JP3890481B2 - Pachinko ball dispensing device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
  The present invention relates to a pachinko ball dispensing apparatus in a pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
  As a prior art, for example, it is disclosed as a prize ball case in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-197373, and the applicant has filed an invention related to the invention as Japanese Patent Application No. 4-20306.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
  An object of the present invention is to simplify the assembly and repair of each mechanism by unitizing each mechanism constituting the pachinko ball payout device.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  A pachinko ball payout device in a pachinko machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is,BookA pre-replenishment flow path is formed in the upper part so as to be detachably mounted on the back surface of the body frame and communicates with one ball outlet of a tank rail mounted on the back surface of the main body frame. In the case body to be formed and a unit base that is separably housed in the case body, a rear supply passage that communicates with the other ball outlet of the tank rail is formed, and the front supply passage and the rear supply are formed. A ball replenishment unit provided with a ball breakage detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of pachinko balls in the flow path, and a unit base that is separably housed inside the case body, the front replenishment flow path and the rear replenishment flow path While forming a front and rear spherical flow passage communicating with each other, a payout motor driven based on a payout start signal and a pachinko ball rotated by the payout motor and fed from the front and rear spherical flow passages Rotating tooth wheel-shaped ball feeding member that receives one ball at a time and pays out a predetermined number of balls, and a payout number detection unit formed on a turntable for setting the number of payout balls that rotates integrally with the ball feeding member A payout ball number setting unit provided with a sensor for detecting and setting the ball number;The unit base that is separably housed inside the case body forms a post-payout passage parallel to the pre-payout passage formed in the case body, while the safe ball receiver formed in the case body. A safe ball engaging cam that receives a safe ball that passes through the mouth one by one and transfers it to a safe ball outlet formed in the case body, and a passing process is performed by the safe ball engaging cam. A ball-cutting piece that is pushed and changed by a safe ball, and a detection switch that is operated to detect a change in pushing of the ball-cutting piece and transmits a prize ball payout activation signal for one time to the payout motor of the payout ball number setting unit; A ball payout control unit provided withA unit base in which the ball supply unit is provided, and a unit base in which the payout ball number setting unit is provided, inside the case body mounted on the back surface of the main body frame,A unit base provided with the ball payout control unit;, The downstream end of the tank rail and the upstream replenishment flow path and the upstream replenishment flow path of the ball replenishment unit are coupled, and the front replenishment flow path and the rear end of the ball replenishment unit. The downstream end of the replenishment flow path and the ball flow paths before and after the payout ball number setting unit are combined,Further, the prize balls discharged from the ball feeding member of the payout ball number setting unit are coupled so as to be discharged to the pre-payout channel and the post-payout channel.
[0005]
[Action]
  Therefore, in the pachinko ball payout device in the pachinko machine according to claim 1, a ball supply unit for one case body, a payout ball setting unit having a ball feed member,A ball dispensing control unit;Each is attached to form a payout device. The payout device is detachably attached to the main body frame separately from the tank rail. The pachinko balls sent from the tank rail are waited in the ball supply unit. The pachinko balls in this ball supply unit are sent out by the ball feed member of the payout ball number setting unit.The paid-out prize balls are discharged to the pre-payout flow path and the post-payout flow path.The
[0006]
【The invention's effect】
  Since the present invention is configured as described above, each mechanism and each member constituting the pachinko ball payout device are unitized according to function, and each unit is attached to one case body alone. The unit can be removed, and repair and installation of each unit can be simplified, and each unit can be replaced for each unit. In addition, in a state where the one case body is detached from the main body frame, each unit can be detached and attached to the case body, and repair and effect of each unit can be performed.
[0007]
【Example】
  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In a pachinko ball dispensing device A that is separably assembled to the back surface of a main body frame of a pachinko machine, a synthetic resin case body 1 includes an inner and outer vertical side wall plate 1a, horizontal upper and lower wall plates 1b, and a vertical bottom. It has a wall plate 1c, is formed in a vertically long and open rear rectangular box shape, and is detachably mounted on the main body frame together with each member coupled to the case body 1.
