JP6376368B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a gaming board in which a gaming area is formed on the front side. The game board is provided with a plurality of winning holes through which game balls launched into the game area can be won, and an out port through which game balls that have not been won flow into any of the plurality of winning holes. It has been. In the game area, game balls are launched at almost regular time intervals by the launching device, and the game ball launched into the game area passes through the game area and then through the winning hole or the out port to the back side of the game board. Be guided to. A collection path and a discharge port are provided on the back side of the game board, and the game balls guided to the back side of the game board are collected by the collection path to the entrance part of the path connected to the discharge port, and from the discharge port to the hole side It is discharged to the island facility (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there is an enclosed ball type gaming machine as a gaming machine. This type of gaming machine is configured such that a gaming ball circulates within one gaming machine. In other words, the game balls launched into the game area are collected at the entrance portion of the path connected to the launch position through the collection path after passing through the game area, and are again guided to the launch position (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2001-178926 A JP 2005-137404 A

  In conventional gaming machines, game balls are normally launched into the game area at substantially constant time intervals, but the time spent in the game area varies from game ball to game ball. For this reason, a plurality of game balls may be output collectively from the game area, and in this case, a plurality of game balls flow into the collection path together, resulting in clogging of the balls or temporary loud noise. There is a possibility. That is, there is a possibility that there is room for improvement in a configuration in which game balls that have passed through the game area are collected at predetermined locations such as a discharge port and a launch position.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of suitably collecting game balls passing through a game area at a predetermined location.

In order to solve the above problems, the inventions according to claims 1 to 4
A gaming machine comprising: a gaming member that forms a game area on which a game ball flows down on the front side; and a ball collecting means that collects game balls that pass through the gaming area formed on the front side of the gaming member at a predetermined location. ,
The ball collecting means includes
A path provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the gaming area, and a predetermined gaming ball corresponding to at least a part of the gaming ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the gaming area flows down. A front ball receiving surface portion that is located on the lower side and faces the upper side, is inclined downward to the rear side of the gaming machine, and has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel;
It is provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the front side ball receiving surface portion, and the predetermined game ball is opened horizontally so as to be receivable from above, and the left and right sides of the game balls are aligned in a row in plan view A rectifying unit that is set to a front-rear width continuous to the direction side, and whose bottom surface is inclined to one side in the left-right direction,
The rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction that obliquely intersects the left and right direction in a plan view, and opens upward in a shape that is continuous in the left and right direction side,
The predetermined game ball is guided to the rectifying unit after the lower side is supported by the front ball receiving surface portion, and the position of the predetermined game ball in the rectifying unit is different from the front and back in the diagonally continuous portion of the rectifying unit. Configured to allow inflow,
The rectifying unit is separated from the front wall portion of the front ball receiving surface portion below the rear end portion by a gap that allows the game balls to be aligned in plan view with respect to the front wall portion. A rear wall portion provided on the side, and a bottom surface portion forming a bottom surface for supporting a game ball on the lower side of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion,
A part of the front wall portion forms a front protrusion protruding toward the rear wall portion, and the front protrusion is provided at a plurality of locations separated in the left-right direction.
A part of the rear wall portion forms a rear recess formed in a recessed shape on the rear side of the gaming machine at a plurality of locations corresponding to the arrangement position of the front protrusion.
The straightening portion has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and has a shape that is continuous in the left-right direction by a front protrusion provided on the front wall and a rear recess provided on the rear wall. Is open upward.

And invention of Claim 1 is
A bottom surface for supporting the game ball is continuous with the bottom surface portion on one side in the left-right direction with respect to the flow straightening portion and downstream of the game ball in a flow direction, and from an opening on the upper end side of the flow straightening portion. A downstream passage section with an upper edge of the entrance is set at a low position,
The downstream passage portion is formed to have a curved portion that is formed with a front-rear width that allows game balls to be aligned in a row and that protrudes to the front side or the rear side in at least one place.

The invention described in claim 2
On the upstream side of the bottom surface portion in the rectifying portion, an upstream side passage portion is provided on the upstream side of the bottom surface portion.

The invention according to claim 3
The gaming area is provided with one or a plurality of winning portions where a winning ball is paid out by winning, and an out mouth portion into which a gaming ball that has not won the winning portion flows,
The front ball receiving surface portion is located on the lower side of a path along which at least a game ball passing through the out mouth portion flows down as the predetermined game ball,
The rear wall portion is continuous above the front wall portion,
On the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the upper end portion of the rear wall portion, there is provided a rear side ball receiving surface portion having a lateral width in which a plurality of gaming balls can be arranged in parallel, facing upward and inclined downward toward the front side. And
The inclination angle of the rear ball receiving surface portion toward the front side of the gaming machine is set to be gentler than the inclination angle of the front side ball receiving surface portion toward the rear side of the gaming machine.

The invention according to claim 4
The bottom surface portion has a shape protruding from one wall portion to the other wall portion side of the front wall portion or the rear wall portion, and has a cross-sectional shape in which the protruding tip side is a free end.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the game machine which can collect the game ball | bowl which passed through the game area | region suitably in a predetermined location can be provided.

It is a front view of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view of the pachinko machine seen from the front. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main structures of a pachinko machine. It is a front view of an intermediate unit. It is a front view of a game board. It is a rear view of an intermediate unit. It is a rear view of a back pack unit. It is a rear view of a pachinko machine. It is the figure which looked back at the flow path of the game ball in the back side of a game board. It is sectional drawing in the AA of FIG. It is a perspective view of the lower part of the back pack unit and the connector case unit viewed from the front side. It is a disassembled perspective view of a back pack unit and a connector case unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of the lower part of the back pack unit seen from the front side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the lower part of the back pack unit seen from the rear side. (A) is a top view of a ball | bowl collection part, (b) is a principal part enlarged view of Fig.16 (a). It is sectional drawing which planarly viewed the lower part of the bulb | ball collection part. It is the perspective view which looked at the front side part of the ball collection part from the back side. It is the perspective view which looked at the rear side part of the ball collection part from the front side.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as a “pachinko machine”) which is a kind of gaming machine will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the front, FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing the main configuration of the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 13 is a front view of FIG. 3 and 5, the configuration in the game area 23a of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted for convenience.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine body 12 that is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11. Have. The outer frame 11 is formed in a frame shape in which four sides are fixed with a wooden plate material as upper and lower sides and an aluminum plate material as left and right sides. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility. In the pachinko machine 10, the outer frame 11 is not an essential component, and the outer frame 11 or a member having the same inner shape as the outer frame 11 and having a gaming machine body 12 support structure and a locking structure of the outer frame 11 is a game. It is good also as a structure with which the field was equipped.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an intermediate unit 13, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the intermediate unit 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed behind the intermediate unit 13. ing. An intermediate unit 13 of the gaming machine main body 12 is supported to be rotatable with respect to the outer frame 11.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the intermediate unit 13, and the left side is a rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side) and the right side is a rotation front end in a front view. As the side (opening / closing tip side), it can be rotated forward. As shown in FIG. 4, the back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the intermediate unit 13. In the front view, the left side is the rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side), and the right side is rotated. The moving tip side (opening / closing tip side) can be rotated backward.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate unit 13 is provided with a locking mechanism 16 at its rotating tip, and has a function of locking the gaming machine main body 12 with respect to the outer frame 11 in a locked state. The door frame 14 has a function of locking the intermediate frame 13 so that it cannot be opened. As shown in FIG. 1, each of these locking states can be obtained by performing an unlocking operation using the unlocking key on the key cylinder of the locking mechanism 16 that is exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10, respectively. Canceled.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate unit 13 is mainly configured by a frame-shaped frame unit 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. The frame unit 21 has a function as an inner frame to which the game board 23 is detachably attached from the front side, and a game area 23a formed in the game board 23 is attached to the front side of the intermediate unit 13 so as to be exposed. . As shown in FIG. 3, the state in the game area 23 a is visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel unit 30 provided on the back side of the front door frame 14.

  The front door frame 14 is rotatably attached to the front side of the intermediate unit 13. As shown in FIG. 2, front door mounting brackets 57 and 58 are provided on the rotation base end side of the front door frame 14, and by engaging the front door mounting brackets 57 and 58 with the intermediate unit 13, The front door frame 14 is rotatably supported with respect to the intermediate unit 13.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front door frame 14 is formed in a rectangular shape whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the intermediate unit 13. The front door frame 14 is provided with a window portion 14a having an opening smaller than the window panel unit 30 so that the outer periphery of the window panel unit 30 is not exposed in a front view (see FIG. 1). By covering the window portion 14 a from the back side with the window panel unit 30, almost the entire front side of the intermediate unit 13 is covered by the front door frame 14 to which the window panel unit 30 is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the window panel unit 30 includes a pair of front and rear transparent glasses 31 and 32 having a larger outer shape than the window portion 14a and transparency, and a fixed frame 33 that integrates the transparent glasses 31 and 32. ing. The fixed frame 33 is formed in an annular shape that is slightly larger than the transparent glasses 31 and 32 by a synthetic resin, and the window panel unit 30 is integrated by bonding the outer peripheral edges of the transparent glasses 31 and 32 to the fixed frame 33. It is considered as layer glass.

  The window panel unit 30 is formed of colorless and transparent by the transparent glasses 31 and 32, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed of colorless and transparent by a synthetic resin. As long as the game area 23 a can be visually recognized through the panel unit 30, the game area 23 a may be colored and transparent instead of being colorless and transparent.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of electrical decoration parts 24 incorporating light emitting means such as LEDs are provided around the window part 14 a in the front door frame 14. In these electric decoration parts 24, lighting or blinking is performed according to a change in the gaming state at the time of big hit or at a predetermined reach. In addition, the lighting unit 24 on the upper side of the window 14a includes a light emitting unit that is turned on at a predetermined error such as a shortage of payout balls, and a light emitting unit that is turned on during award ball payout. A speaker cover 27 is provided on the upper right side and upper left side of the window portion 14a to cover a speaker device that outputs sound effects corresponding to the gaming state.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an upper bulging portion 28 and a lower bulging portion 29 that bulge toward the front side are arranged vertically below the window portion 14 a in the front door frame 14. The upper bulging portion 28 is provided with an upper pan 28 a that opens upward, and the lower bulging portion 29 is provided with a lower pan 29 a that also opens upward. The upper plate 28a has a function of temporarily storing the game balls paid out from the payout device 224 and guiding them to the game ball launching mechanism 110 side while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower tray 29a has a function of storing game balls that are surplus in the upper tray 28a. In addition, it is not necessary to divide the upper plate 28a and the lower plate 29a into portions for storing game balls in a plurality of locations, and the configuration includes only one storage unit that eliminates the lower plate 29a and uses only the upper plate 28a. Also good.

  An operation switch 40 that is manually operated by the players is provided on the front side of the upper plate 28a (game ball storage area) in the upper bulging portion 28. The operation switch 40 is an operation device used when an effect corresponding to the player's operation is performed on the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94 or the like. The operation switch 40 may be provided in another part of the lower plate 29a and the like in addition to the upper plate 28a, or may be provided in a plurality of locations, and is a push button type switch as an operation method. Alternatively, the information may be input by another operation method such as a touch sensor or a non-contact sensor.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a firing operation device 45 is provided on the right side of the lower bulging portion 29 in the front door frame 14 so as to protrude to the front side. The launch operation device 45 is a device operated to launch a game ball into the game area 23a, and an annular operation handle 47 is rotatably supported with respect to the operation base 46 as shown in FIG. Thus, the operation handle 47 is rotated by the player when the game ball is launched. In this case, the rotation operation amount of the operation handle 47 is detected by a variable resistor as operation amount detection means built in the operation base 46. In addition, the launch operation device 45 includes a touch sensor for detecting that the player is touching the operation handle 47 in the operation base 46, and launches a game ball in a state where the operation handle 47 is rotated. A stop operation lever 48 operated to stop the operation is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a passage forming unit 50 is attached to the back side of the front door frame 14. The passage forming unit 50 is formed of a synthetic resin, and includes a front door side upper dish passage portion 51 communicating with the upper plate 28a, a front door side lower dish passage portion 52 communicating with the lower plate 29a, and a foul ball passage portion 55. Have. A dispensing ball receiving portion 53 that protrudes rearward and opens upward is formed at the upper corner portion of the passage forming unit 50, and the receiving portion 53 is partitioned on the left and right by a partition wall 54, so A passage entrance of the dish passage portion 51 and a passage entrance of the front door side lower dish passage portion 52 are formed.

  The foul ball passage portion 55 is a portion that forms a passage for discharging a game ball that has not reached the game area 23a out of the game balls launched from the game ball launching mechanism 110 as a foul ball to the lower plate 29a. As shown in FIG. 3, the foul ball passage portion 55 is provided with a foul ball receiving portion 56 opened upward. The foul ball is received from the foul ball receiving portion 56, and the foul ball is guided to the front door side lower tray passage portion 52, so that the game ball that has entered the foul ball passage portion 55 is discharged to the lower tray 29a. . The foul ball passage portion 55 may be connected not to the lower plate 29a but to the upper plate 28a so that the foul ball is discharged to the upper plate 28a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game ball launching mechanism 110 is a component that is exposed to the front side when the front door frame 14 is opened, and is provided in the lower right part of the front side of the intermediate unit 13. As shown in FIG. 5, the game ball launching mechanism 110 includes an electromagnetic launching solenoid 111 provided as a launching device, a launching rail 112, and a ball feeding device 113. The ball feeder 113 supplies the game balls stored in the upper plate 28a one by one on the firing rail 112. In this case, the supplied game ball is arranged on the protruding path of the plunger 114 provided as a launching portion in the firing solenoid 111. In response to the input of an electrical signal to the firing solenoid 111, the plunger 114 moves toward the game ball on the launch rail 112, and the game ball is launched toward the game area 23a. Note that the electric actuator of the game ball launching mechanism 110 is not limited to the launching solenoid 111, and a launching motor or the like may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a dish passage forming member 121 is disposed on the left side of the intermediate unit 13 and on the left side of the firing rail 112. The frame unit 21 is provided with a through hole penetrating in a front-rear direction through a portion where the dish passage forming member 121 is provided. The dish passage forming member 121 is screwed to the frame unit 21 so as to cover the through hole from the front side. It has been stopped.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the dish passage forming member 121 includes a main body side upper dish passage section 122 and a main body side lower dish passage section 123. When the front door frame 14 is closed, the payout ball receiving portion 53 (see FIG. 3) of the passage forming unit 50 provided in the front door frame 14 enters the lower portion of the dish passage forming member 121. A front door side upper dish passage part 51 is disposed below the main body side upper dish path part 122, and a front door side lower dish path part 52 is disposed below the main body side lower dish path part 123.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a shutter 124 that restricts the outflow of game balls from the main body side upper dish passage portion 122 and the main body side lower dish passage portion 123 is provided on the lower portion of the dish passage forming member 121. . The shutter 124 is provided so as to be switchable between a blocking position where the exit portions of both passages are narrowed to prevent the gaming ball from flowing out and an allowable position where the gaming ball is allowed to flow out. The frame unit 21 is provided with a biasing member that biases the shutter 124 toward the blocking position. When the front door frame 14 is opened with respect to the intermediate unit 13, the shutter 124 is biased by the biasing force of the biasing member. Is configured to remain in the blocking position. Thereby, when the front door frame 14 is opened in a state where game balls are stored in the main body side upper dish passage portion 122 or the main body side lower dish passage portion 123, the inconvenience that the stored balls spill out is avoided. ing. On the other hand, when the front door frame 14 is closed, the shutter 124 is moved to the allowable position against the urging force by the outer peripheral portion of the payout ball receiving portion 53 provided in the passage forming unit 50 of the front door frame 14. Pushed back. In this state, the main body side upper dish passage portion 122 and the front door side upper dish passage portion 51 communicate with each other, the main body side lower dish passage portion 123 and the front door side lower dish passage portion 52 communicate with each other, and the game ball flows down. Permissible.

