JPH11207021A - Pachinko ball counter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply operate the attachment of a ball box part by providing an obstructing member disabling a shutter opening/closing a counter guiding port to connect with an operation lever without position-shifting in a sliding direction over in the sliding direction from a connecting part with the operation lever at the shutter. SOLUTION: The plate-like obstructing member 8 extending from a recessed groove part 7 in an opening direction B is provided at a lower part on the side of the operation lever 5 of the shutter 4 of the ball box part 3 in a pachinko ball counter 1. Then, when the part 3 is detached, the lever 5 at a counter main body 2 moves in the opening direction B so that the connecting vertical wall part 6 of the lever 5 is abutted the member 8 at the time of attaching the part 3 where the shutter 4 is at a closing position. By abutting the part 6 onto the member 8 like this, the front face part of the part 3 is made into a lifted state to prohibit attaching to the side of the main body 2 to visually recognize the position shifting of the shutter 4 and the lever 5 with ease.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball counter provided in a pachinko machine for playing a pachinko game.

[0002]

In the conventional form of pachinko game, a pachinko ball obtained by a player is brought into a pachinko ball counter installed in a pachinko parlor and counted, and the number of balls counted is counted. And exchange them for prizes. In general, when the number of pachinko balls acquired during the game becomes large, the pachinko balls are transferred to a ball box and stored, and further, a large amount of pachinko balls like the recent jackpot are released. In some game modes, more and more pachinko balls tend to be stored on each player's side, and a large amount of pachinko balls temporarily move without flowing through the circulation path configured in the pachinko parlor. It often stays. In recent years, in pachinko machines, for pachinko machines to which pachinko machines are attached, devices have been devised to provide a counter so as to correspond to each pachinko machine. For example, as shown in JP-A-8-38726, a pachinko ball counting machine is attached to a pachinko machine side so as to receive a pachinko ball dropped from a lower plate of a pachinko machine, and a pachinko machine obtained during a game. There has been proposed a pachinko machine in which a ball is sent to a pachinko ball counting machine at any time according to a player's intention and counting can be performed. And in such a pachinko ball counting machine,
Dirt, small dust, metal powder, etc. attached to the pachinko balls may be carried inside the pachinko ball counter at the time of counting, causing counting failure, and maintenance such as cleaning the counter body can be performed. In order to achieve this, a ball box for receiving pachinko balls to be washed down and a counter body are provided so as to be separable. Further, in order to make this structure separable, a shutter for opening and closing the counting inlet opening in the recess of the carton box and an operation lever provided on the counter body side for opening and closing the shutter are provided. It is provided so as to be detachably locked, and when the ball box portion is attached to the counter body, the shutter opens and closes the counting inlet by opening and closing the operation lever, and when the ball box portion is removed. The connection between the shutter and the control lever was easily broken.

