JPH09225095A - Mechanism for pulling out balls of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve easy and secure pulling out operation of balls by providing a movable body to open an outlet for pulling out balls by external operation, and forming an inclination surface on the edge of a ball stopping member of a ball supply device which faces the end of a supply passage so as to guide pachinko balls. SOLUTION: Pachinko balls in a ball supply tray 8 is pulled out into a tray for surplus balls in the lower part by applying pressure on an operation member to turn a lever member 36, by which a movable body 24 slides through a protrusion 41 facing a slot 4O of the lever member 36 to open an outlet for pulling out balls 23. An inclination edge 29a is formed on an end of ball stopping member 29 of a supply control member 26 of a ball supply device facing an end part so as to guide pachinko balls in a supply passage 22 to an outlet for pulling out balls 23, thus guided by the inclination edge 29a, and balls fall sequentially from the foremost ball out of the outlet for pulling out balls 23 and are pulled out thoroughly without remaining any in the tray for surplus balls in a lower part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention can prevent a pachinko ball from remaining in a batting ball supply device when a pachinko ball of a batting ball supply plate provided on the front side of a front frame is pulled out to a surplus ball receiving plate. The present invention relates to a ball removing mechanism of a machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko machine, a ball removal mechanism is provided on the bottom surface of a supply passage for guiding a pachinko ball from a ball striking plate to a ball striking device as a ball dropping mechanism for extracting a ball from the ball striking plate into a surplus ball receiving plate at the bottom. A structure in which the ball outlet is provided and opened / closed by the sliding operation of the movable bottom plate is known, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-32147.

Further, a receiving member for supporting the pachinko ball flowing out from the end of the hitting ball supply passage in a state in which the pachinko ball can be rolled to the ball extracting port side, and the pachinko ball supported by the receiving member falls to the ball extracting port. And a ball-removing member for preventing the ball-removing member from which the ball-removing member is displaced in a direction away from the member,
For example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-3648, there is known a structure in which a pachinko ball in a hit ball supply tray is extracted into an excess ball receiving tray without leaving a pachinko ball in the hit ball supply device.

[0004]

However, in the former one of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, it is necessary to slide the movable bottom plate against the weight of the pachinko ball flowing down the supply passage, and a large operating force is required. It is not possible to expect a smooth ball removal operation as necessary. Further, regarding the original ball supply, there is a problem in that the movable bottom plate is not fixed and is unstable, so that vibrations may occur and the pachinko balls cannot be regularly supplied to the ball hitting supply device.

Further, in the latter case, since it is not necessary to perform the ball removing operation against the ball pressure of the pachinko ball in the supply passage, the ball removing operation can be carried out smoothly.
When an excessive ball pressure is applied to the ball removing member, the ball removing member is separated from the receiving member, and the ball removing is performed carelessly and unnecessarily when the ball removing is not necessary. However, there was a problem that the ball could not be fed to the launch rail.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems found in the prior art and to provide a ball removing mechanism of a pachinko machine which facilitates ball removing operation and can surely remove the ball.

[0007]

In order to achieve such an object, a ball removing mechanism of a pachinko machine according to the present invention is provided with a hitting ball supply tray and a surplus ball receiving tray on the front side of the front frame, and on the back side of the front frame. A supply passage that guides the pachinko balls of the hitting ball supply tray in a line, and a downward direction of the pachinko balls facing the end of the supply passage to prevent the pachinko balls from flowing down. In a pachinko machine provided with a hitting ball feeding device for sending to a ball, a ball extracting port communicating with the surplus ball receiving tray is provided on the side wall of the terminal end of the supply passage, is always closed to the ball extracting port, and is opened by an external operation. A movable body is provided slidably, and further, the tip of the ball stopping portion of the hitting ball supply device facing the end portion of the supply passage is formed into an inclined edge for guiding the pachinko ball toward the ball extraction port, and the ball removing operation is performed. Sliding the movable body Spheres extracting hole open, the withdrawn excess ball pan than all balls extracting hole pachinko balls flowing down the supply passage.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower half of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1 in which a glass frame and a front plate are opened. Pachinko machine 1 is its machine frame 2
A front frame 3 is hinged to the front of the vehicle so as to be freely opened and closed. Front frame 3
A game board 4 is removably attached to the rear surface of the game board 4, a guide rail 5 is attached to the front surface of the game board 4, and a portion surrounded by the guide rail 5 is defined as a game portion 6 such as a plurality of winning openings and variable winning openings. An accessory is provided. The front frame 3 has a glass frame 7 in front of a window portion thereof and a front plate 9 provided with a hit ball supply tray 8 hinged so as to be openable and closable up and down, respectively. And an operation handle 11 for hitting the ball. Numeral 12 denotes a game board mounting frame for supporting the game board 4 from below. A foul ball receiving frame 13 facing the lower end of the guide rail 5 on the surface thereof,
3 is fixed to the lower end of the guide rail 5 and the continuous firing rail 14, and the firing position 14 of the firing rail 14 is fixed.
The striking rod 15 of the striking ball firing device that is operated by operating the operation handle 11 faces a.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hitting ball supply tray 8 is composed of a main body portion 8a and a cover portion 8b which covers the outside of the front surface of the main body portion 8a. The main body portion 8a has a dish portion 16 that stores pachinko balls, a decorative plate portion 17 that surrounds the upper edge portion of the dish portion 16, and a side plate portion 18 that extends below the dish portion 16. The plate portion 16 has a bottom portion gently inclined downward on one side, and a rectifying portion 16a in which pachinko balls are aligned in a row is formed at a lower portion of the inclined portion, and a downstream end of the rectifying portion 16a is opened on the front plate 9. It is connected to the upper through hole 19.
A case body 21 in which a hit ball supply device 20 is incorporated is mounted on the back surface of the front plate 9.

