JP5700031B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly to a pachinko machine provided with a ball receiving portion that receives a pachinko ball that circulates in the machine when it falls from an upper position to a lower position.

In a game on a pachinko machine, a player operates a handle as a part of a launch operation mechanism to launch a pachinko ball (this pachinko ball is called a game ball) on the game surface, and the game ball is implanted on the game surface. The main purpose is to obtain a pachinko ball (this pachinko ball is called a prize ball) by descending while interfering with obstacles such as, and winning in a winning hole provided in the middle. Pachinko balls used for pachinko machine games are supplied to the upper plate or the lower plate on the front side of the pachinko machine main body as a rental ball that is lent out in accordance with a purchased card or a so-called CR machine. Then, the supplied pachinko balls are launched on the game surface and become a game medium for the player. Some pachinko balls descend into the winning holes and become so-called safe balls, and some become so-called out balls without entering the winning holes.

By the way, pachinko balls behave in various ways inside a pachinko machine. Particularly problematic is that when the pachinko ball falls from the upper position to the lower position according to gravity, the pachinko ball abuts intensively at the same location, so it can deteriorate due to wear or cracking or cracking due to aging. It is to have sex. Further, such deterioration does not occur evenly on all members that fall and come into contact with the pachinko balls.
Taking the above safe ball and out ball as an example, in some models, in the safe ball and out ball machine, it falls onto the ball path arranged on the mechanism board etc. on the back of the game board and is led from the discharge hole to the discharge path. Furthermore, it is discharged out of the machine.
Here, out spheres are generated in a larger amount than safe spheres. Therefore, when falling onto the sphere passage, the portion where the out sphere falls naturally deteriorates many times compared to the portion where the safe sphere falls.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The purpose of this is to provide a pachinko machine that can prevent the pachinko balls from being concentrated and falling partially at specific locations when the pachinko balls descend in the plane. It is.

To achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, the amusement machine where the supporting lifting frame body, game board pachinko balls incorporated in the support frame is lowered while interfering with the obstacle is formed When a passage for flow down a firing operation mechanism of firing toward the pachinko balls on the game board top by player operates the pachinko ball which is fired by the firing operation mechanism to a predetermined portion of the gaming table backside A pachinko machine having a ball passage that forms a part of the pachinko machine, and a passage forming component that forms a passage including the ball passage that can flow in a lateral direction of the gaming machine while supporting a lower side of the pachinko ball as the ball passage The passage forming component includes a first member and a second member formed separately from the first member, and the second member is connected to the first member. Up and down direction to attach so as not to create a step It is a gist of which is possible location adjustment.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, no step is generated in the connecting portion between the second member and the first member, and as a result, the pachinko ball does not stagnate. Further, in the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the above effect, the pachinko spheres flow down while being disturbed in the front-rear direction, so that the pachinko spheres do not intensively contact only one place, and as a result Do not wear Ru is reduced.

The perspective view of the state which open | released the door frame and the pachinko machine main body of the pachinko machine of embodiment of this invention. The back view of the same pachinko machine. FIG. 3 is a front view of the lower part of the mechanism panel according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the lower part of the mechanism panel according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the attaching / detaching rod and the peripheral structure according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment / detachment rod according to the first embodiment. The side view in the cross-sectional position in the EE line | wire of FIG. The partial enlarged front view explaining the mounting state of the detachable scissors according to the first embodiment. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3, FIG. 3B is a side view taken along a cross-sectional position taken along line BB in FIG. 3, and FIG. 3C is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. Side view. The top view in the cross-sectional position in the DD line | wire of FIG. The front view of the mechanism panel lower part of Embodiment 2. FIG. The perspective view of the mechanism panel lower part of Embodiment 2. FIG. The top view in the cross-sectional position in the FF line of FIG. The partial enlarged front view explaining the mounting state of the detachable scissors according to the second embodiment. The perspective view of the attachment or detachment scissors of Embodiment 2. FIG. The side view of the attachment / detachment rod of Embodiment 2. FIG. The rear view of the pachinko machine of Embodiment 3. FIG. The rear view of the state which open | released the attachment base in FIG. The perspective view of the state which opened the door frame, the pachinko machine main body, and the upper cover plate in Embodiment 4, and also removed the detachable plate.

Embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, the outline of the pachinko machine will be described based on FIG. 1, and then the unique configuration of each embodiment will be described. In the following description, the front side or the front side refers to the side facing the player. Left and right refers to the left and right direction viewed from the player side.
As shown in FIG. 1, the outer frame 1 as a support frame of a pachinko gaming machine has upper, lower, left and right frame plates 1a.
It is made into the wooden frame framed in quadrilateral by ~ 1d. A curtain plate 2 is disposed on the upper surface of the lower frame plate 1b. A pachinko machine body 4 is attached to the outer frame 1. The pachinko machine body 4 is pivotable about the pivot shaft 6a of the hinge fitting 6 and can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 1. A game board 5 is mounted on the upper body of the pachinko machine body 4. A game surface 9 is formed on the front surface of the game board 5 so as to be substantially vertical. On the game surface 9, a game area 14 in which the inner rail 10, the outer rail 11, the winning a prize port 12, the variable display device 13, and the like are arranged at predetermined positions is formed. An out ball collection port 17 is formed at the lowermost position of the inner rail 10. Note that illustration of the nail is omitted. The periphery of the game board 5 is surrounded by a frame-like door frame support frame 7. The door frame support frame 7 is formed integrally with the pachinko machine body 4. Three lamps 8 are disposed in the horizontal direction on the upper front surface of the door frame support frame 7.

