JP3148352B2 - 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 pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art On the front frame of a pachinko machine, a panel provided with a supply plate for hitting balls is provided so as to be openable and closable with one side thereof as a fulcrum. When the panel is opened in the full state, the discharge gutter on the supply tray side separates from the discharge gutter on the front frame side, and the problem that pachinko balls spill out of these discharge gutters and scatter on the floor of the hall. there were.

[0003] Therefore, a ball receiving portion is provided on the front frame side for covering the discharge gutter portion on the front frame side and the discharge gutter portion on the supply tray side from below, and when these discharge gutter portions are separated by opening the panel. That collects pachinko balls falling on the pan on the front of the machine is known (Japanese Utility Model No. 1-331).
No. 05 publication).

[0004]

However, in such a conventional example, since the ball receiving portion is limited to a depth width which does not interfere with the panel at the closed position, a large ball receiving range for the discharge gutter portion on the supply tray side can be obtained. There was a problem in that, when the panel was opened slightly wide, the pachinko balls from the supply tray side came off the ball receiving portion and easily spilled to the floor.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem by a simple countermeasure.

[0006]

Therefore, the present invention provides a panel which can be opened and closed in a front-rear direction with one side as a fulcrum at a predetermined position on the front frame surface, a pachinko ball supply plate disposed on the front surface of the panel, A discharge gutter that guides balls from the storage tank on the back of the pachinko machine to the supply tray, a separable connection path that forms a part of the discharge gutter between the supply tray and the front frame, and a supply tray on the front frame surface below the supply tray A pachinko machine provided with a tray for pachinko balls fixed to the side and an overflow path for guiding the overflow balls from the discharge gutter to the tray, a ball receiving portion that covers the lower side of the connection path from the front frame side, and a ball receiving section. A communication path for guiding the pachinko balls in the unit to the tray on the front of the machine, a decorative cover for covering the front surface of the panel and the outer shape of the supply tray and forming a concave space for storing the ball receiver below the supply tray, and a concave space Of the ball receiver that opens the panel It is provided with a inlet.

In this case, the ball receiving portion is formed in a dish shape that covers the lower side of the trajectory range in which the connection path portion on the supply tray side follows as the panel is opened and closed. The communication path is configured to use a foul ball gutter for guiding a foul ball from the firing rail on the front frame side and the guide rail on the game board side to a tray as a part thereof.

[0008]

According to this, when the panel is in the closed state, a part of the ball receiving portion is stored under the supply tray in the decorative cover, and therefore the depth of the ball receiving portion can be increased. The pachinko ball falling from the connection path portion on the supply tray side when the is opened can also catch this over a wide range. The pachinko balls in the ball receiver are collected in a tray on the front of the machine through the communication path.

If the ball receiving portion can be stored in the decorative cover, the connection path portion on the supply tray side may be formed in a dish shape that covers the lower side of the locus range followed by opening and closing of the panel, whereby the panel is opened. Ball spillage can be completely prevented.

[0010] By using a foul ball gutter for guiding the foul ball from the firing rail on the front frame side and the guide rail on the game board side to the tray as a part of the communication path, overlapping of the flow paths can be avoided. The structure can be simplified.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the front side of a pachinko machine 1. A front frame 2 is supported by a machine frame 3 so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction with one side as a fulcrum. (Not shown) is detachably attached. On the front side of the front frame 2, a cover glass 5 that covers the front surface excluding the lower end of the game board is supported via a glass frame 6 so as to be able to open and close in the front-rear direction with one side as a fulcrum. On the upper side of the front frame 2, a prize ball discharge indicator lamp 7 and the like are provided. Similarly, on the fixed panel 8 on the lower side, a tray 9 for pachinko balls and an operation unit 10 for hitting and firing are provided.

On the lower side 12 of the frame 4, a hitting ball firing rail 11 and the like are disposed, and a panel 14 covering one side of the lower side 12 and a surface of a height area including the pachinko ball discharge port 13 is provided. The fulcrum is supported to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction. A supply plate 16 for pachinko balls is integrally provided with the decorative cover 15 on the front surface of the panel 14, and a base end (firing position) of the firing rail 11 on the back surface, one for each of the pachinko balls from the supply plate 16 in accordance with the firing timing of the hit ball. Feeding mechanism 17 for feeding
Is provided.

