JP4555421B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a pachinko gaming machine in which a ball dispensing device and a ball detecting means are individually unitized and mounted on a back mechanism plate.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a back mechanism plate made of a synthetic resin has been mounted on the back of a game board of a pachinko gaming machine, and an electrical device for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls to the back mechanism plate based on a winning ball detection signal. A ball dispensing device is provided. This ball dispensing device is detachably attached to the back mechanism plate so that it can be repaired or replaced if it breaks down for some reason. When the ball dispensing device is removed, the upper ball guiding passage is automatically opened. In order to prevent the ball from spilling and falling, a stopper mechanism has been provided.
[0003]
On the other hand, recently, a ball lending machine that houses a card insertion slot and a function unit that receives a card and transmits a lending payout signal corresponding to each pachinko machine is installed, and a card lending operation is performed by inserting the card into the card insertion slot. A card-compatible pachinko game machine called a CR machine, in which a ball payout device is driven by operating a portion to pay out both a winning ball and a rental ball, is becoming mainstream.
[0004]
By the way, in the above-mentioned card-compatible pachinko gaming machine, when there is a winning ball detection signal or a lending payout signal, the ball paying device is driven to pay out a winning ball or a lending ball. The sphere was configured to count with the same sphere detector. Therefore, when the winning signal and the lending signal are derived before and after the winning signal, the winning ball and the lending ball are continuously discharged, so that the winning ball based on the winning is correctly paid out, or There was a problem that it was not possible to confirm whether or not the rental balls paid out by the rental ball payout signal were correctly paid out. In order to solve such problems, recently, a ball distribution mechanism in which a prize ball passage provided with a prize ball detector and a ball rental passage provided with a ball rental detector are separately provided below the ball dispensing device. Is provided so that confirmation of payout of prize balls and confirmation of payout of rental balls can be performed accurately.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a card-compatible pachinko gaming machine, since the ball distribution mechanism is disposed below the ball dispensing device as described above, the upper ball is removed when the ball dispensing device is removed. It was difficult to make an installation space for providing a stopper mechanism that prevents the ball from falling from the guide passage. For this reason, for example, when the ball dispensing device is removed from the back mechanism plate due to the occurrence of a ball bite, the pachinko ball hangs down from the upper ball guide passage and the prize ball detector or the rental ball detection placed below the ball pachinko ball It was detected unnecessarily by the device, and there was a problem that it caused an error or unnecessary cancellation at the time of error.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, it is an object that mounting mistakes prize balls detector and lending sphere detector is to be prevented We intend to provide pachinko machines that can be used.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention includes a ball dispensing device in which a ball distribution mechanism for branching a pachinko ball into a prize ball discharge passage or a ball rental discharge passage is provided in the case body, and a prize ball discharge passage. counting the pachinko balls passing through the winning balls detector and Kashitama pachinko machine having capable and sphere detection unit provided detachably loan sphere detector which counts the pachinko balls passing through the discharge passage in each unit case An engaging portion is formed on the case body, and a fitting portion is formed on the unit case on a surface facing the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine of the unit case and at a position deviated from the center. On the other hand, the back mechanism plate is formed with an attachment portion capable of vertically arranging the ball dispensing device and the ball detection unit, and an engagement restricting portion capable of engaging with the engagement portion in the attachment portion; The fitting part is fitted Forming a fitted portion to be obtained, inserting the ball payout device into the attachment portion toward the back side of the pachinko gaming machine, and pulling the ball payout device upward in the attachment portion to Engage with the engagement restricting part, then insert the unit case into the attachment part below the ball payout device toward the back side of the pachinko gaming machine, and fit the fitting part of the unit case into the fitted part The sphere detection unit is attached by combining them.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, a card-compatible pachinko gaming machine will be described, but it is needless to say that the present invention can also be applied to other general pachinko gaming machines.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a card-compatible pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. In the figure, a is a pachinko gaming machine, and b is a thin card-type ball lending machine provided adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine a. The pachinko gaming machine a has a front frame 2 mounted on the front surface of the machine frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A game board 3 is detachably mounted on the rear front side of the front frame 2 via an attachment frame. A guide rail 4 having a launch position is provided on the surface of the game board 3, and a plurality of winning holes 5, a variable winning hole 6, an accessory 7, and the like are provided in a game portion surrounded by the guide rail 4. Further, a hitting ball supply tray 8, a lower storage tray 9, an operation handle 10, and the like are provided at the lower front portion of the front frame 2. Further, a card insertion slot 11, a ball lending switch 12, a card return switch 13 and the like are provided on the front surface of the card-type ball lending machine b.
