JPH0337668Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial field of application> This invention relates to a pachinko machine in which the number of balls is visually displayed by a display means when the balls are pulled out from a prize ball tray installed in the pachinko machine. It is something.

<Prior art> When a player ends a pachinko game and exchanges prize balls for prizes, or when moving to another pachinko machine,
The ball must be removed from the upper or lower tray on the surface of the pachinko machine.

In a conventional pachinko machine, the upper tray has an operating part for guiding the balls inside to the lower tray, and the lower tray has a ball ejecting means for ejecting the balls inside. Therefore,
If there are any balls remaining in the upper tray, the operating section is operated to cause the balls in the upper tray to flow down to the lower tray, and the ball extraction means of the lower tray is operated to extract the balls into the prize ball casing. Then, during or at the end of a pachinko game, the player carries the prize balls placed in the prize ball case to a prize exchange place in order to exchange them for a desired prize.

When exchanging the balls in the upper tray or lower tray for prizes as described above, the balls are extracted from the lower tray, placed in the prize ball casing, carried to the prize exchange place, and fed to the counter device where they are counted and the balls are counted. Since the number is displayed, the player checks the displayed number of balls and exchanges it for an appropriate prize. In this case, since the player cannot accurately know the number of balls in the prize ball box, he or she estimates the approximate number of balls based on weight and visual estimation. However, if there is a certain degree of difference between the number of balls predicted by the player and the number displayed on the counter device, and the number of balls predicted by the player is less than the number displayed on the counter device, the player may be faced with an unexpected situation. Not only does this create a sense of distrust, but it also creates a sense of regret that the game ended prematurely, which in turn reduces the interest in subsequent pachinko games. Especially in recent years, due to the popularity of so-called digital pachinko machines that can win a large amount of prize balls in a short time when a jackpot occurs, the number of expensive prizes has increased. When it is discovered that the predetermined number of pitches has not been reached for the first time through counting, the player feels a great sense of disappointment.

Also, when exchanging prizes such as cigarettes or drinking water during a pachinko game, the player takes out the required number of balls (for example, 30 to 80) from the lower tray, carries them to the prize exchange place, and exchanges them for the desired prize. However, if the player makes a mistake in counting the balls at hand, he has to go back to the Pachinko machine he is playing and bring the missing number of balls back to the prize exchange office, which is troublesome.

Therefore, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-45427 proposes a pachinko machine that can count the balls accumulated in the lower tray and visually display the number of balls.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> However, the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine that can count the number of balls accumulated in the lower tray and visually display it to the player does not have the ability to count the number of balls accumulated in the lower tray. As you can tell, it took a long time to count the structure, so it was not very practical in the past. In other words, with the counter in conventional pachinko machines, the balls must be directly lined up and passed through the counter from the tray where a large amount of balls are stored, so balls often get clogged when they are lined up, and the counting speed is slow. It is also not possible to speed up.
Therefore, the current situation is that it cannot be applied to digital pachinko machines, which can win a large number of prize balls in a short time when a jackpot occurs in recent years, and there is a strong need for a pachinko machine that can easily count the balls held in a short time. ing.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention was proposed in view of the above, in which a discharge port 9 is provided at the bottom 8 of the prize ball receiving portion 5, and an opening/closing plate 10 is provided below the discharge port. In the pachinko machine 1 equipped with a prize ball tray (for example, the lower tray 4), which can discharge balls stored in the prize ball tray by operating the operating part 14 to open the release plate,
A display means 30 capable of displaying the number of balls is provided on the surface side of the prize ball tray, and the discharge port opened at the bottom of the prize ball tray has an opening width of at least twice the size of the balls in the front and back and left and right directions. The lower side of the outlet is connected to the operating section and has a biasing member (coil spring 24).
The plurality of rows of inclined portions 22 have a plurality of rows of sloped portions 22 whose downstream ends slope downward toward the hole 23 through which the ball passes. A support member 11 through which the balls can flow down in a parallel state is provided so that the discharge port and the inclined part and hole of this support member are vertically opposed to each other, and each detection portion ( Each of the detection holes 28) communicates with the plurality of holes and is provided with a sensor 27 for detecting a ball flowing down the hole, and further includes a reset means 31 for returning the number of balls visually displayed on the display means to zero. It is prepared.

