JP5550867B2 - The ball flow mechanism of gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball flow down mechanism of a gaming machine having a hitting ball supply tray and an auxiliary ball receiving tray.

In a game machine such as a pachinko machine, when two upper and lower ball trays are arranged, when the amount of game balls stored in the upper plate (hit ball supply tray) exceeds a certain number, this certain number is exceeded. An overflow channel is provided for allowing the game ball to overflow into the lower tray (auxiliary ball tray).
For example, in the ball spill prevention device of the gaming machine of Patent Document 1, a front plate on which a supply tray (upper plate) and a storage tray (lower plate) are formed is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine main body so as to be opened and closed. In addition, two prize ball discharge ports are formed side by side downstream of the branch part of the prize ball payout passage, and the prize ball inlet of the supply dish (upper dish) and the prize ball inlet of the storage dish (lower dish) are provided. , Each prize ball is formed so as to face the outlet. A single shutter plate straddling the two prize ball outlets is provided on the gaming machine body side, and the shutter board closes the two prize ball outlets simultaneously when the front board is opened. Thus, a device for preventing ball spillage when the front plate is opened is formed with a simple configuration.

JP 2007-29304 A

  However, in the ball spill prevention device of Patent Document 1, game balls overflowing from the upper plate flow down to the lower plate, and the game balls stored in the lower plate are in a full state (the amount of game balls stored reaches a predetermined amount). There has been no special contrivance for the structure for detecting that the state has been changed. And in patent document 1, when opening a front board, it is not enough in order to prevent stably that a game ball spills from the overflow path from an upper plate or an upper plate to a lower plate.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and a ball lowering mechanism of a gaming machine capable of stably preventing a game ball from falling down when a ball tray panel is opened by a shutter member. Is to provide.

According to the present invention, a hitting ball supply tray for supplying game balls to a ball launching device and an auxiliary ball receiving tray for storing game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray are provided on a main body frame on which a game board is provided. In addition, an overflow channel is provided in which a ball tray panel having at least the auxiliary ball tray is openably and closably disposed on the front surface of the main body frame, and an overflow passage for guiding game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray to the auxiliary ball tray. In the ball flow down mechanism of the gaming machine provided,
The overflow flow path is composed of a main body frame side flow path disposed on the main body frame, and a ball dish side flow path disposed on the ball dish panel.
A shutter member that blocks the downstream end when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame is disposed at the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path,
The ball flow path of the gaming machine is characterized in that a full tank detection unit for stopping the payout of the game ball is disposed in the ball tray side flow path .

  In the ball flow down mechanism of the gaming machine of the present invention, an overflow flow path for guiding the game ball overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray to the auxiliary ball receiving tray is provided in the main body frame side flow passage provided in the main body frame and the ball tray panel. The ball tray side flow path is configured. A shutter member that blocks the downstream end when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame is disposed at the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path. Thereby, even when the ball tray panel is opened, it is possible to prevent the gaming ball flowing down the main body frame side flow path from falling from the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path by the shutter member.

  In addition, a full tank detector for stopping the payout of game balls is disposed in the ball tray side flow path. Then, when the game balls stored in the auxiliary ball tray and the flow path on the side of the ball tray are in a full tank state (maximum storage capacity), the full tank detection unit detects the full tank state and stops paying out the game balls. Can be made. Thereby, a game ball is not stored to the part of the ball tray side flow path located upstream of the full tank detection part and the main body frame side flow path. Therefore, when the ball tray panel is opened, the shutter member does not break between a large number of game balls when the shutter member blocks the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path. As a result, it is possible to reduce the load applied to the shutter member when moving the shutter member so as to block the downstream end of the flow passage on the main body frame side, and it is possible to stably prevent the game ball from falling down by the shutter member. Can be prevented.

  Therefore, according to the ball flow down mechanism of the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to stably prevent the game ball from falling down when the ball tray panel is opened by the shutter member.

The perspective view which shows the game machine in the state which opened the ball tray panel in Example 1. FIG. Cross-sectional explanatory drawing which shows the suitable location in the game machine in Example 1 in the state seen from the upper direction. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the front side of the main body frame in the first embodiment. The perspective view which shows the back surface side of the ball tray panel in Example 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the periphery of a main foul ball collection flow path in the first embodiment. Sectional explanatory drawing which shows the periphery of the shutter member in the state which closed the ball tray panel in Example 1 in the state seen from the side. Sectional explanatory drawing which shows the periphery of the shutter member of the state which opened the ball tray panel in Example 1 in the state seen from the side. Cross-sectional explanatory drawing which shows the periphery of the ball | bowl delivery path | route in Example 1 in the state seen from the side. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the periphery of a shutter member in a main body frame in Embodiment 2. The perspective view which shows the periphery of the full operation part in the back surface side of a ball tray panel in Example 2. FIG.

