JPH11128493A - Ball extracting device for ball receiving tray in pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold the ball extracting hole of a ball receiving tray in opened state with a small number of part items and a simple structure. SOLUTION: This device is formed of a ball receiving tray body 9 having a tray part 10 for storing Pachinko (Japanese pinball game) balls, a lever member 16 rotated around a rotating support shaft 25 by pressing an operating member 15 provided on the ball receiving tray body 9 and integrally having a broad plate part 24 for opening and closing a ball extracting hole 11, and an energizing member 26 for energizing the lever member 16 in a position for closing the ball extracting hole 11. The shaft insert hole 22 of the lever member 16 to be inserted to the rotating support shaft 25 is formed so as to have a diameter larger than the diameter of the rotating support shaft 25, so that the lever member 16 is axially movable within the range of a clearance between the rotating support shaft 25 and the shaft insert hole 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball punching device for a ball tray attached to the front of a pachinko machine, and more particularly, to a ball drilling device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine capable of holding a ball punching hole in an open state. It concerns the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine capable of holding a ball punching hole of a ball tray in an open state, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-53954 is known.

[0003] This conventional ball receiving device for removing a ball tray includes a sliding member that opens and closes a ball removing hole of the ball tray, a locking member provided to be detachable from an engaging portion of the ball tray, and an engaging member. And a pressing member for releasing the engagement between the locking member and the locking member. The locking member is engaged with the engaging portion to restrict the sliding body to a position where the ball hole is opened, and to press the pressing member. Then, by releasing the engagement between the engaging portion and the locking member, the sliding body is moved to a position for closing the ball hole.

[0004]

The ball punching device for the ball tray in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine requires an urging member for urging the sliding body, the locking member, and the pressing member. In addition, the structure is complicated and the assembling is troublesome, leading to an increase in cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to reduce the number of parts and have a simple structure so that a ball hole of a ball tray can be held open. To provide a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a ball tray removing device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine, comprising: a ball tray body having a tray portion for storing pachinko balls;
A lever member integrally provided with a wide plate-shaped portion that rotates about a rotation support shaft by pressing an operation member provided on the ball tray main body and opens and closes a ball hole, and the lever member. A biasing member for biasing the ball removing hole to a closed position, wherein a shaft through-hole of a lever member inserted into the rotating support shaft is formed larger than a diameter of the rotating support shaft to rotate the lever member. A restricting piece having a guide receiving portion and an engaging portion on one of the ball saucer body and the lever member is provided so as to be movable in the axial direction within the range of the gap between the support shaft and the shaft through hole. An engagement projection is provided on the other side, and the lever member is urged by an urging member to position the guide receiving portion of the regulation piece and the engagement projection in contact with each other, thereby restricting the movement of the lever member in the axial direction. And at the same time, the engaging portion and the engaging protrusion are engaged by the rotation of the lever member. The bar member is held at the position where the ball hole is opened, and the lever member is moved in the axial direction against the urging of the urging member by the rotation of the operating member, whereby the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaging protrusion is made. This is to remove the case.

[0007] In the ball punching device of the ball tray in the pachinko machine configured as described above, when the operating member is pressed by a finger, the lever member moves in the axial direction by contact between the guide receiving portion of the regulating piece and the engaging projection. Rotates while being regulated. When the lever member rotates to the position where the ball releasing hole is opened, the lever member is released from the regulation by the contact between the guide receiving portion of the regulating piece and the engagement protrusion, and is simultaneously rotated by the urging member. The lever moves in the axial direction due to the gap between the pivot shaft and the shaft through-hole, whereby the engaging portion of the regulating piece and the engaging protrusion engage to hold the lever member at the position where the ball hole is opened. I do. In this state, the operating member is pushed and rotated by a finger, and the lever member is moved in the axial direction against the urging of the urging member, thereby releasing the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaging protrusion. As a result, the lever member rotates to the original position by the urging of the urging member to close the ball hole.

