JPH0938301A - Ball-receiving device for pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball-receiving device used for a pin-ball machine which eliminates troublesome ball-replacement, obviates the need for a ball-lifting means or the like, is a simple structure and small in size, and allows the placement of a large receiving box on a receiving table on an island side when game balls in a ball supply tray are taken out. SOLUTION: A ball supply tray 19 is provided in front of a pinball machine main body 1 and below a game board 9, and also a means 29 for driving game balls out toward the ball supply tray 19 when a player wins a prize is provided at the rear of the machine body 1. An auxiliary tray 30 for receiving and storing the game balls driven out from the means 29 and for guiding the game balls toward the ball supply tray 19 is provided at the rear of the main body 1 and below the means 29.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball receiving device for a ball-and-ball game machine in a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, conventionally,
A window hole is formed in the upper part of the front frame that constitutes a part of the ball game machine body, and the game board is detachably attached from the rear side of the front frame so as to correspond to this window hole, and the bottom of the game board On the front side of the front frame, the ball supply tray and the overflow receiving tray are arranged vertically.
Then, at the time of the game, in synchronism with the firing operation of the launching means, the game balls in the ball feeding tray are fed to the ball launching position of the launching means while rolling one by one through the rectifying path,
At the time of winning the prize, the game balls are paid out to the ball supply tray side from the game ball payout means mounted on the back mechanism plate that holds the game board toward the front frame side through the guide passage.

However, in the ball game machine having a structure in which the ball supply tray and the overflow tray are provided above and below, if the game balls in the ball supply tray become full during the game, the ball removing lever is operated. It is necessary to transfer the game balls in the ball supply tray to the overflow receiving tray, which has a drawback that the operation becomes troublesome. Therefore, as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-24121, one sphere supply tray is arranged in the lower part of the front frame, and the volume of this sphere supply tray is sufficiently secured, thereby eliminating the conventional complexity. Those that can be resolved have been proposed.

[0004]

With this configuration, the complexity of ball transfer can be eliminated, but the following new problems occur. That is, since the ball supply tray is greatly lowered compared to the ball firing position of the firing means, in order to supply the game balls in the ball feed tray to the ball firing position in conjunction with the firing operation of the firing means, the ball feed tray There is a drawback in that a lift means is required to bring the game ball inside to the ball launch position, which is structurally complicated and large.

Also, since the ball supply tray is located at the bottom of the front frame, a large receiving box can be placed on the island side cradle when the game balls in the ball supply tray are pulled out and exchanged for prizes. It has the drawback of being difficult to put. In view of such conventional problems, the present invention can eliminate the complexity of the conventional ball transfer, can simplify the structure and reduce the size without the need for ball lifting means, and remove the game ball from the ball supply tray. In this case, it is an object of the present invention to provide a ball receiving device of a ball-and-ball game machine that can place a large receiving box on a receiving table on the island side.

[0006]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the ball supply tray 19 is provided on the front side of the ball game machine body 1 under the game board 9 and the ball game machine body 1 is provided. In the ball game machine provided with the game ball payout means 29 for paying out the game ball to the ball supply plate 19 side at the time of winning, the ball game machine body 1
Provided below the game ball payout means 29 on the rear side, is an auxiliary tray 30 for receiving and storing the game balls paid out from the game ball payout means 29 and guiding the game balls to the ball supply tray 19 side. It is a thing.

The present invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the game ball in the ball supply tray 19 rolls to the ball launching position A in conjunction with the launching operation of the launching means 14. The ball supply tray 19 is provided above the ball firing position A so as to be supplied while being supplied.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the back mechanism plate 28 for pressing the game board 9 mounted on the front frame 4 of the ball game machine body 1 from the rear side is opened and closed. The back mechanism plate 28 is provided with a game ball paying-out means 29 and an auxiliary tray 30 freely provided.

The present invention according to claim 4 provides the invention according to claims 1 and 2.
Or, in the invention described in 3, the front frame of the ball game machine body 1
Back mechanism plate 28 that holds the game board 9 attached to 4 from the rear side
The back mechanism plate 28 is provided with game ball payout means 29, and the auxiliary tray 30 is provided on the rear side of the front frame 4.

The present invention according to claim 5 relates to claim 1,
In the invention described in 2, 3, or 4, an overflow passage for overflowing the game ball in the auxiliary tray 30 to the front side of the ball game machine body 1.
41 is provided.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 exemplify a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 to 4, 1 is a pachinko machine main body (ball game machine main body), a rectangular outer frame 2, and this outer frame. 2 and a front frame 4 that is pivotally mounted to be openable and closable via a hinge 3 on one end side in the left-right direction.

