JPS631869B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and particularly to a pachinko game machine, which is equipped with a storage tank for storing pachinko balls supplied from a supply gutter, and has a ball lending function and a prize ball discharge function. This invention relates to a pachinko game device in which a pachinko ball ejecting device is separable from the pachinko machine, and the pachinko balls ejected by the pachinko ball ejecting device are directly ejected into a tray of the pachinko machine.

<Prior Art> Recently, pachinko gaming machines in which a ball rental machine is disposed adjacent to a pachinko machine have become popular. According to this, there is no need to go to a ball rental machine installed far from the pachinko machine to borrow pachinko balls, which is convenient for the players and also favorable from the management standpoint of the game parlor.

In addition, conventional pachinko machines are equipped with a prize ball ejecting device on the back side of the game board, and when a ball hits a prize, the prize ball ejecting device is activated to dump, for example, 15 prize balls into a tray on the front of the pachinko machine. is configured to emit to.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, according to the above-mentioned conventional pachinko game machine, the prize ball ejecting device is provided on the back side of the game board, so when replacing the pachinko machine or game board, the prize ball ejecting device cannot be replaced. It is also necessary to replace the bulb ejector,
It has the disadvantage of being uneconomical. In order to eliminate this drawback, the applicant proposed an invention in which a pachinko ball ejecting device that incorporates a rental ball ejecting mechanism and a prize ball ejecting mechanism is provided so as to be separable from the pachinko machine. No. 27544). However, recent pachinko machines are designed to generate a large amount of winning balls in a short period of time when a specific prize pattern is formed during the game, and are very popular among players. For this reason, the prize ball discharging mechanism has a high frequency of discharging a large amount of prize balls within an extremely short period of time, and it is necessary to smoothly discharge the prize balls without running out of balls or stopping balls.

<Means for solving the problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a saucer,
A pachinko ball ejecting device is provided on the side of a pachinko machine having a safe, an outro, a guide rail, etc., and is provided with at least a coin slot and a discriminating means for determining coins inserted into the coin slot, and is separable from the pachinko machine. a storage tank for storing pachinko balls supplied from a supply gutter located above the pachinko ball discharging device; a discharge gutter for extracting pachinko balls from the storage tank; A ball rental ball ejection mechanism that ejects a fixed number of pachinko balls as balls and also ejects a fixed number of pachinko balls as prize balls when a batted ball enters the safe is connected, and money is inserted into the coin slot. The above-mentioned rental balls are discharged from the rental ball award ball discharge mechanism which discharges the pachinko balls drawn out from the storage tank based on the ball being thrown, and the above-mentioned which discharges the pachinko balls drawn out from the storage tank when a batted ball enters the safe in a pachinko game. The prize balls from the rental ball prize ball ejection mechanism are supplied to a connecting gutter which is provided in the pachinko ball ejecting device and whose upper end faces the rental ball prize ball ejecting mechanism, and the lower end of the connecting gutter is connected to the surface of the pachinko machine. It is connected to a discharge gutter that communicates with the provided saucer.

<Function> When replacing a pachinko machine or game board with a new one, the pachinko machine can be separated from the pachinko ball ejecting device, so the pachinko ball ejecting device can be left as is.

In addition, since a predetermined amount of pachinko balls supplied from the supply gutter are stored in the storage tank, a large amount of prizes can be obtained by frequently repeating the prize ball ejecting operation within a very short time when a specific prize pattern is established. When it becomes necessary to discharge balls, the rental ball prize ball discharge mechanism operates continuously to discharge the pachinko balls stored in the storage tank one after another as prize balls, and also If you run out of pachinko balls, you can always replenish them in advance. Therefore, there is no shortage of pachinko balls to be ejected as prize balls as well as pachinko balls to be rented based on money input.

When the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism is activated, the award balls are directly ejected from the connecting gutter to the tray of the pachinko machine via the ejection gutter.