<Function> Therefore, according to the present invention, when the operation section is opened, balls from the prize ball tray in which a large amount of balls are stored are pulled out in multiple rows from the ejection port, and the inclined portion of the support member is used to remove the balls from the prize ball tray in multiple rows. The number of balls extracted from the award ball tray is visually displayed on the display means, and the number of balls pulled out from the prize ball tray is visually displayed on the display means, so that the player can check the number of balls in the middle of the game or during the game. After finishing the game, the number of balls ejected from the prize ball tray can be accurately checked at hand at any time. Also,
The number of pitches visually displayed on the display means can be reset to zero by the reset means.

<Embodiment> The present invention will be explained below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. As shown in FIG. In this invention, the prize ball tray 2 corresponds to the lower tray 4. As shown in Fig. 2, this prize ball tray 2 has a prize ball receiving portion 5 and a tiltable ashtray 6 arranged side by side, and fastening rods 7 installed on the rear surface are attached to the front plate of the pachinko machine. It can be attached by inserting it and fastening it. The bottom part 8 of the above-mentioned prize ball receiving part 5
A discharge port 9 is provided at the bottom portion 8, and a ball game means 12 is provided on the lower surface side of the bottom portion 8, which includes a support member 11 that supports an opening/closing plate 10 for opening and closing the discharge port 9.

The opening/closing plate 10 has a flat plate shape, and has a front edge provided with an operating portion 14 via a shallow groove 13, and a storage chamber 15 formed on one side of the lower surface into which an end of a coil spring serving as a biasing member is fitted. Further, the supporting member 11 has an L-shaped protective frame 17 on one side of the plate 16, and a protrusion 18 protruding from the side surface of the protective frame 17 for fixing the end of the coil spring. A passage hole 19 communicating with the discharge port 9 is formed on the side. For example, three through holes 21 are formed in the front and rear of the above-mentioned passage hole 19 by the partitioning material 20, and each through hole 21 is provided with an inclined portion 22 whose downstream end slopes downward toward a hole 23 which will be described later. The hole 23 is formed at the lower end of the inclined portion 22 so that a pachinko ball can pass therethrough.

Therefore, when the opening/closing plate 10 is placed on the upper surface of the plate 16 of the support member 11 and the coil spring 24 is hung between the storage chamber 15 and the protrusion 18, the ball extracting means 1 is closed.
2 can be configured. This ball extraction means 12
As shown in FIG. 3, the opening/closing plate 10 is urged by the coil spring 24 to always close the passage port 19, but the opening/closing plate 10 is slid along the support member 11 by the operating section 14. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when the opening/closing plate 10 is slid away from the passage opening 19, the passage opening 19 opens.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the detecting means 12 is attached to the lower surface of the above-mentioned ball extracting means 12 with a screw or the like.
Attach 5. This detection means 25 has three thin plate sensors 27 such as a proximity switch or a photo sensor housed in a flat frame member 26. A discharge gutter 29 is provided below the detection hole 28 as a detection part of each sensor 27. will be extended.

The ball extraction means 12 with the detection means 25 attached in this way is fixed to the bottom surface of the prize ball tray 2 with screws or the like. The part 14 is positioned in front of the prize ball tray 2. Therefore, each through hole 21 of the discharge port 9 and the passage port 19, the hole 23, the detection hole 28, and the discharge gutter 29 communicate in series.

In the drawing, 30 is a digital display means using a 7-segment display electrically connected to the detection means 25, and 31 is a reset switch as a reset means for returning the displayed numerical value of the display means 30 to zero.

