JP2769976B2 - Ball tray in pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball tray for a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to a ball tray capable of removing a ball, which is implemented in a game machine using pachinko balls for game media and prize media. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a general pachinko machine, which is one of the representative examples of this type of gaming machine, in a related operation between a ball launching device and a ball feeding device based on a game starting operation, a game ball in an upper ball tray is played. A prize paid out from the prize ball discharge portion of the mechanism set board on the back side as a reward for a safe ball generated during the game by sending one ball at a time to the launch site in the aircraft and launching it in the game surface and playing the game. The ball can be preferentially passed out of the main route to the upper ball tray and accommodated therein, and the excess prize balls overflowing after the upper ball plate and the main route side are filled with the ball can be lowered via the sub route on the back side. It can be sequentially stored (stored) by passing it out to the ball dish side.

[0003] When ejecting the stored balls (prize balls) on the respective ball plates, the ball on the upper ball plate side is moved to the downstream end in a withdrawal operation using ball removing means attached to each ball plate. The ball can be withdrawn from the ball outlet to the lower ball tray side through the ball removal passage and a part of the sub-path, while the ball on the lower ball tray side is separately prepared below the lower ball plate from the ball removal port of the ball container. Can be released directly into the ball case. In other words, the balls in the respective ball dishes can be discharged from the ball ejection port of the lower ball dish as the final ball outlet. The prize ball capacity is generally larger on the lower ball plate side than on the upper ball plate side, and even if the lower ball plate and the storage balls in the sub-path are full, the upper ball plate A considerable number of the prize balls on the side can be discharged from the ball empty passage to the middle of the sub route.

[0004]

As described above, in the pachinko machine, each of the balls accommodated on the upper and lower ball trays is finally discharged from the ball hole of the lower ball tray. It took quite a long time to finish all the ball pulls. One of the causes is considered to be the shape of the hole for removing the ball in the ball removing means of the lower bowl and the state of the passage of the ball from the hole. That is, in a lower ball tray that has been conventionally implemented, the ball opening formed at the center of the bottom surface of the ball storage portion is the most standard circular or substantially square shape. Even if these ball punching holes have a shape having an opening width that allows a plurality of (7 to 9) balls to pass therethrough, in actual ball pulling, all of the balls in the ball receiving portion are ball-shaped. A so-called bridging state, which is concentrated on the outlet and interferes with each other, may be caused. This is a major cause, and the ball cannot be quickly passed (discharged).

On the other hand, in the ball removing means attached to each of the lower ball dishes, the opening / closing plate for each of the above-mentioned ball removing ports has the opening shape of the corresponding ball removing port (in any operation mode). (The size of a circle or a substantially square), and when removing a ball, the amount of opening and closing movement that can fully open the hole (typically the amount of sliding movement in the left and right direction)
Is required, the size of the entire apparatus tends to increase. Further, as the opening / closing movement of the opening / closing plate increases, the urging force (spring force) in the closing direction of the opening / closing plate needs to be strengthened. There was also a problem that the biasing force) increased. By the way, if an attempt is made to speed up the removal of the ball by enlarging the hole for removing the ball, the problem of increasing the size of the entire ball removing device and the burden of opening the ball removing device appears more.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problems suitably. Pachinko balls stored in a ball storage portion facing the front side of a gaming machine are promptly arranged in a plurality of units. Provided is a ball receiving tray in a pachinko game machine that can be passed through, and can speed up ball pulling, which is considered to be time-consuming, and can simplify the entire dish including ball pulling means. The purpose is to:

[0007]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS]
In order to suitably achieve the intended purpose, the ball tray in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a ball tray mounted on the lower front side of the fuselage so as to store many pachinko balls and to be able to withdraw them outside. At the bottom of the storage portion formed in the dish body, a ball opening is provided on the bottom surface of the storage portion on the lower surface of the storage portion, while a plurality of balls are arranged in an aligned state and a ball opening of a horizontally long opening shape capable of dropping out is established. A horizontally movable opening / closing member having a valve portion for opening / closing and a communication port of the same shape is mounted so as to be capable of opening and closing in the opening width direction of the ball opening.