[0013]
On the other hand, a winning ball collective cover 14 is attached to the back surface of the game board 3, and an electric drive of the variable winning slot 6 and the accessory 7 on the front surface of the game board 3 is provided on the rear surface of the winning ball collective cover 14. A box-shaped cover 15 surrounding the source is provided. A synthetic resin back mechanism plate 16 is attached to one side of the mounting frame of the game board 3 via upper and lower hinges 17, 17 so as to be detachable and openable.
[0014]
The back mechanism plate 16 is formed with a winning ball gathering space having a depth width slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball on the front side facing the back side of the game board 3, and the box-shaped cover 15 protrudes at substantially the center thereof. An opening window 18 is formed for this purpose. A winning ball collecting passage 19 for collecting winning balls falling from the winning ball collecting space is formed below the opening window 18, and one winning ball is electrically connected to the lower end of the winning ball collecting passage 19 one by one. A winning ball discharge processing device 20 is provided for discharging while detecting. Then, the detection signal is sent to a ball dispensing device 24 described later.
[0015]
On the other hand, a ball tank 21 for storing a pachinko ball replenished from a replenishment bowl above the pachinko gaming machine a is fixed to the upper part on the rear side of the back mechanism plate 16. Below the ball tank 21 is provided a guide rail 22 that guides pachinko balls in the ball tank 21 in an aligned manner, and a ball dispensing device 24 having a ball distribution mechanism 23 at the downstream end of the guide rail 22 is a curved rail. It is detachably mounted via 25.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the ball dispensing device 24 includes a case body 27 in which a ball passage 26 communicating with the curve rail 25 is formed, and one pachinko ball that flows down the ball passage 26 in a row. A sprocket 29 having an engaging projection 28 formed on the outer periphery and a drive motor 30 for rotating the sprocket 29 are configured. The ball payout device 24 is driven by a drive motor 30 based on a winning ball detection signal from the winning ball discharge processing device 20 or a ball payout payout signal from the card-type ball lending machine b, and the sprocket 29 rotates at a predetermined angle. Thus, the pachinko balls received between the protrusions 28 are discharged downward one by one. Incidentally, the engagement portion 27a of the intake is worn on the front corners of the case body 27 is formed to protrude.
[0017]
The ball distribution mechanism 23 is configured such that a passage switching lever 33 is rotatable by a shaft 34 at a branch portion between a prize ball discharge passage 31 and a ball rental discharge passage 32 formed in communication with a ball passage 26 of a ball dispensing device 24. The operation plate 37 of the electromagnet 36 is engaged with an engagement portion 35 formed below the shaft support portion of the passage switching lever 33. When the electromagnet 36 is in a normal state, the passage switching lever 33 is urged to rotate to a substantially upright position that closes the lending / discharge passage 32 as shown by a solid line in FIG. Then, the passage switching lever 33 is rotated in the clockwise direction as shown by a chain line in FIG. 5 to close the prize ball discharge passage 31 to connect the ball passage 26 and the rental ball discharge passage 32. It is like that.
