JPH11156026A - Ball discharge device for ball tray of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of parts and to hold the ball discharge hole of a ball tray in an open state by a simple structure. SOLUTION: This device is composed of a ball tray main body 10 having a tray part 10a for storing Pachinkio (Japanese pinball game) ball, a lever member 23 freely turnably and pivotally supported by inserting a shaft passing hole 30 to a turning spindle 31 provided on the ball tray main body 10, turned around the turning spindle 31 by the operation of a ball discharge operation member 22 for opening and closing the ball discharge hole 19 directly or through a sliding member 21 and an energizing member 35 for energizing the lever member 23 to a position for closing the ball discharge hole 19. The shaft passing hole 30 of the lever member 23 to be inserted into the turning spindle 31 is formed larger than the diameter of the turning spindle 31, and the lever member 23 is provided so as to be freely moved within the range between the clearance of the turning spindle 31 and the shaft passing hole 30. An engaging pin 34 is projectingly provided parallely to the turning spindle 31 on the lever member 23 and an annular groove 38 provided with locking parts 36 and 37 for locking the engaging pin 34 is provided on the ball tray main body 10. By operating the ball discharge operation member 22 against the energizing of an energizing member 35, locking is alternately performed to the position for closing the ball discharge hole 19 and the position for opening it.

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 punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine capable of holding a ball hole in an open state. It is about.

[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 tray removing device includes a sliding member for opening and closing a ball removing hole of a ball tray, a locking member provided to be detachable from an engaging portion of the ball tray, and an engaging portion. And a pressing member for disengaging the locking member. The locking member is engaged with the engaging portion to restrain the sliding body at a position where the ball hole is opened, and the pressing member is operated by pressing the pressing member. When the engagement between the engaging portion and the locking member is released, the sliding body is moved to a position for closing the ball hole.

[0004]

The ball punching device of the ball tray in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine includes a sliding member, a locking member,
Since urging members for urging the pressing members are required, the number of parts is increased, and the structure is complicated, so that assembling is troublesome and cost is increased.

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 to 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]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine according to the present invention comprises:
A ball saucer body having a dish portion for storing pachinko balls, and rotatably supported by inserting a shaft through hole into a rotation support shaft provided in the ball saucer body, and by operation of a ball removal operation member A lever member that rotates about the rotation support shaft and opens and closes the ball hole directly or via a slide member, and a biasing member that biases the lever member to a position where the ball hole is closed, The shaft through hole of the lever member inserted into the rotation support shaft is formed to be larger than the diameter of the rotation support shaft so that the lever member can be moved within the gap between the rotation support shaft and the shaft through hole. An engagement pin protruding from the lever member in parallel with the rotation support shaft, and an annular groove having an engagement portion for engaging the engagement pin is provided in the ball receiving body, and a ball removing operation member is provided. By operating against the urging of the urging member, the ball hole is alternately engaged with the closed position and the open position. It was way.

In the ball punching device for a ball tray in a pachinko machine configured as described above, when the ball pulling operation member is pushed in the opening direction with a finger and turned, the lever member is pulled out of the ball against the urging of the urging member. Is pivoted in the direction to open. Then, when the engagement pin moves in the annular groove of the ball receiving body and the lever member moves by the gap between the rotation support shaft and the shaft through hole and moves to a position where the ball hole is opened, the urging member of the urging member is moved. The biasing force causes the lever member to rotate and return, and the engagement pin engages with the locking portion of the annular groove of the ball receiving body, thereby holding the lever member at a position where the ball hole is opened. Further, in this state, when the ball removing operation member is pushed again by the finger in the opening direction and rotated, the engagement pin is disengaged from the locking portion of the annular groove, whereby the lever member is returned to its original state by the urging of the urging member. Rotate to the position to close the ball hole.

[0008] In addition, the ball-pulling device of the ball tray in the pachinko machine of the present invention is a ball-supplying upper ball tray provided on the front surface of the front frame of the pachinko machine or a lower ball tray for storing surplus balls in the upper ball tray. It can be applied to any of them.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an upper ball saucer, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the upper ball saucer, FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of main parts thereof, 1 is a machine frame of the pachinko machine, Reference numeral 2 denotes a front frame which is attached to the front of the machine frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. 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 upper ball receiving tray 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. The upper ball saucer 7 integrally includes a decorative base 9 attached to the front surface of the front plate 4, a ball saucer body 10 having a dish portion 10a for storing pachinko balls, and a decorative cover 11 covering the front surface of the ball saucer body 10. It is assembled and assembled. The dish portion 10a has a bottom surface which is gradually inclined downward from one end facing the prize ball discharge port 12 opened in the decoration base 9 toward the other side end, and a stepped portion via a guide side wall 13 on the downstream side. A ball pressure receiving portion 14 which is raised
The rectifying passage 1 which is formed narrow in sequence by the guiding side walls 13 of the ball pressure receiving portion 14 so that the pachinko balls are aligned in a line and flow down.
5 are formed. At the end of the rectifying passage 15, there is provided a flow changing guide 16 and a ball leveling plate 17 for preventing the pachinko balls flowing down the rectifying passage 15 from stacking up and down. Change Guide 1
6 allows the ball to flow out from the supply port 18 of the decorative base 9 to the back side of the front plate 4 and to be guided to a hit ball supply device (not shown). A ball hole 19 is formed in the bottom surface of the end of the straightening passage 15, and a ball passage 20 communicating with the lower ball tray 8 is provided below the ball hole 19.