  Next, the configuration of the game board 23 forming the game area 23a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the game board 23.

  The game board 23 includes a game board 23 b having a board material formed of wooden plywood and a sheet material covering the front board surface of the board material, and the entire surface is exposed to the front side of the frame unit 21. A game area 23 a in which a game ball flows down is formed in the exposed portion, that is, the front surface of the game board 23. As described above, since the front side of the game area 23 a is covered with the transparent glasses 31 and 32, the front side of the game area 23 a is partitioned by the rear transparent glass 32. Further, the back side of the game area 23a is partitioned by the front surface of the game board 23b. In addition, the board | plate material which comprises the game board 23b may be formed not only with a plywood but with a single board, and may be formed not only with a wooden board but with the board | plate material or molded product made from a transparent synthetic resin, for example.

  The game area 23a is set to have vertical and horizontal dimensions over almost the entire area of the game board 23 in a front view, and is formed in a substantially circular shape with only the lower right portion protruding to the lower right side. The outer periphery of the game area 23 a is partitioned by the guide rail 100 and the partition member 107. The guide rail 100 includes an arc-shaped inner rail 101 and an outer rail 102 provided on the left side of the front surface of the game board 23, and the inner rail 101 and the outer rail 102 form an arc-shaped guide path on the left side of the game area 23a. 103 is formed.

  An inlet portion 104 of the guide passage 103 is formed at a lower end portion of the guide passage 103, and the inlet portion 104 and the firing rail 112 are provided apart from each other (see FIG. 5). An exit 105 of the guide passage 103 is formed at the upper end of the guide passage 103, and a return that prevents the game ball reaching the game area 23a from returning into the guide passage 103 is formed on the upper right side of the exit portion 105. A prevention member 106 is attached.

  When the operation handle 47 of the firing operation device 45 (see FIG. 1) is manually operated by the player, the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism 110 (see FIG. 5) provided in the lower right portion of the intermediate unit 13. Passes through the guide passage 103 and pushes the entrance of the game area 23a closed by the return preventing member 106 at the outlet 105 of the guide passage 103 to enter the game area 23a. When the launching force of the game ball is too weak, the game ball does not reach the game area 23a and starts to fall within the guide passage 103, and falls between the entrance portion 104 of the guide passage 103 and the launch rail 112. In the closed state of the front door frame 14, a foul ball receiving portion 56 is disposed between the entrance portion 104 and the launch rail 112, and game balls that have not reached the game area 23 a pass through the foul ball passage portion 55. Are discharged to the lower plate 29a.

  The partition member 107 partitions the right side of the game area 23a, is formed in a vertically long shape by molding synthetic resin, and is screwed to the front surface of the game board 23b. The partition member 107 has a size that starts from the right end on the upper side of the outer rail 102 and extends to the right end on the lower side of the inner rail 101.

  Note that a certificate paper 107 a printed with a model name or the like is attached to the upper end portion of the partition member 107, and a certificate paper 107 b printed with a manufacturer name or a serial number is attached to the lower end portion of the partition member 107. The base parts are fixed. These certificate papers 107a and 107b are arranged at positions that are visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the transparent glasses 31 and 32.

  The game board 23b is formed with a plurality of large and small through holes penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each through hole is provided with a member for forming a portion where a game ball enters, such as a general winning port 81, a variable winning port 82, an upper operating port 83a, a lower operating port 83b, and a through gate 84. A frame 85, a main display device 96, and the like are attached.

  When a ball enters the general winning port 81, the variable winning port 82, the upper operating port 83a, and the lower operating port 83b, the sensor SE (see FIG. 10) as a detecting means disposed on the back side of the game board 23 or the like. And a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out based on the detection result. In this case, when a ball enters the upper working port 83a and a ball enters the lower working port 83b, the payout of three prize balls is executed, and the ball entering the general winning port 81 is received. In the event of occurrence, 10 prize balls are paid out, and in the event of entering the variable prize opening 82, 15 prize balls are paid out. However, the number of these prize balls is arbitrary. For example, the number of prize balls in both the operation ports 83a and 83b is larger than the number of prize balls in the lower operation port 83b than the number of prize balls in the upper operation port 83a. It may be different. Further, the number of winning balls related to the variable winning opening 82 is not limited to a configuration that is larger than the number of other winning balls, and for example, the same configuration as the number of winning balls related to the general winning opening 81 may be used. It is also good.

  A center frame 85 is provided at the center of the game area 23a, and a symbol display device 94 is disposed behind the center frame 85. The symbol display device 94 is a device that performs variable display (or variable display or switching display) of a symbol that is a kind of a symbol on the display screen 94a, and is attached to the back side of the game board 23b. The center frame 85 is provided so as to surround the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94 when viewed from the front, and is attached to the game board 23b from the front side. A transparent protective plate made of a transparent synthetic resin material such as polycarbonate is provided on the front side of the symbol display device 94 and on the rear side of the center frame 85, and the display screen 94a of the symbol display device 94 is transparent. It is visible from the front side through a protective plate.

  The game area 23a is divided into a left area PE1 and a right area PE2 located on the left and right sides of the center frame 85 by providing a center frame 85 at the center thereof, and the game balls launched into the game area 23a are Either one of the left region PE1 or the right region PE2 will flow down. Below the left area PE1 and the right area PE2, a lower area PE3 where game balls flowing down from both areas merge and flow down is provided as a part of the game area 23a.

  When the operation handle 47 is operated to the rotation amount that the game ball reaches the game area 23a, the game ball flows down either the left area PE1 or the right area PE2. When the game ball is fired with a rotation operation amount that has a small amount of operation of the operation handle 47 and does not exceed the uppermost part of the center frame 85, the game ball is placed in the left area near the entrance of the game area 23a. Flow down PE1. When the amount of operation of the operation handle 47 is larger than the amount of operation, and the game ball is fired with a rotational operation amount that surely exceeds the uppermost part of the center frame 85, the game ball moves in the right region PE2. Flow down. In the case of a rotation operation amount corresponding to a portion between them, the game balls flow down in a distributed manner in both the left area PE1 and the right area PE2. The player can play a game by adjusting which of the left area PE1 and the right area PE2 the game ball flows down by adjusting the amount of rotation of the operation handle 47.

  An out port 86 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 23, and game balls that have flown down the left region PE1 or the right region PE2 and have not finally entered various winning ports etc. pass through the out port 86 to play the game region 23a. Discharged from. In the game area 23a, a number of nails 87 are implanted in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game ball, and various members (servants) such as a windmill are arranged.

  Here, the entry means that the game ball passes through a predetermined opening, and not only a mode of being discharged from the game area 23a after passing through the opening but also a game area 23a after passing through the opening. The aspect which is not discharged | emitted from is also included. However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the game ball from entering the out port 86, the general winning port 81, the variable winning port 82, the upper operating port 83a, the lower operating port 83b, or the through gate 84 are connected. The entry of a game ball is also expressed as a prize.

  Both the upper working port 83a and the lower working port 83b are opened upward. Further, both the operation ports 83a and 83b are arranged in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 83a is on the upper side. The lower working port 83b is provided with an electric accessory 83c as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

  The upper operation port 83a and the lower operation port 83b are provided in the lower region PE3 of the game region 23a. The upper operation port 83a is provided at the lower part of the center frame 85 and is disposed directly below the stage on which the game ball rolls on the upper surface, and is guided onto the stage via a guide passage (not shown) formed by the center frame 85. In addition, it is configured such that a prize can be easily awarded to the upper operation port 83a from a game ball that does not pass through the guide passage. The entrance of this guide passage is provided in the left portion of the center frame 85 facing the left region PE1, and a nail 87 that is easier to jump into the stage from the left region PE1 is provided as a game ball that jumps from the lower side of the stage. It is said that. That is, when the game ball flows down in the left area PE1, the winning of the upper operating port 83a is more likely to occur than in the case where the game ball flows down in the right area PE2.

  The electric accessory 83c is connected to an electric accessory driving unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the game board 23b, and is driven by the electric accessory driving unit to be in a closed state (non-supported state or non-guided state). ) And an open state (support state or guide state). In the closed state of the electric accessory 83c, the game ball cannot be won in the lower operation port 83b, and the electric operation item 83c is in the open state, so that it is possible to win the lower operation port 83b. The electric accessory 83c can be opened to the left and right sides in the lower area PE3, and both the game balls flowing down the left area PE1 and the game balls flowing down the right area PE2 can be won.

  The through gate 84 is provided in the right side region PE2 and is configured to allow a game ball launched with a strong firing force of a certain level or more to reach the far side from the entrance of the game region 23a. A variable winning opening 82 is provided below the through gate 84, and the variable winning opening 82 is also provided in the right region PE2.

  The variable winning opening 82 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won or difficult to win, and when the game ball is won when a transition to the opening / closing execution mode (special game state) such as a big win is won. It can be easily switched to a predetermined open state. Specifically, the variable winning opening 82 is opened as a variable winning opening with a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings as one round and a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) as an upper limit. 82 is repeatedly opened.

  The through gate 84 and the variable winning opening 82 are provided in the right area PE2 of the game area 23a, and when the game ball is fired with a firing force stronger than a certain level so that the game ball flows down the right area PE2, the through gate 84 is provided. In addition, a game ball wins in the variable winning opening 82. When a game ball is inserted into the through gate 84, the electric accessory 83c is likely to be in an open state that is advantageous to the player (so-called short-time game state), or the variable winning opening 82 is in an open / close execution mode. In a gaming state that is advantageous to the player when the game ball is caused to flow down to the right area PE2 of the game area 23a, such as a gaming state, the player operates the operation handle 47 so that a large number of game balls flow down the right area PE2. To operate. On the other hand, in a normal gaming state in which a large number of game balls are won in the upper operation port 83a and an internal lottery is expected, the player moves the operation handle 47 so that many game balls flow down the left area PE1. The game will be executed by operating.

  The amount of rotation operation that is advantageous to the player is notified to the player by the voice of the symbol display device 94 or the speaker, and when the game state is switched, for example, “please make a right strike” or “left strike”. Please notify the player by displaying or voice.

  The symbol display device 94 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by the display control device 142. The symbol display device 94 is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device, or a CRT, and is a dot matrix display. May be.

  In the symbol display device 94, the variation display of the symbol is started based on the winning in the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b. The variable display in the symbol display device 94 is performed in a viewable region that is visible in a front view. For example, the symbols are displayed side by side in the top, middle, and bottom, and the symbols are scrolled in the left-right direction. It has come to be. When a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped and displayed on a preset active line, an opening / closing execution mode is generated. The variable display on the symbol display device 94 is performed in accordance with the variable display performed on the main display unit of the main display device 96.

  On the lower left side with respect to the center frame 85, a main display device 96 for displaying a game state is provided. The main display device 96 is configured to include a display device in which a plurality of light emitting units are arranged side by side, and is provided on the outer side of the outer rail 102 corresponding to the outer side of the game area 23a. From the upper left, a main display unit, an accessory display unit, a status display unit, a hold display unit, and the like are provided in this order.

  In the main display section, the display of the variation of the picture is performed using the winning in the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b as a trigger, and the result of stopping the variation display is based on the winning in the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b. The result of the internal lottery performed in this way is clearly shown on the display. In this pachinko machine 10, a prize for the upper working port 83a and a prize for the lower working port 83b are distinguished in the internal lottery, and the internal lottery performed based on the winning of either the upper working port 83a or the lower working port 83b. The result is clearly indicated on the main display. If the result of the internal lottery based on winning to the upper operating port 83a or the lower operating port 83b is a winning result corresponding to the shift to the opening / closing execution mode, it corresponds to the winning result at each operating port 83a, 83b. The predetermined stop result is displayed and the variable display is stopped, and thereafter, the mode is shifted to the opening / closing execution mode. There is a difference in the prizes obtained by winning between the winning to the upper operating port 83a and the winning to the lower operating port 83b, the variable winning port 82 opening mode (number of rounds and opening time in one round), short-time gaming state The game state is complicated because the game state that transitions after winning, such as the transition probability, may differ depending on the winning operation opening. Here, on the basis of winning in one of the operation ports 83a, 83b, the variable display is started on the main display unit and the symbol display device 94, a predetermined stop result is displayed, and the above variable display is stopped. It corresponds to one game time.

  When a plurality of operation ports 83a and 83b are provided, it is not always necessary to change the game state to be changed after winning by the operation ports, lottery is executed under the same lottery conditions, and each game state has the same probability. It is good also as a setting which transfers to. Further, it is not always necessary to provide a plurality of operating ports, and a configuration having only one operating port may be employed.

  In the accessory display unit, the variation display of the picture is performed with the winning to the through gate 84 as a trigger, and the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning to the through gate 84 is displayed as a stop result of the variation display. Specified by. When the lottery result based on the winning to the through gate 84 is a win corresponding to the transition to the state where the role is opened, a predetermined stop result is displayed on the display part for the feature and the variable display is stopped. Later, it shifts to a state where the electric role is released. In the electric combination open state, the electric combination 83c provided in the lower working port 83b is opened in a predetermined manner.

  The state display unit displays the predetermined stop result on the main display unit, so that the game state shifts to the opening / closing execution mode, and the number of game times after the display of the predetermined stop result reaches a predetermined number of times. When the gaming state shifts to the normal state before the opening / closing execution mode, the change in the gaming state is clearly indicated by the display. Further, in the status display section, when the open / close execution mode is selected for transition, the number of rounds selected for transition among the number of rounds set as a plurality of types as the opening manner of the variable winning opening 82 is clearly indicated by the display.

  The hold display unit displays the number of game balls won in the upper operation port 83a or the lower operation port 83b and the number of games in the hold state in which the game has not yet been executed among the number of times the game ball has passed through the through gate 84, respectively. Make it explicit. The number of game balls won in the upper operation port 83a or the lower operation port 83b and the number of game balls passing through the through gate 84 are each retained up to a maximum of 4, and the number of suspensions is displayed by the suspension display unit. Information corresponding to the number of holds in the hold display section is also displayed on the display screen of the symbol display device 94, and the number of holds is displayed by a number or the number of characters.

  The main display unit, the accessory display unit, the status display unit, the hold display unit, and the like are configured by a display device in which a plurality of light emitting units are arranged in a predetermined manner, but are not limited thereto. Alternatively, some or all of the display units may be configured by other types of display devices such as a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL display device, a CRT, a segment display, or a dot matrix display. In addition, as a mode in which the main display unit and the accessory display unit are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of characters as a pattern are variably displayed, a configuration in which a plurality of types of symbols are variably displayed, Other modes such as a configuration in which a variable display is performed or a configuration in which a plurality of colors are switched and displayed may be employed.

  Next, the configuration of the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9 in addition to FIG. 7 is a rear view of the intermediate unit 13, FIG. 8 is a rear view of the back pack unit 15, and FIG. 9 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the intermediate unit 13 is provided with a game board accommodating portion 21a penetrating before and after being opened by the frame unit 21, and a game is provided on the back side of the intermediate unit 13 through the game board accommodating portion 21a. Various components mounted on the back side of the board 23 are exposed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a box-shaped board back cover 141 made of synthetic resin is provided on the back side of the intermediate unit 13. The back cover 141 is provided over almost the entire back surface of the game board 23, and various parts provided on the back side of the game board 23 are used as peripheral parts when dust enters, game balls collide, or the game board 23 is transported. And a function of preventing fraud aimed at the sensor SE and the like for detecting the winning of a game ball.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a display control device 142 and a sound emission control device 143 are provided side by side at the center on the back side of the intermediate unit 13, and below that is the main controller that controls the main game. A control device 160 is provided. The display control device 142 is responsible for the display control of the symbol display device 94, and the sound emission control device 143 is a display control of sound, LEDs, lamps, etc. and control of the display control device 142 in accordance with instructions from the main control device 160. It governs.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the main controller 160 has a main control board having a function (main control circuit) that controls the main control of the game and a function (power failure monitoring circuit) that monitors the power supply, and accommodates the board. The resin-made substrate box 163 having transparency is provided. In addition, the main controller 160 is provided with an open sealing part 164 as trace means for leaving a trace when the substrate box 163 is opened. The opening and sealing unit 164 makes reconnection impossible once the release operation is performed. As a result, once the opening operation is performed on the substrate box 163 of the main controller 160, it is impossible to set the sealing state again. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an attachment seal 165 is provided at the left end of the main controller 160 in the rear view. The attachment seal portion 165 functions as a trace means that fixes the support member provided on the game board 23 b side and the main control device 160 and leaves a trace when the main control device 160 is removed. In addition to the fixing parts for first attaching the main controller 160, the attachment seal 165 is provided with three sets of spare fixing parts for temporary removal in the inspection work of the main controller 160 and the main controller 160. Can be performed up to 3 times with no trace.