As shown in FIG. 1, a door frame 15 as a front frame is disposed on the front surface of the game board 5. The door frame 15 rotates about the rotation shaft 6 a of the hinge metal fitting 6 and can be opened and closed with respect to the pachinko machine body 4. The door frame 15 is in contact with the door frame support frame 7 in a closed state. Door frame 15
Has a substantially square outer shape, and a large square-shaped window hole 16 is formed at the center. Glass G is fitted in the window hole 16. Three through holes 24 are formed in the upper beam 19 above the door frame 15 in the horizontal direction. The through holes 24 correspond to the lamps 8 of the door frame support frame 7. When the door frame 15 is closed, the lamps 8 are disposed in the corresponding through holes 24. A translucent decorative panel 25 is disposed in front of the upper beam 19 and covers the through hole 24. The light from the lamp 8 brightly illuminates the light transmissive decorative panel 25 through the through hole 24. The left vertical frame 21 has a large trapezoidal notch 2 for exposing the keyhole 27 provided in the door frame support frame 7 (see FIG. 1).
8 is formed. On the back side of the door frame 15, a metal reinforcing frame 29 surrounding the window hole 16 is disposed over the entire periphery of the window hole 16.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the game board 5, a mechanism board 22 serving as an opening / closing board is detachably attached to the pachinko machine body 4. The mechanism board 22 is supported by the pachinko machine main body 4 by hinge portions 23 arranged vertically, and is attached to and detached from the pachinko machine main body 4 by pulling out and pushing in the opening / closing pins 26 arranged in a scattered manner on the board surface. A tank T is disposed above the mechanism panel 22. An input / output board 30 is disposed on the right side of the tank T in FIG. A ball payout mechanism P is disposed below the input / output base 30 in the vertical direction.
Below the ball payout mechanism P, a safe ball processing mechanism Q linked to the ball payout mechanism P is disposed. On the left side of the safe ball processing mechanism Q in FIG.
1 and a payout control unit 32 are arranged. Firing operation mechanism control unit 3
Reference numeral 1 denotes a control mechanism for controlling a game ball launching mechanism R, which will be described later, and the payout control unit 32 is a control mechanism for paying out prize balls. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, etc., in each of the embodiments, a pachinko ball delivery unit 43 is formed on the lower front side of the mechanism board 22. The pachinko ball delivery unit 43 will be described later.
A large opening 22 a is formed near the center of the mechanism panel 22. As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 5 is opened from the large opening 22 a in a state where the mechanism board 22 is closed with respect to the pachinko machine body 4.
The symbol display device unit 33 and the control device unit 34 disposed on the back surface of the head are exposed.
The symbol display device unit 33 is a control mechanism that controls the variable display device 13, and the control device unit 34 is a control mechanism that controls the pachinko machine, such as discharging a prize ball.

An upper cover plate 35 is mounted below the door frame 15. Upper cover plate 3
A pachinko machine body 4 is cantilevered by a hinge fitting (not shown) and can be opened and closed with respect to the pachinko machine body 4. The upper cover plate 35 is formed to project forward, and an upper tray 36 is placed on the upper surface. A lower cover plate 37 is disposed below the upper cover plate 35. The lower cover plate 37 is fixed to the pachinko machine body 4. The lower cover plate 37 is formed to project forward, and a lower tray 38 is placed on the upper surface. The lower tray 38 mainly stores game balls that could not be stored in the upper tray 36. An ashtray 40 is attached to the lower cover plate 37. Under tray 38
An operation handle 39 as a firing operation mechanism is attached to the right side of. A game ball launching mechanism R is disposed below the pachinko machine body 4 and on the back side of the operation handle 39. As shown in FIG. 2, the game ball launching mechanism R is exposed from the notch 22 b formed near the lower part of the mechanism board 22 toward the back surface with the mechanism board 22 closed with respect to the pachinko machine body 4. Yes.

Next, the configuration around the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 will be described in detail for each embodiment.
(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a pachinko ball delivery unit 43 is disposed below the mechanism board 22 and on the back side of the game board 5. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, on the left side of the pachinko ball delivery unit 43, there is provided an upper tray delivery passage 45 for guiding prize balls in the direction of the upper tray 36 of the upper cover plate 35. A bypass passage 46 is provided below the upper tray delivery passage 45 to guide the prize balls to the lower tray 38 of the lower cover plate 37 when the upper tray delivery passage 45 is filled with prize balls.
Above the pachinko ball delivery unit 43, first to third ball passages 48 to 50 for receiving the safe ball and the out ball in the horizontal direction are arranged.
The first ball passage 48 is disposed above the upper tray delivery passage 45. As shown in FIG. 3, the first ball passage 48 is inclined downward to the right, and as shown in FIG. On the right side of the upper tray delivery passage 45, a second ball passage 49 is disposed which is greatly lowered by one step with respect to the first ball passage 48. As shown in FIG. 3, the second spherical passage 49 is inclined downward to the right, and at the same time, is inclined forwardly downward as shown in FIG. 9 (a). The right end of the second ball passage 49 is connected to the discharge hole 51.
As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8, the second ball passage 49 has an attachment / detachment rod 65 as a ball receiving member that can be attached / detached at a position where the out ball is intensively dropped from the out ball collection port 17. It is arranged. The detachable rod 65 will be described later.
A third ball passage 50 is arranged on the right side of the discharge hole 51. As shown in FIG. 3, the third spherical passage 50 is inclined downwardly to the left, and at the same time, is inclined downwardly as shown in FIG. 9B. A meandering discharge passage 52 is disposed below the discharge hole 51. In the first embodiment, the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 occupy three quarters or more of the total length of the ball passage.

