JPH08266733A - Front mechanism device of pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a front mechanism device of a pachinko game machine wherein the display of a part for displaying an amt. of money can be easily confirmed and operating switches such as a ball-lending switch and an account- settling switch can be easily operated and an error operation caused by touching the operating switches can be prevented from occurring. CONSTITUTION: A pachinko ball feeding tray 14 and an outer cover 15 for covering the tray 14 from the outside are formed on the front face plate of a playing machine main body and in the pachinko ball feeding tray 14, a storing part 33 for storing playing balls and an arranging part 34 for arranging the playing balls in the storing part 33 in a line and guiding them into a ball carrying means 16 on the back side of the front face sheet 6 are formed. In addition, a switch arranging part 90 is attached on the top surface side between the sidewall 35 extending over the storing part 33 of the pachinko ball feeding tray 14 to the arranging part 34 and the front wall part 72 of the outer cover 15 and a part 96 for displaying an amt. of money and operating switches 97 and 98 for an automatic ball lending machine are arranged on the switch arranging part 90.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front mechanism device for a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrange ball machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, the amount of a card inserted into a card insertion slot of an automatic ball lending machine is displayed on a hitting ball supply plate mounted on the front plate of the game machine body. There is a so-called CR machine mode in which an amount display unit, a ball lending switch for issuing a ball lending command to an automatic ball lending machine, and a settlement switch for issuing a settlement command when the game ends are mounted.

When the ball game machine of this CR machine mode is mounted on an island structure at a game shop, the ball game machine and the automatic ball lending machine are arranged adjacent to each other on the left and right, and the automatic ball lending machine is also provided. Side and the ball game machine side are electrically connected. When the player plays the game, insert the card into the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine, and the remaining amount of the card will be displayed on the amount display section. If you operate, the automatic ball lending machine will operate and the number of game balls according to the ball lending command will be paid out to the hitting ball supply tray by the ball discharging means of the ball game machine, and if you also operate the settlement switch at the end of the game , The card is designed to be ejected from the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine.

[0004]

In the ball game machine of this CR machine mode, if the number of game balls in the ball supply tray is insufficient and short, the ball lending switch is operated to supply the ball. Since it is paid out to the plate, you can easily purchase the game balls even in the game, compared to when you buy the game balls by inserting banknotes or coins into the ball lending machine, when the player purchases the game balls There is an advantage that the player can concentrate on the game without being bothered.

However, in the conventional ball game machine, the amount display section, the ball lending switch, and the settlement switch are mounted on the front wall portion of the outer cover which covers the hitting ball supply plate from the outside, so that the amount display section is displayed. Is difficult to see, and it is difficult to operate the ball lending switch and the settlement switch.

The front wall portion of the outer cover is erected in an inclined shape so as to surround the hitting ball supply tray from the front side, and a ball lending switch and a settlement switch are mounted on the front wall portion so as to be operated from the front side. Therefore, there is a possibility that the ball lending switch and the settlement switch are inadvertently operated by contact with a part of the body or baggage such as a bag. In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention can easily confirm the display of the amount display portion, can easily operate the operation switch such as a ball lending switch and a settlement switch, and further prevent an erroneous operation due to a contact of the operation switch. An object of the present invention is to provide a front mechanism device of a ball game machine that can be prevented.

[0007]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a striking ball supply tray 14 is provided on the front side of a front plate 6 of a gaming machine body 1.
An outer cover 15 that covers the hitting ball supply plate 14 from the outside is provided, and the hitting ball supply plate 14 has a storage portion 33 that stores game balls,
In the ball game machine provided with the aligning section 34 for aligning the game balls of the storing section 33 in a line and guiding the ball feeding means 16 on the rear side of the front plate 6, from the storing section 33 of the hitting ball supply tray 14. A switch placement section 90 is provided on the upper surface side between the side wall 35 extending over the alignment section 34 and the front wall section 72 of the outer cover 15, and the switch placement section 90 includes an amount display section 96 and an operation switch 97 for an automatic ball lending machine. 98 is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, the amount of protrusion to the front on the storage portion 33 side is the maximum, and the amount of protrusion gradually increases toward the end portion side of the alignment portion 34. Is smaller, and from the storage part 33 on the side of the striking ball supply plate 14 to the alignment part
The front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15 is curved and formed in an arc shape so that the boat-shaped switch arrangement portion 90 is formed between the side wall 35 extending over 34.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, the switch arranging portion 90 is provided between the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply tray 14 and the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15. Is formed with a boat-shaped opening 90a corresponding to, and a decorative cover 57 for closing the opening 90a is detachably attached, and the decorative cover 57 is provided with an amount display section 96 and operation switches 97, 98. .