A preferred embodiment of the above-described ball flow down mechanism of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described.
In the present invention, the full tank detection unit is a function or structure for recognizing that the game ball is full when the game ball is stored up to the position where the full tank detection unit is disposed. The thing which has at least one part of.

In the first aspect of the invention, the main body frame is provided with a ball payout flow path for causing the paid game balls to flow down to the hitting ball supply tray, and the ball payout flow path is a game ball forward. And a bent flow passage portion for causing the game balls flowing down the front flow passage portion to flow in the left-right direction. The ball tray panel includes the hitting ball supply tray and the auxiliary An opening provided on the downstream side of the bent flow passage portion when projecting rearward and closing the ball tray panel with respect to the main body frame. There is provided a flow-down guide part that is arranged in the hole and guides the game ball flowing down along the bent flow path part to the hitting ball supply tray, and the ball payout flow path is configured so that the ball dish panel is positioned with respect to the main body frame. when it opened Te, configured to join the main body frame-side passage at the downstream end of the bent channel portion There Te (claim 1).

In this case, in a state where the ball tray panel is closed with respect to the main body frame, the game balls that are paid out in accordance with the prize balls or the like in the gaming machine have the front flow path portion and the bent flow path portion in the ball payout flow path. After being flowed down, it can be guided by the flow-down guide part and paid out to the hitting ball supply tray.
On the other hand, when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame, the flow-down guide portion provided on the rear surface side of the hitting ball supply tray is extracted from the opening hole provided on the downstream side of the bent flow passage portion in the ball payout flow passage. . Then, the ball payout flow path merges with the main body frame side flow path at the downstream end portion of the bent flow path portion. At this time, the flow of the game ball can be changed to the flow in the left-right direction instead of the flow in the front-rear direction by forming the bent flow path portion. Therefore, if the ball tray panel is opened while a predetermined amount of game balls are present in the ball discharge channel located upstream from the flow down guide portion, or while the game balls are being paid out to the hitting ball supply tray However, even if the shutter member is not provided near the ball outflow portion to the hitting ball supply tray, the game ball can be prevented from falling from the opening hole.

In addition, in the second invention, the main body frame collects a foul ball that is launched from the ball launcher and then returns to the ball launcher without reaching the game area of the game board. A foul ball collection flow path is provided for allowing the foul ball to flow down to the baffle side flow path, and the shutter member is configured to flow on the main body frame side when the ball dish panel is opened with respect to the main body frame. together block the downstream end of the road, it is configured to intercept also the downstream end of the foul ball collection channel (claim 2).
In this case, the downstream end in the foul ball collection flow path can also be blocked by the shutter member that blocks the downstream end in the main body frame side flow path. Therefore, when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame, it is possible to prevent the game ball from falling from the downstream ends of the plurality of flow paths by the same shutter member, and the space occupied by the shutter member is reduced. can do.

In the third aspect of the invention, the full tank detecting unit is a full tank operating unit provided in the ball pan side channel so as to operate upon receiving the ball pressure of the game ball in the ball pan side channel. The shutter member is provided with a full tank operation detection unit configured to detect the operation of the full tank operation unit, and the full tank operation detection unit opens the bowl plate with respect to the main body frame. when the above shutter member in conjunction with the operation to block the downstream end of the body frame-side passage, are configured to operate with the detection state (claim 3).

In this case, when the ball tray panel is closed with respect to the main body frame, the full tank operation detection unit can detect that the auxiliary ball tray is full. Further, when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame, the full tank operation detection unit can detect that the ball tray panel is opened by operating to the detection state. Then, when the full tank operation detection unit operates to the detection state, the payout of the game ball can be stopped.
Thereby, one detection part can have both the detection function of a full state, and the open detection function of a ball tray panel. In addition, it is possible to perform game control processing such as payout stop associated therewith. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of parts related to the state detection function related to the gaming machine.

In the following, an embodiment according to a ball flow down mechanism of a gaming machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Example 1
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming machine 1 of the present example has a batting supply tray 31 for supplying gaming balls to the ball launching device 26 and a batting supply tray 31 for the main body frame 2 provided with the gaming boards. And an auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 for storing game balls overflowing from. In addition, the gaming machine 1 includes a ball tray panel 3 having at least an auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the main body frame 2, and the ball flow down mechanism of the gaming machine 1 overflows from the hitting ball supply tray 31. An overflow channel 4 for guiding the game ball to the auxiliary ball tray 32 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the overflow flow path 4 includes a main body frame side flow path 41 disposed in the main body frame 2 and a spherical dish side flow path 45 disposed in the spherical dish panel 3. The downstream end 411 in the main body frame side channel 41 is provided with a shutter member 6 that blocks the downstream end 411 when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2. The ball tray side flow path 45 is provided with a full tank detection unit 7 for stopping the payout of game balls.

