JPH09135956A - Ball extracting device in pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract as many PACHINKO balls as a player desires from inside a ball receiving chamber. SOLUTION: An output shaft 29 coupled with the motor shaft of a ball extracting motor 28 has a catching part 26a capable of catching and releasing one PACHINKO ball, combines a delivery member 26 capable of switching in rotating and standing states into a state where a PACHINKO ball can be extracted out from a ball receiving chamber 10 and into a state where it is impossible, starts the ball extracting motor 28 by actuating a ball extracting switch 30, and stops rotating the ball extracting motor 28 as soon as an extracte ball detector 32 has counted as many PACHINKO balls as the total number of extracted balls.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine for removing a pachinko ball from a tray in which a group of pachinko balls is stored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional ball removing mechanism for removing a pachinko ball from the saucer of a pachinko machine, all balls held in the saucer are removed by a ball removing operation at the end of a game.

[0003]

In the conventional pachinko machine, it is not possible to extract as many pachinko balls as the player desires from the balls held in the saucer. When exchanging with a prize, it was necessary to count and take out one pachinko ball corresponding to the amount of money of the prize from the balls in the tray.
An object of the present invention is to enable extraction of the number of pachinko balls designated by the player from the balls held in the tray.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a total number of balls to be extracted from a group of pachinko balls stored in a ball receiving chamber of a tray is set by a player's input operation. Means, a punching ball detector that detects each pachinko ball pulled out from the ball receiving chamber and counts the actual number of punched balls, a state in which the pachinko ball can be taken out of the ball receiving room, and a pachinko ball outside the ball receiving room It has a structure provided with a take-out mechanism for switching the ball into a state in which it cannot be taken out.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the extraction ball number setting means is operated by the player to set the total extraction ball number to be extracted from the pachinko ball group in the ball receiving chamber, and the take-out mechanism moves to the outside of the ball receiving chamber. When the pachinko balls in the above state are switched to the state in which the pachinko balls can be taken out, the pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber are extracted to the outside of the ball receiving chamber, and the extracted pachinko balls are detected by the extraction ball detector. Then, the number of balls actually extracted is counted, and when the number of pachinko balls for the total number of balls removed is extracted, the ball removal is completed.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the total number of extracted balls set by the number-of-extracted-balls setting means is displayed, and the number of extracted balls is calculated from the total number of extracted balls each time a pachinko ball is taken out from the ball receiving chamber. A display member for displaying the number of remaining punched balls after subtracting the actual number of punched balls is provided.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the total number of extracted balls set by the player by the number of extracted balls setting means is displayed by the display member, and the number of extracted balls is calculated from the number of extracted balls each time the pachinko ball is extracted from the ball receiving chamber. The remaining number of balls removed after subtracting the number of balls removed is switched and displayed by the display member to notify the player.

[0008]

According to the invention of claim 1, a ball removing member for opening and closing the ball outlet of the ball receiving chamber is provided in the take-out mechanism by a manual operation, and the number of balls removed is set by the ball-drawing number setting means. The pachinko ball of is extracted by manual operation of the ball removing member.

Further, a quantity detector for detecting whether or not the quantity of the pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber is large enough not to be affected by the removal of the pachinko balls, and is turned on and off by a detection signal of the quantity detector. A withdrawable lamp is provided to inform the player of whether or not the ball can be removed.

Further, the take-out mechanism is provided with the ball removing member and a stopper which operates when the number of remaining balls to be removed becomes 0 to automatically open and close the ball passage of the ball receiving chamber.

Further, in the take-out mechanism, when the player operates the ball-pulling switch, the pachinko ball in the ball-receiving chamber is switched to a state in which the ball-pulling ball detector can be taken out. The pachinko balls are counted, and when the ball removal is completed, a take-out member that is stationary and is switched to a state in which the pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber cannot be taken out is provided.