[0003] However, in the above-mentioned pachinko ball counting machine, the following inconvenience is likely to occur. FIG. 3 shows the pachinko ball counting machine 1. In a ball box portion 3 having a recess which is detachably attached to the counting machine main body 2 and receives a pachinko ball, a side wall portion on the player side thereof is provided. Is provided with a shutter 4 for opening and closing a counting inlet (not shown), and a player of the counter body 2 formed in a concave shape so that the carton box 3 can be attached thereto. An operation lever 5 is provided on a side wall portion on the side. The shutter 4 is slid in the horizontal direction so that the player can easily perform the operation and the mechanism is simplified, and the operation lever 5 also slides in the horizontal direction. The connecting vertical wall portion 6 protruding from the operation surface side of the operation lever 5 on the opposite side is inserted from below into a vertical groove 7 provided in the shutter 4 and passing in the vertical direction. The connecting vertical wall portion 6 and the concave groove portion 7 do not lock in the vertical direction but lock in the sliding direction. Further, it is preferable that the counting inlet is closed so as not to be in an open state during a normal game. Therefore, the shutter 4 is urged by urging means (not shown) in a closing direction indicated by an arrow A in the drawing. Generally, it is provided to be located at a normally closed position,
The operating lever 5 also receives this biasing force and is located at the closed position. However, when the ball box 3 is separated from the counter body 2 due to maintenance or the like, the operation lever 5 is in a free state in which the urging force is not transmitted. When the ball box 3 is attached with the operation lever 5 positioned at the open position by moving in the opening direction indicated by the arrow B due to contact with another object or the like, as shown in FIG. The connecting vertical wall portion 6 enters into a portion other than the concave groove portion 7 of the shutter 4 in the closed position, and the shutter 4 and the operating lever 5
And the shutter 4 is not connected, and the shutter 4 cannot be opened. In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to make it easy to determine whether or not the corresponding position between a shutter and an operation lever is appropriate when attaching a carton unit to a counter body. It is an object of the present invention to prevent a state in which the shutter box cannot be opened and closed by attaching a carton unit without being connected.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and is directed to a pachinko ball counting machine provided in a pachinko machine to which a pachinko machine is assembled. A ball box section provided with a slidable shutter that opens and closes a counting inlet opening in a recess for receiving a pachinko ball to be dropped is slidably movable so as to be detachably locked to the shutter to open and close the shutter. In a pachinko ball counter that is detachably provided on a counter body having a simple operation lever, an obstacle member that disables connection with an operation lever that is displaced in the sliding direction with respect to the shutter is operated by the shutter. Providing a pachinko ball counting machine characterized by being provided in a sliding direction from a connection portion with a lever,
This is to solve the above problem. In the present invention, it is preferable that the counter main body is provided with holding means for detachably engaging with the operation lever to hold the operation lever in the open position.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In the pachinko ball counting machine 1 of the present invention, a plate-shaped obstacle member 8 extending from the concave groove portion 7 in the opening direction B is provided at the lower part of the shutter 4 of the ball box portion 3 on the operation lever side as shown in the drawing. The obstruction member 8 is extended to the front side, which is the operation lever side, and the operation lever 5 moves in the opening direction B when the carton unit 3 is removed as described above, and the shutter 4 is in the closed position. The connecting vertical wall portion 6 of the operation lever 5 is provided so as to come into contact with the obstacle member 8 when attaching the carton box portion 3. When the connecting vertical wall portion 6 comes into contact with the obstacle member 8 as described above, the front portion of the ball box portion 3 is in a raised state and cannot be mounted on the counter body 2 side. It can be easily recognized that the position of the shutter 4 and the operation lever 5 are shifted.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, on the front surface of the counter body 2, holding means for detachably engaging the operation lever 5 which is in the open position laterally from the operation lever 5 is provided. 9 is attached in a rotatable state and urged toward the counter body side, and pulls the operation lever 5 urged in the closing direction by the urging force from the shutter 4 side to the open position. As a result, the convex portion 1 protruding from the operation lever 5 is provided.
0 and once the holding means 9
The operation lever 5 can be stopped at an open position by an operation from the player side when necessary, and the counting inlet can be kept open by setting the shutter 4 to the open position. . In order to release the locked state by the holding means 9, the knob 11 provided on the base end side of the holding means 9 may be rotated in a direction in which the holding means 9 is disengaged from the operation lever 5. The retaining portion of the holding means 9 is separated from the convex portion 10, and the urging force moves the shutter 4 and the operation lever 5 to the closed position to close the counting inlet. Thus, in the pachinko ball counting machine 1, it is not necessary for the player to hold down the operation lever to the open position when counting the pachinko balls from the ball box portion.

In the above embodiment, the shutter is always biased in the closing direction, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the operation lever may be constantly biased in the closing direction. In this case, when attaching the barrel portion having the shutter at the open position to the counter body having the operation lever at the closed position, the connection is established. An obstacle member may be provided at a position shown by a broken line a in FIG. 2 so as not to be assembled in a cut state. Further, when the urging means is not provided on either the shutter or the operation lever, obstacle members may be provided on both sides of the groove of the shutter.

[0008]

As described above, the pachinko ball counting machine of the present invention is a pachinko ball counting machine provided in a pachinko machine to which a pachinko machine is assembled, wherein the pachinko machine is to be washed down from a lower plate of the pachinko machine. A slidable operation lever having a slidably movable shutter for opening and closing a counting inlet opening in a recess for receiving a ball, the slidably movable shutter being detachably locked to the shutter to open and close the shutter. In a pachinko ball counter that is separably provided in the counter body provided with, an obstacle member that disables connection with an operation lever that is displaced in the sliding direction with respect to the shutter is provided with an operation lever in the shutter. It is characterized by being provided from the connecting portion in the sliding direction. With this, if the operation lever is moved in the opening direction due to contact with another object while removing the carton section, the operation lever will not be able to attach the carton section with the shutter in the closed position. The abutment box cannot be attached to the counter body side due to contact, so that the amber box section is no longer attached in the state where the shutter can not be opened and closed as in the past, and the attachment operation of the amber box section is easy It has an effect that is excellent in practicality.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a pachinko ball counting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation lever and a holding unit.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional pachinko ball counting machine.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a misaligned shutter and an operation lever in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko ball counting machine 2 ... Counter main body 3 ... Tama box part 4 ... Shutter 5 ... Operation lever 6 ... Connecting vertical wall part 7 ... Concave groove part 8 ... Obstacle member 9 ... Holding means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball counting machine provided in a pachinko machine to which a pachinko machine is assembled, wherein a slide for opening and closing a counting inlet opening in a recess for receiving a pachinko ball flowing down from a lower plate of the pachinko machine. A pachinko machine provided with a movable shutter and a detachable pachinko machine provided with a counter body having a slidably movable operation lever for detachably engaging the shutter and opening and closing the shutter. In the ball counter, an obstacle member that disables connection with an operation lever that is displaced in the slide direction with respect to the shutter is provided from a connection portion of the shutter with the operation lever in a slide direction. Pachinko ball counting machine. 2. The pachinko ball counting machine according to claim 1, wherein a holding means for removably engaging with the operation lever and holding the operation lever in an open position is provided on the counter body.