JPH0277279A - Filliping ball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent giveaway balls to flow down in the guide route of a giveaway ball guide gutter from being made into a ball choking condition by providing a buldging guide route whose bottom surface is higher than the bottom surface of the guide route at the upstream side of the guide route to the giveaway ball guide gutter in staged condition and executing a formation so that the guide route and buldging guide route can be faced to the giveaway ball guide exit of a giveaway ball tank. CONSTITUTION:A giveaway ball guide gutter 80 is made to communicate to a guide route 84 in the most external part on the upstream side surface, simultaneously, a buldging guide route 87 is formed in the staged condition so that the bottom surface can be made higher than the bottom surface of the guide route 84 approximately by the degree of one ball, and the giveaway ball to flow down on the bottom surface of the guide route 84 in the most external part always receives the pressures of the giveaway balls positioned in the upper surface and the giveaway balls to flow down in the buldging guide route 87. By facing plural guide routes 83a, 83b and 84 and the buldging guide route 87 to a giveaway ball guide exit 57 of a giveaway ball tank 50, the giveaway balls stored in the giveaway ball tank 50 are guided out to all guide routes 83a, 83b and 84 and buldging guide route 87 including the guide route 84 in the most external part.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides an ammunition ball equipped with a prize ball guide gutter that allows prize balls drawn out from a prize ball tank to flow down smoothly and without clogging the balls. This relates to a ball game machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a pinball game machine, prize balls stored in a prize ball tank are guided downstream while being arranged in a line in a prize ball guide gutter that guides the prize balls to a prize ball dispensing device. Some were equipped with a guidance path. For example, in a system that pays out a relatively large number of prize balls and a relatively small number of prize balls, the 8-conductor path for supplying the relatively small number of prize balls to the prize ball dispensing device is usually They were arranged in a line and guided downstream. In such a prize ball guide channel for arranging and guiding prize balls in a line, there is a problem in that balls are jammed between the prize ball outlet of the prize ball tank and the guide path.

To solve this problem, a bulging guide path was provided on the side of the guide path to absorb the earth pressure of the prize ball. This bulging guide path is formed in communication with the guide path, absorbs the earth pressure of the prize balls, weakens the mutual pressing force between the prize balls, and thereby eliminates the state of ball jamming between the prize balls. This is provided to allow the prize balls to flow down smoothly.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the device provided with the above-mentioned bulging guide path can eliminate ball clogging at the prize ball outlet, but is formed on the same plane as the bottom surface of the guidance path, so at the end of the bulging guidance path and the point where it merges with the guidance path, the prize balls that have flowed down the guidance path and the prizes that have flowed down the bulge guidance path There was a problem in that the balls became jammed, which caused the balls to become clogged in the prize ball guide channel.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a pinball game machine in which the prize balls flowing down the guide path of the prize ball guide gutter do not become jammed. There is a particular thing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the pinball game machine according to the present invention includes a prize ball guiding gutter having a prize ball guiding gutter on the upstream side of the guiding path, the bottom surface of which is connected to the guiding path. A bulging guide path higher than the bottom surface of the ball tank is provided in a step-like manner, and the guide path and the bulging guide path are formed so as to face the prize ball outlet of the prize ball tank.

[Function] Since the bottom of the guidance path is at a lower position than the bottom of the bulging guidance path, the prize balls flowing down the bottom of the guidance path are the same as the prize balls located above and the prizes flowing down the bulging guidance path. It flows preferentially because it is always under the pressure of the balls. Therefore, the prize balls do not become jammed at the confluence of the guide path and the bulging guide path.

In addition, by arranging the guide route and the bulging guide route to face the prize ball outlet of the prize ball tank, the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank are led out to the guide route and the bulge guide route, so that the guide route The above-mentioned earth pressure acts on the prize ball flowing at the bottom of the ball so that it is always averaged.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, with reference to FIG. 11, a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine to which this embodiment is applied will be described. FIG. 11 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine. In the figure, a frame-shaped front frame 2 of a pachinko game machine 1 is surrounded by a folding holding frame 3, and a glass door 4 having glass and a front face m5 are pivotally supported on one side of the door holding frame 3. It is attached so that it can be opened and closed freely. After finishing behind the glass m4, the game board holding frame 33 on the back side of the front frame 2 (see FIG. 12)
The game board 9 is removably provided by game board fixing members 34a to 34c (34c is not shown). Further, on the surface of the front face s5, a batted ball supply tray 6 is fixed that stores the ejected prize balls and supplies them one by one to the firing position of the batted ball. A speaker 7 that generates sound effects related to the game is built into the internal space on the upstream side of the ball supply tray 6. Further, the front door 5 is also provided with a stop switch 8 for stopping the rotation of rotating drums 13a to 13c of the variable display device 12, which will be described later. Further, on the back side of the front door 5, a batted ball supply device (not shown) is fixed that supplies the batted balls to a firing position guided from the batted ball supply tray 6.

On the surface of the game board 9, a guide rail 10 is set up in a substantially circular shape for guiding the hit balls guided from a launch rail (not shown). The area surrounded by the guide rail 10 constitutes the gaming area 11. At approximately the center of the game area 11, there are a plurality of rotating drums 13a to 13a.
A variable display device 12 having an opening s13c is provided, and a variable winning ball device 14 having an opening/closing opening s15 is provided below the variable display device 12. Opening/closing of this variable winning ball device 14! 15 is the rotating drum 1 of the variable display device 12;
When the combination of 3a to 13c becomes a predetermined display state (for example, when the numbers "7" are lined up horizontally or diagonally), a specific game state is entered, and a predetermined period of time (for example, 20 seconds elapses) (or until 10 winning balls are generated). When a prize is won in the specific winning opening 16 provided in the opening/closing door 15, the above-described opening state is repeated again, and the specific winning opening 16
This can be repeated up to 10 times each time a winning ball occurs.

Further, on both the upper and lower sides of the variable winning ball device 14, starting winning holes 17a to 17C are provided to allow rotation of the rotating drums 13a to 13c. This starting prize opening 1
When a hit ball wins a prize in the starting prize opening 17a provided in the upper part of the variable winning ball device 14 among 7a to 17c, the number of prize balls paid out is the same as the number of prize balls paid out when the hit ball wins in another winning area. The number of prize balls is set to be less than the number of prize balls. In addition, when the opening/closing door 15 is in the open state, the starting winning openings 17b, 17c are guided by balls that collide with the side surface of the opening/closing door 15, making it easier to win a prize.

