JPH08206323A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simplify the rear mechanism board structure of a pachinko game machine by keeping a rocking floor horizontal while an upper tray is empty, rocking the rocking floor when the balls overflown from the upper tray are accumulated on the rocking floor, guiding the retained balls to an overflow passage, and discharging them to a lower tray. CONSTITUTION: A connecting trough 34 is provided with an overflow mechanism overflowing the dropped prize balls to a lower tray when an upper tray is fully filled with the balls. The floor portion of the connecting trough 34 is formed into a rocking floor 53 capable of being rocked by the weight of balls. The rocking floor 53 is excited upward by an exciting means such as a spring 54, the rocking floor 53 is kept horizontal when the upper tray is empty, and balls pass through it. When multiple balls are retained on the rocking floor 53, the rocking floor 53 is rocked downward by the weight of the balls, and the balls are overflown to an overflow passage 55 located below.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine for enjoying whether or not to win a prize while a shot ball is launched.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, a glass frame and an opening / closing panel are vertically attached to an opening window of a front frame so that the opening window can be opened / closed by the glass frame and the opening / closing panel, and a game is provided on the back side of the front frame. The board is mounted, and the back mechanism board on the back side of the game board is provided with a ball discharging device that is a part of the back mechanism and a ball discharging gutter that flows down the balls discharged from the ball discharging device. The ball of the ball discharging trough An outlet is opened toward the opening / closing panel, a communication gutter is provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel, and the upper tray of the opening / closing panel and the ball outlet are communicated with each other through the communication gutter. Also, an overflow passage is formed in the back mechanism board below the game board from the middle of the ball discharge trough near the ball outlet, and this overflow passage is connected to the lower tray. Then, the inlet of the overflow channel (overflow inlet) is opened with a step at a position slightly higher than the bottom surface of the ball discharge gutter, and the ball that has flowed down is always discharged from the ball outlet to the upper plate through the connection gutter. When the balls that have been discharged and filled the balls in the upper plate and overflowed from the connecting gutter stay in the stepped portion, the balls that have flowed down flow into the overflow inlet beyond the accumulated balls (overflow). It was

Further, a foul ball collection path is formed on the back mechanism board below the game board, and the foul ball collection path is joined in the back mechanism board in the middle of the overflow path.

Therefore, when the ball discharging device discharges a predetermined number of balls, these balls are discharged from the ball discharging trough to the upper tray through the connecting trough, and the balls overflowing from the upper tray start to stay from the connecting trough. When the balls are collected up to the overflow inlet, the balls flowing down from the ball discharging device then flow down from the overflow inlet in the overflow passage in the back mechanism and are discharged to the lower tray.

Further, when a foul ball is generated, the foul ball falls into a foul ball recovery port below the game board and is discharged from the foul ball recovery path of the back mechanism board through the overflow path to the lower plate.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional pachinko machine, since the overflow channel and the foul ball recovery channel must be formed in the back mechanism board, the structure of the back mechanism board becomes complicated. Manufacturing is complicated.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of simplifying the structure of the back mechanism board.

[0008]

The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above-mentioned object. According to the first aspect of the present invention, a glass frame and an opening / closing panel are vertically arranged in an opening window portion of a front frame. The opening window can be opened and closed by mounting the glass frame and the opening and closing panel, and a ball discharging device and a ball outlet that opens toward the opening and closing panel by guiding the ball discharged by the ball discharging device to the back side of the front frame. A ball discharge gutter that flows out from the open / close panel is provided, an upper plate is provided on the front side of the open / close panel, and the back side of the open / close panel is provided so as to project rearward and communicates with the ball outlet when the open / close panel is closed. In a ball game machine provided with a contact gutter for guiding a ball flowing out from an outlet to an upper plate, a floor of the communication gutter is constituted by a rocking floor which is pivotally attached at one end and can be swung downward from a horizontal state. However, the ball that has flowed out from the ball outlet of the ball discharge gutter is always An urging means is provided on the oscillating floor to allow the oscillating floor to oscillate due to the weight of the ball congested on the oscillating floor, and an overflow channel is provided below the oscillating floor. Is connected to a lower plate disposed below the upper plate, and is a ball-and-ball game machine.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the first aspect, an overflow inlet is opened ahead of the free end of the rocking floor, and an overflow passage is extended from the overflow inlet. It is a characteristic ball game machine.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure of the second aspect, the free end of the rocking floor prevents a ball from falling into the overflow inlet when the rocking floor is in a substantially horizontal state. It is a ball game machine characterized in that a standing portion is formed.

According to a fourth aspect, the first to third aspects are provided.
In addition to the above configuration, a foul ball collection path is provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel, and the upper end opening of the foul ball collection path is arranged on the side of the communication trough as a foul ball collection port, and the foul ball collection port is located downward. It is a ball-and-ball game machine characterized in that an extending foul ball recovery path is joined to an overflow path.

According to a fifth aspect, the first to fourth aspects are provided.
In addition to the above configuration, a sphere pressing member that is pressed by the staying sphere is provided in the middle of the overflow channel provided on the back side of the open / close panel, and an overflow detector that detects the pressed state of the sphere pressing member is provided. It is a ball game machine characterized by being provided.

