JPH0759926A - Foul ball handling device in pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reuse a foul ball as a game by returning the foul ball to an upper ball tray directly. CONSTITUTION:A shooting rail 48 flown and connected to a guide rail 36 is formed on the front right side surface of a game assisting board 7. A foul ball returning port is formed between the upper end of the shooting rail 48 and the lower end of the guide rail 36. An upper ball tray 19 for pachinko ball is set to a front opening and closing plate 18 incorporated to be laterally opened in a front frame 2. A ball receiving and discharging device 61 is attached to the front surface upper end of the game assisting board 7 to be set right below a foul ball returning port. A ball collecting trough 63 is formed projectingly to a ball receiving and discharging device 61 on the left side rear surface of a front surface opening and closing plate 18. An outlet of a passing- out path opened to the front and rear of the ball collecting trough 63 is placed adjacent to the upstream part of a tray part 20 of an upper ball tray 19. While the front surface opening and closing plate 18 is held in a closing set position, an inlet of the passing-out path of the ball collecting trough 63 is aligned and made to communicate with the opening front surface of the ball receiving and discharging unit 61.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a foul ball processing device in a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a foul ball processing device for collecting and processing foul balls (also referred to as return balls) generated during a pachinko game. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, in a conventional pachinko machine, a ball feeding device and a hitting ball launching device cooperate to
The game balls in the upper ball plate can be sent one by one to the launch site of the launch rail in the aircraft, and from that site can be launched into the game area in the guide rail of the game board to play the game. The prize balls for the winning balls (safe balls) generated in the game area are preferentially discharged to the upper ball plate side, and after the plate side is full, the surplus prize balls are dropped to the lower ball plate side. It can be discharged to and stored in.

In such a pachinko game, a non-gaming ball generally called a foul ball more or less, that is, one ball is hit from the launch site, but the hitting power (launching power) is insufficient. Due to, a non-gaming ball that descends along the guide rail and tries to return to the launch rail side without being able to properly reach the game area is always generated although it is irregular. Therefore, in any pachinko machine, between the upper end of the firing rail and the lower end of the guide rail, the return port for the above-described foul ball (also referred to as foul port) is appropriately formed with a separation opening width, All of the foul balls are received in this return port and return to the launch site side, and thus it is possible to avoid interference with the next game ball to be launched.

[0004]

By the way, regarding the processing technology of the foul ball in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine, as a generally practiced example, a game board is provided separately from the aforementioned foul ball return port. Game auxiliary board in the accommodation holding frame to be accommodated (board with the launch rail installed)
In the vertical direction of the front of the, there is a vertical collection gutter that communicates with the return opening for foul balls and the discharge path for surplus prize balls on the back side. Is discharged to the side of the lower dish for recovery processing. Therefore, the front side of the game auxiliary board, and further, the space space between the auxiliary board and the front opening / closing plate on which the upper bowl is mounted and set cannot be used effectively, and, for example, speakers, switches, electromagnetic solenoids and other accessory parts. Is difficult to install.

Further, as described above, since all the foul balls are returned to the lower bowl, it is often troublesome. That is, every time a foul ball generated during the game is discharged to the lower ball plate with the occurrence of a falling sound, it is unexpected for the player in the game, and when the foul ball is used as a game ball. It is troublesome to pick up each one and put it in the upper bowl. Especially when a foul ball occurs immediately after launching all the game balls in the upper ball plate or at the end of the game,
I often find it troublesome to pick up and reuse it, and often dislike it and launch it roughly. On the other hand, if the player of the gaming machine leaves with the foul ball left in the lower bowl dish, another player who sees this ball considers that "this gaming machine is still in continuous use". As a result, the gaming machine is inconveniently left empty.
Further, if another player who does not know the situation plays a game on the game machine, there is a problem that a player who returns later returns to the game and occupies the game machine, causing trouble.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been newly proposed in order to suitably solve the above-mentioned problems. All the foul balls generated during a pachinko game are treated as upper balls for playing balls on the front of the pachinko machine. It is possible to return directly to the plate and reuse it as a game ball as it is, and to provide a foul ball processing device with a simplified processing path, which can effectively utilize the space inside the pachinko machine and is related to foul ball. It is an object to provide a means for eliminating bothersomeness.