[0008]

In a state where the valve portion of the opening / closing member attached to the lower surface of the storage portion faces the ball opening formed on the bottom surface of the storage portion,
Pachinko balls are stored in the storage section. When the opening / closing member is operated to align the communication port with the ball removal port, the pachinko balls stored in the storage section pass through the ball removal port and the communication port in an aligned state and fall.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a ball tray in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of preferred embodiments. The gaming machine according to the present embodiment is exemplified by a general pachinko machine equipped with an upper ball tray and a lower ball tray on the front side (front side) of the body.

Therefore, the basic structure of the pachinko machine P, which is schematically shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 as a whole, will be briefly described. As a main game component for common use in the front and rear portions of the front frame B,
A window frame C to which a horizontally opening glass door D and a front opening / closing plate E are assembled; an upper ball tray F and a ball feeder G set before and after the front opening / closing plate E; And a hitting and launching device I, and a mechanism set board J located on the back side, etc., respectively, while a game board K constituting a required game surface is set in the front inside of the front frame B in a detachable manner. .

The front frame B is made of synthetic resin as an example. As shown schematically in FIG. 3, the front frame B has an outer size suitable for the front surface of the opening of the outer frame A. Frame 1 having an installation opening 2 for the game, and a housing frame 4 having a set surface opening 5 for the game board K located inside the front of the frame 1.
And a game auxiliary board 6 positioned below the set face opening 5 and aligned with the game board K, are integrally formed in a series of double frames. A set port 7 for the lower ball tray H, a set hole 8 for the hit ball launching device I, and the like are opened in the support board 3 at the lower part of the frame 1, and a game is provided at each corner of the set face port 5. An attachment portion 9 for the board K is formed, and a prize ball exit 10, a ball return path 11 for a spilled ball or a foul ball, a return port 12, an out ball path 13, etc. While each is formed, a firing rail 14 is attached and set.

On the other hand, in the mechanism set board J, as shown schematically in FIG. 2, a discharge path 16 communicated with an out ball path 13 and a safe ball Discharge path 17 and processing device 18, prize ball storage and delivery path 19, prize ball discharge device 20, prize ball exit 10
A main prize ball path 21 communicated to the upper ball dish F side through the sphere, and a sub prize ball path 22 and the like branched and connected therefrom and communicated to the lower ball dish H side through the set port 7 are formed, respectively. Equipped.
The prize ball path 22 and the return port 12 are provided in the set port 7
Are collectively communicated by one ball container 23 attached to the back side of the ball. In the gaming board K, as schematically shown in FIG. 1, an out port 25 communicating with the out ball path 13 is formed in a circular rail 24, and various winning devices 26 and 27 are provided. Have been.

In the above-mentioned pachinko machine P, the upper bowl F is used for accommodating and sending pachinko balls (including award balls) used for games, and the lower bowl H is exclusively discharged. It is used for storing prize balls, and is made into a unit by combining a plurality of synthetic resin molded members together, and in any of the ball dishes F and H, the player releases the ball with a fingertip as needed at any time. The possible ball removal mechanisms are individually provided.
Therefore, each ball plate will be described.

(Regarding Upper Ball Dish and Ball Draining Mechanism) As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the upper bowl D has a dish body 31 substantially as a ball dish member and a ball dish reinforcing member. The outer protective body 38 serving as an outer member is combined with the inner and outer parts,
The front opening / closing plate E is attached and set with screws or the like. Then, in the dish main body 31, a storage section 32 having a substantially semicircular planar shape formed in the left half upstream portion and a tapered rectifying portion 33 formed in the right half downstream portion are both connected on the same delivery gradient surface. A delivery outlet 35 of a single-row delivery path 34 formed in the flow straightening unit 33 is aligned and communicated with the inlet of the ball feeder G. On the other hand, on the left back side of the front opening and closing plate E,
A rectangular tubular communication gutter 36 extends rearward, and its opening 37 is aligned with the prize ball outlet 10 and faces the storage portion 32 (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

