JPH11235443A - Winning ball handling device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a winning ball handling device for a Pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine that can discharge winning balls one by one by a simple structure. SOLUTION: The winning ball handling device has integrally a ball receiving section 471 that is provided vertically rotatably, plunges into a winning ball route 46 when rotated upwardly and prevents a preceding winning ball from flowing down, and a ball stopping section 472 that plunges into the winning ball route 46 and prevents following winning balls from flowing down when rotated downward, and comprises a flicker member 47, the gravity of which is positioned in a manner that makes it rotate downward by its self-weight, a winning ball detector 53 that is provided so as to detect a leading winning ball between the ball receiving section 471 and the ball stopping section 472 of the flicker member 47 and dispenses prize balls by actuating a prize ball dispensing device 25 by the detection signal, and a solenoid 48 that supports the flicker member 47 on an upward rotation position when not excited and rotates the flicker member 47 downward by excitation based on the prize ball dispensation of the prize ball dispensing device and flows down winning balls of the ball receiving section 471.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of electrically detecting a winning ball in a winning ball passage, operating a premium ball dispensing device based on the detection signal, and dispensing a premium ball, and based on the premium ball dispensing. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a winning ball processing device of a pachinko machine that performs a discharging process while cutting a winning ball one by one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a winning ball processing device of this kind of pachinko machine, for example, as shown in FIG.
Rotating piece 10 constantly biased by weight 101 at the end of zero
2, a solenoid 104 rotatably supporting the movable iron piece 103, and a winning ball detector 105, and a prize ball payout device is operated by the detection signal of the winning ball detector 105 to pay out a prize ball. It is known that the solenoid 104 is excited so that the rotating piece 102 and the movable iron piece 103 alternately enter and exit the winning ball passage 100, thereby discharging the winning balls while cutting them one by one. (See Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-32881).

[0003]

In the conventional prize ball processing device described above, the rotating piece 102 and the movable iron piece 103, which alternately enter and exit the prize ball path 100 and cut the prize balls one by one, are separately provided. Because it is provided separately as a member,
There is a problem that the precision is required for the mutual positional relationship and the assembling is troublesome, and moreover, the number of parts is increased and the cost is inevitably increased.

[0004] Further, since the rotating piece 102 is provided with a weight 101 for return rotation, the weight of the weight 101 and the ball weight of the winning prize ball when the movable iron piece 103 rotates when the solenoid 104 is excited. The rotating piece 102 must be rotated to cause a problem that a large load is applied to the solenoid 104 to easily cause a failure due to burning or the like. Further, the rotating piece 102 is rotated by the action force of the weight 101. Since it is made to return to motion, there is a problem in that when excessive ball pressure is applied to the rotating piece 102, it becomes difficult to return to rotation, and the operation reliability is lacking.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a winning ball processing device for a pachinko machine capable of reliably discharging one winning ball at a time with a simple structure. It is.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a winning ball processing device of a pachinko machine according to the present invention comprises:
The ball receiving portion is provided rotatably in the vertical direction, enters the winning ball passage when rotating upward, and prevents the leading winning ball from flowing down, and enters the winning ball passage when rotating downward and succeeds when winning. A flicker member integrally having a ball stopper for preventing the ball from flowing down, and always having a center of gravity so as to rotate downward by its own weight, a ball receiver and a ball stopper of the flicker member A prize ball detector is provided so as to detect a leading prize ball between the prize balls, and activates a prize ball dispensing device based on the detection signal to pay out a prize ball. And a solenoid that excites and rotates the flicker member downward based on the prize ball payout of the prize ball payout device to flow down a winning ball in the ball receiving portion.

In the present invention constructed as described above, the ball receiving portion and the stopper portion for alternately entering and exiting the winning ball path and cutting the winning ball one by one are integrally formed, so that the number of parts is reduced. Can be reduced, and the assembling does not require much labor, and the cost can be reduced.

In addition, since the flicker member rotates downward by its own weight upon excitation of the solenoid and discharges the winning ball, no load is applied to the solenoid and operation reliability can be provided. .

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a pachinko machine to which a winning ball processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. The pachinko machine 1 has a front frame 1
1 is attached to open and close freely. A game board 12 is detachably mounted on the rear side of the front frame 11 via a mounting frame. On the front of the game board 12, a guide rail 1 having a firing position is provided.
A plurality of prize holes 14, a variable prize hole 15, and the like are provided in a game section surrounded by the guide rail 13. A ball feed tray 1 is provided at a lower front portion of the front frame 11.
6, an extra ball receiving tray 17, an operation handle 18, and the like are provided.

