JPH0686863A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a Japanese pinball game (pachinko) machine which can realize the space economization for a game machine island, simplify the structure of the island, and reduce cost. CONSTITUTION:A ball struck on a game board surface is collected to a ball recovery case 30 on the reverse side of the game board surface, and a ball discharged from the ball recovery case 30 is raised through polishing by a lifting-up/polishing machine 31, and supplied as premium balls into an upper plate 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is capable of accepting balls from a pachinko ball supply gutter arranged at the upper part of a game machine island, and returning the balls thrown by a player on the game board surface in the game machine. Regarding a pachinko game machine that can.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko ball that has been hit on a game board surface and entered a safe hole or an out hole is supplied to an upper plate by a lift in the game machine and used as a prize, and the ball of a supply gutter on the island is moved. A so-called reduction-type pachinko game machine that reduces the amount is known, but a collection for collecting balls from each pachinko game machine separately on a gaming machine island composed of multiple such pachinko game machines in parallel. There was a gutter and a large lift-up polisher to clean all collected balls.

[0003]

However, in the conventional pachinko game machine, although the supply of balls from the supply gutter can be reduced, there is no function for cleaning the pachinko balls, and a large lift-up type polishing machine is provided inside the game machine island. There is a problem that a space for installing the device is required, the entire island becomes large, and the space for game machines on the island is eroded. In addition, not only a large lifting type polishing machine in the game machine island,
There was also a problem that a gutter for collection and the like had to be arranged, the structure of the island on which the game machine was assembled was complicated, and equipment costs and management costs increased.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above, and it is possible to realize the space saving of the gaming machine island, simplify the island structure, and reduce the cost. It is intended to provide a pachinko game machine that can be reduced.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is: (1) It is possible to receive balls from a pachinko ball supply gutter provided at the top of a gaming machine island, and to play a game. In a pachinko game machine (10) capable of returning a ball thrown on a game board surface (12) by a customer in the game machine, a ball for award provided at the upper part of the game machine and supplied from the supply gutter. Upper plate (24) for storing the game and game board surface (12)
A ball collection case (30) mounted on the back side of the game board and storing the incoming balls that have been launched on the game board surface (12) and entered the safe hole (22) or the out hole (23), and the game board surface (1
2) A lifting and polishing machine which is mounted on the back side of the ball collecting case (30) and feeds the balls discharged from the ball collection case (30) while polishing them and supplies the balls to the upper dish (24) as prize balls. (3
1) and, a pachinko game machine (10) characterized by comprising:

2 The lifting and polishing machine (31) extends upward from a lower end side (32a) which is connected to the bottom portion (30a) of the ball collection case (30) so as to communicate therewith, and an upper end side (3).
2b) a lifting tube portion (32) arranged beside the upper plate (24), and a lower end side (32a) of the lifting tube portion (32).
The mixture of the balls and the abrasive material taken in from the above is discharged from the spiral body (33) which pumps the inside of the lifting tube section (32) while stirring, and the upper end side (32b) of the lifting tube section (32). The separated mixture is separated into a ball and an abrasive, and the ball is supplied to the upper plate (24) as a prize ball, while the abrasive is again supplied to the lower end side of the lifting tube (32). The pachinko game machine (10) according to 1, further comprising: a separation supply unit (34) that circulates to the (32a).

[3] The pachinko machine according to [1] or [2], wherein the lifting and polishing machine (31) mounted on the back side of the game board surface (12) is configured as a detachable unit on the back side of the game board surface (12). It exists in the game console (10).

[0008]

The ball thrown into the game machine by the player is launched on the game board surface (12) and enters the safe hole (22) or the out hole (23), and then mounted on the back side of the game board surface (12). It is stored as a ball in the open ball collection case (30). The balls stored in the ball collection case (30) are eventually discharged from the ball collection case (30), and are mounted on the back side of the game board surface (12) like the ball collection case (30). By (31), while being polished, it is transported to the upper part of the game machine and supplied to the upper plate (24) in the game machine as a prize ball.

In this way, the balls thrown into the game machine by the player are washed and returned to the game machine for reuse. As a result, the game machine island formed by arranging a plurality of pachinko game machines (10) in parallel does not require a large-scale lift-up polishing device for cleaning all the collected balls. Also, the supply of balls from the supply gutter can be received as necessary, and the supply of balls from the supply gutter can be reduced.

The lifting and polishing machine (31) is provided with a lifting cylinder (3).
2), the spiral body (33), and the separation and supply unit (34), the pachinko ball returns inside the game machine as follows. That is, first, the ball collection case (3
The ball discharged from the bottom part (30a) of (0) is taken in from the lower end side (32a) of the lifting tube part (32) together with the abrasive, and stirred by the spiral body (33) in the lifting tube part (32). While being transported, it is pumped upward in the lifting tube portion (32).

