JPH09313727A - Pachinko board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To count the number of balls for each pachinko board at each pachinko board position to reduce the excess balls stored at each pachinko board. SOLUTION: This pachinko board is constituted of a ball box mount face 48 separated from the other portion of a counter 25 by a ball box fixing wall 47 at the center section of the counter 25 installed at the front lower section of a pachinko board and not provided with the ball box fixing wall 47 on the player side; an insertion port 41 opened on the ball box mount face 48; an alignment lane storage case 71 fitted slidably to the player side at the lower section of the counter 25, having an opening section communicated with the insertion port 41 on the ceiling face, having a discharge port 44 on the opposite side to the player, and installed with multiple alignment lanes 45 aligning pachinko balls in parallel so that the insertion port 41 side is made high and the discharge port 44 side is made low; and a counting device 4 provided with a counting means 46 capable of counting the pachinko balls received from the insertion port 41 and outputting the number as the count signal on the main body side.

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 particularly to a pachinko machine capable of counting the number of balls produced by a player on the spot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko game, the number of balls produced by a player is counted as a prize counter or the like, which is different from the game on a pachinko machine, or the so-called island end where the players are arranged in a row. It was done by a so-called ball number counter installed at the island edge. On the other hand, recent pachinko machines have a large number of balls per pachinko machine, and at the position of the pachinko machine, each player who is playing the game puts the balls in a large ball box and stores them.
After the game on the pachinko machine is completed or during the game, leave the pachinko machine and go to a prize counter etc. with a ball number counter to count at once and store the counting result in a storage medium such as a magnetic card Or, it was printed on a receipt or the like. The pachinko balls were counted and then returned to the pachinko machine again.

[0003]

However, in a method of counting the number of balls issued by a player at a place different from a pachinko machine such as a prize counter, as in the conventional method for calculating the number of pachinko balls, each player has a problem. However, during the pachinko game, since the balls are stored in the ball box at each position of the pachinko machine, there is a problem that the number of balls actually working on the island or the machine of the pachinko machine decreases. In other words, the number of balls required for the entire pachinko game hall is the sum of the number of balls that actually work in the pachinko machine and the number of balls that each player stores at the pachinko machine position, and each player at the pachinko machine position. Had a problem that it was necessary to prepare extra balls that were not actually used but were just stored. In particular, there is a problem that the number of balls that actually work is insufficient in a pachinko machine that has a large number of balls in recent years. Further, when the number of the ball boxes is increased, the ball boxes that must be moved are heavy and it is difficult to move the ball boxes to the counting place. However, if the conventional inter-mountain ball lending machine is simply attached to a pachinko machine, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to install it in a limited space because it becomes large-scale. Furthermore, it is necessary to prevent the pachinko balls from spilling and spreading from the ball box on the pachinko machine. And, it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of a ball jam even in a narrow space.

Therefore, in view of these problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine that counts at each pachinko machine position in order to reduce extra balls stored on each pachinko machine.

[0005]

Therefore, the present invention is

A counter installed on the lower side of the pachinko machine on the player's side, and a box which is separated from the rest of the counter by a box fixing wall in the center of the counter and which does not have a box fixing wall on the player's side. A loading surface, an insertion opening that has an openable shutter that is opened on the mounting surface of the coin box, and an opening that is slidably attached to the player side at the lower part of the counter and that communicates with the insertion opening at the insertion side. Alignment lane storage case installed inside with a discharge port provided on the opposite side to the player and a plurality of alignment lanes for aligning pachinko balls arranged in parallel so that the insertion port side is higher and the lower it is toward the discharge port side And a counting device provided with a counting device which counts the pachinko balls received from the insertion port and can output a signal as a count signal on the main body side,
I will provide a.