Therefore, the above-mentioned specific game state is entered, and the opening/closing Jj
When %15 is opened for a predetermined period of time, the balls are not only guided into the opening/closing door 15, but also hit the side of the opening/closing door 15 and guided to the starting prize openings 17b, 17c, so a large amount of balls are won in a short time. A winning ball will be generated.

Furthermore, in the gaming area 11, normal winning holes 18a and 18b are provided on the left and right sides of the variable winning ball device 14, and
Normal winning openings 19a, 1 are also provided on the left and right sides of the variable display device 12.
9b is provided.

Of the above-mentioned winning areas, only the starting winning opening 17a is set to have a smaller number of prize balls paid out than the other winning openings or winning areas as described above, but this is due to the following reasons. by. That is, starting prize opening 17a~
17c, the number of rotations of the rotating drums 13a to 13c will be increased, and the probability of entering a specific game state will be increased. Also, prize balls will be awarded by winning in all starting winning slots 17a to 17c. This setting was made in order to balance the dissatisfaction that if the number is set to a small number, the number of prize balls paid out will be small compared to the winning percentage. In addition, in this example, as described later,
When a hit ball wins in the starting prize opening 17a, 7 prize balls are paid out, and when a hit ball wins in another winning area, 13 prize balls are paid out. There is. Of course, the setting of the number of prize balls to be paid out may be changed depending on the probability of winning a prize in the starting winning hole 17a.

Further, the game area 11 is provided with game effect lamps 20a and 20b that light up or blink to notify the player when the specific game state is entered. Frame lamps 21a and 21b are also provided on the upper part of the front frame 2 to provide the same effect as the game effect lamps 20a and 20b. Further, at the bottom of the game area 11, an out port 22 is provided through which the balls that have not won in any of the winning areas described above are guided to the rear of the game board 9.

In addition, on the upper left side of the game board 9 outside the game area 11, there is a prize ball payout notification lamp 24 that lights up when detection switches 183a and 183b, which will be described later, are activated.
A ball-out notification lamp 23 is provided which lights up when an operation detection switch 104a, which will be described later, is activated.

A lower part of the front frame 2 is provided with an operation handle 25 that constitutes a part of the ball firing mechanism and a surplus ball tray 32 for storing prize balls that cannot be stored in the ball supply tray 6. There is. Of these, a ball firing drive section 26 is attached to the back surface of the front frame 2 so as to correspond to the operation handle 25, as shown in FIG. The batted ball launch drive unit 26 is integrated and provided on a mounting board 27, and includes a batted ball motor 28 as a drive source, a tentacle detection circuit 29 that constitutes a drive circuit for the batted ball motor 28, and a reciprocating ball launch drive unit 26 by the rotation of the batted ball motor 28. Batting rod 3 that rotates and fires the ball
o, and a ball feed sliding rod 31 that moves up and down in conjunction with the reciprocating rotation of the ball hitting rod 3o and operates a batted ball supply device (not shown).

Mechanism Board Next, the structure of the mechanism board 4o distributed on the back side of the pachinko game machine 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

The mechanism board 40 is provided with various mechanisms for processing winning balls from the winning opening provided on the game board 9 and discharging a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning balls. The mechanism plate 40 is made up of a roughly rectangular mechanism plate main body 41 molded from synthetic resin and various mechanisms assembled thereto, and one side of the mechanism plate main body 41 is attached to the game board holding frame 33. It is supported so that it can be opened and closed freely. Further, on the back surface of the mechanism plate main body 41, fixing members 42a to 42c that lock the mechanism plate 40 in a closed state are provided. Furthermore, a window opening 43 is opened approximately in the center of the mechanism plate main body 41, and a first winning ball collecting gutter 44a and a second winning ball collecting gutter 44b are formed below the window opening 43. The first winning ball collecting gutter 44a is formed on the front side of the mechanism board main body 41 to guide the winning balls that have entered the winning openings other than the starting winning opening 17a among the various winning openings described above. In addition, the second winning ball gathering gutter 44b corresponds only to the starting winning hole 17a, and guides the winning balls that have won into the starting winning hole 17a. The second winning ball collection gutter 44b is formed on the rear side of the mechanism plate main body 41 along the lower edge of the window opening 43.

First winning ball collecting gutter 44a and second winning ball collecting gutter 44
The winning balls guided to b are sent to the winning ball processing mechanism 16, which will be described later.
It is designed to lead to 0.

On the rear side of the mechanism board main body 41, various mechanisms are provided for dispensing prize balls to the player, which are supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown) of the pachinko game machine installation stand. These mechanisms will be explained separately for each component.

Prize Ball Tank The prize ball tank 50 is attached to a mounting recess 51 formed in the upper part of the mechanism plate main body 41. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the prize ball tank 50 is formed of synthetic resin or the like into a box shape with an open top, and includes a rear wall 52 in contact with the surface of the mounting recess 51, and a rear wall 52 in contact with the surface of the mounting recess 51. Rear wall 52
It consists of a front wall 53 facing the rear wall, a left wall 54 and a right wall 55 connecting the rear wall 52 and the front wall 53, and a bottom surface 56. Further, mounting protrusions 76a, 76b are provided on the outside of the left side wall 54 and the right side wall 55, and the mounting protrusions 76a, 76
The prize ball connector 50 can be attached to the mechanism plate main body 41 by b.

A rectangular prize ball outlet 5 is provided at one end of the bottom surface 56. This prize ball outlet 57 is opened at a position corresponding to the upper part of a prize ball guide gutter 80, which will be described later, and its width D2 in the front and back direction is equal to the width D2 in the front and rear direction of the prize ball guide gutter 80, as shown in FIG. It is set to be slightly larger than the total width D3. This is to ensure that the prize balls fall from the prize ball tank 50 into the prize ball guiding gutter 80. Note that the above width D2 may be D2 = D3. Further, below the prize ball outlet 57, there are actually prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b, which will be described later, which are swingably provided in the prize ball guiding gutter 80, and a swelling guiding path 87.
is located. Therefore, the first prize ball outlet 58 and the prize ball amount sensing plate 91 corresponding to the prize ball amount sensing plate 91a
As shown in FIG. 4, the second prize ball outlet 59 corresponding to the second prize ball outlet 59 and the expansion guiding path 87 are set to have different sizes. That is, by forming the first prize ball outlet 58 to be larger than the second prize ball outlet 59, the guiding paths 83a and 83b (as described later) to which a relatively large amount of prize balls need to be supplied can be reduced. To, 13
In addition to making it possible to smoothly move the prize balls to the guide route 84 (a route for supplying 7 prize balls as described later), it is possible to smoothly move the prize balls to the guide route 84 (a route for supplying 7 prize balls The earth pressure of the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 50 is prevented from being excessively applied to the side (route for supplying the prize balls).

