JPH09187556A - Prize ball straightening and sending-out device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the flow-down pressure of prize balls and to smoothly supply the prize balls to a prize ball discharge device by transforming the prize ball passages in horizontal plural columns of a prize ball straightening and sending-out device to vertical plural columns within the approximately same inclination and transforming them to one column further. SOLUTION: The prize ball reception part 16 of the straightening guide gutter 15 of this prize ball straightening and sending-out device receives many prize balls from a prize ball storage tank. One prize ball passage 25 of a horizontal straightening passage 21 is inclined with a prescribed angle, connected to a vertical straightening passage 33 on a downstream side and turned to a transformation inclination part. The downstream side of the other prize ball passage 24 is turned to an opening part 26 facing the transformation inclination part and turned to a passage transformation part 30. Then, the vertical straightening passage 33 is continued to the passage transformation part 30, the prize balls are straightened to the upper and lower two stages of a lower stage passage and an upper stage passage, a smoothing passage 39 is connected to the vertical straightening passage 33 and the prize balls of the upper and lower two stages are straightened to one column. Thus, ball pressure by many prize balls on the side of the prize ball reception part is substantially reduced in the passage transformation part, the movement of the prize balls on the downstream side from the passage transformation part is smoothed and alignment in one column is quickly and surely performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize ball rectifying / sending device for a pachinko machine, and more specifically, to prize balls supplied from a prize ball supply section side in a plurality of rows on a downstream prize ball single row discharge section side. The present invention relates to a prize ball rectifying / sending device for rectifying and sending in a single row.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a prize ball rectifying / sending device of this kind, the prize ball has a gradient that allows the prize ball to naturally flow down, and the direction in which the prize ball flows down can be smoothly changed. It is an important setting condition to reduce the down pressure of the prize ball. As one of the prize ball rectifying / sending devices, there is, for example, JP-A-5-245257.

[0003]

However, in the structure of this prior art publication, the supply port for supplying the prize balls from the prize ball storing and supplying portion to the side of the rectifying path is relatively large, the inclination of the rectifying path is gentle, and the delivery port is also small. The distance to is great. From this fact, the prize balls are supplied and moved in a stacked state even if they are naturally flowing due to the inclination. Therefore, since the ball feeding rectifying member is a rotating member, the rectifying path is provided on the upstream side in the vicinity of the ball feeding rectifying member. A leveling guide plate is provided for rectifying and guiding the prize balls inside. However, the downflow pressure of the prize ball may act on the support shaft of the flow straightening member, causing bending and the like over time, resulting in malfunction, and the flow straightening member is a rotating member that uses the natural flow down of the prize ball. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to make an adjustment at the time of assembly and the cost becomes high. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and converts the horizontal double row prize ball passages in the prize ball rectification and delivery device into vertical double rows within substantially the same gradient, and further converts them into one row. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize ball rectifying / delivering device capable of smoothly supplying the prize ball to the prize ball discharging device by reducing the downward pressure of the prize ball (including the bridge phenomenon in the prize ball). .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above technical problems, the first invention is to provide a prize ball storage tank and a prize ball discharge which are arranged on the upper side of the back surface of a pachinko machine. A prize ball rectifying / sending device disposed between the prize sphere rectifying and sending device, and a rectifying guide gutter which is the main body of the prize ball rectifying / sending device is a prize ball receiving portion for receiving a large number of prize balls from a prize ball storage tank. And a horizontal rectifying path consisting of two award ball passages in a row from the award ball receiving portion, and one award ball passage of the horizontal rectifying path is inclined downward at a predetermined angle and connected to the vertical rectifying path on the downstream side. And a passage conversion part including a conversion sloped part and an opening on the downstream side of the other prize ball passage of the lateral flow-straightening path facing the conversion sloped part, and a prize ball connected to the passage conversion part to form the lower passage and the upper stage. A vertical rectifying path that rectifies the upper and lower two steps of the passage, and a vertical rectifying path that is connected to the vertical rectifying path and rectifies the two upper and lower prize balls in one row According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is provided between the prize ball storage tank and the prize ball discharging device, which is arranged on the upper side which is the upstream side of the back surface of the pachinko machine. A prize ball rectifying and delivering device, wherein the first two pendulums face an upper part on a downstream side of a horizontal rectifying path formed by two rows of prize ball passages provided in a rectifying guide trough of the prize ball rectifying and delivering device. A member, and a second passage that is disposed downstream of the upper and lower vertical passages of the lower passage and the upper passage 38, which are continuous through the horizontal flow passage and the passage converting portion, at a predetermined interval so as to face the upper portion. It is configured by a pendulum member and a third pendulum member, and thus, in the rectification guide trough, a passage conversion unit for forcibly converting the rectification guide trough into a vertical two-row vertical rectification path is provided on the downstream side of the lateral rectification path. Therefore, the ball pressure due to a large number of prize balls on the prize ball receiving side is Gensa is, it is possible to perform the path conversion unit winning balls move a row becomes smooth alignment on the downstream side of quickly and reliably. Further, by arranging the first pendulum member on the downstream side of the horizontal rectifying path and the second and third pendulum members on the downstream side of the vertical rectifying path at predetermined intervals, the single-row alignment can be performed more quickly and reliably. Therefore, the prize balls can be stably and reliably fed to the prize ball discharging device. It has the effect of.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a part of the upper part of a back mechanism setting board S mounted on the back side of a game board 11. The prize balls B, which are supplied and stored in the prize ball storage tank 12 disposed above the S, are supplied from the supply port 13 to the prize tank B.
Award ball rectifying and delivering device 1 installed horizontally below the hill with a gentle slope
It is provided so as to be delivered to the prize ball discharging device 56 via 4 and a delivery gutter 55 continuous thereto.

