JPH07303740A - Ejected ball guiding device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change the height of a ball ejection port by enabling the exchange of passage walls through which an ejected ball group is ejected outside a PACHINKO machine. CONSTITUTION:On a set board 10 formed at the lower part of a base fame 9, a passage wall set surface 16 is formed to exchange and set first and second passage walls 29A and 29B in which ejection ball passages for guiding ejected balls outside the PACHINKO machine are internally formed, and one side of both passage walls 29A and 29B is set on the passage wall set surface 16 so that the ejected balls can be ejected from a first or second ball ejecting port 33A or 33B to the outside of the PACHINKO machine by changing the height of ejecting position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

This invention relates to a pachinko machine,
The present invention relates to a discharge ball guiding device that guides a discharge ball group discharged from inside a pachinko machine to outside the pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique, for example, Japanese Utility Model 6-14
There is publication No. 1. In this publication, a safe ball and an out ball that have fallen from the back side of the game board are guided by a partition wall that is integrally molded at the bottom of the set plate to be discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine. It is disclosed.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the function of a discharge ball guiding mechanism for guiding a discharge ball group discharged to the outside of a pachinko machine is enhanced, and a passage wall for guiding the discharge ball group can be replaced. This is an issue.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a set plate formed at a lower portion of a base frame on which a game board is set, a safe ball and an out ball that have fallen from the rear side of the game board are joined. The discharge wall passage for guiding the outside of the pachinko machine has a structure in which a passage wall formed inside is detachably coupled.

In the apparatus of claim 2, the discharge position of the discharge ball group discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine through the discharge ball passage in the set plate is changed to a position suitable for collecting the discharge ball group. One of the plurality of passage walls formed in each of the first and second passage walls has a configuration in which a passage wall setting surface is formed in which the passage walls are alternately set.

[0006]

In the device of claim 1, the safe ball and the out ball that have fallen from the back side of the game board merge in the discharge ball passage in the passage wall that is detachably connected to the set plate of the base frame,
A discharge ball group in which safe balls and out balls are mixed is discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine through the discharge ball passage.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the discharge ball group discharged from the pachinko machine is set on the passage wall set surface by selecting a passage wall where the discharge position of the discharge ball group is a position suitable for collecting the discharge ball. The discharge position of is changed by replacing the passage wall.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the passage wall is damaged by the impact of a group of discharge balls discharged through the discharge ball passage to the outside of the pachinko machine, the discharge wall is replaced by replacing the passage wall. You can easily repair damage in the passage,
Since it is not necessary to replace the entire base frame, it is possible to reduce the number of steps for repairing the damage in the discharge ball passage and reduce the repair cost.

According to the second aspect, since the discharge position for discharging the discharge ball group to the outside of the pachinko machine can be changed by exchanging the passage wall, the discharge ball group is disposed on the island side of the game arcade. Even if the height of the ball receiving port of the collection box is different depending on the game hall when collecting inside, the passage wall formed so that the discharge position of the discharge ball group matches the height of the ball receiving port of the collection box When is selected and set on the passage wall setting surface, the discharge position of the discharge ball group can be changed to a position suitable for collecting the discharge ball and the discharge ball can be collected.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Base frame 9 attached to the wooden frame of a pachinko machine
Is a set plate 10 installed behind the upper plate and the lower plate.
And a frame body standing above the set plate 10 is formed, and a front prize ball opening 20 for introducing the prize ball into the upper plate is formed in the lower frame portion of the frame body.

The front surface of the set plate 10 of the base frame 9 is substantially aligned with the game board surface, and the front surface of this set plate 10 receives the game balls sent from within the upper plate at the base end portion which is the starting point of the ball launch. The launch rail 15 for stopping and guiding the launch ball to the game wall surface is fixed in a forward posture, and the set plate 10 is provided with a launch mechanism for launching the game ball on the launch rail 15 toward the game board surface. .

A speaker 17 attached to the set plate 10 near the one end of the front face of the set plate 10 for producing a sound effect or the like.
A cylindrical speaker accommodating portion 21 in which is accommodated is projectingly provided. On the upper surface of the speaker accommodating portion 21, a sphere receiving surface 21a that guides the spilled sphere that has fallen onto the speaker 17 obliquely downward on both sides is an arc. It is formed in a planar shape.

On the front side of the set plate 10, a speaker cover trough 18 which is connected to the set plate 10 and covers the front surface and both sides of the speaker 17 is installed adjacent to the side of the firing rail 15.

