JP2000202151A - Pachinko ball counting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily cope with cleaning of the inside of a ball counting device and jamming at a pachinko ball counting part. SOLUTION: The device is formed with a fixed part 120 to be fixed to the top plate 12 of the pachinko island, a pachinko ball counting part 50 to be separably housed in the fixing part, and a ball box part 60 housed separably over the pachinko ball counting part and receiving the balls ejected from the lower tray 20 of a pachinko machine. The fixed part includes a sliding member sliding in the front/rear direction of a pachinko machine with respect to the fixed part and having an operation piece erected at a place positioned on the rear side of the pachinko machine. The sliding member is formed with a first engaging part engaging a first engaging part disposed at a ball box part and a second engaging part engaging a second engaging part provided at a pachinko ball counting part. By sliding the sliding part, the first engaging part first opens the ball box part and by additionally sliding the member, the second engaging part opens the pachinko ball counting part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, in which a ball lending machine and a pachinko ball counting machine correspond to each other so that the player can easily use the counting machine laid on the gaming table. The present invention relates to a pachinko ball counting device capable of counting acquired prize balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko game facility, a pachinko ball counting device for counting prize balls obtained by a player has been installed at a prize exchange counter or at an end of a group of pachinko islands. However, since it is very simple for a player to be able to count on a gaming table, a pachinko ball counter has recently been installed in correspondence with each gaming table. For example, in the invention of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-238052, a falling port is formed at the bottom of the lower plate, the pachinko balls inside are introduced into the guide tube, and the pachinko balls pass through the ball insertion port, and are installed in the ball lending machine. The number is counted by a pachinko ball counter, the signal is accumulated and stored in a counting register, and the number of stored balls is digitally displayed on a display. Further, JP-A-10-99535, 995
In the invention of 36, a ball tray is provided below the lower tray, and balls are sent from the ball tray to a pachinko ball counter. The ball tray and the like are directly attached to the waist plate via a support member. Further, in the inventions of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 10-85411 and 10-85440, a ball box portion is attached to a top plate of an island via a tray member, and the balls stored in the ball box portion are placed below a machine for renting between balls. The ball is sent to the provided counting means to count the balls. Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 6-17787 discloses a ball counter in which a ball inlet and a counting portion are integrated.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 6-23805
In the invention of the second aspect, since there is no ball tray, the player cannot sufficiently grasp the number of obtained balls, and the satisfaction of the game is small. In the inventions of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 10-99535 and 99536, the parts of the ball tray and the pachinko ball counter can be detached, but the structure is complicated and the detaching operation takes time. Further, JP-A-10-8541
In the invention of 1, 10-85440, it is difficult to take out the counting means by itself because the counting means is provided, for example, inside the tama ball lending machine, so that the inspection and cleaning of the counting means can be performed. Making it difficult. In addition, 6-177
In the ball counting machine disclosed in No. 87, when the ball insertion port and the pachinko ball counting portion are integrated, when cleaning the ball insertion port portion or when dealing with clogging of the pachinko ball counting portion. Poor workability. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can easily cope with the cleaning of the inside of the ball counting machine and the clogging of the pachinko ball counting portion. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko ball counting apparatus that can be freely operated to improve workability.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a means of the present invention comprises a plurality of pachinko machines arranged in a row, and at least a pachinko machine extending downward at a fixed width toward the front of the pachinko machines. A pachinko ball counting device that is installed on a pachinko island equipped with a board, counts pachinko balls discharged from each pachinko table, and returns the pachinko ball to the pachinko island.
The pachinko ball counting device includes a fixing portion fixed to the top plate of the pachinko island, a pachinko ball counting portion separably stored in the fixing portion, and a separable housing above the pachinko ball counting portion. And a ball box portion for receiving balls discharged from the lower plate of the pachinko machine, and slides in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine with respect to the fixed portion, and is erected at a position located on the rear side of the pachinko machine. A fixing member including a sliding member having an operating piece, wherein the sliding member includes a first engaging portion for engaging a first locking portion provided on the ball box portion, and a pachinko ball counting portion. And a second engaging portion for engaging a second locking portion provided on the first member.
The second engaging portion releases the pachinko ball counting portion by the engaging portion releasing the ball box portion and further sliding. That is, from the fixed portion, the pachinko ball counting portion separably stored therein, and the ball box portion that is separably stored above the pachinko ball counting portion and receives the ball discharged from the lower plate of the pachinko table. It is a configured pachinko ball counting device. The fixing portion includes a sliding member that slides in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine with respect to the fixing member and has an operation piece that is provided upright at a position located on the rear side of the pachinko machine. The sliding operation of release by the operation piece includes all operations such as pulling and pushing. The sliding member includes a first engagement portion that engages a first engagement portion provided on the carton box portion, and a second engagement portion that engages a second engagement portion provided on the pachinko ball counting portion. Department. By the sliding operation on the sliding member, first, the first
The second engaging portion opens the pachinko ball counting portion by the engaging portion releasing the ball box portion and further sliding.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 3, reference numeral 10 denotes a pachinko island, which has a double island configuration. As shown in FIGS.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a pachinko machine, and a top plate 14 is provided below the pachinko machine.
The pachinko ball counting device 50 of the present invention is mounted thereon. The pachinko machine 12 has a firing handle 16 for firing pachinko balls, and a ball lending machine 30 is provided on the side of the pachinko machine. Introduce and play. The prize ball is discharged to the upper plate 18, but the overflowed ball is discharged to the lower plate 20. When the lower plate 20 is also full, the pachinko balls can be temporarily stored in the upper plate portion 66 of the pachinko ball counting device 50. And
If the winning pattern is entered, the counting lever 68 of the pachinko ball counting device 50 is slid to the left to count the pachinko balls, and the counting result is temporarily displayed on a portion (not shown) for displaying the counting result, or the card insertion slot is displayed. A card can be inserted by inserting a card into 34.

