JPS5912303B2 - vertical game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a vertical game machine such as a pachinko machine,
In detail, the ball storage/dispensing device accepts a certain number of balls from the ball tank side on the back side of the game board and supplies them to the player side.
The game machine of the present invention relates to a vertical game in which ball cutting and ball packing operations are performed in response to the inflow of safe balls that enter the prize opening on the front surface of the game board. The structure of the operating mechanism itself is simplified, and only safe balls can be operated, thereby preventing illegal ball feeding.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, to describe its structure, 1 in the figure is the entire pachinko machine, and as shown in Figures 1 to 3, it includes a machine frame 2 and a front frame that is equipped to be openable and closable with respect to this machine frame 2. This front frame board 1 is equipped with a game board 4 on the back side,
The front is equipped with a glass door 5 that can be opened and closed,
A handle 6 and a plurality of saucers 18, 24, etc. are provided. On the front surface of the game board 4, an outer rail IA and an inner rail 7B are provided in a substantially spiral shape, and on the play surface 8 within the circles of the rails TA and IB, a center prize machine 9, a prize hole 10, etc. are installed as appropriate. The inner rail 7
An out ball opening 11 is opened at the bottom of B, and an outer rail 7
A foul ball opening 12 is formed at the bottom of A, and a return flow path 13 is formed.
It communicates with a lower plate 24 which will be described later. The ball B hit by the handle 6 is appropriately processed as either a safe ball (winning ball), an out ball, or a foul ball. Reference numeral 14 denotes a saucer mounting plate attached below the glass door 5 of the front frame plate 3, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
A ball supply port 15 is opened in the upper left part, a ball receiving port 16 is opened in the center right part, and a lower plate 24 side, which will be described later, is connected to the lower center part through the return passage 13. A communicating ball return hole 17 is opened.

Reference numeral 18 denotes an upper tray attached to the front surface of the tray mounting plate 14, the left end of which communicates with the ball feeding port 15, and the right end of the right ball feeding rail portion 18A facing the ball receiving port 16. Then, the ball B is sent to an automatic ball feeding device 19 (to be described later) equipped on the backside after receiving the ball B shot by the player.
9, the ball B is sent out to the firing location on the outer rail 7A.

20 is a support plate attached to the lower part of the upper plate 18;
By operating the manual ball extraction lever 22 that opens and closes the ball extraction opening 21 formed at the right end, the ball B on the upper plate 18 is removed.
The ball can flow from the ball return path 23 through the ball return hole 17 to a lower plate 24 attached to the lower part of the front frame plate 3.

Next, on the back side of the pachinko machine 1 shown in FIG.
is a rectangular mounting board that is removably fixed to almost the entire back surface of the game board 4, and various gutter members and movable parts, etc., which will be described later, are assembled to the board surface to install the mechanisms and devices necessary for the back side of the pachinko machine. This is for equipping the board 25 together with the board 25 as a unit corresponding to the relevant game board.

This mounting board 25, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9,
An octagonal window 26 large enough to accommodate the width of the playing surface 8 is provided at approximately the center thereof, and an engaging protrusion 27 which also serves as reinforcement is formed by folding around the three peripheries excluding the lower periphery. In addition, holes 28 and 29 for distributing out balls and prize balls and a long hole 30 for a see-through gutter 49 to be described later are provided. In addition, in order to attach various parts to the mounting board 25, a large number of small holes 31 in a substantially conical shape are formed by purling at each part, and these holes can be used as holes for positioning the parts of each part and for tapping. It is designed so that screws can be easily screwed in even without machining. As for the means for attaching the mounting board 25, for example, holes 32, 32 provided above and below on the vertical reference line of the board 25 itself, and
Fit the positioning pins 33, 33 arranged above and below on the reference line on the back surface, and insert the pins arranged at the corners and edges of the game board 4 into the holes 34, 34 provided at each corner and edge. The provided screw rods 35, 35 are inserted and attached with wing nuts 36, 36.

37 is a ball tank attached to the upper left of the mounting board 25 with a screw 38; 39 is a tank rail provided diagonally downward to the right below the ball tank 37; The balls B are designed to sequentially flow out toward an adjustment rail 41, which will be described later, via a folding rail 39A connected to the right end thereof.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a ball adjusting pendulum pivotally mounted above the right end of the tank rail 39, which organizes the storage and arrangement of the balls B.

In addition, all the members related to the ball storage and outflow path from the tank rail 39 described above to the ball storage/discharge device 70 described later have two flow paths defined therein to fill and store the balls B in two rows. It is formed so that it flows out sequentially. Reference numeral 41 denotes an adjustment rail that can be attached to and detached from the left end of the folding rail 39A by means of a pin 42, and is connected to the left end so that it can be tilted in a cantilevered state, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12. , its left end portion is inserted into the box portion 43A of the receiving gutter 43, which is attached to the mounting board 25 with screws 38, so as to be movable up and down.

The box part 43A has a partition plate 44 erected in the center thereof and has two holes 45, 45 in the bottom plate 43a.On the other hand, the left end part of the adjustment rail 41 has a partition plate 44 in the center. A guide groove 46 having a shape of "fitting into the hole 44" is cut vertically, and a pair of shielding pieces 47, 47, which are loosely inserted into the holes 45, 47, are suspended from the lower surface of each storage path. This allows the adjustment rail 41 to move up and down smoothly without shaking, and when the left end is in the raised state, the ball B in the box part 43A is
0 is set to prevent it from escaping to the right in the figure. Reference numeral 48 denotes an adjustment rod hanging from the right end of the bottom plate 43a of the box portion 43A of the receiving gutter 43, and the inclination state of the adjustment rail 41 can be adjusted by rotating this rod.

However, the adjustment rail 41 is normally placed in a state where it is appropriately floating above the bottom plate 43a. Reference numeral 49 denotes a transparent downflow gutter having a substantially C shape, which is vertically installed in the elongated hole 30 portion of the mounting board 25 with a screw 38, and as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the outflow gutter 43B in the receiving gutter 43 The transparent gutter 49a at the center is inserted into the long hole 30 and exposed on the playing surface 8, so that the ball B in the path is exposed to the front side of the pachinko machine 1. It is now possible to see through it.

