JPH0432134Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Purpose of the Invention [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a pachinko ball storage device that is disposed on the back side of a pachinko machine and that stores pachinko balls used in a game and guides them to a predetermined position. .

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a pachinko ball storage device is attached to the back side of a pachinko machine, receives the pachinko balls used in the game on the front side of the pachinko machine, and guides the pachinko balls to the conveyance process of a pachinko ball conveyor. There is. As a result, the pachinko balls used at the pachinko machine are returned to the circulation system within the store and are used repeatedly.

The above-mentioned pachinko ball container is installed directly on the back side of the pachinko machine by nailing slightly below a through hole that communicates the front side and the back side, and the pachinko balls used in the game pass through the through hole. When the balls fell to the back of the pachinko machine, they were received in a box-shaped storage case, and sent through the gutter to the pachinko ball conveyor.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, even the above-mentioned conventional pachinko ball accommodating device is not sufficient and has the following problems.

Pachinko machines are extremely popular, and many manufacturers offer a wide variety of them. Along with this, there is no uniformity in the drilling positions of the through-holes that serve as passages for the pachinko balls, and therefore, when installing a pachinko ball container, it is necessary to install the pachinko ball container individually depending on the pachinko machine to which it is installed. It's something that doesn't exist.

Moreover, even the thickness of pachinko machines varies, so when installing a thicker machine on an island, even the installation position of the machine may have to be changed so that the machines with their backs facing each other do not collide with each other. There is. In such a case, the pachinko ball container must also be moved back and forth to match the installation position of the pachinko machine and installed.

In this way, even if the mounting position of the pachinko ball container moves to match the pachinko machine, the conveyance process of the pachinko ball conveyor is an immovable device that is installed in pachinko parlors, The pachinko ball containers used to guide the pachinko balls needed to be more diverse, such as requiring different types of gutter path lengths depending on the installation location.

However, if you select the pachinko ball container to fit the pachinko machine as described above,
It is necessary to always have various types of pachinko ball containers, and each time you replace a pachinko machine, you have to remove the pachinko ball container that was compatible with the previous pachinko machine and replace it with one that is compatible with the new pachinko machine. It is extremely complicated and irrational to handle, such as having to attach a container, and it is not economical, as it leads to high costs.

The present invention was devised in view of the above problems, and provides an excellent pachinko ball storage device that is compatible with any type of pachinko machine and whose position can be easily and easily adjusted in two directions: front, back, left, and right. That is its purpose.

Structure of the device [Means for solving the problem] The device configured in the present invention for the above purpose is attached to the back side of a pachinko machine arranged along the pachinko ball transfer groove, and is installed on the front side of the pachinko table. A main body portion comprising a storage case that stores pachinko balls used in a game and discharges them from a passage hole, and a gutter that stores the pachinko balls discharged from the passage hole, guides them onto the transfer groove, and causes them to fall from the drop hole. In the pachinko ball storage device, the main body part fixes an intervening part slidably fitted in parallel with the transfer groove in accordance with the pachinko machine, and the main body part has an elliptical elongated hole. is formed parallel to the sliding direction, and an embedded screw passing through the elongated hole is erected in the intervening part, and the body part is screwed onto the embedded screw and is slid while being held between the intervening part and the intervening part. It has a nut that can prevent and fix the gutter, and further includes a fitting recess that supports the gutter in the housing case so as to be rotatable around an axis perpendicular to a horizontal plane, and a fitting recess formed in the housing case and the gutter. The gist of the present invention is a pachinko ball accommodating device characterized by being equipped with a path changing mechanism that can be locked by fitting with a fitting convex portion.

[Function] In the pachinko ball storage device of the present invention, the intervening part is fixed according to the pachinko machine, and when the nut is loosened, the main body can be slid, and the main body can be pushed against the pachinko machine. Can be moved to an appropriate position. At this time, the embedded screw moves along the elongated hole. Then, by tightening the nut, the main body part is held between the intervening part, the sliding movement of the main body part is prevented, and the main body part is fixed. Furthermore, the drop hole and the transfer groove can be aligned by rotating the gutter around an axis perpendicular to the horizontal plane. Then, the fitting protrusion and the fitting recess are fitted to lock the gutter to the housing case. Further, the storage case of the main body stores the pachinko balls from the pachinko machine, and discharges them from the passage hole into the gutter, and the gutter guides the pachinko balls onto the transfer groove, where they fall from the drop hole into the transfer groove.

Hereinafter, it will be explained in detail by giving examples.

[Example] FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a pachinko ball container according to an example. As shown in the figure, the pachinko ball container consists of two members: a main body part 10 and an intervening part 50.
These two members are integrated by wing nuts 70A, 70B.

First, the structure of the main body section 10 will be explained. The storage case 12, which is located in the center of the main body 10 and has a large occupied area, has a large opening to securely receive the pachinko balls used in the pachinko machine, and gradually collects all the pachinko balls stored in this way. In order to feed the pachinko balls to a pachinko ball conveyor (not shown), the bottom surface 14 of the storage case 12 is inclined toward a passage hole 16 formed in the center. Passing hole 16
A gutter 20 whose tip extends to the pachinko ball conveyor is disposed below, so that the pachinko balls stored in the storage case 12 are reliably transferred to the pachinko ball conveyor through the gutter 20. Sent. A large number of protrusions 3 fitted into the opening of the storage case 12
The edge member 30 having the number 2 is attached with consideration to prevent pachinko balls falling into the storage case 12 at a high speed from jumping out of the storage case 12 due to the reaction.

