JPH05154244A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit the return of a ball from the front surface side of each machine without wiring-connecting an instruction chamber and a pachinko game machine by revolving the driving motor of an electrical prize ball delivery device by the turning-ON operation of a switch which can be turning-ON- operated from the front surface side and leading the prize ball to a ball returning passage by operating a passage selecting device. CONSTITUTION:An electrical prize ball delivery device 13 which delivers prize balls by the revolution of a driving motor 16 and a passage selecting device 30 for introducing the delivered Prize balls to a struck ball feeding plate on the front surface of a pachinko game machine 1 are installed. On the reverse surface side of the pachinko game machine 1, a ball returning switch 37 is installed so as to be turning-ON-operated from the front surface side, and the driving motor 16 of the electrical prize ball delivery device 13 is revolved by the turning-ON operation of the switch 37, and a passage selecting device 30 is operated, and the prize ball delivered from the electrical prize ball delivery device 13 is introduced into a ball returning passage 29. Accordingly, the ball can be returned electrically by the operation from the front surface side of the pachinko game machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with an electric prize ball payout device, wherein the electric prize ball payout device is operated from the front side of the pachinko machine to remove the ball. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko machine equipped with an electric prize ball payout device of this kind has been known, for example, as a pachinko machine below which a prize ball paid out from the electric prize ball payout device is provided. A discharge passage and a ball discharge passage for guiding to the hitting ball supply tray on the front side are provided, and the electric prize ball discharge device is operated by a ball discharge signal from the hall command room, etc., and the discharge passage and the ball discharge passage by the passage switching device. Is switched, and thereby, the premium ball dispensed from the electric premium ball dispensing device is guided to the ball removal passage to perform ball removal.

[0003]

By the way, conventionally, all the balls are removed by the ball removal signal from the command room, but for example, it is possible to remove the balls for each pachinko machine. It is necessary to electrically wire the command room and each pachinko machine individually, and to provide a ball removal switch for each pachinko machine. For this reason, a lot of wiring work is forced, the wiring becomes complicated, and more time is required, resulting in a problem that work efficiency is poor. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to perform ball removal from the front side of each pachinko machine, one by one, without wiring the command room and each pachinko machine. It is to provide such a pachinko machine.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the pachinko machine of the present invention is an electric prize ball payout device for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls by rotation of a drive motor, and the electric prize ball payout device. In a pachinko machine equipped with a passage switching device for switching the discharge passage and the ball passage passage for guiding the prize balls paid out from the pachinko machine to the hitting ball supply tray, from the front side to the back side of the pachinko machine. A ball-removing switch is provided so that it can be turned on. When the switch is turned on, the drive motor of the electric premium ball payout device is rotated and the passage switching device is operated to pay out the electric prize ball discharge device. The prize ball is configured to be guided to the ball-passing passage.

[0005]

[Operation] Insert a pin or the like into the pin hole of the front frame from the front side of the pachinko machine and push the pushing piece of the operating member. As a result, the actuating member pivots rearward against the elastic force of the spiral spring and pushes the detection lever to turn on the switch. Then, when the switch is turned on, the drive motor of the electric prize ball payout device is rotated and the passage switching device is operated to rotate the switching lever. The switching lever causes the discharge passage and the ball passage passage to communicate with each other. The premium ball dispensed from the premium ball dispenser is guided so as to lead to the ball removal passage.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine. A mechanism plate 3 is arranged on the back surface of the pachinko machine 1 so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 2, and a prize ball for collecting prize balls on the lower front surface of the mechanism plate 3 facing the back surface of the game board 2. A gathering portion 4 is formed. Then, the winning ball passage 5 is arranged so that the winning balls are arranged in a line in communication with the exit and flow down.
Is formed, and a winning ball discharging device including a winning ball detector 6 and a winning ball processing device 8 for dropping the winning balls one by one into the discharge passage 7 and a solenoid 9 is disposed at the end thereof.

