JPH10179850A - Ball supply device for pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make easy mounting/demounting of a built-in case and positioning of the building-in by providing an uneven part positioning a ball supply unit and a lock device for fixing the unit to a front pannel at a part between the case and the back of a front pannel. SOLUTION: A ball supply unit 12 is wholly covered with a built-in case 30, and at a front surface of the case 30, namely at its position opposite to a front pannel 11, a recess 31 is formed which positions the unit 12 in the upper/ lower and right/left planar directions with respect to the back of the front pannel 11 when it 31 engages with a pair of projections 24 of the front pannel 11. A lock device 14 comprises a lock arm which is journalled to be open in the right and left directions at a lower end of a mounting base 50 while its axis is directed to the upper and lower directions and a lock member 70 provided at a position opposite, through the unit 12, to the position where the arm 60 is journalled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game ball supply device for supplying game balls to a hit ball device one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of game ball supply device, a front panel having an upper plate, a ball supply unit for taking in the game balls supplied to the upper plate one by one, and a supply device from the ball supply device. The ball supply unit is provided with a swinging unit that shoots game balls one by one and supplies the ball to the ball hitting device, and the swinging unit corresponds to a firing operation of the ball hitting device. And a built-in case that incorporates the swing unit and the drive unit and is fixed to the rear surface of the front panel.

[0003] In this game ball supply device, the built-in case is fixed to the front panel by screws corresponding to screw holes provided in the front panel. Also, if this game ball supply device is used continuously for a long time,
Since the supply operation of the game balls becomes unstable due to adhesion of the game balls and the like, the built-in case is once removed from the front panel to periodically perform cleaning or the like.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional game ball supply device, the mounting case cannot be removed from the front panel unless the screws are loosened using a tool, and the mounting from the front panel is not possible. There is a problem that it takes time to attach and detach the case. Furthermore, in order to remove and clean the built-in case from the front panel and then reinstall it, the screws must be screwed into the screw holes while determining the position of the built-in case so as to correspond to the screw holes in the front panel. In addition, there is a problem that positioning of the built-in case is difficult.

Therefore, a game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to the first aspect has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a game ball supply device for a ball game machine, which does not require any trouble in attaching and detaching the built-in case from the front panel, and in which the positioning of the built-in case with respect to the front panel is extremely easy.

In addition to the above, in the game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to the second aspect, the assembly case is easily fixed to the front panel simply by hooking the free end of the lock arm on the lock member. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game ball supply device for a ball game machine capable of supplying a game ball.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above-mentioned object, and its contents will be described below with reference to an embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings. (1) A game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball is provided between the built-in case (30) of the ball supply unit (12) and the back of the front panel (11). A positioning unit (31, 24) for determining the position of the supply unit (12); and a detachable locking device (16) for fixing the ball supply unit (12) to the front panel (11). It is characterized by.

Therefore, according to the game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to the first aspect, in order to fix the built-in case (30) of the ball supply unit (12) to the rear surface of the front panel (11). The position of the built-in case (30) with respect to the front panel (11) is determined by aligning the concave and convex portions (31, 24) for positioning. After fixing the position of the built-in case (30),
If (16) is installed, the ball supply unit (12) can be connected to the front panel (1
1) can be fixed.

Further, to remove the ball supply unit (12) fixed to the front panel (11), the mounting case (30) may be removed from the front panel (11) after the locking device (16) is detached. . (Claim 2) A game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to claim 2, in addition to the features described in claim 1, the lock device (16) is supported by a front panel (11). , Lock arm (60) that presses the ball supply unit (12) against the front panel (11)
And a lock member (70) hooked to the free end of the lock arm (60).

Therefore, according to the game ball supply device for a ball game machine, the ball supply unit (12) is locked by pressing the ball supply unit (12) against the front panel (11) by the lock arm (60). Connect the free end of the arm (60) to the lock member (7
The ball supply unit (12) can be fixed to the front panel (11) by hooking on the front panel (11). That is, by associating the concave and convex portions (31, 24) for positioning with each other, the ball supply unit (12) cannot move vertically and horizontally with respect to the front panel (11).