The entire pachinko ball counting apparatus of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 4, and a pachinko ball counting section 100 is provided below a ball box section 60.
20. Then, the pachinko ball counting device 50 of the present invention fixes the pachinko machine from the lower part of the pachinko machine 12 to the inside of the pachinko machine by engaging means and locking means, and releases the pachinko machine forward when it is necessary to remove it.
The lever box 152 and the pachinko ball counting section 100 are moved backward by sliding a lever 152, which is a release means provided upright at a position located behind the pachinko ball counting apparatus 50 and on the rear side of the pachinko table 12, to the pachinko ball counting section 100. It can be removed (see FIG. 1). or,
The fixing part 120 is fixed to the top plate 14.

[0007] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
The upper case 62 is divided into an upper case 62 and a lower case 64. The upper plate 66 is
It is depressed at the center, and the left and right are inclined toward the center, and the center is provided with an inclined passage 88 inclined forward (see FIG. 14). There is a decorative panel 72 between the upper case 62 and the lower case 64 on the front side of the box portion.
A counting lever 68 and a lever release button 70 are provided therein. When the counting lever 68 is slid to the left, the pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 66 move from the inclined passage 88 to the return passage 90 by opening the upper shutter 92 (see FIG. 14). , Ball discharge section 8
From 2 (see FIG. 6), it moves to the pachinko ball counting section 100, and the number of balls can be counted. When the lever release button 70 is pressed, the counting lever 68 returns to the original position, and the shutter 92 closes.

[0008] A lower opening 65 is provided further below the lower case 64 of the ball box section 60, in which the pachinko ball counting section 1 is provided.
A member for fitting to the front upper portion of the 00 is incorporated (see FIG. 15 for the fitting state). Reference numeral 78 denotes a positioning pin, which fits into the pin storage section 106 of the pachinko ball counting section 100. Reference numeral 82 denotes a ball discharging unit, which has a function of discharging balls from the ball box unit 60 to the pachinko ball counting unit 100. The pachinko ball counting section 100 is disposed below the ball box section 60. Numeral 74 denotes a ball box fixing hook, which is located below the tongue 138 of the fixing section 120 in which the pachinko ball counting section 100 is stored and the pachinko ball counting section 100.
It is designed to be locked on the upper surface. Then, after the hook 74 for fixing the ball case and the tongue 138 of the fixing portion 120 are engaged, the ball box portion 60 is rotated forward with the portion as a fulcrum, and the ball box fixing pin 76 is moved to the pachinko ball counting portion 100. Engages with the first engagement jack 132J (see FIG. 13) of the first engagement portion 132 of the fixing portion 120 in which the housing is accommodated, thereby fixing the barrel section 60 (see FIG. 15). Reference numeral 80 denotes a ground member.

