JPH0617457Y2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is provided with a means for discharging residual safe balls for discharging the safe balls remaining from the safe ball collecting trough to the safe ball passage after the game is finished. It concerns pachinko machines.

[Prior Art] In general, a pachinko machine releases a prize ball and a safe ball remaining in the machine to the outside of the machine when the game is completed. Of these, if the safe balls are left in the machine, the prize balls will be supplied and the prize balls will be activated and the prize balls will be discharged before the game is played, which causes various inconveniences. I'm going to pull it out.

The removal of this safe ball varies depending on the type of pachinko machine and is not constant, but what is common to many models is that it discharges through the safe ball passage through which the safe ball flows and that the safe ball detection member facing this passage is shaken. It is to move them and release them one by one.

However, the safe ball detecting member is usually structured to interlock with the prize ball case, and the prize ball case is opened through the operation of the detecting member to release the prize ball to the safe ball.

Therefore, the safe ball detecting member and the prize ball case have an integral relationship, and therefore the safe ball detecting member is also specified by the structure of the prize ball case.

In this respect, the present invention is particularly advantageous in that the prize ball case is closed by its opening / closing lid that is pivotally supported.
Further, the engaging pin provided at the free end of the opening / closing lid engages with the engaging claw of the operating plate provided so as to interlock with the safe ball detecting member through the interlocking rod, and the safe ball detecting member is in the inoperative state. At this time, the opening and closing lid is closed by the engagement of the engaging pin to stop the release of the prize balls in the prize ball case, and the safe ball detection member is actuated through the interlocking rod when it is rocked by the safe ball jumping in and receiving. The present invention relates to an improvement of a pachinko machine having a structure in which a plate is rocked and an engaging pin is removed from an engaging claw to allow the opening / closing lid to be discharged and a prize ball to be discharged.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] That is, according to the present invention, the opening / closing lid, which is normally in the closed state and the engaging pin is engaged with the engaging claw of the operating plate, is restrained in the opening direction by inserting the operating pin. By swinging, the engaging claw of the actuating plate that is engaged with the engaging pin in reverse is disengaged from the pin to make it free to swing, which allows the safe ball detecting member to freely swing to the safe ball passage. It is intended to provide a pachinko machine in which a safe ball that enters is discharged regardless of the prize ball case, is discharged to the outside of the machine, and is extracted.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention will be further described. The feature is that the prize ball case communicating with the prize ball guide gutter and the swinging pivot for freely closing the outlet of the prize ball case are pivotally supported. The opening / closing lid, the operating plate pivotally supported so as to engage and lock the engaging pin provided at the free end of the opening / closing lid in the closed state, and the swing end at the other end pivotally supported near the base end. Safe ball detection in which the actuating plate is swung by receiving a safe ball flowing down the safe ball path and swinging by receiving the safe ball flowing down the safe ball path and interlocking with the base end to disengage the engagement pin In a pachinko machine having a member, the opening / closing lid is provided with an insertion hole having an inclined surface with a wide insertion opening and narrowing toward the back, while the cover covering the opening / closing lid is provided with the insertion hole. Correspondingly, the through hole is opened, and the operation pin that is pushed through the through hole is inserted into the insertion hole. The open / close lid is swung in the opening direction by using this as a guide to disengage the engaging pin from the engaging claw of the actuating plate, and the actuating plate is freed to allow the safe ball detecting member to freely swing and the safe ball. This is a pachinko machine that automatically discharges the remaining safe balls in the passage.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the illustrated embodiments, and the features thereof will be described in detail.

[Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 2 are front views in which a base frame formed by integrally assembling a prize ball device and a safe ball detection device is partially cut away, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the prize ball device. 4 is a partially exploded front view, FIG. 4 is a rear view of the above figure, FIG. 5 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the prize ball device, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are enlarged front views for explaining the operation of the prize ball device. is there.

In the figure, 1 is a base frame, 2 is a prize ball guide gutter integrally attached along the back surface of the base frame, 3 is a prize ball case continuously provided at the lower end of the prize ball guide gutter, and 4 is a prize An opening / closing lid that closes the discharge opening of the ball case, 5 is a prize ball discharge gutter provided following the discharge opening of the prize ball case, and 6 is a ball removal gutter provided in parallel with this discharge gutter.

Further, 7 is a safe ball collecting gutter integrally attached to the opposite surface of the base frame 1, that is, the front side, 8 is a controller for facing the collecting gutter and making the safe balls flow down one by one, and 9 is dropped through the controller. Safe ball passage that guides safe spheres, 10 is the base end
A safe ball detecting member in which the other end 10b pivotingly supported by a support shaft 11 at a portion close to 10a and facing the safe ball passage 9 is provided.
Reference numeral 12 is connected to the base end of the safe ball detecting member, and the other end is connected to an operating plate 13 for controlling opening / closing of the opening / closing lid 4 of the prize ball case to transmit the operation of the safe ball detecting member 10 to the operating plate 13. It is an interlocking rod.

The base frame 1 is formed in a substantially L shape as shown in the drawing, and the prize ball device is attached to the vertically long portion and the safe ball detecting means is attached to the horizontally long portion.

This base frame is attached to the back of the mechanism frame of a pachinko machine (not shown) with the front face equipped with safe ball detection means as the front face, and the game plate and the mechanism frame fitted from the front of this mechanism frame are combined between them to form a game plate. The safe ball collecting frame provided on the back surface and the safe ball collecting gutter 7 are coupled to each other so that the safe balls flying into the game board can be received.

On the other hand, the prize ball guide gutter 2 on the rear side of the base frame is connected to a supply gutter (not shown) to receive the prize ball from outside the machine, and to fill the prize ball case 3 following this with the prize ball.

The prize ball guide gutter 2 shown here is formed in two rows, and the prize ball case 3 is also provided with two accommodating chambers 3a.

Reference numeral 14 is a rotary claw wheel that controls the prize ball flowing into the prize ball case 3 through the prize ball guide gutter 2, and 15 is a hook that controls the rotation of the rotary claw wheel.

The hook 15 swings around a spindle 16 as a fulcrum, and one end of the hook 15 is moved to the operating plate 13
A pin 18 is slidably connected to a long hole 17 provided in the base plate, and the operating plate 13 swings as it swings about a pivot point 19 as a fulcrum, and a claw at the other end with respect to the ratchet wheel 14. 15a can be hung and removed.

The operating plate 13 is connected to the interlocking rod 12 as described above, and is configured to swing by the swing of the safe ball detecting member 10. The engaging claw 20 formed by cutting out a part of the operating plate 13 allows the opening / closing lid 4 to freely move. The discharge port of the prize ball case 3 can be closed by this opening / closing lid by hooking the engaging pin 21 provided at the end.

By the way, the interlocking rod 12 serves as a weight in the normal state where there is no entry of safe balls and there is no safe ball in the safe ball collecting gutter 7.
With the fulcrum as a fulcrum, the safe ball detecting member 10 lifts the swing end 10b facing the safe ball passage 9 and stands by for the safe ball to jump in. Then, at this time, as the interlocking rod 12 descends, the operating plate 13 lowers the free end about the pivot point 19 as a fulcrum and engages the engaging claw 20 with the engaging pin 21 to lock the opening / closing lid 4 in a normal state. While stopping the outflow of the prize balls that have flowed into the prize ball case 3 and storing them, the hooks 15 are separated from the ratchet wheel 14 around the support shaft 16 by allowing the hooks 15 to freely rotate and flow down through the prize ball guide trough 2. The prize balls to be played freely flow into the prize ball case 3.

In this state, when a safe ball enters next and flows into the controller 8 through the safe ball collecting gutter 7, the ball receiving portion 8a formed on the fork is pushed down to move to the safe ball passage 9, and It rides on the free end 10b of the safe sphere detecting member 10 facing, and the weight of the safe sphere detecting member 10 swings the detecting member 10 around the support shaft 11 as a fulcrum to push up the interlocking rod 12.

FIG. 2 shows this pushing-up state, in which the operating plate 13 swings around the pivot point 19 as a fulcrum to disengage the engaging pin 21 and open the opening / closing lid 4, and at the same time, slide it into the long hole 17. Hooked through pin 18
15 is rocked and the claw 15a is hooked on the ratchet wheel 14 to restrain the rotation of the claw wheel 14 to stop the downward flow of the prize balls, and a fixed number of prize balls stored in the prize ball case 3 are passed through the prize ball discharge trough 5 to the player. Will be released to.

When this discharging operation is completed, the safe sphere detecting member 10 returns to its original state by the action of the interlocking rod 12 and expects for the next safe sphere, and the opening / closing lid 4 of the prize ball case balances the weight with the support shaft 22 as the fulcrum. Engagement pin automatically snuggling up to prize ball case 3
21 is hooked on the engaging claw 20 of the operating plate 13 to close the discharge port of the case, and the prize ball that flows in with the release of the ratchet wheel 14 is stopped and stored.

A series of operations associated with the entry of the safe balls is repeated every time the safe balls pass through the safe ball passage 9, and a fixed number of prize balls are discharged from one safe ball.

Then, when the safe ball is left in the safe ball collecting gutter 7 when the prize ball case is no longer supplied with the prize ball, the engaging pin 21 of the opening / closing lid 4 does not separate from the engaging claw 20 of the operating plate 13. These safe balls remain in the gathering gutter and cannot be removed.

That is, when the prize ball is discharged and becomes the completion table, the opening / closing lid 4 supported by the support shaft 22 receives the ball pressure of the prize ball received in the prize ball case 3 until then and the engaging claw of the operating plate 13 is received. The opening / closing lid 4 which has been urged to disengage from the ball 20 but has been released from the ball pressure upon completion of the discharge of the prize ball loses the means for disengaging the engagement ball, which in turn causes the engagement pin 21 to move the engagement claw 20. The safe ball detection member 10 does not operate because it is locked and the swing of the operation plate 13 is restricted. In the figure, 23 is an operation pin for releasing the locked state of the operating plate 13 and urging the safe ball detecting member 10 to swing to release the remaining safe ball, and 24 is the opening and closing for pushing the pin. Reference numeral 25 denotes an insertion hole provided on the side surface of the lid 4, and reference numeral 25 denotes a through hole formed in the cover 26 for guiding the operation pin 23 into the insertion hole.

The cover 26 is fixed to the side surface of the base frame 1 to cover the prize ball case 3 and the opening / closing lid 4 as shown in FIG. 8, and the through hole 25 provided therein has a cylindrical portion and has an insertion hole. I am trying to face the 24 straight.

The insertion hole 24 is provided in the vicinity of the opening / closing lid 4 which is supported by the support shaft 22. The hole has a wide opening and is gradually narrowed toward the back, and a slope 24a is provided on one side wall of the hole, and the back is formed as a simple round hole for receiving the operation pin 23.

When the opening / closing lid 4 is close to the prize ball case 3 by its own weight and the discharge port is closed, the insertion hole 24 faces the through hole 25 of the cover and faces the slope 24a as shown in FIG. The operation pin 23 that is inserted through the hole
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Therefore, when the safe balls still remain in the safe ball collecting gutter 7 in the state where the discharge of the prize balls is completed as described above,
The safe ball detecting member 10 which receives the safe ball and tries to descend is prevented from swinging by the restraint of the operating plate 13. At this time, when the operation pin 23 is pushed through the through hole 25, the safe ball detecting member 10 is inclined to the slope 24a. The operating pin that abuts goes straight inside the insertion hole with the slope as a guide and forcibly moves the position of the insertion hole.

As a result, the opening / closing lid 4 is swung about the support shaft 22 as a fulcrum, the engaging pin 21 provided at the lower free end is disengaged from the engaging claw 20 of the actuating plate 13, and the pivoting point 19 is used as the fulcrum. As a result, the safe ball detecting member 10 is allowed to freely swing through the interlocking rod 12 and the residual safe ball can be discharged.

By the way, the position of the engagement pin 21 in FIG. 1 is such that the discharge port of the prize ball case 3 is closed and the opening / closing lid 4 is biased in the opening direction by receiving the ball pressure stored inside. The state of engaging with the notch portion 27 is shown. In this state, the engagement pin 21 is substantially disengaged from the engagement claw 20,
Therefore, when the operating plate 13 is pushed up by the push-up of the interlocking rod 12,
It is possible to freely swing about the pivot point 19 as a fulcrum without hindering the swing.

The position of the engaging pin 21 when the opening / closing lid 4 is rocked by pushing the operation pin 23 is exactly the same as the position at this position, and by disengaging from the engaging claw 20, the safe ball detecting member 10 The swinging movement will be free.

In the figure, 28 is a pin provided at the free end of the prize ball case 3,
Is a lock piece that locks the pin 28 so as to connect the prize ball case 3 to the prize ball discharge trough 5, and when removing the prize ball 29 in the case, the pressure of the prize ball is removed. The prize ball case 3 that received the swings around the support shaft 30 as a fulcrum, communicates the discharge port with the ball discharge passage 6 as shown in FIG. 7, and removes all prize balls sent through the prize ball guide trough 2. It can be taken.

[Advantages of the Invention] The features of the present invention have been described above based on the illustrated embodiment. However, according to the present invention, the operating plate 13 is restrained by the completion of the discharge of the prize ball, and the safe ball detecting member is provided. When the 10 ball is restrained from swinging and safe balls cannot be released, there is no conventional extraction method and the prize balls are replenished.Therefore, it is inconvenient in the management of the number of replenishment in pachinko machines. However, since the residual safe ball can be easily removed by inserting the operation pin into the insertion hole as described above, the residual safe ball releases the prize ball and counts the prize ball as described above. It has no inconvenience and is effective in management.

Further, the present invention has an advantage that it is extremely easy to handle because the opening / closing lid automatically returns to the original state when the operation pin is pulled out after the removal of the remaining safe balls and the normal operation is restored.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Figs. 1 and 2 are front views of a base frame with a partial cross section, and Fig. 1 shows the safe sphere detection member in the inoperative state. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the safe ball detecting member is activated to send out the safe ball and open the prize ball case. FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the prize ball device with a part thereof being cut away, FIG. 4 is a rear view of the above figure, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the prize ball device, FIGS. 6 and 7 are enlarged front views for explaining the operation of the prize ball device, and FIG. 8 is a side view with a partial cross section of a main part. 2 ... prize ball guide gutter, 3 ... prize ball case, 4 ... open / close lid,
9 …… Safe sphere passage, 10 …… Safe sphere detection member, 12 ……
Communication rod, 13 ... operating plate, 20 ... engaging claw, 21 ... engaging pin, 23 ... operating pin, 24 ... insertion hole, 24a ... insertion hole inner wall slope, 25 ... through hole, 26 …… Cover

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An award ball case communicating with the award ball guide trough, an opening / closing lid pivotably supported to close an outlet of the award ball case, and an engagement pin provided at a free end of the opening / closing lid. By virtue of the actuating plate that is pivotally supported in a closed state and that is pivotally supported near the base end, and the swing end at the other end faces the safe ball passage, and receives the safe ball flowing down the passage. A pachinko machine having a safe ball detecting member that swings the operating plate through an interlocking rod that swings and connects to the base end, and a safe ball detection member that disengages from the engagement pin. Is provided with an insertion hole having a bevel that widens and narrows toward the back, while a through hole is opened in the cover covering the opening / closing lid so as to correspond to the insertion hole, and an operation pin is inserted through the through hole. Abut the slant surface of the insertion hole and use this as a guide to swing the open / close lid in the opening direction to disengage the engagement pin. A pachinko machine which is detached from an engaging claw of an actuating plate and frees the actuating plate to freely swing the safe ball detecting member to automatically eject the residual ball of the safe ball in the safe ball passage.