Although not shown on the rear side of the front frame 2, a gutter structure such as a discharge gutter for guiding pachinko balls from the storage tank to the supply tray and an overflow passage for guiding overflow balls from the discharge gutter to the tray is provided. In addition, a firing lever for hitting a ball and a driving motor for the firing lever are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the supply tray 16 is formed with a pachinko ball storage space 20 on the upstream side of the inclined bottom surface and a rectification unit 21 on the downstream side that gradually narrows the flow path of the pachinko balls.
An opening 22 (ball outlet) corresponding to the outlet 13 on the front frame 2 side and an outlet path 23 for letting the pachinko balls from the rectifying unit 21 flow down to the ball feed mechanism 17 in a line are provided. Supply tray 1
A decorative cover 15 covers the entire front surface of the panel 14 including the outer shape of the cover 6, and the supply tray 16 is housed from behind in a bulging portion 25 opened to the back side of the cover 15,
And the bottom of the supply tray 16 in the bulging portion 25 is opened to the back of the cover 15 as a storage space for a ball receiving portion 26 described later.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a notch 2 from the inside of the cover 15 for discharging the pachinko balls in the supply tray 16 to the tray 9.
A ball-pulling operation unit rotatably supported by a pin 29 with a part of the outer periphery exposed at 8, and a lever 30 that opens and closes a ball-pulling passage in the feed mechanism with the turning operation. Prepare.

The panel 14 has an opening 31 overlapping the ball outlet 22 of the supply tray 16 as shown in FIG. 3, and an entrance 32 of a ball receiving portion 26 having a storage space below the supply tray 16 in the decorative cover 15.
A connecting gutter 35 is formed at the back of the opening 31 of the panel 14 to form a connection path 34 that can be separated together with the outlet 13 on the front frame 2 side. The connection path 34 constitutes a part of the discharge gutter. When the panel 14 is opened, the connection gutter 35 separates from the discharge port 13, and when the panel 14 is closed, the connection gutter 35 communicates with the discharge port 13. I have.

The ball feed mechanism 17 is provided with an outlet 23 for the supply tray 16.
A slide gutter (not shown) for letting the pachinko balls flow down in a row, and a ball feed lever for dropping the pachinko balls from the outlet 40 to the base end of the firing rail 11 one by one according to the firing timing of the hit ball (Not shown) is accommodated in the case 41, and the slide gutter is slidably supported by the slide groove 42. When the operation portion 27 of the decorative cover 15 is rotated in the ball removing direction, the lower ball removing passage is provided. 43 is opened, that is, the pachinko balls from the supply tray 16 are dropped into the ball removing passage 43.

[0018] 45 opening to connect the outlet passage 23 of the supply tray 16 inlet ball feeder <br/> structure 17 (not shown), holes for fixing the driving solenoid of the sphere feed lever 46 , 3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a metal member for preventing fraud that covers the upper surface from both side surfaces of the communication gutter 35, and reference numeral 39 denotes a flange member for screw-connecting the communication gutter 35 with the panel 14 interposed therebetween.

FIGS. 4 to 6 show the lower side 12 of the frame 4.
In addition to the firing rail 11 inclined upward to the guide rail of the game board, a foul ball gutter 50 that connects a gap between the lower end of the guide rail and the tip of the firing rail to a foul ball as a receptacle for the foul ball almost vertically to the overflow path. And a ball drain gutter 52 for flowing the pachinko balls from the ball drain passage 43 of the ball feed mechanism 17 to the lower ball receiving surface 51 of the foul ball gutter 50.
And an outlet 13 on the front frame 2 side and a connecting gutter 3 on the panel 14 side.
5, the ball receiving portion 26 that covers the lower side of the connection path 34 is assembled.

In this case, the ball receiving portion 26 is formed in a dish shape which is curved on a plane so as to follow a range of a trajectory along which the connecting gutter 35 on the supply tray 16 side opens and closes the panel 14. A pachinko ball is used as a connecting path to the tray 9 at a downstream portion of the inclined bottom surface gently descending to the side 12 and a foul ball trough 50.
A guide gutter 53 for flowing down to the lower end ball receiving surface 51 is provided. The game board is mounted in the frame 4 with the upper end of the lower side portion 12 as a mounting surface, and is locked by the hook member 54 .

Based on such a configuration, the pachinko game is played with the glass frame 6 of the front frame 2 and the panel 14 closed, and one pachinko ball in the supply tray 16 is provided via a ball feed mechanism 17. Each of them is supplied to the base end of the launch rail 11 and is launched by a launch lever onto a guide rail of a game board. At that time, if the firing force of the firing lever is too strong or too weak, a foul ball will be generated,
These balls are returned to the tray 9 from the foul ball gutter 50 through the overflow path.

When a game ball wins the winning opening of the game board, a discharge mechanism (not shown) operates so as to temporarily open the discharge gutter according to the requested number, so that the pachinko ball is discharged from the storage tank. The pachinko balls are first discharged to the supply tray 16 through the gutter, and when the pachinko balls become full from the supply tray 16 to the connection path 34, they are discharged to the receiving tray 9 through the overflow path.