Further, the position of the ball supply unit (12) with respect to the front panel (11) is determined in correspondence with the concave and convex portions (31, 24) for positioning, and the ball supply unit (1) is determined by the lock arm (60).
2) is pressed against the front panel (11) and comes into contact with the back of the front panel (11).
2), the front panel (11) cannot be moved to the front and rear vertically.

Then, the free end of the lock arm (60) is
By hooking on the lock member (70), the lock arm (60)
Is locked with the ball supply unit (12) pressed against the front panel (11), so that the ball supply unit (12) can be fixed to the front panel (11) by the locking device (16). it can.

[0013]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a game ball supply device of a ball game machine, and FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the game ball supply device. FIG. 3 is a perspective view, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the uneven portion, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the game ball supply device before and after locking, FIG. 5 is a side view of the game ball supply device before locking, and FIG. The side view which shows a state before and after is shown, respectively.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a game ball supply device for a ball game machine. The game ball supply device 10 for a ball game machine includes a pachinko machine, a sparrow ball game machine, and an arrangement type. A front panel 11 that appears on the front of a ball game machine such as a gaming machine, and a ball supply unit attached to the back side of the front panel 11
12, a ball hitting device 13 for firing game balls supplied from the ball supply unit 12, and a lock device 14 provided on both sides of the ball supply unit 12 for fixing the ball supply unit 12.

The front panel 11 is not shown in the drawing.
One end thereof is connected to an outer frame of the ball game machine via a hinge device, and is formed so as to be openable toward the front surface of the ball game machine. As shown in FIG. 1, the front panel 11 is provided with an upper plate 20 at an upper position on the front side for temporarily storing game balls to be used for a game. The upper plate 20 is formed with a gentle slope 21 on which the stored game balls flow slowly. And the lower end of the ball flow of the gentle slope 21 communicates with the gentle slope 21,
The game balls on the gentle slope 21 are rectified in a line and the ball supply unit 12
The ball supply path 22 is formed at the lower end of the ball flow, and a communication port 23 that penetrates from the front side to the back side of the front panel 11 and communicates with the ball supply unit 12 is formed in the ball supply path 22. Have been.

Also, on the back of the front panel 11, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of positioning projections 24 projecting rearward from the front panel 11 and determining the position of the ball supply unit 12 attached to the front panel 11 are formed. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the ball supply unit 12 is entirely covered with a built-in case 30, and the front face of the built-in case 30, that is, at a position facing the front panel 11, has the front face. At a position corresponding to the pair of convex portions 24 of the panel 11, by fitting with the pair of convex portions 24, the front panel
A positioning concave portion 31 for determining the position of the supply unit in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the back surface of the unit 11 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game case supplied from the communication port 23 is provided in the built-in case 30 at a position corresponding to the communication port 23 of the front panel 11, as shown in FIG.
An intake port 32 for taking in the inside is formed. As shown in FIG. 2, a take-in path 33 is formed inside the built-in case 30, which communicates with the intake port 32 and penetrates the built-in case 30 to reach the hitting device 13. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the take-in path 33 is provided between the two positions at which the lower end of the take-up path 33 is closed or the lower end of the take-up path 33 is opened. A swinging part 34 formed in a top shape for supplying a game ball to the ball hitting device 13 is provided by swinging up and down in accordance with the timing of launching the 13 game balls. As shown in FIG. 1, a plunger is provided inside the built-in case 30 on the left side of the swing unit 34 as a drive unit that drives the swing unit 34 in accordance with the operation of the ball hitting device 13. 35 are provided. The plunger 35 attracts an iron piece (not shown) provided in the swing part 34, and releases the attracted iron piece.
The swing unit 34 can be swung.

