JP4834714B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine provided with a supply tray for supplying hitting balls and a storage tray for storing pachinko balls.

  In a conventional pachinko gaming machine, a main body frame is mounted on a front surface of a machine frame fixed to an installation island so as to be freely opened and closed, and a game board is provided on the rear surface of the main body frame. And, on the front surface of the main body frame, provided with a supply tray for supplying pachinko balls to a ball striking device for firing pachinko balls on the game board, and a storage tray for storing surplus balls located below the supply tray, An operation handle is provided on the side of the storage dish.

  The pachinko gaming machine configured in this manner is provided with a storage tray for storing pachinko balls located below the supply tray for supplying hitting balls, and the supply tray is filled with pachinko balls paid out from the ball dispensing device. When it becomes, it guide | induces to the said storage tray through a surplus ball path.

In addition, the supply tray is gradually narrowed down and aligned with the side wall of the tray portion as a guide wall in order to feed the hit balls one by one to the hit ball launching device. For this reason, since the storage amount of a plate part inevitably decreases and overflows to a storage plate immediately, the supply tray which provided the auxiliary storage part in order to increase the storage amount as much as possible is disclosed (for example, patent) Reference 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-76554

  However, there are few pachinko balls stored in the auxiliary storage section, and although the storage tray immediately overflows, the storage tray is also provided with an operation handle and ashtray on the side, and the storage amount of the storage tray is very small. I had to fill the ball box and remove the ball.

  When the number of winning balls is reduced, the pachinko balls in the supply tray are immediately lost, and the player must return the pachinko balls in the storage tray or ball box to the supply tray. In particular, female players touched dirty pachinko balls and damaged their nails, which contributed to the separation of customers.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine that allows a player to play without returning the overflowing balls in the storage tray to the supply tray.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an upper plate and a lower plate are provided with a height difference on the front surface of a gaming machine, and pachinko balls in the lower plate are placed in an aligned state on the lower plate. A launch ball lead-out portion that leads to the device is provided, a pay-out passage for allowing the pachinko balls discharged from the ball pay-out device to flow into the lower plate is provided, and an overflow outlet is provided in the middle of the pay-out passage so that the discharge passage is overflowed. The pachinko ball that is communicated with the upper plate through an outlet and is filled in the payout passage overflows from the overflow port and is temporarily stored in the upper plate.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the upper plate is formed to be inclined downward toward the overflow outlet.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a communication passage is provided for allowing the pachinko balls in the upper plate to flow into the lower plate.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an upper plate and a lower plate are provided with a height difference on the front surface of the gaming machine, a payout passage is provided for allowing a pachinko ball discharged from a ball payout device to flow into the upper plate, and the upper plate A communication passage is provided for allowing the pachinko balls in the lower plate to flow down into the lower plate, and the lower plate is provided with a launching ball lead-out portion for guiding the pachinko balls in the lower plate to the hitting ball launcher in an aligned state.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, an upper plate and a lower plate are provided with a height difference on the front surface of the gaming machine, and a payout passage is provided for allowing a pachinko ball discharged from a ball payout device to flow into the upper plate. The pachinko ball in the lower plate is provided with a communication passage through which the pachinko ball in the lower plate flows down, and a launching ball lead-out portion that guides the pachinko ball in the lower plate to the hitting ball launcher in an aligned state is provided in the middle of the payout passage. An overflow outlet is provided, the discharge passage is communicated with the lower plate through the overflow port, and pachinko balls filled in the upper plate overflow from the overflow outlet and flow into the lower plate. To do.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, a ball opening device is provided that opens the ball opening in the lower plate and closes the ball opening, The pachinko balls on the upper plate and the lower plate are removed by operating a ball removing device. Preferably, the lower plate is provided with a plurality of ball openings, and at least one is provided in a rectifying passage that aligns pachinko balls in a row. In addition, it is preferable to provide a closing plate for closing the plurality of ball extraction openings, and connect the closing plates so that they can be operated with one operating member.

  It is preferable that the upper plate and the lower plate are provided on an opening / closing plate that integrally opens.

  It is preferable that a communication path for allowing the pachinko balls in the upper plate to flow down into the lower plate is provided on the front side of the gaming machine so that the upper plate and the lower plate communicate with each other on the front side of the gaming machine. Further, the upper plate and the lower plate may be communicated with each other through a plurality of communication paths.

  Further, it is preferable to collect the foul balls directly in the lower dish.

  It is preferable that a rectifying unit is provided on the upper plate, and the pachinko ball of the upper plate is rectified by the rectifying unit and led to the lower plate.

  Further, it is preferable to provide a vibration means for eliminating ball clogging in the payout passage, and the vibration means is, for example, a vibration motor in which an eccentric cam is provided in the motor. Further, the hitting ball launching device may be used as the vibration means, and the vibration generated by the hitting ball launching device may be directly or indirectly applied to the payout passage using a link or the like.

  In addition, it is preferable to provide a suppression means for reducing the ball pressure at the opening through which the pachinko ball flows into the lower plate, and the suppression means is, for example, a soft resin piece and a swing member.

  The lower plate is provided via an opening / closing plate, and a firing rail having a firing position for temporarily waiting pachinko balls supplied one by one from the lower plate via a hitting ball supply device is arranged on the rear side of the opening / closing plate. Further, it is preferable that a hitting ball launching device for driving a pachinko ball at the launching position into the game board surface is disposed on the rear side of the opening / closing plate.

  A hitting ball supply device for supplying pachinko balls in the lower plate one by one, a launch rail for temporarily stopping the pachinko balls supplied from the hitting ball supply device at a launch position, and a hit ball for driving the pachinko balls at the launch position into the game board surface It is preferable that a launching unit is configured by assembling the launching device, and the launching unit is detachably attached to the lower plate.

  A pachinko gaming machine in which a pachinko ball is paid out to the lower plate from a ball payout device by removably mounting the lower plate and combining a predetermined design with a variable display device, the lower plate and A remodeling supply tray having compatibility is replaced with the lower plate, and the remodeling supply tray is provided with a ball collecting mechanism that collects a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number and a condition that the balls have been collected. And a stop operation unit that stops the variable design of the variable display device, and the design of the variable display device that has been changed by the operation of the start operation unit is stopped. It is preferable that pachinko balls are paid out from the ball payout device to the supply tray for remodeling by being stopped at a combination of predetermined symbols by an arbitrary stop operation of the operation unit.

  As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, the upper plate and the lower plate are provided with a height difference on the front surface of the gaming machine, and the lower plate communicates with the ball striking device and the pachinko balls in the lower plate are aligned. In this way, the upper plate and the lower plate are communicated via the ball path so that the pachinko balls filled in the ball path are temporarily stored in the upper plate. Therefore, the amount of storage can be greatly increased, and it is possible to concentrate on the game without the trouble of returning the overflowing ball by hand as in the prior art.