[0010]

When the card or the like is inserted into the automatic ball lending machine during the game, the amount of money of the card or the like is displayed on the amount display section 96. And, when starting and ending the game, the operation switch
Operate 97, 98. For example, when the ball lending switch 97 is operated at the start of the game, the game balls are paid out to the storage section 33 of the hitting ball supply plate 14 mounted on the front side of the front plate 6, and the game balls are arranged in a line in the alignment section 34. While being aligned in a line, they are guided to the ball feeding means 16 on the rear side of the front plate 6. At the end of the game, if the settlement switch 98 is operated, the card or the like of the automatic ball lending machine is returned.

There is a switch placement portion 90 on the upper surface side between the side wall 35 extending from the storage portion 33 of the hitting ball supply tray 14 to the alignment portion 34 and the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15, and the switch placement portion 90 displays the amount of money. Since the unit 96, the ball lending switch 97, and the settlement switch 98 are provided, the display of the amount display unit 96 can be easily confirmed and the respective switches 97, 98 can be easily operated.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings illustrate the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine, and the structure of each part thereof is shown in FIGS. 2 to 12.

In FIGS. 1 to 5, reference numeral 1 is a gaming machine main body, which is composed of an outer frame 2 and a front frame 3. The front frame 3 is pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 by a pair of upper and lower hinges 4 on the left side so as to be openable and closable. Glass door 5 and front plate 6 on front frame 3
Are installed at the top and bottom, and the game board 7 is provided behind the glass door 5.
Is detachably attached. A guide rail for guiding the launched game balls is provided on the front surface of the game board 7, and a winning means, a variable symbol display means and the like are mounted inside the guide rail.

At the lower part of the front frame 3, an ashtray 9, a ball tray 10, and an operating handle 12 of the firing means 11 are arranged in the left-right direction. The front plate 6 is composed of a horizontally long rectangular plate, and is attached to the front frame 3 by a hinge 13 on the left side so as to be openable and closable.
On the front plate 6, a hit ball supply tray 14 for storing game balls, an outer cover 15 for covering the hit ball supply tray 14 from the outside, and a ball feed for sending the game ball from the hit ball feed tray 14 to the launch means 11. Means 16
And, a ball extracting means 17 for extracting the game ball of the hitting ball supply plate 14 into the ball receiving plate 10 is provided.

The front plate 6 is made of sheet metal, and has bent portions 18 and 19 formed on the upper and lower sides and on the left and right sides.
Ensures the strength of the front plate 6. The front plate 6 has
As shown in FIG. 2, a ball outlet 20, a ball outlet 21, a ball outlet 22, a speaker hole 23, and a number of mounting holes are formed, and a ball outlet cover 24 and a ball supply tray are provided on the front side thereof. 14 and an outer cover 15 are provided with a ball delivery cylinder 25, a ball feeding means 16 and a ball removal passage 26 on the rear side.

The ball outlet cover 24 and the ball outlet cylinder 25 are fixed to the front and rear sides of the front plate 6 by screws 27 corresponding to the ball outlet 20. When the front plate 6 is closed along the front frame 3, the ball pay-out tube 25 communicates with a ball pay-out passage 29 formed integrally with the receiving plate 28, and pays out a ball from a ball pay-out means (not shown) at the time of winning. The game ball is guided to the hitting ball supply plate 14. The backing plate 28 is
The front frame 3 for receiving the game board 7 from the lower side.
It is mounted on the rear side of.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the striking ball supply tray 14 is fitted into the outer cover 15 from the rear side with a space inside, and can be detachably attached to the outer cover 15 with screws 30. It is fixed to. The striking ball supply tray 14 and the rear end side of the outer cover 15 are configured to be substantially flush with each other, and the rear end side of the striking ball supply tray 14 is detachably fixed to the front plate 6 by a plurality of screws 31. There is. The rear edge of the outer cover 15 has a plurality of screws 32 at the upper and lower ends.
Is detachably fixed to the front plate 6.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 6 and 9, the hitting ball supply plate 14 stores a game ball stored in the storage part 33 for storing the game balls dispensed from the ball dispensing port 20 and the game balls in the storage part 33. It is provided with an alignment part 34 on the left and right that is aligned in a line and is guided to the ball feed port 21 side, and the storage part 33 and the alignment part 34 including the side wall 35 and the bottom wall 36 are integrally formed of synthetic resin. ing.