Next, the upper end side (32
The mixture of the ball and the abrasive discharged from b) is again separated into the ball and the abrasive by the separating and supplying section (34), and then the ball is supplied to the upper plate (24) as a prize ball. On the other hand, the abrasive is again fed to the lower end side (32a) of the lifting tube portion (32).
Circulate to.

The lifting and polishing machine (31) is much smaller than a large-scale lifting-type polishing machine conventionally installed on an island. Further, if the lifting and polishing machine (31) is configured as a detachable unit on the back side of the game board surface (12), waste of the lifting and polishing machine (31) when exchanging the game machine on the gaming machine island, etc. It is possible to easily transfer the lifting and polishing machine (31) to another game machine without the occurrence.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko game machine 10
Has a game board surface 12, a launch handle 13, a front plate 14 and a lower plate 15 on the front side. The game board surface 12 is a normal one, the surface of which is covered with protective glass, and rails 21, safe holes 22, out holes 23, nails, tulips, and other accessory objects are attached to appropriate positions of the gauge plate 20 behind the protective glass. ing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, on the back side of the pachinko game machine 10, there are provided an upper plate 24, a ball collection case 30, a lifting polisher 31, and a ball launching device 27. The upper plate 24 stores balls for prizes supplied from a supply gutter (not shown) on the gaming machine island, and is fixed to the upper part of the game board surface 12. Further, the ball launching device 27 swings a mallet (not shown) at a predetermined speed by a drive motor 28 to shoot a ball introduced from the front plate 14 onto the game board surface 12. In addition, the game board surface 12 and the front plate 14 (shown in FIG. 2) are connected by a prize-winning flow path 25.

The ball collection case 30, as shown in FIG.
A box-shaped object that is attached to cover the lower half of the back surface of the gauge plate 20 so as to collect the balls that have entered the safe hole 22 and the out hole 23. The bottom part 30 collects the dropped balls in the center.
a is inclined to the center, and this tip is connected to the lower end 32a of the lifting cylinder 32 that constitutes the lifting polisher 31 so as to be able to communicate. The end of the safe ball passage 26 is connected to the center of the upper surface of the ball collection case 30. The safe ball flow path 26 guides the pachinko ball that has entered the safe hole 22 on the upper half side of the gauge plate 20 into the ball collection case 30.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the lifting and polishing machine 3 is used.
The reference numeral 1 designates a hoisting tube part 32, a spiral body 33, and a separating and supplying part 34.
The lower end side 32a of the lifting tube portion 32 is integrally connected to the bottom portion 30a of the ball collection case 30. Such a lifting and polishing machine 31 is configured as one unit that is attachable to and detachable from the back side of the gauge plate 20 together with the ball collection case 30.

The lifting tube portion 32 is formed of a hollow pipe member, extends upward from a lower end side 32a connected to the bottom portion 30a of the ball collection case 30, and rises up, and an upper end side 32b.
Is arranged beside the upper plate 24. Further, the lifting tube portion 32
A discharge port 32c for discharging a mixture of a polished pachinko ball and a polishing material (for example, a granular material such as synthetic resin or rubber) is provided on the upper end side 32b of the. The lifting tube portion 32 is attached to the gauge plate 20 via mounting brackets 40, 40.

A rotatable spiral body 33 is inserted inside the lifting tube portion 32. The spiral body 33 is the lifting tube portion 32.
The mixture of the pachinko balls and the abrasive, which is taken in from the lower end side 32a of the above, is pumped while being stirred in the lifting tube portion 32 and discharged from the discharge port 32c on the upper end side of the lifting tube portion 32. The upper end of the spiral body 33 is connected to a power transmission device 38 driven by a motor 39.

A separate supply section 34 is connected to the discharge port 32c of the lifting tube section 32. The separating and supplying unit 34 inclines a child child member 35 of which the gap is larger than the outer diameter of the abrasive material and smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball toward the opening of the upper plate 24, and the gap between the child members 35 of the cage is below that. An abrasive material collecting unit 36 for collecting the abrasive material that falls further is arranged. The bottom of the abrasive material collecting section 36 faces the inlet of the abrasive material circulation pipe 37. The outlet of the abrasive circulating pipe 37 is open at the lower end side 32 a of the lifting tube portion 32.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the player moves the launching handle 13, and the ball launched on the game board surface 12 by the ball launching device 27 enters the safe holes 22, 22 ... It is stored as a ball in a ball collection case 30 mounted on the back side of the plate 20. The balls stored in the ball collection case 30 are
The bottom portion 30a of the ball collection case 30 is flowed down and discharged, and is introduced to the lower end side 32a of the lifting tube portion 32 that constitutes the lifting and polishing machine 31.

