JPH1157192A - Pachinko ball collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exactly arrange a pachinko ball collector under a pachinko machine side ball eject hole in spite of its varied position. SOLUTION: A pachinko ball collector 1 is provided with a device supporting part 2 placed and fixed on a lateral frame 90a, longitudinally movable part 3 supported on that device supporting part 2 so as to be moved in the longitudinal direction (arrow A direction) of the pachinko machine, and all receiving part 5 supported on that longitudinally movable part 3 so as to be moved in the vertical direction (arrow B direction) of the pachinko machine and the ball receiving part 5 is regulated at a position for receiving pachinko balls ejected from a ball eject hole 9c while being made movable respectively in the longitudinal and vertical directions of the pachinko machine and feeds the received pachinko balls towards a ball collecting route.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball collecting apparatus for receiving pachinko balls discharged from a ball discharge port on the back side of a pachinko machine and sending the pachinko balls to a collecting path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko ball collecting device is interposed between a ball discharge port on the back side of a pachinko machine and a collecting path in a game island, and an outgoing ball is discharged into the game area of the pachinko machine and discharged from the ball discharge port. The balls are received by the pachinko ball collection device and sent out to the collection path.

[0003] This pachinko ball collecting apparatus usually comprises a support plate fixed to a horizontal frame of a game island on which a pachinko machine is mounted, and a ball receiving case supported on the support plate. The ball receiving case is slidable on the support plate with respect to the support plate, and is detachable at a plurality of positions, for example, at three positions, whereby the ball discharge port of the pachinko machine is replaced by a new replacement of the pachinko machine. Even if the position of the ball receiving case is changed, the position of the ball receiving case can be adjusted so that the ball receiving case is always below the ball discharge port in response to the position change.

[0004]

However, various pachinko machines have recently been provided by various manufacturers, and accordingly, the positions of the ball discharge ports of the pachinko machines have been diversified beyond the conventional category. The conventional pachinko ball collecting device, in which the ball receiving case is slid on the support plate to adjust the position, can cope to some extent with a change in the pachinko machine lateral direction (sliding direction). In some cases, it is not possible to sufficiently respond to changes in the up-down direction or the front-rear direction, and the ball receiving case cannot be arranged below the ball discharge port.

