JP5831171B2 - Earned ball number display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an acquired ball number display device that displays, as an acquired ball number, the total number of pachinko balls acquired by a player in games on gaming machines arranged on a gaming island.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine lined up on a gaming island is generally provided with a ball counting device that counts pachinko balls acquired by a player by paying out from the gaming machine. In such a gaming machine, at the end of the game, the total number of pachinko balls finally acquired by the player (hereinafter also referred to as the number of acquired balls) is recorded on a magnetic card or printed on a receipt, etc. By giving this to the player, the exchange work with the prize is facilitated. In addition, in the configuration of the gaming machine equipped with a ball counting device, Patent Document 1 gives a player a score corresponding to the number of pachinko balls (prize balls) to be paid out with winning, A ball-enclosed pachinko machine is disclosed in which a receipt on which a total score obtained by a player is printed is discharged from a printer device, and can be exchanged for a prize by the receipt. According to the configuration of the ball-enclosed pachinko machine, the pachinko balls are not actually paid out to the player. For this reason, in order to make the player feel that the pachinko balls have been paid out, the pachinko machine main body has a payout confirmation display device that artificially shows the flow of the pachinko balls to be paid out in accordance with the prize to the player. Adjacent to one side.
Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a gaming machine in which a gaming medium effect device is provided adjacent to a pachinko ball counted by a ball counting device (each counter) so that the player can visually recognize it. ing. In the configuration described in Patent Document 2, the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device are lifted up to the upper end position of the game medium rendering device by the lifting device, and the raised pachinko balls are moved to the internal space of the game media rendering device ( It is introduced into the pachinko ball storage space) from above and stored sequentially.

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a gaming machine in which an outgoing ball display unit is provided adjacent to the pachinko ball that is counted by a ball counting device (counter) so that the player can store the pachinko balls in a visible manner. Is disclosed. In the configuration described in Patent Document 3, the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device are not sent directly to the payout display unit, but pachinko balls that are circulated within the game island stand are counted by the ball counting device. As many pachinko balls as the number of pachinko balls are fed from the ball transport pipe to the ball display unit, and the pachinko balls are stored in the ball display unit so that the player can see them.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-23128 (FIG. 3) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2010-142582 (FIG. 9) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2011-50551 (FIG. 2)

By the way, according to the configuration described in Patent Document 1 described above, the actual pachinko balls are not stacked so as to be shown to the player, which is achieved by stacking the acquired pachinko balls. A feeling and superiority cannot be given to the player in real. On the other hand, according to the configuration described in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3, the pachinko ball is actually stored in the storage space of the game medium effect device (outlet display unit) in accordance with the acquisition of the pachinko ball by the player. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a sense of accomplishment and superiority. However, in any of the configurations described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, pachinko balls used (stored) in the game medium rendering device are circulated and used throughout the entire game island, and at the end of the game, The pachinko balls stored in the stage device are discharged out of the device to return to the game island. Therefore, in the game island stand, it is necessary to provide a ball replenishment passage for replenishing the pachinko balls to the game medium effect device and a ball collection passage for collecting the pachinko balls discharged from the game medium effect device. There is. Furthermore, in addition to pachinko balls used in all gaming machines arranged on the game island stand, it is necessary to store all pachinko balls used in each game medium effect device provided adjacent to each gaming machine. Along with this, the ball storage tank in Yugijimadai must be increased in size, but the ball lifter for lifting pachinko balls in Yugijimadai must be increased in size as well. I must.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to continue the game after giving the player a sense of accomplishment and superiority by accumulating the acquired pachinko balls. In a configuration that allows the player to recognize the number of balls acquired, there is no additional pachinko ball supply / recovery passage in the game island stand, and a ball storage tank or ball lifting device installed in the game island stand. An object of the present invention is to provide an acquired number of balls display device capable of avoiding an increase in the size of various components.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the invention of claim 1, the number of acquired balls is displayed as the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player in the game in the gaming machine arranged on the game island stand. The acquired number of balls display device is a number of balls display unit that displays the number of acquired balls numerically, a standby storage unit that standby stores the pachinko balls that are circulated and used in the acquired number of balls display device, A plurality of storage effect display units that allow a player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by storing the pachinko balls moved from the standby storage unit, and pachinko stored in the storage effect display unit A collection passage part for collecting balls, a pachinko ball that has flowed down the collection passage part, a ball feeding means for feeding the pachinko balls stored in the standby storage part, and a pachinko that has been lifted by the ball feeding means Ball A ball sorting means that distributes and sends to either the stop effect display unit or the standby storage unit, and a state in which pachinko balls can be stored in the plurality of storage effect display units, and pachinko balls cannot be stored. In addition to controlling the transition between the states, by controlling the lifting of the pachinko balls by the ball lifting means and the distribution of the pachinko balls by the ball distribution means in accordance with the increase or decrease of the number of acquired balls, Storage effect display control means for controlling the display of the number of acquired balls by the storage effect display section, and the storage effect display control means, in the plurality of storage effect display sections, when the number of acquired balls has increased. The pachinko ball is stored in the standby storage unit and controlled to be transferred to a state where pachinko balls can be stored, and the ball lifting device controls the pachinko ball to be stored in the storage effect display unit. Feed The pachinko balls are sent to the storage effect display unit in a controlled state, and when the number of acquired balls decreases, the transition control is performed so that the pachinko balls cannot be stored in the plurality of storage effect display units. The pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display unit are caused to flow down through the collection passage unit, and then are controlled to be transported by the ball transporting device, and the pachinko balls are fed into the standby storage unit. The pachinko ball is fed to the standby storage unit by controlling the state of the pachinko ball.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the acquired number-of-balls display device according to the first aspect, the plurality of storage effect display units are arranged in the vertical direction along the flow-down direction of the pachinko balls, Between the storage effect display units arranged in the vertical direction, there is provided a communication passage unit that communicates with each other. By flowing down each internal space of the effect display part and the communication passage part, the storage effect display part located at the highest position among the plurality of storage effect display parts is sent toward the storage effect display part located at the lowest position. It is characterized by that.

  Moreover, in invention of Claim 3, in the acquisition ball number display apparatus of Claim 1 or Claim 2, each of these several storage production | presentation display parts coat | covers the front side of the said storage production | presentation display part so that visual recognition is possible. A transparent cover member and an internal protrusion member disposed inside the transparent cover member, and a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball between the internal protrusion member and the transparent cover member. The storage space that can store the pachinko balls is provided, and when the pachinko balls are fully stored in the storage space, the bottom-up structure that makes it appear to the player that it is filled with the predetermined number of pachinko balls It is formed.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the acquired ball number display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the acquired ball number display device is provided corresponding to the acquired ball number display device. In addition, when a pachinko ball is lent out in a ball lending machine that allows a pachinko ball to be lent out from the pachinko ball that the player has acquired, the ball machine lends it from the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player The number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls received is displayed as the number of acquired balls.

  In the invention of claim 1, the total number of pachinko balls that the player has acquired while the game is continuing is displayed as a number of acquired balls in the ball number display unit, thereby accurately determining the number of balls acquired for the player. Can be recognized. In addition, when a player acquires a pachinko ball in a game machine, the pachinko balls used in the acquired ball number display device are sent to the storage effect display unit by the ball distribution means, and the player uses the storage effect display unit. Can be visually recognized to give the player a sense of accomplishment and superiority by accumulating the acquired pachinko balls, and allow the player to recognize the number of balls that are being played. . Further, in such a configuration, a standby storage unit for standby storage of pachinko balls used in the acquired ball number display device, a recovery passage unit for recovering pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display unit, and the recovery passage unit The pachinko ball that has flowed down and the ball feeding means that lifts the pachinko ball stored in the standby storage section, and the pachinko ball that is lifted by the ball lifting means is either a storage effect display section or a standby storage section By providing ball sorting means for sorting and feeding the pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device. This eliminates the need to circulate pachinko balls used in the earned ball number display device throughout the entire game island, so there is no need to provide a separate pachinko ball supply / recovery passage within the game island. It is possible to avoid an increase in the size of various components such as a ball storage tank and a ball lifting device installed on the island.

  Moreover, in invention of Claim 2, while arranging the several storage production | presentation display parts in the up-down direction along the flow-down direction of a pachinko ball, respectively, the communication channel | path part which connects each between each storage production | presentation display parts is provided. The pachinko balls distributed to the storage effect display unit by the ball distribution means are sent from the storage effect display unit located at the top to the storage effect display unit located at the bottom among the plurality of storage effect display units The configuration. Thereby, a pachinko ball can be smoothly sent to a plurality of storage production display parts by natural fall. In addition, since the acquired number-of-balls display device can be configured in a vertically long shape, the acquired number-of-balls display device can be arranged in a narrow space between the gaming machines arranged on the game island.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a storage effect display portion is constituted by a transparent cover member that covers the front side so as to be visible, and an internal projection member that is disposed inside the transparent cover member. When the pachinko balls are fully stored in the storage space between the transparent cover member and the transparent cover member, the player appears to be filled with a predetermined number of pachinko balls. Thus, in the configuration of the storage effect display unit that recognizes that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired, even when the number of pachinko balls less than the predetermined number is fully stored, the storage effect display unit is predetermined on the appearance. It can appear as if a number of pachinko balls are stored.

  Further, in the invention of claim 4, when a ball lending machine that enables lending of a pachinko ball from a pachinko ball acquired by a player is provided, and the pachinko ball is lent by the ball lending machine The number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine from the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player is displayed as the number of acquired balls on the acquired ball number display device. This makes it possible to rent out pachinko balls from pachinko balls acquired by the player, thereby increasing the convenience of the game. The number can be recognized by the player.

It is a front view which shows a part of internal structure of amusement island stand, a ball lending machine, an outer frame, and an acquired number-of-balls display device. It is a perspective view which shows a part of internal structure of an amusement island stand, a ball lending machine, an outer frame, and an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing of the control apparatus in an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an item production effect process. It is a flowchart which shows a ball number proportional effect process. It is a flowchart which shows a circulation process. It is a flowchart which shows a standby process. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the acquired number-of-balls display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the acquired number-of-balls display apparatus in 3rd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 3rd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 3rd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 3rd embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the acquired number-of-balls display apparatus in 4th embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 4th embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 4th embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 4th embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, schematic structure of the game island stand 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of the internal structure of the game island stand 1, a ball lending machine 2, an outer frame 9, and an acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the internal structure of the game island stand 1, the ball lending machine 2, the outer frame 9, and the acquired ball number display device 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming island base 1 includes an upper island frame 4 and a lower island frame 5 for attaching a plurality of gaming machines (not shown), respectively. It is spanned along the longitudinal direction of the game island stand 1 with substantially the same interval. The front end side of the lower island frame 5 is projected as a so-called counter plate 6 on which a player places a ball box or the like. The upper island frame 4 also has a function as a lower frame among the fixed frames to which the curtain plate 3 for covering a supply basket (not shown) disposed above the gaming machine is attached. Below the lower island frame 5, a waist plate 7 for covering a storage tank (not shown) for storing pachinko balls circulated and used in the game island platform 1 is attached.

  A plurality of gaming machines (outer frame 9) are arranged at a predetermined interval between the upper island frame 4 and the lower island frame 5, and between each adjacent gaming machine, an individual gaming machine and The ball lending machine 2 and the acquired ball number display device 10 are arranged so as to correspond. The ball lending machine 2 controls the lending of pachinko balls to the corresponding gaming machine adjacent to the right (the gaming machine on the right side in FIGS. 1 and 2). The player can confirm the total number of pachinko balls (hereinafter also referred to as “acquired balls”) that the player has acquired in the corresponding gaming machines across the rental machine 2 (hereinafter also referred to as “acquired balls”). It is for making. The ball lending machine 2 is provided for the ball lending machine 2 when the player has acquired a pachinko ball when the player has acquired a pachinko ball while the player has not acquired a pachinko ball. Lending pachinko balls based on reduction processing of prepaid-type possession cards (cards that have the function of prepaid cards and the function to store numerical data of pachinko balls acquired by players) It has become.

  Details of the acquired ball number display device 10 will be described later. In addition, the gaming machine includes a rectangular outer frame 9 made of a wooden material, a decorative cover plate 8 attached to the front end of the lower side of the outer frame 9, and a gaming machine inner frame (not shown) attached to the outer frame 9. A member composed of a frame and a game board). A ball counting device 80 for counting pachinko balls acquired for each gaming machine is provided on the upper surface portion of the counter plate 6 corresponding to each gaming machine (outer frame 9). The numerical data of the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 80 and the numerical data of the pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine 2 are transmitted to the control device described later.