[0007]

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended purpose, a foul ball processing device in a pachinko machine according to the present invention is provided with a front frame attached to an outer frame.
While the upper ball plate for storing game balls, the lower ball plate for storing prize balls, and a hitting ball launching device are equipped, a game board is set in the housing frame inside the front frame and a game auxiliary board for the game board is provided. The launch rail is installed on the front, a return opening for the foul ball is opened between the upper end of the launch rail and the lower end of the guide rail on the front of the game board, below the return opening for the foul ball, and on the upper bowl plate. A ball receiving and collecting member for the foul ball is provided between the inside and the inside, and the upstream opening of this ball receiving and collecting member is aligned with the return opening, while the downstream opening of the same is required for the dish of the upper bowl. It is characterized by facing the part.

[0008]

[Action] The game ball hit by the hitting ball launching device jumps over the return hole for the foul ball from the upper end along the locus extending to the launch rail with its hitting force, and under the guide rail of the game board. It arrives and is driven into the game area while climbing and flying along the guide rail. A game ball that has been launched by the ball-striking device but could not reach the game area due to insufficient ball-striking force or the like falls to the return port between the launch rail and the guide rail as a foul ball.
The foul ball that has fallen into the return port can be returned to the dish portion of the upper ball dish via the ball receiving and collecting member and delivered to the hitting ball launching device as a game ball for use.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a foul ball processing device in a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to preferred embodiments. In the present embodiment, in the most generalized pachinko machine of the game board attachment / detachment exchange type, the return opening for the foul ball on the game board side and the plate portion of the upper ball plate located on the front side of the machine are aligned and communicated with each other. 1 illustrates an example of a foul sphere processing device that can be made into a material.

Therefore, first, a pachinko machine, which is generally shown in FIG. 1, will be briefly described. That is, a front frame 2 for mounting a tower, such as various game components described later, is detachably and removably attached to the opening front surface of the outer frame 1 for the outer frame holding frame. The front frame 2 is made of synthetic resin as a whole, and the main structure has an outer size that fits the front surface of the opening of the outer frame 1 as shown in FIG. An opened frame body 3, and a housing frame body 5 that is located inside the front surface of the frame body 3 and has a game board setting port 6 opened therein,
A game auxiliary board 7 positioned below the set opening 6 and aligned with the game board is integrally formed in a continuous frame shape. The support plate 3A at the bottom of the frame 3 is formed with a set opening 8 for the lower ball plate, a set hole 9 for the ball-striking launcher, and so on. An outlet 10, a ball returning port 11 for a spilled ball, a set port 12 for a hitting rod, and a discharge path 13 for an out ball are formed.

A ball return surface 4A is formed on the inner surface of the lower bottom of the window 4 so as to be inclined toward the ball return port 11 as appropriate. Further, a positioning portion 14 for the game board, a locking holding portion 15 and the like are formed on the inner periphery of the set opening 6. A detailed description of the structure down to the other details is omitted and only shown in the drawings. Incidentally, there is also a type in which the housing frame body 5 is individually molded and assembled on the back side of the front frame 2.

The main game constituent members installed in each part of the front frame 2 are attached around the opening of the window 4 in the frame body 3 as schematically shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. A glass door 17 and a front opening / closing plate 18 are attached to the window frame 16 so as to be opened laterally, and an upper ball plate 19 for a game ball and a ball feeding device 21 are set on the front side and the inner side of the front opening / closing plate 18, respectively. Further, a lower ball receiving tray 24 and a hitting ball launching device 29 are installed on the supporting plate 3A of the frame body 3 by using the auxiliary plate 22. In addition, a discharge cylinder 23, which is capable of communicating with the ball outlet 10, is provided on the inner side of the left portion of the front opening / closing plate 18 in a protruding manner.
The front surface of the opening of the discharge passage 24 faces the upper stage of the upper portion of the dish portion 20 of the upper ball dish 19. In addition, the auxiliary board 25 is the lower bowl 2
7 and the operation unit 30 of the ball launching device 29 are set in advance, and the ball discharge port 26 which is mounted on the front surface of the support board unit 3A and opened at the center thereof is aligned with the inside of the setting port 8. , Is in contact with the plate portion 28 of the lower ball plate 27.