The above-mentioned ball removing mechanism in the upper bowl is provided at a predetermined portion corresponding to the rectifying portion 33 and the storage portion 32.
First and second ball removing mechanisms 41 and 51 that can be opened from the outside of the outer shell protection body 38 are provided, respectively. First
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, in the ball removing mechanism 41, the upstream end is defined inside the dish main body 31, communicates the upstream end below the outlet 35, and the downstream end faces the lower ball dish H side described later. The ball-sliding passage 42 and the guide frame 43A on the front side of the plate body 31 are movably fitted in the left and right directions and closed by the spring 46 in the closing direction (right side in the figure).
A movable body 44 urged toward the main body, and a slide port 47 formed in the upper inside of the movable body
Opening / closing valve 4 extended to the communication portion between the ball 5 and the ball emptying passage 42
5 and an operating tool 48 which is located on the front side of the guide opening frame 50A below the outer protective body 38 and is attached to the moving body 44 and connected thereto. In a normal state, the opening / closing valve 45 of the moving body 44 is held in a state where the bottom surface of the outlet 35 (the upper end of the ball emptying passage 42) is closed, and the opening / closing valve 45 is moved to the left in the figure by operating the operating tool 48. By doing, both 3
5, 42 can be put in a ball-open state in communication. The moving body 44 is held by a lid 49 attached to the guide frame 43A.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the second ball removing mechanism 51 includes a ball removing port 52 formed in the bottom of the central portion of the storage portion 32 of the dish body 31, and a ball removing port 52 of the dish body 31. The upstream end communicates with the lower side of the ball outlet 52 and the downstream end faces the return opening 12, and the ball outlet passage 53 and the guide frame 43 </ b> B on the front side of the plate main body 31 extend in the left-right direction. A movable body 54 which is movably inserted into and is urged by a spring 56 in a closing direction (rightward in the drawing), and a ball removing port formed on the inside of the upper portion of the movable body 54 through a slide port 57 of the plate body 31. An opening / closing valve 55 extended to the lower surface of 52 and an operating tool 58 located on the front side of the guide opening frame 50B below the outer protective body 38 and attached to the moving body 54 and connected thereto. At normal times, the on-off valve 55 of the moving body 54 is held in a state in which the ball vent 52 is closed, and by operating the operating tool 58, the on-off valve 55 is displaced to the left in the figure, whereby both (52, 5)
3) can be put in a ball-open state in which the balls communicate with each other. The moving body 54 is held by a lid 59 attached to the guide frame 43B.

The moving bodies 44 and 54 of the ball removing mechanisms 41 and 51 and the operating tools 48 and 58 are connected together in a similar fitting engagement form as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. I have. That is, in each of the moving bodies 44 and 54, an elastically deformable connecting piece 62 having an outwardly directed hook portion 63 is formed on each of the left and right sides of a fitting portion 61 formed downward and forward. In the operation tools 48 and 58, engagement ports 65 are formed on both left and right sides of a fitting port 64 formed inside the central portion. And each moving body 44,5
4 and the operating tools 48, 58, the fitting portion 61
And the fitting port 64 are closely fitted to each other,
The hook portions 63 of the connecting pieces 62 on both sides are elastically engaged with the engaging holes 65 and connected. By the way, at the time of disassembly of both, a hook-shaped tool or the like is inserted into each engagement opening 65 to release the hook 63 of the connecting piece 62 from the engagement opening 65, and the operating tool 48,
58 can be removed from the moving bodies 44 and 54 by pulling it out to the front side.