[0008] The ball tray removing device in the pachinko machine of the present invention can be applied to either a lower ball tray or a ball tray for supplying a hit ball provided on the front surface of the front frame of the pachinko machine.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, 1 is a machine frame of the pachinko machine, and 2 is a front frame which is attached to the front of the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 2 is formed in a frame shape having a window hole formed substantially at the center, and a glass door 3 is provided at an upper portion of the window hole, and a front plate 4 is provided at a lower portion thereof so as to be freely opened and closed. A game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear of the glass door 3 and to the back of the window hole of the front frame 2. A circular guide rail 6 is provided on the front surface of the game board 5, and an area surrounded by the guide rail 6 is configured as a game area. In addition, an upper ball receiving tray 7 for supplying a hit ball for supplying a pachinko ball to the launch position of the guide rail 6 is provided on the front surface of the front plate 4, and a lower front surface of the front frame 2 is provided with an upper ball receiving tray 7. A lower ball tray 8 is provided for storing extra balls that overflow.

Next, the configuration of the lower ball receiving tray 8 will be described with reference to FIG. The lower ball saucer 8 includes a ball saucer body 9 attached to the front of the front frame 2 and a dish portion 1 for storing pachinko balls.
0, and a ball hole 11 is formed in the bottom of the dish portion 10. A dish-shaped support frame 12 is fixed to the bottom lower surface of the dish portion 10 with screws 13, and the support frame 12 has a size substantially equal to the size of the ball hole 11 at a position opposed to the ball hole 11. Circular hole 14 is provided.

An operation member 15 and a lever member 16 are provided so as to be sandwiched between the plate 10 and the support frame 12, respectively. The operating member 15 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 17 projecting from the support frame 12 at a substantially middle portion thereof in a horizontally rotatable manner. Pressing portions 19a and 19b alternately projecting outward from the opening 18 are formed. An engagement arm 20 and a pressing projection 21 are formed at a position inside the support shaft 17.

The lever member 16 has a shaft through hole 22 at its front end.
An arm 23 projecting laterally is formed, and a wide plate-like portion 24 for opening and closing the ball hole 11 is integrally formed at the rear end. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lever member 16 has an arm 23 positioned in contact with the pressing protrusion 21 of the operation member 15 and a shaft through hole 22 protruding from the support frame 12. It is inserted through the support shaft 25 and supported so as to be rotatable around the rotation support shaft 25. Further, one end of a spring 26 as an urging member is connected to the lever member 16. The spring 26 urges the lever member 16 in the rightward direction in FIG. 3, that is, the direction in which the plate-shaped portion 24 closes the ball hole 11. At this time, one pressing portion 19a of the operation member 15 is
8 protrudes outward.

Thus, as shown in FIG.
An engaging projection 27 is provided integrally on the back surface side of the lever member 16 facing the upper surface of the second member 2 and behind the shaft through hole 22,
An engagement recess 28 is provided on the left side surface of the operation member 15 corresponding to the engagement arm 20. In addition, the shaft through hole 22 of the lever member 16 is formed as an elliptical hole larger than the diameter of the rotation support shaft 25, and the lever member 16 is provided in the range of the gap between the rotation support shaft 25 and the shaft through hole 22. It can move in the axial direction inside.

On the other hand, a concave arc-shaped guide receiving portion 29 is provided on the upper surface of the support frame 12 corresponding to the engaging projection 27 of the lever member 16.
A restricting piece 31 having an engaging portion 30 and a protruding portion is provided.
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, the guide receiving portion 29 of the restricting piece 31 contacts the engaging projection 27 of the lever member 16 in a state where the plate-shaped portion 24 of the lever member 16 closes the ball hole 11. The lever member 16 is regulated so as not to move in the axial direction. Further, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
In a state where the ball opening hole 11 is open, the engagement protrusion 27 of the lever member 16 can be engaged.

Next, the operation of the above-described ball tray removing device will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. First, as shown by the solid line in FIG. When one of the pressing portions 19a of the operation member 15 is pressed by a finger in a state where the operation member 11 is closed, the operation member 15 rotates counterclockwise around the support shaft 17 as a fulcrum as shown by a chain line in FIG. The arm 2 of the lever member 16 is
Press 3 backward. Thereby, the lever member 16 is turned against the bias of the spring 26 as shown by a chain line.
5 is rotated counterclockwise. At this time, the lever member 16 is turned by the bias of the spring 26.
However, the engaging projection 27 comes into contact with the guide receiving portion 29 of the regulating piece 31 to restrict the backward movement.

