is the first that has a high probability that the game balls will be sorted, with respect to the two branch routes in which the game balls B won from the upper second big prize opening 31 are sorted to the left and right. A branch route may be used, and the S route SR may be a second branch route with a low probability of game balls being distributed.

[Description of the center decoration assembly, which is a component of the second prize-winning device]
As shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, the center ornament assembly 100 is composed of a main body frame member 110, a bottom plate 120, a flow path forming member 130, an upper partition member 140, a lower partition member 150, an upper rear upper cover member 160, The rear lower cover member 170, the upper back member 175, the decoration members 136, 180, 181, and 182, the opening / closing member 190, the opening / closing drive mechanism 200, and the sorting member 260 are configured.

  In the center ornament assembly 100, the members protruding forward from the front surface 80a of the front member 80 of the board body constituting member group 70 of the game board 12 by the approximate diameter dimension BD of the game ball B are as follows. (See FIGS. 15, 16, and 29). First, the main body frame member 110 includes a front edge 111af of the hood portion 111a, a sorting rolling path portion 114, an S route guide path portion 115, an N route guide path portion 116, and flanges 117a and 117b, which will be described later. The upper partition member 140 includes restriction walls 141b and 141c and a front side portion 143 to be described later. In addition, the opening / closing member 190, the flow path forming member 130, the decoration material 136, the flanges 181 a and 182 a on the upper end side of the left decoration material 181 and the right decoration material 182, and the distal end portion 285 of the distribution guide plate 280 of the distribution member 260. Etc.

  Further, the constituent members such as the main body frame member 110 of the center ornament assembly 100 are appropriately coupled to each other using screws (not shown) unless otherwise specified.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the main body frame member 110 is formed in a substantially annular shape made of a synthetic resin such as transparent acrylic, and has a substantially inverted U-shaped upper cover portion 111 on the upper side and a lower front surface side. A substantially semi-disc-shaped front cover panel portion 117 disposed along the vertical direction. The main body frame member 110 includes mounting flanges 110 a and 110 c for mounting to the front member 80 of the panel main body constituting member group 70 on the outer peripheral edge of the upper cover portion 111 and the front cover panel portion 117. If these mounting flanges 110a and 110c are attached to the front member 80 using screws (not shown) through which the mounting holes 110b and 110d are inserted, the main body frame member 110 is moved together with the center ornament assembly 100 to the front member. 80 will be attached.

  The front cover panel 117 protrudes forward on the left and right edges along the vertical direction, and onto a stage 610 (see FIGS. 7 and 10), which will be described later, of game balls around the center accessory 25. The flanges 117a and 117b are provided for preventing the inflow of. In addition, on the left and right lower edge sides on the rear surface side of the front cover panel portion 117, a left guide wall portion 118 that protrudes rearward in a strip shape and a right arc shape that is disposed inside the mounting flanges 110c and 110c and the right side. A guide wall 119 is provided. The upper surfaces of the left guide wall portion 118 and the right guide wall portion 119 constitute the rolling surfaces 118a and 119a of the flow down route N2 where the game balls of the N route NR roll. In particular, the rolling surface 118a of the left guide wall 118 rolls the game ball B from the rolling route N1 of the N route NR (see FIGS. 6 and 8). In addition, the rolling surface 119a of the right guide wall portion 119 is positioned on the right side when the game ball B that has rolled on the rolling surface 118a of the left guide wall portion 118 does not roll backward from the bottom plate 120. To reduce the speed, and reverse to the bottom plate 120 side by its own weight (see FIG. 10). A plurality of small protrusions 118c and 119c (see FIGS. 19 and 10) for decelerating the rolling game ball B are provided on the rolling surfaces 118a and 119a.

  Two mounting bosses 117c for screwing the bottom plate 120 and two mounting bosses 117d for screwing the lower partition member 150 are provided on the rear surface of the lower edge side of the front cover panel 117 symmetrically rearward. Projected. The left and right mounting bosses 117d for attaching the lower partition member 150 are disposed on the end surfaces 118b and 119b side of the left guide wall portion 118 and the right guide wall portion 119 that are close to each other. Further, a positioning hole 117e for fitting a plurality of positioning protrusions 120f of the bottom plate 120 is formed at the lower edge of the front cover panel portion 117.

  Further, the upper cover portion 111 of the main body frame member 110 includes a hood portion 111a that covers the left and right sides and the upper side of the upper decoration material 180 disposed on the inner rear portion side, and a staircase that extends from the vicinity of the left and right lower ends of the hood portion 111a to the left and right sides. And a left side portion 111b and a right side portion 111c connected to the left and right upper ends of the front cover panel portion 117. In the hood portion 111a, the front edge 111af protrudes forward from the front surface 141a of the upper panel portion 141 of the upper partitioning member 140 by an approximately thickness of the opening / closing member 190 (see FIG. 29). The above-described mounting flange 110a having the mounting hole 110b is formed on the upper end of the hood portion 111a or the upper edge side of the left side portion 111b and the right side portion 111c.

  Further, the upper cover portion 111 is provided with a shelf plate portion 112 so as to connect the left side portion 111b and the right side portion 111c on the left and right below the hood portion 111a, and the left and right opening and closing members 190 are rotated. A shaft support 112j that supports the moving shaft 195 (see FIG. 23) is disposed so as to protrude forward. The shelf portion 112 is configured to include a storage rear side portion 112a that is a rear side portion of the sorting preparation chamber 125 (see FIGS. 28 and 29), and the left side portion 111b and the left side portion 111b with the left and right connecting pieces 113 and 113 interposed therebetween. It is connected to the right side portion 111c.

  As shown in FIGS. 28, 29, and 33, the distribution preparation room 125 is as much as possible to the distribution member 260 that distributes the game balls B that won the second grand prize opening 31 into the S route SR and the N route NR. This is a part for adjusting the movement of the game ball B so that it can fall freely along the vertical direction. The distribution preparation chamber 125 is provided with inlets 126 and 127 for allowing game balls to flow into the left and right front edge sides of the upper ceiling wall 125a, respectively, and on the left and right center front edge sides of the bottom wall 125b. A flow-down port 128 through which the game ball B is dropped is opened. The bottom wall 125b is configured so that the center in the left-right direction is lowered in the left-right direction and the center in the front-rear direction is also lowered in the front-rear direction with respect to the inclination on the upper surface side. Further, in the case of the embodiment, the sorting preparation chamber 125 is configured by a storage rear side portion 112 a of the main body frame member 110 and a storage front side portion 143 of the upper partition member 140.

  As shown in FIGS. 18, 28, and 29, the storage rear side portion 112 a of the main body frame member 110 has a rear wall portion 112 b disposed along the vertical direction on the rear end side, and an upper edge side of the rear wall portion 112 b. The ceiling wall 112c extending forward, the side walls 112f and 112f extending downward from the left and right edges of the ceiling wall 112c, and the lower edges of the left and right side walls 112f and 112f are connected forward from the back wall 112b. The bottom wall portion 112d protrudes. The back wall portion 112b constitutes the back wall 125e of the sorting preparation chamber 125, and a shaft support portion 112i projects rearward in the vicinity of the lower edge of the center in the left-right direction on the rear surface side. The shaft support portion 112i supports the front end portion 291 of the support pin 290 that connects and supports the sorting member 260 in a rotatable manner (see FIG. 29). The front end of the bottom wall portion 112d near the center in the left-right direction constitutes the rear edge of the downflow port 128. At the center of the front end of the bottom wall portion 112d in the left-right direction, an overhang guide portion 112e that protrudes forward with a concave groove 112ev is provided. The concave groove 112ev is configured by denting the center of the overhang guide portion 112e in the left-right direction to the front end. The overhang guide part 112e is configured to drop the game ball B, which has been rolling on the bottom wall 125b of the sorting preparation chamber 125 from the left and right sides to the center side, into the concave groove 112ev from the front end of the concave groove 112ev, It is dropped downward from the center in the left-right direction of the trailing edge of the flow-down port 128 (see FIGS. 28 and 33). In addition, triangular plate-like ribs 112g and 112g extending along the horizontal direction are provided on the left and right side wall portions 112f and 112f so as to continue to the back wall portion 112b. These ribs 112g are arranged to roll the game ball B rolling from the front side to the rolling surface 112h on the inner end surface and guide it toward the center in the left-right direction of the bottom wall portion 112d. It is installed.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 21, the upper partition member 140 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin such as acrylic, and includes a lower front surface of the upper decorative member 180, a left decorative member 181, and a right decorative member 182. The upper panel part 141 (refer FIG. 5) which covers an upper side front surface is provided, and the accommodation front side part 143 is comprised. On the left and right lower edge sides of the upper panel portion 141, insertion concave portions 142 and 142 for inserting the left and right shaft support portions 112j of the upper cover portion 111 are formed. On the front surface 141a on the left and right upper edge side of the upper panel portion 141, rectangular plate-shaped regulating walls 141b and 141c are projected forward so as to continue from the left and right lower ends of the front edge 111af of the hood portion 111a of the main body frame member 110. (See FIG. 5). The storage front side 143 includes a front wall 144, a ceiling wall 145, a bottom wall 146, side walls 147 and 147, inner walls 148 and 148, and ribs 149 and 149 (see FIG. 29).

  As shown in FIGS. 12, 28, 29 and 33, the ceiling wall portion 145 of the storage front side portion 143 extends forward in a mountain shape from the lower edge side of the center of the upper panel portion 141, and the ceiling wall of the storage rear side portion 112a. The ceiling wall 125a having the inlets 126 and 127 of the sorting preparation chamber 125 is configured together with the section 112c. The ceiling wall portion 145 guides the game balls to the left and right inlets 126 and 127 with the center in the left-right direction on the upper surface side being the highest apex portion 145a and the left and right sides of the top portion 145a being rolling surfaces 145b and 145c. In order to be able to do so, it inclines so that it may go down toward both right and left ends. The front wall portion 144 extends downward from the front edge of the ceiling wall portion 145 and constitutes a front wall 125 d of the sorting preparation chamber 125. The side wall portions 147 and 147 are connected to the front wall portion 144 and extend downward from the left and right edges of the ceiling wall portion 145, respectively, and together with the side wall portions 112f of the storage rear side portion 112a, the left and right side walls 125c, 125c is configured. The bottom wall portion 146 connects the left and right side wall portions 147 and 147 to each other and extends rearward from the lower edge side of the front wall portion 144. Together with the bottom wall portion 112d of the storage rear side portion 112a, the bottom wall portion 146 flows down the distribution preparation chamber 124. A bottom wall 125b having 128 is formed. The bottom wall portion 146 includes an opening 146a recessed in the front side at the center of the rear edge in the left-right direction, and the opening 146a forms a flow-down port 128.

  The inner side walls 148 and 148 of the storage front side portion 143 are formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape from the front wall portion 144 to the bottom wall portion 146 under the vicinity of the edges of the left and right inflow ports 126 and 127 that are close to each other. It arrange | positions along the front-back direction so that it may continue. The ribs 149 and 149 extend from the rear surface of the front wall 144 between the left and right outer side walls 147 and 147 and the inner inner wall 148 along the front-rear direction so as to continue to the bottom wall 146. It is arranged. These ribs 149 and 149 have a substantially triangular plate shape, and the game ball B flowing in from the inflow ports 126 and 127 is transferred between the side wall portion 147 and the inner side wall 148 using the rolling surface 149a on the upper surface side. From the bottom wall 125b to the rear edge side.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 28, the game ball B flowing in from the inflow ports 126 and 127 is guided by the rolling surfaces 149a of the ribs 149 and 149, and rolls to the rear edge side of the bottom wall 125b. 112g, 112g of rolling surface 112h rolls to the center in the left-right direction of the bottom wall 125b, falls from the vicinity of the center in the left-right direction of the outlet 128 through the overhang guide part 112e, Become.

  The ceiling wall 145 of the upper partition member 140 is provided with second big prize opening switches (SW) 34, 35 capable of detecting game balls passing through the inflow ports 126, 127, and these The switch storage portions 145d and 145d for storing the two big prize opening switches (SW) 34 and 35 extend not only to the ceiling wall portion 145 of the upper partition member 140 but also to the area extending over the ceiling wall portion 112c of the main body frame member 110. (See FIGS. 18 and 21).

  In addition, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 18, the left and right sides of the upper end of the front cover panel 117 are connected to the main body frame 110, while being connected to the vicinity of the lower ends of the left and right connecting pieces 113 below the shelf 112. As described above, a mountain-shaped sorting rolling path portion 114 is provided. The top surface side of the sorting rolling path portion 114 is a top portion 114a with the center in the left-right direction being the highest, and the left and right sides of the top portion 114a are rolling surfaces 114b and 114c that are inclined downward toward the left and right ends. The right rolling surface 114 b becomes the rolling route S 1 of the S route SR in which the game balls B distributed by the distribution member 260 roll, and the left rolling surface 114 c is the game balls B distributed by the distribution member 260. Becomes the rolling route N1 of the N route NR to roll. The left and right rolling surfaces 114b and 114c are slightly lowered toward the upper horizontal back plate 151 of the lower partition member 150, which will be described later, so that the rolling game ball B does not fall from the front edge. So that it is formed.

  On both the left and right ends of the left and right rolling surfaces 114b and 114c, an S route guide path portion 115 and an N route guide path portion 116 for allowing the game ball B to dive are disposed, respectively. A passage SW 36 accommodated in the switch accommodating portion 151c of the lower partition member 150 is inserted into the S route guide path portion 115 from the rear side (see FIGS. 3, 7, and 13). As shown in FIGS. 7, 18, and 44, the N route guide path portion 116 has a substantially cylindrical shape, with the upper end side inlet 116a being opened to the left end side of the left rolling surface 114c and the lower side being extended downward. Thus, the lower end outlet 116b is opened above the left guide wall 118 toward the rear side.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the lower partition member 150 is formed of a synthetic resin such as transparent acrylic similar to the main body frame member 110, and has a substantially annular shape disposed behind the main body frame member 110. . The lower partition member 150 includes an upper horizontal back plate portion 151 disposed in contact with the rear surface side of the distribution rolling path portion 114 of the main body frame member 110, and approximately half from the left and right ends of the upper horizontal back plate portion 151. And a lower annular back plate portion 154 projecting downward so as to be continuous in an annular shape. The upper horizontal back plate portion 151 protrudes upward from the rear edge of the rolling surfaces 114b and 114c so that the game balls B rolling on the rolling surfaces 114b and 114c of the sorting rolling path portion 114 do not fall backward. (Refer to FIG. 12). In the vicinity of the top portion 114a of the sorting rolling path portion 114, a concave portion 151a that is recessed downward is formed so as to prevent interference between the upper horizontal back plate portion 151 and the sorting guide plate 280 that the sorting member 260 swings. A flange portion 151b that protrudes rearward is formed on the periphery of the upper edge of 151a.

  A switch storage portion 151c for storing the passing SW 36 is disposed on the right edge of the upper horizontal back plate portion 151. Further, an upper portion is opened on the lower right side of the upper lateral back plate portion 151 to roll the game ball B backward. A route guide bar 152 is formed (see FIG. 13). The S route guide bar 152 and the flow path forming member 130 constitute the flow route S2 of the S route SR. This flow-down route S2 guides the game ball B from the rolling route S1 to the sorting shared transfer body 409 (ring-shaped rotating body 410) of the transfer mechanism 400 (see FIG. 60). It overlaps on the front side of the rotational movement locus of a ball transfer chamber 465 described later of the cylindrical rotating body 410 (see FIG. 6).

  As shown in FIGS. 22 and 60, the flow path forming member 130 is arranged so that the game balls B distributed to the S route SR do not immediately flow down to the shared distribution transport body 409. In other words, the image display device 40 is provided so that the player can further enjoy the distribution of the game balls to the S route SR having a high probability of winning the second V winning opening 33, which is a big hit, by the effect of the image display device 40. In order to secure the production time, the flow path forming member 130 is provided. The flow path forming member 130 includes a substantially rectangular plate-shaped rolling wall 131 disposed along a substantially horizontal direction, and an inlet 132 of the rolling wall 131 so as to be orthogonal to the rolling wall 131. And a downflow cylinder part 133 extending downward. The rolling wall portion 131 includes a concave groove-shaped guide rod portion 131 a that guides the game ball B from the S route guide path portion 115 of the main body frame member 110 to the inlet 132 of the descending cylinder portion 133. The flow-down cylinder part 133 has a discharge port 134 at the lower end having an inner diameter dimension slightly larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B, and an inner peripheral surface 133a from the flow inlet 132 to the discharge port 134 is rapidly increased in the vicinity of the discharge port 134. It is comprised so that it may narrow. Due to the shape of the inner peripheral surface 133 a of the flow-down cylinder portion 133, the game ball B that flows in from the inflow port 132 rolls on the inner peripheral surface 133 a in a spiral shape near the discharge port 134, and the flow-down path forming member 130. This will increase the transit time at. Then, the game ball B that has fallen downward from the discharge port 134 flows down to the sorting shared transfer body 409 via the lower S route guide rod 152.