In the first embodiment, the first ball passage 48 is integrally formed with the rear first back wall 60, and the third ball passage 50 is integrally formed with the rear second back wall 61. However, only the second spherical passage 49 is constituted by an alloy plate. In the first embodiment, the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 and the front end of the attached attaching / detaching rod 65 are slightly retracted from the front reference position P serving as a reference of the front surface of the pachinko ball delivery unit 43. Has been. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 has a back plate 63 of the game board 5 at the front reference position P.
And a gap Q is formed at the front ends of the second and third ball passages 49 and 50.

A first ball receiving plate 53 is disposed below the second ball passage 49. First ball receiving plate 5
3 is parallel to the second spherical passage 49 as shown in FIG. 3, that is, inclined downward to the right.
As shown to a), the front-back direction is made into the horizontal surface without an inclination. The first ball receiving plate 53 is the second
The back wall 61 is integrally formed. The front end position of the first ball receiving plate 53 is arranged at the front reference position P. Reinforcing ribs 54 are formed on the first ball receiving plate 53 forward along the longitudinal direction. The lower end (right end) of the first ball receiving plate 53 is connected to a first opening 55 formed in the middle of the discharge passage 52. A second ball receiving plate 57 is disposed below the third ball passage 50. The second ball receiving plate 57 is inclined downward to the left as shown in FIG.
), The front-rear direction is a horizontal plane with no inclination. The second ball receiving plate 57 is formed integrally with the second back wall 61. The front end position of the first ball receiving plate 53 is the front reference position P.
Placed in. A reinforcing rib 58 is formed at the front end of the second ball receiving plate 57 along the longitudinal direction. The lower end (right end) of the second ball receiving plate 57 is connected to a second opening 59 formed in the middle of the discharge passage 52. Both openings 55 and 59 are opened at positions slightly shifted in the vertical direction.

Next, the attaching / detaching rod 65 disposed in the second ball passage 49 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8, an out ball is placed in the second ball passage 49 in the out ball collection port 1.
A notch portion 66 is formed corresponding to a position where it falls intensively from 7, and a plastic attachment / detachment rod 65 is detachably installed so as to bridge the notch portion 66. More specifically, the configuration and erection structure of the detachable rod 65 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9C, the main body 65a of the attachment / detachment rod 65 is a rectangular plate, and the main body 65a is in the state of being attached to the notch 66 of the attachment / detachment rod 65. Similarly to the inclination of the second ball passage 49, the inclination is a right-down inclination and a front-down inclination. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, attachment grooves 67 and 68 extending in the front-rear direction are formed at the left and right ends of the main body 65 a. A mounting rib 70 is formed along the longitudinal direction at the rear of the main body 65a. Mounting rib 70
Is formed with a screw hole 70a for the fixing screw 71.
On the other hand, the notch 66 is formed with a tenon 73 having a stepped cross section in a bowl shape at a position slightly lower than the surface of the second spherical passage 49 at the left end 66a. The right end 66b is the second
A normal tenon 74 is formed with the ball passage 49 being cut as it is.
An erection method when the detachable rod 65 is erected on the notch 66 in such a configuration will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting grooves 67 and 68 of the attaching / detaching rod 65 are respectively fitted to the step tenon 73 and the normal tenon 74 of the notch 66 from the front side and are slid rearward. Then, the screw hole 70 a of the mounting rib 70 and the screw hole 61 of the second back wall 61 that are collated in a state where the mounting rib 70 is in close contact with the second back wall 61.
A is fixed by fastening together with a fixing screw 71 from the back side (see FIG. 7).
When the attachment rod 65 is completely attached, the surface of the body 65a of the attachment rod 65 is slightly lowered with respect to the surface of the second spherical passage 49 on the upstream side, as shown in FIG. Further, a slightly raised step is formed with respect to the surface of the second spherical passage 49 on the downstream side.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment configured as described above will be described.
The player operates the operation handle 39 to launch a game ball onto the game surface 9. The game ball (pachinko ball) launched on the game surface 9 descends while being interfered with obstacles such as nails (not shown),
Some enter the winning opening 12, and some enter the out ball collection opening 17 without entering the winning opening 12.
Here, the game ball entering the winning opening 12 is a safe ball. The safe ball is detected by the sensor (not shown) that it has passed through the winning opening 12 and is output from the sensor to the input / output board. Based on this output, prize ball discharge processing, variable display processing of the variable display device 13, and the like are performed. Since this safe ball will no longer be required in this pachinko machine, the first to third from the back of the game surface 9
Falls into one of the ball paths 48-50.
On the other hand, a game ball that has entered the out ball collection port 17 is an out ball. Out ball is winning mouth 12
A game ball that has ended without entering the game. Since this is no longer necessary in this pachinko machine, it is guided rearward from the out ball collection port 17 and falls onto the attaching / detaching rod 65 of the second ball passage 49.

