JPH0644947B2 - Pachinko ball storage tank inside Pachinko Island - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention has a large number of pachinko machines lined up, a distribution path for distributing prize balls to the pachinko machines is arranged above the pachinko machines, and below the pachinko machines. A pachinko ball inside a pachinko island in which a collecting path for collecting the discharged balls discharged from the pachinko machine is arranged, and further a pumping device for pumping the pachinko balls collected in the collecting path to the distribution path is arranged. It concerns storage tanks.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a plurality of rows of pachinko islands in which a large number of pachinko machines are installed in a back row are installed in a game arcade, and the total number of pachinko balls used in all the game arcades including these plural pachinko islands. Is required at an average store for 3,000 to 4,000 pachinko machines. However, in normal business, not all the pachinko balls are used on the pachinko islands, but the number of pachinko balls stored on the pachinko islands is about half of the total number of pachinko balls, and other pachinko balls are , A large storage tank in an appropriate place of the game hall, for example, in the basement of a management machine room provided in a corner of the game hall, and store in that storage tank, and when necessary, the storage tank and pachinko The supply gutters connecting the islands were used to supply the required amount to each pachinko island.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above conventional storage tank, a space for installing a large storage tank is required in the game hall, and the shape of the storage tank is not constant for each game hall. It was uneconomical because it had to be specially manufactured to match the amusement park.

In addition, when there is a shortage of pachinko balls on Pachinko Island, it is designed to be replenished from a storage tank to a storage tank provided on Pachinko Island via a supply gutter. It takes time to replenish a certain amount of pachinko balls from the storage tank to the Pachinko islands because the structure is such that they will be replenished after they arrive. When a pachinko machine that does this is installed, a problem may occur in which the supply of premium balls to the pachinko machine cannot be completed in time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned inconveniences, and the purpose thereof is that it is not necessary to provide a large-scale tank of a custom-made product in the amusement hall, and it can be provided commonly to all amusement halls. In addition, it is to provide a pachinko ball storage tank that can be immediately replenished to a pachinko machine even when there is a shortage of pachinko balls on the pachinko island.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a large number of pachinko machines are arranged in a row, and a distribution path for distributing a prize ball to the pachinko machines is arranged above the pachinko machines. Is
A collection path for collecting discharge balls discharged from the pachinko machine is arranged in the lower part of the pachinko island where a pumping device for pumping the pachinko balls collected in the collection path to the distribution path is arranged. A pachinko ball storage tank is provided over the entire width in the lower space of the island unit where several pachinko machines are installed from the position adjacent to the lifting device, and a pair of partition walls is provided at the center of the pachinko ball storage tank. A recovery gutter which is erected upright and constitutes a part of the recovery path is formed in the center, and a storage section for receiving overflow balls from the distribution path is formed on the left and right, and the recovery gutter is discharged from the pachinko machine. Is composed of an upper guide rail part that flows down, and a lower guide inclined surface on which the pachinko balls stored in the storage part flow down, and the partition wall between the guide rail part and the guide inclined surface. It is characterized in that it has a plurality of reservoirs ball inlet.

In addition, the size of the pachinko ball storage tank is configured to extend over the entire width of the pachinko island stand in the lower space of the lower island unit that corresponds to multiple pachinko machines from the position where it is installed on the lifting device, The number of pachinko balls, which is the number of pachinko balls divided by the number of pachinko islands installed in the game arcade, can be stored, that is, the number of pachinko balls required for one pachinko island stand in various states. It can be sized for storage.

