JPH065829Y2 - Safe ball receptacle for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a safe ball receiver for a pachinko machine, and a safe ball having a ball entrance provided with a movable receiving plate for receiving and closing a ball on the front of the case. The movable receiving plate of the socket is closed by counting a certain number of safe balls that enter from the ball inlet or the ball receiving port on the rear surface of the case, and then the safe ball does not enter from the front of the case. When a safe ball enters the ball receiving port on the rear surface of the case, the movable receiving plate is unlocked so that it projects to the angle for receiving the ball.

(Prior Art) In a safe ball receptacle for a pachinko machine that has a ball inlet with a movable receiving plate that receives and closes a ball on the front of the case,
A safe ball receiver that swings the movable receiving plate at an angle where the ball is inserted or does not enter is known from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-190290, but it is safe to enter from the ball inlet and the ball receiving port on the rear surface of the case. There is no known structure in which the movable receiving plate automatically locks the ball entrance at the closing angle when the total number of balls reaches a fixed number.

(Problems to be solved by the present invention) In the safe ball receiver having the above-mentioned structure, the width of the movable backing plate at the ball entrance on the front of the case is increased to enhance the dynamic decoration of the pachinko machine. Since it is for one purpose, when this is rocking to the angle to receive the ball, the number of hit balls flowing down the front of the game board will be too large, so rock to the angle to close as quickly as possible, It is necessary to reduce the number of safe balls generated.

However, it automatically counts the number of safe balls that pass through the case,
There is no mechanism that locks the movable backing plate at the angle that closes the ball entrance when counted to a certain number. The present invention aims to solve this problem.

(Means for Solving Problems) The present invention is intended to solve the problems described in the preceding paragraph, and swings to the front side of the case 1 at an angle for receiving a ball, or at a closing angle. A ball inlet 8 provided with a movable movable receiving plate 2 is provided, and a locking plate 5 is provided on the movable receiving plate 2 for swinging the ball inlet 8 at an angle to close the lock surface 6 and moving the lock surface 6 upward. , Lowering the rear end, the locking surface 6 of the locking plate 5
Lock or lower the rear end to unlock 1st
In the safe ball receptacle provided with the lock lever 11, the second lock lever 23 is provided corresponding to the lower surface of the rear end of the first lock lever 11, and the ball inlet 8 and the ball receptacle 26 on the rear side of the case 1 are provided. A counter lever 19 is provided that swings when receiving a safe ball that enters and returns when ejecting. Further, a toothless portion 18 in which a tooth corresponding to one tooth of the engaging tooth 16 of the counter gear 15 is cut off at an appropriate position is provided. Lock gear 17
Is provided so as to be interlockable with the counter gear 15, the counter lever 19 is provided with a feed pawl 22 that engages with a toothless portion of the counter gear 15 other than the toothless portion 18, and a second lock lever 23 is provided.
A push-up piece 25 that is pushed up by the teeth of the lock gear 17 is provided in the lock gear 17, and in the notch 18 of the lock gear 17, the push-up piece 25 and the second lock lever 23 cannot be pushed up, and the first lock lever 11 causes The present invention relates to a safe ball receiver for a pachinko machine, characterized in that the locking plate 5 of the movable receiving plate 2 is locked.

(Embodiment) The attached drawings show a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The drawing is a front view, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view, FIGS. 3 and 4 are back views, FIG. 5 is an enlarged back view of the same portion, and FIGS.
FIG. 8 is a side view taken along the line AA, and FIG. 8 is a side view taken along the line BB.

On the front surface of the case 1, there is provided a ball entrance 8 having a movable support plate 2 which swings by a shaft 3 at a closing angle shown in FIG. 6 and a projecting angle shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the movable entrance plate 2 has a ball entrance 8
A pair of sleeve plates 4 are provided that project to the front side of the ball entrance 8 when swung to the closing angle. In the case 1, the movable receiving plate 2 closes the ball inlet 8 at an angle shown in FIG. 6 which is a substantially straight lock surface 6 and the movable receiving plate 2 has moved to an angle projecting from the ball inlet. A locking plate 5 provided with an arcuate surface 7 facing upward at an angle is provided on one side. The width of the ball entrance 8 and the movable receiving plate 2 is made long so that about three balls can be placed in parallel.