Next, a ball punching device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A slide member 21 is slidably provided in the ball hole 19 in the lateral direction. The slide member 21 has a ball hole 19
Shutter 21a and engagement pin 21 for opening and closing the shutter
b is provided. A ball removing operation member 22 and a lever member 23 are provided at a front position of the ball removing hole 19, respectively.

The ball removing operation member 22 has a shaft through hole 24 at one side end, and a side plate portion 10 b of the ball receiving body 10.
Is rotatably supported by inserting a shaft through-hole 24 into a rotation support shaft 25 protruding therefrom. The upper surface portion of the ball removing operation member 22 is formed in a mountain shape integrally having a pressing portion 27 which protrudes outward from an opening 26 of the upper surface wall 10c by rotation, and further has a ball removing operation on a side surface portion. A contact protruding piece 28 for regulating the rotation range of the member 22 is provided, and a pressing arm 29 bent in an L-shape is provided on the lower surface.

The lever member 23 has a shaft through hole 30 at its upper end.
Is provided, and is rotatably supported by passing through a shaft support hole 31 through a rotation support shaft 31 protruding from the side plate portion 10b of the ball tray body 10, and a vertically long hole 32 is provided at a lower end. Is formed. The shaft through-hole 30 is formed as an elliptical hole larger than the diameter of the rotation support shaft 31, and the lever member 23 can freely move within a gap between the rotation support shaft 31 and the shaft through-hole 30. It is configured to be able to. This lever member 23
A side piece 33 is formed on the side surface so as to gradually project upward, and the side piece 33 and the pressing arm 29 of the ball removing operation member 22 are always in contact with each other. The engagement pin 21b of the slide member 21 faces the vertically long hole 32 of the lever member 23, so that the ball removing operation member 22 and the slide member 21 can be interlocked via the lever member 23. ing.

However, the pivot shaft 3 is provided on the lever member 23.
An engaging pin 34 protrudes in parallel with 1 and is connected to one end of a spring 35 as a biasing member. This spring 35 moves to the right in FIG.
Is always urged in the direction in which the shutter portion 21a of the slide member 21 closes the ball hole 19. At this time, the pressing portion 27 of the ball removing operation member 22 protrudes outward from the opening 26 of the upper wall 10c.

On the other hand, the side plate 10b of the ball receiving main body 10 has a locking portion 36 with which the engaging pin 34 is engaged so that the slide member 21 holds the ball opening 19 in the closed position and the open position. , 37 are provided around which the engaging pin 34 can freely move.

As shown in FIG. 7, the annular groove 38 has guiding projections 39, 40 for guiding the engaging pin 34, which has come off from the locking portions 36, 37, to always advance in one direction shown by the arrow in FIG. Is provided. The guiding projections 39 and 40 are
The shift of the engagement pin 34 from the center of the engagement pin 34 ensures that the engagement pin 34 advances in one direction. Note that the locking portion 36 may be omitted if the rotation is restricted by the contact protruding piece 28 of the ball removing operation member 22 so as to maintain the closed position.

Next, the operation of the above-described ball receiving device of the ball tray will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. First, FIG.
As shown by the solid line, the shutter portion 21 of the slide member 21
a presses the pressing portion 27 of the ball removing operation member 22 with a finger in a state where the ball removing hole 19 is closed.
5 rotates clockwise about the pivot shaft 25 as a fulcrum as shown by a chain line in FIG.
Is pushed. Thereby, the lever member 23
Rotates clockwise around the pivot shaft 31 against the bias of the spring 35, and slides the slide member 21 to the left to open the ball hole 19.

On the other hand, the shutter 2 of the slide member 21
5a, the lever member 22 is moved to the position where the ball hole 19 is opened as shown by the chain line in FIG.
The engagement pin 34 is disengaged from the engagement portion 36 while moving upward due to the gap between the shaft groove 24 and the shaft through hole 24, and the guide protrusion 39 moves the forward groove 38 a of the annular groove 38. In this state, when the finger is released from the ball removing operation member 22 to release the pressing, the engagement pin 34 engages the annular groove 38 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Engagement with the stop 37 holds the lever member 23 in its pivoted position. For this reason, even if the finger is released from the pressing portion 27 of the ball removing operation member 22, the slide member 21 is kept in a state where the ball removing hole 19 is opened, and the pachinko ball of the dish portion 10a is removed from the ball removing hole 19 through the ball removing hole 19. It passes through the passage 20 and flows out to the lower ball tray 8.