Therefore, it has the following effects. Next, the player plays a game on a pachinko machine. After the winning ball is obtained, or prior to the game, the ball box is placed on the ball box placing surface. Next, the balls received at the pachinko machine are moved to the ball box. Furthermore, when the number of balls in the ball box increases, the player moves the balls in the ball box from the insertion slot to the counting device. Then, the balls are received from the insertion port of the counting device, move inside the counting device, and reach the counting means. The counting means counts the balls that sequentially pass and outputs a count signal. Since the ball box mounting surface is separated from other parts of the counter by the ball box fixing wall at the counter, the pachinko balls spilled on the ball box mounting surface do not spread to other parts of the counter. The ball box mounting surface is separated from the rest of the counter by the ball box fixing wall, and there is no ball box fixing wall on the player side, so the ball box can be installed by sliding from the player side. is there. In the aligned lane storage case, only the aligned lane is installed and the counting means and the like are not installed, so that even if a pachinko ball jam occurs, it can be easily repaired.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a pachinko machine position, FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional explanatory view of FIG. 1, and a perspective view of the embodiment. Description will be given based on FIG. 3 which is an explanatory view, FIG. 4 which is a vertical center sectional view of the same and the like.

1 is a ball number counting device for pachinko machines according to the present invention. Reference numeral 2 is a pachinko machine, 3 is a ball lending machine installed between the pachinko machines, and in this embodiment, it is an inter-lens ball lending machine, and both constitute one set. The ball lending machine 3 may be incorporated in a part of the pachinko machine 2, and in that case, the space can be omitted. The pachinko machines 2 and the inter-lens ball rental machines 3 are installed alternately and continuously to form a so-called island in the pachinko hall. The inter-mountain ball lending machine 3 is installed between each pachinko machine, and when a player inserts a storage medium W such as a card, a host computer, which is a storage device and an arithmetic means, that collates the ID code stored in the storage medium W. Lend the pachinko balls to the player with the maximum number of pachinko balls stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, cash, for example, 50, is put in the cash slot 31 provided in the ball lending machine 3.
It is possible to receive ball rental even if you insert a 0 yen coin.

The pachinko machine ball number counting device 1 comprises a counting device 4 and a storage device 5. The pachinko machine ball number counting device 1 is a device for collating the number of balls counted by the counting device 4 with the ID code of the storage medium W via the storage device 5 or directly and storing it in the host computer 53. Is installed in. 6 is a ball box. In this embodiment, the storage medium W is a magnetic card used in the ball lending machine 3,
Only the ID code of the player is stored. As another embodiment, the magnetic card W is stored with a predetermined number of coins that can be lent out in advance at a prize counter or the like, and the storage device 5 stores the number of balls counted by the counting device 4 in the storage medium 5. . However, since the magnetic card W storing the number of balls that can be rented is equivalent to a ball rental so to speak, in order to prevent the storage medium W from being taken out of the pachinko hall like a pachinko ball,
It is desirable that only the ID code be stored in the magnetic card W and the number of stored coins is not stored. The counting device 4 may be provided not on the pachinko machine ball number counting device 1 but on the pachinko machine 2 side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine base 2 is a table body 21, an upper plate 22 which is installed substantially horizontally in the middle of the front of the table body 21, and a lower part of the upper plate 22 which is installed substantially horizontally. A ball receiving tray 23, a handle 24 installed on the right side of the ball receiving tray 23, a counter 25 installed substantially horizontally under the ball receiving tray 23, and a discharge gutter 26 installed on the lower back surface of the base body 21. . The pachinko machine 2 plays a game in which the pachinko balls placed in the upper plate 22 are rotated in the table body 21 by rotating the handle 24, and the balls received by winning the prize are received by the ball receiving plate 23. An opening 27 is provided in the lower part of the ball receiving tray 23, and a tray shutter 28 that closes the opening 27 opens the balls in the ball receiving tray 23 by the player so that the counter 25 is installed below the ball receiving tray 23.
It can be discharged to the side.