The upper portion of FIG. 14 shows the inside of the ball box section 60. The pachinko balls pass from the upper plate 66 through the central inclined passage 88, pass through the upper shutter 92, and return the return passage. 90, a lower shutter 84 is urged downward by a spring 86.
6 is engaged with the first engagement jack 132J,
When the pachinko ball counting section 100 accommodated in the fixing section 120 is engaged with the fixing section 120, the front upper surface pushes the lower shutter 84 upward, and the lower shutter 84 is released, and the pachinko machine is released. The ball passes through the ball discharge unit 82 from the return passage 90 and enters the rail 108 from the gate 102 of the pachinko ball counting unit 100. In addition, the lower shutter 84 is attached to the ball box section 60.
Is released from the engaged state, thereby preventing the pachinko ball from spilling again.

As shown mainly in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9, the pachinko ball counting section 100 stores the pachinko balls in the front storage port 122 of the fixing section 120 while sequentially sliding them from the rear of the fixing section 120. The rear part 116 of the counting part 100 is the key-shaped rear guide member 14 of the fixed part 120.
2, 144 and the lower substrate 140. The pachinko ball counting section 100 has a lock pin 104 serving as a second locking section, and a second engaging section 130 of the fixing section 120.
Is fixed by engaging with the second engagement jack 130J (see FIG. 13).

Reference numeral 102 denotes a gate, in which a rail 108 is fitted. The rail 108 has four passages, and each passage has a sensor provided above.
Each sensor is a pachinko ball detecting means. In addition,
The rail 108 is detachable from the gate section 102. The passage is inclined in one direction so that pachinko balls can pass through. 110S1 is a sensor 1;
In the following, 110S2 is sensor 2, 110S3 is sensor 3, and 110S4 is sensor 4 (see FIG. 14). Thus, the sensors 1 to 4 are arranged in a staggered manner. Reference numeral 112 denotes a stopper, which serves as stopper means for stopping the movement of the pachinko ball in each passage in conjunction with each sensor. Then, the pachinko ball detecting means as a sensor for detecting the pachinko ball passing through the path, the stopper means provided downstream of the pachinko ball detecting means, the path through which the pachinko ball passes for a predetermined time is opened. A signal is output to a solenoid or the like (not shown) to operate the solenoid for a predetermined time to open the passage. Note that the stopper 112 is completely closed when a solenoid (not shown) is not energized. That is, when a pachinko ball is detected, the passage is opened, and the pachinko ball starts flowing on the rail 108, and the passage remains open for a predetermined time after the pachinko ball is detected by the pachinko ball detecting means. . When the power supply to the pachinko ball counting device 50 is cut off due to a power failure or the like, the sensors 110S1, 110S
Since 2, 110S3 and 110S4 do not detect the pachinko balls, the passage is not opened, and the pachinko balls do not flow on the rails 108. That is, even when a sudden power failure or the like occurs, it is possible to prevent the pachinko balls from flowing out of the pachinko ball counting device 50 without being counted, thereby preventing disadvantages for the customer. Also, when the power supply is cut off while counting the pachinko balls by the pachinko ball counting device 50, the passage is kept open for a predetermined time after the pachinko balls are detected, but after a predetermined time, the sensor 110S1, 110S2, 110S
3, 110S4 does not detect the pachinko balls, so that the passage is closed, and the pachinko balls do not continue to flow on the rails 108. That is, even if the power supply is cut off while counting the pachinko balls by the pachinko ball counting device 50, it is possible to minimize the disadvantage to the customer. Incidentally, reference numeral 114 denotes an external discharge portion of the rail 108. As described above, the pachinko balls are discharged from the ball discharging portion 8 of the ball box portion 60.
2 through the gate 102 and from the rail 108,
It is discharged from the external discharge portion 114 and is collected by being merged with the discharge gutter 40 of the outgoing ball of the pachinko machine 12 (see FIG. 1).