  Next, the configuration of the acquired ball number display device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 13. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control process of the control device in the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the onset production process. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the ball number proportional effect process. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the circulation process. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the standby process. 10 to 13 are longitudinal sectional views for explaining the flow of the pachinko balls in the acquired number-of-balls display device 10, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the acquired ball number display device 10 includes a vertically long ball-shaped ball flow lower passage portion 11, a ball number display portion 12 provided at the front upper end of the ball flow lower flow passage portion 11, Three storage effect display units 13 to 15 (effect display unit) and a visual recognition path unit 16 disposed at a predetermined interval on the front surface of the ball flow lower passage unit 11 below the ball number display unit 12, and each storage effect display unit. As storage effect display control means for controlling the three light emitting effect display units 17 to 19 (effect display unit) respectively disposed between 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 and various components of the acquired ball number display device 10. A control device (specifically, a control board having a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM), a standby storage unit 50 for standby storage of pachinko balls to be circulated in the acquired ball number display device 10, and the standby Stored in the reservoir 50 A ball lifting mechanism 60 as a ball lifting mechanism for lifting a pachinko ball and a pachinko ball that has flowed down a recovery passage section described below, and a pachinko ball that has been lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 60 as a visual recognition path section 16 or waiting. And a ball distribution mechanism 70 as ball distribution means that distributes and feeds to any of the storage units 50. The ball number display unit 12 displays the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player during the game (specifically, pachinko balls lent from the ball lending machine 2 based on the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 80). The number obtained by subtracting the total number of balls) is displayed numerically as the number of acquired balls based on the control of the control device.

  The ball flow lower passage portion 11 is formed in a two-layered front and rear passage shape of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 through the partition wall 20, and the upper end of the rear passage 22 (a rear portion of the place where the number of balls display portion 12 is arranged) ) Is provided with a visual introduction part 23 for introducing a pachinko ball for production to the visual recognition path part 16 through the ball flow lower passage part 11 when the player acquires the pachinko ball. A plurality of communication holes 24 for communicating the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 are formed in the partition wall 20 in the up-down direction. A plurality of communication holes 25 for communicating the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 are formed in the vertical direction (in FIG. 4, the front passage 21 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 are provided. Only the communication hole 25 that communicates with the upper end of each of them is indicated by a reference numeral. The communication holes 24 are formed at substantially the same height position as the lower ends of the storage effect display portions 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage portion 16 and at the same height position as the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 16. The communication holes 25 are formed at the height positions of the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16, respectively.

  The visual introduction part 23 constitutes one ball distribution part that distributes and sends the pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 60 to the visual path part 16 side, and is counted by the ball counting device 80. Based on the transmission of the numerical data of the pachinko balls to the control device, the control device inflates the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data). The mechanism 60 controls the lifting and the pachinko balls of the number of balls are distributed and controlled to the visual introduction part 23 side by the ball distribution mechanism 70 so that the pachinko balls for production are fed into the visual introduction part 23. Yes. In the following description, for convenience, the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 is referred to as a communication hole 24a, the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 14 is referred to as a communication hole 24b, and the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15 The communication hole 24 may be referred to as a communication hole 24c, the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the visual recognition passage portion 16 may be referred to as a communication hole 24d, and the communication hole 24 at the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 16 may be referred to as a communication hole 24e.

  In the front passage 21 located between the communication holes 25 at the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display sections 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage section 16, a flow-inhibiting plate 26 for preventing the pachinko ball from flowing down at the positions is provided. (In FIG. 4, only the flow-inhibiting plate 26 in the front passage 21 corresponding to the visual recognition passage portion 16 is indicated by a reference numeral). On the other hand, a plurality of alternating current plates 27 for weakening the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 22 are provided on the inner walls before and after the rear passage 22 (in FIG. 4, Only the AC plate 27 protruding from the top of the inner wall of the rear passage 22 is provided with a reference numeral). A feeding plate 28 for feeding the pachinko ball fed from the visual introduction part 23 into the front passage 21 through the communication hole 24 at the upper end of the visual passage part 16 is provided at a position directly below the visual introduction part 23 in the rear passage 22. ing. Further, the lower end of the rear surface of the rear passage 22 is provided with a feeding port 29 for feeding the surplus pachinko balls that are not stored in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 to the ball lifting mechanism 60. At the lower end of the rear passage 22, the pachinko balls sent from the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 positioned at the lowest position and the pachinko balls finished flowing down the rear passage 22 are supplied to the inlet 29. A guiding bottom plate 30 for guiding is provided. In addition, a sensor 30a (hereinafter referred to as a sensor 30a) for detecting a pachinko ball that has flowed down on the guide bottom plate 30 and is fed into the feed port 29 is provided on the guide bottom plate 30 serving as a boundary portion with the feed port 29. A) is also provided. Based on the detection of the pachinko balls by the sensor 30a, pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 60 (rotation drive of the lifting sprocket 61 by a drive motor) and ball vibrations are described below. The distribution of the pachinko balls by the distribution mechanism 70 (rotation drive of the distribution sprocket 71 by the drive motor) is controlled.

  Three shutters 31 are provided in the rear passage 22 to individually open and close the communication holes 24 at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 13 to 15. The shutter 31 includes a slide plate 32 that opens and closes the communication hole 24 by sliding movement in the vertical direction, and is attached to the rear surface of the partition wall 20 that is located below the communication hole 24 at the lower end of each storage effect display unit 13-15. ing. A protective cover 33 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the shutter 31 to protect the shutter 31 from pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 22. The outer surface of the protective cover 33 is formed in a flat surface shape that is parallel to the inner wall of the rear surface of the rear passage 22 so as not to interfere with pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 22. Further, since the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 positioned at the lowest position is disposed below the guide bottom plate 30, the protective cover 33 is not provided.

  In the following description, for convenience, the slide plate 32 of the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 (24a) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 is referred to as a slide plate 32a, and the communication hole 24 ( 24b) may be referred to as a slide plate 32b, and the slide plate 32 of the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 (24c) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15 may be referred to as a slide plate 32c.

  By the way, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the front passage 21 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. For this reason, the front passage 21 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 10. On the other hand, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the rear passage 22 is set to about twice the diameter of the pachinko ball. However, the distance between the front end surface of the AC plate 27 provided in the rear side passage 22 and the inner wall of the rear side passage 22 facing the front end surface, and the rear side passage 22 facing the outer surface of the protective cover 33 and the outer surface. The distance from the inner wall is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of each pachinko ball. For this reason, the rear passage 22 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 10, similarly to the front passage 21. The passage width in the left-right direction of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 is set to about four times the diameter of the pachinko ball, whereby the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 are acquired. It is a ball passage that can flow four pachinko balls at a time in the left-right direction of the ball number display device 10. Further, the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 each constitute a collection passage section according to the present invention for collecting the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display section.

  Each of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 is formed in a square shape in a front view and is formed of a transparent material, and the inside of the transparent cover member 40 and the front passage 21. And a substantially cube-shaped inner protrusion member 41 attached to the front surface. Between the transparent cover member 40 and the internal projection member 41, a space 42 is provided with a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and the space 42 constitutes a passage through which the pachinko ball flows down. Yes. For this reason, also in each storage production | presentation display parts 13-15 and the visual recognition passage part 16, like the front side channel | path 21 and the rear side channel | path 22, the pachinko ball for one piece flows down in the front-back direction of the acquisition ball number display apparatus 10. It is a ball passage to get. However, in FIG. 4, only the transparent cover member 40, the internal projection member 41, and the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 are denoted by reference numerals.

  The upper wall surface of the inner protrusion member 41 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the rear to the front in order to smoothly guide the pachinko ball fed from the front passage 21 through the communication hole 25 into the space 42. Each lower wall surface of the member 41 and the transparent cover member 40 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the front to the rear in order to smoothly send the pachinko balls in the space 42 to the front passage 21 through the communication hole 25. In addition, the storage effect display units 13 to 15 transparently display the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction unit 23 in the respective spaces 42 (storage spaces) according to the opening / closing of the communication holes 24 by the three shutters 31 described above. Through the cover member 40, the pachinko balls are stored so as to be visible from the outside. For each storage effect display unit 13 to 15, 1000 pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42. Is shown to have been acquired. However, the actual total number of pachinko balls that become full in the space 42 is 100, which is 1/10 of the set full number (1000). On the other hand, the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls, but by making the player visually recognize the flow of the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction portion 23, the pachinko balls are provided to the player. It is only used to recognize that there was an acquisition.

  The light emission effect display units 17 to 19 are configured by arranging four light emitting members 43 each having a semicircular arc shape in the vertical direction, and the light emission of each light emitting member 43 is controlled based on the control of the control device. It is like that. In addition, each light emission member 43 which comprises the light emission production | presentation display parts 17-19 shows that 1000 pachinko balls are acquired by the lighting state, respectively, and the range of 1-999 by the blinking state It shows that the pachinko ball inside has been acquired.

  The acquired ball number display device 10 is provided with a sensor 44 for detecting the presence or absence of pachinko balls at a predetermined location in the front passage 21. The sensor 44 faces the upper part of the communication hole 24a, the lower part of the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32b, the lower part of the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32c, and the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 15. It is installed in a total of four locations. In the following description, the four sensors 44 may be referred to as sensors 1 to 4 for convenience.

  The standby reservoir 50 is formed between a partition wall 51 that forms the rear wall of the rear passage 22 and forms the front wall of the standby reservoir 50, and the rear wall 52 disposed on the back side of the partition wall 51. The upper and lower ends of the partition wall 51 are respectively provided with communication holes 53 and 54 that allow the standby storage section 50 and the rear passage 22 to communicate with each other. A ball distribution mechanism 70 is disposed in the communication hole 53 on the upper end side. On the other hand, the communication hole 54 on the lower end side constitutes a delivery port for feeding the pachinko balls that have been standby stored in the standby storage unit 50 to the lower part of the rear passage 22, and the standby storage unit 50. A bottom plate 55 is provided with a guide bottom plate 55 for guiding the pachinko balls in the standby reservoir 50 to the inlet (communication hole 54). A plurality of alternating current plates 56 are provided on the inner wall (partition wall 51 and rear wall 52) of the standby reservoir 50 alternately to weaken the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the standby reservoir 50. In addition, the communication hole 54 of the standby storage unit 50 is provided with a shutter 57 including a slide plate 58 that opens and closes the communication hole 54. Note that pachinko balls distributed to the standby storage unit 50 side by the ball distribution mechanism 70 are stored in a standby manner in the portion where the ball distribution mechanism 70 is arranged in the standby storage unit 50, in other words, in a portion corresponding to the communication hole 53. A standby introduction part 59 to be introduced into the part 50 is provided.

  The ball lifting mechanism 60 is provided below the standby reservoir 50 and in a space communicating with the aforementioned inlet 29, and the lifting sprocket 61 is unidirectionally shown in FIG. A drive motor (not shown) that rotates in a counterclockwise direction and a feed passage portion 62 that is provided on the back side of the rear wall 52 and guides the pachinko balls to the ball distribution mechanism 70 are provided. In the lifting sprocket 61, a ball receiving recess 61a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. By the rotation of the ball receiving recess 61a based on the driving of the driving motor, the lifting sprocket 61 is moved from the inlet 29. The pachinko balls that are fed in are pushed up one by one. Further, the lifting passage section 62 is formed in a passage shape in which pachinko balls pushed up by the lifting sprocket 61 are aligned one by one and fed to the upper ball sorting mechanism 70.

  The ball distribution mechanism 70 includes a distribution sprocket 71 disposed in the communication hole 53 described above, and a drive (not shown) that rotates the distribution sprocket 71 in both forward and reverse directions (counterclockwise and clockwise in FIG. 4). A motor and a guide passage 72 that guides the pachinko balls fed from the lifting passage 62 of the ball lifting mechanism 60 to the sorting sprocket 71 from above are provided. In the sorting sprocket 71, a ball receiving recess 71a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. Then, the pachinko balls of the ball receiving recess 71a are distributed from the visual introduction part 23 to the visual path part 16 side by the rotation of the sorting sprocket 71 based on the drive of the drive motor in the forward direction (counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 4). While the feeding sprocket 71 is rotated in the reverse direction (clockwise direction shown in FIG. 4) based on the drive motor, the pachinko balls in the ball receiving recess 71a are moved from the standby introduction unit 59 to the standby storage unit 50 side. It sorts out and sends.

  Next, the control process of the control device in the acquired ball number display device 10 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the control device determines whether or not a game is in progress (step S1). At this time, it is determined that the game is in the state where the above-mentioned possession card is inserted into the ball lending machine 2, while the game is performed when the possession card is not inserted into the ball lending machine 2. It is determined that it is not in the middle. When the game is in progress, after executing the ball accumulation effect process (step S2), the circulation process is executed (step S3). When the game is not in progress, the standby process is executed (step S4). As shown in FIG. 6, in the ball production effect process, first, there is an input signal from the ball counting device 80 or the ball lending machine 2, that is, there is a pachinko ball acquisition by a player or a pachinko ball lending. It is discriminate | determined (step S11). When there is no input signal, the flow returns to the main flow as it is, but when there is an input signal, the numerical data of the pachinko ball that becomes the input signal is managed and controlled, and the value of the numerical data that is controlled (specifically, at that time The acquired number of balls management / display processing for controlling the number of acquired balls) on the number of balls display unit 12 is executed (step S12). Specifically, for the pachinko ball numerical data serving as an input signal from the ball counting device 80, addition processing is performed on the acquired number of balls as management control, and the pachinko ball numerical value serving as the input signal from the ball lending machine 2 is obtained. For the data, a subtraction process is performed on the acquired number of balls as management control. Next, the ball number proportional effect process is executed (step S13), and the process returns to the main flow.

