JP4478502B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine in which a ball storage box is disposed in a front frame on which a game board is installed, and a pachinko ball overflowing from an upper ball dish is stored in the ball storage box.

In the conventional pachinko gaming machine, for example, a transparent plate holding frame that covers the front of the game board is pivotally attached to the upper front of the front frame on which the game board is installed, and a front board is pivotally attached to the lower front thereof. An upper ball dish for storing pachinko balls supplied to the hitting ball launching unit and a lower ball dish for storing pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball dish are mounted on the front surface of the front plate (see Patent Document 1). On the other hand, a mechanism plate is mounted on the back surface of the front frame so as to cover the back surface of the game board. The mechanism plate is equipped with a ball dispensing device for supplying pachinko balls from the ball tank, and a ball dispensing rod for guiding the pachinko balls dispensed from the ball dispensing device to the upper ball dish below the ball dispensing device. Is provided. In addition, an overflow ball discharge rod that guides the pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball tray to the lower lower ball tray is arranged so as to be continuous with the ball discharge basket (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2002-191817 A (page 2-3, FIG. 1) JP-A-8-252368 (page 3-4, FIG. 1)

  However, the back side of the mechanism plate, especially the lower part thereof, is a ball payout rod extending from the ball payout device, an overflow ball discharge rod, an out ball rod that discharges the out ball, and a prize ball ball that discharges the winning ball.樋 is complicated and complicated. In particular, the overflow ball discharge basket extends from the upper part to the lower part and occupies a large area because the lower ball dish is mounted at the approximate center of the lower front surface of the front frame. For this reason, the current situation is that it is difficult to assemble other kites.

  By the way, in recent years, in the second type, that is, a fever type pachinko machine, a variable display device that is mounted in the center of the game board and displays information such as numbers and symbols is large in order to increase the interest of the game. With this trend, game boards are becoming larger. When the variable display device and the game board are increased in size as described above, the central control board that is mounted on the back side of the game board and controls game contents is also increased in size. However, as the game board becomes larger, it is necessary to extend the game board downward, but since the upper ball dish and the lower ball dish are mounted on the front of the front frame below and above, respectively, There is a limit to the downward expansion of the game board.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a recess is formed in the lower front portion of the front frame, and pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball dish are stored in the recess so that the back of the mechanism plate is The purpose of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine capable of enlarging the assembling space of each bowl and allowing the game board to be expanded as much as possible by lowering the upper ball tray as much as possible. .

  In order to achieve such an object, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a ball discharge port for discharging a pachinko ball paid out from the ball payout device to the front side of the front frame on one side of the front frame on which the game board is installed. A front plate is pivotally attached to the lower front surface of the front frame, and a pachinko ball that communicates with the ball discharge port and is discharged from the ball discharge port and supplied to the ball hitting unit of the ball hitting rail is stored on the front plate. A pachinko gaming machine equipped with an upper ball dish that forms a recessed portion that is recessed backward on the lower front surface of the front frame facing the front plate, and is located above the recessed portion and the ball discharge port An overflow outlet for discharging pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball dish to the front side of the front frame is provided at a position adjacent to the front frame, and the recess is located between the front plate and the rear side wall of the recess from the overflow outlet. A ball storage box that accepts and stores discharged pachinko balls Consisting of configuration.

  In this case, a foul ball discharge passage for discharging a pachinko ball that has been launched from the hitting ball launching unit to the game board surface but returned to the hitting ball launching unit side and a pachinko ball stored in the upper ball dish are removed from the ball storage box. Therefore, it is preferable to connect the discharge ball passage.

  In any case, a ball punch for removing the pachinko balls in the ball storage box outside the pachinko gaming machine is provided on the front surface of the ball storage box, It is preferable that a lower front plate is pivotally attached to the lower front portion of the frame and a speaker box with a built-in speaker is attached to the front surface so as to cover the ball punch.