Hereinafter, the ball flow down mechanism of the gaming machine 1 of this example will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the gaming machine 1 of this example is a pachinko gaming machine. The ball tray panel 3 of this example is provided with a hit ball supply tray 31 and an auxiliary ball tray 32. The ball tray panel 3 is provided integrally with a glass door 30 provided with a glass plate in a state where the game area of the game board can be visually recognized. Further, the main body frame 2 has a ball payout device (not shown) for paying out a predetermined number of game balls according to the winnings, and a ball payout flow for flowing the game balls paid out from the ball payout device to the hitting ball supply tray 31 A path 21 is provided.

The glass door 30 and the ball tray panel 3 are integrally opened and closed with respect to the main body frame 2 around a rotation fulcrum provided at one of the left and right ends (the left end in this example). It is configured.
The ball tray panel 3 provided with the hitting ball supply tray 31 and the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 can be configured to open and close separately from the glass door 30. Further, the hitting ball supply tray 31 and the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 can be provided on the ball tray panel 3 that opens and closes separately. Further, the glass door 30 and the hitting ball supply tray 31 can be configured to be opened and closed integrally, and the ball tray panel 3 provided with the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 can be configured to be opened and closed separately.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the ball payout flow channel 21 causes the game channel flowing down from above to flow forward and the game channel flowing down the front flow channel 211 to flow in the left-right direction. And a bent channel portion 212. The ball payout device of this example is disposed in the vicinity of the left end portion when viewed from the front side of the gaming machine 1, and the bent flow path portion 212 moves the game ball flowing down from the front flow path portion 211 to the right side. It is formed to be bent and flow down.

As shown in FIG. 8, the main body frame side flow passage 41 in the overflow flow passage 4 has a rear flow passage portion 41 </ b> A formed rearward of the front surface of the main body frame 2. The rear channel portion 41A is formed at the rear and lower sides of the front channel portion 211, receives a game ball from the rear side of the front channel portion 211, flows down, and then moves forward. It is configured to flow down.
The rear-side channel portion 41A is formed by being partitioned from the front channel portion 211 by the partition channel member 43 that forms the front channel portion 211, and the partition channel member 43 is slightly in the middle part in the front-rear direction. A vertex portion C is formed at the rear position, and a front side inclined portion A that forms a bottom surface that slopes downward from the vertex portion C and a rear side inclined portion B that forms a bottom surface that slopes downward from the vertex portion C are provided. doing. Then, the game balls paid out from the ball payout device flow down to the front side inclined portion A of the partition flow path member 43 via the payout upstream flow path 20 by virtue of the flow down (FIG. In FIG. 8, the flow of the game ball is indicated by an arrow I).

  Then, the hitting ball supply tray 31 becomes full, the game balls overflow from the hitting ball supply tray 31, and the gaming balls reach the front side inclined portion A of the partition channel member 43 forming the front channel portion 211. When stored, the game balls to be paid out thereafter overflow to the rear side inclined portion B of the partition channel member 43, and pass through the main body frame side channel 41 and the ball tray side channel 45 (overflow channel 4). Then, it flows down to the auxiliary ball tray 32.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the front surface of the main body frame 2, an upper flow opening hole 213 that communicates with the front flow path portion 211 in the ball discharge flow path 21 and a lower flow opening hole 412 that communicates with the rear flow path portion 41 </ b> A. Are formed vertically. An opening hole 421 is formed on the front surface of the overflow flow path member 42 and corresponding to the downstream side of the bent flow path section 212.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the rear surface side of the hitting ball supply tray 31 in the ball tray panel 3 is disposed in the opening hole 421 in a state in which the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2 and bent. A flow-down guide portion 33 that guides the game ball flowing down along the flow path portion 212 to the hitting ball supply tray 31 is provided. The flow-down guide portion 33 is formed so as to protrude rearward from the ball tray panel 3 and has a right side wall 331 on which a game ball flowing down from the bent flow path portion 212 collides and a rear side wall 332 formed on the rear side. doing. Further, the downstream end portion of the flow guide portion 33 is open to the arrangement site of the hitting ball supply tray 31 as a ball payout outlet (ball inflow port) 333 on the front surface of the ball tray panel 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, in a state where the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2, the game balls flowing down the front flow channel portion 211 and the bent flow channel portion 212 in the ball payout flow channel 21 are flow down guide portions. It is configured to be guided to the front side again by 33 and guided to the hitting ball supply tray 31.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, the bent flow path portion 212 in the ball payout flow path 21 opens to the main body frame side flow path 41 of the overflow flow path 4. The downstream end portion of the bent flow passage portion 212 is configured to join from above the main body frame side flow passage 41 formed in the overflow flow passage member 42. At this time, the game balls flowing down the front flow channel portion 211 and the bent flow channel portion 212 flow down in the left-right direction (right direction in this example) by the bent flow channel portion 212 and merge into the main body frame side flow channel 41. For this reason, even when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, the game ball is prevented from falling from the opening hole 421.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, in the gaming machine 1 of the present example, a foul ball that is launched from the ball launcher 26 and then returns to the ball launcher 26 side without reaching the game area of the game board ( A main foul ball collection flow path 51 is provided for collecting the game balls and letting the foul balls flow down to the hitting ball supply tray 31 or the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32.
The main foul ball collection flow path 51 is provided adjacent to the right side of the front flow path section 211 in the ball payout flow path 21. The main foul ball collection flow path 51 has a detour flow space 510 through which game balls flow down, and the detour flow space 510 moves game balls flowing in from the inlet 514 of the main foul ball collection flow path 51 to the rear. The first guide part 511 to flow down and the second guide part 512 to flow the game ball flowing down along the first guide part 511 forward form a flow path of the game ball.

