JP4243170B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine that discharges game balls to the outside, or performs so-called “ball removal”.

  A conventional pachinko machine includes a payout device on the back thereof for guiding the game balls stored in the ball tank to an upper plate arranged on the front surface of the pachinko machine. The payout device mainly includes a ball passage through which the game ball passes, a sprocket that is disposed in the ball passage and that sends the game ball to the downstream side of the ball passage by rotation, and appropriately regulates / removes the rotation of the sprocket. It consists of an electromagnetic solenoid. When paying out or lending the game ball, the electromagnetic solenoid releases the sprocket rotation restriction so that the sprocket rotates, and the game ball can pass through the ball passage downstream.

On the other hand, during maintenance of the pachinko machine, so-called “ball removal” is performed in order to discharge the game balls filled in the ball tank and the ball passage to the outside of the pachinko machine. At this time, in order to switch the flow path of the ball passage to the discharge port continuing from the upper plate to the outside of the pachinko machine, it is necessary to drive a switching valve arranged in the ball passage (see, for example, Patent Document 1). This switching valve can be driven manually or by an electromagnetic solenoid different from that for controlling the sprocket. In order to completely discharge the game ball from the ball passage, the switching valve may be provided in the ball passage downstream of the sprocket.
JP 2000-218055 A

  However, when removing the ball, it is necessary to drive the switching valve and to allow the game ball to pass through the ball passage. For this reason, it is necessary to energize the electromagnetic solenoid that drives the sprocket, which consumes extra power.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of performing a ball removing operation with low power.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is configured such that the game ball is transferred from a ball tank storing game balls to a tray for receiving paid-out game balls, or to a discharge port continuing to the outside. A ball path for guiding, a sprocket disposed in the ball path, receiving the game ball on a ball receiving portion formed on an outer periphery thereof and rotating the game ball to the downstream side of the ball path, and a sprocket In addition, a rotation restricting member that restricts the rotation of the sprocket, an electric drive device that moves the rotation restricting member to release the restriction of the rotation based on a game ball payout command, and a downstream of the sprocket disposed within said ball passage side, a switching valve for switching the flow path of the game ball passing through the ball passage to the pan direction or the discharge port direction, engaging the switching valve, the switching by sliding operation The conjunction the with changeover switches for switching to either the dish direction or the discharge port direction, the operation of the switching valve switches the flow path to the outlet direction from the pan direction, to release the regulation of rotation of the sprocket and a restriction releasing member, the restriction releasing member, in conjunction with the prior SL switching valve is switched to the discharge port direction, the second linear member to slide upwards (36), the second in conjunction with the linear member, when said second linear member is slid upward, the link member (35) for transmitting power in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, in conjunction with the link member, the link member Is slid in a direction perpendicular to the second linear member by the power transmitted by the first movement member, and the tip portion is moved by the slide to move the rotation restricting member. The first and straight member (34) for releasing the rotation restriction of Tsu bets, and summarized in that a ball-shooting game machine comprising a.

  According to the ball and ball game machine according to the first feature, when the ball is removed, the rotation control of the sprocket is also released only by performing the operation of switching the flow path with the switching member without energizing the electric drive device. be able to.

The invention described in Claim 2 is the ball-shooting game machine according to claim 1, before Symbol second linear member, the link member, said first linear member, wherein the selector switch, and the switching valve Is supported by a base member (31), and the base member (31) has a ball discharge setting recess (31e) and a game setting recess (31f) at a position along the sliding direction of the changeover switch. The changeover switch (37) includes a convex portion (37a) that engages with either the concave portion for ball removal setting (31e) or the concave portion for setting for gaming (31f), and a lower portion of the convex portion (37a). is opened hole to deflect the convex portion downwardly (37b), has, and, said changeover switching switch (37), a groove (37c) which engages the distal end portion of the switching valve (38) has the switching valve (38), said groove (37c) Coupling portions for coupling to have a (38a) and gist.

The gist of the invention described in claim 3 is that, in the ball game machine according to claim 2, the coupling portion (38a) forms a curved surface.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bullet ball game machine according to the second or third aspect, the second linear member, the link member, and the first linear member are provided on the base member. It moves along the groove part (31a, 31b, 31c) formed.