According to a sixth aspect, the first to fifth aspects are provided.
In addition to the above configuration, a connection gutter, an overflow channel, and a foul ball recovery path are provided on one surface of the base plate that is fixed to the back surface of the opening / closing panel to form a unit, and the foul ball recovery path is within the surface of the base plate. It is a ball game machine characterized in that it is allowed to join the overflow passage.

[0014]

In the ball-and-ball game machine according to the first aspect, the swinging floor is urged by the urging means and is stopped in a substantially horizontal state in the normal state where the upper plate is empty, so that the ball discharge gutter The ball flowing out from the ball outlet flows down on the rocking floor of the connecting gutter and is discharged to the upper plate. Then, when the balls are filled in the upper plate and the overflowing balls stay on the rocking floor of the connecting gutter, the balance between the weight of the staying balls and the urging force of the urging means is disturbed, and the rocking floor sways. Move. Therefore, the balls that have stayed and the balls that have flowed out from the outlet of the ball discharge gutter fall into the lower overflow channel due to the inclination of the rocking floor, and are discharged to the lower tray.

In the ball-and-ball game according to the second aspect, the overflow inlet is opened ahead of the free end of the rocking floor, so that when the rocking floor rocks, the ball moves from the tip of the rocking floor to the overflow entrance. Then, it flows down the overflow channel and is discharged to the lower plate.

In the ball-and-ball game machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the upright portion is upright at the free end of the rocking floor, the ball flowing out from the ball outlet stands up when the rocking floor is in a substantially horizontal state. The flow direction is regulated by hitting the part. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the ball from falling into the overflow inlet when the swing floor is stopped in a substantially horizontal state.

In the ball-ball game machine according to the fourth aspect, the foul ball flows down from the foul ball recovery port opened on the back side of the opening / closing panel into the foul ball recovery channel, and the foul ball recovery channel joins the overflow channel. Therefore, it is flowed down in the overflow passage from the middle and discharged to the lower plate.

In the ball-ball game machine according to the fifth aspect, when the ball stays in the middle of the overflow passage, the ball presses the ball pressing member, and the overflow detector detects this. Therefore, it is possible to stop the operation of the hitting ball launching device based on the signal from the overflow detector.

According to another aspect of the ball game machine of the present invention, a connecting gutter, an overflow passage, and a foul ball collecting path are provided on one surface of the base plate to form a unit, and the foul ball collecting path is formed on the surface of the base plate. Since it is joined to the overflow channel inside, in the assembly process of the game machine, by simply fixing this unit to the back side of the opening / closing panel, the connection gutter, overflow channel, and foul ball collection channel are integrated on the back side of the opening / closing panel. Can be provided.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a glass frame 2 of a pachinko machine 1 which is a typical ball game machine is opened, and FIG. 2 is a state in which a glass frame 2 and an opening / closing panel 3 of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 are opened. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 1. FIG.

In this pachinko machine 1, a frame-shaped front frame 5 (inner frame) is attached to one side of a machine frame (outer frame) 4 whose front and rear are open so that it can be opened and closed by upper and lower hinges 6. A glass frame 2 and an opening / closing panel 3 are vertically attached to the opening window portion 7 opened to open each, and a game board 8 is attached to the back side of the front frame 5 to form a game formed on the surface of the game board 8. The area 9 is made to face the glass surface of the glass frame 2 from the back side, a back mechanism board 10 is provided behind the game board 8, and the back mechanism board 10 has an upper tank 11 which is a back mechanism, and inside the upper tank 11. A ball discharge device 13 for discharging the balls stored in the discharge gutter 12 from the discharge gutter 12 and a ball discharge gutter 14 for guiding the balls discharged by the ball discharge device 13 are provided. In addition, ball discharge gutter 14
The ball outlet 15 at the lower end of is opened to the standing surface 16 below the game board 8 which constitutes a part of the back mechanism board 10. Further, on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel 3, an upper plate 17 is provided on the upper side, a lower plate 18 is provided below the upper plate 17, and a firing handle 19 as a hitting ball firing operation unit is provided on the right side of the lower plate 18. A firing unit 20, which is a ball striking device, is attached to the standing surface 16 of the back mechanism board 10.

The firing unit 20 is a unit in which a rotary solenoid 22, which is a drive source, a firing punch 23, a firing rail 24, and firing punch stoppers 25a and 25b, are attached to a substrate 21.

To form a substantially circular game area 9 on the surface of the game board 8, the surface is divided into circles by a dividing member such as a guide rail 26. In addition, innumerable obstacle nails (not shown) are planted in the game area 9, and a prize (not shown) such as a prize tool or a variable display device.
To arrange. In the present embodiment, in order to guide the hit ball launched from the launch unit 20 into the game area 9, the outer guide rail 26a and the inner guide rail 26b are fixed in an arc shape with an interval allowing the hit ball to pass through. By game board 8
There is formed a hitting ball guide flow path 27 that rises in an arc shape from the approximate center of the lower end and communicates with the game area 9 at the upper end.

The glass frame 2 is a frame member formed of synthetic resin in the embodiment shown in the drawings, and two glass plates are fitted in the portion that opens in a substantially horseshoe shape, and a front frame is provided by a hinge mechanism arranged on one side. The upper half of the opening window portion 7 of the front frame 5 can be opened and closed by being fastened to one side of the front frame 5. The glass frame 2 may be formed of a metal plate as in the conventional case.