[Operation] Since the pachinko ball storage tank is formed over the entire width of the lower space of the island unit where several pachinko machines adjacent to the lifting device can be installed, one pachinko island stand is required in various states. Not only can a large number of pachinko balls be stored, but a pachinko ball storage tank can also be stored in the smallest unit "island unit that can install several pachinko machines adjacent to the lifting device" that is required at any amusement park. Since it is provided, it is not necessary to change the design of the pachinko ball storage tank for each amusement park installed, and by assembling it to the island unit, mass production at the factory can be achieved, realizing a significant cost reduction can do. Moreover, when the pachinko balls overflowing from the distribution path flow into the storage part of the pachinko ball storage tank, and when a large number of prize balls are paid out to the player and the number of pachinko balls on the recovery path becomes small, the pachinko ball storage tank will be filled. Since the pachinko balls stored in the storage section flow into the guide slope from the storage ball inlet and flow out to the recovery path, it is possible to respond to the increase or decrease of the storage balls inside the pachinko island stand for a long time. In addition, the storage spheres are configured to flow into the guide slope from a plurality of storage sphere inlets, so even if a ball clogging phenomenon occurs at one storage sphere inlet, Since the stored spheres flow into the guide slope from the storage sphere inlet, the storage spheres are smoothly supplied to the recovery path.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a main part of the pachinko island 1. In the figure, a pachinko island 1 is composed of an upper island unit 2, a lower island unit 3 and a central lifting device unit 4. The upper island unit 2 is framed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape by island pillars 6, and a counter base 5 extending in the forward direction is fixed to the lower end of the upper island unit 2. Island pillar 6
Are erected at intervals substantially equal to the lateral width of the pachinko machine 30. Further, the counter base 5 is adapted to mount a pachinko machine 30 (see FIG. 5) and an out ball receiving box 10 on the rear part thereof, and the front part of the counter base 5 pops out to the front to collect the prize balls obtained. It is provided for the convenience of the player by allowing the inserted box to be placed. In addition, a bolt hole 29 for fixing the upper island unit 2 and the lower island unit 3 with a bolt (not shown) is formed in the rear portion of the counter base 5. In addition, on the upper part of the upper island unit 2, a prize ball distribution gutter 7 for naturally flowing down a prize ball discharged from a prize ball storage tank 14 which will be described later is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the island end. In the distribution gutter 7,
The flow dividing pipe 8 is attached at a predetermined interval. A counter 9 is provided at the end of the flow dividing pipe 8, and the prize ball that has passed through the counter 9 is supplied to a prize ball tank (not shown) provided above the pachinko machine 30. The counter 9 is fixed to a horizontal crosspiece 11 which is laterally fixed to the island pillar 6.

As described above, the out ball receiving box 10 is fixed to the rear portion of the counter table 5. The out ball receiving box 10 receives all the out balls and safe balls discharged from the pachinko machine 30. The received discharge balls are guided to a recovery gutter 20 described later by a discharge pipe (not shown). The out-ball receiving box 10 is provided with a counter (not shown) for counting all the discharged balls.

A polishing lifter 12 is installed in the lifter unit 4. The polishing lifter 12 has supply gutters 13a and 13b for guiding discharge balls to be polished below the polishing feeder 12.
Is arranged, and a premium ball storage tank 14 for storing the polished prize balls is arranged on the upper part thereof. The supply gutter 13
The connection gutter 16 is provided on one of the supply gutters 13b of a and 13b.
Are connected, but this configuration will be described later in detail. Further, the prize ball distribution gutter 7 is connected to a lower portion of the prize ball storage tank 14 so that the polished prize ball is temporarily stored in the prize ball storage tank 14 and then naturally flows down to the prize ball distribution gutter 7. It has become. In the state where the prize ball distribution gutter 7 is filled with the prize balls and the prize ball storage tank 14 stores a predetermined amount of the prize balls, the prize ball storage tank 14
The surplus ball is discharged from the overflow ball pipe 15 which is connected to the upper part of the center. The lower end of the overflow ball pipe 15 is located so as to communicate with the pachinko ball storage tank 17.

The pachinko ball storage tank 17 is the lifting device unit 4
Is provided in the lower island unit 3 adjacent to. As shown in FIG. 3, the lower island unit 3 is arranged below the upper island unit 2 so that the upper island unit 2 can be placed on the lower island unit 3 and the discharge generated from the pachinko machine 30 inside thereof. A collection gutter 20 for collecting the balls on one side is provided. By the way, the lower island unit 3 adjacent to the lifting device unit 4 is provided with a pachinko ball storage tank 17 over the entire width thereof as shown in FIG. The bottom surface of the pachinko ball storage tank 17 constitutes a guide inclined surface 18 that inclines downward toward the lifting device unit 4, and the pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 always flow down to the lifting device unit 4 side. Work to let. Further, a pair of partition walls 19a and 19b are erected at the center of the pachinko ball storage tank 17, and the two partition walls 1
The passage sandwiched by 9a and 19b is configured as a collection gutter 20. This recovery gutter 20 is located on an adjacent island unit (second
In the figure, it is formed so as to be continuous from the island unit drawn on the lower side. The upper part of the collecting trough 20 is covered with a guide lid plate 21 (see FIG. 3) made of a transparent synthetic resin plate, and the heights of the partition walls 19a and 19b are as shown in FIG. In addition, since the downwardly inclined surface is slightly formed toward the upstream side, the guide lid plate 21 is also downwardly inclined toward the upstream side. Since the outlet of the overflow ball pipe 15 is arranged at the upper end portion of the guide lid plate 21, the overflow ball falling from the overflow ball pipe 15 is
The downward force causes the guide lid plate 21 to roll toward the upstream side and fall into the pachinko ball storage tank 17. Therefore, the pachinko balls that flow into and are stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 are sequentially stored from the back side of the tank 17. Further, a guide rail 22 is laid under the recovery gutter 20 at a predetermined distance from the guide inclined surface 18. The guide rail 22 is made of a hard synthetic resin and is formed in the shape of a cage, the distance between which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball. Therefore, the pachinko ball flowing down on the guide rail 22 can be smoothly flowed down, and the noise generated during the flow down can be reduced.

