JP6697136B2 - Amusement machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with an inclined gutter that extends obliquely in the vertical direction and has a game ball flowing down inside .

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, there has been known one in which an inclined gutter is provided with a branch opening, and the branch opening is opened and closed by an opening / closing member (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP, 2013-13632, A (Drawing 3, Drawing 6)

However, in the above-mentioned conventional game machine, there is a problem that the game ball does not smoothly enter the branch opening in the opened state, and its improvement is demanded.

The gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1 made in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the first flow path in which the game balls can flow in a row in the flow path in which the game balls flow down from the storage tank, and the first flow path. Moves between a second flow path that branches from within the flow path, a first position that restricts the entry of game balls from the first flow path into the second flow path, and a second position that allows the entry. A gaming machine provided with an opening / closing member, which extends obliquely in the vertical direction, and an inclined gutter whose inside is the first flow path, and an obliquely downward direction with respect to a game ball flowing down on the inner surface of the inclined gutter. A reference opening is a branch opening that opens toward the first inclined surface and faces the second flow path, and a position of the upper opening edge of the branch opening that is closest to the lower opening edge in the horizontal direction. Then, in the horizontal direction with respect to the reference position, on the outside of the inclined trough, the upper opening of the branch opening is opened. A rotating shaft located in the vicinity of an edge, and the opening / closing member is pivotally supported by the rotating shaft to rotate between the first position and the second position, and In the position, a part is located inside the inclined gutter in the horizontal direction with respect to the reference position, and in the second position, the whole is located outside the inclined gutter in the horizontal direction with respect to the reference position, The flow channel width of the first flow channel in the direction orthogonal to the surface including the first flow channel and the second flow channel is a branch portion of the first flow channel to the second flow channel, a game machine, wherein a wide're I on the way to the second passage from the first flow path.

In the gaming machine of the present disclosure, when the opening / closing member is opened (arranged in the second rotation position), the entire opening / closing member is located outside the inclined gutter, so that the game ball is smooth in the branch opening in the opened state. Come to enter.

Front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention Rear view of a pachinko machine Exploded view of dispensing device Sectional view of the dispensing device in the closed position Sectional view of the dispensing device in the open position Side sectional view of dispensing device Perspective view of dispensing device Flat sectional view of dispensing device Sectional view of the dispensing device in the closed position Sectional view of the dispensing device in the open position Sectional drawing of the dispensing apparatus which concerns on a modification .

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a pachinko gaming machine 10 (corresponding to a “gaming machine” of the present invention) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 10 has a front surface covered with a front frame 10Z, and a game area R1 of the game board 11 is visible through a glass window 10W formed in the front frame 10Z. ..

  Below the glass window 10W, the upper plate 26 and the lower plate 27 are arranged side by side in two rows. On the right side of the upper plate 26 toward the front of the pachinko gaming machine 10, a ball removal button 26A for discharging the game balls stored in the upper plate 26 to the lower plate 27 is provided. On the right side of the lower plate 27, a ball discharge button 27A for discharging game balls into a so-called dollar box (not shown) is provided, and a ball lending state display monitor 27B and a ball lending operation button 27C are provided. Further, an operation button 28A is provided on the left side of the lower plate 27. Further, an operation knob 28B is provided at the lower right corner of the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 10. When the operation knob 28B is operated, the game balls stored in the upper plate 26 are sequentially ejected to the game area R1.

  The game area R1 has a substantially circular shape and is surrounded by the guide rails 12. A game board display window 11W is formed through the center of the game area R1 of the game board 11, and a liquid crystal screen 24G of the liquid crystal display device 24 faces forward through the game board display window 11W.

  A display decoration frame 23 is attached to the opening edge of the game board display window 11W. The display decoration frame 23 is fitted into the game board display window 11W from the front side of the game board 11, protrudes from the front surface of the game board 11, and the game balls flowing down the game area R1 enter the inside of the display decoration frame 23. Regulated.

  In the center portion of the game region R1 below the display decoration frame 23 in the left-right direction, the start winning openings 14A, 14B, the special winning opening 15, and the out opening 16 are arranged side by side from the top, and the left and right sides of the large winning opening 15 A plurality of general winning openings 20 are arranged along the guide rails 12. When the game ball flowing down the game area R1 enters either of the starting winning openings 14A and 14B, a win / no win determination is made, and the win / no win determination result is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 24G. Then, when the result of the winning / judging result is a win, a plurality of game balls can enter the special winning opening 15 for a predetermined period (for example, 10 seconds) over a plurality of rounds. To do. When a game ball enters these winning openings 14A, 14B, 15, 20, a predetermined number (for example, for each 1 ball, 1 for a general winning opening 20) from the payout device 50 provided on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 10. Game balls of 4 pieces at the start winning award ports 14A and 14B and 10 at the special winning port 15) are paid out to the upper plate 26. The game balls that have not entered any of the winning ports 14A, 14B, 15, 20 are taken into the out port 16, and the pachinko gaming machine 10 is operated from a duct (not shown) provided below the game board 11. It is sent to the game ball circulation system of the installed game hall.

