JPS6317500Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine,
To explain in more detail, winning balls guided to the back of the game board are sequentially supplied to a winning ball processing device on a mechanism board provided on the back of the gaming board, and a predetermined amount of prizes are given out based on the operation of this winning ball processing device. In addition to dispensing the balls, the locking member prevents the dispensing of prize balls that are not based on winning balls, thereby preventing fraudulent acts in pachinko games.Furthermore, when the prize balls are taken out from the pachinko machine, the locking member is locked. This invention relates to a prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine whose state can be canceled by external operation.

In a pachinko machine, when a winning ball is received, the winning ball is guided to a winning ball processing device and a prize ball payout mechanism is activated to pay out the prize ball to the player. It is desired to provide a locking mechanism that prevents the prize ball payout mechanism from operating due to fraudulent activity by a player, that is, when the prize ball is not based on a winning ball. Wealth is desired.

Furthermore, as a method for preventing illegally acquiring prize balls by operating a prize ball case when there are no winning balls, there is a prize ball ejecting device for pachinko machines (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 43-23146). According to this device, the prize ball case is activated regardless of whether there are winning balls or not, and by changing the path of the paid out prize balls, the prize can be placed in either the normal path or the abnormal path. It was designed to guide the ball.

In order to provide such a passage for normal operation or a passage for abnormal operation in advance, extra space is required, which causes the problem that the mechanism plate becomes larger.

In addition, since prize balls are paid out both in normal and abnormal times, unnecessary prize balls are lost.

The purpose of this invention is that when there is a winning ball, the prize ball payout mechanism operates to ensure that the prize ball is paid out to the player, and when there are no winning balls, the prize ball payout mechanism operates. It is locked to prevent
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine which has a simple structure and is highly economical, and can release the locked state by external operation when the ball is removed from the pachinko machine, as will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings below. It will be.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of a prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention, in which a prize ball tank is mounted on the upper part of a mechanism plate 2 that is detachably attached to the back side of a game board 1. 3 is fixed to the prize ball tank 3, an inclined passage 4 is provided communicating with the lower part of the prize ball tank 3, and a bent passage 5 formed in a bent shape is provided communicating with the lower end of the inclined passage 4. A ball extraction port 7 is formed in the bent portion 6 of the bent passage 5, and a ball extraction passage 8 communicating with the discharge passage 47 faces the outside of the ball extraction port 7.
As shown in the figure, it is normally shielded by the valve body 9. The valve body 9 is fixed to a support member 12 rotatably supported by a pivot shaft 11 on the back side of the bent portion 6, and an operating lever 14 is rotatably supported by a shaft 13 at the bottom of the support member 12. It is pivoted. As shown in solid lines in FIG. 3, the operating lever 14 includes a locking portion 16 that engages with the inner surface of a stepped portion 15 formed in the ball removal passage 8 to normally hold the valve body 9 in the closed position; It consists of an operating part 17 that protrudes outward from the locking part 16, and the locking part 16 is connected to the stepped part 1 as shown by the dashed line.
By moving the bending passage 5 to the outer surface side of the passage 5.
and the ball removal passage 8 can be communicated with each other.

A sensing piece 21 is provided below the bending part 6 of the bending passage 5 to detect the presence of a prize ball. This sensing piece 21
The prize ball storage section 2 of the prize ball dispensing mechanism 23 is located at the bottom of the
Prize ball entrance stopper 25 installed above and below 4
A locking portion 22 is formed that can lock a stopper pin 28 of a link mechanism 27 that opens and closes the outlet stopper 26, respectively. The link mechanism 2
The upper end portion of a vertical rod 29 is pivotally supported by 7, and the lower end portion of this vertical rod 29 is connected to an operating rod 36, which will be described later.

Winning balls guided from various winning holes and winning ball devices provided on the front of the game board are passed through winning ball passages 31 and 3 as winning ball collection channels formed on the mechanism board 2.
2 and is guided to a curved upper guide passage 33A. Upper guide passage 33A and lower guide passage 33B
The ball receiver 35 of the winning ball processor 34 is inserted between the holes, and the operating rod 3 is further below the lower guide passage 33B.
One end of 6 is inserted. The operating rod 36 rotates around a pivot 37, moves the vertical rod 29 up and down, operates the prize ball payout mechanism 23, and pays out prize balls from the prize ball storage section 24.