The gutter 20 is formed to have a wide area directly below the passage hole 16 so as to be able to receive a large number of pachinko balls, but gradually narrows toward the tip of the gutter 20 to hold the pachinko balls in a single row. They are arranged in an orderly manner and dropped one by one from the drop hole 22. In order to ensure smooth flow of pachinko balls as described above, a pachinko ball presser 24 is provided at the tip of the gutter 20 immediately before the entrance of the drop hole 22 so as to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow in the figure. This has the effect of holding down the pachinko balls with a certain amount of weight and arranging them in one row and one row so that the pachinko balls do not overlap and block the entrance of the drop hole 22. In addition, in order to detect the amount of pachinko balls passing through the drop hole 22, a well-known pachinko ball measuring device 26 is built into the tip of the gutter 20, and the measurement result is sent to a central pachinko ball sorting device (not shown) through a lead wire 26A. transmitted to.

The main body 10, which has the basic functions of a pachinko ball container as described above, further includes the following leg members 4.
2,44 are installed. The leg members 42, 44 are
Both are approximately L-shaped, and are attached to the bottom of both sides of the storage case 12 so as to support and raise the storage case 12 and the gutter 20 at the bottom thereof. It bends and spreads out. Moreover, these leg members 42, 44
The bottom part is a hollow frame body having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and an intervening part 50 (to be described later) is fitted into the hollow part, and the embedded screw 5 of the intervening part 50 is inserted in the fitted state.
Oval long holes 46 and 48 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the intervening portion 50 are bored through which the holes 2 and 54 pass.

As described above, the intervening part 50 is a linear rod that fits into the bottoms of the leg members 42 and 44, and has the embedded screws 52 and 54 embedded in both ends thereof. Moreover, the bottom part of the intervening part 50 has three parts at the center and both ends.
Fixing holes 56, 57, and 58 are bored at the locations. After arranging the intervening part 50 so that the sliding direction of the main body part 10 described later and the transfer groove 100 are parallel to each other and so that the edge member 30 is in contact with the back side of the pachinko machine 90, the fixing hole 56, It can be easily fixed by nailing into 57 and 58.

The embedded screws 52 and 54 of the interposed part 50, which can be easily fixed in this way, are inserted into the long holes 4 of the leg members 42 and 44.
6, 48, the main body portion 10 is inserted into the intervening portion 5.
0 (see dotted line arrow in the figure). Therefore, the main body part 10 is slid to a desired position, and the embedded screws 52, 54 are inserted at that position.
Screw the butterfly nuts 70A and 70B to the main body 10.
Prevents and fixes sliding.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the main body 10 viewed from the gutter 20 side. As shown in the figure, the gutter 20 stands perpendicularly to the horizontal plane and is rotatably supported by the housing case 12 by a screw 20A screwed into the housing case 12, using the screw 20A as a fulcrum. It can be rotated as shown by the arrow in the figure. In addition, in order to set and fix the rotation of the gutter 20 at a desired angle, a notch member 20B having a large number of fitting recesses is attached to the storage case side.
By fitting with the fitting protrusion 20C provided protrudingly on the gutter 20, the storage case 12 and the gutter 20 are locked, and the gutter 2
The rotation angle of 0 can be adjusted to a desired value. Said screw 2
0A, notch member 20B, and fitting convex portion 20C constitute a course changing mechanism.

Note that the rib 20D formed on the bottom surface of the storage case 12 is provided for attaching the gutter 20 and the notch member 20B, and the gutter 20 can be attached to the left side as shown in the figure, or the rib 20D
It is provided so that you can choose to mount it on the side or to mount it on the side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment part of the pachinko machine 90 to the island, drawn from the back side. As shown in the figure, the pachinko machine 90 has a through hole 92 through which the pachinko balls used on the front game surface (not shown) pass and are guided to the back surface. The pachinko ball storage device is attached so that the center portion of the storage case 12 is located directly below the through hole 92 . As a result, pachinko machine 9
The pachinko balls used at 0 are surely supplemented to the pachinko ball container. Then, in order to incorporate the compensated pachinko balls into the pachinko ball circulation system again and reuse them, the pachinko balls are passed through the gutter 2 up to the upper center of the pachinko ball transfer groove 100 provided in the center of the island.
0, it falls from the drop hole 22 and is reliably sent to the transfer groove 100.

The pachinko ball container of this embodiment whose structure has been described above has the following effects based on the structure.