In addition, a rear opening edge 60 forming the prize ball outlet 57,
Among the front opening edge 61, 62, the left frontage edge 64, and the right frontage edge 66, the right opening edge 66 extends from the end of the front opening edge 61 to the rear opening edge as shown in FIG. 60
It is formed diagonally toward the end so as to have a width D1, so that the right opening edge 66 as shown in FIG.
has an inclined surface shape with a step having a width D4, so that an acting force acts on the prize ball in contact with the right opening edge 66 to move it forward along the right opening edge 66. Further, the front opening edge portions 61 and 62 are formed in a stepped shape in order to reduce the area of the second prize ball outlet 59 described above. Furthermore, guide pieces 63 and 65 extend downward from each opening edge except for the right opening edge 66, and guide pieces 63 and 65 extend downward from the prize ball outlet 5.
The prize balls falling from the ball guide 7 are guided so that they do not overflow from the prize ball guiding gutter 80. In addition, the rear frontage edge 60
A vertical surface portion 74, which will be described later, also serves as a guide piece corresponding to the guide piece, and in the illustrated embodiment, it is the longest hanging portion.

Further, the length of the guide pieces 63, 65, 74 is set depending on the vertical distance between the prize ball guide gutter 80 and the prize ball tank 50, and is set to an appropriate length.

The bottom surface 56 also includes a first inclined bottom surface portion 67 extending from an even-angled portion at the other end of the prize ball tank 50 toward the right opening edge 66 of the prize ball outlet 57, and a first inclined bottom surface portion 67 extending from the even-angled portion at the other end of the prize ball tank 50 to the right opening edge 66 of the prize ball outlet 57. A second sloped bottom surface part 68 that slopes from the even corner part toward the rear opening edge 60 of the prize ball outlet 57 and slopes toward the first sloped bottom surface part 67, and the other end of the prize ball tank 50. It is composed of a third inclined bottom surface part 69 which is inclined from the even corner part toward the front edge part 61, 62 of the prize ball outlet 57, and which is inclined towards the first inclined bottom part 67. Therefore, the right side frontage is provided at the position where the first sloped bottom surface part 67 and the second sloped bottom surface part 68 intersect, and the position where the first sloped bottom surface part 67 and the third sloped bottom surface part 69 intersect. A first intersecting portion 70 and a second intersecting portion 71 are formed from both ends of the edge portion 66 toward the other end even-angled portion of the prize ball tank 50.

Note that in the illustrated embodiment, the second inclined bottom portion 68
is actually inclined toward a beading portion 72 that is raised between the rear opening edge 60 and the rear wall 52.

The ball breaking part 72 is 2 to 2 times the diameter of the pachinko ball from the bottom surface 56.
It is raised to have three times the height, and its upper surface is
A sloped surface portion 73 facing the prize ball outlet 57 is formed, and its side surface extends from the sloped lower end of the sloped surface portion 73 to the rear opening edge 6.
0 and a curved surface portion 75 corresponding to the second inclined bottom surface portion 68.

The prize ball tank 50 configured as described above has a bottom surface 56 composed of a first sloped bottom surface section 67, a second sloped bottom surface section 68, and a third sloped bottom surface section 69. The prize balls stored in 50 move smoothly from the second inclined bottom surface part 68 and the third inclined bottom surface part 69 located on the left and right so as to gather at the first inclined bottom surface part 67 located in the center, Moreover, the first inclined bottom portion 67 is the prize ball outlet 5.
Since it is inclined toward the right opening edge 66 of 7, the first
The prize balls are evenly distributed from the inclined bottom part 66 of the prize ball guiding gutter 80.
fall on top. In addition, in the prize ball outlet 57 part, the ball breaking part 72 is raised on one side, so the earth pressure of the prize ball in the prize ball outlet 57 part is always in an unbalanced state. Balls do not become clogged at the prize ball outlet 57. In the illustrated embodiment, the ball breaking portion 72 is provided so as to protrude between the rear opening edge 60 and the rear wall 52, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It may be raised between it and the front wall 53, or it may be raised at both positions. When raised at both of these positions, it is desirable to set the heights of the ball breaking portions 72 to be different so that the earth pressure of the prize balls at the prize ball outlet 57 becomes unbalanced.

Furthermore, when the prize ball outlet 57 is divided into a first prize ball outlet 58 and a second prize ball outlet 59, the first prize ball outlet 58 is larger than the second prize ball outlet 59. Since the size is set to be large, the prize balls can be smoothly moved to the guide paths 83a and 83b where a relatively large amount of prize balls need to be supplied, and a relatively small number of prize balls can be supplied. It is possible to prevent excessive earth pressure from the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 50 from being applied to the guide path 84 side.

Prize ball guiding gutter A prize ball guiding gutter 80 is provided below the prize ball tank 50 for arranging the prize balls.

The prize ball guide gutter 80 is installed at an angle so that the prize balls can flow down naturally. Also, inside the prize ball guide channel 80, as shown in FIG. The prize balls flow down the guide paths 83a, 83b, and 84 in three rows. Like this, the prize ball guiding gutter 8
The reason why the 0 is configured so that the prize balls flow down in three rows is because, as mentioned above, it is configured so that two types of prize balls are paid out when a prize is won in the winning area provided on the game board 9. be. Therefore, in this case, the guide path 83a
, the number of prize balls flowing down 83b is relatively large (1
3 pieces), and the prize balls flowing down the guide path 84 are used to pay out a relatively small number of prize balls (7 pieces). Note that among the alignment walls, the alignment walls 82a and 82b that partition the guide paths 83a and 83b are formed by being divided into upper and lower parts, but this is because the prize ball sensing plate 91a is located above the prize ball guide gutter 80. This is because an upper alignment wall 82b is provided protrudingly on this prize ball sensing plate 91a. Further, the alignment wall 81 is formed at the same height over the entire length except for an integral multiple of the diameter of the balls, and as shown in FIG. 3, the length D5 from the prize ball outlet 57 to the tip is approximately They are provided at intervals that allow one ball to pass through. This is to guide the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 50 to the guide paths 83a, 83b side and the guide path 84 side evenly, and furthermore, the prize balls stored in the guide paths 83a, 83b This is to prevent pressure from being applied to the prize balls accommodated in the guide path 84.