[0005] The present invention has been proposed in view of the above,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko ball collecting device that can be accurately arranged below the ball discharge port irrespective of the position of the diversified pachinko machine side ball discharge port.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is a pachinko ball collecting apparatus for receiving pachinko balls discharged from a ball discharge port on the back side of a pachinko machine and sending the pachinko balls to a collecting path. In the device, a device support portion arranged at a predetermined position on the back side of the pachinko machine, a front-rear movable portion supported by the device support portion so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, and the front-rear movable portion, A ball receiving portion having a length capable of being moved in the vertical direction of the pachinko machine and having a length capable of responding to a change in position of the ball discharge port in the horizontal direction of the pachinko machine in the horizontal direction of the pachinko machine; The part is adjusted to a position for receiving a pachinko ball discharged from the ball discharge port by being movable in each of the pachinko machine front-rear direction and the pachinko machine vertical direction,
It is characterized by sending out the received pachinko balls toward the collection path.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the device supporting portion is a raised portion having a flat upper end surface at each of both longitudinal ends. The movable part in the front-rear direction comprises two movable bodies provided corresponding to the respective raised parts, and each of the two movable bodies is an upper end face of the raised part. Is mounted so as to be slidable and can be moved in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second aspect of the present invention, an upper end surface of each raised portion of the device supporting portion is formed in a longitudinal direction of the pachinko machine. It has a ridge and a number of narrow grooves in the lateral direction of the pachinko machine formed at a predetermined pitch, and each bottom surface of the movable body is the same as the guide groove fitted to the ridge and the fine grooves. A plurality of pachinko machine lateral bottom side narrow groove groups formed at a pitch and engaged with the narrow groove group to be locked, and when the movable body is mounted on the upper end surface of the raised portion, the guide groove is The movable body fits into the ridge and the movable body is guided by the ridge and becomes movable in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine. When the movable body is stopped at a desired position, the narrow groove group on the upper end surface side of the raised portion and the narrow groove group on the bottom side are formed. It is characterized by being positioned by meshing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second or third aspect of the present invention, a screw hole is formed at a predetermined position on an upper end surface of each raised portion of the device supporting portion. In the bottom wall of the movable body, a long hole for inserting a fixing screw that accumulates with the screw hole is formed in a predetermined length in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, and the fixing screw is inserted into the long hole and inserted into the screw hole. The movable body is moved within a predetermined length of the elongated hole with the fixing screw loosened, and the movable body is moved in the longitudinal direction of the pachinko machine by tightening the fixing screw at a desired position. Is fixed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of any of the second to fourth aspects, the movable body has a bottom wall and an open upper surface. And a plurality of engaging holes formed in the vertical direction of the pachinko machine at each of the side walls adjacent to the prism portion, and the ball receiving portion is mounted and fixed on each of the raised portions. Two pillar portions extending downward from the bottom of the ball receiving portion, which are loosely fitted to the prism portions of the body, and formed on each of the adjacent sidewalls of each pillar portion corresponding to each of the adjacent sidewalls of the prism portion. Each of the ball receiving portions is inserted into the prism portion of the movable body, and each of the engaging projections of the side wall adjacent to the pillar portion is made to correspond to the corresponding prism portion side wall. The vertical position of the pachinko machine is adjusted by engaging with one of the plurality of engaging holes. It is.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the ball receiving portion receives pachinko balls from the ball discharge port. A box-shaped saucer with an open upper side and one end in the length direction, and a discharge gutter that can be detachably attached to the opening at the one end in the length direction of the saucer with a single touch and sends the pachinko balls flowing down from the saucer to a collection path, Which is characterized by having

Further, the invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 6, a low rebound member is laid on the bottom surface of the tray.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the sixth or seventh aspect of the present invention, the delivery gutter is formed of a high-strength resin material.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the back of the pachinko machine, showing a case where the pachinko ball collecting apparatus of the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the pachinko ball collecting apparatus from the pachinko machine front side. X in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the pachinko ball collecting device from the direction, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a relationship between the device support portion, the movable body of the front-rear movable portion, and the column portion of the ball receiving portion in the pachinko ball collecting device, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective cross-sectional view showing a case where a support portion is inserted into a movable body and positioned, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a ball receiving portion, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of the ball receiving portion. FIG. 9 is a front view of the ball receiver from the back side of the pachinko machine.

The pachinko ball collecting apparatus 1 of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the back surface 9b of the pachinko machine 9
Under the ball discharge port 9c on the side, it is placed and fixed on the horizontal frame 90a of the game island 90, receives the out ball from the ball discharge port 9c and guides it to flow down, and from the spiral bellows 19 attached to the final stage, the game island 90 For sending out to a collection path (not shown) in the inside. The out ball is a pachinko ball fired into the game area by the player with the pachinko machine 9, and includes a pachinko ball that has entered a winning opening.

The above-mentioned pachinko ball collecting apparatus 1 has a horizontal frame 90.
a supporting device 2 mounted and fixed on the
The front-rear movable part 3 movably supported in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine (the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1), and the front-rear movable part 3 is moved in the vertical direction of the pachinko machine (the direction of arrow B in FIG. 1). And a ball receiver 5 that is supported as possible.