  In the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, an overflow outlet is provided adjacent to the ball outlet on the upper side of the recess formed on the lower front surface of the front frame, and the front plate and the recess are provided in the recess. Since a ball storage box is placed between the back wall of the recess and receives and stores pachinko balls discharged from the overflow outlet, there is no overflow ball discharge trap on the back side of the mechanism plate as in the past. As a result, an assembling space is provided on the back surface of the front frame, and there is an effect that the degree of freedom in assembling is increased, for example, a wiring board can be mounted in addition to various ridges. In addition, the lower front of the front frame eliminates the need for a conventional lower ball tray and allows the upper ball tray to be lowered downwards. Gauge becomes possible, and there is an effect that the interest of the game is further enhanced.

  The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2 includes a foul ball discharge passage for discharging a pachinko ball that has become a foul in the ball storage box, and a ball passage for discharging the pachinko ball stored in the upper ball tray for ball removal. Since the connection is made, these pachinko balls are collected in one place, and there is an effect that it is easy to process.

  Furthermore, in the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3, a ball punch for removing the pachinko ball in the ball storage box outside the pachinko gaming machine is provided on the front surface of the storage box, and is provided below the front plate. A speaker box with a built-in speaker is attached to the front lower part of the front frame so that the lower front plate is pivotally attached and the front of the ball cover is covered, so the speaker box is positioned in front of the player It is powerful to hear the sound effect of, and has the effect of being innovative in design and increasing the product value.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view in a state where the transparent plate holding frame, the front plate, and the lower front plate are opened and a ball storage box is removed, and FIG. is there. The pachinko gaming machine P has a vertically rectangular outer frame 1 made of wood, and a frame-shaped front frame 2 is provided on the front side of the outer frame 1 with one side upper and lower parts on one side upper and lower parts of the outer frame 1. It is pivotally mounted on the shaft support portions 3 and 3 so as to be rotatable. The front frame 2 is made of synthetic resin, and a substantially circular window opening 4 is opened at the upper center. A game portion 5a on the front surface of the game board 5 installed on the back side of the front frame 2 faces the window opening 4 so as to be surrounded by the outer and inner guide rails 6a and 6b. The game unit 5a of the game board 5 includes a variable display device 7 on which information such as numbers and symbols are variably displayed, a start winning port 8 for operating the variable display device 7 by winning a pachinko ball, and the variable display device 7. Board components such as a winning device 9 and a general winning port 10 are provided to obtain a number of pachinko balls as a winning ball at a time under certain conditions when they are aligned with a specific display.

  A transparent plate holding frame 12 that covers the game portion 5a on the front surface of the game board 5 and that has two glass plates 11 arranged in parallel as parallel plates is pivotally mounted on the upper front surface of the front frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed. In addition, a front plate 14 is mounted on the lower front surface of the front frame 2 below the transparent plate holding frame 12 and the upper ball tray 13 is mounted, and a lower front plate is mounted below the front plate 14 and the speaker box 15 is mounted. 16 are pivotally mounted on a plurality of shaft support portions provided with the upper and lower portions on one side thereof spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance on one side of the front frame 2.

  A synthetic resin mechanism plate 17 is rotatably mounted on the back side of the front frame 2 so as to cover the back surface of the game board 5. In the center of the mechanism board 17, an opening 19 is opened to face a winning ball collective cover 18 that collects pachinko balls attached to the back side of the gaming board 5 and discharged as winning balls to the back side of the gaming board 5 and guides them downward. On the rear surface of the mechanism plate 17, a ball tank 20 is disposed above the opening 19 so as to surround the opening 19, a tank rail 21 is disposed below the ball tank 20, and a ball dispensing device 23 is connected to the lower end of the mechanism plate 17 via a curve rail 22. Is arranged. Below the ball dispensing device 23, a ball dispensing rod 24 for guiding the pachinko balls discharged from the ball dispensing device 23 to the upper ball tray 13 is provided.

  In the lower front surface of the front frame 2, portions facing the front plate 14 and the lower front plate 16 are recessed backward. A ball discharge port 26 communicating with the lower end of the ball discharge basket 24 is opened on one upper side of the hollow portion 25, and the ball discharge port 26 is connected to the upper ball dish via a communication passage 27 on the front plate 14 side. 13 communicates. In addition, a ball storage box 28 for storing pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball tray 9 in the recessed portion 25 toward the shaft support portion 3 side of the front frame 2 is disposed.