Here, the number of out balls is absolutely larger than that of safe balls and concentrates at the out ball collection port 17. Therefore, the attaching and detaching rod 65, which the out ball actually comes into contact with falling, becomes a member with a large load when used over time. Therefore, there is a high possibility that wear, cracks and cracks will occur. If such a problem occurs, it can be replaced. In that case, the fixing screw 71 is removed and the attaching / detaching rod 65 is slid to the front side to remove it, contrary to the above construction work,
A new attaching / detaching rod 65 is replaced by the same operation as described above.
In general, a member to be replaced and newly mounted is not necessarily mounted at a position that is not significantly different from that before replacement, and the new member does not necessarily have a slight dimensional error in the connection surface with the adjacent conventional member. In some cases, a smooth connection surface may not be formed. If this is a pachinko machine like this technical field and the part where the pachinko sphere flows down like the second ball passage 49, a step is formed so that the downstream side is higher than the upstream side, and the pachinko sphere is in the middle. There is a possibility that a problem of stagnation occurs.
However, in the first embodiment, when the attaching / detaching rod 65 is completely attached, the flow surface of the pachinko ball is adjacent to the surface of the attaching / detaching rod 65 as shown in FIG. It is configured so as to be lowered in steps. Therefore, even if some detachment of the attaching / detaching rod 65 occurs, the downstream side does not become higher at the connecting portion between the attaching / detaching rod 65 and the second ball passage 49, and the pachinko ball does not flow downstream. There is no problem of stagnating.

A safe ball or an out ball (hereinafter simply referred to as a pachinko ball) that has fallen into any of the first to third ball passages 48 to 50 rolls toward the discharge hole 51 in the left-right direction according to the inclination. First
The pachinko ball that has fallen into the second ball passage 48 rolls in the right direction and once falls onto the second ball passage 49. The pachinko ball that has fallen onto the second ball passage 49 rolls in the right direction and falls into the discharge hole 51. The pachinko ball that has fallen onto the third ball passage 50 rolls leftward and the discharge hole 5
Falls into 1. The fallen pachinko ball descends the discharge passage 52 and is discharged (collected) out of the machine. Since the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 of the first embodiment are inclined forward and downward, the pachinko balls approach the back plate 63 side of the game board 5 while flowing down toward the discharge hole 51. Will come.

Here, the first to third ball passages 48 to 50 have a structure in which dust is easily collected because dirty pachinko balls pass intensively. However, the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 are inclined forward, and dust moves to the inclined front side mainly due to vibration caused by the fall of the pachinko balls onto the ball passages 48 to 50. . Further, a gap Q is formed in front of the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 as shown in FIGS. 9A and 10, and dust enters the first ball receiving plate 53 from the gap Q. It will fall.
By the way, the components of the pachinko machine are distorted or slackened due to the use over time, and the back plate 63 of the upper cover plate 35 is not arranged at the front reference position P due to the influence, and a part or all of the gap Q is larger than the pachinko ball. If it becomes, the pachinko ball may fall downward from the enlarged gap Q. At this time, the fallen pachinko balls are the first and second
Are received by the ball receiving plates 53 and 57 and rolled as they are along the inclination of the ball receiving plates 53 and 57, and returned to the discharge passage 52 from the openings 55 and 59, respectively.

With this configuration, the first embodiment has the following effects.
(1) The attaching / detaching rod 65 with which a large number of out balls fall and come into contact is likely to be worn, cracked or cracked when used over time. However, since the first embodiment can be easily replaced, when such a problem occurs, there is no waste of replacing the second ball passage 49 or the entire pachinko ball delivery unit 43, resulting in cost savings and results. As a result, it can contribute to the reduction of industrial waste.
(2) Also, the newly mounted member often does not fit neatly due to manufacturing errors and the like from the member that has been mounted from the beginning, and a difference in level is likely to occur at the connecting portion. As a result, the pachinko sphere may stagnate at the stepped portion protruding from the upstream side than from the upstream side.
However, in the first embodiment, when the attachment / detachment rod 65 is completely attached, as shown in FIG. 8, the flow path of the pachinko sphere is adjacent to the surface of the attachment / detachment rod 65 and the surfaces of the left and right second ball passages 49 are further downstream. It is configured so as to be lowered in steps. Therefore, even if some detachment of the attaching / detaching rod 65 occurs, the downstream side does not become higher at the connecting portion between the attaching / detaching rod 65 and the second ball passage 49, and the pachinko ball does not flow downstream and stagnates in the middle. There will be no inconvenience.
(3) Since the attaching / detaching rod 65 is constructed by a slide mounting structure with the notch portion 66, the mounting grooves 67, 68, the step tenon 73 and the ordinary tenon 74, it is accurate only by sliding the attaching / detaching rod 65. The tenon 73 and the ordinary tenon 74 are sandwiched between the mounting grooves 67 and 68 from the upper and lower sides, and it is hard to be rattled. Moreover, since it is supported by the slide mounting structure, the number of fixing screws 71 may be one as described above, and many are not required, so that the attaching / detaching operation is simplified.
(4) Second and third ball passages 4 due to vibrations of falling pachinko balls or vibrations generated during the game.
The dust accumulated in 9, 50 moves forward according to the inclination, and finally falls downward from the gap Q and accumulates on the first and second ball receiving plates 53, 57. For this reason, even when used over time, the pachinko balls do not accumulate in the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 and do not easily roll or become dirty.
(5) As described above, even when the gap Q becomes larger than the pachinko sphere and the pachinko sphere falls downward from the enlarged gap Q, the dropped pachinko sphere is the first and second spheres. Since it is received by the receiving plates 53 and 57 and rolls along the inclination of the ball receiving plates 53 and 57 as they are and is returned to the discharge passage 52 from the openings 55 and 59, the pachinko balls to be collected cannot be taken out. Problems such as remaining in the plane will not occur.
(6) Since the second ball passage 49 is made of metal, the hitting sound caused by the falling contact of the pachinko ball may increase. As described above, the second ball passage 49 is disposed at the position where the most out balls are dropped. Since the removable hook 65 is made of plastic, the hitting sound is attenuated.