[0018]
The back mechanism plate 16 positioned below the curve rail 25 is provided with a concave mounting portion 38 for accurately positioning and mounting the ball dispensing device 24 at a predetermined position as shown in FIG. ing. Attachment portion 38 is formed a sphere detection unit 39 to be described later with ball dispensing device 24 in juxtaposed possible size and shape in the vertical, the engagement of the case body 27 to the upper and lower four corners of the back wall 38a An engagement restricting portion 40 that can engage the portion 27a is formed. Reference numeral 41 denotes a unit insertion groove formed horizontally in the depth direction on both sides of the lower portion of the attachment portion 38, and 42 denotes a fitting portion for positioning established in the depth surface of the attachment portion 38.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 4, the sphere detection unit 39 is arranged in parallel with a rectangular plate-shaped unit case 43 so that the two storage cylinders 43 a and 43 b are opened on the front surface. "Prize ball" identification display 44a is engraved and the identification display 44a is colored red, and "Rental ball" identification display 44b is engraved on the upper surface of the other storage cylinder 43b and the identification display 44b is colored blue. Claw-like elastic engagement pieces 45a and 45b are projected from the front surfaces of the storage cylinders 43a and 43b, and ball passage openings 46a and 46b are formed so as to penetrate the storage cylinders 43a and 43b vertically. is doing. And the protrusion 47a, 47b which can match the said unit insertion groove | channel 41 is formed in the both sides | surfaces of this unit case 43, and it can be fitted to the said to- be-fitted part 42 in the eccentric position of the back surface of this unit case 43. The fitting part 48 is protrudingly provided.
[0020]
49a is an electromagnetic coil type prize ball detector connected to the wiring 50a with a connector 51a colored in red to count pachinko balls passing through the prize ball discharge passage 31, and 49b is a pachinko ball passing through the ball rental discharge passage 32. A ball rental detector of an electromagnetic coil type connected to the wiring 50b with a connector 51b colored in blue to count the ball. The prize ball detector 49a includes a color of the connector 51a and an identification display 44a indicating "prize ball" and By confirming the red match, it is inserted into the storage cylinder 43a and the elastic engagement piece 45a is engaged with the rear end of the prize ball detector 49a to prevent the ball rental detector 49b from being removed. By confirming the match of the color of the connector 51b with the identification sign 44b of "rental ball" and blue, the elastic engagement piece 45b is engaged with the rear end portion of the rental ball detector 49b. It is prevented dropping off by causing.
[0021]
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a fixing member 53 for fixing the detection unit 39 to the mounting portion 38 is rotatable by a shaft 54 on the front surface of the back mechanism plate 16 positioned below the mounting portion 38. Is provided. The fixing member 53 includes a locking portion 55 that presses and locks the back surface of the sphere detection unit 39 and an operation portion 56, and can be fixed to the lower portion of the sphere detection unit 39 by turning.
[0022]
In the pachinko gaming machine configured as described above, when the ball paying device 24 and the ball detecting unit 39 are attached to the back mechanism plate 16, first, the front surface of the case body 27 of the ball paying device 24 is attached as shown by the solid line in FIG. Therefore against the inner wall 38a of the part 38 is positioned to the engaging portion 27a below the engaging restriction portion 40, the engagement portion by pulling the case body 27 as shown in chain line drawing remains in this state upward The ball payout device 24 is attached to the attachment portion 38 by engaging the engagement restriction portion 40 with 27a. Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the ball detection unit 39 is allowed to face below the ball dispensing device 24, and the protrusions 47a and 47b of the ball detection unit 39 are aligned with the unit insertion groove 41 so that the ball detection unit 39 39 is pushed in the depth direction of the mounting portion 38, and then the fixing member 53 is rotated so that the locking portion 55 is pressed against the back surface of the ball detection unit 39, so that the ball dispensing device 24 and the ball detection unit 39 are attached to the mounting portion 38. Attach to. In this way, when the ball dispensing device 24 and the ball detection unit 39 are attached to the back mechanism plate 16, the ball detection unit 39 prevents the ball dispensing device 24 from moving downward.
[0023]
When removing the ball dispensing device 24 from the back mechanism plate 16, first, the fixing member 53 is rotated to release the fixation of the ball detection unit 39, and the ball detection unit 39 is removed from the attachment portion 38. Then, it is possible to remove the spherical dispenser by releasing the engagement between the engaging portion 27a and the engaging restriction portion 40 pushes down the case body 27 of the ball dispensing device 24 downward.
[0024]
As described above, according to the present invention, the ball dispensing device 24 and the ball detection unit 39 are individually unitized and attached to the attachment portion 38 of the back mechanism plate 16, and the ball detection unit 39 must be removed. Since the payout device 24 cannot be removed from the back mechanism plate 16, even when the ball falls from the upper guide rail 22 when the ball payout device 24 is removed, the ball detection unit is already present. Since 39 is removed, there is no need to detect a sphere unnecessarily.