  In addition, the decoration material 136 is assembled | attached to the front edge of the flow path formation member 130 (refer FIG. 13, 15). In addition, a rib 133b for reinforcement and a substantially square frame-shaped connecting tube portion 133c fitted to the S route guide flange 152 are disposed on the flow tube portion 133 of the flow passage forming member 130. Yes.

  The lower annular back plate portion 154 is an N route guide that prevents the game balls B rolling on the rolling surfaces 118a and 119a of the left guide wall portion 118 and the right guide wall portion 119 of the main body frame member 110 from falling backward. The back plate portion 153 is configured (see FIGS. 8, 10, and 48). Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 18 to 20, the lower annular back plate portion 154 includes a left side portion 154 a that covers the rear surface of the left guide wall portion 118 and its inner peripheral side, a rear surface of the right guide wall portion 119, and its inner peripheral side. And a right side portion 154b covering the half. A concave portion 154c that is recessed downward is disposed at the center in the left-right direction of the lower annular back plate portion 154, that is, between the left side portion 154a and the right side portion 154b, and the left side portion 154a is disposed at the lower edge of the concave portion 154c. A connecting bottom plate portion 154d that connects the right portion 154b and the right side portion 154b protrudes forward. On the upper surface side of the connecting bottom plate portion 154d, a bottom plate 120 fixed to the rear surface near the lower end of the front cover panel portion 117 of the main body frame member 110 is disposed. The bottom plate 120 is supported by the connecting bottom plate portion 154d, Screwed to the mounting bosses 117c and 117c of the front cover panel 117.

  The bottom plate 120 is connected to the front cover so as to connect the end surfaces 118b and 119b of the rolling surfaces 118a and 119a of the left guide wall portion 118 and the right guide wall portion 119 in the front cover panel portion 117 of the main body frame member 110. It is disposed between the panel portion 117 and the lower annular back plate portion 154. The bottom plate 120 is provided with weirs 120d and 120d on the left and right sides of the rear edge, and a guide rod 120c protruding rearward is disposed between the weirs 120d and 120d. The rolling surface 120a of the game ball B on the upper surface side of the bottom plate 120 is configured to have a recessed groove 120b extending rearward so as to be connected to the guide flange 120c side in the vicinity of the center in the left-right direction. At the rear end of the bottom plate 120, mounting piece portions 120e that are screwed to the respective mounting bosses 117c of the front cover panel portion 117 are projected downward. In addition, positioning protrusions 120f that are fitted into the positioning holes 117e of the front cover panel 117 are disposed. In the bottom plate 120, the game balls B that have rolled from the rolling surfaces 118 a and 119 a of the left guide wall portion 119 and the rolling guide surfaces 118 a and 119 a of the main body frame member 110 are formed by the concave grooves 120 b of the top rolling surface 120 a. It will be transferred to the N route distribution mechanism 700 side toward the rear (see FIG. 49).

  Further, the bottom plate 120 has a large-shaped main body so as to ensure the dimensional accuracy of the rolling surface 120a and accurately roll the game ball B to the rear on the sorting member 710 side described later of the N route sorting mechanism 700. It is formed separately from the frame member 110 and the lower partition member 150 and is assembled to the main body frame member 110. Incidentally, in the large substantially annular main body frame member 110 and the lower partition member 150 made of a synthetic resin material such as transparent acrylic, distortion such as molding shrinkage is likely to occur, and the distribution member 710 will be described later. This is because it is difficult to form the rolling surface 120a of the game ball B with high accuracy to roll to the top portion 715 side of the guide plate 720.

  On the inner peripheral edge near the upper end of the left side portion 154a of the lower annular back plate portion 154, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, a substantially rectangular plate-shaped N route guide wall portion 156 extending in the substantially vertical direction protrudes forward. Has been. The N route guide wall portion 156 prevents the game ball flowing out from the outlet 116b opened rearward in the N route guide path portion 116 of the main body frame member 110 from falling on the stage 610, and the left guide wall It is possible to roll on the rolling surface 118a of the portion 118. The route that rolls on the left guide wall 118 constitutes a downstream route N2 of the N route NR, and in the case of the embodiment, on the front side of the rotational movement locus of a ball transfer chamber 465 described later of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. , Overlapping (see FIG. 6).

  On the rear surface of the lower side of the right side portion 154b of the lower annular back plate portion 154, as shown in FIGS. The S route guide rib portion 155 has the left edge 155b arranged slightly below the right edge 155a and protrudes rearward. Further, the S route guide rib portion 155 is located above the rolling wall 545 of the outflow flange 543 in the S route cover portion 510 of the cover panel 500 to be described later, and the rear end surface 155c is disposed in front of the rolling wall 545. It is arranged close to the edge 545a side (see FIGS. 11, 41 and 42). Then, the rear end surface 155c of the S route guide rib portion 155 moves the game ball B, which is transferred by the sorting shared transfer body 409, flows out of the S route outflow passage portion 540, and rolls on the rolling wall 545 to the right. It is guided from the edge 155a side to the left edge 155b side and transferred to the stage 610 of the S route distribution mechanism 600.

  A mounting flange 157 that is screwed to mounting bosses 117d and 117d of the front cover panel portion 117 of the main body frame member 110 is formed in the vicinity of the lower edge of the left side portion 154a and the right side portion 154b of the lower annular back plate portion 154. In addition, a positioning projection 158 is provided on the rear surface of each mounting flange 157 so as to project rearward. These two positioning projections 158 are inserted into the positioning holes 501 (see FIGS. 9 and 38) of the cover panel 500.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 16, the upper rear upper cover member 160 of the center ornament assembly 100 covers the upper part of the rear side of the upper decorative member 180, and behind the upper rear upper cover member 160, An upper back member 175 coupled to the rear surface of the upper decorative material 180 is disposed. On the upper back member 175, terminals such as LEDs disposed on the upper decorative member 180 are disposed.

  In addition, a positioning protrusion 161 protruding rearward is disposed near the upper end of the rear surface of the upper rear upper cover material 160. The positioning protrusion 161, together with the two positioning protrusions 158 of the lower partition member 150, is a cover panel. 500 is inserted into a positioning hole 501 (not shown) arranged at a corresponding position. These positioning protrusions 158 and 161 are used for positioning holes in the cover panel 500 (mounting base 87) when the mounting flanges 110a and 110c of the center ornament assembly 100 are screwed to the front member 80 of the panel body constituting member group 70. The center ornament assembly 100 is disposed so as to be inserted into the main body constituting member group 70 by being inserted into the main body constituting member group 70.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 29, the upper rear lower cover member 170 of the center ornament assembly 100 is arranged from the lower rear surface of the upper decorative member 180 to the rear side of the sorting preparation chamber 125, and below the rear end. On the side, a shaft support portion 171 protrudes forward. The shaft support portion 171 supports the rear end portion 292 of the support pin 290 that connects and supports the sorting member 260 in a rotatable manner.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 and 10, the opening / closing member 190 (190 L, 190 R) that opens and closes the second grand prize winning port 31 has the distribution preparation chamber 125 on the front surface 141 a side of the upper panel portion 141 of the upper partition member 140. It is arranged in between. The opening / closing member 190 (190L, 190R) includes an upper panel 141 from between the left and right side walls 125c, 125c of the sorting preparation chamber 125 and the upper ends of the flanges 181a, 182a of the left decorative member 181 and the right decorative member 182. Are arranged so as to extend upward to the left and right regulating walls 141b and 141c on the front surface 141a side. As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the left and right opening and closing members 190L and 190R are configured by connecting a front end 195a of a rotating shaft 195 extending rearward to the lower base portion 191 side. When opening, the tip 192 on the upper end side is turned away from each other, in other words, the tip 192 is rotated outward in the left-right direction so as to be separated from the nearby regulating walls 141b and 141c (FIG. 6). , 8, 10, 24). At the time of opening, the game ball B rolls on the planar rolling surface 193 in which the opening and closing members 190L and 190R are expanded between the regulation walls 141b and 141c and the opening and closing members 190L and 190R. 30 flows in. And if each front-end | tip 192 extended from the base part 191 in the opening-and-closing member 190L, 190R rotates so that the regulation walls 141b and 141c may approach, the 2nd big winning opening 31 will close (refer FIG. 5, 7), A game ball that rolls around the nearby center accessory 25 includes a front edge 111af of the upper cover portion 111, regulating walls 141b and 141c, curved outer surfaces 194 of the opening and closing members 190L and 190R, and a left decoration material 181. In other words, the game area 13 rolls downward without being awarded in the second large winning device 30 by being restricted by the flange portions 181a and 182a of the right decoration material 182.

  As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the opening / closing drive mechanism 200 for rotating the opening / closing members 190L and 190R corresponds to the rotating shafts 195 and 195 extending backward from the base portion 191 of the opening / closing members 190L and 190R. Each is arranged. The left / right opening / closing drive mechanism 200 is configured to include a solenoid solenoid 210 as a drive source, a return spring 220, a swing lever 230, and a swing arm 240, which are symmetrical to each other. Each component of the opening / closing drive mechanism 200 is disposed between the back wall 112b of the main body frame member 110 and the back panel 245 coupled to the back wall 112b behind the back wall 112b. (See FIG. 15). The back panel 245 is formed from a synthetic resin such as acrylic, and a reinforcing plate 247 made of sheet metal is attached to the back of the back panel 245. The left and right rotation shafts 195 and 195 are rotatably supported by shaft support portions 112j provided on the back wall portion 112b, and each shaft support portion 112j is below the upper panel portion 141 of the upper partition member 140. The front end 195a side of the rotation shaft 195 is inserted forward so as to be housed in the insertion recess 142 formed on the edge side and extend to the base portion 191 of the opening / closing member 190.

  The electromagnetic solenoid 210 is held by the back panel 245 and causes the plunger 211 that moves up and down to protrude downward. A disc-shaped locking head 212 is disposed at the lower end of the plunger 211. The electromagnetic solenoid 210 pulls the plunger 211 upward during the ON operation, and a return spring 220 comprising a coil spring that presses the locking head 212 during the OFF operation pulls the plunger 211 downward to return to the original position. Will be allowed to.

  The swing lever 230 has the base portion 231 side disposed on the outer side in the left-right direction (the direction side deviating from the center of the center accessory 25 in the left-right direction) and the tip end portion 234 side left and right beyond the rotation shaft 195. It arrange | positions along the substantially left-right direction so that it may arrange | position to the inward side (center side of the left-right direction of the center accessory 25) of a direction. Further, the swing lever 230 is pivotally supported on the back wall 112b and the back panel 245 of the main body frame member 110 so that the front end 234 side can swing up and down. The front end portion 234 is provided with a locking hole 235 that penetrates in the front-rear direction. The intermediate portion between the base portion 231 and the tip portion 234 has a bottom wall portion 232a and a front wall portion 232c extending upward from the front edge side of the bottom wall portion 232a with an L-shaped cross section in the front-rear direction. A locking portion 232 is provided. A protrusion 233 that protrudes rearward is disposed on the front wall portion 232 c of the locking portion 232. The locking head portion 212 of the plunger 211 is locked between the protrusion 233 and the upper surface 232b of the bottom wall portion 232a. Therefore, when the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is turned on, the plunger 211 is pulled upward, the locking head 212 at the tip (lower end) pulls up the protrusion 233, and the swing lever 230 rotates the base 231. The tip 242 is pulled upward as a moving center. Further, when the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is turned off, the locking head 212 pushes down the bottom wall portion 232a of the locking portion 232 by the biasing force of the return spring 220, and the bottom wall portion 232a is moved to the bottom surface of the back panel 245. Since the contact is made with 245a, the swing lever 230 returns to the original position.

  In the swing arm 240, the base portion 241 is connected to the rear end 195 b of the rotation shaft 195, and the tip end portion 242 extending from the base portion 241 is disposed on the front side near the tip end portion 234 of the swing lever 230. . An engagement pin 243 that is inserted into a locking hole 235 provided in the distal end portion 234 of the swing lever 230 is disposed at the distal end portion 242. In this swing arm 240, when the swing lever 230 raises the tip end portion 234 by the ON operation of the electromagnetic solenoid 210, the engagement pin 243 is pushed up by the inner peripheral surface 235a of the locking hole 235, and as a result, The distal end portion 242 is raised and rotated about the base portion 241 as the rotation center, and the rotation shaft 195 is rotated, so that the opening / closing member 190 is opened. Thereafter, when the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is turned off, the swinging lever 230 and the swinging arm 240 are rotated in the reverse direction by the biasing force of the return spring 220, and the opening / closing member 190 is closed. That is, when the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is turned on, the opening / closing members 190L and 190R open the second big winning opening 31, and when the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is turned off, the opening and closing members 190L and 190R close the second big winning prize 31. .

  Note that the opening and closing of the opening and closing members 190L and 190R by turning on and off the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is opened and closed twice in the case of one small hit. Further, the first opening and closing is performed in a short time, and the opening time of the opening and closing members 190L and 190R at the second opening and closing is set longer than the first opening time. Furthermore, in the case of the embodiment, the opening time of the second opening / closing members 190L, 190R is longer in the small hitting time in the second starting winning device 50 than in the small hitting in the first starting winning device 48. Is set.

  4 and 25, the distribution member 260 is a constituent member of the distribution mechanism 250. The distribution mechanism 250 moves the distribution member 260 disposed in the center ornament assembly 100 and the distribution member 260 left and right. And a sorting and swinging mechanism 310 for swinging. The sorting / swinging mechanism 310 is assembled to the base-side structure 300. The distribution mechanism 250 distributes the game balls that have won the second grand prize opening 31 into the S route SR and the N route NR (see FIG. 33).

  As shown in FIGS. 25 to 27, the sorting member 260 includes a swinging main body portion 270, a connection support portion 275, a sorting guide plate 280, and a support pin 290. The swinging main body 270 is formed in an airplane shape having a left and right width dimension, a front and rear depth dimension, and a top and bottom thickness dimension (height dimension) larger than the distribution guide plate 280, and extends in the front-rear direction. A trunk portion 270a having a substantially elliptical cross section, main wings 270b and 270b projecting left and right from the rear side of the trunk portion 270a, auxiliary wings 270c and 270c projecting left and right from the front side of the trunk portion 270a, and the trunk portion 270a And a tail 270d extending upward from the vicinity of the rear end. The swinging main body part 270 projects the front end 270af of the body part 270a as a substantially hemispherical shape (specifically, a shape obtained by crushing a longitudinal section along the left-right direction into an elliptical shape). The rear end 271 is formed with a fitting hole 272 that is recessed forward.

  The connection support portion 275 includes a pivot portion 276 having a substantially cylindrical shape extending upward from the vicinity of the rear end 271 of the swinging main body portion 270 having the fitting hole 272 and extending in the front-rear direction at the upper end. . The pivot 276 supports the support pin 290 inserted along the front-rear direction. Then, the front end portion 291 and the rear end portion 292 of the support pin 290 protruding from the pivot support portion 276 are rotatable to the shaft support portion 112i of the main body frame member 110 and the shaft support portion 171 of the upper rear lower cover member 170, respectively. (See FIGS. 28 and 29). Therefore, the swinging main body 270 is disposed so that it can swing left and right around the support pin 290 with the support pin 290 held by the pivotal support 276 supported by the pivotal support portions 112i and 171. (See FIG. 33).

  The swinging main body 270 is interlocked with the swinging of the swinging arm 360 by fitting the fitting pin 363 in the swinging arm 360 of the sorting swinging mechanism 310 into the fitting hole 272 of the rear end 271. Thus, it will swing left and right.

  The distribution guide plate 280 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape extending in the front-rear direction, and the base portion 281 side is fixed to the lower surface 273 of the body portion 270a of the swinging main body portion 270 using a screw or the like, and the tip end portion 285 side is fixed. It protrudes forward from the body 270a.

  The distribution guide plate 280 has a rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction along the left-right direction. , Slightly twisted in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from the front. That is, when the swing main body 270 swings at the lowest point (center position positioned at the center in the left-right direction when swinging in the left-right direction) CP, it is moved in the left-right direction on the base 281 side. The vertical cross-sectional shape along the long side 281a and the long side 281a is a rectangular shape along the horizontal direction in the left-right direction. It is the rectangle arrange | positioned in the upper position from the edge 286b side. The amount of twist (step amount) Th of the tip portion 285 with respect to the base portion 281 is set smaller than the thickness dimension Gt of the sorting guide plate 280 so that the visibility of the twist of the tip portion 285 can be reduced.