As shown in FIG. 4, the case body 21 is composed of two members, a main body portion 21a and a cover portion 21b. A supply passage 22 for guiding the pachinko balls flowing out of the upper through hole 19 of the front plate 9 in a line is formed in the main body 21a, and an open side surface thereof is closed by a cover 21b. In addition, a laterally long ball outlet 23 is opened on the side wall of the main body portion 21a so as to correspond to the end of the supply passage 22. Then, the ball removal port 23 is always closed along the terminal end of the supply passage 22, and the slide type movable body 24 for opening and closing the ball removal port 23 by an external operation.
Face.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hitting ball supply device 20 includes a supply control member 26 rotatably supported in a vertical direction by a horizontal shaft 25, and an interlocking lever for rotating the supply control member 26. And 27. The supply control member 26 is placed at its center of gravity so as to pivot downward as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 by a weight 28 in the natural state, and is located at the end of the supply passage 22 when pivoted downward. A ball stopper 29 for preventing the leading pachinko ball from flowing down, and a U-shaped ball receiver for receiving the leading pachinko ball facing the end of the supply passage 22 when rotated upward as shown by the chain line in FIG. And a unit 30.

A supply control member 26 of the hitting ball supply device 20.
As shown in FIGS. 4, 8 and 9, the tip of the ball stopper 29 provided opposite the terminal end of the supply passage 22 has an inclined edge 29a for guiding the pachinko ball toward the ball outlet 23.
Is formed. The cover portion 21b has a supply port 31 for sending the pachinko balls received by the ball receiving portion 30 to the firing position 14a of the firing rail 14 when the supply control member 26 rotates downward.

The interlocking lever 27 is formed in an inverted L-shape, and a bent portion of the interlocking lever 27 protrudes from the front side of the game board 4.
2 and is rotatably supported, and its push-up portion 33 is positioned so as to be able to contact the lower surface of the supply control member 26. Further, an arm piece 34 hanging down from the pivot portion can be engaged with a hooking rod 35 fixed to the hitting rod 15.

The side plate 1 of the main body 8a of the hitting ball supply tray 8
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an L-shaped lever member 36 is pivotally supported by a shaft 37 on the front surface, and an operation member 38 is supported by a shaft 39 so as to be able to press vertically in a vertical direction. . The lever member 36 has a long hole 4 below the shaft 37.
0 is opened, and a projection 41 protruding from the front surface of the movable body 24 faces the long hole 40. Further, a coil spring 42 is connected to the lever member 36 and constantly urges the movable body 24 to be positioned at the end of the supply passage 22.
The operating member 38 is provided with a receiving piece 36 of the lever member 36.
It is located in contact with the surface a and is projected upward from the opening 43 of the decorative plate portion 17. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 44 denotes an opening facing the movable body 24, and 45 denotes a guide frame for stably sliding the movable body 24.

Next, the operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described. The pachinko balls stored in the hitting ball supply tray 8 flow into the supply passage 22 in the case body 21 through the upper through hole 19 of the front plate 9 while being aligned in a line by the rectifying portion 16a, and are supplied as shown by the solid line in FIG. It comes into contact with the ball stopper 29 of the control member 26 and continuously waits in the supply passage 22.