47 shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 8 and 9.
Is a ball box fixing wall, and 48 is a box box mounting surface. The ball box mounting surface 48 is formed lower on the player side in the center of the counter 25 than the other parts of the counter 25, and the ball box fixing wall 4 is formed at the boundary.
7 is provided. The ball box fixing wall 47 is installed in a U shape in plan view except for the player side. The ball box fixing wall 47 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, it may be separately provided upright higher than the counter 25 surface other than the coin box mounting surface 48, or may have a stepped surface as shown in FIGS. Ball box fixed wall 4
By providing 7, the ball box mounting surface 48 is the counter 2
Since it is partitioned from the other parts of 5, the pachinko balls spilling from the ball box 6 will not be scattered on the counter 25 other than the ball box mounting surface 48. The ball box fixing wall 47 is installed in a U-shape in a plan view except the player side, so that the ball box 6 can be easily slid from the player side and installed at a predetermined position.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 9, the counting device 4 is installed for each pachinko machine 2 under the counter 25 below the front of the pachinko machine 2. The counting device 4 has an insertion opening 41 opened at the top, and the insertion opening 41 can be opened and closed by a shutter 42 that is slid by the drive of a shutter driving motor 43. In this embodiment, unlike the counter at the island edge, since it is near the player, there is a possibility that unintentional pachinko balls may be mixed in or cigarette butts may be mixed in. In order to avoid these adverse effects, the shutter 42 inserts the insertion port 4 when not in use.
1 closes. Reference numeral 44 is a discharge port. The discharge port 44, when attached to the counter 25, opens in the lower rear part of the counting device 4 as shown in FIG. 2, and can discharge the pachinko balls into the discharge gutter 26 provided in the lower rear part of the pachinko machine base 2. Is.

Reference numeral 71 is an aligned lane storage case attached to the bottom of the counting device 4, and 45 is an aligned lane storage case 7.
It is an alignment lane installed in 1. The aligned lane storage case 71 has a box-shaped drawer shape with an upper surface and a side surface opposite to the player side opened, and can be detached from the counting device 4 by sliding it to the player side and pulling it out. The alignment lane 45 is composed of 16 plate-like members 72 that are provided upright. As shown in FIG. 11, the plate-shaped bodies 72 are a set of adjacent plate-shaped bodies 72, and are integrated by a binding clip 73 at the intermediate portion. One set of plate-like body 72
On the side of the insertion opening 41, the mutual binding is released, and the end portions of the plate-shaped bodies 72 are arranged on the lower surface of the insertion opening 41 at equal intervals.
The plate-shaped member 72 is a set of plate-shaped members 7 on the discharge port 44 side.
No. 2 is kept united with each other, and each set is arranged at a slightly narrower interval than pachinko balls at equal intervals. That is, the width gradually decreases from the end portion on the insertion opening 41 side to the substantially middle portion a, and becomes slightly wider at the position of the substantially middle portion a than one pachinko ball. The width from the substantially middle portion a to the end portion on the discharge port 44 side is the same.

Reference numerals 74 and 74 denote plate-shaped body fixing pipes, which are installed in the width direction in the aligned lane storage case 71 and fix the plate-shaped bodies 72 respectively. Alignment lane 45 has outlet 4
4 to the lower part of the insertion opening 41, the discharge opening 44 side is fixed with a height difference so as to be low. Binding clip 73,
By using the plate-shaped body fixing clip 74 to fix the plate-shaped body 72, the insertion port 41 side is narrow while the discharge port side is two while the plate-shaped body 72 of the same shape is used, and one set is a pachinko ball. It becomes possible to adjust to a slightly narrower interval.

Therefore, the pachinko balls that drop irregularly on the upper portion of the plate-shaped body 72 on the insertion port 41 side gradually disperse the stress while dispersing the stress on the plate-shaped body 72 portion on the insertion port 41 side, which is installed at a fine interval. Since it is not divided into multiple aligned lanes 45 and suddenly the pachinko balls are introduced into only specific lanes,
The pachinko balls received from the specific lane without causing clogging and then gradually guided to each lane having an interval approximately the size of the pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls moved from the insertion opening 41 to the alignment lane 45 are substantially in the middle part. Can be moved in a line from the end on the side of the insertion port 41 toward the discharge port 44.