  A RAM erase switch 166 is provided on the left side of the main controller 160 as viewed from the rear. This pachinko machine 10 has a function for storing and storing various data, so that even if a power failure occurs, the state of the power failure can be maintained, and when returning from a power failure, the state can be restored. It has become. For example, if the power supply is shut down by a normal procedure at the end of the game hall, the state before the power shut-off is stored and held, and the RAM data is initialized when the power is turned on while pressing the RAM erase switch 166. .

  Support metal fittings 132 are provided on the rotation base end side (the right side in FIG. 7) on the rear surface of the frame unit 21 so as to be separated from each other vertically, and by a bearing portion 133 provided with a through hole at the upper end portion of each support metal fitting 132. The back pack unit 15 is rotatably attached to the intermediate unit 13. A plurality of fixing levers 134 for fixing the back pack unit 15 to the intermediate unit 13 are provided on the rear end side (left side in FIG. 7) on the rear surface of the frame unit 21.

  Next, the back pack unit 15 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 201 formed of a transparent synthetic resin, a dispensing unit 202, and an external terminal plate 203.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the back pack 201 includes a back base portion 211 that forms a peripheral portion of the back pack 201 and a protective cover portion 212 that is formed so as to cover a portion that opens to the rear side of the back base portion 211. And have. By the back base portion 211 and the protective cover portion 212, the back pack 201 forms an accommodation space in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are all closed and the upper portion of the back surface is closed and the front side is opened, and the game board 23 is placed in the accommodation space. The symbol display device 94 and the control devices 142 and 143 are accommodated as various components mounted on the back side. An opening 212 a penetrating in the front-rear direction is formed in the lower portion of the protective cover portion 212. The back pack 201 does not need to be configured as a separate component from the frame unit 21, and is integrally formed with the frame unit 21, for example, as a part of a component that is integrally formed with the frame unit 21 using resin and has an open front side. A portion corresponding to the back pack 201 may be configured.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the external terminal plate 203 is provided at the upper right end of the back pack unit 15 as viewed from the rear. The external terminal board 203 is a board for outputting a predetermined signal so that the game machine management computer can recognize the state of the pachinko machine 10. As an output terminal, the external terminal plate 203 outputs an output terminal for outputting a signal during the opening / closing execution mode, and a signal is output when the electric accessory 83c of the lower operating port 83b is frequently opened. An output terminal for outputting a signal when there is a shortage of game balls in the payout unit 202, an output terminal for outputting a signal every time a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out, and each time a predetermined number of game balls are lent out An output terminal for outputting a signal, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the intermediate unit 13 is opened with respect to the outer frame 11, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the front door frame 14 is opened with respect to the intermediate unit 13, and the like. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of upper and lower latch pins 204 are attached to the right end of the back pack unit 15 when viewed from the back. By inserting the latch pin 204 through the bearing portion 133 on the intermediate unit 13 side, the back pack unit 15 is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the intermediate unit 13 around the latch pin 204. An insertion portion 211a into which the fixing lever 134 provided in the intermediate unit 13 is inserted is formed vertically on the opposite end of the back base portion 211 where the latch pin 204 is not disposed. When the fixing lever 134 is inserted through the insertion portion 211a and rotated 90 degrees, a part of the fixing lever 134 comes into contact with the back base portion 211 from the rear, and the back pack unit 15 is fixed to the intermediate unit 13. The Further, a fixing lever 135 (see FIG. 4) is also provided at the center of the back pack unit 15 on the lower front side, and the rotation operation is performed after being inserted into the insertion portion 21b (see FIG. 5) provided on the intermediate unit 13 side. As a result, the lower center portion of the back pack unit 15 is fixed to the intermediate unit 13.

  As described above, the back pack unit 15 is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the back surface of the intermediate unit 13. In a state where the back pack unit 15 is overlapped with the intermediate unit 13 from the back side, most of the main controller 160 is exposed to the back side through the opening 212a as shown in FIG. Is covered with a protective cover portion 212. A connector and wiring for electrical connection with other control devices are provided at the upper end of the main control device 160, and a part related to the wiring and a part of the open sealing portion 164 and the attachment sealing portion 165 are protected cover portion 212. Covered with. For this reason, while improving the visibility of the main controller 160, it is possible to suppress fraud and prevent damage caused by game ball collision. The sound emission control device 143 and the like disposed on the upper side of the main control device 160 are entirely covered with a protective cover part 212.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the back pack unit 15 includes a dispensing unit 202 attached to the back base portion 211 so as to bypass the protective cover portion 212. The payout unit 202 is provided at the uppermost part of the back pack 201 and opens upward so as to be able to store game balls, and a tank rail that gently tilts so that the game balls in the tank 221 can be guided downstream. 222, a case rail 223 that guides the game ball in the vertical direction on the downstream side of the tank rail 222, and a payout device 224 provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail 223. It is possible to pay out the required number of game balls replenished to the downstream side of the payout device 224. The game balls paid out by the payout device 224 are supplied to the back side passage portion 225 provided on the downstream side of the payout device 224 (see FIG. 4).

  In the back side passage portion 225, three passages for distributing the game balls paid out from the payout device 224 to any one of the upper plate 28a, the lower plate 29a and the tank ball discharge passage are formed. Among these passages, a passage located on the center side of the back pack 201 communicates with the upper plate 28a via the main body side upper plate passage portion 122 and the front door side upper plate passage portion 51, and the outer passage is on the main body side. The lower tray passage portion 123 and the front door side lower tray passage portion 52 lead to the lower tray 29a, and the further outer passage serves as a tank ball discharge passage. The game balls paid out by the payout device 224 are guided with priority over the path of the upper plate 28a. When the path is filled with game balls, the game balls are guided to the path leading to the lower plate 29a branched from the path. Is done. The tank ball discharge passage allows the game ball stored between the tank 221 and the middle of the case rail 223 to pass through the discharge device 224 by performing a discharge operation on the operation portion 223a of the case rail 223. It is discharged from a discharge port provided at the lower end of the pack unit 15.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a power supply device 241 that generates and outputs predetermined power required by various control devices and a payout control device 242 are attached to the lower end on the back side of the back base portion 211 so as to overlap each other. It has been. The power supply device 241 is provided over the entire lateral width of the back base portion 211. A power switch 245 is provided at the lower right end of the back base portion 211 when viewed from the back. The pachinko machine 10 is supplied with, for example, an AC 24 volt main power supply via a voltage converter, and the power of the pachinko machine 10 is turned ON or OFF by a switching operation of the power switch 245.

  The payout control device 242 is a device for controlling payout of game balls through the payout unit 202. The dispensing control device 242 is configured by accommodating the dispensing control substrate in a transparent substrate box 243 provided for accommodating the substrate, and an opening sealing portion 244 is provided as a trace means for leaving a trace when the substrate is opened. Is provided. The release sealing unit 244 makes the re-binding impossible once the release operation is performed, and as a result, once the opening operation is performed on the substrate box 243 of the dispensing control device 242, it becomes impossible to make the sealing state again. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a ball collecting unit 301 for collecting the game balls flowing down the game area 23 a and discharging them to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 is provided at the lower part on the front side of the back base unit 211. Hereinafter, a configuration related to the sphere collecting unit 301 will be described with reference mainly to FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a view showing the flow path of the game ball on the back side of the game board 23b as viewed from the back, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 10 and 11, only the main parts related to the ball collecting unit 301 are shown, a part of the shape is schematically shown, and an arrow indicating the flow direction is attached to illustrate the path of the game ball. . In FIG. 11, a part of the sphere collecting unit 301 is shown in an enlarged view.

  A game area 23a through which a game ball can flow down is formed on the front side of the game board 23. In the game area 23a, a prize is awarded to any one of the general winning port 81, the variable winning port 82, the upper operating port 83a, and the lower operating port 83b. The game balls that have been played and the game balls that have been guided to the out port 86 without winning are guided to the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 and then flow downward on the back side of the game board 23b. As shown in FIG. 11, ball passages 302 to 304 penetrating the game board 23b in the front-rear direction are provided at the arrangement positions of the general winning port 81 and the upper and lower operation ports 83a and 83b. The game balls that have won the operating ports 83a and 83b are guided to the back side of the game board 23b through the ball passages 302 to 304. The game ball that has won the variable winning opening 82 is guided to the back side of the game board 23b through the inside of the variable winning apparatus that opens and closes the variable winning opening 82.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a board back surface passage forming member 311 is installed on the back side of the game board 23 b. The game ball guided to the back side of the game board 23 b is guided downward through the board back passages 312 to 316 formed by the board back passage forming member 311. The discharge portion of the game ball in the board back passages 312 to 316 is formed over a wide range in the left-right direction on the lower back side of the game board 23b.

  The board back surface passage forming member 311 is a synthetic resin member that causes a game ball guided to the back side of the game board 23b to flow downward while being bent sideways. In the lower part of the game board 23, a general winning opening 81 and a variable winning opening 82 are installed over a wide range in the left-right direction. Corresponding to this range, the backside passage forming member 311 has left and right in the lower part of the game board 23. The size is formed over the entire direction. The board back surface passage forming member 311 is attached so as to overlap the back surface side of the game board 23b, and is fixed to the back surface of the game board 23b by screws (not shown), for example.

  The back surface passage forming member 311 is provided with a back plate portion 321 provided facing the rear side with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball with respect to the back surface of the game plate 23b, and the back plate portion 321 and the game board 23b. And a partition wall portion 322 provided so as to protrude in the shape of a plate so as to approach the back surface of the groove, and a groove-shaped plate back passage 312 to which the front side is opened by the partition wall portion 322 and the back plate portion 321 and is continuous in the vertical direction. 316 is formed. The movement of the game ball guided to the back surface side of the game board 23b is restricted by the back plate portion 321, and the game ball flows down along the back surface of the game board 23b. Note that the game ball guided to the back side of the game board 23b falls due to its own weight, and the back plate portion 321 is not necessarily provided.

  The backside passage forming member 311 includes, as backside passages 312 to 316, a general winning opening passage 312 provided on the rear side of the general winning opening 81, a variable winning opening passage 313 provided on the rear side of the variable winning opening 82, An upper working port passage 314 and a lower working port passage 315 provided on the rear side of the upper and lower working ports 83a and 83b, and an out port rear side passage 316 provided on the rear side of the out port 86 are formed. The board back passages 312 to 316 are formed in a shape that continues downward on the rear side of the winning ports 81 and 82, the operation ports 83a and 83b, and the out port 86 as upper ends. The game board 23b is located in front of the board back passages 312 to 316, and the board back passages 312 to 316 are formed by closing the front side by the back surface of the game board 23b.

  The general winning opening passage 312 and the working opening passages 314 and 315 are configured such that game balls can pass one by one, and a partition wall portion 322 is provided with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the game balls. The out-port rear passage 316 is formed wider than the out-port 86 in the left-right direction, and is continuously formed downward with the height position at which the out-port 86 is provided as an upper end. As shown in FIG. 10, with respect to the out-port rear passage 316, the downstream portion of the upper working port passage 314 joins the left side when viewed from the rear, and the game ball winning the upper working port 83a Along with the game ball that entered the ball, it is guided downstream. Further, the lower working port passage 315 is continuous with the upper side of the out port rear side passage 316, and the downstream side portion of the lower working port passage 315 is connected to the upper side of the out port rear side passage 316. The game ball won in the lower operation port 83b also flows down through the out-port rear passage 316, like the game ball won in the upper operation port 83a.

  A sensor SE that detects the passage of the game ball is disposed in the middle of the general winning opening passage 312 and the working opening passages 314 and 315. The back surface passage forming member 311 is provided with a sensor fixing portion capable of fixing the sensor SE at a midway position of each of the passages 312, 314, and 315, and the sensor SE is attached thereto. The sensor SE on the right side in the rear view is provided on the downstream side of the merging portion of the plurality of passages communicating with the plurality of general winning ports 81, and the winning to the plurality of general winning ports 81 is detected by one sensor SE.

  The variable winning opening passage 313 is provided on the left side in the rear view of the game board 23b corresponding to the rear side of the position where the variable winning opening 82 is installed. The variable prize winning passage 313 is not provided with a sensor fixing portion, and a winning of a game ball is detected by a sensor built in a variable prize winning device forming the variable prize winning opening 82. The game ball that has won the variable winning opening 82 flows into the variable winning opening passage 313 in a state where the winning has already been detected, and is guided downstream.

  The lower ends of the back passages 312 to 316 are opened downward, and the game balls that have passed through the back passages 312 to 316 are guided downward along the shape of the back passages 312 to 316, and the game board 23 b The sheet is discharged downward from the lower end of the back surface passage forming member 311 on the back surface side of the lower end.

  The board back passages 312 to 316 may all be formed along the back surface of the game board 23b so that the game balls flow down along the back surface of the game board 23, or some or all of the game balls It is good also as a structure which flows down the position spaced apart from the back surface of the game board 23b to the back side. In addition, of the board back passages 312 to 316, the passage for the game ball discharged from the game area 23a in the lower portion of the game board 23b such as the out port 86 is discharged downward within the thickness range of the game board 23b. Alternatively, a configuration in which at least a part of the passage is located in front of the back surface of the game board 23b may be used. In addition, a dedicated member for forming a passage as the backside passage forming member 311 may be disposed on the back side of the game board 23, or a member having another function (for example, disposed on the back side of the game board 23b). The backside passages 312 to 316 may be formed by a supporting member that supports the main control device 160, or the backside passages 312 to 316 may be formed without partitioning a passage through which a game ball is guided. It is also possible to form a space that is continuous in the vertical direction so that the game ball guided to the back side of the plate 23b can drop downward, and the space portion may be used as the plate back passages 312 to 316.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, a ball collecting unit 301 is provided on the lower side with respect to the back passages 312 to 316. The ball collecting unit 301 is a part that collects the game balls that have flowed down the game area 23a and discharges them to the outside of the pachinko machine 10, and collects the game balls discharged from a wide range in the left-right direction by the backside passages 312 to 316. Collected by the unit 301. The ball collecting unit 301 is formed in a horizontally long shape including a region where game balls are discharged in the back passages 312 to 316 at the upper end corresponding to the upstream end, and is discharged to the lower end corresponding to the downstream end. An outlet 359 is provided. The game balls that have flowed into the ball collecting unit 301 are collected at the entrance portion of the path connected to the discharge port 359, and then discharged from the discharge port 359 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10, and returned to the island facility of the game hall. The collection in the ball collecting unit 301 is not a collection in which the game balls are gathered in one place and then flowed down to the downstream side, so that the game balls passing through the game area pass through a predetermined place. This is equivalent to the collection of the form in which the guided game ball is discharged without staying.

  Next, the configuration of the sphere collecting unit 301 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the back pack unit 15 and the connector case unit 331 as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the back pack unit 15 and the connector case unit 331. 14 and 15 are exploded perspective views of the lower portion of the back pack unit 15, FIG. 14 is a view seen from the front side, and FIG. 15 is a view seen from the rear side. 16A is a plan view of the sphere collecting unit 301, and FIG. 16B is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 16A. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the lower part of the sphere collecting unit 301 in plan view. 18 is a perspective view of the front side portion of the sphere collecting unit 301 as viewed from the rear side, and FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the rear side portion of the sphere collection unit 301 as viewed from the front side. In FIG. 16B and FIG. 17, only the main part is shown, and the path of the game ball flowing down the ball collecting unit 301 is shown with an arrow indicating the flow down direction.