  Embodiments of a ball tray for a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine shown with a glass door frame and a front plate opened. In the figure, 1 is a machine frame of a pachinko gaming machine, 2 is a front frame opened in a frame shape that can be freely opened and closed on the front of the machine frame 1, and 3 is a support frame 4 on the rear side of the front frame 2 A game board that is detachably mounted. A glass door frame 5 that covers the upper part of the game board 3 and a front plate 6 as an opening / closing plate are attached to the front surface of the opening of the front frame 2 by an axial support mechanism 67 so that the glass door frame 5 is opened. It is locked in a closed state by a locking device 10 provided at the end. Further, an upper plate and a lower plate are provided on the front surface of the front plate 6 with a height difference, and the lower plate is a supply plate 11 for supplying hitting balls, and the upper plate stores surplus balls of the supply plate 11. It is the storage tray 12 which supplies this surplus sphere with the reduction | decrease of the pachinko ball of the supply tray 11. FIG. Reference numeral 14 denotes an operation handle for adjusting the resilience of the hit ball provided on the side of the supply tray 11. Although the support frame 4 will be described as an embodiment formed integrally with the front frame 2, it goes without saying that the support frame 4 may be formed separately.

  In the game board 3, a substantially circular game area 3a is formed by guide rails 15 (inner and outer rails 15a and 15b) as guiding means, and the symbols of the general winning opening 16 and the variable display device 17 are changed in the game area 3a. There are provided a start winning port 18 to be opened, a large winning port 19 opened by a combination of preset symbols of the variable display device 17, and the like. The large winning opening 19 is a well-known one that is provided with an opening / closing door 22 that can be opened and closed in a laterally long opening formed in a mounting plate, and that opens and closes the opening / closing door 22 by an electric drive source (not shown). . Further, an out port 23 is formed below the large winning port 19 and at the bottom of the game area 3a. The out port 23 is used to discharge out balls that have not won the winning ports 16, 18, and 19. Reference numeral 24 denotes a side lamp provided in the game area 3a, and reference numeral 25 denotes a corner lens provided above the game area 3a.

  The support frame 4 has a peripheral wall portion 26 surrounding the periphery of the game board 3 and a support portion 27 on which the lower surface of the game board 3 abuts and supported in a hollow frame shape. As shown in FIG. 5, a firing rail 28 is attached to the lower left front surface of the support portion 27, and a guide wall 29 communicating with the outer rail 15a is continuously provided at the tip thereof. Reference numeral 30 denotes a hitting ball launching device in which the tip of the hitting ball 32 faces the launching position 31 of the launching rail 28 and is electrically connected to the operation handle 14. The hitting ball launching device 30 has a plunger as a hitting ball rod 32 inserted through a solenoid 33, and the ball hitting ball 32 is advanced and retracted by energization / disconnection of the solenoid 33 to emit a pachinko ball. Reference numeral 34 denotes a foul ball guiding piece which guides the pachinko ball launched by the ball striking device 30 to the foul ball collection passage 35 so as not to reach the game area 3a and return to the firing rail 28 as a foul ball. The hitting ball launching device may reciprocate the hitting ball by rotating a motor.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a mechanism plate 37 formed in a substantially rectangular shape by a synthetic resin is disposed on the back surface of the game board 3, and a window portion facing the rear portion of the variable display device 17 is located substantially at the center. 38 is established, and a ball tank 39 for storing pachinko balls is attached above the window 38. A ball guide rod 40 for arranging and guiding pachinko balls is provided below the ball tank 39, and a ball dispensing device 42 for dispensing a predetermined number of pachinko balls through a bending guide rod 41 is connected to the downstream end of the ball guide rod 40. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the ball payout device 42 is roughly constituted by a main body base 43, a drive motor 44, and a lead screw 45. A supply passage 46 connected to the bending guide rod 41 is formed in the main body base 43, and the lead screw 45 is fixed to an output shaft 47 of the drive motor 44. The leading edge 48 of the sphere supply passage 46 is paid out each time the lead screw 45 rotates by a ridge 48 provided spirally on the lead screw 45. Reference numeral 49 denotes a ball counting sensor that detects pachinko balls paid out by the rotation of the lead screw 45.

  Below the ball payout device 42, a payout passage 51 serving as a ball path for guiding the pachinko balls discharged from the ball payout device 42 from the ball outlet 50 a to the supply tray 11 through the connection rod 50, and the supply tray 11 A ball passage portion 52 is provided for guiding surplus spheres overflowing from an overflow outlet 62 provided on one side of the payout passage 51 to the storage tray 12 when the payout passage 51 is filled with pachinko balls. Thus, the pachinko sphere communicates with the storage tray 12 and flows from the ball outlet 53a. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a detecting means 54 is provided above the ball passage portion 52 to detect the fullness of the storage tray 12, and the detecting means is pushed by pachinko balls filling the ball passage portion 52. It comprises a detection plate 55 that moves and a detection switch 56 that is pressed by the detection plate 55. When the storage tray 12 becomes full and the detection switch 56 is pressed by the detection plate 55, the corner lens 25 provided on the game board 3 is turned on to notify the player that the tank is full, and the ball payout device The payout of 42 is stopped.

  The dispensing passage 51 is provided with a vibrating means 57. The vibrating means 57 has a motor 58 and an eccentric weight 59 fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor 58. When the motor 58 is activated, the eccentric weight 59 is provided. Rotates to generate vibration. The vibration means 57 is for preventing clogging of the ball in the payout passage 51. For example, a ball detection switch is provided at the upper and lower positions of the payout passage 51, and the upper ball detection switch is on and the lower ball detection switch is turned on. You may make it vibrate in an unnatural state, such as an OFF state, to eliminate ball clogging, or to vibrate periodically. Further, the hitting ball launching device 30 may be used as the vibration means, and the vibration generated by the hitting ball launching device 30 may be directly or indirectly applied to the payout passage 51 using a link or the like. Reference numeral 60 denotes a ball extraction passage for discharging the pachinko ball extracted by the ball extraction device 61 provided in the bending guide rod 41 to the outside of the machine. In addition, it is preferable to provide a cushioning member such as urethane rubber that absorbs impact so that the pachinko ball delivered from the ball dispensing device 42 does not jump at the bottom of the bent lower end of the dispensing passage 51.

  A ball collecting portion 63 for collecting winning balls is provided below the window portion 38, and a ball discharge passage 65 is provided in communication with the opening 64 at the bottom inclined end of the ball collecting portion 63. The winning ball is discharged from the discharge passage 65 to the outside of the machine. Reference numeral 66 denotes an out-ball discharge passage for discharging the out-ball to the outside of the machine, and the terminal end communicates with the ball discharge passage 65.

  By the way, the front plate 6 is provided with the connecting rods 50 and 53 on the back surface thereof as shown in FIG. 2, and the pachinko ball of the supply plate 11 is placed at the launch position 31 of the launch rail 28 by being located on the back surface of the feed plate 11. A hitting ball supply device 69 is provided to send out the balls one by one. Further, a shaft support mechanism 67 that supports the front frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed is provided on one side of the back surface, and a locking mechanism 68 that closes the open end is provided on the other side.

