JP5821486B2 - Earned ball number display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an acquired ball number display device that displays, as an acquired ball number, the total number of pachinko balls acquired by a player in games on gaming machines arranged on a gaming island.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine lined up on a gaming island is generally provided with a ball counting device that counts pachinko balls acquired by a player by paying out from the gaming machine. In such a gaming machine, at the end of the game, the total number of pachinko balls finally acquired by the player (hereinafter also referred to as the number of acquired balls) is recorded on a magnetic card or printed on a receipt, etc. By giving this to the player, the exchange work with the prize is facilitated. In addition, in the configuration of a gaming machine provided with a ball counting device, Patent Document 1 discloses a game machine equipped with a return ball amount display device in which a plurality of lamps are arranged in parallel on the outer peripheral portion of the gaming machine. In this gaming machine, the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device (ball returning device) during the game is displayed by the number of lighting / flashing of the lamps constituting the returned ball amount display device, thereby giving the player The outline of the number of balls acquired is recognized.
Further, in Patent Document 2, a score corresponding to the number of pachinko balls (prize balls) to be paid out in accordance with winning is given to the player, and the total score obtained by the player at the end of the game is printed. A ball-enclosed pachinko machine is disclosed in which a receipt is discharged from a printer device, and the receipt can be exchanged for a prize. According to the configuration of this ball-enclosed pachinko machine, the pachinko balls are not actually paid out to the player. For this reason, in order to make the player feel that the pachinko balls have been paid out, the pachinko machine main body has a payout confirmation display device that artificially shows the flow of the pachinko balls to be paid out in accordance with the prize to the player. Adjacent to one side.
Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a gaming machine in which a gaming medium effect device is provided adjacent to a pachinko ball counted by a ball counting device (each counter) so that the player can visually recognize it. ing. In the configuration described in Patent Document 3, the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device are lifted to the upper end position of the game medium rendering device by the lifting device, and the raised pachinko balls are moved to the internal space of the game media rendering device ( It is introduced into the pachinko ball storage space) from above and stored sequentially. Note that the game medium directing device projects forward from the front end surface of the gaming machine to the player side so that more pachinko balls can be stored in the storage space, in other words, in order to further increase the storage space. And placed on a counter plate (generally a plate member on which a ball box is placed).

JP-A-6-23136 (FIG. 3) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-23128 (FIG. 3) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2010-142582 (FIG. 9)

By the way, according to the configuration described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the actual pachinko balls are not accumulated in any way and the configuration is not shown to the player, so the acquired pachinko balls are stacked. A sense of accomplishment and superiority by following the game cannot be realistically given to the player. On the other hand, according to the configuration described in Patent Document 3, since the pachinko balls acquired by the player are actually stored in the storage space of the game medium effect device, a sense of accomplishment and superiority are given to the player. I can. However, in such a configuration, when a player acquires a large amount of pachinko balls, a large amount of pachinko balls are stored in the storage space of the game medium directing device as they are, and the pachinko balls required in the game hall The absolute number of increases. In this case, since the weight of a large amount of pachinko balls stored in the game medium directing device is directly applied to the counter plate on which the game media directing device is placed, The load of the loaded weight becomes large, and in the worst case, there is a possibility that the game island stand may be deformed.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to continue the game after giving the player a sense of accomplishment and superiority by accumulating the acquired pachinko balls. In the configuration that allows the player to recognize the number of balls to be acquired, the absolute number of pachinko balls required at the amusement hall can be reduced, and deformation of the game islands due to the load of pachinko balls can be reliably avoided. An object of the present invention is to provide an acquired number-of-balls display device.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the invention of claim 1, the number of acquired balls is displayed as the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player in the game in the gaming machine arranged on the game island stand. The acquired ball number display device is connected to a ball number display unit for displaying the acquired ball number as a numerical value and a pachinko ball replenishment path provided on the gaming island stand, and in the gaming machine When a player acquires a pachinko ball in a game, the player introduces a pachinko ball into the acquired number-of-acquisition display device from the replenishment path and the pachinko ball introduced by the ball introducing means. A visual aisle part that flows down in a visually recognizable manner, and a plurality of storage effect displays that allow a player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by accumulating pachinko balls that have flowed down the visible passage part And a plurality of light emission effect display units that allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by the light emission display, and the number of balls acquired by the effect display unit Display control means for controlling the display, and a discharge passage portion for discharging the surplus pachinko balls that are not stored in the storage effect display unit to the outside of the acquired number of balls display device, and the display control The means includes storage effect display control means for performing transition control between a state in which pachinko balls can be stored and a state in which pachinko balls cannot be stored with respect to the plurality of storage effect display units, and the plurality of light emission effects. And a light emission effect display control means for controlling the display state with respect to the display portion, wherein the discharge passage portion is in a state in which pachinko balls can be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means. Directing table A pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion with respect to the storage effect display unit that is in a state where the pachinko ball is full and the storage of the pachinko ball is impossible based on the control of the storage effect display control means. In the state where the pachinko balls are discharged to the outside of the acquired number-of-acquisition display device and the pachinko balls of the plurality of storage effect display units are full when they are sent, When a pachinko ball is introduced, the pachinko ball is configured to include a second discharge path that discharges the pachinko ball to the outside of the acquired number-of-balls display device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the acquired number-of-balls display device according to the first aspect, the visual path part, the plurality of storage effect display parts, and the plurality of light emission effect display parts are respectively flowed down by pachinko balls. A communication passage portion that communicates with each other is provided between the visual recognition passage portion and the storage effect display portions that are arranged in the vertical direction along the direction, and the visual recognition passage portion. The pachinko ball that has flowed down flows through the internal spaces of the plurality of storage effect display parts and the communication passage part, so that the storage effect display part located at the lowest position from the storage effect display part located at the uppermost position. It is sent to towards.

  Moreover, in invention of Claim 3, in the acquisition ball number display apparatus of Claim 1 or Claim 2, each of these several storage production | presentation display parts coat | covers the front side of the said storage production | presentation display part so that visual recognition is possible. A transparent cover member and an internal protrusion member disposed inside the transparent cover member, and a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball between the internal protrusion member and the transparent cover member. The storage space that can store the pachinko balls is provided, and when the pachinko balls are fully stored in the storage space, the bottom-up structure that makes it appear to the player that it is filled with the predetermined number of pachinko balls It is formed.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the acquired ball number display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the acquired ball number display device is provided corresponding to the acquired ball number display device. In addition, when a pachinko ball is lent out in a ball lending machine that allows a pachinko ball to be lent out from the pachinko ball that the player has acquired, the ball machine lends it from the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player The number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls received is displayed as the number of acquired balls.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, in the invention of claim 5, an acquired ball displaying the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player in the game machine arranged on the game island stand as the acquired ball number. It is a number display device, the acquired number of balls display device is a number of balls display unit that displays the number of acquired balls numerically, and a standby storage unit that waits and stores pachinko balls that are circulated in the acquired number of balls display device And a visual passage part that allows the player to flow down the pachinko balls of the standby storage part so that the player can see the pachinko balls, and that a predetermined number of pachinko balls are obtained by storing the pachinko balls that have flowed down the visual passage parts An effect display unit in which a plurality of storage effect display units to be recognized by the player and a plurality of light emission effect display units to allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by the light emission display are alternately arranged And said A collecting passage portion that collects surplus pachinko balls without being stored in the stop effect display portion, a pachinko ball that has flowed down the collecting passage portion, and a doffing that lifts the pachinko balls stored in the standby storage portion Feeding means, ball sorting means for sorting and feeding the pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting means to either the visual path section or the standby storage section, and the balls as the number of acquired balls increases or decreases When the number of acquired balls increases, the pachinko balls are fed into the visual path portion when the number of acquired balls increases, and when the number of acquired balls decreases and when the number of acquired balls decreases, Is a table for controlling the display of the number of acquired balls by the effect display unit by controlling the pachinko ball distribution by the ball distribution means so as to send the pachinko balls to the standby storage unit. A storage effect that controls transition between a state in which pachinko balls can be stored and a state in which pachinko balls cannot be stored with respect to the plurality of storage effect display units. Display control means, and light emission effect display control means for controlling the display state for the plurality of light emission effect display units, wherein the collection passage part is a pachinko ball based on the control of the storage effect display control means The pachinko ball is full in the storage effect display unit in a state where storage is possible, and the storage effect display unit is in a state where pachinko balls cannot be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion is sent in, the ball swinging in a state where the pachinko ball of the first collection path for collecting the pachinko ball and the pachinko balls of the plurality of storage effect display units are full Min When the pachinko ball is fed by the means, the second recovery path is configured to collect the pachinko ball.

In the invention of claim 1, the total number of pachinko balls that the player has acquired while the game is continuing is displayed as a number of acquired balls in the ball number display unit, thereby accurately determining the number of balls acquired for the player. Can be recognized. In addition, a pachinko ball is introduced into the acquired number-of-balls display device by the ball introducing means when the player acquires a pachinko ball in a game machine, and the pachinko ball can be visually recognized by the player. After flowing down, the storage effect display part that constitutes the effect display part stores the player in a visibly visible manner, and gives the player a sense of accomplishment and superiority by accumulating the acquired pachinko balls. It is possible to make the player recognize the number of balls acquired while the game is continuing. Further, in such a configuration, the storage effect display unit is configured to allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by fully storing fewer pachinko balls than the predetermined number. However, all the pachinko balls of the number of acquired balls can be obtained by configuring the effect display part also by a plurality of light emission effect display parts that make the player recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by the light emission display. Since the number of balls acquired can be recognized by the player without accumulating in the acquired ball number display device, deformation of the game islands due to the load of the pachinko balls can be reliably avoided, and the game The absolute number of pachinko balls required in the field can be reduced.
Further, in such a configuration, the storage effect display control means controls as a discharge passage portion that discharges the pachinko balls that are surplus with respect to the display of the number of acquired balls after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion to the outside of the acquired number of balls display device. The storage effect display unit that is in a state where the pachinko ball can be stored based on the storage effect display unit is full, and the storage effect display that is not possible to store the pachinko ball based on the control of the storage effect display control means When a pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion with respect to the part is sent, a first discharge path for discharging the pachinko ball to the outside of the acquired ball number display device, and pachinko balls of a plurality of storage effect display units Acquired by providing a second discharge path for discharging the pachinko balls to the outside of the acquired ball number display device when the pachinko balls are introduced by the ball introducing means in a full state The effect to recognize the acquired piece count to the player without providing an upper limit on the number can be carried out continuously.

  Moreover, in invention of Claim 2, while a visual recognition passage part, a some storage production | presentation display part, and a some light emission production | presentation display part are arranged in the up-down direction along the flow-down direction of a pachinko ball, respectively, a visual recognition passage part A communication passage portion is provided between each storage effect display portion and the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual recognition passage portion from the storage effect display portion located at the top to the storage effect display portion located at the bottom. It is configured to send in. Thereby, the pachinko ball can be smoothly fed to the storage effect display unit constituting the effect display unit by natural fall. In addition, since the acquired number-of-balls display device can be configured in a vertically long shape, the acquired number-of-balls display device can be arranged in a narrow space between the gaming machines arranged on the game island.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a storage effect display portion is constituted by a transparent cover member that covers the front side so as to be visible, and an internal projection member that is disposed inside the transparent cover member. When the pachinko balls are fully stored in the storage space between the transparent cover member and the transparent cover member, the player appears to be filled with a predetermined number of pachinko balls. Thus, in the configuration of the storage effect display unit that recognizes that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired, even when the number of pachinko balls less than the predetermined number is fully stored, the storage effect display unit is predetermined on the appearance. It can appear as if a number of pachinko balls are stored.

