JP5855451B2 - Inter-island transport path for game balls, and structure of game hall - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an inter-island transport path for game balls that connects a group of gaming machines in which a plurality of ball game machines form a group, and also relates to a structure of a game field including the inter-island transport path for game balls. is there.

  A game arcade where gaming machines such as pachinko machines are installed is generally formed by installing a plurality of gaming machine islands in which a plurality of gaming machines are grouped. Usually, this type of amusement hall has an inter-island transport path that constantly averages the amount of game balls held in each gaming machine island so that the game can be smoothly played on any gaming machine island. is set up. In other words, the inter-island transport path functions when connecting adjacent gaming machine islands to compensate for the shortage of gaming balls on the gaming machine islands.

In general, this type of inter-island transport path is fixed in a downward slope toward the gaming machine island on the side where the shortage of game balls is supplied. That is, the game balls flowing through the inter-island transport path are naturally transported along the slope. In the inter-island transport path, a flow path forming member that supplies game balls to one gaming machine island side and another flow path forming member that supplies game balls to the other gaming machine island side are parallel and in the vertical direction. Installed in an intersecting posture.
For example, this type of technology is disclosed in Patent Document 1.

JP 2002-191835 A

  However, when the inter-island transport path is formed using two different flow path forming members between adjacent gaming machine islands as in the prior art, there is no particular problem with the transport of game balls, but the appearance is different from that of other companies. There was dissatisfaction that it was difficult to further expand the sales of the inter-island transportation route because it could hardly be differentiated, and sales did not increase.

  Therefore, in the present invention, in view of the problems of the prior art, the inter-island transport path for game balls that can differentiate the design from other companies without reducing the transport efficiency of the balls between game machine islands, and the structure of the game hall The issue is to provide.

  The invention according to claim 1, which is provided to solve the above problem, includes a plurality of ball game machines that form a group, and an island tank disposed at a position higher than the installation position of the ball game machine. In an amusement hall where a plurality of gaming machine groups are installed, island tanks in adjacent gaming machine groups are connected to each other, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a game ball is placed between one island tank and the other island tank. An inter-island transport path for game balls in which a flow is formed, and a first transport path for flowing game balls from one island tank to the other island tank, and a game ball flowing from one island tank to the other island tank. The first transport path and the second transport path are connected by a crossing portion in which the game balls to be transported cross and flow into each other without flowing into the other route. And the space inside the outer shell Divided and it is inter-island transport path for the game ball, wherein forming part of both of the conveying path.

  The inter-island transport path for game balls of the present invention relates to a flow path for transporting game balls connecting the tanks on the islands of adjacent gaming machine groups, and in particular has a characteristic configuration at the intersection of the flow paths. It has been. In other words, in the present invention, an intersection portion where game balls flowing in different paths flow in an intersecting manner is formed by a single outline to achieve the integration of the external shape. Thereby, the external shape of the inter-island transport path for game balls is simplified, and a sharp impression can be given. Therefore, according to the present invention, the design of the entire inter-island transport path is improved by the intersection, and the design differentiation from the other companies becomes clear, so that the sales can be further expanded. As a result, sales can be increased.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the space inside the outer part of the intersection is divided so that game balls do not enter each other, and a part of each transport path (first transport path and second transport path) is formed. Therefore, the game balls flowing through each route smoothly flow through each route. For this reason, in this invention, the conveyance efficiency of the game ball in each path | route does not fall.
Therefore, according to the present invention, the transport efficiency of game balls between gaming machine islands is not lowered, and differentiation from other companies' designs can be made clear.

  In the inter-island transport path for game balls according to the present invention, it is preferable that the intersecting portion has an opening penetrating vertically, and the opening is provided for each of the different transport paths. (Claim 2)

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the first transport path is configured by the intersecting part and a first transport channel forming part that forms a channel before and after the intersecting part, and the second transport path is the intersecting part. And a second transport flow path forming section that forms a flow path before and after the intersection, and the cross section, the first transport flow path forming section, and the second transport flow path forming section are integrally formed. It is formed, It is an inter-island conveyance path for game balls according to claim 1 or 2.

  According to such a configuration, since the entire inter-island transport path for game balls is integrally formed, the appearance becomes simpler and the difference in design from other companies can be made clearer.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the first transport path is configured by the intersecting part and a first transport channel forming part that forms a channel before and after the intersecting part, and the second transport path is the intersecting part. And a second transport flow path forming section that forms a flow path before and after the intersection, and the cross section, the first transport flow path forming section, and the second transport flow path forming section are separate members. 3. The inter-island transport path for game balls according to claim 1 or 2.