<Examples> The present invention will be described below based on examples shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bottom material 2 is fixed on a pachinko machine stand 1, and a frame 3 is installed almost vertically on top of this bottom material 2. The frame body 3 has a plurality of pairs of vertical frames 4 arranged close to each other, so that the frame body 3 is alternately formed with large openings 5 having large openings and small openings 6 having a slit shape. Ru. Note that the upper material 7 is fixed on the frame 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the base body 8 includes a pachinko machine storage section 9 that fits into the large opening 5 of the frame 3 and a pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10 that fits into the small opening 6.
It is formed by processing an aluminum plate or a plastic plate, for example. In this case, the length of the pachinko ball ejector storage section 10 is set longer than the pachinko machine storage section 9, and the pachinko machine storage section 9 is provided with a window 11. A stepped portion 12 is formed on the side wall, and the diameter in the depth direction is reduced. A surrounding portion 13 surrounding the vertical frame 4 is formed on this base 8, and the base 8 is positioned by this surrounding portion 13. In addition, the base body 8 also has an upper hinge 14,
Lower hinge 15, ball outlet 16, handle insertion port 17
etc. are formed.

The game board 18 is located in the pachinko machine storage section 9 of the base 8.
It is fitted deep into the hole, and has a guide rail 18 ₁ , safero, outro, obstacle nails, etc. on the surface.
The back side has a collection gutter 20 for collecting the safe balls that have entered the safe. This game board 18 has an upper hinge 1
4. Engage with the lower hinge 15 to open the pachinko machine storage section 9
A holding frame 19 ₁ on the inner surface of the front frame 19 that closes the opening end of the front frame 19
It is fixed by being pressed down. The front frame 19 is locked to the base body 8 with a key 21, and the opening window 22 has a metal frame 23 having a transparent plate.
is inserted so that it can be opened and closed freely.

Hand board 24 attached to the bottom surface of base 8
has a saucer 25 and a handle 26 on the front surface that communicate with the ball ejection port 16, and the spring rod of the handle 26 is connected to the end of a firing rail 27 provided at the lower front of the pachinko machine storage section 9 through the handle insertion port 17. Attend the club.

As shown in FIG. 6, the pachinko ball discharging device 28, which has both the functions of a ball rental machine and a prize ball discharging machine,
It has a storage tank 29 disposed at the upper part that is narrow and long in the front-rear direction, and a storage main body 30 that fits into the storage section 10 for the pachinko ball ejecting device. Inside the storage body 30 is a curved ball guide gutter 31 whose one end is connected to the inclined side end of the bottom of the storage tank 29.
Equipped with. A swinging gutter 33 is disposed at the lower end of the ball ejecting gutter 31 and has a support portion 32 pivotally attached to it by a shaft. This swing gutter 33 constitutes the main part of the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism,
It is linked to the excitation rod 35 of the solenoid 34, and the excitation of the solenoid 34 causes the lower end 36 of the ball flow to tilt downward. It has a stopper 37 to prevent it from flowing down.

The swinging rod 38 has stoppers 39 and 40 extending on the ball flow lower end 36 side of the movable gutter 33 and in the ball passage direction of the ball deriving gutter 31.
It is pivotally connected via. And this swinging rod 3
8 is connected to the excitation rod 43 of the solenoid 42, and is oscillated by the excitation and demagnetization of this solenoid 42. In this case, in the state shown in FIG. 7 in which the solenoid 42 is not energized, the stopper 39 faces the ball flow lower end 36 of the swing gutter 33, and the stopper 40 is located above the ball outlet gutter 31 passage. Therefore, according to such a configuration, when the solenoid 42 is excited,
Two rows of pachinko balls corresponding to the length of the swinging rod 38 flow down from the ball flow lower end 36 of the swinging gutter 33, and when the solenoid 42 is demagnetized, the balls in the ball outlet gutter 31 flow up to the swinging gutter 33. The ball flow stops at the lower end 36. Also, by energizing the solenoid 34, the swing gutter 33
Two rows of pachinko balls corresponding to the length of the ball flow at the lower end 3
Flows down from 6. Therefore, by setting the solenoid 34 to be energized by detecting when a batted ball enters the safe flow, it is possible to bring the pachinko balls flowing down in the swinging gutter 33 to the player as prize balls. By detecting when a coin is inserted and energizing the solenoid 42, pachinko balls flowing down by the operation of the swinging rod 38 can be brought to the player as rental balls. .

