JPH0759936A - Island stand provided with game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a game machine installing island stand on a merged island, wall island, etc., capable of sufficiently utilizing a lifting capacity of an installed ball lifter while installing thereon any kinds of game machines. CONSTITUTION:Pachinko balls are supplied from both sides of a main storage tank 12 and auxiliary storage tank 13 differing in the storage capacity through an introducing trough 24 to a ball lifter 5. Thus, the lift capacity of the ball lifter 5 can sufficiently be utilized, compared with the case of balls supplied from one tank, while various kinds of pachinko game machines 2 can be installed on a stand 1 on a game machine installing island constituted as a merged island improving the lifting capacity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which gaming machines for playing pachinko balls are arranged side by side only on one side and a ball lifting device for hoisting the pachinko balls is erected in the center thereof. It is related to the installation island stand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a gaming machine installation island stand in which gaming machines that use pachinko balls are arranged side by side only on one side, lined pachinko gaming machines that use pachinko balls on one side, On the other side is a merged island in which gaming machines such as slot machines that do not use pachinko balls are lined up in the horizontal direction, or pachinko gaming machines that use pachinko balls are lined up in the horizontal direction, and the other side is a game hall. There are wall islands that are the walls of. In these islands where game machines are installed, such as annexed islands and wall islands, because the absolute amount of pachinko balls used is small, there is a storage tank that stores the pachinko balls only on one side below the island stand where game machines are installed. The pachinko balls were supplied to the doffing device only from the storage tank.

[0003]

When the pachinko balls are supplied only from one side of the doffing device as described above, the supply amount per unit time is smaller than that when the pachinko balls are supplied from both sides. In addition to the drawback of not fully utilizing the pumping capacity of the ball pumping device, due to the lack of pumping capacity, a pachinko game machine of the type that dispenses a large amount of prize balls in a short time has become a game machine installation island stand. There is a problem that it cannot be installed, and only a pachinko game machine having a game content with a small payout amount of prize balls can be installed. The present invention is
It was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to be able to make full use of the pumping capacity of the installed ball lifting device and to install any type of gaming machine. The purpose is to provide an island stand with game machines, such as annex island and wall island.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a gaming machine for playing with a pachinko ball is arranged side by side only on one side and the pachinko ball is pumped in the center thereof. In a game machine installation island stand on which a doffing machine is installed, a main storage tank for storing a large amount of pachinko balls is provided at the bottom of the game machine setting island stand and on one side of the doffing machine. An auxiliary storage tank for storing a small amount of pachinko balls is provided on the other side, and the pachinko balls are fed from both sides of the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank to the ball lifting device, and the pachinko balls are pumped. The pachinko balls that have overflowed are recirculated to the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank via an overflow pipe.

[0005]

[Function] Since the ball hoisting device is supplied with pachinko balls from both sides of the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank, the hoisting capacity of the ball hoisting device can be fully utilized and It is possible to install various types of amusement machines by improving their capabilities. Further, in the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank, the pachinko balls that have overflowed via the overflow pipe are constantly recirculated, and since the auxiliary storage tank is formed to have a smaller capacity than the main storage tank,
When the amount of recirculation is the same, the amount of pachinko balls stored in the auxiliary storage tank always fills with priority, so the amount of pachinko balls supplied from the auxiliary storage tank to the ball lifting device is the amount supplied from the main storage tank. The amount of pachinko balls is stable and supplied to the doffing device from both the left and right sides. Further, since the storage amount in the main storage tank is increased, there is no shortage of prize balls even if the prize ball payout amount in the gaming machine is temporarily concentrated.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the inside of a game machine installation island stand 1 according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main storage tank 12 portion, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an auxiliary storage tank 13 portion. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the introduction gutter 24 for supplying the pachinko balls to the doffing and feeding device 5. As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine installation island stand 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped frame structure, and the gaming machines are arranged in a back row on the longitudinal side surface thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine installation island stand 1 in this embodiment is provided with a pachinko gaming machine 2 for playing using a pachinko ball on one surface side and playing without using a pachinko ball on the other surface side. It is a combined island where the slot machines 3 are installed. Further, a ball returning device 4 for returning the pachinko balls acquired by the pachinko gaming machine 2 is also provided in parallel with the pachinko gaming machine 2 on the gaming machine installation island stand 1. The ball returning device 4 will be described later. It is provided on the side where the main storage tank 12 is installed.