When the motor 39 is driven, the power transmission device 3
8, the spiral 33 in the lifting tube portion 32 is rotated, and the balls introduced from the ball collection case 30 and the abrasive circulating pipe 37.
The mixture with the abrasive introduced from the rotating spiral 3
As the subsequent mixtures are lifted one after another by 3,
It is pushed by the subsequent mixture and rises in the lifting tube portion 32.

Thus, the spiral 33 stirs the ball and the abrasive, and the abrasive cleans and polishes the dirt adhering to the surface of the ball, but the mixture in the feeding tube portion 32 is successively washed from the bottom. It rises due to the mixture being pushed up. By the time the mixture rises to the discharge port 32c on the upper end side 32b of the lifting tube portion 32, the balls are sufficiently cleaned. Then, when the mixture of the abrasive and the ball reaches the ejection port 32c, it flows out from the ejection port 32c and flows into the separation supply unit 34.

The mixture of the ball and the abrasive is separated and supplied by the supply unit 34.
When it is placed on the child member 35 of the cage, the abrasive smaller than the balls falls from the gap of the child member 35 of the cage to the abrasive collecting section 36, and is directly introduced into the inlet of the abrasive circulating pipe 37, and again,
It is sent to the lower end side 32a of the lifting tube portion 32. On the other hand, the balls separated from the abrasive flow down into the upper plate 24 from the slanted lower end of the cage member 35, and are supplied as prize balls.

As described above, the balls thrown into the game machine 10 by the player are washed by the lifting and polishing machine 31 in the game machine 10 and used for reduction. As a result, on the gaming machine island formed by arranging a plurality of pachinko game machines 10 side by side, it is not necessary to use a large-sized lifting-type polishing apparatus for washing all the collected balls. Also, the supply of balls from the supply gutter arranged on the upper part of the island can be reduced, and the supply of balls from the supply gutter can be received if necessary.

The lifting and polishing machine 31 is provided with a ball collecting case 3
0, it is configured as a detachable unit on the back side of the gauge plate 20, and is easily lifted to another game machine without waste of the lifting and polishing machine 31 when the game machine is replaced on the game machine island. The sending and polishing machine 31 can be replaced.

[0026]

According to the pachinko game machine of the present invention, the balls hit on the game board surface are collected in the ball collection case on the back side of the game board surface, and the balls discharged from the ball collection case are lifted and ground. Since it is pumped while being ground by the machine and supplied to the upper plate as balls for prizes, the balls thrown into the game machine by the player are washed and returned for use in the game machine. Does not require the installation of a large lifting polisher to wash the collected balls separately,
It is possible to save space on the gaming machine island, simplify the island structure, and reduce costs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention seen from the back side.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a lifting and polishing machine mounted on a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Pachinko game machine 12 ... Game board surface 20 ... Gauge plate 22 ... Safe hole 23 ... Out hole 30 ... Ball collection case 31 ... Lifting / polishing machine 32 ... Lifting cylinder part 33 ... Spiral body 34 ... Separation / feeding part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko game machine capable of accepting balls from a pachinko ball supply gutter provided at the top of a game machine island and returning the balls thrown by a player onto the game board within the game machine. In the upper part of the game machine, which stores the prize balls supplied from the supply trough, and the back plate of the game board surface, which is mounted on the back surface of the game board and is ejected onto the game board surface to form a safe hole or out. It is mounted on the back side of the game board and the ball collection case that stores the balls entered in the hole, and the balls discharged from the ball collection case are ground while being pumped, and the balls are used for prizes on the upper plate. A pachinko game machine comprising: a pumping and polishing machine supplied as balls. 2. The lifting / polishing machine includes a lifting / lowering cylinder part, which extends upward from a lower end side connected to the bottom part of the ball collection case so as to communicate therewith, and an upper end side is arranged beside the upper plate. A mixture of a ball and an abrasive taken in from the lower end side of the lifting tube portion, a spiral body that pumps the inside of the lifting tube portion while stirring, and the mixture discharged from the upper end side of the lifting tube portion. While separating into balls and abrasives, the balls are supplied to the upper plate as balls for awarding, and a separating and supplying unit that circulates the abrasives again to the lower end side of the lifting tube section is provided. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the lifting and polishing machine mounted on the back side of the game board surface is configured as a detachable unit on the back side of the game board surface.