JPH0557051A - Ball collecting cover of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely detect scoring balls by forming a vertical ball guide passage on one side of a plate body by means of opposite protruding streak pieces and a rise projecting wall, and forming in one part of the rise projecting wall a notch for installing a detection means. CONSTITUTION:The center recessed portion 7 of the main body 6 of a ball collecting cover 1 is notched from a long hole 8 and along the safe ball receiving opening 60 of the reverse side 2a of a playing board 2 and a ball guide gutter 61 according to the location of a scoring device and protruding streak pieces 9 are notched and a ball oscillating passage 11 communicated with the ball guide gutter 61 is formed by the protruding streak pieces 9 and by a rise projecting wall 10 and a microswitch 62 is mounted in the detection-means- attaching notch of the projecting wall 10 and the partitioning portion 63 of a ball guide hole 19 is notched and the ball collecting cover 1 is mounted on the reverse side 2a of the playing board 2. A pachinko ball 64 entering from the safe ball receiving opening 60 is thus allowed to pass through the ball oscillating passages 11, 16 from the ball guide gutter 61 and is fed to the ball guide hole 19 along the inclined face 18a of an outer wall 18 and the microswitch 62 can surely detect the ball 64 and start scoring action.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball gathering cover for collecting prize balls of a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pachinko machine is provided with a ball guide box having a safe ball guide path formed on the back surface of a game board, and the ball guide box is provided with a simple plate body. I was wearing a cover.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a ball gathering cover for a pachinko machine which can surely detect a winning ball.

[0004]

A ball gathering cover of a pachinko machine according to the present invention forms a vertical ball guide path by a projecting strip and a rising projecting wall facing one surface of a plate body, and at the same time, the rising projecting wall is formed. It is characterized in that a notch for mounting the detecting means is formed in a part thereof.

[0005]

[Function] A ball gathering cover is attached to the back surface of the game board to form a safe ball ball guide path by the projecting strips and the rising projecting wall facing each other, and the detecting means is attached to the notch formed in a part of the rising projecting wall. Detects safe spheres.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a ball gathering cover mounted on a back surface 2a of a game board 2 of a pachinko machine,
An opening / closing lid 3 is attached to the ball gathering cover 1 so as to be openable and closable, and a ball guiding device is constituted by the ball gathering cover 1 and the opening / closing lid 3, and a printed wiring board 4 is fitted to the opening / closing lid 3. The substrate storage box 5 that has been stored is installed. The ball gathering cover 1, the opening / closing lid 3, and the substrate storage box 5 are made of a synthetic resin material, and the substrate storage box 5 can be housed in the opening / closing lid 3 and attached to the opening / closing lid 3. It can also be attached to the ball gathering cover 1.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the ball gathering cover 1 has a large number of square concave portions 7 serving as scales arranged in a grid pattern in the center of a cover body 6 made of a plate. An elongated hole 8 for cutting out the concave portion 7 is provided around the concave portion 7, and the concave portion 7 corresponds to the arrangement of the ball guide trough provided on the back surface 2a of the game board 2 having the winning device. It is used by cutting out from 8. On both sides of the concave portion 7 on one surface of the cover body 6, a plurality of vertical projecting strips 9 and a rising projecting wall 10 for guiding a pachinko ball to the outside or the inside of the game board 2 are provided so as to face each other. A vertical ball guiding path 11 is formed, a plurality of window holes 12 are formed in the ball guiding path 11, and the projecting strip 9 is cut out in accordance with the arrangement of the winning device to form the ball guiding path 11. A passage is formed. A plurality of wiring conducting holes 13 are formed in the upper portion of the window hole 12 for passing lead wires of a winning device or the like.

Reference numeral 14 designates a plurality of lid mounting bodies for pivotally supporting the opening / closing lid 3 provided on the side portion of one rising protrusion wall 10. As shown in FIG. 5, an engaging shaft mounting portion 14a is provided inside. Has been formed. A plurality of locking body mounting holes 15 for mounting locking screws for locking the opening / closing lid 3 are provided on the side portion of the other rising protruding wall 10, and are provided below the other surface of the cover body 6. A ball guide 17 having a guide path 16 communicating with the ball guide path 11 is provided below the lid mounting body 14 and the locking body mounting hole 15. A rising outer wall 18 is provided on the outer periphery of the cover body 6, an inclined surface 18a is formed below the outer wall 18, and a sphere guide hole 19 is formed in the lower center of the cover body 6 to form the sphere derivative. The pachinko ball that has passed inside 17 is guided to the ball guide hole 19 along the inclined surface 18a.