[0007] In the center of the game machine installation island stand 1,
A doffing device 5 is provided. Although not shown in detail, the ball hoisting device 5 according to the present embodiment hoists a pachinko ball by a belt-shaped carrier belt, and the belt-shaped carrier belt is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the game machine installation island stand 1. It is installed so that the pachinko ball is pumped to the upper part.
An upper tank 6 for temporarily storing the lifted pachinko balls is provided above the ball lifting device 5, and replenishment gutters 7 are provided on the left and right of the upper tank 6 in an inclined shape. A pachinko ball is made to flow down from 6. The supply gutter 7 is provided with a distribution chute 8 corresponding to each pachinko gaming machine 2, and takes in a pachinko ball flowing down the supply gutter 7. The pachinko balls taken in by the distribution chute 8 are counted by the counting device 9 provided in the lower part, and then supplied to the prize ball tank provided in the upper part of the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 2 to be paid out to the player by the game. Used as. In the illustrated embodiment, the distribution chute 8 corresponds to only each pachinko gaming machine 2, but when the inter-lens ball lending machine is provided so as to be sandwiched between each pachinko gaming machine 2, The distribution chute 8 is provided so as to correspond to this inter-mountain ball lending machine.

On the other hand, the used balls discharged from each pachinko gaming machine 2 are discharged downward from the out-ball collecting box 10 having a counting function. The pachinko balls discharged from the out-ball collecting box 10 are collected at the base of the ball lifting device 5 by the collecting gutter 11 provided in an inclined shape, but in the present embodiment, the main storage described below. The recovery gutter 11 is not provided in the lower part of the game machine installation island stand 1 on the side where the tank 12 is provided, and the bottom of the main storage tank 12 is the collection gutter 11
It has the same function as. However, since the main storage tank 12 is not necessarily provided to the island end portion as is clear from the figure, the pachinko gaming machine 2 is temporarily installed further on the island end side than the upstream end of the main storage tank 12. In this case, a recovery gutter formed in an inclined shape from the island end is connected to the upstream part of the main storage tank 12.

Storage tanks 12 and 13 are provided below the game machine installation island stand 1 and on both sides of the doffing device 5. The main storage tank 12 provided on one side (right side in the drawing) of the game machine installation island 1 is formed to be large enough to store a large amount of pachinko balls, and the auxiliary storage tank 13 provided on the other side (left side in the drawing) is small. It is formed to the extent that it stores the pachinko spheres. Specifically, the number of pachinko balls stored in the main storage tank 12 is sufficient to cope with various gaming states of the plurality of pachinko gaming machines 2 installed on the gaming machine installation island stand 1 (for example, 10 The number of pachinko balls stored in the auxiliary storage tank 13 may be considerably smaller than the above. However, the width and height of the auxiliary storage tank 13 are designed to be the same as those of the main storage tank 12. The auxiliary storage tank 1
The lower end of the recovery gutter 11 is connected to the lower end 3.

In the main storage tank 12 and the auxiliary storage tank 13 described above, overflow pipes 14 and 1 for returning the pachinko balls overflowing from the upper tank 6 to the lower part.
5 are connected to each other. The end of the overflow pipe 14 connected to the main storage tank 12 is connected to a relay tank 16 provided in the standing space of the doffing device 5, and the relay tank 16 communicates with the main storage tank 12. ing. In addition, the end of the overflow pipe 15 connected to the auxiliary storage tank 13 has an uppermost flow-down plate 22 of the flow-down plate 22 provided inside the auxiliary storage tank 13 in a cross shape.
To face.

By the way, a more detailed structure of the main storage tank 12 portion and the auxiliary storage tank 13 portion will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. First, in FIG. 2, the main storage tank 12 is the pachinko gaming machine 2. It is constituted by a tank base 17 installed in a lower space below a counter base 19 on the side where is installed. A waist plate 18 is attached to the outside of the tank base 17 to decoratively protect the lower portion of the game machine installation island base 1. Further, inside the main storage tank 12, ball guide plates 21 are provided on both upper sides of the main storage tank 12 at predetermined intervals. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball guide plate 21 is provided in an inclined shape toward the end of the main storage tank 12, and has a pachinko ball flowing down from the relay tank 16 or a pachinko ball dropping from the out ball collection box 10. The balls act so as to flow down toward the end of the main storage tank 12, and in the process of flowing down, they drop from the space between the ball guide plates 21 into the storage space of the main storage tank 12. With this configuration, the recirculated pachinko balls or the like are horizontally stored in the storage space of the main storage tank 12. Although not shown, the main storage tank 1
At the downstream end of 2, there is formed an outlet connected to an introduction gutter 24, which will be described next. The lower space on the side where the slot machine 3 is erected is relatively small, the lower side surface is covered with a waist plate 18, and a skirting board 20 is provided between the lower machine and the floor to close the lower space. .

On the other hand, in FIG. 3, the auxiliary storage tank 13
Is the counter stand 1 on the side where the pachinko gaming machine 2 is erected.
A falling plate 22 provided in a lower space below 9 for smoothly flowing down the pachinko balls stored therein.
Are provided in a cross shape. Further, on the lower side of the auxiliary storage tank 13, an outflow port 23 connected to an introduction gutter 24 described below is formed.