The storage portion 33 has a shape that largely protrudes forward from the front plate 6, and an alignment portion 34 is provided so that the amount of projection gradually decreases as it is separated from the storage portion 33 in the left-right direction. A side wall 35 and a bottom wall 36 are integrally provided along the shapes of the storage portion 33 and the alignment portion 34. The bottom wall 36 is slightly inclined so that the ball feed port 21 side becomes lower, and a metal plate 37 is attached to the bottom wall 36 on the alignment portion 34 side.

Below the bottom wall 36 of the storage section 33 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, a box-shaped reinforcing base portion 38 that opens to the rear side is integrally formed, and a pair of left and right contact plate portions 39 are integrally formed on the reinforcing base portion 38 so as to project downward. .

At the end of the bottom wall 36 of the aligning portion 34, as shown in FIG. 4, a ball removing port 40 located near the ball feeding port 21 of the front plate 6 is formed. On the lower side of the alignment portion 34, a front wall 41 is formed in the left-right direction so as to be flush with the side wall 35 on the alignment portion 34 side, extending from the reinforcement base portion 38 to the ball extraction port 40 side. At the lower end, a reinforcing rib 43 is formed so as to form a fitting recess 42 for the opening / closing plate with the bottom wall 36 of the aligning portion 34, and at the end of the aligning portion 34 opposite to the storage portion 33, The ball removal port 40 of the bottom wall 36 and the ball removal passage 26 communicating with the lower side of the ball removal port 40 are integrally formed. In addition, the screw 30 for fixing the striking ball supply tray 14 to the outer cover 15 is a reinforcing base portion.
It is provided in two places, 38 and front wall 41.

As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, an upper edge portion 45 having a U-shaped cross section is integrally formed in a substantially horizontal direction so as to project outward from the side wall 35 and form a circumferential recessed portion 44 inside. And this side wall
Of the upper edge portion 45 of the 35, the front side of the storage portion 33, that is, the portion corresponding to the ball payout opening 20, the upper end side of the U-shaped side wall 35.
The ball return portion 46 protruding inward from the inner surface of the is integrally formed, and the game ball delivered from the ball outlet 20 to the storage portion 33 is returned to the storage portion 33 by the ball return portion 46, and the game ball It is designed to prevent the overflow of.

The side wall 35 extending from the storage portion 33 to the alignment portion 34 is curved in an arc shape so as to be recessed rearward as shown in FIG.
A groove 47 is formed on the front side of the upper edge portion 45 of the curved portion. A fitting hole 48 is formed at the end of the hitting ball supply tray 14 on the side of the ball removal port 40, and the storage portion 33 on the opposite side of the fitting hole 48 is formed.
On the side surface on the side, a protrusion 49 that protrudes laterally in the left-right direction is formed. The protrusion 49 is formed in a triangular shape in a side view with the front side narrowed.

At the end of the aligning portion 34, a ball collapsing portion 50 for breaking the overlapping of the game balls in the aligning portion 34 and sending it in a line to the ball feed port 21 covers the aligning portion 34 from the upper side. Is formed. The ball collapsing portion 50 is formed such that the end on the storage portion 33 side is inclined upward, and the overlapping of the game balls in the aligning portion 34 is destroyed at this inclined portion.

The outer cover 15 includes an upper cover 51 and a lower cover.
It is composed of 52 and. The upper cover 51 is provided with a front wall portion 72 that covers the upper portion of the striking ball supply tray 14 from the front side over both the front side and the left and right sides. Front wall 72 of top cover 51
Is the maximum amount of forward projection on the storage portion 33 side in plan view, gradually decreases as it moves to the end portion side of the alignment portion 34, and the storage portion 33 on the side of the striking ball supply plate 14 side. From the alignment section
A boat-shaped opening 90a between the upper edge 45 of the side wall 35 extending over 34
Is curved in a gentle arc shape so that it can be turned upward. Further, the upper cover 51 is formed such that the upper side thereof is substantially horizontal when viewed from the front, and the left and right sides of the lower side project downward.

As shown in FIG. 6, at the upper end of the upper cover 51, a receiving edge portion 53 that is bent toward the striking ball supply tray 14 is formed, and a ball collapsing portion 50 is provided at the end portion of the aligning portion 34. A cover portion covering from the upper side is formed so as to project upward. A bent portion 54 that bends rearward and a boss portion 55 near the upper side of the bent portion 54 are formed at the lower end of the upper cover 51, and the lower cover 52 is brought into contact with the bent portion 54 from the rear side. The upper side of the lower cover 52 is detachably fixed by screws 30 and 56.