On the other hand, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
When the plate-shaped portion 24 of FIG. 6 moves to a position to open the ball hole 11, the engaging projection 27 of the lever member 16 is disengaged from the guide receiving portion 29 of the regulating piece 31, and at the same time, the lever member 16 is rearwardly urged by the spring 26. And the engaging protrusion 27 engages with the engaging portion 30 of the restricting piece 31 to hold the lever member 16 at its rotational position. For this reason, even if the finger is released from the pressing portion 19a, the lever member 16 is held in a state where the ball punching hole 11 is opened, and the pachinko ball of the plate portion 10 falls downward from the ball punching hole 11 and Stored in a box or the like.

Next, in order to close the ball hole 11, FIG.
When the other pressing portion 19b of the operating member 15 is pressed with a finger, the operating member 15 rotates clockwise around the support shaft 17 as shown by the chain line in FIG. And presses the engaging recess 28. As a result, the lever member 16 is pulled forward by a gap between the rotation support shaft 25 and the shaft through hole 22 as indicated by a chain line, and the engagement protrusion 27 is disengaged from the engagement portion 30 of the restriction piece 31. For this reason, the lever member 16 is
With the urging, the arm rotates in the clockwise direction around the pivot shaft 25 and returns to the original position shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, and the ball hole 11 is closed by the plate portion 24.

In the above-described embodiment, the shaft through hole 22 of the lever member 16 is shown as an elliptical hole, but may be a circular hole having a diameter larger than that of the rotation support shaft 25. In the above-described embodiment, the engagement protrusion 27 is provided on the lever member 16, and the regulating piece 31 having the guide receiving portion 29 and the engagement portion 30 is provided on the upper surface of the support frame 12 corresponding to the engagement protrusion 27. However, as shown in FIG.
1 may be provided, and the engagement protrusion 27 may be provided on the upper surface of the support frame 12.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a pressing arm 32 is provided in place of the pressing projection 21 of the operating member 15 and a side surface of the lever member 16 corresponding to the pressing arm 32 is provided. A piece 33 is provided, and as shown by a chain line in FIG.
2 presses the side piece 33 of the lever member 16 so that the lever member 1
By rotating the lever 6, the lever member 16 is moved to a position where the ball hole 11 is opened. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the lever member is held at the position where the ball hole is opened by a simple operation of pushing the operating member with a finger, or the holding thereof. Can be released to close the ball removal hole, so that the ball removal operation of the pachinko balls stored in the ball tray can be performed extremely easily.

Further, since the lever member is provided with a plate-like portion for opening and closing the ball hole, the structure is simple, the number of parts is small, and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower ball receiving tray into which the ball removing device according to the present invention is incorporated.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part in a state where a ball hole is closed.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an essential part in a state where a ball hole is opened.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lever member as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a main part of another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a main part of still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 9 ball receiving body 10 plate portion 11 ball removing hole 15 operating member 16 lever member 22 shaft through hole 24 plate portion 25 rotation support shaft 26 spring (biasing member) 27 engagement protrusion 29 guide receiving portion 30 engagement portion 31 Regulation piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball saucer body having a dish portion for storing a pachinko ball, and an operating member provided on the ball saucer body is pressed to rotate around a pivot shaft and open and close a ball hole. A lever member integrally provided with a wide plate-shaped portion to
A biasing member for biasing the lever member to a position for closing the ball hole; a shaft through hole of the lever member inserted into the rotation support shaft being formed larger than a diameter of the rotation support shaft; A member is provided so as to be movable in the axial direction within a gap between the rotation support shaft and the shaft through hole, and a guide receiving portion and an engaging portion are provided on one of the ball saucer main body and the lever member. The restricting piece having an engaging protrusion on the other side, and the lever member is urged by an urging member to position the guide receiving portion of the restricting piece and the engaging protrusion in contact with each other in the axial direction of the lever member. Of the lever member, the engagement portion and the engagement protrusion are engaged by the rotation of the lever member, and the lever member is held at the position where the ball hole is opened, and the lever member is further rotated by the rotation of the operation member. Is moved in the axial direction against the urging of the urging member, Ball vent device sphere pan in pachinko machines, characterized in that it has to release the engagement of the engaging projections.