However, the transparent gutter portion 49a is located between the other end of the outer rail 7A and one end of the inner rail 7B, and forms a part of the rail with one edge thereof. (See FIG. 1) Reference numeral 50 denotes a ball pressure adjustment gutter for maintaining ball alignment, which has a rectangular cylinder shape and is pivotally mounted 51 to the lower end of the downflow gutter 49 so as to be tiltable from side to side while hanging down. As shown in Figures 13 to 15, its 51 pivot points are aligned on the same line as the vertical center of the downflow gutter 49, and a square box is attached downward to the right with screws 38. A spring 53 is stretched between the guide trough 52 and the spring 53 so that its position and strength can be adjusted. As a result, the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50 is always biased counterclockwise, as will be explained later in FIG.
0a is opposed to the socket 52a of the guide receiving trough 52, and the receiving piece 50b hanging down from the left end of the outlet 50a is inserted into the left part of the socket 52a to control the plurality of balls in the ball pressure adjustment trough 50. The balls B are held in alignment with each other on the same center line, and the plurality of balls B in the guide and receiving trough 56 are urged to the right by the receiving piece 50b. However, this ball pressure regulating gutter 5
0 is when filling balls into the ball storage/feeding device 70, which will be described later.
After the so-tan tilts to the right due to the attached force, the ball B in the vessel 70
In addition, in response to a reaction force from the ball B side in the guide trough 52, it is tilted to the left against the spring 53. In this example, the adjustment means for the spring 53 has multiple stages as shown in FIG. 15. 5
Reference numeral 4 designates a pair of approximately L-shaped guide pieces having moderate elasticity that are removably hung from the left side plate of the guide gutter 52 to the center of the bottom plate. A part of the self-weight pressure from the group of balls B above, which receives the balls B and B in the intersection of the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50 and the guide receiving gutter 52 and acts on the balls B and B, is always applied to the right. I try to do that.

Note that the diagonal piece portion 54a may be either straight or curved. Next, regarding the introduction guide part side for the safe ball SB, 55 is a safe ball guide gutter that is removably covered with respect to the window 26 of the mounting board 25, as shown in FIGS. 16 to 18. It is constructed by assembling a lower assembly plate 56, an upper assembly plate 57, and a middle assembly plate 58 so that they can be disassembled from each other.

The lower plate 56, which is formed into a horizontally long rectangle, covers almost the lower half of the window 26, fits into the engaging protrusions 27, 27 on both sides, and is secured with screws 38. An engaging edge 56b is bent around the periphery of the U-shaped recess 56a. Further, the upper plate 57 for covering the upper half of the window 26 is fitted along the engaging protrusion 27 of the window 26, and is screwed onto the horizontally long n-shaped support frame 57A to which the screws 38 are attached. It is removably fixed by 38, and its lower side,
A recess 57 is formed at the center of the lower part to face the recess 56a.
An engaging edge 57b is formed around the a portion. And, the center plate 58 formed in an octagon for covering each recess 56a, 57a of the upper and lower side plates 56, 57 is
The engagement edges 56b, 57b are fitted into the respective engagement edges 56b, 57b in a state of protruding from the edges 6, 57. In addition, each of the above-mentioned side panels 56, 5
7, 58) are each winning machine 9 on the game board 4
The upper and middle panels 57 and 58 are installed by replacing them in accordance with the positions of the winning holes and the winning holes 10, and when these winning holes are placed in the lower half of the playing surface 8. does not need to be used. In addition, each of these panels 56, 57
, 58 are not limited to the above-mentioned means, and in short, may be made removable. Of course, the shape etc. may be changed as appropriate. Reference numeral 59 designates a safe ball guide trough which is attached to the mounting board 25 with screws 38 at the lower part of the lower plate 56, and is connected to the lower side of the lower plate 56 via an engaging edge 59a and some fitting means. A first guiding path 59A is formed downward to the left and communicates with the organizer 93 side, which will be described later, and also communicates from the organizer 93 side with the safe ball flow lower gutter 62 side, which will be described later. A second guideway 59B is formed downward to the right.

Note that a guide strip 60 is formed in the first guide path 59A section to prevent the safe ball SB from swinging when flowing down. Reference numeral 61 denotes an out ball lead-out path formed below the first guide path 59A in the safe ball guide trough 59, and is communicated with the out ball opening 11 via the circulation hole 28.

62 is at the lower central part of the safe ball guide trough 59,
A safe ball flow down gutter with 38 screws attached in a hanging shape, and the gutter 62
There is a first flow path 62A that communicates with a turning path 59C formed downward to the left from the second guideway 59B, and the flow path 62.
A second flow path 62B that bends and communicates with A is formed.

Next, on the feeder side of the prize ball PB, 63 is a prize ball gutter body which is connected to the safe ball guide gutter 59 and the mounting board 25 with screws 38, as shown in FIGS. 19 to 22.
On the right side thereof, a horizontal gutter 64 is formed which passes to the upper plate 18 side via the communication hole 29, and in the downward direction, a vertical gutter 6 is branched and communicated with the horizontal gutter 64 and passes to the lower plate 24 side via the packet 65A.
5 is formed, and a discharge gutter 6 is formed on the right side of the downpipe 65.
6 is partitioned.

67 is a horizontal gutter 64 and a vertical gutter 6 on the outer surface of the prize ball gutter body 63.
A gutter with 38 screws installed vertically between the gutter and the gutter 6.
7 is in communication with an opening 68a of a ball extraction passage 68 formed in a downward right direction in the upper part of the winning ball chamber 63a, and an opening 67a at the upper part of the discharge gutter 67.

Note that 69 is an out ball socket projecting from the upper end of the discharge gutter 67 and communicating with the out ball outlet path 61 . 7
0 is an oblong rectangular cylindrical ball receiving/dispensing device which is pivotally mounted 71 in the upper left part of the prize ball gutter body 63 so as to be tiltable up and down, and at its lower left end, it is formed with almost the same curvature from the pivot point 71. done1
A pair of ball stoppers 72 project downwardly, and elongated holes 73 are provided in the upper plate at the right end of each storage passage.

Before operation, this ball storage/dispensing device 70 stores a certain number of balls B (for example, 8 and 7 balls) in its two rows of storage paths, and connects the balls to the guide receiving gutter 52 and the balls via the stopper 70a. Exit path 6
However, when the ball B is tilted by an operation from the safe ball actuating lever 96 side, which will be described later, the ball B is held at the same slope downward to the right.
It is now being distributed to the side. The above-mentioned ball stopper 72 closes and blocks the lower half of the right end of the guide gutter 52 when the ball storage/feeder 70 is tilted, and prevents the ball B in the gutter 52 from closing.
This is to prevent deviations. In addition, the ball storage feeder 70
Among the balls stored therein, a part of the leftmost ball B protrudes into the right end of the guide receiving gutter 52. Reference numeral 74 denotes a stopping member installed on the upper surface of the left end of the ball extraction path 68 in the prize ball gutter body 63, and the member 74 is fixed to the upper surface of the prize ball gutter body 63, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24. A shaft 80 is attached to the base 75 so as to be movable up and down by means of a movable table 76 which is inserted into the base 75 so as to be movable left and right through a threaded rod 77, an elongated hole 78 and a wing nut 79. The first and second arc-shaped stoppers 74a and 74b are formed at an interval corresponding to one ball B and are bent in a hanging shape.

Before operation, this restraining member 74 pushes each stopper 74a, 74b into the storage path from each long hole 73, 73 of the above-mentioned ball storage/feeder 70, and closes and holds each storage path. However, when tilting upward, both stoppers 74a, 74
b is raised to the outside of the ball storage/discharge device 70, and the balls B are discharged to the ball removal path 68 side. By adjusting the movement of the stopper member 74, the amount by which the leftmost ball B of the ball storage/dispensing device 70 enters into the guide receiving gutter 52 can be adjusted. As for the operation mechanism for the above-mentioned restraining member 74, as shown schematically in FIG. A second traction rod 83 is connected with a tongue buckle 84 and is pivoted 87 to a support arm 86 attached to the mounting board 25, and one piece of the second traction rod 83 has a pin 88 and a long hole 89 at the right end of the second traction rod 83. It is movably supported by a dogleg-shaped rotating lever 85 articulated through a bearing guide 91 inside the front equipment frame 2, and its shaft end is articulated with the other piece of the rotating lever 85. It is composed of an operating rod 90.