  The ball collection unit 301 is formed by combining a plurality of transparent synthetic resin members, and is configured so that the inside can be visually recognized from the outside. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, most of the ball collecting unit 301 is formed by the lower part of the back pack unit 15, and the remaining part is formed by the connector case unit 331 of the intermediate unit 13.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a connector case unit 331 is provided below the game board 23 on the left side of the intermediate unit 13 when viewed from the back. As shown in FIG. 13, the connector case unit 331 is a device mainly composed of a synthetic resin case main body 333 to which a connector 332 for electrically connecting the game board 23 and the intermediate unit 13 is attached to an upper end portion. In addition, a part of the ball collecting unit 301 is configured by a connector case unit 331.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the back pack unit 15 is formed with a space portion 15 a that opens to the front side at a position corresponding to the connector case unit 331. When the back pack unit 15 is rotated with respect to the intermediate unit 13 and closed so as to overlap the back surface side, the connector case unit 331 on the intermediate unit 13 side is disposed in the space 15a, so The unit 13 forms a sphere collecting unit 301. Note that the sphere collecting unit 301 is not necessarily formed by both the back pack unit 15 and the intermediate unit 13, and the sphere collecting unit 301 may be formed in one of them.

  As shown in FIG. 12, openings 341 and 342 are provided at the upper end of the ball collecting unit 301 as entrance portions for game balls guided to the back side of the game board 23b. The openings 341 and 342 are constituted by two openings arranged in a substantially straight line in the left-right direction by dividing a part of the middle in the left-right direction. Hereinafter, the opening 341 located on the left side when viewed from the front side is referred to as a back pack side opening 341, and the opening 342 located on the right side is referred to as an intermediate unit side opening 342. The back pack side opening 341 is formed by the back pack unit 15, and the intermediate unit side opening 342 is formed by the connector case unit 331. Note that the openings 341 and 342 do not necessarily need to be formed in two, and may be formed in one, or may be formed in three or more.

  The back pack side opening 341 includes a central portion of the game board 23b and is formed in a horizontally long groove shape that is continuous on the left side and opens upward. On the other hand, the intermediate unit side opening 342 is formed in a horizontally long groove shape that is continuously open to the right from a position slightly spaced from the back pack side opening 341. The game balls discharged from the left side when viewed from the center and front side of the game board 23b on the back side of the game board 23b flow into the ball collection unit 301 from the back pack side opening 341. The game ball discharged from the right side portion of the game board 23 b flows into the ball collecting unit 301 from the back pack side opening 341.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the ball collecting unit 301 is continuous in the left-right direction, and is formed in a non-linear groove-like rectifying unit 351 and is positioned on the front side of the rectifying unit 351 and is inclined downward to the rear side. It includes a front ball receiving surface portion 352 and a rear ball receiving surface portion 353 that is located on the rear side of the rectifying portion 351 and is inclined downward. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the ball collecting unit 301 includes a side guide passage 354 and an upstream passage portion 355 that open upward separately from the rectifying unit 351 and guide the game ball to the downstream side, and a rectifying unit. A downstream side passage portion 356 and a discharge passage portion 357 through which game balls flow through 351 flow are provided. Here, the rectifying portion 351 and the side guide passage 354 are formed to open upward as a part of the portion that continuously opens in the left-right direction by the back pack side opening 341, and the upstream passage portion 355 is an intermediate unit. An opening is formed on the upper side by the side opening 342.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the rectifying unit 351 is a portion that continues below a part (right side part) of the back pack side opening 341, and is formed by a lower part of the back pack unit 15 (back base part 211). Is formed. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the back pack unit 15 includes a back base body 361 to which a power supply device 241, a payout control device 242 and the like are attached on the back side as members constituting a skeleton from the upper part to the lower part, and a back base body And a sphere collecting cover 362 attached so as to overlap the lower surface of 361 on the front side. A ball collecting portion 301 is formed between the back base body 361 and the ball collecting cover 362 by separating a space with a slightly larger front and rear width than the diameter of the game ball so that the game ball can flow downward. A rectifying unit 351 is formed as a part of the ball collecting unit 301.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the ball collecting cover 362 is a synthetic resin member having a thickness in the front-rear direction formed in a substantially L shape having a short top and bottom sides and long left and right sides. The ball collecting cover 362 has a wall surface, a reinforcing rib, a mounting hole for forming a passage or the like as a necessary functional portion on the front side and the rear side with respect to the flat base surface portion 371 having a thickness in the front-rear direction. Etc. are integrally formed. The back base body 361 is a member that forms a necessary functional part together with the sphere collecting cover 362 on the back side of the functional part formed by the sphere collecting cover 362, and includes a wall surface, a reinforcing rib, Mounting holes and the like are integrally formed. The ball collection cover 362 is integrated with the back base body 361 by screwing from the front side through attachment holes formed at a plurality of locations. The ball collecting unit 301 and the rectifying unit 351 are not necessarily formed by combining two members made of synthetic resin, and may be formed by combining three or more members, or formed by a single member. You may do it.

  The left side portion of the ball collecting cover 362 includes a main body side upper plate passage portion 122 and a front door side upper plate passage portion 51 that guide the game balls discharged from the payout device 224 to the upper plate 28a and the lower plate 29a. A dish passage portion 372 corresponding to a part is provided. The back base body 361 is provided with a dish passage portion 381 corresponding to an upstream portion continuous to the rear side of the dish passage portion 372.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the back surface side of the sphere collecting cover 362 is continuous in the vertical direction from the right end portion to the lower portion in the rear view, and is bent downward to bend to the left side when viewed from the back side at the lower end portion. A cover-side discharge passage 373 formed as described above is provided. The cover side discharge passage 373 is formed in a groove shape opened to the rear side by a wall portion protruding rearward from the base surface portion 371. As shown in FIG. 14, the back base body 361 has a shape that matches the rear side of the cover side discharge passage 373 and opens to the front side, and the main body side discharge is performed by a wall surface corresponding to the rear portion of the tank ball discharge passage. A passage 382 is formed, and the upper end of the passage 382 has a shape that is bent upward and continues upward. A combination of the sphere collecting cover 362 and the back base body 361 forms a downstream portion of the tank sphere discharge passage.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the front sphere receiving surface portion 352 is formed on the upper end portion of the sphere collecting cover 362 excluding a part protruding upward. The front ball receiving surface portion 352 is formed in a horizontally long plate shape that protrudes forward from the upper end of the base surface portion 371, and has a shape having a substantially constant front-rear width in the entire region in the left-right direction.

  The front ball receiving surface portion 352 is provided so as to be located on the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the game area 23a, and as shown in FIG. 11, the front end thereof is continuously provided to a position close to the back surface of the game board 23b. Yes. Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the front ball receiving surface portion 352 is an upper surface that is positioned below the out-port rear passage 316 corresponding to a part of the back passages 312 to 316 and faces upward. It is made into a shape. The front ball receiving surface portion 352 is provided at a position corresponding to the right side portion in the rear view from the center portion of the game board 23b, so that the game balls discharged from the out port 86 and the like can flow down in a state where they are juxtaposed side by side. It is the shape which has the left-right length more than two spheres. Here, the out port 86 also has an opening shape having a left and right length equal to or more than two game balls, and the game balls passing from the out port 86 via the out port rear passage 316 can fall side by side. The game balls can flow from the front ball receiving surface portion 352 to the rectifying portion 351 side by side.

  Of the board back passages 312-316, the game ball that has flowed downward through the center in the left-right direction of the game board 23, that is, the out port 86 and the upper and lower operation ports 83a, 83b, passes through the out port rear side passage 316. Via, it abuts on the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and then is guided into the rectifying portion 351. The backside passages 312 to 316 in the present embodiment are configured such that the back surface of the game board 23b is the front wall portion of the passage, and the game balls flow downward along the back surface of the game board 23b. The back passages 312 to 316 may be formed at positions spaced rearward from the back surface of the game board 23b. In this case, the game ball is guided to the rear side beyond the portion opened upward in the rectifying unit 351. And it is preferable to make it the shape of the channel | path where a game ball falls on the upper side of the back side ball | bowl receiving surface part 353. FIG. Since the game ball accelerated by its own weight can be once decelerated and then flowed into the rectifying unit 351, the occurrence of a problem caused by the game ball entering the rectifying unit 351 with vigorous force can be suppressed.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a front wall portion 374 having a thickness in the front-rear direction is integrally formed on the lower side with respect to the rear end portion of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 in the ball collecting cover 362. . The front wall portion 374 is a plate-like portion that has a portion that undulates in the front-rear direction and is continuous in the up-down and left-right directions, and has a flat base surface portion 371 that has a thickness in the front-rear direction, and a base surface portion 371. And a front protrusion 375 protruding rearward. The base surface portion 371 and the front protrusion 375 have a substantially constant front-rear thickness and are continuous in the left-right direction. The base surface portion 371 and the front protrusion 375 form an upper portion of the front wall portion 374. The front wall portion 374 constitutes a front portion of the rectifying portion 351, and the front portion of the rectifying portion 351 is formed by a sphere collecting cover 362 having a front wall portion 374.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the front protrusions 375 have a substantially isosceles triangle shape that protrudes rearward in plan view, and a plurality of front protrusions 375 having substantially the same shape are arranged at substantially constant intervals in the left-right direction. Are spaced apart. The inner angle of the portion of the front protrusion 375 that protrudes rearward is set to approximately 120 degrees.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the rear surface of the base surface portion 371 having a planar shape is located between the front protrusions 375, and the outer shape of the front side of the rectifying portion 351 is formed in a broken line shape combining the linear shapes in plan view. Has been. That is, since the front-side protrusion 375 having a substantially triangular shape in plan view is combined with the flat base surface portion 371, the rear surface of the front wall portion 374 is longitudinal in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. It is set as the shape which combined the vertically long plane which has these in the left-right direction.

  The length of the rectifying portion 351 in the left-right direction corresponds to a region where the front-side protrusion 375 is formed, and as shown in FIG. 10, the length of the rectifying portion 351 is a part of the range in which the game ball flows down from above the back passages 312 to 316. Correspondingly, it is provided corresponding to a part of the center side excluding the left and right sides. In addition, the rectifying unit 351 partially includes a range in which the game ball flows through the out port 86 and the operation ports 83a and 83b, and has a size that expands to the left and right sides of the out port 86 when compared to the out port 86. The operating ports 83a and 83b are set to have a size that spreads on both sides of the game ball flowing down from the operating ports 83a and 83b. Note that the rectifying unit 351 does not necessarily have a size corresponding to a part of the range in which the game balls flow down from the back passages 312 to 316, and all of the openings 341 and 342 that are continuous in the left-right direction in the ball collecting unit 301. The rectifying portion 351 may be provided, and the front protrusion 375 (and a rear recess 384 described later) may be provided over the entire range.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the upper surface 376 of the front protrusion 375 has a substantially triangular plate shape that protrudes rearward from the base surface 371 side. The upper surface 376 of the front protrusion 375 is formed at a position that is one step lower than the front ball receiving surface 352. Further, the upper surface 376 of the front protrusion 375 has a shape that is largely inclined rearward from the front ball receiving surface portion 352 (that is, a shape inclined steeply).

  The rear portion of the rectifying portion 351 is formed by the back base body 361 and, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, the rear wall portion is formed below the front edge of the rear ball receiving surface portion 353 formed in a horizontally long substantially rectangular shape. 383 are continuous, and the rear portion of the rectifying portion 351 is formed by these portions.

  As shown in FIG. 14, a rear concave portion 384 is formed on the right side portion of the rear wall portion 383 corresponding to a position where the front protrusion 375 protrudes rearward. The rear concave portion 384 has a shape in which the front surface is located at a position spaced apart from the front protrusion 375 and the base surface portion 371 by a certain distance corresponding to a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball. That is, the rear concave portion 384 has a shape in which the concave shape toward the rear side is continuous in the vertical direction, and is a front shape combining a plurality of planes. The rear concave portion 384 and the front protrusion 375 form a rectifying portion 351 having a front-rear width that allows game balls to be aligned in a row in the left-right direction.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the rear wall portion 383 is continuously formed up to a high position corresponding to the upper side when compared with the front wall portion 374. The difference in height between the front end portion of the rear wall portion 383 and the rear end portion of the front wall portion 374 is set to be slightly larger than the radius of the game ball, and the game ball flows down from the front ball receiving surface portion 352 to the rear side. Even in such a case, the setting is made such that it does not easily ride on the rear ball receiving surface portion 353 located above the rear wall portion 383.

  The upper surface of the rear ball receiving surface portion 353 is inclined downward toward the rectifying portion 351 corresponding to the front side, and the downward inclination angle to the front side is smaller than the downward inclination angle to the rear side on the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352. A gentle tilt angle is set. Therefore, when the game balls overflow from the rectifying unit 351 and the game balls stay on both sides of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and the rear ball receiving surface portion 353, the game balls staying on the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 It is set so as to easily flow down to the rectifying unit 351 side.

  As shown in FIG. 15, a strip-like bottom surface portion 377 projecting laterally rearward with respect to the base surface portion 371 is integrally formed on the back surface side of the ball collecting cover 362 and below the front protrusion portion 375. Has been. As shown in FIG. 10, the bottom surface portion 377 is formed slightly downward to the right at a substantially central height position of the left side portion of the sphere collection cover 362 when viewed from the back. The bottom surface portion 377 is a portion that forms the bottom surface of the rectifying unit 351, and the game ball that has flowed into the rectifying unit 351 is guided to the right side as viewed from the back side by the bottom surface portion 377.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the rear edge 378 of the bottom surface portion 377 has a shape along the front surface shape of the rear wall portion 383, and as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 11, the rear wall portion 383. Projects to a position close to the front of the. In plan view, the rear edge 378 of the bottom surface portion 377 has a substantially triangular protruding portion whose width in the left-right direction gradually narrows around the protruding rear end portion of the front protruding portion 375 as shown in FIG. It is made into the outer edge shape formed by arranging two or more by right and left.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the front wall portion 374 is formed with a passage window portion 379 that is horizontally long and has a vertical width that is shorter than the radius of the game ball, as shown in FIG. Two passage window portions 379 are provided side by side, and one passage window portion 379 is formed in a horizontally long shape that includes a position corresponding to the protruding tip portion of a part of the front-side protrusion 375 in the rectifying portion 351 and is continuous in the left and right sides. The other passage window 379 is formed on the front end side of the bottom surface portion 377 in the downward inclination direction.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the two passage window portions 379 are visible on the lower side of the game board 23 when the intermediate unit 13 is viewed from the front side. Here, in FIG. 5, the peripheral portion of the passage window portion 379 is shown in an enlarged view, the outlines of the passage window portion 379 and the through window portion 21c are shown by thicker lines than the others, and the through window portion 21c. And the range in which the passage window 379 is formed are shown with different oblique lines.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the frame unit 21 constituting the intermediate unit 13 is provided with a through window portion 21c penetrating in the front-rear direction at a position corresponding to the passage window portion 379, and the passage window portion 379 through the through window portion 21c. Is visible from the front side of the intermediate unit 13. For this reason, when an abnormality such as a clogged ball occurs in the rectifying unit 351, the situation is confirmed through the passage window 379, and if necessary, the tip of the driver is inserted to remove the game ball in a clogged state. You can take measures such as breaking down.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the through window portion 21 c in the intermediate unit 13 is formed to be larger than the passage window portion 379 and continuously open above the passage window portion 379. For this reason, the situation of the rectifying unit 351 on the upper side of the passage window 379 can be easily seen from the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a fixing lever 135 for fixing the back pack unit 15 to the intermediate unit 13 is provided in the vicinity of the through window portion 21 c of the intermediate unit 13. The fixing lever 135 is pivotally attached to the back pack unit 15 and is in a locked state in which the fixed lever 135 is rotated by a predetermined amount after passing through the insertion portion 21b formed in the intermediate unit 13 so that the back pack unit 15 The fixing lever 135 engages with the edge portion of the insertion portion 21b in the intermediate unit 13, and the rearward movement of the back pack unit 15 with respect to the intermediate unit 13 becomes impossible. The fixing lever 135 is provided adjacent to the through window portion 21c in a front view of the intermediate unit 13 and next to the through window portion 21c, and between the two through window portions 21c provided to be separated from each other on the left and right. It arrange | positions so close that a part of insertion part 21b is located.

