JPH09225096A - Ball passing inlet device of pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball passing inlet device of a pinball game (Pachinko) machine capable of dispersing pass balls properly to reject them onto a game board. SOLUTION: A ball passing inlet device 1 is composed of a mounting substrate 2 mounted to the front surface of a game board, a ball inlet 8 formed in the upper part of the mounting substrate 2 and a swing member 5 located below the ball inlet 8 to be journalled swingingly. The swing member 5 has the upper part divided into a first ball receiving recessed part 27a and a second ball receiving recessed part 27b by a partition projection 28, while a weight 30 is provided in the lower part of the second ball receiving recessed part 27b side so that the first ball receiving recessed part 27a is located below the ball inlet 8. Thus, in most cases, shot balls P1 passing through the ball inlet 8 of the ball passing inlet device 1 are rejected nearly right sidewards. When the shot balls P1, P2 jump in the ball inlet 8 of the ball passing inlet device 1 continuously, the subsequent shot ball P2 is reejected in the opposite direction to the shot ball P1, so that the directions of the reejection can be properly dispersed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball passing receptacle of a pachinko machine that receives a hit ball falling on a game board and discharges it again to the game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a pachinko machine, a ball passage receiver having a passage ball detection switch for detecting passage of a hit ball is provided on a game board, and when a ball passes through the ball passage receiver, a game is played. The variable display provided on the board is variably displayed,
There is one that drives a predetermined electric accessory according to the display result. The ball passing socket used in such a pachinko machine drops the hit ball that passed the detector as it is and releases it again to the game board (this is called the former), or the hit ball that passed the detector. Was guided to a predetermined direction and then re-released to the game board (this is called the latter).

By the way, the ball passing socket is often arranged mainly on both sides of the center of the game board. Therefore, the hit ball passing through the ball passing socket is placed at the center of the game board. In order to gather together, in the former type ball passing socket, place an obstacle nail below the ball passing socket,
The guide rate to the central part was adjusted by adjusting the obstacle nail. In the latter type of ball passing socket, the ball guiding member for guiding the ball toward the center of the game board is formed integrally with the ball passing socket.

[0004]

However, in the latter ball passing socket, since all the hit balls passing through the ball passing socket are guided toward the center of the game board without exception,
There is a drawback that it is not possible to satisfy the desire to disperse passing balls and re-emit them. In the former ball passing socket, we want to disperse and re-emit passing balls by adjusting obstacle nails. However, there is a drawback that it is difficult to adjust. The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the object thereof is to make a ball passing receiver of a pachinko machine capable of appropriately dispersing passing balls and re-discharging them on a game board. To provide a mouthpiece.

[0005]

Means for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 3, in a ball passing socket 1 of a pachinko machine that receives a hit ball falling on a gaming board and discharges it again to the gaming board, the ball passing socket 1 is attached to the surface of the gaming board. The swinging member includes a mounting substrate 2, a ball inlet 8 formed on the upper portion of the mounting substrate 2, and a swinging member 5 located below the ball inlet 8 and swingably supported. The upper part of 5 is divided into a first ball receiving concave portion 27a and a second ball receiving concave portion 27b by a partitioning projection 28, and the second ball is always placed so that the first ball receiving concave portion 27a faces below the ball entrance 8. The weight 30 is provided below the receiving recess side 27b.