  The shaft support mechanism 67 is composed of an upper and lower hinge device, the upper hinge device has a shaft hole 74 that fits into a shaft pin 73 provided on the front frame 2, and the lower hinge device is always below the support plate 75 by a spring 76. The shaft rod 77 urged by is attached to the front frame 2 so as to be slidable up and down, and is inserted into a shaft hole 79 provided in the front frame 2 so that the front plate 6 is detachably mounted on the front frame 2.

  The locking mechanism 68 has an L-shaped support plate 80 fixed to the front plate 6 slidably provided with an operating plate 82 having a hook-like piece 81, and the operating plate 82 is urged in a locking direction by a spring 83. It is made to latch on the latching parts 84 and 84 provided in the front frame 2. Reference numeral 71 denotes an operation portion formed above the operation plate 82, and the operation portion 71 is pressed against the bias of the spring 83 to release the engagement between the engagement portion 84 and the hook-shaped piece 81. be able to.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the storage tray 12 has a size substantially in the width direction of the front plate 6, and covers a plate member 83 for storing pachinko balls flowing from the ball outlet 53a and a front surface thereof. And a member 84. An outlet 85 is provided at the lowermost part of the bottom wall 83a of the dish member 83 to allow the pachinko balls stored in the dish member 83 to flow down to the supply dish 11. The outlet 85 has a plurality of pachinko balls simultaneously. The size is such that it can be leaked individually. Further, an opening / closing valve for adjusting the ball pressure may be provided at the outlet 85 so that the ball pressure of the storage tray 12 is not applied to the supply tray 11 positioned below. A communication path 86 is provided as a ball path that communicates with the outlet 85 and communicates with the supply tray 11 on the front side of the front plate 6 and allows the pachinko balls in the storage tray 12 to flow down to the supply tray 11. . The communication path 86 may be provided integrally with the storage tray 12 or the supply tray 11, but it is preferably provided as a single unit so that it can be opened and closed or detachable, which is effective in eliminating stuffing caused by ball clogging or mischief. The communication path 86 as the ball path may be formed so as to communicate with the supply tray 11 by forming the bottom of the storage tray 12 in a funnel shape. The cover member 84 extends 84a so as to cover a part of the upper surface of the dish member 83 and conceals the upper portion of the outlet 85, so that dust does not enter the outlet 85 or be mischievous. . The extended portion 84a is provided with a ball payout operation portion 87, and the ball payout operation portion 87 includes a ball payout switch 88, a card return switch 89, and a remaining number display portion 90.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the supply tray 11 is composed of a tray member 91 that stores pachinko balls and a cover member 92 that covers the front surface thereof. A supply path 93 is formed on the side of the dish member 91 so as to open the upper surface of the cover member 92 and communicate with the side wall of the dish member 91. The supply path 93 and the communication path match the communication path 86. The storage tray 12 and the supply tray 11 communicate with each other on the front surface side of the front plate 6 through 86, and the pachinko balls in the storage tray 12 are supplied to the supply tray 11. Thus, the pachinko sphere flows into the supply tray 11 from the two ball paths of the pachinko ball outlet 50a and the supply path 93. In addition, a soft resin restraining piece 94 is suspended from the outlet 85 of the supply passage 93 as restraining means for restraining the fluid pressure when the pachinko sphere flows in. The restraining means may be a rocking member that includes a weight portion and rocks when the pachinko ball flows down. The dish member 91 has a bottom wall 91a gently sloping downward on one side (left side in the present embodiment), and a downstream end thereof is a launch ball deriving portion 97 for guiding pachinko balls to the hit ball launching device 30 in an aligned state. Is provided. The firing ball lead-out portion 97 is formed with a straightening passage 96 in which pachinko balls are aligned in a row on the front plate 6 side by a guide wall 95, and a through hole 72 is formed in the front plate 6 at the downstream end of the straightening passage 96. ing. The hitting ball supply device 69 is connected through the through hole 72 so that the pachinko balls guided in an aligned state are guided to the hitting ball launching device 30. Further, the foul ball collection passage 35 communicates with the supply tray 11 through a foul ball port 35a, and the foul ball passes through the foul ball passage 70 in the cover member 92 and is opened on the side wall of the plate member 91. It returns to the inside of the plate part 91 from the opening 98 and is supplied again as a hit ball.

  The supply tray 11 has a plurality of ball extraction openings 99 and 100, one of which is a ball extraction hole 99 formed in the bottom surface of the downstream end of the rectifying passage 96, and the other is the supply passage 93. A ball outlet 100 is provided at the bottom. The ball extraction hole 99 and the ball extraction port 100 are always closed by a ball extraction device 101, which will be described later, and communicated with a ball extraction passage 103 provided therebelow. The downstream end of the ball extraction passage 103 is a cover. The ball is pulled out to face the opening 104 opened at the bottom of the member 92.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the ball removing device 101 of the supply dish 11 is located between the dish member 91 and the cover member 92 and closes the ball outlet valve 105 and the ball outlet 100 that close the ball hole 99. And a spring 107 that constantly urges the ball extraction valve 105 and the ball extraction member 106 to a position where the ball extraction hole 99 and the ball extraction port 100 are closed. An inclined closing plate portion 106a is formed at one end of the ball extraction member 106 so as to close the ball extraction port 100 and guide the pachinko ball to the dish portion. An operation member 108 facing the outside is provided integrally, and one end of the spring 107 is fixed to the arm portion 108a. Further, a long hole 110 is formed at the other end of the ball extraction member 106, and a locking projection 109 that loosely fits into the long hole 110 is provided at the end of the ball extraction valve 105. When the locking projection 109 of the ball removal valve 105 is inserted into the elongated hole 110 of the ball removal member 106 and connected, the ball release valve 105 and the ball removal member 106 are held by the spring 107 fixed to one end of the operation member 108. Thus, the ball hole 99 and the ball hole 100 are closed. At this time, the locking protrusion 109 is located at the end (the right end in the figure) of the elongated hole 110 as shown in FIG. Although the operation member 108 is provided integrally with the ball removal member 106, it goes without saying that the operation member 108 may be formed separately. Reference numeral 111 denotes a mark drawn on the operation member 108 and the cover member 92. When the mark 111 on the operation member 108 matches the marks 111a and 111b drawn on the cover member 92 as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 106 denotes a first position where the ball outlet 100 is opened and a second position where the ball hole 99 is opened.

  The pachinko gaming machine having the above configuration inserts the storage medium such as a prepaid card or a storage card into a card insertion slot of a card unit (not shown) having an information interpretation control processing unit, When the ball payout switch 88 of the ball payout operating portion 87 is operated, a payout signal is transmitted to the ball payout device 42, the drive motor 44 is driven, the lead screw 45 rotates, and a predetermined number of pachinko machines are displayed within the display range of the remaining number display portion 90. When the ball is paid out and detected by the ball counting sensor 49, the drive motor 44 stops.