Then, by pushing a push rod (not shown) through a hole 92 provided approximately at the center of the right side (left side in FIG. 1) of the front frame plate 3 and pushing the operating rod 90, the restraining member 74 is released. It is designed to be able to tilt. However, this operating mechanism is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration; for example, a locking member,
The pachinko machine 1 may be opened and closed from the front by incorporating a cam member, a spring, etc. as appropriate. next,
The operating members (operating mechanisms) for the safe ball SB and the prize ball PB will be explained one by one with reference to FIG. 6 and FIGS. 26 to 29.

Reference numeral 93 denotes a organizer 95 which is pivotally mounted to the mounting board 25 so as to be tiltable up and down in a box 94 which is attached with screws 38 to the lower left of the safe ball guide trough 59, and is always tilted upward to the right due to its own balancing action. A storage section 93 is formed at the right end of the slope.
a is held in communication with the first guiding path 59A side of the safe ball guide trough 59, but when the safe ball SB is received in the storage section 93a, it tilts in the time direction and the second
It is set to communicate with the guideway 59B side.

Reference numeral 96 denotes a safe ball actuating lever 97 which is pivotally mounted to the mounting board 25 below the box 94 and the safe ball guide trough 59 so that it can be tilted up and down.
a into the upper part of the first flow path 62a of the upper safe ball flow down gutter 62.

98 is pivotally attached to the upper left side of the safe ball flow down gutter 62 in a hanging manner.
As is clear from FIG. 28, a hook groove 98a is formed with the 9-shaped hook, and a wave-shaped detection actuating piece 100 that also serves as a weight balance is fixed to the first flow path 62.
It enters into the intersection of A and the turning route 59c.

Before the above-mentioned safe ball actuation lever 96 is activated, the pin 101 protruding from its right end is in the hook groove 98a of the hook 98.
The receiving part 96a is held in a horizontal position at all times.
Below the mouth end of the return path 59c (that is, the detection actuating piece 1
00), but the safe ball SB is in the receiving part 9.
At the time of falling onto 6a, the safe ball SB is set to be released from the hook 98, which is swung clockwise (to the left) together with the detection actuating piece 100, and to be tilted downward. Note that the safe ball operating lever 96 and the hook 98 are covered with a cover C so that they cannot be operated from the outside. Reference numeral 102 is a nearly inverted L-shaped connecting rod whose lower end is connected to the left end of the safe ball actuation lever 96, and whose upper end is connected to the lower left end of the ball storage/feeder 70, and whose lower end is connected to the left end of the safe ball actuation lever 96. In conjunction with the tilting of the lever 96, the ball storage feeder 7
It is designed to tilt 0.

The 97 pivot points of the above-mentioned safe ball operating lever 96 are as follows:
It may be made changeable. Reference numeral 103 denotes a prize ball feeding lever 104 which is pivotally mounted within the prize ball gutter body 63 so as to be able to move up and down, and before operation, it always keeps the boat-shaped saucer portion 103a provided on the right side in a substantially horizontal position by its own balancing action. keeping.

This lever 103 has a lifting rod 105 pivoted and hanging down on its left side, which is inserted into a branch piece 106 provided on the organizer 93, and when the lever 103 is tilted clockwise, the organizer 93 which is in the downward position is returned to its original position. Lift it upward to return it to its original position.
is set to . The saucer portion 103a is formed to be horizontally long so as to communicate from the left end of the ball storage/dispensing device 70 to the entrance side of the horizontal gutter 64. 107 is a prize ball feeding lever 10 provided in the chamber 63a of the prize ball gutter body 63
It is a stopper for 3.

Reference numeral 108 denotes a passive lever 109 pivotally mounted to the left side of the chamber 63a of the prize ball gutter body 63 so that it can be tilted up and down. It is positioned appropriately above the lowest position and comes into contact with the lower surface of the saucer portion 103a.

Reference numeral 111 denotes an elevating rod that is supported so as to be movable up and down via a pin 113 and a long hole 114 to a branch 112 protruding to the left side of the downspout 65, and its upper end is articulated to the left end of the passive lever 108. .

Reference numeral 115 denotes an inverted L-shaped safe ball processing plate pivotally mounted 116 on the right side of the safe ball flow down gutter 62, and the horizontal connecting piece 11
5a is engaged with the engagement piece 111a at the lower end of the lifting rod 111,
Before the hanging block 115b is activated, the first and second flow paths 6
The communication portions of 2A and 62B are closed off.

(See FIG. 27) However, this safe ball processing plate 115 may be of an elevating type. Next, in the automatic ball feeding device 19 shown in FIG. 31, a case 117 is attached to the back surface of the saucer mounting plate 14 so that it can be inserted and removed from above. is guided from the ball receiving port 16 to the sending port 119 on the ball launching device side.
A sorting lever 118 is swingably supported to send out the items.

The tip of this sorting lever 118 extends to the front of the feed port 119, and has a stopper 118a bent downward at a right angle, and a blocking portion 118b for opening and closing the guide gutter 120 of the ball receiving port 16 is formed at the top. The tip is urged upward by a weight provided at the base end. 121 is the saucer mounting plate 1
A support rod is swingably supported by a support screw 122 on the lower edge of the back surface of the support rod, and a triangular portion 123 at one end thereof has a vertically elongated hole 124 and a horizontally elongated hole 2125. A weight 126 is attached to the other end so that the triangular portion 123 side is always urged upward.

127 is a ball push-up piece fixed to the triangular part 123 side of the support rod 121, and is inserted into the case 117 from below to open the feed port 1.
It is located in the 19th section.

Note that the ball push-up piece 127 has a slope 127a inclined toward the feed port 119 at its upper end, and this slope 127a is formed in the feed port 1 when the triangular portion 123 of the support rod 121 is located upward.
It is located slightly above the lower part of 19. 128 is fixed to the lower edge of the back surface of the saucer mounting plate 14, and the supporting rod 121
The driven body is swingably supported by the support pin 129A passed through the long hole 124 of the support rod 121.
It consists of a small piece 128A having a pin 129B that fits therein, and a substantially triangular cam side 128B.

Reference numeral 130 denotes a ball hitting rod attached to the back side of the front frame plate 3 so as to operate integrally with the handle 6, and is constantly energized by a spring 131 to the hitting ball launching portion of the outer race 7A of the game board 4. .

Note that the ball launcher of the outer rail 7A is located below the feed port 119 of the case 117. 132 is the batting rod 130
A connecting rod is fixed to a part of the connecting rod, and an engaging portion bent at the tip thereof engages with the cam piece 128B of the driven body 128.

Next, refer to FIG. 32 for a filling stop mechanism that stops the operation of the automatic ball feeding device 19 as a stop state when the ball B delivered to the player side as a reward for the safe ball SB reaches a specified amount. I will explain.