The connecting gutter 44 ₁ , which has one end facing the ball flow lower end 36 of the swing gutter 33, has a protrusion 44 whose other end protrudes from the bottom of the storage body 30. The aforementioned pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10 faces the entrance of the ejection gutter 45 connected to the ball ejection port 16 of the pachinko machine tray 25. Therefore, the connection gutter 4
The outlet of the protruding end 44 of 4 ₁ is connected to the inlet of the ejection gutter 45 on the pachinko machine side when the storage main body 30 is inserted into the pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10. Note that the connecting gutter 44 ₁ and the discharge gutter 45 may have any configuration as long as they communicate with each other when the pachinko ball ejecting device 28 is installed and can guide and eject the pachinko balls to the receiving tray 25.

A slot 46 into which coins such as 100 yen coins are inserted is formed on the front surface of the storage main body 30. For example, coins inserted through the slot 46 are passed through the coin guiding trough 4.
7 and selector 4 as a discriminating means.
8 will be selected. Unsuitable coins that have been sorted out are discharged from the coin discharge port 46 ₁ , but suitable coins are discharged from the coin discharge gutter 49 1 that is provided facing the storage section 10 for the pachinko ball discharge device from the coin gutter _{49 .}
is collected by a collection mechanism such as a collection gutter ₄₉₂ . There is a micro switch 5 in the passage of coin gutter 49.
This micro switch 50 is operated by the passage of an appropriate coin, and the signal from this micro switch 50 is supplied to, for example, a timer (not shown) to operate the solenoid 42 for a predetermined period of time. Therefore, by energizing the solenoid 42 for a certain period of time after coin insertion, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are discharged from the connecting gutter 44 ₁ to the ejecting gutter 45 .
The liquid is discharged to the tray 25 via the .

An oscillator 52 pivotally connected to a shaft 51 is attached to the lower end of the collecting gutter 20 on the back side of the game board 18. The end 53 of this rocker 52 is closed, and the collecting gutter 2
The oscillator 52 is always in the state shown in FIG. 6, and the ball receiving part side faces the lower end of the collecting gutter 20 for ball flow. When the safe balls are supplied from the collection gutter 20 to the ball receiver, the safe balls rotate under their own weight and the ball receiver inclines toward the safe gutter 54. The actuating part of the micro switch 55 faces the safe gutter 54, and a safe bulb passing through the safe gutter 54 is detected, and the resulting signal is supplied to, for example, a timer (not shown) to operate the solenoid 34 for a predetermined period of time. Note that the safe balls and out balls passing through the safe gutter 54 are collected by a collection gutter (not shown).