The two ball-pulling mechanisms 41 and 51 are connected to each other based on an example of right-hand and left-hand interlocking as open operation conditions. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, one connecting rod 67 is supported by the supporting portion 66 on the front side of the plate main body 31 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and the connecting member 68A at the right end of the connecting rod 67 is the first connecting rod 68A. The connecting portion 68B at the left end of the connecting rod 67 abuts on the support 70 of the second moving body 54 so as to be separable and engageable. This allows the second mechanism 51 to perform the opening operation by itself, and is opened in a synchronously linked state in association with the opening operation of the first mechanism 41. The moving bodies 44 on each side,
The support pieces 69, 70 are provided with the escape holes 49 of the lids 49, 59.
a, 59a, extending forward, each connecting device 68A,
68B.

(Regarding Lower Ball Dish and Ball Draining Mechanism) As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 10, the lower bowl D has a lower bowl body 71 and an upper bowl frame 72, as shown in FIG. The storage unit 73 is vertically combined and attached to the surface of the backing plate 78 with screws or the like, and has a horizontally elongated concave storage portion 73 in the left and right directions inside the two bodies 71 and 72. Then, as a discharge portion of the ball pulled out from the first ball pulling mechanism 41 side of the upper ball plate F, a discharge gutter 74 attached to the front right side of the backing plate 78 and a right portion of the plate frame 72 are provided. The storage portion 73 is communicated from the downstream end of the ball removing passage 42 by a passage 75 formed over an outlet 76 on the right side of the storage portion 73. Note that the discharge gutter 74 and the passage 75 are covered with a cover 77 that is attached over the backing plate 78 and the lower ball tray F. The backing plate 78 is attached and set to the front surface of the support plate 3 of the front frame B from the back with screws or the like, and a communication port 79 opened at the center thereof is fitted into the set port 7, The ball container 23 and the storage 73 are communicated. Reference numeral 80 in the figure indicates an ashtray.

At the center of the lower surface of the above-mentioned lower bowl H, there is provided a ball removing mechanism 81 which can be opened from the outside. As shown in FIGS. 10 to 14, the ball removing mechanism 81 includes a horizontally long ball removing port 82 opened in the left-right direction of the storage unit 73.
And a ball opening 8 attached to the lower surface of the plate body 71 with screws or the like.
Guide holder 83 having an identical spherical outlet 84 aligned below
And an opening / closing member 85 interposed between the holding body 83 and the lower surface of the dish main body 71 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction and urged by a spring 90 in the closing direction. Normally, the opening / closing member 85 is held in a state in which the lower surface of the ball hole 82 is closed by the valve portion 86, and by moving the valve portion 86 by operating the member 85, the communication port 87 is connected to the two ports 82. , 84 in a ball-open state.

Then, in the ball removing mechanism 81 described above,
As shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, the ball hole 82 is
An opening width W (e.g., 13 to 10 mm) suitable for one ball in the front-rear direction (vertical direction in the figure) is formed in the lower part of the inner bottom surface of the storage part 73 at the lowered center front side. 1
5 mm) and an opening length L (for example, 80 to 90 mm) suitable for a plurality of spheres (seven in the figure) in the left-right direction. The distance W ₁ between the front inner wall surface of the front opening edge and the reservoir portion 73 of the ball vent port 82 is desirably about one minute balls. The guide holding member 83 is formed of a resin in the shape of a flat rectangular dish lid.
Are formed, guide rails 83a are formed on the left and right side walls, and a relief opening 83b is formed in the center of the front wall. The front and rear walls can be used as stoppers for the opening / closing member 85.

On the other hand, the opening / closing member 85 is an example in which the opening / closing member 85 is pushed backward and opened, and is formed by resin molding in a substantially concave shape in a plane, and the valve portion 86 is formed along the left / right direction of a central portion. Along the front side of the valve portion 86, a horizontally long opening-like communication port 87 which can communicate with the ball outlet 82 and the ball outlet 84 is opened, and a front lower portion of the storage portion 73 is provided at the center of the front side. An operation finger rest 89 located at the position is formed. The opening / closing member 85 is placed on the upper surface of the guide holding member 83, and the groove 88a of the guide holding portion 88 formed on the left and right sides thereof is fitted to the guide rail 83a on each side, and the finger contact portion is provided. 89 is set so as to extend from the escape port 83b, and is biased and supported by a spring 90 in a closed state.