  Below, the configuration related to the payout of the game balls supplied from the game ball circulation system will be described. In the following description, the “right side” means the “right side” when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is viewed from the back side, and the opposite side is the “left side” unless otherwise specified.

  As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 10, a storage tank 30 for storing the game balls supplied from the game ball circulation system and a group of game balls stored in the storage tank 30 are arranged in one row and one row. An inclined gutter 31 that aligns and guides to the right side portion, and a guide gutter 61 having a single-row structure that guides the game balls guided to the right side portion by the inclined gutter 31 downward are provided.

  The payout device 50 is arranged at the lower end of the guide gutter 61, and when the payout condition is satisfied, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out by the payout device 50. Then, the game balls paid out to the payout device 50 are guided to the upper plate 26 or the lower plate 27 through the guide passage 45 provided below the payout device 50 and connected to the lower end portion of the guide gutter 61. To be done. The guide gutter 61 is composed of a flow path inside the case body 40K arranged on the right side portion of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and a flow path 61R inside the device inside the payout device 50. In addition, a detection sensor 40 for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball flowing down in the guide gutter 61 is provided at an intermediate position of the guide gutter 61, and determines whether or not there is a game ball and whether or not a long interval is generated between the game balls. It can be transmitted to the dispensing device 50.

Hereinafter, the payout device 50 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 3, the dispensing device 50 includes a rectangular device case 60 that is long in the vertical direction, and a device cover 90 that covers the back side (front side in FIG. 3) of the device case 60. Of these, the device case 60 is formed with an in-device flow path 61R that is a part of the guide gutter 61, and a ball gutter 64 that can be branched from the guide gutter 61 and discharge a game ball from the pachinko gaming machine 10. There is.

  In detail, the device case 60 is a pair of main flat plate portions 60A, 60B which are parallel to each other and face each other in the front-rear direction of the pachinko gaming machine 10 with an interval of one game ball (“flat facing of the present invention”). "Corresponding to a" wall ") and a pair of main flat plate portions 60A, 60B standing up from the back main flat plate 60A on the back side in FIG. 3 toward the front main flat plate 60B on the front side in FIG. First and second curved facing walls 62, 63 (corresponding to the "gutter partition wall" of the present invention) facing each other with a space for one game ball in a direction orthogonal to the facing direction of the flat plate portions 60A, 60B. And have. The portion sandwiched between the first and second curved facing walls 62 and 63 is an in-device flow path 61R in which the game balls flow down in a row.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of upper linear portions 62A, 63A extending in the vertical direction and facing each other are formed on the upper portions of the first and second curved facing walls 62, 63, respectively. .. Further, the first curved facing wall 62 on the left side is provided with a parabolic first curved guide portion 62B which is bent from the lower end portion of the upper straight portion 62A to the side away from the second curved facing wall 63 and bulges outward. The second curved opposite wall 63 formed on the right side gradually curves toward the first curved opposite wall 62 side and bulges outward as it goes downward from the lower end of the upper straight portion 63A. A guide portion 63B is provided.

  Below the first bending guide portion 62B of the first curved facing wall 62, a lower guide extending downward from a position where the game balls 1.5 to 2.5 balls are separated from the lower end portion of the first bending guide portion 62B. The portion 62E is provided, and below the second bending guide portion 63B of the second bending facing wall 63, the game balls 3 to 5 balls are extended downward from the lower end portion of the second bending guide portion 63B. A lower guide portion 63E is provided. The lower guide portions 62E and 63E face each other at an interval of one game ball, and between them, a payout area 61H is provided for guiding the game ball whose payout has been determined to the guide flow path 45. The payout area 61H is provided with a game ball count sensor 95 for counting the number of game balls flowing down the payout area 61H.