The upper edge 45 of the striking ball supply tray 14 abuts against the receiving edge 53 of the upper cover 51 from above, and the opening 90a is closed by a boat-shaped decorative cover 57. Makeup cover 57
Is detachably fitted into a groove 47 formed in the upper edge portion 45 of the side wall 35 on the side of the alignment portion 34, and is formed in the decorative cover 57.
The receiving edge portion 53 of the upper cover 51 is detachably fitted to 59.

On the rear side of the end portion of the upper cover 51, a boss portion 59 into which the fitting hole 48 of the striking ball supply tray 14 is detachably fitted.
a is projected rearward, and the storage part of the striking ball supply tray 14
A notch 60 that is recessed from the front plate 6 side to the front side is formed at a position corresponding to the side of the 33 side. Then, in the cutout portion 60, the hitting ball supply plate 14 is exposed so as to be exposed outside.
The protrusion 49 of the upper cover 51 is removably fitted from the rear side.
Together, it constitutes the outer surface.

In addition to the boss portion 59a, the upper cover 51 is provided with boss portions 61 for fixing the upper cover 51 to the front plate 6 with the screws 31 at both upper and lower left and right ends. As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the makeup cover 57 includes
A boat-shaped window hole 91 is formed so as to form the switch arrangement portion 90, and a boat-shaped switch mounting base 92 and a substrate 93 are provided on the lower side of the decorative cover 57 corresponding to the window hole 91, a boss portion 94, and a screw.
It is detachably attached at 95 etc.

On the board 93, an amount display section 96 is provided in the center of the upper surface side, and a ball lending switch is provided on both left and right sides of the amount display section 96.
97 and a settlement switch 98 are mounted by printed wiring or the like, respectively. On the switch mount 92, the amount display 96
Is provided with a display window 105 corresponding to, and operators 99 and 100 corresponding to the switches 97 and 98, respectively.

The switch mount 92 and the board 93 are arranged under the switch mount 92 with the money amount display unit 96, the ball lending switch 97 and the settlement switch 98 being housed in the recess 92a below the switch mount 92. A board 93 is detachably connected to the side by screws 107. Amount display on the board 93
A connector 101 connected to 96 and a connector 102 connected to the switches 97 and 98 are provided on the lower surface side, and the connectors 101 and 102 are connected to the automatic ball lending machine side via lead wires 103 and 104 and the like.

Between the cosmetic cover 57 and the switch mounting base 92, a thin transparent member is provided so that the switch mounting base 92 can be covered from above and the switches 97 and 98 can be operated from above via the operating elements 99 and 100. The protective plate 106 of FIG.

The amount display unit 96 is for digitally displaying the amount of money of the card inserted in the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine. The ball lending switch 97 is for issuing a ball lending command to the automatic ball lending machine.When operated with a card inserted in the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine, the automatic ball lending machine operates according to the command. Then, the game balls are discharged from the ball discharging means to the hitting ball supply plate 14. The settlement switch 98 is for issuing a settlement command at the end of the game, and when the settlement switch 98 is operated, the card is returned from the card insertion slot.

The lower cover 52 covers the striking ball supply tray 14 from the lower side, and the lower end side is formed to be substantially horizontal, and the lower end side is in contact with the front plate 6 and the boss portion 85. It is detachably fixed to the front plate 6 by means of screws 32 through. As shown in FIG. 6, the lower cover 52 is curved in an arcuate longitudinal section so as to be recessed rearward continuously with the bent portion 54 on the lower end side of the upper cover 51. The curved portion 62 of the lower cover 52 and the portion corresponding to the speaker hole 23 of the front plate 6 have a slit-shaped sound output hole 63 that is long in the vertical direction.
And a vertical bar that corresponds to the rear side of the sound output hole 63.
64 are formed in the left-right direction, and the vertical rail portions 64 are laterally connected by the horizontal rail portions 65.

The lower ends of a pair of left and right abutting plate portions 39 projecting downward from the hitting ball supply tray 14 side abut on the left and right sides of the speaker hole group 23 from above along the curved shape of the lower cover 52. Has been done. The pair of abutting plate portions 39 define a space between the reinforcing base portion 38 of the striking ball supply tray 14 and the lower cover 52 of the outer cover 15, and the speaker 66 to the speaker hole 23 of the front plate 6.
The acoustic passage 67a is configured to reach the sound output hole 63 through the above.