  Further, in the invention of claim 4, when a ball lending machine that enables lending of a pachinko ball from a pachinko ball acquired by a player is provided, and the pachinko ball is lent by the ball lending machine The number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine from the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player is displayed as the number of acquired balls on the acquired ball number display device. This makes it possible to rent out pachinko balls from pachinko balls acquired by the player, thereby increasing the convenience of the game. The number can be recognized by the player.

In the invention of claim 5, the total number of pachinko balls that the player has acquired while the game is continuing is displayed as a number of acquired balls on the ball number display section, thereby obtaining the number of balls acquired for the player. Can be recognized accurately. In addition, when a player acquires a pachinko ball in a game machine, the pachinko ball that is circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device is sent to the visual path section by the ball distribution means, and the player receives the pachinko ball. After the flow of the visual aisle is made to be visible, the storage effect display part that constitutes the effect display part allows the player to store it visually so that the sense of achievement and superiority by accumulating the acquired pachinko balls It is possible to make the player recognize the number of acquired balls while the game is continued after giving it to the player in real. Further, in such a configuration, the storage effect display unit is configured to allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by fully storing fewer pachinko balls than the predetermined number. However, it is also possible to circulate in the acquired ball number display device by configuring the effect display unit also by a plurality of light emission effect display units that make the player recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by the light emission display. Since the total number of pachinko balls used can be reduced, it is possible to reliably avoid the deformation of the game islands due to the load weight of the pachinko balls, and the absolute number of pachinko balls required at the amusement hall Can be reduced.
Further, in such a configuration, as a collection passage portion that collects surplus pachinko balls related to the display of the number of acquired balls after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion in the acquired number of balls display device, the storage effect display control means is controlled. Based on the control of the storage effect display control means, the storage effect display unit is in a state where the pachinko ball is full in the storage effect display unit in a state where the pachinko ball can be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means When a pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path part is sent in, the first collection path for collecting the pachinko ball and the pachinko ball in a state where the pachinko balls of the plurality of storage effect display parts are full When a pachinko ball is sent by means, a second collection path for collecting the pachinko ball is provided, so that the player can recognize the number of balls acquired without setting an upper limit on the number of balls acquired. Produce a it can be carried out continuously that.

It is a front view which shows a part of internal structure of amusement island stand, a ball lending machine, an outer frame, and an acquired number-of-balls display device. It is a perspective view which shows a part of internal structure of an amusement island stand, a ball lending machine, an outer frame, and an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a perspective sectional view showing an acquired number of balls display device. It is a fragmentary perspective sectional view which shows the lower part of the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing of the control apparatus in an acquired number-of-balls display apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an item production effect process. It is a flowchart which shows a ball number proportional effect process. It is a flowchart which shows a standby process. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the acquired number-of-balls display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus in 2nd embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, schematic structure of the game island stand 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of the internal structure of the game island stand 1, a ball lending machine 2, an outer frame 9, and an acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the internal structure of the game island stand 1, the ball lending machine 2, the outer frame 9, and the acquired ball number display device 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming island base 1 includes an upper island frame 4 and a lower island frame 5 for attaching a plurality of gaming machines (not shown), respectively. It is spanned along the longitudinal direction of the game island stand 1 with substantially the same interval. The front end side of the lower island frame 5 is projected as a so-called counter plate 6 on which a player places a ball box or the like. The upper island frame 4 also has a function as a lower frame among the fixed frames to which the curtain plate 3 for covering a supply basket (not shown) disposed above the gaming machine is attached. Below the lower island frame 5, a waist plate 7 for covering a storage tank (not shown) for storing pachinko balls circulated and used in the game island platform 1 is attached.

  A plurality of gaming machines (outer frame 9) are arranged at a predetermined interval between the upper island frame 4 and the lower island frame 5, and between each adjacent gaming machine, an individual gaming machine and The ball lending machine 2 and the acquired ball number display device 10 are arranged so as to correspond. The ball lending machine 2 controls the lending of pachinko balls to the corresponding gaming machine adjacent to the right (the gaming machine on the right side in FIGS. 1 and 2). The player can confirm the total number of pachinko balls (hereinafter also referred to as “acquired balls”) that the player has acquired in the corresponding gaming machines across the rental machine 2 (hereinafter also referred to as “acquired balls”). It is for making. The ball lending machine 2 is provided for the ball lending machine 2 when the player has acquired a pachinko ball when the player has acquired a pachinko ball while the player has not acquired a pachinko ball. Lending pachinko balls based on reduction processing of prepaid-type possession cards (cards that have the function of prepaid cards and the function to store numerical data of pachinko balls acquired by players) It has become.

  Details of the acquired ball number display device 10 will be described later. In addition, the gaming machine includes a rectangular outer frame 9 made of a wooden material, a decorative cover plate 8 attached to the front end of the lower side of the outer frame 9, and a gaming machine inner frame (not shown) attached to the outer frame 9. A member composed of a frame and a game board). A ball counting device 50 for counting pachinko balls acquired for each gaming machine is provided on the upper surface portion of the counter plate 6 corresponding to each gaming machine (outer frame 9). The numerical data of the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50 and the numerical data of the pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine 2 are respectively transmitted to a control device described later.

  Next, the configuration of the acquired ball number display device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 13. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 4 is a perspective sectional view showing the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 5 is a partial perspective sectional view showing the lower part of the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control process of the control device in the acquired ball number display device 10. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the onset production process. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the ball number proportional effect process. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the standby process. 10 to 13 are longitudinal sectional views for explaining the flow of the pachinko balls in the acquired number-of-balls display device 10, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the acquired ball number display device 10 includes a vertically long ball-shaped ball flow lower passage portion 11, a ball number display portion 12 provided at the upper front end of the ball flow lower passage portion 11, Three storage effect display units 13 to 15 (effect display unit) and a visual recognition path unit 16 disposed at a predetermined interval on the front surface of the ball flow lower passage unit 11 below the ball number display unit 12, and each storage effect display unit. Illustrations as display control means for controlling the three light emitting effect display units 17 to 19 (effect display unit) disposed between 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 and various components of the acquired ball number display device 10. Control device (specifically, a control board having a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM). The ball number display unit 12 displays the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player during the game (specifically, the pachinko balls lent from the ball lending machine 2 based on the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50). The number obtained by subtracting the total number of balls) is displayed numerically as the number of acquired balls based on the control of the control device.

  The ball flow lower passage portion 11 is formed in a two-layered front and rear passage shape of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 through the partition wall 20, and the upper end of the rear passage 22 (a rear portion of the place where the number of balls display portion 12 is arranged) ) Is provided with a ball introducing mechanism 23 (ball introducing means) for introducing a pachinko ball for production into the ball flow lower passage portion 11 when the player acquires the pachinko ball. A plurality of communication holes 24 for communicating the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 are formed in the partition wall 20 in the up-down direction. A plurality of communication holes 25 for communicating the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 are provided in the vertical direction. The communication holes 24 are formed at substantially the same height position as the lower ends of the storage effect display portions 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage portion 16 and at the same height position as the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 16. The communication holes 25 are formed at the height positions of the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16, respectively.

  The pachinko balls for production sent to the ball introduction mechanism 23 are supplied from a replenishment basket as a replenishment path (not shown) of the game island 1, and numerical data of the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50. Is transmitted to the control device, the control device supplies the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data) from the replenishing bowl to the ball introducing mechanism 23. It comes to control. In the following description, for convenience, the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 is referred to as a communication hole 24a, the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 14 is referred to as a communication hole 24b, and the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15 The communication hole 24 may be referred to as a communication hole 24c, the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the visual recognition passage portion 16 may be referred to as a communication hole 24d, and the communication hole 24 at the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 16 may be referred to as a communication hole 24e.

  In the front passage 21 located between the communication holes 25 at the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display sections 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage section 16, a flow-inhibiting plate 26 for preventing the pachinko ball from flowing down at the positions is provided. It has been. On the other hand, on the inner walls before and after the rear passage 22, a plurality of alternating current plates 27 are alternately provided to weaken the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 22. A feeding plate 28 for feeding the pachinko ball fed from the ball introducing mechanism 23 into the front passage 21 through the communication hole 24 at the upper end of the visual path portion 16 is provided at a position directly below the ball introducing mechanism 23 in the rear passage 22. ing. A discharge port 29 for discharging the pachinko balls from the acquired ball number display device 10 is formed at the lower end of the rear surface of the rear passage 22, and is positioned at the lowest position at the lower end of the rear passage 22. An induction bottom plate 30 is provided for guiding the pachinko balls fed from the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 and the pachinko balls that have finished flowing down the rear passage 22 to the discharge port 29.

  Three shutters 31 are provided in the rear passage 22 to individually open and close the communication holes 24 at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 13 to 15. The shutter 31 includes a slide plate 32 that opens and closes the communication hole 24 by sliding movement in the vertical direction, and is attached to the rear surface of the partition wall 20 that is located below the communication hole 24 at the lower end of each storage effect display unit 13-15. ing. A protective cover 33 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the shutter 31 to protect the shutter 31 from pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 22. The outer surface of the protective cover 33 is formed in a flat surface shape that is parallel to the inner wall of the rear surface of the rear passage 22 so as not to interfere with pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 22. Further, since the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 positioned at the lowest position is disposed below the guide bottom plate 30, the protective cover 33 is not provided.

  In the following description, for convenience, the slide plate 32 of the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 (24a) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 is referred to as a slide plate 32a, and the communication hole 24 ( 24b) may be referred to as a slide plate 32b, and the slide plate 32 of the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 (24c) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15 may be referred to as a slide plate 32c. Moreover, the storage effect display parts 13-15 comprise the storage effect display part of the effect display part which concerns on this invention which divides and displays the number of acquired balls for every predetermined range, respectively.

  By the way, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the front passage 21 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. For this reason, the front passage 21 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 10. On the other hand, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the rear passage 22 is set to about twice the diameter of the pachinko ball. However, the distance between the front end surface of the AC plate 27 provided in the rear side passage 22 and the inner wall of the rear side passage 22 facing the front end surface, and the rear side passage 22 facing the outer surface of the protective cover 33 and the outer surface. The distance from the inner wall is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of each pachinko ball. For this reason, the rear passage 22 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 10, similarly to the front passage 21. The passage width in the left-right direction of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 is set to about four times the diameter of the pachinko ball, whereby the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 are acquired. It is a ball passage that can flow four pachinko balls at a time in the left-right direction of the ball number display device 10. Further, the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 each constitute a discharge passage portion according to the present invention that discharges surplus pachinko balls after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion 16 to the outside of the acquired ball number display device 10. It has become. Further, the front passage 21 communicating between the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 constitutes a communication passage unit according to the present invention.

