JPH09239123A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine capable of preventing pachinko balls in an upper tray from overflowing or otherwise to the outside of the machine from a ball introduction member, even when a door is opened under saturation of the upper tray with the balls in a reserved state. SOLUTION: A front plate 3 is hinged to the lower part of the game zone of a pachinko game machine 1, so as to be freely opened and closed, and an upper tray 4 for reserving prize balls or the like delivered from the pachinko game machine 1 is projected from the surface of the front plate 3. Furthermore, a square tube type ball introduction member 5 communicated to the upper tray 4 is projected from the reverse side of the front plate 3, and the lower end of the mouth 5a of the ball introduction member 5 is fitted with a fall prevention tongue piece 6. The pachinko game machine 1 so formed has the rear flat plate 10 of the fall prevention tongue piece 6 approximately horizontally, when the front plate 3 is closed, thereby introducing pachinko balls flowing down in the pachinko game machine 1 to a lower tray. When the front plate 3 is opened, the rear flat plate 10 stands up slantwise to close the mouth 5a of the ball introduction member 5, thereby preventing the balls in the upper tray 4 from falling outside the pachinko game machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, and more specifically, when a game ball forms a bridge (aggregated state) in a game area, a glass frame or the like in front of the game area is opened. It also relates to a highly practical pachinko machine that does not cause any trouble.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pachinko machine is provided with a front plate which can be freely opened and closed on the front surface of a front frame provided with a game area and the like.
On the front side of the front plate, an upper plate for storing game balls is installed,
On the back side, a rectangular tube-shaped ball guide member for guiding the game ball to the upper plate is provided so as to project rearward from the back surface of the front plate. Then, in the case where a game ball is won in the winning device in the game area, the game balls stored in the game ball tank above the pachinko machine are sent to the game ball payout device and counted, and then in the passage. Then, after passing through the ball guiding member, it is guided to the upper plate as a prize ball. Further, below the game area of the conventional pachinko machine, a launch ball guide path for laying the game ball driven by the operation of the launching device to the game area is laid.

[0003]

In the pachinko machine, it is necessary to open the front plate provided with the upper plate and take some measures when the game balls are not delivered to the upper plate in a bad state. In the pachinko machine, there is a problem that when the front plate is opened in a state where the storage balls are saturated in the upper plate, the game balls in the upper plate are spilled from the ball guide member to the outside of the pachinko machine. In addition, the flow of the game balls in the game area may deteriorate and a bridge (aggregation of the game balls) may be formed, but if the glass frame is opened to remove this bridge, the game balls that formed the bridge May get inside the launch ball taxiway. When such a situation occurs, a new game ball launched by the launching device collides with the game ball that has entered the launch ball guiding path, so that the game ball cannot be driven into the game area.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems of the conventional pachinko machine, and even if the front plate is opened in a state where the storage balls are saturated in the upper plate, the game balls in the upper plate can be moved from the ball guide member. A highly practical pachinko machine that does not spill outside the pachinko machine, and even if you open the glass frame with the bridge formed in the game area, the game ball does not enter the launch ball guideway To provide.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, the first one is provided.
In the configuration of the invention, the upper plate that stores the game balls is installed on the front side of the front plate that is openably and closably provided on the front surface of the game area, and the cylindrical shape that guides the game balls to the upper plate on the back side of the front plate. In the pachinko machine in which the ball guiding member is provided in a projecting manner, the mouth portion of the ball guiding member is provided with a blocking member that operates so as to close the mouth portion when the front plate is opened.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the launch device is provided below the game area, and the launch ball guide path is laid so as to connect the game area and the launch device. A game ball is a pachinko machine that is guided into a game area through a launch ball guide path, and a collecting section for collecting game balls is provided below the game area and above the launch ball guide path. Especially.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the pachinko machine of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a part of a pachinko machine. Below the game area 2 of the pachinko machine 1, a front plate 3 is provided.
It is hinged so that it can be opened and closed freely, and on the surface of its front plate 3, there is an upper plate 4 for storing prize balls etc. paid out from the pachinko machine 1.
Is protruding. Further, on the back surface of the front plate 3, a rectangular tube-shaped guiding ball member 5 communicating with the upper plate 4 is projected, and a fall prevention tongue is provided on the lower edge of the mouth portion 5a of the guiding ball member 5. A piece 6 is attached. On the other hand, a rectangular upper prize ball payout opening 14 is formed in a portion of the back frame 34 adjacent to the front plate 3 hinged portion of the game board placing section 17, and the lower side of the upper prize ball payout opening 14 is formed. Is provided with a game ball receiving portion 31.