  The left side portion of the first curved facing wall 62 of the device case 60 is a screw 80 corresponding to the “damming member” of the present invention, and a stepping motor 81 that is a drive source of the screw 80 (“electric drive of the present invention”. (Corresponding to "source" and "motor"). The accommodating portion 66 is divided into an upper accommodating portion 66K and a lower accommodating portion 66D by a motor partition wall 65S extending slightly leftward from the vicinity of the upper end portion of the first curved guide portion 62B. The stepping motor 81 is housed in the upper housing portion 66K, and the screw 80 is housed in the lower housing portion 66D.

  The stepping motor 81 has a cylindrical shape, and is fixed to the payout device 50 by inserting a support 81S protruding from the lower end thereof into a support recess 66S (see FIG. 3) of the device case 60. Further, from the central position of the stepping motor 81, a rotation support shaft 83 that is driven and rotated by the stepping motor 81 hangs down. A semicircular cutout portion 66H is formed in the motor partition wall 65S, and the rotation support shaft 83 is arranged in the cutout portion 66H.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the screw 80 has a dam portion 84 in which a spiral blade 84B extends from a cylindrical rotation shaft 84A and a diameter smaller than that of the rotation shaft 84A, and projects upward from the upper end position of the dam portion 84. The columnar portion 85 is provided, and the rotation support shaft 83 is inserted and fixed in the center.

  The dam 84 of the screw 80 projects into the guide trough 61 from the trough side through hole 62C between the first curved guide portion 62B and the lower guide portion 62E in the first curved facing wall 62. The spiral blade 84B of the dam portion 84 is formed so as to incline so as to descend in the counterclockwise direction and to have a larger lateral protrusion as it goes downward, and the upper surface of the spiral blade 84B abuts the inclined surface 84M. I am trying.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front main flat plate 60B of the device case 60 has a bulge receiving portion 66A that bulges outward to receive one side surface of the stepping motor 81, and a bulge receiving portion 66A that bulges outward to the outside of the screw 80. A dam receiving portion 66B that receives one side surface is formed. As a result, it is not necessary to enlarge the entire device case 60. Further, a plurality of heat dissipation holes 66C are penetratingly formed in the bulging receiving portion 66A covering the stepping motor 81 to prevent abnormal heating of the stepping motor 81. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, screw holes 67 and 94 are formed through the device cover 90 and the front main flat plate 60B between the bulging receiving portion 66A and the dam receiving receiving portion 66B of the front main flat plate 60B. ing. The inclination of the screw 80 in the device case 60 is adjusted from the outside of the dispensing device 50 by screwing the adjusting screw 96 into the screw holes 67 and 94 and bringing its tip end into contact with the columnar portion 85 of the screw 80. be able to.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, a space between the second curved guide portion 63B and the lower guide portion 63E in the second curved facing wall 63 is a ball hole 63C of the present invention. In this ball removal hole 63C, a ball removal door member 71 and an auxiliary door member 72 capable of opening and closing the ball removal hole 63C are arranged vertically side by side. From the ball removal hole 63C, the above-mentioned ball removal trough 64 is provided. It is extended. The ball removal door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72 constitute the “ball removal door 70” of the present invention.

  In the upper ball removing door member 71, a rotation supporting shaft 73J projecting from below the second curved guide portion 63B of the back side main flat plate 60A is inserted into a rotation supporting hole 71A provided in an upper end portion thereof. 4 is rotatable between a closed position shown in FIG. 4 and an open position shown in FIG. The ball removal door member 71 has a flat inner surface 71M on the left side of the gutter. The gutter inner weir side surface 71M inclines slightly to the left in the state of being disposed in the closed position shown in FIG. 4 (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “closed state”). At this time, the gap between the gutter inner weir side surface 71M and the portion of the spiral blade 82B projecting to the guide gutter 61 side is narrower than the width of the game ball, and when the screw 80 is stopped, the gutter inner dam The game ball is blocked between the side surface 71M and the spiral blade 84B of the blocking portion 84. Further, an engaging side surface 71N extending in the vertical direction in the closed state shown in FIG. 4 is formed on the side surface of the ball-extracting door member 71 opposite to the trough internal side surface 71M.

  In the lower auxiliary door member 72, an auxiliary door rotation support shaft 73H protruding from above the lower guide portion 63E of the second curved facing wall 63 is inserted into an auxiliary rotation support hole 72A provided at the lower end portion thereof. , Between the closed position shown in FIG. 4 and the open position shown in FIG. The auxiliary door member 72 includes a block body 72B that extends upward from the rotation shaft to close the lower portion of the ball removal hole 63C in the closed state shown in FIG. A turning plate 72K extending toward the gutter 64 side and an engaging pin 72P provided at an end of the turning plate 72K on the opposite side of the block body 72B and protruding rearward are provided. As shown in FIG. 3, a fan-shaped auxiliary hole 68B is formed in the front main flat plate 60B, and the auxiliary door member 72 has a block body 72B in front of the front main flat plate 60B (back in FIG. 3). Side), the auxiliary holes 68B are inserted so that the rotating plates 72K are arranged behind the front main flat plate 60B (on the front side in FIG. 3).