[0025]
Further, since the ball detecting unit 39 is attached after the ball paying device 24 is attached and the ball detecting device 39 is fixed so that the ball paying device 24 is not detached, it is necessary to fix the conventional ball paying device 24. The stopper member that has been used can be shared by the ball detection unit 39, and an extra work is not required. Here, the ball detection unit 39 of the illustrated embodiment has a structure in which prize balls / rental balls are integrated, but it goes without saying that a plurality of ball detection units individually accommodated may be used.
[0026]
Further, the wirings 50a and 50b are connected to the prize ball detector 49a and the ball rental detector 49b so that the colors of the connectors 51a and 51b and the display colors of the storage cylinders 43a and 43b of the ball detection unit 39 are matched. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a mistake that the connection is mistakenly wired reversely during the assembly, and when the sphere detection unit 39 is attached to the attachment portion 38, as shown in FIG. since the fitting portion 48 projecting from the rear eccentric position is not completely housed in the mounting portion of 38 the spherical detection unit 39 unless fitted into the fitting portion 42, a spherical detection unit 39 upside down Thus, erroneous mounting such as mounting in the mounting portion 38 can be prevented.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention passes through the ball dispensing device incorporating the ball distribution mechanism for branching the pachinko ball into the prize ball discharge passage or the ball rental discharge passage, and the prize ball discharge passage. and a sphere detection unit provided detachably lent sphere detector which counts the pachinko balls passing through the winning balls detector and Kashitama discharge passage for counting the pachinko ball in each unit case, fitted to the unit case A mounting portion for attaching the ball detection unit to the back mechanism plate, and a fitting portion into which the fitting portion can be fitted is formed in the mounting portion. Since the ball detection unit is attached to the attachment portion by being fitted to the fitting portion, there is no possibility that the ball detection unit is reversely mounted, and malfunction due to this can be prevented.
In addition, by preventing the ball dispensing device from being removed unless the ball detection unit is removed, even if the ball drops from the upper ball guide rail when the ball dispensing device is removed , the ball dispensing device can be removed. There is an advantage that the detection unit does not detect the sphere unnecessarily, and the detection error of the pachinko sphere when the ball dispensing device is removed can be surely eliminated.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a mounting portion between a ball dispensing device and a ball detection unit.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part in a state in which a ball dispensing device and a ball detection unit are removed.
FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the ball dispensing device.
FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the ball dispensing device.
FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part for explaining attachment of a ball dispensing device.
FIG. 8 is a front view of a main part in a state where a ball dispensing device and a ball detection unit are attached.
9 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
16 Back mechanism plate 23 Ball distribution mechanism 24 Ball dispensing device
27 Case body 27a Engagement part 31 Prize ball discharge passage 32 Loan discharge passage 38 Mounting part 39 Ball detection unit
40 Engagement restriction part 42 Part to be fitted 43 Unit case 43a, 43b Storage cylinder part 44a, 44b Identification display 48 Fitting part 49a Prize ball detector 49b Wrench detector 50a, 50b Wiring 51a, 51b Connector

Claims (1)

A ball dispensing device in which a ball distribution mechanism for branching a pachinko ball to a prize ball discharge passage or a ball rental discharge passage is provided in the case body, a prize ball detector and a ball for counting pachinko balls passing through the prize ball discharge passage A pachinko gaming machine comprising a ball detection unit that detachably installs a ball rental detector that counts pachinko balls passing through a discharge passage in a unit case ,
The case body is formed with an engaging portion, and the unit case is formed with a fitting portion on the surface facing the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine of the unit case and at a position deviated from the center, The back mechanism plate is formed with an attachment portion in which the ball dispensing device and the ball detection unit can be arranged vertically, and an engagement restricting portion and a fitting portion that can be engaged with the engagement portion in the attachment portion. Forming a fitted part that can be fitted,
Inserting the ball dispensing device into the mounting portion toward the back side of the pachinko gaming machine and pulling the ball dispensing device upward in the mounting portion to engage the engagement portion with the engagement restricting portion, Next, the unit case is inserted below the ball payout device in the mounting portion toward the back side of the pachinko gaming machine, and the fitting portion of the unit case is fitted to the fitted portion, so that the ball detecting unit is fitted. A pachinko machine characterized by being attached .

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