JP2846579B2 - Pachinko ball receiving box - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball receiving box for accommodating pachinko balls paid out from a lower plate of a pachinko machine at a pachinko game hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko game hall, when the number of pachinko balls to be played increases during a game, it is necessary to take out excess pachinko balls accumulated in a lower plate. For this reason, usually, as shown in FIG. 3, in order to store such surplus pachinko balls, a pachinko ball receiving box 11 rented out at a game hall.
Is used on a mounting table 14 installed below the lower plate 13 of the pachinko machine 12.

In order to make the pachinko ball receiving box relatively light, strong and inexpensive, it is generally made as a plastic case which is a molded product of a plastic material, for example, several thousand pachinko balls at a time. Also,
It is possible to store enough without breaking.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional pachinko ball receiving box, as the number of pachinko balls stored in the box increases, the pachinko balls are gradually piled up around the central portion thereof, There is an inconvenience that, for example, a part of the plastic case collapses and runs down the upper surface of the opening edge of the plastic case main body and falls out of the plastic case main body.

[0005] In addition, the pachinko balls spilled out in this way are enthusiastic about the game, and the customer does not pick them up and loses a few parsets of the number of balls obtained. On the other hand, on the hall side, there was a problem that it took time and effort to pick up the pachinko balls spilled on the floor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems. A pachinko ball which falls or flows toward an upper opening edge of a plastic case body due to collapse or the like is provided. A pachinko ball receiving box that can be effectively stopped from inadvertently spilling out of the plastic case body by stopping the inside of the case or pulling it back inside the case using the inclination of the upper surface of the opening edge. The purpose is to obtain.

[0007]

The pachinko ball receiving box according to the present invention has an inclined surface which is inclined downward toward the inside of the case on the upper surface of the upper opening edge formed in the plastic case body.

Further, the pachinko ball receiving box according to the present invention has a reinforcing piece projecting from a lower surface of an upper opening edge.
In addition, a handle portion is provided continuously at two opposing positions of the upper opening edge.

[0009]

In the pachinko ball receiving box according to the present invention, since the upper surface of the upper opening edge of the plastic case body is inclined so as to become lower toward the inside of the case, the pachinko machine stored in the case like a mountain is provided. Even if one of the balls collapses and moves to the upper opening edge side or flows around it, these pachinko balls are rolled along the inclined surface of the upper opening edge and the case Spillage, thus making it possible to avoid spilling out of the upper opening edge.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire pachinko ball receiving box according to the present invention, which is a plastic case body 1 formed of plastic such as polycarbonate, for example.
Is configured as

The plastic case body 1 has a size and a depth corresponding to the number of pachinko balls to be accommodated, and a pair of handle portions 2 are integrally formed in the opening so as to protrude outward. The shape is easy to handle.

The plastic case main body 1 can be formed of a transparent, translucent or opaque plastic as required. In the case of a transparent or translucent plastic body, the inside of the pachinko ball can be viewed from the outside. It is convenient for handling and use.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a bottom which forms the plastic case main body 1 together with the side wall 4, and a support edge 5 is integrally formed on the lower surface of the bottom 3 as shown in FIG. When the main body 1 is overlapped up and down, the supporting edge 5 is formed to have a predetermined height and a predetermined thickness so as to sufficiently fit into the lower plastic case main body 1.

Further, an upper opening edge 6 which is bent outward in an L-shape is connected to the opening, and a case is formed on the upper surface of the upper opening edge 6 as shown in FIG. The inclined surface 6a is formed to be lower toward the inside. In this embodiment, the inclination is set to 5 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane. Note that the inclination angle of the inclined surface 6a may be about 4-8 degrees.

A reinforcing piece 7 protrudes from the lower surface of the upper opening edge 6 so as to hang down, and provides rigidity to the upper opening edge 6. Therefore, even when the plastic case main body 1 is carried by holding the reinforcing piece 7 by hand, the opening does not need to be deformed. As a result, the rigidity of the handle 2 is also enhanced.

The pachinko ball receiving box according to the present invention is configured as described above. As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko ball receiving box is installed on the mounting table 14 near the lower plate 13 of the pachinko table 12. Then, the pachinko balls accumulated in the lower plate 13 during the pachinko game are put into the pachinko ball receiving box using the discharging device, whereby the pachinko balls in the lower plate 13 can be paid out.

In this case, when the number of pachinko balls in the pachinko ball receiving box is further increased, these pachinko balls are gradually piled up like a mountain with the substantially central portion of the case as a top. Some of the pachinko balls fall down, or the pachinko balls near the upper opening edge 6 naturally flow due to the inclination of the mounting table and move to the upper opening edge 6 side.

However, the upper opening edge 6 has a slope 6
As a result, the pachinko balls that have moved to the upper opening edge side as described above are pushed back toward the center of the case along the inclined surface 6a and naturally settle in the empty space. Thus, it is possible to avoid spilling out from the upper opening edge side.

As a result, it is possible to prevent the customer from losing the obtained number of balls unnecessarily, and it is also possible for the hall to save time and effort in collecting and collecting pachinko balls spilled on the floor.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, on the upper surface of the upper opening edge formed in the plastic case main body,
Since it is configured to form an inclined surface that inclines low toward the inside of the case, the pachinko balls that fall toward the upper opening edge of the plastic case main body due to collapse etc. By making use of the inclination to stop inside the case or pull it back inside the case, there is an effect that the careless spilling of the pachinko balls out of the plastic case main body can be effectively suppressed.

Further, according to the present invention, the reinforcing piece is provided so as to project from the lower surface of the upper opening edge, and the handle portions are continuously provided at two opposing positions of the upper opening edge. The rigidity of the rim and the handle portion can be greatly improved, whereby the handling of the plastic case main body can be facilitated, and the installation of the handle portion has the effects of further facilitating the handling and carrying.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko ball receiving box according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the pachinko ball receiving box in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the vicinity of a pachinko machine showing a use state of a pachinko ball receiving box;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plastic case main body 2 Handle part 6 Upper opening edge 6a Inclined surface 7 Reinforcement piece

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko ball receiving box, wherein an inclined surface which is inclined downward toward the inside of the case is formed on an upper surface of an upper opening edge formed in a plastic case main body. 2. The pachinko ball receiving box according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing piece projects from a lower surface of the upper opening edge. 3. The pachinko ball receiving box according to claim 1, wherein a handle portion is continuously provided at two opposing positions of the upper opening edge.