JPH0681582U - Pachinko gaming machine winning device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To avoid an inoperable state due to a game ball being caught between the upper end of the flat plate part of the opening / closing member of the safe ball entrance device of the pachinko game machine and the upper end of the ball entrance or the glass surface. [Structure] The safe ball entrance device 30 is provided in the center of the prize device module M provided below the game board 20, and has a horizontally long rectangular entrance 31 and a lower end near the lower side of the entrance. An opening / closing member 32 is provided to which the provided horizontal shaft 32a is rotatably attached. The opening / closing member includes a flat plate portion 32b having substantially the same shape as the winning opening, substantially triangular side plates 32c1 and 32c2 provided on both sides of the back surface of the flat plate portion, and a winning ball receiving portion 32d provided at the center of the back surface of the flat plate portion. . In the flat plate portion, an upper end surface 32b1 is formed as an inclined surface 32b2 which is inclined from the center rear end to both left and right ends. A protruding piece 32b3 is provided on the upper end of the flat plate portion toward the front.
The projecting piece is an isosceles triangle whose center projects greatly.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko game machine, and in particular, a flat plate rotatably supported in the vertical direction on the game board at a position near the lower side of a rectangular game ball entrance provided on the front game board. The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko gaming machine, which is provided with a ball section and a ball entrance opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes a game ball entrance by rotating the flat plate section.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, in a winning device for a pachinko gaming machine of this type, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-39084, the upper end 1a of the flat plate portion 1 is flat in the lateral direction, and the flat plate portion 1 The front surface of the was also flat (see FIG. 11).

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, since the upper end of the flat plate portion of the above-mentioned winning device is flat in the lateral direction, the flat plate portion can be moved from the inclined state when the game ball entrance (hereinafter referred to as the entrance) is opened. If the game ball happens to be caught between the upper end of the flat plate part and the upper end part of the ball entrance when moving to the closed vertical state, the game ball is unable to move due to the force from both ends, and as a result, the flat plate part. There is a problem that the closing action of is disabled and the game cannot be continued. Also, when the flat plate portion moves from the vertical state when the entrance is closed to the inclined state where the entrance is opened, it happens that the game ball is caught between the upper end of the flat plate and the glass surface on the front of the game board. , It is said that the game ball gets stuck due to the force from both sides, as a result, the opening operation of the flat plate part becomes impossible, the entry of the game ball into the entrance is blocked, and it becomes impossible to continue the game. There's a problem. The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and a game ball between the upper end of the flat plate portion of the winning device and the end of the ball entrance, or between the upper end of the flat plate portion and the glass surface of the front of the game board. An object of the present invention is to provide a winning device for a pachinko gaming machine, which can surely prevent the inability to open and close the flat plate portion due to being pinched and the state in which the game cannot be continued.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the structural feature of the invention according to claim 1 is that the game is provided in the vicinity of the lower side of the rectangular game ball entrance provided on the game board on the front of the pachinko game machine. In a winning device for a pachinko gaming machine, which includes a flat plate portion rotatably supported in a vertical direction on a board and a ball inlet opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes a game ball inlet by rotating the flat plate portion, This is because a pair of inclined surfaces that are cut out obliquely from the center to both ends are provided on the upper end surface of the flat plate portion.

[0007] Further, the structural feature of the invention according to claim 2 is that, in the winning device according to claim 1, one side is an upper end projecting substantially vertically from a front upper end position of the flat plate portion. The reason is that a substantially triangular projecting piece is provided.

In addition, the structural feature of the invention according to claim 3 is that the upper and lower sides of the game board at the vicinity of the lower side of the square game ball entrance provided on the game board on the front of the pachinko game machine. In the winning device of the pachinko gaming machine, which includes a flat plate portion rotatably supported in a direction and a ball entrance opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes the game ball entrance by rotating the flat plate portion, This is because there is provided a substantially triangular projecting piece that projects approximately vertically from the upper end position of the front surface and has the upper end as one side.

