JPH0127826Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a prize ball device having a new mechanism for a pinball game machine, and includes a base plate formed with a pair of recesses for ball storage passages opening forward and downward; A pair of blade members attached to the recess so that they can be folded forward and raised upward, an engaging piece that engages with the lower end engaging part of the blade member at the rear end, and a locking piece at the front end. a pair of first lever members which are rotatably provided, and a hook portion which locks the first lever members via the locking piece at the front end, and a ball receiving plate at the rear end. a pair of second lever members rotatably provided, a central rear plate provided at a predetermined distance behind the base plate, and a second lever member provided protruding from the rear surface of the central rear plate and the base plate; and a ball guiding path formed by a pair of side plates arranged at the top of the base plate and guiding the balls entering the winning ball entrance hole provided at the top of the base plate so that they fall onto the ball receiving plate. When a ball enters the winning ball entrance hole, the pair of wing members simultaneously lie down, that is, become open, and if the ball falls onto the wing member in the open state, it is treated as a winning ball and the wing member is in an upright state. At this time, each blade member performs the return operation independently and separately, and furthermore, the blade members operate reliably and do not malfunction due to vibrations, etc., and the ball of the second lever member If the receiving plate is pressed downward for a certain period of time, the blade member will remain open for a certain period of time regardless of the ball falling onto the blade member, and during that time all balls falling onto the blade member will be considered as hitting balls. The purpose of this invention is to provide a device capable of processing the same.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a winning ball device according to the present invention, which has a substrate 2 and is mounted on the surface of a pinball game machine board via this substrate 2. 3 is a substantially T-shaped front plate provided in front of the substrate 2 at a predetermined interval.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a front partition wall, which allows the base plate 1 and the front plate 2 to face each other at a predetermined distance, and also guides the balls launched onto the surface of the pinball game machine board.
The front partition wall 4 has an upper wall 4a provided above the substrate 1, and a lower wall 4b provided below the upper wall 4a. Reference numeral 5 denotes a central rear plate provided at a predetermined distance behind the substrate 2.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a winning ball entrance hole formed in the center of the upper wall 4a of the front partition wall 4, and is formed by a central rear plate 5 and a pair of side plates 5a and 5b protruding from the rear surface of the substrate 2. The ball guiding path 7 is connected to an upper ball outlet 8 which is opened by cutting out the center rear plate 5 and one side plate 5a.

9, 9 is the ball storage opening 1 in front of the board 2.
This is a ball storage passage recess formed by opening 0 and 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a pin provided horizontally in the vicinity of the front lower end of the recesses 9, 9, and blade members 12, 12 are attached to the pin 11 via their base ends so as to be rotatable up and down. There is. Therefore, in the collapsed state, the blade members 12, 12 protrude forward of the base plate 2 and collapse to open the ball storage openings 10, 10, and in the upright state, they are stored inside the front ends of the recesses 9, 9. In other words, the state in which the ball storage openings 10, 10 are closed is maintained. Since the center of rotation of the blade members 12, 12, that is, the insertion position of the pin 11, is offset toward the lower end of the blade member, when no external force is applied, the blade members 12, 12 It maintains an open state, that is, a collapsed state, due to its own weight. The downward rotation of the blade members 12, 12 is limited by the collision of the lower ends of the blade members 12, 12 with the front surfaces of the lower walls 9a, 9a of the recesses 9, 9, and the upward rotation is restricted. , the lower end engaging portions 12a, 12a protruding from the lower ends of the blade members 12, 12 are connected to the recesses 9, 9.
Lower bulb outlet 1 opened in the lower walls 9a, 9a of
It is restricted by colliding with the front end notches 13a, 13a of No. 3, 13.