A window hole 5 is formed in the front frame 4, and a glass door 6 and a front plate 7 corresponding to the window hole 5 are pivotally attached to the front side so as to be openable and closable. On the rear side of the front frame 4,
Corresponding to, the game board mounting frame 8 is fixed, and the game board 9 is detachably mounted to the game board mounting frame 8 from the rear side.

On the game board 9, a guide rail 10 for guiding the game balls to the upper side of the board surface, a variable symbol display means 11, a big winning means 12, and a winning opening arranged inside the guide rail 10 are provided.
It has 13 mag. At the lower end corner of the front frame 4, a launching means for launching a game ball toward the guide rail 10 of the game board 9
14 is mounted, and the front plate 7 on the upper side of the launching means 14 is attached.
In addition, a ball supply tray 19 for supplying game balls to the ball firing position A side of the launching means 14 is mounted from the front side.

The launching means 14 includes a launching rail 15 fixed to the front frame 4 side on an extension of the lower side of the guide rail 10, and a hitting mallet for hitting the game ball at the ball launching position A on the launching rail 15.
It includes a firing handle 17 projecting from the front side of the front frame 4, and a firing motor that drives the hammer 16 when the firing handle 17 is operated.

The ball supply tray 19 is formed on the upper surface side of the decorative cover 18 protruding from the front plate 7 to the front side, and one end side of the ball supply tray 19 in the left-right direction is an alignment portion 20. Ball supply plate 19
Stores the game balls and arranges the game balls inside it.
The bottom wall has a gentle slope so as to guide it to the ball firing position A while aligning it in a line on the 20 side. Then, the aligning portion 20 of the ball supply tray 19 and the ball firing position A of the launching means 14
In between, the ball supply tray is linked to the firing operation of the firing means 14.
Ball feeding means for sending the game balls on the 19 side to the ball firing position A one by one
21 are provided.

On the side of the arranging portion 20 of the ball supply tray 19, a ball removal hole for extracting a game ball in the ball supply tray 19 is formed, and an opening / closing plate 22 for opening and closing the ball removal hole is slidable in the left-right direction. It is provided in. The opening / closing plate 22 is connected to a ball removing lever 23, and when the ball removing lever 23 is operated in the left / right direction, the opening / closing plate 22
You can open and close the ball hole with. The ball removing hole communicates with the ball removing passage 24, and the ball removing passage 24 has a makeup cover body.
The center of the 18 left and right is open downward.

There is a sufficient space under the makeup cover 18 and the lower end of the outer frame 2 of the pachinko machine body 1, and even when the pachinko machine body 1 is mounted on the island mechanism 25 side, A game ball extracted from the ball supply plate 19 through the ball removal passage 24 in a state where a large receiving box is placed on the receiving table 26 on the island mechanism 25 side under the makeup cover body 18 including the ball supply plate 19. It can be received by the receiving box 27.

On the rear side of the front frame 4, a back mechanism plate 28 for holding and fixing the game board 9 mounted on the game board mounting frame 8 from the rear side.
Is pivotally supported by a hinge at the left and right ends so that it can be opened and closed.
On the back mechanism plate 28, a game ball tank for storing game balls is mounted on the upper side thereof, a game ball payout means 29 is vertically mounted near the hinge side, and an auxiliary tray 30 is mounted on the lower side. It is installed.

The game ball payout means 29 is provided with a rotating body 31 driven by a payout motor in a payout case 32, and the rotating body 31 is rotated at the time of winning to downwardly move a predetermined number of game balls from the game ball tank. It is supposed to be paid out. The auxiliary receiving tray 30 receives and stores the game balls delivered from the game ball delivering means 29, and when the number of the game balls on the ball supply tray 19 side becomes small, the game balls stored inside the ball are provided to the ball supply tray 19 side. It is for guidance.

A guide cylinder 34 communicating with the opening 33 on the side of the ball supply tray 19 is attached to the front plate 7 indicating the ball supply tray 19 so as to project rearward. An opening 35 is formed in the back mechanism plate 28. The opening 35 is for communicating the auxiliary tray 30 with the guide cylinder 34, and is a back mechanism plate.
When the game board 9 is fixed by closing 28, it is communicated with the guide cylinder 34.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, on one side of the guide cylinder 34, when the game balls in the auxiliary tray 30 become full, the game balls in the auxiliary tray 30 overflow. An overflow port 40 is formed for this purpose. The overflow port 40 is connected to the ball removing passage 24 via the overflow passage 41, and the game balls overflowing from the overflow port 40 are passed through the overflow passage 41 and the ball removing passage 24 to the pachinko machine main body 1 It is designed to overflow to the front side.