  The pachinko balls paid out by the ball payout device 42 flow down the payout passage 51, flow into the supply tray 11 from the pachinko ball outlet 50 a, align with the rectifying passage 96, and pass through the outlet 97 to the hitting ball supply device 69. Led to. Then, the pachinko ball sent from the hit ball supply device 69 to the launch position 31 of the launch rail 28 by the operation of the operation handle 14 is launched by the hit ball launch device 30 to the game area 3a. The pachinko ball sent to the launch position 31 of the launch rail 28 at this time is at the lowest position among the pachinko balls staying in the pachinko gaming machine. The launched pachinko ball is driven into the game area 3 a while contacting the foul ball guide piece 34 and wins the winning holes 16, 18, 19, is detected as a winning ball and passes through the ball discharge passage 65 to the outside of the machine. Or discharged to the outside through the out ball discharge passage 66 as an out ball guided to the out port 23.

  When the winning holes 16, 18 and 19 are won, the pachinko balls detected by the winning ball detection switches 16a, 18a and 19a are transmitted to the ball paying device 42, the lead screw 45 is rotated and the pachinko balls waiting in the supply passage 46 are As a prize ball, it is paid out to the payout passage 51 and flows into the supply tray 11 from the pachinko ball outlet 50a in the same manner as the above-mentioned rental ball. Further, when the “big hit” state is reached, the large winning opening 19 is opened, a large amount of winning balls are generated, a large amount of winning balls are paid out to the payout passage 51, and a predetermined amount of prize balls are stored in the supply tray 11 and the payout passage 51. The overflowing pachinko balls that overflow from the overflow outlet 62 of the payout passage 51 to the ball passage portion 52 flow into the storage dish 12 from the ball outlet 53a and are temporarily stored. Then, the inflowing pachinko balls are supplied from the outlet 85 to the supply tray 11 via the communication path 86 and the supply path 93. For this reason, the ball path supplied to the supply tray 11 during the game is the two paths of the pachinko ball outlet 50a or the supply path 93, and the storage amount is also considerable. By the way, when the pachinko balls are connected to the communication path 86 and the supply path 93 and the storage tray 12 is full, and further the pachinko balls are also filled into the ball path section 52, the detection switch 56 is detected by the detection plate 55 as shown in FIG. Is pressed, the corner lens 25 is turned on to notify the player of a full tank, and the payout of the ball payout device 42 is stopped.

  The player performs a ball removal operation by this full tank notification. In this ball pulling operation, the operating member 108 is operated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 7 against the bias of the spring 107, and the mark 111 of the operating member 108 is marked as shown in FIG. The ball extraction member 106 is moved so as to match 111a and moved to a first position where the ball extraction port 100 is half-opened. Then, the pachinko balls extracted from the ball extraction port 100 are collected from the through port 104 to a ball box or the like via the ball extraction passage 103. At this time, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 7, even if the ball removal member 106 moves, the end of the long hole 110 is in a position where it does not interfere with the locking projection 109, the ball removal valve 105 does not move, and the ball removal hole 99 is closed. is there. For this reason, it becomes possible to send the pachinko ball of the supply tray 11 to the launch position 31, and the player can collect surplus balls while playing the game. In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, it is preferable to provide a small protrusion 112 that allows the operating member 108 to stop once and pass so that the first position of the operating member 108 can be judged without visual recognition. In addition, it is possible to concentrate on the game because the ball extraction hole 99 is opened and the ball can be extracted without interrupting the game without changing the line of sight from the game board 3. Then, when the pachinko ball of the storage tray 12 is removed and the detection switch 56 is released from the pressing of the detection plate 55, the ball payout device 42 is actuated again to pay out the prize ball.

  Next, ball removal at the end of the game will be described. First, in the same manner as in the recovery of the surplus sphere, the operation member 108 is operated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. At the same time, the operation member 108 is further operated in the ball pulling direction so that the ball outlet 100 is moved so that the mark 111 of the operation member 108 matches the mark 111b as shown in FIG. Move to the fully open second position. Then, the end (the left end in the figure) of the long hole 110 engages with the locking projection 109 to move the ball extraction valve 105 and open the ball extraction hole 99. For this reason, the pachinko balls in the communication passage 86, the supply passage 93, the storage tray 12, and the ball passage portion 52, which are located upstream from the ball outlet 100, are ball-extracted from the ball outlet 100 to the ball passage 103. The pachinko balls stored in the supply tray 11 and the discharge passage 51 located upstream of 99 are extracted from the ball extraction hole 99 into the ball extraction passage 103, and all the pachinko balls are collected from the opening 104 to a ball box or the like. .

  At this time, it is preferable to provide a locking means that engages with a load of a pachinko ball that flows down at a position where the ball outlet 100 is fully opened. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the locking means uses an operation member 108 protruding forward from the cover member 92, and is an opening 92 a of the cover member 92, which is inclined at a second position of the ball removal member 106. When the step portion 113 is formed and moved to the second position where the ball extraction hole 99 and the ball extraction port 100 are fully opened, the operation member 108 is moved down by the ball load applied to the ball extraction member 106 facing the ball extraction port 100, and the arm portion 108 a. Is engaged with the stepped portion 113 and the ball pulling member 106 is fully opened even when the hand is released from the operation member 108 while the ball load is greater than the return force of the spring 107. Hold position. When the ball removal is completed, the ball removal member 106 is released from the ball load, and the engagement of the arm portion 108a is released by the restoring force of the spring 107 and the inclined surface of the step portion 113, thereby closing the ball removal hole 99 and the ball removal opening 100. Return to the position where you want to go. As described above, when the operation member 108 is operated with the pachinko balls in the storage tray 12, the ball outlet 100 can be kept fully open, all the pachinko balls are extracted, and the ball extraction member 106 is released from the ball load. Then, the ball outlet 100 and the ball hole 99 are closed by the bias of the spring 107. For this reason, even if the operation member 108 is operated mischievously without the pachinko ball in the storage tray 12, no ball load is applied to the ball extraction member 106, so that the ball extraction hole 99 and the ball extraction hole 100 are locked in a fully opened state. There is nothing.

  In the above embodiment, the ball payout device 42 is stopped when the storage tray 12 is full. However, a storage unit is provided for storing a prize ball for winning balls after the ball payout device 42 is stopped. You may make it provide the display part of the number of awarded balls. The display unit may use the remaining number display unit 90 of the ball payout operation unit 87. When the pachinko balls of the storage tray 12 and the supply tray 11 are decreased, a predetermined number of the display units are pressed. You just have to pay out pachinko balls. It should be noted that at the end of the game or when paying out the fraction, the number displayed on the remaining number display portion may be paid out by pressing the card return switch 89. As a matter of course, the present invention can be applied to an ordinary machine, and the ordinary machine may be provided with a storage means and a memory ball payout operation unit.