  In the ball number proportional effect process in step S13 described above, as shown in FIG. 7, first, it is determined whether or not the number of acquired balls is within a range of 1 to 1000 (step S21). When the number of balls acquired in step S21 is in the range of 1 to 1000, the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 (hereinafter referred to as the shutter 1) and the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15 The shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 (hereinafter referred to as shutter 3) is closed, and the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 14 (hereinafter referred to as shutter 2) is opened. (Step S22), the process returns to the main flow. On the other hand, if the acquired number of balls is not in the range of 1 to 1000 in step S21, it is next determined whether or not the acquired number of balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000 (step S23). When the number of balls acquired in step S23 is in the range of 1001 to 5000, the four light emitting members 43 constituting the light emission effect display unit 17 (hereinafter, these four light emission effect display units 1 to 1 in the order from the bottom to the top). 4) is blinking / lit in yellow (step S24), and then the process proceeds to step S22.

  By the way, in the initial state of the control processing by the control device, in other words, in the state where the player does not acquire the pachinko ball, as shown in FIG. At this time, the slide plates 32 (32a to 32c) of all the shutters 1 to 3 are slid in the advancing direction, and the communication holes 24 (24a to 24c) at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are all closed. Here, the closed state does not mean a state in which the communication hole 24 is completely closed by the slide plate 32, but the pachinko balls cannot pass through the communication hole 24 due to the slide movement of the slide plate 32 in the advance direction. The state is referred to as a closed state of the communication hole 24 for convenience.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 1 to 1000 or 1001 to 5000 and the process of step S22 is performed, the slide plates 32a and 32c of the shutters 1 and 3 are shown in FIG. While the slide movement in the advancing direction is continued, the slide plate 32b of the shutter 2 is slid in the backward direction. As a result, the communication holes 24a and 24c are in a closed state, respectively, while the communication hole 24b is in an open state.

  And the pachinko ball fed into the rear passage 22 from the visual introduction part 23 is guided to the front passage 21 through the communication hole 24e from the feeding plate 28, and then the flow-inhibiting plate corresponding to the visual passage part 16 26 is sent into the space 42 of the visual path portion 16 from the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the visual path portion 16 along the upper wall surface of the visual path 26. The pachinko balls fed into the space 42 of the visual path section 16 are guided to the front path 21 through the communication hole 25 at the lower end of the visual path section 16 and naturally fall in the front path 21 as they are. At this time, the pachinko balls flowing down in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 are visible from the outside through the transparent cover member 40.

  Thereafter, the pachinko ball falls on the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 15, and passes through the upper wall surface from the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 15 in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15. Is sent to. Next, the pachinko balls sent into the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15 are visible from the outside through the transparent cover member 40 in the same manner as when sent into the space 42 of the visual recognition passage unit 16. Then, it flows down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15, is guided to the front side passage 21 through the communication hole 25 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15, and naturally falls in the front side passage 21 as it is. Thereafter, in the same manner, the inside of the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 are sequentially flowed down.

  That is, the pachinko ball sent into the rear passage 22 from the visual introduction part 23 is a portion of the front passage 21 that communicates between the visual passage part 16 and the storage effect display part 15 in the space 42 of the visual recognition path part 16. In the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15, the part of the front passage 21 that communicates between the storage effect display units 15 and 14, the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14, and the storage effect display units 14 and 13 communicate with each other. The portion of the front passage 21 and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 flow down sequentially. The pachinko ball guided to the front passage 21 through the communication hole 25 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 is prevented from flowing by the slide plate 32a of the shutter 1 that slides in the advance direction and closes the communication hole 24a. Is done. Thereby, the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 23 is stored in the space 42 of the lowest storage effect display part 13 through the transparent cover member 40 of the storage effect display part 13 so as to be visible from the outside. .

  When the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 1000, the pachinko ball corresponding to the corresponding acquired number of balls (1/10 of the actual acquired number of balls) is the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13. It is stored as it is. On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000, in fact, a pachinko ball that is 1/10 of the acquired number of balls is sent from the visual introduction part 23. The pachinko balls up to 100) are stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 as in the case where the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 1000. The pachinko balls after the 1001st acquired ball number (actually the 101st ball) are the height of the communication hole 24b in the front passage 21 which is the upper space above the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 13. The pachinko balls that have been stored up to the height position and sent to the height position or more are guided to the rear passage 22 through the communication hole 24b in the open state, fall on the guide bottom plate 30, and finally sent in. The collected balls are fed from the mouth 29 to the ball lifting mechanism 60. In this case, the passage part T1 of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 for collecting surplus pachinko balls is a pachinko pachinko in the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 13) in a state where the pachinko balls can be stored. When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 16 is sent to the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 14) in a state where the ball is full and the pachinko ball cannot be stored, the pachinko ball A collection passage portion according to the present invention for collecting balls in the acquired ball number display device 10 is configured.

  Further, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are blinked and lit in yellow by the process of step S24. Specifically, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 100 to 2000, the light emitting effect display unit 1 is blinked and displayed. When the number of acquired balls is within the range of 2001 to 3000, the light emitting effect display unit 1 is displayed. When the lighting effect display unit 2 blinks and the number of acquired balls is within the range of 3001 to 4000, the lighting effect display units 1 and 2 are respectively lit and displayed and the light emission effect display unit 3 is displayed. When the number of acquired balls is in the range of 4001 to 5000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 3 are turned on and the light emission effect display unit 4 is flashed.

  Next, in the ball number proportional effect process, when the number of acquired balls is not in the range of 1001 to 5000 in step S23 described above, it is determined whether or not the number of acquired balls is in the range of 5001 to 6000 ( Step S25). When the number of balls acquired in step S25 is in the range of 5001 to 6000, after all the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are lit in yellow (step S26), the shutters 1 and 2 are closed and the shutter 3 is opened. Open (step S27) and return to the main flow. On the other hand, if the acquired number of balls is not in the range of 5001 to 6000 in step S25, it is next determined whether or not the acquired number of balls is in the range of 6001 to 10,000 (step S28). When the number of balls acquired in step S28 is in the range of 6001 to 10,000, the light emitting effect display units 1 to 4 are all lit in yellow (step S29) and the four light emitting members constituting the light emitting effect display unit 18 are displayed. 43 (hereinafter referred to as the light emission effect display sections 5 to 8 in the order from the bottom to the top) blinks and lights up in yellow (step S30), and the process proceeds to step S27.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 5001 to 6000 or 6001 to 10000 and the process of step S27 is performed, the slide plate 32a of the shutter 1 moves in the advance direction as shown in FIG. The slide movement is continued. On the other hand, the slide plate 32b of the shutter 2 is slid in the advancing direction, and the slide plate 32c of the shutter 3 is slid in the retreating direction. As a result, the communication holes 24a and 24b are closed, respectively, while the communication hole 24c is opened. In this state, the pachinko balls of the acquired number of balls are fed from the visual introduction part 23.

  And the pachinko ball sent into the rear passage 22 from the visual introduction part 23 is the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display device 10 when the acquired ball number is in the range of 1 to 5000 as described above. Similarly, in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16, the part of the front passage 21 communicating between the visual recognition passage portion 16 and the storage effect display portion 15, the space 42 of the storage effect display portion 15, and each storage effect display portion 15 , 14 and the portion of the front passage 21 that communicates with each other, and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 flow down sequentially. Thereafter, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 are prevented from flowing down by the pachinko balls stored up to the height of the communication hole 24b when the number of acquired balls is within the range of 1 to 5000 balls. And stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14.

  However, when the pachinko balls are not stored up to the height position of the communication hole 24b, the pachinko balls are temporarily stored in the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication hole 24b. Then, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 slide in the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication hole 24b and the pachinko balls stored in the advance direction and move through the communication hole 24b. The flow is prevented by the slide plate 32b of the shutter 2 to be closed, and the storage effect is displayed in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 in the same manner as the pachinko balls stored in the space 42 of the lowest storage effect display unit 13. The pachinko balls are stored through the transparent cover member 40 of the portion 14 so as to be visible from the outside.

  Thereby, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 5001 to 6000, pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 and in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14. Pachinko balls corresponding to the corresponding number of acquired balls are stored. At this time, the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are all lit in yellow by the process of step S26.

  On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 6001 to 10,000, the pachinko balls up to the 6000th acquired ball are stored so as to be filled in the space 42 of the storage effect display units 13 and 14. . The pachinko balls after the number 6001 of the acquired balls are stored up to the height position of the communication hole 24c in the front passage 21 which is the upper space of the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 14, and the height The pachinko balls that have been fed to the upper position are guided to the rear passage 22 through the open communication holes 24c and fall onto the guide bottom plate 30, and finally the ball lifting mechanism 60 from the feed port 29. Is sent as a collection ball. In this case, the passage portion T2 of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 for collecting surplus pachinko balls is a storage effect display portion (storage effect display portions 13 and 14) in a state where the pachinko balls can be stored, respectively. When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 16 is sent to the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 15) in a state where the pachinko ball is full and the pachinko ball cannot be stored, A recovery passage portion according to the present invention for recovering the pachinko balls in the acquired ball number display device 10 is configured.

  When the number of balls to be acquired falls within the range of 6001 to 10,000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are all lit yellow and displayed by the process of step S29, and the light emission effect is generated by the process of step S30. The display units 5 to 8 are blinking and lit in yellow. As a specific blinking / lighting display mode of the light emitting effect display units 5 to 8, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 6001 to 7000, the light emitting effect display unit 5 is displayed blinking and the number of acquired balls is 7001 to 8000. When it is within the range, the light emission effect display unit 5 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 6 is blinked. When the number of balls acquired is within the range of 8001 to 9000, the light emission effect display unit 5, 6 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 7 is blinked. When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 9001 to 10,000, the light emission effect display units 5 to 7 are lighted and displayed. The part 8 is displayed blinking.

  Next, in the ball number proportional effect process, when the number of acquired balls is not in the range of 6001 to 10,000 in the above-described step S28, it is determined whether or not the acquired number of balls is in the range of 10001 to 11000 ( Step S31). When the number of balls acquired in step S31 is in the range of 10001-11,000, the light emitting effect display units 5-8 are all lit yellow (step S32), and then all the shutters 1-3 are closed (step S31). S33), the process returns to the main flow. On the other hand, if the acquired number of balls is not within the range of 10001-11,000 in step S31, it is next determined whether the acquired number of balls is within the range of 11001-15000 (step S34). When the number of balls acquired in step S34 is in the range of 11101 to 15000, the light emitting effect display units 1 to 8 are all lit in yellow (step S35), and the four light emitting members constituting the light emitting effect display unit 19 are displayed. 43 (hereinafter referred to as the light emission effect display portions 9 to 12 in the order from the bottom to the top) blinks and lights in yellow (step S36), and the process proceeds to step S33. Moreover, when the number of acquired balls is not within the range of 11101 to 15000 in step S34, each light emission effect display part 1-12 is changed into another effect display (step S37), and it returns to a main flow.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 10001-11000 or 11001-15000 and the process of step S33 is performed, as shown in FIG. 12, the slide plates 32a, 32b of the shutters 1, 2 are used. The slide movement in the advance direction is continued, and the slide plate 32c of the shutter 3 is slid in the advance direction. Thereby, all the communicating holes 24a-24c will be in a closed state, and the pachinko ball of acquired number of balls will be sent from the visual introduction part 23 in this state.

  And the pachinko ball sent into the rear passage 22 from the visual introduction part 23 is the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display device 10 when the acquired ball number is in the range of 5001 to 10,000. Similarly, it flows down in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16, the portion of the front passage 21 that communicates between the visual recognition passage portion 16 and the storage effect display portion 15, and the space 42 of the storage effect display portion 15. Thereafter, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15 are prevented from flowing down by the pachinko balls stored up to the height of the communication hole 24c when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 10,000. And stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15.

  However, when the pachinko balls are not stored up to the height position of the communication hole 24c, the pachinko balls are temporarily stored in the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication hole 24c. Then, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display section 15 slide in the advance direction in the pachinko balls stored up to the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication holes 24c, and move through the communication holes 24c. The flow is prevented by the slide plate 32c of the shutter 3 to be closed, and the storage effect display unit in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15 is similar to the pachinko balls stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display units 13 and 14. The pachinko balls are stored through the 15 transparent cover members 40 so as to be visible from the outside.

  Thereby, when the number of acquired balls falls within the range of 10001 to 11000, pachinko balls are fully stored in the spaces 42 of the storage effect display units 13 and 14 and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15. The pachinko balls corresponding to the corresponding number of acquired balls are stored inside. At this time, the light emission effect display units 1 to 8 are all lit in yellow by the process of step S32.

  On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 11001 to 15000, pachinko balls up to the 11,000th acquired ball are stored so as to be filled in the space 42 of each storage effect display unit 13-15. . The pachinko balls after the number 11001 acquired are stored up to the height of the communication hole 24d in the front passage 21 which is the upper space of the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 15, The pachinko ball sent to the position or higher is guided to the rear passage 22 through the communication hole 24d that is always open without being provided with a shutter, and falls onto the guide bottom plate 30, and finally the feed port. 29 is sent to the ball lifting mechanism 60 as a recovered ball. In this case, in the passage portion T3 of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 that collect the surplus pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are full in each of a plurality of storage effect display portions (storage effect display portions 13 to 15). When the pachinko ball is introduced by the visual introduction part 23 in the state of being in a state, the recovery passage portion is configured in the present invention in which the pachinko ball is recovered in the acquired ball number display device 10.