Also, on the back of the built-in case 30, FIG.
As shown in the figure, at the position sandwiching the plunger 35 up and down,
A pair of upper and lower contact portions 40 with which the lock device 14 comes into contact in order to press the built-in case 30 in the direction of the front panel 11 is formed. As shown in FIG. 1, the upper contact portion 40 has a positional relationship parallel to the rear surface of the front panel 11, and a contact portion 41 with which the lock device 14 directly contacts, A protruding piece 42 is provided which rises from the upper position in the direction opposite to the front panel 11, while the lower abutting portion 40 has an abutting portion 41 also abutting against the lock device 14, Department
A projecting piece 42 is formed from the lower part of 41 and stands in the direction opposite to the front panel 11 so as to face the projecting piece 42 of the upper contact portion 40. As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of upper and lower projecting pieces 42 are arranged so that the lock device 14 is accommodated in the facing space.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plate-like mounting base 50 extending downward from the upper end of the rear surface of the front panel 11 is attached to the pair of protrusions on the front panel 11, as shown in FIGS. Have been. As shown in FIG. 1, locking devices 14 for locking the ball supply unit 12 to the front panel 11 are provided on both left and right sides of the ball supply unit 12 attached to the front panel 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lock device 14 has a lock arm 60 which is supported at the lower end of a mounting base 50 so that the axis thereof can be opened in the left-right direction with the axis thereof turned up and down.
The position where the lock arm 60 is pivotally supported includes a lock member 70 provided on the opposite side of the ball supply unit 12. The lock arm 60 is formed by plating a wire, for example, a wire. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lock arm 60 has a convex shape with the tip directed toward the lock member 70 as a whole. A pair of arms 61 extending from the support position in the direction of the lock member 70 and having a positional relationship parallel to each other, each extending from the arm 61 and continuing at the distal end portion, and extending from the facing distance of the arm 61. And a distal end 62 opposed at a narrow interval.

The lock arm 60 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, the pair of arm portions 61 fits in the space between the projecting pieces 42 of the ball supply unit 12 and
With the ball 62 hooked on the lock member 70, the ball supply unit
It is arranged so as to be in contact with the contact portion 41 of 12 and pressed toward the front panel 11. The lock member 70 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, a mounting piece 75 attached to the back of the front panel 11 and forming an L-shape when viewed from a plane, extending from this mounting piece, rising vertically to the back of the front panel 11, and A lock piece 71 with which the distal end 62 of the arm 60 is hooked is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 5, and 6, the lock piece 71 is cut away from the front end toward the front panel 11 so as to have a width slightly larger than the interval between the front ends 62 of the lock arms 60. The notch 72, which is provided from the near side to the middle of the notch 72, protrudes from the notch 72 in a direction facing each other, and narrows the interval as it goes to the far side of the notch 72. And the tip of the lock arm 60
A pair of protrusions 74 having an inclined portion 73 having a smaller interval than the opposing interval of 62 are provided.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the lock piece 71 cannot pass through the lock arm 60 while the distal end portion 62 of the lock arm 60 is in a state of being hindered by the pair of projections 74. By pressing the 62 against the lock piece 71, the inclined portion 73 of the pair of projections 74 is used, and by using a finger or the like to narrow the facing interval of the distal end portion 62, it passes through the facing interval of the pair of projections 74. can do.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the end positions of the pair of projections 74 are set closer to the front panel 11 than to the abutment 41 of the ball supply unit 12. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6, with the pair of arm portions 61 in contact with the contact portions 41 of the ball supply unit 12, the tip portions 62 are
When the pusher 71 is pushed in from the position where the pair of projections 74 is formed and the tip 62 is hooked, the lock arm
Numeral 60 deflected as a whole and the ball supply unit 12 in the direction of the front panel 11
Is pressed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ball hitting device 13 includes a punch 80 for hitting a game ball, and a drive motor (not shown) for driving the punch 80. The ball sent from the swinging device of the supply unit 12 is arranged at a position where the ball can be hit. 1, a power cord (not shown) from a power supply unit and a power supply for driving the plunger 35 are provided at an end of the upper mounting base 50, as shown in FIG. A connection terminal 91 is provided for connecting to a drive power supply cord 90 for taking in the power.