With such a configuration, FIG.
As shown in (A), the hit ball P entering the ball entrance 8 is always
1 is received in the first ball receiving concave portion 27a of the swinging member 5 and swings clockwise in a clockwise direction to hit the ball P1 from the right side (not shown but the right side in the figure is the central portion direction of the game board) of the game board again. It is designed to emit to the top. In addition, such a batting ball guiding situation is a mode that is performed when there is a time interval for the ball P1 to enter the ball entrance 8, and in the case of many battings, this guiding situation results in two batting balls P1. , P2 continuously jump into the ball entrance 8, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the front hitting ball P1 is received by the first ball receiving recess 27a and the rocking member 5 is rocked clockwise. Since it moves, the subsequent hitting ball P2 is received by the second ball receiving concave portion 27b as shown in FIG. 3C, and after the head hitting ball P1 is discharged from the first ball receiving concave portion 27a onto the game board. , Second ball receiving recess 2
The swinging member 5 swings counterclockwise by the hitting ball P2 placed on 7b, and as shown in FIG. 3D, the swinging member 5 is discharged again onto the game board from the left side in the drawing. That is, in many cases, in the ball passing socket 1 according to the present invention, the hit ball P1 that has passed through the ball inlet 8 of the ball passing socket 1 is re-discharged in a substantially predetermined direction (right side in the drawing). However, when the shots continuously hit the ball entrance 8 of the ball passing receptacle 1,
Since the subsequent hit ball P2 is re-emitted in the opposite direction, the re-emission direction can be appropriately varied.

The ball inlet 8 is a pair of inlet constituent members 3 mounted on the surface of the mounting substrate 2 at a predetermined distance.
a, 3b, the inlet constituting members 3a, 3b
Also, the lower part of the swing member 5 is configured to have a hollow portion whose rear is open, and the mounting board 2 has a switch insertion hole 12 for mounting a switch 6 for detecting a hit ball entering the ball entrance 8 on the upper portion thereof. Also, a switch locking piece 13 is formed, and a mounting boss 17 for mounting the lamp board 7 having a plurality of lamps 33 is provided on the rear surface of the center of the switch so as to project. The lamp insertion hole 15 is formed at a position corresponding to the hollow portion, and the lamp 33 provided on the lamp board 7 attached to the attachment boss 17 is arranged so as to face the lamp insertion hole 15. The decoration effect of can be enhanced.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ball passing socket 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a ball passing socket 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a schematic front view for explaining the operation of the ball passing receptacle 1.

In the figure, a ball passing receptacle 1 is a mounting board 2 mounted on the surface of a game board (not shown),
A pair of inlet constituting members 3a, 3b which are attached to the upper part of the front surface of the mounting substrate 2 with a predetermined gap (a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the hit ball), and swingably on the lower part of the inlet constituting members 3a, 3b. Oscillating member 5 pivotally supported, and the oscillating member 5
And a front decorative plate 4 covering the front surfaces of the inlet constituent members 3a, 3b, a switch 6 inserted between the upper portion of the rear surface of the mounting substrate 2 and the inlet constituent members 3a, 3b, and mounted on the rear surface of the mounting substrate 2. And a lamp substrate 7 that is used. Hereinafter, a more detailed description will be given mainly with reference to FIG.

A laterally rectangular switch insertion hole 12 is formed at the center of the upper portion of the mounting substrate 2, and a switch locking piece 13 is provided in the switch insertion hole 12 so as to project rearward from the lower edge thereof. A guide piece 14 is provided so as to project rearward from both side edges thereof. The switch 6 is inserted into the switch insertion hole 12 from the rear of the mounting substrate 2 along the guide piece 14, and the lower rear end of the inserted switch 6 is formed at the rear end of the switch locking piece 13. The switch 6 is mounted on the mounting substrate 2 by being locked by the locking claws.
Since the switch locking piece 13 can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction, when the switch 6 is detached, the lower end of the switch locking piece 13 is pushed downward so that the locking claw and the lower rear end of the switch 6 are removed. Can be easily performed by releasing the engagement of and pulling it backward.