  The ball removal door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72 can be opened and closed by an interlocking member 75. As shown in FIG. 3, the interlocking member 75 has a vertically long rectangular plate portion 75P, and is held between the front main flat plate 60B and the device cover 90 so as to be vertically movable. The plate portion 75P of the interlocking member 75 is provided with an engaging protrusion 75T (corresponding to the "first engaging portion" of the present invention) protruding from the central portion in the up-down direction to the rear side, and penetrates the lower end portion. The formed inverted L-shaped engaging hole 75A (corresponding to the "second engaging portion" of the present invention) is provided. Further, the plate portion 75P of the interlocking member 75 is provided with a knob portion 76 in the central portion on the rear surface (front side surface in FIG. 3), and the device cover 90 is formed with an operation hole 90A for exposing the knob portion 76. ing. The front side main flat plate 60B is provided with a vertically long rectangular auxiliary hole 68A for allowing the engagement protrusion 75T of the interlocking member 75 to project forward of the front side main flat plate 60B.

  The interlocking member 75 is normally arranged at the lower end position shown in FIG. At this time, the engagement projection 75T of the interlocking member 75 abuts the engagement side surface 71N of the ball removal door member 71 from the ball removal trough 64 side to rotate the ball removal door member 71 toward the ball removal trough 64 side. regulate. Further, the engagement pin 72P of the auxiliary door member 72 is positioned at the upper right end portion of the engagement hole 75A of the interlocking member 75, and the block body 72B is held in the upright state (see FIG. 9). That is, when the interlocking member 75 is arranged at the lower end position, the ball removal door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72 are held in the closed state.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5, when the interlocking member 75 moves upward, the engagement protrusion 75T moves upward, and the engagement protrusion 75T engages with the engagement side surface 71N of the ball door member 71. Is released, the ball removal door member 71 becomes rotatable to the open position, and the engagement pin 72P of the auxiliary door member 72 is rotated so as to be pushed upward by the engagement hole 75A. Falls toward the guide gutter 61 and moves to the open position (see FIG. 10).

  Here, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the block body 72B of the auxiliary door member 72 in the open position closes the payout area 61H below the screw 80 and inclines downward toward the ball removal hole 63C. ing. In addition, the state of the ball removal door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72 at this time is appropriately referred to as an “open state”.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, in the lower part of the first curved guide portion 62B of the guide trough 61, a part of the back side main flat plate 60A bulges inward and extends in the vertical direction. The protrusion 65 is formed. As shown in FIG. 8, the gutter inner projection 65 includes an inclined surface 65M that inclines toward the inner side of the guide gutter 61 as it approaches the screw 80 side from a position close to the ball hole 63C, and a screw of the inclined surface 65M. It has a flat surface 65H extending from the end on the 80 side to the screw 80 side. The inclined surface 65M is curved so as to bulge outward and guides the game ball guided by the second curved guide portion 63B to the rear side (front side in FIG. 7). Further, the ridgeline of the gutter inner projection 65 is arranged so as to incline with respect to the direction of gravity and diagonally face the gutter inner damming side surface 71M from above.

  Further, the central axis of the screw 80 is also substantially parallel to the gutter inner weir side surface 71M and inclined with respect to the gravity direction, and the screw 80 is arranged so as to face the gutter inner weir side surface 71M from diagonally above. ..

  The description of the configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is as above. Next, operation effects of the pachinko gaming machine 10 will be described.

  The game ball group supplied from the game ball circulation system is arranged in one row and one stage by the inclined gutter 31 and introduced into the guide gutter 61, and is guided to the payout device 50. In the present embodiment, since the guide gutter 61 has a one-row structure, it is possible to widen the arrangement space of the components on the back surface side of the pachinko gaming machine 10. Further, the payout device 50 can be downsized.

  During operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10, the interlocking member 75 is arranged at the lower end position, and the ball door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72 are closed. Then, normally, the stepping motor 81 is stopped, and the lowest gaming ball among the gaming balls in the guide trough 61 is held between the spiral blade 82B of the screw 80 and the ball removing door member 71 and dammed. It has been stopped. Since the rotating shaft 84A of the screw 80 is arranged along the flow direction of the game ball, it is possible to prevent the screw 80 from largely protruding from the side of the guide gutter 61, and the payout device 50 becomes compact.