The opening / closing panel 3 is a plate-like member whose surface is decorated with a synthetic resin in the embodiment shown in the drawings, and the upper part on the front surface side stores balls for a game such as balls or prize balls thrown by the player. Although the upper tray 17 for performing the same is provided in the same manner as in the conventional case, the lower tray 18 and the firing handle 19 which are conventionally attached to the front frame 5 side are provided below the upper tray 17. In addition, the opening / closing panel 3 between the upper plate 17 and the lower plate 18
A first front surface spherical falling path 31 and a second front surface spherical falling path 32 are provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface side of the first front surface spherical falling path 31. The front surface spherical flow-down path 32 is used as a ball removal channel. Incidentally, the ashtray 33 is shown in the figure.

On the back side of the opening / closing panel 3, there is provided a connection gutter 34 for guiding and discharging the rented balls or prize balls flowing down from the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge gutter 14 to the upper plate 17, and
The communication gutter 34 is provided with an overflow mechanism, and the free end side is provided with a ball supply device 35 for supplying the balls lined down from the upper plate 17 to the hitting firing position of the one-to-one firing unit 20.

The opening / closing panel 3 is fixed to one side of the front frame 5 by a hinge mechanism 36 arranged on one side on the same side as the glass frame 2 and is below the opening window portion 7 of the front frame 5. Half of them can be opened and closed, and like the glass frame 2, the free end side can be maintained in the closed state by the lock mechanism 37.
Then, the lock of the glass frame 2 is released according to the rotating direction of the key inserted in the key hole 39, and the lock is released by manually operating the unlock operation unit for the panel after opening the glass frame 2.

Next, each member provided on the opening / closing panel 3 will be described in detail. The upper plate 17 includes a horizontally long plate body 17a capable of storing about 100 balls, and a decorative body 17b provided so as to wrap the plate body 17a from below. The bottom surface of the plate body 17a is slightly inclined downward toward one side (right side in the drawing), and the inclined lower end side of the bottom surface is a sphere aligning portion that aligns the flowing spheres in a row by gradually narrowing the front-rear width. 40 is formed. Then, the inclined lower end of the ball aligning portion 40 is connected to the first ball passage opening 41 formed in the opening / closing panel 3 and communicated with the ball flow down passage of the ball supply device 35. The ball outlet of the connecting gutter 34 faces the upper end side of the inclined bottom surface.

The decorative body 17b not only decorates the periphery of the dish main body 17a, but also covers the upper end portions of the first and second front surface spherical flow-down passages 31 and 32 provided on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel 3 to form an appearance. Plays the function of improving. That is, the opening and closing panel 3 is provided with second and third ball passage openings 42, 43 through which the balls are passed from the back side to the front side. The ball passage openings 42, 43 are formed on the bottom of the dish body 17a and the bottom of the decorative body 17b. By locating the ball passage openings 42 and 43 in the space between them, the ball passage openings 42 and 43 can be hidden from the outside. Then, the upper ends of the first and second front surface sphere flow-down paths 31, 32 through which the spheres that have passed through the second and third sphere passage ports 42, 43 flow down are also the plate body 17.
By arranging it in the empty space between the bottom of a and the bottom of the decorative body 17b, the upper ends of the members forming the front surface spherical flow-down passages 31 and 32 can be hidden so as not to be seen from the outside.

In the right half of the decorative body 17b, a ball removing operation unit 44 for operating the ball in the upper plate 17 to drop it into the lower plate 18 is provided, and a ball is borrowed using a prepaid card. A ball lending operation unit 45 and a balance display unit 46, which are operated at the time, are provided.

The lower plate 18 has substantially the same capacity as the upper plate 17, and is provided with a ball removing shutter mechanism at the bottom for extracting the ball into a ball box in which the internal ball is placed below. In addition, 4 in the figure
Reference numeral 7 is an operating portion of the ball-removing shutter mechanism.

The first front spherical flow-down passage 31 provided on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel 3 between the upper tray 17 and the lower tray 18 described above is made of a translucent synthetic resin gutter-shaped member or pipe material. It is configured by vertically fixing it to the surface of the opening / closing panel 3, and at the upper end portion of the upper plate 17 covered with the decorative body 17b,
The second ball passage port 42 opened in the opening / closing panel 3 is communicated with the lower end at a position spaced from the bottom of the lower plate 18 by a predetermined distance (almost the same height as the upper edge of the opening of the lower plate 18 or slightly below). It has been stopped. Therefore, the sphere that has flowed down from the back side of the opening / closing panel 3 through the sphere passage port 42 is provided on the front side of the opening / closing panel 3 with the first front face ball downflow passage 31 made of transparent synthetic resin.
Flow down. Therefore, when the sphere flows down in the first front surface sphere downflow path 31, the player can see the flow down state of the sphere from the outside.

Further, a lamp 50 is provided as an illuminating means on the first front surface sphere flow-down path 31 and is configured to be turned on or blinking in association with the operation of the sphere discharging device 13. Therefore, when the prize balls are discharged, and the balls that have filled the upper plate 17 and overflowed flow down the first front surface ball flow-down path 31, the overflow balls can be illuminated by the light of the lamp 50. Therefore, not only can the decoration effect be enhanced in a manner different from the conventional one, but also the player can visually recognize the joy of winning.