  Further, on the other side of the recess 25, a hit ball launch rail 29 is mounted on the front surface of the side wall 25a thereafter. The tip of the hit ball launching rail 29 is connected to the base end of the outer guide rail 6b through a foul ball discharge passage 30. Further, the hitting ball launching portion 31 of the hitting ball launching rail 29 faces a hitting ball rod 33 that is reciprocally rotated by a drive motor 32 to hit and launch a pachinko ball at the location of the hitting ball launching portion 31. The front side of the hitting ball rod 33 is surrounded by a surrounding plate 34 attached to the front frame 2, and an operation handle 35 is mounted on the front surface thereof, so that the hitting force of the hitting ball rod 33 can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of rotation. It has become.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an overflow that discharges pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball tray 13 to the front side of the front frame 2 at a position that is also above the depression 25 and adjacent to the ball discharge port 26. An outlet 36 is provided. That is, the overflow ball port 37 is opened on one side of the inner wall of the ball discharge basket 24, and the overflow ball port 37 communicates with the overflow ball discharge rod 38 connected to the overflow outlet 36. As a result, the pachinko balls overflowing from the upper ball tray 13 are introduced into the overflow ball discharge rod 38 through the overflow ball port 37 and guided into the ball storage box 28 from the overflow outlet 36 at the lower end.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the sphere storage box 28 is formed of a synthetic resin box having a thickness that can be accommodated in the recess 25 and having an open rear surface and upper surface. In the ball storage box 28, a vertical rectangular frame 39 is integrally provided on one side of the back surface of the front cover plate 28a, and the overflow outlet 36 and the horizontal cover plate 28b are opposed to the vertical rectangular frame 39. Correspondingly, the longitudinal passage 40 whose upper surface is opened is formed. Further, on the other side of the front cover plate 28a, a first receiving plate 41 and a second receiving plate 42 projecting rearward from the front cover plate 28a are arranged substantially parallel to each other with a predetermined vertical separation. Both the first and second receiving plates 41 and 42 are inclined slightly toward the vertical rectangular frame 39, and are shifted in the left and right directions.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko balls that have fallen into the vertical passage 40 are guided downward. Further, the pachinko balls that have fallen on the upper surfaces of the first and second receiving plates 41 and 42 flow down on the upper surfaces of the first and second receiving plates 41 and 42, respectively, and drop downward from the respective lower ends of the flow. A bottom cover plate 28c on which the respective pachinko balls are gathered together is stretched at the bottom of the back surface of the front cover plate 28a. The vertical rectangular frame 39 has a through hole 43 on the side of the vertical passage 40, and a swing plate 44 is pivotally attached to the upper end of the through hole 43 so as to close the through hole 43. The swinging plate 44 is for detecting the amount of pachinko balls accumulated in the ball storage box 28, and the lower part of the swinging plate 44 always protrudes from the through hole 43 toward the vertical passage 40. Further, a limit switch 45 is disposed in the vertical rectangular frame 39 so as to face the swing plate 44, and when the swing plate 44 is pushed by the pachinko ball and swings inward, it is electrically detected. It is supposed to be.

  The front cover plate 28a is provided with an overhanging portion 46 that protrudes horizontally to the front approximately at the center of the lower portion of the front surface. As shown in FIG. 7, a ball punch 47 is formed inside the projecting portion 46, and the bottom cover plate 28c and the ball punch 47 are connected to each other through a delivery port 48 provided in the front cover plate 28a. Yes. A ball outlet 49 is formed at the bottom of the front end of the ball outlet 47, and a shutter plate 50 that slides on the ball outlet 49 to open and close the ball outlet 49 is provided. The shutter plate 50 is urged so as to always close the ball outlet 49 by a spring or the like, and a shutter 51 provided integrally with the shutter plate 50 has a knob 51 against the bullet member. , The ball outlet 49 can be opened.

  Further, a plurality of screw insertion holes 52 are provided along the outer peripheral edge of the front cover plate 28a, and a screw hole 53a is provided at the front end of the recess 25 in a position corresponding to the screw insertion holes 52a. A plurality of bosses 35 are arranged. Therefore, the sphere storage box 28 is housed in the recess 25 from the back side, and the sphere storage box 28 is arranged and fixed by screwing screws 54 into the screw holes 53a through the screw insertion holes 52.