A mechanism plate 19 is rotatably mounted on the back of the game board 12. A winning ball collecting space is formed on the front side of the mechanism board 19 opposite to the back of the game board, and a gutter-shaped winning ball collecting passage 20 is formed below the winning ball collecting space.
A premium ball tank 21 is fixed to the upper portion of the rear surface of the mechanism plate 19. Below the prize ball tank 21, a gutter rail 22 for guiding prize balls in two rows is provided. A supply gutter 24 is connected to a downstream end of the gutter rail 22 via a curve rail 23, and an electric prize ball dispensing device 2 is provided at a lower end of the supply gutter 24.
5 are provided. A discharge gutter 26 is formed below the electric prize ball dispensing device 25 to guide the prize balls dispensed from the electric prize ball dispensing device 25 to the hit ball supply tray 16.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
A rectifying mechanism 27 is provided substantially at an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the vertical passage portion, and two rows of spherical passages respectively communicating with the spherical passages of the gutter rail 22 are provided upstream of the supply gutter 24 provided with the rectifying mechanism 27. 24a, 24b, and the downstream side is formed by a single row of merging passages 24c by rib walls 241, 241.
It is formed as. The rectifying mechanism 27 is composed of two sprockets 29a and 29b of the same shape and the same size that share a single rotatable shaft 28 rotatably supported, and a part of the outer periphery of one of the sprockets 29a is a ball of the supply gutter 24. Passage 24
a, a part of the outer periphery of the other sprocket 29b is
4b. The sprockets 29a, 29
b denotes six concave claw portions 291a, 291 into which a prize ball flowing down the ball passages 24a, 24b can fit.
b is formed, and the claw portion 2 of the sprocket 29a is formed.
91a and the claw portion 291b of the sprocket 29b are fixed to the rotation shaft 28 while being relatively displaced with respect to the rotation direction. Therefore, from the premium ball tank 21 to the gutter rail 22
The prize balls guided to the two rows of ball passages 24a and 24b of the supply gutter 24 through the two sprockets 2 of the flow straightening mechanism 27
Due to the rotation of 9a and 29b, they fall alternately into the merging passage 24c, and flow down the merging passage 24c in a line.

As shown in FIG. 5, the electric prize ball dispensing device 25 has a mounting plate 30 for mounting on the mechanism plate 19 and a motor mounting plate 32 for mounting a drive motor 31 as an electric drive source. A vertical supply passage 33 is formed in the mounting plate 30 and is continuous with the merging passage 24c of the supply gutter 24. A lead screw 34 is provided in parallel with the supply passage 33. The lead screw 34 is attached to the mounting plate 3
The upper and lower support shafts 36 are supported via bearings 35 on upper and lower receiving pieces 301, 301, and are mounted so as to be horizontally rotatable.
A ball-shaped ball support 3 that supports the state-of-the-art prize ball facing 3
7 is provided spirally. A bent prize ball discharge passage 38 connected to the supply passage 33 is formed below the lead screw 34.

A drive motor 31 is orthogonally mounted on the lower surface of the horizontal portion of the motor mounting plate 32, and its motor shaft 39 projects above the horizontal portion.
Is fixed. The driving gear 40 is meshed with a driven gear 41 fixed to the support shaft 36 of the lead screw 34, and rotates the drive motor 31 to rotate the lead screw 3.
4. The rotation ratio of the drive motor 31 and the lead screw 34 is set such that the lead screw 34 makes one rotation with two rotations of the drive motor 31. The ball support 3 of the lead screw 34
The spiral shape of 7 is selected such that the leading-edge prize ball continuously arranged in the supply passage 33 loses support and falls into the prize ball discharge passage 38 by one rotation of the lead screw 34.

A ball cut detector 42 is provided in the supply passage 33, and when the supply passage 33 runs out of balls, the rotation of the drive motor 31 is stopped to prevent the prize ball payout operation. I do. Also, in the prize ball discharge passage 38,
A prize ball detector 43 is provided, and can detect prize balls discharged to the prize ball discharge passage 38 one by one by rotation of the lead screw 34.

At the end of the winning ball collecting passage 20, a winning ball processing device 44 according to the present invention is provided. The winning ball processing device 44 has a base member 45 attached to the mechanism plate 19 as shown in FIGS. 6 to 10, and the winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting passage 20 are arranged in a row on the upper surface of the base member 45. Prize ball passage 46 flowing down in line with
Are formed. On the side of the winning ball passage 46, the passage 4
A flicker member 47 for opening and closing 6 and a solenoid 48 are provided.

The flicker member 47 enters the prize ball passage 46 at the time of upward rotation shown in FIG. 9 to prevent the leading prize ball B from flowing down, and the downward rotation shown in FIG. It is formed in an inverted L-shape integrally provided with a ball stopping portion 472 that sometimes enters the winning ball passage 46 and prevents the following winning ball B1 from flowing down, and is rotatable up and down on the base member 45 by a shaft 49. It is pivoted. The center of gravity of the flicker member 47 is set so that it always rotates downward by its own weight.