Further, the second front spherical flow-down passage 32 provided on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel 3 between the upper plate 17 and the lower plate 18 described above.
Similarly to the above-described first front surface spherical flow-down path 31, is configured by vertically fixing a translucent synthetic resin gutter-shaped member to the surface of the opening / closing panel 3 so that the upper plate 17 of A third ball passage opening 43 opened in the opening / closing panel 3 communicates with the upper end portion covered by the decorative body 17b, and the lower end is at a position spaced from the bottom portion of the lower plate 18 by a predetermined distance (opening upper edge of the lower plate 18). It is stopped at about the same height as or a little lower). Therefore, the balls in the upper plate 17 that have flowed down from the back side of the opening / closing panel 3 through the ball passage port 43 flow down in the second front surface ball downflow passage 32 made of transparent synthetic resin on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel 3. To do. Therefore, when the sphere flows down in the second front surface sphere downflow path 32, the player can see the flow down state of the sphere from the outside.

Further, a lamp 50 is provided as a lighting means also on the second front surface sphere downflow path 32, and, like the lamp 50 on the side of the first front surface sphere downflow path 31, it is turned on in association with the operation of the ball discharging device 13. It is configured to blink. Therefore, when the ball discharging device 13 discharges the prize ball, the lamp 50 of the second front surface ball descending passage 32 ball also emits light in association with the discharge of the prize ball, thereby enhancing the decorative effect.

A detector for transmitting a signal in association with the operation of the ball removing operation section 44 is provided, and the lamp 50 of the second front surface ball down passage 32 is operated during the ball removing operation based on the signal from the detector. The sphere flowing down in the second front surface sphere flow-down path 32 may be illuminated by lighting or blinking. Further, the illumination means is not limited to the lamp 50,
Any light source may be provided.

A firing handle 19 is provided on the right side of the second front surface ball descent path 32 in the figure.
Is a columnar support portion projecting forward from the surface of the open / close panel 3, and a turning handle 19b having a finger hook projection is provided in a grip portion 19a provided at the tip of the support portion. By turning the turning handle 19b, the starting switch can be turned on / off and the resistance value of the variable resistor can be changed. The rotary solenoid 22 of the firing unit 20 can be started or stopped by turning on / off the start switch, and the resistance value is changed by adjusting the turning amount of the turning handle 19b to change the rotary solenoid 22. It is possible to adjust the flight distance of the hit ball by changing the driving force of.

Although the firing handle 19 is attached to the front side of the opening / closing panel 3 together with the upper plate 17 and the lower plate 18 in the embodiment shown in the drawings, it may be attached to the front frame 5 in a state of being separated from the opening / closing panel 3. Good. When the firing handle 19 is attached to the front frame 5, even when the front frame 5 is opened and closed, the hinge mechanism 36 and the lock mechanism 37 of the opening / closing panel 3 are not subjected to a load even if the firing handle 19 is rotated.

Next, members provided on the back side of the open / close panel 3 will be described in detail. First, the contact gutter 34 will be described.
This connection gutter 34 guides the ball flowing out from the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge gutter 14 provided as a part of the back mechanism to the upper plate 17, and has a short substantially rectangular tubular body on the back surface of the opening / closing panel 3. It will be projected. An upper opening is provided at the tip of the connecting gutter 34 so that the opening / closing panel 3 can be smoothly connected / disconnected from the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge gutter 14 and the ball can smoothly flow when the opening / closing panel 3 is opened / closed. An eaves portion 51 having a ball guide surface whose lower surface is inclined downward toward the front is formed at the edge, and an auxiliary floor portion for preventing a gap from being formed between the ball outlet 15 and the lower opening edge. 52 is formed. In addition, the eaves 5
1 is the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge gutter 14 when the opening / closing panel 3 is closed.
And the ball guide surface guides the ball that has flowed downward while bouncing, and the auxiliary floor 52 enters the groove formed below the opening edge of the ball outlet 15 to connect the connection gutter 34 and the ball outlet 15. Remove the gap between the balls and pour the flowing down balls into the upper plate 1
Allow to flow down in 7 directions smoothly.

Further, in the communication gutter 34, when the upper plate 17 is filled with balls, the prize balls that have flowed down are stored in the lower plate 18.
An overflow mechanism for overflowing is provided.
In this overflow mechanism, the floor portion of the connecting gutter 34 is a swinging floor 53 that can swing by the weight of a ball, and the swinging floor 53 is biased upward by a biasing means such as a spring 54. The oscillating floor 53 functions as a switching valve to the overflow passage 55 provided below the oscillating floor 53, and normally allows the spheres to pass while maintaining a substantially horizontal posture. When it stays, the weight of the ball swings downward so that the ball overflows into the overflow channel 55 below. And in this embodiment,
In order to improve the efficiency of parts management and assembly work, the connection gutter 34 having an overflow mechanism, the overflow channel 55, the foul ball recovery channel 56, the overflow detection mechanism, etc. are unitized.