By the way, in the upper ball plate 19, with respect to the game balls (including the discharged prize balls) put in the plate part 20, the flow gradient of the whole plate part 20 and the streamlined curved surface part for alignment are used. The balls can be fed into the ball feeding device 21 in order of the preceding spheres while being aligned in the alignment path 20a in one row and one line. Then, the balls that overflow the alignment path 20a
It is possible to temporarily store and stand by in the upstream portion facing, and to enter the alignment path 20a every time the game ball is delivered from the ball delivery device 21 side. On the other hand, in the lower bowl plate 27, the surplus prize balls that have overflowed without being accommodated in the upper bowl plate 19 side can be stored in the plate portion 28. Which dish 1
Also for 9 and 27, ball removing means 33 and 34 are attached. In the pachinko machine of the embodiment, by operating the ball removing means 33 of the upper ball plate 19, the game balls of the ball plate 19 are discharged to the lower ball plate 27 through the passage formed on the front surface of the auxiliary board 25. Although it is configured, the game ball of the upper ball plate 19,
A type of discharging from the back side of the auxiliary board 25 to the lower bowl 27 can also be appropriately adopted.

With respect to the set opening 6 of the housing frame 5, a game board 35 having a game area 37 including various game parts 38 and an outlet 39 in a circular guide rail 36.
Is accommodated in a detachable and replaceable manner, and is aligned with the upper surface of the game auxiliary board 7. A mechanism set board 41 including various ball processing units and the like is set on the back side of the housing frame 5 so as to be detachable or openable / closable. With this set board 41, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 4, a discharge section 42 communicating with the discharge path 13 for the out ball, a collective discharge path 43 for the safe ball, and the like are sectioned and formed below the prize ball discharging device (not shown). Main discharge path 44 communicating with the ball outlet 10 on the side of the upper bowl 19
And a ball discharge port 2 on the side of the lower bowl plate 27 that is branched and connected from this
A sub discharge path 45 communicating with the No. 6 is defined. The auxiliary discharge path 45 and the ball return port 11 are collectively communicated by a single ball container 46 attached to the rear side of the set port 8 of the frame body 3.

On the other hand, on the right front side of the front side of the game auxiliary board 7, the launch rail 4 which is in flight contact with the guide rail 36 of the game board 35.
8 is installed with an appropriate inclination, and at the launching site P of the lower end base thereof, the game balls fed one by one by the ball feeding device 21 can be seated, and the hitting ball actuating part 31 of the hitting ball launching device 29 is also provided. The hitting rod 32 can be exposed. Looking at both rails, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper end of the launch rail 48 and the lower end of the guide rail 36 are located at a lower position and an upper position close to the upper surface of the game auxiliary board 7, and the height difference between them is appropriately adjusted. They face each other with a distance of the separated space, and the opening surface having the width of the separated space is configured as a return port 49 for the foul ball. The launch rail 48
Are set on a base 47 attached to the auxiliary board 7. By the way, the lower end of the guide rail 36 is in the lower position with reference to the trajectory along the launch rail 48.
The upper and lower ends of 8 are set to the height difference of about one sphere.

A speaker setting member 50 is detachably installed on the front left side of the auxiliary game board 7. The setting member 50 is capable of accommodating the speaker and receiving the spilled ball, and
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 7, a case-shaped main body 51 that is aligned and fixed on the front surface of the auxiliary board 7, and an opening / closing lid 5 on the front surface of the main body 51.
It is composed of two units, and normally, a speaker 53 and a volume controller 54 are built in each accommodation chamber defined between the two units 51 and 52 as a unitized member.
The ball receiving and discharging port 55 formed over 1,52 is set to face the lower side of the ball outlet 10 for prize balls. It should be noted that the opening / closing lid 52 has a slit opening 56 for sound transmission.
A volume adjusting operation port 57 is formed, and the spilled ball received in the ball receiving and discharging port 55 can be discharged to the ball returning port 11.