  In addition, when the number of balls acquired is within the range of 11101 to 15000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 8 are all lit in yellow by the process of step S35, and the light emission effect is generated by the process of step S36. The display units 9 to 12 are blinking and lit in yellow. As a specific blinking / lighting display mode of the light emitting effect display units 9 to 12, when the number of acquired balls is within a range of 11101 to 12000, the light emitting effect display unit 9 is displayed blinking and the number of acquired balls is 12001 to 13000. When the number is within the range, the light emission effect display unit 9 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 10 is blinked, and when the number of acquired balls is within the range of 13001 to 14000, the light emission effect display unit 9, 10 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 11 is blinked. When the number of acquired balls is in the range of 14001 to 15000, the light emission effect display units 9 to 11 are lighted and displayed. The part 12 is displayed blinking.

  Further, when the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more, the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction part 23 are visible through the transparent cover member 40 of the visual path part 16 and are visible from the outside. After flowing down, the pachinko ball stored in the front passage 21 at the height of the communication hole 24d is prevented from flowing in the front passage 21. As a result, the pachinko balls are guided to the rear passage 22 through the communication holes 24d and fall onto the guide bottom plate 30, and are finally sent as recovery balls from the feed port 29 to the ball lifting mechanism 60. That is, when the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more, the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls as described above, and the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction portion 23 are not used. It is used to make the player recognize that a pachinko ball has been acquired by making the flow visible.

  When the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more and the process of step S37 is performed, the display control of each light emission effect display units 1 to 12 is changed to another effect display. As another specific effect display mode, all the light emission effect display units 1 to 12 are temporarily turned off while maintaining the state in which the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 of each storage effect display unit 13 to 15. To do. Each time the number of acquired balls increases by 1000, the light emitting effect display units 1 to 12 are sequentially lit and displayed in orange from the lower display unit to the upper display unit. At this time, in the same manner as the yellow blinking display described above, the highest light emission effect display section for performing display control blinks in orange, so that it is within the range of 1 to 999 in addition to every 1000 increments. It shows that a pachinko ball has been acquired. Moreover, when there is an increase in the number of balls obtained in a state in which all the light emitting effect display units 1 to 12 are lit and displayed in orange, the lighting / flashing color of the light emitting effect display units 1 to 12 may be changed to green. This is executed as an effect display mode. In the other effect display which is the process of step S37, the state where the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 of each of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 is maintained and the light emission effect display units 1 to 12 are displayed. Although it is set as the structure which lights and blinks, it is not limited to this structure. For example, after all the pachinko balls stored in the acquired ball number display device 10 are once discharged to the outside, a pachinko ball feeding process from the visual introduction part 23 to the ball flow lower passage part 11 is performed based on the increase in the acquired ball number. Accordingly, the lighting / flashing control of the light emission effect display units 1 to 12 may be performed. Further, in the ball number proportional effect processing by the control device described above, the pachinko balls can be stored individually and the pachinko balls cannot be stored for a plurality of storage effect display units (storage effect display units 13 to 15). Each process of steps S22, S27, and S33 for controlling the transition between the two states constitutes a storage effect display control means according to the present invention.

  Next, in the control processing of the control device, in the circulation processing in step S3 described above, as shown in FIG. 8, first, whether there is an input signal from the ball counting device 80 or the ball lending machine 2, that is, the player It is determined whether or not there is a pachinko ball acquired or a pachinko ball is lent (step S41). If there is no input signal, the process returns to the main flow as it is. If there is an input signal, it is determined whether the input signal is due to the pachinko ball lending, in other words, whether it is a lending ball signal (step). S42). In the case of the rental ball signal in step S42, the slide plate 32 (32a) of the shutter 31 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 13 is slid in the retraction direction to open the communication hole 24a, thereby responding to the rental ball signal. The number of balls is released from the storage effect display units 13 to 15 (described as a storage effect unit in FIG. 8) (step S43). Then, by controlling the rotation of the lifting sprocket 61, the ball lifting mechanism 60 (described as lifting means in FIG. 8) lifts the number of balls as necessary (step S44), and the distribution is performed. By controlling the rotation of the sprocket 71, the ball distribution mechanism 70 (described as a ball introduction unit in FIG. 8) distributes the number of balls as necessary from the standby introduction unit 59 to the standby storage unit 50 (step). S45).

  On the other hand, if it is not a rental ball signal in step S42, then based on the detection of pachinko balls by sensors 1 to 4, is the number of balls acquired (denoted as possession balls in FIG. 8) greater than or equal to a predetermined number? In other words, it is determined whether or not a predetermined number or more of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of acquired balls are stored in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 (step S46). When the number of balls acquired in step S46 is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the process returns to the main flow as it is. On the other hand, when the number of balls acquired is not equal to or greater than the predetermined number, it is determined whether or not a pachinko ball needs to be fed from the standby storage unit 50. A determination is made (step S47). When it is necessary to send pachinko balls in step S47, the number of balls as required is discharged from the standby storage unit 50 according to the input signal (step S48), and when no pachinko balls are required to be fed, Control goes to step S49. Then, by controlling the rotation of the lifting sprocket 61, the ball lifting mechanism 60 lifts the number of balls as required (step S49), and by controlling the rotation of the sorting sprocket 71, the ball sorting mechanism. 70 distributes the number of balls as needed from the visual introduction part 23 to the storage effect display parts 13 to 15 (step S50).

  Next, in the control process of the control device, in the standby process of step S4 described above, as shown in FIG. Then, all the pachinko balls in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are collected in the standby storage unit 50 (step S52). Next, it is determined whether or not the sensor A is OFF, in other words, the presence or absence of a pachinko ball that is fed from the guide bottom plate 30 on which the sensor 30a is installed to the ball lifting mechanism 60 through the feeding port 29 (step S53). ). When the sensor A is OFF in step S53, in other words, when there is no pachinko ball sent to the ball lifting mechanism 60, the process proceeds to step S56 as it is. On the other hand, when the sensor A is not OFF, in other words, when there is a pachinko ball sent to the ball lifting mechanism 60, the ball lifting mechanism 60 (in FIG. Description) continues to lift the pachinko ball (step S54), and the pachinko ball that has been lifted until the sensor A is turned off is the ball distribution mechanism 70 (denoted as ball introducing means in FIG. 9). Are distributed and sent from the standby introduction part 59 to the standby storage part 50 (step S55).

  Thereafter, in step S56, whether or not all the sensors 1 to 4 are OFF, in other words, four locations in the front passage 21 where the sensors 44 are installed (the upper portion of the communication hole 24a, the slide plate 32b is provided. It is determined whether or not pachinko balls are stored in the lower part of the shutter 31, the lower part of the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32 c, and the part facing the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 15. . When it is confirmed in step S56 that all the sensors 1 to 4 are OFF and no pachinko balls are stored, all the shutters 1 to 3 are closed to return to the initial state (step S57), and the main Return to flow. On the other hand, when all the sensors 1 to 4 are not OFF in step S56, that is, in step S52, all the shutters 1 to 3 are opened and all the pachinko balls of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are collected in the standby storage unit 50. When pachinko balls remain in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 despite the processing, error notification is performed (step S58), and then the process returns to the main flow.

  Specifically, when the player finishes the game and returns the acquired ball number display device 10 to the initial state, as shown in FIG. 13, the slides of the shutters 31 corresponding to the storage effect display units 13 to 15 The plates 32 (32a to 32c) are slid in the retracting direction, and the communication holes 24a to 24c are opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are sent to the guide bottom plate 30 through the communication holes 24 a to 24 c, and from the guide bottom plate 30 to the ball feeding mechanism 60 through the feed port 29. It is sent. The pachinko balls sent to the ball lifting mechanism 60 are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 60 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 61), and the ball sorting mechanism 70 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 71). The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 50 by sorting to the standby introduction unit 59 side. In such recovery of the pachinko balls, the retraction movement of the slide plates 32a to 32c, in other words, feeding the pachinko balls into the ball lifting mechanism 60, collects all the pachinko balls in the storage effect display units 13 to 15. It is done until. In addition, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 60 and the pachinko balls are distributed to the standby introduction portion 59 by the ball sorting mechanism 70. The pachinko balls are detected by the sensor 30a provided on the guide bottom plate 30. Will continue until.

  In the above-described embodiment (first embodiment), a plurality of the present inventions that allow a player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by storing the pachinko balls that have flowed down the visual path portion. In addition to the storage effect display part, the configuration is provided with a plurality of light emission effect display parts for allowing the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by the light emission display. The effect display unit may be configured by only a plurality of storage effect display units. Hereinafter, an acquired number-of-balls display device in which an effect display unit is configured by only a plurality of storage effect display units will be described as a second embodiment with reference to FIGS. 14 to 19. FIG. 14 is a perspective sectional view showing the acquired ball number display device 10 in the second embodiment. FIG. 15 thru | or FIG. 19 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus 100 in 2nd embodiment, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the acquired number-of-balls display device 100 according to the second embodiment includes a vertically long cube-shaped ball flow lower passage portion 101 and a ball number display provided at the front upper end of the ball flow lower passage portion 101. Part 102, three storage effect display parts 103 to 105 (effect display part) and a visual recognition path part 106 arranged at a predetermined interval on the front surface of the ball flow lower path part 101 below the ball number display part 102, A control device (not shown) as a storage effect display control means for controlling various components of the acquired ball number display device 100 (specifically, a control board having a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM), and an acquired ball number display device A standby storage unit 140 for standby storage of pachinko balls to be circulated and used in 100, a pachinko ball stored in the standby storage unit 140, and a pachinko ball that has flowed down a recovery passage unit described later A ball feeding mechanism 150 as a lifting means, and a ball swinging means as a ball sorting means for sorting and feeding the pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 to either the visual path section 106 or the standby storage section 140 And a minute mechanism 160. The ball number display unit 102 displays the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player during the game (specifically, the pachinko balls lent from the ball lending machine 2 based on the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50). The number obtained by subtracting the total number of balls) is displayed numerically as the number of acquired balls based on the control of the control device.

  The partition wall 110, which is the rear wall of the ball flow lower passage portion 101 and serves as a partition from the standby storage portion 140, has a communication hole 114 for communicating the ball flow lower passage portion 101 and the standby storage portion 140 in the vertical direction. A plurality of holes are formed, and a communication hole 115 for communicating the ball flow lower passage portion 101 with each of the storage effect display portions 103 to 105 and the visual recognition passage portion 106 is formed on the front surface of the ball flow lower passage portion 101 in the vertical direction. A plurality of holes are perforated. The communication hole 114 is formed at substantially the same height position as the lower ends of the storage effect display portion 103 and the visual recognition passage portion 106 and at the same height position as the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 106. The communication holes 105 are formed at the height positions of the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display units 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage unit 66, respectively.

  Note that the communication hole 114 formed at the same height as the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 106 has the visual introduction portion 163 of the ball distribution mechanism 160 that uses the pachinko balls for production when the player acquires the pachinko balls. It constitutes the ball receiving entrance that accepts from. The visual introduction part 163 constitutes one ball distribution part that distributes and sends the pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 to the visual passage unit 106 side, and is counted by the ball counting device 50. Based on the transmission of the numerical data of the balls to the control device, the control device supplies the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data). The pachinko balls for the production are sent to the visual introduction part 163 by controlling the sorting of the pachinko balls of the number of balls to the visual introduction part 163 by the ball distribution mechanism 160. Further, the communication hole 114 drilled at the same height as the lower end of the visual recognition passage portion 106 is a ball collection for collecting the surplus pachinko balls after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion 106 in the standby storage portion 140. It constitutes the mouth. In the following description, for convenience, the communication hole 114 at the lower end of the storage effect display portion 103 is referred to as a communication hole 114a, the communication hole 114 at the lower end of the visual recognition passage portion 106 is referred to as a communication hole 114b, and the communication at the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 106 is communicated. The hole 114 may be referred to as a communication hole 114c.

  A flow-inhibiting plate 116 that prevents the pachinko balls from flowing down at the corresponding positions in the ball-flowing-down passage portions 101 located between the upper and lower communication holes 115 of the storage effect display portions 103 to 105 and the visual recognition passage portion 106. Is provided. In addition, the communication hole 114a drilled at the same height position as the lower end of the storage effect display unit 103 is a ball-lifting mechanism 150 for extra pachinko balls that are not stored in the storage effect display units 103 to 105. It is designed to constitute a feeding port for feeding into the machine. The communication hole 114a is provided with a shutter 121 for opening and closing the communication hole 114a. The shutter 121 includes a slide plate 122 that opens and closes the communication hole 114a by sliding in the vertical direction.

  By the way, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the ball flow lower passage portion 101 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. For this reason, the ball flow down passage portion 101 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 100. Further, the passage width in the left-right direction of the ball flow lower passage portion 101 is set to be about four times the diameter of the pachinko ball. It is a ball passage that allows four pachinko balls to flow down in one direction. Moreover, the ball flow lower passage part 101 comprises the collection | recovery channel | path part which concerns on this invention which collect | recovers the pachinko ball stored by the storage production | presentation display parts 103-105.