That is, the connecting gutter 34 is projected rearward to one upper side of one surface of the base plate 57 fixed to the back surface of the opening / closing panel 3 (the surface opposite to the surface attached to the opening / closing panel 3). The overflow channel 55 and the foul ball recovery channel 56 are formed between the base plate 57 and the side plate 58 which is provided upright at a predetermined distance from the base plate 57 to form one unit. Specifically, the first plate is provided between the base plate 57 and the side plate 58.
The bottom portion 59 is provided in a state of being inclined downward from one side (communication gutter 34 side) toward the other side, and a standing side wall 60 is erected on the inclined upper end portion of the bottom portion 59 so that the overflow passage 55 is provided below the communication gutter 34. Is formed, and a step is formed at the inclined lower end portion of the bottom portion 59 of the overflow channel 55, and a ball passage opening 61 is opened in the base plate 57 facing the lower step portion of the step. Second bottom portion 62 above
Is provided in a state of being inclined downward toward the first bottom portion 59 side to form the foul ball recovery path 56, and between the standing side wall 63 and the communication gutter 34 which are erected from the inclined upper end of the second bottom portion 62, in other words, The inclined upper end opening portion of the foul ball recovery path 56 is used as a foul ball recovery port 64, and the downstream side of the foul ball recovery path 56 is joined (connected) in the middle of the overflow channel 55.

When the rocking floor 53 is pivotally mounted by the shaft 65, the width between the rocking tip portion (free end) of the rocking floor 53 and the side wall of the connecting gutter 34 in the horizontal state is wider than the diameter of the sphere. To the overflow inlet 6
6, a ball drop prevention wall 67 is formed on the tip end side of the communication gutter of the overflow inlet 66, and the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge gutter 14 is formed.
It prevents the balls flowing out from falling directly into the overflow inlet 66.

When the rocking floor 53 rocks, the balls on the rocking floor 53 roll from the rocking floor 53 and fall into the overflow passage 55. It is not always necessary to open an overflow inlet 66 having a spherical diameter or more between the
When set to 6, there is no risk that a ball will be caught between the tip of the swing floor 53 and the side wall of the communication gutter 34.

The rocking floor 53 has a shaft 65 on one side of the connecting gutter 34.
It is a plate-shaped member axially attached by, and is always urged upward by a coil spring 54 wound around a shaft 65 and stopped in a substantially horizontal posture. Further, a bank portion 70 is formed at the free end side edge of the rocking floor 53 as an upright portion for preventing the ball flowing out from the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge trough 14 from dropping to the overflow inlet 66 as it is.

The spring 5 for urging the swing floor 53
No. 4 selects the one having a non-inclining force that holds the rocking floor 53 horizontally when the ball simply passes over the rocking floor 53 and rocks the rocking floor 53 when a certain number of balls are placed. To do. That is, the spring 54, which is a biasing means, causes the ball that has always flown out of the swing floor 53 from the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharge gutter 14 to the upper plate 1.
The state of discharging to 7 is maintained, and the rocking floor 53 is allowed to rock due to the weight of the ball congested on the rocking floor 53.

Further, the swing floor 53 swings so as to swing between a posture in which it is stopped in a substantially horizontal state by the biasing force of the spring 54 to pass the ball and a posture in which it swings to overflow the ball. Range control means is provided. The swinging range regulating means in the present embodiment is a stopper 71 projecting from a side edge of the swinging floor 53, and an inlet opening lower end edge of the communication gutter 34 which serves as an upper receiving portion 72 of the stopper 71 (a lower portion of the auxiliary floor). When,
It is composed of the inclined upper edge of the side plate 58 which becomes the lower side receiving portion 73,
When the stopper 71 abuts on the upper receiving portion 72 and stops, the swing floor 53 stops in a substantially horizontal state, and when the stopper 71 abuts on the lower receiving portion 73, the swing floor 53 abuts on the lower receiving portion 73 and swings.
Stops when tilted. The rocking range restricting means may have any structure as long as it can restrict the rocking range of the rocking floor 53. Further, the biasing means of the swing floor 53 is not limited to the spring 54, and may be biased by a weight, for example.

When the unit having the above structure is attached by fixing the base plate 57 to the back surface of the opening / closing panel 3, the outlet (front end opening) of the communication gutter 34 overlaps with the ball passage opening of the opening / closing panel 3. The ball passage opening 61 communicating with the upper plate 17 and opened in the base plate 57 overlaps the second ball passage opening 42 of the opening / closing panel 3. Therefore, the overflow flow path 55 communicates with the first front surface spherical flow-down path 31 formed on the front side of the open / close panel 3 via the second ball passage port 42 of the open / close panel 3.

Therefore, when the ball discharging device 13 flows down the balls in a state where the balls are not filled in the upper tray 17, the balls are discharged from the ball outlet 15 of the ball discharging trough 14 to the rocking floor 53 of the connecting trough 34. It passes above and is discharged to the upper plate 17. Then, the balls in the upper plate 17 gradually increase and finally become full, and when the balls flowing out from the ball outlet 15 start to stay on the rocking floor 53 without being discharged into the upper plate 17, this traffic jam occurs. The balance between the weights of the plurality of balls and the biasing force of the spring 54 is lost, and the rocking floor 53 descends on the free end side to overflow the inlet 6
Slope down to the 6 side. For this reason, the sphere on the rocking floor 53 and the newly discharged sphere will not flow into the overflow inlet 66.
To fall. Then, the dropped balls come out from the overflow passage 55 on the back side of the opening / closing panel 3 to the front side of the opening / closing panel 3 through the second ball passage port 42, and function as the overflow passage 55 on the front side of the opening / closing panel 3. It flows down in the front ball flow-down path 31 and is discharged to the lower plate 18.