As shown in FIG. 4, the device supporting portion 2 has substantially rectangular parallelepiped raised portions 21 at both longitudinal ends of a rectangular plate member 20.
a, 21b are formed, and the raised portions 21 are formed.
The upper end surfaces 22a and 22b of the a and 21b are formed flat, respectively. On the flat upper end surfaces 22a and 22b, a single ridge 23a and 23b is formed in the front-rear direction. Fine grooves are formed in the lateral direction, and these fine grooves constitute the fine groove groups 24a and 24b. Screw holes 25a and 25b are formed at predetermined positions on the upper end surfaces 22a and 22b, respectively. Further, the predetermined 2
Screw holes 20a and 20b for fixing to the horizontal frame 90a of the game island 90 with screws are drilled at various places.

As shown in FIG. 4, the movable member 3 in the front-rear direction is provided corresponding to each of the raised portions 21a and 21b.
And three movable bodies 30a and 30b.
0a and 30b are rectangular bottom walls 31a and 31b (FIG. 5).
And a partition 32
a, 32b divide the front (the side facing the pachinko machine 9) and the rear. The partitions 32a, 3
It is surrounded by a peripheral wall having the same height as 2b to form hollow prismatic portions 34a, 34b having open upper surfaces, and the rear portion is surrounded by a peripheral wall that is shorter than the partition walls 32a, 32b. .

Then, one side wall 3 of the prism portions 34a and 34b
41a and 341b have three long holes 36a in the horizontal direction.
, 36b are formed in three steps of upper, middle, and lower, and front side walls 342a, 34 adjacent to one side wall 341a, 341b.
2b, vertical notches 37a and 37b are formed by notching deeply from the upper end to the lower end, and are further notched horizontally from the vertical notches 37a and 37b.
The three horizontal notch holes 38a ..., 38b ...
It is formed in steps, and branches off from the vertical cutout holes 37a and 37b, respectively. In addition, long holes 36a ..., 36b ...
The upper, middle, and lower tiers with the horizontal notch holes 38a, 38b,... Have the same height.

As shown in FIG. 5, the projections 23a, 23b of the raised portions 21a, 21b are provided on the lower surfaces of the bottom walls 31a, 31b.
The guide grooves 41a and 41b are formed so as to fit into the groove. A large number of narrow grooves are formed in the lateral direction at the same pitch as the narrow groove groups 24a and 24b of the raised portions 21a and 21b.
a, 42b. This bottom side narrow groove group 42
The a and b are engaged with the narrow groove groups 24a and 24b on the ridges 21a and 21b, respectively, and are locked.

Furthermore, sliding long holes 43a and 43b for inserting fixing screws that accumulate with the screw holes 25a and 25b of the raised portions 21a and 21b are formed in the bottom walls 31a and 31b by a predetermined length in the front-rear direction. Is formed.

The above-mentioned ball receiving portion 5 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, a receiving tray 6 for receiving pachinko balls from the ball discharge port 9c, a sending gutter 7 for sending pachinko balls flowing down from the receiving tray 6 toward a collection path, and extending downward from a bottom wall 60 of the receiving tray 6. And two supporting columns 8a and 8b.

The pan 6 is located above and in the longitudinal direction (lateral direction).
It has a box shape with one end opened, and its overall length in the horizontal direction is set in advance to a length that can cope with a change in the position of the ball discharge port in the horizontal direction due to replacement of the pachinko machine.
The bottom wall 60 of the receiving tray 6 has a gentle slope (FIGS. 2 and 9), and the slant allows the pachinko ball from the ball discharge port 9c to enter the opening 62 at one end in the length direction. It rolls smoothly toward the outlet gutter 7.

A low-repulsion member 61, for example, a low-repulsion elastic rubber is laid on the entire surface of the bottom wall 60 of the receiving tray 6, and the pachinko balls dropped from the ball discharge port 9c have low repulsion. Since the ball falls on the member 61, the repulsive force at the time of bouncing is weakened, so that the pachinko ball can reliably be prevented from jumping out beyond the peripheral wall 6a of the saucer 6.