[0008]
  One pachinko ball in the front row of the pachinko ball group that is fed from the inside of the ball tank and flows down to the dispensing device A side in two rows on the tank rail at the upper end of the inner wall plate 1a of the case body 1 The front ball inlet 2 to be introduced is opened, and a front ball discharge port 3 communicated with a discharge ball passage (not shown) that guides a prize ball or a rental ball toward the ball tray slightly below the center of the inner wall plate 1a. Is opened, and a front ball outlet 4 communicating with a ball passage for discharging the pachinko ball to the outside of the pachinko machine is opened at the lower portion of the inner wall plate 1a.
[0009]
  A pair of upper guide protrusions 1d and 1d whose upper edge is connected to the upper opening edge and the lower opening edge of the front sphere inlet 2 are provided on the upper part of the inner wall surface of the bottom wall plate 1c of the case body 1 for one pachinko ball. The replenishment between the guide ridges 1d is guided before the pachinko balls introduced into the front sphere inlet 2 are guided in the direction of extension of the tank rails and then changed in direction to be guided downward. A flow path 5 is formed.
[0010]
  A lower inner guide protrusion 1e, a lower middle guide protrusion 1f, and a lower end edge are connected to the lower opening edge of the pre-payout ball outlet 3 near and below the center of the inner wall surface of the bottom wall plate 1c. A lower guide protrusion 1g connected to the lower opening edge of the front ball outlet 4 is projected.
[0011]
  Between the inner wall plate 1a of the case body 1 and the lower inner guide protrusion 1e, a pre-payout flow path 6 for guiding the pachinko ball to the front ball discharge opening 3 and sending it to the ball receiving tray is formed. A front ball discharge passage 7 is formed between 1f and the lower outer guide protrusion 1g to guide the pachinko ball to the front ball discharge port 4 and discharge it out of the pachinko machine.
[0012]
  At the lower end of the bottom wall plate 1c, a safe ball generated in a safe ball winning opening or a winning device provided on a game board surface (not shown) and passing through the safe ball guide path outside the game board and the payout device A is placed in the case body 1. A rectangular ball-shaped safe ball receiving port 8 to be received and a safe ball disposed obliquely below the safe ball receiving port 8 and introduced into the safe ball receiving port 8 are sent out of the case body 1 to form a main body of the pachinko machine. A square hole-shaped safe ball outlet 9 is opened to be discharged out of the pachinko machine through a pachinko ball discharge port provided at the lower part of the frame.
[0013]
  The upper part of the case body 1 has a unit base 11 made of transparent synthetic resin superimposed on the opening of the case body 1, and a ball replenishment unit 10 detachably coupled to the case body 1 by screws is tightly fitted. Is housed in.
[0014]
  At the upper inner end of the unit base 11 of the ball replenishment unit 10, a rear row of pachinko balls are introduced one by one from a group of two rows of pachinko balls on the tank rail adjacent to the rear side of the front ball entrance 2. A rear ball inlet 12 is opened, and a pair of guide protrusions 11a and 11a are provided on the inner wall surface of the unit base 11 so as to face each other on both upper guide walls 1d of the case body 1, respectively. Between the guide ridges 11a, there is a rear replenishment passage 13 that guides the pachinko balls introduced from the tank rail into the rear ball inlet 12 in the tank rail extension direction and then changes the direction to guide downward. It is formed adjacent to the rear side of the supply channel 5.
[0015]
  Near the center of the unit base 11, a pair of front and rear ball breakage detecting pieces 14 for detecting the lack of pachinko balls in the front and rear replenishment flow paths 5 and 13 are pivotally supported so as to be capable of independent peristaltic movement in the inner and outer directions. Yes.
[0016]
  The both-ball breakage detection piece 14 is formed with a detection part 14a that protrudes and enters the inside and outside of the front and rear supply channels 5 and 13, and a transmission part 14b that is connected to the upper end of the detection part 14a and extends laterally inward. The springs 15 that urge the detection unit 14a toward the front and rear replenishment flow paths 5 and 13 are respectively mounted on the transmission units 14b.
[0017]
  In the vicinity of both the ball breakage detection pieces 14, a lifting piece 16 supported on the unit base 11 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction is installed. A pair of front and rear passive portions 16 a engaged with the recess 14 c of the transmission portion 14 b of the cut detecting piece 14 and a pressing portion 16 b extending laterally at the lower end of the elevating piece 16 are formed.