(Embodiment 2)
Hereinafter, in the second embodiment, the second and third ball passages 49 and 50 in the first embodiment are used.
Since only the configuration is different, the same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawing, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and different portions will be mainly described.
On the right side of the upper tray delivery passage 45, a second ball passage 81 is disposed, which is greatly lowered by one step with respect to the first ball passage 48. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the second ball passage 81 is inclined downward to the right as a whole, and at the same time, the first front lowering portion 81 in order from the upstream side.
a, the rear lowering portion 81b and the second front lowering portion 81c are combined to be alternately inclined. The first and second front lower portions 81a and 81c are surfaces inclined forward and downward, and the rear lower portion 81b is a surface inclined downward and rearward. Of these, the rear lowering portion 81b and the second front lowering portion 81c are the attachment / detachment rod 8 serving as a ball receiving member.
3 is formed. The construction structure of the detachable rod 83 will be described in detail later. First, the configuration in a state where the detachable rod 83 is mounted will be described.

As shown in FIG.12 and FIG.13, the slit 82 is formed in the base part near the 2nd back wall 61 of the back fall part 81b. The right end of the second ball passage 81 is connected to the discharge hole 51.
A third ball passage 85 is disposed on the right side of the discharge hole 51. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the third ball passage 85 is inclined downwardly to the left as a whole, and at the same time, the first rearwardly descending portion 85a, the front lowering portion 85b, and the second rearwardly downward portion are sequentially arranged from the upstream side. The three 85c are combined so as to be alternately reversely inclined. First and second rear falling portions 85a,
85c is a surface inclined backward and downward, and the front downward portion 85b is a surface inclined downward and forward.
As shown in FIG. 13, a slit 82 is formed in the base portion closer to the second back wall 61 of the first and second rear falling portions 85 a and 85 c. The discharge passage 5 meanders downward from the discharge hole 51.
2 is disposed. In the first embodiment, the second and third ball passages 81 and 85 occupy three quarters or more of the total length of the ball passage. In the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the second and third ball passages 81 and 85 are integrally formed with the rear second back wall 61.
In the second embodiment, the front ends of the second and third ball passages 81 and 85 are set to be slightly retreated from the front reference position P which is the reference of the front surface of the pachinko ball delivery unit 43. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 has a back plate 63 of the game board 5 at the front reference position P.
And a gap Q is formed at the front ends of the second and third ball passages 81 and 85.

Next, the attaching / detaching rod 83 disposed in the second ball passage 81 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 15, the attaching / detaching rod 83 includes a rear lowering portion 81 b and a second front lowering portion 81 c and a hanging plate 89 that constitutes the discharge hole 51. A mounting rib 90 extending upward is formed at the left end of the rear descending portion 81b. A long hole 90 a for the fixing screw 91 is formed in the mounting rib 90. A mounting bracket 92 is formed near the buttocks of the hanging plate 89. A long hole 92 a for the fixing screw 91 is formed in the mounting bracket 92.
On the other hand, the first rear falling portion 8 of the second spherical passage 81 fixed integrally to the second back wall 61.
A mounting rib 93 extending downward is formed at the 5a end (right end). The mounting rib 93 has a screw hole (not shown) for the fixing screw 91 (unlike the long hole 92a, it is not a through hole). A method for mounting the detachable rod 83 in such a configuration will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, a long hole 90 a in which the mounting rib 90 of the attaching / detaching rod 83 and the mounting rib 93 of the first rearwardly falling portion 85 a are combined and collated in a hand shape of the rod is fastened together with a fixing screw 91. On the other hand, the long hole 92a of the mounting bracket 92 is collated with the screw hole of the second back wall 61 (not shown) and is similarly fastened with the fixing screw 91. At this time, if there is a slight dimensional error, the vertical direction is adjusted by the elongated holes 90a and 92a so that the pachinko ball is stagnated at the connecting portion between the first rearwardly falling part 85a and the forwardly downwardly falling part 85b. Make sure that there are no uneven steps.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment configured as described above will be described.
The player operates the operation handle 39 to launch a game ball onto the game surface 9. The game ball (pachinko ball) launched on the game surface 9 descends while being interfered with obstacles such as nails (not shown),
Some enter the winning opening 12, and some enter the out ball collection opening 17 without entering the winning opening 12.
Here, the game ball entering the winning opening 12 is a safe ball. The safe ball is detected by the sensor (not shown) that it has passed through the winning opening 12 and is output from the sensor to the input / output board. Based on this output, prize ball discharge processing, variable display processing of the variable display device 13, and the like are performed. Since this safe ball will no longer be required in this pachinko machine, the first to third from the back of the game surface 9
Falls into one of the ball paths 48, 81, 85. On the other hand, a game ball that has entered the out ball collection port 17 is an out ball. The out ball is a game ball that has been played without entering the winning opening 12. Since this is no longer necessary in this pachinko machine, it is guided rearward from the out ball collection port 17 and falls onto the attachment / detachment rod 83 of the second ball passage 81.

Here, the number of out balls is absolutely larger than that of safe balls and concentrates at the out ball collection port 17. Therefore, the attaching / detaching rod 83 on which the out ball is actually brought into contact with dropping becomes a member that is heavily loaded when used over time. Therefore, there is a high possibility that wear, cracks and cracks will occur. If such a problem occurs, it can be replaced. In that case, the fixing screw 91 is removed, the attachment / detachment rod 83 is removed, and a new attachment / detachment rod 83 is replaced by the same operation as described above, contrary to the above-described installation work.
Further, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 15, the first front lowering portion 81a, the rear lowering portion 81b and the second front lowering portion 81c are alternately reversely inclined in order from the upstream side. It is configured to be combined. Therefore, the pachinko balls flow down while being disturbed in the front-rear direction in the second ball passage 81, so that the pachinko balls do not intensively contact only one place. Further, the downstream slope is arranged such that the lowest position of the adjacent upstream slope is the highest position. Therefore, of course, the pachinko ball does not stagnate at the step portion between the integrated rear falling portion 81b and the second front falling portion 81c.
In the first to third ball passages 48, 81, and 85, dirty pachinko balls pass intensively as in the first embodiment, so that dust tends to accumulate. However, in the second ball passage 81, the first and second front lower portions 81a and 81c are inclined forward and the rear lower portion 81b is inclined rearward. In the third ball passage 85, the first and second front lower portions 81a and 81c are inclined downward. 2 are inclined downwardly at the rearwardly lowered portions 85a and 85c and forwardly downwardly at the forwardly lowered portion 85b. Therefore, dust is moved forward or backward according to these inclinations mainly due to vibration caused by the fall of the pachinko balls onto the ball passages 48, 81, 85. The dust moving through the front lowering portions 81a, 81c, and 85b is from the gap Q, and the dust moving through the rear lowering portions 81b, 85a, and 85c is from the slit 8.
2 falls onto the first and second ball receiving plates 53 and 57.

With this configuration, the second embodiment has the following effects.
(1) The attaching / detaching rod 83 with which a large amount of out balls fall and come into contact is likely to be worn, cracked or cracked when used over time. However, since the second embodiment can be easily replaced, when such a problem occurs, there is no waste of replacing the second ball passage 81 or the entire pachinko ball delivery unit 43, resulting in cost savings and results. As a result, it can contribute to the reduction of industrial waste.
(2) Newly mounted members often do not fit neatly due to manufacturing errors, etc., from the members that are mounted from the beginning, and are likely to have a step in the connection portion. As a result, the pachinko sphere may stagnate at the stepped portion protruding from the upstream side than from the upstream side. However, in the second embodiment, the attachment / detachment rod 83 can be slightly shifted in the vertical direction by the long holes 90a, 92a, so that the attachment / detachment rod 83 and the first front lowering portion on the upstream side in the second ball passage 81 are provided. The downstream side does not become higher at the connecting portion with 81a, and the problem that the pachinko ball does not flow downstream and stagnates in the middle does not occur.
(3) In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 15, the first front lowering portion 81a, the rear lowering portion 81b, and the second front lowering portion 81c are alternately reversely inclined in order from the upstream side. It is configured to be combined. Further, the downstream slope is arranged such that the lowest position of the adjacent upstream slope is the highest position. Therefore, of course, the pachinko ball does not stagnate in the step portion between the integrated rear falling portion 81b and the second front falling portion 81c, and the pachinko ball is disturbed in the front-rear direction in the second ball passage 81. However, the pachinko ball does not come into contact with only one place because it flows down. As a result, partial wear is reduced, and the replacement time of the attaching / detaching rod 83 can be delayed.
(4) Second and third ball passages 8 due to vibrations of falling pachinko balls or vibrations generated during the game.
The dust accumulated in 1 and 85 moves forward or backward according to the inclination, and finally falls downward from the slit 69 or the gap Q and accumulates on the first and second ball receiving plates 53 and 57. Become. For this reason, even when used over time, the pachinko balls are not easily accumulated in the second and third ball passages 81 and 85, and the pachinko balls are not contaminated.

(Embodiment 3)
You may make it apply this invention to the pachinko machine of an internal structure as shown in FIG.17 and FIG.18. This model includes a mechanism panel 95 different from the mechanism panel 22 of the first and second embodiments. The mechanism board 95 has a tank 96, a cover 96 and the like that cover the tank T, the ball dispensing mechanism P, the variable display device 13 and the like as in the first and second embodiments, but the control base is separate from the mechanism board 95. As shown in FIG. The mounting base 97 can be opened and closed by operating the open / close pin 97a independently and opening it in a cantilevered manner (rotating and opening in the right front direction in FIG. 17). Back side of mounting base 97 (front side from the front side)
On the side, spherical passages 98 corresponding to the respective spherical passages 48 to 50 of the first embodiment are arranged, and the spherical passage 98 is exposed in a state where the mounting base 97 is opened as shown in FIG. .
An attaching / detaching rod 100 is disposed at the lower position of the ball passage 98 just behind the out ball collection port 99 and at the position where the out ball is dropped. The detachable rod 100 can be replaced with the mounting base 97 opened.
With such a configuration, the ball passage 98 is simply opened by opening the mounting base 97 from the back side.
Can be inspected, and the attachment / detachment rod 100 can be inspected, the replacement work can be easily performed when a defect is found, and it is not necessary to open the mechanism panel 22 as in the first embodiment. Can be achieved.