According to this embodiment, at the start of the game, the game handle purchased by a ball lending machine or the like and rented out is put in the ball supply tray 19, and then the launch handle 17 of the launch means 14 is operated. Then, the firing motor operates to drive the batting mallet 16, and the batting mallet 16 bakes the game ball on the ball firing position A to launch it to the guide rail 10 side.

On the other hand, the game balls in the ball supply tray 19 move to the alignment section 20 side while rolling along the slope of the bottom wall, so when the launching means 14 launches the game ball at the ball launching position A, the launching operation thereof. The ball feeding means 21 operates in conjunction with
The game balls in the ball supply tray 19 are supplied to the ball firing position A one by one by 21.

When the game balls shot at the upper part of the game board 9 fall into the big winning means 12 or the like while falling along the board surface, the game ball paying-out means 29 operates and a predetermined number of game balls in the game ball tank. It is paid out with the rotating body 31 one by one.

The game balls paid out from the game ball paying-out means 29 are located below the game ball paying-out means 29, and the back mechanism plate 28 is provided.
It falls into the auxiliary saucer 30 mounted on the rear side, is guided from this auxiliary saucer 30 to the ball supply tray 19 side through the guide cylinder 34, etc., and accumulates in the ball supply tray 19 sequentially. . If the amount of game balls in the ball supply plate 19 increases, the guide cylinder 34
Since it becomes difficult for the game balls to pass through the inside, the game balls start to accumulate in the auxiliary tray 30 according to the extent to which the game balls on the ball supply tray 19 side increase, and the storage amount gradually increases.

If the auxiliary tray 30 is provided on the rear side of the pachinko machine body 1 as described above, even if only one ball supply tray 19 is provided on the front side of the pachinko machine body 1, the ball supply tray 19 and the auxiliary tray 30 are provided. The entire capacity can be sufficiently secured. Therefore, the conventional overflow tray is unnecessary.

Moreover, the auxiliary tray 30 side is higher than the ball supply tray 19 side, and the game balls in the ball supply tray 19 are supplied to the ball launch position A while rolling. Not only does the overflow tray on the front side of the front frame 4 become unnecessary, but also the troublesomeness when transferring the conventional game balls can be eliminated, and the entire structure can be simplified and downsized.

When the game ball in the auxiliary tray 30 becomes full, the game ball overflows from the overflow port 40 formed in the guide cylinder 34, passes through the overflow passage 41 and the ball removal passage 24, and becomes a pachinko machine. Guide to the front side of main unit 1. Therefore, if the receiving box 27 is placed on the receiving table 26 on the island side, the game balls can overflow into the receiving box 27.

When removing the game ball in the ball supply plate 19,
After placing the receiving box 27 on the receiving stand 26 on the island side, the ball pulling lever
When 23 is operated in the direction of the arrow a, the ball hole is opened, so the game ball in the ball supply tray 19 falls into the receiving box 27 from the lower side of the makeup cover body 18 through the ball hole and the ball passage 24. To do. In this case, since the ball supply tray 19 is sufficiently above the firing handle 17 of the firing means 14, it is possible to place a large receiving box 27 on the pedestal 26 below the ball supply tray 19.

Further, since the auxiliary tray 30 is attached to the back mechanism plate 28 side together with the game ball payout means 29, the game board 9
When attaching and detaching, the game ball paying-out means 29 and the auxiliary receiving tray 30 can be opened and closed integrally with the back mechanism plate 28, and the auxiliary receiving tray 30 does not interfere with the attachment and detachment of the game board 9 or the like.

FIG. 4 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention,
The auxiliary tray 30 is attached to the rear side of the front frame 4. The auxiliary tray 30 is a game board mounting frame 8 of the front frame 4 by screws 37 or the like.
Etc., and is detachably fixed. On the other hand, a game ball payout means 29 is detachably attached to the back mechanism plate 28,
When the back mechanism plate 28 is opened and closed, the opening 38 into which the auxiliary tray 30 is removably fitted is formed. When the back mechanism plate 28 is closed and the game board 9 is fixed, the auxiliary tray 30 opens. It protrudes rearward from and is located below the game ball payout means 29.

In this way, the auxiliary tray 30 is attached to the front frame 4
Since it is mounted on the side, even when the game balls are accumulated in the auxiliary tray 30, the weight can be received by the front frame 4 side. Therefore, the load on the back mechanism plate 28 can be reduced as compared with the case where the auxiliary tray 30 is provided on the back mechanism plate 28, and the structure on the back mechanism plate 28 side can be simplified. Although the respective embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated above, the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, the auxiliary tray 30 may be long in the left-right direction on the rear side of the front frame 4. The auxiliary saucer 30 is
The shape corresponding to the opening of the payout opening of the game ball payout means 29 may be opened, and almost all of the upper surface side may be closed. In addition, it goes without saying that the shape, structure, mounting position, etc. of the auxiliary tray 30 can be changed as appropriate in consideration of the relative relationship with each of the other constituent members. Furthermore, although a pachinko machine is described in each of the embodiments, the same can be applied to other arrange ball machines and the like.