A prize ball passage 41 is formed below the prize ball storage section 24 of the prize ball dispensing mechanism 23, and a passive plate 42 rotatably supported by a pivot shaft 43 is provided in the middle of this passage 41. When the plate 42 rotates downward around the pivot shaft 43, a prize ball is paid out to the payout passage 44 or 45, and the prize ball is paid out to the payout passage 44 or 4.
5, a prize ball is paid out to the ball tray on the player's side.

The out ball introduced from the out ball opening 46 of the game board 1 is guided to the discharge passage 47, and also to the ball ejection passage 8.
The lower end of the discharge passage 47 joins the discharge passage 47 .

The entered prize ball processing device 34, as shown in FIG.
A movable member consisting of a cylindrical member 52 swingably supported on the mechanism plate 2 by a pivot 51, and pachinko balls etc. stored in first and second chambers 53 and 54 formed in this cylindrical member 52, respectively. A ball receiving portion 35 is formed protruding from the side of the cylinder member 52 where the first small chamber 53 is formed, and the ball receiving portion 35 has a weight 55.
are the upper guide passage 33A and the lower guide passage 33B.
inserted between. Further, a ball receiving piece 56 is formed above the ball receiving part 35, and this ball receiving piece 56 prevents the winning balls from continuously descending, and guides the winning balls one by one sequentially downward.

As shown in FIG. 4, an actuating lever 58 is connected to the end of the passive plate 42 via a connecting rod 57, and the actuating lever 58 is rotatably pivoted by a pivot pin 59 attached to the mechanism plate 2. When the passive plate 42 is supported and rotated in the direction of arrow a, the actuating lever 58 is rotated in the direction of arrow b. Further, an actuating piece 62 to which a shutter plate 61 that blocks the lower guide passage 33B is connected is attached to the opposite side of the actuating lever 58 from the side pivoted on the pivot pin 59.
is provided with a long hole 63 extending in the vertical direction, and a connecting wire 64 is provided between this long hole 63 and the shutter plate 61, so that the operating lever 58 is moved in the direction of arrow b.
The shutter plate 61 is configured to be pulled out from the lower guide passage 33B after rotating for a certain length in the direction. Furthermore, an L-shaped return lever 65 is attached in line with the operating piece 62, and at the bottom of this L-shaped return lever 65, the prize ball processor 34
The ball receiving portion 35 of is moved upward.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6A and B, a ball receiving portion 36a formed at the tip of the operating rod 36 is inserted into the lower guide passage 33B, and the rear end of the operating rod 36 is connected to the vertical rod 29. The operating rod 36 is pivotally supported at the lower part.
The side adjacent to the vertical rod 29 is pivotably supported on the mechanism plate 2 by a pivot support 37. An engagement pin 36b serving as an engagement member is formed on the operating rod 36 and is engaged with a lock member 71, which will be described later.

The lock member 71 includes an engaging piece 72 that prevents the engaging pin 36b, that is, the lowering of the operating rod 36, and a release lever that is positioned above the ball receiving portion 36a of the operating rod 36 and inserted into the lower guide passage 33B. 73, and this locking member 71 has a pivot pin 7 on the mechanism plate 2.
4, and is rotatably supported by a lock member 7.
A weight 75 is attached to the side opposite to the side on which the first engaging piece 72 is formed, and is biased in the direction in which the release lever 73 is normally inserted into the lower guide passage 33B. Further, the engaging piece 72 of the locking member 71 comes into contact with the engaging pin 36b, and is prevented from rotating more than necessary. Therefore, the lower guide passage 33B
Even if a force is applied to move the operating rod 36 downward when there is no winning ball within the lock member 7
Since the engaging piece 72 of No. 1 and the engaging pin 36b of the operating rod 36 maintain the engaged state, the operating rod 36 does not move downward, and the winning ball is introduced into the lower guide passage 33B. In this case, the release lever 73
rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 6B, the engagement between the engagement piece 72 and the engagement pin 36b is released, and the winning ball causes the operating rod 36 to rotate as shown by the dashed line. It rotates around the branch 37, and the vertical rod 2
9 is moved upward, and the prize ball payout mechanism 23 is operated via the link mechanism 27. Shutter plate 6
1 is blocking the lower guide passage 33B, the winning ball remains placed on the ball receiving portion 36a of the operating rod 36, and the operating rod 36 is prevented from returning.