  Each of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 and the visual recognition passage unit 16 is formed in a square shape in a front view and is formed of a transparent material, and the inside of the transparent cover member 40 and the front passage 21. And a substantially cube-shaped inner protrusion member 41 attached to the front surface. Between the transparent cover member 40 and the internal projection member 41, a space 42 is provided with a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and the space 42 constitutes a passage through which the pachinko ball flows down. Yes. For this reason, also in each storage production | presentation display parts 13-15 and the visual recognition passage part 16, like the front side channel | path 21 and the rear side channel | path 22, the pachinko ball for one piece flows down in the front-back direction of the acquisition ball number display apparatus 10. It is a ball passage to get.

  The upper wall surface of the inner protrusion member 41 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the rear to the front in order to smoothly guide the pachinko ball fed from the front passage 21 through the communication hole 25 into the space 42. Each lower wall surface of the member 41 and the transparent cover member 40 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the front to the rear in order to smoothly send the pachinko balls in the space 42 to the front passage 21 through the communication hole 25. Further, the storage effect display units 13 to 15 transparently display the pachinko balls sent from the ball introduction mechanism 23 into the respective spaces 42 (reservation spaces) in accordance with the opening / closing of the communication holes 24 by the three shutters 31 described above. Through the cover member 40, the pachinko balls are stored so as to be visible from the outside. For each storage effect display unit 13 to 15, 1000 pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42. Is shown to have been acquired. However, the actual total number of pachinko balls that become full in the space 42 is 100, which is 1/10 of the set full number (1000). On the other hand, the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls, and by allowing the player to visually recognize the flow of the pachinko balls sent from the ball introduction mechanism 23, the pachinko balls are provided to the player. It is only used to recognize that there was an acquisition.

  The light emission effect display units 17 to 19 are configured by arranging four light emitting members 43 each having a semicircular arc shape in the vertical direction, and the light emission of each light emitting member 43 is controlled based on the control of the control device. It is like that. In addition, each light emission member 43 which comprises the light emission production | presentation display parts 17-19 shows that 1000 pachinko balls are acquired by the lighting state, respectively, and the range of 1-999 by the blinking state It shows that the pachinko ball inside has been acquired.

  The acquired ball number display device 10 is provided with a sensor 44 for detecting the presence or absence of pachinko balls at a predetermined location in the front passage 21. The sensor 44 faces the upper part of the communication hole 24a, the lower part of the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32b, the lower part of the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32c, and the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 15. It is installed in a total of four locations. In the following description, the four sensors 44 may be referred to as sensors 1 to 4 for convenience.

  Next, control processing of the control device in the acquired ball number display device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the control device determines whether or not a game is in progress (step S1). At this time, it is determined that the game is in the state where the above-mentioned possession card is inserted into the ball lending machine 2, while the game is performed when the possession card is not inserted into the ball lending machine 2. It is determined that it is not in the middle. When the game is in progress, the onset effect process is executed (step S2), and when not in the game, the standby process is executed (step S3). As shown in FIG. 7, in the ball production processing, first, there is an input signal from the ball counting device 50 or the ball lending machine 2, that is, a player acquires a pachinko ball or lends a pachinko ball. It is discriminate | determined (step S11). When there is no input signal, the flow returns to the main flow as it is, but when there is an input signal, the numerical data of the pachinko ball that becomes the input signal is managed and controlled, and the value of the numerical data that is controlled (specifically, at that time The acquired number of balls management / display processing for controlling the number of acquired balls) on the number of balls display unit 12 is executed (step S12). Specifically, for the numerical data of the pachinko balls that are input signals from the ball counting device 50, addition processing is performed on the acquired number of balls as management control, and numerical values of the pachinko balls that are input signals from the ball lending machine 2 For the data, a subtraction process is performed on the acquired number of balls as management control.

  Next, after executing the ball number proportional effect process (step S13), the effect ball payout process based on the input signal is executed (step S14), and the process returns to the main flow. In the case of performing the effect ball payout processing based on the input signal from the ball counting device 50, the number of pachinko balls based on the input signal (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data in the input signal) is the ball introduction mechanism. The process which sends in 23 to the ball flow lower passage part 11 from 23 is performed. On the other hand, when performing the effect ball payout process based on the input signal from the ball lending machine 2, the pachinko balls in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are discharged from the discharge port 29 to the outside by the opening control of the shutter 31. The pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are processed so as to correspond to the number of acquired balls obtained by subtracting the numerical data based on the input signal from the ball lending machine 2.

  In the ball number proportional effect process in step S13 described above, as shown in FIG. 8, first, it is determined whether or not the number of acquired balls is within a range of 1 to 1000 (step S21). When the number of balls acquired in step S21 is in the range of 1 to 1000, the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 (hereinafter referred to as the shutter 1) and the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15 The shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 (hereinafter referred to as shutter 3) is closed, and the shutter 31 corresponding to the communication hole 24 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 14 (hereinafter referred to as shutter 2) is opened. (Step S22), the process returns to the main flow. On the other hand, if the acquired number of balls is not in the range of 1 to 1000 in step S21, it is next determined whether or not the acquired number of balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000 (step S23). When the number of balls acquired in step S23 is in the range of 1001 to 5000, the four light emitting members 43 constituting the light emission effect display unit 17 (hereinafter, these four light emission effect display units 1 to 1 in the order from the bottom to the top). 4) is blinking / lit in yellow (step S24), and then the process proceeds to step S22.

  By the way, in the initial state of the control process by the control device, in other words, in the state where the player does not acquire the pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are not fed from the ball introducing mechanism 23 as shown in FIG. At this time, the slide plates 32 (32a to 32c) of all the shutters 1 to 3 are slid in the advancing direction, and the communication holes 24 (24a to 24c) at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are all closed. Here, the closed state does not mean a state in which the communication hole 24 is completely closed by the slide plate 32, but the pachinko balls cannot pass through the communication hole 24 due to the slide movement of the slide plate 32 in the advance direction. The state is referred to as a closed state of the communication hole 24 for convenience.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 1 to 1000 or 1001 to 5000 and the process of step S22 is performed, the slide plates 32a and 32c of the shutters 1 and 3 are shown in FIG. While the slide movement in the advancing direction is continued, the slide plate 32b of the shutter 2 is slid in the backward direction. As a result, the communication holes 24a and 24c are in the closed state, respectively, while the communication hole 24b is in the open state, and in this state, the pachinko balls of the acquired number of balls are fed from the ball introducing mechanism 23.

  Then, the pachinko balls fed into the rear passage 22 from the ball introduction mechanism 23 are guided from the feeding plate 28 to the front passage 21 through the communication hole 24e, and then the flow-inhibiting plate corresponding to the visual passage portion 16. 26 is sent into the space 42 of the visual path portion 16 from the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the visual path portion 16 along the upper wall surface of the visual path 26. The pachinko balls fed into the space 42 of the visual path section 16 are guided to the front path 21 through the communication hole 25 at the lower end of the visual path section 16 and naturally fall in the front path 21 as they are. At this time, the pachinko balls flowing down in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 are visible from the outside through the transparent cover member 40.

  Thereafter, the pachinko ball falls on the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 15, and passes through the upper wall surface from the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 15 in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15. Is sent to. Next, the pachinko balls sent into the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15 are visible from the outside through the transparent cover member 40 in the same manner as when sent into the space 42 of the visual recognition passage unit 16. Then, it flows down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15, is guided to the front side passage 21 through the communication hole 25 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 15, and naturally falls in the front side passage 21 as it is. Thereafter, in the same manner, the inside of the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 are sequentially flowed down.

  That is, the pachinko ball sent into the rear passage 22 from the ball introduction mechanism 23 is a portion of the front passage 21 that communicates between the visual passage portion 16 and the storage effect display portion 15 in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16. In the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15, the part of the front passage 21 that communicates between the storage effect display units 15 and 14, the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14, and the storage effect display units 14 and 13 communicate with each other. The portion of the front passage 21 and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 flow down sequentially. The pachinko ball guided to the front passage 21 through the communication hole 25 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 13 is prevented from flowing by the slide plate 32a of the shutter 1 that slides in the advance direction and closes the communication hole 24a. Is done. Thereby, the pachinko balls sent from the ball introducing mechanism 23 are stored in a space 42 of the lowest storage effect display unit 13 through the transparent cover member 40 of the storage effect display unit 13 so as to be visible from the outside. .

  When the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 1000, the pachinko ball corresponding to the corresponding acquired number of balls (1/10 of the actual acquired number of balls) is the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13. It is stored as it is. On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000, a pachinko ball that is 1/10 of the number of acquired balls is actually sent from the ball introduction mechanism 23, but the number of acquired balls is 1000th (actually The pachinko balls up to 100) are stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 as in the case where the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 1000. The pachinko balls after the 1001st acquired ball number (actually the 101st ball) are the height of the communication hole 24b in the front passage 21 which is the upper space above the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 13. The pachinko balls stored up to the height position and fed to the height position or more are guided to the rear passage 22 through the communication hole 24b in the open state and fall onto the guide bottom plate 30, and finally the discharge port 29 is discharged to the outside. In this case, the passage portion T1 of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 for discharging the surplus pachinko balls to the outside is a storage effect display portion (storage effect display portion 13) in a state where the pachinko balls can be stored respectively. When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 16 is sent to the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 14) in a state where the pachinko ball is full and the pachinko ball cannot be stored, A first discharge path according to the present invention for discharging the pachinko balls to the outside of the acquired ball number display device 10 is configured.

  Further, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are blinked and lit in yellow by the process of step S24. Specifically, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 100 to 2000, the light emitting effect display unit 1 is blinked and displayed. When the number of acquired balls is within the range of 2001 to 3000, the light emitting effect display unit 1 is displayed. When the lighting effect display unit 2 blinks and the number of acquired balls is within the range of 3001 to 4000, the lighting effect display units 1 and 2 are respectively lit and displayed and the light emission effect display unit 3 is displayed. When the number of acquired balls is in the range of 4001 to 5000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 3 are turned on and the light emission effect display unit 4 is flashed.

  Next, in the ball number proportional effect process, when the number of acquired balls is not in the range of 1001 to 5000 in step S23 described above, it is determined whether or not the number of acquired balls is in the range of 5001 to 6000 ( Step S25). When the number of balls acquired in step S25 is in the range of 5001 to 6000, after all the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are lit in yellow (step S26), the shutters 1 and 2 are closed and the shutter 3 is opened. Open (step S27) and return to the main flow. On the other hand, if the acquired number of balls is not in the range of 5001 to 6000 in step S25, it is next determined whether or not the acquired number of balls is in the range of 6001 to 10,000 (step S28). When the number of balls acquired in step S28 is in the range of 6001 to 10,000, the light emitting effect display units 1 to 4 are all lit in yellow (step S29) and the four light emitting members constituting the light emitting effect display unit 18 are displayed. 43 (hereinafter referred to as the light emission effect display sections 5 to 8 in the order from the bottom to the top) blinks and lights up in yellow (step S30), and the process proceeds to step S27.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 5001 to 6000 or 6001 to 10000 and the process of step S27 is performed, the slide plate 32a of the shutter 1 moves in the advance direction as shown in FIG. The slide movement is continued. On the other hand, the slide plate 32b of the shutter 2 is slid in the advancing direction, and the slide plate 32c of the shutter 3 is slid in the retreating direction. As a result, the communication holes 24a and 24b are closed, while the communication hole 24c is opened. In this state, the pachinko balls of the acquired number of balls are fed from the ball introducing mechanism 23.