By the way, the ball feed mechanism 12 and the firing rail 1
If a trouble occurs in the device 1 or the like, the panel 14 is opened for repair and inspection.
Even if the panel 14 is opened in a state where the pachinko balls accumulate from the connection path 6 to the connection path 34, the ball receiving portion 26 that covers the lower side of the connection path 34 is provided. Falls into the ball receiving portion 26 and is collected from the guide gutter 53 to the tray 9 on the front of the pachinko machine 1 via the foul ball gutter 50 and the overflow passage.

When the panel 14 is in the closed state, a part of the ball receiving portion 26 is stored below the supply tray 16 in the decorative cover 15, so that the depth of the ball receiving portion 26 can be increased by that much. . In this example, since the ball receiving portion is formed in a dish shape that covers the lower side of the trajectory range that the connecting gutter 35 on the supply tray 16 traces as the panel 14 opens and closes, when the panel 14 is opened, the supply tray 16 side The pachinko balls from the connecting gutter 35 can be reliably received over a wide range.

Since the guide gutter 53 is connected to the overflow path in the same manner as the foul ball gutter 50 and the ball drain gutter 52, it is not necessary to form the entire length of the flow path leading to the receiving tray 9, so that the configuration is simplified. Can be achieved.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a panel which can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction with one side as a fulcrum at a predetermined position on the front of the front frame, a pachinko ball supply plate disposed on the front of the panel, A discharge gutter that guides the ball from the storage tank on the back of the pachinko machine to the supply tray, a separable connection path that forms a part of the discharge gutter between the supply tray and the front frame, and a supply tray below the front of the front frame A pachinko machine provided with a tray for pachinko balls fixed to the side and an overflow path for guiding the overflow balls from the discharge gutter to the tray, a ball receiving portion that covers the lower side of the connection path from the front frame side, and a ball receiving section. A communication path for guiding the pachinko balls in the unit to the tray on the front of the machine, a decorative cover for covering the front surface of the panel and the outer shape of the supply tray and forming a concave space for storing the ball receiver below the supply tray, and a concave space Entrance of the ball receiving section that opens the panel to the panel Since there is provided, a portion of a sphere receiving portion in a state panel closes because that can be stored in the supply tray lower in cosmetic cover, it would take a large depth width of the minute ball receiving portion. Therefore, even the pachinko balls falling from the connection path portion on the supply tray side at the ball receiving portion can receive these over a wide range, and can be accurately recovered to the tray on the front of the machine through the communication path.

If the ball receiving portion can be stored in the decorative cover, the connection path portion on the supply tray side may be formed in a dish shape that covers the lower side of the trajectory range followed by the opening and closing of the panel, whereby the panel is opened. Ball spilling can be almost completely prevented.

If a foul ball gutter for guiding the foul ball from the firing rail on the front frame side and the guide rail on the game board to the tray is used as a part of the communication path, the flow paths can be prevented from overlapping. Thus, the configuration can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine front side.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an assembled state of a supply tray and a decorative cover.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the back side of the panel.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a lower side front side in the frame.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a lower side portion in the frame.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the ball receiving section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front frame 4 Frame 9 Receiving tray 13 Discharge port 14 Panel 15 Makeup cover 16 Supply tray 26 Ball receiving part 32 Entrance of ball receiving part 53 Guide gutter

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A panel which can be opened and closed in a front-rear direction with one side as a fulcrum at a predetermined position on the front frame surface, a pachinko ball supply plate disposed on the front of the panel, and a ball from a storage tank on the back side of the pachinko machine. A discharge gutter leading to the supply tray, a separable connection that forms part of the discharge gutter between the supply pan and the front frame,
In a pachinko machine including a tray for pachinko balls fixed to the lower side of the supply tray on the front frame surface and an overflow path for guiding the overflow balls from the discharge gutter to the tray, the lower side of the connection path is covered from the front frame side. A ball receiving portion, a communication path for guiding the pachinko balls in the ball receiving portion to a tray on the front of the machine, and a concave space for covering the front surface of the panel and the outer shape of the supply tray and for storing the ball receiving portion below the supply tray. A pachinko machine characterized by having a decorative cover and an entrance / exit of a ball receiving portion for opening a concave space to a panel. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball receiving portion is formed in a dish shape so that a connection path portion on a supply tray side covers a lower side of a locus range followed by opening and closing of the panel. . 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a foul ball gutter for guiding a foul ball from a firing rail on a front frame side and a guide rail on a game board to a tray is used as a communication path.