In addition, flow grooves 85a to 85c are formed on the bottom surfaces of the guide paths 83a, 83b, and 84, except for the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b, in order to smoothly flow down the prize balls. In order to maintain the strength of the guide paths 83a, 83b, and 84 with the flow grooves 85a to 85C still formed, connecting plates 86 are fixed to the back surfaces thereof at appropriate intervals. Note that the flow grooves 85a to 85c are the guide paths 83a, 8
When 3b and 84 are clogged with dirt, they can be used as a dirt hole.

Further, a bulging guide path 87 is formed on the upstream side surface of the prize ball guide gutter 80 and communicates with the outermost guide path 84 .

This bulging guide path 87 is formed in a stepped shape so that its bottom surface is approximately one ball higher than the bottom surface of the guide path 84, and has an inclined bottom surface portion 88 where a part of the bottom surface is inclined toward the guide path 84 side. It becomes. Further, the front wall 89 forming the side surface of the bulging guide path 87 has a curved surface portion 90 formed in an arc shape so as to merge with the guide path 84 on the downstream side. It is formed so that the height is constant. Since the bulging guide path 87 and the outermost guide path 84 have the above-mentioned configuration, the prize balls flowing down the bottom of the outermost guide path 84 are the same as the prize balls located above. Since the prize balls are always under the pressure of the balls and the prize balls flowing down the swelling guide path 87, they flow preferentially and smoothly toward the downstream side. Therefore, the prize balls do not become jammed at the confluence of the outermost guide path 84 and the bulging guide path 87.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b are pivotally supported on the upstream bottom surface of the prize ball guide gutter 80 so as to be swingable about a support shaft 92. One prize ball amount sensing plate 91a is placed on the upstream side of the guide paths 83a, 83b, and the other prize ball amount sensing plate 91b is placed on the upstream side of the guide path 84. Therefore, when the prize balls are placed on the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b and are full, the weight 96 and biasing spring 9, which will be described later, are activated.
The upper ends of the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b are pushed down around the support shaft 92 against the urging force of 9, and on the other hand, the prize balls are on the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 9ib. When the prize ball quantity sensing plates 91a and 91b are no longer placed, the upper ends of the prize ball quantity sensing plates 91a and 91b are raised about the support shaft 92 due to the urging force of the weight 96 and the urging spring 99.

In addition, on the upstream back side of one prize ball amount sensing plate 91a,
A connecting member 93 is suspended, and a support shaft 95 is attached to this connecting member 93.
One end of a swinging member 94 is connected to the swing member 94, which is pivotally supported to be swingable around the center. A weight 96 is fixed to the swinging member 94, and the weight 96 applies an upward rotational force to the prize ball amount sensing plate 91a. Furthermore, a transmission wire 97 extending downward is connected to the other end of the swinging member 94 . As shown in FIG. 12, a link mechanism 98 is connected to the lower end of the transmission wire 97, and a supply operation stopping member that stops the operation of a batted ball supply device (not shown) is operated via this link mechanism 98. ing.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the supply operation stop member is interlocked with only one of the two prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b, but the supply operation stop member is linked with the other prize ball amount sensing plate 91b. The supply operation stopping member may be interlocked.

A pressing member 1 is provided on the back surface of the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b.
00.102 is installed vertically. Pressing member 100.10
2 is bent into an "L" shape, and the bent pressing part 1
01.103 is below the prize ball guide 47480,
Two actuation detection switches 104a are attached to the mechanism plate main body 41.

The actuators 105a and 105b of the actuators 104b are arranged to correspond to each other. However, the prize ball amount sensing board 9
When the prize balls are placed on 1a and 91b, the pressing parts 101.103 and actuators 105a and 1
05b, and therefore the operation detection switch 10
4a and 104b are in an inactive state (OFF). Further, when no prize balls are placed on the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a, 91b, the pressing portions 101.103 and the actuators 105a, 105b are in contact with each other, and therefore the operation detection switches t04a, 104b are activated. It is in the operating state (ON). In the illustrated embodiment, the operation detection switch 104a is connected to the out-of-ball notification lamp 23.
When the operation detection switch 104a is activated, the out-of-balls notification lamp 23 lights up to notify the player that there is a shortage of prize balls. Further, the operation detection switch 104b is provided in association with a central control computer (not shown), and when the operation detection switch 104b is activated, a notification to that effect is displayed on the central control computer, and a replenishment command is issued from the central control computer to the replenishment mechanism. A predetermined number of prize balls are drawn out and replenished into the prize ball tank 50.

In addition, as in the illustrated embodiment, since the pressing members 100 and 102 suspended from the prize ball amount sensing plates 91a and 91b, which each swing independently, are formed in a "C" shape, the operation activated by them is The number of detection switches 104a, 104b may be the same as the conventional number. For this reason, compared to the conventional structure in which two detection switches are provided correspondingly to one prize ball amount sensing plate, the number of detection switches can be reduced, which is economical, and is also more efficient in guiding prize balls. Gutter 80
The relatively narrow installation space below can be used effectively.

A ball leveling board 106 and a ball leveling board 107 are suspended or laid in the middle of the prize ball guiding gutter 80. The ball leveling plate 106 and the ball leveling plate 107 are used to align the prize balls that sometimes flow down the prize ball guiding gutter 80 in two levels, one above the other. Note that the alignment wall 81, the lower alignment wall 82b, and the front wall 89 are made to have approximately the same height because their downstream sides abut against the ball leveling plate 107.

Bent lines 110a to 11 are provided on the downstream side of the bent line prize ball guiding gutter 80.
It is attached so that 0c is connected. These curved lines 110a to 110C change the direction of the prize balls flowing down the prize ball guide gutter 80 by 180 degrees, and
This is to weaken the earth pressure of the prize balls that are continuously flowing down. Bent line 1] A ball extracting device 111 is provided at the bent portion of Oa to 110c, and by operating the ball extracting device 111 after closing, the prize ball tank 50 and the prize ball guide gutter 80 can be opened.
The prize balls stored in the machine are discharged into a ball extraction passage 112 and guided out of the pachinko game machine 1.

