JPS6083685A - Safe ball controller of pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a seventh ball for a pachinko machine that detects a ball that has entered a prize opening and becomes a safe ball, opens a prize ball case, and controls the release of a predetermined number of prize balls. This relates to a control device.

As is well known, pachinko machines have a safe ball detection system to ensure that when multiple batted balls become safe balls at the same time or consecutively, a prize ball determined for each safe ball is released. It is equipped with a detector and a controller that accurately activates the detector in a number corresponding to the number of safe bulbs.

Normally, this safe ball detector and safe ball controller are placed in an interlocking relationship, and when the controller sends out one safe ball, the safe ball detector will surely open the prize ball case once. In order to ensure that a certain number of prize balls are accurately released for each safe ball, some kind of regulating means is provided between the two to prevent the controller from automatically sending out the next safe ball while this detector is in operation. In other words, a restraining member is usually inserted to restrain the operation of the controller.

The present invention includes a restraining member inserted between the 7-7 ball controller and the safe ball detector, and a method for releasing the restraining member by an operation other than the release method using the safe ball detector, and returning the safe ball controller to its original state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new 7-7 ball control device equipped with a release member that can be returned to the original position.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Figures 1 to 3 are rear views showing the mutual operational relationship between the 7-7 ball control device and the prize ball device facing the safe ball path.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear view of the main parts, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are enlarged front views of the main parts, partially in section, showing mutual relationships centering on the restraining member during operation.

The reference numeral l in the figure indicates a mechanism frame configured to incorporate the safe ball control device according to the present invention and a prize ball device that works in conjunction with this control device and releases prize balls, and ko indicates the built-in components. A board serving as the skeleton of a mechanism frame provided for equipping or assembling the device, and 3 is integrally provided on the back side (when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine, the front side) of this board λ. Safe ball passage, ``D'' is a safe ball controller facing the upper folded part of this safe ball passage, and ``Y'' is a oscillating device that is pivoted on a support shaft B installed in the board at the mid-length near the rear end S'. This is a safe ball detector in which a receiving part 7 provided at the movable tip faces the arc-shaped safe ball passage 3, and g connects the lower end to the rear end s' of the detector, and the upper end to the upper part of the substrate. This is an interlocking rod that is connected to the actuating plate 10, which is freely swingably supported by a support shaft D, and is passed between the two. The parts indicated by broken lines in Figures 1 to 3 are devices installed on the front side of the board, where 11 is a guideway that guides the prize ball to the prize ball device, and /2 is a guideway that guides the prize ball to the prize ball device. The prize ball case provided, 13 is a lid member that closes the exit of the prize ball case, 1 is a door member that closes the entrance, and IT is a prize ball ejector that guides the prize balls released from the prize ball case to a prize ball tray (not shown). This is Kushiro. 1. Although the mechanism frame l containing this type of device is not shown in the figure, it is assembled with the back side of the board (facing) the back of the base frame board provided inside the pachinko box. The frame 6, which is placed continuously above the safe ball passage 3 and facing the back of the base frame board, constitutes the ball collection frame of the safe ball collection room. Then, when a huge amount of safe dreams appeared from the prize opening of the game board to the ball room,
This wading frame 16 guides and sends the ball into the safe ball passage 3.

Now, in the device of the present invention, what does the safe sphere detector look like in the normal state as shown in Figure 1? Then, raise the receiving part, lower the interlocking rod S connected to the rear end S', and pull down the working plate io to lower the nib and its notch mating part 17.
The bottle protruding from the lid member 13 of the m-ball case 7.2/
1 is stopped and restrained in a closed state, and prize balls from the taxiway // are stored in a prize ball case saw.

In this state, when a batted ball enters the safe ball collection chamber from the prize opening of the game board, the ball enters the receiving part C of the controller L facing the bending part of the passage 3, and the ball is controlled to swing around the shaft 19 as a fulcrum. The vessel is tilted forward and downward, and the vessel rides on the swinging piece pb and flows down into the main stream of the safe ball passage that continues below the bend.

The safe ball A in FIG. 1 is in the rectangular position that enters the receiving part lIa, and the controller D is in a forward upward position due to the action of the weight. FIG. 2 shows that the safe ball detector 5 tilts forward by receiving the safe ball A on the receiving part 4 (a), lowers the rocking piece/lb, and rides on the receiving part of the safe ball detector 5 facing the safe ball passage 3. It is shown that it is being pushed down by the weight of the ball.At this time, as will be described later, the lowered swinging piece b is caught by the hook of the restraining member and is prevented from rising. put in a state,
' As shown in the figure, a piece 11c of the controller t is pushed out to the bent part of the passage 3, and the safe ball A of the nuclear connection is blocked from flowing down.In this way, the 7-7 ballman When the receiving part 7 is pushed down, the detector swings around the support shaft 6, guiding the ball to the lowest end of the passage 3 and ejecting it out of the passage. Since the interlocking lever is pushed up and the actuating plate IO is swung upward, the pin it comes off from the engaging part 17, and
The lid member 13 of the prize ball case will be released.

