JPH0652886U - Device for picking up a premium ball on a pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To allow the ball of a prize ball to be dispensed to the prize ball discharge passage to be removed very quickly and smoothly. [Structure] A ball outlet 35 communicating with the lower ball tray 6 is provided on the bottom surface of the prize ball outflow passage 10 that guides the prize balls dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device to the upper ball tray 5, and the ball outlet 3 is provided.
5 is provided with a shutter plate 37 that opens and closes the ball removal port 35 by operating from the front of the pachinko machine, and opens the shutter plate 37 to release the prize ball delivered to the prize ball outflow passage 10 from the ball removal port 35. The configuration is such that it is directly guided to the lower ball receiving tray 6.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a prize ball extracting device capable of quickly extracting a large number of prize balls paid out from a prize ball dispensing device to a lower ball tray.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In conventional pachinko machines, the lower end of the prize ball outflow passage is connected to the prize ball opening that is opened on the front plate and connected to the upper ball tray, and the bottom of the lower ball of the upper ball tray has an extraction hole that is opened and closed by a flat plate member. It is opened and the extraction hole communicates with the lower ball tray through a ball passage formed on the back surface of the upper ball tray.

After the game, even the prize balls accumulated in the prize ball outflow passage together with the prize balls accumulated in the upper ball saucer pass through the inside of the upper ball saucer and are opened at the bottom of the lower end of the flow. It was designed to open a hole, lead to the lower ball saucer, and pull it out to a ball box prepared separately.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in a pachinko machine equipped with a large electric-powered accessory, when a big hit happens, many safe balls are generated at one time, and thousands of premium balls are paid out. Even after the game ends, the prize ball payout device operates for a while to continue paying out the prize ball.

However, the lower end side of the upper ball receiving tray is narrowed to a width such that the hitting balls are cascaded in a row because the lower hitting side supplies the hitting balls to the hitting ball launching unit one by one, and the extraction hole is also a prize. Since it is only large enough to pass one ball, it took a long time to take out the prize balls sequentially paid out from the prize ball dispenser through the upper ball tray in the above state, which was troublesome and troublesome. .

Therefore, the present invention has been devised in consideration of the above problems, and a prize ball extracting device in a pachinko machine capable of quickly extracting a prize ball dispensed from a prize ball dispensing device without using an upper ball tray. The purpose is to provide.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve such an object, the prize ball extracting device in the pachinko machine of the present invention is a ball communicating with the lower ball tray on the bottom of the prize ball outflow passage for guiding the prize ball discharged from the prize ball dispensing device to the upper ball tray. A shutter plate that opens and closes the ball outlet by operating the ball outlet from the front of the pachinko machine is provided at the ball outlet, and by opening the shutter plate, the prize balls to be paid out to the prize ball outflow passage can be provided. The ball extraction port was directly guided to the lower ball tray.

[0008]

[Action]

 By operating from the front of the pachinko machine, the shutter plate is actuated to open the ball outlet, and the prize ball dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device is guided downward from the outlet and directly discharged to the lower ball tray.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of a prize ball extracting device in a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the pachinko machine viewed from the front, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the glass frame and the front plate are opened.

In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine body, and 2 is a front frame thereof. Reference numeral 3 denotes a glass frame which is openably and closably mounted on the front surface of the front frame 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a front plate located below the glass frame 3, and an upper ball tray 5 is mounted on the front surface of the front plate 4. Reference numeral 6 is a lower ball tray that receives the surplus balls of the upper ball tray 5.

On the one side of the front plate 4, there is provided a prize ball opening 8 which is continuous with the dish portion 7 of the upper ball receiving tray 5, and on the back side thereof is a box frame-like connection which surrounds the prize ball opening 8 and opens the rear surface. The tube 9 is attached. In addition, on the back side of the front plate 4, there is formed a prize ball outflow passage 10 for guiding a prize ball discharged from a prize ball payout device (not shown) to the upper ball tray 5, and the end of the prize ball outflow passage 10 is It is adapted to match the connecting pipe 9.

On the back side of the front plate 4, a ball launching portion 11 covered by the front plate 4 is provided, and the ball launching portion 11 is provided with a launch rail 12. Reference numeral 13 is a foul ball recovery port that is opened below the upper end of the launch rail 12 and sends out a return ball or the like to the lower ball tray 6. A passage portion 14 is formed at one side of the foul ball recovery port 13.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper ball receiving tray 5 includes a tray portion 7 and a cover member 15 attached to the front surface of the tray portion 7. As shown in FIG. 3, an alignment passage 16 in which the balls are arranged in a line is formed in the dish portion 7. A ball hole 17 is formed at the downstream end of the alignment passage 16 and is aligned on the lower surface of the ball hole 17. A ball valve 18 is provided which is movable in a direction orthogonal to the passage 16.