The delivery gutter 7 is made of a translucent high-strength resin material, has a curved shape bent substantially at right angles along a corner 63 including an opening 62 of the tray 6, and has a pachinko ball along the curved shape. A ball passage 70 having a width through which one ball can pass is formed with a downward slope to a ball outlet 70a.
The side wall 71 of the ball passage 70 facing the opening 62 is formed to be taller, and the pachinko balls flowing down from the receiving tray 6 are reliably received by the ball passage 70 after hitting the side wall 71. The pachinko balls that have entered the ball passage 70 smoothly flow down to the ball outlet 70a while curving along the ball passage 70.

The delivery gutter 7 is detachable from the corner 63 with one touch. Sending out gutter 7 to saucer 6
In order to connect to the positioning shaft 7 on the feed gutter 7 side,
2 and 73 are fitted from above into bearing holes 64 and 65 formed in the periphery of the bottom wall 60 on the receiving tray 6 side, and are pressed somewhat strongly.
At this time, the bottom wall 60 is inserted into the engagement hole 74 on the delivery gutter 7 side.
The locking claw 66 formed on the edge engages, and the outgoing gutter 7
A locking claw 67 formed on a mounting plate 69 described later is engaged with the notch 75 for engagement on the side. As a result, the feed gutter 7
Are easily connected to the pan 6 with one touch. On the other hand, in order to remove the sending-out gutter 7 from the receiving tray 6, the engaging claws 66 and 67 are pushed back by hand to release the engaged state, so that they can be easily removed with one touch as in the case of connection.

On the bottom wall 60 between the two columns 8a and 8b, the above-mentioned mounting plate 69 extends downward, and on this mounting plate 69, a ball counter 51 is mounted via a supporting member 52. It is attached detachably. Ball inlet 51a of ball counter 51
The ball outlet 70a of the discharge gutter 7 is located above the pachinko balls. Pachinko balls flowing down the discharge gutter 7 pass through the ball counter 51 and are counted. 19 and is collected in the collection path. The count signal from the ball counter 51 is transmitted to a management computer (not shown) and used as management information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the struts 8a and 8b
It is formed so as to correspond to the distance between the raised portions 21a and 21b of the device supporting portion 2, and as described later, the movable bodies 30a and 30b
b are formed in substantially columnar shapes so that they can be loosely fitted to the prism portions 34a and 34b when the b is mounted and fixed on the raised portions 21a and 21b. Also, the support portion 8 with respect to the lower surface of the bottom wall 60 is provided.
As shown in FIG. 2, the length (height) of
To the slope of the bottom wall 60, the support portion 8a on the upper side of the slope
Is long, and the column portion 8b on the lower side of the gradient is shorter.

As shown in FIG. 4, the support portion 8a has the shape of a hollow prism, and has a protruding portion 811 formed at the lower end of one side wall 81 near the rear. Also the front side wall 82
A column-shaped column portion 821 and a disk-shaped head portion 82
2 are formed, and the pillar portion 821 is formed.
Is slightly longer than the thickness of the front side wall 342a of the prism portion 34a, and when the support portion 8a is inserted into the prism portion 34a,
The column portion 821 fits into the vertical cutout hole 37a or the horizontal cutout hole 38a.

As shown in FIG. 4, one of the columns 8b is
The hollow prism is divided into three equal parts by the two partition walls 83, 83, and is formed in a shape such that one side wall is removed except for the other side wall 84 at the central prism portion, and the other side wall 84 has a lateral direction from the lower end. An arm 841 extends toward the inside of the prism, and a locking claw 842 is formed at the tip of the arm 841. A protruding portion 851 is formed at the lower end of the rear side wall 85 in the same manner as the protruding portion 811, and at the lower end of the front side wall 86,
Similarly to the locking piece 820 described above, a locking piece 860 including a columnar column portion 861 and a disk-shaped head portion 862 is formed. The column portion 861 of the locking piece 860 is slightly longer than the thickness of the front side wall 342b of the prism portion 34b,
When the support 8b is inserted into the prism 34b, the column 86
1 are fitted into the vertical cutout holes 37b and the horizontal cutout holes 38b.