  Further, although the overflow outlet 62 is opened on the side wall in the width direction of the discharge passage 51 so as to overflow laterally, the overflow portion 62 is configured to overflow in the front-rear direction so that the width direction of the discharge passage 51 is narrowed and the window portion 38 is formed. The size of the variable display device 17 can be increased. Furthermore, the window 38 can be widened by lowering the ball dispensing device 42 to the vicinity of the overflow outlet 62. Further, in order to increase the storage amount of the payout passage 51, the pachinko ball outlet 50a is formed on the left side in FIG. 3 to increase the storage amount, or it is formed on the left side of the ball outlet 53a and the pachinko ball outlet 50a is on the right side. The amount of storage can be increased as an auxiliary storage part by forming the discharge passage 51 in a square shape.

  Further, the extending portion 84a may be formed separately from the cover member 84. For the CR machine in which the extending portion 84a is formed separately and the ball paying operation portion 87 is attached, and for a simple plate-like ordinary machine. Can be easily replaced. Further, the extending portion 84a may be provided on the side of the communication rod 53. When the pachinko ball flows from the ball outlet 53a, the extension portion 84a may be prevented from jumping out of the storage tray 12 by force, or the ball outlet 53a. It is possible to prevent unauthorized use by making it difficult to insert unauthorized tools. The extending portion 84a may be formed integrally with the communication rod 53. In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, the outlet 85 is opened on the side of the ball outlet 53a, and a guide wall 84b is provided on the lower surface of the extended portion 84a, and the guide wall 84b is used to lower the ball discharge operation portion 87 when operating. The bending is prevented. At this time, the bottom wall 83a of the storage tray 12 forms a step by the inclination shown by the arrow in the figure so that the pachinko balls are guided to the outlet 85, and the pachinko balls are stored in the entire storage tray 12. It is to be noted that a sphere leveler inclined toward the outlet 85 may be provided on the lower surface of the extending portion 84a located above the outlet 85 so that the ball pressure is not applied to the outlet 85 at a stretch.

  As described above, the storage tray 12 is provided above the supply tray 11, and the storage tray 12 and the supply tray 11 are communicated with each other so that the pachinko balls naturally flow down. And the size can be increased in the width direction of the pachinko game machine without being restricted by the ashtray, and the amount of stored balls supplied to the supply tray is remarkably increased as the payout passage 51 and the communication passage 86 serve as an auxiliary storage portion. This eliminates the inconvenience that the player has to return the overflow ball of the storage tray to the supply tray as in the conventional case, and the female player does not touch the dirty pachinko ball and does not damage the nails. Furthermore, it is possible to remove all the balls by one ball removing operation of the supply tray 11 located below, and it is not necessary to remove the upper and lower balls as in the conventional case, and the balls can be removed quickly.

  In the above embodiment, the lending and winning balls are paid out by one ball paying device 42, but the lending and winning balls may be paid out by separate ball paying devices. Further, the lending balls paid out by one of the ball paying devices are directly guided to the supplying plate 11 without branching the paying passage 51 and being led to the supply tray 11 and the storage tray 12, and the prize balls paid out by the other ball paying device. The prize balls may be guided to the supply tray 11 through the storage dish 12 so that the rental balls and the prize balls can be supplied separately, and the rental balls and the prize balls are surely paid out. You can check if Preferably, an overflow outlet 62 is opened on the partition wall between the payout passage 51 that directly leads the lending ball to the supply tray 11 and the payout passage 51 that leads the prize ball to the storage tray so that the overflow ball is guided to the adjacent payout passage 51. It is good. Further, it is also possible to provide a sorting means below the ball payout device 42 without separately providing a ball payout device for lending and winning balls, so that the lending and winning balls can be distributed.

  FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 show an embodiment in which a simple rectification unit is formed in the storage tray 12 and the rectified supply is made to the lower supply tray 11. As shown in FIG. 13, the storage tray 12 forms a rectifying section 116 in which pachinko balls flow down at random with a flow path width (18 mm in the present embodiment) in which two pachinko balls are not arranged in parallel by the partition wall 115. . And in order not to reduce the storage amount of the storage tray 12, the bottom wall 83a via the partition wall 115 is gently inclined in the direction opposite to the flow-down direction of the rectifying unit 116 as shown by arrows in FIG. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, the supply tray 11 has the rectifying passage 96 formed in a groove shape over almost the entire length in the width direction, and a pachinko ball rectified simply by the rectifying portion 116 is supplied to the upstream portion thereof. In this way, the flow is straightened by the groove-like flow straightening passage 96 and led to the through hole 72 as it is.

  In this way, the pachinko balls of the storage tray 12 are simply rectified by the rectification unit 116 of the upper plate and guided to the supply tray 11, whereby the supply path 93 and the communication path 86 that communicate the storage tray 12 and the supply tray 11. The pachinko balls in the storage tray 12 can be reliably supplied to the supply tray 11 without any fear of clogging.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko balls that have overflowed from the overflow outlet 62 of the payout passage 51 and are temporarily stored in the storage tray 12 are guided to the supply tray 11 by the communication path 86. FIG. 15 and FIG. As shown by the arrows, the bottom wall 83a of the tray member 83 and the ball passage portion 52 of the storage tray 12 are formed in a gentle lower shape toward the overflow outlet 62, and the pachinko balls stored in the storage tray 12 are stored in the storage tray 12. Alternatively, the bottom wall 83a may be caused to flow again from the overflow outlet 62 to the supply tray 11 by downward inclination. More specifically, when pachinko balls accumulate in the payout passage 51 and overflow from the overflow outlet 62, the pachinko balls gradually accumulate from the ball passage portion 52 near the overflow outlet 62 and are sequentially guided to the storage tray 12. When the pachinko balls in the supply tray 11 decrease and the amount of balls in the discharge passage 51 decreases, the pachinko balls stored in the storage tray 12 are again discharged from the overflow outlet 62 due to the downward inclination of the bottom wall 83a of the storage tray 12. It flows down to the passage 51 and is guided to the supply tray 11. As a matter of course, the lowermost end of the ball outlet 53a is located at the position of the bottom wall 83a of the storage tray 12.

  FIG. 17 shows a back view of the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment in which all the pachinko balls are guided to the supply tray 11 through the storage tray 12, and the point different from the above embodiment is the pachinko balls paid out from the ball dispensing device 42. Since all are guided to the storage tray 12 through the payout passage 51, the same components will be described with the same reference numerals. In this embodiment, the pachinko balls paid out from the ball payout device 42 are guided to the storage tray 12 through the payout passage 51, the ball passage portion 52, and the ball outlet 53a, and the pachinko balls guided to the storage tray 12 are bottoms. Due to the inclination of the wall 83 a, it is led from the outlet 85 to the supply tray through the communication path 86 and the supply path 93 and is aligned with the rectifying path 96. Then, when a hit ball is won at the winning openings 16, 18, 19 and many pachinko balls are paid out from the ball payout device 42 as award balls, the supply path 93, the communication path 86 and the pachinko balls are filled from the supply tray 11. Thus, surplus spheres are stored in the storage tray 12. Further, when the surplus balls are filled up to the payout passage 51, the full tank detection switch 56 detects the full tank, and the payout of the ball payout device 42 is stopped. Thereafter, the pachinko balls in the storage tray 12 are sequentially supplied to the supply tray 11 through the communication passage 86 and the supply passage 93 as the pachinko balls in the supply tray 11 decrease in the same manner as in the above embodiment. it can.