As shown in FIG. 5, a game ball flowing down forward along the second guide portion 512 is bent at the front end of the second guide portion 512 by bending in the left-right direction (left direction in this example). In addition, a bent flow lower wall 516 is provided to join the front flow path portion 211 in the ball discharge flow path 21.
The exit portion 515 of the detour flow-down space 510 joins the game balls flowing down the detour flow-down space 510 by the bent flow lower wall 516 from the left-right direction (right direction in this example) with respect to the front flow-path portion 211 in the ball payout flow path 21. It is formed to let you. The outlet portion 515 of the detour flow-down space 510 is open to a side portion of the front flow path portion 211 in the ball payout flow path 21 at a position rearward of the front surface of the game board.

An inlet 521 of a communication channel 52 that allows the game ball to flow from the bypass flow space 510 to the overflow channel 4 is formed on the front side of the first guide portion 511 in the bypass flow space 510. The inlet portion 521 of the communication channel 52 is formed adjacent to the right side of the outlet portion 515 of the bypass flow-down space 510.
The outlet portion 522 of the communication channel 52 is formed so that the game balls flowing down the communication channel 52 merge with the overflow channel 4 from the left and right directions (right direction in this example). The outlet portion 522 of the communication channel 52 opens to the side portion of the overflow channel 4 at a position behind the front surface of the game board.

The communication flow path 52 is formed to bend to the left from the inlet portion 521 toward the outlet portion 522.
Then, the game ball is filled up to the outlet portion 515 in the hit ball supply tray 31 and the front flow path portion 211, and the outlet portion 515 is blocked by the game ball, so that the front flow path portion 211 of the foul ball is filled. When the foul sphere is stored up to the second guide portion 512 of the bypass flow space 510 and the flow to the first guide portion 511 of the bypass flow space 510 is restricted, It is configured to be guided to the auxiliary ball tray 32.

As shown in FIG. 5, the detour flow-down space 510 has an inlet portion (an inlet portion into which the foul sphere flows) 514 of the main foul ball collection flow channel 51 at the right front end portion.
The first guide portion 511 forms an oblique rear wall 511A for causing the game ball to flow backward diagonally to the left, and the second guide portion 512 forms a side wall 512A for causing the game ball to flow forward. Become. The bypass flow-down space 510 is formed to be surrounded by the oblique rear wall 511A and the side wall 512A, the bottom surface of the first guide portion 511 is formed in a substantially triangular shape, and the bottom surface of the second guide portion 512 is It is formed in a width that allows game balls to flow down in a row.

  The bottom surface of the first guide portion 511 has a slope that becomes slightly lower toward the left front side. The bottom surface of the second guide portion 512 has an inclination that decreases toward the front. On the bottom surface of the bypass flow-down space 510, a stepped portion between the first guide portion 511 and the second guide portion 512 that makes the bottom surface height of the second guide portion 512 lower than the bottom surface height of the first guide portion 511. 513 (step shape) is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, most of the foul balls are collected in the main foul ball collecting flow path 51, while when a fire ball (game ball) launched from the ball launcher 26 collides with a foul ball, There is a possibility that this launch ball flows back from the ball launcher 26 to the launch rail 22 formed obliquely upward toward the game area of the game board, and returns to the seating portion of the launch ball (game ball) in the ball launcher 26. .
Therefore, a sub-foul ball collection channel 53 for collecting the foul sphere that has flowed back (returned) to the launch rail 22 and joined to the overflow channel 4 is provided at a portion near the ball launch device 26 in the launch rail 22. It is formed.