In the pachinko ball collecting apparatus having the above configuration,
The assembling and position adjustment are performed in the following procedure.

First, on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, the device support 2 is fixed to the horizontal frame 90a of the game island 90. The fixing of the device supporting portion 2 is performed by arranging the device supporting portion 2 in the horizontal frame 90a, inserting screws into each of the screw holes 20a and 20b of the device supporting portion 2, and accumulating the screws in the horizontal frame 90a.

Next, the raised portions 21a, 21 of the device support portion 2
b, the two movable bodies 30a and 30b are placed on the
a and 23b are provided with guide grooves 41a and 4 of movable bodies 30a and 30b.
1b is fitted. Thereby, the movable bodies 30a, 30b
Is movable in the front-rear direction guided by the ridges 23a and 23b.

The movable bodies 30a, 30b are
When the position is adjusted in the front-rear direction by moving along the line b, and stopped at a desired position, the small grooves 24a, 24b on the ridges 21a, 21b side engage with the small grooves 42a, 42b on the bottom side. Thus, the movable bodies 30a and 30b are positioned. At that position, the screws are inserted into the sliding slots 43a, 43b.
Through the screw holes 25a and 25b,
a, 30b are fixed to the raised portions 21a, 21b.

Subsequently, the ball receiver 5 is attached to the movable bodies 30a and 30b.
And adjust the vertical position. First, the support portions 8a, 8b of the ball receiving portion 5 are inserted into the prism portions 34a, 34b of the movable bodies 30a, 30b from above, and FIG.
As shown in the figure, the support portions 8a and 8b are connected to the prism portions 34a and 34.
b is temporarily shifted to one side. For this insertion,
The column portions 821 and 861 of the locking pieces 820 and 860 are guided by being fitted into the vertical cutout holes 37a and 37b, and the head portions 822 and 862 abut against the front side walls 342a and 342b, and the front and rear directions of the support portions 8a and 8b. The movement is regulated.

Next, the support portions 8a and 8b (ball receiving portion 5) are moved up and down to adjust the position in the up and down direction. That is, the long holes 36a, 36b, the horizontal notch holes 38a, etc.
A column of an appropriate height is selected from the upper, lower, middle, and upper three stages, and the column portions 8a, 8b are moved in the horizontal direction at that height, and the engaging projections (projecting portions 811, 851, locking pawls) 842, locking piece 8
20, 860) to set it in the state shown in FIG. 6 (B). At this time, the projection 81
1, 851 fit into the selected long holes 36a, 36b.
The locking pieces 820 and 860 are fitted into the selected horizontal cutout holes 38a and 38b, and the head portions 822 and 8
Reference numeral 62 impinges on the front side walls 342a, 342b to regulate the movement of the support portions 8a, 8b in the front-rear direction. Further, the locking claw 842 is pushed into and engaged with the selected elongated hole 36b, and locks the lateral movement of the support columns 8a and 8b.

On the other hand, when changing the position adjustment in the up-down direction, the engaging claw 842 is manually pushed down to release the engaged state, and the columns 8a and 8b are moved in the lateral direction. The state may be returned to the state of FIG. 6 (A) once, and then moved up and down again to select an appropriate step.

As described above, in this embodiment, the front-rear movable portion 3 is supported by the device supporting portion 2 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the ball receiving portion 5 is movable by the movable member 3 in the front-rear direction. As the pachinko machine 9 is replaced and becomes a new model, the position of the ball discharge port 9c is changed even if the position of the ball discharge port 9c is changed since the tray 6 of the ball receiving portion 5 is formed sufficiently long in the lateral direction. The position can be accurately adjusted so that the tray 6 is located below the ball discharge port 9c, which sufficiently responds to recent diversification of pachinko machines.