Shutter drive motor 43, counting means 4
Both 6 are installed on the side of the counting device 4 and only the alignment lane 45 is installed in the alignment lane storage case 71. Therefore, even if a jam occurs, the repair is easy.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, which are partially enlarged views of FIG. 4, the alignment lane storage case 71 has a partially cutout engagement protruding upward inward. Part 9
Two are provided. Reference numeral 91 denotes a shutter driving means, which is a cam in this embodiment. The cam 91 is attached to the rotary shaft of the shutter drive motor 43 and is driven to rotate in the forward and reverse directions. A shutter-side cam 95 is attached to the shutter 42 and can mesh with the cam 91.
Reference numeral 93 is a locking piece. The locking piece 93 is attached to the counter 25 side by a rotary shaft 94, and can rotate forward and backward around the rotary shaft 94 as a center of rotation as shown by an arrow in FIG.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, the locking piece 93 is constantly urged downward by the spring, that is, toward the locking portion 92. Therefore, normally, the locking piece 93 comes into contact with the locking portion 92 and is locked, and the movement of the aligned lane storage case 71 in the left-right direction in the drawing is restricted.

When the cam, which is the shutter driving means 91, is rotated to the right in FIGS. 12 to 14, the insertion opening 41 and the opening 61 are blocked by the shutter 422 as shown in FIG. , The shutter 42 on which the shutter side cam 95 is attached moves to the right side in the figure, and the insertion opening 41 and the opening 61 communicate with each other as shown in FIG. When the cam, which is the shutter driving means 91, further rotates, the shutter driving means 91 and the shutter side cam 95 disengage from each other, and then contact a part of the locking piece. When the shutter driving means 91 further rotates, the end portion of the locking piece 93 is pushed down. Then, as shown in FIG.
The other end of the locking piece 93 located at the opposite end of is lifted,
The locking between the locking piece 93 and the locking portion 92 is released, and the aligned lane storage case 71 can move in the left-right direction in FIGS. 12 to 14.

When the shutter driving motor 43 is rotated in the reverse direction from the state shown in FIG. 14, the locking between the shutter driving means 91 and the locking piece 93 is released, and therefore the locking piece 93 is biased by the spring. The locking portion 92 is locked again, and movement of the aligned lane storage case 71 in the left-right direction in FIGS. 12 to 14 is restricted. Further, when the shutter drive motor 43 is rotated, the shutter drive means 91 and the shutter side cam 42 are locked and the shutter 42 is released.
Is moved from the state shown in FIG. 13 to the state shown in FIG. 12, and the communication between the insertion opening 41 and the opening 61 is blocked.

The shutter driving means 91 is capable of inputting / outputting signals so that the storage device 5 and / or the host computer 53.
And the drive is controlled.

Reference numeral 46 is a counting means, which is connected to the host computer 53 directly or via the storage device 5 or capable of outputting a signal to the storage device 5, and from the approximately middle portion a of the alignment lane 45 to the discharge port 44. It is provided on the upper side of the alignment lane 45 on the side and has an optical sensor 81. A count signal can be transmitted every time a pachinko ball passes under the optical sensor 81. The counting device 46 may be provided at the outlet 44. In this embodiment, the count signal emits one pulse of an electric signal every time one pachinko ball is confirmed to pass through each of the alignment lanes 45, but it may be an optical signal or the like. Further, the counting device 4 starts its operation by inputting the operation start signal from the storage device 5, operates the shutter driving motor 43, moves the shutter 42, and opens the insertion opening 41. Similarly, the operation is ended by inputting the operation end signal, the shutter driving motor 43 is operated, the shutter 42 is moved, and the insertion opening 41 is closed.
A pressing lid 75 is installed on the side of the counting device 4 so as to face the alignment lane 45 to prevent the pachinko balls from hitting the splash shutter 42 or the like. The pressing lid 75 may not be installed.