  When a predetermined payout condition (winning of a game ball into various winning openings 14A, 14B, 15, 20 or operation of a ball lending operation button 27C) is established, the screw 80 is rotationally driven by the stepping motor 81, and the spiral blade 84B is rotated. A game ball moves downward along and flows down to the payout area 61H. In the payout device 50 of the present embodiment, one rotation of the screw 80 causes one gaming ball to flow down. At this time, the spiral blade 82B has a larger protruding amount from the rotary shaft 84A toward the downstream side in the downflow direction of the game ball, so that the spiral blade 82B can smoothly enter between the adjacent game balls. be able to. Further, a detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball flowing down in the guide gutter 61 is provided upstream of the payout device 50, so that a large gap occurs between the game balls when the ball is out. If so, the stepping motor 81 can be stopped.

  When a predetermined number of game balls are paid out, the stepping motor 81 stops and the payout is completed. Then, again, the game ball at the lowermost end of the game balls in the guide trough 61 is held between the screw 80 and the ball removing door member 71 and blocked.

  Here, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the gutter internal weir side surface 71M and the rotation support shaft 83 of the screw 80 are substantially parallel to each other and incline with respect to the gravity direction, and the screw 80 is the gutter internal dam side surface 71M. By facing diagonally from above, the load of gravity on the game ball is applied to the gutter internal weir side surface 71M more than the screw 80. Further, since the abutting inclined surface 84M of the spiral blade 82B is inclined so as to release the flow-down pressure of the game ball located at the lowermost end to the side of the gutter internal weir side surface 71M, the flow-down pressure of the game ball group to the screw 80 The burden is lighter than before. As a result, the screw 80 and the supporting portion of the screw 80 can be made smaller than in the conventional case, and the entire dispensing device 50 can be downsized.

  In addition, since the upper part of the screw 80 of the guide trough 61 is bent by the first and second curved guide portions 62B and 63B, the flowing pressure of the game ball is received by the bent portion and the screw 80 is burdened. Is further reduced.

  Furthermore, in the lower part of the first curved guide portion 62B of the guide gutter 61, the gutter inner projection 65 that protrudes inward is provided, so the game ball that flows down the guide gutter 61 during payout is described above. After the momentum is suppressed by the bent portion, the momentum is further relaxed by coming into contact with the gutter inner projection 65. This prevents the game ball from colliding strongly with the screw 80, so that the load on the screw 80 can be further reduced.

  Further, since the inclined surface 65M that is curved so as to bulge outward is formed in the gutter inner projection 65, the game ball that passes through the bent portion and goes toward the screw 80 side is guided to the front side main flat plate 60B side. The force toward the screw 80 side can be reduced. Furthermore, since the flat surface 65H extending from the end of the inclined surface 65M is formed on the gutter inner projection 65, and the game ball is held between the flat surface 65H and the front main flat plate 60B, the game is played. It becomes easy to hold the ball in a position where it is easily engaged with the screw 80. Further, since the gutter inner projection 65 extends obliquely from the upper side to the gutter inner damming side surface 71M, it is possible to largely apply the downward pressure of the game ball to the gutter inner damming side surface 71M. As a result, the burden of the falling pressure on the screw 80 is further suppressed.

  By the way, when cleaning the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 10 or moving the pachinko gaming machine 10, it is necessary to pull out all the game balls in the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  Here, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, when the game ball is blocked between the screw 80 and the gutter-inside blocking side surface 71M of the ball removal door member 71, the interlocking member 75 is moved upward. , The auxiliary door member 72 falls toward the guide gutter 61 side to close the guide gutter 61 below the screw 80 as the ball removal door member 71 becomes rotatable, so that the game ball that has been blocked is the ball removal door member. 71 is pushed to the side of the ball extraction trough 64, falls onto the auxiliary door member 72, passes through the ball extraction hole 63C, and is guided to the ball extraction trough 64. Then, a group of game balls connected to the guide gutter 61 are continuously discharged to the ball gutter 64, collected in a duct (not shown), and sent to the game ball circulation system. As a result, the remaining balls disappear from the main body of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and the game balls are smoothly discharged, so that the ball removing work can be performed more efficiently than before.