A first lock lever 11 having a protruding plate 11a protruding downward is pivotally supported by a shaft 10 at an upper portion in front of the rear wall 9 of the case 1 so that a rear end of the case 1 is protruded rearward from the rear wall 9. A derailment prevention lever 13 is provided on the shaft 12 above the shaft 10 so as to be above the first lock lever 11 and a weight 14 at the rear end is in contact with the rear end of the lever 11.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, on the rear surface of the rear wall 9, a counter gear 15 provided with saw tooth-shaped engaging teeth 16 and a tooth corresponding to one tooth of the gear 15 are cut out at appropriate positions. Part 18 (fifth
A lock gear 17 having a drawing) is provided coaxially with the shaft 19 so that they can be interlocked. In the present embodiment, the counter gear 15 has twelve engaging teeth 16, and the lock gear 17 has ten saw tooth-shaped teeth each having a toothless portion 18 for every five engaging teeth 16.

The number of the locking teeth 16 of the counter gear 15, or the position and the number of teeth of the toothless portion 18 of the lock gear 17 are not limited to those in this embodiment.

Below the counter gear 15 and the like, a counter lever 19 is provided that is pivotally supported by a shaft 19a and has a ball receiving portion 20 lightened. The counter lever 19 receives the safe ball a flowing out from the outlet 21 of the rear wall 9 in the ball receiving portion 20, and swings from the angle of FIG. 3 to the angle of FIG. 4 by its weight, and the safe ball a moves. When it flows away, it returns to the angle shown in Fig. 3 again. The counter lever 19 is provided with a feed pawl 22 that engages with the engagement teeth 16 of the counter gear 15 and a ball receiving portion 20.
And a shaft opposite to the shaft 19a.

The second lock lever 23 is pivotally supported by the shaft 24 on the rear surface of the rear wall 9. The lever 23 is the first lock lever 11 described above.
The push-up piece 25, which corresponds to the lower side of the rear end protruding from the rear wall 9, is engaged with the teeth of the lock gear 17 from the second lock lever 23 thereof to make the angle shown in FIG. To do.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a ball receiving port provided on the back surface of the rear wall 9 for receiving the safe ball b which has flown into the other safe ball receiving port and flows out to the back surface of the rolling ball plate. The receiving piece 27 shown in the drawing is guided to the front surface of the back plate 9 and further flows out from the outflow port 21 to the ball receiving portion 20 of the counter lever 19.
It can also be dropped directly onto the 9 ball receiving portion 20. In this case, if the ball receiving portion 20 has a horizontal U shape as shown in the figure, an outlet (not shown) for allowing the counter lever 19 to lower and then flowing out of the case 1 is provided.

The other 28 is a pawl, and 29 is a stopper that determines the limit of the downward swing of one end of the second lock lever 23.

The operation of this embodiment will be described.

The second lock lever 23 lowers the push-up piece 25 as shown in FIG. 4 and is received by the teeth of the lock gear 17, and is itself received by the stopper 29, but as the lock gear 17 rotates, as shown in FIG. When the push-up piece 25 is pushed up by the teeth of the gear, the rear end of the first lock lever 11 is pushed up via the second lock lever, and the protruding piece 11a is moved to the rear of the lock surface 6 as shown in FIG. As it moves, the movable receiving plate 2 swings by its own weight to the projection angle shown in FIG. That is, until the five winning balls a and b are counted by the counter gear 15, the first lock lever 11 moves the rear end from the lower side to the upper side by the lock gear 17 via the second lock lever 23 and the pushing piece 25. Swings downward from
On the other hand, the movable receiving plate 2 rocks the lock surface 6 at an angle protruding from the ball entrance 8 and an angle at which the ball entrance 8 is closed to dynamically decorate the front surface of the pachinko machine.

When the counter gear 15 counts five safe balls a or b, at that time, since the toothless portion 18 of the lock gear 17 corresponds to the push-up piece 25 as shown in FIG. 5, the piece 25 cannot be lifted. Therefore, the second lock lever 23 is the stopper 2
9 is kept in contact and the rear end of the first lock lever 11 is not pushed up, the protruding piece 11a cannot move from the lock surface 6 as shown in FIG. 6, and the movable receiving plate 2 is moved to the angle shown in FIG. Lock and close ball entrance 8. Counter gear 15
When passing through the fifth safe ball and rotating by the feed pawl 22, the next tooth of the toothless portion 18 of the lock gear 17 only comes into contact with the lower end of the push-up piece 25 that cannot be pushed up. Does not generate safe balls a from the ball entrance 8.