Reference numeral 133 denotes a auxiliary chamber formed to bulge on the left side of the lower part of the downpipe 65, and is vertically connected to the lower part of the downpipe 65 except for the upper part by a movable partition plate 134 which is pivotally attached to the lower part of the downpipe 65 so as to be able to swing from side to side. Gutter 6
It is divided into 5.

Reference numeral 136 denotes a sensing actuation member 137 pivotally mounted to the outer chamber 133A of the auxiliary chamber 133 so as to be able to move up and down.
a horizontally protrudes into the auxiliary chamber 133 from the hole 138, and a curved shielding piece 136b bent downward from the right end of the receiving piece 136a projects outward from the hole 139 of the oblique bottom plate 133B.

This sensing actuating member 136 is normally biased counterclockwise by a weight 140 at its left end, and its receiving piece 13
The right end of the movable partition plate 6a is stopped by a pivot 135 of the movable partition plate 134 and held horizontally. In addition, the above-mentioned receiving piece 13
6a, the shielding piece 136b, and the bottom plate 133B. 14
Reference numeral 1 denotes a stop rod movably supported by a guide 142 with screws 38 attached to the lower end of the mounting board 25, the right end of which is articulated 143 to the lower end of the hanging arm 136c of the sensing actuation member 136, and the left end of the stop rod 142. The hook portion 141a can be engaged with the five protruding pieces 144 of the driven body 128.

A blank hitting prevention mechanism that prevents blank hitting of balls B when the number of balls B in the ball storage section to be delivered to the player falls below a specified amount will be explained with reference to FIG. 145 is the 31st
As shown in the figure, the 4 right end is the saucer mounting plate 14.
An operating lever 146 is pivotally mounted on the back side of the lever, and an opening/closing lifting rod 147 for opening and closing the ball receiving port 16 is provided at the left end of the operating lever.
are articulated 148, and a connecting pin 149 protrudes from the left end.

Note that this operating lever 145 is normally held downward to the left and opens the ball receiving port 16 by the opening/closing lifting rod 147.
Reference numeral 150 denotes a ball detection lever 151 which is pivotably mounted on the mounting board 25 at the lower left of the tank rail 39 so as to be tiltable up and down, and its right end is connected to the pin 15 at the left end of the adjustment rail 41.
2 via a connecting line 153, and a weight 154 is replaceably attached to the left end as a suitable biasing means.

Reference numeral 155 denotes an operating lever 156 which is pivotally mounted to the lower left end of the mounting board 25 so as to be tiltable up and down, and its right end is connected to the operating lever 14.
It is separably connected to the connecting pin 149 of No. 5 via a connecting line 157.

158 is the left end of the ball detection lever 150 and the operating rod 1
Adjustment tool 1 is a connecting rod that is connected to the left end of
59 makes it possible to change the joint position with the ball detection lever 150 and adjust the opening/closing range of the ball receiving port 16 using the opening/closing elevating rod 147.

Note that the above-mentioned biasing means may be replaced by a spring instead of the weight 154. In the above-mentioned blank firing prevention mechanism,
When the adjustment rail 41 is filled with balls B, both the ball detection lever 150 and the operating rod 155 are held downward to the right, but when the number of balls B inside the adjustment rail 41 decreases below the set amount. In this case, both members 150 and 155 are set to be tilted downward to the left by a weight 154 to tilt the adjustment rail 4 upward and to operate the above-mentioned operating lever 145.

Therefore, in the same groove, the actuation timing of the actuation lever 145 is determined from the mutual equilibrium relationship between the adjustment rail 41 side and the ball detection lever 150 side.
The energizing means may be appropriately selected and set to operate when the ball B in the adjustment rail 41 decreases to, for example, a position of 1/2, %, %, etc. from the left end. Note that another example of the above-mentioned dry firing prevention mechanism will be explained in detail later, and electric devices, equipment, etc. will be explained later.

Reference numeral 160 denotes a contact point for positive detection of the organizer disposed in the upper part of the box 94 of the organizer 93, and each time the organizer 93 securely activates the inheritance action of the safe bulb SB, a contact point 160 is placed on the contact piece 93b of the organizer 93. It is set so that when it is pressed, it turns "ON" and the confirmation lamp 161 arranged on the back side of the see-through gutter section 49a of the downstream gutter 49 lights up.

Reference numeral 162 designates a microswitch that is removably attached to the mounting board 25 with a screw 38 below the tank rail 37, and its contact 163 is configured so that it can come into contact with the right end of the ball detection lever 150 in the above-mentioned dry firing prevention mechanism. It is located in

This machine 9 micro switch 162 is connected to each pachinko machine 1.
It is electrically connected to a ball replenishing device (not shown) installed between the two, and when the dry hitting prevention mechanism is activated (that is, when the adjustment rail 41 is tilted upward), it is turned "ON" and the ball replenishing device is activated. The ball tank 37 is set to be supplied with balls B by using the ball tank 37. Incidentally, an example of changing the mounting position of the microswitch 162 of this ball shortage detection means will be specifically explained later. In addition, regarding the accessory parts, equipment, etc. of the pachinko machine 1, reference numeral 164 is a locking device for the front frame plate 3 connected to the machine frame 2 by a hinge 165J, etc., and is schematically shown in FIGS. 2 and 34. As shown in FIG. A key (not shown (c)) is provided in the keyhole 169 from the front surface of the front frame plate 3.
By inserting and rotating the latches 168, 1
68 is configured to be detachable from the receiving metal fittings 166, 166.

In addition, when the two metal fittings 166 and 168 are hooked together, when the front frame plate 3 is rotated to close, the two metal fittings 166 and 168 are automatically hooked together to return and maintain the closed state. However, when the front frame plate 3 is of a fixed type, instead of the above-mentioned locking device 164, as illustrated in FIG.
Fixing bracket 167A and screw rod 168A1 wing nut 1
68B or the like may be used.

Reference numeral 170 denotes a locking device for the glass door 5, which is installed on the right edge of the rear surface of the mounting board 25. By pushing up the operating rod 171 as schematically shown in FIGS. 2, 6, and 36, the glass door 5 can be locked. The upper and lower hook rods 172, 172, which were hooked to the side frame portion 5a of the door 5, are detachable.

In addition, when the hook rods 172, 172 are hooked to the side frame portion 5a, they are automatically hooked and held closed when the glass door 5 is rotated to close. Subsequently, the operation and effects of this example will be explained.

As can be understood from the above-mentioned configuration, the overall operation of the pachinko machine 1 of this example is that when a batted ball enters the winning hole 10, etc., it is processed as a safe SB, and as a reward, the balls in the ball storage member are kept constant. When the number of balls is fed to the upper tray 18 side and then to the lower tray 24 side and reaches the specified amount, it becomes a stopped state, and when the number of balls on the rail side becomes less than the specified amount, it is called an empty shot state. Natsu is given a complementary pitch. These operations are performed in a series of cycles. Therefore, when a ball B is first put into the upper tray 18 when firing a ball, the first ball B falls from the ball receiving opening 16 of the automatic ball feeder 19 onto the sorting lever 118, as shown in FIG. Then, it rolls while pushing down the stopper 118a side at the tip (at this time, the organizing lever 118 stops the second ball B on the guide gutter 120 by its blocking part 118b.