  Further, the twisted tip end portion 285 is disposed immediately below the flow-down port 128 of the sorting preparation chamber 125, and even if the swinging main body portion 270 swings left and right, the top-side sorting surface 285a is flat. As a shape, the right edge 286a side and the left edge 286b side are arranged so as to be able to come into contact with the game ball B falling from the flow-down port 128 (see FIG. 33). Therefore, if the tip portion 285 has the sorting surface 285a facing the right side, the falling game ball rolls to the rolling surface 114b side of the sorting rolling path portion 114 that becomes the rolling route S1 of the S route SR. If the sorting surface 285a is directed to the left side, the falling game ball is rolled to the rolling surface 114c side of the sorting rolling path portion 114 serving as the rolling route N1 of the N route NR.

  In the case of the embodiment, the guide plate 280 has the width dimension Gw in the left-right direction equal to the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B so that the game ball B that flows down even if it swings to the left and right can be rebounded by the distribution surface 285a on the upper surface. The thickness dimension Gt is about 2 mm so that the strength is about 16 mm, which is larger than 11 mm, and the strength that allows the game ball B to be rebounded can be secured. Further, in the front end portion 285 of the embodiment, the left edge 286b side on the low winning rate route NR side is set to the original part so that the step 283 is provided only on the right edge 286a side on the high winning rate route SR side. It is configured to be connected in a substantially straight line from the 281 side in the front-rear direction, and is larger than the left edge 286b side and twisted on the right edge 286a side. In the embodiment, the twist amount Th of the distal end portion 285 with respect to the base portion 281 is about 1.5 mm. In other words, the twist angle θt with respect to the base portion 281 of the distal end portion 285 of the guide plate 280 is about 4.6 °. It is said. Further, the step 283 is disposed close to the vicinity of the lower surface 273 side of the front end 270af of the swinging main body 270.

  Although the distributing member 260 is colored on the swinging main body 270 with the color or paint of the synthetic resin material itself such as colored ABS resin or polyacetal colored red, the distribution guide plate 280 Like the sorting rolling path portion 114 of the main body frame member 110 and the upper horizontal back plate portion 151 of the lower partition member 150, the main body frame member 110 is made of a transparent synthetic resin material such as acrylic resin.

[Description of the base-side structure that is a component of the second grand prize winning device]
In the embodiment, the distribution swing mechanism 310 of the distribution mechanism 250 that swings the distribution member 260 is disposed not on the center ornament assembly 100 side but on the base side structure 300 side (FIGS. 4 and 17). , 25). As shown in FIG. 30, the sorting and swinging mechanism 310 includes a case 320, a drive motor 325 as a drive source, a drive gear 332 attached to the drive shaft 326 of the drive motor 325, and a swing arm 360. A quick return mechanism 330 for changing the speed is provided. The case 320 accommodates and holds various gears of the drive motor 325 and the quick return mechanism 330 and is attached to the support member 89 of the panel body component member group 70. The distribution mechanism 250 uses the distribution member 260 that swings left and right to distribute the game balls B that flow down after flowing from the second grand prize winning port 31 to the left and right N routes (first branch routes) NR. A left-right distribution mechanism that distributes to the S route (second branch route) SR is configured.

  The quick return mechanism 330 includes a first driven gear 333, a second driven gear 336, a swing rod 350, a swing arm 360, and a spring (torsion coil spring) 365. The first driven gear 333 includes a small gear portion 334 that is pivotally supported by the case 320 and meshes with the drive gear 327, and a large gear portion 335. The second driven gear 336 is pivotally supported by the case 320 and meshed with the large gear portion 335. The second driven gear 336 is provided with a crank pin 340 that protrudes rearward at a position shifted from the rotation center.

  The swing arm 360 is disposed so that a connecting shaft 355 pivotally supported by the case 320 is fixed to a base portion 361 on the upper end side so as to protrude to the front side of the case 320, and A fitting pin 363 to be inserted into the fitting hole 272 of the swinging main body 270 is projected forward from the tip 362. The connecting shaft 355 is integrally coupled to the base portion 351 at the lower end of the swing rod 350 with the axial direction along the front-rear direction. The spring 365 is disposed so as to connect the swing arm 360 and the case 320 so that the swing arm 360 can be prevented from rattling.

  The rocking rod 350 has a long hole-like sliding groove 353 that slides the crank pin 340 in the area up to the distal end portion 352 by extending the distal end portion 352 away from the base portion 351 upward. .

  In the quick return mechanism 330, as shown in FIG. 31, when the drive motor 325 is operated and the drive shaft 326 and the drive gear 327 rotate counterclockwise as viewed from the front side, the drive gear 327 is provided. The first driven gear 333 that meshes with the small gear portion 334 rotates in the clockwise direction. Then, the second driven gear 336 engaged with the large gear portion 335 of the first driven gear 333 rotates in the counterclockwise direction. Then, as shown in FIGS. 31 and 32, the crank pin 340 provided in the second driven gear 336 has the rotation shaft O 337 of the second driven gear 336 as the rotation center O 1 in the sliding groove 353 of the swing rod 350. And reciprocally rotate in a counterclockwise direction. Therefore, the swinging rod 350 swings left and right with the connecting shaft 355 as the rotation center O2.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 31 to 32A and B, the crank pin 340 rotates counterclockwise about the rotation center O1 so as to go from the point P0 immediately below the rotation center O1 to the point P2 immediately above. In this case, the swinging rod 350 returns to the original position after rotating the tip 352 to the right side with the connecting shaft 355 as the rotation center O2. At this time, the fitting pin 363 of the swing arm 360 and the sorting member 260 with the fitting pin 363 fitted to the rear end rotate leftward about the connecting shaft 355 as the rotation center O2, and then return to the original position. (Refer to FIG. 33A, two-dot chain line → solid line → two-dot chain line). Further, when the crank pin 340 rotates counterclockwise around the rotation center O1 so as to go from the point P2 immediately above the rotation center O1 to the point P0 immediately below as shown in FIGS. 32B and C and FIG. The swinging rod 350 returns to its original position after rotating the tip 352 to the left side with the connecting shaft 355 as the rotation center O2. At this time, the fitting pin 363 and the sorting member 260 of the swing arm 360 rotate to the right side with the connecting shaft 355 as the rotation center O2, and then return to the original position (the two-dot chain line in FIG. 33B). → Refer to solid line → two-dot chain line).

  Further, the point where the swing rod 350 returns after rotating to the right side or the left side extends from the rotation center O2 with respect to a circular rotation locus centering on the rotation center O1 of the crankpin 340. The positions where the crank pins 340 are arranged at the positions where the straight lines L1 and L2 are normal lines, that is, the points P1 and P3. Further, when the crank pin 340 goes from the point P1 to the point P3 via the point P2, the sorting member 260 is arranged at the leftmost end LP with the rotation center O2 as the center, and then rotates to the rightmost RP. It becomes. Further, when the crank pin 340 goes from the point P3 to the point P1 via the point P0, the sorting member 260 is arranged at the rightmost end RP with the rotation center O2 as the center and then rotates to the leftmost end LP. It becomes. The rotation trajectory of the crankpin 340 from the point P1 through the point P2 to the point P3 is longer than the rotation trajectory from the point P3 through the point P0 to the point P1, and the crankpin 340 has the rotation center O1. The center is rotating at a constant speed. Therefore, the time for the sorting member 260 to move from the right end RP to the left end LP when moving from the point P3 of the crank pin 340 through the point P0 to the point P1 is from the point P1 of the crank pin 340 to the point P3 through the point P2. The time is shorter than when the sorting member 260 moves from the left end LP to the right end RP. That is, the sorting member 260 returns faster when it moves leftward from the right end RP to the left end LP than when it moves rightward from the left end LP to the right end RP.

  In the embodiment, the distal end portion 285 of the distribution guide plate 280 twists the distribution surface 285a leftward on the rolling route N1 side of the low winning rate route NR. Therefore, even if the sorting member 260 swings left and right symmetrically, the game ball B flowing down from the flow down port 128 of the sorting preparation chamber 125 is substantially rotated by the twisted route S1 side of the S route SR. It becomes easier to roll toward the rolling route N1 side of the N route NR (see FIGS. 26 and 33).

  However, the distribution guide plate 280 has a shape smaller than that of the swinging main body portion 270, and the twist amount Th of the distal end portion 285 is made smaller than the thickness dimension Gt of the guide plate 280 so that the twist of the distal end portion 285 is immediately visually recognized. The game balls flowing down from the flow outlet 128 of the sorting preparation room 125 roll evenly to the rolling route S1 side of the S route SR and the rolling route N1 side of the N route NR. An illusion is given to the player.

  Further, in the embodiment, the sorting / swinging mechanism 310 that swings the sorting member 260 is provided with the quick return mechanism 330. Therefore, at the time of quick return of the quick return mechanism 330, the twisted and inclined distribution guide plate 280 rotates and moves in accordance with the rotational movement of the distribution member 260 from the right end RP to the left end LP, and the left of the upper distribution surface 285a. The time to make the edge 286b higher than the right edge 286a, in other words, the time to turn the sorting surface 285a to the right is shortened, and instantaneously the left edge 286b side is made higher than the right edge 286a, and then As the sorting member 260 rotates and moves from the left end LP to the right end RP, it rotates to lower the left edge 286b. Therefore, in the embodiment, by using the quick return mechanism 330 in combination, the time during which the sorting surface 285a is turned to the right is surely shortened. By using the twist of the tip end portion 285 and the quick return mechanism 330 in combination, Regarding the distribution ratio of the game balls B flowing down from the flow outlet 128 of the distribution preparation room 125, the ratio of stably rolling from the rolling route S1 side of the S route SR to the rolling route N1 side of the N route NR (Probability) is increased, in other words, the rate of rolling from the rolling route N1 side of the N route NR to the rolling route S1 side of the S route SR is lowered.

  Furthermore, since the distribution guide plate 280 of the embodiment is formed of a transparent material, it is difficult for the player to immediately recognize the twist of the tip end portion 285, and does not hinder the game's preference. Furthermore, in the embodiment, the members around the distribution guide plate 280, that is, the distribution rolling path portion 114 and the upper horizontal back plate portion 151 are also formed of a transparent synthetic resin material similar to the distribution guide plate 280, It is difficult to recognize the shape of the distal end portion 280 due to refraction or reflection of light or the like, and the twist step 283 is provided only on the right edge 286a side, and the swinging main body portion 270 has a substantially hemispherical shape. In combination with the fact that the front end 270af is protruded so as to be hidden on the lower surface 273 side, the player becomes more difficult to recognize the twist of the tip 285 and does not hinder the game's preference (FIG. 12). reference).

  The swing of the sorting member 260 provided with the sorting guide plate 280 is operated for a certain period of time with the opening / closing of the opening / closing member 190 and the N route sorting member 710 described later as a trigger. . In the case of the embodiment, this operating time is the time until the game ball that has won the second grand prize winning device 30 is discharged from the second big prize winning device 30. After the winning game ball turns on the second grand prize opening SW34, 35, it can be surely secured until any of the first V prize opening SW37, the second V prize opening SW38, or the discharge opening SW39 is turned on. Time.

[Description of the transfer mechanism that is a component of the base-side structure]
As shown in FIGS. 17 and 34, the transfer mechanism 400 of the base-side structure 300 includes a ring-shaped rotating body 410 and a rotation driving mechanism 470 that rotates the ring-shaped rotating body 410. The ring-shaped rotator 410 constitutes a shared distribution transfer body 409 that can transfer game balls distributed to the S route SR and the N route NR in the S route SR and the N route NR, respectively. Around the front side of the display screen 41 of the device 40, the rotation center axis O3 along the front-rear direction is the center, and when viewed from the front side, it always rotates in a certain direction (clockwise direction in the embodiment). . That is, the ring-shaped rotating body 410 is always driven to rotate together with the sorting member 620 described later from when the gaming machine 1 is powered on.

  In the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the sorting shared transfer body 409 (ring-shaped rotating body 410) is based on the lower end 409a of the rotating transfer body 409 as viewed from the front side (in other words, For example, in the embodiment, the left and right rotation regions are centered on the rotation center axis O3, and the left rotation region is a route for transferring game balls on the N route NR (a V winning transfer route described later) N5. The area on the right side opposite to the rotation direction is used for a route (transfer route to be described later) S3 for transferring game balls on the S route SR.

  As shown in FIGS. 17, 34, and 35, the ring-shaped rotating body 410 is disposed on the rear side of the substantially annular cover panel 500 of the base-side structure 300, and has an annular base plate 411 on the rear surface side. An annular ring gear 420 disposed behind the base plate 411 and a partition frame body 430 disposed on the front side of the base plate 411 are configured.

  The rotation drive mechanism 470 is provided at the upper right of the ring-shaped rotator 410 with a drive motor 480 as a drive source attached to the support member 89 of the panel main body constituting member group 70 and a drive gear 483 fixed to a drive shaft 481 of the drive motor 480. The drive gear 483 is configured to include a driven gear 485, a support roller 490, and a guide block 495, which are meshed with a drive gear 483 and pivotally supported by a support member 89.

  The support rollers 490 are rotatably held by the support member 89 at two locations on the left and right lower sides of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. These support rollers 490 include a concave groove 491 that can accommodate and support the guide rail portion 412 on the outer peripheral edge of the base plate 411 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410, and the ring-shaped rotating body 410 at the time of rotation is supported by the concave groove 491. Is supported from below. The guide block 495 is attached to the support member 39 on the left and right upper sides of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. Each guide block 495 includes a concave groove 496 that can slide on the guide rail portion 412 of the base plate 411 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 during rotation, and the ring-shaped rotating body 410 is rotated using the concave groove 496. Is controlled to guide the rotation of the ring-shaped rotating body 410.

  The driven gear 485 meshes the large gear portion 487 with the tooth groove 421 on the outer periphery of the ring gear 420 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. Therefore, when the drive motor 480 rotates the drive shaft 481 and the drive gear 483, the driven gear 485 that engages the drive gear 483 with the small gear portion 486 rotates, and the large gear portion 487 of the driven gear 485 rotates. The ring-shaped rotating body 410 meshing with the tooth groove 421 of the ring gear 420 is supported by the support roller 490 and the guide block 495, and in a fixed direction (clockwise direction in the embodiment) around the rotation center axis O3. Will rotate.

  In this ring-shaped rotating body 410, the partition frame body 430 fixed to the front surface side of the base plate 411 has a large number of blades radially from the inner cylindrical side cylindrical portion 431 around the rotation center axis O3. The plate 440 is configured to protrude evenly. The thickness dimension FT1 of each blade is set smaller than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B. The inner cylinder portion 431 is disposed with the rear end 431b extending to the inside of the base plate 411 (see FIGS. 36 and 37). In the case of the embodiment, 27 blade blades 440 are disposed as a whole. In addition, the partition frame 430 is provided with a substantially annular outer edge ring portion 432 on the front surface side of the base plate 411 so as to connect the rear edge side of the outer peripheral side of the blade plate 440. An outer peripheral wall 450 projecting forward is formed between predetermined adjacent blades 440 in the outer edge ring portion 432. These outer peripheral walls 450 are arranged so as to connect the outer edges 442 of the adjacent blade plates 440 to each other, and are arranged at three positions that are equidistant from each other around the rotation center axis O3 of the partition frame body 430. Has been.

  And each site | part between the adjacent blade | wing blades 440 between these inner side cylinder parts 431 and outer edge ring parts 432 has the fan-shaped opening 461 seeing from the front side, respectively, The circumferential direction of the ring-shaped rotary body 410 , And a ball housing recess 460 serving as a space for storing game balls. Further, each spherical housing recess 460 is surrounded by an annular back wall 436 formed of an inner cylindrical portion 431, a blade plate 440, a partition frame body 430 and a base plate 411 covering the back side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. Thus, a ball transfer chamber 465 for transferring game balls is configured. Further, as shown in FIGS. 36 and 37, the ball transfer chamber 465 that does not have the outer peripheral wall 450 is a wallless ball transfer chamber 466 that can discharge the game ball from the outer peripheral side, and the outer peripheral wall 450 is What is included is configured as a walled sphere transfer chamber 467 surrounded by the inner cylinder portion 431, the outer peripheral wall 450, and the two blades 440 connected by the outer peripheral wall 450 on the four sides of the upper, lower, left and right sides. . In the case of the embodiment, of the 27 sphere transfer chambers 465, the walled sphere transfer chamber 467 is three, and the wallless sphere transfer chamber 466 is larger in number than the walled sphere transfer chamber 467. The remaining 24 chambers and the walled ball transfer chamber 467 are arranged intermittently (equally spaced in the embodiment) with the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 interposed therebetween.