Mainly, as shown in FIGS. 10, 11, 12, and 13, reference numeral 120 denotes a fixing portion, which fixes the pachinko ball counting device 50 of the present invention to the top plate 14, and
It has a role of fixing the ball box section 60 and the pachinko ball counting section 100. Further, the ball box section 60 and the pachinko ball counting section 100 are easily separated individually from the pachinko ball counting apparatus 50 so that the respective sections can be efficiently cleaned and inspected. The fixing portion 120 includes a T-shaped lower substrate 140 and a sliding member 15 mounted on the substrate and slidable back and forth.
0, a second engaging portion 130, and a first engaging portion 132. The sliding member 150 is mounted on the lower substrate 140 and can be slid rearward by a lever 152 having a function of an operation piece, as indicated by a hatched line in FIG. The sliding member 150 has left and right wing portions 154 extending from the front lower substrate 140 to the inside of the left and right engagement fixing portions 124 formed into a box shape and extending from the front lower substrate 140. Wing 1
The front end of 54 is fixed to a standing member 164 at the front end of the lower substrate 140 via a spring 160. Therefore, the sliding member 150 is urged to slide forward in the released state. As a release means of the device of the present invention, a lever 1 which is an embodiment of an operation piece provided on the sliding member 150
It is not limited to 52.

The left and right wing parts 154 are provided with a first release member 156 and a second release member 158. The first release member 156 is for releasing the first engagement portion 132 which is engaged with the barrel fixing pin 76 of the barrel portion 60, and
The release member 158 is for releasing the second engaging portion 130 which is engaged with the lock pin 104 of the pachinko ball counting section 100. Also, in front of the sliding member 150, the standing member 1 of the left and right engagement fixing portions 124 of the lower substrate 140 in a box shape.
26, the slit 151 is opened in the sliding direction of the sliding member to avoid interference, and the sliding member 150 is attached by the spring 160 so that the sliding member 150 slides forward as described above. The rear end 1 of the slit 151 is
51R is a stopper for backward movement of the sliding member 150, and similarly, a front end 151F of the slit 151 is a stopper for sliding the sliding member 150 forward.

As shown in FIGS. 10, 11, and 13, a box-shaped left and right engagement fixing portion 1 of the lower substrate 140 of the fixing portion 120 is provided.
24 has a second engagement portion 130 and a first engagement portion 132. The engagement fixing portion 124 includes a side plate 166 and an upright member 126 having an L-shaped cross section. Standing member 1
26 is provided with a first engaging portion 132 and a second engaging portion 130. The first engagement portion 132 traverses between the upright member 126 and the side plate 166 so that the shaft 134 bridges the
It is fixed. A spring 136 is wound around the shaft 134. A key-shaped first engagement jack 132J is provided above the first engagement portion 132, and the first engagement jack 132J is provided.
The ball box fixing pin 76 which is the first locking portion of the ball box 60
Are engaged and fixed. Front lower end 132 of first engagement portion 132
In S, the front release member 156 of the sliding member 150 is slid rearward and pushed by pulling the lever 152, whereby the first engagement portion 132 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing,
13A, 13B, and 13C, during which the ball box fixing pin 76, which is the first locking portion of the ball box portion 60 that has been engaged and fixed to the first engagement jack 132J, is released, The front of the box is in the released state.

The substantially L-shaped second engaging portion 130 is supported by a shaft 128 provided above the base of the standing member 126.
A spring 129 is wound around the shaft 128. The second engagement portion 130 has a key-shaped second engagement jack 130J
The lock pin 104 as the second locking portion of the pachinko ball counting section 100 is engaged and fixed to the second engagement jack 130J. A pin 130P is provided on one arm 130A at a distance of about 90 degrees clockwise from the second engagement jack 130J. The pin 130P is pushed rearward by the rear release member 158 of the slide member 150 being pulled by pulling the lever 152, whereby the second engagement portion 130 rotates clockwise in the drawing, A, B in FIG.
C, the lock pin 104, which is the second locking portion of the pachinko ball counting section 100 that has been engaged and fixed to the second engagement jack 130J during this time, is released, and the pachinko ball counting section 1
00 is released, and can be pulled out forward. In the above description, the second engaging portion 130 and the first engaging portion 132 of the engaging fixing portion 124 on the left side when viewed from the front of the fixing portion 120 have been examined.
The second engaging portion 130 and the first engaging portion 132 on the right side when viewed from the front perform the same operation. Further, the engagement and fixing means of the ball box section 60 and the pachinko ball counting section 100 and the fixing section 120 are:
It is not limited to the above. That is, in the present invention, the lever 152 as the operation piece has a function related to the operation of the first stage,
The engaging state between the fixing unit 120 and the ball box unit 60 is released, and as a function related to the second-stage operation, the engaging state between the fixing unit 120 and the pachinko ball counting unit 100 is released. Thus, since the configuration is such that only the ball box section 60 can be easily removed, the ball box section 60 as a ball input section is used.
The workability of cleaning the pachinko ball or performing a countermeasure operation when a ball jam occurs in the pachinko ball counting unit 100 is greatly improved. In addition, even when a failure occurs in the pachinko ball counting section 100, it is a matter of course that the inspection and cleaning of the portion can be easily performed.