) It is stopped by the ball push-up piece 127 of the support rod 121 on the tip of the organizing lever 118. Therefore, when the ball batting rod 130 is retracted by the handle 6, the driven body 128 moves to the batting rod 1.
The driven body 128 is swung clockwise by the connecting rod 132 of No. 30 with the support pin 129A as the fulcrum, and the driven body 128 is swung clockwise with the support screw 122 as the fulcrum by the pin 129B of the small piece 128A.
21 in the clockwise direction, the ball push-up piece 127 of the support rod 121 is connected to the feed port 119 of the case 117 and the sorting lever 1.
It is lowered below the tip of 18.

As a result, the first ball B, which had been stopped on the stop piece 118a of the sorting lever 118, falls onto the ball pusher piece 127 and rolls toward the feed port 119, but is stopped by the lower side of the feed port 119. It can be stopped. In addition, the above-mentioned ball B is the sorting lever 11.
8 onto the ball push-up piece 127, the organizing lever 118 is swung clockwise by the weight at the base end, so that the second ball B falls from the guide gutter 120 onto the organizing lever 118.
Subsequently, when the handle 6 is released, the ball batting rod 130 is rotated clockwise by the repulsive force of the spring 131, but although the tip of the ball batting rod 130 enters the ball firing position of the outer rail 7A, Since the third ball B still remains in the case 117, it is a blank shot. When this batting ball firing operation of the batting ball rod 130 is performed, the driven body 128 is moved to the batting ball rod 130.
is released from the connecting rod 132, the support rod 121 is swung counterclockwise by the weight 126, and the driven body 128 is also swung counterclockwise by the support rod 121 via the small piece 128A. . Due to the operation of this support rod 121, the ball pushing piece 12
7 rises, the first ball B on the ball pusher piece 127 is lifted to a position that matches the feeding port 119, and the first ball B is moved to the feeding port 11.
The ball falls from the lower side of the ball 9 to the ball launcher of the outer rail 7A. Then, when the handle 6 is pulled back again, the same action as described above is performed in each part, and the second ball B is transferred from the sorting lever 118 to the ball push-up piece 127, and by the return operation of the sorting lever 118, the second ball B is
The third ball B falls from the guide gutter 120 onto the sorting lever 118.

Subsequently, when the handle 6 is released, the batting rod 130 can fire the above-mentioned first ball B, which was held for firing the ball on the outer rail 7A, onto the playing surface 8 along the outer rail 7A. .

Thereafter, the same action as before is performed by the movement of the handle 6, and the balls B from the upper tray 18 are launched one by one onto the playing surface 8. Now, as described above, when a pachinko game is played and a hit ball enters either the winning device 9 or the winning hole 10, the safe ball SB is processed as follows.

That is, the back mechanism of the game board 4 and the prize ball feeding section c are normally held in the state shown in FIG. 6, and the safe ball SB
is the relevant stop plate 56,5 in the safe ball stop gutter 55.
7, 58 into the safe ball guide trough 59 and introduced into the first guide path 59A. Therefore, when the safe ball SB enters the storage part 93a of the fifth sorter 93 from the guideway 59A, the second sorter 93 is moved to the second sorter by the weight of the safe ball SB.
As shown in FIG. 6A, it tilts downward to the right and releases the safe ball SB toward the second guideway 59B. In this state, organizer 9
3 turns the contact 1605 "ON" with its contact piece 93b.
to turn on the confirmation lamp 161 of the downflow gutter 49.
Incidentally, even if the organizer 93 releases the safe ball SB, it is maintained in the downward-sloping state due to its own balancing action. Then, as illustrated in each step in FIG.
When B flows into the first flow path 62A of the safe ball flow down gutter 62 from the turning path 59C of the second guiding path 59B, the safe ball SB first hits the detection activation piece 100 of the hook 98 (see A in the same figure). Due to its own weight, the detection actuating piece 1
004, the hook 98 is swung so as to be pushed to the left and released from the pin 101 of the safe ball operating lever 96, and then falls onto the receiving part 96a of the lever 96.
(See the opening in the figure) The safe ball operating lever 96 is tilted while being pushed down in the clockwise direction.

(See Figure C) Note that the hook 98 has returned to its original hanging state. As a result, the connecting rod 102 is pushed up and the ball storage/feeding device 70 is tilted clockwise as shown in FIG. The prize ball PB is instantly delivered to the top in a chain.

In addition, when this prize ball is fed out, the safe ball SB is placed in the receiving part 9 of the safe ball operating lever 96, as shown in FIG. 27C.
Since the ball is still received on 6a, the ball storage and feeder 70
is momentarily maintained in its downward-sloping state. Then, the above-mentioned prize ball feeding lever 103 receives a load of a certain number of prize balls PB on its saucer portion 103a, and at the same time tilts as shown in FIG. The balls are instantly fed in a chain from the chamber 63a of the ball gutter body 63 to the side gutter 64, but during the downward tilting process, the passive lever 108 in the safe ball processing mechanism is tilted clockwise via the roller 110. Therefore, the safe ball processing plate 115 is tilted counterclockwise through the upward movement of the lifting rod 111 to release the above-mentioned safe balls SB and cause them to flow out from the second flow path 62B.

(See FIG. 27-2) When the lever 103 is tilted, the organizer 93 is returned to its original upward position to the right by the lifting rod 105. As a result, the safe ball operating lever 96 immediately begins to move upward as shown in FIG. In connection with this, the ball storing and feeding device 70 is returned to its original state via the connecting rod 102, and a certain number of balls B are stored again. Ru.

The above-mentioned prize ball feeding lever 103 is connected to the receiving tray portion 1.
When all the prize balls PB on 03a are fed to the horizontal gutter 64 side,
It is returned to its original state by its own balancing action, and in connection with this, the above-mentioned safe ball handling mechanism is also returned to its original state as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the safe balls SB are processed in the same way as described above in the prize ball supply section, and the prize balls PB are supplied from the ball storage and supply device 70. In addition, when a batted ball enters the out ball opening 11 in a pachinko game, the safe ball guide gutter 59
The batted balls are discharged from the machine through the out-ball guide-out path 61 provided in the play surface 8 through the discharge gutter 66 of the prize ball gutter body 63.
If it does not reach the top and enters the foul ball opening 12 of the outer rail 7A, it flows out to the lower plate 24 side via the return flow path 13.

Now, in connection with the above-mentioned prize ball dispensing operation, the dispensing and storing operations of the balls B accompanying the tilting of the ball storage/dispensing device 70 will be explained with reference to FIG. 30.