The position adjustment in the front-rear direction is performed by the raised portions 21a, 2a.
Since the movable members 30a and 30b mounted on the first member 1b can be simply slid and fixed with screws, the position adjustment can be performed easily and quickly.

The raised portions 21a and 21b and the movable body 30
a, 30b is used to adjust the position in the front-rear direction.
a, 23b, and the narrow groove group 24
Since the positioning is performed by engaging the a, 24b with the bottom side thin groove groups 42a, 42b, the position adjustment in the front-rear direction can be made reliable and fine.

Furthermore, even if it is necessary to change the position in the front-back direction, the screws are loosened, the movable members 30a, 30b are moved along the slide slots 43a, 43b, and the screws are tightened again at the desired positions. Only the position change in the front-rear direction can be performed very easily.

The vertical position adjustment is performed by using the support portions 8a and 8b.
Is simply inserted into the prism portions 34a and 34b and shifted in the lateral direction, and the engaging projections (projections 811 and 811) of the columns 8a and 8b are engaged.
851, locking claws 842, and locking pieces 820, 860) can be fitted or engaged with the selected steps, respectively, so that the vertical position adjustment work can be performed easily and quickly as in the front-rear direction. It can be done with one touch.

The protruding portions 811, 851 and the locking claws 842, and the locking pieces 820, 860 are connected to the prism portions 34a,
Since the ball receiving portion 5 is fitted or engaged with each step of the adjacent side wall 34b, the ball receiving portion 5 can be assembled in a state where there is almost no play, and the position adjustment in the vertical direction is reliable and highly reliable. It can be.

Further, the engagement state of the ball receiving portion 5 is determined by the locking claw 8
Since it can be released only by pushing down 42 manually, it is possible to easily change the position in the vertical direction at any time.

Since the low repulsion member 61 is laid on the receiving tray 6 of the ball receiving portion 5, the pachinko ball that has fallen from the ball discharge port 9c and has fallen on the low repulsion member 61 has a weak repulsion force when bouncing. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the protrusion from jumping out.

In addition, conventionally, the receiving tray 6 and the bent out and complicated sending-out gutter 7 are integrally formed, so that the handling at the time of packing and assembling is complicated, but in this embodiment, Since both parts are formed as separate parts, and the two parts can be assembled and removed with one touch, the handling can be performed more easily, and the work can be performed in a short time without complexity.

Further, conventionally, in the ball passage of the delivery gutter,
A metal plate was laid along the ball path to prevent abrasion due to pachinko ball rolling, but this plate laying work was performed on a narrow and bent ball path, which was complicated and time-consuming. Was. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the sending-out gutter 7 is formed of a high-strength resin material, abrasion due to the rolling of the pachinko balls does not occur, and therefore, the laying of the metal plate is not required, which shortens the time required for the entire assembling work. can do. In addition, since the roller rolls on the resin material, noise generated when rolling on the metal plate can be significantly reduced.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately implemented without changing the configuration described in the claims.

[0049]

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration,
The following effects can be obtained. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front-rear movable portion is supported by the device supporting portion so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, and the ball receiving portion is supported by the movable portion in the front-rear direction so as to be movable vertically by the pachinko machine. In addition, since the ball receiving section is formed long enough to accommodate the change of the position of the ball discharge port in the horizontal direction of the pachinko machine, the position of the ball discharge port is changed by replacing the pachinko machine with a new model Even if this happens, the position can be accurately adjusted so that the ball receiving portion is located below the ball discharge port, which sufficiently responds to the recent diversification of pachinko machines.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the position of the pachinko machine in the front-rear direction can be adjusted only by sliding the movable body mounted on the raised portion and fixing it with screws. Can be done easily and quickly.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the position adjustment in the longitudinal direction of the pachinko machine by the raised portion and the movable body is guided along the ridge, and a group of narrow grooves on the raised portion side is provided.
Since the positioning is performed by meshing with the bottom side thin groove group, the position adjustment in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine can be made surely and finely.