Further, ball deficiency detection plates 113a to 1
13c is swingably provided. These ball deficiency detection plates 113a to 113c flip up the hook portions 114a to 114c at the rear end when a prize ball is placed on the tip thereof, and conversely, the prize ball is placed within the curved line 110a to 110C. When the hook parts 114a to 114C disappear, the hook parts 114a to 114C hang down in a substantially vertical direction. In this hanging state, the control protrusion 136, which will be described later,
When a, 136b rises, the control protrusions 136a, 136
The engaging parts 137a and 137b of b are hook parts 114a to 1
14C to hold the control protrusions 136a, 136b in the raised position, ultimately preventing prize balls from being paid out.

Moreover, a ball stop member insertion opening 115 is bored in the side wall near the bending portion of the front side bending line 110C among the bending lines 110a to 110C. This ball stop member insertion port 11
5 is used when the number of prize balls paid out by the winning balls that enter the winning area formed on the game board 9 is 1 fffl, and by inserting the attachment into the ball stop member insertion slot 115. It is possible to stop the prize balls from flowing along the curved line 110c. Further, the downstream portions of the bending lines 110a to 110c are formed in a substantially vertical shape, and notch holes 116a to 116a are formed in the side walls including the vertical portions.
Holes 116c and 117a to 117c are bored as appropriate. The notch holes 116a to 116c, 117a to 117c are
This is provided so that when dirt or the like enters the curved lines 110a to 110C, a bottle can be inserted to remove it. Further, a step portion is formed at the end of the vertical portion, and ball receiving portions 118a to 118C are formed in this step portion.
is formed to weaken the earth pressure so that superstructure stoppers 124a and 124b of the prize ball dispensing device 120, which will be described later, operate smoothly. Furthermore, bending lines 110a to 110c
The distance D6 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the ball, as shown in FIG. This is bending line 1
The prize balls arranged in lines 10a to 110C are arranged alternately to disperse the earth pressure, and thus the superstructure stoppers 124a and 1 of the prize ball dispensing device 120 are activated in the same manner as above.
24b guarantees smooth operation.

On the other hand, prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c, which will be described later,
interval D? is set to be approximately the same as the diameter of the ball, as shown in FIG. This is the prize ball storage tube 1
In the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c, there may be no need to particularly weaken the earth pressure of the prize balls.
This is because it is necessary to accurately divide the number of prize balls stored in C, and in particular, it is necessary to accurately determine the entry positions of the superstructure stoppers 124a and 124b. That is, the superstructure stoppers 124a and 124b must always accurately enter between the last ball to be counted and the first ball remaining on the bending lines 110a to 110C, and the prize ball storage cylinder 123
If the balls are lined up alternately in a to 123c, the entry position will be different each time, and there is a risk that the prize ball payout operation will not be performed accurately.To prevent this, the prize ball storage cylinder 12
The prize balls are lined up in a straight line within 3a to 123C.

Prize ball dispensing device A prize ball dispensing device 120 that dispenses a predetermined number of prize balls is disposed downstream of the bent lines 110a to 110c. The prize ball dispensing device 120 includes prize ball storage tubes 123a to 123.
c and a mounting plate 122 integrally formed, and superstructure stoppers 124a, 124 disposed above and below the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123C.
b and substructure stoppers 142a, f42b; vertical sliding members 133a, 133b that engage to open and close the superstructure stoppers 124a, 124b and the substructure stoppers 142a, 142b; and the vertical sliding members 133;
Actuation members 149a and 149 that move up and down a and 133b
It consists of b. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 10, the prize ball dispensing device 120 attaches and detaches the mounting plate 122 formed on the front side of the device into the accommodation recess 148 formed in the mechanism plate main body 41 via the fixing member 147. It can be installed freely.

The superstructure stoppers 124a and 124b have a stopper portion 125a at the front end, as shown in FIG.

126b has abutment pieces 126a and 126b formed at its rear end, and is rotatably supported around a support @127, forming a part of the stopper! 25a and 125b always open and close the entrances of the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123C by their own weight.

The prize ball storage tube main body 121 includes a vertical sliding member 1, which will be described later.
The vertical sliding member 133a comes into contact with the back surfaces of the sliding plates 134a and 134b of 33a and 133b.

Guide grooves 128a and 128b are provided to guide the guide 133b. These guide groove portions 128a, 128b are
As shown in the figure, the cross section r1= is formed in a letter shape to constitute the upper and lower sliding member housing portions 130a and 130b, and the sliding plate 134
a and 134b on both sides of the back side.

Furthermore, rail-shaped guide protrusions 131a and 131b are provided in the guide grooves 128a and 128b to protrude in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 9, the guide protrusions 131a and 131b come into contact with the front surfaces of the sliding plates 134a and 134b, but not in line.

For this reason, the vertical sliding members L33a, 133b move violently,
Moreover, even if the sliding plate 134a is operated continuously.

The frictional force between 134b and the prize ball storage tube main body 121 can be extremely reduced, and smooth vertical movement can be ensured without uneven wear over a long period of time. Further, the guide groove portions 128a, 128b have guide protrusions 129 at the portions that contact the sliding plates 134a, 134b.
a and 129b, the frictional force is further reduced. Therefore, even if a certain amount of dust or the like adheres, since the contact area between the sliding plates 134a, 134b and the prize ball storage tube body 121 is small, the vertical movement thereof will not be hindered. Further, stoppers 132a, 132b are protruded from the inner lower side of the guide grooves 128a, 128b, and come into contact with the lower ends of the sliding plates 134a, 134b.
It forms the lower end of the . Therefore, the vertical sliding member accommodating parts 130a, 130b are open at the top to receive the vertical sliding members 133a, 133b, and the lower parts are formed with a gap between the stoppers 132a, 132b. Therefore, if dust or the like adheres to and accumulates in the vertical sliding member accommodating parts 130a, 130b, remove the vertical sliding members 133a, 133b,
It can then be easily cleaned.