Near the inner end of the speaker cover gutter 18, there is formed a foul ball guiding portion 18a whose upper surface is inclined downward toward the firing rail 15 side.
There is formed a foul ball passing port 19 through which the foul ball that has been hit on the game board surface and flows backward passes through between the and the tip of the launch rail 15.

The front side of the set plate 10 is installed below the speaker housing 21 in a state of inclining inward and downward, and guides the spilled ball that has fallen due to collision with the ball receiving surface 21a. 1. A spill ball guide plate 22 and a second spill ball guide plate 23 that is installed below the launch rail 15 in a state of inclining inward and downward and guides the spill ball inward are formed. .

On the back surface of the set plate 10, an out-ball guide plate 24 is installed near the center of the set plate 10 in such a manner that it is inclined downward and outward. A third spill ball guide plate 25, which is installed with a gap in a downwardly inclined state, is connected.

A pair of left and right vertical side walls 26a protruding rearward in the vicinity of the center of the set plate 10 and a rear wall which is vertically connected to the rear end edges of the side walls 26a. A ball guiding case 26 having a portion 26b, a bottom wall portion 26c that is connected to the lower end edges of both side wall portions 26a and a rear wall portion 26b and is inclined downward in the front direction, and has an opening portion 26d at the upper end.
Are integrally formed.

The ball guiding case 26 is installed for the purpose of receiving prize balls and foul balls to be paid out to the player from above and sending them out into the lower tray in the front lower part.
Inside the ball guide chamber 32 through which prize balls and foul balls pass
Are formed.

A rear wall portion 26b is provided on the surface of the ball guiding case 26.
And a plurality of reinforcing ribs 26e for reinforcing the bottom wall portion 26c
Are formed in parallel with each other over the rear surface of the rear wall portion 26b and the lower surface of the bottom wall portion 26c.

The upper and lower portions of the inner wall surface of the ball guiding case 26 are guided by a ball for the purpose of buffering the drop impact of the pachinko ball by reducing the head to the point where the pachinko ball dropped into the ball guiding case 26 collides. A pair of upper and lower cushioning plates 2 installed in the case 26 in such a manner that they are inclined downward in opposite directions.
7,27 are connected.

The front portion of the upper buffer plate 27 extends forward of the lower buffer plate 27 so as to buffer the falling impact of the foul ball.

The prize balls dropped into the ball guiding case 26 collide with the upper buffer plate 27 and roll along the upper buffer plate 27, and then collide with the lower buffer plate 27 and collide with the lower buffer plate 27. The ball guide case rolls along the buffer plate 27 and further falls onto the bottom wall portion 26c of the ball guiding case 26, or collides with the lower buffer plate 27 and then falls onto the bottom wall portion 26c. 26
The buffer plate 27 buffers the drop buffer of the prize balls that have dropped inside.

A pachinko ball and a pachinko ball passing through the ball guide chamber 32, which are disposed above and below the leading edge of the lower cushioning plate 27 near the center and the lower end of the rear wall 26b of the ball guide case 26, respectively. A set of three prize ball see-through holes 31 for monitoring the traffic condition is opened.

Therefore, the presence or absence of a ball clogging in the ball guiding case 26 can be identified by the prize ball see-through hole 31.

An upper part of the ball guiding case 26 is supported in the ball guiding case 26 by a support shaft 38 which is connected to a rear wall portion 26b of the ball guiding case 26 and protrudes forward so as to be swingable in the left and right directions. A full tank detection piece 39 that rocks when the pachinko ball is full is installed in a state of being covered by the upper buffer plate 27.

The full tank detecting piece 39 has a touching piece 47a of a full tank detecting switch 47 mounted on the front surface of the set plate 10.
A projecting piece 39a that pushes up when the tank is full.

The set plate 10 has a vertical wall plate which is protruded rearward and stands upright with its upper end connected to the tip of the third spill ball guide plate 25 and its front end connected to the rear surface of the set plate 10. 13 is integrally formed.

The set plate 10 has an upper piece 14a whose upper edge is connected to the lower edge of the vertical wall plate 13, and an integral piece between the lower edge of the upper piece 14a and the left side wall plate 26a of the ball guiding case 26. Has a lower piece 14b bridged like a bridge and a plurality of guide ridges 14c protruding in parallel on the upper surface of the lower piece 14b and each of the upper surfaces inclining in a rearward descending direction. A gutter plate 14 connected to the rear surface of the set plate 10 in a state of being larger than the protruding width of the vertical wall plate 13 is integrally formed.