As shown in FIG. 1, the connection terminal 91 is connected to a drive-side terminal 92 connected to the end of the drive power cord 90.
And a power supply side terminal (not shown) connected to the drive side terminal 92 with one touch. Therefore, when the ball supply unit 12 is detached, by removing the power supply side terminal from the connection terminal 91, the work in a state of being connected to an unnecessarily long power supply cord becomes unnecessary, and only the short drive power supply cord 90 is used. The ball supply unit 12 can be cleaned in a state where is connected.

Next, in the game ball supply apparatus 10 for a ball game machine having the above-described configuration, the procedure for fixing the ball supply unit 12 to the front panel 11 and the ball supply unit 12 attached to the front panel 11 A procedure for removing the front panel 11 will be described. First, in order to fix the ball supply unit 12 to the back of the front panel 11, a pair of protrusions 24 formed on the back of the front panel 11 and a recess provided on the front of the built-in case 30 are provided.
The ball supply unit 12 is attached to the front panel 11 so that the ball supply unit 31 fits in the corresponding space.

The ball supply unit 12 is fitted such that a pair of projections 74 of the front panel 11 and the back of the ball supply unit 12 fit.
If the ball supply unit 12 is attached to the front panel 11, the ball supply unit 12 does not move in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the front panel 11.
12 does not easily come off the front panel 11. Also, by attaching the ball supply unit 12 to the front panel 11 so that the back of the ball supply unit 12 fits in, the communication port 23 of the front panel 11 and the ball supply unit 12 intake 32 are automatically formed. Since the communication is established, the operation of positioning the ball supply unit 12 with respect to the front panel 11 is not required. Also, the mounting operation can be performed with one hand.

Then, the ball supply unit 12 positioned on the front panel 11 can be fixed to the front panel 11 by being locked by the lock device 14. Locking by the lock device 14 moves the lock arm 60 to a position where the distal end 62 reaches the lock member 70 while being supported by the mounting base 50 as shown in FIGS.

When the lock arm 60 is moved, first, the arm portion 61 contacts the contact portion 41 of the ball supply unit 12 during the movement. When the distal end portion 62 of the lock arm 60 is further moved in the direction of the front panel 11 in a state where the arm portion 61 is in contact with the contact portion 41 of the ball supply unit 12, as shown in FIG. Since the lock arm 60 is made of a wire, the distal end portion 62 of the lock arm 60 moves while flexing and abuts on the lock member 70 while being in contact with the ball supply unit 12.

The locking member 70 has a notch at its tip.
The notch 72 is formed with a pair of protrusions 74 having an inclined portion 73 that narrows as the distance between the notches 72 increases.
When the lock arm 60 is pushed in the rear direction of the front panel 11, as shown in FIG. 6, the lock arm 60 is pushed by the inclined portion 73 and moves in the direction of the front panel 11 while being deformed so as to reduce the facing distance.

Further, when the distal end portion 62 is moved in the direction of the front panel 11 and passes through the portion where the pair of protrusions 74 are formed, the deformed distal end portion 62 returns to its original shape as shown in FIG. Restore. Pass the pair of projections 74 of the lock piece 71,
When the distal end portion 62 is restored to the original shape, in this state, the distal end portion 62 of the lock arm 60 remains in the original shape, and is caught by the pair of projections 74, and the lock arm 60 is simply moved to the front panel. Even when pulled in the opposite direction to 11, the distal end portion 62 does not come off the lock piece 71, and the locked state of the lock device 14 is not inadvertently released.