The plunger 481 of the solenoid 48
Is connected to a supporting member 50.
The roller 51 is provided on the side surface of the. When the solenoid 48 is not excited, the plunger 4
81 is urged upward by a coil spring 52, and as shown in FIG. 9, the roller 51 of the support member 50 is engaged with an engagement convex portion 473 formed on the lower surface of the ball receiving portion 471 to flicker the member. 47 is supported at the upward rotation position.
When the solenoid 48 is excited, the plunger 481 is sucked downward against the bias of the coil spring 52 as shown in FIG. 10, and at the same time, the flicker member 47 loses the support of the roller 51 and rotates downward by its own weight. It works. That is, when the solenoid 48 is not excited, the ball receiving portion 471 of the flicker member 47 is
When the solenoid 48 is energized, the flicker member 47 rotates downward to drop the winning ball B on the ball receiving portion 471, and at the same time the ball stopping portion 472 is closed. Block the winning ball passage 46 to prevent the following winning ball B1 from falling.

A winning ball detector 53 is attached to the winning ball passage 46 so that the leading winning ball B can be detected between the flicker member 471 and the ball stopper 472.

The winning ball processing device 4 configured as described above
4, when the solenoid 48 is demagnetized and the flicker member 47 rotates upward as shown in FIG. 9, the top winning ball B of the winning ball passage 46 is received on the ball receiving portion 471 of the flicker member 47. stand by. At the same time, the winning ball B is detected by the winning ball detector 53. When the winning ball detector 53 detects the winning ball B, the drive motor 31 of the electric premium ball dispensing device 25 is driven based on the detection signal, and the lead screw 34 is driven.
Is rotated to discharge a predetermined number of prize balls into the prize ball discharge passage 38. Then, a signal indicating that a predetermined number of prize balls are being paid out or a payout end signal is sent to the solenoid 48 of the winning ball processing device 44.
, The solenoid 48 is excited. As the solenoid 48 is excited, the plunger 481 is sucked downward against the coil spring 52 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 8, and the valve member 47 loses the support by the roller 51 and moves downward by its own weight as shown in FIG. Turns around. Thereby, the ball receiving part 4
The top winning ball B received on the upper surface of the ball 71 drops and is discharged out of the machine. At the same time, the ball stopping portion 472 of the flicker member 47 rushes into the winning ball passage 46, and the subsequent winning ball B follows.
Block 1 from falling. Then, the flicker member 47 rotates upward by the pushing up of the roller 51 of the plunger 481 and returns to the position shown in FIG. 9 with the demagnetization of the solenoid 48, and at the same time, the subsequent winning ball B1 stopped by the ball stopping portion 472.
Is dropped on the upper surface of the ball receiving portion 471 and can be received.
As a result, the winning operation is reliably discharged one by one by repeating the same operation as described above.

[0020]

As apparent from the above description, the winning ball processing device of the pachinko machine according to the present invention electrically detects a winning ball in a winning ball passage, and uses the detection signal to control the prize ball payout device. Actuating and paying out the prize ball, operating the solenoid based on the payout of the prize ball, and rotating the flicker member integrally having the ball receiving portion and the ball stopping portion by the operation of the solenoid to win the winning ball. Since the discharge is performed while cutting the balls one by one, the number of parts is small, the assembling work is easy, and the cost can be reduced.

In addition, the flicker member of the winning ball processing device is provided with the ball receiving portion and the ball stopping portion integrally, so that the corresponding positional relationship between the ball receiving portion and the ball stopping portion does not change, and the operation is ensured. Can be enhanced.

Furthermore, since the flicker member is rotated by its own weight in accordance with the excitation of the solenoid to discharge the winning ball, no load is applied to the solenoid, and the occurrence of a failure due to burning or the like is prevented. Can be done,
It is possible to smoothly perform the process of discharging the winning ball.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which a winning ball processing device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a rectifying mechanism of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a part of the rectifying mechanism in FIG. 3 in a cross section.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a part of the electric premium ball dispensing device of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a winning ball processing device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an exploded perspective view of the winning ball processing device of FIG.

8 is a side view of the winning ball processing device of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory view of the winning ball processing device of FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view of the winning ball processing device of FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 25 prize ball payout device 44 winning ball processing device 46 winning ball passage 47 flicker member 48 solenoid 53 winning ball detector 471 ball receiving portion 472 ball stopping portion

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball receiving portion rotatably provided in a vertical direction, which enters into a prize ball passage at the time of upward rotation and prevents a leading prize ball from flowing down, and enters a prize ball passage at the time of downward rotation. A flicker member integrally having a ball stopping portion for preventing the following winning ball from flowing down, and having a center of gravity so as to always rotate downward by its own weight; and a ball receiving portion of the flicker member A prize ball detector that is provided so as to detect a leading prize ball between the ball stop portion and the prize ball payout device by operating a prize ball payout device based on the detection signal, and the flicker member when not excited. A pachinko machine comprising: a solenoid that is supported in an upward rotation position and is excited based on the premium ball payout of the premium ball payout device to rotate the flicker member downward to flow down a winning ball in a ball receiving portion. Prize ball processing equipment.