Positioning holes 10a and 10b for positioning the inlet constituent members 3a and 3b and fastening holes 11a and 11b for mounting the holes are formed on the left and right of the switch insertion hole 12 of the mounting substrate 2. It is set up. Positioning hole 10
The a and 10b are respectively provided at upper and lower two places, and the positioning protrusions 21a and 21b projecting from the upper inside of the rear surface of the inlet constituting members 3a and 3b are inserted into the positioning holes 10a and 10b. Further, the fastening holes 11a and 11b are formed substantially in the center of the upper and lower two positioning holes 10a and 10b, and the positioning holes 10a and 10b are formed substantially in the center of the inlet constituting members 3a and 3b. Through mounting hole 20a,
20b corresponds to the mounting bosses 24a, which are provided in the penetrating mounting holes 20a, 20b so as to project to the left and right upper ends of the rear surface of the front decorative plate 4.
24b is penetrated. Then, the mounting bosses 24a, 2
By screwing the screws 31a and 31b from the rear surface of the mounting substrate 2 with the rear end of 4b being in contact with the fixing holes 11a and 11b, the inlet constituent members 3a and 3b are attached to the front decorative plate 4.
Together with this, it is fixed to the mounting substrate 2.

The inlet constituent members 3a and 3b will be described below. The inlet constituent members 3a and 3b are made of a permeable synthetic resin having a hollow interior that hangs downward from the vertical inside to the outside. Positioning protrusions 2 corresponding to the positioning holes 10a and 10b are formed on the upper and lower sides of the rear end face.
1a and 21b are provided in a protruding manner, and positioning holes 22a and 22b are formed in one upper portion of the front surface thereof. The positioning holes 22a and 22b determine the mounting position of the front decorative plate 4. In addition, switch insertion grooves 23a and 23b are formed inside the inlet components 3a and 3b in the vertical direction, and the switch 6 inserted from the switch insertion hole 12 is inserted.
Both front ends of the are inserted and supported. Then, the front part of the switch 6 is connected to the inlet constituent member 3a,
In the state of being inserted into and supported by 3b, the ball passage hole 6a formed in the front portion of the switch 6 is located between the inlet constituting members 3a and 3b. Furthermore, a pair of inlet constituent members 3a,
In the state in which 3b is fixed to the mounting substrate 2, the entrance constituting members 3a and 3b constitute a ball entrance 8 for receiving a hit ball that drops the game board. The inlet constituent members 3a,
The hollow portion 3b is formed with the rear surface opened.

A mounting boss 17 for fixing the lamp board 7 is provided on the rear surface of the mounting board 2 substantially at the center thereof so as to project rearward, and swings below the mounting boss 17. A pivot boss 16 for pivotally supporting the moving member 5 is provided so as to project rearward. A pin insertion hole 16a is formed in the shaft support boss 16, and a shaft support pin 26 that pivotally supports the swing member 5 is inserted into the pin insertion hole 16a. Then, at the time of insertion, E is formed in the stop groove 26a formed at the position protruding outward from the rear end of the shaft support boss 16 of the shaft support pin 26.
By fitting the ring 32, the pivotal support state of the pivoting member 5 by the pivotal support pin 26 is completed.

By the way, the pivot pin 26 is formed so as to project rearward at the center of the lower portion of the front decorative plate 4. The front decoration plate 4 will now be described. The front decoration plate 4 is formed of a substantially inverted triangular plate material, and mounting bosses 24a and 24b for penetrating and supporting the inlet constituting members 3a and 3b are provided on the upper left and right sides of the plate. The above-mentioned shaft support pin 26 is provided at the center of the lower portion thereof. The mounting boss 2
Positioning projections 25a, 2 are provided on the upper portions of 4a, 24b.
5b is provided to project, and the positioning protrusions 25a and 25b are inserted into the positioning holes 22a and 22b of the inlet constituting members 3a and 3b to position the upper portion of the front decorative plate 4.

The oscillating member 5 pivotally supported by the above-mentioned pivot pin 26 will be described. The oscillating member 5 is formed of a semi-cylindrical permeable synthetic resin into a hollow shape whose rear surface is open. A shaft support hole 29 into which the shaft support pin 26 is inserted is formed in the center of the upper part, and ball receiving recesses 27a and 27b for receiving a hit ball are formed on the upper surface thereof. The ball receiving recesses 27a and 27b are defined by wedge-shaped partitioning projections 28 projecting from the upper surface corresponding to the upper position of the shaft support hole 29. Further, in the swing member 5 of the illustrated embodiment, the weight 30 is provided inside the two ball receiving recesses 27a, 27b on the left side in the drawing on the second ball receiving recess 27b side.