  The secondary foul ball collection flow path 53 intersects the launch rail 22 formed to be inclined obliquely upward to the left from the right side, and is formed so that the game ball flows down from the right side to the left side. A space 24 is formed between the launch rail 22 and the ball guide 23 along the arc-shaped outer edge of the game area. In this space 24, the inlet 514 of the main foul ball collection channel 51 is formed. Communicated.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the shutter member 6 of this example has a rotation fulcrum 61 at the lower end and a ball receiving surface 62 for receiving a game ball flowing down from the upstream side at the upper end. The rotation fulcrum portion 61 has a shaft portion arranged in the left-right direction, and the shutter member 6 is rotated forward by an urging member (not shown) such as a spring appropriately disposed near the rotation fulcrum portion 61. It is energized to move. Further, the ball receiving surface 62 is formed in an arc-shaped surface along the circumference centering on the rotation fulcrum 61.

As shown in the figure, when the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2, the shutter member 6 comes into contact with the rear wall portion of the ball tray side flow path 45 and is pushed rearward, whereby the main body frame 2 is housed in the shutter member housing portion 27 formed in 2. Thereby, when the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2 (normal game state), the overflow flow channel 4 in a state where the main body frame side flow channel 41 and the ball tray side flow channel 45 are connected is formed. It is formed.
As shown in FIG. 7, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, the shutter member 6 receives the urging force of the urging member and rotates forward about the rotation fulcrum 61. The ball receiving surface 62 at the upper end is configured to block (block) the downstream end 411 of the main body frame side channel 41 in the overflow channel 4.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the shutter member 6 of the present example blocks the downstream end 411 in the main body frame side flow channel 41 when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, and The downstream end portion 531 in the foul ball collection passage 53 is also shielded. In FIG. 3, a state 6X in which the shutter member 6 is rotated forward is indicated by a two-dot chain line.
The downstream end 531 of the secondary foul ball collection flow path 53 is in the vicinity of the downstream end 411 of the main body frame side flow path 41 in the state where the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2, that is, the overflow flow. The side surface of the shutter member 6 that is opened to the side (right side in this example) of the ball tray side flow path 45 in the path 4 and rotated forward when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2. It is configured to be shielded by 63 (right side surface in this example).

As shown in FIG. 4, the full tank detector 7 provided in the ball tray side flow channel 45 in the overflow flow channel 4 receives the ball pressure of the game ball in the ball tray side flow channel 45 so as to operate. It consists of a full tank operation part 71 provided in the path 45 and a full tank operation detection part 72 configured to detect the operation of the full tank operation part 71.
The full tank operation detection unit 72 includes a contact type switch. When the detection unit of the switch is pushed in by the full tank operation unit 71, the full tank operation detection state (a state in which the maximum storage capacity is reached) is detected. It is configured. The full tank operating part 71 constitutes a part of the side wall of the ball tray channel part and is configured to operate upon receiving the ball pressure of the game ball in the ball dish side channel 45. The full tank operation part 71 has a rotation fulcrum part 711 at the upper end, and is configured to rotate by receiving the ball pressure of the game ball and push in the detection part of the switch constituting the full tank operation detection part 72. It is.
Further, the full tank operation unit 71 is located at a position where the detection unit of the full tank operation detection unit 72 is not pushed in in a state where the tank is not full (normal state).

Next, the operation when the ball tray panel 3 is opened for the purpose of collecting the foul ball, the overflow mechanism at the time of overflow, full tank detection, maintenance, etc. in the gaming machine 1 of this example, and the effects by these will be described. .
In a state in which the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2 (normal game state), when a pachinko game is performed and a winning is made, the ball payout device passes a predetermined number of game balls to the ball payout channel 21 as a prize ball. Pay out. At this time, the game balls flow down through the front flow path portion 211 and the bent flow path portion 212 in the ball discharge flow path 21 and flow down to the flow down guide section 33, and are discharged from the flow down guide section 33 to the hitting ball supply tray 31.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the foul balls that have been launched from the ball launching device 26 and then returned without reaching the game area of the game board are usually the main foul ball collection flow path 51 (bypass flow space 510). It flows down to the inlet part 514. In the figure, the flow of the foul sphere is indicated by an arrow F.
Then, the foul sphere that has flowed down to the inlet portion 514 of the detour flow-down space 510 flows backward against the inclination (left front inclination) of the bottom surface of the first guide portion 511 due to the momentum of the inflow. At that time, first, it flows down diagonally left rearward along the oblique rear wall 511A forming the first guide part 511, and then descends to the second guide part 512 by the step part 513, and then the second guide part 512 is formed. It flows down along the side wall 512A. Next, the foul sphere is bent and flows down toward the front channel portion 211 in the ball discharge channel 21 by the bent flow lower wall 516, and merges from the outlet portion 515 to the front channel portion 211. Thereafter, the ball is returned to the hitting ball supply tray 31 via the front flow channel portion 211, the bent flow channel portion 212, and the flow guide portion 33.