In the foul ball processing device of the present embodiment implemented in the pachinko machine described above, the foul ball return port 49 formed between the launch rail 48 and the guide rail 36.
On the other hand, the dish portion 20 of the upper ball dish 19 is appropriately lower (lower)
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 installed on the lower side of the return port 49 and the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18 of the upper ball plate 19 are provided on the assumption that The return port 49 is formed by aligning and communicating with the collecting ball collecting gutter 63.
All the foul balls that have entered are returned directly to the dish portion 20 and can be used as they are as game balls.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, at the upper end of the front surface of the game auxiliary board 7, the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 is screwed to the position just below the return port 49 for the foul ball. It is mounted so that it can be removed and replaced.
An example of the discharge tool 61 is one formed into a front concave frame shape having an opening on the upper surface and the front surface based on a synthetic resin molding process, and the inner surface of the bottom is appropriately inclined downward toward the front surface of the opening. In addition, guide blocking portions 62, 62 are formed inwardly on the left and right upper portions for receiving the ball against the foul ball, guiding for falling, and preventing jumping up, and the tip positions of the rails 36, 48 respectively. Is aligned with. The discharging tool 61 has a width capable of accommodating a plurality of foul balls, and the upper part of the opening is narrowed by the guide blocking portions 62, 62 on the left and right sides so that the foul balls can be prevented from jumping up and down. Has become.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the ball collection gutter 63 is provided on the left rear surface of the front opening / closing plate 18 so as to project toward the ball receiving / discharging tool 61. This ball collection gutter 63
Is a discharge tube 23 for the award ball based on a synthetic resin molding process.
And the left and right are integrally formed in parallel with each other as an example, and as shown in the drawing, the right and left side wall portion 23a of the discharge tube 23 is formed so as to project rearward, and the forward and backward passageways 64 are opened.
The outlet 64b is opened at the base portion of the right side wall portion 23a and faces the upstream side of the dish portion 20 of the upper bowl dish 19. Then, with the front opening / closing plate 18 held in the original closed set position, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 8, the inlet 64a of the passage 64 of the ball collection trough 63 is placed in the ball receiving position. The discharge tool 61 is aligned and communicated with the opening front surface with an appropriate flow step. The ball collecting trough 63 and the discharge tube 23 are provided as one discharge portion on the upper front surface of the front opening / closing plate 18 so as to be mounted and set on the upper and lower parts of the upper ball tray 19 on the left side of the decorative auxiliary board 22 made of synthetic resin. An example integrally formed on the back surface is shown.

However, in an example in which the right side wall portion 23a of the discharge cylinder 23 is formed in a slanted shape that widens in the prize ball discharge direction, the outlet 64b of the passage 64 is opened at the base of the right side wall portion 23a, A ball restraint portion 65 is provided so as to project forward on the left edge of the opening. As a result, the foul ball from the passage 64 is
The prize balls that are temporarily present in the discharge path 24 of the discharge cylinder 23 and the prize balls discharged to the upper ball plate 19 can be promptly passed through the tray 20 without being affected by the prize balls. It is possible to suitably prevent the prize ball in the passage 24 from retreating from the exit 64b into the passage 64. The passage 64 has a width capable of accommodating a plurality of foul balls, the inner surface of the bottom thereof is inclined forward like the discharge route 24, and a guide piece 66 for foul balls is formed on the right side.

As described above, since the ball receiving / discharging tool 61 and the ball collecting trough 63 are held in alignment and communication with each other, as can be understood from FIGS. 3, 4, 7 and 8, this state is maintained. It is desired to prevent fraud by invading foreign objects into the game board 35 that is abused. Therefore, as an example of this fraud prevention measure, a lid piece 67 for preventing foreign matter intrusion is provided on the matching connecting portion of both, that is, on the right side of the opening of the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 in the figure.
At the upper end of the ball receiving / discharging tool 61, a blocking guide portion 69 is formed to prevent the foreign matter from rising up and to enter and to guide the game sphere that has been launched, and is positioned inside the discharging tool 61. A guide piece 68 for a foul ball is formed inside the lid piece 67. According to the example of such fraud prevention measures, the upper bowl 1
9 In an illegal operation from the front side, it is possible to make it difficult for foreign matter such as wire or band-like material to enter the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 from the outlet 64b of the passage 64, and the discharging tool while bending the tip of the foreign material. It is designed to be able to suitably prevent a fraudulent act in which it is bent up above 61 to finally enter the game area 37 from between the inner glass 17A of the glass door 17 and the guide rail 36. .