In such a ball removing mechanism 81, the opening / closing member 85 in the closed state has its front edge abutting on the front wall of the guide holder 83 as shown in FIG. Under this condition, the valve portion 86 extends to the rear half of the opening width W with respect to the lower surface of the ball outlet port 82, thereby substantially closing the port 82. In connection with this, since the communication port 87 and the two ports 82 and 84 are in a state of opening about half of the opening width W of each other, garbage and the like entering the storage section 73 by using this opening portion. It can be eliminated immediately. On the other hand, when the opening / closing member 85 is pushed in, the left and right guide holding portions 88 and the like come into contact with the rear wall portion of the guide holding member 83 as shown in FIG. Under this condition, the communication port 87 and the ports 82 and 84 can be aligned and communicated.
According to this, the opening / closing member 85 can be opened only by being operated about half of the opening width W of each of the ports 82, 84, 87 (about the radius of the sphere).

In the above-described ball removing mechanism 81, when the opening / closing member 85 is in the closed state, the finger contact portion 89 moves the plate body 71.
In this case, the operation direction is slightly extended from the front edge of the lower surface of the finger.
SH ”(not shown). Then, in the open state, the finger contact portion 89 is slightly pushed in from the front edge of the lower surface of the plate main body 71, and the coin is inserted into the gap S formed between the opposing surfaces of the two plates 71 and 89 to hold the coin in the open state. (See FIG. 14). By the way, each mouth 8
2, 84, 87 may be formed at two places on the same line in the left-right direction.

[0025]

In the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment configured as described above, the required ball game operation is carried out under the play of a game, so that the operation of the hit ball firing device I and the operation of the ball feed device G are performed. The pachinko balls (game balls) in the upper ball tray F are sent to the firing rails 14 one by one via the ball feeder G, and are hit into the game surface of the game board K from the same rails. The game is unfolded. During this game, the game balls entering the outro 25 and the prize-winning tools 26 and 27 are finally discharged out of the machine from the discharge paths 16 and 17 of the mechanism set board J as out balls and safe balls. On the other hand, as a prize for the safe ball, on the assumption that each safe ball is detected and confirmed by the processing device 18 one by one, the predetermined number is determined based on the setting operation of the prize ball discharging device 20 of the set board J. Prize balls are ejected. The foul ball generated during the game is discharged from the ball receiving path 11 to the ball container 23 on the back side through the return port 12 and the lower ball plate H
Is returned to.

The prize ball discharged to the main prize ball path 21 by the operation of the prize ball discharge device 20 is, as shown in FIG.
From the prize ball exit 10 on the side of the ball, it is discharged into the storage portion 32 of the upper ball tray F through the communication gutter 36 on the front opening / closing plate E side, and passes through the delivery path 34 in a single line while being sequentially aligned by the rectification portion 33. Will be issued. And this prize ball is a game ball for game continuation,
The ball sequentially passes through the ball feeder G from the delivery port 35 via the opening / closing valve 45 of the first ball removal mechanism 41. On the other hand, when many prize balls are discharged in a short time, the prize balls are stored in the respective portions 33, 32 in the upper ball tray F, and then sequentially fill the communication gutter 36 and the prize ball outlet 10. . Subsequently, after the downstream portion of the main prize ball 21 is filled, the ball overflows from the same portion as surplus prize balls from the supplementary prize ball 22 to the ball container 23.
And finally discharged to the storage portion 73 of the lower ball tray H and stored as it is (see FIG. 5). However, when the number of balls in the upper ball tray F decreases, the prize balls are preferentially discharged to the upper ball plate F via the prize ball outlet 10 and the communication gutter 36 as described above.