  18 and 19 show an embodiment in which pachinko balls flowing out from the ball outlet 53a are directly supplied via a lead-out rod. In this embodiment, a lead rod 118 that leads from the bulb outlet 53a to the storage tray 12 is provided, and an outlet 85 that communicates with the supply tray 11 is provided below. As shown in FIG. 19, the lead-out rod 118 forms a supply passage portion 118a and a ball passage portion 118b by a partition wall 120 left at a predetermined interval (about two pachinko balls) to the end of the ball outlet 53a. The pachinko ball to be guided is guided directly from the outlet 85 to the supply tray 11 via the supply path 118a. In addition, a partition wall 119 is formed in the tray portion of the storage tray 12, and the bottom wall 83a has a flow of surplus spheres overflowing from the supply passage portion 118a detoured by the partition wall 119 at the end as shown by the arrows in FIG. It is inclined downward so as to flow out from the outlet 85. When the supply tray 11 is filled with pachinko balls and fills the supply path 118a of the outlet rod 118, the pachinko balls overflow from the upper end of the partition wall 120 and flow into the adjacent ball passage portion 118b to bypass the partition wall 119. Thus, pachinko balls are stored in the entire region of the plate portion 83 of the storage plate 12 so as to be led to the outlet 85 again. In this way, the supply tray 11 and the storage tray 12 can be communicated with each other on the front side of the front plate 6 and overflowed.

  In the present embodiment, since the ball machine has been explained as a CR machine, the ball lending device 42 is used to pay out the rented ball. As shown in FIG. 4, the lead-out rod 118 is provided with a through hole T that communicates with the guide rod Y of the table ball lending machine, so that the balls from the table ball lending machine are led to the guide rod 118 from the hole T. What is necessary is just to guide to the supply tray 11 from the outflow port 85 directly. Preferably, a detachable lid member is provided in the through hole T so that the lead-out rod 118 can also be used in a normal machine or a CR machine, and it can be used properly for an ordinary machine or a CR machine by attaching and detaching the lid member. In this embodiment, the game area 3a can be expanded downward without changing the position of the ball outlet 53a, and the storage tray 12 can be provided below the embodiment.

  FIG. 20 shows an embodiment in which a plurality of communication passages 86 are provided. The bottom wall 83a of the storage tray 12 has a gentle mountain shape, and outlets 85 and 85a are opened at the lower slopes thereof, It communicates via the communication paths 86 and 86a. One communication path 86 communicates with the supply path 93, and the other communication path 86 a communicates with the foul ball path 70. In addition, the upper sphere outlet 53a is provided at the top of the bottom wall 83a so as to be directed almost equally to the left and right outlets 85, 85a, but the sphere outlet 53a is shifted to either the left or right. It may be preferentially guided to the communication passages 86, 86a on the side where the ball outlet 53a is provided. By providing a plurality of communication paths 86 in this manner, the ball pressure of the storage tray 12 can be dispersed, and the storage amount can be increased slightly.

  As described above, since the ball discharge rod 51 that directly guides the pachinko balls paid out by the ball paying device 42 to the supply tray 11 is not required, as shown in FIG. It can be made to be a flat surface over a wide area, and can be effectively used as a space for providing a control board or the like that has become large and large in recent years. Further, as in the latter embodiment, the pachinko balls paid out from the ball paying device 42 are directly supplied to the supply tray 11 through the ball discharge rod 51 without being supplied directly to the supply tray 11. Since it is guided to the dish 11, it can be quickly supplied to the launching device 30. Further, since the ball discharge rod 51 that directly leads to the supply tray 11 is not required, the ball payout device 42 can be provided in the vicinity of the ball outlet 53, and the window 38 is widened to enlarge the variable display device 17. It can cope with the conversion. Further, it is possible to provide the ball dispensing device 42 directly on the contact rod 52.

  As shown in FIG. 21, an overflow outlet 62 is provided in the middle wall of the payout passage 51 in the above-described embodiment, and the payout passage 51 is communicated with the supply tray 12 through the overflow outlet 62. The pachinko balls led to the supply tray 11 are guided to the supply tray 12 via the communication passage 86, and the pachinko balls filled in the storage tray 12 overflow from the overflow outlet 62 and flow into the supply tray 12 through the overflow bulb passage. It may be provided to increase the storage amount. Further, an overflow outlet 62 may be provided on the side wall of the communication rod 52 and an overflow ball passage may be provided on the back side of the front plate 6 so as to flow into the supply tray 12.

  Further, in the present invention, the supply tray 11 is located below the storage tray 12 and the hitting ball launching device 30 is located on the back side of the supply tray 11 so that the game area 3a can be enlarged downward. It becomes possible. Accordingly, although the storage tray 12 becomes thinner and the storage amount decreases, the storage tray 12 is provided substantially in the width direction of the front plate 6, so that the storage amount can be sufficiently secured.

  Therefore, FIG. 22 shows an embodiment in which the out port 23 is provided on the side of the game area 3a and opposite to the out ball flowing down the guide rail 15 in order to effectively use the game area 3a. Indicates. Specifically, at least one of the left and right side wall portions 26a and 26b of the support frame 4 protrudes from the surface of the game board 3 to the front side by about 20 mm through which a pachinko ball can pass. Then, an out port 23 through which the out ball flows out is formed on the side surface of the side wall portion (the right side wall portion 26b in the present embodiment) located laterally from the outer end portion of the game area 3a. Further, the inner rail 15b is divided into left and right parts, and the left inner rail 15b1 is formed in a gradual downward inclination by extending in a tangential direction so as to guide the out ball to the out port 23 at an arcuate lower part, The end portion guides the out ball to the side of the game area 3a and faces the out port 23 provided to face the down direction of the out ball. On the other hand, the lower side portion of the right inner rail 15b2 is stretched substantially linearly toward the corner of the game board 3, and a corner area that is not originally used as a dead space is widely formed as the game area 3a. In addition, an out ball discharge passage 66a is formed in the support portion 27 so as to communicate with the out port 23, and the out ball is discharged out of the machine at approximately the center of the pachinko gaming machine.

  As described above, the out ball is guided to the side of the game area 3a by the guide rail 15 as the guiding means, and the out port 23 is opened in the side wall 26b so as to be opposed to the flow direction of the out ball. The sphere can be smoothly flowed out against the flow, and the sphere is not clogged at the out port 23. In addition, the game area 3a can be widened up to the lower end of the out port 23 without forming an out port for each game board 3 or providing a receiving port for receiving the out ball. It becomes possible to do.