[0022]

Operation of the embodiment In the pachinko machine of this embodiment described above, as an original pachinko game, the pachinko balls for games inserted (accommodated) in the upper ball plate 19 are passed through the ball feeding device 21 in the preceding order. By operating the operation unit 30 of the ball-striking launcher 29 while the ball is being inserted, the ball-striking operation by the ball-striking operation unit 31 of the device 29 and the ball-sending operation by the ball-sending device 21 in synchronization with this. By the cooperation of, the game balls are sequentially sent to the launch site P of the launch rail 48 one by one, and after being seated, they are struck by the batting rod 32, and fly from the launch rail 48 along the guide rail 36 of the game board 35. Then, it is driven into the game area 37. And in the game area 37,
The game balls are divided into safe balls when they enter the winning port while moving / falling in each direction, and out balls when they enter the out port 39, and finally from the respective routes 43, 13, 42. It is discharged to the back side of the machine and transferred to the collection side.

On the other hand, each safe ball is a processing device (not shown).
Based on the detection processing of 1 ball at a time,
The prize balls paid out in a set number unit by the operation of (not shown) are preferentially discharged from the main discharge path 44 to the upper bowl plate 19 via the ball outlet 10, and after the filling, from the sub discharge path 45. It is discharged to the lower ball dish 27 via the ball container 46 and the ball discharge port 26. When the state where the prize balls are discharged to the upper ball plate 19 is viewed, the prize balls discharged from the discharge tube 23 are vigorously discharged to the plate part 20 in a dispersed state over the entire area of the discharge path 24, and particularly, the right wall part. For prize balls discharged along 23a,
While being guided by the ball stopper 65, the balls are discharged to the dish 20 in a forward direction, so that the ball collecting trough 63 is prevented from being inserted back into the outlet 64b. In addition, many prize balls that have been discharged are in the plate 2
In the case of filling the upstream part of 0, and further the discharge path 24,
Dish 20, outlet 24, and outlet 64b of the ball collection trough 63
And the guideway of the ball stop 65 to the exit 64b
Reverse entry into the inside is blocked, and rather multiple prize balls are exited 64
It is stored in a state in which it surrounds the front part of b while it is open (see FIG. 3).

In such a pachinko game, the game balls originally properly launched from the launch site P one by one are along the trajectory extending to the launch rail 48 by their hitting force (launching force). From the upper end, it jumps over the return port 49 for the foul ball to reach the lower part of the guide rail 36, and is normally driven into the game area 37 while climbing and flying along the rail 36. However, for a game ball that was launched from the launch site P but could not reach the inside of the game area 37 due to lack of hitting power, etc., it should be generated as a foul ball (return ball) and fall into the return port 49. And, it may happen unexpectedly in large numbers during the game. Regarding this foul ball, when viewed from the state of its occurrence, one that flies up and flies along the guide rail 36, falls from the middle and falls from the lower end, and one that reaches the lower part of the guide rail 36 and falls from the lower end. , And the guide rail 3
Some may fall from the upper end of the firing rail 48 without being able to reach 6.

Therefore, in the foul ball treating apparatus of this embodiment, the foul balls generated as described above can be suitably recovered and treated as follows. That is, as a mode of receiving the foul ball that has fallen into the return port 49 into the ball receiving and discharging tool 61, the foul ball from the lower end of the guide rail 36 is temporarily once hit by the guide blocking portion 62 on the right side, and the firing rail 48 is also received.
The foul ball from the upper end of the can be gently received in the discharge tool 61, respectively, while the guide blocking part 62 on the left side is mainly applied once. Further, in this discharging tool 61, the guide balls 62 on both sides can preferably prevent the foul ball from bouncing out of the discharging tool 61. In this way, the ball receiving and discharging device 61
The foul ball received inside enters the inlet 64a of the passage 64 of the ball collecting trough 63 that faces the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18 from the front of the opening as it is, and is discharged from the outlet 64b to the front of the opening of the discharge path 24 of the discharge tube 23. After being processed, the plate portion 2 of the upper ball plate 19
Returned to the upstream part of 0.