At the upper edge of the upper piece 14a of the gutter plate 14 is installed along the front-rear direction at the same height as the height of the projecting edge 26g projecting from the outer wall surface of the left side wall plate 26a of the ball guiding case 26. A projecting edge 14d is provided.

On the rear surface of the set plate 10, between the ball guide case 26 and the vertical wall plate 13, the safe ball and the out ball which have fallen from the back side of the game board 12 are merged and passed from the upper side to the lower side, and then the pachinko machine. A first passage wall 29A and a second passage wall 30A each having a discharge ball passage 30 for guiding the outside formed therein.
The passage wall setting surface 16 in which one of the passage walls 29B is set alternately is formed vertically.

A plurality of guide ridges 37a each having an upper surface inclined rearward and downward are provided slightly above the central portion of the passage wall setting surface 16 in the vertical direction, and are projected rearward to project the ball guiding case 26.
A guide plate 37 bridged between the vertical wall plate 13 and the vertical wall plate 13 is connected.

At the four corners of the passage wall setting surface 16, the vicinity of the upper end of the left side wall plate 26a of the ball guiding case 26 and the projecting edges 26g are provided.
Two pairs of upper and lower mounting holes 41 are provided so as to face each other in the vicinity and near the upper end of the vertical wall plate 13 and the vicinity of the projecting edge 13g.

At the rear end edge of the side wall plate 26a of the ball guiding case 26 and the rear end edge of the vertical wall plate 13, two pairs of upper and lower engaging portions 42 are provided on the rear sides of the four corners of the passage wall setting surface 16, respectively. Are provided so as to face the respective mounting holes 41.

Both passage walls 29A, 29B are formed of a synthetic resin material so that they can be elastically bent and deformed.
One of 9B is sandwiched between the ball guiding case 26 and the vertical wall plate 13 and installed on the rear side of the passage wall setting surface 16.

The first passage wall 29A is connected to the passage wall setting surface 16
Set to 1, the discharge ball passage 30 in the first passage wall 29
The first passage wall 29 so that a discharge ball group such as a safe ball and an out ball discharged through the pachinko machine through
A first ball discharge port 33A opened between the rear end edge of the lower end of A and the rear end edge of the gutter plate 14 communicates with the discharge ball passage 30.

On both passage walls 29A and 29B, a pair of left and right side wall plates 29a, which are placed side by side on the left side wall plate 26a and the vertical wall plate 13 of the ball guiding case 26, and the rear end edges of the both side wall plates 29a. And a rear wall plate 29b which is connected to and stands upright.

Side wall plate 2 of each pair of both passage walls 29A and 29B
A notch portion 39c for inserting the guide plate 37 is provided in the front portion of 9a, and the pair of side wall plates 29a of the two passage walls 29A and 29B laterally project to the upper and lower end portions of the front end edges thereof. Two pairs of left and right engaging pieces 29d that are detachably engaged with the engaging portion 42 are provided in a protruding manner.

A vertically long see-through window 2 for monitoring the discharge ball passage 33 from the rear is provided on the rear wall plate 29b of both passage walls 29A and 29B.
9e are opened respectively, and both passage walls 29A,
On the front surface of the rear wall plate 29b of 29A, a straightening guide 29f that straightens the discharged balls introduced into the inlet 33a of the discharge ball passage 33 to guide them downward and then to the front is provided in parallel.

At the lower rear end of the second passage wall 29B, the discharge ball group that has passed through the discharge ball passage 30 of the second passage wall 29B is discharged from the position higher than the first ball discharge port 33A to the outside of the pachinko machine. The second ball discharge port 33B is opened, and the lower end of the inner wall surface of the side wall plate 29a of the second passage wall 29B has guide ridges 43a whose upper surfaces are inclined rearward and downward. The discharge ball introduced into the second ball discharge port 33
A pair of left and right guide pieces 43 that guide to the B side are connected.

The second passage wall 29B is connected to the passage wall setting surface 16
When set to, the opening surface at the upper end of the gutter plate 14 is closed by both guide pieces 43, and the first ball discharge port 33A and the discharge ball passage 30 are blocked.

When the front portion of the passage wall 29A (29B) is squeezed against the bending resilience, the gap between the side wall plates 26a and the gaps between the left and right engaging pieces 29d are reduced, and the passage wall 29A.
(29B) can be fitted between the ball guide case 26 and the vertical wall plate 13, and in this state, the passage wall 29A (29B)
When is pushed forward, the engaging pieces 29d are hooked by the locking portions 42, respectively, and the passage wall 29A (29B) is elastically restored to its original form, so that the passage wall 29A (29B) is set on the passage wall setting surface 16. Be combined.