Further, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, when changing the position of the pachinko machine in the front-rear direction, loosen the screw, move the movable body along the elongated slot for sliding, and again at the desired position. Since it can be performed simply by tightening the screw, it is possible to change the position of the pachinko machine in the front-rear direction very easily.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the position of the pachinko machine in the vertical direction can be adjusted only by inserting the column into the prism and displacing the column horizontally. Since the engaging holes can be engaged with the joint holes, the position adjustment work in the vertical direction can be easily and quickly performed as in the case of the front-rear direction, and can be performed with one touch.

Further, since the engaging projections of the support portion are engaged with the respective engagement holes of the side wall adjacent to the prism portion, the ball receiving portion can be assembled in a state where there is almost no play. The position adjustment in the vertical direction can be made reliable and highly reliable.

Further, since the engagement state of the ball receiving portion can be released only by manually pushing down one of the engagement projections, the position in the vertical direction can be easily changed at any time.

In the invention according to claim 6, the tray and the feed gutter are formed as separate parts, so that they can be assembled and removed with a single touch, so that the handling at the time of packing and assembling is easier. Will be able to do
The operation is not complicated and can be performed in a short time.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the low repulsion member is laid on the receiving tray of the ball receiving portion, the pachinko balls that fall from the ball discharge port and fall on the low repulsion member bounce off. The repulsive force at the time is weakened, and it can be reliably prevented from jumping out.

Further, in the invention according to the eighth aspect, since the feed gutter is formed of a high-strength resin material, abrasion due to the rolling of the pachinko balls does not occur, so that the conventionally required laying of the metal plate becomes unnecessary. Accordingly, the time required for the entire assembling operation can be shortened accordingly. In addition, since the roller rolls on the resin material, noise generated when rolling on the metal plate can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the back of a pachinko machine, showing a case where the pachinko ball collecting apparatus of the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a front cross-sectional view of the pachinko ball collecting device from the pachinko machine front side.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the pachinko ball collecting apparatus from the X direction in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a device support portion, a movable body of a front-rear movable portion, and a support portion of a ball receiving portion in the pachinko ball collecting device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a bottom surface side of a movable body.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a case where a support section is inserted into a movable body and positioned.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a ball receiving portion.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a ball receiver.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the ball receiver from the back side of the pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko ball collection device 2 Device support part 20 Plate member 20a, 20b Screw hole 21a, 21b Elevated part 22a, 22b Upper end surface 23a, 23b Projection 24a, 24b Narrow groove group 25a, 25b Screw hole 3 Front-rear movable part 30a , 30b movable body 31a, 31b bottom wall 32a, 32b partition wall 34a, 34b prism portion 341a, 341b one side wall 342a, 342b front side wall 36a, 36b ... long hole 37a, 37b vertical notch hole 38a, 38b ... horizontal notch Holes 41a, 41b Guide grooves 42a, 42b Bottom side narrow groove group 43a, 43b Slot for sliding 5 Ball receiving part 51 Ball counter 51a Ball introduction port 52 Supporting member 6 Receiving tray 6a Peripheral wall 60 Bottom wall 61 Low repulsion member 62 Opening Part 63 corner 64 bearing hole 65 bearing hole 66 locking claw 67 locking claw 69 mounting plate Outgoing gutter 70 Ball passage 70a Ball outlet 71 Side wall 72 Positioning shaft 73 Positioning shaft 74 Engagement hole 75 Engagement notch 8a Support portion 81 One side wall 811 Projection portion 82 Front side wall 820 Locking piece 821 Column portion 822 Head portion 8b Column portion 83 Partition wall 84 Other side wall 841 Arm 842 Locking claw 85 Back side one side wall 851 Protrusion part 86 Front side wall 860 Locking piece 861 Column part 862 Head part 9 Pachinko machine 9b Pachinko machine back surface 9c Ball outlet 19 Spiral bellows 90 Game island 90a Horizontal frame A Pachinko machine longitudinal direction B Pachinko machine vertical direction C Pachinko machine lateral direction