  It should be noted that at the part of each wallless sphere transfer chamber 466 in the partition frame 430, a rotation center axis is formed on the front surface side of the base plate 411 between the blade plates 440 so as to connect the outer ring portion 432 and the inner cylindrical portion 431. A thin rib 433 is disposed along the radial direction centered on O3. The rib 433 is provided only in the portion of the wallless sphere transfer chamber 466, and there is no rib 433 in the portion of the walled sphere transfer chamber 467, and a decorative protrusion 434 that protrudes forward in a V shape is formed on the base plate 411. It is arranged.

  Each blade 440 increases the amount of forward protrusion from the inner edge 441 on the inner cylindrical portion 431 side to the outer edge 442 on the outer peripheral side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 while partitioning each ball transfer chamber 465. As a trapezoidal plate shape, the front end surface 443 is inclined so as to protrude forward over the outer edge front end portion 444. Due to the inclination of the front end surface 443 of the vane plate 440, the substantial opening area in the opening 461 of each ball transfer chamber 465 is widened so that the game ball B in the ball transfer chamber 465 can be easily seen. . That is, as shown in FIG. 37, if the angle of the front end face 443 inclined rearward from the left-right direction is θb, the projected area along the front-rear direction (the opening of the opening 461 extending the inner edge 441 in the same manner as the outer edge 442) If RO1 is equal to the area, the substantial opening area RO2 of the opening 461 of the embodiment (the area between the front end surfaces 443 of the adjacent blades 440) is RO1 / cos θb. In the embodiment, θb is As 20 °, it is as wide as RO1 × 1.06 (cos 20 °). Note that such a substantial expansion of the opening area RO2 is achieved in the wallless sphere transfer chamber 466 similarly to the walled sphere transfer chamber 467.

  As shown in FIG. 37, the outer peripheral wall 450 of each wall-equipped ball transfer chamber 467 has an amount of forward protrusion (attached to the base plate 411) from the rear wall portion 436 so that the game ball B can be held by its inner surface 450a. FP1 is set to be larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B. Incidentally, in the wallless ball transfer chamber 466, as shown in FIG. 36, the front protrusion amount from the back wall portion 436 (rib 433) in the inner cylinder portion 431 (the front protrusion amount from the rib 433 attached to the base plate 411). ) FP2 is set slightly smaller than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B, and the forward protrusion amount FP3 from the rear wall portion 436 at the outer edge front end 444 of the blade 440 itself is set slightly larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B. Has been.

  In addition, a substantially square annular edge decoration 468 is attached to the front side of the inner cylindrical portion 431, the outer peripheral wall 450, and the blades 440 and 440 at the periphery of the opening 461 of each walled ball transfer chamber 467. . The edge decoration 468 is provided with a protrusion 451 that protrudes inwardly on the front end side of the outer peripheral wall 450 (see FIGS. 37 and 54). Even if the game ball B stored in the walled ball transfer chamber 467 rolls forward on the outer peripheral wall 450, the protrusion 451 engages the game ball B and comes off from the outer peripheral wall 450 to the front side. It is arranged so that it does not exist.

  Further, in the blade plate 440B on the rear side in the rotation direction (clockwise direction when viewed from the front) of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 in each walled ball transfer chamber 467, the inner side surface 446 on the walled ball transfer chamber 467 side has a front end. An inclined surface (guide surface) 448 is provided so as to approach the outer surface 447 side toward the surface 443 (see FIGS. 34, 37, and 44). Therefore, the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is configured to be able to flow down while rolling the game ball B forward when the game ball B is supported on the inclined surface 448.

  In the blade plate 440 that is not connected to the outer peripheral wall 450, a small protruding ridge 449 is disposed on the front edge and the outer edge on the front surface in the rotational direction (clockwise direction when viewed from the front). (See FIGS. 34 and 36). The protrusions 449 are arranged to lock the game ball B so that it does not come off the front side from the blade plate 440 when the game ball B is pushed by the blade plate 440 rotating in the clockwise direction. Yes.

  In the case of the embodiment, although a part of the support member 89 that holds the image display device 40 is disposed behind the inner cylindrical portion 431 (see FIGS. 9 and 11), the portion is a ring-shaped rotation. It is difficult to see from the front side by hiding the body 410. As a result, in the embodiment, except for the vicinity of the rear edge of the S route SR stage 610 in the vicinity of the lower end of the ring-shaped rotating body 410, the image display device 40 behind the inner cylindrical portion 431 has an area around the inner periphery. The display screen 41 can be viewed with good visibility.

[Explanation of cover panel which is a component of base side structure]
As shown in FIGS. 17 and 38 to 40, the cover panel 500 of the base-side structure 300 is composed of the inner peripheral edge 87a of the mounting base 87 in the board body constituting member group 70 of the game board 12, as described above. It is formed from a synthetic resin such as transparent acrylic. The cover panel 500 includes a circular opening 502 at the center so that the display screen 41 of the image display device 40 is exposed. The right side of the periphery of the opening 502 constitutes the S route cover portion 510, and the left side of the periphery of the opening 502 constitutes the N route cover portion 550.

  The S route cover portion 510 has an outer peripheral side cover portion 515 projecting rearward so as to cover the right outer peripheral side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 and a front cover portion 520 that covers the front side of the right side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. And is configured. Two concave portions 516 and 517 that are recessed toward the outer peripheral side are formed on the upper side and the lower side of the outer peripheral side cover portion 515. The recesses 516 and 517 include an S-route transfer port 532 for transferring the game ball B from the flow-down route S2 of the S route SR to the ring-shaped rotating body 410 (the distribution shared transfer body 409), and the distribution shared transfer body. And an S-route outlet 541 through which the game balls transferred by 409 flow out. And these recessed parts 516 and 517 are the rotation center axis | shafts of the ring-shaped rotary body 410 a little from the rotation locus of the ball | bowl transfer chamber 465 of the ring-shaped rotary body 410, respectively with the corresponding transfer port 532 and the outflow port 541. Arranged to be offset and opened outwardly away from O3. A surface on the inner peripheral side of the recess 517 is a tapered surface 517a that slightly opens outward in the left-right direction toward the front side.

  By the way, in the S route SR, the game ball B flows down from the S route transfer port 532 to the ball transfer chamber 465 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 and flows out of the S route outlet 541 from the ball transfer chamber 465. A route through which the game balls B are transferred by the ball transfer chamber 465 is provided as a transfer route S3 between a flow-down route S2 and a distribution route S4 described later (see FIG. 11). The transfer route S3 is a route at the second branch route (S route) SR, and can be said to be a second transfer route.

  Further, in the front cover portion 520 of the S route cover portion 510, a flat surface portion 521 which is located on the outer peripheral side and is disposed substantially along the vertical direction, and the sorting shared transfer body 409 from the inner edge side of the flat surface portion 521. A tapered surface portion 522 that narrows in a mortar shape toward the rear side toward the rotation center axis O3 side of the (ring-shaped rotating body 410). In the area extending between the flat surface portion 521 and the tapered surface portion 522 on the upper and lower sides of the front cover portion 520, an S route transfer passage portion 530 and an S route outflow passage portion 540 are formed, respectively. The tapered surface portion 522 on the inner peripheral edge side of the front cover portion 520 has a front end 522a inclined toward the rear side toward the rotation center axis O3 side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 and approaches the front end 431a of the inner cylinder portion 431. It arrange | positions so that it may overlap with the front side of 431a (refer FIG. 36).

  As described above, the transfer route section 530 for the S route is for transferring the game ball B from the flow down route S2 of the S route SR to the ring-shaped rotating body 410 (sorting shared transfer body 409) (see FIG. 60, 62), and a transfer flange 534 having a U-shaped cross section protruding forward from the front cover 520. Further, on the rear side of the S route guide collar 152 in the lower partition member 150 of the center ornament assembly 100, a transport collar 534 is continuous. An S route transfer port 532 for allowing the game ball B to flow down into the ball transfer chamber 465 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 is opened at the rear end of the transfer saddle portion 534. The S route guide rod portion 152 and the transfer rod portion 534 are lowered downward toward the rear, and the game ball B is moved through the S route transfer port 532 into the ball transfer chamber 465 (the ball receiving recess 460). From the opening 461 opened to the front, it can smoothly flow down to the rear and be transferred to the ball transfer chamber 465. Incidentally, the transfer route section 530 for the S route is a portion for allowing the game ball B to flow into the ball transfer chamber 465 in the second branch route (S route) SR, and can be said to be a second inflow portion.

  In the case of the embodiment, the S route transfer port 532 and the transfer saddle portion 534 are substantially right along the horizontal direction of the rotation center axis O3 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 (sorting shared transfer body 409). It is arranged on the side (see FIG. 38). Further, the S-route transfer port 532 has an opening area through which the game ball B can be inserted, and in the case of the embodiment, the outer edge ring portion 432 including the outer peripheral wall 450 in the partition frame body 430 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. The right edge 852 of the peripheral edge 850 is arranged slightly outside from the front of the rotation center axis O3 (see FIG. 63).

  Further, in the S route transfer path section 530 near the S route transfer port 532, the game ball B accommodated in the ball transfer chamber 465 includes a blade plate 440 that partitions the rotating ball transfer chamber 465, and S A ball biting prevention mechanism 800, which will be described later, is arranged so as not to bite between the peripheral part of the route transfer port 532 (the lower edge 851 at the peripheral edge 850 of the flow down port 533).

  Furthermore, the ball transfer chamber 465 to which the game ball B is transferred from the S route transfer port 532 is only the wallless ball transfer chamber 466. This is because, in the walled ball transfer chamber 467, as shown in FIGS. 67 and 68, the outer peripheral wall 450 protrudes close to the rear right side near the center of the S route transfer port 532, and the outer peripheral wall 450. This hinders the transfer of the game ball B, and the game ball B cannot flow down to the walled ball transfer chamber 467. If the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 is arranged behind the S route transfer port 532 by rotating, the game ball B can be smoothly transferred to the S route transfer port 532 and the opening 461 by the amount of the outer peripheral wall 450. Then, it flows down to the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 (see FIGS. 64 and 66).

  As shown in FIGS. 10, 11, and 38 to 41, the S route outflow passage portion 540 includes a front U-shaped outflow trough 543 from the lower edge periphery of the S route outlet 541 in the front cover portion 520. It is configured to protrude forward. In the case of the embodiment, the S-route outlet 541 and the outflow trough 543 are located below the S-route transfer port 532 and centered on the rotation center axis O3 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 (sorting shared transfer body 409). It is arranged at the diagonally lower right position. The outflow saddle portion 543 is connected to a restriction wall 544 that protrudes forward from the right edge 542a of the peripheral edge 542 of the S route outlet 541 so as to be continuous with the tapered surface 517a of the concave portion 517 of the outer peripheral side cover portion 515. A ceiling wall 546 arranged on the right side of the upper edge 542c of the S route outlet 541 extending leftward from the upper edge of the wall 544, and an S route outlet 541 extending leftward from the lower edge of the regulating wall 544. And a rolling wall 545 that extends to the left to the stage 610 of the S route distribution mechanism 600. Further, as described above, the S route guide rib portion 155 of the lower partition member 150 is disposed close to the front side of the outflow saddle portion 543 (see FIGS. 10 and 41). Therefore, the game ball B flowing out from the S route outlet 541 rolls on the rolling surface 545b on the upper surface of the rolling wall 545 while being guided by the rear end surface 155c of the S route guide rib portion 155. It will flow into the rolling path 611 in the stage 610 of the distribution mechanism 600. Incidentally, the S route outflow passage portion 540 is a portion for allowing the game ball B to flow out from the ball transfer chamber 465 (the wallless ball transfer chamber 466) in the second branch route (S route) SR, and the second outflow portion. In any case, the outflow saddle 543 can be said to be the second outflow saddle.

  The S-route outlet 541 is disposed obliquely lower right with the rotation center axis O3 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 (sorting shared transfer body 409) as the center. Further, the S-route outlet 541 has an opening area through which the game ball B can be inserted, and the right edge 542a of the peripheral edge 542 connected to the outwardly opening tapered surface 517a of the outer peripheral side cover portion 515 is connected to the ring-shaped rotating body 410. In the partition frame body 430, the outer peripheral wall 450 including the outer peripheral wall 450 is disposed slightly outside the rotation center axis O3 from the front. Therefore, the game ball B stored in the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 is located near the outer edge 442 of the blade 440F on the rotation direction side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 in the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 stored in the game ball B. Since the inner surface 446 of the vane plate 440F is lowered to the right toward the outer edge 442 when the diameter dimension is equal to or more than the BD and it is separated downward from the upper edge 542c of the S route outlet 541, the vicinity of the outer edge 442 and the tapered surface 517a , It flows out forward from the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 and is discharged to the rolling surface 545b side of the outflow flange 543 (see FIGS. 38 and 41).

  The N-route cover 550 includes an outer cover 555 projecting rearward so as to cover the left outer periphery of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 and a front cover 560 that covers the left front surface of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. And an N-route transfer path 570 on the lower side of the cover panel 500.

  As shown in FIGS. 9, 11, 38, and 39, the N route transfer path portion 570 is configured so that the lower portions of the front cover portions 520 and 560 of the S route cover portion 510 and the N route cover portion 550 are arranged in the left-right direction. An N-route transfer port 571 is provided on the center rear side in the left-right direction and extending vertically. An N route distribution mechanism 700 is disposed at the N route transfer port 571. In addition, on the left and right sides of the N route transfer port 571, there are disposed restriction wall portions 572 and 573 protruding from the lower front side of the front cover portions 520 and 560 of the S route cover portion 510 and the N route cover portion 550. Has been. These regulating wall portions 572 and 573 are arranged so that the game balls B flowing down to the left and right of the N route distribution member 710 of the N route distribution mechanism 700 can be separated from each other on the left and right sides so that they can smoothly come off and flow down to the flow route N7. Guidance is provided by the side surfaces 572a and 573a.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 38, 39, 43, and 44, a through-hole 557 that continues to the V-winning collar 587 provided with the first V-winning port 32 is formed in the left-right direction on the upper side of the outer peripheral cover portion 555. It arrange | positions so that it may penetrate.

  Furthermore, the front side cover part 560 is located on the outer peripheral side, and is provided with a flat surface part 561 disposed substantially along the vertical direction, and the sorting shared transfer body 409 (ring-shaped rotating body 410) from the inner edge side of the flat surface part 561. And a tapered surface portion 562 that narrows in a mortar shape on the rear side toward the rotation center axis O3 side. Similarly to the tapered surface portion 522 on the S route SR side, the tapered surface portion 562 on the inner peripheral edge side of the front cover portion 560 also has a tip 562a inclined rearward toward the rotation center axis O3 side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. It arrange | positions so that it may approach the front end 431a of the inner side cylinder part 431, and it may overlap with the front side of the front end 431a (refer FIG. 36).

  And these taper surface parts 562 and 522 incline the front-end | tips 562a and 522a side used as an inner periphery side toward the rotation center axis | shaft O3 side of the ring-shaped rotary body 410, and the projection area of the front-back direction As a result, the substantial area is increased by the amount of inclination, and the game balls B in the ball transfer chamber 465 are easily seen by the transparent tapered surface portions 562 and 522 having a larger area. That is, as shown in FIG. 37, if the angle inclined backward on the tip 562a side of the tapered surface portion 562 is θp, the projected area along the front-rear direction (the area where the portion of the tapered surface portion 562 is simply along the front-rear direction) Is equal to RP1, the substantial area RP2 of the tapered surface portion 562 of the embodiment is RP1 / cos θp. In the embodiment, θp is 32 ° and RP1 × 1.18 (cos 32 °) is wide. doing. Such an action / effect is similarly achieved in the tapered surface portion 522.

  Further, an N-route outflow passage 580 is formed in an area extending between the flat surface portion 561 and the tapered surface portion 562 on the upper side of the front cover portion 560. The N-route outflow passage 580 is a part through which the game ball flows out to the first V winning opening 32.

  Incidentally, in the N route NR, as shown in FIGS. 54 and 56, the game ball B passes through the rolling surface 120 a of the bottom plate 120 and the upper surface 720 a of the distribution guide plate 720 in the N route distribution member 710 of the N route distribution mechanism 700. If it rolls up backwards, it will flow down to the walled ball transfer chamber 467, and it will be played by the walled ball transfer chamber 467 from the walled ball transfer chamber 467 until it flows out of the N route outflow passage 580. The route through which the ball B is transferred is designated as a V winning transfer route N5 (see FIG. 9). The V winning transfer route N5 is a route along the first branch route (N route) NR, and can be said to be the first transfer route.