  Further, the ball removal hole 63C is opened below the lowermost game ball held by the screw 80 and the ball removal door member 71, so that all the game balls including the game ball held at the lowest end are removed. It can be made to flow down to the gutter 64.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the interlocking member 75 can be operated to open and close the ball removal door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72 at once. As a result, the ball-drilling hole 63C is changed from the closed state to the open state at once, so that the ball-draining work can be efficiently performed. Further, since the engaging protrusion 75T of the interlocking member 75 is formed vertically long, when the interlocking member 75 is moved upward, the auxiliary door member 72 substantially closes the payout area 61H and the engaging side surface 71N. The contact with the engagement protrusion 75T is released, and the ball removal door member 72 becomes rotatable. Thereby, when the ball is removed, it is possible to prevent the game ball from being paid out by mistake.

  Further, since the screw 80 is inclined and faces diagonally from the upper surface 71M side of the gutterway weir, the gravity related to the game ball is applied to the side surface 71M of the gutterway dam larger than that of the screw 80. Can press the ball removal door member 71 by using the downward pressure and pass through the ball removal hole 63C. Since the auxiliary door member 72 closes the guide gutter 61 above the ball detection sensor 54 that detects the game balls, it is possible to prevent erroneous detection of those game balls when removing the balls. Therefore, the management data of the number of game balls is not adversely affected.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and for example, the embodiments described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and further, various other than the following without departing from the scope of the invention. It can be changed and implemented.

  (1) In the above-described embodiment, the ball removal door 70 is configured by the ball removal door member 71 and the auxiliary door member 72, but the ball removal door 70 may be configured by only one door member. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, a configuration may be employed in which the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the flat-plate ball removal door 70Z is pivotally supported. According to this structure, by rotating the ball removal door 70Z clockwise, the ball removal hole 63C is opened and the guide gutter 61 is closed.

  (2) The dam member 80 may be a sprocket. Specifically, the sprocket has a structure in which multiple wing pieces project from a disk-shaped rotating body at equal intervals, and each wing piece is inclined to the side of the gutter internal weir to release the downward pressure of the game ball. A contact inclined surface is formed. When the game ball is held by the sprocket and the wing piece, it is desirable that the lower end portion of the wing piece is arranged below the center of the rotating body. This makes it possible to suppress the downward pressure of the game ball on the rotating body.

  (3) In the above embodiment, the gutter projection 65 has the inclined surface 65M, but the inclined surface 65M may have no inclined surface.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the trough inner projection 65 is formed by the back side main flat plate 60A being raised, but the trough inner projection may be attached to the inner surface of the back side main flat plate.