The pachinko balls stored in the main storage tank 12 and the auxiliary storage tank 13 are guided to the lower part of the doffing device 5 by the introduction gutter 24 shown in FIG. Introduction gutter 2
Reference numeral 4 includes a guide gutter 25 connected to the outlets 23 of the main storage tank 12 and the auxiliary storage tank 13, and introducing portions 26 and 27 orthogonal to the guide gutter 25. At least the bottom surface of the guide gutter 25 is formed in the shape of a square gutter inclined downward toward the center, and an opening is formed in the center thereof. The introduction parts 26, 27 are a partition introduction part in which a joining introduction part 26 connected to the opening of the guide gutter 25 and a partition wall that partitions the pachinko balls that are continuous and flow down to the joining introduction part 26 in a row are erected. And 27. Then, the pachinko balls stored in the main storage tank 12 and the auxiliary storage tank 13 are transferred from the guide gutter 25 to the introduction parts 26, 2
Finally, the pachinko balls are lined up in one line and fed to the lower part of the doffing device 5, and the pachinko balls fed in that line are hoisted by a conveyor belt.

Although the configuration of the game machine installation island stand 1 according to the embodiment has been described above, according to the present embodiment, the doffing device 5 includes both the main storage tank 12 and the auxiliary storage tank 13. Since the pachinko balls are supplied from the side through the introduction gutter 24, the lifting capacity of the ball lifting device 5 can be fully utilized and the lifting capacity can be improved as compared with the case where it is supplied from one side. Various types of pachinko game machines 2 can be installed on the game machine installation island stand 1 configured as a merged island. In addition, the pachinko balls that have overflowed through the overflow pipes 14 and 15 are constantly recirculated to the main storage tank 12 and the auxiliary storage tank 13, and the auxiliary storage tank 13 has a smaller capacity than the main storage tank 12. Therefore, when the amount of recirculation is the same, the amount of pachinko balls stored in the auxiliary storage tank 13 is always filled with priority, and therefore the pachinko from the auxiliary storage tank 13 to the ball-lifting device 5 even if the capacity is small. The supply amount of balls does not become smaller than the supply amount from the main storage tank 12, and a stable amount of pachinko balls are supplied to the ball doffing device 5 from both the left and right sides. Furthermore, the main storage tank 1
Since the storage amount of 2 is increased, even if the prize ball payout amount in the pachinko gaming machine 2 is temporarily concentrated, there is no shortage of prize balls.

In the above embodiment, the same amount of recirculation by the overflow pipes 14 and 15 is shown, but the recirculation to the overflow pipe 15 that recirculates to the auxiliary storage tank 13 may be positively prioritized. .

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the doffing device is supplied with pachinko balls from both sides of the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank. The pumping capacity of the feeder can be fully utilized, and the improvement of the pumping capacity makes it possible to install various types of gaming machines. In addition, since the pachinko balls that have overflowed via the overflow pipe are constantly recirculated to the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank, and the auxiliary storage tank is formed to have a smaller capacity than the main storage tank, the recirculation amounts are the same. In some cases, the amount of pachinko balls stored in the auxiliary storage tank will always be filled with priority, so the amount of pachinko balls supplied from the auxiliary storage tank to the ball lifting device will be less than the amount supplied from the main storage tank. However, a stable amount of pachinko balls is supplied to the doffing device from both the left and right sides. Further, since the storage amount in the main storage tank is increased, there is no shortage of prize balls even if the prize ball payout amount in the gaming machine is temporarily concentrated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an inside of a game machine installation island stand according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main storage tank portion.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an auxiliary storage tank portion.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an introduction gutter for supplying pachinko balls to a doffing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 game machine installation island stand 2 pachinko machine 3 slot machine 5 ball hoisting device 12 main storage tank 13 auxiliary storage tank 14 overflow pipe 15 overflow pipe 16 relay tank 21 ball guide plate 24 introduction gutter 25 guide gutter 26 joint introduction part 27 Partition introduction section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine-installed island stand in which gaming machines for playing with pachinko balls are arranged side by side only on one surface side, and a doffing device for hoisting pachinko balls is provided in the center of the gaming machines. A main storage tank for storing a large amount of pachinko balls is provided on one side of the ball hoisting device at the bottom of the game machine installation island stand, and an auxiliary storage tank for storing a small amount of pachinko balls is provided on the other side, The pachinko balls are supplied to the ball lifting device from both sides of the storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank, and the pachinko balls that have been pumped out and overflowed are passed through the overflow pipe to the main storage tank and the auxiliary storage tank. A game machine-installed island stand that is designed to return to a tank.