The invention according to claim 5 is the bullet ball game machine according to claim 4, wherein the groove portion includes a second straight groove portion along the second straight member and a bent groove portion along the link member. , And a first linear groove portion along the first linear member, the second linear member moves along the second linear groove portion, and the link member moves along the bent groove portion. The first linear member moves along the first linear groove.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the ball ball game machine which performs a ball removal operation | work with low electric power can be provided.

  Next, this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and ratios of dimensions and the like are different from actual ones. Accordingly, specific dimensions and the like should be determined in consideration of the following description. Moreover, it is a matter of course that portions having different dimensional relationships and ratios are included between the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the ball game machine 1 in the present embodiment is provided inside the outer frame 5 and an outer frame 5 provided for installing the ball game machine 1 in the island facility of the game hall. A front frame 7 pivotally supported on the middle frame 6, a launch handle 4 that is rotated to launch a game ball toward a game area on the game board 3, and a game ball A dish 2 is provided.

  The game area on the game board 3 is provided with a big winning port 8, an out port 9, a starting port 10, a general winning port 16, and the like. The big winning opening 8 is opened and closed under a predetermined condition when the gaming state becomes a big hit state, and when a gaming ball wins the big winning opening 8, a predetermined number (for example, 15) of gaming balls are used as winning balls. It is configured to be paid out. The out port 9 receives a game ball that has not entered any of the start port 10, the big winning port 8, the general winning port 16, and the like. The starting port 10 is configured to extract a jackpot determining random number value or the like on condition that the game ball has passed through the starting region provided in the starting port 10. The general winning opening 16 is configured such that when a game ball wins the general winning opening 16, a predetermined number of game balls (for example, 15 balls) are paid out as winning balls.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the back side of the ball game machine 1 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the ball game machine 1 includes a ball tank 11 for storing game balls, two ball rails 12 for guiding game balls paid out or rented from the ball tank 11 to a payout device 13, A payout device 13 configured to pay out a predetermined number of game balls from among a plurality of supplied game balls is provided on the back side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game balls replenished from the ball rail 12 to the payout device 13 are guided by the payout device 13 to the tray 2 or the discharge port continuing to the outside. The payout device 13 is provided with a changeover switch 37. When the changeover switch 37 is set at the time of the game (right side in FIG. 3), the game ball is moved to the tray 2 and the changeover switch 37 is removed from the ball (in FIG. 3). When set to (left side), the game ball is guided to a discharge port that continues to the outside.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the payout device 13 includes a first payout unit 21, a second payout unit 22, and a third payout unit 23. The first payout unit 21 and the third payout unit 23 have a ball passage 24 therein and are assembled with the second payout unit 22 interposed therebetween. The payout device 13 includes two ball passages, a ball passage 24 between the first payout unit 21 and the second payout unit 22 and a ball passage 24 between the second payout unit 22 and the third payout unit 23. The game balls guided from the two ball rails 12 are guided by 24.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the second payout unit 22 includes a base member 31, an electric drive device 32, a ball detection sensor 33, a first linear member 34, a link member 35, and a second linear member. 36, a changeover switch 37, a changeover valve 38, and a sprocket 39.

As shown in FIG. 6, the base member 31 includes a first straight groove portion 31a, a bent groove portion 31b, a second straight groove portion 31c, and a link member hole 31d. The 1st linear groove part 31a is set as the shape which can fit the 1st linear member 34 and can move the 1st linear member 34 along this groove part. Further, the second linear groove portion 31c has a shape in which the second linear member 36 is fitted and the second linear groove portion 31c can be moved along the groove portion. The link member 35 has a shape as shown in FIG. 8, and rotates along the bent groove portion 31b around the convex portion 35a by fitting the convex portion 35a into the link member hole 31d.

  The electric drive device 32 includes a spring 32a, an electromagnetic solenoid 32b, and a flap 32c. As shown in FIG. 10, the flap 32 c is normally in a state where one end thereof restricts rotation of the blades of the sprocket 39 by the force of the spring 32 a. When the game ball is paid out or lent out, the flap 32c is attracted to the electromagnetic solenoid 32b as shown in FIG. 12 by the excitation operation of the electromagnetic solenoid 32b, and the rotation restriction of the sprocket 39 is released.