In this embodiment, the storage device 5 is housed and installed in the inter-lens ball lending machine 3 so that the storage medium input port 51 for housing the storage medium W is located on the surface, and the storage device 5 and the counting device 4 receive a signal. Connected freely for output. The storage device 5 counts the count signal input from the counting device 4, and the counted total number can be stored in the host computer 53 so as to be callable by collating with the ID code of the storage medium W. In that case, the storage device 5 may be omitted and may be stored directly in the host computer 53 which is a storage device. Alternatively, as another embodiment, the storage device 5 counts the count signal input from the counting device 4 and writes the count signal so that the counted total number is stored in the storage medium W. In this case, at the same time, the storage device 5 is connected to the inter-mountain ball lending machine 3 so that signals can be input / output, and is also used as an input / output device of the inter-mountain ball lending machine 3. When the storage medium W is inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51, the storage device 5 can output an operation start signal to the counting device 4 so that the counting device 4 starts the operation. Storage medium W from input port 51
When taken out, an operation end signal can be output to the counting device 4 so as to end the operation.

The ball box 6 has a box shape capable of accommodating pachinko balls, and has two openings 61 arranged side by side at the bottom. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, on the lower surface of the ball box 6, a ball box wall 65 is provided so as to protrude along the outer periphery of the ball box mounting surface 48 more than other parts of the lower surface. , Is erected continuously downward to surround the opening. Since the ball box wall 65 is provided, even if a pachinko ball is spilled from the ball box 6, the wall is formed together with the ball box fixing wall 47 to prevent the ball from spreading to the counter 25 surface outside the ball box mounting surface 48. To do.

An opening / closing shutter 63 is provided at the opening 61 of the ball box 6.
Is provided. The shutter 63 has a connection portion 62 whose inside is open so that the ball box 6 can be installed so that the opening 61 corresponds.
Is formed. 66 is a spring, and the opening 6
1 and the connecting portion 62 are always urged in the directions that do not match. The player operates the lever 64 to open the opening 61 and the connecting portion 62.
The pachinko balls in the ball box 6 can be sequentially dropped from the opening 61 by aligning with and making the state open.

Reference numeral 67 is an intermediate portion sandwiched between the two openings 61. The intermediate portion 67 has a convex cross section as a whole, and the end portion faces downward. 68 is an opening lid attached to the shutter 63. The opening portion lid 68 is installed adjacent to the opened connecting portion 62 so as to take the opening portion position of the opening 61 when the shutter 63 is not operated. The opening lid 68 has a concave cross section as a whole, and its end portion faces upward. Since the intermediate portion 67 and the opening lid 68 have a convex shape and a concave shape, respectively, even when the opening 61 and the connecting portion 62 are in a half-open state as shown in FIG. 6b,
Due to the interaction of the concave and convex shapes and the dents at both ends, the pachinko balls are moved so that a bridge does not occur and a ball jam does not occur.

In a conventional pachinko counting device installed on an island edge or the like, an opening 102 is provided on the bottom surface of a ball box 101 as shown in FIG. The lid 103 is provided. Further counting device 10
4 was provided with a hopper 105 that was scooped out in a dish shape. Reference numeral 106 denotes a lid rising protrusion, which is provided so as to project upward from the bottom surface of the hopper 105. Therefore, the ball box 101 is replaced with the hopper 1
When placed on 05, the lid 103 is pushed up by the lid rising projection 106 and the opening 102 is exposed. Pachinko balls are
It is carried into the hopper 105 through the exposed opening 102 without spilling, and the counting device 104 calculates the number of pachinko balls.