When the overflowed ball flows down in the first front surface sphere flow-down path 31 (overflow flow path 55) provided on the front side of the opening / closing panel 3, the player can visually recognize the flow-down state, and the player can visually recognize the prize. You can experience the joy of. Then, a detector (not shown) for detecting the posture of the rocking floor 53 is provided, and the lamp 50 is turned on or blinks based on a signal due to the detection of the rocking of the rocking floor 53 by the detector. Since the light emission of the lamp 50 is linked to the flow down of the overflow ball, the joy of winning can be more strongly realized and the decorative effect can be enhanced.

If the ball overflows due to the rocking floor 53 rocking, the weight of the ball rocking on the rocking floor 53 will be lost, so the rocking floor 53 will have a spring 54.
Is oscillated to return to a horizontal posture (normal state) due to the urging of No. 1, and this horizontal state is maintained until a certain number of objects remain on the oscillating floor 53. Then, when the prize balls are discharged and a certain number of them are stagnated on the rocking floor 53, the rocking floor 53 rocks due to the weight of the balls, and the stuck balls are overflowed to lower the tray as in the above. It is discharged to 18 and stored.

When the overflow balls gradually accumulate in the lower plate 18, the lower plate 18 finally becomes full, and then the overflowed balls start to accumulate in the first front surface ball flow down passage 31. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a ball pressing plate 75 is provided as a ball pressing member in the middle of the overflow channel 55 of the unit fixed to the back surface of the opening / closing panel 3, and the movement of the ball pressing plate 75 causes An overflow detector 76 that turns on and off is provided, and the overflow detector 76 is connected to the control circuit of the launcher. The ball pressing plate 75 is
The overflow detector 76 is urged toward the inside of the overflow passage 55 by the spring of the working protrusion or by a spring provided separately.

According to this structure, when the lower tray 18 is full and the balls stay in the overflow passage 55, the ball pressing plate 75 swings due to the ball pressure of the staying overflow balls, and this swing causes the overflow. A detector 76 detects sphere retention and sends a signal to the launcher control circuitry.
Then, the control circuit stops the operation of the hit ball launching device based on the signal from the overflow detector 76. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the trouble that the ball flowing down from the ball discharging device 13 is blocked in the ball discharging trough 14. In addition, even if the batted ball that has been shot until the operation of the batted ball launching device is stopped and the batted ball ejecting device 13 is operated, the ball that is ejected by the batted plate is in the overflow passage 55 on the upstream side from the sphere pressing plate 75. The sphere can be accommodated in the sphere, and the sphere does not stay in the sphere discharge trough 14.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the foul ball recovery port 64 of the above-mentioned unit is located between the inclined lower end of the guide rail 26a and the inclined upper end of the launch rail 24 when the opening / closing panel 3 is closed. It is arranged like. Therefore, the ball hit by the launching punch 23 of the ball launching device does not reach the game area 9, or the foul ball that bounces back even if it enters the game area 9 goes backward on the guide rail 26a and is a foul ball. It falls into the recovery port 64. And
The foul ball that has fallen into the foul ball recovery port 64 flows down from the foul ball recovery path 56 through the overflow channel 55 and down the first front ball down path 31 on the surface of the opening / closing panel 3 that also functions as the overflow channel 55. And is discharged to the lower plate 18.

As described above, in this embodiment, the foul balls also flow down through the first front ball downflow passage 31 formed on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel 3 and are collected in the lower tray 18, so that the player can It is possible to visually confirm that the balls have been collected in the lower plate 18. Therefore, even if the shot ball is a foul ball, the foul ball flowing down to the lower plate 18 can be visually recognized, so that the player does not have a bad impression and can enjoy the game with peace of mind.

Next, the sphere supply device 3 for supplying the spheres in the upper plate 17 one by one to the sphere firing position at the lower end of the inclination of the firing rail 24.
5 will be described. The ball supply device 35 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, inside the case 77 attached to the back surface of the opening / closing panel 3, a ball introduction path 78 communicating with the first ball passage opening 41 of the opening / closing panel 3 is formed. The ball supply member 79 is pivotally mounted in a free state,
A ball removing passage 80 is formed below the ball introducing passage 78, and the downstream side of the ball removing passage 80 is provided with a third ball passage opening 43 of the opening / closing panel 3.
And a ball removal switching valve 81 at the bottom of the ball introduction path 78.
Is provided, and the ball removing operation portion 44 of the upper plate 17 is connected to the ball removing switching valve 81. Note that FIG. 8 shows the lid 82 of the case 77.
In the sphere supply device 35 in a state in which the lid is removed, the side surface of the sphere introduction path 78 can be closed by covering with the lid 82, and the bottom portion of the sphere removing channel 80 formed in the lid 82 is one point in FIG. The ball-draining channel 80 is formed by entering the portion indicated by the chain line.