  Each of the storage effect display portions 103 to 105 and the visual recognition passage portion 106 includes a transparent cover member 130 formed of a transparent material, and an inside of the transparent cover member 130 and attached to the front surface of the ball flow lower passage portion 101. And a projecting member 131. Between the transparent cover member 130 and the internal projection member 131, a space 132 is provided that is spaced slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. Note that the transparent cover member 130 constituting the visual recognition passage portion 106 has a square shape when viewed from the front, and the internal projection member 131 is not provided in the visual recognition passage portion 106. On the other hand, the transparent cover member 130 constituting the storage effect display units 103 to 105 is vertically long (approximately three times the vertical width of the transparent cover member 130 of the visible passage unit 106 having a square shape in front view). (Dimension) is rectangular. And in the storage production | presentation display parts 103-105, the upper part of the internal protrusion member 131 is formed in the space which can store a lot of pachinko balls including the ball flow lower passage part 101 behind the said storage production | presentation display parts 103-105. The lower portion of the internal projection member 131 is a space for forming a ball passage through which one pachinko ball can flow down in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 100.

  The upper wall surface of the inner protrusion 131 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the rear to the front in order to smoothly guide the pachinko balls fed from the front passage 111 through the communication hole 115 into the space 132. Each lower wall surface of the member 131 and the transparent cover member 130 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the front to the rear in order to smoothly send the pachinko balls in the space 132 to the ball flow lower passage portion 101 through the communication holes 115. . In addition, the storage effect display units 103 to 105 transmit the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction unit 163 into the respective spaces 132 (storage spaces) in accordance with the opening / closing of the communication holes 114a by the shutter 121, as described above. The pachinko balls are stored so as to be visible from the outside through the screen, and 5000 pachinko balls are acquired in a state where the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 132 for each of the storage effect display units 103 to 105. It has come to show that. However, the total number of actual pachinko balls that become full in the space 132 is 500, which is 1/10 of the full number (5000) in the setting. On the other hand, the space 132 of the visual recognition passage portion 106 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls, and by allowing the player to visually recognize the flow of the pachinko balls sent from the visual recognition introduction portion 163, the pachinko balls It is only used to recognize that there was an acquisition.

  The standby storage unit 140 is configured by a space formed between the partition wall 110 that forms the rear wall of the above-described ball flow lower passage unit 101 and the rear wall 142 arranged on the back side of the partition wall 110. . On the inner wall (partition wall 110 and rear wall 142) of the standby reservoir 140, a plurality of alternating current plates 146 for weakening the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the standby reservoir 140 are alternately provided. Further, on the upper side of the standby storage unit 140, a visual guidance plate 143 for guiding the pachinko balls distributed to the visual introduction unit 163 of the ball distribution mechanism 160 to the communication hole 114c on the visual path unit 106 side, and a ball A standby guide plate 144 for guiding the pachinko balls distributed to the standby introduction unit 164 of the distribution mechanism 160 into the standby storage unit 140 is provided. On the other hand, a discharge port 141 for discharging the pachinko balls downward from the standby storage unit 140 is provided below the standby storage unit 140, and a slide plate that opens and closes the discharge port 141 is provided in the discharge port 141. A shutter 147 having 148 is provided. In addition, the pachinko balls discharged downward from the discharge port 141 of the standby storage unit 140 are fed into a lifting sprocket 151 of a ball lifting mechanism 150 (described later) disposed in a lower space of the standby storage unit 140. Yes. A guide bottom plate 120 for guiding the pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port 141 to the ball lifting mechanism 150 is provided below the standby storage unit 140, and the guide bottom plate 120 includes the guide bottom plate 80. A sensor 120 a for detecting a pachinko ball that has flowed down and sent to the ball lifting mechanism 150 is provided. Based on the detection of the pachinko balls by the sensor 120a, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 (rotation drive of the lifting sprocket 151 by the drive motor) and the pachinko balls are sorted by the ball distribution mechanism 160 (driving) (Rotation drive of the sorting sprocket 161 by a motor) is controlled.

  The ball lifting mechanism 150 is provided in a space below the standby reservoir 140 and communicated with the communication 114a described above, and the lifting sprocket 151 is disposed in one direction (counterclockwise shown in FIG. 20). A driving motor (not shown) that rotates in the direction) and a feeding passage portion 152 that is provided on the back side of the rear wall 142 and guides the pachinko balls to the ball distribution mechanism 160. The lifting sprocket 151 is formed with ball receiving recesses 151a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball over the entire circumference. The pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port 141 and the pachinko balls sent from the communication 114a are pushed up one by one. Further, the lifting passage portion 152 is formed in a passage shape in which pachinko balls pushed up by the lifting sprocket 151 are aligned one by one and fed to the upper ball sorting mechanism 160.

  The ball distribution mechanism 160 is configured to rotate and drive the distribution sprocket 161 disposed in the upper space of the standby storage section 140 and the distribution sprocket 161 in both forward and reverse directions (counterclockwise and clockwise in FIG. 20). The pachinko ball that is distributed by the sorting sprocket 161, and the guide passage 162 that guides the pachinko ball fed from the lifting passage 152 of the ball lifting mechanism 150 to the sorting sprocket 161 from above. A visual introduction part 163 that guides to the passage part 106 side and a standby introduction part 164 that guides the pachinko balls distributed by the sorting sprocket 161 into the standby storage part 140 are provided. In the sorting sprocket 161, a ball receiving recess 161a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. Then, by the rotation of the sorting sprocket 161 based on the drive of the drive motor in the forward direction (counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 20), the pachinko balls in the ball receiving recess 161a are distributed and sent from the visual introduction part 163 to the visual path part 106 side. On the other hand, the pachinko ball of the ball receiving recess 161a is distributed and sent from the standby introduction part 164 to the standby storage part 140 side by the rotation of the sorting sprocket 161 in the reverse direction (clockwise direction shown in FIG. 20) based on the driving motor. It has become.

  Therefore, in the acquired ball number display device 100 of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, in the initial state of the control process by the control device, that is, in the state where the player does not acquire the pachinko ball, the visual introduction unit 163 No pachinko balls will be sent from. In other words, pachinko balls are not lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 151), and pachinko balls are not sorted by the ball sorting mechanism 160 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 161). At this time, the slide plate 122 of the shutter 121 provided in the communication hole 114a is slid in the advance direction, and the communication hole 114a is in a closed state. At this time, the slide plate 148 of the shutter 147 provided in the standby storage unit 140 is slid in the advancing direction, and the discharge port 141 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 140 is in a closed state. In a state in which all pachinko balls that are circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device 100 (strictly, some pachinko balls waiting in the lifting passage 152 of the ball lifting mechanism 150 are excluded) are stored. is there.

  When the player acquires a pachinko ball, the slide plate 148 of the shutter 147 provided in the standby storage unit 140 is slid in the retracting direction, and the discharge port 141 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 140 is opened. As a result, the pachinko balls in the standby storage unit 140 are discharged from the discharge port 141 onto the guide bottom plate 120 and sent to the ball lifting mechanism 150. Accordingly, the pachinko ball is lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 151), and the pachinko ball visually introducing part 163 side by the ball sorting mechanism 160 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 161) is also provided. Distribution to is performed. That is, the number of pachinko balls acquired from the visual introduction part 163 is sent. As a result, the pachinko balls sent from the visual recognition introduction portion 163 are guided from the visual recognition guide plate 143 through the communication hole 114e to the ball flow downward passage portion 101, and then on the flow prevention plate 116 corresponding to the visual recognition passage portion 106. It is fed into the space 132 of the visual path part 106 from the communication hole 115 at the upper end of the visual path part 106 along the wall surface. The pachinko balls sent into the space 132 of the visual recognition passage portion 106 are sent into the space 132 of the storage effect display portion 105 by being guided to the ball flow lower passage portion 101 through the communication hole 115 at the lower end of the visual recognition passage portion 106. It is. The pachinko ball sent into the storage effect display unit 105 falls on the upper wall surface of the flow prevention plate 116 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 105, and then passes through the communication hole 115 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 105. It is sent into the space 132 of the storage effect display unit 104 by being guided to the unit 101. Thereafter, in the same manner, the flow sequentially flows down in the space 132 of the storage effect display unit 104 and in the space 132 of the storage effect display unit 103.

  That is, the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction part 163 into the ball flow lower passage portion 101 are stored in the space 132 of the visual passage portion 106 (including the portion of the ball flow lower passage portion 101 behind the visual passage portion 106), and a storage effect display. In the space 132 of the part 105 (including the part of the ball flow lower passage part 101 behind the storage effect display part 105), in the space 132 of the storage effect display part 104 (the part of the ball flow lower passage part 101 behind the storage effect display part 104) And the inside of the space 132 of the storage effect display part 103 (including the part of the ball flow lower passage part 101 behind the storage effect display part 103). Then, the pachinko ball guided to the ball flow lower passage portion 101 through the communication hole 115 at the lower end of the storage effect display portion 103 flows down by the slide plate 122 of the shutter 121 that slides in the advance direction and closes the communication hole 114a. Is blocked. Thereby, the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 163 is stored in a space 132 of the lowest storage effect display part 103 through the transparent cover member 130 of the storage effect display part 103 so as to be visible from the outside. . In addition, in the space 132 of the storage effect display units 103 to 105, 500 pachinko balls can be stored in a full state, respectively, and the control device has a number corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, numerical data). (1/10 of the number of pachinko balls) is controlled to be supplied to the visual introduction part 163, so that when the pachinko balls are filled in the space 132 of the storage effect display part 103, 5000 pachinko balls are acquired. Is recognized by the player.

  And when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 5000, as shown in FIG. 21, the corresponding number of acquired balls is a pachinko ball corresponding to 1/10 of the actual number of acquired balls. Is stored in the space 132 of the storage effect display unit 103 as it is. In addition, when the number of acquired balls is within the range of 5001 to 10,000, as shown in FIG. 22, the corresponding number of acquired balls and the corresponding pachinko ball (pachinko balls that are 1/10 of the actual number of acquired balls). Is stored in the spaces 132 of the storage effect display units 103 and 104 as they are. In addition, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 10001 to 15000, as shown in FIG. 23, the corresponding number of acquired balls and the corresponding pachinko ball (pachinko balls that are 1/10 of the actual number of acquired balls). Is stored in the spaces 132 of the storage effect display sections 103 to 104 as they are.

  In addition, when the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more, the pachinko balls sent from the ball distribution mechanism 160 can be visually recognized from the outside through the transparent cover member 130 of the visual passage unit 106. After flowing down 132, the pachinko balls stored up to the ball flow lower passage portion 101 at the height position of the communication hole 114 b are prevented from flowing in the ball flow lower passage portion 101. Thereby, the pachinko ball is guided as a recovered ball to the standby storage unit 140 through the communication hole 114b. That is, when the number of acquired balls reaches 15001 or more, the space 132 of the visual recognition passage portion 106 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls, and the flow of the pachinko balls sent from the ball distribution mechanism 160 is visually recognized. It is used to make the player recognize that the pachinko ball has been acquired. In this case, the passage portion T ′ of the ball flow lower passage portion 101 that collects surplus pachinko balls is in a state in which the pachinko balls are full in all of the plurality of storage effect display portions (storage effect display portions 103 to 105). When a pachinko ball is fed by the ball distribution mechanism 160, a recovery passage portion according to the present invention is configured to recover the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display device 100.

  When the player finishes the game and returns the acquired ball number display device 100 to the initial state, or when the ball lending machine 2 lends a pachinko ball from the acquired ball, as shown in FIG. The slide plate 122 of the shutter 121 is slid in the retracting direction, and the communication hole 114a is opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display unit 103 are sent to the guide bottom plate 120 through the communication holes 114a, and are sent from the guide bottom plate 120 to the ball lifting mechanism 150. The pachinko balls fed to the ball lifting mechanism 150 are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 151) and the ball sorting mechanism 160 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 161). The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 140 by sorting to the standby introduction unit 164 side. In such a collection of pachinko balls, the advancement / retraction movement of the slide plate 122, in other words, the pachinko ball feeding from the storage effect display unit 103 to the ball lifting mechanism 150 brings the acquired ball number display device 100 into an initial state. When returning, it is performed until all the pachinko balls in the storage effect display units 103 to 105 are collected, and when lending the pachinko balls from the acquired balls, it is performed until the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of loans are collected. In addition, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 150 and the pachinko balls are distributed to the standby introduction part 164 side by the ball sorting mechanism 160, and the pachinko balls are detected by the sensor 120a provided on the guide bottom plate 120. Will continue until.