First, before the ball storage/feeder 70 is tilted, as shown in FIG. It is housed in a state in which it protrudes from the left end L of the extractor 70 into the right end R of the guide receiving trough 52 by an amount (δ). On the other hand, the balls B (three are shown) in the guide gutter 52 are pushed to the right by the catch piece 50b of the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50, which is energized by the spring 53. The rightmost ball BR is stored and waiting in a state where it is recessed by (δ) from the right mouth end R. However, the gap between both ends L and R shall not be considered. Therefore, at this point, the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50 is the downstream gutter 4.
9, the balls B (two shown) and the leftmost ball Bl in the guide gutter 52 are aligned on the same vertical line L-VL and are aligned on the same vertical line VL. It is kept aligned on VL.

As a result, the ball Bl is subjected to considerable pressure P due to the weight of the group of balls B from above, and part of this pressure is in a direction that pushes the ball Bl to the right by utilizing the oblique shape of the guide piece 54. It is acting on Therefore, when the ball storage and feeder 70 is tilted as described above as shown in the opening of the figure, (at this point, the ball B in the ball storage and feeder 70 has already been fed, but for convenience, the ball B is Only the rightmost ball BL is shown schematically.

) Accordingly, the leftmost ball BL moves upward to release the rightmost ball BR in the guide receiving gutter 52, and at the same time, the ball stopper 72 moves upward to release the right end R of the guide receiving gutter 52. In order to close and block approximately the lower half of the ball BR, the ball BR is immediately pushed to the right by an amount corresponding to (δ) (slightly larger) and is stopped by the ball stopper 72. Of course, following this, another ball B
also move. As a result, as is clear from the opening in the figure, the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50 tilts to the right (counterclockwise) due to the force of the spring 53 and moves along the straight line VL'-VL', and the ball B in the path and the ball Bl on the same straight line ■L'-■L'
Ic. Keep it aligned. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, when the empty ball storing/dispensing device 70 begins to be returned to its original state (the position shown in FIG. The ball remains in its fixed position and hardly moves, and then, as shown in FIG. A specified number of balls B in the lower part 49a, the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50, and the guide gutter 52 instantly flowed into each storage path of the ball storage and feeder 70, and were then stopped by the stopper member 74. It will be filled in sequentially.

When the balls have been packed into the ball storage and feeder 70, the balls BR, BS, and Bl in the guide trough 52 are removed from the ball storage and feeder 70.
Since the ball B side of 0 is pushed back by the back pressure reaction force P to the left, the ball pressure adjustment gutter 50, which was previously located on the straight line VL'-VL' (imagined in the figure), is pushed back. (see line) is tilted to the left against this reaction force P against the spring 53, and returns to the vertical line VL-■L while absorbing and relaxing the reaction force P, as in the case of the above-mentioned figure A. Hold ball B in line.

Thereafter, the ball cutting and ball packing operations are performed in the same manner as described above. Therefore, even though the pressure P from the group of balls B from above is always acting on the ball Bl at the left end of the guide trough 52, the ball pressure cannot be adjusted during each of the above-mentioned ball cutting and ball filling operations. Gutter 5
4, the alignment and pressure adjustment operation only moves the balls in the gutter 50 and the guide and receiving gutter 52, so the ball cutting and ball packing operations can be performed very quickly and reliably.

Although the balls B in the ball storage member are sequentially flowed down in connection with the above-described prize ball feeding operation, the player can turn on the confirmation lamp 161 from the see-through gutter 49a on the front of the pachinko machine 1, and It is possible to judge whether the above-mentioned ball cutting and ball packing operations for the safe ball SB have been performed accurately by observing that the ball B flows down by a constant number at a constant rate. In addition, in the adjustment rail 41 portion, the inclination of the rail 41 is adjusted (that is, lowered) by operating the adjustment rod 48, and the ball B is adjusted according to, for example, the degree of sliding of the ball B or the degree of dirt on the rail 41 itself. Since the flowing down condition can be improved, the balls B in each ball storage member can be quickly followed and flowed down without delay in contrast to the above-mentioned ball cutting and ball filling operations that are performed quickly and instantaneously. It is something. Now, the prize ball PB fed by the prize ball feeding action for the safe ball SB mentioned above is fed to the prize ball gutter body 6.
The water is supplied to the upper tray 18 from the horizontal gutter 64 of No. 3.

Therefore, the prize ball PB by the safe ball SB for the out ball
If there are more prize balls PB, the prize balls PB are clogged up to the upper part of the horizontal gutter 64, after which they fall down the vertical gutter 65 and are fed to the lower tray 24. (See Figure 32A) Therefore, in the downpipe 65,
If the prize balls PB are clogged up to the upper end of the movable partition plate 134 and are dropped any further, the prize balls PB will fall from the downpipe 65 into the auxiliary chamber 133 and fall onto the soil of the receiving piece 136a of the sensing actuation member 136, causing the auxiliary balls to fall. It cannot flow out of the chamber 133, and while it is placed on the receiving piece 136a, the sensing actuating member 136 is tilted clockwise against the weight 140 by its own weight and is held locked.

(See Figure 32) When the sensing actuating member 136 is tilted as described above, the stopper rod 141 is pushed to the left via the arm 136c, and the hook portion 141a at the tip of the stopper rod 141 is moved to the automatic ball feeder 19 ( Since the handle 6 is on standby at a position where it can engage with the protrusion 144 of the driven body 128 on the side (see FIG. 31),
Due to the bowing of the batting rod 130 that is interlocked with the driven object 128
When the lever is swung clockwise and is about to return, the stopper rod 141 locks the protrusion 144.

(See Figure 32) Therefore, even if the batting rod 130 is subsequently operated, the driven body 128 can hardly move, and the protruding piece 144 cannot escape from the fishing part 141a of the stopper rod 141, so the handle The automatic ball feeding device 19, which is linked to the operation of step 6, does not operate and the ball B, which is the batted ball, is not sent to the rail 7, so the ball B cannot be fired onto the playing surface 8, and the game is stopped. is unavoidably interrupted.

It should be noted that when the player resumes playing in this stopped state, he/she pulls out the prize ball PB from the lower tray 24.

As a result, the prize balls PB that were clogged up to the upper end of the movable partition plate 134 in the downpipe 64 are reduced and their positions are moved to the movable partition plate 13.
4 When the ball is below the lower end, the movable partition plate 134 displays the prize ball PB.
In order to be released from the restraint, the prize ball PB, which had been locking the sensing actuating member 136 in an inclined state in the subchamber 133, uses its own weight to push the movable partition plate 134 to the right and release it. However, it flows out into the downpipe 54 and is delivered to the lower tray 24 as it is. This allows sensing actuation member 136
is swung back to its original horizontal state by the weight 140. (
(See Fig. 32A) When the sensing actuating member 136 is returned to its original position as described above, each member related to the above-mentioned hitting state is returned to its original state before hitting, and the ball hitting rod is 1
If the driven body 128, which is interlocked via the linking rod 132, is restored to its normal state in response to the operation of the automatic ball feeding device 19, the above-mentioned stopped state will be released, and the automatic ball feeding device 19 will continue to operate normally as before. At the bottom, the ball B can be fired again by operating the handle 6 to play the game.