  In the case of the embodiment, in the N route NR, even if the game ball B rolls backward on the upper surface 720a of the distribution guide plate 720 in the N route distribution member 710 of the N route distribution mechanism 700, the wallless ball transfer chamber If it flows into 466, the transfer by the subsequent rotation will be a detachment transfer route (detachment route) N6. That is, in this off-route transfer route N6, the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 does not include the outer peripheral wall 450 unlike the wall-equipped ball transfer chamber 467, and is located at the position of the outflow outlet 784 of the N route distribution mechanism 700. This is because, if it is arranged, the game ball comes off the outer peripheral side of the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 and flows down to the discharge port 784 (see FIG. 58). For this reason, the route for rolling the upper surface 720a of the sorting guide plate 720 to the rear is that the game ball B may be transferred to an off transfer route (out route) N6 where V winning is not possible. There is a case where the route N5 is entered, so that the winning expected route N4 in the N route NR is obtained.

  In the case of the embodiment, the front portion of the lower end 409 a of the rotating ring-shaped rotating body 410, that is, the portion where the bottom plate 120 and the distribution guide plate 720 near the N route transfer path 570 are arranged in the first branch route N route) This is a part where the game ball B flows into the ball transfer chamber 465 in the NR, and can be said to be a first inflow part.

  The outflow passage portion 580 for the N route penetrates in the front-rear direction slightly beyond the right side of the front cover portion 560 beyond the left side along the horizontal direction of the rotation center axis O3 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. The N-route outlet 581 is opened. Further, in the N route outflow passage 580, the game ball B protruding forward from the periphery of the N route outlet 581 and flowing down from the N route outlet 581 is moved to the left V winning saddle portion 587. And an outflow saddle portion 583 to be rolled (see FIGS. 43 and 44).

  The outflow saddle portion 583 opens an opening (becomes the first V winning port 32) connected to the left V winning saddle portion 587, and the right edge 582a, the lower edge 582b of the peripheral edge 582 of the N route outlet 581, And it protrudes ahead from the upper edge 582c, and is formed in the substantially box shape provided with the front wall part 584 which block | closes the front. And the rolling wall 585 used as a bottom wall is arrange | positioned so that the rolling surface 585a of the upper surface may turn left.

  The V winning saddle portion 587 extends to the rear surface side of the cover panel 500, and further downwards on the rear surface of the mounting base 87 using the cover panel 500 and a hook plate 88 (see FIG. 43) attached to the rear surface side. The first V prize opening SW37 is disposed in the middle (see FIG. 3).

  In the N-route outflow passage 580, the walled ball transfer chamber 467 into which the game ball B enters is rotated to the position of the N-route outlet 581 so that the inclined surface 448 of the blade 440B becomes the N-route. When placed above the lower edge 582b of the outlet 581, the game ball B in the walled ball transfer chamber 467 rolls forward on the inclined surface 448 that is lowered forward as shown in FIGS. Then, it is transferred to the rolling surface 585a of the N route outflow passage 580. Thereafter, the game ball B rolls to the left on the rolling surface 585a and wins the first V winning opening 32. Incidentally, the N route outflow passage portion 580 is a portion for allowing the game ball B to flow out from the ball transfer chamber 465 (the walled ball transfer chamber 467) on the first branch route (N route) NR. It can be said.

  In the cover panel 500, the positioning protrusions 158 and 161 of the center ornament assembly 100 are inserted into the left and right restriction wall portions 572 and 573 of the N route transfer path portion 570 and the upper edge periphery of the opening 502. A positioning hole 501 is provided for this purpose.

[Description of S route distribution mechanism]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the S route distribution mechanism 600 is configured by disposing a stage 610 for rolling a game ball in front of the image display device 40 below the center accessory 25. This S route distribution mechanism 600 is a prize distribution mechanism, and as shown in FIGS. 6, 11, 45, 47, covers through the transfer route S 3 by the ring-shaped rotating body 410 (distribution shared transfer body 409) of the S route SR. The game ball B rolling on the rolling surface 545b of the panel 500 is caused to flow into the distribution route S4 on the stage 610 and win the prize winning route S5 or the exit route S6 for winning the second V winning opening 33. It is something to distribute. 41, 42, and 45 to 47, the S route distribution mechanism 600 includes the stage 610, the distribution member 620, the distribution rotation mechanism 630 that rotates the distribution member 620, the mounting plate 650, and the partition support plate. 660 and a front plate 670.

  The sorting and rotating mechanism 630 fixes a drive motor 640 as a drive source having a drive shaft 641, a drive gear 643 fixed to the drive shaft 641, and a driven gear 645 meshing with the drive gear 643, and has an upper end. A rotation shaft 647 to which the sorting member 620 is fixed is provided.

  The sorting member 620 is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape, and is provided with three concave portions capable of accommodating the game balls B, which are recessed in three radial positions on the outer periphery and recessed toward the rotation shaft 647 serving as the rotation center. Has been. Of these recesses, one recess serves as a V winning storage recess 624 and the other two recesses serve as release storage recesses 621 and 622. A bottom plate 623 is disposed at the lower end side of the two detachable storage recesses 621 and 622 so as to close the lower portions of the detachment storage recesses 621 and 622. The V winning storage recess 624 does not include such a bottom plate 623, and the recess is simply penetrated vertically.

  As described above, the sorting member 620 is always driven to rotate when the gaming machine 1 is powered on as described above. In the embodiment, the sorting member 620 rotates together with the rotating shaft 647 in the clockwise direction. . Further, the rotary shaft 647 is inclined with the upper end side forward from the lower end side (in the case of the embodiment, about 30 ° from the vertical direction), and the bottom plate 623 of each detachable storage recess 621, 622 is from the horizontal direction. It rotates about the rotation axis 647 in a state of being lowered forward by about 30 ° (see FIG. 42).

  The drive motor 640 is fixed to the lower surface side of a mounting base portion 651 having a substantially rectangular plate shape with a front lowering on the upper end side of the mounting plate 650. The mounting plate 650 includes an insertion hole 652 through which the drive shaft 641 of the drive motor 640 is inserted, and a V winning opening 653 on the left side of the mounting base portion 651, and a stage 610 on the front edge side. A discharge collar 654 that is continuous with a later-described release discharge path 613 is disposed.

  The partition support plate 660 includes a shaft support 661 that supports the rotation shaft 647 at the center in the left-right direction at the top. The partition support plate 660 is sequentially opened on the left side of the shaft support portion 661 with a V winning heel portion 665 extending rearward by opening the second V winning opening 33 on the upper end side and a discharge opening 663 on the upper end. In this manner, a discharge hook 662 that extends downward and extends above the V winning opening 653 of the mounting plate 650 is partitioned and disposed. The second V winning port 33 at the upper end of the V winning saddle portion 665 is connected to each of the storage recesses 621 and 622 for detachment and the V winning award when the distributing member 620 fixed to the rotating shaft 647 supported by the shaft support portion 661 rotates. It is disposed below the area through which the storage recess 624 passes. Further, as described above, the shaft support portion 661 supports the rotating shaft 647 by tilting the upper end side forward by about 30 ° from the lower end side.

  The front plate 670 is provided with a mounting plate 650 and a partition support plate 660 to which a rotation shaft 647 and the like to which the drive motor 640 and the sorting member 620 are fixed are attached. It is a member attached to. In addition, left and right support plates 680 and 681 provided with LEDs that emit light below the stage 610 are also attached to the front plate 670.

  The stage 610 is provided with a groove-shaped rolling path 611, an inflow path 612, and a detachment discharge path 613 on the upper surface side, and a distribution member 620 on the rear edge side in the center in the left-right direction. It is configured by penetrating the opening 615 in the vertical direction. The rolling path 611 is disposed along the left-right direction on the front edge side of the stage 610, and can receive the game ball from the rolling surface 545b of the cover panel 500 from the right edge side and roll to the left edge side. And this rolling path 611 is comprised so that the center vicinity of the left-right direction may be lowest from the left-right edge side, and the inflow path 612 is connected to the back side of the center of the left-right direction. This inflow passage 612 rolls the game ball B toward the sorting member 620 side, and surrounds the lower edge side of the sorting member 620 in a bowl shape, and continues to the front edge side of the storage opening 615. . Further, the detachment discharge path 613 is arranged so as to extend to the left along the left edge side of the inflow path 612, and the detachment discharge port 614 communicating with the discharge opening 663 of the partition support plate 660 is opened on the left end side. I am letting.

  In the S route distribution mechanism 600, as shown in FIG. 41, the game ball B that has rolled to the left on the rolling surface 545b of the cover panel 500 first enters the rolling path 611 of the stage 610 and rolls. After rolling the path 611 right and left, it rolls rearward from the central inflow path 612 toward the sorting member 620.

  At this time, as shown in A of FIGS. 41, 42, and 47, if the game ball B enters the V winning storage recess 624, it has entered the winning route S5 of the S route SR, and the V winning is achieved. Unlike the detachable storage recesses 621 and 622, the storage recess 624 for the compartment is not provided with the bottom plate 623, so that the receiving seat on the front side of the shaft support portion 661 of the partition support plate 660 is stored in the storage recess 624 for V prize 666. Next, the sorting member 620 rotates integrally with the rotating shaft 647 in the clockwise direction, and the V winning storage recess 624 is detached from the receiving seat 666 together with the game ball B and is disposed above the second V winning opening 33. Then, the game ball B will win the second V winning opening 33. Then, the game ball moves backward through the lower V winning saddle 665 (see FIG. 46), further flows down through the V winning opening 653 of the mounting plate 650, and the second V winning opening SW38 is arranged. It will pass the rear side member 790 (refer FIG. 50) mentioned later of the N route distribution mechanism 700 made.

  On the other hand, if the game ball B rolling rearward from the inflow path 612 toward the sorting member 620 enters the detaching recesses 621 and 622 as shown in FIGS. Since the ball has entered the route S 6, the game ball B is stored in each of the storage recesses 621 and 622 without contacting the receiving seat 666 by the bottom plate 623 of each of the storage recesses 621 and 622. It becomes the state. Then, when the sorting member 620 rotates clockwise, and the detachment storage recesses 621 and 622 face the detachment discharge port 614 side of the detachment discharge path 613, the rotation shaft 647 with the upper end side disposed on the front side Since the sorting member 620 is integrally rotated clockwise, the openings 621a and 622a on the outer peripheral side of the sorting member 620 are opened obliquely downward, and the bottom plate 623 is also lowered forward. B is released from the openings 621a and 622a and flows down to the discharge path 613 side. As shown in FIGS. 46 and 52, the game ball B includes a detachment discharge port 614, a discharge opening 663 of the partition support plate 660, a discharge ridge 654, and a discharge ridge 654 of the attachment plate 650. It passes through a discharge saddle portion 788, which will be described later, of the N route distribution mechanism 700 provided with the exit SW39.

[Description of N route distribution mechanism]
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, the N route distribution mechanism 700 includes a distribution shared transfer body 409 (ring-shaped rotation body) having two types of ball transfer chambers 465, a wallless ball transfer chamber 466 and a walled ball transfer chamber 467. Body 410) and a mechanism main body 705 disposed on the lower front side of the stage 610 of the S route distribution mechanism 600 in the lower part of the center accessory 25. The N route distribution mechanism 700 is a winning distribution mechanism, and as shown in FIGS. 48 and 49, passes through a flow down route N2 in the center ornament assembly 100 of the N route NR, and then moves backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120. The game ball B rolling in the direction V is passed through a distribution route N3 using a distribution member 710 that moves up and down (reciprocating up and down), and as shown in FIG. The route is distributed to any one of the route N5, the off-route route N6, and the off-flow route N7.

  More specifically, the decorative portion 711 at the upper end of the sorting member 710 moves up and down at a position opposite to the rear side of the game ball B that moves backward on the bottom plate 120 when the mechanism main body 705 of the sorting mechanism 700 is operated. It is arranged to be moved. Therefore, in the distribution route N3, the game balls B rolling backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 are first different in the vertical arrangement position of the distribution member 710 that reciprocates up and down as shown in FIG. Thus, the prize-winning expected route N4 that flows into the ball transfer chamber 465 of the sorting shared transfer body 409 and the outflow route (outflow route) N7 that flows down to the outflow outlets 785 and 786 are distributed. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, the game ball B that has flowed down to the ball transfer chamber 465 through the winning expected route N4 is changed depending on whether the ball transfer chamber 465 is a wallless ball transfer chamber 466 or a walled ball transfer chamber 467. It is distributed to either the V prize transfer route N5 for winning the 1V prize winning port 32 or the outflow transfer route N6 flowing down to the outflow discharge port 784.

  As shown in FIGS. 50 to 53, the mechanism main body 705 of the N route distribution mechanism 700 includes a distribution member 710, a distribution lifting mechanism 750 for moving the distribution member 710 up and down, a mounting plate 770, and a rolling member 780. It is configured.

  As shown in FIG. 51, the sorting member 710 includes a decoration portion 711 disposed on the upper end side and a support portion 730 that supports the decoration portion 711. As shown in FIG. 53, the decoration part 711 includes a decoration main body part 712 that mimics the head of a monster, and a distribution guide plate 720 provided at the upper end of the decoration main body part 712. The decoration main body 712 is configured by providing a painted portion (decoration painting portion) 715 painted on the front side. The decorative coating portion 715 is formed by applying a paint 717 on the surface of a base 713 provided with unevenness 714 that mimics the eyes and nose of the face. This coating is performed by applying a predetermined paint 717 to the front surface of the base 713 by a printing process such as transfer, or a coating process such as brush coating or spray coating. The base 713 of the decoration main body 712 is formed by coloring a synthetic resin material such as polyacetal or ABS resin, and the decoration general part 716 other than the decoration coating part 715 is the synthetic resin material itself forming the base 713. It is colored by the ground color that is colored.

  The distribution guide plate 720 has a home base plate shape, and an upper surface 720a is disposed so as to incline backward and downward, thereby forming a guide surface 723 capable of rolling the game ball B backward. That is, as shown in FIGS. 54, 56 and 58, the guide surface 723 constitutes a winning expected route N4 in the N route NR distribution route N3. In addition, the front end surface 720b of the distribution guide plate 720 serves as a top portion 725 that protrudes the center in the left-right direction forward, and the left and right sides of the top portion 725 are externally exposed on both the left and right sides when sliding with the game ball B moving backward. Displacement discharge surfaces 726 and 727 that are displaced in the direction are used. In the case of the embodiment, the distribution guide plate 720 has a width dimension WL in the left-right direction larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B, and a width dimension TB on the outer peripheral side of the ball transfer chamber 465 of the distribution shared transfer body 409. The depth dimension FL in the front-rear direction is set slightly larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B.

  When the sorting guide plate 720 is disposed at the lower end position DP where the sorting member 710 that moves up and down is lowered, as shown in FIGS. 54, 56, and 58, the guide surface (rolling surface) 723 of the upper surface 720a is A game ball B that moves backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 of the downstream route N2 of the N route NR so as to be able to form the winning expected route N4, rolls backward on the guide surface 723, and rotates. It is set so that it can flow down to the transfer chamber 465. That is, the size and shape of the distribution guide plate 720, the arrangement position of the lower end position DP, and the like can form the winning expectation route N4, and the N route guide back plate portion of the bottom plate 120 of the center ornament assembly 100 and the lower partition member 150. It is set corresponding to the lower end of 153 (near the concave portion 154c on the lower end side of the lower annular back plate 154) or the arrangement position of the sorting shared transfer body 409 and the like. Incidentally, in the embodiment, the distribution guide plate 720 at the lower end position DP is arranged such that the height of the rear edge 720c is the outer edge of the blade plate 440 facing in the left-right direction in the ball transfer chamber 456 at the lowermost end of the shared transfer body 409. The front end surface 720b of the sorting guide plate 720 is slightly lower than the rear edge 120ab of the rolling surface 120a of the front bottom plate 120. (See FIG. 54). Of course, the separation distance in the front-rear direction between the front end surface 720b and the rear edge 120ab of the rolling surface 120a is set small so that the game ball B rolls smoothly from the rolling surface 120a to the upper surface 720a.

  Further, when the ascending / descending sorting member 710 is disposed at the raised upper end position UP, the detachment discharge surfaces 726 and 727 of the front end surface 720b form the detachment flow down route N7 as shown in FIGS. The game ball B moving backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 of the flow down route N2 of the N route NR can flow down to the left and right outflow discharge ports 785 and 786 of the sorting guide plate 720. Is set. In other words, the size and shape of the distribution guide plate 720, the arrangement position of the upper end position UP, and the like can form the outflow flow down route N7, and the N route guide back plate portion of the bottom plate 120 of the center ornament assembly 100 and the lower partition member 150. It is set corresponding to the position of the lower end of 153 (in the vicinity of the recess 154c on the lower end side of the lower annular back plate portion 154) or the detachment outlets 785, 786. Incidentally, the distribution guide plate 720 at the upper end position UP has a height position of the rear edge 720c substantially the same as the inner cylindrical portion 431 in the ball transfer chamber 465 at the lowermost end of the shared shared transfer body 409 in the embodiment. It is set to be placed in.