The speaker 66 is for generating a sound effect according to the situation during the game, and when the front plate 6 is closed, a small space is left between the front plate 6 and the speaker hole. The rear support plate 28 is mounted on the rear side of the front frame 3 so as to correspond to the front and rear sides of 23. Therefore, the sound effect or the like generated from the speaker 66 is divided into the acoustic passage 67 defined by the pair of contact plate portions 39 between the hitting ball supply tray 14 and the lower cover 52.
The sound is emitted from the sound output hole 63 to the front side of the outer cover 15 via a.

The ball feeding means 16 interlocks with the launching operation of the launching means 11 and launches game balls one by one from the aligning portion 34 of the hitting ball supply tray 14 through the ball feeding port 21 of the front plate 6. It is for feeding on 11 launch rails 67. The launch rail 67 is attached to the backing plate 28.

The ball removing passage 26 is a ball removing port of the front plate 6.
Via 22 is formed a cover plate 68 on the rear side of the front plate 6 and is connected to a ball passage 88. The ball removing passage 88 communicates with the ball receiving tray 10 through a ball returning passage 69 provided in the receiving plate 28 and a ball returning port 70 provided in the lower portion of the front frame 3.

The ball extracting means 17 is shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 8 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a ball removal port 40 formed at the bottom of the alignment section 34, an opening / closing plate 71 that slides in the left / right direction to open / close the ball removal port 40, and this opening / closing plate 71 from the front side of the upper cover 51. And an operation unit 73 for opening and closing in the left-right direction.

That is, the opening / closing plate 71 is slidably fitted to the left and right in the fitting recess 42 formed on the lower side of the bottom of the striking ball supply tray 14 on the storage portion 33 side of the ball removal port 40. Is
It is biased in the closing direction by the coil spring 74. Open / close plate 71
In this case, a closing body 75 having an operating portion 73 is fixed by a screw 77 via two shaft portions 76 projecting rearward from the closing body 75, and the two shaft portions 76 of the fitting recess 42 are fixed. A long hole 78 formed on the front side is penetrated so as to be movable left and right.

The front wall portion 72 of the upper cover 51 corresponding to the ball removing means 17 is gently curved so as to retract backward as it moves to the side opposite to the storage portion 33, and the upper side is slightly inclined rearward. In the inclined portion, a long hole 79 in the left-right direction and a tubular portion 80 integrally formed on the rear side from the peripheral portion of the long hole 79 are provided. The rear end of the tubular portion 80 is
It is formed parallel to the front wall 41 along the opening / closing direction of the opening / closing plate 71,
Further, a cutout portion 81 is formed on the storage portion 33 side of the tubular portion 80, extending over the upper and lower walls thereof.

As shown in FIG. 8, the closing body 75 closes the tubular portion 80 from the rear side when the ball extracting port 40 is closed, and part of the blocking member 75 extends from the cutout portion 81 when the ball extracting port 40 is opened. It is fitted in the tubular portion 80 so as to be movable in the left-right direction so as to project to the 33 side. The closing body 75 is formed with an operating portion 73 projecting to the front side at an end portion on the side opposite to the storage portion 33, and a closing plate 82 projecting to the opposite side to the storage portion 33 in the vicinity of the rear side of the tubular portion 80. At the same time, a guide plate 83 is formed on the lower side of the rear end of the tubular portion 80 so as to slidably contact in the left-right direction.

The closing plate 82 closes the rear end of the tubular portion 80 when the ball outlet 40 is opened. The operation portion 73 slightly protrudes from the front wall portion 72 of the upper cover 51 to the front side,
When pulling out the game ball from the hitting ball supply plate 14, the coil spring
It is adapted to press against the storage portion 33 side against 74. In the front mechanism device having the above configuration, the opening / closing plate 71 of the ball removing means 17 is normally biased by the coil spring 74, and the ball removing port 40 is closed.

When playing a game on a pachinko machine of the CR machine mode, first, a card is inserted into the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine arranged on the side of the pachinko machine. Then, the reading means of the automatic ball lending machine reads the recorded items on the card,
The authenticity of the card is judged, and if the card is authentic, the amount of money is read and displayed on the amount display unit 96.

Therefore, when the player operates the ball lending switch 97 to issue a ball lending command to the automatic ball lending machine, the automatic ball lending machine operates in accordance with the ball lending command to dispense the ball on the pachinko machine side. Since the payout command is output to the means, the ball payout means operates to provide a predetermined number of game balls to the ball payout passage 29,
Hitting ball supply tray from ball dispensing port 20 through ball dispensing tube 25
The game balls are paid out to 14 storage units 33.

