JPH0611784U - Amusement park system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To prevent the pachinko balls from moving between the islands in which the pachinko balls circulate within the island. [Structure] A plurality of rods 10 are erected at predetermined positions of a ball receiving portion 7 of a ball counter 6. An opening is formed on the bottom surface of the ball storage box 14, and the opening is closed by a closing member 19. The closing member 19 is configured to be movable upward. Hole 17a on the bottom of the ball storage box 14
Are formed in plural, and only the predetermined hole 17a is set in the penetrating state. In this case, the positions of the rod 10 erected on the ball counter 6 and the holes 17a set in the ball storage box 14 are set so that those belonging to the same island are coincident with each other.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a game arcade system configured to circulate pachinko balls on an island.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In the past, in pachinko halls, a ball feeder for supplying pachinko balls to the islands where pachinko game machines and stand-alone ball rental machines are lined up, and ball counting for counting pachinko balls. I am trying to install a vessel. This ball counter counts the number of inserted pachinko balls and issues a receipt on which the number of counted balls is printed. Therefore, by submitting the receipt issued by the ball counter to the prize exchange place, the player can obtain the prize corresponding to the acquired pachinko ball.

Here, the ball counter counts the inserted pachinko balls and returns them to the ball supply device. According to such a configuration, the player drives the pachinko balls released from the pedestrian ball rental machine into the pachinko game machine belonging to the island and the safe balls released from the pachinko game machine onto the island. When counting with the ball counter installed, pachinko balls will circulate within the island, which can prevent the number of balls held on the island from increasing or decreasing.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional example, the player can count the acquired pachinko balls by the ball counter installed on any of the islands. There is a difference, and the number of pachinko balls returned to the ball supply device is biased accordingly. For this reason, there is a drawback that the number of stored pachinko balls in the ball supply device becomes too large to be stored, or insufficient to supply the pachinko game machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is a game in which pachinko balls are circulated in the same island, and the number of balls held in each island can be equalized. To provide a field system.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention comprises a plurality of pachinko game machines, a plurality of inter-lens ball lending machines, a ball supply device for supplying pachinko balls to these devices and for collecting the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko game machine, and an input pachinko machine. A ball counter that counts balls and returns them to the ball supply device, and a ball storage box that stores the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko game machine and that opens the bottom surface when placed on the ball counter. In the game hall system in which the balls are arranged to form an island, the ball storage box is configured to open the bottom surface only when mounted on the ball counter corresponding to the island to which the ball storage box belongs.

Further, the ball storage box may be provided with an identification means for recognizing the ball counter corresponding to the island to which the ball storage box belongs.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the game hall system of the first aspect, the ball supply device supplies the pachinko balls to the pachinko game machine and the inter-mountain ball lending machine, and collects the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko game machine. Also, the ball counter counts the input pachinko balls and returns them to the ball supply device.

When exchanging the acquired pachinko balls for prizes, the acquired pachinko balls are placed in the ball storage box and placed on the ball counter. At this time, the ball storage box is configured to open the bottom surface only when it is placed on the ball counter installed on the island to which it belongs, so the pachinko balls stored in the ball storage box are It is returned to the island to which it belongs. As a result, pachinko balls circulate on the same island, so the number of balls held on each island is equalized.

According to the game hall system of claim 2, since the ball storage box is provided with the identification means for recognizing the island to which it belongs, the pachinko balls stored in the ball storage box are identified. Count by a ball counter installed on the island recognized by the means. As a result, the pachinko balls circulate within the same island, so that the number of balls held on each island is equalized as in the first aspect.

[0011]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 schematically shows the structure of the islands provided in the pachinko hall. In FIG. 10, a ball supply device 4 is installed on an island 3 composed of a plurality of pachinko game machines 1 and inter-mountain ball rental machines 2. The ball supply device 4 is adapted to store the pachinko balls, and by feeding the stored pachinko balls upwards, the pachinko balls are supplied to each pachinko game machine 1 and the inter-lens ball lending machine 2 through the ball passage 5. The pachinko balls that have been driven into the pachinko game machine 1 are collected and stored.

A ball counter 6 is installed at the end of the island 3. This ball counter 6 is connected to the ball supply device 4, and when a pachinko ball is thrown in, it counts the pachinko ball and returns it to the ball supply device 4.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the ball counter 6. In FIG. 2, a ball receiving portion 7 is provided on the upper surface of the ball counter 6, and the pachinko balls thrown into the ball receiving portion 7 fall from the opening 8 and are counted. . A plurality of screw group 9 including a plurality of screw sections 9a is formed around the opening 8 provided in the ball receiving section 7, and a pin 10 is attached to a predetermined screw section 9a of the screw section group 9. Is erected by being screwed on. (Refer to FIG. 3) A display device 11 is provided on the front surface of the ball counter 6, and the display device 11 displays the number of counting balls. A ticket issuing button 12 is provided on the front surface of the ball counter 6, and a deposit ticket in which the number of counting balls displayed on the display 11 is printed when the ticket issuing button 12 is pressed is issued from the printer 13. .