Ball removal switching valve 81 in the ball introduction path 78 described above.
Is always closed as shown in FIG. 8 by the biasing of a spring (not shown). Therefore, the balls stored in the upper plate 17 flow down from the first ball passage opening 41 into the ball introduction path 78, and the first ball is the U-shaped ball mounting portion 83 of the ball supply member 79.
Stops by contacting the stopper on the top of. When the electromagnet 84 is excited in this state and the iron plate 85 provided on the upper portion of the sphere supply member 79 is attracted, the sphere supply member 79 swings around the shaft 86 in the direction in which the sphere mounting portion 83 rises, Only one ball that has stopped by hitting the stopper due to the rocking falls into the ball mounting portion 83. Then, when the electromagnet 84 is demagnetized, the ball supply member 79 returns and swings by its own weight, and the ball mounting portion 83.
By moving down, the balls in the ball mounting portion 83 are supplied to the firing rail 24 side from the ball supply port 87 opened in the lid 82.

Therefore, the sphere supplying device 35 includes the electromagnet 8
When 4 is excited intermittently, the balls in the upper plate 17 can be supplied one by one onto the firing rail 24 of the firing unit 20. Then, the ball supplied onto the launch rail 24 rolls due to the inclination of the launch rail 24, stops at the launch position at the lower end of the tilt, and is repulsed by the rotation of the launching punch 23.

When the game is finished in a state where the balls remain in the upper plate 17 or when the game is moved to another pachinko machine 1, the balls in the upper plate 17 must be pulled out to the lower plate 18. Therefore, next, the operation of pulling out the balls in the upper plate 17 into the lower plate 18 will be described. When the ball removing operation unit 44 provided on the upper plate 17 is operated, the ball removing switching valve 81 provided at the bottom of the ball introducing passage 78 moves to open the bottom surface, and the ball introducing passage 78 communicates with the ball removing passage 80. To do. Therefore, the sphere stopped in the sphere introduction path 78 and the sphere stored in the upper plate 17 flow down into the sphere removal flow path 80 from the opening,
The ball that has flowed down into the ball-removing flow path 80 is the third of the opening / closing panel 3.
It passes through the ball passage port 43, flows down in the second front surface ball flow-down passage 32 on the surface of the opening / closing panel 3, and is discharged to the lower tray 18.

Since the second front surface sphere flow-down path 32 is made of a synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property, the player operates the sphere removing operation section 44 while moving from the upper plate 17 to the lower plate through the second front surface sphere flow-down path 32. The sphere flowing down to 18 can be visually confirmed from the outside. Then, a detector for detecting a state in which the ball introducing passage 78 communicates with the ball removing passage 80 is provided, for example, a detector that is turned on / off by moving the ball removing operation unit 44 or the ball removing switching valve 81 is provided. If the container is connected to the lamp 50, the lamp 50 can be turned on or blinked to illuminate the second front surface ball descent path 32 while the ball is removed.

As described above, when the light is emitted in association with the lamp 50 in the second front ball downflow passage 32 and the ball removing operation, not only the decorative effect can be enhanced, but also all the balls are in the lower plate 1.
It is possible to make the waiting time until the player drop down to 8 feel short, for example, by recognizing the number of balls acquired.

In the above-described embodiment, the first and second front surface spherical flow-down passages 31 and 32 are provided on the front side of the opening / closing panel 3 and the overflow passage 55 formed on the back side of the opening / closing panel 3 below the swing floor 53. Was connected to the first front surface sphere downflow passage 31 and the front surface sphere downflow passage 31 was made to function as a part of the overflow passage 55, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the overflow channel 55 provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel 3 may be extended to the lower part of the opening / closing panel 3 on the back side of the opening / closing panel 3, and the lower end of the overflow channel 55 may be directly communicated with the lower tray 18.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the pachinko machine 1, and may have any structure as long as it is a ball-and-ball game machine such as a sparrow-ball type game machine, an arrangement ball game machine or the like that shoots a ball to perform a game.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. In the ball game machine according to claim 1, since the swing gutter which functions as a switching valve to the overflow passage is provided in the connection gutter, and the overflow passage provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel is directly communicated with the lower tray. It is not necessary to provide an overflow passage on the back mechanism board or to provide a structure for switching to the overflow passage. Therefore, the structure of the back mechanism board can be simplified. For this reason, the structure of the molding die for molding the back mechanism board can be simplified, and the manufacturing is easier than before.

In the ball-ball game machine according to the second aspect, the overflow inlet is opened ahead of the free end of the rocking floor, so that when the rocking floor rocks, the ball overflows from the tip of the rocking floor. It falls smoothly at the entrance. Further, even if the rocking floor returns and rocks, the ball can be prevented from being caught between the rocking floor and the side wall of the communication gutter.

In the ball-ball game machine according to a third aspect of the present invention, since the upright portion is upright at the free end of the rocking floor, the ball flowing out from the ball outlet stands up when the rocking floor is substantially horizontal. The flow direction is regulated by hitting the part. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the ball from falling into the overflow inlet when the swing floor is stopped in a substantially horizontal state.

In the ball-ball game machine according to the fourth aspect, since the foul ball collecting path is formed on the back side of the opening / closing panel and merged with the overflow path, it is necessary to form the foul ball collecting path on the back mechanism board. Absent. Therefore, the structure of the back mechanism board can be further simplified, which makes the manufacture of the back mechanism board easier.