Each time the ball lending switch 97 is operated,
The amount of money according to the number of operations is sequentially subtracted from the remaining amount of the card, and the amount of money after the subtraction is displayed on the amount display unit 96.
Also, when the game balls are paid out to the storage section 33 of the hitting ball supply plate 14, the game balls move to the aligning section 34 side, and the aligning section 34
It is fed to the ball feed port 21 side of the front plate 6 while being aligned in a line inside.

When the player grips and operates the operation handle 12, the firing means 11 is activated, and the ball feeding means 16 is activated in conjunction with the operation of the firing means 11. Then, the ball feeding means 16 launches the game balls, one by one, from the aligning portion 34 side of the hitting ball supply tray 14 through the ball feeding port 21 to the launch rail of the launching means 11.
It is supplied on the 67, and the game ball on the launch rail 67 is hit with a hammer and is launched to the upper side of the game board 7 along the guide rail. Then, when the launched game balls enter the winning means or the like of the game board 7, the ball payout means operates, and a predetermined number of game balls are hit according to the number of entered balls, and the storage portion 33 of the ball supply tray 14 is provided. Pay out to.

At this time, the game ball coming out of the ball payout opening 20 hits the side wall 35 on the front side of the storage part 33 and stops in the storage part 33, but even if there is a game ball rising along the side wall 35, the side wall. Since the game ball is returned to the storage part 33 by the ball return part 46 of the upper edge part 35 of the 35, the game ball discharged from the ball payout opening 20 to the storage part 33 crosses the side wall 35 and falls to the front side. There is no such thing.

When a large number of game balls are stored in the storage section 33, the game balls that are subsequently paid out from the ball payout means overflow from the ball return port 70 to the lower ball tray 10 through a passage or the like (not shown). Also, when a large amount of game balls are accumulated in the storage unit 33, the game balls move to the alignment unit 34 side while the game balls are vertically overlapped with each other, but when reaching the ball collapsing unit 50, the upper game balls are Since the ball collapsing part 50 comes into contact with the collapsing part 50, the overlapping of the game balls is broken at the ball collapsing part 50. Therefore, when the ball reaches the ball feed port 21, the game balls in the alignment section 34 are aligned in a line, and the game ball does not get blocked near the ball feed port 21.

When extracting the game ball from the hit ball supply tray 14, the operating portion 73 of the ball extracting means 17 is pressed against the coil spring 74 toward the storage portion 33 in the direction of arrow a. Then the tubular part 80
The closing body 75 inside moves between the upper and lower walls in the direction indicated by the arrow a, and the opening / closing plate 71 slides in the direction indicated by the arrow a through the shaft portion 76 thereof,
71 opens the ball outlet 40. With this, the game ball of the storage section 33 of the hitting ball supply tray 14 is extracted from the aligning section 34 to the ball receiving tray 10 via the ball extracting port 40, the ball extracting passage 26, the ball extracting port 22, the ball returning port 70, etc. You can

When ending the game, the settlement switch 98
When is operated, the card is ejected from the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine and returned. In this embodiment, the hitting ball supply plate 14
There is an outer cover 15 that covers the outer side of the outer cover 15, and the upper edge portion 45 of the side wall 35 of the outer cover 15 is brought into contact with the receiving edge portion 53 at the upper end of the outer cover 15 from above. Most of the hitting ball supply plate 14 can be covered with the outer cover 15. Therefore, the shape of the outer cover 15 can be relatively freely selected and determined irrespective of the function of the striking ball supply tray 14 even though the striking ball supply tray 14 has the storage portion 33 and the alignment portion 34. Therefore, it is possible to freely select and determine the design feeling of the entire front mechanism device on the front side of the front plate 6.

Further, the front side of the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply plate 14 is covered with the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15, and the striking ball supply plate is substantially provided.
Since the side wall 35 side of 14 has a double structure and an appropriate space can be secured between them, the strength of the striking ball supply tray 14 and the outer cover 15 is improved. In particular, on the storage portion 33 side of the hitting ball supply tray 14, the amount of protrusion from the front plate 6 becomes large,
It is possible to reliably prevent the decrease in the strength.

Further, from the storage portion 33 of the striking ball supply plate 14 to the alignment portion
The upper surface side between the side wall 35 extending over 34 and the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15 is used as a switch arrangement portion 90, and an amount display portion 96, a ball lending switch 97, and a settlement switch 98 are provided in the switch arrangement portion 90. Therefore, the display of the amount display section 96 can be easily confirmed, and the ball lending switch 97 and the settlement switch 98 can be easily operated. Further, since the switch placement portion 90 faces the upper surface, it is possible to prevent erroneous operation due to contact with a part of the body or luggage. Therefore, the player can easily operate the switches 97 and 98 without erroneous operation while checking the amount of money on the amount display section 96.