4 to 7 show a ball storage box for storing the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko game machine. In FIG. 4 showing the bottom surface of the ball storage box, the ball storage box 14 is mainly composed of a container-shaped box body 15. An opening 16 is formed on the bottom surface of the box body 15, and a plurality of hole groups 17 including a plurality of holes 17a are formed at predetermined positions around the opening 16. In this case, in each hole group 17, only the hole 17a corresponding to the position of the pin 10 provided upright on the ball receiving portion 7 of the ball counter 6 is set to the penetrating state, and the other holes 17a are closed by the blind lid 18. ing.

In FIG. 5 showing the plane of the ball storage box 14, the opening 16 of the box body 15 is closed by a closing member 19. A projecting engaging portion 19a is formed on a side portion of the closing member 19, and the projecting engaging portion 19 is slidably engaged with a guide recess 20 formed on an inner peripheral side surface of the box body 15. is doing. With the above configuration, the closing member 19 is configured to be movable upward. As shown in FIG. 6, the closing member 19 is formed in the shape of an inclined surface in which the central portion is highest and becomes lower toward both sides.

A plurality of screw portion groups 21 each including a plurality of screw portions 21 a are formed on the upper surface of the closing member 19. In this screw portion group 21, a pin 22 is screwed to a predetermined screw portion 21a so as to stand, and the other screw portions 21a are closed by a blind lid 23. In this case, each screw part 21a is formed at a position corresponding to each hole 17a formed on the bottom surface, and the screw part 21a to which the pin 22 is screwed corresponds to the position of the hole 17a set to the penetrating state. is doing. The ball storage box 14 having the above-mentioned configuration is formed so as to be stackable.

The ball counter 6 and the ball storage box 14 having substantially the same structure as the ball counter 6 and the ball storage box 14 having the above-described configurations are also provided on the other islands 3. The point that the ball storage box 14 is different from that described above is that the position of the pin 10 standing on the ball counter 6, the position of the penetrating hole 17a of the ball storage box 14 and the closing member 19 are set up. This is the position of the pin 22. That is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the position of the pin 10 standing on the ball counter 6 and the hole 17a (the position of the pin 22 is omitted) set on the ball storage box 14 is different for each island 3. The position is set to

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. The ball supply device 4 supplies the pachinko balls to the respective pachinko game machines 1 and the inter-mountain ball lending machine 2 and collects the pachinko balls that have been driven into the pachinko game machine 1.

Since a pachinko ball is released from the pachinko game machine 1 as a prize ball, when exchanging the acquired pachinko ball for a prize, the acquired pachinko ball is stored in the ball storage box 14 and The ball storage box 14 is placed on the ball counter 6 installed on the island 3 where the pachinko game machine 1 that has played the game is installed. Then, the pin 10 provided upright on the ball counter 6 penetrates the hole 17a of the ball storage box 14 and pushes the closing member 17 upward, so that the opening 16 closed by the closing member 17 opens. . As a result, the pachinko balls stored in the ball storage box 14 pass through the opening 16 and flow into the ball receiving portion 7 of the ball counter 6, so that the ball counter 6 counts the number of pachinko balls. The display 11 of the counter 6 displays the number of counting pachinko balls. Then, when the ticketing button 12 is pressed when the counting of all the acquired pachinko balls is completed, the printer 13 issues a deposit ticket with the number of counted coins printed, so submit the deposit ticket to the prize exchange place. By doing so, you can obtain a prize equivalent to the Pachinko ball you earn.

On the other hand, when the acquired pachinko balls are stored in the plurality of ball storage boxes 14, the ball storage boxes 14 are stacked and placed on the ball counter 6. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the pin 22 standing on the ball storage box 14 located on the lower side penetrates the hole 17a of the ball storage box 14 located on the upper side and pushes the closing member 19 upward. The pachinko balls stored in the ball storage boxes 14 flow into the ball counter 6 as the closing member 19 moves. As a result, the pachinko balls stored in all the ball storage boxes 14 flow into the ball counter 6, so that the acquired pachinko balls can be counted at a stretch.

By the way, when the ball storage box 14 is placed on the ball counter 6 (see FIG. 8) installed on the island 3 different from the island 3 to which the played pachinko game machine 1 belongs, the ball counter 6 stands up. Since the position of the pin 10 provided is different from the position of the hole 17a set in the ball storage box 14, the pin 10 of the ball counter 6 cannot penetrate the hole 17a of the ball storage box 14 and the ball storage box 14 The opening 16 does not open. Therefore, the player places the ball storage box 14 on the ball counter 6 installed on the island 3 to which the playing pachinko game machine 1 belongs, so that the pachinko balls are returned to the ball supply device 4. It will circulate in Island 3.