(5) In the above embodiment, the adjusting screw 96 abuts at a position facing the rotation center of the blocking member 80 in the columnar portion, but the adjusting screw is displaced from the rotation center axis of the blocking member rotation in the columnar portion. You may make it abut in the open position. With this configuration, it is possible to adjust the amount of protrusion of the spiral blade projecting into the guide gutter.
Note that the above-described embodiment and other embodiments (1) to (5) include the following configurations [1] to [12].
[1]
A guide gutter that guides the game ball downward,
Provided at the lower end of the guide gutter, normally damming the game balls flowing down the guide gutter and passing a predetermined number of game balls due to the establishment of a predetermined predetermined payout condition. In a gaming machine provided with a payout device for paying out to a player,
In the payout device, it is possible to dam the game ball in cooperation with an electric drive source and a gutter inner damming side surface which is one inner side surface of the guide gutter, and a power is supplied from the electric driving source. And a damming member which operates by receiving the game balls and which allows a number of game balls to pass therethrough,
A portion of the guide gutter having the side wall for blocking the gutter is separated as a ball removal door, and a ball removal hole for discharging the game ball blocked by the dispensing device is formed,
The ball-draining door closes the ball-draining hole, closes the guide gutter so that the guide gutter can be discharged, and opens the ball-draining hole and closes the guide gutter below the dam member. A gaming machine that is movably supported between an open position that guides the game ball in the guide gutter to the ball hole.
In the gaming machine according to [1], a ball-draining hole is formed as a ball-draining door that can be opened and closed in a portion of the guide trough having a gutter-inside dam side surface to which the downflow pressure of the game ball dammed by the dam member is applied. With this, when the ball removing door is placed in the open position, all the game balls including the blocked game balls are smoothly discharged from the ball removing hole by the downflow pressure, so that the balls are efficiently discharged from the dispensing device. It is possible to remove. Further, when removing the ball, the ball removing door guides the game ball to the ball removing hole, so that the game ball can be discharged more smoothly. It should be noted that the ball-extracting door may be configured by one member, or may be configured by a plurality of members as in [7] described later.
[2]
[1] is configured such that the downward pressure of the game ball blocked by the dam member and the gutter inner dam side surface is applied to the gutter inner dam side surface more than that of the dam member. Game machine.
In the configuration of [2], since the downward pressure of the game balls held by the dam member and the gutter inner weir side face is applied to the gutter inner dam side face more than the dam member, the ball door is at the open position. When arranged, the game ball is smoothly discharged through the ball removal hole using the downward pressure.
[3]
The guide gutter guides the game ball toward the dam member so as to direct the game ball from diagonally above the gutter inner dam side surface,
Among the guide troughs, one inner side surface between the dam member and the trough inner dam side surface has a trough inside which can abut the game ball from the trough inner dam side surface side toward the dam member side. The gaming machine according to [1] or [2], in which a protrusion is formed.
According to the configuration of [3], since the gutter inner projection is projected to the guide gutter, the game ball flowing down from the gutter inner dam side surface side toward the dam member side contacts the gutter inner projection. As a result, the momentum of the game ball can be eased. It is considered that this makes it possible to reduce the load on the blocking member.
[4]
The gutter inner projection is a ridge having a substantially trapezoidal cross section extending along the guide gutter,
An inclined surface that is inclinable so as to come closer to the inside as it goes from the side surface of the dam inside the gutter to the side of the dam member, and that can contact the game ball from the side surface of the gutter inside dam surface toward the dam member side. The gaming machine according to [3].
[5]
The gaming machine according to [4], wherein the inclined surface is curved so as to bulge outward.
In the game machine of [4], the game ball flowing down from the side surface of the gutter inner weir can run along the inclined surface and climb up to the gutter inner projection. Furthermore, according to the configuration of [5], since the inclined surface is curved so as to bulge outward, the game balls flowing down to the blocking member side are guided in a direction intersecting with the falling direction, and the blocking member side. It is possible to reduce the force to go to.
[6]
The gaming machine according to [4] or [5], wherein the ridgeline of the gutter-inward projection is inclined with respect to the direction of gravity and is arranged so as to face the gutter-inside dam side surface from diagonally above. ..
According to the configuration of [6], since the gutter-in projection extends obliquely upward from the gutter-inside dam side surface, it is possible to apply the downward pressure of the game ball to the gutter-inside dam side surface greatly. It will be possible.
[7]
The ball removal door includes a ball removal door member that opens and closes an upper portion of the ball removal hole, and an auxiliary door member that opens and closes a lower portion of the ball removal hole,
The ball removal door member has the gutter-inside dam side surface on one side surface, and is movably supported near the upper end of the ball removal hole,
The auxiliary door member is movably supported in the vicinity of the lower end of the ball removal hole, and when placed in the open position, moves to the inside of the guide trough to open the lower part of the ball removal hole and to stop the dam. The gaming machine according to any one of [1] to [6], wherein the guide gutter is closed below a member to guide a game ball in the guide gutter to the ball hole.
[8]
When the auxiliary door member is arranged in the closed position, the ball removal door member is arranged in the closed position, and when the auxiliary door member is arranged in the open position, the ball removal door member is The gaming machine according to [7], further including an interlocking member that interlocks the ball removal door member and the auxiliary door member so that they can be arranged in the open position.
[9]
The interlocking member is movable in a predetermined direction and has a first engaging portion that is engageable with the ball removal door member, and a second engaging portion that engages with the auxiliary door member,
When the interlocking member is arranged at one end of the predetermined direction, the first engaging portion engages with the ball removal door member to position the ball removal door member at the closed position. , The second engagement portion positions the auxiliary door member at the closed position,
When the interlocking member moves to the other side of the predetermined direction, the engagement between the first engagement portion and the ball-extracting door member is released, and the ball-extracting door member is brought to the open position. Together with the second engagement portion, the gaming machine according to [8], which guides the auxiliary door member to the open position.
According to the gaming machines of [8] and [9], the ball removal door member and the auxiliary door member are opened and closed at the same time in association with the movement of the interlocking member, so that the ball removal work can be efficiently performed.
[10]
The dam member is a screw that has a structure in which a spiral blade extends from a rotary shaft and is driven to rotate by a motor as the electric drive source,
The spiral blade projects into the guide trough through a trough side through hole formed in the guide trough, and the rotary shaft is arranged in a state along the downflow direction of the game ball, and contacts the spiral blade. The gaming machine according to any one of [1] to [9], in which a slope is formed.
According to the configuration of [10], the dam member is a screw having a structure in which a spiral blade projects from the rotating shaft, the spiral blade projects into the guide trough through the gutter side through hole, and the rotating shaft is a game ball. Since the screws are arranged along the flow-down direction, it is possible to prevent the screw from largely protruding from the side of the guide gutter, and the discharging device becomes compact.
[11]
[10], wherein the gutter internal weir side surface and the rotation axis of the screw are substantially parallel to each other and inclined with respect to the gravity direction, and the screw opposes the gutter internal weir side surface obliquely from above. Game machine.
According to the configuration of [11], the gutter inner weir side surface and the rotation axis of the screw are substantially parallel to each other and inclined with respect to the gravity direction, and the screw faces the gutter inner weir side surface from diagonally above. As a result, the load of gravity on the game ball is larger on the side of the dam in the gutter than on the screw.
[12]
In the payout device, a pair of flat opposing walls that are parallel to each other and face each other in the horizontal direction at an interval of one game ball, and a game in a direction orthogonal to the opposing direction of the pair of flat opposing walls. Discharge guide gutters, which are opposed to each other at intervals of one sphere and are composed of first and second curved facing walls at least partially curved, are provided as a part of the guide gutters.
The first and second curved facing walls have a pair of upper straight portions extending in a straight line in the vertical direction and facing each other, and a lower end of the upper straight portion of the first curved facing wall to the second curved facing wall. A parabolic first curved guide portion that bends away from the wall and bulges outward, and gradually moves downward from the lower end of the upper straight portion of the second curved opposing wall toward the first curved opposing wall side. A second bending guide portion that curves so as to approach and bulge outward and that is opposed to the first bending guide portion in the horizontal direction, and a lower guide portion that bends and extends downward from a lower end portion of the second bending guide portion. And
The gaming machine according to [10] or [11], in which the gutter side through hole is arranged below and adjacent to the first bending guide portion in the first bending opposing wall.
According to the configuration of [12], the payout device is provided with the payout guiding gutter as a part of the guiding gutter configured of the pair of flat facing walls and the first and second curved facing walls. .. Then, the first and second curved guide portions provided on the first and second curved opposing walls bend the middle portion of the payout guide gutter, and the downward pressure is received by the curved portion, and the load on the dam member is reduced. Is reduced. In addition, when the game ball flows down, the game ball that has passed between the pair of upper straight portions of the first and second curved facing walls is guided by the curved surface that bulges outside the second curved guide portion. Toward the first bending guide portion, the curved surface bulging to the outside of the first bending guide portion guides it downward. Thereby, the game ball flows smoothly.