  In the case of the embodiment, the detachment discharge surfaces 726 and 727 are planar except for the vicinity of the top portion 725 when viewed from above, and the crossing angle θc is about 120 ° (see FIG. 53). The top portion 725 is formed as an R-shaped arc surface having a radius dimension rc of about 1.5 mm. Therefore, when the distribution guide plate 720 is disposed in the vicinity of the upper end position UP, and the game ball B rolls backward on the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120, the game ball B is not always rotated. While being supported on the moving surface 120a, the front surface is received and stays in the vicinity of the R-shaped top portion 725, and then the upper surface 720a of the sorting guide plate 720 is moved backward as the sorting guide plate 720 descends. It is possible to enter the winning winning expected route N4 (see FIG. 41).

  As shown in FIG. 53, the support member 730 of the sorting member 710 is formed in a fork-like shape from the upper horizontal plate portion 731 extending in the left-right direction with the decorative portion 711 fixed to the upper surface and the left and right edges of the upper horizontal plate portion 731. Side wall portions 732 and 732 that extend downward, and a lower horizontal plate portion 736 that connects the rear edge sides of the lower ends of the left and right side wall portions 732 and 732 to each other are configured. As shown in FIGS. 52, 53 and 56, guide pieces 733 and 734 extending intermittently along the vertical direction are provided on the outer surface side of the left and right side wall portions 732 and 732 on the front edge side. A hook 735 protrudes behind the guide piece portions 733 and 734. The guide piece portions 733 and 734 serve as a portion where the vertical movement is guided between the guide rail 740 attached to the rear surface side of the attachment plate 770 and the attachment plate 770. The left and right hooks 735 are engaged with upper ends of springs (tensile coil springs) 745 whose lower ends are fixed to the mounting plate 770 with screws 747. On the left side of the rear edge of the lower horizontal plate portion 736, a locking piece portion 737 that protrudes rearward is disposed.

  The reason why the support portion 730 of the sorting member 710 is formed in a bifurcated shape on the left and right is because the first start winning device 48 is disposed below the center of the center accessory 25 in the left-right direction ( This is because the first start winning device 48 is straddled from side to side and smoothly connected to the sorting lift mechanism 750 so as not to interfere with the first start winning device 48.

  As shown in FIGS. 52, 53, and 56, the sorting / elevating mechanism 750 includes a drive motor 760 as a drive source, a cam 762 that is fixed to a drive shaft 761 of the drive motor 760 and has a pressing projection 763 protruding therefrom, and , And a rocking lever 765. The drive motor 760 is attached to the rear surface side of the rolling member 780 attached to the attachment plate 770, and projects a portion where the cam 762 of the drive shaft 761 is fixed forward from the rolling member 780. The swing lever 765 extends in the left-right direction with a shaft support 766 near the center in the left-right direction supported by the mounting plate 770, a push-down piece 767 is provided on the right end side, and a push-up piece 768 is provided on the left end side. It is configured. The push-up piece 768 is arranged so as to contact the lower surface of the locking piece 737 of the sorting member 710, and the push-down piece 767 is rotated by the drive shaft 761 (rotation in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from the front). When the accompanying cam 762 rotates, the cam 762 is pushed downward by the pressing projection 763 of the cam 762, and as shown in FIGS. It is configured to rotate in the direction. As the swing lever 765 rotates in the clockwise direction, the push-up piece 768 of the swing lever 765 pushes up the locking piece 737 of the sort member 710, so that the sort member 710 moves the guide pieces 733 and 734. While sliding on the guide rail 740, the upper end position UP is raised against the urging force of the spring 745. When the pressing protrusion 763 is separated from the pressing piece 767 with the rotation of the cam 762, the allocating member 710 is lowered to the lower end position DP by the biasing force of the spring 745, and the locking piece 737 is pushed up. By pushing down 768, the swing lever 765 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft support 766 as the center of rotation, and returns to the original position.

  Therefore, in this sorting member 710, when the drive motor 760 rotates the cam 762 together with the drive shaft 761, the straight line up and down so that the cam 762 rises from the lower end position DP to the upper end position UP and then returns to the lower end position DP. It will reciprocate. In addition, as described above, the ascending / descending of the sorting member 710 is also activated for a predetermined time with the small hitting as the swing of the sorting member 260 and the opening / closing of the opening / closing member 190.

  As shown in FIGS. 50 to 52, the attachment plate 770 of the mechanism main body 705 in the distribution mechanism 700 holds the rolling member 780 and the rear member 790 and uses the rolling member 780 or the like directly. Indirectly, the members of the sorting and lifting mechanism 750 are held, and the mechanism main body 705 is attached to the attachment base 87 and the support member 89. Further, the mounting plate 770 can accommodate a first start winning device 48 (see FIG. 49) on the lower edge side of the center in the left-right direction, and can secure a space through which a game ball won in the first starting port 49 can pass. Further, a storage recess 775 that is recessed upward is provided. The side wall part 732 in the support part 730 of the sorting member 710 is disposed so as to straddle the periphery of the storage recess 775 (see FIG. 56).

  The rolling member 780 is configured to include an upper portion 781 provided with a rolling wall 782 in which the center in the left-right direction is recessed downward on the upper surface side. This rolling wall 782 corresponds to the three ball transfer chambers 465 arranged on the lower end side of the sorting shared transfer body 409 and is disposed so as to be recessed along the outer periphery thereof (FIG. 48). reference). Further, on the left edge side of the rolling wall 782, a detachment outlet 784 is disposed so as to penetrate vertically. The detachment outlet 784 serves as a part where the game ball of the transfer route N6 deviates from the N route NR, and the game ball that has passed through the detachment outlet 614 in the detachment route S6 of the S route SR passes below. It will be.

  The rolling wall 782 covers the outer peripheral side near the lower end of the rotating ring-shaped rotating body 410 except for the detachment outlet 784 between the outer peripheral side cover portions 515 and 555 of the cover panel 500. It can also be said to be a side cover portion 590.

  Further, on the front wall 783 that descends downward from the front edge of the rolling wall 782 of the upper portion 781, the discharge flanges 783a and 783b protrude from the vicinity of both the left and right edges of the rolling wall 782 to the front side. Displacement outlets 785 and 786 are provided. As described above, these outflow discharge ports 785 and 786 are used to flow the game ball B of the outflow flow down route N7 of the N route NR. The game balls B that cannot slide through the route N4 and are in sliding contact with the detachment discharge surfaces 726 and 727 flow down to the detachment discharge ports 785 and 786. Note that the game ball B passing through the outflow route N7 passes through the discharge saddle portion 787 below the rolling wall 782, rolls to the left, and passes through the outflow outlet 784. A game ball or a game ball from an upper route S6 of the S route SR above it also joins and passes through a discharge collar 788 extending from the left edge side of the rolling member 780 to the front lower side. The discharge saddle portion 788 is provided with a discharge port SW39 provided on the rear member 790 and capable of detecting a game ball. The discharge port SW39 is a second V winning port for the S route SR and the N route NR. The gaming balls that have not won 33 or the first V winning opening 32 are shared and detected.

  The rear member 790 is disposed on the rear side of the rolling member 780, and in addition to the discharge port SW39, a second V winning port SW38 for detecting a game ball won in the second V winning port 33 is also assembled. These switch storage portions 791 and 792 are provided.

  In this N route distribution mechanism 700, the game balls B rolling on the rolling surfaces 118a and 119a in the downstream route N2 of the N route NR and rolling backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 are The distribution route is distributed to each route of the distribution route N3. That is, if the sorting guide plate 720 of the sorting member 710 that reciprocates up and down is not at the lower end position DP, the game ball B rolling backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, after the flow is discharged to the right and left discharge outlets 785 and 786 by the release discharge surfaces 726 and 727 of the distribution guide plate 720, and after flowing down to the discharge outlets 785 and 786, Then, after passing through the discharge hooks 783a and 783b and the discharge hook 787 below the rolling wall 782 (refer to FIG. 52), it enters the discharge hook 788 and turns on the discharge port SW39.

  On the other hand, if the distribution guide plate 720 is disposed near the lower end position DP, as shown in FIGS. 54, 56 and 58, the game ball B rolling backward from the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 is guided. Ride on the winning expectation route N4 rolling backward on the surface 723, and enter the ball transfer chamber 465 of the rotating shared shared transfer body 409. At this time, if the ball transfer chamber 465 into which the game ball has entered is a wallless ball transfer chamber 466, the game ball B has been transferred to the detachment transfer route N6 as shown in FIGS. . In this case, when the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 passes over the rolling wall 782 of the rolling member 780 due to the rotation of the sorting shared transfer body 409, the game ball B is located on the rear side in the rotation direction of the wallless ball transfer chamber 466. If the rolling surface 782a on the upper surface of the rolling wall 782 is rolled while being pushed by the blade plate 440B, and the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 is disposed above the outflow outlet 784 of the rolling member 780. The game ball B flows down to the detachment discharge port 784, and is further discharged to the discharge hook 788 (see FIG. 52), thereby turning on the discharge port SW39.

  On the contrary, as shown in FIGS. 54 and 56, if the ball transfer chamber 465 into which the game ball B entered is a ball transfer chamber 467 with a wall, the game ball B has been transferred to the V winning transfer route N5. . That is, unlike the wallless sphere transfer chamber 466, the walled sphere transfer chamber 467 includes an outer peripheral wall 450. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. , Even if the rolling member 78 passes over the detachment discharge port 784 of the rolling wall 782, the game ball B passes through the inner surface 450a of the outer peripheral wall 450 and is accommodated. , And the flow down to the discharge outlet 784 is prevented. Therefore, the walled ball transfer chamber 467 passes the upper part of the detachment outlet 784 in a state where the game ball B is accommodated, and further, the N route outlet 581 of the N route outlet channel 580 of the cover panel 500. The rear side of the front side cover part 560 of the transparent N-route cover part 550 is moved upwardly to the rear side. If the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is arranged behind the N-route outlet 581, the game ball B accommodated in the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is moved as shown in FIGS. The inclined surface 448 of 440B rolls from the walled ball transfer chamber 467 to the front outflow ridge portion 583 via the N route outlet 581, and the rolling surface 585a on the rear surface side of the front wall portion 584 is moved. It rolls to the left and wins the first V prize opening 32. Furthermore, the game ball B that has won the first V winning opening 32 passes the V winning saddle 587 and turns on the first V winning opening SW37 (see FIG. 3).

  Furthermore, in the distribution guide plate 720 of the embodiment, the paint 717 of the decoration paint part 715 of the decoration part 711 comes into contact with the game ball B not only during the ascent but also when it is disposed at the upper end position UP. In consideration of the arrangement position of the rear edge 120ab of the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 and the outer surface 715a of the decorative coating portion 715 including the uneven portion 714, the front side of the front end surface 720b The protruding shape is set.

  That is, even if the distribution guide plate 720 is disposed at the upper end position UP and the game ball B rolls backward on the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120 and hits the decorative coating portion 715 of the decorative portion 711, The position of the game ball B is regulated by the front end surface 720b and the lower edge 720bb of the sorting guide plate 720 and the rear edge 120ab of the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120, and further, the front end of the game ball B does not hit the decorative coating portion 715. The surface 720b and its lower edge 720bb and the rear edge 120ab may be guided by their own weights to the left and right obliquely widened from each other as viewed from above, and flow down to the outlets 785 and 786 (FIG. 55). 58 B). Incidentally, the front end surface 720b of the sorting guide plate 720 is inclined obliquely rearward on both the left and right sides, and the rear edge 120ab of the bottom plate 120 extends in the left-right direction. It becomes a shape that spreads diagonally backward. In the case of the embodiment, when the distribution guide plate 720 is arranged at the upper end position UP, the entire area in the left-right direction of the front end surface 720b of the distribution guide plate 720 is set to the rear edge 120ab of the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120. The upper part 715b of the outer surface 715a of the decorative coating part 715 projecting further upward is projected forward, including the left and right diagonal forward directions, and the top part 725 of the sorting guide plate 720 and the bottom plate 120 are rolled. A distance SF in the front-rear direction from the rear edge 120ab of the surface 120a is set to be smaller than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B. Furthermore, in the case of the embodiment, the undecorated decoration general part 716 of the decoration part 711 can receive the game ball B approaching the decoration paint part 715 together with the front end surface 720b, and the game ball B is decorated. A peripheral portion 716a located on the periphery of the decorative coating portion 715 in the decorative general portion 716 is raised outside the decorative coating portion 715 in the vicinity thereof so as not to contact the portion 715 (see FIGS. 53 and 55).

[Description of ball biting prevention mechanism]
As described above, the ball biting prevention mechanism 800 is disposed in the S route transfer path 530 near the S route transfer port 532 as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 59, the ball biting prevention mechanism 800 is configured such that the game ball B accommodated in the ball transfer chamber 465 (the ball receiving recess 460) is a peripheral edge of the opening 461 of the rotating ball transfer chamber 465. It is configured so that the slats 440 partitioning the transfer chambers 465 and the peripheral portion of the S route transfer port 532 (downflow port 533) (the lower edge 851 at the peripheral edge 850 of the downflow port 533) are not ball-engaged. Has been. In the embodiment, the ball biting prevention mechanism 800 includes a shutter 880 and a return spring 872 as shown in FIGS. 61 and 62.

  Note that the shutter 880 is attached to the attachment base 810 of the cover panel 500 at the periphery of the flow-down port 533 using a presser plate 860.

  Further, in the cover panel 500 on which the shutter 880 is disposed, the S-route transfer path portion 530 having the U-shaped section described above is used as the inflow path portion 531 of the game ball B to the ball transfer chamber 465, and the U-shaped section is formed. The transfer cage part 534 will be described as the game ball B inflow part 535 to the ball transfer chamber 465, and the S route transfer port 532 will be described as the game ball B flow-down port 533 to the ball transfer chamber 465. .

  Further, as described above, the flow-down port 533 has an opening area through which the game ball B can pass, and includes an outer peripheral ring portion including the outer peripheral wall 450 in the partition frame 430 of the rotating ring-shaped rotating body 410. The right edge 852 of the peripheral edge 850 is disposed slightly outside the rotation center axis O3 from the front of 432 (see FIG. 63). More specifically, as shown in FIG. 65, the flow-down port 533 has an opening width OW in the left-right direction slightly larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B, and from the rotational movement locus of the ball transfer chamber 465 that rotates, The right edge 852 is shifted to the right side.

  As shown in FIGS. 59, 60 and 65, the inflow trough 535 having a U-shaped cross section of the cover panel 500 is connected to the inflow port 535a on the front end side of the S route guide trough 152 in the downstream route S2 of the S route SR. It arrange | positions behind the outflow port 152a so that it may connect with the outflow port 152a of the rear end side so that it may overlap with the outflow port 152a in the front-back direction. 39, 40, and 65, the inflow saddle portion 535 extends forward from the bottom wall portion 841 extending forward from the lower edge 851 at the peripheral edge 850 of the downflow port 533 and the right edge 852 of the peripheral edge 850. A side wall portion 847, and a side wall portion 845 that extends forward from the periphery of the opening 502 of the cover panel 500 that is shifted to the left from the downflow port 533 and extends upward from the left edge of the bottom wall portion 841. It is prepared for. The left side wall 845 is provided with a triangular plate-shaped guide rib 846 at the upper edge for guiding the rolling game ball B to the right. The side wall portion 847 on the right side is a straight portion 847a that is connected to the right edge 852 of the downflow port 533 along the rear edge side in the front-rear direction, and the front edge side from the straight portion 847a together with the bottom wall portion 841. The front edge portion 847b is bent so as to extend obliquely forward. A notch recess 847c that prevents interference with a distal end portion 892b of a regulating portion 892 described later when the shutter 880 is opened is formed on the upper end of the front edge portion 847b (see FIGS. 61 to 64). .

  The upper surface of the bottom wall portion 841 serves as a guide surface (rolling surface) 842 for rolling the game ball, as viewed from the front, and the right guide surface 844 disposed on the front side of the area of the flat surface portion 521 of the cover panel 500. And a left guide surface 843 having a step 842a and disposed above the guide surface 844 as a front side of the area of the tapered surface portion 522. The guide surface 843 is inclined downward to the right except for a portion that does not contact the game ball immediately below the guide rib 846, and the guide surface 844 extends from the front edge side to the rear edge side so as to continue to the lower edge 851 of the flow-down port 533. Inclined so that it falls. Further, the guide surface 844 is set such that the longitudinal dimension GL (see FIG. 65) is slightly larger than the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B. Furthermore, the corner | angular part 842b of the upper edge of level | step difference 842a is arrange | positioned along the front-back direction along a horizontal direction.