  And the pachinko ball sent into the rear passage 22 from the ball introducing mechanism 23 is the flow of the pachinko balls in the acquired ball number display device 10 when the acquired ball number is in the range of 1 to 5000 as described above. Similarly, in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16, the part of the front passage 21 communicating between the visual recognition passage portion 16 and the storage effect display portion 15, the space 42 of the storage effect display portion 15, and each storage effect display portion 15 , 14 and the portion of the front passage 21 that communicates with each other, and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 flow down sequentially. Thereafter, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 are prevented from flowing down by the pachinko balls stored in the acquired ball number display device 10 when the acquired ball number is in the range of 1 to 5000 balls. Is stored in the acquired number-of-balls display device 10.

  However, when the pachinko balls are not stored up to the height position of the communication hole 24b, the pachinko balls are temporarily stored in the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication hole 24b. Then, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 slide in the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication hole 24b and the pachinko balls stored in the advance direction and move through the communication hole 24b. The flow is prevented by the slide plate 32b of the shutter 2 to be closed, and the storage effect is displayed in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14 in the same manner as the pachinko balls stored in the space 42 of the lowest storage effect display unit 13. The pachinko balls are stored through the transparent cover member 40 of the portion 14 so as to be visible from the outside.

  Thereby, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 5001 to 6000, pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 13 and in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 14. Pachinko balls corresponding to the corresponding number of acquired balls are stored. At this time, the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are all lit in yellow by the process of step S26.

  On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 6001 to 10,000, the pachinko balls up to the 6000th acquired ball are stored so as to be filled in the space 42 of the storage effect display units 13 and 14. . The pachinko balls after the number 6001 of the acquired balls are stored up to the height position of the communication hole 24c in the front passage 21 which is the upper space of the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 14, and the height The pachinko balls sent to the position or higher are guided to the rear passage 22 through the open communication hole 24c and fall onto the guide bottom plate 30, and are finally discharged to the outside from the discharge port 29. In this case, the passage portion T2 of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 that discharges the surplus pachinko balls to the outside includes a storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 13, 14) When a pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 16 is sent to the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 15) in a state where the pachinko ball is full and the pachinko ball cannot be stored in 14) In addition, a first discharge path according to the present invention for discharging the pachinko balls to the outside of the acquired ball number display device 10 is configured.

  When the number of balls to be acquired falls within the range of 6001 to 10,000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 4 are all lit yellow and displayed by the process of step S29, and the light emission effect is generated by the process of step S30. The display units 5 to 8 are blinking and lit in yellow. As a specific blinking / lighting display mode of the light emitting effect display units 5 to 8, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 6001 to 7000, the light emitting effect display unit 5 is displayed blinking and the number of acquired balls is 7001 to 8000. When it is within the range, the light emission effect display unit 5 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 6 is blinked. When the number of balls acquired is within the range of 8001 to 9000, the light emission effect display unit 5, 6 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 7 is blinked. When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 9001 to 10,000, the light emission effect display units 5 to 7 are lighted and displayed. The part 8 is displayed blinking.

  Next, in the ball number proportional effect process, when the number of acquired balls is not in the range of 6001 to 10,000 in the above-described step S28, it is determined whether or not the acquired number of balls is in the range of 10001 to 11000 ( Step S31). When the number of balls acquired in step S31 is in the range of 10001-11,000, the light emitting effect display units 5-8 are all lit yellow (step S32), and then all the shutters 1-3 are closed (step S31). S33), the process returns to the main flow. On the other hand, if the acquired number of balls is not within the range of 10001-11,000 in step S31, it is next determined whether the acquired number of balls is within the range of 11001-15000 (step S34). When the number of balls acquired in step S34 is in the range of 11101 to 15000, the light emitting effect display units 1 to 8 are all lit in yellow (step S35), and the four light emitting members constituting the light emitting effect display unit 19 are displayed. 43 (hereinafter referred to as the light emission effect display portions 9 to 12 in the order from the bottom to the top) blinks and lights in yellow (step S36), and the process proceeds to step S33. Moreover, when the number of acquired balls is not within the range of 11101 to 15000 in step S34, each light emission effect display part 1-12 is changed into another effect display (step S37), and it returns to a main flow.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 10001-11000 or 11001-15000 and the process of step S33 is performed, as shown in FIG. 13, the slide plates 32a, 32b of the shutters 1, 2 are used. The slide movement in the advance direction is continued, and the slide plate 32c of the shutter 3 is slid in the advance direction. Thereby, all the communication holes 24a-24c will be in a closed state, and the pachinko ball of the number of acquired balls will be sent from the ball introduction mechanism 23 in this state.

  And the pachinko ball sent into the rear passage 22 from the ball introduction mechanism 23 is the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display device 10 when the acquired ball number is in the range of 5001 to 10,000. Similarly, it flows down in the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16, the portion of the front passage 21 that communicates between the visual recognition passage portion 16 and the storage effect display portion 15, and the space 42 of the storage effect display portion 15. Thereafter, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15 are prevented from flowing by the pachinko balls stored in the acquired ball number display device 10 when the acquired ball number is in the range of 1 to 10,000 balls. Is stored in the acquired number-of-balls display device 10.

  However, when the pachinko balls are not stored up to the height position of the communication hole 24c, the pachinko balls are temporarily stored in the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication hole 24c. Then, the pachinko balls that have flowed down in the space 42 of the storage effect display section 15 slide in the advance direction in the pachinko balls stored up to the front passage 21 at the height position of the communication holes 24c, and move through the communication holes 24c. The flow is prevented by the slide plate 32c of the shutter 3 to be closed, and the storage effect display unit in the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15 is similar to the pachinko balls stored in the space 42 of the storage effect display units 13 and 14. The pachinko balls are stored through the 15 transparent cover members 40 so as to be visible from the outside.

  Thereby, when the number of acquired balls falls within the range of 10001 to 11000, pachinko balls are fully stored in the spaces 42 of the storage effect display units 13 and 14 and the space 42 of the storage effect display unit 15. The pachinko balls corresponding to the corresponding number of acquired balls are stored inside. At this time, the light emission effect display units 1 to 8 are all lit in yellow by the process of step S32.

  On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 11001 to 15000, pachinko balls up to the 11,000th acquired ball are stored so as to be filled in the space 42 of each storage effect display unit 13-15. . The pachinko balls after the number 11001 acquired are stored up to the height of the communication hole 24d in the front passage 21 which is the upper space of the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 26 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 15, The pachinko ball sent to the position or more is guided to the rear passage 22 through the communication hole 24d that is always open without being provided with a shutter, and falls onto the guide bottom plate 30, and finally the discharge port 29. Is discharged to the outside. In this case, the passage portion T3 of the front passage 21 and the rear passage 22 for discharging the surplus pachinko balls to the outside is full of pachinko balls in each of a plurality of storage effect display portions (storage effect display portions 13 to 15). When the pachinko ball is introduced by the ball introducing mechanism 23 in the state, the second discharge path according to the present invention is configured to discharge the pachinko ball to the outside of the acquired ball number display device 10. Yes.

  In addition, when the number of balls acquired is within the range of 11101 to 15000, the light emission effect display units 1 to 8 are all lit in yellow by the process of step S35, and the light emission effect is generated by the process of step S36. The display units 9 to 12 are blinking and lit in yellow. As a specific blinking / lighting display mode of the light emitting effect display units 9 to 12, when the number of acquired balls is within a range of 11101 to 12000, the light emitting effect display unit 9 is displayed blinking and the number of acquired balls is 12001 to 13000. When the number is within the range, the light emission effect display unit 9 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 10 is blinked, and when the number of acquired balls is within the range of 13001 to 14000, the light emission effect display unit 9, 10 is turned on and the light emission effect display unit 11 is blinked. When the number of acquired balls is in the range of 14001 to 15000, the light emission effect display units 9 to 11 are lighted and displayed. The part 12 is displayed blinking.

  When the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more, the pachinko balls fed from the ball introducing mechanism 23 are visible through the transparent cover member 40 of the visual path portion 16 and can be visually recognized from the outside. After flowing down, the pachinko ball stored in the front passage 21 at the height of the communication hole 24d is prevented from flowing in the front passage 21. As a result, the pachinko balls are guided to the rear passage 22 through the communication holes 24d, fall on the guide bottom plate 30, and finally discharged from the discharge port 29 to the outside. That is, when the number of acquired balls reaches 15001 or more, the space 42 of the visual recognition passage portion 16 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls as described above, and the pachinko balls sent from the ball introducing mechanism 23 are not used. It is used for recognizing that the player has acquired a pachinko ball by visually recognizing the flow.

  When the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more and the process of step S37 is performed, the display control of each light emission effect display units 1 to 12 is changed to another effect display. As another specific effect display mode, all the light emission effect display units 1 to 12 are temporarily turned off while maintaining the state in which the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 of each storage effect display unit 13 to 15. To do. Each time the number of acquired balls increases by 1000, the light emitting effect display units 1 to 12 are sequentially lit and displayed in orange from the lower display unit to the upper display unit. At this time, in the same manner as the yellow blinking display described above, the highest light emission effect display section for performing display control blinks in orange, so that it is within the range of 1 to 999 in addition to every 1000 increments. It shows that a pachinko ball has been acquired. Moreover, when there is an increase in the number of balls obtained in a state in which all the light emitting effect display units 1 to 12 are lit and displayed in orange, the lighting / flashing color of the light emitting effect display units 1 to 12 may be changed to green. This is executed as an effect display mode. In the other effect display which is the process of step S37, the state where the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 of each of the storage effect display units 13 to 15 is maintained and the light emission effect display units 1 to 12 are displayed. Although it is set as the structure which lights and blinks, it is not limited to this structure. For example, after all the pachinko balls stored in the acquired ball number display device 10 are once discharged to the outside, a pachinko ball feeding process from the ball introducing mechanism 23 to the ball flow lower passage portion 11 is performed based on the increase in the acquired ball number. Accordingly, the lighting / flashing control of the light emission effect display units 1 to 12 may be performed.

  Further, in the ball number proportional effect processing by the control device described above, the pachinko balls can be stored individually and the pachinko balls cannot be stored for a plurality of storage effect display units (storage effect display units 13 to 15). Each process of steps S22, S27, and S33 for controlling the transition between different states constitutes a storage effect display control means according to the present invention, and a plurality of light emission effect display units (light emission effect display units 17 to 19). Each process of steps S24, S26, S29, S30, S32, S35, and S36 for individually controlling the display state constitutes a light effect display control means according to the present invention.