  According to such a configuration, since the intersecting portion, the first transport flow path forming portion, and the second transport flow path forming portion are separate members, it is easy to match the conditions at the construction site. That is, by changing the length of the game balls in the transport direction of the first transport flow path forming section and the second transport flow path forming section, it is possible to adjust the size flexibly to the conditions at the site. Thereby, a simple and highly versatile inter-island transport path for game balls can be provided.

  The invention according to claim 5 includes a plurality of gaming machine groups each having a plurality of ball game machines forming a group and an island tank disposed at a position higher than the installation position of the ball game machines. A game field structure comprising the inter-island transport path for game balls according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein island tanks of a gaming machine group are connected.

  The structure of the game hall of the present invention connects the island tanks of adjacent gaming machine islands with a game ball inter-island transfer path having an intersection formed by a single outer shell. In comparison, the design can be differentiated and the design in the amusement hall is improved. Thereby, it can lead to the expansion of the further sales of the conveyance path between game balls for islands.

  Since the inter-island transport path for game balls of the present invention, and the structure of the game hall, two different transport paths that connect the tanks on the islands of adjacent gaming machine groups are connected by an intersection formed by a single outline, Design is high and can be differentiated from other companies' designs. Further, since the two transport paths are completely separated in the intersection, the transport efficiency of the game balls between the machine islands is not lowered.

It is a front view which shows the state which installed the transport path between game islands for game balls which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention in game machine island. It is a perspective view which shows the conveyance path | route for game balls of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which showed the inside of the crossing part notionally. It is AA sectional drawing which showed the cross | intersection part of FIG. 3 notionally. It is the arrow line view which showed notionally the inside of the cross | intersection part of FIG. 3 from the B direction. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram focusing on the traffic prevention wall of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an inter-island transport path for game balls according to a second embodiment, with a part of an intersecting portion broken and attention paid to the internal structure. It is CC sectional drawing which showed the cross | intersection part of FIG. 7 notionally. It is the arrow line view which showed notionally the inside of the cross | intersection part of FIG. 7 from D direction.

The inter-island transport path 1 for game balls according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
A game ball inter-island transport path (hereinafter also simply referred to as an inter-island transport path) 1 of the present embodiment is a gaming machine group (hereinafter referred to as a gaming machine island) having a plurality of gaming machines (hereinafter referred to as pachinko machines) 30 as one group. This is a flow path for connecting 31 to each other, and a shortage of game balls (hereinafter simply referred to as balls) generated in any one of the game machine islands 31 is compensated by a ball in any other game machine island 31 It works when you do.
First, in order to facilitate understanding, a description will be given focusing on one gaming machine island 31.

  The gaming machine island 31 is formed by arranging a plurality of pachinko machines 30 side by side in the middle of the height direction in the island structure portion 28 that forms the outline of the island (installed side by side in the depth direction in FIG. 1). Specifically, in the gaming machine island 31 in the present embodiment, one row is arranged on the left and right in FIG. 1 (a total of two rows on one gaming machine island 31), and the back of the pachinko machine 30 is faced. Yes.

  In addition, an island internal transport path (not shown) for transporting a ball to each pachinko machine 30 so as to be exposed to the position inside or outside the island structure portion 28, or a pachinko machine 30 having a temporary ball storage function. Pachinko machines such as an island tank (not shown) positioned lower than the installation position, an island tank 16 positioned higher than the installation position of the pachinko machine 30, and a polishing device (not shown) for polishing a sphere. Members and equipment related to operating 30 are arranged.

Next, the inter-island transport path 1 of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the inter-island transport path 1 of the present embodiment connects the island tanks 16 of adjacent gaming machine islands 31, and supplies balls to the gaming machine islands 31 having insufficient amount of balls. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, two different conveying paths 17 and 18 are integrally formed by a single outer member 11.

  The outer member 11 has a first transport path 17 and a second transport path 18 inside, and is formed so that both paths intersect. That is, the outer member 11 has a cross shape in which the two transport paths 17 and 18 intersect in the vertical direction and form a dominant angle and an inferior angle when viewed from the front as shown in FIGS. In plan view, the two transport paths 17 and 18 are substantially linear (FIG. 5). In other words, the two transport paths 17 and 18 in the present embodiment have a line-symmetric structure with respect to the vertical virtual line P as shown in FIG.