As a means for setting the number of extracted balls, an appropriate number of extracted ball setting buttons indicating the number of pachinko balls that can be extracted from the ball receiving chamber or the name of a prize that can be exchanged for the extracted balls is provided.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. An upper tray 3 for accommodating a group of pachinko balls to be held is attached to a front plate 2 which is rotatably connected to a lower portion of a metal frame 1 of the pachinko machine. Below the upper tray 3, an upper tray 3 is attached. A lower tray 5 for receiving the pachinko balls sent from inside and passing through the lower tray opening 4 is installed.

A ball receiving chamber is formed in the lower receiving tray 5, and a ball removing lever 6 that is operated when the group of pachinko balls in the lower receiving tray 5 is taken out of the pachinko machine is attached to the lower receiving tray 5. There is.

The upper tray 3 has a bottom surface slightly inclined downward to the right, and a ball receiving chamber 10 for accommodating a group of pachinko balls fed through the upper tray opening 8 is formed.
The storage part 10a in which the group of pachinko balls spreads irregularly is formed in the left part of 0, and the pachinko balls pass in one row in the right part of the ball receiving chamber 10 from left to right. A ball passage 10b is formed, and the ball passage 1 is provided at the right end of the ball receiving chamber 10.
A ball exit 11 through which pachinko balls rolling down from the tip of 0 pass through in order is established.

A guide trough 12 having a ball removing passage 12a formed therein is installed between the ball outlet 11 and the lower tray opening 4, and each pachinko ball passing through the ball outlet 11 has a ball removing passage 12a.
And is introduced into the lower tray 5 through the lower tray opening 4.

In the upper tray 3, the storage portion 1 of the ball receiving chamber 10 is provided.
0a is installed, and a ball amount detector 14 that outputs a detection signal by determining whether the number of pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber 10 is large enough not to be affected by the removal of the pachinko balls is attached. Has been.

The inside of the ball outlet 11 of the ball receiving chamber 10 outputs a detection signal each time a pachinko ball passes through the ball outlet 11 and counts the number of actual balls removed through the ball outlet 11 to detect the number of balls removed. Is installed facing the ball outlet 11.

A ball receiving chamber 10 is provided near the right end of the upper tray 3.
It has a ball removing member 18 that is manually operated by the player when extracting the desired number of pachinko balls from the group of pachinko balls inside, and it is possible to take the pachinko balls out of the ball receiving chamber 10. A take-out mechanism 17 is provided which can switch between a normal state and a state in which the pachinko ball cannot be taken out of the ball receiving chamber 10.

The ball removing member 18 is provided with a knob 18a which is provided near the upper surface of the left end portion of the upper tray 3 and is pushed inward and outward by the player, and a guide groove formed outside the ball outlet 11. A shutter 18b that is slidably fitted in the inside and outside directions to open and close the ball outlet 11 and a knob 1
A connecting piece 18c that connects 8a and the shutter 18b is formed.

The ball removing member 18 is always urged inward by a spring (not shown), and when the knob 18a is released, the shutter 18b closes the ball outlet 11 and is held in a state where the ball removing operation is prohibited. It

When the knob 18a is pushed outward to move the ball-removing member 18 outward, the ball-removing member 18 opens the ball outlet 11 and the pachinko balls lined up in the ball passage 10b of the ball receiving chamber 10. While the ball is taken out, the pachinko balls lined up in the ball passage 10b are individually introduced into the ball removing passage 12a through the ball outlet 11 while the ball removing operation is continued. It passes through the dish mouth 4 and is fed into the lower tray 5.

When the player stops the pushing operation of the knob 18a of the ball removing member 18 and releases the knob 18a, the ball removing member 18 is moved back to the inner moving end by the elastic force of the spring, and the ball outlet. 11 is closed and the state is switched to a state in which ball removal is prohibited.

Near the upper edge of the front plate 2, there is provided a ball removal enable lamp 21 which is turned on and off based on the detection signal of the ball amount detector 14 and informs the player whether or not the ball removal operation is possible.