  Next, in the control process of the control device, in the standby process of step S3 described above, as shown in FIG. 9, first, the number of balls acquired is reset (step S41), and all the shutters 1 to 3 are opened. Then, all the pachinko balls stored in the acquired ball number display device 10 are discharged to the outside (step S42). Next, whether or not all the sensors 1 to 4 are OFF, in other words, four locations in the front passage 21 where the sensors 44 are installed (the upper portion of the communication hole 24a, the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32b). It is determined whether or not pachinko balls are stored in the lower part, the lower part of the shutter 31 provided with the slide plate 32c, and the part facing the communication hole 25 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 15 (step S43). . When all the sensors 1 to 4 are turned off in step S43 and it is confirmed that no pachinko balls are stored, all the shutters 1 to 3 are closed to return to the initial state (step S44). Return to flow. On the other hand, when all the sensors 1 to 4 are not OFF in step S43, that is, in step S42, all the shutters 1 to 3 are opened and the pachinko balls are discharged from the acquired ball number display device 10. Regardless, when a pachinko ball remains in the acquired ball number display device 10, an error notification is given (step S45), and then the process returns to the main flow.

  In the above-described embodiment (first embodiment), the pachinko balls used in the acquired number of balls display device are received from the replenishment basket of the game island stand through the ball introduction mechanism and are not stored in the storage effect display unit. The configuration of discharging surplus pachinko balls from the outlet to the outside of the acquired ball number display device is illustrated, but not limited to this, the pachinko balls may be used in a circulating manner within the acquired ball number display device . Hereinafter, an acquired ball number display device that circulates and uses pachinko balls in the device will be described as a second embodiment with reference to FIGS. 14 to 19. FIG. 14 is a perspective cross-sectional view showing the acquired ball number display device 60 in the second embodiment. FIG. 15 thru | or FIG. 19 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the flow of the pachinko ball in the acquired ball number display apparatus 60 in 2nd embodiment, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the acquired number-of-balls display device 60 in the second embodiment includes a vertically-cubic ball-flow lower passage portion 61, and the number of balls provided at the front upper end of the ball flow-lower passage portion 61. Part 62, three storage effect display parts 63 to 65 (effect display part) and a visual recognition passage part 66 arranged at a predetermined interval on the front surface of the ball flow lower passage part 61 below the ball number display part 62, Three light emission effect display units 67 to 69 (effect display units) respectively disposed between the storage effect display units 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage unit 66, and displays for controlling various components of the acquired number of balls display device 60 A control device (not shown) as a control means (specifically, a control board having a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM), and a standby storage unit 100 for standby storage of pachinko balls to be circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device 60, The standby storage A ball lifting mechanism 110 as a ball lifting mechanism for lifting a pachinko ball stored in the portion 100 and a pachinko ball that has flowed down a collection passage portion described below, and a pachinko ball lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 And a ball distribution mechanism 120 as a ball distribution unit that distributes and feeds either the visual recognition passage unit 66 or the standby storage unit 100. The ball number display unit 62 displays the total number of pachinko balls acquired by the player during the game (specifically, the pachinko balls lent from the ball lending machine 2 based on the total number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counting device 50). The number obtained by subtracting the total number of balls) is displayed numerically as the number of acquired balls based on the control of the control device.

  The ball flow lower passage portion 61 is formed in a two-layered passage shape of the front side passage 71 and the rear side passage 72 through the partition wall 70, and the upper end of the rear side passage 72 (a rear portion of the arrangement position of the number of balls display portion 62). ) Is provided with a visual introduction part 73 for introducing a pachinko ball for production into the visual recognition path part 66 through the ball flow lowering path part 61 when the player acquires the pachinko ball. A plurality of communication holes 74 for communicating the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72 are formed in the partition wall 70 in the vertical direction, and the front passage 71 is connected to the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72. A plurality of communication holes 75 for communicating the storage effect display parts 63 to 65 and the visual path part 66 are formed in the vertical direction (in FIG. 15, the front path 71 and the visual path part 66 are provided). Only the communication hole 75 that communicates with the upper end of the reference numeral is attached). The communication holes 74 are formed at substantially the same height position as the lower ends of the storage effect display portions 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage portion 66 and at the same height position as the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 66. The communication holes 75 are formed at the height positions of the upper and lower ends of the storage effect display parts 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage part 66, respectively.

  The visual introduction part 73 constitutes one ball distribution part that distributes and sends the pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 to the visual path part 66 side, and is counted by the ball counting device 50. Based on the transmission of the numerical data of the pachinko balls to the control device, the control device inflates the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the numerical data (specifically, 1/10 of the numerical data). The mechanism 110 controls the lifting of the pachinko balls and the ball sorting mechanism 120 distributes and controls the pachinko balls to the visual recognition introduction unit 73 side so that the pachinko balls for production are fed into the visual recognition introduction unit 73. Yes. In the following description, for convenience, the communication hole 74 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 63 is referred to as a communication hole 74a, the communication hole 74 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 64 is referred to as a communication hole 74b, and the lower end of the storage effect display unit 65. The communication hole 74 may be referred to as a communication hole 74c, the communication hole 74 at the lower end of the visual recognition passage portion 66 may be referred to as a communication hole 74d, and the communication hole 74 at the upper end of the visual recognition passage portion 66 may be referred to as a communication hole 74e.

  In the front passage 71 located between the upper and lower communication holes 75 of the storage effect display parts 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage part 66, a flow-inhibiting plate 76 for preventing the pachinko ball from flowing down at the position is provided. (In FIG. 15, only the flow-preventing plate 76 in the front passage 71 corresponding to the visual recognition passage portion 66 is indicated by a reference numeral). On the other hand, on the inner walls before and after the rear passage 72, a plurality of alternating current plates 77 for alternately weakening the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 72 are alternately provided (in FIG. 15, Only the AC plate 77 projecting from the top of the inner wall of the rear passage 72 is provided with a reference numeral). A feeding plate 78 for feeding the pachinko ball fed from the visual introduction part 73 to the front passage 71 through the communication hole 74 at the upper end of the visual passage part 66 is provided at a position directly below the visual introduction part 73 in the rear passage 72. ing. Further, at the lower end of the rear surface of the rear passage 72, a feeding port 79 for feeding surplus pachinko balls that are not stored in the storage effect display units 63 to 65 to the ball lifting mechanism 110 is formed. At the lower end of the rear passage 72, the pachinko balls sent from the communication hole 74 at the lower end of the storage effect display portion 63 positioned at the lowest position and the pachinko balls that have finished flowing down the rear passage 72 are supplied to the inlet 79. A guiding bottom plate 80 for guiding is provided. In addition, a sensor 80a for detecting a pachinko ball that has flowed down on the guide bottom plate 80 and sent to the feed port 79 is provided on the guide bottom plate 80 that is a boundary portion with the feed port 79. Based on the detection of the pachinko balls by the sensor 80a, the pachinko balls are lifted by a ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation drive of the lifting sprocket 111 by a drive motor) described later, and the pachinko balls are distributed (driven by a ball distribution mechanism 120). (Rotation drive of the sorting sprocket 121 by a motor) is controlled.

  Three shutters 81 are provided in the rear passage 72 to individually open and close the communication holes 74 at the lower ends of the storage effect display units 63 to 65. The shutter 81 includes a slide plate 82 that opens and closes the communication hole 74 by sliding movement in the vertical direction, and is attached to the rear surface of the partition wall 70 that is located below the communication hole 74 at the lower end of each storage effect display portion 63 to 65. ing. A protective cover 83 for protecting the shutter 81 from pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 72 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the shutter 81. The outer surface of the protective cover 83 is formed in a flat surface shape parallel to the rear inner wall of the rear passage 72 so as not to interfere with the pachinko balls flowing down the rear passage 72. Further, since the shutter 81 corresponding to the communication hole 74 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 63 positioned at the lowest position is disposed below the guide bottom plate 80, the protective cover 83 is not provided.

  In the following description, for convenience, the slide plate 82 of the shutter 81 corresponding to the communication hole 74 (74a) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 63 is referred to as a slide plate 82a, and the communication hole 74 ( The slide plate 82 of the shutter 81 corresponding to 74b) may be referred to as a slide plate 82b, and the slide plate 82 of the shutter 81 corresponding to the communication hole 74 (74c) at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 65 may be referred to as a slide plate 82c.

  By the way, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the front passage 71 is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. For this reason, the front passage 71 is a ball passage capable of flowing down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 60. On the other hand, the passage width in the front-rear direction of the rear passage 72 is set to about twice the diameter of the pachinko ball. However, the distance between the front end surface of the AC plate 77 provided in the rear side passage 72 and the inner wall of the rear side passage 72 facing the front end surface, and the rear side passage 72 facing the outer surface and the outer surface of the protective cover 83. The distance from the inner wall is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of each pachinko ball. For this reason, the rear passage 72 is a ball passage that can flow down one pachinko ball in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 60, similarly to the front passage 71. In addition, the passage width in the left-right direction of the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72 is set to be about four times the diameter of the pachinko ball, whereby the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72 are acquired. It is a ball passage that can flow four pachinko balls at a time in the left-right direction of the ball number display device 60. Further, the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72 each constitute a recovery passage portion according to the present invention that recovers surplus pachinko balls after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion 66.

  Each of the storage effect display parts 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage part 66 has a square shape when viewed from the front and is formed of a transparent material, and the inside of the transparent cover member 90 and the front passage 71. And a substantially cube-shaped internal protrusion member 91 attached to the front surface. Between the transparent cover member 90 and the internal projection member 91, a space 92 having a space slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball is provided, and the space 92 constitutes a passage through which the pachinko ball flows down. Yes. For this reason, in each of the storage effect display units 63 to 65 and the visual recognition passage unit 66, similarly to the front side passage 71 and the rear side passage 72, one pachinko ball flows down in the front-rear direction of the acquired ball number display device 60. It is a ball passage to get. However, in FIG. 15, only the transparent cover member 90, the internal projection member 91, and the space 92 of the visual recognition passage portion 66 are denoted by reference numerals.

  The upper wall surface of the internal protrusion 91 is provided with a slight downward inclination from the rear to the front in order to smoothly guide the pachinko ball fed from the front passage 71 through the communication hole 75 into the space 92. The lower wall surfaces of the member 91 and the transparent cover member 90 are provided with a slight downward inclination from the front to the rear in order to smoothly send the pachinko balls in the space 92 to the front passage 71 through the communication holes 75. Moreover, the storage effect display parts 63-65 are transparent about the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 73 in each space 92 (storage space) according to opening / closing of each communicating hole 74 by the above-mentioned three shutters 81. Through the cover member 90, the pachinko balls are stored so as to be visible from the outside, and for each storage effect display unit 63 to 65, 1000 pachinko balls are stored in the space 92 in a full state. Is shown to have been acquired. However, the actual total number of pachinko balls that become full in the space 92 is 100, which is 1/10 of the set full number (1000). On the other hand, the space 92 of the visual recognition passage portion 66 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls, and by allowing the player to visually recognize the flow of the pachinko balls sent from the visual recognition introduction portion 73, the pachinko balls are provided to the player. It is only used to recognize that there was an acquisition.

  The light emission effect display sections 67 to 69 are configured by arranging four light emitting members 93 each having a semicircular arc shape in the vertical direction, and the light emission of each light emitting member 93 is controlled based on the control of the control device. It is like that. In addition, each light emitting member 93 which comprises the light emission production | presentation display parts 67-69 each shows that 1000 pachinko balls have been acquired in the lighting state, and the range of 1-999 in the blinking state. It shows that the pachinko ball inside has been acquired.