As described above, in a situation where many prize balls are discharged and stored in the upper ball dish F and the lower ball dish H, respectively, when these stored balls are to be extracted as necessary, each of them is required to be removed. Release the ball-pulling mechanism. First, on the lower ball tray H side, with the ball receiving box (not shown) lent from the game hall side facilitated downward, as shown in FIGS. The opening / closing member 85 is pushed backward by a fingertip. With this, with the retreat of the valve portion 86, the ball outlet 82 of the storage portion 73 is opened,
The communication port 87 and the upper and lower ports 82 and 84 are aligned and communicated as one ball ejection path, and in this open state, the storage section 73, the ball container 23, and the auxiliary discharge path 22 side. All the stored balls can be extracted from the ball ejection paths 82, 87, 84 and dropped and discharged into the lower ball receiving box.

In this ball removal, the balls in the storage portion 73 are aligned and communicated with each other while the pushed-in opening / closing member 85 is in contact with the guide holding member 83 and is prevented from moving backward. In this case, a plurality of balls are dropped and passed through the ball removing paths 82, 84, and 87 while being aligned in a horizontal row on the left and right, and the balls can be quickly pulled out while dispersing and discharging the balls. In addition, with the ball receiving box prepared during the game, a coin may be inserted between the finger contact portion 89 of the opening / closing member 85 and the plate main body 71 to keep the ball in the open state. According to this, it is possible to eliminate the trouble and trouble of performing the ball removing operation every time the winning balls discharged to the lower ball tray H are stored. Incidentally, after the ball is removed, the coin is removed, and the opening / closing member 85 is returned and held at the original closed position by using the spring 90.

On the other hand, on the upper bowl F side, both the ball removing mechanisms 41 and 51 can be selectively opened according to the situation. For example, when all the stored balls are to be removed at the end of the game, In synchronization with the opening operation of the first mechanism 41, the second mechanism 51 is also opened. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, by pushing the operating tool 48 on the first side to the left side in the figure by fingertip operation, the opening / closing valve 4
With the displacement of 5, the bottom surface of the delivery port 35 is opened and communicates with the ball removal passage 42, while the second-side moving body 54 is pushed by the first-side moving body 44 via the connecting rod 67. As a result, the lower surface of the ball vent 52 is opened with the displacement of the on-off valve 55, and communicates with the ball vent passage 53. As a result, the stored balls of the storage part 32 and the rectifying part 33 flow from the outlet port 35 through the ball removal passage 42, are discharged from the discharge gutter 74 on the lower ball tray H side to the storage part 73 through the passage 75, and are stored. Part 3
2 and the storage ball from the connecting gutter 36 to the prize ball exit 10
It flows through the ball removal passage 53 from the ball removal port 52, is discharged from the return port 12 to the ball container 23, and is discharged to the storage portion 73 of the lower ball tray H. Is quickly discharged.

When part of the stored ball is to be withdrawn during the game as required, only the second ball removing mechanism 51 described above is independently opened at an appropriate time. That is, by pushing the operation tool 58 to the left in the figure by fingertip operation, the ball opening 52 is opened and the ball opening passage 53 is communicated with the ball opening passage 53 with the movement of the opening / closing valve 55 of the moving body 54 as described above. You. Therefore, the upper ball plate F
The storage sphere reaching the storage part 32 and the communication gutter 36 side of the ball is passed from the ball release port 52 to the ball release passage 53, the return port 12, and the ball container 2.
3 and discharged to the lower bowl H. At the time of removing the ball, the game can be normally continued for a proper time by using at least the storage ball reaching the storage unit 32 and the rectification unit 33.

In removing the ball with the above-mentioned upper bowl D,
The ball pulling mechanism 81 of the lower ball tray H may be held in advance in a ball pulling open state using a coin. According to this, when the ball is removed at the end of the game, the operation can be easily performed by a simple operation of opening the first ball removing mechanism 41.
Further, in the second ball removing mechanism 51, since the stored balls can be partially removed by an arbitrary operation thereof, adverse effects on the upper bowl F, such as clogging of the balls between the storing portion 32 and the rectifying portion 33, and the like. Poor ball flow in the delivery path 34 due to an increase in the stored ball pressure, and further, stoppage of ball clogging in the vicinity of the delivery port 35, and the like are suitably solved. In addition, even if this mechanism 51 is operated during the game, the player who is operating the hit ball launching device I can easily operate the mechanism with his / her left hand, and can concentrate on the game without being distracted by removing the ball.