Regarding such a foul ball collecting process, while the prize balls are being discharged toward the upper ball plate 19, many game balls (including prize balls) are stored in the plate 19. Even if it is present, as described above, the ball stopping portion 65 suitably prevents the discharged prize balls and the stored balls from re-entering into the outlet 64b of the ball collecting trough 63, and the outlet 6
By opening the front of 4b, the foul ball can be quickly returned to the dish portion 20 from the outlet 64b. Then, all the foul balls collected in the dish portion 20 are mixed with other game balls existing in the dish portion 20 and are similarly aligned while sequentially passing through to the alignment path 20a side, and thus the game balls. It can be used as it is delivered into the ball feeding device 21.

As an example of a state during a pachinko game, a game ball located upstream of the plate portion 20 temporarily remains without being able to quickly move to the alignment path 20a for some reason. On the other hand, even if many of the game balls that have been sent from the ball feeding device 21 to the launch site P one by one and are fired become foul balls, these foul balls will be in the route of the ball collecting trough 63 during this time. A considerable number of pieces are temporarily accommodated in 64 and further in the ball receiving and discharging tool 61. Then, the player who notices the poor ball flow 20
In the state in which the temporary residual balls inside the ball can be normally passed into the alignment path 20a again, the foul ball is discharged from the exit 6
4b is quickly passed through and returned to the inside of the tray 20. As a result, it is possible to prevent the foul ball from overflowing above the return port 49, and the game ball is normally launched.
It is also possible to preferably eliminate the problem that the (launch ball) interferes with the foul ball remaining in the ball receiving and discharging tool 61.

As described above, in the foul ball processing device of this embodiment, the ball receiving and discharging tool 61 on the front side of the game auxiliary board 7,
The structure is simple because it is only in the form of aligning and communicating with the ball collecting trough 63 on the rear surface of the front opening / closing plate 18 for the upper bowl.
In addition, by forming the ball collecting trough 63 integrally with the discharge tube 23 for prize balls, both 63 and 23 can be easily formed as one discharge port member and can be implemented. In addition, when the ball receiving / discharging tool 61 and the ball collecting gutter 63 are in a contact state,
As described above, by arranging the stop guide portion 69 in the discharge tool 61, the game board 35 can be viewed from the front side of the outlet 64b.
It is possible to prevent an illegal act due to an operation of entering a foreign object into the game area 37. According to such a foul ball processing device, the left front surface of the game auxiliary board 7 (the front surface opposite to the installation of the launch rail 48) can be greatly opened (see FIG. 2). The speaker set member 50 shown can be suitably installed, and other necessary accessory parts such as a switch and an electromagnetic solenoid (not shown) can be naturally attached to the left side space, and the left space can be used effectively and effectively. It is a thing.

[0029]

[Modifications] The foul ball processing device to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the illustrated embodiments described above, and other examples are also recommended. For example, the ball receiving and discharging tool 6
1 may be integrally molded with the base 47 of the firing rail 48, or may be integrally molded with the main body 51 side of the speaker setting member 50. According to this, it becomes possible to configure and implement the foul ball receiving type launch rail tool and the set member, respectively. Of course, the discharge tool 61
It is also possible to integrally form on the front surface of the game auxiliary board 7. On the other hand, regarding the ball collection gutter 63, the discharge tube 23 for prize balls
It may be a separate member separated from. The front opening and closing plate 18
Considering the assumption that can be opened and closed at the turning fulcrum on the left side of the figure,
The ball collecting trough 63 and the ball receiving / discharging tool 61 are configured as one ball receiving / collecting member, and are attached and set on the back side of the front opening / closing plate 18, and the opening front surface thereof is set to a required returning portion of the plate portion 20 of the upper ball plate 19. You may face it. Incidentally, the return part may be the upper stage on the upstream side of the alignment path 20a.