On the other hand, the substructure stoppers 142a and 142b are pivotally supported around a shaft pin 145 so as to be freely swingable. In addition, the substructure stoppers 142a and 142b are provided with abutment rollers 144a and 144b that also function as weights at the top, and stopper parts 143a to 143c that appear and retract in the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c at the bottom thereof. is installed protrudingly. The stopper portions 143a to 143c are formed in cutout grooves 146a to 146a formed below the prize ball storage cylinder main body 121.
46c, and can appear and disappear into the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123C. And, the substructure stoppers 142a and 142b always close the stopper parts 143a to 143c to the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c due to their own weight.
In addition, part of the stopper 1
By providing 43a to 143c in a step-like manner, the vertical entry positions into the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c are made to be different. Therefore, two of the three stopper parts 143a and 143b are
A part of the stopper 143c is protruded from the substructure stopper 142a and acts to open and close the exits of the prize ball storage tubes 123a and 12b.The other stopper part 143c is protruded from the substructure stopper 142b and acts to open and close the exits of the prize ball storage tubes 123a and 12b. Ball storage tube 12
It acts to open and close the outlet 3c. The specific positions where the stopper parts 143a to 143c protrude are as follows:
The stopper part 143a is located at such a position that six prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 123a, and the stopper parts 143b and 143c are located in the prize ball storage cylinder 123b and 123c.
The position is such that seven prize balls can be stored inside. Note that the substructure stoppers 142a and 142b have a structure that allows them to be easily removed.
2a and 142b as the stopper parts 143a to 143c.
The number of prize balls to be paid out can be easily changed by exchanging different types of protruding positions.

Next, the configuration of the vertical sliding members 133a, 133b that control the opening and closing of the superstructure stoppers 124a, 124b and the substructure stoppers 142a, 142b will be explained.
The vertical sliding members 133a, 133b are sliding plates 134a accommodated in the vertical sliding member housing portions 130a, 130b.
, 134b, control projections 136a, 136b extending upward from the sliding plates 134a, 134b, and the sliding plates 13
Contact convex portion 1 protruding laterally from the lower part of 4a, 134b
41a and 141b are integrally formed.

Note that protrusions 135a and 135b are formed on the back surfaces of the sliding plates 134a and 134b to be accommodated within the spacing between the guide protrusions 131a and 131b. This is because the sliding plates 134a and 134b are formed into thin plate shapes, and are therefore formed to prevent deformation after molding. The control protrusions 136a, 136b have engaging portions 137a, 1 at their tips that engage with the ball deficiency sensing plates 113a to 113c.
37b is formed, and the superstructure stopper 1 is formed on the way.
Abutment recesses 138a and 138b are formed to engage with abutment pieces 126a and 126b of 24a and 124b. Further, a weight 1 is provided at the base of the control protrusions 136a, 136b.
39a and 139b are fixed, and the vertical sliding member 133a,
133b is always urged downward. The abutting convex portion 14
1a and 141b are the substructure stoppers 142a and 1
42b to engage with contact rollers 144a, 144b. That is, the vertical sliding members 133a, 13
3b is in the lowered position, the substructure stopper 142
Since the contact rollers 144a and 144b of a and 142b are in contact with the contact protrusions 141a and 141b, the stopper portions 143a to 143c are in contact with the prize ball storage tubes 123a to 12.
Maintain the state of entering 3C. At this time, in the upper work stoppers 124a, 124b, the contact pieces 126a, 126b of the upper work stoppers 124a, 124b and the abutment recesses 138a, 138 of the control projections 136a, 136b
b comes into contact with the upper end of the superstructure stopper 124a,
Parts 125a and 125b of the stopper 124b are held at a position retracted from the entrance of the prize ball storage tubes 123a to 123c. Therefore, the prize ball is transferred to the bent gutter 110a.
~110c into the prize ball storage cylinders 123a~123C and are in a first state where they are stopped by the stopper portions 143a~143C. On the other hand, the vertical sliding member 133a
, 133b are in the raised position, the contact convex portion 14
1a, 141b and the contact rollers 144a, 144b are no longer in contact with each other, so that the substructure stoppers 142a, 142
b is in a freely rotatable state. When the substructure stoppers 142a and 142b are in a free state, the stopper parts 143a to 143C are pressed and rotated by the earth pressure of the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c, and the prize ball storage cylinders are rotated. The prize balls stored in 1238 to 123C are paid out to a prize ball discharging passage 190, which will be described later. At this time, the superstructure stoppers 124a, 124
In b, since the control protrusions 136a and 136b are raised, the superstructure stoppers 124a and 124b close the entrances of the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c by their own weight, and the lower ends of the contact recesses 138a and 138b and the abutting pieces 126a, 126b of the superstructure stoppers 124a, 124b engage, and the superstructure stoppers 124a, 124b (D stopper parts 125a, 125b are moved to the prize ball storage tube 123a).
~123c is maintained at the location where it entered the population.

Therefore, the prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tubes 123a to 123c.
The second state is stopped just before the population of .

In this way, the prize ball dispensing device 120 has the upper work stoppers 124a, 124b and the lower work stoppers 142a, 1.
42b is alternately opened and closed to repeat a first state in which prize balls are supplied into the prize ball storage cylinders 1238 to 123C and a second state in which prize balls are discharged from the prize ball storage cylinders 123a to 123c. It looks like this. and,
In order to operate this, vertical sliding members 133a, 133
b, the control protrusions 136a, 136b and the abutment protrusion 141
a, 141b, and a fitting recess 140a.

140b is formed. This fitting recess 140a, 1
The tip portions of the actuating members 149a, 149b are adapted to engage with the actuating member 40b. The actuation members 149a, 149b are
The rear end portion is rotatably supported on a support shaft 150 extending between the mechanism plate main body 41 and the support plate 151. The support plate 151 has mounting bosses 1 protruding from the mechanism plate main body 41.
52a.

152b. Further, the operating member 149a,
Almost in the center of 149b are interlocking rods 153a and 15.3b.
A rotating member 167a, whose upper ends are connected, and whose interlocking rods 153a and 153b are operated by winning balls, which will be described later.
The actuating members 149a and 149b are rotated in response to being slid in the vertical direction by the actuating member 167b. Further, the vertical sliding members 133a, 133b slide in the vertical direction in response to the rotation of the actuating members 149a, 149b.