The ball extracting valve 18 integrally has two parallel arms 18a and 18b projecting rearward, and pins 181a and 181b are projectingly provided at the tip ends of the respective arms 18a and 18b. . As shown in FIG. 5, the ball valve 18 has a first link piece 22a and a second link 22a of equal length, which are pivotally attached to a support plate 19 by shafts 20a and 20b and are connected to each other by a connecting rod 21. Pins 181a and 181b are fitted into shaft holes 23a and 23b at one end of the piece 22b, respectively, and are pivotally connected. Then, the spring 24 is wound around the shaft 20a of the first link piece 22a, one end of which is locked to the support plate 19, and the other end is locked to the first link piece 22a. 22a is repulsed in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 6 so that the ball-draining valve 18 is always maintained in the closed position of the ball-draining hole 17.

The connecting rod 21 serves as a stopper by abutting the side surface of the connecting rod 21 on the pin 181b of the ball removing valve 18 at a position where the ball removing valve 18 closes the ball removing hole 17. Reference numeral 25 denotes a laterally elongated opening groove formed in a vertical portion below the dish portion 7 so that the ball extracting valve 18 faces the ball extracting hole 17 from the opening groove 25. Guide portions 26, 26 are formed at both sides of the opening groove 25 so that both ends of the support plate 19 are fitted and positioned at a fixed position and fixedly held.

On the other hand, an opening 27 is formed in the front portion of the cover member 15 at a position corresponding to the ball removing hole 17 of the dish portion 7, and a hollow push body 28 having an open rear surface is provided in the opening 27 in the front and rear direction. It is press fit. The push body 28 is supported so as not to come off from the cover member 15 by fitting the protrusions 29a and 29b formed on both side surfaces into the guide grooves 27a and 27a on the inner surfaces on both sides of the opening 27 from the inside. . Further, strip-shaped engaging portions 30a and 30b are integrally formed on both inner surfaces of the push body 28. As shown in FIG. 6, one engaging portion 30a is connected to the other end portion of the first link piece 22a. 221a, and the other engaging portion 30b is brought into contact with the other end 221b of the second link piece 22b.

As a result, the push body 28 is always urged rearward by the spring action of the first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b, so that it is flush with the front surface of the cover member 15 as shown in FIG. It is located. In addition, 31 in the drawing is a ball passage passage trough attached to the front edge of the dish 7, 32a and 32b are pins projecting from the upper surfaces of the first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b, and the connecting rod 21 The first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b are pivotally connected to each other by fitting into the through holes 21a and 21b on both sides of the first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b.

Reference numeral 33 is a limit switch mounted in the upper ball receiving tray 5 near the ball removing valve 18 and actuating a solenoid 45 of a shutter plate 37 described later. The operating piece 34 of the limit switch 33 is positioned so as to face the tip portion 22'a of the first link piece 22a on the pin 181a side, and the first link piece 22a is rotated as shown in FIG. The limit switch 33 is turned on by pressing the operating piece 34.

Then, on the back side of the front plate 4, a ball outlet 35 having a width equal to the lateral width of the prize outlet 8 is opened on the lower surface of the connecting pipe 9 surrounding the prize outlet 8, and the ball outlet 35 has both sides. A shutter plate 37 is provided, the rear end of which is pivotally supported by support shafts 36 and 36 and is rotatable forward. Further, a rotary shaft 38 that supports between the both side walls 9a and 9b of the connecting pipe 9 is provided below the shutter plate 37, and a support 39 is fixed to the rotary shaft 38. The support 39 supports the shutter plate 37 from below in a standing state due to the rotation of the rotating shaft 38, and holds the shutter plate 37 substantially horizontally. One end of the rotating shaft 38 is projected from the side wall 9b, and an arm piece 41 having a pin 40 protruding parallel to the rotating shaft 38 is fixed to the tip of the rotating shaft 38 in an L-shape.