However, if a hopper such as a conventional counting device is formed on the counter 25 of the pachinko machine 2 as in this embodiment, it occupies a space and interferes with the player.
If the box housing fixing wall 47 is provided as in this embodiment, even if the counter 25 does not have a slight step or no step, the pachinko balls do not diffuse when moving to the counting device.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 82 is a display unit and 83 is a receipt providing unit. The display unit 82 displays the result calculated by the counting device 4 so that the player can confirm the result. The receipt providing unit 83 displays and records the number of balls calculated and stored as needed on a recording unit such as a receipt made of paper.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
A player starts a game on a predetermined pachinko machine 2. At this time, the storage medium W is already used by the player for the stand ball rental machine 3
It is inserted into the storage medium input port 51 of the storage device 5 housed and installed therein. That is, in the case of a member, the storage medium W, which is a member card, is inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51, but in the case of a non-member, the storage medium W, which is a membership card on the day, is loaned and inserted into the storage medium insertion port 51. The ball lending machine 3 starts to operate by inserting the card. That is, the host computer 53 senses the fact by the storage medium input port 51 of the storage medium W, the shutter drive motor 43 is driven, the shutter 42 moves, and the insertion port 41 is already opened.

The counting device 4 is already in an operating state because it has already input an operation start signal from the host computer 53 or from the storage device 5, and the storage medium W is in operation.
The storage medium input port 51 drives the shutter drive motor 43 to move the shutter 42 and the insertion port 41 is already open. That is, the shutter driving means 91
12 rotates from the position shown in FIG. 12 to the right as shown in FIG. 13, the cam contacts and meshes with the shutter side cam 95, and the shutter 42 to which the shutter side cam 95 is attached moves to the right side in FIG. The mouth 41 and the opening 61 communicate with each other. When the cam, which is the shutter driving means 91, further rotates, the shutter driving means 91 and the shutter-side cam disengage from each other, and then contact a part of the locking piece as shown in FIG. When it is necessary to take out the aligned lane storage case 71 due to clogging or the like, when the shutter driving means 91 further rotates, the end of the locking piece 93 is pushed down. Then, the other end of the locking piece 93 located at the opposite end of the rotary shaft 94 is lifted, the locking of the locking piece 93 and the locking portion 92 is released, and the aligned lane storage case 71 is shown in FIGS. It can be moved in the left and right directions. When the locking between the locking piece 93 and the locking portion 92 is released, an employee inserts the storage medium W, which is a maintenance card, into the storage medium insertion port 51 and transmits an operation signal to the storage device 5 or the host computer 53. Then, the shutter drive motor 43 is operated. Since the alignment lane storage case 71 only needs to be inserted into the storage medium input port 51 of the maintenance card, it is not necessary to provide a separate key, and the number of parts can be reduced.

When the shutter driving motor 43 is rotated in the reverse direction, the locking between the shutter driving means 91 and the locking piece 93 is released, and therefore the locking piece 9 is urged by the spring.
3 and the locking portion 92 are locked again, the state shown in FIG. 14 is changed to the state shown in FIG. 13, and the movement of the aligned lane storage case 71 in the left-right direction in FIGS. 12 to 14 is restricted. To be done. Further, when the shutter driving motor 43 is rotated, the shutter driving means 91 and the shutter side cam 42 are locked as shown in FIG.
2 is moved to block the communication between the insertion opening 41 and the opening 61.

The player places the ball box 6 on the counting device 4,
The number of balls stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W is recognized by the host computer 53 or the storage device 5 which also serves as an input / output device of the inter-mountain ball lending machine 3.

The player opens the tray shutter 28 to move the balls from the opening 27 of the ball receiving tray 23 to the ball box 6 when the balls are accumulated in the ball receiving tray 23. Then, the output balls accumulated in the ball receiving tray 23 fall into the ball box 6 through the opening 27 and are stored in the ball box 6.