Numeral 20 is a box mounting hole for mounting the substrate storage box 5 which is provided above the central portion of the cover body 6 and in the lower portion of the recess 7 and which has a locking piece 21 in the central lateral direction.
Is provided. Reference numerals 22 are supporting legs provided on the back surface of the cover body 6 near the corners, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 8, a fitting protrusion 23 serving as a positioning means for the game board 2 is integrally provided, and a fixing screw for fixing the ball gathering cover 1 to the back surface of the game board 2 is inserted therein. A screw insertion hole 24 is formed. 25
Is a notch for mounting a detecting means for mounting a cassette-like microswitch serving as a detecting means for detecting a pachinko ball falling through the ball guiding path 11 formed in a part of the rising projecting wall 10 into the ball guide 17. Is.

The ball shifting cover 1 is attached to the back surface 2a of the game board 2 by the supporting leg 2 provided on the back surface of the ball shifting cover 1.
After the fitting protrusion 23 of 2 is fitted into the positioning hole 26 provided on the back surface 2a of the game board 2 for positioning, the fixing screw 27 is inserted into the screw insertion hole 24 and screwed into the game board 2. The fixing screw 28 of the opening / closing lid 3 is screwed into the locking body mounting hole 15. (FIG. 2) Next, the opening / closing lid 3 which is attached to the ball gathering cover 1 so as to be openable / closable will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 9, 10 and 11, the opening / closing lid 3 has a plurality of mounting holes 31 for mounting the substrate storage box 5 in the lateral direction near the upper and lower ends of the lid main body 30 which is a flat surface portion. Is provided, and side plates 32 and 33 are provided on the upper and lower ends and both sides of the lid main body 30 to form a box shape. On both sides of the lid body 30, a plurality of ventilation holes 35 for discharging hot air in the opening / closing lid 3 are provided in a part of the side plate 33 and the base body 34 of the lid body 30, and one of the outer frames 36 of the base body 34 is provided. On the side, as shown in FIG. 12, a ball gathering cover 1
A plurality of shaft mounting bodies 38 integrally provided with vertically extending support shafts 37 that are inserted into the engaging shaft mounting portions 14a of the lid mounting body 14 provided in the above are provided. On the outside of the outer frame 36 of the base body 34, a plurality of lid locking bodies 41 each having a locking portion 40 formed in a part of the fitting hole 39 for locking the opening / closing lid 3 in a closed state are provided.

The opening / closing lid 3 is attached to the ball gathering cover 1 by attaching a support shaft 37 of a shaft mounting body 38 provided on one side of the outer frame 36 of the opening / closing lid 3 to the ball gathering cover 1. A lid provided on the opening / closing lid 3 with a head portion 28a of an engaging screw 28 which is inserted into the engaging shaft attachment portion 14a of the body 14 from above and screwed into the engaging body attachment hole 15 of the ball gathering cover 1. After being inserted into the fitting hole 39 of the locking body 41 for use, the lid body 3
0 is moved downward to engage the locking screw 28 with the locking portion 40, so that the head portion 28a of the locking screw 28 locks the lid locking body 41 and the opening / closing lid 3 moves. Mounted closed. The head 28a of the locking screw 28
By aligning the position of the lid locking member 41 with the fitting hole 39, the opening / closing lid 3 is moved to the ball gathering cover 1
It can be opened and closed freely and can be easily removed. (FIG. 2) As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the substrate storage box 5 is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes 46 for discharging hot air in the lateral direction near the upper end and the lower end of the main body 45 which is a flat portion. Side plates 47, 48 are provided around the main body 45 to form a box shape, and a base frame 49 of the main body 45 has the side plates 47.
A plurality of connection cutout holes 50 for connecting a power source from the outside of the board storage box 5 are provided at a position corresponding to the connector portion 4a of the printed wiring board 4 on the lower side and one side of the side plate 48. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, board fitting grooves 52 for fitting the printed wiring board 4 having a constant width are formed inside the side walls 51 on both sides of the base frame 49, and inside the side walls 51. An inclined portion 53 is formed, and by pressing the printed wiring board 4 against the inclined portion 53, the side wall 51 is expanded outward so that both sides of the printed wiring board 4 are fitted into the board fitting groove 52. To be done.