  The acquired ball number display device 60 is provided with a sensor 94 for detecting the presence or absence of a pachinko ball at a predetermined location in the front passage 71. The sensor 94 opposes the upper part of the communication hole 74a, the lower part of the shutter 81 provided with the slide plate 82b, the lower part of the shutter 81 provided with the slide plate 82c, and the communication hole 75 at the upper end of the storage effect display unit 65. It is installed in a total of four locations.

  The standby storage unit 100 is formed between the partition wall 101 that forms the rear wall of the rear passage 72 and forms the front wall of the standby storage unit 100, and the rear wall 102 disposed on the back side of the partition wall 101. The upper and lower ends of the partition wall 101 are formed with communication holes 103 and 104 that allow the standby storage portion 100 and the rear passage 72 to communicate with each other. A ball distribution mechanism 120 is disposed in the communication hole 103 on the upper end side. On the other hand, the communication hole 104 on the lower end side constitutes a delivery port for feeding the pachinko ball standby-stored in the standby storage part 100 to the lower part of the rear passage 72, and the standby storage part 100. A bottom plate 105 is provided with a guide bottom plate 105 that guides the pachinko balls in the standby reservoir 100 to the inlet (communication hole 104). A plurality of alternating current plates 106 are provided on the inner wall (partition wall 101 and rear wall 102) of the standby reservoir 100 alternately to weaken the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down the standby reservoir 100. Further, the communication hole 104 of the standby storage unit 100 is provided with a shutter 107 including a slide plate 108 that opens and closes the communication hole 104. Note that pachinko balls distributed to the standby storage unit 100 side by the ball distribution mechanism 120 are stored in a standby manner in the arrangement portion of the ball distribution mechanism 120 in the standby storage unit 100, in other words, in the corresponding portion with the communication hole 103. A standby introduction unit 109 to be introduced into the unit 100 is provided.

  The ball lifting mechanism 110 has a lifting sprocket 111 provided in a space below the standby reservoir 100 and in communication with the aforementioned inlet 79, and the lifting sprocket 111 in one direction (shown in FIG. 15). A drive motor (not shown) that rotates in a counterclockwise direction) and a lifting passage portion 112 that is provided on the back side of the rear wall 102 and guides the pachinko balls to the ball distribution mechanism 120 are provided. In the lifting sprocket 111, a ball receiving recess 111a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. The pachinko balls that are fed in are pushed up one by one. Further, the lifting passage 112 is formed in a passage shape in which pachinko balls pushed up by the lifting sprocket 111 are aligned one by one and fed to the upper ball sorting mechanism 120.

  The ball distribution mechanism 120 includes a distribution sprocket 121 disposed in the communication hole 103 described above, and a drive (not shown) that rotates the distribution sprocket 121 in both forward and reverse directions (counterclockwise and clockwise in FIG. 15). A motor and a guide passage 122 that guides the pachinko balls fed from the lifting passage 112 of the ball lifting mechanism 110 to the sorting sprocket 121 from above are provided. In the sorting sprocket 121, a ball receiving recess 121a capable of individually receiving one pachinko ball is formed over the entire circumference. Then, the pachinko balls of the ball receiving recess 121a are distributed from the visual introduction part 73 to the visual path part 66 side by the rotation of the sorting sprocket 121 based on the drive of the drive motor in the forward direction (counterclockwise direction shown in FIG. 15). While the feeding sprocket 121 is rotated in the reverse direction (clockwise direction shown in FIG. 15) based on the driving motor, the pachinko balls in the ball receiving recess 121a are moved from the standby introduction unit 109 to the standby storage unit 100 side. It sorts out and sends.

  Thus, in the acquired ball number display device 60 of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, in the initial state of the control processing by the control device, that is, in the state where the player does not acquire the pachinko ball, the visual introduction introducing unit 73 No pachinko balls will be sent from. In other words, pachinko balls are not lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 111), and pachinko balls are not sorted by the ball sorting mechanism 120 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 121). At this time, the slide plates 82 (82a to 82c) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display parts 63 to 65 are respectively slid in the advance direction, and the communication holes 74 (74a to 74c) at the lower ends of the storage effect display parts 63 to 65 are stored. Is closed. At this time, the slide plate 108 of the shutter 107 provided in the standby storage unit 100 is slid in the advance direction, and the communication hole 104 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 100 is in a closed state. In a state in which all pachinko balls that are circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device 60 (strictly, some pachinko balls waiting in the lifting passage 112 of the ball lifting mechanism 110) are stored. is there.

  When the player acquires a pachinko ball, the slide plate 108 of the shutter 107 provided in the standby storage unit 100 is slid in the retracting direction, and the communication hole 104 at the lower end of the standby storage unit 100 is opened. As a result, the pachinko balls in the standby storage unit 100 are discharged from the communication hole 104 onto the guide bottom plate 80 and fed into the ball lifting mechanism 110 through the feed port 79. Accordingly, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 111), and the pachinko balls are visually introduced by the ball distribution mechanism 120 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 121). Distribution to is performed. That is, the pachinko balls of the acquired number of balls are sent from the visual introduction part 73. Thereby, the pachinko balls fed into the rear passage 72 from the visual introduction part 73 are guided to the front passage 71 from the feeding plate 78 through the communication hole 74e, and then flow-in prevention corresponding to the visual passage part 66. Along the upper wall surface of the plate 76, the air is fed into the space 92 of the visual path portion 66 from the communication hole 75 at the upper end of the visual path portion 66. The pachinko balls sent into the space 92 of the visual recognition passage part 66 are sent into the space 92 of the storage effect display part 65 by being guided to the front passage 71 through the communication hole 75 at the lower end of the visual recognition passage part 66. The pachinko balls sent into the storage effect display unit 65 fall on the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 76 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 65, and then pass through the communication hole 75 at the lower end of the storage effect display unit 65. Is sent into the space 92 of the storage effect display unit 64. Thereafter, in the same manner, the inside of the space 92 of the storage effect display unit 64 and the space 92 of the storage effect display unit 63 sequentially flow down.

  That is, the pachinko balls sent into the rear passage 72 from the visual recognition introduction portion 73 are included in the space 92 of the visual recognition passage portion 66 (including the portion of the front passage 71 behind the visual recognition passage portion 66). In space 92 (including the portion of front passage 71 behind storage effect display portion 65), in space 92 of storage effect display portion 64 (including the portion of front passage 71 behind storage effect display portion 64), storage effect display portion The inside of the space 92 of 63 (including the part of the front passage 71 behind the storage effect display part 63) flows down sequentially. The pachinko balls guided to the front passage 71 through the communication hole 75 at the lower end of the storage effect display section 63 are prevented from flowing by the slide plate 82a of the shutter 81 that slides in the advance direction and closes the communication hole 74a. Is done. Thereby, the pachinko ball sent from the visual introduction part 73 is stored in a space 92 of the lowest storage effect display part 63 through the transparent cover member 90 of the storage effect display part 63 so as to be visible from the outside. . In addition, in the space 92 of the storage effect display units 63 to 65, 100 pachinko balls can be stored in a full state, respectively, and the control device corresponds to the numerical data and the number (specifically, the numerical data (1/10 of the number of pachinko balls) is controlled to be supplied to the visual introduction part 73, so that when the pachinko balls are full in the space 92 of the storage effect display part 63, 1000 pachinko balls are acquired. Is recognized by the player.

  And when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 1000 or 1001 to 5000, as shown in FIG. 16, the slide plate 82 (82a, 82a, 82a, 82) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display parts 63 and 65 In 82c), the slide movement in the advance direction is continued, while the slide plate 82 (82b) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display section 64 is slid in the retraction direction. As a result, the communication holes 74a and 74c are in a closed state, respectively, while the communication hole 74b is in an open state. In this state, the pachinko balls of the acquired number of balls are fed from the visual introduction part 73. When the number of acquired balls is within a range of 1 to 1000, the corresponding pachinko balls corresponding to the acquired number of balls (1/10 pachinko balls of the actual acquired number of balls) are in the space 92 of the storage effect display unit 63. It is stored as it is. On the other hand, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000, a pachinko ball that is 1/10 of the acquired number of balls is actually sent from the visual introduction part 73, but the acquired number of balls is 1000th (actually The 100th pachinko balls are stored in the space 92 of the storage effect display unit 63 as in the case where the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1 to 1000 balls. The pachinko balls after the 1001st acquired ball number (actually the 101st ball) are high in the communication hole 74b in the front passage 71 which is an upper space above the upper wall surface of the flow prevention plate 76 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 63. The pachinko balls that have been stored up to the height position and sent to the height position or more are guided to the rear passage 72 through the communication hole 74b in the open state, fall on the guide bottom plate 80, and finally sent in. The collected balls are fed from the mouth 79 to the ball lifting mechanism 110.

  In this case, the pachinko balls fed into the ball lifting mechanism 110 are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 111), and the ball sorting mechanism 120 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 121). The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 100 by sorting the pachinko balls to the standby introduction unit 109 side. Further, in the collection of such pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are transported by the ball lifting mechanism 110 and the pachinko balls are sorted by the ball sorting mechanism 120 to the standby introduction portion 109 side are provided on the guide bottom plate 80. The process is continued until a pachinko ball is detected by the sensor 80a. In addition, passage part T4 of the front side passage 71 and the back side passage 72 which collects the surplus pachinko balls is a pachinko ball in the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 63) in a state where the pachinko balls can be stored. When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 66 is sent to the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 64) that is full and the pachinko ball cannot be stored, the pachinko ball Is collected in the acquired number-of-balls display device 60 to constitute a first collection path according to the present invention.

  In addition, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000, the light emission effect display unit 67 blinks and lights up in yellow. Specifically, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 2000, the lowermost light emitting member 93 in the light emitting effect display section 67 is blinked and displayed, and the number of acquired balls is in the range of 2001 to 3000. When the lower light emitting member 93 of the light emitting effect display section 67 is lit on and the second light emitting member 93 from the bottom blinks, and the number of balls acquired is in the range of 3001-4000. In the light emission effect display section 67, the second light emitting member 93 from the bottom and the bottom is respectively lit and displayed, and the third light emitting member 93 from the bottom is blinked, and the number of acquired balls is in the range of 4001 to 5000. In the inside, the second and third light emitting members 93 from the bottom and bottom of the light emitting effect display portion 67 are respectively lit and displayed, and the top light emitting member 93 is blinked.

  Thereafter, when the number of balls acquired is in the range of 5001 to 6000 or 6001 to 10000, the slide plate 82 (82a) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 63 advances as shown in FIG. The slide movement in the direction continues. On the other hand, the slide plate 82 (82b) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 64 is slid in the advance direction, and the slide plate 82 (82c) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 65 is slid in the retraction direction. Is done. As a result, the communication holes 74a and 74b are closed, respectively, while the communication hole 74c is opened. In this state, the pachinko balls of the acquired number of balls are fed from the visual introduction part 73. In addition to the storage effect display unit 63, the storage effect display unit 64 displays the pachinko ball storage display.