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball collecting apparatus for receiving a pachinko ball discharged from a ball discharge port on the back side of a pachinko machine and sending it to a collecting path, wherein: a device support portion disposed at a predetermined position on the back side of the pachinko machine; A front-rear movable portion supported movably in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, and a ball discharge device supported in the front-rear movable portion movably in the vertical direction of the pachinko machine. A ball receiving portion having a length capable of responding to a change in the position of the exit in the horizontal direction of the pachinko machine, wherein the ball receiving portion is movable in each of the front and rear direction of the pachinko machine and the vertical direction of the pachinko machine. Wherein the pachinko balls are adjusted to a position for receiving the pachinko balls discharged from the ball discharge port, and the received pachinko balls are sent out toward a collection path. Location. 2. The apparatus support portion is formed of a rectangular plate member having a ridge having a flat upper end surface at each of both ends in the length direction, and the front-rear movable portion corresponds to each of the ridges. Each of the two movable bodies is slidably mounted on the upper end surface of the raised portion and is movable in the longitudinal direction of the pachinko machine. Item 3. A pachinko ball collecting apparatus according to Item 1. 3. An upper end surface of each raised portion of the device supporting portion has a ridge formed in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, and a plurality of narrow grooves in the lateral direction of the pachinko machine formed at a predetermined pitch. Each of the bottom surfaces of the movable body has a guide groove fitted to the ridge,
A plurality of narrow grooves on the bottom side in the lateral direction of the pachinko machine, which are formed at the same pitch as the narrow grooves and are engaged with the narrow grooves to be locked, and a movable body is mounted on the upper end surface of the raised portion When the guide groove is fitted into the ridge, the movable body is guided by the ridge and becomes movable in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, and when stopped at a desired position, the narrow groove group and the bottom surface on the upper end surface side of the raised portion. The pachinko ball collecting device according to claim 2, wherein the pachinko ball collecting device is positioned by being engaged with the side narrow groove group. 4. A screw hole is formed at a predetermined position on an upper end surface of each raised portion of the device support portion, and a long hole for inserting a fixing screw that accumulates with the screw hole into a bottom wall of the movable body. Is formed in a predetermined length in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine, a fixing screw is inserted into the long hole and accumulated in the screw hole, and the movable body is set within a predetermined length of the long hole with the fixing screw loosened. The pachinko ball collecting device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the movable body is fixed at a desired position by tightening a fixing screw to fix the position of the movable body in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine. 5. The movable body includes a hollow prism having a bottom wall and an open upper surface, and a plurality of engagement holes formed in a vertical direction of the pachinko machine on each of side walls adjacent to the prism. The ball receiving portion extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the ball receiving portion, the ball receiving portion being loosely fitted to the prism portion of the movable body placed and fixed on each of the raised portions.
One pillar portion and an engaging projection formed on each of the adjacent side walls of each pillar portion corresponding to each of the adjacent side walls of the prism portion. The pachinko machine is inserted into the prism of the movable body, and each of the protrusions for engagement of the side wall adjacent to the support is engaged with one of the plurality of engagement holes of the side wall of the corresponding prism, so that the vertical direction of the pachinko machine is changed. The pachinko ball collecting device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the position adjustment is performed. 6. The ball receiving portion, which receives a pachinko ball from the ball discharge port, has a box-shaped tray open at one end in the upper direction and one length direction, and one-touches an opening at one end in the length direction of the tray. The pachinko ball collecting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: a discharge gutter that is detachable and that sends out pachinko balls flowing down from the receiving tray to a collecting path. 7. The pachinko ball collecting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a low repulsion member is laid on the bottom surface of the tray. 8. The pachinko ball collecting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the feed gutter is formed of a high-strength resin material.