  The ball detection sensor 33 detects a game ball passing through the ball passage 24. The signal of the ball detection sensor 33 is input to a control board (not shown), and the number of game balls that have passed through the ball passage 24 is recognized by the control board.

  The first linear member 34, the link member 35, and the second linear member 36 are fitted in the first linear groove portion 31a, the bent groove portion 31b, and the second linear groove portion 31c of the base member 31, respectively, and the switching member 38 is a dish. The flap 32c is moved to the electromagnetic solenoid 32b side in conjunction with the operation of switching the flow path from the two directions to the discharge direction. This operation will be described in detail later.

  The changeover switch 37 switches the flow path for guiding the game ball to the tray 2 or the discharge port continuing to the outside. In the present embodiment, when the changeover switch 37 is set at the time of gaming (right side in FIG. 3), the game ball is set to the pan 2 and the changeover switch 37 is set to ball removal (left side in FIG. 3). The game ball is guided to a discharge port that continues to the outside.

  The switching valve 38 is disposed in the ball passage 24 and switches so as to guide the flow path of the game ball flowing down to the tray 2 or the discharge port.

  The second linear member 36, the changeover switch 37, and the changeover valve 38 are coupled as shown in FIG. Specifically, the coupling portion 38 a of the switching valve 38 has a curved surface and is fitted with the cutout portion 37 c of the switching switch 37. Further, the convex portion 36 a of the second linear member 36 is slidably engaged with a concave portion 37 d formed to be inclined upward to the left when viewed from the back of the changeover switch 37. For this reason, by operating the changeover switch 37, the changeover valve 38 moves, and the flow path of the game ball in the ball passage 24 is switched to the dish direction or the discharge port direction. Further, by operating the changeover switch 37, the second linear member 36 operates downward when the flow path of the switching valve 38 is in the direction of the pan 2, and upward when it is in the direction of the discharge port.

  The changeover switch 37 has a convex portion 37a. When the selector switch 37 moves left and right on the base member 31, the changeover switch 37 is fitted into the concave setting recess 31e or the concave setting portion 31f for gaming to be in a fixed position. Fixed. Since the changeover switch 37 has a hole 37b below the convex portion 37a, the convex portion 37a can be bent and moved while the convex portion 37a moves to a position where it fits into the concave portion 31e and the concave portion 31f. It is said.

  The sprocket 39 is disposed in the ball passage 24 and sends the game ball to the downstream side of the ball passage 24. As shown in FIG. 9, the sprocket 39 has a shape in which three blades arranged at intervals of 120 degrees are formed on both sides, and the blades on both sides are formed by being shifted by 60 degrees. The sprocket 39 has a ball receiving portion 39a on the inner side of the blade, and receives the game balls one by one in the ball receiving portion 39a and sends them out to the downstream side.

  In the present embodiment, the ball passage 24 constitutes a ball passage that guides the game ball from a ball tank that stores the game ball to a tray that receives a paid or rented game ball, or to a discharge port that continues to the outside. The sprocket 39 is disposed in the ball passage, and constitutes a sprocket that sends the game ball to the downstream side of the ball passage by receiving the game ball on a ball receiving portion formed on the outer periphery and rotating, and the electromagnetic solenoid 32b is a game An electric drive device that releases the restriction of sprocket rotation based on a ball payout or lending command is configured. The changeover switch 37 and the changeover valve 38 are arranged in a ball passage on the downstream side of the sprocket and pass through the ball passage. A switching member for switching the flow path of the game ball to the dish direction or the discharge port direction is configured, and the base member 31, the first linear member 34, the link member 35, the second Linear member 36, switching member is interlocked with the operation of switching the channel from the dish direction to the discharge port direction, constitutes the restriction releasing member for releasing the restriction of the rotation of the sprocket. Further, the flap 32c constitutes a rotation restricting member that restricts the rotation of the sprocket, and the first linear member 34, the link member 35, and the second linear member 36 transmit the power applied to the switching member to the rotation restricting member. A movable member for transmission is configured.