[0018]
  A ball breakage detection switch 17 screwed to the unit base 11 is installed below the elevating piece 16, and one of the replenishment flow paths 5 and 13 lacks a pachinko ball to detect the ball breakage detection piece 14. When 14 a swings outward, the lifting piece 16 is pushed down by the transmission portion 14 b of the ball breakage detection piece 14, and the touching piece 17 a of the ball breakage detection switch 17 is pressed by the pressing portion 16 b of the lifting piece 16. As a result, the ball break detection switch 17 is turned ON and a ball break signal is transmitted. When both the replenishment flow paths 5 and 13 are filled with pachinko balls, the detection portions 14a of both the ball breakage detection pieces 14 are slid inwardly and retreated out of the replenishment portions 5 and 13, respectively. 16 rises and the ball break detection switch 17 is turned OFF. The ball breakage detection switch 17 directly transmits a signal for turning off the power supply of the payout motor 25 and the cam drive motor 44, or a payout prohibition signal including a rental ball prohibition and a ball removal prohibition.
[0019]
  Near the center of the case body 1, a unit base 21 of a payout ball number setting unit 20 that is separably coupled to the case body 1 and is installed adjacent to the lower side of the ball supply unit 10 is housed in a close fit. Has been.
[0020]
  The unit base 21 made of transparent synthetic resin includes a front wall plate 21a attached to the inner wall surface of the bottom wall plate 1c of the case body 1, a rear wall plate 21b vertically installed in the opening of the case body 1, The front and rear wall plates 21a and 21b are each formed by an intermediate wall plate 21c that is vertically installed with a gap corresponding to one pachinko ball.
[0021]
  Balls that successively receive a number of pachinko balls corresponding to the rotation angle while rotating the front and rear two-row pachinko ball groups fed from the front and rear supply channels 5 and 13 to the front and rear plates 21a of the unit base 21 downward. A feed member 22 is rotatably supported. The ball feed member 22 is coupled to an output shaft 25a of a payout motor 25 attached to the rear wall plate 21b.
[0022]
  A disk-shaped rotating disk 23 for setting the number of balls to be dispensed is formed at the center in the front-rear direction of the ball feeding member 22, and 60 ° around the rotation axis of the ball feeding member 22 is formed on both front and rear surfaces of the rotating disk 23. Each of the six tooth portions 24a arranged in a rotationally symmetric state and each of the six ball receiving portions 24b recessed between the adjacent tooth portions 24a, respectively, are formed symmetrically in the front-rear direction. The spherical cutting teeth 24A and 24B are connected.
[0023]
  In the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the turntable 23 of the ball feed member 22, the ball feed is provided on each outer side of each tooth portion 24a of the ball cutting teeth 24A, 24B and on each central portion between adjacent tooth portions 24a. Twelve through holes 23 a arranged in a rotationally symmetric state of 30 ° are provided around the rotation axis of the member 22.
[0024]
  Each tooth portion 24a of both the ball incisors 24A, 24B is formed asymmetrically with respect to a line segment connecting the tooth portion 24a and the center of the ball incisor 24 so that the pachinko ball can be easily received and released. The curvature of the curved surface on the side that emits light is gentler than the curvature of the curved surface on the side that receives the pachinko ball.
[0025]
  On the inner wall surface of the front wall plate 21 a of the unit base 21, a pachinko ball waiting in the front supply flow path 5 is placed on one of the ball receiving portions 24 b of the ball cutting portions 24 b of the ball cutting teeth 24 on the front side of the ball feeding member 22. A pair of inner and outer front guide walls 26 that lead inwardly project, and a front spherical flow path 29 </ b> A is formed between the front guide walls 26.
[0026]
  On the inner wall surface of the rear wall plate 21b of the unit base 21, a pachinko ball waiting in the rear supply path 13 is placed on one of the ball receiving portions 24b of the ball cutting teeth 24 on the rear side of the ball feeding member 22. A pair of inner and outer rear guide walls 27 that guides into 24 b are projected, and a rear ball channel 29 </ b> B is formed in both rear guide walls 27.