  When an abnormality such as a ball clogging occurs in the rectifying unit 351, the game shop clerk operates the fixing lever 135 and opens the back pack unit 15 with respect to the intermediate unit 13 to directly connect the rectifying unit 351. Work becomes possible. When operating the fixing lever 135, the store clerk easily notices the existence of the through-window portion 21c located next to the fixing lever 135, and the ball packs or the like without opening the back pack unit 15 to the intermediate unit 13. When the abnormality can be canceled, the abnormal state can be quickly canceled by operating a tool or the like through the through window portion 21c. Further, when the fixing lever 135 is in the released state, the fixing state of the center side portion of the back pack unit 15 in the left-right direction with respect to the intermediate unit 13 is released, and the fixing lever 135 in the back pack unit 15 with respect to the intermediate unit 13 is released. The peripheral portion is likely to vibrate in the front-rear direction. For this reason, it is likely that abnormalities such as a clogged ball are released by lightly tapping or shaking the vicinity of the fixed lever 135. Therefore, it can be set as the pachinko machine 10 which is easy to cancel an abnormal state quickly.

  As shown in FIG. 11, a bottom surface support portion 380 is provided below the rear end edge 378 in the bottom surface portion 377. As shown in FIG. 14, the bottom surface support portion 380 is a portion that protrudes forward from the rear wall portion 383 and is integrally formed, and a wall surface that closes the lower side of the space formed by being recessed rearward by the rear concave portion 384. It is comprised by. The upper surface of the bottom surface support portion 380 is positioned below the bottom surface portion 377 with a certain gap, and the bottom surface support portion 380 prevents the bottom surface support 380 from being deformed downward by a certain amount or more on the free end side of the bottom surface portion 377. Is done.

  As shown in FIG. 12, in the portion between the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and the rear ball receiving surface portion 353, the side guide passage 354 is continuous with one side (left side when viewed from the front side) with respect to the rectifying portion 351. Is formed in a groove shape. As shown in FIG. 18, the side guide passage 354 has a front surface formed by a front wall portion 374 (base surface portion 371) of the ball collection cover 362. Further, as shown in FIG. 19, the rear surface of the side guide passage 354 is a flat wall surface arranged with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball from the front wall portion 374, and the rear ball receiver It is formed by a rear wall portion 383 that continues downward from the front edge of the surface portion 353.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the bottom surface of the side guide passage 354 protrudes rearward from the front wall portion 374 (base surface portion 371) of the ball collecting cover 362, and is a strip-like plate that is inclined downward to the left when viewed from the rear side. Side sphere receiving surface portion 391. As shown in FIG. 18, the downstream end portion of the side ball receiving surface portion 391 is arranged to be larger than the diameter of the game ball with respect to the bottom surface portion 377 and spaced apart from the upper side, and the bottom surface portion 377 of the rectifying portion 351 is a side ball. The height positions of the side ball receiving surface portion 391 and the bottom surface portion 377 are set so as to form a continuous passage below the receiving surface portion 391.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, a downstream passage portion 356 is provided on the downstream side along the bottom surface of the rectifying portion 351. The downstream passage portion 356 is inclined downward in the same direction as the bottom surface portion 377, and has a shape in which the bottom surface that supports the game ball is continuous with the bottom surface portion 377 of the rectifying unit 351. The downstream passage portion 356 has a front surface and a bottom surface formed by a sphere collecting cover 362, and a rear surface formed by a back base body 361.

  The downstream-side passage portion 356 has a shape in which an end portion on the downstream side of the side-side guide passage 354 is opened to the rectifying portion 351 side as an entrance portion in the left-right direction. The downstream passage portion 356 has a shape in which a front surface portion protrudes rearward and a rear surface portion is recessed rearward at a position slightly corresponding to the downstream side from the inlet portion. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 16A and 17, the downstream side protrusion 392 and the downstream side on the opposite side of the rectifying unit 351 with reference to the left and right position LT corresponding to the inlet portion of the downstream side passage portion 356. A side recess 385 is provided in each of the ball collection cover 362 and the back base body 361, and a curved portion 358 that is partially bent rearward is formed in the downstream passage portion 356 as a part of the passage.

  As shown in FIG. 18, a side ball receiving surface portion 391 is provided on the upper side of the downstream side passage portion 356 as a ceiling surface, and the upper edge of the inlet of the downstream side passage portion 356 is descended from the side ball receiving surface portion 391. It coincides with the lower end position at the downstream end corresponding to the front end side in the inclination direction. The downstream end portion of the side ball receiving surface portion 391 is provided at a lower position than the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 corresponding to the upper end of the rectifying portion 351, and a game ball is placed in the downstream passage portion 356 from above. Does not flow in, and can flow only from the rectifying unit 351 side.

  In the state where the game balls are stacked up and down in the rectifying unit 351, when the game balls try to flow into the downstream passage unit 356 side, the upper game balls stacked higher than a certain level are stored on the side ball receiving surface 391. It abuts on the downstream end, and entry into the downstream passage portion 356 is suppressed. The game ball that has flowed into the downstream passage portion 356 abuts against the wall surface of the passage forming the curved portion 358 in the downstream passage portion 356, and the game ball flows down while decelerating. Therefore, even if a situation occurs in which a large amount of game balls flow into the rectifying unit 351, the speed of the game ball can be once decelerated on the downstream side of the rectifying unit 351 and then flowed further downstream.

  The shapes of the downstream protrusion 392 and the downstream recess 385 in the downstream passage portion 356 are the same as those of the front protrusion 375 and the rear recess 384 in the rectifying portion 351, as shown in FIG. The bottom surface of the downstream passage portion 356 is formed continuously with the bottom surface of the rectifying unit 351 and has the same inclination angle, so that the game ball flowing down from the rectifying unit 351 changes the action state of the force due to its own weight. Without passing through the downstream passage portion 356. Therefore, the game ball can flow smoothly from the rectifying unit 351 to the downstream-side passage unit 356. In addition, the shape of the downstream protrusion 392 and the downstream recess 385 and the shape of the front protrusion 375 and the rear recess 384 in the rectifying unit 351 are not necessarily the same shape, and may be different shapes. In the case of different shapes, the inclination angle of the downstream protrusion 392 and the downstream recess 385 with respect to the left and right direction is reduced so that the game ball flowing down from the rectifying part 351 does not stay in the downstream passage part 356, The downstream side passage portion 356 has a bottom surface that supports the game ball at an inclination angle that is steeper than that of the rectifying portion 351, and the curved portion 358 has a shape that reduces the amount of protrusion to the rear side, or a combination thereof. While providing the curved portion 358 in the side passage portion 356, it is preferable to make it easy for the game ball to flow downstream.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, downstream of the downstream passage portion 356, the lower passage portion 356 continues downward and then continues to fold back below the downstream passage portion 356, and an opening is formed downward in the most downstream portion. A discharge passage portion 357 having a discharge port 359 is provided. In the discharge passage portion 357, the passage width in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction is set slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball so that the game balls that have passed through the downstream-side passage portion 356 flow down in a line. A sensor attachment portion of a sensor SE (hereinafter referred to as a launch ball detection sensor SE1) that detects the passage of a game ball is formed in the middle of the discharge passage portion 357, and the launch ball detection sensor SE1 is attached to the sensor attachment portion. Yes. The front surface, left and right and upper and lower wall surfaces of the discharge passage portion 357 and the sensor mounting portion are formed by a ball collecting cover 362, and the rear surface of the discharge passage portion 357 is formed by a back base body 361.

  The wall surface located above the discharge port 359 of the discharge passage portion 357, the upper side with respect to the position corresponding to the boundary portion between the discharge passage portion 357 and the downstream passage portion 356, and the inlet of the downstream passage portion 356 The portion is formed so as to protrude from the inner surface side of each passage so as to form a groove-like portion opened on the lower side corresponding to the downstream side of the downstream side passage portion 356 and the discharge passage portion 357 and on one side in the left-right direction. Return parts 393 to 395 that prevent the progression of the unauthorized tool or the like are formed as a part of the ball collecting cover 362. The return portions 393 to 395 are provided to prevent the progress of a tool or the like inserted for the purpose of fraud from the discharge port 359.

  The launch ball detection sensor SE1 is a passage type sensor having a detection hole through which a game ball passes. The game balls collected by the ball collecting unit 301 are detected by the launch ball detection sensor SE1, and then flow down to the downstream side and are discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10. The number of game balls detected by the shot ball detection sensor SE1 corresponds to the number of game balls shot in the game area 23a, and a signal corresponding to the number of game balls is output via the external terminal board 203.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, an upstream passage portion 355 is provided on the upstream side of the rectifying unit 351 along the bottom surface of the rectifying unit 351. The upstream-side passage portion 355 has a bottom surface 401 that is continuously inclined downward in the same direction as the bottom surface portion 377 of the rectifying unit 351. The upstream passage portion 355 is formed by the connector case unit 331 as described above. Specifically, the connector case unit 331 is formed by combining a plate-like member made of a synthetic resin having a thickness in the front-rear direction, with the upper side opening as an intermediate unit side opening 342 in the middle portion, and a rectifying unit An upstream-side passage portion 355 having an opening 351 sideways and a bottom surface inclined downward toward the rectifying portion 351 is formed. The upstream passage portion 355 is formed to have a front-rear width that allows only one game ball to pass therethrough without overlapping in the front-rear direction, and the length in the left-right direction is at a position corresponding to the left end of the game board 23b when viewed from the back. The upstream end is set to a length that covers a range of more than half of the distance to the out port 86. For this reason, the game ball that has flowed out from the left side of the back side of the game board 23b is guided to the rectification unit 351 via the upstream side passage part 355, and the rectification part 351, the downstream side passage part 356, and the discharge passage. It is guided to the discharge port 359 via the part 357.

  As shown in FIG. 12, two opening partition walls 396 and 402 are provided at the boundary portion between the upstream-side passage portion 355 and the rectifying portion 351. An opening partition wall 396 on the rectifying unit 351 side is formed as a part of the ball collecting cover 362, and an opening partition wall 402 on the upstream side passage unit 355 side is formed by the connector case unit 331. The two opening partition walls 396 and 402 are erected in a columnar shape in a state where they are arranged side by side at the upper ends of the front and rear walls that form the rectifying portion 351 and the upstream-side passage portion 355. Below the opening partition walls 396 and 402, a path of a game ball in the upstream passage portion 355 and the rectifying portion 351 is formed in the left-right direction so as to communicate with the bottom surface 401 of the upstream passage portion 355 and the rectifying portion 351. A joint portion of a passage continuing to the bottom surface portion 377 is provided, and the opening partition walls 396 and 402 prevent the game ball from colliding with the joint portion from above. For this reason, it is hard to produce the loss | missing of the seam part by the collision of a game ball, and it is set as the structure where a game ball can flow smoothly from the upstream channel | path part 355 to the rectification | straightening part 351 over a long period of time.

  Next, functions and effects of the sphere collecting unit 301 will be described. First, the flow of the game ball flowing into the rectifying unit 351 will be described, and then the operations and effects relating to the rectifying unit 351, the side side guide passage 354, and the upstream side passage unit 355 will be described in order.

  The game ball guided to the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 via the game area 23a flows down along the back surface of the game board 23b via the back plate passages 312 to 316 and flows into the ball collecting unit 301. (See FIG. 10). Among the game balls that flow into the ball collecting unit 301, the game balls that pass through the out port 86 and the upper and lower operation ports 83a and 83b located on the upper side with respect to the rectifying unit 351 are accelerated by their own weights, The lower side is supported by coming into contact with the surface portion 352, so that the speed is temporarily reduced (see FIG. 11).

  The game ball decelerated by the front ball receiving surface portion 352 is guided into the rectifying unit 351 along the inclination direction of the front ball receiving surface portion 352. The game balls that have flowed into the rectifying unit 351 are guided to the direction in which the bottom surface portion 377 descends and is collected in the downstream passage portion 356 (see FIG. 16B). When a large number of game balls flow into the rectifying unit 351, the game balls are collected in the downstream passage unit 356 in a line in the left-right direction in a state of being aligned in a line in a plan view.

  The game balls collected in the downstream passage portion 356 flow down to the discharge passage portion 357 (see FIG. 10). At the entrance portion of the downstream passage portion 356, the side ball receiving surface portion 391 prevents the game balls stacked on the upper side from flowing into the downstream passage portion 356 in a state where the game balls are restricted to a certain height or less. Flows into the discharge passage portion 357. In the discharge passage portion 357, the passing of the game ball is detected by the firing ball detection sensor SE1, and then the game ball is discharged from the discharge port 359 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 16B, the front ball receiving surface portion 352 has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel. In addition, the position where the out port 86 is formed horizontally changes, the position where it falls downward in the left-right direction is changed, and further, the path of the game ball via the upper and lower operation ports 83a and 83b and the game via the out port 86 Since the path of the sphere joins in the rear outlet rear passage 316, the fall position is likely to change in the left-right direction. For this reason, the position at which the game ball flows into the rectifying unit 351 after being guided to the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 is constant in the left-right direction due to the fall position of the game ball on the front ball receiving surface part 352 or the contact between the game balls. It does not change.

  As shown in FIG. 16B, the rectifying unit 351 is provided with a front protrusion 375 protruding in a triangular shape on the rear side in plan view, and flows into the rectifier 351 at a position where the front protrusion 375 does not exist. The played game ball B1 falls downward on the front side of the pachinko machine 10. On the other hand, the game ball B2 that has flowed into the rectification unit 351 at the position where the front projection 375 is provided is located on the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the game ball B1 that has flowed into the rectification unit 351 at a position where the front projection 375 does not exist. It will fall down. Even at the position where the front protrusion 375 exists, the front and rear positions where the game ball falls differ depending on the amount of protrusion of the front protrusion 375 at the inflow position, and the amount of protrusion of the front protrusion 375 to the rear is different. The larger the part, the more the game ball falls on the rear side of the pachinko machine 10. That is, when the inflow position of the game ball in the left-right direction changes, the game ball flows into the rectifying unit 351 at different positions in the front-rear direction.

  For this reason, even when game balls flow into the rectifying unit 351 side by side, the game balls are positioned on the diagonal side when falling on the rectifying unit 351, and the game balls are equivalent to the position on the diagonal direction side. The space | interval of spheres leaves | separates and the clearance gap S is easy to be formed. The rectifying unit 351 has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction compared to the case where the shape is continuous only in the left-right direction, so that the path of the game ball is configured to be long, and the longer the configuration, the rectifying unit 351 A gap S corresponding to the interval between game balls tends to increase. Therefore, when the game balls are aligned in a row in the rectifying unit 351, the contact between the game balls is likely to be reduced, and the occurrence of ball clogging and noise caused by the contact between the game balls is suppressed. Therefore, even when a large amount of game balls temporarily flow into the out port 86 and the upper and lower operation ports 83a and 83b, and the game balls flow into the ball collecting unit 301, the interval between the game balls is easily increased. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of problems caused by contact between game balls.