In the ball-ball game machine according to the fifth aspect, since the ball pressing member and the overflow detector are provided in the middle of the overflow passage provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel, a structure for overflow detection is provided on the back mechanism board. You do n’t have to
The operation of the hitting ball launching device can be stopped based on the signal from the overflow detector. Further, since the overflow detector and the like are provided in the middle of the overflow passage on the opening / closing panel side, the balls do not stay upstream of the ball outlet of the ball discharge trough. Therefore, even if the opening / closing panel is opened and the communication gutter separates from the ball outlet of the ball discharge gutter, the ball does not spill from the ball outlet. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the back mechanism board with a structure for collecting the balls spilled from the ball outlet, and the structure of the back mechanism board can be further simplified.

In the ball-ball game machine according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a connecting gutter, an overflow channel and a foul ball collecting path are provided on one surface of the base plate to form a unit, and the foul ball collecting path is formed on the surface of the base plate. Since it is joined to the overflow channel inside, in the assembly process of the game machine, by simply fixing this unit to the back side of the opening / closing panel, the connection gutter, overflow channel, and foul ball collection channel are integrated on the back side of the opening / closing panel. Can be provided. Therefore, the efficiency of the assembly work of the ball game machine can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine with a glass frame opened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine with a glass frame and an opening / closing panel opened.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an opening / closing panel.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view seen from the back side of the opening / closing panel.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a communication gutter.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the overflow mechanism with a partial cross section.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the ball supply device with a lid removed.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Pachinko machine 2 Glass frame 3 Open / close panel 4 Machine frame 5 Front frame 7 Opening window section 8 Game board 9 Game area 10 Back mechanism board 13 Ball discharge device 14 Ball discharge gutter 15 Ball discharge gutter ball exit 16 Standing surface 17 forming a part of the back mechanism board 17 Upper plate 18 Lower plate 19 Launching handle as a ball launching operation unit 20 Launching unit as a ball launching device 21 Substrate 22 Rotary solenoid as a drive source 23 Launching punch 24 Launching rail 26 Guide rail 31 First front ball downflow path 32 Second front ball downflow path 34 Contact gutter 35 Ball supply device 41 First ball passage opening 42 Second ball passage opening 43 Third ball passage opening 44 Ball removing operation part 50 As lighting means Lamp 51 Eaves portion 52 Auxiliary floor portion 53 Swing floor 54 Spring as biasing means for swing floor 55 Overflow passage 56 Foul ball Collecting path 57 Base plate 58 Side plate 59 First bottom portion 60 Standing side wall 61 Ball passage opening 62 Second bottom portion 63 Standing side wall 64 Fall ball collecting port 66 Overflow inlet 67 Ball fall prevention wall 70 Bank portion 71 Stopper provided on rocking floor 72 Upper part of rocking floor 73 Lower part of rocking floor 75 Ball pressing plate 76 Overflow detector 77 Case 78 Ball introduction path 79 Ball supply member 80 Ball removal channel 82 Lid 84 Electromagnet 87 Ball supply port

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A glass frame and an opening / closing panel are vertically attached to an opening window part of a front frame so that the opening window part can be opened and closed by the glass frame and the opening / closing panel, and a ball discharging device and the ball are provided on the back side of the front frame. The discharge device guides the ball that has flowed down and is provided with a ball discharge gutter that flows out from the ball outlet that opens toward the opening and closing panel side, an upper plate is provided on the front side of the opening and closing panel, and a rear side on the back side of the opening and closing panel. In a ball game machine provided with a connecting gutter that is provided in a protruding state and communicates with the ball outlet in a closed state of the opening and closing panel to guide the ball flowing out from the ball outlet to the upper plate, the floor of the communication gutter, It is composed of a rocking floor that is pivoted at one end and can swing downward from a substantially horizontal state, and the rocking floor is always maintained to discharge the ball discharged from the ball outlet of the ball discharge trough to the upper plate. Then, the urging force allows the rocking of the rocking floor due to the weight of the ball congested on the rocking floor. The stage is provided, the overflow channel is provided an overflow channel opening and closing the panel side of the lower swing bed, pinball game machine, characterized in that communicating with the lower tray which is arranged below the said upper dish. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein an overflow inlet is opened ahead of the free end of the swing floor, and an overflow passage is extended from the overflow inlet. 3. The free end of the rocking floor is formed with an upright portion for preventing a ball from falling into the overflow inlet when the rocking floor is in a substantially horizontal state. Ball game machine. 4. A foul ball recovery path is provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel, and the upper end opening of the foul ball recovery path is arranged as a foul ball recovery port on the side of the communication trough and extends downward from the foul ball recovery port. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the existing foul ball recovery path is merged with the overflow path. 5. A ball pressing member that is pressed by a staying ball is provided in the middle of an overflow channel provided on the back side of the opening / closing panel, and an overflow detector that detects a pressed state of the ball pressing member is provided. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that 6. A connection gutter, an overflow channel, and a foul ball collection path are provided on one surface of a base plate fixed to the back surface of the opening / closing panel to form a unit, and the foul ball collection path is within the surface of the base plate. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it is allowed to join the overflow flow path.