[0027]
  The front edge of the outer front guide wall 26 is disposed higher than the front edge of the outer rear guide wall 27 by one pachinko ball, and the front ball cutting for receiving the pachinko ball guided by both front guide walls 26 is received. The ball receiving portion 24b of the tooth 24A is shifted one tooth higher than the ball receiving portion 24b of the rear ball incisor 24B that receives the pachinko balls guided by the both rear guide walls 27.
[0028]
  The two front and rear rows of pachinko balls received by the respective ball receiving portions 24b of the front and rear ball cutting teeth 24 of the ball feeding member 22 are rotated by about 180 ° from the receiving position, respectively. 24b and the ball receiving portion 24b of the rear ball incisor 24 are alternately discharged one by one. When the ball feeding member 22 makes one rotation, twelve pachinko balls are six by the two ball incisors 24A and 24B. It is sent out in two rows.
[0029]
  At the lower end of the front wall plate 21 a of the unit base 21, a photo sensor 28 that detects the passage of the through hole 23 a of the rotating disk 23 and transmits a pulse signal every time the through hole 23 a passes is attached. The number of through-holes 23 a counted between the light-receiving portion and the light-receiving portion is set to be equal to the number of pachinko balls sent out by the ball feeding member 22.
[0030]
  When the later-described prize ball payout detection switch 45 detects a safe ball, the payout motor 25 is activated to rotate the ball feed member 22, and the pachinko ball is moved downward from the payout ball number setting unit 20 by the front and rear ball cutting teeth 24A and 24B. Each time the through hole 23a of the turntable 23 passes through between the light projecting part and the light receiving part of the photosensor 28, the number of payout balls is counted, and the number of payout balls corresponding to the type of the safe ball is transmitted. When the hole 23a passes and the number of the through holes 23a is counted, the payout motor 25 stops. In addition, in a pachinko machine configured to pay out a different number of prize balls for each safe ball winning opening provided on the game board surface, the number of payout balls is based on a signal of a safe ball detection switch provided for each safe ball winning opening. Specified individually.
[0031]
  When the payout device A is mounted on a card-type pachinko machine, the data recorded on the card and the operation signal to the lending ball operation unit are sent to the card ball lending information processing unit (card information processing unit, lending ball information processing unit) ), The payout motor 25 is rotationally driven by a predetermined number of balls lent, and the ball feed member 22 rotates by a rotation angle corresponding to the number of balls lent. It is sent out from the payout ball number setting unit 20.
[0032]
  For example, if 25 are pachinko sphere purchase units, 25 pachinko spheres can be purchased for 100 yen, and “1” when the purchase unit is specified by the number of operations on the lending ball switch. When a ball lending operation is performed (when the ball lending switch is pressed once), 25 pachinko balls are detected and counted by the photo sensor 28 and the through-hole 23a of the rotating plate 23, and a lending operation of 25 pachinko balls is performed. Is completed, the card ball lending information processing unit controls the rotation amount of the payout motor 25 based on the ball lending request signal. If the number of operations is five, the turntable 23 rotates five times in units of 25, and a total of 125 pachinko balls are paid out as rental balls.
[0033]
  A unit base 31 of a ball payout control unit 30 that is installed adjacent to the lower portion of the payout ball number setting unit 20 and is detachably coupled to the case body 1 is housed in a close fit in the lower part of the case body 1. Yes.
[0034]
  At the inner end of the unit base 31 made of transparent synthetic resin, the rear ball discharge port 33 adjacent to the rear side of the front ball discharge port 3 of the case body 1 and the rear side of the front ball discharge port 4 are provided adjacent to each other. A rear ball outlet 34 is opened.
[0035]
  The unit base 31 includes a lower inner guide protrusion 1e, a lower middle guide protrusion 1f, an inner guide protrusion 31a, an intermediate guide protrusion 31b, which are opposed to the lower outer guide protrusion 1g, respectively. An outer guide protrusion 31c is provided to project from the left side wall plate 1a of the case body 1 and the inner guide protrusion 31a to the rear side of the pre-payout flow path 6, and a pachinko ball is provided at the rear ball discharge port. A post-payout flow path 35 that is guided to 33 and sent to the ball tray is formed, and is provided adjacent to the rear side of the front ball discharge path 7 between the middle guide protrusion 31b and the outer guide protrusion 31c. Is formed in the rear ball discharge passage 36 for guiding the air to the rear ball discharge port 34 and discharging it to the outside of the pachinko machine.