At the lower ends of the partition walls 19a and 19b, the storage sphere inlet port 23
Are opened at appropriate intervals and communicate with each other inside the pachinko ball storage tank 17 partitioned by the partition walls 19a and 19b. That is, the pachinko balls stored in the left and right pachinko ball storage tanks 17 partitioned by the partition walls 19a and 19b enter the guide inclined surface 18 below the guide rail 22 from the storage ball inlet 23 and enter the guide passage described later. It is designed to be guided to 26. Also, the partition wall 19
A storage ball communication path 24 that communicates the left and right pachinko ball storage tanks 17 is laid down at a substantially central position of a and 19b to level the storage amounts of the left and right pachinko balls.

A guide shelf 2 having a downward sloping surface toward the upstream side for each divided area at the lower end of the guide sloping surface 18.
5a to 25c are formed. Left and right guide shelves 25a and 25
c is for guiding the pachinko balls stored in the left and right pachinko ball storage tanks 17 to the storage ball inlet 23 and to the guide inclined surface 18 below the guide rail 22, and the central guide shelf 25b is Guide shelf 2 (on the left in the figure)
It is for guiding to the guide passage 26 formed in 5a. The position immediately before the central guide shelf 25b is the guide shelf 2
Confluence point 2 where the storage sphere guided by 5a and 25c and the discharge sphere guided by the guide rail 22 meet.
Forming 7. Then, the guide ledge 25a and a discharge bulb P ₁ that has flowed down over the guide rail 22 and the reservoir ball P ₂ induced by the 25c, as shown in FIG. 7, the discharge bulb P ₁
Since but always suppress falling of the tip portion of the reservoir bulb P ₂ to fall from the top, in the state in which the discharge bulb P ₁ is continuously supplied, discharged ball P ₁ is higher priority than the storage sphere P ₂ And is guided to the guide passage 26. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the guide passage 26 is provided directly in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 on the right side or indirectly through the connection gutter 16 in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 on the left side. Since it is connected to 13a and 13b, the discharge ball P ₁ guided from the guide rail 22 is preferentially supplied to the polishing and lifting machine 12.

In addition, the pachinko ball storage tank 17 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a bolt hole 28 is formed, and the lower island unit 3 and the upper island unit having the pachinko ball storage tank 17 are provided by matching the bolt holes 29 of the counter base 5 and fixing them with bolts. 2 and 2 can be fixed to each other. In addition, by fixing the upper island unit 2, the pachinko ball storage tank 17 excluding the collection gutter 20
The upper part of is covered by the counter base 5.

Explaining the operation of the pachinko ball storage tank 17 configured as described above, first, before opening the game hall, the pachinko ball storage tank 17 stores the total number of pachinko balls held by the game hall on the pachinko island. The number of pachinko spheres (usually around 100,000) divided equally is stored. The pachinko machine 30 installed on the pachinko island 1 in such a stored state operates, and the operation status is one pachinko island 1
The number of pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as the number of prize balls) discharged to the player as a whole as a prize ball (including a game ball lent to the player by the lenticular ball lending machine) as a whole,
When the number of pachinko balls collected in the collection gutter 20 as the discharged balls (hereinafter referred to as the number of collected balls) is equal, the pachinko balls in the pachinko island 1 are the prize ball distribution gutter 7, the pachinko machine 30, and the collection gutter 20. , And the pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 while circulating through the polishing and lifting device 12 do not increase or decrease.

Also, in an operating condition in which the number of collected balls is larger than the number of prize balls, the pachinko balls gradually accumulate in the collection gutter 20, but since the polishing feeder 12 is constantly operating, the collection gutter 2
The pachinko balls of 0 are sent from the supply gutters 13a and 13b to the prize ball storage tank 14 by the polishing lifter 12 through the guide passage 26 and the connection gutter 16. At this time, the discharge balls flowing down on the guide rail 22 of the collection gutter 20 are lifted by the polishing lifter 12 in preference to the storage balls. In the prize ball storage tank 14, the number of pachinko balls sent by the polishing lifter 12 is larger than the number of pachinko balls consumed by the prize ball distribution gutter 7, so that the pachinko balls are gradually stored, and finally. Is a ball filled with pachinko balls.
Comes to flow from. The pachinko balls overflowing from the overflow ball pipe 15 are guided to the guide lid plate 21 installed on the upper part of the recovery gutter 20 and sequentially stored from the distant place of the pachinko ball storage tank 17.