  Further, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 6001 to 10,000, the pachinko balls up to the 6000th acquired ball are stored so as to be filled in the space 92 of each storage effect display unit 63, 64. . The pachinko balls after the number 6001 of the acquired balls are stored up to the height position of the communication hole 74c in the front passage 71 which is an upper space of the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 76 corresponding to the storage effect display portion 64. The pachinko balls that have been fed to the position or higher are guided to the rear passage 72 through the open communication holes 74c and fall onto the guide bottom plate 80, and finally the ball lifting mechanism 110 from the feed port 79. Is sent as a collection ball. In this case, the pachinko balls sent to the ball lifting mechanism 110 are the pachinko balls after the 6001th (actually 601th) number of acquired balls as in the case where the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000. The ball is stored up to the height position of the communication hole 74c in the front passage 71, which is an upper space above the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 76 corresponding to the storage effect display portion 64, and is sent to the pachinko ball that is higher than the height position. Is guided to the rear passage 72 through the communication hole 74c in the open state, falls on the guide bottom plate 80, and is finally fed as a recovered ball from the feed port 79 to the ball lifting mechanism 110.

  And by the lifting of the pachinko balls by the ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 111) and the distribution of the pachinko balls to the standby introduction part 109 side by the ball sorting mechanism 120 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 121), It is collected in the standby storage unit 100. Further, in the collection of such pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are transported by the ball lifting mechanism 110 and the pachinko balls are sorted by the ball sorting mechanism 120 to the standby introduction portion 109 side are provided on the guide bottom plate 80. The process is continued until a pachinko ball is detected by the sensor 80a. The passage portions T5 of the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72 that collect surplus pachinko balls are storage effect display portions (storage effect display portions 63 and 64) in a state where the pachinko balls can be stored, respectively. When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 66 is sent to the storage effect display unit (storage effect display unit 65) in a state where the pachinko ball is full and the pachinko ball cannot be stored, The first collection path according to the present invention for collecting the pachinko balls in the acquired number-of-balls display device 60 is configured.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 6001 to 10,000, the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 67 are all lit in yellow and the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 67 are yellow. Flashes and lights up. Specifically, when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 6001 to 7000, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 67 are lit and displayed, and the lowermost light emitting member 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 68 is displayed. Is displayed blinking, and when the number of acquired balls is in the range of 7001 to 8000, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 67 are lit up and light emission at the bottom of the light emitting effect display unit 68 is displayed. When the member 93 is turned on and the second light emitting member 93 from the bottom blinks, and the number of acquired balls is in the range of 8001 to 9000, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display section 67 are turned on. In addition, the second light emitting member 93 from the bottom and the bottom in the light emitting effect display section 68 is respectively lit and displayed, and the third light emitting member 93 from the bottom is blinked to display 9001 to 10,000 balls. Pieces When it is within the range, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 67 are lit and displayed, and the second and third light emitting members 93 from the bottom and the bottom of the light emitting effect display unit 68 are lit and displayed. At the same time, the uppermost light emitting member 93 is blinked.

  Next, when the number of balls to be acquired is in the range of 10001-11,000 or 11001-15000, as shown in FIG. 83b), the slide movement in the advance direction is continued, and the slide plate 82 (82c) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 65 is slid in the advance direction. Thereby, all the communication holes 74a to 74c are in a closed state, and in this state, the number of pachinko balls obtained from the visual introduction part 73 is fed. Then, in addition to the storage effect display unit 63 and the storage effect display unit 64, a storage display of the pachinko balls is performed by the storage effect display unit 65.

  Further, when the number of acquired balls falls within the range of 11001 to 15000, the pachinko balls up to the 11000th acquired ball are stored so as to be filled in the space 92 of each storage effect display unit 63 to 65. . The pachinko balls after the number 11001 acquired are stored up to the height position of the communication hole 74d in the front passage 71 which is the upper space of the upper wall surface of the flow-inhibiting plate 76 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 65. The pachinko ball sent to the position or higher is guided to the rear passage 72 through the communication hole 74d that is always open without being provided with a shutter, and falls onto the guide bottom plate 80, and finally the feed port. 79 is sent as a collection ball to the ball lifting mechanism 110. In this case, the pachinko balls fed into the ball lifting mechanism 110 are pachinko balls produced by the ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 111) as in the case where the number of acquired balls is in the range of 1001 to 5000. The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 100 by lifting and sorting the pachinko balls to the standby introduction unit 109 side by the ball distribution mechanism 120 (rotation of the distribution sprocket 121). At this time, the passage portion T6 of the front passage 71 and the rear passage 72 for collecting surplus pachinko balls is filled with a plurality of storage effect display portions (storage effect display portions 63 to 65). When the pachinko balls are fed by the ball distribution mechanism 120 in the state, the second collection path according to the present invention for collecting the pachinko balls in the acquired number of balls display device 60 is configured. Yes.

  When the number of balls acquired is in the range of 11101 to 15000, the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display units 67 and 68 are all lit in yellow and the light emitting member 93 of the light emitting effect display unit 69 is displayed. Flashes yellow and lights up. Specifically, when the number of balls acquired is within the range of 11001 to 12000, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display units 67 and 68 are lit on and the lowest light emission of the light emitting effect display unit 69 is displayed. When the member 93 is displayed in a blinking manner and the number of acquired balls is in the range of 12001 to 13000, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emitting effect display units 67 and 68 are lit and displayed, and one of the light emitting effect display units 69 is displayed. When the lowermost light emitting member 93 is turned on and the second light emitting member 93 from the bottom blinks, and the number of acquired balls is within the range of 13101 to 14000, all of the light emitting effect display sections 67 and 68 are displayed. The light emitting member 93 is lit up, the second light emitting member 93 from the bottom and the bottom from the light emitting effect display section 69 are respectively lit up and the third light emitting member 93 from the bottom blinks, and acquired. When the number is in the range of 14001 to 15000, all the light emitting members 93 of the light emission effect display portions 67 and 68 are lit up, and the light emission effect display portion 69 is second and third from the bottom and the bottom. The second light emitting member 93 is lit and displayed, and the top light emitting member 93 is blinked.

  In addition, when the number of acquired balls is 15001 or more, the pachinko balls sent from the ball distribution mechanism 120 can be visually recognized from the outside through the transparent cover member 90 of the visual path portion 66. After flowing down 92, the pachinko balls stored up to the front passage 71 at the height of the communication hole 74d are prevented from flowing in the front passage 71. As a result, the pachinko balls are guided to the rear passage 72 through the communication holes 74d and fall onto the guide bottom plate 80, and are finally fed as recovery balls from the feeding port 79 to the ball lifting mechanism 110. That is, when the number of acquired balls reaches 15001 or more, the space 92 of the visual recognition passage portion 66 is not used as a space for storing the pachinko balls, and the flow of the pachinko balls sent from the ball distribution mechanism 120 is visually recognized. It is used to make the player recognize that he has acquired a pachinko ball.

  Further, when the player finishes the game and returns the acquired ball number display device 60 to the initial state, as shown in FIG. 19, the slide plate 82 of the shutter 81 corresponding to each storage effect display unit 63 to 65. (82a to 82c) are slid in the retracting direction, and the communication holes 74a to 74c are opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls stored in the storage effect display units 63 to 65 are sent to the guide bottom plate 80 through the communication holes 74 a to 74 c, and from the guide bottom plate 80 to the ball lifting mechanism 110 through the feed port 79. It is sent. The pachinko balls sent to the ball lifting mechanism 110 are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 (rotation of the lifting sprocket 111), and the ball sorting mechanism 120 (rotation of the sorting sprocket 121). The pachinko balls are collected in the standby storage unit 100 by sorting to the standby introduction unit 109 side. In such a collection of pachinko balls, the retraction movement of the slide plates 82a to 82c, in other words, the feeding of the pachinko balls into the ball lifting mechanism 110, collects all the pachinko balls in the storage effect display units 63 to 65. Is done. Further, the pachinko balls are lifted by the ball lifting mechanism 110 and the pachinko balls are sorted to the standby introduction portion 109 by the ball sorting mechanism 120 by detection of the pachinko balls by the sensor 80a provided on the guide bottom plate 80. Will continue until. Further, when the pachinko ball is lent out from the acquired ball, only the slide plate 82 (82a) of the shutter 81 corresponding to the storage effect display unit 63 is slid in the backward direction, and the communication hole 74a is opened. Then, the backward movement of the slide plate 82a for feeding the pachinko balls to the ball lifting mechanism 110 is performed until the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of loans are collected.

  As described above, according to the configuration of the first embodiment, the player can display the total number of pachinko balls that the player has acquired while the game is continuing as the number of acquired balls on the ball number display unit 12 as a numerical value. Can accurately recognize the number of balls acquired. In addition, when a player acquires a pachinko ball in a game machine, the ball introduction mechanism 23 introduces the pachinko ball into the acquired ball number display device 10 so that the player can visually recognize the pachinko ball. After the part 16 has flowed down, the storage effect display units 13 to 15 that constitute the effect display unit store it so that the player can see it, thereby realizing a sense of accomplishment and superiority by accumulating the acquired pachinko balls. It is possible to make the player recognize the number of balls acquired while the game is being continued after being given to the player. Moreover, in such a configuration, the storage effect display units 13 to 15 fully store pachinko balls less than a predetermined number (in the present embodiment, store 100 pachinko balls) to the player. A plurality of light-emitting effect display units 17 that allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by light-emitting display. Since the production display unit is also configured by ~ 19, the player can recognize the number of acquired balls without accumulating all of the acquired number of pachinko balls in the acquired ball number display device 10, so that the pachinko balls It is possible to reliably avoid the deformation of the game island platform 1 due to the load of the loaded weight, and to reduce the absolute number of pachinko balls required in the game hall.

  In addition, as a discharge passage portion (front passage 21 and rear passage 22) for discharging the pachinko balls surplus with respect to the display of the number of acquired balls after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion 16 to the outside of the acquired number of balls display device 10, The pachinko balls are full in the storage effect display unit in a state where the pachinko balls can be stored based on the control of the effect display control means, and the pachinko balls cannot be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means. When a pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 16 is sent to the storage effect display portion in the state, the first discharge path (passage portion T1) that discharges the pachinko ball to the outside of the acquired ball number display device 10 , T2), and when the pachinko balls are introduced by the ball introduction mechanism 23 in a state in which the pachinko balls are full in all of the storage effect display units, the pachinko balls are acquired. A second discharge path for discharging to the outside (passage portion T3), that is provided, it is possible to perform an effect to recognize the acquired piece count to the player without providing an upper limit to the acquisition piece count continuously.

  Further, the visual recognition passage portion 16, the plurality of storage effect display portions 13 to 15, and the plurality of light emission effect display portions 17 to 19 are arranged in the vertical direction along the flow direction of the pachinko balls, respectively, and the visual recognition passage portion 16 is arranged. And the storage effect display units 13 to 15 are provided with communication passage portions (front side passages 21) communicating with each other, and the pachinko balls that have flowed down the visual recognition passage portion 16 are moved from the storage effect display portion 15 located at the top to the bottom. It is set as the structure sent in toward the storage production | presentation display part 13 located in. Thereby, the pachinko ball can be smoothly fed to the storage effect display unit constituting the effect display unit by natural fall. Further, since the acquired number-of-balls display device 10 can be configured in a vertically long shape, the acquired number-of-balls display device 10 can be arranged in a narrow space between the gaming machines arranged on the game island 1. .