  Next, in the bullet ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, a method for switching the ball passage 24 in the payout device 13 to the tray 2 direction or the discharge port direction will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which the changeover switch 37 is set during the game. Specifically, by moving the changeover switch 37 to the right side, the second linear member 36 moves downward in the figure, and the link member 35 and the first linear member 34 move the flap 32c to the electromagnetic solenoid 32b. The flap 32c is controlled so that the blades of the sprocket 39 do not rotate. In the game, when the game ball is paid out or lent out, the flap 32c is attracted to the electromagnetic solenoid 32b by the excitation operation of the electromagnetic solenoid 32b. As shown in FIG. 11, the switching valve 38 in the state of FIG. 10 closes the ball passage 24 that leads to the discharge port, and the game ball flows down to the tray 2.

  On the other hand, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which the changeover switch 37 is set at the time of ball removal. Specifically, by moving the changeover switch 37 to the left side, the second linear member 36 moves in conjunction with this movement upward in the drawing. The link member 35 rotates toward the first linear member 34 in conjunction with the movement of the second linear member 36. The first linear member 34 moves to the left in the figure in conjunction with the movement of the link member 35, and pushes the flap 32c toward the electromagnetic solenoid 32b. Thereby, since the rotation regulation by the flap 32c is cancelled | released, the sprocket 39 can rotate freely and a game ball will be in the state which can flow down. As shown in FIG. 13, the switching valve 38 in the state of FIG. 12 closes the ball passage 24 that leads to the tray 2, and the game ball flows down to the discharge port.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the second linear member 36 and the link member 35, and the first linear member 34 and the flip 32c are not in contact with each other when the changeover switch 37 is set during the game. Has a certain gap.

(Operation and effect of the ball game machine according to the present embodiment)
According to the ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, by switching the changeover switch 37 from the game to the setting for ball removal, the changeover valve 38 is interlocked with the operation of switching the flow path from the direction of the dish 2 to the direction of the discharge port. Thus, the movement of the first linear member 34, the link member 35, and the second linear member 36 can be moved to release the restriction on the rotation of the sprocket 39. For this reason, when the ball is removed, the rotation restriction of the sprocket 39 can be released only by switching the flow path with the changeover switch 37 without energizing the electromagnetic solenoid 32b.

  Moreover, the electric drive device 32 of the ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a flap 32c that restricts the rotation of the sprocket, and the first linear member 34, the link member 35, and the second linear member 36 are switched. The power given to the changeover switch 37 for switching the valve 38 can be transmitted to the flap 32c to release the restriction on the rotation of the sprocket 39. For this reason, the ball removing operation can be reliably performed with a simple structure.

Further, pinball game machine 1 according to this embodiment, the base member 31, and movable on the base member 31, to transmit power given to the change-over switch 37 for switching the switching valve 38 to the flap 32 c 1 linear member 34, link member 35, and second linear member 36 can be provided. For this reason, even if the distance between the flap 32c and the switching valve 38 fluctuates, the rotation restriction of the sprocket 39 can be released when the flow path is switched.

  In addition, the first linear member 34, the link member 35, and the second linear member 36 of the bullet ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment include a first linear groove portion 31a, a bent groove portion 31b, It can move along the second straight groove 31c. For this reason, the power given to the changeover switch 37 for switching the changeover valve 38 can be efficiently transmitted to the flap 32c. Regardless of the positional relationship between the flap 32c and the switching valve 38, the rotation restriction of the sprocket 39 can be released when the flow path is switched.

  In addition, since the switching valve 38 of the bullet ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment switches the flow path toward the discharge port, the first linear member 34 and the link are blocked after the game ball is prevented from passing in the direction of the tray 2. The member 35 and the second linear member 36 can release the restriction on the rotation of the sprocket 39. For this reason, after the ball removal operation, the game ball can be reliably guided to the discharge port without being guided to the tray 2.

(Other embodiments)
Although the present invention has been described according to the above-described embodiments, it should not be understood that the descriptions and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure limit the present invention. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  For example, in the ball game machine 1 according to the present embodiment, it has been described that the changeover switch 37 is manually moved to switch the changeover valve 38. However, an electromagnetic solenoid for the changeover valve 38 is provided, and the changeover valve 38 is activated by an excitation operation. You may switch.