Then, during the aforementioned pachinko game, the adjustment rail 4
When the number of balls B in 1 decreases to a set amount, the ball detection lever 150 in the empty hitting prevention mechanism is tilted via the weight 154, as shown in FIG. 33, to detect whether the ball B is empty or nearly empty. , operating lever 1 on the automatic ball feed device 19 side
45 closes the ball receiving port 16 with the opening/closing lifting rod 147;
The ball B on the upper plate 18 is prevented from being sent out to the position on the side of the firing part, and is brought into a stopped state.

This prevents in advance the situation where the ball B is fired even though the ball B on the ball storage member side is empty and the prize ball PB is not delivered even if the ball is a safe ball SB. It is something that As described above, in connection with the activation of the dry firing prevention mechanism, the microswitch 162 of the ball shortage detection means is activated.
The contact point 163 of is pushed by the ball detection lever 150 and turns “ON”.
”, while the dry firing prevention operation is working,
A ball replenishment device performs a ball replenishment operation to the ball tank 37.

Then, when the above-mentioned adjustment rail 41 is pushed down to its original state by this supplementary ball and the blank firing prevention mechanism is also returned to its original state in connection with this, the microswitch 162 is set to "0FF".
The replenishment operation is then stopped. In this state, since the ball receiving port 16 is open, the pachinko game can be played again as described above. Regarding the dry firing prevention mechanism and the ball shortage detection means, instead of the above-mentioned embodiment, the ball detection lever 150 is connected to the tank rail 39 as illustrated in FIG.
The rail 39 is pivotably supported at the left end of the rail 39 so as to be tiltable up and down.
The contact 163 of the microswitch 162 is brought into contact with the lower end piece 173a of the ball sensing plate 173.

Then, the ball sensing plate 173 detects the ball B inside the tank rail 39.
The lower end piece 173a and the contact point 16 are pushed down by their own weight.
3 is in contact with the microswitch 162.
When the number of balls B in the tank rail 39 decreases and the ball sensing plate 173 is released from the balls B, the blank firing prevention mechanism is activated and tilts upward, resulting in the above-mentioned blank firing prevention state. At the same time, the microswitch 162 is set to "0N" so that the ball replenishing device supplies the ball to the ball tank 37, and when the ball detecting plate 173 is pushed down to its original state by the supplementary ball, the supplementary ball operation is stopped. In addition, the ball shortage detection means may be set to be detachable from the side plate 37b of the ball tank 37, as illustrated in FIGS. 38 and 39. In addition, a ball detection piece 175 attached vertically adjustable is connected to the supply port 37a.
and the above-mentioned microswitch 162
is detachably and vertically adjustable on the outside of the side plate 37b of the ball tank 37, and its contact 163 is connected to the ball detection piece 175.
Let's face it.

Then, when the ball detection piece 175 is pushed by the ball B in the ball tank 37 and is in contact with the contact 163, the microswitch 162 becomes "0FF", and as the number of balls B decreases, the ball detection piece 175 is pushed by the spring 176, etc. When the microswitch 162 moves away from the contact 163 due to the force of
'', and the above-mentioned supplementary ball operation may be performed. In the pachinko machine 1 of this example, when the ball B is extracted at the end of the game, the hole 9 of the front frame plate 3 is used.
By inserting a push rod from the top and tilting the restraining member 74 via the operating mechanism shown in FIG.
All the balls B from the ball tank 37 to the ball tank 37
All the balls can be discharged from the machine through the ball removal gutter 67 and the discharge gutter 66.

In addition, in the vertical game machine of this example, the ball storage and feeder 70
Hook 98 and detection actuation piece 10 in the actuation operation mechanism of
0 is not limited to the shape of the illustrated embodiment; in short, the safe ball SB is activated earlier than the safe ball operating lever 96.
The safe ball actuating lever 96 is restrained and held before actuation, but is set to be separated from the safe ball actuating lever 96 by the safe ball when the safe ball SB flows in. It would be good if it had been done.

In addition, since the ball storage/dispensing device 70 is located far away from the center of the back of the game board 4 and relatively close to the safe ball operating lever 96, in the game machine of this example, the device 70 is The operating mechanism can be made extremely simple and compact, and it does not require a large space in relation to the arrangement with other members in the back mechanism, and can be easily incorporated. In this example, the above-mentioned safe ball actuation mechanism [actuation lever 9
6. The hook 98 and the connecting rod 102] may all be covered with a cover C or the like, but at least the hook 98 portion may be covered so that the hook 98 cannot be operated manually.

The vertical game machine of the present invention accepts a certain number of prize balls from the ball outflow gutter member side connected to a ball storage part such as a ball tank or tank rail on the back side of the game board and supplies them to the player side. A ball storing/dispensing device 70 is pivotally connected to the ball storage/dispensing device 70, and a receiving portion 96a for receiving the safe balls flowing out through the safe ball guide gutter 59 to the safe ball flow lower gutter 62. A safe ball operating lever 9 is pivotally mounted so that it is tilted by the weight of the safe ball when the safe ball is received.
6 and 6 are interlockably connected, while the ball storage and feeder 7
0 is tilted, the prize ball fed from the ball storage/dispensing device 70 is received in the middle of being delivered to the player side, and the ball is pivoted so as to be tilted when the load of this prize ball reaches a predetermined amount. When the loaded prize ball feeding lever 103 and the load of the prize ball in this prize ball feeding lever 103 have not reached the predetermined amount, the receiving portion 96a
A safe ball processing plate 115 installed to be able to close and open the safe ball flow lower gutter 62 in order to restrict the flow of the upper safe balls is interlocked, and the prize ball feeding lever 103 is When it is confirmed by tilting that a certain number of prize balls have been delivered to the player side, the safe ball processing plate 115 is retracted from the safe ball flow down gutter 62, and the flow restriction on the safe balls is released. By configuring this, the prize ball feeding lever 1
03, and the safe ball operating lever 96 is controlled to tilt based on the linked operation of the lever 103 and the safe ball processing plate 115 that is linked to the lever 103, and the operation of the prize ball feeding lever 103 is controlled to control the safe ball operation. As a result, the tilted ball storage and feeder 70 is moved back while the prize ball still remains in the ball storage and feeder 70 as a result of which feedback can be provided to the storage and feeder 70 that is linked to the operating lever 96. This has the effect of reliably preventing malfunctions and accurately dispensing a certain number of prize balls to the player.

Therefore, in the vertical game machine of the present invention, even if the safe ball operating member in the operating mechanism of the ball storage/dispensing device can be operated by a regular safe ball, manual operation cannot be intervened. For example, even if an employee in collusion with a player attempts to tamper with the safe ball operating member or the ball storage/dispensing device, it is possible to prevent the unauthorized dispensing of balls.

Further, the above-mentioned locking member connected to the safe ball actuating member is substantially set as one hook and is placed in a position where it can act with the safe ball before the safe ball actuating member with respect to the inflow path of the safe ball. Since the operation of the operating mechanism itself can be sufficiently regulated simply by arranging the locking mechanism, there is no need for any special locking member, and the structure of the mechanism itself can be simplified.