Further, since the position can be determined in a state where the pair of concave portions 31 of the built-in case 30 is fitted into the pair of convex portions 24 of the front panel 11, the locking device 14 is locked after being fitted with one hand. With only this, the ball supply device can be fixed to the front panel 11, and workability is particularly good. Next, to remove the ball supply unit 12 fixed to the back of the front panel 11, first, the lock of the lock device 14 is released.

To release the lock of the lock device 14, the arm portion 61 of the lock arm 60 is flexed in the opposite direction by a finger, and when the arm portion 61 is flexed, the distal end portion 62 extending therefrom is bent. Is deformed to reduce the facing distance. Tip 62
In the state before deformation, the lock piece 71 is caught by the pair of projections 74 and cannot be pulled out from the cutout portion 72 of the lock piece 71, but if the facing distance between the distal end portions 62 is reduced, the pair Notch without catching on projection 74
It can be pulled out from 72 and released from the lock piece 71.

After the lock by the lock device 14 is released, the ball supply unit 12 can be detached from the front panel 11 by pulling the ball supply unit 12 rearward of the front panel 11. Also, when removing the ball supply unit 12, if the drive side terminal 92 is detached from the connection terminal 91, the ball supply unit 12 can be cleaned without being bothered by the long power supply side cord, and the work can be performed. The performance is improved.

The lock arm 60 of the lock device 14
Has been described as a plated wire, but it is only necessary that the mounting case 30 can be fixed by pressing the built-in case 30 against the back surface of the front panel 11, and may be formed of an elastic member such as a spring or rubber. Good. In the above-described embodiment, the position of the built-in case 30 with respect to the front panel 11 is determined by providing the convex portion 24 on the back surface of the front panel 11 and providing the concave portion 31 on the front surface of the built-in case 30. However, a concave portion may be provided on the rear surface of the front panel, and a convex portion corresponding to the concave portion may be provided on the front surface of the built-in case.

[0038]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
According to the above-described game ball supply device for a ball game machine, no trouble is required for attaching and detaching the built-in case from the front panel, and the positioning of the built-in case with respect to the front panel is extremely easy. Game ball supply device can be provided.

In addition, according to the game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to the second aspect, the assembly case can be easily attached to the front panel simply by hooking the free end of the lock arm to the lock member. A game ball supply device for a ball game machine that can be fixed can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game ball supply device of a ball game machine.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the game ball supply device. Figure

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an uneven portion.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the game ball supply device showing states before and after locking.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the game ball supply device showing a state before locking.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the ball supply device showing a state before and after the tip is hooked on a lock piece.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Game ball supply device 11 Front panel 12 Ball supply unit 13 Ball hitting device 14 Lock device 20 Upper plate 21 Slow ramp 22 Ball supply path 23 Communication port 24 Convex part 30 Built-in case 31 Concave part 32 Intake port 33 Intake path 34 Swinging part 35 Plunger 40 Contact part 41 Contact part 42 Projection piece 50 Mounting base 60 Lock arm 61 Arm part 62 Tip 70 Lock member 71 Lock piece 72 Notch 73 Slope 74 Projection 75 Mounting piece 80 Punch 90 Drive Side power cord 91 connection terminal 92 drive side terminal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A front panel having an upper plate, a ball supply unit for taking in game balls supplied to the upper plate one by one, and a hitting device for firing game balls supplied from the ball supply unit. A ball supply unit configured to fetch a game ball one by one and to supply the ball to the hitting device; a driving unit that drives the oscillating portion in response to a firing operation of the hitting device; In a game ball supply device for a gaming machine having a drive unit and a built-in case fixed to the back of the front panel, a ball is provided between the built-in case of the ball supply unit and the back of the front panel. A game ball supply device for a ball game machine, comprising: a positioning concavo-convex portion for determining a position of a supply unit; and a detachable lock device for fixing the ball supply unit to a front panel. 2. The locking device is supported by a front panel,
2. The game ball supply device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a lock arm for pressing the ball supply unit against the front panel, and a lock member hooked on a free end of the lock arm.