[0007]

[Operation and effect of the device]

 In the invention according to claim 1 configured as described above, the inclined surface notched obliquely from the center to both ends is provided on the upper end surface of the flat plate portion supported near the lower side of the square ball entrance. By this, when the flat plate part moves from the inclined state when the entrance is opened to the vertical state where the entrance is closed, when the game ball happens to be caught between the upper end of the flat part and the upper end of the entrance , The total force of the force applied to the game ball from the upper end of the flat plate and the upper end of the ball entrance becomes a horizontal outward force. Therefore, the game ball moves laterally along the inclined surface at the upper end of the flat plate portion and jumps out of the entrance. As a result, the closing operation of the flat plate portion is smoothly performed, and the game can be smoothly performed without stopping the operation of the pachinko game machine.

In the invention according to claim 2 configured as described above, the substantially triangular protruding piece is provided from the upper end surface of the flat plate portion supported in the vicinity of the lower side of the square ball entrance opening toward the front. Thus, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, when the flat plate portion is moved from the vertical state in which the ball entrance is closed to the inclined state when the ball entrance is opened, it is provided on the upper end of the plate part by chance. When the game ball is sandwiched between the protruding piece and the glass plate on the entire surface of the game board, the resultant force of the force applied to the game ball from the protruding piece and the glass plate surface becomes the horizontal force. For this reason, the game ball drops downward from between the two by lateral movement. As a result, the operation of opening and closing the ball entrance of the flat plate part will be performed smoothly, and it is possible to enter the game ball into the ball entrance, so the operation of the pachinko machine does not stop. , The game can be played smoothly.

In the invention according to claim 3 configured as described above, as described in claim 2, the projecting piece of the flat plate portion and the glass plate when the entrance of the flat plate portion is changed to the open state. Since it is possible to prevent the game balls from being caught in between and to smoothly perform the opening operation of the flat plate portion, it is possible to smoothly play the game without stopping the operation of the pachinko gaming machine.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. This pachinko game machine includes a game board 20 arranged on a front plate 11 of a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped main body 10, and the game board 20 is shielded from the outside by a door 12 fitted with a glass plate 12a. The lower side of the center of the game board 20 has a winning device module M shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 incorporated therein. The winning device module M is a pair of left and right winning devices 21 and 22 and a central lid opening / closing type. A safe ball entry device 30 is provided. In addition, a starting opening 23 and a special winning opening 24 are provided at the center and the right side of the upper part of the winning device module M 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, the safe ball entry device 30 is provided with a horizontally long rectangular game ball entry port 31 (hereinafter referred to as a ball entry port) in the center, and the lower side of the ball entry port 31. An opening / closing member 32, to which a horizontal shaft 32a provided at the lower end is rotatably attached, is provided in the vicinity. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the opening / closing member 32 includes a flat plate portion 32b having substantially the same shape as the ball inlet 31, side plates 32c1 and 32c2 having substantially triangular shapes provided on both sides of the back surface of the flat plate portion, and a flat plate portion 32b. A prize ball receiving portion 32d provided in the center of the back surface, and a pair of game ball drop openings 32e1 and 32e2 provided on both sides of the prize ball receiving portion 32d are provided. The winning ball receiving portion 32d is connected to the winning ball passage 34 shown in FIG. 3, and the winning balls stored in the winning ball receiving portion 32d are supplied to the winning ball passage 34 by closing the opening / closing member 32. The game ball dropping port 32e drops the game ball entered therein to the lower game board surface. A conversion bar 32f that converts the rotational movement of the opening / closing member 32 into vertical movement is attached to the right side surface of the right side plate 32c2. The conversion bar 32f moves up and down according to the on / off state of the electromagnetic solenoid 33 via the conversion device 35, whereby the opening / closing member 32 is opened / closed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the flat plate portion 32b of the opening / closing member 32, which is the main part of the present invention, has an upper end surface 32b1 inclined from the center rear end portion to both left and right end portions. Is formed in. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a projecting piece 32b3 is provided at the upper end of the front surface of the flat plate portion 32b toward the front, and this projecting piece 32b3 is an isosceles triangle with its center largely projected.