  Further, in the first and second embodiments described above, the visual path portion that allows the player to flow down the pachinko balls so as to be visually recognized as the number of acquired balls increases is provided. It is good also as a structure of the acquired number-of-balls display apparatus which does not provide a part. Hereinafter, the acquired number-of-balls display device not provided with the visual recognition passage portion will be described as third and fourth embodiments. First, an acquired number-of-balls display device according to a third embodiment in which a visual recognition passage portion is not provided will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 20 is a perspective cross-sectional view showing the acquired ball number display device 200 in the third embodiment. FIGS. 21 to 23 are longitudinal sectional views for explaining the flow of pachinko balls in the acquired number-of-balls display device 200 in the third embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the acquired ball number display device 200 according to the third embodiment is a vertically long cube-shaped ball flow lower passage portion 201 and the number of balls provided at the front upper end of the ball flow lower passage portion 201. Part 202, three storage effect display parts 203-205 (effect display part) arranged at predetermined intervals on the front surface of the ball flow lower passage part 201 below the ball number display part 202, and each storage effect display part Controls (not shown) as storage effect display control means for controlling the three light emitting effect display units 207 to 209 (effect display units) respectively disposed above 203 to 205 and various components of the acquired number of balls display device 200 An apparatus (specifically, a control board having a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM), a standby storage unit 240 for standby storage of pachinko balls to be circulated and used in the acquired number-of-balls display device 200, A ball lifting mechanism 250 as a ball lifting mechanism for lifting the pachinko balls stored in the machine storage unit 240 and the pachinko balls that have flowed down the recovery passage portion described below, and the pachinko lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 A ball distribution mechanism 260 as a ball distribution unit that distributes and distributes balls to any of the storage effect display units 203 to 205 or the standby storage unit 240. The ball number display unit 202 displays the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player while the game is continuing (specifically, the pachinko balls lent from the ball lending machine 2 based on the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50). The number obtained by subtracting the total number of balls) is numerically displayed as the number of acquired balls based on the control of the control device.

  The ball flow lower passage portion 201 is formed in a two-layered front and rear passage shape of the front passage 211 and the rear passage 212 through the partition wall 210, and the upper end of the rear passage 212 (a rear portion of the arrangement position of the number of balls display portion 202). ) Is provided with a visual introduction part 213 for introducing a pachinko ball for production into the storage effect display parts 203 to 205 through the ball flow lower passage part 201 when the player acquires the pachinko ball. In the partition wall 210, a plurality of communication holes 214 for communicating the front passage 211 and the rear passage 212 are formed in the vertical direction, and the front passage 211 and each of the front passages 211 and A plurality of communication holes 215 for communicating with the storage effect display units 203 to 205 are formed in the vertical direction (in FIG. 21, the front passage 211 and the upper end of the storage effect display unit 205 are connected to each other). Only the communication hole 215 that communicates is indicated by a reference numeral). The communication holes 214 are formed at substantially the same height positions as the lower ends of the storage effect display units 203 to 205 and the ball number display unit 202, respectively. The communication holes 215 are formed at the height positions of the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display units 203 to 205, respectively.

  In addition, the visual recognition introduction part 213 comprises one ball distribution part which distributes and sends the pachinko ball lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 to the storage effect display parts 203 to 205 side. Based on the fact that the numerical data of the pachinko balls counted by is transmitted to the control device, the control device has the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data). The ball feeding mechanism 250 controls the feeding and the ball sorting mechanism 260 distributes the pachinko balls to the visual introduction unit 213 so that the pachinko balls for production are sent to the visual introduction unit 213. It has become. In the following description, for convenience, the communication hole 214 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 203 is referred to as a communication hole 214a, the communication hole 214 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 204 is referred to as a communication hole 214b, and the lower end of the storage effect display unit 205. The communication hole 214 may be referred to as a communication hole 214c, and the communication hole 214 at the lower end of the ball number display unit 202 may be referred to as a communication hole 214e.

  In the front passage 211 located between the upper and lower communication holes 215 of the storage effect display sections 203 to 205, a flow-inhibiting plate 216 for preventing the pachinko ball from flowing down at the position is provided (note that In FIG. 21, only the flow-inhibiting plate 216 in the front passage 211 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 205 is indicated by a reference numeral). On the other hand, a plurality of alternating current plates 217 for weakening the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 212 are provided on the inner walls before and after the rear passage 212 (in FIG. 21, Only the AC plate 217 projecting from the top of the inner wall of the rear passage 212 is given a reference numeral). A feeding plate 218 for feeding the pachinko ball fed from the visual introduction part 213 to the front passage 211 through the communication hole 214 at the lower end of the ball number display part 202 is provided at a position directly below the visual introduction part 213 in the rear passage 212. It has been. Further, at the lower end of the rear surface of the rear passage 212, a feeding port 219 for feeding surplus pachinko balls that are not stored in the storage effect display sections 203 to 205 into the ball lifting mechanism 250 is formed. At the lower end of the rear passage 212, the pachinko balls sent from the communication hole 214 at the lower end of the storage effect display section 203 positioned at the lowest position and the pachinko balls finished flowing down the rear passage 212 are supplied to the inlet 219. A guiding bottom plate 220 for guiding is provided. In addition, a sensor 220a for detecting a pachinko ball that flows down on the guide bottom plate 220 and is sent to the feed port 219 is provided on the guide bottom plate 220 that is a boundary portion with the feed port 219. Based on the detection of the pachinko balls by the sensor 220a, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 described later (rotation drive of the lifting sprocket 251 by the drive motor) and the pachinko balls are distributed (driven by the ball distribution mechanism 260). The motor controls the rotation of the sorting sprocket 261 by a motor.

  Three shutters 221 are provided in the rear passage 212 to individually open and close the communication holes 214 at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 203 to 205. The shutter 221 includes a slide plate 222 that opens and closes the communication hole 214 by sliding movement in the vertical direction, and is attached to the rear surface of the partition wall 210 that is positioned below the communication hole 214 at the lower end of each storage effect display unit 203 to 205. ing. A protective cover 223 for protecting the shutter 221 from pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 212 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the shutter 221. The outer surface of the protective cover 223 is formed in a flat surface shape that is parallel to the inner wall of the rear surface of the rear passage 212 so as not to interfere with the pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 212. Further, since the shutter 221 corresponding to the communication hole 214 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 203 positioned at the lowest position is disposed below the guide bottom plate 220, the protective cover 223 is not provided.

  In the following description, for convenience, the slide plate 222 of the shutter 221 corresponding to the communication hole 214 (214a) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 203 is referred to as a slide plate 222a, and the communication hole 214 ( The slide plate 222 of the shutter 221 corresponding to 214b) may be referred to as a slide plate 222b, and the slide plate 222 of the shutter 221 corresponding to the communication hole 214 (214c) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 205 may be referred to as a slide plate 222c.

  By the way, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the front passage 211 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. For this reason, the front passage 211 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 200. On the other hand, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the rear passage 212 is set to about twice the diameter of the pachinko ball. However, the distance between the front end surface of the AC plate 217 provided in the rear side passage 212 and the inner wall of the rear side passage 212 facing the front end surface, and the rear side passage 212 facing the outer surface and the outer surface of the protective cover 223. The distance from the inner wall is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of each pachinko ball. For this reason, the rear passage 212 is a ball passage that can flow one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 200, as in the front passage 211. In addition, the passage width in the left-right direction of the front passage 211 and the rear passage 212 is set to about four times the diameter of the pachinko ball, and thereby the front passage 211 and the rear passage 212 are acquired. It is a ball passage that can flow four pachinko balls at a time in the left-right direction of the ball number display device 200. Further, the front passage 211 and the rear passage 212 constitute a collection passage section according to the present invention for collecting the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display sections 203 to 205, respectively.

  Each of the storage effect display sections 203 to 205 has a square shape in front view and is formed of a transparent material, and is attached to the front of the front passage 211 that is inside the transparent cover member 230 and inside the front passage 211. And a substantially cube-shaped internal protrusion member 231. A space 232 having a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball is provided between the transparent cover member 230 and the internal protrusion member 231, and the space 232 constitutes a passage through which the pachinko ball flows down. Yes. For this reason, also in each storage production | presentation display part 203-205, it becomes a ball path which can flow down the pachinko ball for one piece in the front-back direction of the acquired number-of-balls display device 200 similarly to the front side passage 211 and the rear side passage 212. ing. However, in FIG. 21, only the transparent cover member 230, the internal protrusion member 231, and the space 232 of the storage effect display unit 205 are denoted by reference numerals.

  The upper wall surface of the internal protrusion member 231 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the rear to the front in order to smoothly guide the pachinko ball fed from the front passage 211 through the communication hole 215 into the space 232. The lower wall surfaces of the member 231 and the transparent cover member 230 are provided with a slight downward inclination from the front to the rear in order to smoothly send the pachinko balls in the space 232 to the front passage 211 through the communication holes 215. Further, the storage effect display units 203 to 205 transparently display the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction unit 213 into the respective spaces 232 (storage spaces) in response to the opening / closing of the communication holes 214 by the three shutters 221 described above. Through the cover member 230, the pachinko balls are stored so as to be visible from the outside. For each storage effect display unit 203 to 205, 1000 pachinko balls are stored in the space 232 in a full state. Is shown to have been acquired. However, the actual total number of pachinko balls that become full in the space 232 is 100, which is 1/10 of the set full number (1000).

  The light emission effect display units 207 to 209 are configured by vertically arranging four light emitting members 233 each having a semicircular arc shape, and the light emission of each light emitting member 233 is controlled based on the control of the control device. It is like that. In addition, each light emitting member 233 which comprises the light emission production | presentation display parts 207-209 has come to show that 1000 pachinko balls are acquired in the lighting state, respectively, and the range of 1-999 in the blinking state It shows that the pachinko ball inside has been acquired.

  The acquired ball count display device 200 is provided with a sensor 234 for detecting the presence or absence of a pachinko ball at a predetermined location in the front passage 211. The sensor 234 faces the upper part of the communication hole 214a, the lower part of the shutter 221 with the slide plate 222b, the lower part of the shutter 221 with the slide plate 222c, and the communication hole 215 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 205. It is installed in a total of four locations.

  The standby reservoir 240 is formed between the partition wall 241 that forms the rear wall of the rear passage 212 and forms the front wall of the standby reservoir 240, and the rear wall 242 that is disposed on the rear surface side of the partition wall 241. The upper and lower ends of the partition wall 241 are formed with communication holes 243 and 244 for communicating the standby storage portion 240 and the rear passage 212, respectively. A ball distribution mechanism 260 is disposed in the communication hole 243 on the upper end side. On the other hand, the communication hole 244 on the lower end side constitutes a delivery port for feeding the pachinko balls stored in standby in the standby storage unit 240 to the lower portion of the rear passage 212, and the standby storage unit 240. A guide bottom plate 245 for guiding the pachinko balls in the standby reservoir 240 to the inlet (communication hole 244) is provided at the lower end of. A plurality of alternating current plates 246 are provided on the inner wall (partition wall 241 and rear wall 242) of the standby reservoir 240 alternately to weaken the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the standby reservoir 240. The communication hole 244 of the standby storage unit 240 is provided with a shutter 247 including a slide plate 248 that opens and closes the communication hole 244. In addition, pachinko balls distributed to the standby storage unit 240 side by the ball distribution mechanism 260 are stored in a standby manner in a portion where the ball distribution mechanism 260 is arranged in the standby storage unit 240, in other words, in a portion corresponding to the communication hole 243. A standby introduction part 249 for introduction into the part 240 is provided.

  The ball lifting mechanism 250 has a lifting sprocket 251 provided in a space below the standby reservoir 240 and communicated with the aforementioned inlet 219, and the lifting sprocket 251 in one direction (shown in FIG. 21). A drive motor (not shown) that rotates in a counterclockwise direction, and a feed passage portion 252 that is provided on the back side of the rear wall 242 and guides the pachinko balls to the ball distribution mechanism 260. The lifting sprocket 251 is formed with ball receiving recesses 251a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball over the entire circumference, and the rotation of the ball receiving recesses 251a based on the driving of the drive motor causes the feeding sprocket 251 to The pachinko balls that are fed in are pushed up one by one. Further, the lifting passage portion 252 is formed in a passage shape in which pachinko balls pushed up by the lifting sprocket 251 are aligned one by one and fed into the upper ball sorting mechanism 260.

  The ball distribution mechanism 260 includes a distribution sprocket 261 disposed in the communication hole 243 described above, and a drive (not shown) that rotates the distribution sprocket 261 in both forward and reverse directions (counterclockwise and clockwise in FIG. 21). A motor and a guide passage portion 262 for guiding the pachinko balls fed from the lifting passage portion 252 of the ball lifting mechanism 250 to the sorting sprocket 261 from above. In the sorting sprocket 261, a ball receiving recess 261a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. Then, by the rotation of the sorting sprocket 261 based on the drive of the drive motor in the forward direction (counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 21), the pachinko balls of the ball receiving recess 261a are stored from the visual introduction part 213 to the storage effect display parts 203 to 205. The pachinko balls in the ball receiving recess 261a are rotated from the standby introducing portion 249 to the standby storage portion by rotating in the reverse direction (clockwise shown in FIG. 15) of the sorting sprocket 261 based on the drive motor. It sorts and sends to 240 side.

  Thus, in the acquired ball number display device 200 of the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 21, in the initial state of the control process by the control device, that is, in the state where the player does not acquire the pachinko ball, the visual introduction part 213 No pachinko balls will be sent from. In other words, pachinko balls are not lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 251), and pachinko balls are not sorted by the ball sorting mechanism 260 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 261). At this time, the slide plates 222 (82a to 82c) of the shutter 221 corresponding to the storage effect display units 203 to 205 are slid in the advance direction, and the communication holes 214 (214a to 214c) at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 203 to 205 are moved. Is closed. At this time, the slide plate 248 of the shutter 247 provided in the standby reservoir 240 is slid in the advance direction, and the communication hole 244 at the lower end of the standby reservoir 240 is in a closed state. In a state where all pachinko balls that are circulated and used in the acquired number-of-ball display device 200 (strictly, some pachinko balls waiting in the lifting passage section 252 of the ball lifting mechanism 250) are stored. is there.