For this reason, the balls in the prize ball case are placed on the prize ball release path/! At this time, at the same time as the lid member /3 is opened, the arm 2 of the door member /41 connected to the actuating plate 10 swings to push the door member into the prize ball guideway // and the prize ball is released. In order to stop guiding the balls, only a constant number of prize balls in the prize ball case are released.

FIG. 3 shows the engaging portion l of the actuating plate io due to the swinging of the detector S.
The figure shows the state in which the bottle/1 has been released from the cage and the prize ball case/J has been opened, and the safe ball person riding on the receiving part 7 of the detector pushes this receiving part down to the lowest end of the passage 3. From this, it moves out of the passage and releases the pushdown of the detector. Then, the released detector returns to its original state as shown in FIG. 1 under the weight of the interlocking rod acting on the rear end S', and is ready for the next safe bulb to flow down. Incidentally, FIG. 4 shows a state in the middle of recovery.

The controller G and the detector S operate in the above-mentioned relationship, and when one safe ball A passes, the prize ball cases / and 2 are opened once, and the activation plate lθ of the prize ball case is activated. During the one-stroke movement from when the detector S descends to when it rises, a controller for controlling the flow of safe balls passes through a stopper piece 'la' so that new safe balls do not flow into the safe ball passage 3. The flow will stop at the bend in the area.

Figure 4 shows this state correctly, and the controller is restrained by a restraining member provided on the front side of the board.
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The restraint member 22 includes a rocking plate 22a that is freely swingably supported on a support shaft λ3 implanted in the substrate shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a support shaft,
It is composed of a hook member 2b, which is provided so as to project upward from a common support shaft, and an arc-shaped sliding member 2a, which is pivotally connected via an axis so as to project from the side of the rocking plate. . In the normal state, the swinging plates J and 21 hang down below the support shaft 3 due to their own weight, and the upper hook member B has the weight piece λS abutted against the stopper piece B provided on the swinging plate, so that the hook piece 21 hangs downward due to its own weight. , and waits for pin 2j to come down, facing the long hole made in the board through which pin 2g, protruding from the swinging edge of the controller, passes. The sliding member 2C faces a guide hole 30 that is parallel to the arc-shaped safe ball passage 3, and is installed near the tip of the detector 3 that moves up and down along this guide hole. 3/, and the lower end side part, which normally hangs down, abuts against a stopper 32 provided on the rocking plate Cocoa, and the convex arc wire of the other side part crosses the guide hole 30.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to the above-mentioned No. 1 @, in which the pin 2g of the swinging piece +b of the controller Hiroshi is located at the upper end of the long hole 2q and is not engaged with the hook member here b. The bottle 31 of the detector S, which also passes through the guide hole 30, is also in the raised position and in an unengaged state.

In this state, when the safe ball A flies in, the controller holder tilts forward as described above and its swinging piece +b descends, and the pin 2g lowers at the same time and the hook member holder b waits along the elongated hole. engage with.

Therefore, Hiroshi Controller is restrained in a forward leaning posture, and the stopper? This will allow ball c to face the passageway and prevent the subsequent safe ball A from flowing down. FIGS. 2 and 6 show this state.

Then, safe ball A, which has oscillated the controller, presses down the detector. At this time, the pin 31 passed through the guide hole 3o slides into contact with the concave arc on the other side of the sliding member 12c, swings it to the left as shown in FIG. 6, and continues along the guide hole. and will be allowed to descend.

Next, as described above, when the detector 3 descends and the ball in the receiving part is moved out, it moves back up, but at this time the pin 3/, which ascends the guide hole 3o again, hits the sliding member 220. It will match.

Unlike when descending, the bottle 3/ during this upward movement collides with the convex arc line on the other side of the sliding member 2c. pin 3
Since the sliding member that has received / cannot swing independently to the right due to the stopper 3.2, the swinging plate 2.2m is pushed out to the right together with the swinging plate 2.2m, and swings around the support shaft 3. (See Figure 7). For this reason, the hook member 2:1b, which is pivotally supported around the support shaft 3, is also connected to the swing plate 2:1 through the stopper roller.
．． Since it oscillates at the same time as 2m, the hook has a long hole.
This will release the bottle 1g of the controller that was engaged with it.

Therefore, when the detector S moves upward and returns, the restraint member swings around the support shaft 3, and the controller DA also returns to its original state and the new safe ball that was stopped by the stopper piece +1c will be allowed to pass.

By sequentially repeating the above process, one prize ball discharge operation is performed for one safe ball, and the prize ball is accurately discharged.