Next, the operation of the safe ball entry device 30 configured as described above will be described. When a game ball supplied into the game board by a hitting ball launching device (not shown) enters the central starting opening 23, the safe ball entering device 30 is controlled under the control of a control device (not shown) accordingly. The opening / closing member 32 repeatedly opens and closes a predetermined number of times in a predetermined cycle. When the game ball B enters the ball entrance 31 when the opening / closing member 32 is opened and enters the prize ball receiving portion 32d, the benefit of opening the special winning opening 24 is given. Further, when entering the game ball drop port 32e, the game ball B drops downward. Then, when the opening / closing member 32 tries to move from the closed state of the ball entrance 31 to the open state and the flat plate portion 32b starts to incline, as shown in FIG. 7, a protrusion piece 32b3 at the upper end of the flat plate portion 32b is formed. Even if the game ball B happens to be sandwiched between the glass plates 11a, the resultant force of the projecting piece 32b3 and the glass plate 11a surface with respect to the game ball B becomes a horizontal outward force (see FIG. 8). For this reason, the game ball B falls downward between the surfaces of the projecting piece 32b3 and the glass plate 11a due to the lateral movement. As a result, the opening operation of the flat plate portion 32b is smoothly performed, and the game ball B can be inserted into the ball inlet 31 so that the game can be continued smoothly without being stopped.

Further, when the opening / closing member 32 tries to move from the open state of the ball entrance 31 to the closed state and the flat plate portion 32b tries to return to the vertical state, as shown in FIG. 9, the upper end of the flat plate portion 32b is Even if the game ball B happens to be sandwiched between 32b1 and the upper end of the ball entrance 31, the resultant force of the force applied from the flat plate upper end 32b1 and the upper end of the ball entrance 31 to the game ball B is slightly lower than the horizontal direction. (See Fig. 10). Therefore, the game ball B moves laterally along the inclined surface 32b2 at the upper end of the flat plate portion and jumps to the outside of the ball entrance 31. As a result, the closing operation of the flat plate portion 32b is performed smoothly, and the game can be continued smoothly without stopping.

The safe ball entering device 30 shown in the above embodiment is an example, and the specific shapes of the inclined portion of the flat plate portion and the front protruding piece may be appropriately changed depending on the application. it can. Further, in the above embodiment, the case where both the inclined portion and the front side protruding piece are provided has been described, but the use of either one of them can also obtain the respective unique effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a front surface side of a pachinko gaming machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing in detail a winning device module of the same pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view showing in detail a winning device module of the same pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing member of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the opening / closing member.

6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line I-I and line II-II shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and a glass plate.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and a glass plate.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and the upper end of the ball entrance.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state in which a game ball is sandwiched between the upper end of the opening / closing member and the upper end of the ball entrance.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing member of a pachinko gaming machine according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Pachinko gaming machine main body, 11; Front plate, 11a; Glass plate, 20; Gaming board 21, 22; Winning device, 30;
Safe ball entry device, 31; Ball entry port, 32; Opening / closing member, 3
2a; horizontal axis, 32b; flat plate portion, 32b1; upper end surface, 3
2b2; inclined surface, 32b3; protruding piece, 32c1, 32c
2; side plate, 32d; winning ball receiving portion, 32e1, 32e
2; gaming ball drop opening, 32f; conversion bar, 33; electromagnetic solenoid, 34; winning ball passage, B: gaming ball.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A flat plate portion rotatably supported on the game board in the up and down direction at a position near the lower side of a square game ball entrance provided on the game board on the front of the pachinko game machine, and the flat plate. In a winning device for a pachinko gaming machine having a ball entrance opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes the game ball entrance by rotating a part, a cutout is formed obliquely from the center to both ends of the upper end surface of the flat plate part. A winning device for a pachinko game machine, which is provided with a pair of inclined surfaces. 2. The winning device according to claim 1, further comprising a substantially triangular projecting piece whose one side is an upper end projecting substantially vertically forward from an upper end position of the front surface of the flat plate portion. A winning device for a pachinko machine. 3. A flat plate portion rotatably supported on the game board in the vertical direction at a position near the lower side of a square game ball entrance provided on the game board on the front of the pachinko game machine, and the flat plate. In a winning device of a pachinko gaming machine having a ball entrance opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes the game ball entrance by rotating a part, a top end of the flat plate part that protrudes substantially vertically from the top end position on the front side. A winning device for a pachinko gaming machine, which is provided with a projecting piece having a substantially triangular shape having one side as a side.