The first passage wall 29A is connected to the passage wall setting surface 16
When set to, the discharge balls that have been introduced into the discharge ball passage 30 and passed through the discharge ball passage 30 pass through the first ball discharge port 33A and are discharged outside the pachinko machine with the discharge position of the discharge ball group being lowered. To be done. When the second passage wall 29B is set on the passage wall setting surface 16, the discharge ball group that has been introduced into the discharge ball passage 30 and passed through the discharge ball passage 30 has the second discharge port 33.
After passing through B, the discharge position of the discharge ball group is raised to the outside of the pachinko machine.

When the prize balls stored in the pachinko machine are removed from the pachinko machine, the prize ball group to be removed is introduced into the discharge ball passage 30 through a ball removing passage (not shown).

Of the discharge balls introduced into the discharge ball passage 30, the safe ball is the back frame 40 assembled to the base frame 9.
The ball is introduced into the discharge ball passage 30 through the safe ball passage on the safe ball guide trough 48 at the lower end of the, and the out ball is introduced into the discharge ball passage 30 through the out ball passage on the out ball guide plate 24.

In this example, since the construction is as described above, the first or second passage walls 29A, 29B are formed by the impact action of the discharge ball group passing through the discharge ball passage 30 and discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine. When damaged, the first or second
The damage in the discharge ball passage 30 can be easily repaired by exchanging the passage walls 29A, 29B of the above, and since it is not necessary to replace the entire base frame 9, it is necessary to repair the damage in the discharge ball passage 30. Can be reduced to reduce the repair cost.

Since the discharge position for discharging the discharge ball group to the outside of the pachinko machine can be changed by exchanging both passage walls 29A and 29B, the discharge ball group can be changed as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, for example. Even if the height of the ball receiving port B1 of the recovery box B is different depending on the game hall when collecting in the recovery box B installed on the island side, the positions of the ball discharge ports 33A and 33B are different from those of the recovery box B. The passage wall 29A, 29B formed so as to adapt to the height of the ball receiving port B1 is selected to set the passage wall set surface 16
When set to, you can change the position (height) of the ball discharge ports 33A, 33B to a position (height) suitable for collecting the discharge balls, and collect the discharge balls. The replacement installation of B becomes unnecessary.

Further, since the flow guides 29f are formed on both the passage walls 29A and 29B along the flow direction of the discharge balls, the discharge balls in the discharge ball passage 30 where the safe balls and the out balls merge and flow down. By controlling the disorder of the rows, the discharge ball group can be smoothly guided to the ball discharge ports 33A and 33B.

Further, since the discharge ball passage 30 can be monitored from behind by the see-through window 29e, the discharge ball passage 3
The presence or absence of a ball clogging at 0 can be seen at a glance from the back of the pachinko machine, and when a stick or the like is inserted into the transparent window 46 to separate the clogged discharge balls, the balls in the discharge ball passage 30 are separated. The clogging can be easily repaired.

Further, since the guide plate 37 is formed so as to project from the passage wall setting surface 16, the guide plate 37 receives the drop impact of the discharge ball introduced into the discharge ball passage 30 and applies it to the passage wall 29A (29B). The drop impact caused can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of a base frame showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view near a passage wall setting surface.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the vicinity of a passage wall setting surface.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the main part of the base frame showing a state in which the first passage wall is set.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the main part of the base frame showing a state in which the second passage wall is set.

6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line X1-X1 of FIG.

7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line X2-X2 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line X3-X3 of FIG.

9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line X4-X4 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 Base Frame 10 Set Plate 16 Passage Wall Set Surface 29A First Passage Wall 29B Second Passage Wall 30 Discharge Ball Passage 33A First Ball Discharge Port 33B Second Ball Discharge Port

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A set plate formed at a lower portion of a base frame on which a game board is set has a discharge ball passage that joins safe balls and out balls that have fallen from the rear side of the game board and guides them out of the pachinko machine. A discharge ball guiding device in a pachinko machine, wherein a passage wall formed inside is detachably coupled. 2. The set plate is formed so that a discharge position of the discharge ball group discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine through the discharge ball passage is changed to a position suitable for collecting the discharge ball group. The discharge ball guiding device in the pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of passage walls forms a passage wall setting surface that is set alternately.