  In this state, the pachinko balls discharged from the overflow outlet 36 fall into the vertical passage 40. Further, the pachinko sphere as a foul sphere reversing the upper surface of the outer guide rail 6b is discharged from the base end portion into the foul sphere discharge passage 30 and falls onto the upper surface of the first receiving plate 41. Further, the pachinko balls withdrawn from the upper ball tray 13 are ball-fed from a drop opening 56 which is opened on the bottom surface of the lower end of the rectifying passage 13b connected to the ball storage portion 13a of the upper ball tray 13 and opened and closed by the bottom plate 55. It falls into the passage 57 and falls to the upper surface of the second receiving plate 42 from the connecting port 57a opened at the front plate 14 at the lower end thereof.

  When the front plate 14 is closed, the upper part of the front surface of the ball storage box 28 is covered by the front plate 14, but the protruding portion 46 at the lower part of the ball storage box 28 is exposed and protrudes forward from below the front plate 14. The overhanging portion 46 is covered with the speaker box 15 attached to the lower front plate 16.

  The speaker box 15 is made of synthetic resin and is integrally formed so as to bulge forward on the front surface of the lower front plate 16. The speaker box 15 has a rear surface opened at the position of the lower front plate 16 and a hollow interior. Then, sound transmission holes 58 and 58 are formed on the left and right sides of the speaker box 15 so as to face obliquely upward. Corresponding to these, speakers 59 and 59 are respectively arranged inside. As shown in FIG. 8, each speaker 59 has a conical frame 59a on the front end side attached with an annular support frame 60 from the rear side, and a fixing ring 61 having the same size as the conical frame 59 from the front side. Is fitted. A plurality of screw insertion holes 62 are provided at predetermined positions on the outer peripheral edge of the support frame 60, and the inner peripheral surface of the speaker box 15 is screwed at the tip corresponding to each screw insertion hole 62 around each sound transmission hole 58. A boss 64 having a hole 63 is projected.

  Each speaker 59 is attached by aligning the screw insertion hole 62 with each screw hole 63 and screwing the screw 65 into each screw hole 63 via each screw insertion hole 62. When the lower front plate 16 is closed, the protruding portion 46 is interposed in the speaker box 15 so that it cannot be seen from the outside. A knob 51 for operating the shutter plate 50 projects forward from the lower side of the speaker box 15. When the player sits in front of the pachinko gaming machine P, the two sound transmission holes 58, 58 are located in front of the hips, and are tilted downward to the front, so that they are output from the respective speakers 59. The sound is transmitted directly to the player and has a powerful sound effect.

  The present invention has the above-described configuration. For example, when the variable display device 7 is in a big hit state during a game and the winning device 9 is opened and a pachinko ball wins the winning device 9, the ball payout device 23 is operated and many pachinko balls are operated. The ball is paid out as a prize ball. These pachinko balls are guided to the ball dispensing basket 24 and stored in the upper ball tray 13 through the ball discharge port 26. Then, when the upper ball tray 13 is filled with pachinko balls and the pachinko balls overflow, the overflowing pachinko balls flow from the overflow ball port 37 inside the ball discharge port 26 into the overflow ball discharge rod 38, and It is guided to the overflow ball discharge rod 38 and falls from the overflow outlet 36 to the front side of the front frame 2, that is, in the vertical passage 40 of the ball storage box 28 and stored.

  Further, during this time, the pachinko balls launched from the hitting ball launching portion 31 and unfortunately do not reach the game portion 5a of the game board 5, and the pachinko balls as the foul balls that have been returned to the fall fall into the foul ball discharge passage 30 and become the first. It is received by the receiving plate 41 and falls downward from its lower end. On the other hand, when a pachinko ball remains in the upper ball tray 13 after the game ends, a rectifying passage 13b of the upper ball tray 13 is operated by operating a ball pulling lever (not shown) provided in the upper ball tray 13. The bottom plate 55 at the lower end of the flow slides and the drop port 56 opens. Then, the pachinko ball that has flowed into the drop port 56 flows down in the ball feed passage 57 and is received by the upper surface of the second receiving plate 42 through the communication port 57a, and similarly falls downward from the lower end of the flow.