Above the pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10,
A shutter device is provided for supplying and stopping the pachinko balls flowing down from the supply gutter 63 to the pachinko ball discharge device 28. This shutter device is located at the lower end exit of the ball supply path branched from the supply gutter 63, that is, as shown in FIG.
A hole 58 is provided to guide the pachinko balls flowing out from the hole 58 to the storage tank 29, and this hole 58 is configured to be closed by a shutter member 60 which is movable back and forth and is constantly pulled forward by a spring 59 as a biasing member. .
Note that the hole 61 in the shutter member 60 is connected to the holes 57 and 5.
It is provided in a portion that does not coincide with 8. Therefore, when the pachinko ball ejecting device 28 is not inserted into the pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10,
The shutter member 60 moves forward under the bias of the spring 59 and closes the hole 57. In this state, the pachinko ball ejecting device 2 is placed inside the pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10.
8, the upper rear end of the storage main body 30 or the upper rear end of the storage tank 29 presses against the tongue-shaped receiving portion 62 of the shutter member 60, and the shutter member 60 is pressed against the spring 5.
9 and retreat against the bias. Shutter member 60
When the ball retracts, the hole 61 coincides with the holes 57 and 58, so that the ball supply path such as the chute 64 branched from the supply gutter 63 and the bellows pipe 65 connects to the pachinko ball discharging device 28.
It communicates with the side ball flow path or the storage tank 29. Therefore, pachinko balls can be replenished into the storage tank 29 from the supply gutter 63 via the chute 64, etc., and a predetermined amount of pachinko balls can be stored in the storage tank 29. Further, when the heat absorption main body 30 is inserted into the pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10 as described above, the output of the coin gutter 49 is connected to the inlet of the coin ejecting gutter 49 ₁ , and the connecting gutter 44 ₁
The outlet of the discharge gutter 45 is communicated with the inlet of the discharge gutter 45. Therefore, the pachinko ball ejecting device 28 can be brought into operation by simply inserting and mounting the storage main body 30 into the pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10.
On the other hand, when the storage main body 30 is pulled out from the pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10, the outlet of the coin gutter 49 separates from the entrance of the coin ejection gutter ₄₉₁ , and
The shutter member 60 moves back under the bias of the spring 59 and closes the holes 57 and 58, preventing the pachinko balls from falling from the ball supply path. Therefore, when repairing or replacing the pachinko ball ejecting device 28, the storage main body 30
can be easily removed from the pachinko ball discharging device housing 10, and even if the ball supply paths such as the supply gutter 63, chute 64, and bellows pipe 65 are full of pachinko balls, these pachinko balls will not flow out. There is no risk of it being scattered.

A friction reducing part 67 is provided at the lower part of the pachinko ball ejecting device storage part 10. This friction reducing portion 67 is shown as a roller installed on the opposing wall surface 66. Therefore, since the friction between the storage body 30 and the pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10 that occurs when the storage body 30 is inserted into the pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10 can be reduced, the storage body 30 can be inserted into the pachinko ball ejection device storage section 10. 10 can be easily inserted and installed. In this case, a key rod 69 that engages with a keyhole 68 at the back of the pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10 is fixed to the storage main body 30, so that the storage main body 30 can be connected to the pachinko ball ejecting device storage section 10. This keyhole 68 and key rod 6
It can be removably locked by a locking mechanism consisting of 9.

To play a game with the pachinko game machine having the above-described configuration, first, coins such as 100 yen coins are inserted into the slot 46. When the inserted coin is determined to be appropriate by the selector 48, the solenoid 42 of the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism is energized, and the pachinko balls drawn out from the storage tank 29 by the ball lead-out gutter 31 are moved to the swinging rod 38. Due to the movement, a predetermined number of water flows down into the connecting gutter ₄₄₁ . These pachinko balls pass through the discharge gutter 45 and are directly discharged to the tray 25 on the surface of the pachinko machine. Therefore, the player can immediately start playing the game by simply inserting money into the slot 46 without performing any troublesome operations such as manually transferring pachinko balls into the tray 25.

In the game, if the ball hits the winning slot,
The solenoid 34 of the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism is energized, and the pachinko balls drawn out from the storage tank 29 by the ball lead-out gutter 31 flow down to a predetermined number of connecting gutter 44 ₁ by the swinging of the swing gutter 33 . These prize balls pass through the discharge gutter 45 and are discharged to the tray 25 on the surface of the pachinko machine. Then, in the game, a specific prize mode of so-called "jackpot" is established, and the winning rate of the batted balls becomes extremely high, and the batted balls frequently win prizes within an extremely short period of time, causing the swinging gutter 33 to discharge prize balls one after another. Even when the operation is performed, a predetermined amount of balls are stored in the storage tank 29, so there is no shortage of pachinko balls to be discharged as prize balls.

Furthermore, when replacing the game board 18 with a new one, only the game board 18 can be replaced while leaving the rental ball prize ball ejecting mechanism and the like intact. Therefore, it is economical and the replacement work is easy.