  When the player acquires a pachinko ball, the slide plate 248 of the shutter 247 provided in the standby storage unit 240 is slid in the retracting direction, and the communication hole 244 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 240 is opened. As a result, the pachinko balls in the standby reservoir 240 are discharged from the communication hole 244 onto the guide bottom plate 220 and fed into the ball lifting mechanism 250 from the inlet 219. Accordingly, the pachinko ball is lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 251), and the pachinko ball visual introduction part 213 side by the ball sorting mechanism 260 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 261) is also provided. Distribution to is performed. That is, the number of acquired pachinko balls is sent from the visual introduction part 213. As a result, the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction part 213 into the rear passage 212 are guided from the feeding plate 218 through the communication hole 214e to the front passage 211, and then the communication hole at the upper end of the storage effect display part 205. 215 is sent into the space 232 of the storage effect display unit 205. The pachinko ball sent into the space 232 of the stop effect display unit 205 is sent into the space 232 of the storage effect display unit 204 by being guided to the front passage 211 through the communication hole 215 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 205. It is. Thereafter, in the same manner, the flow sequentially flows down in the space 232 of the storage effect display unit 204 and in the space 232 of the storage effect display unit 203.

  That is, the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 213 into the rear passage 212 is within the space 232 of the storage effect display part 205 (including the front passage 211 part behind the storage effect display part 205), and the storage effect display part. 204 in the space 232 (including the portion of the front passage 211 behind the storage effect display portion 204) and the space 232 of the storage effect display portion 203 (including the portion of the front passage 211 behind the storage effect display portion 203) sequentially. Flow down. The pachinko ball guided to the front passage 211 through the communication hole 215 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 203 is prevented from flowing by the slide plate 222a of the shutter 221 that slides in the advance direction and closes the communication hole 214a. Is done. Thereby, the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 213 is stored in a space 232 of the lowest storage effect display part 203 through the transparent cover member 230 of the storage effect display part 203 so as to be visible from the outside. . In addition, in the space 232 of the storage effect display units 203 to 205, 100 pachinko balls can be stored in a full state, respectively, and the control device corresponds to the numerical data and the number (specifically, the numerical data (1/10 of the number) of pachinko balls are supplied to the visual introduction part 213, and when the pachinko balls are full in the space 232 of the storage effect display part 203, 1000 pachinko balls are acquired. Is recognized by the player.

  And when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 15000, the acquired number of balls display device 200 corresponds to the number of acquired balls as in the acquired number of balls display device 10 of the first embodiment described above. The player is made to recognize the number of acquired balls by the storage display of the pachinko balls of the storage effect display units 203 to 205 and the light emission display of the light emission effect display units 207 to 209. Thereafter, when the number of acquired balls reaches 15001 or more, as shown in FIG. 22, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 251) and the ball distribution mechanism 260 (vibration). The distribution of the pachinko balls by the rotation of the minute sprocket 261 is stopped, and the number of acquired balls of 15001 or more is displayed on the ball number display unit 202 to allow the player to recognize the acquired number of balls.

  Further, when the player finishes the game and returns the acquired ball number display device 200 to the initial state, as shown in FIG. (222a to 222c) are slid in the retreating direction, and the communication holes 214a to 214c are opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display sections 203 to 205 are sent to the guide bottom plate 220 through the communication holes 214a to 214c, and from the guide bottom plate 220 to the ball lifting mechanism 250 through the inlet 219. It is sent. The pachinko balls fed into the ball lifting mechanism 250 are fed by the ball lifting mechanism 250 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 251) and the ball sorting mechanism 260 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 261). The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 240 by sorting to the standby introduction unit 249 side. In such a collection of pachinko balls, the backward movement of the slide plates 222a to 222c, in other words, feeding the pachinko balls into the ball lifting mechanism 250 collects all the pachinko balls in the storage effect display sections 203 to 205. Is done. Further, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 250 and the pachinko balls are distributed to the standby introduction portion 249 side by the ball sorting mechanism 260. The pachinko balls are detected by the sensor 220a provided on the guide bottom plate 220. Will continue until. Further, when the pachinko ball is lent out from the acquired ball, only the slide plate 222 (222a) of the shutter 221 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 203 is slid in the backward direction, and the communication hole 214a is opened. Then, the backward movement of the slide plate 222a for feeding the pachinko balls into the ball lifting mechanism 250 is performed until the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of loans are collected. In addition, the guide bottom plate 220 at the lower end of the rear passage 212 constitutes a collection passage section according to the present invention that collects pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display sections 203 to 205.

  Next, an acquired number-of-balls display device according to a fourth embodiment in which no visual recognition passage portion is provided will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 24 is a perspective cross-sectional view showing the acquired ball number display device 300 in the fourth embodiment. FIGS. 25 to 27 are longitudinal sectional views for explaining the flow of pachinko balls in the acquired number-of-balls display device 300 in the fourth embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the acquired number-of-balls display device 300 according to the fourth embodiment includes a vertically long cubic shaped ball lowering passage portion 301 and the number of balls provided at the upper front end of the ball lowering passage portion 301. Part 302, three storage effect display parts 303 to 305 (effect display part) arranged at a predetermined interval in front of the ball flow lower passage part 301 below the ball number display part 302, and the acquired number of balls displayed A control device (not shown) as a storage effect display control means for controlling various components of the device 300 (specifically, a control board having a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM) and a circulation use in the acquired ball number display device 300 A ball as a ball lifting means for lifting a pachinko ball stored in the standby storage unit 340 and a pachinko ball that has flowed down a collection passage unit described later. A ball feeding mechanism 350, and a ball sorting mechanism 360 serving as a ball sorting mechanism for sorting and feeding the pachinko balls lifted by the ball feeding mechanism 350 to either the storage effect display units 303 to 305 or the standby storage unit 340; It is equipped with. The number-of-balls display unit 302 displays the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player during the game (specifically, pachinko balls lent out from the ball lending machine 2 based on the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50). The number obtained by subtracting the total number of balls) is displayed numerically as the number of acquired balls based on the control of the control device.

  A communication wall 314 for communicating the ball flow lower passage portion 301 and the standby storage portion 340 extends in the vertical direction on the partition wall 310 that is a rear wall of the ball flow lower passage portion 301 and serves as a partition from the standby storage portion 340. A plurality of communication holes 315 for communicating the ball flow lower passage portion 301 and the storage effect display portions 303 to 305 are formed in the front surface of the ball flow lower passage portion 301 in the vertical direction. It is installed. The communication holes 314 are formed at the same height positions as the lower ends of the storage effect display unit 303 and the ball number display unit 302, respectively. The communication holes 315 are formed at the height positions of the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display units 303 to 305, respectively.

  The communication hole 314 drilled at the same height position as the lower end of the ball number display unit 302 is a visual introduction part of the ball distribution mechanism 360 for the pachinko ball for production when the player acquires the pachinko ball. A ball receiving port that is received from 363 is configured. The visual introduction part 363 constitutes one ball distribution part that distributes and sends the pachinko balls transferred by the ball transfer mechanism 350 to the storage effect display units 303 to 305, and is counted by the ball counting device 50. Based on the numerical data of the pachinko balls being sent to the control device, the control device doffs the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data). While the feeding mechanism 350 controls the lifting, and the ball sorting mechanism 360 distributes the pachinko balls to the visual introduction part 363 side, the pachinko balls for production are sent to the visual introduction part 363. ing. In the following description, for convenience, the communication hole 314 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 303 may be referred to as a communication hole 314a, and the communication hole 314 at the lower end of the ball number display unit 302 may be referred to as a communication hole 314c.

  A flow-inhibiting plate 316 that prevents the pachinko ball from flowing down at that position is provided in the ball-flowing-down passage part 301 located between the upper and lower communication holes 315 of the storage effect display parts 303 to 305. . The communication hole 314a is provided with a shutter 321 for opening and closing the communication hole 314a. The shutter 321 includes a slide plate 322 that opens and closes the communication hole 314a by sliding movement in the vertical direction.

  By the way, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the ball flow lower passage portion 301 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. For this reason, the ball flow down passage portion 301 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 300. Moreover, the passage width in the left-right direction of the ball flow lower passage portion 301 is set to about four times the diameter of the pachinko ball. It is a ball passage that allows four pachinko balls to flow down in one direction.

  Each of the storage effect display portions 303 to 305 includes a transparent cover member 330 formed of a transparent material, an internal protrusion member 331 that is inside the transparent cover member 330 and attached to the front surface of the ball flow lower passage portion 301, It has. A space 332 is provided between the transparent cover member 330 and the internal protruding member 331 and has a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. The transparent cover member 330 constituting the storage effect display units 303 to 305 has a vertically long rectangular shape when viewed from the front. And the upper part of the internal protrusion member 331 is formed in a space that can store a large amount of pachinko balls including the ball flow lower passage part 301 behind the storage effect display parts 303 to 305, and the lower part of the internal protrusion member 331 is It is a space for forming a ball passage through which one pachinko ball can flow down in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 300.

  The upper wall surface of the internal protrusion member 331 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the rear to the front in order to smoothly guide the pachinko ball fed from the front passage 111 through the communication hole 315 into the space 332. Each lower wall surface of the member 331 and the transparent cover member 330 is provided to be inclined slightly downward from the front to the rear in order to smoothly send the pachinko balls in the space 332 to the ball flow lower passage portion 301 through the communication holes 315. . In addition, the storage effect display units 303 to 305 transmit the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction unit 363 into the respective spaces 332 (storage spaces) in accordance with the opening / closing of the communication holes 314a by the shutter 321 described above. The pachinko balls are stored in a state where the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 332 for each of the storage effect display portions 303 to 305. It has come to show that. However, the total number of actual pachinko balls that become full in the space 332 is 500, which is 1/10 of the set full number (5000).

  The standby storage unit 340 is configured by a space formed between the partition wall 310 that forms the rear wall of the ball flow lower passage unit 301 described above and the rear wall 342 disposed on the back side of the partition wall 310. . A plurality of alternating current plates 346 for weakening the momentum of pachinko balls flowing down the standby storage portion 340 are alternately provided on the inner wall (partition wall 310 and rear wall 342) of the standby storage portion 340. In addition, on the upper side of the standby storage unit 340, a visual guidance plate 343 for guiding the pachinko balls distributed to the visual introduction unit 363 of the ball distribution mechanism 360 to the communication holes 314c on the storage effect display units 303 to 305 side. And a standby guide plate 344 for guiding the pachinko balls distributed to the standby introduction part 364 of the ball distribution mechanism 360 into the standby storage part 340. On the other hand, a discharge port 341 for discharging the pachinko balls downward from the standby storage unit 340 is provided below the standby storage unit 340, and a slide plate that opens and closes the discharge port 341 is provided in the discharge port 341. A shutter 347 provided with 348 is provided. Note that the pachinko balls discharged downward from the discharge port 341 of the standby storage unit 340 are fed into a lifting sprocket 351 of a ball lifting mechanism 350 (described later) disposed in the lower space of the standby storage unit 340. Yes. A guide bottom plate 320 for guiding the pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port 341 to the ball lifting mechanism 350 is provided below the standby storage unit 340, and the guide bottom plate 320 includes the guide bottom plate 80. A sensor 320a for detecting a pachinko ball that has flowed down and sent to the ball lifting mechanism 350 is provided. Based on the detection of the pachinko balls by the sensor 320a, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 350 (rotation drive of the lifting sprocket 351 by the drive motor) and the pachinko balls are distributed (driven by the ball distribution mechanism 360). The motor controls the rotation of the sorting sprocket 361 by a motor.

  The ball lifting mechanism 350 has a lifting sprocket 351 provided in a space below the standby reservoir 340 and in communication with the communication 114a described above, and the lifting sprocket 351 in one direction (counterclockwise shown in FIG. 20). A driving motor (not shown) that rotates in the direction) and a feed passage portion 352 that is provided on the back side of the rear wall 342 and guides the pachinko balls to the ball distribution mechanism 360. The lifting sprocket 351 is formed with ball receiving recesses 351a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball over the entire circumference. By rotation of the ball receiving recesses 351a based on driving of the drive motor, the standby storage unit 340 The pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port 341 and the pachinko balls sent from the communication 114a are pushed up one by one. Further, the lifting passage portion 352 is formed in a passage shape in which pachinko balls pushed up by the lifting sprocket 351 are aligned one by one and fed into the upper ball sorting mechanism 360.