On the front surface side of the mounting substrate 2, however, a pair of inlet constituent members 3a, 3 forming the ball inlet 8 on the upper portion thereof.
b is provided, and the swinging member 5 is swingably provided in the lower part thereof. The inlet constituting members 3a and 3b and the swinging member 5 are provided.
Is a mounting boss 24a protruding from the rear surface of the front decorative plate 4,
It is attached by the structure described above by 24b and the pivot pin 26. And the inlet constituent member 3
In a state where the a, 3b and the swinging member 5 are attached to the mounting substrate 2, when the hitting ball is placed in the ball receiving recesses 27a, 27b and swings the swinging member 5, the inlet constituting members 3a, 3
An outlet for laterally discharging the hit ball is formed between the lower part of b and the ball receiving recesses 27b, 27a.

On the other hand, on the rear surface side of the mounting substrate 2, as described above, the mounting boss 17 is provided so as to protrude substantially in the center thereof, and the pair of positioning bosses 18 is provided so as to be slightly above the same. The shaped lamp substrate 7 is positioned by the positioning boss 18 and is attached to the mounting boss 17 with screws 36.
Has been anchored by. That is, the lamp board 7 is formed with mounting holes 34 corresponding to the mounting bosses 17 at substantially the center thereof, and positioning holes 35 corresponding to the positioning bosses 18 are formed on the upper and left sides of the mounting holes 34. An LED lamp 33 that constitutes a lamp is provided at each vertex. The installation position of the LED lamp 33 is a rear position corresponding to the entrance constituting members 3a and 3b and the swinging member 5, and the mounting board 2 corresponding to the position is provided with the lamp opening 15. . Then, the lamp board 7
When is mounted on the back surface of the mounting substrate 2 via the positioning boss 18 and the mounting boss 17, the LED lamp 33 provided on the lamp substrate 7 is provided with the lamp opening 15 of the mounting substrate 2.
The entrance constituent members 3a and 3b and the swinging member 5 are illuminated from the rear side to enhance the decorative effect. In addition, in order to enhance this decorative effect, the back surface of the front plate of the entrance constituting members 3a and 3b and the swinging member 5 is diamond-cut to scatter light. Wiring 37 is soldered to the lamp board 7, and a connector 38 is connected to the tip of the wiring 37.

The structure of the ball passing socket 1 according to the embodiment has been described above, but the ball passing socket 1 described above is used.
Is mounted on the surface of a game board (not shown) by mounting holes 19 formed at the left and right ends of the central portion of the mounting board 2. When mounted on the game board, it is formed by the inlet constituent members 3a, 3b. A ball hitting from the ball entrance 8 falling on the game board is accepted, and the ball hit from the ball entrance 8 is received in the ball receiving recess 27.
It is received by either a or 27b and acts so as to be discharged from the left and right sides. Therefore, the detailed operation of the ball passing socket 1 will be described mainly with reference to FIG.

First, in a normal state, the swing member 5
As shown in FIG. 3A, due to the action of the weight 30, the first ball receiving recess 27a is tilted below the ball inlet 8 so as to face it. In such a state, when the hitting ball P1 falling on the game board enters the ball entrance 8, the hitting ball P1 is received by the first ball receiving concave portion 27a and rocks in the clockwise direction to move the hitting ball P1 to the right side (not shown). Is discharged again onto the game board from the right side in the figure toward the center of the game board). Then, the state of such a ball guiding condition is
Since it is always carried out when there is a time interval between the ball 1 and the subsequent hitting ball to the ball entrance 8, many hitting balls are guided to the right side as described above.

However, when the two hitting balls P1 and P2 continuously fly into the ball entrance 8, as shown in FIG. 3B, the leading hitting ball P1 is received by the first ball receiving concave portion 27a and shakes. Since the moving member 5 is oscillated in the clockwise direction, the subsequent hit ball P2, as shown in FIG.
7b, the first hit ball P1 is the first ball receiving recess 2
After being discharged from the 7a onto the game board, the second ball receiving recess 27
The swinging member 5 swings counterclockwise by the hitting ball P2 placed on b, and as shown in FIG. 3D, the swinging member 5 is discharged again onto the game board from the left side in the drawing.