On the other hand, in this state, the operation handle 1 of the player is
When the hitting rod 15 is rotated to the firing preparation position by the operation 1 as shown in FIG. 5, the arm rod 34 of the interlocking lever 27 is pulled by the hooking rod 35, and the interlocking lever 27 moves upward with the shaft 32 as a fulcrum. The push-up portion 33 pushes up the supply control member 26. For this reason, the supply control member 26 rotates upward about the shaft 25 as a fulcrum as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, and abuts on the ball stopper 29 to receive the pachinko ball at the tip, which has been prevented from flowing down, into the ball receiver 30. When the hitting rod 15 rotates to the firing operation position shown by the solid line in FIG. 5 in this state, the supply control member 26 is released from the push-up operation by the push-up portion 33 of the interlocking lever 27, and is lowered by its own weight and the weight of the pachinko ball. The pachinko ball received by the ball receiving portion 30 is sent out from the supply port 31 to the firing position 14a of the firing rail 14. At the same time, the subsequent pachinko balls in the supply passage 22 are received by the ball stoppers 29, and thereafter, each time the hitting rod 15 reciprocates, the leading pachinko ball located at the end of the supply passage 22 is released one by one from the firing rail 1.
4 to the launch position 14a.

On the other hand, when the pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 8 are to be extracted into the lower surplus ball tray 10, the operating member 38 is pressed as shown by a chain line in FIG.
2. Rotate against the bias of 2. Thereby, the movable body 24
Slides through the projection 41 facing the long hole 40 of the lever member 36 to open the ball extraction port 23 as shown in FIG. When the ball extraction port 23 is opened, the pachinko ball of the supply passage 22 guides the pachinko ball toward the ball extraction port 23 by the tip of the ball stopper 29 of the supply control member 26 of the hitting ball supply device 20 facing the terminal end of the supply passage 22. Since it is formed on the inclined edge 29a,
Guided by this inclined edge 29a, the leading ones are sequentially dropped from the ball removing port 23, and all the balls are smoothly extracted without leaving the remaining balls in the lower surplus ball tray 10. In addition,
The movable body 24 is not limited to the structure that slides in the left-right direction to open and close the ball outlet 23 as described above, and may slide in the vertical direction as long as it slides parallel to the side wall of the case body 21. Alternatively, the ball outlet 23 may be opened and closed by rotating it.

After that, when the player stops pressing the operation member 38, the lever member 36 is returned by the bias of the coil spring 42, and the movable body 24 closes the ball outlet 23.
The operation member 38 returns.

The movable body 24 has a lower edge 24a.
As shown in FIG. 6, a gap S smaller than the radius of the ball diameter of the pachinko ball is formed between and the bottom surface of the terminal end of the supply passage 22, so that the ball can move when the ball removal is stopped midway. The pachinko ball is smoothly supplied to the hitting ball supply device 20 without biting between the body 24 and the side wall of the supply passage 22.

[0020]

As described above, the ball-removing mechanism of the pachinko machine according to the present invention opens the ball-removing port on the side wall of the case body at the end of the supply passage and faces the end of the supply passage. The tip of the ball stopper of the hitting ball supply device is formed into an inclined edge that guides the pachinko ball toward the ball removal port, and the ball removal port is always closed by a movable body arranged outside the supply passage, Since the ball extraction port is slid to be opened by an external operation, the movable body can be smoothly opened without receiving the ball pressure of the pachinko ball flowing down the supply passage. Then, the pachinko balls that flow down the supply passage in a row and stand by for supply to the hitting ball supply device can be dropped into the ball extraction port by being guided by the inclined edge of the tip of the ball stop in order from the beginning. You can surely remove all balls without leaving the device's pachinko balls. Moreover, since the sliding direction of the movable body and the ball removal direction are orthogonal to each other, even if an excessive ball pressure is applied to the pachinko ball in the supply passage, it is possible to reliably remove the ball without malfunctioning. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the lower half of the pachinko machine with the glass frame and the front plate opened.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the hit ball supply device.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view mainly showing the operation of the ball feeding device.

FIG. 6 is a sectional side view showing a related configuration of a hit ball supply tray and a surplus ball tray.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the operation of the ball removing operation portion.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing a state where a ball extraction port is closed.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing a state where a ball extraction port is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 3 Front frame 8 Hitting ball supply tray 10 Surplus ball receiving tray 14 Launch rail 14a Launching position 15 Hitting ball rod 20 Hitting ball supply device 22 Supply passage 23 Ball outlet 24 Movable body 26 Supply control member 29 Ball stop 29a Inclined edge

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A supply passage and a surplus ball receiving tray are provided on the front side of the front frame, and a supply passage is provided on the back side of the front frame to guide the pachinko balls of the strike supply tray in a line, and an end portion of the supply passage. In the pachinko machine provided with a batting ball supply device that blocks the flow of the pachinko balls facing each other and that receives the pachinko balls one by one by turning to send them to the launch position of the launch rail. A ball discharge port communicating with the ball receiving tray is opened, the ball discharge port is always closed, and a movable body that is opened by an external operation is slidably provided, and further, a hitting ball supply device facing the end of the supply passage is provided. A ball removing mechanism for a pachinko machine, wherein a tip of the ball stopper is formed on an inclined edge for guiding the pachinko ball toward the ball outlet.