[0036]
  At the upper end of the unit base 31, there are left and right distribution valves 37 for distributing the pachinko balls sent out in two rows from the inside of the payout ball number setting unit 20 to the front and rear payout flow paths 6, 35 or the front and rear ball discharge flow paths 7, 36. It is pivotally supported so that it can swing in the direction.
[0037]
  The distribution valve 37 has a shaft insertion portion 37b through which a support shaft is inserted, a pair of front and rear distribution pieces 37a, a connecting piece 37c, and a restriction piece 37d that is connected to the lower end of the front distribution piece 37a and extends downward. And are formed.
[0038]
  Below the distribution valve 37 and obliquely below, a distribution valve holding solenoid 38 coupled to the unit base 31 and a solenoid activation switch 39 are installed in close proximity.
[0039]
  The transmission member 40 movably coupled to the upper end of the plunger 38a of the distribution valve holding solenoid 38 has a rectangular trapezoidal base piece 40a, an inner protrusion piece 40b protruding inward of the base piece 40a, and a base piece 40a projecting outwardly from 40a, a pressing piece 40d projecting upward facing the solenoid activation switch 39 and connected to the upper surface of the outer projecting piece 40c, and connected to the upper surface of the base piece 40a. Thus, an interlocking piece 40e extending rearward is formed.
[0040]
  The inner projecting piece 40b of the transmission member 40 and the sorting piece 37a on the front side of the sorting valve 37 are linked to each other by the linkage rod 43, and the interlocking piece 40e of the transmission member 40 is exposed to the outside of the case body 1. 41a is arrange | positioned on the horizontal part 41b of the lower end of the connecting rod 41 formed in the upper end.
[0041]
  When the relay rod 41 and the transmission member 40 are moved downward, the start switch 39 is OFF and the distribution valve 37 is held in an upright position, the front and rear discharge channels 6 and 35 are opened, and the front and rear ball discharge channels 7 and 36 are opened. Is held in a closed state, and pachinko balls can be paid out to the ball tray.
[0042]
  The connecting rod 41 is provided to discharge and remove the pachinko balls stored in the ball tank and the tank rail that are in communication with the inside of the payout device A to the outside of the payout device A and out of the pachinko machine when the pachinko machine breaks down. It moves up and down by manual operation of a ball punching operation member (not shown) operated on the front side of the pachinko machine. The connecting rod 41 is detached from the ball removing operation member when the dispensing device A is removed from the main body frame, and is continuously connected to the ball removing operation member when the dispensing device A is attached to the main body frame.
[0043]
  When the connecting rod 41 is pulled up, the interlocking piece 40e of the transmission member 40 is pushed up by the horizontal portion 41b of the connecting rod 41, the transmission member 40 moves upward, the distribution valve 37 tilts inward, and the front and rear are paid out. The flow passages 6 and 35 are opened, and the front and rear ball removal flow passages 7 and 36 are opened, and the touching piece 39a of the solenoid activation switch 39 is pushed up by the pressing piece 40d and the solenoid activation switch 39 is turned on, and the payout Even when the motor 25 is activated and the distribution valve holding solenoid 38 is excited and the operation of the relay rod 41 is released, the distribution valve holding solenoid 38 is held in an excited state, and the pachinko balls in the case body 1 are front and rear balls. It is sent out of the case body 1 through the extraction channels 7 and 36 and extracted out of the pachinko machine. When the ball removal time set by a timer or the like (the time required for the pachinko ball held on the ball tank, tank rail, ball feed member 22 to pass through the sorting valve 37) elapses, the payout motor 25 stops and The distribution valve holding solenoid 38 is demagnetized to restore a state in which the pachinko balls can be dispensed.
[0044]
  At the lower end of the unit base 31 of the ball dispensing control unit 30, a cam drive motor 44 that is installed below the sorting valve holding solenoid 38 and is driven to rotate at all times is screwed, and above the output shaft 44a of the cam drive motor 44. Is provided with a prize ball payout detection switch 45.