This prize ball rectifying / sending device 14 is a rectifying guide gutter 1
5 and a pendulum member 45 arranged at a plurality of positions of the flow straightening guide gutter 15 and the flow straightening path is formed by the flow straightening guide gutter 15 and the delivery gutter 55 continuous to the flow straightening gutter 15. As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 8, the flow straightening guide gutter 15 is provided with a prize ball receiving portion 16 located directly below the supply port 13 of the prize ball storage tank 12 and from the prize ball receiving portion 16 to the left and right in the downstream direction. Horizontal rectifying path 21 forming two rows of prize ball paths 24, 25
It is composed of a passage converting portion 30, a vertical straightening passage 33 forming vertical and upper two-tiered prize ball passages 37 and 38, and a leveling passage 39.

The prize ball receiving portion 16 is a prize ball storage tank 1
It is formed directly below the two supply ports 13 to have almost the same width, and its cross-sectional shape has a predetermined width by the left and right side plates 17 and 18 and the bottom plate 19 as shown in FIG. 6 (a). It is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section. The bottom plate 19 of this prize ball receiving portion 16
As shown in FIG. 4, a step is formed below the inclined start end of the inclined bottom plate 22 of the lateral flow-straightening path 21, and the prize ball receiving portion 16 is formed.
A ball break lever 20 having a substantially L shape and receiving a prize ball B from the prize ball storage tank 12 and having a partition 20a at the center is provided in a fitting shape. Although not shown, the ball breaking lever 20 is always urged upward by a spring member about the support pin 20b, and the bottom plate 19 has a mounting portion 19 on the lower surface thereof.
The detection member T relayed to the control unit via a is provided,
The prize ball B on the same ball breaking lever 20 is reduced and the detection member T
When the balls are further separated, the prize ball B is supplied to the prize ball storage tank 12 by the signal of the detection member T. Also,
The prize ball receiving portion 16 is provided so as to be continuous with the lateral rectifying path 21 via the ball breaking lever 20, and the left and right side plates 17, 1 are provided.
The upper edge of 8 is mounted adjacent to the supply port 13.

Further, the horizontal rectifying path 21 connected to the prize ball receiving portion 16 has an inclined bottom plate 22 inclined to the downstream side at a predetermined inclination angle from the ball breaking lever 20 side of the prize ball receiving portion 16 and the right and left sides thereof. The side plates 17 and 18 are continuously formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 6 (b). The inclined bottom plate 22 is aligned with the partition 20a of the ball breaking lever 20 in the longitudinal direction of the central portion thereof. A partition plate 23 having a predetermined height over the passage converting portion 30.
Is provided upright, and two award horizontal passages 24 and 25 are arranged side by side. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the side plate 18 is linear along the back mechanism setting board S up to the end of the leveling passage 39, and the upper edge of the side plate 18 is a predetermined distance from the position before the passage converting portion 30. As shown in FIG. 4, in the right side passages 25 in two horizontal rows along the side plate 18, which are formed to be inclined downward, the passage converting portion 30 on the downstream side of the inclined bottom plate 22 is slightly steep within a predetermined range. A conversion slope bottom 31 of the slope is formed and connected to the vertical flow path 33.