2 (a) and 2 (b) show the front plate 3 as viewed from above and from the right side, respectively. The fall prevention tongue piece 6 is formed by bending a metal plate, and two locking wings 9 are vertically provided on both sides of the front flat plate portion 8 in front of the contact plate portion 7. . Further, the tip of the rear flat plate portion 10 behind the contact plate portion 7 is bent at a gentle angle. The fall prevention tongue piece 6 has the support wings 9 and 9 on both sides locked to the two support shafts 11 and 11 on both sides near the mouth 5a of the ball guide member 5, respectively. It is possible to rotate around a line connecting 11 and 11. Then, at two locations on the outer side of the front flat plate portion 8 (see FIG. 2).
A circled portion indicated by a chain line in (a) is loosely fitted to the lower plate 5b of the ball guiding member 5 via the coil spring 18. An engaging portion 12 is provided on the upper edge of the front plate 3 and can engage with the lower edge of the glass frame 13.

FIG. 3 shows a mechanism plate 15 which is attached to the back side of the front frame 33 of the pachinko machine 1 so as to be openable and closable. The mechanism plate 15 is provided with a payout device for gaming balls as prize balls. A tongue piece contact portion 16 is provided below the right side of the mechanism plate 15.
When 5 is attached to the back side of the front frame 33 of the pachinko machine 1, the upper edge of the tongue abutting portion 16 of the pachinko machine 1 has the upper prize ball payout opening 1
It is designed to coincide with the bottom edge of No. 4.

FIG. 4 shows the operating state of the fall prevention tongues 6 when the front plate 3 is opened and closed. When the front plate 3 is closed, it falls as shown in FIG. 4 (a). Preventing tongue 6
The abutting plate portion 7 of the above abuts on the tongue piece abutting portion 16 of the mechanism plate 15. Therefore, the front flat plate portion 8 of the fall prevention tongue piece 6 approaches the lower plate 5b of the ball guide member 5 against the urging force of the coil spring 18, and the rear flat plate portion 10 is in a state in which it falls substantially horizontally. . Therefore, the game balls delivered from the game ball tank 30, counted and paid out by the game ball payout device 19, and further falling in the payout passage 29 are the rear flat plate portion 1
It is guided into the upper plate 4 through the upper surface of 0.

When the front plate 3 is opened as shown in FIG. 4B, the contact state between the contact plate portion 7 of the fall prevention tongue 6 and the tongue contact portion 16 of the mechanism plate 15 is released. Therefore, the front flat plate portion 8 of the fall prevention tongue piece 6 is separated from the lower plate 5b of the ball guiding member 5 by the urging force of the coil spring 18, and the rear flat plate portion 10 rises obliquely upward in conjunction with this movement, and the ball guiding member. The mouth portion 5a of No. 5 is closed. Therefore, even if the front plate 3 is opened in a state where the game balls are saturated inside the upper plate 4, the game balls inside the upper plate 4 do not fall outside the pachinko machine 1.
In addition, when the game ball is paid out from the game ball payout device 19 when the front plate 3 is opened, the paid game ball is
It is received by the game ball receiving portion 31, passes through the communication passage 20, and is guided to the lower plate 22 through the lower prize ball payout opening 21.

On the other hand, FIG. 5 shows a part of the pachinko machine 1 in which the glass frame 13 and the front plate 3 are open at the same time, and FIG. 6 shows a line AA in FIG. The cut surface is partially omitted. Further, FIG. 7 shows the back side of the pachinko machine 1 with a part thereof omitted. Below the game area 2 of the pachinko machine 1, the firing handle 23
Is projected, and when the firing handle is rotated by the player, the firing motor 28 provided on the back side of the game board mounting portion 17 is activated to fire the game ball. . Further, on the surface of the game board placing portion 17 of the back frame 34 of the pachinko machine 1, a launch ball guide rail 24 is laid so as to connect the game area 2 and the launch handle 23, and the launched game ball is , Is guided to the game area 2 by the launch ball guide rail 24. Then, below the game area 2 and above the launch ball guide rail 24, there is provided a game ball collection unit 29 including a collection rail 25, a passage opening 26, a game ball collection path 27, and the like. FIG.
In 32, 32 is a launch mallet 32 that hits a game ball in conjunction with the launch motor 28.