In the present invention, the tray 25 from which pachinko balls are discharged is shown as a lower tray in the embodiment, but it may also be an upper tray (ball supply tray).

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, only the pachinko machine or game board can be replaced while leaving the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism intact, making the replacement work not only simple but also economical. be.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is no need to provide a bulky prize ball discharging device inside the pachinko machine, so the structure of the back of the game board is significantly simplified. A large winning device can be attached. Therefore, by attaching a large prize winning device that performs complicated operations, it is possible to make complex changes to the pachinko game and significantly increase the interest of the game.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the storage tank is provided on the side of the pachinko ball discharge device that is provided separately from the pachinko machine, there are fewer restrictions on the size of the storage tank than when the storage tank is provided in the pachinko machine.
Therefore, a large capacity storage tank can be installed. Therefore, a pachinko machine equipped with a winning device that can store a large amount of pachinko balls in the storage tank, forms a specific prize pattern during the game, and allows frequent winnings within a very short period of time. Even if a machine is installed, it can be adequately handled. Therefore, there is no risk of running out of pachinko balls to be rented or to be ejected as prize balls based on the input of money, and the ball lending function and prize ball ejecting function are maintained well, allowing players to Does not cause discomfort. In addition, the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism and ball ejection gutter that ejects pachinko balls are installed on the side of the pachinko ball ejection device, which is installed separately from the pachinko machine. The degree of freedom in position and space increases, and as a result, it is possible to adopt the shape and installation position where the pachinko balls are most likely to flow down. Therefore, pachinko balls can be smoothly and quickly discharged.

Furthermore, the present invention allows the pachinko balls ejected from the rental ball prize ball ejection mechanism to be directly supplied to the tray on the surface of the pachinko machine, so there is no need for the player to have to manually transfer the pachinko balls, and there is no need for the player to transfer the pachinko balls by hand. When the number of pachinko balls remaining in the tray is low, the tray is replenished with pachinko balls by inserting money into the slot. Therefore, there is no need to interrupt the firing operation, and the game can be played continuously. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a high level of interest in the pachinko game.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view. 6 is a perspective view of the pachinko ball ejecting device, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the swing gutter, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the shutter device. 1 is a pachinko machine stand, 18 is a game board, 25 is a saucer, 28 is a pachinko ball discharge device, 29 is a storage tank, 31 is a ball outlet gutter, 33 is a swing gutter, 34, 42
is a solenoid, 38 is a swinging rod, 44 ₁ is a connecting gutter,
45 is a discharge gutter, 46 is an input port, 48 is a selector,
63 is a supply gutter.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko ball discharging device equipped with at least a coin slot and a means for determining coins inserted into the coin slot is installed on the side of a pachinko machine having a saucer, a safe slot, an out slot, a guide rail, etc. and a storage tank that stores pachinko balls supplied from a supply gutter located above the pachinko ball discharging device, a ball ejection gutter that extracts pachinko balls from the storage tank, and a ball ejection gutter that extracts pachinko balls from the storage tank. A ball rental ball prize ball ejecting mechanism is installed which discharges a fixed number of pachinko balls as rental balls based on a signal from the player and also discharges a fixed number of pachinko balls as prize balls when a batted ball enters the safe opening. , Rental balls from the rental ball award ball ejection mechanism that discharges pachinko balls drawn out from the storage tank based on coins being inserted into the coin slot, and balls from the storage tank when a batted ball enters the safe slot in a pachinko game. The prize balls from the rental ball prize ball discharging mechanism for discharging the derived pachinko balls are supplied to a connecting gutter which is provided in the pachinko ball ejecting device and whose upper end faces the rented ball prize ball discharging mechanism, and the connecting gutter A pachinko game device characterized in that the lower end of the pachinko machine is connected to a discharge gutter that communicates with a saucer provided on the surface of the pachinko machine, so that pachinko balls from the connecting gutter are discharged into the saucer.