  The outer member 11 has a configuration in which a crossing portion 2 is formed at substantially the center of the whole, and linear flow path forming portions 5 to 8 extending in four directions so as to be separated from each other on the basis of the crossing portion 2. More specifically, the outer shell member 11 has a downward slope in which the straight flow path forming portions 5 and 7 are inclined at the same angle toward the right before and after the intersecting portion 2, and the straight flow path forming portions 6 and 8 are the intersecting portions. 2 is a downward slope inclined at the same angle toward the left before and after 2. The four straight flow path forming portions 5 to 8 are in a relationship in which an inferior angle is formed between the straight flow path forming portions 5 and 8 and between the straight flow path forming portions 6 and 7. Further, the outer shell member 11 has a relationship in which a dominance angle is formed between the straight flow path forming portions 5 and 6 and between the straight flow path forming portions 7 and 8. Further, the outer member 11 has a configuration in which the minor angle is opposed to the horizontal direction and the dominant angle is opposed to the vertical direction on the basis of the normal installation posture.

  Further, the straight flow path forming portions 5 to 8 are flow paths having a substantially rectangular cross section, and a tank connection portion (not shown) that can be connected to the island tank 16 is provided at one end, and the other end The part is formed integrally with the intersection 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the intersection 2 is an intersection where the two transport paths 17 and 18 gather, and is formed by the single outer member 11 as described above. In other words, the intersection 2 is not a structure that is separated for each conveyance path in appearance, but has a simple configuration in which the appearances of the two conveyance paths 17 and 18 are integrated.

The intersecting portion 2 is a part that fulfills the hub function of the two transport paths 17 and 18 that gather, and is formed so that the spheres that flow through the transport paths 17 and 18 pass completely separated. And as shown in FIG. 3, the intersection part 2 is set as the structure which the two conveyance paths 17 and 18 incline in a mutually different direction in a normal installation attitude | position. That is, each of the conveyance paths 17 and 18 inside the intersecting portion 2 includes an inflow portion 21 into which a sphere flows into the intersecting portion 2 and a flow path width regulating member that is located downstream from the inflow portion 21 and gradually narrows the flow path width. 12, a crossing opening 13 for dropping a sphere that has passed through the narrowed flow path downward, a guide inclined part 14 that causes the sphere that has passed through the crossing opening 13 to flow downstream without delay, and a guide inclined part 14. This is a flow path composed of an outflow portion 22 that causes the guided sphere to flow out from the intersection 2 and a traffic prevention wall 15 that prevents the sphere from passing between the transport paths 17 and 18.
In addition, the inflow part 21 and the outflow part 22 in the crossing part 2 are for convenience shown for facilitating understanding of the crossing part 2, and correspond to the start point and end point of the crossing part 2 based on the flow direction of the sphere. .

The channel width regulating member 12 is a plate-like member, and is located between the inflow portion 21 and a transverse traffic prevention wall 15a (traffic prevention wall 15), which will be described later, from a predetermined channel width toward the downstream side. Then, the narrow channel portion 35 is formed by regulating the width of the channel so that the width gradually becomes about half of the channel width. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the channel width regulating member 12 has a channel width of the channel width of the linear channel forming units 5 to 8 starting from the channel side wall at the intersection 2. It is arranged so as to cross in the flow path width direction until it reaches about half of it. More specifically, in the present embodiment, the end point end portion of the flow path width regulating member 12 is connected to substantially the center in the width direction of the transverse traffic preventing wall 15a. Further, the height of the flow path width regulating member 12 is such a size that a sphere cannot pass over the flow path width regulating member 12, and preferably the height of the flow path (the bottom wall and the top wall of the flow path) Is substantially the same size.
In addition, the flow path width regulating members 12 of the two transport paths 17 and 18 are connected to different side walls facing each other from the line symmetry, and each end point is the same as the crossing prevention wall 15a. Connected to the position.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the intersection opening 13 is an opening which is provided in the bottom wall at the most downstream position in the narrow channel portion 35 and communicates in the vertical direction, and the opening shape is a square. Has been. That is, the intersection opening 13 is a conveyance direction change opening that conveys a sphere that has flowed along the descending slope of the narrow-width channel portion 35 further downward in order to flow further downstream.
In addition, the intersection opening 13 of the two transport paths 17 and 18 is arranged on a diagonal line with the crossing prevention wall 15a in between because of the line symmetry. More specifically, the two intersecting portion openings 13 are arranged on a diagonal line that passes through the end point end portion of the flow path width regulating member 12.