The player counts the number of pachinko balls 4
In order to perform the counting, the lever 64 of the ball box 6 is moved to open the shutter 63 and open the opening 61. Then, in the counting device 4, since the insertion port 41 is already in the open state, the pachinko balls fall from the opening 61 of the ball box 6 and sequentially fall into the insertion port 41 of the counting device 4. Since the intermediate portion 67 and the opening lid 68 have a convex shape and a concave shape, respectively, even when the opening 61 and the connecting portion 62 are in a half-open state as shown in FIG. The dents do not move the pachinko balls to form bridges and to prevent ball jams. The pachinko balls that have fallen into the insertion slot 41 drop from the insertion slot 41 to the ball alignment lane 45, and the ball alignment lane 45
The balls are aligned while moving in the direction of the discharge port 44, and are aligned in a line up to the position of the intermediate portion a of the ball alignment lane 45. Further, the pachinko ball moves and eventually passes below the counting means 46. When passing, the counting means 46 outputs a count signal to the storage means 5 each time a pachinko ball passes. The pachinko balls counted by the counting means 46 move to the discharge port,
It is discharged to the discharge gutter 26 of the pachinko machine 2. The discharged pachinko balls have already been counted as payout balls, and are returned to the pachinko machine 2 to be used as actual working balls for games.

The count signal from the counting means 46 is input to the host computer 53 or to the storage means 5 via the storage means 5.
Then, each time the count signal is input, the number of balls already stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W is added as a winning ball in association with the ID code of the storage medium W inserted in the storage medium insertion port 51. .

Eventually, there are no balls in the ball box 6, and no pachinko balls fall to the counting device 4. Then, the counting means 46 of the counting device 4 does not output the count signal, and the host computer 53 or the storage means 5 does not perform the addition. If the host computer 53 or the storage means 5 does not input a preset count signal for a certain period of time, the total number of balls counted and added up to that time is added to the host computer 53 or the storage medium W or the corresponding number of wins. The amount of money to be stored is stored.

When balls are collected again in the ball tray 23, the player again moves the balls on the pachinko machine 1 to the ball box 6 in the same manner as above. When the balls are accumulated in the ball box 6, the open / close shutter 63 of the ball box 6 is opened again and the balls are dropped into the counting device 4 to be counted. The methods for moving and counting pachinko balls are the same as above.

At the end of the game, the player removes the ball box 6 from the counting device 4 and the storage medium W from the storage means 5. Then, since the result of counting by the count signal from the counting device 4 is already stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W, the host computer 53
Alternatively, the number of winning balls is stored in the taken-out storage medium W separately from the number of pachinko balls stored in advance as the number of balls stored minus the number of balls lent by the inter-lens ball lending machine 3. That is, for example, in a pachinko hall, since the amount of money stored is the amount converted into the prize price, one pachinko ball costs 2,5 yen, but a winning ball, which is a ball earned at the time of play, is calculated as 4 yen.

At the end of the game, there is a complete stop and a break such as lunch, and in that case, a display to that effect is required, but it cannot be distinguished at all. For the time being, the player uses the storage medium W
This is because the case where the storage medium W is pulled out from the storage medium input port 51 may be understood at the end of the game, but the storage medium W may be pulled out during the break. Therefore, when the employee determines that the complete play is finished by remote control or by another method other than that, a signal to that effect is transmitted to the host computer 53 or the storage medium W. Then, the number of pachinko balls stored as the winning balls stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W is calculated as the accumulated balls, and the number or the amount added to the number of balls already stored as the accumulated coins is stored as the accumulated coins. .

However, in the case where the player independently issues the game end signal, even if there are the above problems, when the storage medium W is removed from the storage medium insertion port 51 or by a switch is provided independently. When the switch is turned on, it may be determined that the game is over. Further, these may be used together.

When the storage device 5 is used as a storage device, the storage device 5 is installed in the inter-mountain ball rental machine 3 and
I configured it as an input / output device for
It may be installed near the pachinko machine 2 other than the inter-mountain ball lending machine 3 such as inside the counting device 4, and in this case, the inter-mountain ball lending machine 3 may be used.
The input / output device to / from the storage medium W may be independent of the input / output device. In this case, the storage device 5 is configured to read the number of balls stored in the host computer 53 or the storage medium W from the host computer 53 or the storage medium W.