[0045]
  An output shaft 44 a of the cam drive motor 44 is disposed obliquely below the safe ball receiving port 8 of the case body 1, receives a safe ball that has passed through the safe ball receiving port 8, and passes the safe ball outlet 9 to the outside of the case body 1. A safe ball engaging cam 46 for delivering the safe ball is coupled to the safe ball engaging cam 46, and a single ball receiving portion 46a capable of receiving one pachinko ball is recessed. . A safe ball detecting means is provided opposite to the safe ball receiving port 8, and when the safe ball detecting unit detects a safe ball, the safe ball is released from the safe ball engaging cam 46 through the safe ball receiving port 8. The cam drive motor 44 may be driven and controlled by timer means for a certain period of time until it is set.
[0046]
  Slightly above the safe ball engaging cam 46 is pivotally supported by the unit base 31 so as to be swingable in the left-right direction. When safe balls are continuously generated and gathered at the safe ball receiving port 8, the safe balls are separated. A spherical piece 47 having a function of feeding the ball into the ball receiving portion 46a of the safe ball engaging cam 46 one by one is installed.
[0047]
  At the upper end of the ball-cut piece 47, a pressing portion 47a is formed opposite to the prize ball payout detection switch 45, and at the lower part of the ball-cut piece 47, a passive portion 47b extended toward the safe ball engaging cam 46 is formed. In addition, the lower end portion of the prize ball payout prevention rod 48 disposed slightly below the regulating piece 37d of the sorting valve 37 whose upper end is inclined inward is connected to the central portion of the ball cut piece 47.
[0048]
  A guide path 57 extending from the safe ball receiving port 8 to the ball receiving portion 46a of the safe ball engaging cam 46 is formed on the rear side of the wall plate at the lower end of the case body 1, and the safe ball passing through the safe ball receiving port 8 is It arrives at the rotating safe ball engaging cam 46 guided by the guide path 57, is received by the ball receiving portion 46a, abuts against the passive portion 47b of the ball-cut piece 47, and pushes the passive portion 47b outward. Then, while being swung, it is pivotally transferred to the safe ball outlet 9 side by the ball receiving portion 46 a of the safe ball engaging cam 46, and is released from the ball receiving portion 46 a when separated from the ball cut piece 47 and passes through the safe ball outlet 9. It is sent out of the case body 1.
[0049]
  When the ball piece 47 is pushed by the safe ball in the ball receiving portion 46 of the safe ball engagement cam 46 and swings, the pressing portion 47a of the ball piece 47 presses the touch piece 45a of the prize ball payout detection switch 45. Then, the prize ball payout detection switch 45 is turned ON, a prize ball payout activation signal is transmitted, and the payout motor 25 and the ball feed member 22 are activated.
[0050]
  The ball receiving portion 46a of the safe ball engaging cam 46 is formed obliquely toward the safe ball outlet 9, and holds the safe ball received by the ball receiving portion 46a during rotation in cooperation with the wall plate. When the position of the receiving portion 46a matches the safe ball outlet 9, the safe ball is released from the restraint by the wall plate and rolls out of the safe ball outlet 9 by its own weight. The safe ball that has passed through the safe ball outlet 9 is further discharged out of the pachinko machine through the discharge path out of the dispensing device A.
[0051]
  In a state where safe balls are continuously generated and are waiting in a dangling form in front of the guide path 57, only the most advanced safe ball first falls into the ball receiving portion 46a of the safe ball engaging cam 46. The succeeding safe ball tries to follow this, but the safe ball pushes the ball-cut piece 47 and operates the prize ball pay-out detection switch 45 and the prize ball pay-out prevention rod 48, and at the same time the ball-cut piece 47 is safe. The movement of the ball receiving portion 46a accompanying the rotation of the safe ball engaging cam 46 is prevented by the safe ball engaging cam 46 rotating by instantaneously returning to the ball receiving portion 46a. The Thereby, the ball cutting action for the continuously generated safe sphere is performed.