3 and 4, the guide inclined portion 14 is an auxiliary bottom wall that connects the vicinity of the upstream edge of the intersection opening 13 and the bottom wall at the position of the outflow portion 22, and flows through the first conveyance path 17. A sphere that has passed through the intersection opening 13 is prevented from being guided to the second transport path 18. In other words, the guide inclined portion 14 is a guide means that prevents the sphere that has passed through the intersection opening 13 from flowing in an inferior angle direction and flows the sphere in a normal direction.
Further, the guide inclined portion 14 has a member width that is substantially the same as the channel width at the most downstream position of the narrow-width channel portion 35, and the conveyance paths 17, 18 are formed by side walls provided along the end in the width direction. An independent flow path is formed for each. That is, the guide inclined portion 14 has an outer shell member 11 along a direction in which the guide inclined portion 14 extends (the flow direction of the sphere) and a parallel anti-traffic wall 15b (traffic prevention wall 15) to be described later at the channel width end. A guide channel portion 36 provided and surrounded by them is formed.
The guide inclined portions 14 of the two transport paths 17 and 18 are arranged so as to intersect in parallel and in the vertical direction because of the line-symmetrical relationship.

  The traffic prevention wall 15 is a plate-like member that performs a cross-border prevention function for preventing the movement of a sphere between the first conveyance path 17 and the second conveyance path 18 in the intersection 2. It is arranged in. That is, the traffic prevention wall 15 is located above the intersection opening 13 and is located below the intersection opening 13 and the transverse traffic prevention wall 15a (FIG. 3) provided to cross the flow path. In addition, there is a parallel traffic prevention wall 15 b (FIG. 6) that forms the side wall of the guide channel portion 36 together with the outer member 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the crossing prevention wall 15 a is located at the center of the inflow portion 21 of the first transport path 17 and the inflow portion 21 of the second transport path 18 in the intersection 2, and It is arranged so as to straddle the width direction of the flow path of the path 17 and the second transport path 18. That is, the crossing prevention wall 15a is one member, and the front side of the drawing is positioned on the first transport path 17 side and the back side is positioned on the second transport path 18 side.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the parallel traffic prevention wall 15 b is a place where the above-described guide flow path portion 36 is located, and is parallel to the outer shell member 11 forming the side wall of the flow path portion 36. It is arranged. That is, the parallel traffic prevention wall 15b is provided at the substantially center in the width direction of the outer member 11 so as to divide the two transport paths 17 and 18 into two along the extending direction of the flow path. In other words, each guide flow path portion 36 of the two transport paths 17 and 18 has a parallel traffic prevention wall 15b as one common side wall as a side wall.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the parallel traffic prevention wall 15b has a distorted rectangular shape in front view. Specifically, the shape is a combination of four triangles. More specifically, two sets formed by combining two different triangles are arranged in a mirror image relationship to form a shape.

  With the above configuration, at the intersection 2, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the sphere that has passed through the inflow portion 21 flows through the narrow channel portion 35 toward the intersection opening 13, and enters the intersection opening 13. When it reaches, the flow changes vertically downward. The sphere introduced into the guide channel portion 36 flows toward the outflow portion 22 along the guide inclined portion 14. At this time, the sphere flowing in one conveyance path (for example, the first conveyance path 17) in the intersection 2 does not flow into another conveyance path (for example, the second conveyance path 18), and smoothly. Carried by regular route.

Then, the positional relationship in the game hall of the inter-island conveyance path 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated.
The inter-island conveyance path 1 is installed so as to connect the island tanks 16 of the adjacent gaming machine islands 31 as in the prior art. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the inter-island transport path 1 is in such a posture that the straight flow path forming portions 5 and 6 are positioned higher than the straight flow path forming portions 7 and 8, and a subordinate angle is formed. The straight channel forming unit 5 and the straight channel forming unit 8 to be formed, or the straight channel forming unit 6 and the straight channel forming unit 7 are connected to the island tank 16.

Next, the function of the inter-island transport path 1 of this embodiment will be described.
The inter-island transport path 1 functions to compensate for the insufficient amount of balls between the adjacent gaming machine islands 31, and from one gaming machine island 31 to the other gaming machine in response to a request based on the shortage of balls. A ball is transported to the island 31.
For example, if the gaming machine island 31c shown on the right side of FIG. 1 requests the gaming machine island 31b located on the left side to supply a ball, the gaming machine island 31b side holds the ball via the inter-island transport path 1. Is transported. That is, the balls stored in the island tank 16b of the gaming machine island 31b are flowed to the first transfer path 17 and introduced into the island tank 16c of the gaming machine island 31c. More specifically, the sphere discharged from the island tank 16b first flows through the straight flow path forming portion 5 having a downward slope in the right direction. Then, the sphere that has passed through the straight flow path forming portion 5 is introduced from the inflow portion 21 to the intersecting portion 2. The sphere introduced into the intersecting portion 2 passes through the narrow channel portion 35 and the guide channel portion 36, and is discharged from the outflow portion 22 to the straight channel forming portion 7. Then, the ball is introduced into the island tank 16c of the gaming machine island 31c through the straight flow path forming portion 7.
The same applies to the case where balls are supplied from the gaming machine island 31a to the gaming machine island 31b, from the gaming machine island 31b to the gaming machine island 31a, and from the gaming machine island 31c to the gaming machine island 31b.