14, 14 are first lever members, and the pin 11 is inserted into the gap W formed between the recesses 9, 9.
are rotatably attached to the intermediate pin portion 11a in parallel with each other. The first lever members 14, 14
Engagement pieces 14a, 14a that protrude rearward and engage with lower end engagement portions 12a, 12a of the blade members 12, 12 are provided at the rear end. Further, at the front end portions of the first lever members 14, 14,
Locking pieces 14b, 14b projecting forward are provided.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a support pin located in the gap W above the pin 11 and suspended horizontally in the gap W.
16, 16 are second lever members rotatably attached to the support pin 15 in parallel with each other. The front end portions of the second lever members 16, 16 are provided with hook portions 17, 1 for locking the locking pieces 14b, 14b.
7 is provided. Moreover, the second lever member 1
At the rear ends of the balls 6 and 16, ball receiving plates 18 and 18 are provided one after the other so as not to intersect with each other. The ball receiving plates 18, 18 are provided below the ball guiding path 7 and facing the upper ball discharge port 8. Therefore, the ball B that fell into the winning ball entrance hole 6 passes through the ball guide path 7 and collides with the ball receiving plates 18, 18.
Push down the rear end of the second lever members 16, 16,
That is, at the same time as the front end is pushed up, the ball is discharged from the upper ball discharge port 6 and treated as a hit ball. The second
The center of rotation of the lever members 16, 16, that is, the support pin 1
Since the insertion positions of the second lever members 16 and 15 are offset toward the rear end, when no external force is applied, the front ends of the second lever members 16 and 16, that is, the hook portions 17 and 17, are bent under their own weight. Therefore, it is always urged to rotate downward.

Note that S is a stopper portion that limits the downward rotation of the front end portions of the second lever members 16, 16;
is attached to the lower back side of the hook part 17, 17.
It is formed to engage with the front end step portions 19, 19 of.

Therefore, the ball B that has fallen onto the blade members 12, 12 moves toward the rear end of the blade members 12, 12, applies a ball load to the blade members 12, 12 at the rear end, and causes the blade members 12, 12 to stand up. 14,1
4 of the engaging pieces 14a, 14a are pushed down, and at the same time, they fall downward and are discharged from the lower ball discharge ports 13, 13, and are treated as hit balls.

In addition, 20, 20 are ball entrance holes provided on both sides of the winning ball entrance hole 6. Balls that fall into these ball entrance holes 20, 20 pass through ball passages 21, 21, are treated as winning balls, and are played in the game. It increases the interest of people.

Further, reference numerals 22, 22 are ball passing holes provided outside the ball inlet holes 20, 20, and a ball that falls through these ball passing holes 22, 22 is caused by the blade members 12, 12 falling down. In the state, the blade member 12,
The ball falls onto the ball 12 and is treated as a hit ball, and when the blade members 12, 12 are in an upright state, the ball falls directly downward.

The operation will be explained below based on the above configuration.

A vane member 1 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5
2 and 12 are in the upright state, the engaging pieces 14a and 14a of the first lever members 14 and 14 move downward, and the lower end engaging portion 12 of the blade members 12 and 12 moves downward.
At the same time as pressing a, 12a, the locking pieces 14b,
14b moves upward and engages the second lever member 16,1.
The hook portions 17, 17 of 6 are engaged with each other. In this state, when the ball B falls into the winning ball entrance hole 6, it passes through the ball guiding path 7 and collides with the ball receiving plates 18, 18, and is ejected from the upper ball outlet 8 as a winning ball. It is processed. At this time, as shown in FIG.
7, 17 upward and hook portions 17, 1
7 and the locking pieces 14b, 14b are released, that is, the first lever members 14, 14 become free. At the same time, the blade members 12, 12
Of course, the engagement pieces 14a, 14a that were holding down the base ends of the blade members 12, 1 are now free.
The external force restraining the blade members 12, 1 is removed, and the blade members 12, 1
2 collapses under its own weight and becomes open as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.

In the state shown by the imaginary lines in FIG. 2, when the ball B falls onto the open blade members 12, 12, it moves toward the rear end according to the slope of the upper surface of the blade members 12, , 12 are raised and the engaging pieces 14a, 14a are pushed downward to raise the first lever members 14, 14, and the locking pieces 14b, 14b are raised to engage the hook parts 17, 17 again. Figure 1~
Return to the state shown in Figure 5. And the ball B is
The ball is discharged from the lower ball discharge ports 13, 13 and treated as a hit ball.

Note that in this embodiment, the pair of blade members 1
2 and 12 are provided independently from each other, and their operations are performed separately. For example, when the ball B falls onto only one of the blade members 12, only that blade member 12 returns to its upright position. . If the ball B enters the winning ball entrance hole 6 with one of the blade members 12 in an upright state, only the blade member 12 in the upright state will fall down, resulting in the state shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. Of course.