As the storage medium W, a magnetic card is used in this embodiment, but an IC having a storage element such as an LSI embedded therein is used.
A card, a card having a magnetic tape on its surface, or the like may be used, or the ID code can be collated by the host computer 53, or the number of balls counted by the storage device 5 can be stored in a storage medium. It may be any embodiment. In that case, the storage device 5 is also an input / output device according to the embodiment of each storage medium.

In this embodiment, the pachinko balls are introduced into the counting device 4 through the ball box 6, but if the pachinko balls are directly introduced into the counting device 4 from the ball tray 23, the ball box 6 becomes unnecessary. Further, a nozzle having the same structure as the nozzle for renting a pachinko ball provided in the inter-mountain ball lending machine 3 shown in FIG. 3 is installed in the tray 23 to install the pachinko ball in the ball box 6 or the insertion opening 41. If it is supplied from the tray 23, the structure becomes simple.
If the pachinko balls are directly supplied to the insertion slot 41, the ball box 6 can be omitted.

[0045]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the balls output by the player are not collectively brought to a prize counter or the like, but by the counting device installed on the lower front of the pachinko machine,
Since it is counted each time, it is possible to reduce the number of non-working balls stored in the ball box by each player at the pachinko machine position, and it is possible to reduce the number of balls required in the entire pachinko game hall. Becomes Also, it is not necessary to carry a heavy ball box to the counter installation position such as a prize counter. Since the ball box mounting surface is separated from other parts of the counter by the ball box fixing wall at the counter, the pachinko balls spilled on the ball box mounting surface do not spread to other parts of the counter. The ball box mounting surface is separated from the rest of the counter by the ball box fixing wall, and there is no ball box fixing wall on the player side, so the ball box can be installed by sliding from the player side. is there. In the aligned lane storage case, only the aligned lane is installed and the counting means and the like are not installed, so that even if a pachinko ball jam occurs, it can be easily repaired.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a state in which an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a pachinko machine position.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a vertical section in the center of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a vertical center section of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a large plan view of a portion of a ball box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 6] Fig. 6 is a partial large cross-sectional view of a part of a ball box according to an embodiment of the present invention. Sectional large section

FIG. 7 is a partial large assembly view of a ball box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the pachinko machine counter according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a large front view of part of the exposed state of the counting device of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the aligned lane storage case according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing details of a shutter drive unit.

FIG. 13 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing details of a shutter drive unit.

FIG. 14 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4 showing details of a shutter drive unit.

FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged view of a hopper portion of a conventional counting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 W Storage medium 1 Ball counting system for pachinko machine 2 Pachinko machine 21 Main body 22 Upper plate 23 Ball receiving tray 24 Handle 25 Counter 26 Discharge gutter 27 Open 28 Saucet shutter 3 Unit ball lending machine 4 Counting device 41 Inserting port 42 Shutter 43 Shutter drive motor 44 Discharge port 45 Alignment lane 46 Counting means 47 Ball box fixed wall 48 Ball box mounting surface 5 Storage device 51 Storage medium input port 6 Ball box 61 Opening 62 Connection 63 Open / close shutter 64 Lever

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A counter installed on the lower side of a pachinko machine on the player's side, and a counter box fixing wall at the center of the counter that separates the counter from the rest of the counter, and the player's side is not provided with a ball box fixing wall. A ball box mounting surface, an insertion opening with an openable shutter that is opened in the ball box mounting surface, and an opening that is slidably attached to the player side at the bottom of the counter and that communicates with the insertion opening on the insertion side. There is a discharge port on the side opposite to the player, and a plurality of alignment lanes for aligning pachinko balls are arranged in parallel so that the insertion port side is higher and the lower it is toward the discharge port side. A pachinko machine characterized by comprising a storage case and a counting device provided on the main body side with counting means capable of counting the number of pachinko balls received from the insertion port and outputting a signal as a count signal.