According to the above configuration, by correlating the position of the pin 10 of the ball counter 6 and the position of the hole 17a of the ball storage box 14 for each island 3, the ball storage box 14 belongs to the island to which it belongs. Since the pachinko balls are poured into the ball counter 6 from the ball storage box 14 only when the pachinko game machine 1 on which the player played the game belongs to the island 3 Only the ball counter 6 installed at will count pachinko balls. Therefore, unlike the conventional example in which the acquired pachinko balls can be counted by the ball counters installed on any island, it is possible to prevent the pachinko balls circulating in the island 3 from moving to another island 3. Therefore, it is possible to reliably supply the pachinko balls from the ball supply device 4 to the respective pachinko game machines 1 and the inter-mountain ball lending machine 2.

Further, in the case of the present embodiment, the pin 10 provided upright on the ball counter 6, the hole 17a set to the penetrating state in the ball storage box 14, and the pin 21 provided upright on the closing member 19 are provided. Since the position can be easily set, the ball counter 6 and the ball storage box 14 provided on the island 3 can correspond to each other, and thus the ball counter 6 and the ball storage box 1 having the same configuration can be used. It can be implemented by providing a plurality of 4.

FIG. 12 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the ball counter (not shown) and the ball storage box 24 are the same as the conventional configuration, and that the ball storage box 24 has any ball count. The point is that an identification seal 25, which is an identification means for indicating whether the device belongs to the container, is attached.

In the case of the second embodiment, the player confirms the identification sticker 25 to cause the acquired pachinko balls stored in the ball storage box 24 to the ball counters 4 and 5 indicated by the identification sticker 25. As they are thrown in, the pachinko balls paid out from the pachinko game machine 1 are returned to the ball supply device 4. Therefore, as with the first embodiment, the number of pachinko balls that run vertically through the island does not decrease, so the pachinko balls can be reliably transferred from the ball supply device 4 to each of the pachinko game machines 1 and the inter-lens ball lending machine 2. Can be supplied.

In addition, in the second embodiment, the identification seal 25 for identifying the island corresponding to the ball storage box 24 is attached, but instead of this, the color of the ball counter and the ball storage box 24 is changed. May be set to be the same and the color may be changed for each island 3.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 As is clear from the above description, according to the game arcade system according to claim 1, the bottom surface of the ball storage box is opened only when the ball storage box is mounted on the ball counter corresponding to the island to which the ball storage box belongs. Since it is configured, it has an excellent effect that the number of balls held in each island can be equalized in the case where the pachinko balls are circulated in the same island.

According to the game hall system of the second aspect, the ball storage box is provided with the identification means for recognizing the ball counter corresponding to the island to which the ball storage box belongs. Therefore, the game hall of the first aspect. Similar to the system, a system in which pachinko balls circulate in the same island has the excellent effect that the number of balls held on each island can be made uniform.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a broken sectional view schematically showing a ball counter and a ball storage box according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a ball counter.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a ball receiving portion of a ball counter.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the bottom surface of the ball storage box.

[Figure 5] Plan view of the ball storage box

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view of the ball storage box.

[Figure 7] Vertical side view of ball storage box

FIG. 8 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 showing different setting states.

FIG. 9 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 4 showing different setting states.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram schematically showing the overall configuration.

FIG. 11 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a mounting state of a plurality of ball storage boxes.

FIG. 12 is a view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a pachinko game machine, 2 is a stand ball lending machine, 3 is an island, 4 is a ball supply device, 6 is a ball counter, 14 is a ball storage box, 22 is a ball storage box, and 23 is an identification sticker (identification means). Is.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of pachinko game machines, a plurality of inter-lens ball lending machines, a ball supply device for supplying pachinko balls to these devices and collecting the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko game machine, A ball counter that counts pachinko balls and returns them to the ball supply device, and a ball storage box that stores the pachinko balls emitted from the pachinko game machine and opens the bottom surface in a mounted state on the ball counter. In a game arcade system configured by arranging islands, the ball storage box is configured to open a bottom surface only when mounted on the ball counter corresponding to the island to which the ball storage box belongs. Playground system to do. 2. A plurality of pachinko game machines, a plurality of inter-mountain ball lending machines, a ball supply device for supplying pachinko balls to these devices and collecting the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko game machine, A ball counter that counts pachinko balls and returns them to the ball supply device, and a ball storage box for accommodating the pachinko balls emitted from the pachinko game machine, in a game arcade system that configures an island, The game hall system, wherein the ball storage box is provided with identification means for recognizing the ball counter corresponding to the island to which the ball storage box belongs.