  When the pachinko balls accumulate in a certain amount or more in the ball storage box 28 in this way, the swing plate 44 is pushed by the pachinko balls and swings inward, and the limit switch 45 is activated accordingly, for example, a drive motor The rotation of 32 is stopped. Thereby, the player knows that the pachinko balls are stored in the ball storage box 28 more than necessary. Therefore, if the knob 51 is operated and the shutter plate 50 is slid, the ball outlet 49 is opened and the ball can be removed through the ball hole 68 on the lower surface of the speaker box 15.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a pachinko ball and an out ball that are discharged as winning balls to the back of the game board 5 from each winning port or out ball discharging port at the lower back side of the mechanism plate 17 are used. A ball gathering basket 66 for gathering pachinko balls is provided, and a ball discharge bowl 67 for releasing the pachinko balls in the ball gathering basket 66 to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine P is provided at the center thereof. Therefore, free assembly spaces S and S are formed on both sides of the front frame 2 and the wiring board 68 is mounted in the assembly spaces S and S.

  Thus, in the present invention, the overflow outlet 36 is provided adjacent to the ball outlet 26 on the upper side of the recess 25 formed on the lower front surface of the front frame 2, and the front plate 14 and the Since the ball storage box 28 for receiving and storing pachinko balls discharged as overflow balls from the overflow outlet 36 is disposed between the rear side wall 25a of the hollow portion 25, the mechanism plate 17 is conventionally used. As a result, the overflow ball discharge rod on the back side is eliminated, and an assembling space is provided on the back surface of the front frame 2 to that extent, so that the degree of freedom of the assembly can be increased, for example, not only various types of soot can be mounted.

  Further, the lower front plate of the front frame 2 does not require a conventional lower ball tray, and the upper ball tray 13 can be lowered downward, so that the game board 5 can be expanded with a margin. A large board gauge is possible, and the fun of gaming is further enhanced.

The front perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine concerning the present invention. The perspective view of the state which opened the transparent plate holding frame, the front plate, and the lower front plate, and removed the ball storage box. FIG. The front view of the pachinko machine which removed the front board and the lower front board. XX sectional drawing of FIG. The back surface perspective view of a ball storage box. A longitudinal sectional view of a part of a pachinko gaming machine. The expanded sectional view of a speaker box.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Front frame 5 Game board 13 Upper ball tray 14 Front plate 23 Ball dispensing device 25 Indentation part 25a Rear side wall 26 Ball discharge port 28 Ball storage box 29 Hitting ball launch rail 30 Foul ball discharge passage 31 Hitting ball launching part 36 Overflow outlet 47 Ball extraction樋 P Pachinko machine

Claims (3)

A ball discharge port for discharging a pachinko ball discharged from the ball dispensing device to the front side of the front frame is opened on one side of the front frame on which the game board is installed, and a front plate is pivotally attached to the lower front surface of the front frame, A pachinko gaming machine in which an upper ball tray for storing a pachinko ball that is connected to the front surface of the front plate and communicates with the ball discharge port and is discharged from the ball discharge port and supplied to the hitting ball launching unit,
Forming a recess recessed backward on the lower front surface of the front frame facing the front plate, and a pachinko ball overflowing from the upper ball dish at a position above the recess and adjacent to the ball discharge port An overflow outlet is provided on the front side of the front frame, and a pachinko ball that is located between the front plate and a rear side wall of the recess is received and stored in the recess. A pachinko machine characterized by a ball storage box.   A foul ball discharge passage for discharging a pachinko ball that has been launched from the hitting ball launching unit to the game board surface but returned back to the hitting ball launching unit side and a pachinko ball stored in the upper ball dish are removed from the ball storage box. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball path is connected to a discharging ball passage.   The ball storage box is provided on the front surface of the ball storage box for removing the pachinko ball in the ball storage box out of the pachinko gaming machine, and is provided below the front plate and below the front frame of the front frame. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a speaker box having a speaker built therein is attached to the front plate so as to be pivotally attached and to cover the ball extraction box.

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