First, since the gutter 20 is configured to be rotatable with respect to the storage case 12, the distance between the attachment position of the pachinko ball container and the transfer groove 100 will change even if the thickness of the pachinko machine is changed, etc. There is no need to use other types of pachinko ball containers. For example, from the positional relationship shown in Figure 3,
Consider a case where the pachinko ball container must be moved closer to the pachinko table 90 side due to a change in the thickness of the pachinko machine 90, and the pachinko ball container must be installed so that the transfer groove 100 and the pachinko ball container are separated from each other. Even in such a case, if the gutter 20 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the process of transferring pachinko balls will gradually become linear with respect to the transfer groove 100, and the transfer groove 100 will be sufficiently moved. A drop hole 22 can be located at the upper center. That is, no matter what kind of pachinko machine the pachinko ball container of this embodiment is attached to, the position of the drop hole 22 of the gutter 20 can be moved.
The pachinko balls can be reliably guided to the upper center of the transfer groove 100. Therefore, if the pachinko ball container of this embodiment is used, it is compatible with any type of pachinko machine and is simple and easy to handle. Furthermore, it is extremely economical since there is no need to prepare various pachinko ball containers.

Second, when attaching this pachinko ball container to a pachinko machine, the intervening part 50, which is a simple rod-shaped body,
is fixed by nailing, and then the main body part 10 is integrated with the fixed intervening part 50 using wing nuts 70A and 70B, so there is a risk of damaging the pachinko machine or the pachinko ball container. It is sufficient to perform nail driving only on the intervening portion 50 which is light and does not have any mechanism that can be destroyed, and no skill is required for this operation. Even if the intervening part 50 were to be broken, the main body part 10, which functions as a pachinko ball accommodating device, would remain unharmed, so that the damage caused by such an erroneous operation can be minimized.

Also, the intervening portion 50 is nailed to the pachinko machine 9.
0, and the main body part 10 is fitted. and,
After sliding the main body part 10 and aligning it with the through hole 92, the wing nuts 70A and 70B are tightened and fixed. After that, if the position of the through hole 92 and the main body part 10 becomes misaligned, such as when replacing it with a new one,
Rotate the wing nuts 70A and 70B about half a turn to one turn to loosen them. In that state, the main body 10
and align it with the through hole 92. At this time, the main body 10 can be continuously moved within the slidable range and can be moved to any position, allowing fine adjustment. Moreover, the main body part 1
The movement operation is easy because it can be moved simply by pressing 0 with your hand.

Furthermore, the main body 10 is moved to an appropriate position and the positional relationship between the main body 10 and the through hole 92 of the pachinko machine 90 is observed without tightening the wing nuts 70A, 70B. Since the main body 10 is in a movable state, if you want to move the main body 10 a little more, just press the main body 10 with your hand to slide it by the amount that is slightly shifted and move it to an appropriate position. . If it fits in that position, the butterfly nut 70A,
Tighten 70B by half a turn to one turn, and then tighten the main body part 1.
0 can be fixed to the interposed part 50.

In this way, the wing nuts 70A and 70B do not need to be tightened each time the main body 10 is moved, and can be tightened last after confirming that the main body 10 is in the correct position. It's not a hassle. Further, since the main body portion 10 can be freely moved while the wing nuts 70A and 70B are loosened, it is easy to observe the position after movement and move it again to the optimum position. Therefore, the position of the main body part 10 can be easily adjusted, and moreover, it can be easily adjusted to the optimum position. Therefore, the pachinko balls falling through the through hole 92 can be supplemented at the center of the storage case 12 of the pachinko ball storage device, resulting in a more effective pachinko ball storage device.

Note that the pachinko ball container may be configured in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Effects of the Invention As described above in detail with reference to embodiments, the pachinko ball storage device of the present invention can be easily and easily applied to any type of pachinko machine in the left and right directions parallel to the transfer groove and at right angles thereto. This is a highly versatile pachinko ball container that can be adjusted in position in two directions, front and back. Therefore, by preparing only one pachinko ball container, it becomes possible to deal with replacement of pachinko machines, etc., resulting in an excellent pachinko ball container that is easy to handle and extremely economical.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko ball container of the embodiment, Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the pachinko ball container of the embodiment, and Fig. 3 is an explanation of how the pachinko ball container of the embodiment is attached to a pachinko machine. Figure shows. 10...Main unit, 12...Accommodation case, 20...
...Gutter, 50...Intervening part, 90...Pachinko machine, 1
00...transfer groove.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A storage case that is attached to the back side of a pachinko machine arranged along a pachinko ball transfer groove, and that stores pachinko balls used in a game on the front side of the pachinko machine and discharges them from a passage hole. , a pachinko ball container comprising a main body section having a gutter that accommodates the pachinko balls discharged from the passage hole, guides them onto the transfer groove, and drops them from the drop hole, wherein the main body section is parallel to the transfer groove. An intervening part that is slidably fitted is fixed in accordance with the pachinko machine, and an elliptical long hole is formed in the main body part parallel to the sliding direction, and the long hole is formed in the intervening part. an embedded screw penetrating through the gutter is erected, a nut is screwed onto the embedded screw and is capable of holding the main body portion between the intervening portion and preventing sliding and fixing the gutter; a passage changing mechanism that is rotatably supported on the housing case around an axis perpendicular to the housing case and that can be locked by fitting between a fitting recess and a fitting protrusion formed in the housing case and the gutter. A pachinko ball container characterized by: