JPH0642711Y2 - Replenishing saucer for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a pachinko machine, more specifically, to a pachinko ball replenishing saucer of a pachinko machine, and the pachinko balls accumulated on the upper plate are passed through a passage. It guides the ball to the ball striking device in an orderly manner to prevent the bottom of the upper plate from being damaged by rolling of the pachinko ball and to facilitate the cleaning of the upper plate. Also, the pachinko ball in the upper plate is prevented from jumping out. The pachinko ball can be taken out smoothly by using, and it is possible to confirm the launch ball guided to the ball striking device.

(Prior Art) In a pachinko ball replenishing tray for a pachinko machine, the pachinko balls accumulated in the upper tray are guided and supplied to the ball striking device one by one through an inclined passage formed in the upper tray. There is.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the conventional saucer for pachinko ball supply,
Guide the pachinko balls to the ball striking device in an orderly manner, prevent damage to the bottom of the upper plate, clean the inside of the upper plate, and prevent balls from jumping out, but take out smoothly and check the supplied balls. No special consideration was given to what to do, and there was a problem that it hindered comfortable play.

Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a large number of pachinko balls having a slanted bottom surface that are vertically and horizontally aligned and accumulated vertically. A passage for guiding the spheres, the pachinko balls, which are connected to the sphere accumulating recesses and are connected to the sphere accumulating recesses through a curved surface, and the pachinko balls rolling from the sphere accumulating recesses due to the inclination of the bottom surface are aligned in the curved surface portion. And a metal plate for preventing friction, which is embedded in the bottom surface so as to extend over the ball accumulating recess and the passage, and a bottom plate of the upper plate that penetrates the metal plate. A through hole for dust cleaning to drop dust inside the upper plate, and a projection for preventing the pachinko ball from protruding from the upper wall edge of the upper plate to point inward of the upper plate. It is provided at the intersection of the strip and the bottom and side wall of the upper plate, and holds the pachinko ball. A curved surface for sending out the ball to prevent the pachinko ball from catching when it is taken out and a shot to confirm the supply state of the pachinko ball to the ball striking device, which is formed of a transparent body and is attached to the end of the upper plate. This is a structure that includes a see-through window.

(Operation) In the present invention, by adopting the above configuration, the pachinko balls accumulated on the upper plate are arranged in an orderly manner and guided to the ball striking device, and the bottom surface of the upper plate is damaged by the rolling of the pachinko balls at this time. It is easy to clean and prevent the pachinko ball from jumping out of the upper plate, but the player can take out the pachinko ball smoothly and confirm the launch ball supplied to the ball striking device. Becomes

Embodiment An embodiment embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1
The upper plate 3 is fixed to the upper plate support plate 4 in the lower part of the. On the upper surface of the upper plate 3 made of this synthetic resin, a sphere accumulating recess 5 having a certain front and rear width is provided on the left side thereof, and on the right side of the sphere accumulating recess 5, a passage 6 which is slightly wider than the diameter of the pachinko ball B is smooth. It extends from the sphere accumulating recess 5 through a curved surface 6a. The sphere accumulating recess 5 and the passage 6 are inclined so that the passage 5 side is located downward.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when the pachinko ball B discharged from the prize ball outlet 7 and the pachinko ball B supplied by the player flow into the ball accumulating concave portion 5, the pachinko ball B moves on the inclined surface. It rolls from the sphere accumulating recess 5 toward the tip of the passage 6.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a stainless steel plate 8 is disposed on the bottoms of the sphere accumulating recess 5 and the passage 6, and since the stainless steel plate 8 is a metal plate, the pachinko ball B
It prevents the occurrence of scratches on the bottom surface of the pachinko ball B due to the rolling of the pachinko ball. Further, a penetrating hole 9 for cleaning is provided on the bottom surface 3a of the upper plate 3 below the penetrating stainless plate 8, and dust collected in the passage 6 and the ball accumulating recess 5 is discharged from the penetrating hole 9 for cleaning. You can do it.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ball accumulating recess 5 and the passage 6 are provided with a groove 10 and a ridge 11 directed inward of the upper plate 3 at the upper wall edge thereof. The projections 10 and the ridges 11 prevent the pachinko balls B in the ball accumulating recess 5 and the passage 6 from jumping out.

Next, in FIG. 6, 5a is a curved surface for feeding the ball, and the upper plate 3a
Is formed in a gentle arc shape at the intersection of the bottom surface 3a of the sphere accumulating concave portion 5 and the side wall, and corresponds to the locus of movement of the bent finger when the player holds and takes out the pachinko ball B. The pachinko ball B is prevented from being caught and can be taken out smoothly.

On the upper plate support plate 4 at the tip of the passage 6, there is a pachinko ball B.
Is provided with a bullet ball introduction port 12 through which only one can pass. The pachinko balls B that have moved through the passage 6 are guided one by one from the ball-striking ball introduction port 12 to a ball guide rail of a ball-striking device (not shown), and further shot by operating a ball-striking handle. At this time, the elastic state can be confirmed through the transparent launch ball see-through window 13 provided at the right end portion of the upper plate 3. Reference numeral 14 is a ball discharging lever, and when the lever 14 is operated, the pachinko balls B accumulated in the upper plate 3 are discharged to the lower plate 15.

On the passage 6 of the upper plate 3, a pachinko ball B in the passage 6
A band-shaped ball movement restricting member 16 is arranged so as to cover the upper surface of the. The ball movement restricting member 16 is made of a transparent or semi-transparent and elastic synthetic resin, and its base end is fixed by a screw 17 to the upper surface of the upper plate 3 at the tip of the passage 6 and the other end is a free end. There is. The ball movement regulation member 16
The tip portion of is bent upward to form a slanted portion 16a.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine configured as described above will be described.

The pachinko balls B accumulated in the ball accumulating concave portion 5 of the upper plate 3 roll toward the passage 6 due to the inclined surface and are aligned in a line at the curved surface 6a to reach the passage 6 toward the bullet-introducing port 12. Will be guided through the passage 6. Since the stainless steel plate 8 is installed on the passage 6 and the bottom surface 3a as described above, the bottom surface 3a is prevented from being damaged by the rolling of the pachinko ball B, so that dust is attached to the damaged portion and the pachinko ball The conventional defect of being clogged is eliminated, and the pachinko ball B rolls smoothly.

Then, the pachinko ball B passes under the ball movement restricting member 16 and is guided to the elastic ball introducing port 12. At this time, the ball movement restricting member
A state in which the slanting portion 16a of the tip 16 of the pachinko ball B entering the passage 6 in a state of floating from the bottom of the passage 6, that is, the pachinko ball B which is not aligned is forcibly moved downward and its movement is restricted upward. And you will be guided to the ball entry port 12.
Therefore, the pachinko balls B are sequentially guided to the ball-launching ball introduction port 12, and the pachinko balls B are smoothly moved without being clogged in the passage 6.

Further, at this time, since the ball movement restricting member 16 is made of transparent or translucent resin, its moving state can be seen, and if the pachinko ball B is clogged in the passage 6, then
As shown in the figure, the pachinko ball B held by pressing the tip side of the ball movement restricting member 16 downward against its elastic force.
Can be sent. Further, the ball movement restricting member 16 has the passage 6
The upper part is covered so that the player's cigarette butts, ash, dust, dust, etc. do not enter the passage 6, and the ball clogging is prevented.

Then, the pachinko balls B are sent to the ball striking device through the ball-striking ball introduction port 12 and one by one via a ball guide rail. Further, the pachinko ball B sent to the ball hitting device is repelled by the player's operation of the ball hitting handle.

As described above, in this embodiment, the stainless plate 8 is installed on the bottom surface of the passage 6 to prevent the ball clogging caused by the bottom surface of the passage 6 being damaged by the rolling of the pachinko ball B. . Further, since the cleaning through hole 9 is provided in the bottom surface 3a of the lower tray 3 penetrating the stainless steel plate 8, dust and the like in the upper tray 3 can be discharged from the cleaning through hole 9 so that cleaning can be performed. It can be easily carried out, and clogging of pachinko balls caused by the presence of dust or the like can be prevented.

Further, since the ball movement restricting member 16 covers the upper surface of the pachinko ball B, the pachinko ball B accumulated in the upper plate 3 is passed through the passage 6.
The ball can be smoothly guided to the ball hitting device without being clogged inside. Then, the slanted end portion 16a of the ball movement restricting member 16 allows the unaligned pachinko balls B entering the passage 6 to be forcibly moved downward and guided to the resilient ball introduction port 12.

Further, since the ball movement restricting member 16 is made of transparent or translucent resin, its moving state can be seen, and if the pachinko ball B is clogged in the passage 6, the ball moving restricting member 16
The pachinko ball B being held can be delivered by pressing the tip side of the ball downward.

Further, since the ball movement restricting member 16 covers the upper side of the passage 6,
A player's cigarette butts, ash, dust, dust, etc. do not enter the passage 6, and it is possible to prevent ball clogging.

Furthermore, the groove 10 and the ridge formed in the sphere accumulating recess 5 and the passage 6
11 makes it possible to prevent the pachinko ball B from popping out. Since the curved surface 5a for sending out the ball is formed at the intersection of the bottom surface 3a of the ball accumulating recess 5 and the side wall, the pachinko ball B is grasped and taken out from the ball accumulating recess 5 as described above. It can be taken out smoothly without the fingers getting caught.

The ball movement restricting member 16 may be arranged as follows.

(A) Rather than screwing on the upper surface of the upper plate 3 with the screw 17 as in the above-described embodiment, it is fixed with a double-sided tape. Therefore, the ball movement restricting member 16 can be easily installed in the conventional pachinko machine.

(B) As shown in FIG. 9, a fitting recess 18 is provided in the upper plate 3,
A ball movement restricting member (19) is detachably fitted in the fitting recess (18). In this case, when the pachinko machine is inspected and repaired or the passage 6 is cleaned, the ball movement restricting member 19 can be removed so that the ball movement restricting member 19 can easily perform the operation.

(C) As shown in FIG. 10, the base end of the ball movement restricting member 20 is swingably supported with respect to the upper plate 3. That is, the base end portion of the ball movement restricting member 20 is pivotally supported, and the tip end side of the upper plate support plate 4 is provided with a support projection 21 that is in contact with the lower surface of the ball support member 21 in a closed state.
To be installed. Therefore, the pachinko machine can be easily inspected and repaired and the passage 6 can be cleaned by opening and closing.

(D) In the above embodiment, the ball movement restricting member 16 covers only the passage 6, but it extends to a position where it covers a part of the ball accumulating recess 5 of the upper plate 3 as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. You may set it up.

Effect of the Invention By adopting the configuration described in detail above, in the present invention, (A) the pachinko balls accumulated in the upper plate are guided to the ball striking device in an orderly manner through the passage.

(B) The occurrence of ball clogging due to friction on the bottom surface of the upper plate is prevented, and smooth supply of the balls is not hindered.

(C) Since dusts contained in the upper plate naturally fall from the cleaning through-hole as the balls roll, cleaning is easy, clogging of the balls is prevented, and smooth supply is performed.

(D) Since the pachinko balls supplied and supplied to the upper plate are prevented from spilling, there is no risk that the balls will fall on the floor and the player will slip their legs.

(E) Since the ball is not caught when it is gripped and taken out, the ball can be easily gripped and taken out, and the ball does not escape and spill.

(F) Since the supply state of the ball to the ball hitting device can be confirmed, it is possible to take preventive measures against ball clogging.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine embodying the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a support part of an upper plate, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a support part of the upper plate, and FIG. 4 is an upper plate. A plan view showing the support part of
5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the upper plate, FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the ball storage recess of the upper plate, FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the upper plate in the passage, and FIG. 8 is one of the upper plates. Partial sectional view, FIG. 9 is a partial sectional view of an upper plate showing another example, and FIG. 10 is a partial sectional view of an upper plate showing another example. Upper plate 3, sphere accumulating recess 5, curved surface 5a for feeding sphere, passage 6, curved surface 6a, metal plate 8, through hole 9 for cleaning, ridge 11, launch ball see-through window 13.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sphere accumulating recess (5) having a slanted bottom surface (3a) in which a large number of pachinko spheres (B) are vertically and horizontally aligned and accumulated so as to be vertically superimposed, and the sphere accumulating recess (5). Are connected to each other via a curved surface (6a),
Pachinko balls (B) rolling from the ball accumulating recess (5) due to the inclination of the bottom surface (3a) are aligned in a line at the curved surface (6a) portion, and a passage (6) for guiding the ball (B). A metal plate (3) for preventing friction, which is embedded in the bottom surface (3a) so as to extend over the ball accumulating recess (5) and the passage (6). 8) and a through hole (9) for cleaning dust for dropping the dust inside the upper plate (3) which penetrates through the metal plate (8) and is through the bottom surface (3a) of the upper plate (3) And a protrusion (11) for preventing the pachinko ball (B) from projecting on the upper wall edge of the upper plate (3) so as to be directed inward of the upper plate (3), and similarly, the upper plate (3) ) Is provided at the intersection of the bottom surface (3a) and the side wall, and a curved surface (for sending out a ball) for preventing the pachinko ball (B) from being caught when the pachinko ball (B) is gripped and taken out. 5a) and a transparent see-through window (13) formed of a transparent body and attached to the end of the upper plate (3) for confirming the supply state of the pachinko ball (B) to the ball striking device. A saucer for pachinko balls.