  Further, in FIG. 23, the inside of the peripheral walls 26a to 26c of the support frame 4 is used as guiding means for constituting the game area 3a, and the almost entire area of the game board 3 is set as the game area 3a. In this embodiment, the support frame 4 is formed so that the left and right and upper peripheral wall portions 26a to 26c excluding the support portion 27 protrude from the front surface of the game board 3 by about 20 mm and the inner surfaces of the upper peripheral wall portions 26a to 26c are the game area 3a. The guide surface is formed. Under the game area 3a, a substantially straight guide rail 120 is provided as a guiding means so as to be gently inclined downward so as to face the out port 23 provided on the side surface of the right peripheral wall portion 26b. Further, a guide groove 121 for guiding a pachinko ball launched from the firing rail 28 is formed in the left peripheral wall portion 26a in a substantially vertical gentle curve, and the end is curved toward the game board 3. At this time, it is preferable to stretch a metal plate piece in the guide groove 121, and the metal plate piece may be formed integrally with the metal portion of the glass door frame 5. Further, it is preferable to provide arcuate guide portions 122 on the upper left and right sides of the game board 3, so that the hit ball smoothly flows into the game area 3a. The solenoid-type hitting ball launching device 30 may be used for vertical launching, but by hitting the hitting ball via the inclined launching rail 28, the hitting ball can be run up and the vertical guide groove 121 is sufficient. The pachinko ball can be sent to the game area 3a. Thus, by making the entire area of the game board 3 into a square shape with the game area 3 a, all of the out balls fall on the lower guide rail 120 and are guided to the out port 23 by the guide rail 120. For this reason, since the out ball may jump on the guide rail 120, it is preferable to provide a cushioning material such as urethane rubber that absorbs the impact of the out ball on the upper surface of the guide rail 120. In addition, you may make it provide a windmill in the out port 23 vicinity as a control means to attenuate the outflow force of an out ball | bowl. At this time, it is preferable to provide a barrier above the windmill so that the pachinko ball flowing down on the right peripheral wall portion 26b side does not counter-rotate the windmill. Further, the guide rail 120 may be provided on the support portion 27 or on the glass door frame 5 or the front plate 6 side so that no guidance means is provided in the gaming machine 3.

  Moreover, since it is not necessary to touch the pachinko ball of the storage dish 11 by having the above-mentioned configuration, the present invention provides a closing plate that conceals the upper surface of the dish member 83 of the storage dish 11 integrally or separately from the extending portion 84a. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent fraud and mischief from the ball outlet 53a and the outlet 85. Preferably, the closing plate is formed of a translucent resin that can visually recognize the storage state of the pachinko sphere. Further, the closing plate is preferably provided so as to be detachable or openable for cleaning the dish member 83, and is preferably locked or locked on the back side of the front plate 6 so as not to be opened to the player by mischief. . It is also possible to provide a cup holder or coin holder on the upper surface of the closing plate. Further, as shown in FIG. 20, when the upper and lower pans communicate with each other on the left and right, the space between the communication passages 86 and 86a may be closed with a translucent resin. Thus, it is preferable to be able to swing backward. Moreover, you may form integrally with the said obstruction board.

  In the embodiment described so far, the hit ball launcher 30 is provided on the left side of the supply tray 11 so that the hit ball launcher 30 is provided on the left side of the drawing tray. However, it goes without saying that the ball hitting device 30 may be provided on the right side of the support frame 4 and the rectifying passage 96 may be formed on the right side so as to flow down to the operation handle 14 side.

  In the above embodiment, the storage tray 12 and the supply tray 11 are connected so as to communicate with each other on the right side or the left side via the communication path 86 and the supply path 93, respectively. It may be. Further, the front plate 6 is configured such that the pachinko balls of the storage plate 12 are once guided to the back side of the front plate 6 and supplied to the supply plate 11 without communicating the storage plate 12 and the supply plate 11 on the front side of the front plate 6. You may make it communicate on the back side.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the above embodiment, and even a pachinko gaming machine in which the glass door frame 5, the supply tray 11 and the storage tray 12 are also opened integrally. Further, it may be a pachinko gaming machine in which the supply tray 11 and the storage tray 12 are individually mounted so as to be freely opened and closed, or may be a pachinko gaming machine in which the glass door frame 5 and the supply tray 11 are integrally opened. In addition, when the supply tray 11 and the storage tray 12 are separately opened, it is preferable that the communication path 86 side is pivotally supported so that an open / close plate can be easily provided so that the communication path 86 does not spill when the storage tray is opened. . Furthermore, it goes without saying that the front frame 2 may not be present, and a pachinko gaming machine in which the glass door frame 5 and the front plate 6 are directly attached to the machine frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed may be used.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 24, the hitting ball supply device 69 for supplying the pachinko balls of the supply tray 11 one by one to the back surface of the front plate 6, and the pachinko balls supplied from the hitting ball supply device 69 at the launch position 31. A launching unit 125 is configured by integrally assembling a series of firing-related mechanisms such as a firing rail 28 to be temporarily stopped and a hitting ball launching device 30 for driving a pachinko ball at the firing position 31 onto the surface of the game board 3 and the like on the case body 124. Alternatively, it may be detachably attached.

  In this way, by providing the hitting ball supply tray 11 with a firing-related mechanism for hitting the pachinko balls of the supply tray 11 such as the hitting ball supply device 69, the launch rail 28, and the hitting ball launching device 30 onto the surface of the game board 3, a series of launches The assembly of the related mechanism is facilitated, and the delicate and troublesome position adjustment of the hitting ball supply device 69, the launch rail 28, the launch position 31 of the launch rail 28, and the hit ball 32 of the hit ball launching device 30 can be easily performed.

  Further, when the hitting ball launching device 30 is used as a vibration means for preventing clogging of the ball, the hitting ball launching device 30 is provided on the front plate 6 side, and vibration of the hitting ball launching device 30 is supplied to the supply tray 11, the storage tray 12, and the communication path. 86 may prevent clogging of balls.

  The “pachinko gaming machine” as used in the present invention is a gaming machine that plays a pachinko ball as a game medium. In the embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine is described as a pachinko gaming machine that directly hits the gaming board 3 to play. A gaming machine that collects a predetermined number (for example, 5) of pachinko balls as a gaming medium as a unit betting number and arbitrarily stops the display of the variable display device 17 may be used.

  At this time, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the supply tray 11A collects a ball collection mechanism 126 that collects a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number, a bet switch 127 that sets a bet number, and the balls are collected. A start operation unit 128 for changing the design of the variable display device 17 and stop operation units 129a to 129c for stopping the change design of the variable display device 17, and the operation of the start operation unit 128 Pachinko balls are paid out from the ball payout device 42 to the remodeling supply tray 11A by stopping the symbols of the variable display device 17 that have changed to a predetermined combination of symbols by any stop operation of the stop operation units 129a to 129c. The The bet switch 127 is provided with a bet switch 127a for setting a bet amount per unit and a max bet switch 127b for setting a maximum bet number.

  The ball collecting mechanism 126 supports the earliest pachinko ball flowing out from the through hole 72, rotates by a load of the pachinko ball, and a control means for controlling the rotation of the ball cut rotor 130. As a solenoid 131. The spherical cutting body 130 has a plurality of (5 in the embodiment) ball receiving portions 130a for receiving pachinko balls one by one on the peripheral surface, and has stop protrusions 132 protruding from the side surfaces. On the other hand, the solenoid 131 as a control means is provided with an operating member 134 having a flange 133 that engages with and disengages from the stop projection 132 at the tip of the plunger, and the operating member 134 is always urged by the spring wound around the plunger. It is in a state where it is moved downward and the collar 133 is engaged with the stop protrusion 132 and the ball cutter rotator 130 is stopped.