In addition, when testing, adjusting, or disposing of a pachinko machine, it is necessary to take out the prize ball from the pachinko machine, and when taking out the prize ball, the locking member 71 that locks the operating rod 36 is unlocked. It is required to maintain the condition. In this embodiment, an operation piece 8 is used as a release mechanism 81 for holding the lock member 71 in an unlocked state.
2 and a release plate 83, the operating piece 82 is rotatably supported on the mechanism plate 2, and is connected to a return spring 84, and the release plate 83 is located in the prize ball payout passage 44. Rotatably supported on the outer wall,
A groove 85 is formed in the upper center of the release plate 83, and a spring 86 is connected to the release plate 83 to urge the release plate 83 upward. When the operating piece 82 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.
, the lock member 71 is rotated counterclockwise, and the engagement pin 36a of the operating rod 36 and the lock member 7
1, and in this state, the operation piece 82 releases the release plate 83 as shown in FIG. 6B.
The operation piece 82 is inserted into the groove 85 of the lock member 71 and is biased upward by the spring 86.
is kept in the unlocked state.

Next, when the lock member 71 is to be put into the locked state again, the projection 87 formed on the end of the release plate 83 is pushed downward and the release plate 83 is rotated counterclockwise, so that the operating piece 82 is removed from the recessed groove 85.
The lock member 71 moves so that it can again engage with the engagement pin 36b of the operating rod 36.

A channel switching section 91 is formed on the upstream side of the prize ball passage 41 provided below the prize ball storage section 24 of the prize ball dispensing mechanism 23 where the passive plate 42 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, a part of the bottom wall 41a of the prize ball passage 41 is formed as an inlet 92, and a collection passage 93 is formed in communication with this inlet 92. The recovery passage 93 communicates with the ball removal passage 8 and the discharge passage 4.
It is designed to merge with 7.

The inlet 92 of the switching section 91 is normally blocked by a movable plate 94. This movable plate 94
The movable plate 94 is rotatably supported by a pivot pin 95 at one downstream end of the movable plate 94, and one upstream end of the movable plate 94 rests on a receiving portion 41b formed on the upstream bottom wall 41a of the inlet 92. It is arranged so that the prize ball can be introduced into the passive board 42 side. Further, a protrusion 94a for rotating the movable plate 94 about the pivot pin 95 is formed on one side of the movable plate 94, and this protrusion 94a protrudes toward the front side of the mechanism plate 2. An arcuate guide groove 2a is formed in the mechanism plate 2 so that the projection 94a can rotate around the pivot pin 95. On the front side of the mechanism plate 2 opposite to the side on which the pivot pin 95 of the movable plate 94 is formed,
Rotate the movable plate 94 upward to open the inlet 9
A retaining member 96 is provided to hold 2 in the open state. This holding member 96 is rotatably supported by a pivot pin 97, and a coil spring 98 stretched between one end surface of the holding member 96 and the mechanism plate 2 causes the holding member 96 to rotate counterclockwise. Normally, the holding member 96 applies a clockwise biasing force to the protrusion 94a provided on the movable plate 94, thereby bringing the tip of the movable plate 94 into close contact with the receiving portion 41b.
Further, an engaging portion 96a is formed at the distal end of the holding member 96 by a notch, and as shown in FIG. By locking the
The inlet 92 is held open. Next, when the ball removal operation is completed, if the holding member 96 is rotated clockwise against the bias of the coil spring 98, the engagement state between the protrusion 94a of the movable plate 94 and the engaging portion 96a is changed. Once released, the inlet 92 is held closed again by the movable plate 94.

The above is an outline of one embodiment of the prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention. According to such a configuration, if there is a winning ball, the prize ball can be reliably paid out to the player. If the winning ball is successful, or if there is no winning ball, the locking member 71 prevents the swinging of the operating rod 36 and the prize ball dispensing device can be locked. , the prize balls in the prize ball tank 3 are released from the ball ejection passage 8 through the discharge passage 4 by opening the valve body 9 of the ball ejection port 7 formed in the bent portion 6 by operating the operation lever 17.
7, and the prize balls in the prize ball storage section 24 are held by the holding member 96 by rotating the movable plate 94 of the switching section 91 formed in the middle of the prize ball passage 41, and the prize balls are held by the holding member 96. When the locking state of the operating rod 36 by the member 71 is maintained in the unlocking state by the release mechanism 81 and the prize ball entrance stopper 25 and the exit stopper 26 are opened, the prize balls in the prize ball storage section 24 are released from the collection passage 93. Discharge passage 4
7, and the prize balls in this prize ball storage section 24 are not paid out to the pachinko ball tray provided at the front of the pachinko machine, that is, the prize balls are provided in communication with the pachinko ball tray. Since the balls are not fed into the automatic ball supply device, prize balls can be extracted more quickly than in a pachinko machine.