[0052]
  In the state in which the distribution valve 37 is tilted inward during the ball removal operation and the both ball removal passages 7 and 36 are opened, the upward movement of the prize ball payout prevention rod 48 and the movement of the ball-cut piece 47 are distributed. Rotation of the safe ball engagement cam 46 is blocked by the restricting piece 37d of the valve 37, the safe ball engagement cam 46 is slipped, and the prize ball payout detection switch 45 is held in the OFF state to Payment is prohibited.
[0053]
  As a means for prohibiting the payout of prize balls, a solenoid start switch 39 is electrically connected to the circuit of the cam drive motor 44. When the solenoid start switch 39 is turned ON, the cam drive motor 44 is stopped and the solenoid start switch 39 is turned OFF. When it becomes, you may make it rotate. In this case, when the solenoid activation switch 39 is turned on, the safe ball engagement cam 46 and the ball-cut piece 47 are held stationary, so that the prize ball payout prevention rod 48 becomes unnecessary.
[0054]
  A shallow box-like substrate storage case 50 is provided on the lower side of the case body 1 on the rear side of the unit base 31 so as to be overlapped with the entire length of the unit base 31. Further, a metal shield plate 52 that is superimposed on the front side of the payout control board 51 and protects the control circuit of the payout control board 51 from electrostatic noise and electromagnetic noise is closely fitted.
[0055]
  The lower end of the payout control board 51 is screwed to the board storage case 50 together with the shield plate 52, and the control circuit of the payout control board 51 includes electrical components in the payout apparatus and lead wires connected to the circuit board outside the payout apparatus. Connected via connector.
[0056]
  The rear upper part of the case body 1 is formed in a box shape that is open forward and downward, and has a length that is approximately ½ of the entire length of the case body 1 and a width that is equal to the width of the case body 1. The upper cover body 54 made of a transparent synthetic resin, which is detachably coupled to 1 and covers the ball supply unit 10 and the payout ball number setting unit 20 at the front position thereof, is overlaid.
[0057]
  Near the upper and lower end portions of the upper cover body 54, an appropriate number of heat radiating holes 54a arranged in the lateral direction are penetrated, and an engaging edge 54b is formed in a step shape at the lower end of the upper cover body 54.
[0058]
  The rear lower portion of the case body 1 is formed in a box shape that is open to the front and has a length that is approximately ½ of the entire length of the case body 1 and a width that is equal to the width of the case body 1 and the upper cover body 54. A transparent synthetic resin lower cover body 55 that is detachably coupled to the case body 1 by screws and is provided adjacent to the lower side of the upper cover body 54 and covers the ball dispensing control unit 30 at the front position thereof is superimposed. .
[0059]
  An appropriate number of heat radiating holes 55a arranged in a row are penetrated through the upper and lower ends of the lower cover body 55. The overlapping engagement edge 55b is formed to protrude.
[0060]
  Next, the operation and effect of the embodiment having the above-described configuration and the effect will be described. In this example, the case body 1 mounted on the body frame of the pachinko machine has a ball supply unit 10 having a rear supply flow path 13 for receiving and guiding a pachinko ball sent from above the tank rail and guiding it downward, and a front and rear supply flow. A payout ball number setting unit having a ball feeding member 22 that sequentially receives pachinko balls while rotating in the roads 5 and 13 and the front and rear ball channels 29A and 29B and sends out the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the rotation angle. 20, a distribution mechanism that distributes the pachinko balls to the one of the front and rear discharge channels 6, 35 and the ball discharge channels 7, 36, and an activation mechanism that activates the ball feeding member 22 by a safe ball delivery operation. The ball dispensing control unit 31 is detachably coupled to each other.
[0061]
  For this reason, each mechanism and each member constituting the pachinko ball paying-out device are unitized by function, and each unit can be attached to the case body 1 independently, and can be detached from the case body 1. , 30 can be simplified and the units 10, 20, 30 can be replaced for each unit.
[0062]
  Further, since the unit bases 11, 21, 31 and the upper and lower cover bodies 54, 55 of the units 10, 20, 30 are made of a transparent synthetic resin material, the dispensing device remains assembled to the main body frame. Thus, the failure, modification, abnormality, etc. of each unit 10, 20, 30 can be seen through from the outside, and the failure, modification, abnormality, etc. of each unit 10, 20, 30 can be dealt with.