  In this inflow cage 535, if the game ball B rolling from the outlet 152a on the rear end side of the S route guide rod 152 flows in via the inlet 535a, it enters the left guide surface 843. Even if it rolls, it rolls to the vicinity of the front edge 844a on the right guide surface 844 due to the downward slope of the guide surface 843, and the rear downward slope of the guide surface 844 causes it to move to the rear flow outlet 533. It is configured to roll and flow down from the flow down port 533 to the ball transfer chamber 465. The game ball B flowing in from the inlet 535a rolls rightward on the guide surface 843 and rolls toward the front edge 844a of the guide surface 844. It is received by the bent front edge portion 847b of the side wall portion 847, and does not flow backward toward the S route guide flange portion 152 side, but smoothly rolls toward the downflow port 533 side.

  On the upper edge side of the downflow port 533 of the cover panel 500, as shown in FIGS. 38 to 40, a slit 820 for accommodating the pressing piece 882 of the shutter 880 is disposed so as to extend upward. At the periphery of the upper end of the slit 820, the mounting base 810 described above for mounting the shutter 880 is disposed. The mounting base 810 is disposed so as to cover both sides of the flat surface portion 521 and the tapered surface portion 522 on the front surface side of the front cover portion 520 of the cover panel 500. As shown in FIGS. 61 and 62, the mounting base 810 uses a holding plate 860 that is screwed to the mounting base 810 to hold the base 881 on the upper end side of the shutter 880 so as to be pivotally supported. To do. Note that the slit 820 itself is disposed in the vicinity of the boundary portion between the flat surface portion 521 and the tapered surface portion 522 of the cover panel 500.

  The shutter 880 includes a base portion 881 on the upper end side, a pressing piece portion 882 below the base portion 881, and a stopper piece portion 890 provided at the lower end (tip) of the pressing piece portion 888. . As shown in FIGS. 59 to 64, the shutter 880 has a closed position SCP that closes the flow-down port 533, and an opening that opens the flow-down port 533 by rotating the lower end stop piece 890 side forward away from the flow-down port 533. The position SOP is configured to rotate using a rotating blade plate 440 and a return spring 872.

  The base portion 881 is formed in a cylindrical shape having an insertion hole 881a into which the support pin 870 is inserted. As shown in FIGS. 63 and 64, the support pin 870 inserted into the base portion 881 is axially centered in the radial direction about the rotation center axis O3 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 that accommodates and transfers the game ball B. It is held between the attachment base 810 and the presser plate 860 fixed to the attachment base 810 along O4. Therefore, the shutter 880 has a pressing piece portion 882 extending downward from the base portion 881 along with a lower stopper piece portion 890 along a plane in a direction substantially perpendicular to each blade plate 440 passing near the flow-down port 533. Then, the two closed positions SCP and the opening position SOP described above can be rotated along the front-rear direction of the inflow direction of the game ball B flowing into the ball transfer chamber 465 from the flow-down port 533 of the inflow path portion 531. Will move between.

  The aforementioned return spring 872 is disposed in the vicinity of the base portion 881. The return spring 872 constitutes an urging means for urging the shutter 880 on the opening position SOP side toward the closing position SCP. In the case of the embodiment, the return spring 872 is a torsion coil spring and is wound around the base portion 881. Meanwhile, one end is locked to the support protrusion 814 of the mounting base 810, and the other end is locked to the support protrusion 886 of the pressing piece 882 of the shutter 880. The shutter 880 is always urged by the return spring 872 so as to rotate to the side closing the flow-down port 533 (the stopper piece 890 at the lower end is rotated rearward).

  The pressing piece 882 is formed in a substantially triangular plate shape as viewed from the side while curving along the rotation trajectory of the outer edge front end portion 444 of the blade plate 440 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 when viewed from the front. Yes. The pressing piece 882 is provided with the above-described support protrusion 886 on the left side and a locking protrusion 887 on the right side. The locking projection 887 is brought into contact with the front surface side of the flat surface portion 521 at the periphery of the slit 820, and the stop piece portion 890 of the shutter 880 biased by the return spring 872 is in the downstream port 533 close to the downstream port 533. It arrange | positions so that it may stop at the obstruction | occlusion position SCP.

  Further, the pressing piece 882 has the rear surface as a sliding surface 883, and when the stopper piece 890 closes the flow down port 533, the pressing piece 882 enters the sliding surface 883 side into each ball transfer chamber 465, and The outer edge front end portion 444 of the blade plate 440 is arranged so as to be shifted toward the rotation center axis O3 side of the ring-shaped rotating body 410 by the approximate thickness T1 of the outer peripheral wall 450 of the walled ball transfer chamber 467 ( (See FIGS. 63 and 67). The sliding surface 883 rotates the ring-shaped rotating body 410 with a pressing portion 445 at a position shifted from the outer edge front end portion 444 of each rotating blade plate 440 by the thickness dimension T1 toward the rotation center axis O3. At the time of the rotational movement of each vane plate 440 accompanying with this, it is slid by each pressing part 445, and the pressing piece part 882 is rotated and moved forward about the axis O4. At that time, the stop piece 890 of the shutter 880 rotates and moves forward to the opening position SOP so as to be separated from the flow-down port 533, and the flow-down port 533 is opened.

  Although the pressing piece portion 882 contacts the pressing portion 445 of each blade plate 440 at the time of rotation, the outer peripheral wall 450 has a substantially thickness dimension T1 on the rotation center axis O3 side from the outer edge front end portion 444 of each blade plate 440. Since it is displaced, it is not pressed against the outer peripheral wall 450 of the walled sphere transfer chamber 467, and even if the walled sphere transfer chamber 467 rotates, it is displaced inside the outer peripheral wall 450. (See FIGS. 67 and 68).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 60, the lower surface 884 itself of the pressing piece 882 rolls on the guide surface 844 from the descending port 533 through the ball transfer chamber even if it swings back and forth about the axis O4 as the rotation center. It is set so as not to come into contact with the game ball B flowing down to 465.

  As shown in FIGS. 61 and 62, the stopper piece 890 of the shutter 880 includes a connecting portion 891 and a restricting portion 892, and is disposed on the front side of the downflow port 533. The connecting portion 891 includes an extending portion 891a that extends downward from the front edge side of the lower end of the pressing piece portion 882, and a right side that is bent from the lower end of the extending portion 891a and is away from the rotation center axis O3 of the ring-shaped rotating body 410. And a bent portion 891b that extends. The restricting portion 892 is provided so as to extend downward from the tip (right end) of the bent portion 891b. The restricting portion 892 has a substantially triangular plate shape that tapers from the base portion 892a on the bent portion 891b side to the tip end portion 892b when viewed from the side. The connecting portion 891 of the stopper piece 890 also rolls on the guide surface 844 and rolls down the outlet 533 even if it rotates back and forth about the axis O4 as the rotation center, similarly to the lower surface 884 of the pressing piece 882. Is set so as not to come into contact with the game ball B flowing down to the ball transfer chamber 465.

  The restricting portion 892 is disposed in the vicinity of the right edge 852 in the area in front of the downflow port 533. When the front surface of the tip end portion 892b is the restricting surface 893, when the shutter 880 is disposed at the closing position SCP, FIGS. , 65, the game ball B flowing down from the flow down port 533 to the ball transfer chamber 465 is regulated by the left edge 893a of the regulating surface 893. That is, in the case of the embodiment, the game ball B on the guide surface 844 is restricted from moving leftward by the corner portion 842b of the step 842a, so that when the shutter 880 is disposed at the closed position SCP, If the left edge 893a of the surface 893 is disposed at a position where the rear surface Rb, which is the back side of the right outer peripheral surface BR of the game ball B, can be contacted and supported, the game ball B can be moved backward on the guide surface 844. Since the movement is restricted, the flow-down port 533 can be closed.

  More specifically, the game ball B regulated by the left edge 893a of the regulating surface 893 in the shutter 880 at the closed position SCP has the lower surface BB abuttingly supported by the guide surface 844, and the upper corner 842b of the step 842a. In this state, the left outer peripheral surface BL is in contact with and supported by the left edge 893a of the restricting surface 893, and the rear surface Rb in the vicinity of the top BRT protruding rightward on the right outer peripheral surface BR of the game ball B is contacted. The rearward movement is restricted.

  In the ball biting prevention mechanism 800, when the shutter 880 is pressed at the pressing piece 882 by the pressing portion 445 of the vane plate 440 and is disposed from the closing position SCP to the opening position SOP, the flow-down port 533 is opened. It will be. In the case of the embodiment, when the shutter 880 is disposed at the opening position SOP, as shown in FIG. 66, the left side surface 894 and the left edge 896a of the rear surface 896 at the front end portion 892b of the regulating portion 892, and the corner portion 842b of the step 842a. In between, the passing space GS of the game ball B is formed, and the game ball B rolls backward on the guide surface 844 from the front edge 844a through the passing space GS and flows down to the flow-down port 533. The Rukoto. In the case of the embodiment, the rotational movement amount to the shutter 880 to the opening position SOP is the rearward protrusion amount from the front surface 882a to the rear sliding surface 883 in the pressing piece portion 882 pressed by the pressing portion 445. Adjust.

  In particular, in the case of the embodiment, even if the shutter 880 at the closing position SCP restricts the position of the game ball B by the left edge 893a of the restriction surface 893, the left edge 893a of the right outer peripheral surface BR of the game ball B is restricted. A rear surface Rb in the vicinity of the top BRT that protrudes to the right, and pushes the game ball B forward when rotating forward, but includes a regulating surface 893 due to forward rotation with the axis O4 as the center of rotation. The portion 892b immediately leaves the game ball B, and the left edge 896a of the rear surface 896 of the tip portion 892b is disposed in front of the front surface Rf side of the top BRT on the right outer peripheral surface BR of the game ball B. Thus, the game ball B whose position has been regulated can be immediately made to flow toward the flow outlet 533.

  Further, at this time, the game ball B is pushed by the left edge 893a of the tip portion 892b against the rear surface Rb of the top BRT which is largely off the right side from the center of gravity BG of the game ball B itself, and from the guide surface 844 at the step 842a. Are pushed forward (see FIG. 65 from the game ball B0 shown by the two-dot chain line to the game ball B1 shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 66). Therefore, the game ball B does not move straight forward but moves to the left front side while sliding to the corner portion 842b of the step 842a so as to be shifted to the left guide surface 843 side, and further restricting portion 892 The front end 892b can be quickly detached from the rear surface Rb side of the game ball B, and the forward moving distance (movement amount) of the stopper piece 890 of the shutter 880 that rotates and moves to the opening position SOP can be set short. In other words, the amount of protrusion from the front surface 882a to the rear sliding surface 883 in the pressing piece portion 882 pressed by the pressing portion 445 can be set as small as possible. As a result, the shape and movement amount of the shutter 880 itself can be reduced as much as possible, and the ball biting prevention mechanism 800 can be configured as compact as possible.

  Further, when the shutter 880 is opened, when the game ball B from the flow-down port 533 flows down to the ball transfer chamber 465 that rotates through the opening 461, the ring-shaped rotating body in the ball transfer chamber 465 that is about to flow down. The timing may be any timing at which the game ball B is not pinched (no ball is bitten) between the blade plate 440B on the rear side of the rotation direction 410 and the lower edge 851 of the flow-down port 533. In other words, when the game ball B rolls from the guide surface 844 to the flow outlet 533 side, the timing when the game ball B is sandwiched between the blade 440B and the lower edge 851 of the flow outlet 533 (see FIG. 59). The shutter 880 may be disposed at the closing position SCP so as not to pass through the downflow port 533. In the case of the embodiment, the timing at which the shutter 880 is arranged at the closing position SCP is arranged on the outer surface (upper surface) 447 side of the rotating blade plate 440B where the lower surface 884 of the pressing piece 882 rotates, and the return spring 872 The time until the sliding surface 883 of the pressing piece portion 882 is released from the pressing portion 445 and pressed by the subsequent blade 440 is set. At this time, the blade 440B from which the sliding surface 883 has been separated approaches the lower edge 851 of the flow-down port 533, and the separation dimension SH between the blade 440B and the lower edge 851 is set to the diameter dimension BD of the game ball B. And pass through the ball biting point BCP which is substantially equal. Incidentally, at this time, if the game ball B passes through the flow-down port 533 and a part of the game ball B enters the ball transfer chamber 465, when the ball biting point BCP of the blade plate 440 passes, The game ball B is pinched between the lower edge 851 and the game ball B is bitten.

  In the case of the embodiment, the ball transfer chamber 465 in which the game ball B flows down from the flow down port 533 opened by the shutter 880 is a lower part of the blade plate 440 having the pressing portion 445 that presses the pressing piece portion 882. (See FIG. 60). At this time, the blade plate 440F on the lower side of the ball transfer chamber 465 is disposed slightly above the lower edge 851 of the flow-down port 533, and a gap is formed between the lower edge 851 and the lower edge 851. However, the gap is smaller than the game ball B and does not cause a ball bite. Therefore, when the shutter 880 is opened, the game ball B passes through the guide surface 844 and the flow-down port 533 without flowing into the ball, and flows into the ball transfer chamber 465 through the opening 461.

  Of course, before the ball transfer chamber 465 into which the game ball B has flowed in is rotated downward and the upper blade plate 440B passes through the ball biting point BCP, the blade plate 440B The shutter 880 is disengaged from the sliding surface 883 of the shutter 880 and is disposed at the closing position SCP, and the game ball B cannot pass through the flow-down port 533, and the ball biting is prevented.

  When the shutter 880 is opened and the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is disposed behind the flow-down port 533, as shown in FIGS. 67 and 68, the game is applied to the outer peripheral wall 450 that blocks the flow-down port 533. The ball B is hit and the game ball B is not accommodated in the walled ball transfer chamber 467. In this case, the game ball B passes through the rear blade plate 440B in the rotation direction in the ball-equipped ball transfer chamber 467, and is then urged toward the closing position SCP by the return spring 872, and the rear surface 896 of the restriction portion 892 of the shutter 880. , And the inclination of the guide surface 844, it is accommodated in the subsequent wallless sphere transfer chamber 466.

  The opening / closing timing of the shutter 880 is set in accordance with the pressing portion 445 of the rotating ball transfer chamber 465 in accordance with the size and shape of the sliding surface 883 of the pressing piece portion 882 and the regulating portion 892 of the stopper piece portion 890. In other words, the length dimension in the vertical direction from the upper end 883a to the lower surface 884 of the sliding surface 883, the rearward projection amount of the sliding surface 883 from the front surface 882a, the tip portion 892b of the regulating portion 892 The length of the vertical direction and the width dimension of the front and rear are appropriately determined while considering the distance between the pressing portions 445 of the adjacent blades 440 of the rotating ball transfer chamber 465, the rotational movement speed of the pressing portion 445, and the like. What is necessary is just to set also considering the passage time which passes the guide surface 844 where B rolls.

[Explanation of the movement of game balls in the second grand prize winning device]
(Before distribution to S route SR and N route NR)
In the gaming machine 1 of the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, at the time of a small hit in the lottery by winning to the first start winning device 48 or the second start winning device 50, as shown in FIG. 24, the opening / closing drive mechanism 200. When the electromagnetic solenoid 210 is turned on and off, the left and right opening and closing members 190L and 190R are rotated so as to open and close, and the second big prize opening 31 is opened. Then, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, if the game ball B wins the second grand prize opening 31, the game ball B is transferred to the ceiling wall 125a (ceiling wall portion 145) as shown in FIG. The rolling surfaces 145b and 145c roll to flow into the sorting preparation chamber 125 from either the left or right inflow ports 126 and 127. In the sorting preparation chamber 125, as shown in FIG. 28, the game balls B flowing in from the inflow ports 126 and 127 are rolling surfaces of ribs 149 and 149 between the side wall 125c (side wall part 147) and the inner side wall 148. It is guided by 149a and rolls to the rear edge side of the bottom wall 125b, and further rolls to the left and right center side of the bottom wall 125b by the rolling surfaces 112h of the ribs 112g and 112g, as shown in FIG. Then, after passing through the overhang guide part 112e, it falls directly from the vicinity of the center in the left-right direction of the flow down port 128.