  The action of the ball collection mechanism 126 is that the solenoid 131 is instantaneously excited by the pressing of the bet switch 127a or the max bet switch 127b, and rotates once by the load of the pachinko ball received in the ball receiving portion 130a. 132 is locked to the flange 133. And it collects | recovers for every number (five) of the ball receiving parts 130a formed in the ball cutting rotary body 130 as a unit bet number by one rotation, and the sensor 135 detects. At this time, for example, 15 maximum bets may be collected at once without exciting the solenoid 131 in units of five pachinko balls. Further, a memory switch for storing all or a predetermined number of balls held by the player may be provided, and the solenoid 131 may be excited by pressing to be collected and stored at once.

  Note that the ball collecting mechanism is not limited to the above-described configuration, and as shown in FIG. 27, the rotating body 130 is rotated by a motor 140 as a control unit, thereby enabling one-by-one payout to be performed. You may make it detect by. At this time, the rotating body 130 of the ball collecting mechanism 139 pays out about 1,500 to 3,000 balls per minute in a bowl shape that gradually increases in the rotation direction of the rotating body 130 between the ball receiving portions 130a. It is preferable to be able to cope with high-speed rotation. This high-speed payout allows a pachinko ball used as a substitute for coins to be paid out at a speed equivalent to or higher than the payout of coins, and does not bore the player's interest. Further, as shown in FIG. 27, the passage portion 141 for receiving the pachinko balls from the rectifying passage 96 of the supply tray 11 has a passage width that allows the pachinko balls to flow down in a double row or a half double row, and the passage width is gradually increased. It may be narrowed down to one and paid out by the rotating body 130 and detected by the sensor 135. By widening the passage portion 141 in this manner, the center distance of the pachinko sphere continuous to the passage portion 141 becomes smaller than the diameter of the pachinko sphere, and a gap is generated between the balls even if the payout is performed at high speed. Therefore, the rotating body 130 is not caught in a ball or cut out. Furthermore, the flow straightening passage 96a of the supply tray 11 can be made as wide as the passage portion 141, and unlike the flow straightening passage 96 for one conventional pachinko ball, the flow straightening passage 96a is easy to clean. . The sensor 135 is preferably provided with a plurality of sensors positioned at the top and bottom so that it can be determined whether a prescribed payout or fraud is based on a detected waveform. The sensor 135 may be a photoelectric cross sensor having a plurality of sensors.

  When the pachinko balls can be collected in units of one like the ball collecting mechanism 139, the number of unit bets may be arbitrarily changed from, for example, five to three. The prize ball payout may be reduced. Further, in order to make the game interesting, a sub-board is provided separately from the main game board, and a notification means such as a lamp that can be visually recognized by the player by a signal from the sub-board is provided. An irregular operation may be performed by pressing the bet switch 27, paying out a prize ball, changing the display unit, or the like. For example, when the bet switch 27 is pressed while the lamp is flashing, the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the number of bets is paid out, or when the lamp flashes when the prize ball is paid out, an extra prize ball is paid out as a bonus. When the lamp flashes while the part is changing, it is better to force the symbols to be “big hit” by arranging the symbols forcibly.

  The ball collecting mechanism may be provided with the function of the ball dispensing device 42. The collecting mechanism is constituted by a forward / reverse motor and a rotating body, and the rotating body is rotated forward and backward to collect the ball by forward rotation. The winning ball and the rental ball may be paid out by reversing. It is preferable to provide an opening / closing means for alternately closing the rectifying passage and the supply passage for supplying the pachinko ball to the rotating body when the rotating body is moved forward and backward.

  Note that the pachinko machine and the pachinko ball that directly drives the pachinko ball into the game board 3 by simply exchanging the supply tray 11 and the supply tray 11A for remodeling by separately opening the supply tray 11 and the storage tray 12. It can collect | recover as a unit bet number, and can change into the game machine which stops the display of the said variable display apparatus 17 arbitrarily.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine which shows the state which opened the glass door frame and the front board. It is a back view of a pachinko gaming machine. It is principal part sectional drawing of a payout channel | path part. It is a principal part front view of the hit ball | bowl launching device part. It is a top view of a storage tray. It is a top view of a supply tray. It is front sectional drawing which shows the relationship between a storage tray and a supply tray. It is a disassembled perspective view of a ball removal apparatus. It is a principal part front view of a supply tray. (A) and (B) are explanatory views showing the action of ball removal. It is a top view of the storage tray of other embodiments. It is a top view of the storage tray of other embodiment. It is a top view of the supply tray of other embodiments. It is principal part side sectional drawing of the pachinko game machine of other embodiment. It is a top view of the storage tray of FIG. It is a back view of the pachinko gaming machine of other embodiments. It is a top view of the storage tray of embodiment using a lead-out gutter. It is principal part front sectional drawing of FIG. It is front sectional drawing which shows the relationship between the storage tray and supply tray of other embodiment. It is principal part sectional drawing of the payout channel | path part of other embodiment. It is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine which shows the embodiment which widened the game field. It is a front view of other embodiment of FIG. It is a perspective view of a launch unit. It is a perspective view of the supply tray for remodeling. It is a back surface perspective view of FIG. It is a front view showing other embodiments of a ball recovery mechanism.

Explanation of symbols

6 Front plate 11 Supply tray (lower plate)
12 Storage tray (top plate)
30 hitting ball launching device 32 hitting ball hitting device (hitting ball launching device)
33 Solenoid (ball hitting device)
42 Ball Dispensing Device 51 Dispensing Passage 62 Overflow Port 72 Through-hole (Launching Ball Deriving Unit)
86, 86a Communication passage 96 Rectification passage (Launching ball outlet)
97 Launch ball lead-out part 99 Ball hole (ball hole opening)
100 ball opening (ball opening)
101 Ball punching device

Claims (2)

A lower plate provided with a launch ball deriving portion for guiding the pachinko balls to the hitting ball launcher in an aligned state, and an upper plate for storing surplus balls, the lower plate and the upper plate touching the player's eyes A pachinko machine arranged at a position,
A ball outlet opening communicating with the lower plate is provided at the lower end of the discharge passage for letting down the pachinko balls discharged from the ball dispensing device, and an overflow outlet communicating with the upper plate is provided in the middle of the discharge passage, The pachinko ball filled in the lower plate overflows from the ball outlet to the discharge passage, and when the overflowed pachinko ball reaches the overflow outlet, it flows into the upper plate from the overflow outlet. Characteristic pachinko machine. A communication path connecting the upper plate and the lower plate is provided so that the pachinko ball of the upper plate flows down to the lower plate with a decrease in the amount of pachinko balls stored in the lower plate. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1.

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