In the other left side passage 24, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the side plate 17 is formed with a bent portion 17a on the right side passage 25 side by the passage converting portion 30 so that the side plate 17 is vertically elongated. The passage 24 is connected to the side plate 34 of the rectifying path 33, and the passage 24 faces the upper side of the conversion inclined bottom portion 31 of the passage converting portion 30 through the opening 26 formed between the partition plate 23 and the side plate 34 of the vertical rectifying passage 33. Is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the vertical rectifying path 33 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section by the left and right side plates 34, 35 and the bottom plate 36. It is connected to the conversion sloped bottom 31 of the section 30. Further, one side plate 35 is formed in series with the side plate 18 of the horizontal rectification unit 21, and the other side plate 34 is a lower plate 34 a that forms a lower passage 37 with the side plate 35 in the lower portion and an upper stage wider than the lower passage 37 in the upper portion. The upper plate 34b forming the passage 38 is formed in a stepped shape, and the vertical straightening passage 33 of the upper and lower passages 37, 38 is formed.
Are formed in a predetermined range. A leveling passage 39 is formed continuously with the vertical rectifying passage 33 and has a width of the lower passage 37, which makes the second passages 37 and 38 one passage.

Further, the left side plate 17 of the straightening guide gutter 15 is provided with an arc-shaped first guide groove 41 for guiding the pendulum member 45 at a position close to the upstream start end of the conversion inclined bottom portion 31 of the passage conversion portion 30. Further, the left side plate 34 on the downstream side of the vertical rectifying path 33 is provided with similar arc-shaped second guide grooves 42 and third guide grooves 43 at predetermined intervals.

The rectifying guide gutter 15 thus formed is attached to a predetermined position of the set plate S, and a pin for attaching the pendulum member 45 corresponding to each guide groove 41, 42, 43 is provided on the set plate S side. P1, p2, and p3 are provided so as to project, and a pendulum member 45 is arranged. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the pendulum member 45 is formed of a synthetic resin material in a substantially triangular shape with a width that allows it to be fitted into each passage, and two steel balls 48 are provided on the center line C of the mounting hole 46. Fitting hole 47 for fitting
a and 47b are formed. Also, the fitting holes 47a, 4
Fitting holes 47c are further formed at positions close to each other between the 7b, and steel balls 48 are fitted into the fitting holes 47a, 47b, 47c to adjust the pendulum state.
A steel ball 48 is fitted in a and 47b. The pendulum member 45 formed in this way is provided with the pin p1 on the first guide groove 41 side.
Two first pendulum members 45 are pivotally mounted on the prize ball passages 24 and 25 of the lateral flow-straightening path 21 so as to smooth the prize balls B, and the second guide groove 42 is provided. Also, one second and third pendulum member 45 is swingably mounted on each of the pins p2 and p3 of the vertical rectifying path 33 of the third guide groove 43, and the lower end of each pendulum member 45 is It is provided so as to face the bottom plate of the passage at a predetermined height.

The prize ball rectifying / sending device 1 provided in this way
4, the prize-ball ejecting device 56 is operated, and the prize-ball ejecting device 56 is activated.
When the prize balls B in 6 are discharged, they are sequentially supplied from the straightening guide gutter 14 through the sending gutter 55 to replenish the prize balls B, and the prize balls B stored in the prize ball storage tank 12 are supplied. It is thrown into a ball breaking lever 20 provided in the prize ball receiving portion 16 of the straightening guide gutter 15 disposed directly below the mouth 13, and thereby the lever 20 is pushed down around the pin 20b and comes into contact with the detection member T. Operate. As a result, the ball break lever 20 is connected to the lateral rectifying path 21. The prize balls B are supplied to the prize ball receiving portion 16 in a swelling manner, and are distributed to the left and right prize ball passages 24 and 25 by a predetermined gradient and the partition plate 23 of the lateral flow rectifying path 21. In this case, the prize balls B before and after flowing down the left and right prize ball passages 24 and 25 as shown in FIG.
The prize ball B also flows down between the two.

When reaching the upstream side of the passage converting portion 30, the first two pendulum members 45 provided facing the upper side of the prize ball passages 24 and 25 on the upstream side ride up the winning ball. B is blocked, and the riding-up prize balls B are sequentially guided between the front and rear prize balls B on the lower side to be straightened in a line. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, one prize ball passage 25
The prize ball B on the side is lowered along the conversion inclined bottom portion 31 of the passage converting portion 30 and flows into the lower passage 37 of the vertical straightening passage 33. Further, the prize ball B flowing down in the other prize ball passage 24 in a riding state is similarly blocked by the other pendulum member 45, and the ride-up prize ball B is between the front and rear prize balls B on the lower side. It is sequentially dropped and rectified in a line, and the passage 25 is provided along the bent portion 17a of the side plate 17 on the passage conversion portion 30 side.
And the conversion inclined bottom portion 3 of the passage 25 is guided to the side.
The prize balls B that have flowed into the upper passage 38 of the vertical straightening passage 33 from the opening 26 facing the upper side of the No. 1 and flow into the lower passage 37 as shown in the drawing. In the state of being located above the space between B, it flows down along the vertical rectifying path 33 in two vertical rows.