Reference numeral 54 is a box mounting portion provided on the upper and lower side walls 55 of the base frame 49. As shown in FIG. 16, a locking claw 56 is integrally provided at the tip of the box mounting part 56.
Is inserted into the mounting hole 31 of the opening / closing lid 3 or the mounting hole 20 of the ball gathering cover 1, so that the locking claw 56 is hooked in the mounting hole 31 for mounting.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, a recess 7 provided in the center of the main body 6 of the ball gathering cover 1 is provided on the back surface 2a of the game board 2 by the arrangement of the winning device. Safe ball entrance 60 and ball guide gutter 6
1 to form a notched hole by appropriately notching from the long hole 8 and notch the protruding piece 9 to form the ball swing path 11 communicating with the ball guide trough 61, and the notch 25 for mounting the detection means. After mounting the cassette-shaped micro switch 62 and notching the partition 63 of the ball guide hole 19, the ball gathering cover 1 is integrally attached to the back surface 2a of the game board 2. As a result, the pachinko ball 64 entered from the safe ball receiving port 60
Is sent to the ball guideway 11 along the inclination of the ball guide gutter 61,
The guide path 1 in the sphere guide 17 is dropped from the ball guide path 11
6, the inclined surface 1 of the outer wall 18 below the cover body 6
8a is sent to the ball guiding hole 19 and the microswitch 62 passes through the ball guiding path 11 and is a pachinko ball 64.
Is detected and a prize winning operation is performed.

Then, by opening and closing the opening / closing lid 3, the related members of the game board 2 are assembled and repaired, the printed wiring board 4 of the pachinko machine is attached by one-touch operation, and the related parts and lead wires of the control circuit of the pachinko machine are attached. Store inside.

[0017]

As described above, the ball gathering cover of the pachinko machine of the present invention is mounted on the back surface of the game board to easily guide the ball of the safe sphere by the opposing projecting strips and the rising projecting wall. By forming a path and mounting the detection means in the notch for mounting the detection means formed on the rising protruding wall, it is possible to reliably detect the passage of the safe ball for each safe ball, and this detection is performed by the ball gathering cover. Since it is carried out, it can be easily carried out by mounting the ball gathering cover without touching the game board.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a usage state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the main part of FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

6 is a transverse bottom view of FIG.

7 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the supporting leg of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the opening / closing lid.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of a portion of FIG.

11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

12 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a front view of a board storage box.

14 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

16 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a front view of the embodiment of the present invention in use.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball gathering cover 2 Game board 2a Back surface 3 Opening / closing lid 4 Printed wiring board 5 Board storage box 6 Cover body 7 Recess 8 Long hole 9 Protrusion strip 10 Standing projecting wall 11 Ball guide path 12 Window hole 13 Wiring guide hole 14 For lid Mounting body 14a Engagement shaft attachment part 15 Locking body mounting hole 16 Guiding path 17 Ball guide 18 Outer wall 18a Sloping surface 19 Ball guiding hole 20 Box mounting hole 21 Locking piece 22 Support leg 23 Fitting projection 24 Screw insertion hole 25 Detecting means mounting notch 26 Positioning hole 27 Fixing screw 28 Locking screw 28a Head portion 30 Lid body 31 Mounting hole 32, 33 Side plate 34 Substrate 35 Ventilation hole 36 Outer frame 37 Spindle 38 Shaft mounting body 39 Fitting hole 40 Locking part 41 Locking body for lid 45 Main body 46 Ventilation hole 47, 48 Side plate 49 Base frame 50 Notch hole for connection 51 Side wall 52 Board fitting groove 53 Inclined part 54 Box mounting part 55 Outer wall 56 Locking claw 60 Safe ball receiving port 61 Ball guide trough 62 Micro switch 63 Partition part 64 Pachinko ball

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sphere guide path in the up-and-down direction is formed by a projecting piece and a rising projecting wall facing each other on one surface of a plate body, and a notch for mounting a detecting means is formed in a part of the rising projecting wall. A cover for a pachinko machine.