  In addition, some of the game balls that have flowed into the out port 86 and the like are temporarily decelerated by being supported by the front ball receiving surface portion 352 before flowing into the rectifying unit 351. For this reason, even if the upper and lower working ports 83a, 83b and the out port 86 are provided at different height positions, and the game balls have different falling speeds by proceeding downward from the different height positions, It is once decelerated by coming into contact with the front ball receiving surface portion 352. Therefore, game balls easily flow into the rectifying unit 351 within a certain speed range, and in the rectifying unit 351, the game balls are easily separated from each other at different positions in the front-rear direction. It can be suitably collected in the passage portion 356.

  Further, the rectifying unit 351 is set to have a front-rear width that is continuous in the left-right direction with the game balls aligned in one row. For this reason, the front-rear width of the rectifying unit 351 can be minimized as compared with the case where game balls can flow down in parallel. Since the rectifying unit 351 has a shape having a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction, the front-rear width tends to be large, and there is a possibility that the installation space for other components may be limited. For this reason, it is preferable to set the rectification | straightening part 351 to the front-back width which a game ball does not flow down in parallel, and the part formed small can be used for the installation space of another functional component. Therefore, it is possible to easily provide a plurality of devices as functional components on the rear side of the rectifying unit 351, or to easily install a launching device or the like as a functional component on the front side of the rectifying unit 351.

  Note that the rectifying unit 351 preferably has the following shape in order to allow the game balls to be collected appropriately while reducing the size of the rectifying unit 351. The amount of protrusion of the front protrusion 375 to the rear side is preferably set within a range of approximately 10% to approximately 25% with respect to the diameter of the game ball, and is set within a range of approximately 15% to approximately 20%. Is preferred. The inner angle of the portion of the front protrusion 375 protruding rearward is preferably set to approximately 90 degrees or more, and more preferably set to approximately 110 degrees or more. The direction of the groove shape formed in the diagonal direction formed by the front protrusion 375 is preferably set to 45 degrees or less with respect to the left-right direction, and is preferably set to 55 degrees or less. The front-rear width of the flow path of the game ball in the rectifying unit 351 is preferably set within a range of approximately 1.1 times to approximately 1.3 times the diameter of the game ball, and may be set to approximately 1.2 times. Is preferred.

  In the rectifying part 351, a front protrusion 375 is formed as a part of the front wall part 374, and a rear concave part is formed as a part of the rear wall part 383. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide separate members for the front and rear wall portions in order to form the front protrusion 375 and the rear recess 384, and the rectification portion can be formed with a simple configuration at a light weight and low cost.

  Further, the upper surface 376 of the front projection 375 is positioned to be spaced downward with respect to the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352, and the game ball that has moved from the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 to the front protruding portion 375 side has its own weight. The momentum increases to reach the upper surface of the front projection 375 and then flows into the rectification unit 351 from the upper surface of the front projection 375. For this reason, the inclination angle of the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 is set so as to be sufficiently weakened so that the momentum of the game ball flowing into the rectifying portion 351 from the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 does not exist. Even so, the game ball that flows into the rectifying unit 351 at the location where the front protrusion 375 exists can be dropped after being accelerated to the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 near the upper surface 376 of the front protrusion 375. Therefore, the high-quality pachinko machine 10 that can relatively widely separate the game balls that have flowed side by side into the rectifying unit 351, reduce the contact between the game balls, and suppress the occurrence of ball clogging and noise. It can be. The upper surface 376 of the front protrusion 375 is configured to be spaced apart from the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and to have a shape that is greatly inclined to the rear side of the front ball receiving surface portion 352. It is good also as a shape which has any one structure.

  When another game ball comes into contact with the game ball that is flowing down while being supported by the bottom surface portion 377 in the rectifying unit 351, the momentum of the game ball that is flowing down increases and the momentum increases. There is a possibility that the game ball and other game balls are engaged with each other and the ball is clogged. On the other hand, the front protrusion 375 and the rear recess 384 are each formed by combining a plurality of substantially planar wall surfaces that are continuous in the vertical direction. For this reason, even if the game ball comes into contact with the game ball flowing down while being supported by the bottom surface portion 377 from the upper side, the game ball collides with the flat wall surface once or a plurality of times. The momentum is weakened in a short section. In other words, when the wall surface of the game ball is formed in a curved shape that is recessed in an arc shape in cross section, the game ball may flow down while abutting the wall surface, but the momentum of the game ball may not be weakened. When a wall surface is formed in a polygonal line by combining a plurality of portions, the game ball can be reliably collided with the wall surface. Therefore, the situation where game balls collide vigorously can be reduced, and ball clogging in the rectifying unit 351 can be more reliably prevented.

  Here, a situation in which a large number of game balls are guided together is likely to occur on the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and the rectifying unit 351 to which the game balls are guided via the upper and lower operation ports 83a and 83b and the out port 86. . For example, when the game ball is temporarily clogged in the portion between the nails in the game area 23a and a large amount of game ball stays in the upstream side, the out port 86 is released when the stay in the downstream side is released. A large amount of game balls will flow in at once. In such a situation, it is assumed that the game balls collide with each other on the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and a part of the game balls are pushed out to the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 and exceed the rectifying unit 351. .

  On the other hand, since the rear wall portion 383 that forms the rear portion of the rectifying portion 351 is continuously formed above the front wall portion 374, some game balls are located on the rear side of the pachinko machine 10. Even if it is pushed out, the game ball collides with the upper part of the rear wall portion 383, so that the backward movement of the pachinko machine 10 is restricted. For this reason, even if the number of game balls passing through the out port 86 or the like becomes large, the game balls easily flow into the rectifying unit 351, and a large number of game balls passing through the out port 86 or the like can be quickly transferred to the downstream passage portion 356. And the passage of the game ball can be quickly detected by the discharge passage portion 357 on the downstream side. Therefore, it is possible to accurately manage the game state and the number of shot balls, and it is impossible to manage the game state and the number of shot balls in correspondence by delaying the collection of the game balls by the ball collecting unit 301. Occurrence of problems such as

  Further, since the rear ball receiving surface portion 353 is provided on the rear side of the rectifying unit 351, when the flow of the game ball is delayed in the rectifying unit 351 and the rectifying unit 351 becomes full, the outlet port A part of the game ball flowing down from 86 etc. moves over the rectifying unit 351 to the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 and stays on the upper side of the rear ball receiving surface portion 353. For this reason, even if the flow of the game ball is delayed in the rectifying unit 351, the game ball can be stored in a large amount on the upstream side of the rectifying unit 351 and on the downstream side of the out port 86. It is possible to avoid a situation in which the game balls overflow from the out port 86 and the game balls stay in the game area 23a while bringing the vertical position with the port 86 closer. Therefore, the game area 23a can be enlarged and the out port 86 can be arranged on the lower side to increase the degree of freedom in the design layout of the game area, and the situation in which the game ball stays around the out port 86 is reduced. It can be set as the pachinko machine 10 which is hard to generate.

  The downward inclination angle toward the front side in the rear side ball receiving surface portion 353 is set to a gentler inclination angle than the downward inclination angle toward the rear side in the front side ball receiving surface portion 352. For this reason, when a game ball stays on the upper side of the front ball receiving surface portion 352 and the rear ball receiving surface portion 353, the game ball on the front ball receiving surface portion 352 side is preferentially flowed into the rectifying unit 351. Can do. Therefore, the game ball supported by the front ball receiving surface portion 352 can easily flow into the rectifying unit 351 quickly, and the game ball overflows from the out port 86 and suppresses the problem that the game ball stays below the game area 23a. Can do.

  The bottom surface portion 377 that supports the game ball that has flowed into the rectifying portion 351 has a shape that protrudes from the front wall portion 374 toward the rear wall portion 383 and has a cross-sectional shape in which the protruding tip side is a free end. For this reason, when the game ball that has flowed down from the front ball receiving surface portion 352 into the rectifying portion 351 comes into contact with the bottom surface portion 377, the bottom surface portion 377 is elastically deformed due to the weight of the game ball and the momentum of falling, and easily vibrates up and down. Therefore, even when a situation where the game balls collide with each other and the ball is likely to be jammed, the ball clogged state is easily broken by the vertical movement of the bottom surface portion 377, and it is difficult to cause the ball clogging in the rectifying unit 351. . In addition, since the game ball can flow into the rectifying unit 351 at different positions in the front and back, the bottom surface portion 377 when the game ball falls to a position near the free end far from the front side corresponding to the fixed end. Can be vibrated greatly, and it is possible to make the ball clogging less likely. The front protrusion 375 is preferably disposed at a position corresponding to the central portion of the lateral width of the out port 86. Furthermore, the center position of the out port 86 and the protruding tip portion of the front protrusion 375 are arranged in the left-right direction. Matching is preferable because the bottom surface portion 377 can be easily vibrated.

  A bottom surface support portion 380 is provided below the rear end edge 378 in the bottom surface portion 377, and the bottom surface support portion 380 prevents the bottom surface portion 377 from being deformed downward by a certain amount or more on the free end side. For this reason, even when an excessive load is applied to the bottom surface portion 377, such as when a large amount of game balls stay in the rectifying portion 351, the bottom surface portion 377 is prevented from being deformed or damaged downward. Has been. Therefore, excessive deformation and breakage of the bottom surface portion 377 can be prevented while the occurrence of clogging of the ball is suppressed by elastic deformation of the bottom surface portion 377, and the game ball can flow smoothly downstream by the bottom surface portion 377.

  The front wall portion 374 corresponds to the fixed end side of the bottom surface portion 377, and a passage window portion 379 is provided in a lower portion of the front wall portion 374 near the bottom surface portion 377. For this reason, it is possible to easily cause elastic deformation of the bottom surface portion when the game ball comes into contact with the bottom surface portion 377, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of ball clogging. In addition, since the inside and outside of the rectifying unit 351 communicate with each other through the passage window portion 379, foreign matter that has flowed into the passage window portion 379 is removed, or when a ball blockage occurs, a tool is inserted from the outside to eliminate the ball blockage. You can do it. Further, the vertical width of the passage window portion 379 is set to be shorter than the radius of the game ball, and the game ball supported by the bottom surface portion 377 can be supported on the wall portion located above the passage window portion 379, and the rectifying portion 351. The function of guiding the game balls to the downstream side can be maintained.

  The passage window portion 379 is provided in a horizontally long shape that includes a position corresponding to a protruding tip portion that protrudes from the front wall portion 374 to the rear wall portion 383 side and continues to the left and right sides. Therefore, the bottom surface portion 377 can be easily vibrated over a wide range in the left-right direction, and a tool or the like can be easily inserted from the outside side through the passage window portion 379 to a position corresponding to the back side where the protruding tip portion is formed. .

  The game balls flowing down from the right side portion of the game board 23 to the ball collecting portion 301 abut on the front ball receiving surface portion 352, and then pass through the side guide passage 354 formed on the upper side of the side ball receiving surface portion 391. Via, it is guided to the right end of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back. The game ball guided to the right end portion of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back is dropped and supported by the bottom surface portion 377, and the course is turned back toward the inclined direction side of the bottom surface portion 377, and the downstream passage portion 356 Collected.

  In this case, a front protrusion 375 is located at the right end of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back, and the front protrusion 375 protrudes rearward at a position closer to the side guide passage 354 than the opening position of the out port 86. Is formed. For this reason, it is suppressed that the game ball which flowed into the side side guidance path 354 collides with the game ball which flowed into the rectification | straightening part 351 from the out port 86. FIG. Therefore, the game ball guided to the side guide passage 354 and the game ball via the outlet 86 that flows down in the direction opposite to the side guide passage 354 by the bottom surface portion 377 of the rectifying portion 351. It is possible to suppress a collision with a ball vigorously, and it is possible to suppress problems such as a ball clogging caused by a collision with a game ball.

  The game balls that flow down from the left side portion of the game board 23 to the ball collecting unit 301 flow into the intermediate unit side opening 342, then abut against the bottom surface 401 of the upstream passage portion 355, and in the downward inclination direction of the bottom surface 401. Along the left end of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back. The game ball guided to the left end of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back collides with the front protrusion 375 at the left end of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back, and then on the wall surface that forms the front protrusion 375 and the rear recess 384. It flows down while being supported by the bottom surface portion 377 while repeating the collision, and is collected in the downstream passage portion 356.

  In this case, a front protrusion 375 is located at the left end of the rectifying unit 351 when viewed from the back, and the front protrusion 375 protrudes rearward at a position closer to the upstream passage portion 355 than the opening position of the out port 86. Is formed. For this reason, it is suppressed that the game ball which flowed into the upstream channel | path part 355 collides with the game ball which flowed into the rectification | straightening part 351 from the out port 86 vigorously. Therefore, the game ball that has flowed into the upstream-side passage portion 355 is prevented from colliding with the game ball that has passed through the out port 86, and problems such as ball clogging caused by the collision of the game ball can be suppressed.

  Further, the upstream passage portion 355 has a linear passage shape in the left-right direction as compared with the rectifying portion 351. For this reason, the time until the game ball that has flowed into the upstream passage portion 355 reaches the launch ball detection sensor SE1 as compared to the case where the upstream passage portion is formed by bending in the same shape as the rectifying portion 351 in plan view. Can be shortened. Therefore, the time until the game ball that has flowed in from the left side portion of the game board 23b that reaches the launch ball detection sensor SE1 via the rectifying unit 351 reaches the launch ball detection sensor SE1 is extremely delayed. Therefore, the pachinko machine 10 can be managed more accurately using the launch ball detection sensor SE1. Since the variable winning opening passage 313 is disposed above the upstream passage portion 355, for example, the winning number to the variable winning opening 82 with respect to the number of shot balls in the special game state is managed relatively accurately. Can do. Further, the space required for the passage width on the lower side of the left side portion of the game board 23b in the rear view can be reduced, and accordingly, the installation space for other members can be easily secured.

  Further, the connector case unit 331 provided with the upstream passage portion 355 is provided in the intermediate unit 13 which is a member different from the back pack unit 15 in which the rectifying portion 351 is formed, and protrudes rearward from the intermediate unit 13. The connector case unit 331 having a shape is configured to enter the space 15 a formed in the back pack unit 15 in a rotating operation. For this reason, by forming the front and rear width of the connector case unit 331 thin, it is possible to set a small gap width in the left-right direction so as not to interfere with each other in the turning operation. It is easy to secure the installation space for the members, and it is possible to suppress fraud through the gap. Further, the central axis around which the back pack unit 15 rotates with respect to the intermediate unit 13 is also provided on the right side in the rear view opposite to the left side in the rear view on which the connector case unit 331 is provided. It is possible to suppress the relative rotation of the connector case unit 331 and to set a small gap width in the left-right direction.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the said embodiment, For example, you may deform | transform and implement as described below. In this case, each configuration described below may be applied to the above embodiment, or a plurality of configurations described below may be combined and applied to the above embodiment.

  Instead of the shape of the rectifying unit 351 in the above-described embodiment, another shape of the rectifying unit 351 may be used as long as the game ball flows in differently depending on the position of flow into the rectifying unit 351 in the left-right direction. good. The rectifying unit may have a shape that has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and is continuous in the left-right direction. In the plan view, the rectification unit may have a broken line shape or a curved shape by a sine wave, a triangular wave, a sawtooth wave, or the like. You may form a rectification | straightening part by any groove shape which has the formed site | part. In other words, the rectifying unit 351 is a part where the game balls are set to have a front-rear width continuous in a line in the left-right direction in a plan view, and is continuous to the oblique direction side that is not perpendicular to the front-rear direction but intersects the oblique direction. It is sufficient if the game balls are arranged in a line with at least a part of the groove-like portion, and when the game balls are connected to the rectifying unit 351, the game balls are arranged in a curved line or a broken line shape in a plan view. . In addition, the rectifying portion 351 may be formed by a groove shape constituted only by the shape of a rectangular wave in a plan view combining only grooves continuous in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction. The shape is inclined downward along the groove path in FIG.

  The rectifying unit 351 in the above embodiment has a shape that is perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine 10 and is continuous in the left-right direction corresponding to the direction parallel to the back surface of the game board 23b. It is good also as a shape which continues in the diagonal direction (direction which has a component of the left-right direction) which cross | intersects diagonally, and what is necessary is just the shape which continues in the left-right direction side containing the component of the left-right direction.