Furthermore, in an operating condition in which the number of prize balls is larger than the number of collected balls, the number of pachinko balls collected in the collection gutter 20 gradually decreases, and finally, the number of pachinko balls flowing down in the collection gutter 20 becomes extremely small. At this time, the pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 are stored in the storage ball inlet 2
3 is supplied to the confluence 27 at the end of the collection gutter 20 and sent to the polishing lifter 12, which is immediately lifted and supplied to the prize ball distribution gutter 7, so that it is temporarily in the pachinko island 1. It is possible to avoid the situation where white pachinko balls run short. Also, if the number of prize balls is higher than the number of collected balls continuously for a long time, it seems that the pachinko balls stored in the pachinko ball storage tank 17 will also disappear. The amount of money stored in is extremely large, so it is possible to continue replenishing a considerable amount of time shortage, and in fact, during the replenishment, a prize exchange machine (not shown) installed at both ends of the pachinko island 1 Since the pachinko ball from (1) is returned to the pachinko island 1 again via the collection gutter 20, the situation of insufficient balls in the pachinko island 1 does not occur. Even if the prize exchange machine is installed in the prize exchange area of the game hall, if the exchanged pachinko balls are returned to each pachinko island 1 immediately without storing the exchanged pachinko balls, the return to a certain extent is possible. Even if it takes time, since the pachinko balls are replenished from the pachinko ball storage tank 17, the situation of shortage of balls in the pachinko island 1 does not occur immediately. Moreover, even if it is configured as described above, it is not necessary to provide a large-sized storage tank in a prize exchange place as in the conventional case.

In the embodiment described above, the pachinko ball storage tank 17
The overflow spheres flowing into the pool are those overflowing from the prize ball storage tank 14, but the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, the pachinko balls are made to overflow from the end of the prize ball distribution gutter 7 to prevent the overflow ball. It may be allowed to flow into the pachinko ball storage tank 17. The point is that it may be made to flow from the distribution path.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the pachinko ball storage tank is formed in the entire width of the lower space of the island unit in which several pachinko machines adjacent to the lifting device can be installed. Since one pachinko island stand can store a large number of pachinko balls required in various states, it is the minimum unit "adjacent to the lifting device" required at any amusement park. Since a pachinko ball storage tank is provided in the "island unit that can install one pachinko machine",
It is not necessary to change the design of the pachinko ball storage tank for each amusement park installed, and by assembling it on the island unit, mass production at the factory can be achieved, and a significant cost reduction can be realized. Moreover, when the pachinko balls overflowing from the distribution path flow into the storage part of the pachinko ball storage tank, and when a large number of prize balls are paid out to the player and the number of pachinko balls on the recovery path becomes small, the pachinko ball storage tank will be filled. Since the pachinko balls stored in the storage section flow into the guide slope from the storage ball inlet and flow out to the recovery path, it is possible to respond to the increase or decrease of the storage balls inside the pachinko island stand for a long time. In addition, the storage spheres are configured to flow into the guide slope from a plurality of storage sphere inlets, so even if a ball clogging phenomenon occurs at one storage sphere inlet, Since the stored spheres flow into the guide slope from the storage sphere inlet, the storage spheres are smoothly supplied to the recovery path.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a schematic view showing the entire pachinko island, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko ball storage tank seen from above, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the upper island unit and the lower island unit. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a substantially central portion of the pachinko ball storage tank, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the pachinko ball storage tank, and FIG. 6 shows a relationship between the pachinko ball storage tank and the polishing lifter. 7A is a schematic plan view thereof, FIG. 7B is a schematic front view thereof, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a pachinko ball flowing down a recovery gutter and a pachinko ball stored in a pachinko ball storage tank. 1 …… Pachinko island 2 …… Upper island unit 3 …… Lower island unit 4 …… Lifting device unit 7 …… Premium ball distribution gutter 12 …… Grinding and lifting machine 15 …… Overflow ball pipe 7 …… Pachinko ball storage Tank 18 ... Guide slope 19a, 19b ... Partition wall 20 ... Recovery gutter 22 ... Guide rail 23 ... Storage ball inlet 30 ... Pachinko machine

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A large number of pachinko machines are lined up, and
A distribution path for distributing the prize balls to the pachinko machine is arranged at the upper part thereof, and a collection path for collecting the discharge balls discharged from the pachinko machine is arranged at the lower part thereof, and the pachinko balls collected at the collection path are further arranged. On a pachinko island in which a pumping device for pumping to the distribution path is arranged, in a space below the island unit where several pachinko machines are installed from a position adjacent to the pumping device, a pachinko ball over its entire width A storage tank is provided, and a pair of partition walls are erected in the center of the pachinko ball storage tank to form a collection gutter which forms a part of the collection path in the center, and a storage section which receives overflow balls from the distribution path on the left and right. And the recovery gutter is composed of an upper guide rail part through which the discharge balls discharged from the pachinko machine flow down, and a lower guide inclined surface through which the pachinko balls stored in the storage part flow down. While, pachinko ball storage tank in pachinko island portion, characterized in that the formation of the plurality of storage sphere inlet to said partition wall between said guide rail section the guide inclined surfaces.