The ball-removable lamp 21 is turned on when the number of pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber 10 is stored upstream and downstream of the ball amount detector 14 and the number of pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber 10 is sufficiently large. Then, the player is informed of the information that the ball can be removed.

A state in which the number of pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber 10 decreases, the pachinko balls are lost in front of the ball amount detector 14, and the pachinko ball group is stored only at a site on the downstream side of the ball amount detector 14. Then, the ball amount detector 14 outputs a detection signal and the ball removal possible lamp 21 is turned off.

In the vicinity of the upper edge of the front plate 2, a total number of extracted balls extracted from the group of pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber 10 is set by an input operation by the player. A number setting means) 22A and a subtraction ball number setting button (drawing ball number setting means) 22B for subtraction are installed.

Each time the player presses the removal ball number setting button 22A for addition, the removal ball number is incremented by one, and each time the player presses the removal ball number setting button 22A for subtraction. The number of balls is subtracted one by one.

In the vicinity of the upper edge of the front plate 2, the total number of extracted balls set by both the number-of-extracted-balls setting buttons 22A and 22B or the additional number-of-extracted-balls setting button 22A is displayed, and the total number of extracted spheres is also displayed. The remaining number of balls removed by subtracting the actual number of balls actually extracted from the
A display member (indicator lamp) 2 for sequentially switching and displaying based on the detection signal of the ball-extracting ball detector 15 every time it is extracted from the inside.
3 are installed.

For example, the total number of balls removed by the player is 1
If the number is 0, the player sets a removal ball number setting button 2 for addition.
By pressing 2A 10 times, the display member 23 displays 10 as the total number of extracted balls.

In this state, when the ball removing member 18 is moved outward to open the ball outlet 11, the pachinko balls lined up in the ball passage 10b of the ball receiving chamber 10 are sequentially arranged from the head pachinko ball 11 to the ball outlet 11. After passing through, the ball is taken out of the ball receiving chamber 10.

When the pachinko balls are taken out of the ball receiving chamber 10, the respective pachinko balls passing through the ball outlet 11 are sequentially detected by the punch ball detector 15 to count the actual punch balls, and the display member 23 displays the total punch balls. 0 is sequentially displayed by subtracting the actual number of extracted balls from the number 10.

When the ball-removing member 18 is released and is returned and moved inward when the remaining number of ball-removing balls becomes 0, the ball outlet 11
Is closed and the removal of the pachinko ball in the ball receiving chamber 10 is completed.

According to the above-mentioned embodiment, the player can freely take out the desired number of pachinko balls from the ball receiving chamber 10, and when the player wants to exchange a small number of pachinko balls for prizes, the ball receiving chamber can be exchanged. It is not necessary to count and take out the pachinko balls in 10 one by one, and the operation of extracting the pachinko balls of the number designated by the player can be simplified.

Since the total number of balls removed by the player can be confirmed by the display member 23, it is possible to eliminate an input error when designating the total number of balls removed.
It is possible to confirm whether or not the specified number of pachinko balls have been actually extracted.

Furthermore, the ball removing member 18 is provided in the ball receiving chamber 10.
With a normal ball pulling function that pulls out all the pachinko balls in the inside,
It has a peculiar ball-pulling function of extracting a desired number of pachinko balls from the group of pachinko balls in the ball receiving chamber 10, and the existing member can be utilized, so that the ball-pulling mechanism can be simplified and its cost can be reduced. Can be saved.

Next, the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 will be described. In this embodiment, the take-out mechanism 17 is arranged near the tip of the ball passage 10 of the ball receiving chamber 10 of the upper tray 3. When the ball removal operation is completed and the number of remaining ball removals displayed on the display member 23 becomes 0, the ball removal detector 15 is installed.
The ball passage 10 of the ball receiving chamber 10 is activated by the detection signal of
The structure is similar to that of the first embodiment except that a stopper (solenoid) 24 that positively and automatically blocks the passage of pachinko balls lined up in b is provided.