  The rectifying portion 351 in the above embodiment is configured by the front wall portion 374 and the rear wall portion 383, but instead of this, the flat front wall portion and the rear wall portion are spaced apart from each other, and the front protrusion is interposed therebetween. 375 and another member corresponding to the shape of the rear recess 384 may be arranged.

  The rectifying unit 351 in the above embodiment is configured to include the arrangement position of the out port 86 in the left-right direction so that the game ball that has passed through the out port 86 can flow in from above, but instead of this, In addition to the general winning port 81, the variable winning port 82, the upper and lower operation ports 83a, 83b, and the out port 86, each passage in the left-right direction so that game balls can flow from the upper side. You may form the rectification | straightening part 351 in the range different from the said embodiment including any 312-316 or several exit part. In this case, it is preferable that the front protrusion 375 is disposed at a position where the game ball flows from the passages 312 to 316 to the rectifying unit 351. For example, the center position in the left-right direction at the exit portion of each of the passages 312 to 316 It is preferable to form each of the passages 312 to 316 with respect to the rectifying portion 351 so that the protruding tip portion of the front protrusion 375 is located at the front protrusion 375, thereby suppressing the collision between game balls.

  The bottom surface portion 377 in the above embodiment is formed integrally with the front wall portion 374. However, instead of this, it may be formed integrally with the rear wall portion 383 so that the front edge becomes a free end. In this case as well, a function of suppressing ball clogging using elastic deformation can be added.

  The upper surface of at least one of the front sphere receiving surface portion 352 and the rear sphere receiving surface portion 353 in the above embodiment may be formed in a shape that is not flat but undulated, for example, a large number of linear protrusions or grooves extending in the front-rear direction. The game balls which are formed side by side and fall on the upper surface may be configured to easily advance straight rearward, so that the game balls that have flowed down to the rectification unit 351 in a state of being arranged in the left-right direction are separated in the rectification unit 351. Can be made easier.

  The ball collecting unit 301 in the above embodiment is a part having the discharge port 359 for discharging the game ball from the pachinko machine 10 and is the part constituting the most downstream part of the game ball via the game area 23a. It is not necessary to set it as the site | part which comprises a downstream part, and it is good also as a structure by which the storage part which stores a game ball | bowl is provided downstream from the ball | bowl collection part 301. FIG. For example, a storage unit that stores a game ball for performance in a configuration capable of executing an effect using a game ball in the performance of a pachinko machine may be provided on the downstream side of the ball collection unit 301.

  The passage window part 379 in the above embodiment is configured to be formed at two places, but the passage window part 379 may be formed at one or more places, and the shape and length of the passage window part 379 are also as follows. Not limited to the above embodiment, for example, other shapes such as a shape in which the vertical width of the passage window portion 379 is not constant in the left-right direction may be used.

  You may implement this invention in the pachinko machine etc. of a type different from the said embodiment. For example, it may be implemented as a pachinko machine in which a big hit expectation value is increased until a big hit state is generated several times (for example, two times or three times) including that. Moreover, after a jackpot symbol is displayed, it may be implemented as a pachinko machine that enters a special gaming state on the condition that a ball wins a predetermined area. Moreover, you may employ | adopt as what is called a normal machine without lottery functions, such as jackpot. You may implement as a pachinko machine which will be in a special game state when a ball enters a predetermined winning slot. In addition, it may be implemented in a sealed pachinko machine in which a ball circulates. In this case, a ball collecting unit 301 is arranged on the downstream side of the game area and between the launch position and guided to the launch position. It is good also as a structure which collects a game ball with respect to the storage part which stores the game ball used. Further, in addition to the pachinko machine, the present invention may be implemented as various game machines such as an arrangement ball type pachinko machine and a sparrow ball.

<Invention extracted from the above embodiment>
Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiment will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for easy understanding, the corresponding configuration in each of the above embodiments is appropriately shown in parentheses, but is not limited to the specific configuration shown in parentheses. In addition, the meanings and examples of terms described in each feature may be applied as the meanings and examples of terms described in other features described in the same wording.

<Feature A group>
A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a gaming board in which a gaming area is formed on the front side. The game board is provided with a plurality of winning holes through which game balls launched into the game area can be won, and an out port through which game balls that have not been won flow into any of the plurality of winning holes. It has been. In the game area, game balls are launched at almost regular time intervals by the launching device, and the game ball launched into the game area passes through the game area and then through the winning hole or the out port to the back side of the game board. Be guided to. A collection path and a discharge port are provided on the back side of the game board, and the game balls guided to the back side of the game board are collected by the collection path to the entrance part of the path connected to the discharge port, and from the discharge port to the hole side It is discharged to an island facility (see, for example, JP-A-2001-178926).

  In addition, there is an enclosed ball type gaming machine as a gaming machine. This type of gaming machine is configured such that a gaming ball circulates within one gaming machine. In other words, the game balls launched into the game area are collected at the entrance portion of the route connected to the launch position by the collection route after passing through the game region, and are guided to the launch position again (for example, JP-A-2005-137404). See the official gazette).

  In conventional gaming machines, game balls are normally launched into the game area at substantially constant time intervals, but the time spent in the game area varies from game ball to game ball. For this reason, a plurality of game balls may be output collectively from the game area, and in this case, a plurality of game balls flow into the collection path together, resulting in clogging of the balls or temporary loud noise. There is a possibility. That is, there is a possibility that there is room for improvement in a configuration in which game balls that have passed through the game area are collected at predetermined locations such as a discharge port and a launch position.

<Feature A1>
A game member (game board 23b) that forms a game area where the game ball flows down on the front side, and a ball collecting means (ball) that collects game balls that pass through the game area formed on the front side of the game member at a predetermined location In a gaming machine equipped with a collecting unit 301)
The ball collecting means includes
A path provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the gaming area, and a predetermined gaming ball corresponding to at least a part of the gaming ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the gaming area flows down. A front ball receiving surface portion (front ball receiving surface portion 352) that is located on the lower side and faces the upper side, is inclined downward toward the rear side of the gaming machine, and has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel;
It is provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the front side ball receiving surface portion, and the predetermined game ball is opened horizontally so as to be receivable from above, and the left and right sides of the game balls are aligned in a row in plan view. A rectifying unit (rectifying unit 351) that is set to a front-rear width that is continuous to the direction side, and whose bottom surface is inclined to one side in the left-right direction,
The rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction that obliquely intersects the left and right direction in a plan view, and opens upward in a shape that is continuous in the left and right direction side,
The predetermined game ball is guided to the rectifying unit after the lower side is supported by the front ball receiving surface portion, and the position of the predetermined game ball in the rectifying unit is different from the front and back in the diagonally continuous portion of the rectifying unit. A gaming machine characterized by being configured to allow inflow.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A1, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of suitably collecting gaming balls passing through the gaming area at a predetermined location. In other words, a predetermined game ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the game area is accelerated by its own weight in a path flowing down to the lower side, and then decelerated by being abutted against and supported by the front ball receiving surface portion. . The predetermined game ball decelerated by the front ball receiving surface portion is guided to the rectifying portion side along the inclination direction of the front ball receiving surface portion and flows into the rectifying portion. Inside the rectifying unit, the game balls are arranged in a line in a plan view and are connected to the left and right direction side, and are guided to the inclined direction side of the bottom surface and collected at a predetermined location.

  Here, since the front ball receiving surface portion has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel, the position at which the game ball is guided to the rear side of the gaming machine and flows into the rectifying unit is Depending on the position of the game ball falling on the surface portion, the contact between the game balls, etc., the left and right directions do not become constant. Since the rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in the left-right direction with a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in plan view, when the inflow position of the game ball in the left-right direction changes in the portion that is continuous in the oblique direction, The game balls will flow into the rectifying unit at different positions before and after.

  Compared to the case where the rectification unit is continuous only in the left-right direction, the path of the game balls is longer because of the portion that is continuous in the oblique direction, and the longer the distance between the game balls is larger in the rectification unit. Easy to be. For example, even if it flows into the rectification unit side by side so that a plurality of game balls are in contact with each other, the game balls that were juxtaposed to the left and right when flowing into the rectification unit are located in an oblique direction. The game balls are likely to be separated from each other by the amount of the positions. Therefore, when the game balls are aligned in a row in the rectifying unit, the contact between the game balls is difficult to occur, and the occurrence of ball clogging and noise caused by the contact between the game balls can be suppressed.

  In addition, a predetermined game ball is temporarily decelerated by being supported by the front ball receiving surface portion before flowing into the rectifying portion. For this reason, even if the game ball is likely to have a different falling speed by being directed downward from a different height position, such as a prize opening or an outlet, and then proceeding downward, It is possible to facilitate the inflow of game balls within a certain speed range. Therefore, the game balls are easily separated from each other in a state close to the designer's intention, and the game balls can be suitably collected at a predetermined location.

  Furthermore, since the rectifying unit is set to have a front-rear width that is continuous in the left-right direction with the game balls aligned in one row, the front-rear width of the rectification unit can be reduced as compared with the case where the game balls can be arranged in parallel. The design layout including other parts can be facilitated.

  Note that “collecting game balls at a predetermined location” in the feature A1 does not necessarily require a storage part in which the game balls are stored at a predetermined location, but the game balls pass through a passage as the predetermined location. In this case, a part of the passage formed with the smallest cross-sectional area on the downstream side after gradually reducing the size of the passage so that game balls pass (for example, the discharge port 359) Or the whole said channel | path (for example, downstream channel | path part 356) corresponds to a predetermined location. In addition, instead of “ball collecting means” in the feature A1 and the following description, “ball guiding means” is used, and “ball guiding means for guiding a game ball that passes through a game area formed on the front side of the gaming member to a predetermined location. The ball collecting unit 301 in the above embodiment corresponds to the “ball guiding means”.

  The “game member” in the feature A1 is configured by a plate-like member formed with a certain thickness by a single plate, and has a through-hole through which a game ball can pass from the game area to the rear side of the game machine in the front-rear direction. It may be configured by a member formed by router processing or the like, or as a whole, it is configured by a member that is not plate-like and the thickness in the front-rear direction is not constant, and there is a through-hole penetrating front and rear by resin molding or cutting processing You may be comprised by the formed member. In addition, the gaming member is provided with a cylindrical portion that protrudes rearward in the outer peripheral portion of the through hole and has an inner surface shape along the inner surface of the through hole. You may have.

  The “through hole through which a game ball can pass” in the feature A1 is not only a hole shape with a closed outer peripheral edge, but also a part of the outer peripheral edge is continuous with the outer edge of the gaming member, and the outer edge side of the gaming member in the front view of the gaming machine It is good also as a structure by which the site | part corresponded to the through-hole penetrated back and forth is formed by the shape which entered the center side from.

  The “predetermined game ball” in the feature A1 may correspond to all of the game balls that have passed through the game area, or may correspond to a part of the game balls that have passed through the game area, and the remaining The game ball may flow to a predetermined location without contacting the front ball receiving surface.

  In the feature A1, “the game ball flows downward” means not only a case where the game ball flows downward, but also a configuration in which the game ball flows downward with a component on the lower side such as an oblique lower side. It ’s fine.

<Feature A2>
The straightening portion includes a front wall portion (front wall portion 374) having a shape that continues downward from a rear end portion of the front ball receiving surface portion, and a gap in which game balls can be aligned in plan view with respect to the front wall portion. A rear wall portion (rear wall portion 383) provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with a gap therebetween, and a bottom surface portion (bottom surface portion 377) that forms a bottom surface that supports the game ball on the lower side of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion. )
A part of the front wall portion forms a front protrusion (front protrusion 375) protruding toward the rear wall portion, and the front protrusion is provided at a plurality of positions separated in the left-right direction.
A part of the rear wall portion forms a rear concave portion (rear concave portion 384) formed in a concave shape on the rear side of the gaming machine at a plurality of locations corresponding to the arrangement position of the front protrusion.
The straightening portion has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and has a shape that is continuous in the left-right direction by a front protrusion provided on the front wall and a rear recess provided on the rear wall. The gaming machine according to Feature A1, wherein the gaming machine is open upward.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A2, the front side protrusion is formed as a part of the front wall part, and the rear side recessed part is formed as a part of the rear wall part so that the rectification part is configured. There is no need to provide separate members for the front and rear wall portions in order to form the protrusion and the rear recess, and the rectification portion can be formed with a simple configuration at a light weight and at low cost.

<Feature A3>
The upper surface (upper surface 376) of the front protrusion is positioned below the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion, or is provided with a large inclination on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion. A gaming machine according to Feature A2, which is characterized in that

According to the gaming machine described in the feature A3, the inclination angle of the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion is set so as to weaken the momentum of the game ball flowing into the rectifying unit without coming into contact with the front protrusion from the upper surface of the front ball receiving surface portion. Even so, the game ball that has flowed into the portion where the front protrusion is provided can be accelerated and dropped to the rear side of the gaming machine near the upper surface of the front protrusion. Therefore, the game balls that flowed side by side into the rectifying unit can be separated relatively greatly, and the contact between the game balls can be reduced to provide a high-quality game machine that suppresses clogging and noise generation. Can do.
<Feature A4>
At least a part of the front projection and the rear recess is formed by combining a plurality of substantially planar wall surfaces that are continuous in the vertical direction. The gaming machine according to A2 or A3,

According to the gaming machine described in the feature A4, a plurality of substantially planar wall surfaces are combined to form at least a part of the front protrusion and the rear recess, so that the game ball flowing down while being supported by the bottom surface Even if the game ball comes into contact with the upper side, the momentum of the game ball is weakened in a short section because the game ball collides once or a plurality of times with the flat wall surface. Therefore, the situation where game balls collide vigorously can be reduced, and ball clogging in the rectifying unit can be more reliably prevented.
<Feature A5>
Provided on one side in the left-right direction with respect to the rectifying unit and on the downstream side in the flow-down direction of the game ball, a bottom surface for supporting the game ball is continuous with the bottom surface portion, and an opening on the upper end side of the rectifying unit A downstream passage portion (downstream passage portion 356) in which the upper edge of the entrance is set at a lower position;
The downstream passage portion is formed with a front-back or rear-side bent portion formed at a distance of at least one place, and the game balls are formed with a front-rear width that can be aligned in a row. The gaming machine according to any one of features A2 to A4.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A5, even when the game balls are stacked in the vertical direction in the rectification unit and the game balls are pushed out to the downstream passage unit side, the game balls hit the curved part in the downstream channel unit. The game ball decelerates in contact. Therefore, even if a situation occurs in which a large amount of game balls flow into the rectification unit, the speed of the game sphere can be surely reduced on the downstream side of the rectification unit, and the game balls can be suitably collected at a predetermined location. Can do.

  In addition, when the game machine is provided with a passage detection means for detecting the passage of the game ball downstream from the curved portion provided in the downstream passage portion, the curved portion is set between the passage detecting means and the rectifying portion. It is preferable to provide only at the place. While the game ball can be decelerated, the flow of the game ball will not be extremely delayed, so the detection time of the game ball by the passage detection means and the state of the game can be easily matched, and the gaming machine can be managed more accurately it can.

  In the gaming machine described in the feature A5, “the bottom surface is continuous with the bottom surface portion” means that the game ball supported by the bottom surface portion has a large step (for example, a step larger than the diameter of the game ball) in the downstream passage portion. This means that the bottom surface is continuous with the bottom surface portion when a slight step smaller than the diameter of the game ball is provided.

<Feature A6>
An upstream passage portion (upstream passage portion 355) is provided upstream of the bottom surface portion of the rectifying portion, and is open upward on the upstream side of the bottom surface portion. A gaming machine according to any one of features A2 to A5.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A6, since the upstream passage portion is provided in the shape of a horizontally long straight line, the game ball is connected from the upstream passage portion to the rectifying portion as compared with the case where the upstream passage portion is bent. Can be guided smoothly. For this reason, even in the configuration in which the game ball decelerates in the rectifying unit, it is possible to suppress the time until the game ball reaches the predetermined location from being extremely delayed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the time lag when counting the number of game balls discharged on the downstream side of the rectifying unit and to make the counting accurate, and the number of game balls in the configuration in which the game balls are guided to the launch position It is possible to avoid a situation where the number of game balls to be fired is short while the number is set.