  At this time, the foul sphere discharged from the outlet portion 515 of the bypass flow space 510 to the front flow path portion 211 collides with the game ball paid out from the ball payout device, and the like, and thus the bypass flow space 510 from the outlet portion 515. Even if it flows backward, the wall portion of the bent flow lower wall 516 is arranged so as to partition the upstream portion of the outlet portion 515 and the inlet portion 521 of the communication channel 52, so that the reversed foul sphere is erroneously Thus, it is possible to appropriately prevent the fluid from flowing down to the inlet portion 521 of the communication channel 52. Moreover, since the step part 513 is provided in the partition part of the 1st guide part 511 and the 2nd guide part 512, it is appropriate that a foul ball flows backward from the 2nd guide part 512 to the 1st guide part 511. Can be prevented.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 5, and 8, when playing the pachinko game, the hitting ball supply tray 31 overflows from the hitting ball supply tray 31 when the hitting ball supply tray 31 becomes full (maximum storable amount). The game ball is filled into the flow guide part 33, the bent flow path part 212, and the front flow path part 211. When the game ball fills the front side inclined portion A of the partition flow path member 43, the game ball gets over the apex C and passes from the rear side inclined portion B of the partition flow path member 43 to the main body frame side flow path 41. To the rear channel portion 41A (in FIG. 8, the flow of the game ball is indicated by an arrow J). Thereby, the game ball is guided to the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 via the ball tray side flow path 45.

  In addition, when the hitting ball supply tray 31 is filled with game balls, the game ball overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray 31 fills the front-side flow channel portion 211 and closes the outlet portion 515. The foul sphere that has flowed down into the foul ball collection flow path 51 flows down through the first guide portion 511 and is stored in the second guide portion 512. Thereafter, when the second guide portion 512 is filled with foul balls, the foul balls are guided to the auxiliary ball tray 32 via the communication channel 52 communicating with the first guide portion 511. In FIG. 5, the flow of the foul ball when the hitting ball supply tray 31 is in a full tank state is indicated by an arrow O.

  Thereafter, when the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 is filled with game balls, the subsequent game balls are stored in the ball tray side flow path 45, and the full operation section 71 is rotated by the ball pressure of the stored game balls, The detection unit in the full tank operation detection unit 72 is pushed in, and a full tank state (maximum storable amount) is detected. At this time, the control device of the gaming machine 1 stops paying out the game balls by the ball payout device.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 3, when the ball launched from the ball launcher 26 (game ball) and the foul ball collide, the ball launched from the ball launcher 26 obliquely toward the game area of the game board. It may flow backward to the firing rail 22 formed above. At this time, the launch ball flows down from the launch rail 22 to the secondary foul ball collection flow path 53. Then, the fired ball is collected into the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 via the ball tray side channel 45 in the overflow channel 4. In the drawing, the flow of the game ball to the secondary foul ball collection flow path 53 is indicated by an arrow G.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2 for the purpose of maintenance or the like, the flow-down guide portion 33 protruding rearward of the ball tray panel 3 is provided with the overflow channel member 42. Is extracted from the opening hole 421. At this time, when game balls are present in the front flow path portion 211 and the bent flow path portion 212, the game balls flow down to the right by the bent flow path portion 212 as shown in FIG. The main body frame side flow passage 41 formed in the path member 42 can flow down so as to join from above. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the game ball from falling from the opening hole 421. In FIG. 3, the flow of the game ball flowing down to the right by the bent flow path portion 212 is indicated by an arrow H.

  Thus, in the gaming machine 1 of this example, it is not necessary to provide a separate shutter member in the vicinity of the opening hole 421 that is opened in order to pay out and supply gaming balls to the hitting ball supply tray 31, and it is assumed that the hitting ball supply tray Even when the ball tray panel 3 is opened while the game ball is paid out to the game ball 31, it is possible to prevent the game ball from falling from the opening hole 421.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened, the shutter member 6 receives the urging force of the urging member and rotates forward.
Thereby, the downstream end 411 of the main body frame side flow path 41 is shielded by the ball receiving surface 62 of the shutter member 6, and the game ball is prevented from spilling from the downstream end 411 of the main body frame side flow path 41. Can do. Further, the downstream end portion 531 of the secondary foul ball collection flow path 53 is shielded by the side surface 63 of the shutter member 6, and it is possible to prevent the game balls from falling from the secondary foul ball collection flow path 53. Therefore, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, the same shutter member 6 causes the downstream end portion 411 of the main body frame side flow channel 41 and the downstream end portion 531 of the sub-fault ball collection flow channel 53. The game ball can be prevented from falling down, and the space occupied by the shutter member 6 can be reduced.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the ball tray side channel 45 is provided with the full tank detecting portion 7 for stopping the payout of the game ball as described above. When the game ball stored in the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32 becomes full, the full tank detection unit 7 operates to stop paying out the game ball. Thereby, the game ball is not stored up to the part of the ball tray side flow path 45 and the main body frame side flow path 41 located on the upstream side of the full tank detection unit 7. Therefore, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened, when the downstream end 411 in the main body frame side flow path 41 is blocked by the shutter member 6, the shutter member 6 does not break between a large number of game balls. And the load added to the shutter member 6 when moving the shutter member 6 can be reduced, and it can prevent stably that a game ball spills by the shutter member 6. FIG.