(Embodiment 4)
As shown in FIG. 19, the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 may be exposed from the front side. In the fourth embodiment, a part of the pachinko machine main body 4 disposed on the back surface of the upper cover plate 35 is configured to be detachable as a separate detachable plate 101. The detachable rod 65 of the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 exposed to the front side can be inspected by this, and the replacement work when a defect is found can be easily performed. Embodiment 1
The same members as those in FIG.

The present invention can be implemented with the following modifications.
In the first embodiment, each of the ball passages 48 to 50 has a forward downward inclination, but may be applied to a backward downward inclination type.
In the second embodiment, each of the spherical passages 48, 81, 85 is configured to discontinuously reverse the front and rear inclinations. It doesn't matter.
・ The pachinko machine of this embodiment is a type that once drains and collects pachinko balls that have been played out of the machine, but it can also be applied to a type that circulates inside the machine without discharging to the outside. .
-The shape, material, and arrangement of the detachable rods 65 and 83 can be changed as appropriate.
The shape, number, and arrangement of the ball passages 48 to 50, 81, and 85 in the above embodiments can be changed as appropriate.
In each of the above embodiments, the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 is formed on the mechanism panel 22. However, the location of the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 is not limited to this,
For example, the pachinko ball delivery unit 43 can be freely applied to a model having the pachinko machine main body 4 side.
In the above-described embodiment, the attaching / detaching rods 65 and 83 for receiving the out ball are applied. However, the pachinko ball is dropped from the upper position to the lower position, for example, on the way from the tank to the dispensing device. You may do it.
In addition, it is free to implement in a mode that does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Other technical ideas of the present invention that can be grasped from the above embodiments will be described as additional notes below.
(1) At least a support frame, a game table that is incorporated in the support frame and has a substantially vertical game surface on which a player faces and plays a game, and a tank disposed above the game table A payout device that supplies a pachinko ball to a player upon establishment of a predetermined condition, a launch operation mechanism that launches the pachinko ball supplied by the player's operation toward the upper part of the game surface, and a launch operation mechanism. In a pachinko machine equipped with a discharge mechanism that guides the pachinko ball after game exiting from the game surface after the game on the game surface of the pachinko ball is completed,
While the pachinko ball supplied from the tank is finally discharged from the discharge mechanism, a detachable ball receiving member is arranged at a position where the pachinko ball falls from the upper position to the lower position and contacts intensively. A pachinko machine characterized by its installation.
(2) The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 1, wherein the ball receiving member has a flow surface at a level lower than the flow surface of the upstream pachinko ball.
With this configuration, the exchanged ball receiving member is poorly accommodated, and even if the flow surface is set slightly higher than the initial position, the flow surface of the upstream pachinko ball is raised, so the downstream ball receiving member Will not be higher and the pachinko ball will not stagnate.
(3) The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 1, wherein the ball receiving member has a flow surface at a level higher than the flow surface of a downstream pachinko ball.
With this configuration, the exchanged ball receiving member is poorly accommodated, and even if the flow surface is set slightly lower than the initial position, the flow surface of the downstream pachinko sphere is lowered, so the upstream ball receiving member Will not become lower and the pachinko ball will not stagnate.
(4) The pachinko machine according to any one of appendixes 1 and 2 or appendix 1, wherein the ball receiving member is installed in a notch formed in the middle of the flow surface.
If comprised in this way, since the back surface of a ball | bowl receiving member can be made into a space part, it contributes to weight reduction as the whole pachinko machine.
(5) The pachinko machine according to appendix 4, wherein the ball receiving member is supported by a slide attachment structure of a groove and a tenon formed between the notch portion and the tenon.
If comprised in this way, a tenon will be pinched | interposed in a groove | channel and it will become hard to be firmly constructed and it will become difficult to produce. Furthermore, since it is supported by the slide mounting structure, a large number of fixing screws are not required as described above, so that the attaching / detaching operation is simplified.
(6) At least a support frame, a game table that is incorporated in the support frame and has a substantially vertical game surface on which a player faces and plays, and a pachinko ball that is operated by the player With a launch operation mechanism that launches toward the top of the surface, and a ball passage is provided on the back side of the game stand to receive pachinko balls that have been played on the game surface. In the pachinko machine in which the pachinko ball after the completion of the game is inclined to flow down to a predetermined part, the ball path is inclined in a direction perpendicular to the flow-down direction, and the pachinko ball A pachinko machine characterized in that a detachable ball receiving member is disposed at a predetermined position of the ball passage where the balls fall from the upper position to the lower position and abut in a concentrated manner.
If comprised in this way, the effect of Claim 1 can be most effectively show | played by applying to the part which receives much load of the falling pachinko ball.
(7) The pachinko machine according to appendix 6, wherein the predetermined position is a position where an out ball falls.
If comprised in this way, the effect of Claim 1 can be show | played more effectively by applying to the part which receives the load of the most out sphere as the falling pachinko sphere.