On the front side of the rotary shaft 38, a short rod 43 having a pin 42 parallel to the rotary shaft 38 protruding from the tip is fixed to the side wall 9b. Reference numeral 44 is a crank rod in which the pins 40 and 42 are fitted in through holes 44a and 44a provided at both ends, and a vertical groove 44b is provided in the center. A solenoid 45, which is excited by the ON operation of the limit switch 33, is vertically arranged below the crank rod 44, and the tip of the plunger 45a of the solenoid 45 is inserted into the vertical groove 44b of the crank rod 44. And fix with screws 46. The ball outlet 35 is connected to the passage portion 14 below, and is connected to the lower ball tray 6 via the foul recovery port 13.

The device for extracting a premium ball according to the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and its operation will be described below. When a certain amount of prize balls are stored in the upper ball tray 5 and the prize balls are sequentially dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device to the ball tray 5 through the prize ball outflow passage 10, the upper ball is first removed. The push body 28 of the ball tray 5 is pressed forward with a finger. As a result, the engaging portions 30a, 30b cause the first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b to rotate against the resilience of the spring 24 as shown by the chain line in FIG. The ball removal valve 18 connected to the second link piece 22b is in a direction orthogonal to the alignment passage 16 and moves backward to open the ball removal hole 17 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the prize ball of the dish portion 7 drops from the ball removal hole 17 to the ball removal passage trough 31 and is further discharged to the lower ball receiving tray 6 for ball removal.

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 7, the operating piece 34 is pushed by the pin 181a side tip portion 22'a of the first link piece 22a, and the limit switch 33 is turned on. Along with this, the solenoid 45 on the back side of the front plate 4 is excited to move the plunger 45a downward. Further, the crank rod 44 pivots downward about the short rod 43 and the pivot shaft 38 rotates to tilt the support 39 downward as shown in FIG. As a result, the shutter plate 37 loses its support and tilts downward to open the ball outlet 35. Then, all the prize balls delivered to the prize ball outflow passage 10 are dropped into the ball extracting port 35 and guided to the lower ball receiving tray 6 through the passage portion 14 and the foul collecting port 13.

Further, when the finger is released from the push body 28, the first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b are pivotally returned to the solid line position shown in FIG. Moves in the forward direction to close the ball removal hole 17. The push body 28 is pushed by the other end portions 221a and 221b of the first link piece 22a and the second link piece 22b, respectively, and returns to the solid line position shown in FIG.

At the same time, the operating piece 34 is opened, the limit switch 33 is turned off, and the solenoid 45 is demagnetized. When the solenoid 45 is demagnetized, the plunger 45a is moved upward, the crank rod 44 is rotated upward to rotate the rotary shaft 38 in the reverse direction, and the support plate 39 is tilted upward to push up the shutter plate 37 to raise the shutter plate 37 to a substantially horizontal position. Then, the ball outlet 35 is closed.

In this way, the ball extracting port 35 is opened by the operation from the front of the pachinko machine, and the prize balls are quickly extracted. In addition, in the present embodiment, the prize balls dispensed from the prize ball outflow passage and the prize balls in the upper ball receiving tray are taken out at the same time, but of course they may be taken out separately.

[0026]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the prize ball extracting device of the present invention, a ball extracting port communicating with the lower ball receiving tray is provided on the bottom surface of the prize ball outflow passage, and a shutter plate is provided at the ball extracting port. Since the ball extraction port is opened by operating from the front of the pachinko machine, all the prize balls discharged to the prize ball outflow passage can be directly extracted to the lower ball catch tray without passing through the upper ball catch tray. As a result, the prize ball can be extracted extremely quickly and smoothly, and the player can be provided with the advantage that troublesome and troublesome work is eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of the front surface of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the same glass frame and front plate in an open state.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an upper ball saucer.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a related configuration of a ball valve and first and second link pieces.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the upper ball tray showing a closed state of the ball hole.

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of an upper ball tray showing an open state of a ball hole.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the back surface of the front plate showing a state in which the ball outlet is closed.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the rear surface of the front plate showing a state in which the ball outlet is opened.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the front plate showing the operation of the shutter plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Front plate 5 Upper ball saucer 6 Lower ball saucer 8 Award ball mouth 10 Prize ball outflow passage 35 Ball outlet 37 Shutter plate

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball outlet that communicates with a lower ball tray is provided at the bottom of a prize ball outflow passage that guides a prize ball dispensed from a prize ball dispenser to an upper ball tray, and the ball outlet is the front surface of a pachinko machine. By providing a shutter plate that opens and closes the ball extraction port by operating from, the shutter plate is opened to guide the prize ball discharged to the prize ball outflow passage directly from the ball extraction port to the lower ball tray. A feature ball sampling device for a featured pachinko machine.