Moreover, since the game machine of the present invention prevents unauthorized operations beforehand, as described above, there is no need to separately install an ejection path for removing unauthorized balls on the prize ball gutter side, and the back mechanism can be simplified. It is something. In particular, the safe ball rolls toward the receiving part of the safe ball actuating lever and is delivered to the receiving part from the side, and the locking member that restrains the safe ball actuating lever has a wave-shaped detection actuating piece laterally. As a result, the repeated impact on the locking member each time a safe ball is delivered is significantly reduced, and as a result, it is possible to provide a vertical game machine in which the occurrence of damage or failure in the prize ball dispensing operation is extremely low. There is an effect that can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view schematically showing the entire pachinko machine, Fig. 2 is a rear view, and Fig. 3 schematically shows the feeding route of prize balls in the pachinko machine. Fig. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of the upper plate;
The figures are a plan view and a side view of the same part as above, Figure 6 is a partially broken rear view schematically showing the entire back mechanism of the pachinko machine, Figure 7 is a rear view of the mounting board, Figures 8 and 9. 10 is a partially omitted cross-sectional view showing the adjustment rail portion in FIG. 7, and FIG. 11 is a partially omitted plan sectional view of the same portion. , Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C in Fig. 10, Fig. 13 is a rear view partially cut away showing the ball feeding gutter, and Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line D-D in Fig. 13. 15 is an exploded perspective view showing parts of the supply flow down gutter and the ball pressure adjustment gutter; FIG. 16 is a partially cutaway rear view showing the guide gutter and introduction gutter for the safe ball; Figures 17 and 18 are cross-sectional views taken along line E and line F-F in Figure 16, Figure 19 is a cross-sectional view showing the prize ball gutter body, and Figures 20, 21, and 22 are cross-sectional views taken along line E and F-F in Figure 16, respectively. Line GG in Figure 19, H
23 is a rear view showing the ball extraction device section, FIG. 24 is an exploded perspective view of the same part as above, and FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram showing the operation mechanism of the ball extraction device. Body plan view, Fig. 26 A, mouth is an explanatory diagram showing the operating state of a series of mechanisms involved in the outflow of safe balls and prize balls, respectively, Fig. 27 A, mouth, C, and 2 are illustrations for the inflow of safe balls, respectively. 28 is an exploded perspective view showing the hook member and the safe ball operating lever; FIG. 29 is an exploded perspective view showing the safe ball processing mechanism; Figure 30 A, C, C, 2, and H are explanatory diagrams showing the ball pressure adjustment operation, ball cutting, and ball packing operations step by step, respectively. Figure 31 is a partially sectional rear view showing the automatic ball feeding device. , Fig. 32A is an explanatory view showing before and during operation of the stopping state when the prize ball is full, respectively; Fig. 33 is a partially omitted rear view showing the stopping mechanism part when the prize ball is empty; Figure 34 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the main parts of the front frame plate locking device;
Fig. 35 is an exploded perspective view showing the main parts of the fixing means to the front frame plate, Fig. 36 is an exploded perspective view showing the main parts of the locking device for the glass door, and Fig. 37 is the detection of ball shortage in the dry stop prevention mechanism. FIG. 38 is a partially cutaway rear view showing a modified example of the bulb deficiency detection means, FIG. 39 is a partially cutaway rear view showing a modified example of the bulb deficiency detection means, and FIG. 39 is an exploded perspective view of the same. 1: Pachinko machine, 2: machine frame, 3: front frame board, 4: game board,
5: Glass door, 6: Handle, 7A, 7B: Rail, 8
: Game surface, 9: Winning machine, 10: Winning slot, 14: Receiver mounting plate, 18: Upper plate, 19: Automatic ball feeder, 20: Support plate, 24: Lower plate, 25: Mounting board, 26: Window , 29: Hole, 37: Ball tank, 38: Screw, 39: Tank rail,
41: Adjustment rail, 42: Pin, 43: Receiving gutter, 47: Interceptor, 48: Adjustment rod, 49: Downstream gutter, 49a: Transparent gutter section,
50: Ball pressure adjustment gutter, 52: Guide gutter, 53: Spring, 54: Guide piece, 55: Safe ball gathering gutter, 56: Lower gutter, 57: Upper gutter, 58: Middle gutter, 59: Safe Ball guide gutter, 59A: first taxiway, 59B: second taxiway, 5
9C: Return path, 61: Out ball lead-out path, 62: Safe ball flow down gutter, 62A: First flow path, 62B: Second flow path, 63: Award ball gutter body, 64: Horizontal gutter, 65: Down gutter, 66 : Discharge gutter, 67: Ball removal gutter, 68: Ball removal path, 69: Out ball socket, 70: Ball storage/feeder, 72: Ball stopper,
74: Stopping member, 74a, 74b: Stopper, 81,
83: Traction rod, 84: Tambuckle, 85: Rotating lever, 90: Operating rod, 92: Hole, 93: Organizer, 93a: Storage section, 96: Safe ball operating lever, 96a: Receiving section, 98
: Hook, 98a: Hook groove, 100: Detection actuation piece, 101
: Pin, 102: Connecting rod, 103: Prize ball feeding lever, 1
03a: saucer part, 105: lifting rod, 108: receiving lever, 111: lifting rod, 115: safe ball handling plate, 117
Case, 118: Sorting lever, 119: Feeding port, 121
Supporting rod, 127: Ball pushing piece, 128: Driven body, 130 Batting rod, 132: Connecting rod, 133: Sub-chamber, 134 Movable partition plate, 136: Sensing actuating member, 136a receiving piece, 141: Stopping rod, 144 : Protruding piece, 145 operating lever, 147: opening/closing lifting rod, 150: ball detection lever, 155: operating rod, 158
: Connection rod, 160: Contact, 162: Micro switch,
163: Contact, 164: Locking device, 169: Keyhole, 17
0: Locking device, 173: Ball sensing plate, 175: Ball sensing piece,
B: Ball, PB: Prize ball, SB: Safe ball.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 On the back side of the game board, a ball storage/dispensing device 70 is pivotably mounted to receive a certain number of prize balls from the ball outflow gutter member side connected to the ball storage section and deliver them to the player side. and a receiving part 96a for receiving the safe ball flowing out through the safe ball guide gutter 59 to the safe ball flow down gutter 62, and when this receiving part 96a receives the safe ball, the self-weight of the safe ball A safe ball actuating lever 96 which is pivotally mounted so as to be tilted is interlocked with the safe ball actuating lever 96, and a prize ball fed out from the ball storing and feeding device 70 when the ball storing and feeding device 70 is tilted is connected for play. A prize ball feeding lever 103 is pivotally mounted so as to be tilted when the load of the winning ball reaches a predetermined amount when the prize ball is received in the middle of being fed to the player's side, and a prize ball inside the prize ball feeding lever 103. When the load of the ball has not reached the predetermined amount, the receiving portion 9
A safe ball processing plate 115 installed to be able to close and open the safe ball flow down gutter 62 in order to regulate the flow of safe balls above the ball 6a is interlocked with the safe ball dispensing lever 103. When it is confirmed that a certain number of prize balls have been delivered to the player by tilting, the safe ball processing plate 115 is retracted from the safe ball flow down gutter 62, and the flow restriction on the safe balls is released. A vertical game machine characterized by being configured as follows.