That is, the ball passing receptacle 1 according to the present embodiment.
In many cases, the hit ball P1 that has passed through the ball entrance 8 of the ball pass receiver 1 is re-discharged in a substantially predetermined direction (the right side in the drawing), but the hit balls P1 and P2 are continuously hit. When the ball hits the ball entrance 8 of the ball passing receptacle 1, the subsequent hitting ball P2 is re-emitted in the opposite direction, so that the re-emission direction can be appropriately varied.

Since the ball passing socket 1 in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 guides a large number of hit balls to the right, it is arranged on the left side of the game area of the game board. Yes, in order to arrange this on the right side of the game area, the weight 30 may be provided inside the first ball receiving recess 27a opposite to the illustrated embodiment.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the ball passing receptacle is attached to the mounting board on the surface of the game board, and the ball inlet formed in the upper portion of the mounting board. And a swinging member which is positioned below the ball inlet and is swingably supported, and the swinging member has a first ball receiving concave portion and a second ball receiving concave portion whose upper part is formed by partitioning projections. In addition, since the weight is provided at the lower part of the second ball receiving recess side so that the first ball receiving recess always faces below the ball inlet, in many cases, the ball inlet of the ball passage receiver is It is to re-emit the hit ball that has passed through in a substantially predetermined direction.However, when the hit ball hits the ball entrance of the ball passing socket continuously, the subsequent hit balls are re-ejected in the opposite direction, so it is appropriate. The direction of re-emission can be varied.

Further, the ball inlet is constituted by a pair of inlet constituting members which are attached to the surface of the mounting substrate at a predetermined distance, and the rear faces of the inlet constituting member and the swinging member are provided on the back side of the mounting substrate. By decorating with a lamp, the decorative effect of the ball passing receptacle can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ball passing receptacle according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a ball passing receptacle.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view for explaining the operation of the ball passing socket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball Passing Receiver 2 Mounting Substrate 3a, 3b Inlet Component Member 4 Front Decorative Plate 5 Swing Member 6 Switch 7 Lamp Substrate 8 Ball Inlet 12 Switch Insertion Hole 13 Switch Locking Piece 15 Lamp Opening 16 Shaft Support Boss 17 Mounting Boss 26 Shaft support pins 27a, 27b First and second ball receiving recesses 28 Partitioning protrusions 29 Shaft support holes 30 Weights 33 LED lamps

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ball pass socket of a pachinko machine that receives a hit ball falling on a game board and discharges it again to the game board, wherein the ball pass socket is a mounting board mounted on the surface of the game board. , A ball entrance formed on the top of the mounting substrate,
A swinging member positioned below the ball entrance and swingably supported, and the swinging member has an upper part formed into a first ball receiving recess and a second ball receiving recess by a partitioning projection. In addition to being divided, the second ball receiving recess is always arranged so as to face the lower side of the ball inlet.
A ball passing socket for a pachinko machine, characterized in that a weight is provided on the lower portion of the ball receiving recess side. 2. The ball inlet is formed by a pair of inlet constituting members mounted on the surface of the mounting substrate at a predetermined distance from each other, and the lower portion of the inlet constituting member and the swinging member is hollow at the rear side. The mounting board is provided with a switch insertion hole and a switch locking piece for mounting a switch for detecting a hit ball entering the ball entrance, and a plurality of switch engaging pieces are formed on the rear surface of the center of the mounting board. A lamp board mounted on the mounting boss is provided with a mounting boss for mounting a lamp board having a lamp, and a lamp insertion hole is formed at a position corresponding to the hollow portion of the inlet component member and the swing member. The ball passing socket of the pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a lamp provided in the lamp is arranged so as to face the lamp insertion hole.