The passage port 26 is formed by punching out an upper portion of the base end of the launch ball guide rail 24 of the game board mounting portion 17, and the recovery rail 25 has both side edges of the passage port 26 and a lower portion thereof. It is erected on the surface of the game board mounting portion 17 so as to surround the edge, the left end is extended to the vicinity of the game area 2 substantially in parallel with the launch ball guide rail 24, and the right end is the upper end of the passage opening 26. It extends a little further upward, and further extends so as to bend to the right. And game ball collection path 2
7 is on the back side of the launch ball guide rail 24 laying portion of the game board mounting portion 17, the upper part communicates with the passage opening 26, and the lower part is the lower prize ball payout opening 21 formed in the game board mounting portion 17. The pachinko machine 1 is provided so as to communicate with each other, and is left-downward when viewed from the front side of the pachinko machine 1.

In the pachinko machine 1 of the embodiment configured as described above, when the glass frame 13 is opened in the state where the bridge is formed in the game area 2, the game ball forming the bridge falls. However, the game ball is recovered by the recovery rail 25 of the game ball recovery unit 29, and the passage opening 26
After passing through the game ball collecting path 27, and further through the lower prize ball paying outlet 21, the lower plate 22 collects (returns to the player). For this reason, the situation in which the game ball forming the bridge enters the inside of the launch ball guide rail 24 and the game ball cannot be driven into the game area 2 will not occur. Further, the situation in which the player's mood is offended due to the game ball forming the bridge falling outside the pachinko machine does not occur.

The structure of the pachinko machine of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the front plate, the ball guide member, the fall prevention tongue, the glass frame, the back frame, and the game board are mounted. Shape, structure, etc. of the table, game ball payout device, launch handle, launch ball guide rail, recovery rail, game ball recovery path, etc.
Modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, the front plate is not limited to the one separated from the glass frame, and may be integrally formed.

Further, the engagement structure between the ball guide member and the fall prevention tongue does not have a structure in which the front flat plate portion of the fall prevention tongue piece is loosely fitted to the lower plate of the ball guide member via the coil spring, and the front flat plate portion is not. May be loosely fitted in a state of being urged by a leaf spring or the like.

Further, the game ball collecting section may have a structure in which the game balls guided by the collecting rails are not collected in the lower plate but in the upper plate.

[0020]

The pachinko machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a blocking member, which operates so as to close the opening when the front plate is opened, at the opening of the ball guide member. According to this, even when the front plate is opened in a state where the game balls are saturated in the upper plate, the game balls in the upper plate do not spill out of the pachinko machine from the ball guide path.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the collecting portion for collecting the game balls is provided above the launch ball guide path below the game area, according to the second invention, the bridge is formed in the game area. Even if the glass frame is opened in the formed state, the game ball does not enter the launch ball guide path, and the situation where the game ball is not driven into the game area does not occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a part of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a front plate.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a mechanism plate.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a vertical section of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a pachinko machine with a part thereof omitted.

6 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the back side of the main body of the pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Pachinko machine, 2 ... Game area, 3 ... Front plate, 4 ...
・ Upper plate, 5 ・ ・ Ball guide member, 5a ・ ・ Mouth portion, 5b ・ ・ Lower plate, 6 ・ ・ Fall prevention tongue, 7 ・ ・ Abutting plate portion, 8 ・ ・ Front flat plate portion, 9 ・ ・Stop wing, 10 ··· Rear flat plate part, 11 ···
Support shaft, 12 ... Engaging portion, 13 ... Glass frame, 14 ... Premium prize ball payout opening, 15 ... Mechanism plate, 16 ... Tongue contact portion,
17 ... Game board mounting part, 18 ... Coil spring, 19 ...
Gaming ball payout device, 20 ... Connection passage, 21 ... Lower prize ball payout outlet, 22 ... Lower plate, 23 ... Launch handle, 24 ...
・ Launch ball guide rail, 25 ・ ・ Collection rail, 26 ・ ・ Passage opening, 27 ・ ・ Game ball collection path, 28 ・ ・ Launch motor, 2
9 ··· Game ball collection unit, 30 ··· Game ball tank, 31 ···
Receiving part, 32 ... Launcher, 33 ... Front frame, 34 ... Back frame.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A top plate for storing game balls is installed on the front side of a front plate that is openably and closably provided on the front surface of the game area, and a cylindrical shape for guiding the game balls to the top plate on the back side of the front plate. A pachinko machine in which a ball guide member is provided in a projecting manner, wherein the mouth portion of the ball guide member is provided with a blocking member that operates so as to close the mouth portion when the front plate is opened. Pachinko machine. 2. A launching device is provided below the game area, and a launch ball guiding path is laid so as to connect the game area and the launching device, and a game ball launched by the launching device is launched. A pachinko machine that is guided into a game area through a taxiway, wherein a recovery unit for recovering game balls is provided below the game area and above the launch ball taxiway. Machine.