In this state, when the (sixth) safe ball b enters from the ball receiving opening 26 at the rear part of the case 1, the counter lever 19 swings by the ball and the counter gear 15 is fed by the pawl 22.
Since it is rotated by the lock gear 17,
7 is pushed up by the next tooth of the toothless portion 18, and the second lock lever 23 lifts the rear end of the first lock lever 11 to move the protruding piece 11a to the rear of the lock surface 6 as shown in FIG. By doing so, the movable receiving plate 2 is unlocked, and the plate 2 is freed to swing again, and is swung to an angle projecting from the ball entrance 8 as shown in FIG.

(Operation) The operation of the present invention includes the first lock lever 11, the second lock lever 23, the counter lever 19, the counter gear 15, and the toothless portion 18, as made clear by the above-described embodiment. The lock gear 17 is provided, and the ball inlet 8 is opened and closed by the movable support plate until the number of safe balls a and b is counted by the counter gear 15. After the counting is completed, the ball inlet 8 is locked and locked, and the ball inlet 8 is closed. When it is up, the movable support plate 2 is unlocked by the safe ball b entering from the ball inlet 26 at the rear of the case 1 to allow the swing to be free, and this is repeated.

(Effect) The present invention has the above-described configuration and operation, and counts the number of safe balls a and b entering from the ball entrance 8 on the front side or the ball receiving opening 26 on the back side of the case 1 by the counter gear 15, and the number is a fixed number. When counting, the movable support plate 2 that closes the ball entrance 8 is locked to prevent the generation of the safe ball a, and the lock is released by the safe ball b that enters from the ball entrance 26 that often has few opportunities to enter. It is possible to prevent the safe ball from entering through the ball entrance 8 with the movable receiving plate 2 depending on the number of the safe balls a and b generated, and, in the case of the lock, the safe ball b allows the movable receiving plate 2 to move. It has the effect of producing an action capable of unlocking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view, FIGS. 3 and 4 are rear views, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged rear view of the same portion. FIGS. 6 and 7 are side views taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is a side view taken along the line BB. a, b → safe ball, 1 → case, 2 → movable support plate 5 → locking plate, 6 → lock surface, 8 → ball entrance 11 → first lock lever 14 → delusion prevention lever, 15 → counter gear 16 → engagement Synthetic teeth, 17 → Lock gear 18 → Partial tooth part, 19 → Counter lever 20 → Ball receiving part, 22 → Feed pawl 23 → Second lock lever, 25 → Pushing piece 26 → Ball receiving port

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball inlet 8 provided on a front side of a case 1 with a movable receiving plate 2 that swings at an angle for receiving a ball and swings at an angle for closing the ball. The ball inlet 8 is provided on the movable receiving plate 2. A locking plate 5 is provided that causes the lock surface 6 to move upward with swinging of the closing angle, and the rear end is lowered above the case 1 to lock the lock surface 6 of the locking plate 5, or the rear end is lowered. In a safe ball receptacle provided with a first lock lever 11 for unlocking by means of a lock, a second lock lever 23 is provided corresponding to the lower surface of the rear end of the first lock lever 11, and a ball entrance 8 and a case 1 are provided.
A counter lever 19 that swings when receiving a safe ball that enters from the ball receiving port 26 on the rear side and that returns when ejecting is provided. Furthermore, a tooth corresponding to one tooth of the engaging tooth 16 of the counter gear 15 is provided at an appropriate position. Lock gear 1 having a missing tooth portion 18
7 is provided so as to be interlockable with the counter gear 15, a feed pawl 22 is provided on the counter lever 19 for engaging with a toothless portion other than the toothless portion 18 of the counter gear 15, and a second lock lever 23 is provided with A push-up piece 25 that is pushed up by teeth is provided, and in the notch portion 18 of the lock gear 17, the push-up piece 25 and the second lock lever 23 cannot be pushed up, and the first lock lever 11 locks the movable support plate 2. A safe ball socket for pachinko machines, characterized by locking the stop plate 5.