The present invention has the above-described configuration, and since the discharge port 9 is closed by the opening/closing plate 10 during a pachinko game, the balls flowing into the prize ball receiving tray 2 accumulate in the prize ball receiving part 5. When the player takes out a ball from the prize ball tray 2, the player places a prize ball casing (not shown) below the ejection gutter 29, moves the operating section 14 laterally, and then removes the ball from the opening/closing plate 1.
0 against the coil spring 24 to open the discharge port 9. As a result, the balls in the prize ball receiving part 5 are guided to the discharge port 9, guided to the inclined parts 22 of each through hole 21 of the passage port 19, and then guided from each hole 23 to each detection hole 2.
8, the ball passes through the discharge gutter 29 and falls, and accumulates in the prize ball casing. In this case, one ball passing through each detection hole 28 of each sensor 27 is detected, counted and totaled by an electrical counter means, and visually displayed on a display means 30. In this case, in order to avoid simultaneous detection timing, it is preferable to interpose a scanning means. Therefore, the player can not only grasp the number of balls ejected from the prize ball tray 2 in advance from the display means 30, but also count the number of balls ejected from the prize ball tray 2 in multiple rows by the detection means 25 provided with a plurality of sensors 27. Therefore, high-speed counting is possible. If the user wants to stop extracting the balls from the prize ball tray 2 midway through, he/she may release the operating section 14 and close the discharge port 9 with the opening/closing plate 10.

Note that the numerical value displayed on the display means 30 can be reset to zero by the reset means 31, so if the numerical value is displayed on the display means 30 in advance, the ball may be ejected after returning to zero.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may be modified in any way within the scope of the claims for utility model registration. It can be implemented by For example, the display means 30 and the reset means 3
1 may be attached to the surface of the pachinko machine where it can be easily seen and operated by the player, and the numerical value displayed on the display means 30 may be set such that the numerical value displayed on the display means 30 automatically returns to zero after a predetermined period of time has elapsed by operating a timer after being displayed. may be configured.

<Effects of the Invention> In summary, according to the present invention, the player can not only accurately grasp the number of balls pulled out from the prize ball tray at hand, but also Balls passing through the hole are detected by multiple sensors facing the hole and processed in parallel, making it possible to count faster than conventional methods. This is suitable for a so-called digital pachinko machine in which balls can be acquired. In addition, since the discharge port is formed with an inclined portion that slopes downward toward the plurality of holes arranged in a row, the ball pressure is mutually dispersed at the discharge port, and ball clogging does not occur.

Furthermore, when exchanging a pachinko game for a prize, there is no need to predict the total number of balls, and the number of balls visually displayed on the display means matches the numerical value displayed on the counter device at the prize exchange place. So,
Players will not feel unnecessary distrust,
Even when aiming to obtain an expensive prize, the prize can be surely exchanged for the desired prize. Furthermore, even if some of the balls from the prize ball tray are taken out during the game and exchanged for cigarettes, drinks, etc., the accurate number of balls can be taken out using the display means, so the missing number of balls can be checked at the prize exchange place. There is no unnecessary trouble.

As described above, the present invention is extremely beneficial to players, has a simple structure, can be attached to any pachinko machine, and has extremely high practical value.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a front view of a part of a pachinko machine, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the lower tray, and Figure 3 is a ball extractor with the outlet closed. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the ball extracting means with the discharge port open, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the detection portion. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Pachinko machine, 2... Prize ball tray, 5... Prize ball receiving part, 8... Bottom, 9... Discharge port, 10... Opening/closing plate, 11... Supporting member, 12... Ball extraction means ,1
4...Operation unit, 22...Slanted part, 23...Hole, 2
5...detection means, 27...sensor, 30...display means, 31...reset means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] An ejection port is provided at the bottom of the prize ball receiver, an opening/closing plate is placed below the ejection opening, and the opening/closing plate is opened by operating an operating section, In a pachinko machine equipped with a prize ball tray capable of discharging balls stored in the prize ball tray, a display means capable of displaying the number of balls is provided on the surface side of the prize ball tray, and the above-mentioned display means provided at the bottom of the prize ball tray is provided. The opening width of the discharge port on the front, back, left and right sides should be at least 2 times the width of the ball.
Formed into an angular through-hole set to more than twice the size,
An opening/closing plate that communicates with the operating section and closes the outlet by the biasing force of the biasing member is provided on the lower side of the outlet, and the downstream end thereof is lowered toward the hole through which the ball passes. A supporting member having a plurality of rows of inclined inclined portions and allowing balls to flow down the plurality of rows of inclined portions in a parallel state is provided so that the discharge port and the inclined portions and holes of the supporting member are vertically opposed to each other. , a sensor is provided on the lower surface side of the hole of the support member, each of which detects the ball communicates with the plurality of holes to detect a ball flowing down the hole, and is further visually displayed on the display means. A pachinko machine characterized by being equipped with a reset means for returning the number of balls to zero.