  Therefore, according to the ball flow-down mechanism of the gaming machine 1 of the present example, the single-shutter member 6 shields the downstream ends 411 and 531 of the plurality of flow paths 41 and 53 and opens the ball tray panel 3. It is possible to prevent the game ball from spilling and the load from the game ball on the shutter member 6 can be prevented.

  Further, as described above, in the gaming machine 1 of the present example, the outlet portion 515 of the bypass flow-down space 510 is open to the side portion of the front channel portion 211 at a position on the rear side from the front surface of the game board, The outlet portion 522 of the communication channel 52 opens to the side portion of the overflow channel 4 at a position on the rear side of the front surface of the game board. As a result, various illegal means such as a wire are inserted from the ball payout outlet 333 in the hitting ball supply tray 31, and the game is performed by the illegal means via the outlet portion 515 of the detour flow-down space 510 or the outlet portion 522 of the communication flow path 52. It is possible to make it difficult to cheat inside the machine 1. Therefore, the crime prevention property of the gaming machine 1 can be improved.

  Further, in the overflow passage member 42, a security metal plate 422 is disposed on the upper surface and the side surface located on the ball launching device 26 side. By disposing the sheet metal 422, various illegal means such as heat rays are inserted from the ball payout outlet 333 in the hitting ball supply tray 31 and the ball payout outlet in the auxiliary ball receiving tray 32, and the resin member in the main body frame 2 including the overflow passage member 42 is obtained. Even if an attempt is made to cheat on a gaming device placed in the game area of the game board using the hole, the act of punching is prevented by the sheet metal 422. Can be prevented.

The closing mechanism of the shutter member 6 is not limited to the mechanism provided with the urging member of this example, and various mechanisms can be adopted. Further, the flow path configuration of the overflow flow path 4 and the configuration of the full tank detection unit 7 are not limited to the configuration of the present example, and may be various configurations. In addition, a shutter member can be separately provided in the vicinity of the opening hole 421 that is opened in order to pay out and supply game balls to the hitting ball supply tray 31.
In addition, for the purpose of stopping the game ball payout operation by the ball payout device when the ball tray panel 3 is opened, the ball tray panel 3 is opened to detect the open state of the ball tray panel 3 on the main body frame 2 side or the ball tray panel 3 side. You may arrange | position a detection switch separately. Further, the full tank operation detection unit 72 of the full tank detection unit 7 may use detection means such as a light detection type or a magnetic detection type.

(Example 2)
This example is an example in which the configurations of the full tank operation unit 71 and the full tank operation detection unit 72 are devised differently from the first embodiment.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 10, a full tank operating part 71 configured as one of the functions of the full tank detecting part 7 is provided in the ball tray side flow path 45, while as shown in FIG. The detection unit 72 is attached to the shutter member 6.
As shown in FIG. 9, the full operation detection unit 72 includes a contact-type switch, and the switch detection unit 721 is disposed on the front side and attached to the side surface 63 of the shutter member 6. On the other hand, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2 on the front side of the main body frame 2 and the shutter member 6 receives the urging force of the urging member and rotates forward, the full operation detection unit A contact piece 25 with which a part of the 72 detection units 721 (the upper part of the detection unit 721) contacts is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the full tank operation unit 71 includes a part of the detection unit 721 of the full tank operation detection unit 72 (the lower part of the detection unit 721) in a state where the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2. ) Is provided in front of the pushing piece 712. This pushing piece 712 is formed so as to protrude in the lateral direction, and when the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2, it passes through the lower side of the contact piece 25 provided on the main body frame 2 side, It is arranged in front of the detection unit 721 of the full tank operation detection unit 72.

  In this example, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, when the shutter member 6 rotates forward, the full operation detector 72 is also moved forward together with the shutter member 6. It rotates (in FIG. 9, the full operation detection part rotated to the front side is indicated by 72X). At this time, the detection unit 721 of the full tank operation detection unit 72 is pressed in contact with the contact piece 25 provided on the main body frame 2 side. Thereby, it is possible to detect that the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2 by the full tank operation detection unit 72.

The full tank operation detector 72 of this example can detect that the auxiliary ball tray 32 is full when the ball tray panel 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2. In addition, when the ball tray panel 3 is opened with respect to the main body frame 2, the full tank operation detection unit 72 can detect that the ball tray panel 3 is opened by operating to a detection state. . The control device of the gaming machine 1 can stop paying out the game ball by the ball payout device when the full tank operation detection unit 72 operates to the detection state.
Also in this example, other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Main body frame 21 Ball discharge flow path 211 Front flow path part 212 Bending flow path part 26 Ball launching device 3 Ball tray panel 31 Hitting ball supply tray 32 Auxiliary ball receiving tray 33 Downflow guide part 4 Overflow flow path 41 Main body frame side flow Path 411 Downstream end 42 Overflow channel member 421 Opening hole 45 Dish pan side channel 51 Main foul ball collection channel 52 Communication channel 53 Sub foul ball collection channel 531 Downstream end 6 Shutter member 7 Full detection 71 Full tank operating section 72 Full tank operating detection section

Claims (3)

A hitting ball supply tray for supplying game balls to the ball launching device and an auxiliary ball receiving tray for storing game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray are disposed on the main body frame on which the game board is disposed, and at least the A game in which a ball tray panel having an auxiliary ball tray is provided on the front surface of the main body frame so as to be openable and closable, and an overflow channel is provided for guiding game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray to the auxiliary ball tray. In the ball flow mechanism of the machine,
The overflow flow path is composed of a main body frame side flow path disposed on the main body frame, and a ball dish side flow path disposed on the ball dish panel.
A shutter member that blocks the downstream end when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame is disposed at the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path,
The aforementioned spherical dish side channel, Ri full detector is disposed tare for stopping the payout of game balls,
The main body frame is provided with a ball payout flow path that causes the game balls that have been paid out to flow to the hitting ball supply tray, and the ball payout flow path includes a front flow path portion that causes the game balls to flow down, A bent flow path portion for flowing the game ball flowing down the front flow path portion in the left-right direction;
The ball tray panel is provided with the hit ball supply tray and the auxiliary ball tray.
On the rear surface side of the hitting ball supply tray, the bent channel is disposed in an opening hole provided on the downstream side of the bent channel portion when projecting rearward and closing the ball tray panel with respect to the main body frame. A flow guide part for guiding the game ball flowing down along the portion to the hitting ball supply tray is provided,
The ball payout flow path is configured to join the main body frame side flow path at the downstream end of the bent flow path portion when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame. A ball-falling mechanism for gaming machines. A hitting ball supply tray for supplying game balls to the ball launching device and an auxiliary ball receiving tray for storing game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray are disposed on the main body frame on which the game board is disposed, and at least the A game in which a ball tray panel having an auxiliary ball tray is provided on the front surface of the main body frame so as to be openable and closable, and an overflow channel is provided for guiding game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray to the auxiliary ball tray. In the ball flow mechanism of the machine,
The overflow flow path is composed of a main body frame side flow path disposed on the main body frame, and a ball dish side flow path disposed on the ball dish panel.
A shutter member that blocks the downstream end when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame is disposed at the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path,
The aforementioned spherical dish side channel, Ri full detector is disposed tare for stopping the payout of game balls,
The main body frame collects a foul ball that is launched from the ball launcher and then returns to the ball launcher without reaching the game area of the game board. There is a foul ball collection flow path that flows down to the road,
The shutter member blocks the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path and the downstream end of the foul ball collection flow path when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame. A ball flow down mechanism of a gaming machine, characterized by being configured . A hitting ball supply tray for supplying game balls to the ball launching device and an auxiliary ball receiving tray for storing game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray are disposed on the main body frame on which the game board is disposed, and at least the A game in which a ball tray panel having an auxiliary ball tray is provided on the front surface of the main body frame so as to be openable and closable, and an overflow channel is provided for guiding game balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply tray to the auxiliary ball tray. In the ball flow mechanism of the machine,
The overflow flow path is composed of a main body frame side flow path disposed on the main body frame, and a ball dish side flow path disposed on the ball dish panel.
A shutter member that blocks the downstream end when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame is disposed at the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path,
The aforementioned spherical dish side channel, Ri full detector is disposed tare for stopping the payout of game balls,
The full tank detecting unit is a full tank operating unit provided in the ball pan side flow path so as to operate by receiving the ball pressure of the game ball in the ball pan side flow path,
The shutter member is attached with a full tank operation detection unit configured to detect the operation of the full tank operation unit,
The full operation detection unit moves to a detection state in conjunction with an operation in which the shutter member blocks the downstream end of the main body frame side flow path when the ball tray panel is opened with respect to the main body frame. A ball-falling mechanism for a gaming machine, which is configured to operate as follows .

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