(8) The pachinko machine according to appendix 6 or 7, wherein the ball receiving member has a flow surface at a level lower than the flow surface of the upstream spherical passage.
With this configuration, the exchanged ball receiving member is poorly accommodated, and even if the flow surface is set slightly higher than the initial position, the flow surface of the upstream pachinko ball is raised, so the downstream ball receiving member Will not be higher and the pachinko ball will not stagnate.
(9) The pachinko machine according to appendix 6 or 7, wherein the ball receiving member has a flow surface at a level different from the flow surface of the downstream spherical passage.
With this configuration, the exchanged ball receiving member is poorly accommodated, and even if the flow surface is set slightly lower than the initial position, the flow surface of the downstream pachinko sphere is lowered, so the upstream ball receiving member Will not become lower and the pachinko ball will not stagnate.
(10) The pachinko machine according to any one of appendices 7 to 9, wherein the ball receiving member is installed in a notch formed in the middle of the ball passage.
If comprised in this way, since the back surface of a ball | bowl receiving member can be made into a space part, it contributes to weight reduction as the whole pachinko machine.
(11) The pachinko machine according to appendix 10, wherein the ball receiving member is supported by a slide attachment structure of a groove and a tenon formed between the cutout portion and the tenon.
If comprised in this way, a tenon will be pinched | interposed in a groove | channel and it will become hard to be firmly constructed and it will become difficult to produce. Furthermore, since it is supported by the slide mounting structure, a large number of fixing screws are not required as described above, so that the attaching / detaching operation is simplified.
(12) The pachinko machine according to any one of appendices 7 to 9, wherein the ball receiving member forms part of a ball passage.
If comprised in this way, it is not necessary to arrange | position a ball | bowl receiving member as another member, and it contributes to weight reduction as the whole pachinko machine.
(13) The pachinko machine according to appendix 12, wherein the ball receiving member can be mounted by being moved in the vertical direction.
With this configuration, a slight vertical adjustment is possible. This is realized by, for example, the long holes 90a and 92a in the second embodiment.
(14) The pachinko machine according to any one of appendices 6 to 12, wherein the ball passage and the ball receiving member are inclined in a direction perpendicular to the flow-down direction.
If constituted in this way, since the ball passage is inclined, dust moves to the lower side of the inclined surface, and the pachinko ball (safe ball or out ball) after the game is completed becomes difficult to get dirty or roll. Problems are less likely to occur.
(15) The pachinko machine according to appendix 14, wherein an inclination angle set in a direction perpendicular to the flow direction of the ball passage is changed along the flow direction.
(16) The pachinko machine according to appendix 14, wherein at least the change of the ball receiving member is continuous or intermittent.
In addition to the effects described above, the pachinko ball can be prevented from coming into contact with only the same part when it flows down if it is configured as in Supplementary Notes (15) or (16). Furthermore, since the pachinko balls do not pass only through the same place, the replacement time of the ball receiving member becomes longer.
(17) The ball path is covered with another mechanism part configured separately from the mechanism panel disposed on the back surface, and the ball path is formed on the back side by opening the other mechanism part. The pachinko machine according to any one of appendices 6 to 16, wherein the pachinko machine is exposed. When configured in this way,
The ball path can be exposed without bothering to open the mechanism panel, and the replacement work of the ball receiving member can be easily performed. The other mechanism part is, for example, the mounting base 97 of the third embodiment.
(18) The pachinko machine according to any one of appendices 6 to 17, wherein the ball passage is on a pachinko machine body side.
(19) The pachinko machine according to any one of appendices 6 to 18, wherein the ball passage is exposed by opening a member disposed in front of the ball passage. If comprised in this way, it will be possible to work from the front side, without bothering to expose the back side, and work efficiency will improve. The member disposed on the front surface is, for example, the upper cover plate 35 of the fourth embodiment.
(20) The ball receiving member is made of plastic.
Or the pachinko machine in any one of appendices 1-19.
Compared with a metal ball receiving member, the sound of a pachinko ball that drops and abuts is attenuated.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Outer frame as a support frame body, 4 ... Pachinko machine main body as a game stand, 5 ... Game board, 9 ... Game surface, 22 ... Mechanism board, 39 ... Handle as launch operation mechanism, 48-50, 81, 85 ...
Sphere passage, 65... Detachable bowl as a ball receiving member, 83 ... Detachable bowl as a ball receiving member, tank T
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Claims (2)

And supporting lifting frame body, towards a gaming table which game board is formed of pachinko balls are incorporated into the support frame is lowered while interfering with the obstacle, the pachinko ball by player operates the game board top a firing operation mechanism of firing Te, the pachinko machine equipped with a ball passage forming part of the passage for flowing down the pachinko balls were fired into a predetermined portion of the gaming table back side by the firing operation mechanism,
The ball passage includes a passage forming component that forms a passage including the ball passage that can flow in the lateral direction of the gaming machine while supporting the lower side of the pachinko ball, and the passage forming component includes a first member, It has a second member that is molded separately from one member, and the second member can be adjusted in the vertical direction in order to attach it so that there is no step at the connection between the first member and the second member. The pachinko machine is characterized by being said . 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the first member forms a passage in a front lowering direction, and the second member forms a passage in a rear lowering direction.

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