A winning ball processing mechanism 160 is associated with the lower ends of the winning ball processing mechanism interlocking rods 153a and 153b. This winning ball processing mechanism 16
0, as shown in detail in FIG. 10, are provided so as to overlap in the front-rear direction so as to correspond to the first upper prize collection gutter 44a and the second upper prize collection gutter 44b. First, winning soil placement portions 162a, 162b are formed at the ends of the winning ball discharge passages 161a, 161b connected to the first upper winning collecting gutter 44a and the second upper winning collecting gutter 44b. Openings are formed on the left and right sides of the winning ball placement parts 162a and 162b, and one opening has a stopper member 163.
a, 163b and rotating members 167a, 167b face,
Pushing members 172a and 172b face the other opening. The stopper members 163a and 163b are connected to the support shaft 16.
It is freely rotatable around 4. Also, an engaging portion 165 that engages with the rotating members 167a and 167b at one end thereof.
a, 165b are formed, and the other end is a contact portion 166a, 1 facing the end of the winning ball discharge passage 161a, 161b.
66b is formed. Rotating members 167a, 167b
has a "T" shape and is rotatable about a support shaft 168. Further, an engaging convex portion 169 that engages with the engaging portions 165a and 165b is provided on the upper part of the support shaft 168.
a.

169b is formed, winning ball contact surface parts 170a, 170b that contact winning balls are formed at the lower part of the spindle 168, and furthermore, the interlocking rods 153a, 153b are formed at the rear of the spindle 168.
Connecting portions 171a and 171b are formed to be connected to.

Further, the extrusion members 172a and 172b have an inverted "L" shape, and are rotatably provided within a predetermined angular range by having their lower ends supported by a support shaft 173.

Moreover, the extrusion member 172a.

Pressing surfaces 175a and 175b for pushing out winning balls are formed at the upper front end of 172b, and rotating rollers 174a and 174b are provided at the upper rear end. These rotating rollers 174a, 174b have rotating cams 177a, 177b fixed to a motor shaft 179 of a drive motor 178.
, so that the drive motor 1
The rotation of 78 causes the extrusion members 172a and 172b to rotate in the left-right direction. Note that the extrusion member 172
Return springs 176a, 176b are locked slightly above the support shafts 173 of a and '172b, so that the extrusion members 172a, 172b are always placed in the winning soil placement parts 162a, 162b.
The force is applied in the opposite direction. Further, since the two rotating cams 177a and 177b are fixed to the shaft 179 with their phases shifted from each other, the extrusion members 172a and 172b are not rotated at the same time. This reduces the load on the drive motor 178, eliminates the need to process winning balls with different numbers of prize balls at the same time, and makes it possible to notify the player of the difference in the number of prize balls paid out. ing.

On one side of the winning soil placement parts 162a and 162b, there is a winning ball discharge passage 180a through which the winning balls pushed out by the pushing members 172a and 172b are discharged.

180b is formed. This winning ball discharge passage 180a,
Winning ball detection member 181 forming one side wall of 180b
a and 181b are provided to be swingable around a support shaft 182. And winning ball detection members 181a, 181b
Detection switches 183a, 183b are arranged on one side, and actuators 184a, 184b of the detection switches 183a, 183b actuate the winning detection members 181a, 18.
1b is detected and a prize ball payout notification lamp 24 formed on the front surface of the game board 9 is turned on. In addition, by providing two prize ball payout notification lamps 24, one for discharging 7 balls and one for discharging 13 balls, and making them correspond to the winning detection members 181a and 181b, it is possible to determine which number of prize balls will be ejected. It may also be possible to notify the user of the information.

In addition, at the ends of the winning ball discharge passages 180a and f80b,
Winning ball detectors 185a and 185b are attached. The winning ball detectors 185a and 185b send signals to a central control computer installed in the gaming hall, and are provided to create business data for the pachinko gaming machine 1. Winning ball detector 185a, 18
The winning balls that have passed through 5b are guided from the winning ball detector 186 to the ring path 112, and are discharged to the outside of the pachinko game machine 1.

The operation of the winning ball processing mechanism 160 configured as above will be explained with reference to FIG. 10. Note that although Figure 10 shows the mechanism on the near side, that is, the mechanism by which 7 prize balls are paid out, the mechanism on the back side, that is, the mechanism by which 13 prize balls are paid out, is also the same. , the explanation thereof will be omitted. First, the state of the prize ball dispensing device 120 is such that the lower ball stopper 124b is opened and the prize ball is transferred to the prize ball storage tube 12.
A predetermined number (7 pieces) are stored in 3C, and the lower ball stopper 1
The stopper part 143C of 42b is the prize ball storage cylinder 123c.
The state of intrusion is maintained. In such a state, the winning balls flowing down the second winning ball detector 44b and guided into the winning ball guide path 161b are placed in the winning ball while rotating the stopper member 163b counterclockwise as shown in the figure. It is placed on the placing section 162b. Then, the rotating cam 177b, which is constantly rotating, hits the rotating roller 17 of the pushing member 172b.
4b and rotates the pushing member 172b so as to push it forward. As the extrusion member 172b rotates, the winning balls on the winning soil placement part 162b move in the extrusion direction, but at this time, the winning balls are moved between the pressing surface part 175b of the extrusion member 172b and the winning balls on the rotating member 167b. Contact surface portion 170b
It moves while being held between the two. Also, at this time, since the engagement portion 165b of the stopper member 163b and the engagement convex portion 169b of the rotating member 167b are disengaged, the rotating member 167b rotates in the counterclockwise direction shown in the figure. do. Rotating member 1
67b rotates, the front end of the engaging convex portion 169b rotates the stopper member 163b clockwise, and the abutting portion 166b enters to close the end of the winning ball guide path 161b, and the next Winning balls are not placed on the winning soil placement section 162b. At the same time, the interlocking rod 153b rises to rotate the actuating member 149b upward. Then, the vertical sliding member 133b rises, so the contact piece 126b of the lower ball stopper 124b contacts the lower part of the contact recess 138b of the control protrusion 136b, and the stopper part 125b of the lower ball stopper 124b stores the prize ball. The prize ball invades the population of tube 123c and the prize ball is stored in the prize ball storage tube 1.
Lock it so that it does not flow into 23c. Also, since the contact convex portion 141b of the vertical sliding member 133b and the contact roller 144b of the lower ball stopper 142b are disengaged,
The lower ball stopper 142b is in a free state, and therefore the stopper part 143c is pressed and rotated by the earth pressure of the prize balls in the prize ball storage cylinder 123c, and the prize ball storage cylinder 123c is rotated.
A predetermined number of prize balls stored therein are discharged into the prize ball discharge passage 190.