33 in the figure is a hook member to prevent the detector from returning to the uppermost position when it reaches its lowest position. It is provided to swing around the axis yti as a fulcrum, and when the detector 3 reaches its lowermost position, When the pin 3/ descends from the guide hole 30, it is stopped by the pin 3S to prevent it from rising, and the safe ball A rests on the receiving part 7 of the detector.
When the detector moves away from this and out of the passage, the ball pushes down the footboard piece 36 to disengage the hook 3 and allow the detector 3 to rise freely.

In this way, the safe ball controller q and the safe ball detector j are related to each other so as to make accurate rocking motions by interposing the restraint member 2.2, but when the game is stopped, the prize ball is When the ball is removed from the ball case or when the pachinko parlor starts operating for the first time, the controller falls forward regardless of the sending out of the safe ball, and the pinball is hit by the hook pieces of the two restraining members. , 27, there will be no means for returning the controller to its original state since there will be no rocking movement of the detector.

In particular, these devices that control the release of prize balls are the central part of a pachinko machine and are at high risk of being fraudulently exploited, so they are actually sealed inside the frame. Usually, the detector is constructed so that it cannot be easily operated from the outside.

In the figure, 37 is a release member provided near the hook piece 27 to release the restraint state of the restraint member here in such a case.

As clearly shown in Fig. 8 (4), a3), this release member 3 is pivoted in a swinging hole on a support shaft 3g installed in the base plate, and is attached to one side near the hook piece of the restraining member. 7. The weight of the weight plate 39, which is always provided integrally, moves the contact piece lθ to 7. It's a relief to the alteration that made me turn away from ゛Dori Katakoku.

On the other hand, is the upward extension and obstructive partial erosion a restraining member? A cover piece II 5 that covers the entire cover is made to protrude upward through a small window 3, and can be swung by finger operation. .

As mentioned above, under normal conditions, the releasing member is in a hanging state, and the contact piece 110 is separated from the hook, preventing the releasing operation of the restraining member by vertical movement of the safe ball detector 3.
I try not to. And, irrespective of whether the safe ball is fed or released, the -7 ball mower l swings forward downward and engages the swinging piece <zb bottle, 2g, with the hook piece. If you lose the way to release as the detector level rises, tilt the knob q/ protruding from the small window 13 in the direction of the arrow, and use the support shaft 3g as a fulcrum to turn the contact piece lIo into a hook. Just press it as shown in Figure 8), the restrained pin and 2Ir will easily come off, and the controller will return to its original state by the action of the weight O, waiting for the inflow of the safe ball. I will do it.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the illustrated embodiments, but the present invention device includes a controller that feeds the safe balls into the safe ball path, and a detector that operates the prize ball device in response to the safe balls passing through the path. Accurate operation can be expected by adopting a structure that ensures that one safe ball is ejected once by interlocking with each other through a restraint member, but due to the intervention of this restraint member, The controller is configured to be able to be released from the restrained state at any time by being equipped with a release member that releases this restraint, in order to avoid the risk of the controller being self-restricted and stopping its operation.This eliminates troubles caused by the restraint member. , can be completely resolved. Moreover, the above-mentioned release member is extremely easy to release because it can be operated by pushing down the knob, and this knob protrudes outside through a small window in the cover, so that the safe ball detection device is activated each time it is operated. It is also convenient from a security standpoint since there is no need to open the interior.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1 to 3 are rear views illustrating the mutual operational relationship between the safe ball detection device and the prize ball device, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear view of the main parts. , FIGS. 5 to 7 are enlarged front views of essential parts to explain the operating state of the restraint member, and FIGS. 8(4) and (B) are enlarged explanatory views showing the relationship between the release member and the restraint member. . 3...Safe ball passage, G...Safe ball controller, 41
a... Receiving part, llb... Rocking piece, lc... Stopper piece, E... Safe ball detector, t... Receiving part, Uni... Restraint member, Near... Hook Piece, 3/...Pin provided at the tip of the safe ball detector, 37...Release member, 3g...Spindle, Hiroshi/...Pinch piece. -/! i- shi-f AC, n-

Claims (1)

[Claims] A controller that sends out safe balls one by one facing a safe ball passage and flowing down, and a safe ball sent through the controller is placed on a tip receiving part and supported by its weight. There is a safe ball detector that swings around a shaft and opens the prize ball case via an interlocking rod connected to the rear end, and a controller that is interposed between the controller and the safe ball detector. The swinging piece that descends when the safe ball is sent out is locked to the hook piece and kept in a posture that prevents the next safe ball from falling, while the safe ball detector receives the sent out safe ball and descends. , and a restraining member that releases the locked state of the controller by colliding with a bottle provided at the tip of the swinging ball when the ball rises again after being sent out from the safe ball passage. Apparatus 1: A release member is provided in the vicinity of the hook piece of the restraint member and is swingable about a support shaft, and is locked to the swing piece of the controller by swinging operation of a knob provided on the member. A safe ball control device characterized in that a hook piece that moves can be released independently of the swinging motion of a safe ball detector.