Since the blade members 12, 12 in the open state are in a free state and are only lying down due to their own weight, they will temporarily rotate even if they are hit by a bouncing ball from the outside or if the gaming machine vibrates. It will return to its original open position. First lever member 14, 14
Unless the locking pieces 14b, 14b rise and lock onto the hook portions 17, 17 of the second lever members 16, 16, the blade members 12, 12 will not stand up and be in a closed state. Moreover, the engaging pieces 14a, 14a of the first lever members 14, 14 are located above the lower end engaging portions 12a, 12a of the blade members 12, 12, and it is difficult to determine how the blade members 12, 12 rotate downward. Since the blade members 12, 12 will not be affected by any movement, the blade members 12, 12 will never stand up unnecessarily.

Furthermore, in the state shown in FIG. 7, if the ball receiving plates 18, 18 of the second lever members 16, 16 are kept pressed for a certain period of time using a pressing means equipped with a timer (not shown), the balls will appear on the blade members 12, 12. No matter how many pieces B fall, the hook parts 17, 17 of the second lever members 16, 16 remain raised, and even if the locking pieces 14b, 14b of the first lever members 14, 14 move upward, the hook parts 17 , 17, the blade members 12, 12 temporarily stand up due to the weight of the ball B and push the ball B into the lower ball outlet 13.
If you drop it from the ground, it will immediately go into the open state.
Therefore, the rate of winning balls during this period increases, and the content of the pinball game becomes even more interesting.

As described above, the present invention includes a base plate formed with a pair of recesses for ball storage passages that open forward and downward, and a pair of baseplates that are attached to the pair of recesses so that they can be collapsed forward and raised upwards. a pair of first lever members that have a blade member at the rear end thereof, an engaging piece that engages with the lower end engaging portion of the blade member, a locking piece at the front end, and are rotatably provided. and a pair of second lever members that are rotatably provided and have a hook portion at the front end portion that locks the first lever member via the locking piece, and a ball receiving plate at the rear end portion. and a central rear plate provided at a predetermined distance behind the substrate, and a pair of side plates protruding from the central rear plate and the rear surface of the substrate, and provided on the upper part of the substrate. Since the prize ball device has a ball guide path that guides the ball that has entered the winning ball entrance hole to fall onto the ball receiving plate, when the ball enters the winning ball entrance hole, the pair of blade members At the same time, it performs a unique action of falling forward, that is, becoming in an open state, and when the ball falls onto the blade members in this open state, each blade member returns independently and separately.
Moreover, there is an advantage that the blade member operates reliably and does not malfunction due to vibration or the like. Moreover, if the ball receiving plate of the second lever member is pressed downward for a certain period of time, the open state of the blade member will be maintained for a certain period of time regardless of the ball falling onto the blade member,
By employing a configuration in which all the balls falling onto the blade member during that time can be treated as winning balls, it is possible to increase the interest of the game.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a side view of the same as above, Figure 3 is a top view of the same as above, and Figure 4 is a top view of the same as above.
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the line -- in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a back view of Fig. 1, and Figs. be. 2: Substrate, 6: Winning ball inlet hole, 8: Upper ball outlet, 9: Concave part for ball storage passage, 12: Wing member, 1
3: Lower ball outlet, 14: First lever member, 1
6: Second lever member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A base plate formed with a pair of ball storage passage recesses opening forward and downward; a pair of blade members attached to the pair of recesses so as to be capable of collapsing forward and erecting upward; a pair of first lever members that have an engagement piece on the rear end that engages with the lower end engagement part and a locking piece on the front end and are rotatably provided; The first
a pair of second lever members having a hook portion at the front end for locking the lever member and a ball receiving plate at the rear end and rotatably provided; A ball entering a winning ball entrance hole formed by a central rear plate provided and a pair of side plates protruding from the central rear plate and the rear surface of the base plate and provided at the top of the base plate is the ball. 1. A prize ball device for a pinball game machine, comprising a ball guiding path for guiding the balls to fall onto a receiving plate.