In addition, the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply plate 14 is also provided with the switch placement portion 90 corresponding to the portion extending from the storage portion 33 to the alignment portion 34. In this portion, the storage portion 33 is originally forward. The area of the switch arranging portion 90 can be easily secured because it is overhanging and becomes thinner as it moves from the storage portion 33 to the aligning portion 34 side.

The top cover 51 has the largest amount of forward projection on the storage portion 33 side in plan view, and the amount of projection gradually decreases as it moves to the end portion side of the alignment portion 34, and the striking ball supply tray is provided. 14
Since the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15 is curved and formed in an arc shape so that the boat-shaped switch arrangement portion 90 is formed between the storage portion 33 on the side and the side wall 35 extending from the alignment portion 34, the striking ball supply tray.
The shape of the outer cover 15 can be made good in terms of design, because there is no difficulty in securing the area of the switch arrangement portion 90 in combination with the shape of the side wall 35 of 14.

Further, the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply plate 14 and the outer cover 15
A boat-shaped opening 90a corresponding to the switch arrangement 90 is formed between the front side wall of the and the decorative cover that detachably closes the opening 90a, the amount display 96, the ball lending switch 97, and the settlement switch. Since 98 is provided, it can be easily manufactured even when the hitting ball supply plate 14, the outer cover 15, and the decorative cover 57 are molded with a synthetic resin material.

Particularly, the decorative cover 57 is fitted into the groove 47 of the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply plate 14, and the groove of the decorative cover 57 is fitted.
Since the receiving edge portion 53 of the upper cover 51 is fitted to the 59 to hold the decorative cover 57 between the striking ball supply tray 14 and the upper cover 51, its structure and assembly are simple.

Since the upper edge portion 45 of the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply tray 14 is projected outward and the upper edge portion 45 is brought into contact with the receiving edge portion 53 of the outer cover 15 from above, the striking ball supply tray It is also possible to make the fitting state of the contact portion between the outer cover 15 and the outer cover 15 good. Moreover, since the upper edge portion 45 of the outer cover 15 is formed in a U-shaped cross section so as not only to project outward, but also to have a recess 44 in the circumferential direction inside thereof, It is possible to secure sufficient strength on the side of the upper edge 45 of the side wall 35 without increasing the wall thickness more than necessary. Therefore, even when the hitting ball supply tray 14 is made of the synthetic resin material, sink marks or the like do not occur on the upper edge portion 45 side of the side wall 35, and the hitting ball supply tray 14 can be easily formed.

In addition, a ball return portion 46 is integrally formed at a portion of the upper edge portion 45 corresponding to the ball payout opening 20 by projecting its U-shaped upper end side rearward from the inner surface of the side wall 35. Therefore, the ball return portion 46 can be easily formed while sufficiently securing the strength on the upper edge portion 45 side of the side wall 35.

Furthermore, since the striking ball supply tray 14 is fitted into the outer cover 15 from the rear side and the outer cover 15 and the striking ball supply tray 14 are fixed by the screws 30, these are attached to the front plate 6. In the case of mounting and assembling, the hitting ball supply tray 14 and the outer cover 15 can be handled as an integral part.

Moreover, the outer cover 15 and the striking ball supply tray 14 are fixed by the screws 30, and the rear end sides of the outer cover 15 and the striking ball supply tray 14 are configured to be substantially flush with each other. Since the supply plate 14 and the upper and lower ends of the outer cover 15 are fixed to the front plate 6 with screws 31 and 32, the hitting ball supply plate 14 and the outer cover 15 are fixed to the front plate 6.
Can be securely and firmly fixed to the storage part 33 of the striking ball supply tray 14.
Even if the storage amount of the game balls is significantly increased, the load can be sufficiently resisted.

Further, there is a cutout portion 60 on the side surface of the outer cover 15 corresponding to the side surface of the striking ball supply tray 14 on the storage portion 33 side, and this cutout portion 60 on the storage portion 33 side of the striking ball supply tray 14 is provided. Since the protrusion 49 is fitted from the rear side, the vertical position of the striking ball supply tray 14 with respect to the outer cover 15 can be determined by this fitting structure. Moreover, since the projection 49 on the side of the striking ball supply plate 14 is exposed to the outside, a change in design can be obtained by changing the color of the synthetic resin material used for the striking ball supply plate 14 and the outer cover 15. Can be made. Further, since the storage portion 33 side projects more largely from the front plate 6 than the alignment portion 34 side, the cutout portion 60 can be easily provided on the outer cover 15 on the side corresponding to the storage portion 33. it can.