When a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out as described above, the winning balls held between the rotating member 167b and the pushing member 172b are removed by further rotation of the pushing member 172b, so that the winning balls are removed from the winning soil placing portion 162b. Comes off from the winning ball discharge passage 180
Fall to b. Then, the rotating member 167b! f, as it rotates clockwise and returns to its original state, the interlocking rod 153b and the vertical sliding member 133b descend accordingly to fix the substructure stopper 142b again, and the upper ball stopper 1
24b is opened and the prize ball is guided into the prize ball storage cylinder 123C. At this time, the stopper member 163b also returns to its original state by the rotation of the rotating member 167b, so the next winning ball that was waiting at the end of the winning ball discharge path 161b is allowed to flow down, and the winning soil It moves to the placing part 162b and repeats the above-mentioned operation.

In addition, the winning balls discharged to the winning ball discharge passage 180b are
Activate the detection switch 183b and the winning ball detector 185b to detect the winning ball from the winning ball detector 186 to the ring passageway 112.
and is discharged outside the pachinko game machine 1.

Prize ball discharging path The prize balls paid out from the prize ball dispensing device 120 are discharged to a prize ball discharging path 190. The prize ball release path 190 is provided with a bell 191 that makes a sound when the released prize balls collide with each other, and furthermore, a guidance opening 192 is provided at the lower end of the release path 190 below the bell 191. It communicates with the batted ball supply tray 6. Further, on one side of the guide opening 192, there is a communication gutter 19 for communicating with the surplus ball passage 194.
3 is provided to guide surplus prize balls to a surplus ball passage 194. The surplus ball passage 194 is connected at its lower end to a connection gutter 199 attached to the back surface of the front frame 2, and guides surplus prize balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 32. In addition, on one side wall of the surplus ball passage 194,
A prize ball fullness detection plate 196 is provided to be swingable around the upper end. However, the prize ball fullness detection board 196
When the surplus ball passage 194 is filled with prize balls, it is pressed by the prize balls and oscillates, and the slide wire 197 connected to the prize ball fullness detection plate 196 moves, causing the above-mentioned (not shown) The operation of the batted ball supply device is fixed to prevent the batted ball from being supplied to the batted ball launch position. Further, a fullness detection switch 198 is provided at a position opposite to the prize ball fullness detection plate 196. When the prize ball fullness detection plate 196 is swung, the fullness detection switch 198 is turned OFF.
FF, and the drive motor 1 of the winning ball processing mechanism 160
The rotation of 78 is stopped. Therefore, when the fullness detection plate 196 is activated, the ball cannot be fired and prize balls are not paid out. Further, a bell 195 is provided in the surplus ball passage 194 to generate a sound when it collides with a prize ball.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the mechanism plate main body 41 is provided with an out ball guide gutter 200 connected to the rear end of the out port 22.

As described above, the prize ball guiding gutter 80 in this embodiment communicates with the outermost guiding path 84 on its upstream side surface, and its bottom surface is higher than the bottom surface of the guiding path 84 by approximately one ball. Since the bulging guide path 87 is formed in a step-like manner, the prize balls flowing down the bottom of the outermost guide path 84 will be separated from the prize balls located above and the bulging guide path 87.
Since the prize balls are constantly under the pressure of the prize balls flowing down, they flow preferentially and smoothly toward the downstream side. Therefore, the single-item balls do not become jammed at the confluence of the outermost guide path 84 and the bulging guide path 87.

In addition, by arranging the plurality of reading guide paths 83a, 83b, 84 and the bulging guide path 87 to face the prize ball outlet 57 of the prize ball tank 50, the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 50 are Since the balls are guided to all the guide paths 83a, 83b, 84 including the guide path 84 and the bulging guide path 87, the above-mentioned earth pressure is always applied on average to the prize balls flowing on the bottom surface of the outermost guide path 84. , it is possible to more reliably prevent prize balls from clogging at the confluence of the outermost guide path 84 and the bulging guide path 87. 7 In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a prize ball guiding gutter having a plurality of guiding paths for dispensing two types of prize balls was exemplified, but this can be used for dispensing one type of prize and the number of balls. The present invention may also be applied to a prize ball guide gutter which is provided with only one guide path for guiding prize balls downstream while arranging them in a line.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, the pinball game machine according to the present invention has an upstream side surface of the prize ball guiding gutter that communicates with the guiding path, and a bottom surface of the guiding path. Since the bulging guide path is formed in a step-like manner so that the height is higher than that of Because of this, it flows preferentially and smoothly toward the downstream side. Therefore, the prize balls do not become jammed at the confluence of the guide path and the bulging guide path.

In addition, since the guide route and the bulging guide route are made to face the prize ball outlet of the prize ball tank, the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank are led out to the guide route and the bulging guide route, so that the guide The above-mentioned earth pressure is always applied on average to the prize balls flowing along the bottom surface of the path, and it is possible to more reliably prevent the prize balls from clogging at the confluence of the guide path and the bulging guide path.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the prize ball guide gutter, FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of the prize ball tank, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the relationship between the prize ball guide gutter and the prize ball tank. Figure 4 is a plan view showing the relationship between the prize ball guiding gutter and the prize ball tank, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the prize ball amount sensing plate, and Figure 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the bent gutter and the prize ball dispensing device. 7 is a perspective view of the prize ball dispensing device, FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view of the connecting portion between the bending gutter and the prize ball dispensing device, and FIG. 9 is a plan sectional view of the prize ball dispensing device. Figure 10 is a side view showing the relationship between the prize ball dispensing device and the winning ball processing mechanism, 1st! The figure is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine, and FIG. 12 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko game machine. 1. Pachinko game machine (pinball game machine) 50.. Prize ball tank 57.. Prize ball outlet 80.. Prize ball guide troughs 83a, 83c.. Guidance path 84.. (outermost) guidance path 87.・・Bulge guiding path Figure 3/20

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A pinball game machine comprising a prize ball tank with a prize ball outlet, and a prize ball guide gutter that guides the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank to a prize ball payout device. In the prize ball guide gutter, a bulging guide path is provided in a step shape on the upstream side of the guide path for arranging the prize balls in a line, the bottom surface of which is higher than the bottom surface of the guide path, and the prize balls are arranged in a line. A pinball game machine characterized in that the guide path and the bulging guide path are formed so as to face a prize ball outlet of a tank.