The stopper 24 advances into the ball passage 10b to close the ball passage 10b when the stopper 24 is excited, and closes the ball passage 10b when the stopper 24 is demagnetized.
Stop piece 24 that retracts to the rear of the vehicle and opens the ball passage 10b
a.

When the total number of balls to be removed is input by the number-of-balls setting buttons 22A and 22B, the ball-removing member 18 is operated to move outward and the ball outlet 11 is opened.
The respective pachinko balls lined up in the ball passage 10b sequentially pass through the ball outlet 11 and are withdrawn from the inside of the ball receiving chamber 10.
The actual number of removed balls, which is the number of pachinko balls that have passed through, is counted by the removed ball detector 15, and the number of remaining removed balls is sequentially displayed by the display member 23, and the number of remaining removed balls becomes 0 and becomes the total number of removed balls. When all the corresponding pachinko balls have been extracted, the stopper 24 is excited and the ball stopping piece 24a advances to the vicinity of the tip inside the ball passage 10b, and the pachinko balls arranged in the ball passage 10b are automatically extracted by the stopper 24. Be blocked.

According to the second embodiment, it is possible to automatically terminate the ball removing operation for extracting a desired number of pachinko balls from the ball receiving chamber and eliminate the malfunction at the end of ball removal, and to specify the specified number of pachinko balls. Can be removed without excess or deficiency.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 will be described. In this embodiment, the upper tray 3 has a ball-removing switch operated by a player when starting the ball-removing. 30 is attached.

In the vicinity of the central portion in the upper tray 3, operation control is performed for the purpose of automatically extracting a desired number of pachinko balls from the pachinko ball group in the storage portion 10a of the ball receiving chamber 10 to the outside of the pachinko machine. The take-out mechanism 25 is installed to face the second ball outlet 27 opened in the storage portion 10a of the ball receiving chamber 10.

The take-out mechanism 25 includes a ball-removing motor 28 which is driven when the ball-removing button 30 is operated by the player to be turned on.

The output shaft 29, which is connected to the motor shaft of the ball removing motor 28, has a receiving portion 26a capable of receiving and releasing one pachinko ball, and is rotated and stopped to the outside of the ball receiving chamber 10. The pachinko ball can be taken out of the ball receiving chamber 10 and the pachinko ball can not be taken out of the ball receiving chamber 10, and the second ball outlet 27 is opened and closed for each rotation to open the ball receiving chamber 10. A delivery member 26 that is intermittently taken out from the storage portion 10a one by one is connected to the pachinko balls.

In the vicinity of the output shaft 29, the rotational positions of the detected portion 29a protruding from the output shaft 29 and the receiving portion 26a of the delivery member 26, and the number of rotations of the delivery member 26 are detected to detect an actual punched ball. Punched ball detector 3 to count the number
2 are installed.

In the vicinity of the take-out mechanism 25, there is formed a guiding trough in which a ball removing passage 31a for guiding the pachinko ball taken out from the storage portion 10a of the ball receiving chamber 10 by the rotation of the transfer member 26 to the outside of the pachinko machine is formed. 31 is installed.

When picking up the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the total number of balls to be removed from the ball receiving chamber 10, when the ball removing switch 30 is operated to start the ball removing motor 28, the transfer member 26 is rotated and the receiving portion 26a is moved to the second position. Each time the ball is turned to a position facing the ball outlet 27, the pachinko ball in the ball receiving chamber 10 storage portion 10a passes through the second ball outlet 27, falls into the receiving portion 26a, and turns along with the receiving portion 26a. Is introduced into the guide trough 31 from the above, and is extracted outside the pachinko machine through the ball removing passage 31a.

When the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the total number of balls removed is counted by the ball removal detector 32, the ball removal motor 28 stops its rotation according to the output signal of the ball removal detector 32, and the transfer member 26 causes the delivery member 26 to exit the second ball. The stationary state is maintained with 27 closed, and the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of rotations of the transfer member 26 is automatically withdrawn from the inside of the ball receiving chamber 10.