On the other hand, on the upper back surface of the mechanism plate 3, a prize ball tank 10 for storing the prize balls is provided, and below the prize ball tank 10, there is provided an outlet gutter 11 for aligning and flowing down the prize balls. There is. Further, a vertical supply gutter 12 is continuously provided on the downstream side of the outlet gutter 11, and an electric premium ball payout device 13 is connected to a lower end of the supply gutter 12. Further, below the electric prize ball dispensing device 13, there is provided a prize ball discharge trough 14 for guiding the paid prize balls to a hitting ball supply tray (not shown) in front of the machine.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the electric premium ball payout device 13 is generally constituted by a main body base 15, a drive motor 16, a lead screw 17, and a cover 18. On the front surface of the main body base 15, as shown in FIG. 4, two vertical supply passages 19 continuous with the supply gutter 12 are provided.
a and 19b are formed with a space left and right, and the discharge passages 20a and 20a for the prize balls are provided on the downstream side of the supply passages 19a and 19b.
0b are formed respectively. The drive motor 16
Is attached to the center of the front surface of the main body base 15 via a motor attachment frame 21, the lead screw 17 is below the drive motor 16, and the supply passages 19a, 1
It is arranged so as to be located between 9b.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lead screw 17 has a cylindrical body 17a formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof with the supply passage 19a,
A protrusion 22 for receiving the most up-to-date prize ball is formed in a spiral shape to face 19b, and a rotary shaft 23 protruding in the vertical center of the cylindrical body 17a is provided with a bearing piece 2 of the main body base 15.
It is supported by 4, 24 and is rotatably attached horizontally. The rotary shaft 23 protruding above the cylindrical body 17a
A driven gear 27, which meshes with a driving gear 26 fixed to the motor shaft 25, is fixed to the tip of the motor shaft 25, and thereby the rotation of the motor shaft 25 is transmitted to the lead screw 17. The projection 22 of the lead screw 17 has its leading end ball in the supply passages 19a and 19b loses its support and drops into the discharge passages 20a and 20b when the lead screw 17 makes one rotation. A spiral shape is selected. The discharge passages 20a, 20b are provided with prize ball detectors 28a, 28b, and the discharge passages 20a, 20b are rotated by the rotation of the lead screw 17.
The prize balls paid out to b are detected one by one.

The respective discharge passages 20a and 20b join together on the way to form a single discharge passage 20, and as shown in FIG. 4, a discharge passage 29 is formed by branching to one side thereof. Reference numeral 30 denotes a passage switching device, which is provided with a ball removing solenoid 31 at a lower portion of the electric prize ball delivering device 13, and a switching lever 32 is rotatably attached to the branch point so as to be downward from the ball removing solenoid 31. The tip of the protruding plunger 33 and the switching lever 32 are engaged. The switching lever 32 is driven by the ball-removing solenoid 31 to close the ball-removing passage 29 shown by the solid line in the figure, and the discharge passage 20 shown by the chain line in the figure.
The switch is operated to a position where it is closed.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a switch mechanism disposed on the upper rear surface of the game board 2, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the detection lever 3 is provided on the rear surface, that is, on the upper front surface of the box frame 35 having the game board 2 side opened.
A switch 37 is provided so that 6 faces the box frame 35, and an actuating member 38 that stands up facing the detection lever 36 of the switch 37 is provided in the box frame 35.

A storage recess 39 is formed at the lower end of the operating member 38, and a spiral spring 40 is stored in the storage recess 39. Then, with the storage recess 39 inside, the storage recess 39
Through holes 41, 41 opened on both sides of the same axis, and through holes 4 also opened on both sides of the box frame 35 in the same axis.
2 and 42 are matched, and these through holes 41 and 41 and the through hole 4
2, 42 and the spiral spring 40 are positioned in a straight line,
The actuating member 38 is attached by inserting the horizontal shaft 43 therethrough. Further, one end linear portion 40a of the spiral spring 40
Is brought into contact with the back surface of the operating member 38 through the slit 44,
The bent portion 40b at the other end is fitted in a locking hole 45 provided in the box frame 35, whereby the actuating member 38 is urged to rotate forward, but the lower end of the front surface contacts the bottom surface of the box frame 35. The state is maintained by tilting forward to the extent that the detection lever 36 does not touch the detection lever 36.