  Moreover, the storage effect display parts 13-15 are comprised by the transparent cover member 40 which coat | covers the front side so that visual recognition is possible, and the internal protrusion member 41 arrange | positioned inside this transparent cover member 40, When the pachinko balls are fully stored in the space 42 between the transparent cover member 40, the player appears to be filled with a predetermined number of pachinko balls. Thus, in the configuration of the storage effect display unit that recognizes that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired, even when the number of pachinko balls less than the predetermined number is fully stored, the storage effect display unit is predetermined on the appearance. It can appear as if a number of pachinko balls are stored.

  In addition, when a ball lending machine 2 that enables lending of a pachinko ball from a pachinko ball acquired by the player is provided and the ball lending machine 2 lends the pachinko ball, A number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine 2 from the total number of acquired pachinko balls is displayed on the acquired ball number display device 10 as an acquired ball number. This makes it possible to rent out pachinko balls from pachinko balls acquired by the player, thereby increasing the convenience of the game. The number can be recognized by the player.

  In this embodiment, 1/10 of the pachinko balls acquired by the player are introduced into the ball introducing means, but 1/1 may be introduced into the ball introducing means. In the case of performing the control of flowing the ball to the ball introducing means at 1/1, for example, the shutter opening / closing control for determining whether or not to store the balls in the storage effect display units 13, 14 and 15 (the number proportional effect shown in FIG. 8). The processing steps S22, S27, and S33) are controlled so that the shutter is opened and the ball is allowed to flow down to a predetermined amount (900/1000), and the shutter is closed and stored after the predetermined amount (901/1000). Good. By controlling in this way, it is possible to perform an effect that the storage effect display unit is full when 1000 balls are stored, and the display of the number of balls display unit and the storage state of the storage effect display unit are linked so that the visual The number of balls stored in the game can be quickly recognized by a customer in the game or a customer at a distant location, and the ball acquired by the player, the visual path section and the storage effect display section The number of balls flowing through can be the same, making it possible to appeal the acquired balls to the player.

  In addition, according to the configuration of the second embodiment, by displaying the total number of pachinko balls that the player has acquired while the game is continuing as a number of acquired balls on the ball number display unit 62, The number of balls acquired can be recognized accurately. In addition, when a player acquires a pachinko ball in a game machine, the pachinko ball that is circulated and used in the acquired ball number display device 60 is sent to the visual recognition passage portion 66 by the ball distribution mechanism 120, and the pachinko ball is After the player has flowed down the visual recognition passage portion 66 so that the player can visually recognize the player, the acquired pachinko balls are accumulated by the player storing the storage effect display portions 63 to 65 constituting the effect display portion so as to be visible. It is possible to make the player recognize the number of balls that are being played while giving the player a sense of accomplishment and superiority in a realistic manner. Further, in such a configuration, the storage effect display units 63 to 65 allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by fully storing less than a predetermined number of pachinko balls. However, it is also possible to configure the effect display unit by a plurality of light emission effect display units 67 to 69 that allow the player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by the light emission display. Since the total number of pachinko balls used in circulation within the number display device 60 can be reduced, it is possible to reliably avoid the deformation of the game island platform 1 due to the load weight of the pachinko balls, and it is also necessary at the game hall. The absolute number of pachinko balls can be reduced.

  Further, as a collection passage portion (front passage 71 and rear passage 72) for collecting the surplus pachinko balls in the acquisition ball number display device 60 after flowing down the visual recognition passage portion 66, the storage effect The pachinko ball is full in the storage effect display section in a state where the pachinko ball can be stored based on the control of the display control means, and the pachinko ball cannot be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means When a pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion 66 is sent to the storage effect display portion at the first recovery path (passage portions T4, T5) for collecting the pachinko ball, and a plurality of storage effect displays A second collection path (passage portion T6) for collecting the pachinko balls when the pachinko balls are fed by the ball sorting mechanism 120 in a state where the pachinko balls of the portions 63 to 65 are full; By provided, it is possible to perform an effect to recognize the acquired piece count to the player without providing an upper limit to the acquisition piece count continuously.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pachinko balls acquired by the player in the game in the gaming machine are sent to the ball counting device, and the number of balls displayed on the acquired ball number display device based on the count value of the pachinko balls by the ball counting device. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the acquired ball number display device according to the present invention may be applied to an enclosed game machine that circulates and uses pachinko balls in a game machine. In this case, a configuration in which a prize ball signal is output in accordance with the winning of a pachinko ball to a prize device provided in the enclosed game machine, and the number of balls displayed on the obtained ball number display device is controlled based on the prize ball signal. It becomes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game island stand 2 Ball lending machine 4 Upper island frame 5 Lower island frame 9 Outer frame 10 Acquired ball number display device 11 Ball flow lower passage part 12 Ball number display part 13-15 Storage effect display part (effect display part)
16 visual recognition passage part 17-19 light emission effect display part (effect display part)
21 Front passage (discharge passage, communication passage)
22 Rear passage (discharge passage)
23 Ball introduction mechanism (ball introduction means)
24, 25 Communication hole 29 Discharge port 31 Shutter 40 Transparent cover member 41 Internal protrusion member 42 Space (storage space)
43 Light Emitting Member 44 Sensor 50 Ball Counting Device 60 Acquired Ball Number Display Device 61 Ball Flow Lower Passage Unit 62 Ball Number Display Unit 63-65 Storage Effect Display Unit (Production Display Unit)
66 Viewing passage part 67-69 Light emission effect display part (effect display part)
71 Front passage (collection passage)
72 Rear passage (collection passage)
100 Standby storage unit 110 Ball lifting mechanism (ball lifting means)
120 Ball distribution mechanism (ball distribution means)
T1, T2 passage part (first discharge route)
T3 passage part (second discharge route)
T4, T5 passage part (first recovery route)
T6 passage part (second recovery route)

Claims (5)

An acquired ball number display device for displaying the total number of pachinko balls acquired by a player in a game in a gaming machine arranged on a game island stand as an acquired ball number,
The acquired number of balls display device is:
A ball number display unit for displaying the number of balls obtained in numerical values;
The pachinko ball is connected to the supply path of the pachinko balls provided on the game island stand, and the player acquires the pachinko balls in the game machine, and the pachinko balls are obtained from the supply path in the acquired ball number display device. Ball introduction means to be introduced into,
A visual path part for allowing the player to flow down the pachinko balls introduced by the ball introducing means;
Acquire a predetermined number of pachinko balls through a plurality of storage effect display sections that allow a player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by storing the pachinko balls that have flowed down the visual passage section A plurality of light-emitting effect display units that allow the player to recognize that they are doing, and an effect display unit that is alternately arranged,
Display control means for controlling the display of the number of acquired balls by the effect display unit;
A discharge passage part for discharging the pachinko balls that have become surplus without being stored in the storage effect display part to the outside of the acquired number of balls display device,
The display control means includes
Storage effect display control means for performing transition control between a state where pachinko balls can be stored and a state where pachinko balls cannot be stored with respect to the plurality of storage effect display units, and the plurality of light emission effect display units And a light emission effect display control means for controlling the display state,
The discharge passage part is
Pachinko balls are full in the storage effect display unit in a state in which pachinko balls can be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means, and the pachinko balls are stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means When the pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion is sent to the storage effect display unit in a state in which the pachinko ball is impossible, the first discharge that discharges the pachinko ball to the outside of the acquired ball number display device Route,
A second discharge that discharges the pachinko balls to the outside of the acquired ball number display device when the pachinko balls are introduced by the ball introducing means in a state where the pachinko balls of the plurality of storage effect display units are full And an acquired number of balls display device. The visual path portion, the plurality of storage effect display portions, and the plurality of light emission effect display portions are arranged in the vertical direction along the flow-down direction of the pachinko balls, respectively, and are arranged in the vertical direction. Between the visual recognition passage part and each storage effect display part, a communication passage part that communicates each is provided,
The pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual passage part is located at the lowest position from the storage effect display part located at the top by flowing down the internal spaces of the plurality of storage effect display parts and the communication passage part. The acquired number of balls display device according to claim 1, wherein the acquired number of balls is sent toward a storage effect display unit.   Each of the plurality of storage effect display units includes a transparent cover member that covers the front side of the storage effect display unit so as to be visible, and an internal protrusion member disposed inside the transparent cover member, A space is provided between the internal protrusion member and the transparent cover member so that the pachinko ball can be stored with a gap slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball is fully stored in the storage space. 3. The acquired number-of-balls display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acquired number-of-balls display device has a bottom-up structure so that the player appears to be filled with the predetermined number of pachinko balls. The acquired number of balls display device is:
If a pachinko ball is lent out in a ball lending machine that is provided in correspondence with the acquired ball number display device and allows the pachinko ball to be lent out from the pachinko ball that the player has acquired, the player acquires 4. The acquired ball according to claim 1, wherein a number obtained by subtracting the total number of pachinko balls lent out by the ball lending machine from the total number of pachinko balls obtained is displayed as the acquired number of balls. Number display device. An acquired ball number display device for displaying the total number of pachinko balls acquired by a player in a game in a gaming machine arranged on a game island stand as an acquired ball number,
The acquired number of balls display device is:
A ball number display unit for displaying the number of balls obtained in numerical values;
A standby storage unit for standby storage of pachinko balls to be circulated in the acquired ball number display device;
A visual path part for allowing the player to flow down the pachinko ball of the standby storage part so as to be visible;
Acquire a predetermined number of pachinko balls through a plurality of storage effect display sections that allow a player to recognize that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been acquired by storing the pachinko balls that have flowed down the visual passage section A plurality of light-emitting effect display units that allow the player to recognize that they are doing, and an effect display unit that is alternately arranged,
A collection passage section for collecting the pachinko balls that have become surplus without being stored in the storage effect display section;
Ball lifting means for lifting the pachinko balls that have flowed down the recovery passage portion and the pachinko balls stored in the standby storage portion;
Ball distributing means for distributing and feeding the pachinko balls lifted by the ball lifting means to either the visual path section or the standby storage section;
As the number of acquired balls is increased or decreased, the pachinko balls are lifted and controlled by the ball moving means, and when the number of acquired balls increases, the pachinko balls are fed into the visual path section, while the number of acquired balls is By controlling the pachinko ball distribution by the ball distribution means so that the pachinko balls are sent to the standby storage unit when the pachinko balls are sent to the collection passage unit when the number decreases, Display control means for controlling the display of the number of acquired balls,
The display control means includes
Storage effect display control means for performing transition control between a state where pachinko balls can be stored and a state where pachinko balls cannot be stored with respect to the plurality of storage effect display units, and the plurality of light emission effect display units A lighting effect display control means for controlling the display state,
The recovery passage portion is
Pachinko balls are full in the storage effect display unit in a state in which pachinko balls can be stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means, and the pachinko balls are stored based on the control of the storage effect display control means When a pachinko ball that has flowed down the visual path portion is sent to the storage effect display unit that is in a state that is impossible, a first collection path for collecting the pachinko ball,
When the pachinko balls are sent by the ball sorting means in a state where the pachinko balls of the plurality of storage effect display units are full, the second collection path is configured to collect the pachinko balls. An acquired number-of-balls display device characterized by.

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