  The ball distribution mechanism 360 is arranged in the upper space of the standby storage unit 340 and rotates the distribution sprocket 361 in both forward and reverse directions (counterclockwise and clockwise shown in FIG. 20). The drive motor, the guide passage 362 for guiding the pachinko balls fed from the lifting passage 352 of the ball lifting mechanism 350 to the sorting sprocket 361 from above, and the pachinko balls distributed by the sorting sprocket 361 are stored. A visual introduction part 363 for guiding to the effect display parts 303 to 305 side and a standby introduction part 364 for guiding the pachinko balls distributed by the sorting sprocket 361 into the standby storage part 340 are provided. In the sorting sprocket 361, a ball receiving recess 361a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. Then, the pachinko ball of the ball receiving recess 361a is moved from the visual introduction part 363 toward the storage effect display parts 303 to 305 by the rotation of the sorting sprocket 361 based on the drive of the drive motor in the forward direction (counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 20). On the other hand, the pachinko balls in the ball receiving recess 361a are distributed from the standby introduction part 364 to the standby storage part 340 side by rotating in the reverse direction (clockwise direction shown in FIG. 25) of the sorting sprocket 361 based on driving of the drive motor. To send.

  Thus, in the acquired number-of-balls display device 300 of the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25, in the initial state of the control processing by the control device, that is, in the state where the player has not acquired the pachinko balls, the visual introduction unit 363 No pachinko balls will be sent from. In other words, the pachinko balls are not transported by the ball lifting mechanism 350 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 351), and the pachinko balls are not distributed by the ball sorting mechanism 360 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 361). At this time, the slide plate 322 of the shutter 321 provided in the communication hole 314a is slid in the advance direction, and the communication hole 314a is in a closed state. At this time, the slide plate 348 of the shutter 347 provided in the standby storage unit 340 is slid in the advance direction, and the discharge port 341 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 340 is in a closed state. In a state in which all pachinko balls that are circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device 300 (strictly, some pachinko balls waiting in the lifting passage portion 352 of the ball lifting mechanism 350 are excluded) are stored. is there.

  When the player acquires a pachinko ball, the slide plate 348 of the shutter 347 provided in the standby storage unit 340 is slid in the retracting direction, and the discharge port 341 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 340 is opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls in the standby storage unit 340 are discharged from the discharge port 341 onto the guide bottom plate 320 and sent to the ball lifting mechanism 350. Accordingly, the pachinko ball is lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 350 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 351), and the pachinko ball visually introducing part 363 side by the ball sorting mechanism 360 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 361) is provided. Distribution to is performed. That is, the number of pachinko balls acquired from the visual introduction part 363 is sent. Thereby, the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction part 363 are guided from the visual guidance plate 343 to the ball flow lower passage part 301 through the communication hole 314c and then sent into the space 332 of the storage effect display part 305. The pachinko ball sent into the storage effect display unit 305 falls on the upper wall surface of the flow prevention plate 316 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 305, and then passes through the communication hole 315 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 305. It is sent into the space 332 of the storage effect display unit 304 by being guided to the unit 301. Thereafter, in the same manner, it sequentially flows down in the space 332 of the storage effect display unit 304 and in the space 332 of the storage effect display unit 303.

  That is, the pachinko balls sent from the visual introduction part 363 into the ball flow lower passage part 301 are stored in the space 332 of the storage effect display part 305 (including the part of the ball flow lower passage part 301 behind the storage effect display part 305). In the space 332 of the effect display unit 304 (including the portion of the ball flow lower passage portion 301 behind the storage effect display unit 304), in the space 332 of the storage effect display unit 303 (in the ball flow lower passage portion 301 behind the storage effect display unit 303) (Including the portion). Then, the pachinko ball guided to the ball lowering passage portion 301 through the communication hole 315 at the lower end of the storage effect display portion 303 is moved down by the slide plate 322 of the shutter 321 that slides in the advance direction and closes the communication hole 314a. Is blocked. Thereby, the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 363 is stored in a space 332 of the lowest storage effect display part 303 through the transparent cover member 330 of the storage effect display part 303 so as to be visible from the outside. . In addition, in the space 332 of the storage effect display sections 303 to 305, 500 pachinko balls can be stored in a full state, respectively, and the control device has a number corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, the numerical data (1/10 of the number of pachinko balls) is supplied to the visual introduction part 363, and when the pachinko balls are full in the space 332 of the storage effect display part 303, 5000 pachinko balls are acquired. Is recognized by the player.

  And when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 15000, the acquired number of balls display device 300 corresponds to the number of acquired balls as in the acquired number of balls display device 100 of the second embodiment described above. The player is made to recognize the number of acquired balls by the storage display of pachinko balls in the storage effect display units 303 to 305. Thereafter, when the number of acquired balls reaches 15001 or more, as shown in FIG. 26, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 350 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 351) and the ball distribution mechanism 360 (vibration). The distribution of the pachinko balls by the rotation of the minute sprocket 361 is stopped, and the number of acquired balls of 15001 or more is displayed on the ball number display unit 302 to allow the player to recognize the number of acquired balls.

  When the player finishes the game and returns the acquired ball number display device 300 to the initial state, or when the ball lending machine 2 lends a pachinko ball from the acquired ball, as shown in FIG. The slide plate 322 of the shutter 321 is slid in the retracting direction, and the communication hole 314a is opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display unit 303 are sent to the guide bottom plate 320 through the communication holes 314a, and are sent from the guide bottom plate 320 to the ball lifting mechanism 350. The pachinko balls sent to the ball lifting mechanism 350 are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 350 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 351), and the ball sorting mechanism 360 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 361). The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 340 by sorting to the standby introduction unit 364 side. In such a collection of pachinko balls, the advancement / retraction of the slide plate 322, in other words, the feeding of the pachinko balls from the storage effect display unit 303 to the ball lifting mechanism 350, brings the acquired ball number display device 300 into the initial state. When returning, it is performed until all the pachinko balls in the storage effect display sections 303 to 305 are collected, and when lending the pachinko balls from the acquired balls, it is performed until the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of loans are collected. Further, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 350 and the pachinko balls are distributed to the standby introduction part 364 side by the ball sorting mechanism 360. The pachinko balls are detected by the sensor 320a provided on the guide bottom plate 320. Will continue until. Moreover, the induction | guidance | derivation bottom plate 320 comprises the collection | recovery channel | path part which concerns on this invention which collect | recovers the pachinko ball stored by the storage production | presentation display parts 303-305.

  As described above, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, by displaying the total number of pachinko balls that the player has acquired while the game is continuing as a number of acquired balls on the ball number display unit 12, On the other hand, the number of balls acquired can be recognized accurately. In addition, the pachinko balls used in the acquired ball number display device 10 are sent to the storage effect display units 13 to 15 by the ball distribution mechanism 60 as the player acquires the pachinko balls in the game machine, and the storage effect is displayed. The player can store the pachinko balls that have been acquired by giving the player a real sense of accomplishment and superiority by storing the display units 13 to 15 so that the player can see the number of balls that are being continued. The player can be recognized. Moreover, in such a structure, the standby storage part 50 which standby-stores the pachinko ball used in the acquired ball number display apparatus 10, and the collection | recovery channel | path part which collect | recovers the pachinko ball stored in the storage presentation display parts 13-15 ( A passage portion T1 to T3 comprising a front passage 21 and a rear passage 22), a pachinko ball that has flowed down the collection passage portion, and a ball lifting mechanism 60 that lifts the pachinko balls stored in the standby storage portion 50; By providing a ball distribution mechanism 70 that distributes and sends pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 60 to any one of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the standby storage unit 50, an acquired number of balls display device is provided. The pachinko balls are circulated within 10. For this reason, it is not necessary to circulate and use pachinko balls used in the acquired number-of-plays display device 10 throughout the amusement island stand 1, so that a pachinko ball replenishment / recovery passage is not provided in the amusement island stand 1, Moreover, the enlargement of various components, such as the ball storage tank installed in the game island stand 1, a ball lifting apparatus, etc., can be avoided.

  In addition, a plurality of storage effect display units 13 to 15 are arranged in the vertical direction along the flow-down direction of the pachinko balls, respectively, and a communication passage unit (front channel) that communicates between the storage effect display units 13 to 15. 21), and the pachinko balls distributed to the storage effect display units 13 to 15 by the ball distribution mechanism 70 are directed from the storage effect display unit 15 positioned at the top to the storage effect display unit 13 positioned at the bottom. It is configured to send in. Thereby, the pachinko ball can be smoothly fed to the plurality of storage effect display units 13 to 15 by natural fall. Further, since the acquired number-of-balls display device 10 can be configured in a vertically long shape, the acquired number-of-balls display device 10 can be arranged in a narrow space between the gaming machines arranged on the game island 1. .

  Moreover, the storage effect display parts 13-15 are comprised by the transparent cover member 40 which coat | covers the front side so that visual recognition is possible, and the internal protrusion member 41 arrange | positioned inside this transparent cover member 40, When the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 between the transparent cover member 40, the player appears to be filled with a predetermined number of pachinko balls. Thus, in the configuration of the storage effect display unit that recognizes that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired, even when the number of pachinko balls less than the predetermined number is fully stored, the storage effect display unit is predetermined on the appearance. It can appear as if a number of pachinko balls are stored.

  In addition, when a ball lending machine 2 that enables lending of a pachinko ball from a pachinko ball acquired by the player is provided and the ball lending machine 2 lends the pachinko ball, A number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine 2 from the total number of acquired pachinko balls is displayed on the acquired ball number display device 10 as an acquired ball number. This makes it possible to rent out pachinko balls from pachinko balls acquired by the player, thereby increasing the convenience of the game. The number can be recognized by the player.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pachinko balls acquired by the player in the game in the gaming machine are sent to the ball counting device, and the number of balls displayed on the acquired ball number display device based on the count value of the pachinko balls by the ball counting device. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the acquired ball number display device according to the present invention may be applied to an enclosed game machine that circulates and uses pachinko balls in a game machine. In this case, a configuration in which a prize ball signal is output in accordance with the winning of a pachinko ball to a prize device provided in the enclosed game machine, and the number of balls displayed on the obtained ball number display device is controlled based on the prize ball signal. It becomes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game island stand 2 Ball lending machine 4 Upper island frame 5 Lower island frame 9 Outer frame 10 Acquired ball number display device 11 Ball flow lower passage part 12 Ball number display part 13-15 Storage effect display part (effect display part)
16 visual recognition passage part 17-19 light emission effect display part (effect display part)
21 Front passage (collection passage)
22 Rear passage (collection passage)
50 Standby storage unit 60 Ball lifting mechanism (ball lifting means)
70 Ball distribution mechanism (ball distribution means)
80 ball counter

Claims (4)

An acquired ball number display device for displaying the total number of pachinko balls acquired by a player in a game in a gaming machine arranged on a game island stand as an acquired ball number,
The acquired number of balls display device is:
A ball number display unit for displaying the number of balls obtained in numerical values;
A standby storage unit for standby storage of pachinko balls to be circulated in the acquired ball number display device;
A plurality of storage effect display units for allowing a player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by storing the pachinko balls moved from the standby storage unit;
A collection passage section for collecting the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display section;
Ball lifting means for lifting the pachinko balls that have flowed down the recovery passage portion and the pachinko balls stored in the standby storage portion;
Ball distribution means that distributes and sends pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting means to either the storage effect display unit or the standby storage unit;
Transition control is performed between a state in which pachinko balls can be stored and a state in which pachinko balls cannot be stored with respect to the plurality of storage effect display units, and as the number of acquired balls increases and decreases, Storage effect display control means for controlling the display of the acquired number of balls by the plurality of storage effect display units by controlling the pachinko ball lifting by the means and the distribution of the pachinko balls by the ball distribution means. ,
The storage effect display control means
When the acquired number of balls increases, the pachinko balls stored in the standby storage unit are transferred to the state where the pachinko balls can be stored in the plurality of storage effect display units, and are pumped by the ball lifting device. While controlling and controlling the ball distribution means to the state where the pachinko balls are sent to the storage effect display unit, while sending the pachinko balls to the storage effect display unit,
When the number of acquired balls decreases, the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display unit are controlled to shift to a state in which pachinko balls cannot be stored in the plurality of storage effect display units via the collection passage unit. And the ball sorting means is controlled so that the pachinko balls are fed into the standby reservoir, and the pachinko balls are fed into the standby reservoir. An acquired number-of-balls display device characterized by. The plurality of storage effect display units are arranged in the vertical direction along the flow direction of the pachinko balls, respectively, and a communication passage that communicates between the storage effect display units arranged in the vertical direction. Part is provided,
The pachinko balls distributed to the storage effect display unit by the ball distribution means flow down each internal space of the plurality of storage effect display units and the communication passage unit, so that among the plurality of storage effect display units The acquired number-of-balls display device according to claim 1, wherein the acquired number of balls is sent from a storage effect display unit located at the top to a storage effect display unit located at the bottom.   Each of the plurality of storage effect display units includes a transparent cover member that covers the front side of the storage effect display unit so as to be visible, and an internal protrusion member disposed inside the transparent cover member, A space is provided between the internal protrusion member and the transparent cover member so that the pachinko ball can be stored with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball is fully stored in the storage space. 3. The acquired number-of-balls display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acquired number-of-balls display device has a bottom-up structure so that the player appears to be filled with the predetermined number of pachinko balls. The acquired number of balls display device is:
If a pachinko ball is lent out in a ball lending machine that is provided in correspondence with the acquired ball number display device and allows the pachinko ball to be lent out from the pachinko ball that the player has acquired, the player acquires 4. The acquired ball according to claim 1, wherein a number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine from the total number of pachinko balls obtained is displayed as the acquired number of balls. Number display device.

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