[0063]
  Further, since the ball supply unit 10 and the payout ball number setting unit 20 are covered by the upper cover body 54 and the payout control unit 30 is covered by the lower cover body 55, only one of the upper and lower covers 54, 55 is removed. Thus, the units 10, 20, and 30 can be individually attached to and removed from the case body 1.
[0064]
  Further, since the pachinko balls are paid out by controlling the rotation of the ball feeding member 22, the payout control mode of the pachinko balls can be rationalized and smoothed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of a payout device showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the dispensing device.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a case body and upper and lower cover bodies.
FIG. 4 is a front view of a ball supply unit.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the main part of the payout ball number setting unit.
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the vicinity of a payout ball number setting unit.
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a payout ball number setting unit.
FIG. 8 is a front view of a main part for explaining a pachinko ball payout operation;
FIG. 9 is a front view of a main part for explaining a pachinko ball payout operation.
FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the vicinity of a ball payout control unit.
FIG. 11 is a front view of a ball payout control unit.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the vicinity of a broken piece detection piece.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a distribution valve drive mechanism.
FIG. 14 is a front view of an activation mechanism for explaining a safe ball delivery operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Case body
6,35 payout flow path
7,36 Ball passage
8 Safe ball socket
9 Exit
10 ball supply unit
11 Unit base
5,13 Supply channel
17 Ball break detection switch
20 Payout ball number setting unit
21 Unit base
22 Ball feed member
23 Turntable
23a Through hole
25 Dispensing motor
28 Photosensor
30 ball payout control unit
31 unit base
37 Distribution valve
44 Cam drive motor
45 prize ball payout detection switch
46 Safe ball engagement cam
47 Ball pieces

Claims (1)

A pachinko ball dispensing device assembled on the back of the main frame of the pachinko machine,
The payout device is
A pre-replenishment flow path is formed in the upper portion so as to be detachably mounted on the rear surface of the main body frame and communicates with one ball outlet of a tank rail mounted on the rear surface of the main body frame. A case body formed with,
In the unit base that is separably housed inside the case body, a rear supply passage that communicates with the other ball outlet of the tank rail is formed, and pachinko balls in the front supply passage and the rear supply passage are A ball replenishment unit provided with a ball breakage detecting means for detecting presence or absence;
The unit base accommodated in the case body so as to be separable forms a front and rear spherical flow passage communicating with each of the front supply flow passage and the rear supply flow passage, and is driven based on a dispensing start signal. A payout motor, a rotating claw wheel-like ball feed member that receives the pachinko balls that are rotated by the payout motor and are fed from the front and rear flow passages one by one, and delivers a predetermined number of balls, and the ball feed member A payout ball number setting unit provided with a sensor that detects and sets a payout ball number by detecting a payout number detection unit formed on a turntable for setting the number of payout balls that rotates integrally with
The unit base that is separably housed inside the case body forms a post-payout passage parallel to the pre-payout passage formed in the case body, while the safe ball receiver formed in the case body. A safe ball engaging cam that receives a safe ball that passes through the mouth one by one and transfers it to a safe ball outlet formed in the case body, and a passing process is performed by the safe ball engaging cam. A ball-cutting piece that is pushed and changed by a safe ball, and a detection switch that is operated to detect a change in pushing of the ball-cutting piece and transmits a prize ball payout activation signal for one time to the payout motor of the payout ball number setting unit; And a ball payout control unit provided with
A unit base in which the ball supply unit is provided, a unit base in which the payout ball number setting unit is provided, and a unit base in which the ball payout control unit is provided in the case body mounted on the back surface of the main body frame When, by accommodating the said with the upstream end of the pre-supply passage and the rear supply passage is coupled to the ball supply unit and a downstream end of the tank rails, the front supply channels of the ball supply unit And a downstream end of the post-replenishment flow path and a ball flow path before and after the payout ball number setting unit, and a prize ball discharged from a ball feed member of the payout ball number setting unit is and pachinko ball dispenser in the pachinko machine, characterized in Rukoto is coupled to be discharged to the postpaid out channel.

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