10 Pachinko gaming machine 11 Game board 13 Mechanism plate 26 Upper plate 50 Discharging device 60 Device case 60A Back side main flat plate 60B Front side main flat plate 61 Induction gutter 62 First curved facing wall 63 Second curved facing wall 62C Gutter side through hole 63C Ball removal hole 65 Gutter inner projection 70 Ball removal door 71 Ball removal door member 71M Gutter inner weir side surface 72 Auxiliary door member 80 Weir member 81 Stepping motor 84M Contact inclined surface

Claims (2)

In the flow path where the game balls flow from the storage tank,
A first flow path that allows game balls to flow in a row,
A second flow path branched from the first flow path;
A gaming machine comprising: a first position that restricts entry of a game ball from the first flow path into the second flow path; and an opening / closing member that moves between a second position that allows the entry.
A slanted gutter extending diagonally in the vertical direction, the inside of which is the first flow path,
Of the inner surface of the inclined gutter, a branch opening that opens to the first inclined surface side that obliquely faces the flowing down game ball and is an inlet to the second flow path,
When the reference position is the position closest to the lower opening edge in the upper opening edge of the branch opening in the horizontal direction, the upper opening edge of the branch opening is located outside the inclined trough in the horizontal direction with respect to the reference position. A rotating shaft located in the vicinity of
The opening / closing member is pivotally supported by the rotation shaft to rotate between the first position and the second position, and at the first position, a part of the opening / closing member is horizontal with respect to the reference position. Is located inside the inclined gutter, and in the second position, is entirely located outside the inclined gutter in the horizontal direction with respect to the reference position,
The flow channel width of the first flow channel in the direction orthogonal to the surface including the first flow channel and the second flow channel is a branch portion of the first flow channel to the second flow channel, and gaming machine, wherein a wide're I on the way to the second passage from the first flow path. The first flow path is provided with a damming member that is arranged so as to face the branch opening and switches between a first state of damming the game ball and a second state of canceling the damming,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the flow path width of the branch portion in the first flow path is wider on the branch opening side than on the blocking member side .

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