Although the respective embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example,
In the embodiment, the upper cover 51 and the lower cover 52 have a separate structure, but they may be integrally formed. Further, the present invention can be applied not only to pachinko machines but also to other ball game machines such as arrange ball machines.

[0064]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a striking ball supply tray 14 and an outer cover 15 for covering the striking ball supply tray 14 from the outside are provided on the front side of the front plate 6 of the gaming machine body 1. The hitting ball supply plate 14 is provided with a storage portion 33 for storing the game balls, and an alignment portion 34 for aligning the game balls in the storage portion 33 in a line and guiding the ball feeding means 16 on the rear side of the front plate 6. In the provided ball game machine, the switch arrangement portion 90 is provided on the upper surface side between the side wall 35 extending from the storage portion 33 of the hitting ball supply plate 14 to the alignment portion 34 and the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15, and this switch arrangement is provided. Since the amount display section 96 for automatic ball lending machine and the operation switches 97, 98 are provided in the section 90, the display of the amount display section 96 can be easily confirmed, and
Operation switch 9 such as ball lending switch 97 and settlement switch 98
7,98 can be operated easily, and erroneous operation due to contact of operation switches 97,98 can be prevented.
The area of can be easily secured.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, the amount of forward projection of the storage portion 33 side is the largest, and gradually increases toward the end portion side of the alignment portion 34. The amount of protrusion is small, and a boat-shaped switch arrangement portion is provided between the storage portion 33 on the side of the striking ball supply tray 14 and the side wall 35 extending from the alignment portion 34.
Since the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15 is curved in an arc shape so as to form 90, it is impossible to secure the area of the switch arranging portion 90 in combination with the shape of the side wall 35 of the hitting ball supply tray 14. Therefore, the shape of the outer cover 15 can be improved in terms of design.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, the switch arranging portion 90 is provided between the side wall 35 of the striking ball supply tray 14 and the front wall portion 72 of the outer cover 15. Is formed with a boat-shaped opening 90a, and a decorative cover 57 for closing the opening 90a is detachably attached. Since the decorative cover 57 is provided with an amount display section 96 and operation switches 97, 98, The hitting ball supply plate 14, the outer cover 15, and the decorative cover 57 can be easily manufactured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a front mechanism device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a front mechanism device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the front mechanism device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the front mechanism device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a front mechanism device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG. 7.

9 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

12 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gaming machine body 6 Front plate 14 Hitting ball supply tray 15 Outer cover 16 Ball feeding means 33 Storage section 34 Alignment section 35 Side wall 57 Decorative cover 72 Front wall section 90 Opening section 91 Window hole 96 Amount display section 97 Ball lending switch (operation) Switch) 98 Adjustment switch (operation switch)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A striking ball supply tray (14) on the front side of a front plate (6) of a gaming machine main body (1) and an outer cover (15) for covering the striking ball supply tray (14) from the outside, In the ball supply plate (14), the storage part (33) for storing the game balls, and the game balls in the storage part (33) are aligned in a line, and the ball feeding means (16) on the rear side of the front plate (6) In a ball game machine provided with an alignment part (34) for guiding to, a side wall (35) extending from the storage part (33) of the hitting ball supply plate (14) to the alignment part (34).
A switch arrangement part (90) is provided on the upper surface side between the front wall part (72) of the outer cover (15) and the money display part (96) for the automatic ball lending machine in this switch arrangement part (90). A front mechanism device for a ball game machine, which is provided with operation switches (97) (98). 2. The amount of protrusion to the front of the storage portion (33) side is maximum, the amount of protrusion gradually decreases as it moves to the end side of the alignment portion (34), and the striking ball supply tray (14) side The front wall portion (72) of the outer cover (15) has an arc shape so that a boat-shaped switch arrangement portion (90) can be formed between the storage portion (33) and the side wall (35) extending from the alignment portion (34). The front mechanism device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the front mechanism device is formed in a curved shape. 3. The side wall (35) of the striking ball supply tray (14) and an outer cover.
A boat-shaped opening (90a) corresponding to the switch placement part (90) is formed between the front wall (72) of (15) and the decorative cover (57) that closes this opening (90a) is attached and detached. The ball-ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decorative cover (57) is freely attached, and an amount display portion (96) and operation switches (97) (98) are provided on the decorative cover (57). Mechanical device.