[0032]

Another Embodiment The ball-pulling technique employed in the pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and another example in which the application is changed as appropriate is proposed and suitably recommended. That is, the first and second ball removing mechanisms 41 and 51 on the upper bowl F side may be changed from a slide operation mode to a push button operation mode or a rotary lever operation mode. The opening operation condition may be a left operation right interlocking mode. In any of the opening operation modes, the operating tool or the moving body of one of the mechanisms on the interlocking operation side may be restricted to the opening position by using the switching-type restricting means or the electric means. Further, the ball removing passage 42 of the illustrated first ball removing mechanism 41 is formed in the center of the inside of the dish body 31 of the upper bowl D, and the ball removing passage 53 of the second ball removing mechanism 51 is formed.
May be merged. In any of the technical examples, the upper ball tray F can be handled as one ball receiving member equipped with a ball removing mechanism on the upstream and downstream portions, and other gaming machines other than pachinko machines, for example, The present invention can also be suitably applied to a gaming machine capable of playing a symbol combination game using a pachinko ball.

On the other hand, in the ball removing mechanism of the lower ball tray H, the storage portion 7
Each of the three opening holes 82, the communication port 87 of the opening / closing member 85, and the ball outlet 84 of the guide holding member 83 have a horizontally long opening shape that can communicate with each other. . That is, as the mechanism 81 in the form of the drawer and forward opening illustrated in FIGS. 15 and 16, the opening / closing member 85 inserted between the lower surface of the dish main body 71 and the guide holding body 83 attached to the lower surface is It is movably supported in the front-rear direction by using the groove 88a of the guide holding portion 88 on the left and right sides and the guide rail 83a, and is biased and held at the rear closed position by a spring 90 as necessary. Then, by pulling the opening / closing member 85 forward using the finger hook 89 for operation, the valve portion 86 is pulled out of the ball in a contact positioning state between the front edge of the member 85 and the front wall of the guide holding member 83. Mouth 82
And the communication port 87 communicates with both ports 82 and 84 to open the ball.

As a mechanism 81 of a slide open (laterally open) embodiment to the left and right illustrated in FIG. 17 and FIG.
The opening / closing member 85 inserted between the lower surface 1 and the guide holding member 83 attached to the lower surface is moved in the left-right direction using the groove 88a of the guide holding portion 88 on the front and rear sides and the guide rail 83a. As well as spring 9 if necessary.
At 0, for example, it is biased and held at the right closed position. By sliding the opening / closing member 85 to the left, for example, using the operating knob 89, the valve portion 86 is brought into contact with the left edge of the member 85 and the left wall portion of the guide holding member 83. Open the ball removing port 82, and the communication port 87 communicates with both ports 82 and 84 to open the ball removing port.

In the ball removing mechanism 81 of each of the other examples, the ball removing port 82, the communication port 87, and the ball outlet 84 are formed in parallel in the front-rear or left-right direction. Is the same as In each of the mechanisms 81 shown in FIGS. 12, 15, 18, etc., a pair of guide support means such as, for example, a rail is provided on the lower surface of the plate main body 71 on the left and right or front and rear, and the opening and closing member 85 It may be movably supported. According to this, the guide holding body 83 having the ball outlet 84 can be omitted, and the entire mechanism can be simplified. In any of the ball removing mechanisms, the opening state may be held by an appropriate means other than a coin.
2 may be completely closed. A protrusion for breaking the ball may be provided on the upper surface of the valve portion 86.