A wide pushing piece portion 46 is provided at the upper end of the operating member 38, and the pushing piece portion 46 corresponds to a pin hole 48 penetrating the front frame 47a of the pachinko machine 1 and the game board mounting frame 47b. Position it. Incidentally, 49 is a notch provided on one side of the box frame 35 corresponding to the pushing piece portion 46 of the actuating member 38, so that the pushing piece portion 46 can intervene so as to obstruct the rotation of the actuating member 38. I can do without it. 50 is the horizontal axis 4
It is the E-ring for preventing the removal of 3. And the switch 3
7. The electric prize ball payout device 13 and the passage switching device 30 are electrically connected to each other.

The pachinko machine 1 of the present invention is constructed as described above, and its operation will be described below. When the winning ball guided to the winning ball passage 5 is detected by the winning ball detector 6, the drive motor 16 of the electric prize ball payout device 13 is rotated by the detection signal, and the driving gear 26 and the driven gear 27.
The lead screw 17 is rotated via. The rotation of the lead screw 17 causes the prize ball standing by continuously in the supply passages 19a and 19b to descend as the ridge 22 moves, and when the lead screw 17 makes one revolution, the prize ball supported by the ridge 22 is advanced. Is removed from the support of the ridge 22 and is discharged to the discharge passages 20a and 20b.

However, in order to remove the prize ball from the prize ball tank, the pin hole 48 of the front frame 47a from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 is removed.
The pin P or the like is inserted into and the pushing piece portion 46 of the operating member 38 is pushed. As a result, the operating member 38 rotates rearward against the elastic force of the spiral spring 40 as shown by the chain line in FIG.
6 is pushed to turn on the switch 37. The switch 3
By turning on 7, the drive motor 16 of the electric premium ball payout device 13 is rotated and the passage switching device 30 is operated to rotate the switching lever 32 as shown by the chain line in FIG. As a result, the switching lever 32 causes the discharge passage 20 and the ball passage 2
9 to communicate with each other, and similarly to the above, the electric prize ball payout device 13
The prize balls dispensed from the ball are guided to the ball-slotting passage 29 to remove the ball. Then, when the ball removal is completed, the ball removal solenoid 31 of the passage switching device 30 is demagnetized, the switching lever 32 returns to the state again, and the ball removal passage 29 is closed.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, a ball removal switch is provided on the back side of a pachinko machine so that the ball can be turned on from the front side, and the electric prize ball payout device is operated by turning on the switch. The drive motor is rotated and the passage switching device is actuated to guide the prize balls discharged from the electric prize ball discharging device to the ball discharge passage to remove the balls, so that the command room and each pachinko machine are wired. It is possible to perform ball removal for each machine without using it. Therefore, the wiring work can be greatly simplified, and even if it is necessary to remove the ball for repair during business, the ball can be easily removed from the pachinko machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the electric premium ball payout device and the switch mechanism are attached to the back surface of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an electric premium ball payout device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing an electric premium ball payout device in section.

5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a switch mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 13 Electric prize ball payout device 16 Drive motor 20, 20a, 20b Discharge passage 29 Ball removal passage 30 Passage switching device 37 Switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric prize ball payout device for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls by the rotation of a drive motor, and a prize ball paid out from the electric prize ball payout device is guided to a hitting ball supply plate on the front surface of a pachinko machine. In a pachinko machine equipped with a passage switching device for switching between a discharge passage and a ball-passing passage for a ball, a switch for ball-removing is provided on the back side of the pachinko machine so that the ball can be turned on from its front side. A pachinko characterized in that the drive motor of the electric prize ball payout device is rotated by an on-operation and the passage switching device is operated to guide the prize ball paid out from the electric prize ball payout device to the ball passing passage. Machine.