The prize ball B flowing down the vertical flow path 33 on the side of the upper passage 38, which flows vertically in two rows, is brought into contact with the second pendulum member 45 so that the flow is braked. The award ball B on the upper aisle side 38 side is flowed down in a state where it is on the upper passage side 38 in a state where a slight gap is formed between the award ball B on the lower passage 37 side and the award ball B on the upper stage aisle side 38 is
When the pedestal member 45 of FIG.
It is dropped into 9 and this is sequentially and alternately performed in a continuous manner and is rectified in a single line to be supplied from the leveling passage 39 to the prize ball discharging device 56 via the delivery gutter 55.

As described above, the straightening guide gutter 15 of the prize ball rectifying and delivering device 14 has a prize ball receiving portion 16 for receiving a large number of prize balls B from the prize ball storage tank 12 and two laterally from the prize ball receiving portion 16.
A horizontal rectifying passage 21 formed of a row of prize sphere passages 24 and 25, and a conversion inclination in which one prize sphere passage 25 of the horizontal rectifying passage 21 is inclined at a predetermined angle and is connected to a vertical rectifying passage 33 on the downstream side. The passage 31 is formed of a passage 31 and an opening 26 on the downstream side of the other prize-ball passage 24 of the lateral flow-straightening path 21 and which faces the conversion slope 31. The passage 37 and the upper passage 38 are constituted by a vertical straightening passage 33 for straightening the upper and lower passages, and a leveling passage 39 connected to the vertical straightening passage 33 for straightening the upper and lower two stages of prize balls B into one row. It is a thing.

Therefore, in this straightening guide gutter 15, the vertical straightening lines 33 are arranged in two columns on the downstream side of the horizontal straightening lines 21.
Since the passage converting portion 30 for forcibly converting is provided, the ball pressure due to the large number of prize balls B on the prize ball receiving portion 16 side is significantly reduced by the passage converting portion 30.
The prize balls B can be smoothly moved on the further downstream side, and the one-row alignment can be performed quickly and reliably. In addition, this lateral rectification path 2
The first pendulum member 45 is located downstream of the first pendulum member 1, and the second and third pendulum members 4 are located downstream of the vertical rectifying path 33 at predetermined intervals.
By arranging 5, the one-row alignment can be performed more swiftly and reliably, and the prize balls B can be stably and reliably fed to the prize ball discharging device 55.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial front view of an upper portion of a back side of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a rectification guide gutter.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a rectification guide gutter.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

6 (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. (b) It is the BB sectional view taken on the line of FIG. (c) It is the CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. (d) It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. (e) It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. (f) A side view of the leveling passage.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a pendulum member.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a pendulum member.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the prize ball rectifying / sending device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 award ball storage tank 14 award ball rectifying / sending device 15 rectifying guide trough 16 award ball receiving part 21 lateral rectifying path 24, 25 award ball passage 26 opening 30 passage converting part 31 converting inclined part 33 vertical rectifying path 37 lower passage 38 upper stage Passage 39 Leveling passage 45 Pendulum member 56 Award ball discharge device B Award ball

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A prize ball rectifying and delivering device, which is arranged between a prize ball storage tank and an award ball discharging device, which is arranged in an upper portion on the upstream side of a back surface of a pachinko machine. The flow straightening guide gutter, which is the main body of the sending device, has a horizontal flow straightening path including a prize ball receiving portion that receives a large number of prize balls from the prize ball storage tank, and two horizontal rows of prize ball passages from the prize ball receiving portion. , One of the prize ball passages of the lateral rectifying path is inclined downward at a predetermined angle and is connected to the vertical rectifying path on the downstream side, and the other side of the lateral rectifying path has a converting slope portion on the downstream side. A passage conversion portion formed of an opening facing upward, and a vertical straightening passage which is continuous with the passage conversion portion and straightens the prize balls into upper and lower two passages of a lower passage and an upper passage,
A prize ball rectifying / sending device for a pachinko machine, comprising a smoothing passage connected to the vertical rectifying path to straighten the upper and lower two stages of the prize balls into one row. 2. A prize ball rectifying and delivering device arranged between a prize ball storage tank and an award ball discharging device, which is arranged at an upper portion on the upstream side of the back surface of a pachinko machine. The first two pendulum members facing the upper part on the downstream side of the horizontal rectifying path, which is composed of two horizontal rows of prize ball passages provided in the rectifying guide trough of the delivery device, and the horizontal rectifying path and the passage converting portion. It is composed of a second pendulum member and a third pendulum member, which are arranged downstream of the upper and lower passages 38, which are continuous in the upper and lower passages, at a predetermined interval so as to face the upper portion of the same. A prize ball rectifying and sending device for a pachinko machine, which is characterized in that