As described above, the inter-island transport path 1 of the present embodiment can smoothly transport the balls to be supplied to the predetermined gaming machine island 31 via the first transport path 17 and the second transport path 18. Therefore, it is possible to ensure the conveyance efficiency equal to or higher than that of the prior art.
In addition, since the inter-island transport path 1 of the present embodiment is formed by a single outer member 11, the appearance is extremely simple and the design is characteristic. Therefore, it is possible to differentiate from other companies' products and to further expand sales.

In the above-described embodiment, the guide inclined portion 14 is provided in the intersecting portion 2 to form the guide channel portion 36, and the sphere is guided from the intersecting portion opening 13 to the outflow portion 22 through the guide channel portion 36. Although shown, this invention is not limited to this, The structure which guide | induces a bulb | ball to the outflow part 22 without forming the guide flow path part 36 may be sufficient (2nd embodiment). That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the inter-island transport path 3 of the present embodiment causes the sphere that has passed through the intersection opening 13 to naturally fall vertically downward, and then reaches the outflow portion 22. It is the structure provided with. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the intersection opening 13 of the two transport paths 17 and 18 is located in the other region while maintaining the relationship of being located on a diagonal line, as in the above embodiment. It becomes a relationship. That is, the two intersection openings 13 have a relationship in which the other intersection opening 13 is located in the middle of the flow path toward the one intersection opening 13 on the basis of the flow of the sphere. In addition, a crossing prevention wall 50 having a substantially “S” shape in plan view is provided so that a ball does not come and go between the two transport paths 17 and 18.
By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to obtain the same operational effects as the above-described embodiment.

  In said 1st, 2nd embodiment, although the linear flow path formation parts 5-8 and the cross | intersection parts 2 and 4 were integrated as a whole, this invention is not limited to this, linear flow The path forming part and the intersecting part may be separate from each other and can be assembled. In short, in the present invention, if the appearance of the intersecting portion is formed by a single outer member, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained.

1,3 Inter-island transport path for game balls (inter-island transport path)
2, 4 Crossing portion 5-8 Linear flow path forming portion 11 Outline member 12 Flow width regulating member 13 Crossing portion opening 14 Guide inclined portion 15 Crossing prevention wall 15a, 50 Crossing prevention wall 15b Parallel crossing prevention wall 16 Island tank 17 First transfer route (transfer route)
18 Second transport route (transport route)
30 Pachinko Machine 31 Amusement Machine Island 35 Narrow-width Channel 36 Guide Channel

Claims (5)

Adjacent gaming machines in a game hall having a plurality of gaming machine groups each having a plurality of bullet ball machines forming a group and an island tank arranged higher than the installation position of the ball game machines When the island tanks in the group are connected to each other and a predetermined condition is satisfied, an inter-island transport path for game balls in which a flow of game balls is formed between one island tank and the other island tank,
A first conveyance path for flowing game balls from one island tank to the other island tank, and a second conveyance path for flowing game balls from the other island tank to one island tank,
The first transport path and the second transport path are connected at an intersection where the transported game balls cross and flow into the other path,
The intersection between islands for game balls, wherein the intersection is formed by a single outer shell, and a space inside the outer shell is divided to form a part of both transport routes.   2. The inter-island transport path for game balls according to claim 1, wherein the intersecting portion has an opening penetrating vertically, and the opening is provided for each of the different transport paths. The first transport path is configured by the intersecting portion and a first transport channel forming portion that forms a flow path before and after the intersecting portion, and the second transport path is configured by the intersection and the flow before and after the intersecting portion. It is composed of a second conveyance flow path forming part that forms a path,
3. The inter-island transport path for game balls according to claim 1, wherein the intersection, the first transport flow path forming section, and the second transport flow path forming section are integrally formed. The first transport path is configured by the intersecting portion and a first transport channel forming portion that forms a flow path before and after the intersecting portion, and the second transport path is configured by the intersection and the flow before and after the intersecting portion. It is composed of a second conveyance flow path forming part that forms a path,
The inter-island transport path for game balls according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the intersection, the first transport flow path forming section, and the second transport flow path forming section are separate members.   A plurality of gaming machine groups having a plurality of ball game machines that form a group and an island tank arranged higher than the installation position of the ball game machine, and island tanks of adjacent game machine groups A game hall structure comprising the inter-island transport path for game balls according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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