By applying the above-described ball punching technique, it is possible to propose a ball punching mechanism 91 of a lever type opening / closing embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20. That is, on the lower surface of the dish main body 71 provided with the left and right horizontally elongated ball hole 82, a turning lever-shaped opening / closing member 92 is connected and supported at its right end by a support shaft 100, and is appropriately rod-shaped by urging means (not shown). The valve portion 93 is biased and held at a closed position where the valve portion 93 faces the lower surface of the ball outlet 82. Then, the opening and closing member 92 is pivoted so as to be pulled forward by using the finger hook 94 at the left end, so that the valve portion 93 opens the ball hole 82. On the lower surface of the plate main body 71, a guide rail 96, a guide insertion frame 97 and a guide holding frame 95 formed with a support seat 98 are attached to the operation portion side of the opening / closing member 92, thereby stabilizing the opening / closing member 92. Opening and closing movement can be planned,
A support 99 is provided on the fulcrum side of the member 92, if necessary.
Is attached.

As a ball removing mechanism of another application, although not shown, a valve portion of a rotating lever-like opening / closing member attached to the lower surface of the plate main body and biased and held at a pre-operation position is provided. A form in which the lower surface of the ball opening of the main body is opened and closed, and a form in which an operating member in the form of a rotating lever and an elevating opening / closing member that opens and closes the ball opening are connected appropriately. In any of the ball removing mechanisms, the configuration can be simplified and the lower ball dish can be easily assembled and set on the lower bowl, thereby making the entire lower bowl dish of a unit type suitably simplified. obtain.

[0038]

As described above in detail, according to the ball tray of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, a large number of pachinko balls overflowing or extracted from the upper ball tray side can be stored and discharged. In a ball tray, a horizontally movable opening / closing member is moved in a required front / rear or left / right direction with respect to a horizontally elongated opening hole formed in a storage portion of the ball plate, so that a ball opening of the member can be removed. Under the ball-open state in which the mouth is in communication with the mouth, the stored ball on the lower ball tray side can be withdrawn from both mouths. In this ball removal, the stored balls are widely dispersed along a ball opening having a horizontally long opening shape, and are quickly dropped out while being continuously dropped in a continuous dropping state while aligning a plurality of units. Can be put out. Further, in connection with such a ball punching, the opening / closing member can be of a minimum size and opening / closing amount necessary for moving the ball punching port in the opening width direction. The whole can be of a small size with a small opening / closing amount, and as a result, a simple unit of the entire lower ball tray including a ball removing mechanism is achieved, and can be suitably implemented in a pachinko game machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view schematically showing the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view schematically showing a front frame of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the upper and lower ball dishes of the present embodiment, partially cut away.

FIG. 5 is a side elevation view showing upper and lower ball dishes and a discharge path of award balls.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an upper ball dish side partially broken away.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing the upper ball dish.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of first and second ball removing mechanisms.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a connecting portion between the moving body and the operating tool in the ball removing mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a plan sectional view showing the lower ball tray side.

FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a lower ball tray and a ball removing mechanism.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the ball punching mechanism partially broken in an open state.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of a ball removing mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lower ball tray is opened without a ball.

FIG. 15 is a partially cutaway plan view showing another example of the ball removing mechanism.

FIG. 16 is a side sectional view showing an open state of the ball removing mechanism.

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing another example of the ball punching mechanism, partially broken away.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing the ball removing mechanism in an open state, partially broken away.

FIG. 19 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a ball removing mechanism of an application modification.

FIG. 20 is a plan view showing an open state of the ball removing mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 71 Dish main body 73 Reservoir 82 Ball release port 85 Opening / closing member 86 Valve section 87 Contact port

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball tray mounted on the lower front side of a fuselage so as to store a large number of pachinko balls and to allow the ball to be extracted to the outside, and a bottom surface of a storage portion (73) formed in a plate body (71). In the meantime, while opening a ball opening (82) in the shape of a horizontally long opening through which a plurality of balls can be aligned and dropped out, a hole for opening and closing the ball opening (82) is provided on the lower surface of the storage part (73). A horizontally movable opening / closing member (85) having a valve part (86) and a communication port (87) having the same shape.
A ball tray in a pachinko game machine, wherein the ball tray is mounted so as to be able to open and close in the opening width direction of the ball removing port (82).