According to the third embodiment, a desired number of pachinko balls can be automatically extracted by simply designating the total number of balls to be removed and pressing the ball removing switch 30, thereby simplifying the ball removing operation. You can

Whenever the transfer member 26 takes out one pachinko ball in the ball receiving chamber 10, the transfer member 26 is moved to the second position.
Since the pachinko ball following the extracted pachinko ball by closing the ball outlet 27 can be cut accurately, the ball clogging at the second ball outlet 27 can be eliminated.

Next, the fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7 will be described. In this example, the number of balls that can be extracted from the ball receiving chamber 10 is shown near the ball receiving chamber 10. An appropriate number (three in this example) of extracted ball number setting buttons 3 arranged in a state and input-operated by the player
The structure is the same as that of the third embodiment except that 5A, 35B and 35C are installed.

In this example, the leftmost ball number setting button 35A is set.
Is described as "10", the center punched ball number setting button B is described as "5", and the rightmost punched ball number setting button 35C is described as "1".

For example, the leftmost punched ball number setting button 35A
Press the button once to input a signal that the number of balls to be removed will be 10, and then press the ball removal switch 30.
It is possible to automatically remove 0 pachinko balls, and press the ball removal switch 30 after pressing the center removal ball number setting button 35B and the right end removal ball number setting button 35C once, respectively. Six pachinko balls can be automatically pulled out from within 10.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8 will be described. In this embodiment, the three numbers of extracted balls 36A, 36B and 36C operated by the player are replaced by the number of extracted balls. The structure is the same as that of the fifth embodiment except that the prize names (product names) such as drinks and cigarettes that can be exchanged with pachinko balls are displayed.

For example, the removal ball number setting buttons 36A, 36
In B and 36C, the name of the premium such as "juice", "cigarette A", "cigarette B", etc. is written, and the number of balls to be removed setting button 36
When you press something of A, 36B, 36C and input the prize name and then press the ball removal switch 30, the number of pachinko balls equivalent to the amount of the product of the prize name is automatically extracted from the ball receiving chamber 10. be able to.

According to the fourth and fifth embodiments, the operation of adding or subtracting the number of extracted balls one by one is not necessary, and the operation of inputting the number of extracted balls is simplified and streamlined to prevent an input error. It can be lost.

[0057]

According to the invention of claim 1, as many pachinko balls as the player desires can be arbitrarily withdrawn from the ball receiving chamber, and when a small number of pachinko balls are to be exchanged for prizes. It is not necessary to count and take out the pachinko balls in the receiving chamber one by one, and it is possible to simplify the operation of extracting the number of pachinko balls specified by the player.

According to the invention of claim 2, since the total number of extracted balls designated by the player can be confirmed by the display member, it is possible to eliminate an erroneous input when designating the total number of extracted balls and to designate the total number of extracted balls. It is possible to confirm whether or not the pachinko balls for the total number of extracted balls have been actually extracted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an upper tray.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the vicinity of a take-out mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the vicinity of a take-out mechanism showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the vicinity of a take-out mechanism showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is likewise a front view.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of an essential part showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an essential part showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Upper saucer 10 Ball receiving chamber 15,32 Extraction ball detector 17,25 Extraction mechanism 18,26 Ball extraction member 22A, 22B, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36A, 3
6B, 36C ball removal number setting button (ball removal number setting means) 23 display member 30 ball removal switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A removal ball number setting means for setting a total removal ball number out of a group of pachinko balls stored in a ball receiving chamber of a saucer by an input operation of a player, and each removed from the ball receiving chamber. An extraction ball detector that detects a pachinko ball and counts the actual number of balls extracted, and a takeout that can be switched to a state where the pachinko ball can be taken out of the ball receiving room A ball-removing device for a pachinko machine, which is provided with a mechanism. 2. The total number of extracted balls set by the number-of-extracted-balls setting means is displayed, and the number of remaining extracted balls is obtained by subtracting the actual number of extracted balls from the total number of extracted balls each time a pachinko ball is taken out from the ball receiving chamber. 2. A ball punching device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a display member for displaying.