According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively prevent the prize balls from being paid out due to fraudulent acts, and when the prize balls are taken out from the pachinko machine, the lock member is unlocked by the release mechanism, and the lock member is switched to the unlocked state. Since it is only necessary to rotate the movable plate of the part and hold it with the holding member, the ball extraction work of the pachinko machine can be performed easily and quickly.In addition, unlike conventional technology, a path for normal conditions and a path for abnormal conditions are provided in advance. This is a pachinko machine that is highly economical because it is unnecessary, there is no risk of increasing the size of the mechanism board, and prize balls are not paid out in abnormal situations, so there is no unnecessary flow of prize balls. You can get a prize ball dispensing device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine to which a prize ball dispensing device according to the present invention is applied;
The figure is a partial front view of the mechanism plate showing the state in which the prize ball dispensing device is formed on the mechanism plate, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing the connection state of the bending passage and the ball extraction passage, and Figure 4 is the prize ball disposal device. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing the relationship between the operating rod and the locking member, and FIGS. 6A, B, and 7 are the locking member and the release mechanism. Fig. 6A is a schematic front view showing a state in which the release mechanism is not operating, and Fig. 6B is a schematic front view showing the state in which the release mechanism is activated and the lock member is in the unlocked state. A schematic front view showing the held state, FIG.
The exploded perspective view in Figure A, and Figures 8A and 8B respectively show the relationship between the movable plate of the switching part and the holding member, and Figure 8A is a front view showing the state in which the prize ball is guided to the passive plate side. The explanatory diagram, FIG. 8B, is a front explanatory diagram showing a state in which the prize ball is guided to the collection path. In the figure, 1... Game board, 2... Mechanism board, 3... Prize ball tank, 8... Ball removal passage, 9... Valve body, 14
...Operation lever, 21... Sensing piece, 23... Prize ball payout mechanism, 24... Prize ball storage section, 27... Link mechanism, 29... Vertical rod, 31, 32... Prize ball passage, 33A... ...Upper guidance passage, 33B...Lower guidance passage, 34...Winning ball processor, 35...Ball receiver, 36...Operating rod, 36a...Ball receiver, 36
b...Engagement pin as an engagement member, 41...Prize ball passage, 42...Passive plate, 44, 45...Payout passage, 47...Ejection passage, 71...Lock member, 7
2...Engagement piece, 73...Release lever, 81...Release mechanism, 82...Operation piece, 83...Release plate, 8
5... Concave groove, 84, 86... Spring, 91...
...Switching section, 92...Inflow port, 93...Recovery passage,
94...Movable plate, 94a...Protrusion, 96...Holding member, 96a...Engaging portion, 98...Coil spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The winning balls guided to the back side of the game board are guided to a winning ball passage provided on the mechanism board as a winning ball collection gutter, and are passed through a winning ball processing device provided at the end of the winning ball passage. Winning balls are supplied one by one below the guiding passage, and guided through the guiding passage to a discharge port for discharging the winning balls to the outside of the pachinko machine. an operating rod that is inserted into the guide passage and whose other end is connected to a prize ball dispensing mechanism, an engaging member is formed on the operating rod, and an engaging piece that can be normally engaged with the engaging member; and a release lever whose tip end is inserted into the guide passage, the lock member is pivotally supported by the mechanism plate, and when the release lever is rotated based on the winning ball, it engages with the engagement piece. When the engagement state with the member is released, and the release of the engagement state causes the operating rod to operate and operate the prize ball dispensing mechanism, and the engagement piece and the engagement member are in the engagement state. is configured such that the operating rod does not operate and the prize ball dispensing mechanism cannot operate, and is provided with a release mechanism that releases the locked state of the lock member by external operation, A prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that when the locking member is held in an unlocked state by being operated by a locking member, the operating rod is operated and the prize ball dispensing mechanism is operated.