[0034]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the ball supply tray 19 is provided on the front side of the ball game machine body 1 below the game board 9 and at the rear of the ball game machine body 1. On the side, in the ball game machine provided with the game ball payout means 29 for paying out the game ball to the ball supply plate 19 side at the time of winning, below the game ball payout means 29 on the rear side of the ball game machine body 1. Since the auxiliary receiving tray 30 that receives and stores the game balls delivered from the game ball delivering means 29 and guides the game balls to the ball supply tray 19 side is provided, the conventional complexity of ball transfer is eliminated. Along with being able to do, the whole structure can be easily and miniaturized, and when the game ball of the ball supply tray 19 is pulled out, a large receiving box 27 can be placed on the receiving table 26 on the island structure 25 side. Is.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the game ball in the ball supply tray 19 is moved to the ball launching position A in conjunction with the launching operation of the launching means 14. Since the ball supply tray 19 is provided above the ball firing position A so as to be supplied while moving, no ball lifting means or the like is required,
The structure can be simplified and downsized.

According to the present invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the back mechanism for pressing the game board 9 mounted on the front frame 4 of the ball game machine body 1 from the rear side. Board
Since the back mechanism plate 28 is provided with openable and closable and the game ball payout means 29 and the auxiliary receiving tray 30 are provided, when the game board 9 is attached or detached, the game ball paying out means 29 and the auxiliary receiving tray 30 are provided. Auxiliary saucer 30 can be opened and closed together with the game board 9
It does not get in the way of putting on and taking off.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 1, 2 or 3, the ball game machine body 1
A back mechanism plate 28 that presses the game board 9 mounted on the front frame 4 from the rear side is openably and closably provided. Since each is provided, even when the game balls are accumulated in the auxiliary saucer 30,
The weight can be received by the front frame 4 side. Therefore, the load on the back mechanism plate 28 can be reduced as compared with the case where the auxiliary tray 30 is provided on the back mechanism plate 28, and the structure on the back mechanism plate 28 side can be simplified.

According to the present invention of claim 5, in the invention of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, the auxiliary tray 30 is provided.
Since the overflow passage 41 for overflowing the game balls inside the ball game machine body 1 to the front side is provided, when the game balls in the auxiliary tray 30 are full, the game balls are filled with the ball game machine body 1 Can be received in the receiving box 27 by overflowing to the front side of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pachinko machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an overflow portion showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a pachinko machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball game machine main body 4 Front frame 9 Game board 14 Launching means 19 Ball feeding tray 28 Back mechanism plate 29 Game ball dispensing means 30 Auxiliary tray 41 Overflow passage A Ball launching position

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A ball game machine body (1) below the game board (9)
A ball supply plate (19) is provided on the front side of the game ball, and a game ball payout means (29) for paying out the game ball to the ball supply plate (19) side at the time of winning is provided on the rear side of the ball game machine body (1). In the provided ball game machine, the game ball payout means at the rear side of the ball game machine body (1)
Under the (29), the game ball paid out from the game ball payout means (29) is received and stored, and the game ball is supplied to a ball supply plate.
A ball receiving device for a ball-and-ball game machine, characterized in that an auxiliary tray (30) for guiding to the (19) side is provided. 2. A ball supply tray () so that the game balls in the ball supply tray (19) are supplied while rolling to the ball firing position (A) in conjunction with the firing operation of the launching means (14). The ball receiving device of the ball-and-ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein 19) is provided above the ball firing position (A). 3. A back mechanism plate (28) for holding the game board (9) mounted on the front frame (4) of the ball game machine body (1) from the rear side is provided so as to be freely opened and closed. 28) game ball payout means (2
The ball receiving device of the ball-and-ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: 9) and an auxiliary tray (30). 4. A back mechanism plate (28) for holding the game board (9) mounted on the front frame (4) of the ball game machine body (1) from the rear side is openably and closably provided. 28) game ball payout means (2
The ball receiving device for a ball-and-ball game machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the auxiliary receiving tray (30) is provided on the rear side of the front frame (4). 5. An overflow passage (41) for overflowing the game ball in the auxiliary tray (30) to the front side of the ball game machine body (1) is provided. Alternatively, the ball receiving device of the ball-and-ball game machine according to item 4.