  As described above, the present invention naturally includes various embodiments not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the invention specifying matters according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

It is a general-view figure of the ball game machine concerning this embodiment. It is a back surface outline view of a ball game machine concerning this embodiment. It is an enlarged view of the payout apparatus in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the payout device of the ball game machine according to the present embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view of the 2nd dispensing unit in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the base member 30 in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the assembly of the switching member of the ball game machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is an enlarged view of the link member in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the sprocket in FIG. It is a front view of the 2nd payout unit set up at the time of the game of the ball game machine concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the ball | bowl channel | path in FIG. It is a front view of the 2nd payout unit set at the time of ball removal of the ball game machine concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the ball | bowl channel | path in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bullet game machine, 2 ... Dish, 3 ... Game board, 4 ... Launch handle, 5 ... Outer frame, 6 ... Middle frame, 7 ... Inner frame, 8 ... Grand prize opening, 9 ... Out port, 10 ... Start Mouth, 11 ... ball tank, 12 ... ball rail, 13 ... payout device, 16 ... general winning port, 21 ... first payout unit, 22 ... second payout unit, 23 ... third payout unit, 24 ... ball A passage 31, a base member, 31 a, a first linear groove portion, 31 b, a bent groove portion, 31 c, a second linear groove portion, 31 d, a hole for a link member, 31 e, a recess for setting ball removal, 31 f, a recess for setting during game 32 ... Electric drive device, 33 ... Sphere detection sensor, 34 ... First linear member, 35 ... Link member, 35a ... Convex portion, 36 ... Second linear member, 36a ... Convex portion, 37 ... Changeover switch, 37a ... convex part, 37b ... hole part, 37c ... notch part, 37d ... concave part, 38 ... switching , 38a ... coupling unit, 39 ... sprocket, 39a ... ball receiving part

Claims (5)

A ball path that guides the game ball from a ball tank that stores the game ball to a tray that receives the game ball that has been paid out, or to a discharge port that continues to the outside;
A sprocket that is disposed in the ball passage and receives the game ball on a ball receiving portion formed on an outer periphery thereof and rotates the game ball to the downstream side of the ball passage;
A rotation restricting member that engages with the sprocket and restricts the rotation of the sprocket;
An electric drive device that moves the rotation restricting member to release the restriction of the rotation based on a game ball payout command;
A switching valve that is disposed in the ball passage downstream of the sprocket and switches the flow path of the game ball passing through the ball passage to the dish direction or the discharge port direction;
A changeover switch that engages with the changeover valve and switches the changeover valve to either the dish direction or the discharge port direction by a slide operation;
In conjunction with an operation in which the switching valve switches the flow path from the dish direction to the discharge port direction, a restriction releasing member that releases the restriction of the rotation of the sprocket, and
The restriction release member is
In conjunction with the prior SL switching valve is switched to the discharge port direction, and the second linear member to slide upwardly,
A link member that transmits power in a direction orthogonal to the sliding direction when the second linear member slides upward in conjunction with the second linear member;
In conjunction with the link member, the power transmitted by the link member, the second slide in a direction perpendicular to the linear member, the tip portion by the slide moves the rotation restricting member, wherein the rotation restricting member A first linear member for releasing the rotation restriction of the sprocket by
A ball game machine characterized by comprising: Before Stories second linear member, the link member, said first linear member, wherein the selector switch, and the switching valve is supported by the base member,
The base member has a ball setting recess and a game setting recess at a position along the sliding direction of the changeover switch,
The change-over switch has a convex portion that engages with either the concave portion for ball removal setting or the concave portion for setting during gaming, and a hole that opens below the convex portion and deflects the convex portion downward. And the changeover switch has a groove that engages with the tip of the changeover valve,
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the switching valve has a coupling portion coupled to the groove. The coupling portion is ball-shooting game machine according to claim 2, wherein the forming a curved surface. The said 2nd linear member, the said link member, and the said 1st linear member move along the groove part provided in the said base member, The Claim 2 or Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. A ball game machine. The groove includes a second linear groove along the second linear member, a bent groove along the link member, and a first linear groove along the first linear member,
The second linear member moves along the second linear groove, the link member moves along the bent groove, and the first linear member moves along the first linear groove. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 4.

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