Next, in order to close the ball removal hole 19, the pressing portion 27 of the ball removal operation member 22 in FIG. 6 is pressed by a finger, and as shown by a chain line in FIG. The lever member 23 moves to the left due to the gap between
Is detached from the locking portion 37. The guide projection 40 causes the engagement pin 34 to move in the forward groove 38 b of the annular groove 38, and the lever member 23 rotates counterclockwise around the rotation support shaft 31 by the bias of the spring 35, and slides. The member 21 is returned to the original position shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, and the ball hole 19 is closed by the shutter 21a. Thereafter, the ball removing operation member 22
The slide member 21 can be reliably and alternately locked between the open position and the closed position each time the is operated in the direction in which the ball hole 19 is opened. In the above-described embodiment, the shaft through hole 30 of the lever member 23 is shown as an elliptical hole, but may be a circular hole having a diameter larger than the rotation support shaft 31.

FIGS. 8 to 10 show a second embodiment in which the ball removing device according to the present invention is applied to the lower ball receiving tray 8. FIG. The difference between the ball punching device of the second embodiment and the ball punching device of the first embodiment is that a slide member for opening and closing the ball punching hole is not required, and therefore the same structure as that of the first embodiment. Are denoted by the same reference numerals. To explain this, the plate portion 41 of the lower ball receiving tray 8 is described.
Is provided with a ball hole 42. A dish-shaped support frame 43 is fixed to the lower surface of the dish portion 41 with screws 44, and the support frame 43 is provided with a through hole 45 of substantially the same size at a position facing the ball hole 42. I have. The ball removing operation member 22 and the lever member 46 are disposed so as to be sandwiched between the plate portion 41 and the support frame 43. The lever member 46 is rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft 47 protruding from the support frame 43 so as to be horizontally rotatable, and is formed integrally with a wide plate-like portion 46 a that opens and closes the ball hole 42. . That is, in the lever member 46 of the second embodiment, the first
The slide member 21 and the lever member 23 according to the embodiment are integrally formed. In addition, the ball removing operation member 22
Is rotatably supported by a rotatable support shaft 48 protruding from the support frame 43, and the pressing portion 27 protrudes from an opening 49 of the support frame 43. The support frame 43 is provided with an annular groove 50 for restricting the movement of the lever member 46 by moving the engagement pin 34.
Reference numeral 0 has an engaging portion 51 with which the engaging pin 34 engages when the lever member 46 moves to a position where the ball hole 42 is opened.

The ball removing device according to the second embodiment has a configuration in which the ball removing hole 42 is closed as shown in FIG.
As in the first embodiment, when the pressing portion 27 of the ball removing operation member 22 is pressed by a finger, the side arm 33 of the lever member 46 is pressed by the pressing arm portion 29, and the lever member 46 rotates counterclockwise. The ball rotates in the direction to open the ball hole 42 as shown in FIG. At the same time, the engagement pin 34 of the lever member 46 is
0, and engages the lever member 46 with the ball hole 42.
In the open position. Then, in FIG. 10, to close the ball hole 42, the pressing portion 27 of the ball removing operation member 22 is closed.
Is pressed by a finger to release the engagement between the engaging pin 34 and the locking portion 51, whereby the lever member 46 is rotated by the bias of the spring 35 and returned to the original position shown in FIG. 42 is closed. In the case of the second embodiment, the number of components can be further reduced as compared with the first embodiment.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the slide 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 of the slide member is performed. Since the ball release hole can be released and the ball hole can be closed, the ball removal operation of the pachinko ball stored in the ball tray can be performed extremely easily.

Further, the structure is simple, the number of parts is smaller than that of the conventional ball punching device, 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 an upper ball receiving tray into which the ball removing device according to the present invention is incorporated.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the upper ball receiving tray of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the upper ball receiving tray of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of an essential part in a state where a ball hole is closed.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part in a state where a ball hole is opened.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a lower ball tray.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an operation in which an engagement pin goes around an annular groove.

9 is a plan view of a main part of the embodiment of FIG. 8 in a state where a ball hole is closed.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a main part of the embodiment of FIG. 8 with a ball hole removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Ball saucer main body 10a Dish part 19 Ball removal hole 21 Slide member 22 Ball removal operation member 23 Lever member 30 Shaft through hole 31 Rotation support shaft 34 Engagement pin 35 Spring (biasing member) 36, 37, 51 Locking part 38 , 50 annular groove

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball receiving body having a dish portion for storing a pachinko ball, and a ball supporter rotatably supported by inserting a shaft through hole into a rotating support shaft provided in the ball receiving body to remove a ball. A lever member that rotates about a rotation support shaft by operating the operation member and opens or closes the ball hole directly or via a slide member, and a biasing member that biases the lever member to a position where the ball hole is closed. A shaft through hole of a lever member to be inserted into the rotation support shaft is formed to be larger than the diameter of the rotation support shaft, and the lever member is disposed within a gap between the rotation support shaft and the shaft through hole. It is provided so as to be movable, and an engaging pin protrudes from the lever member in parallel with the rotation support shaft,
The ball receiving tray main body is provided with an annular groove having a locking portion for locking an engaging pin, and a position where the ball removing hole is closed and opened by operating the ball removing operation member against the urging of the urging member. A ball receiving device for a ball receiving tray in a pachinko machine, wherein the ball receiving device is alternately locked at a position where the ball is thrown.