  At the time of a small hit, together with the opening / closing drive mechanism 200 of the opening / closing members 190L and 190R, the drive motor 325 of the distribution mechanism 250 is operated, and the distribution member 260 of the distribution mechanism 250 swings to the left and right below the downflow port 128. (See FIGS. 31 and 32). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 33, according to the direction in which the distribution guide plate 280 of the distribution member 260 swinging right and left just below the downflow port 128 is directed to the distribution surface 285a on the upper surface side of the tip 285, While being reflected by the distribution surface 285a, the game ball B is distributed to either the left or right N route NR or S route SR and transferred to the rolling routes N1 and S1.

(Explanation of the movement of game balls in S Route SR)
As described above, the S route SR is a high winning rate route with a high probability of winning V, and in this S route SR, the game balls B are sequentially rolled into the rolling route S1 as shown in FIGS. The distribution route S2, the transfer route S3, and the distribution route S4 are transferred to the winning route S5 and the off route S6 in the distribution route S4.

  In other words, the game ball B is transferred to the rolling route S1 as shown in A of FIGS. 6 and 33 and FIGS. 12 and 13 when the direction of the right side is changed by the distribution guide plate 280 of the distribution member 260. The right rolling surface 114b of the rolling path portion 114 rolls to the right edge. Then, the game ball B passes through the S route guide path 115 and is transferred to the flow down route S2. In this flow down route S2, as shown in FIG. 60, the game ball B that has passed through the S route guide path portion 115 passes through the rolling wall portion 131 and the flow down cylinder portion 133 of the flow down passage forming member 130, and the center decoration. The S route guide flange 152 in the lower partition member 150 of the assembly 100 is rolled backward, and the transfer route portion 530 of the transfer route portion 530 in the cover route 500 of the base side structure 300 is further moved to the transfer flange 534. Roll.

  If the shutter 880 of the ball biting prevention mechanism 800 opens the S-route transfer port 532 (downflow port 533) at the rear end of the transfer rod 534 (inflow rod 535), the game ball B is It flows downward from the transfer port 532 and is transferred to the transfer route S3. In the transfer route S3, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the game ball B flowing down from the transfer port 532 is accommodated in the ball transfer chamber 465 (ball accommodating recess 460) of the ring-shaped rotating body 410, and the rotation causes the rotation center. It is transferred in the clockwise direction around the axis O3.

  The ball transfer chamber 465 that can accommodate the game ball B is a wallless ball transfer chamber 466 that does not have the outer peripheral wall 450 as described above. Further, the ring-shaped rotating body 410 is always rotated in the clockwise direction at the same time when the gaming machine 1 is turned on, together with the S route sorting member 620 regardless of the small hit or the like.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 38 and 41, the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 containing the game ball B reaches the S route outlet 541 of the S route outlet 540 in the cover panel 500 through the opening 461. In this case, the game ball B is used for the S route forward from the right edge 542a side of the peripheral edge 542 of the outflow port 541 by the inclination of the blade 440F that lowers the outer edge 442 side and the tapered surface 517a of the outer peripheral side cover portion 515. It rolls to the outflow trough 543 of the outflow passage 540 and is transferred to a distribution route S4 that is continuous with the stage 610 on which the distribution member 620 is disposed.

  In the distribution route S4, as shown in FIG. 47, the game ball B flows into the rolling path 611 of the stage 610, and the game ball B passes through the inflow path 612 to the distribution member 620 that rotates in the clockwise direction. To reach.

  At this time, if the game ball B is stored in the V winning storage recess 624 of the distributing member 620, it is transferred to the winning route S5, and the receiving seat 666 (FIGS. 42 and 46) is rotated by the rotation of the distributing member 620. As shown in FIG. 47A, when it is transferred to the second V winning opening 33 from the reference), a big hit will be given if it is dropped to the second V winning opening 33, and the second V winning opening SW 38 (FIG. 3). Is discharged to the outside of the second grand prize winning device 30 while turning ON.

  On the other hand, if the game balls B that have reached the sorting member 620 are stored in the detaching recesses 621 and 622 having the bottom plate 623 of the allocating member 620, the game ball B has been transferred to the detaching route S6, and the sorting member 620 rotates. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 47B and 47C, when the openings 621 a and 622 a are directed toward the detachment discharge path 613, they are discharged from the detachment storage recesses 621 and 622 and roll to the detachment discharge path 613. Then, the game ball B rolling on the detachment discharge path 613 is discharged to the outside of the second grand prize winning device 30 through the detachment discharge port 614, the discharge opening 663, etc. while turning on the discharge port SW39 (FIG. 46). , 3).

(Explanation of the movement of game balls on N route NR)
As described above, the N route NR is a low winning rate route in which the probability of winning a V is lower than that of the S route SR. In this N route NR, the game balls B are sequentially displayed in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the route is transferred to the rolling route N1, the flow down route N2, and the distribution route N3. In the distribution route N3, the route is first divided into a winning expected route N4 and an outflowing down route N7 that does not become a V winning. Furthermore, the game balls B are distributed to the V winning transfer route N5 and the off transfer route N6 which does not become the V winning in the winning expectation route N4.

  In other words, the game balls B are transferred to the rolling route N1 as shown in FIGS. 6, 10 and 33B and FIG. The rolling surface 114c on the left side of the rolling path 114 rolls to the left edge. Then, the game ball B passes through the N route guide path portion 116 and is transferred to the flow down route N2.

  In this flow-down route N2, as shown in FIGS. 8, 10, and 48, the game ball B that has passed through the N-route guideway portion 116 is moved between the front cover panel portion 117 of the center ornament assembly 100 and the lower partition member 150. Rolls on the rolling surface 118a between the N route guide back plate portion 153 and reverses even when it reaches the rolling surface 119a, and rearwardly distributes from the groove 120b of the rolling surface 120a of the bottom plate 120. Head to member 710.

  As described above, the sorting member 710 is also operated together with the opening / closing members 190L and 190R and the sorting member 260 at the time of small hitting, and is rotated by the drive motor 760 of the sorting lift mechanism 750 to the initial position. It moves up and down between the lower end position DP and the upper end position UP (see FIGS. 56 and 57).

  As shown in A of FIGS. 7, 54, and 58, the game ball B directed to the distribution member 710 is transferred to the distribution route N3, and if the distribution member 710 is disposed near the lower end position DP at this time. Then, it is distributed to the winning expected route N4 and rolls backward on the guide surface 723 of the distribution guide plate 720. On the other hand, when the game ball B is transferred to the distribution route N3, if the distribution member 710 is disposed in the vicinity of the upper end position UP, as shown in B of FIGS. If the vehicle cannot ride and rolls backward while sliding on the detachment discharge surfaces 726 and 727 of the front end surface 720b of the distribution guide plate 720, the distribution guide plate 720 is distributed to the detachment flow down route N7. Then, the game balls B transferred to the distribution flow route N7 flow down to the left and right outflow discharge ports 785 and 786 of the distribution member 710, pass through the discharge saddle portions 787 and 788 (see FIG. 52), and then to the discharge port SW39 ( As shown in FIG. 3, the second prize-winning device 30 is discharged.

  Further, when the game ball B is transferred to the winning expectation route N4, if the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is disposed behind the sorting guide plate 720 in accordance with the rotation of the ring-shaped rotating body 410, it is shown in FIG. As described above, the game ball B is accommodated in the walled ball transfer chamber 467 and transferred to the V winning transfer route N5 as shown in FIGS. On the other hand, if the game ball B is transferred to the winning expected route N4 and the wallless ball transfer chamber 466 is disposed behind the distribution guide plate 720, as shown in FIGS. The sphere B is accommodated in the wallless sphere transfer chamber 466 and transferred to the detachment transfer route N6.

  In this detachment transfer route N6, the wallless sphere transfer chamber 466 does not include the outer peripheral wall 450 like the walled sphere transfer chamber 467. 466 pushes the stored game ball B with the blade 440B and rolls it on the rolling surface 782a of the rolling member 780 to the left as shown in FIGS. 58A and 58B. Will flow down to the discharge outlet 784. The game ball B that has flowed down to the detachment discharge port 784 is discharged to the outside of the second big prize device 30 through the discharge heel portion 788 while turning on the discharge port SW39 (see FIGS. 52 and 3).

  On the other hand, the game ball B accommodated in the walled ball transfer chamber 467 and transferred through the V winning transfer route N5 has an opening 461 of the walled ball transfer chamber 467, as shown in FIGS. When reaching the outlet 581 in the 500 N-route outflow passage 580, the guide surface 448 of the blade 440 </ b> B is inclined to roll from the walled ball transfer chamber 467 to the front outflow trough 583. Furthermore, the game ball B rolls on the rolling surface 585a, enters the first V winning opening 32, and becomes a big hit, and is discharged outside the second big winning device 30 while turning on the first V winning opening SW37. Become.

  When the game ball B stored in the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is transferred through the V winning transfer route N5, the ring-shaped rotating body 410 of the tapered surface portion 562 and the opening 461 of the walled ball transfer chamber 467 is moved. An image display device that allows the game ball B to be easily seen by tilting backward toward the rotation center axis O3 side, and that it is possible to enjoy an effect by at least a rotation angle exceeding 90 ° from the vicinity of the lower end of the rotating ring-shaped rotating body 410. Since the game ball B is transferred for a long time around 40 and the game ball B wins a V, the player can enjoy and visually see the transfer of the game ball B winning a V.

[Operation and effect of gaming machine of embodiment]
In the gaming machine 1 of the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 26, 27, and 33, the distribution guide plate 280 of the distribution member 260 has an N route NR in which the tip portion 285 that contacts the game ball B becomes a low winning rate route. The distribution surface 285a that contacts the game ball B on the upper surface of the tip end portion 285 is substantially directed to the N route NR side even if the distribution swing mechanism 310 swings symmetrically by the distribution swing mechanism 310. Since the time is lengthened, the number of game balls B flowing down from above can be made to roll more to the N root NR having a lower winning rate than the S route SR having a higher winning percentage. In the distribution guide plate 285a, the shape is smaller than that of the swinging main body 270, and only the tip 285 that contacts the game ball B is twisted, and the twist amount Th that forms the step of the right edge 286a in the left-right direction is also distributed. Since the thickness is smaller than the thickness dimension Gt of the guide plate 280, the inclination of the tip end portion 285 cannot be easily visually recognized. In other words, it is difficult for the player to visually recognize the twist of the distal end portion 285 of the distribution guide plate 280, so that the distribution ratio of the game balls B rolling to the N route NR and the S route SR is halved. , Illusion, as much as possible in the game preferences.

  Therefore, in the gaming machine 1 of the embodiment, the game ball that rolls to the N route NR having a lower winning rate than the S route SR having a higher winning rate at the site of the distribution guide plate 280 without reducing the game's preference. The distribution ratio of B can be increased.

  Further, in the gaming machine 1 of the embodiment, the whole of the sorting guide plate 280 including at least the front end portion 285 is formed of a transparent material, and colors such as effects on the surrounding swinging main body 270 and the display screen 41, etc. (See FIG. 6), or it becomes difficult to grasp the outer shape of the distal end portion 285 due to translucency that allows ambient light to pass through, and it becomes more difficult to determine the twist of the distal end portion 285. Can reduce the risk of cutting the taste.

  Further, in the embodiment, the rolling path portion 114 on which the game ball B rolls between the low winning rate N route NR and the high winning rate S route SR below the distribution guide plate 285 is also formed of the transparent main body frame member 110. A transparent rolling path 114 having the same quality as the tip 285 is provided on the background of the tip 285 of the sorting guide plate 280, and the outer shape of the tip 285 is the same. The rolling path portion 114 is obscured, making it difficult to grasp, and further making it difficult to determine the twist of the distal end portion 285 (see FIG. 12).

  Furthermore, in the gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment, the leading end portion 285 of the sorting guide plate 280 connects the left edge 286b on the N route NR side with a low winning rate in the left-right direction substantially linearly with the base portion 281 side. The torsional step 283 is larger than the left edge 286b on the N route NR side with a low winning rate, and is provided on the right edge 286a side on the S route SR side with a high winning rate in the left-right direction. . Further, the swinging main body 270 has a front end 270af formed in a substantially hemispherical shape, and a torsional step 283 is disposed close to the vicinity of the lower surface 273 side of the front end 270af of the swinging main body 270 ( See FIGS. 25-27).

  In such a configuration, the torsional step 283 of the sorting guide plate 280 is not the left and right edges of the right edge 286a and the left edge 286b, but the left edge 286b on the N route NR side with the low winning rate in the left and right direction. 281 is connected to the 281 side in a substantially straight line and is provided on the right edge 286a of only one side on the S route SR side with a high winning rate, and the step 283 is also below the front end 270af of the swinging main body 270. It is arranged in the vicinity of the lower surface 273 side at the substantially hemispherical front end 270a of the swinging main body 270 so as to be hidden. That is, the torsional step 283 is provided on the right edge 286a side of only one side, and is disposed so as to be hidden by the front end 270af of the swinging main body 270. It becomes difficult to determine the torsion, and the possibility of cutting off the game's preference can be reduced.

  In particular, in the embodiment, the front end portion 285 is provided with a step 283 so that the right edge 286a side is raised so as to approach the lower surface 273 side of the front end 270af of the swinging main body portion 270. This is preferable in that it becomes close to the front end 270af of the swinging main body portion 270 and is hidden, making it difficult to determine the twist of the tip end portion 285.

[Modification]
In the embodiment, the distribution guide plate 280 has a large step 283 as a twisted portion provided on the right edge 286a of the left and right edges, but the distal end portion 285 of the distribution guide plate 280A shown in FIG. As described above, the left and right edges of the right edge 286a and the left edge 286b may be twisted so as to rotate with the center in the left-right direction as the center of rotation, and substantially equal steps 283 may be provided on the left and right edges. Further, unlike the embodiment, like the tip end portion 285 of the sorting guide plate 280B shown in FIG. 70, the right edge 286a in the left-right direction is connected to the base portion 281 side substantially linearly, and the left edge 286b side is connected. A twisted portion 283 may be provided on the left edge 286b side from the base portion 281.

  Further, the twist amount Th of the distal end portion 285 may be converted into the twist angle θt (see FIG. 27) of the distal end portion 285 with respect to the base portion 281 in consideration of the case where the thickness dimension Gt of the guide plate 280 is large. In that case, about 2-8 degrees is desirable. If it is less than 2 °, it is less meaningful to adopt a twisting configuration. If it exceeds 8 °, even if the amount of twist Th is smaller than the thickness dimension Gt, the torsion of the tip 285 can be viewed at a glance, which is preferable. Because there is no.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment, the distribution guide plate 285 and the main body frame member 110 and the lower partition member 150 constituting the rolling path portion 114 are formed of a transparent material. Only the distal end portion 285 or only the rolling path portion 114 may be formed from a transparent material.

1 ... (Pachinko machines)
110 (transparent material) body frame material 110,
150 (transparent material) lower partition material 150,
260 ... a sorting member,
270 ... swinging main body,
270af ... (front end of swing body),
273 ... the lower surface,
280 ... sort guide board,
281 ... the original part,
283 ... Twist part / step,
285 ... the tip,
B ... A game ball.

Claims (4)

A distribution guide plate that swings to the left and right of the distribution member is arranged below the game balls that flow down, and a low winning rate route and a high winning rate with different winning rates extend from the lower side of the distribution guide plate to the left and right sides. It is composed by arranging two routes with the route,
Pachinko equipped with a distribution mechanism that distributes the game balls that flow down against the swinging distribution guide plate and bounces off and rolls to either the low winning rate route or the high winning rate route. A gaming machine,
The sorting member is configured to include the sorting guide plate and a swinging main body that swings left and right as a larger shape than the sorting guide plate.
The sorting guide plate is
As a substantially rectangular plate shape having a longitudinal cross-sectional shape along the left-right direction as a horizontally long rectangle, it is arranged to protrude forward from the lower surface of the swinging main body portion so as to be able to contact the flowing game ball,
The low winning rate route is set such that only the front end contacting the game ball is set to a twisting amount smaller than the thickness dimension of the sorting guide plate with respect to the base portion side continuous with the swinging main body portion. A pachinko machine characterized by being twisted to the side.   The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the distribution guide plate is disposed with at least a tip portion formed from a transparent material.   The part where the game ball rolls between the low winning percentage route and the high winning percentage route below the distribution guide plate is disposed at least near the lower part of the distribution member from a transparent material. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The leading edge of the sorting guide plate is connected to the edge of the low winning rate route side in the left-right direction in a substantially straight line with the base portion side, and the torsional step is formed from the edge side of the low winning rate route side. Enlarged and provided on the edge side of the high winning percentage route side in the left-right direction,
The front end of the rocking main body is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape,
The pachinko gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the torsional step is disposed close to a lower surface side of the front end of the swinging main body portion. .

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