<Feature A7>
In the gaming area, one or a plurality of winning portions (upper and lower operation ports 83a and 83b) from which a winning ball is paid out by winning, and an out mouth portion (out port 86) into which gaming balls that have not won the winning portion flow. ) And
The front ball receiving surface portion is located on the lower side of a path along which at least a game ball passing through the out mouth portion flows down as the predetermined game ball,
The rear wall portion is continuous above the front wall portion,
A rear ball receiving surface portion (rear side) having a lateral shape in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel with the upper side facing the upper side of the rear wall portion, facing upward and inclined downward toward the front side. The gaming machine according to any one of features A2 to A6, wherein a side ball receiving surface portion 353) is provided.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A7, since the rear wall portion has a continuous shape upward from the front wall portion, a part of the game balls are pushed out to the rear side of the gaming machine so as to cross the alignment portion. Even so, the game ball collides with the upper part of the rear wall portion, so that the rearward movement of the gaming machine is restricted. For this reason, even if a predetermined number of game balls are set in a relatively large amount, the game balls can be easily flowed into the rectifying unit, so that a large number of game balls that pass through the out port are quickly collected at a predetermined location. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to collect the launched game balls at a predetermined location relatively quickly, and to suppress the occurrence of problems due to the delay in collecting the game balls by the ball collecting means.

  In addition, when the flow of the game ball is delayed in the flow straightening part and the flow straightening part becomes full, a part of the game ball flowing down from the out port part moves over the flow straightening part to the rear side of the gaming machine and It is also possible to stay on the upper side of the ball receiving surface. For this reason, even if the flow of the game ball is delayed by the rectifying unit, the game ball can stay on the upstream side of the rectifying unit and the downstream side of the out port portion, and the vertical positions of the rectifying unit and the out port portion are made close to each other. However, it is possible to avoid a situation where game balls overflow from the out mouth. Therefore, even if the game area is expanded and the out mouth portion is arranged on the lower side, the situation where the game ball stays in the peripheral portion of the out mouth portion can be reduced.

<Feature A8>
The game according to Feature A7, wherein an inclination angle of the rear ball receiving surface portion toward the front side of the gaming machine is set to be gentler than an inclination angle of the front ball receiving surface portion toward the rear side of the gaming machine. Machine.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A8, when the game ball stays on the upper side of the front ball receiving surface portion and the rear ball receiving surface portion, the game ball on the front ball receiving surface portion side is preferentially flowed down into the rectifying unit. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the game ball supported by the front ball receiving surface portion quickly flows into the rectifying unit and the game ball stays in the peripheral portion of the out port.

<Feature A9>
The bottom surface portion has a shape that protrudes from one wall portion to the other wall portion side of the front wall portion or the rear wall portion, and is formed in a cross-sectional shape in which a protruding tip side is a free end. The gaming machine according to any one of features A2 to A8.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A9, the bottom surface protrudes from one wall to the other wall, and the protruding front end is a free end. Therefore, the game flows down from the front ball receiving surface into the rectifying unit. When the sphere comes into contact with the bottom surface, the bottom surface is elastically deformed and easily vibrates up and down. For this reason, even if a situation where game balls collide with each other and a situation where a ball is jammed is likely to occur, the ball clogged state is easily broken by the vertical movement of the bottom surface portion, and it is difficult to cause a ball clogging in the rectifying unit. In addition, since the game ball can flow into the rectifying unit at different positions in the front and back, if the game ball falls to a position close to the free end far away from the fixed end side, the bottom surface portion will vibrate greatly. It is easy to make the ball clogging more difficult.

<Feature A10>
The one wall portion of the front wall portion or the rear wall portion has a passage window portion (passage) that has a vertical portion set shorter than a radius of the game ball in a lower portion near the bottom surface portion and penetrates in the front-rear direction. The gaming machine according to Feature A9, wherein the window portion 379) is provided horizontally long.

  According to the gaming machine described in feature A10, one wall portion corresponds to the fixed end side of the bottom surface portion, and the passage window portion is provided horizontally in the lower portion of the wall portion on the fixed end side of the bottom surface portion. Therefore, it is possible to easily cause elastic deformation of the bottom surface portion when the game ball comes into contact with the bottom surface portion, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of ball clogging. In addition, because the inside and outside of the rectification unit communicate with each other through the passage window, foreign matter that has flowed into the passage window can be removed, or when a ball is clogged, a tool can be inserted from the outside to eliminate the clogging. Can do. Furthermore, since the vertical width of the passage window is set to be shorter than the radius of the game ball, the game ball supported on the bottom surface can be supported on the wall located above the passage window, The function of guiding to the downstream side while being aligned can be maintained.

<Feature A11>
The passage window is provided in a horizontally long shape that includes a position corresponding to a protruding tip portion that protrudes from the one wall portion to the other wall portion side and that is continuous on both the left and right sides. Gaming machine.

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A11, since it is provided in a horizontally long shape including the position corresponding to the projecting tip portion, it is easy to vibrate over a wide range in the left-right direction and the passage window portion. It is possible to easily insert a tool or the like from the outside side through to a position corresponding to the back side where the protruding tip portion is formed.

<Feature A12>
The bottom surface portion is formed as an outer edge shape on the free end side along the shape of the path of the game ball formed by the rectifying portion in a plan view, and is formed into an outer edge shape having a portion where the width in the left-right direction is gradually narrowed. The gaming machine according to any one of features A9 to A11, wherein:

  According to the gaming machine described in the feature A12, it is possible to make the bottom surface portion more easily vibrated and to be a rectifying portion that is less likely to cause ball clogging.

  In the following, a basic configuration of a gaming machine to which the above-described features can be applied is shown.

  Pachinko gaming machine: operation means operated by a player, game ball launching means for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operation means, a passage section for guiding the launched game ball to the game area, and in the game area And a gaming machine that grants a privilege to a player when a game ball passes through a predetermined passing portion of the gaming parts.

  As described above, the present invention is suitable for gaming machines such as pachinko machines.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 23b ... Game board, 83a ... Upper operation port, 83b ... Lower operation port, 86 ... Out port, 301 ... Ball collection part, 351 ... Rectification part, 352 ... Front ball receiving surface part, 353 ... Rear ball Receiving surface portion, 355 ... upstream passage portion, 356 ... downstream passage portion, 374 ... front wall portion, 375 ... front protrusion, 376 ... upper surface, 377 ... bottom surface portion, 379 ... passage window portion, 381 ... rear wall portion, 382 ... rear recess

Claims (4)

A gaming machine comprising: a gaming member that forms a game area on which a game ball flows down on the front side; and a ball collecting means that collects game balls that pass through the gaming area formed on the front side of the gaming member at a predetermined location. ,
The ball collecting means includes
A path provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the gaming area, and a predetermined gaming ball corresponding to at least a part of the gaming ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the gaming area flows down. A front ball receiving surface portion that is located on the lower side and faces the upper side, is inclined downward to the rear side of the gaming machine, and has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel;
It is provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the front side ball receiving surface portion, and the predetermined game ball is opened horizontally so as to be receivable from above, and the left and right sides of the game balls are aligned in a row in plan view. A rectifying unit that is set to a front-rear width continuous to the direction side, and whose bottom surface is inclined to one side in the left-right direction,
The rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction that obliquely intersects the left and right direction in a plan view, and opens upward in a shape that is continuous in the left and right direction side,
The predetermined game ball is guided to the rectifying unit after the lower side is supported by the front ball receiving surface portion, and the position of the predetermined game ball in the rectifying unit is different from the front and back in the diagonally continuous portion of the rectifying unit. Configured to allow inflow,
The rectifying unit is separated from the front wall portion of the front ball receiving surface portion below the rear end portion by a gap that allows the game balls to be aligned in plan view with respect to the front wall portion. A rear wall portion provided on the side, and a bottom surface portion forming a bottom surface for supporting a game ball on the lower side of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion,
A part of the front wall portion forms a front protrusion protruding toward the rear wall portion, and the front protrusion is provided at a plurality of locations separated in the left-right direction.
A part of the rear wall portion forms a rear recess formed in a recessed shape on the rear side of the gaming machine at a plurality of locations corresponding to the arrangement position of the front protrusion.
The straightening portion has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and has a shape that is continuous in the left-right direction by a front protrusion provided on the front wall and a rear recess provided on the rear wall. Open upwards at
A bottom surface for supporting the game ball is continuous with the bottom surface portion on one side in the left-right direction with respect to the flow straightening portion and downstream of the game ball in a flow direction, and from an opening on the upper end side of the flow straightening portion. A downstream passage section with an upper edge of the entrance is set at a low position,
The downstream passage portion is formed with a front-back or rear-side bent portion formed at a distance of at least one place, and the game balls are formed with a front-rear width that can be aligned in a row. To play. A gaming machine comprising: a gaming member that forms a game area on which a game ball flows down on the front side; and a ball collecting means that collects game balls that pass through the gaming area formed on the front side of the gaming member at a predetermined location. ,
The ball collecting means includes
A path provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the gaming area, and a predetermined gaming ball corresponding to at least a part of the gaming ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the gaming area flows down. A front ball receiving surface portion that is located on the lower side and faces the upper side, is inclined downward to the rear side of the gaming machine, and has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel;
It is provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the front side ball receiving surface portion, and the predetermined game ball is opened horizontally so as to be receivable from above, and the left and right sides of the game balls are aligned in a row in plan view A rectifying unit that is set to a front-rear width continuous to the direction side, and whose bottom surface is inclined to one side in the left-right direction,
The rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction that obliquely intersects the left and right direction in a plan view, and opens upward in a shape that is continuous in the left and right direction side,
The predetermined game ball is guided to the rectifying unit after the lower side is supported by the front ball receiving surface portion, and the position of the predetermined game ball in the rectifying unit is different from the front and back in the diagonally continuous portion of the rectifying unit. Configured to allow inflow,
The rectifying unit is separated from the front wall portion of the front ball receiving surface portion below the rear end portion by a gap that allows the game balls to be aligned in plan view with respect to the front wall portion. A rear wall portion provided on the side, and a bottom surface portion forming a bottom surface for supporting a game ball on the lower side of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion,
A part of the front wall portion forms a front protrusion protruding toward the rear wall portion, and the front protrusion is provided at a plurality of locations separated in the left-right direction.
A part of the rear wall portion forms a rear recess formed in a recessed shape on the rear side of the gaming machine at a plurality of locations corresponding to the arrangement position of the front protrusion.
The straightening portion has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and has a shape that is continuous in the left-right direction by a front protrusion provided on the front wall and a rear recess provided on the rear wall. Open upwards at
A gaming machine characterized in that an upstream passage portion is provided upstream of the bottom surface portion in the rectifying portion, and is opened upstream in the horizontal straight line shape on the upstream side of the bottom surface portion. . A gaming machine comprising: a gaming member that forms a game area on which a game ball flows down on the front side; and a ball collecting means that collects game balls that pass through the gaming area formed on the front side of the gaming member at a predetermined location. ,
The ball collecting means includes
A path provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the gaming area, and a predetermined gaming ball corresponding to at least a part of the gaming ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the gaming area flows down. A front ball receiving surface portion that is located on the lower side and faces the upper side, is inclined downward to the rear side of the gaming machine, and has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel;
It is provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the front side ball receiving surface portion, and the predetermined game ball is opened horizontally so as to be receivable from above, and the left and right sides of the game balls are aligned in a row in plan view. A rectifying unit that is set to a front-rear width continuous to the direction side, and whose bottom surface is inclined to one side in the left-right direction,
The rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction that obliquely intersects the left and right direction in a plan view, and opens upward in a shape that is continuous in the left and right direction side,
The predetermined game ball is guided to the rectifying unit after the lower side is supported by the front ball receiving surface portion, and the position of the predetermined game ball in the rectifying unit is different from the front and back in the diagonally continuous portion of the rectifying unit. Configured to allow inflow,
The rectifying unit is separated from the front wall portion of the front ball receiving surface portion below the rear end portion by a gap that allows the game balls to be aligned in plan view with respect to the front wall portion. A rear wall portion provided on the side, and a bottom surface portion forming a bottom surface for supporting a game ball on the lower side of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion,
A part of the front wall portion forms a front protrusion protruding toward the rear wall portion, and the front protrusion is provided at a plurality of locations separated in the left-right direction.
A part of the rear wall portion forms a rear recess formed in a recessed shape on the rear side of the gaming machine at a plurality of locations corresponding to the arrangement position of the front protrusion.
The straightening portion has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and has a shape that is continuous in the left-right direction by a front protrusion provided on the front wall and a rear recess provided on the rear wall. Open upwards at
The gaming area is provided with one or a plurality of winning portions where a winning ball is paid out by winning, and an out mouth portion into which a gaming ball that has not won the winning portion flows,
The front ball receiving surface portion is located on the lower side of a path along which at least a game ball passing through the out mouth portion flows down as the predetermined game ball,
The rear wall portion is continuous above the front wall portion,
On the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the upper end portion of the rear wall portion, there is provided a rear side ball receiving surface portion having a lateral width in which a plurality of gaming balls can be arranged in parallel, facing upward and inclined downward toward the front side. And
A gaming machine characterized in that an inclination angle of the rear ball receiving surface portion toward the front side of the gaming machine is set to be gentler than an inclination angle of the front ball receiving surface portion toward the rear side of the gaming machine. A gaming machine comprising: a gaming member that forms a game area on which a game ball flows down on the front side; and a ball collecting means that collects game balls that pass through the gaming area formed on the front side of the gaming member at a predetermined location. ,
The ball collecting means includes
A path provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the gaming area, and a predetermined gaming ball corresponding to at least a part of the gaming ball guided to the rear side of the gaming machine via the gaming area flows down. A front ball receiving surface portion that is located on the lower side and faces the upper side, is inclined downward to the rear side of the gaming machine, and has an upper surface shape having a lateral width in which a plurality of game balls can be arranged in parallel;
It is provided on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the front side ball receiving surface portion, and the predetermined game ball is opened horizontally so as to be receivable from above, and the left and right sides of the game balls are aligned in a row in plan view A rectifying unit that is set to a front-rear width continuous to the direction side, and whose bottom surface is inclined to one side in the left-right direction,
The rectifying unit has a portion that is continuous in an oblique direction that obliquely intersects the left and right direction in a plan view, and opens upward in a shape that is continuous in the left and right direction side,
The predetermined game ball is guided to the rectifying unit after the lower side is supported by the front ball receiving surface portion, and the position of the predetermined game ball in the rectifying unit is different from the front and back in the diagonally continuous portion of the rectifying unit. Configured to allow inflow,
The rectifying unit is separated from the front wall portion of the front ball receiving surface portion below the rear end portion by a gap that allows the game balls to be aligned in plan view with respect to the front wall portion. A rear wall portion provided on the side, and a bottom surface portion forming a bottom surface for supporting a game ball on the lower side of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion,
A part of the front wall portion forms a front protrusion protruding toward the rear wall portion, and the front protrusion is provided at a plurality of locations separated in the left-right direction.
A part of the rear wall portion forms a rear recess formed in a recessed shape on the rear side of the gaming machine at a plurality of locations corresponding to the arrangement position of the front protrusion.
The straightening portion has a portion that is continuous in the oblique direction in a plan view and has a shape that is continuous in the left-right direction by a front protrusion provided on the front wall and a rear recess provided on the rear wall. Open upwards at
The bottom surface portion has a shape that protrudes from one wall portion to the other wall portion side of the front wall portion or the rear wall portion, and is formed in a cross-sectional shape in which a protruding tip side is a free end. A featured gaming machine.

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