Any type of foul ball processing apparatus including the above-described embodiment and other examples can be applied to an arrange ball machine which is a kind of pachinko machine. That is, in the arrangement ball machine, in each pattern combination game, assuming the pachinko machine in the upper ball saucer, the set number (16) of game balls regulated for use is set to 1
When a foul ball is generated in the process of hitting each ball toward the game area, the foul ball is detected and counted one by one by the switch below the return port and returned to the player side, while the number of foul balls detected is counted. A new game ball is launched by the amount, and the game of the current time can be continued and ended. In a game machine with such game setting conditions, in the foul ball processing device, the ball receiving / discharging device below the return port and the ball collecting gutter inside the upper ball tray are in contact with each other or returned by one ball receiving / collecting gutter. In the communication between the mouth and the upper ball saucer,
The foul ball detected by the switch can be returned to the upper ball tray and used as it is as a game ball. The switch may be provided in the upper part or the like inside the ball receiving and discharging tool.

[0031]

As described above, according to the foul ball processing device in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the foul ball that has been generated during the game and has fallen into the return port is transferred to the upper ball plate via the ball receiving and collecting member. It can be returned to the dish part. That is, since the foul ball is used as a game ball, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of picking up the foul ball of the lower ball dish and putting it in the upper ball dish. Further, even if a foul ball occurs immediately after all the game balls in the upper ball plate have been launched or at the end of the game, the foul ball is returned to the plate part of the upper ball plate and used as a game ball. It is possible to prevent problems caused by the balls remaining in the lower bowl dish.

Further, the ball receiving and collecting member of the foul ball processing device is of a type in which only the ball receiving and discharging tool on the front side of the game auxiliary board and the ball collecting trough on the back side of the front opening / closing plate for the upper bowl plate are aligned and connected. Therefore, the structure is simple, and the front of the game auxiliary board can be opened wide. That is, necessary auxiliary parts such as a speaker, a switch, and an electromagnetic solenoid can be attached to the front surface of the game auxiliary board without difficulty, and the space can be used effectively and effectively.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing the entire pachinko machine to which a foul ball processing device according to an embodiment is suitably adopted.

FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a front frame.

3 is a plan sectional view based on the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view mainly showing a game auxiliary board inside the front frame.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a partially cutaway upper bowl.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view schematically showing an exploded main part of the foul ball processing device.

FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view showing a main part of a foul ball processing device.

FIG. 9 is a rear view mainly showing the ball collecting trough on the upper ball dish side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Outer Frame 2 Front Frame 5 Storage Frame 7 Game Auxiliary Board 18 Front Opening / Closing Plate 19 Upper Ball Dish 20 Dish 27 Lower Ball Dish 35 Gaming Board 36 Guide Rail 48 Launch Rail 49 Return Port 61 Ball Receiver / Drainer 63 Ball Collection Gutter

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A front frame (2) assembled to an outer frame (1), an upper ball plate (19) for storing game balls, a lower ball plate (27) for storing prize balls, and a hitting ball launching device ( 29) etc. are equipped, while the game board (35) is set in the accommodation frame body (5) inside the front frame (2) and is fired to the front of the game auxiliary board (7) with respect to the game board (35). The rail (48) is installed, the upper end of the launch rail (48) and the game board
(35) A return opening (49) for a foul ball is opened between the front guide rail (36) and the lower end of the guide ball (36).
The ball receiving and collecting member for the foul ball extending to the inside of 9)
(61, 63) are provided, and the upstream opening of the ball receiving and collecting member (61, 63) is aligned with the return opening (49), while the downstream opening of the same member (61, 63) is connected to the upper bowl plate (19). (2) A foul-ball processing device in a pachinko machine, characterized in that the plate part (20) of FIG. 2. The ball receiving and collecting member for the foul ball comprises:
A ball receiving and discharging tool (61) that is consistently connected to the return port (49) for the foul ball and a ball collecting gutter mounted inside the front opening / closing plate (18) on which the upper ball plate (19) is mounted and set. (63) has, and with the opening front surface of the ball receiving and discharging tool (61), the opening rear surface of the ball collection gutter (63) can be aligned and contacted with an appropriate flow difference, and
2. The foul ball processing device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the front surface of the opening of the ball collection gutter (63) faces a required portion of the plate portion (20) of the upper ball plate (19).