FIG. 14 shows a state before the ball box section 60 is fixed to the pachinko ball counting section 100 and the fixing section 120. FIG. 15 shows that the ball box unit 60 is a pachinko ball counting unit 1.
00 and a state after being fixed to the fixing portion 120. Pachinko balls are moved from the inclined passage 88 to the upper shutter 92.
, Pass through the return passage 90, enter the pachinko ball counting section 100 from the lower shutter 84 through the gate section 102, pass under the sensors 110 S1 to S4 from the rail 108, and are discharged outside from the rear section 116. In addition,
The ball box section 60 is provided with a first engagement jack 132 of the fixing section 120.
The state indicated by the dashed line shows the state in which the ball box fixing pin 76, which is the first locking portion, has been disengaged and fixed from J.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above description, and can be appropriately modified within the spirit of the present invention.

[0018]

According to the pachinko ball counting apparatus of the present invention,
When the sliding member that slides in the front-back direction of the pachinko machine slides with respect to the fixed portion, first, the first engagement portion is provided on the first box provided on the ball box portion.
By releasing the engagement of the locking portion, the ball box portion is opened, and the sliding member is further slid, whereby the second engaging portion engages with the second locking portion provided in the pachinko ball counting portion. By releasing the combination, the pachinko ball counting section is opened. That is, the ball box section and the pachinko ball counting section can be sequentially removed in a series of operations. Thus, the workability of removing the ball box for daily cleaning has been greatly improved, and the cleaning of the inside of the ball counter and the clogging of the pachinko ball counting section can be easily dealt with. Furthermore, since the operation piece for sliding the sliding member is erected at a position located on the rear side of the pachinko machine, when opening the ball box or the pachinko ball counting unit, first, the pachinko machine is moved forward. Since it is necessary to release the pachinko ball counting device and then operate the operation piece located behind the pachinko ball counting device, the configuration is such that it is difficult to perform fraud, and there is an effect that fraud can be prevented beforehand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a pachinko ball counting apparatus of the present invention is mounted on a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine of Katashima in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pachinko island showing both island states.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the pachinko ball counting apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a pachinko ball counting section.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a rail 108.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a fixing portion.

11 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the engagement fixing portion 124;
C is an explanatory diagram showing an operation state.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing the relationship between the ball box section 60 and the pachinko ball counting section 100.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view showing an engaged state of the ball box section 60 and the pachinko ball counting section 100.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko island 12 Pachinko stand 14 Top plate 18 Upper plate 20 Lower plate 30 Ball rental machine 34 Card slot 50 Pachinko ball counter 60 Ball box section 66 Upper plate section 68 Count lever 74 Ball box fixing hook 76 Ball box fixing pin 78 Positioning pin 82 Ball discharge section 84 Lower shutter 86 Spring 92 Upper shutter 100 Pachinko ball counting section 104 Lock pin 106 Pin storage section 108 Rail 110S1 Sensor 1 110S2 Sensor 2 110S3 Sensor 3 110S4 Sensor 4 112 Stopper 114 External discharge section 116 Rear section 120 fixing part 124 engaging fixing part 130 second engaging part 130J second engaging jack 132 first engaging part 132J first engaging jack 138 tongue part 140 lower substrate 142, 144 rear guide member 150 sliding member 152 Bar 154 Left and right wings 166 Side plate

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of pachinko machines are arranged in a row, and pachinko balls discharged from each of the pachinko machines are installed on a pachinko island having a top plate extending at a fixed width toward the front of the pachinko machines at least below the rows. After counting, the pachinko ball counting device to be returned to the pachinko island, at least the pachinko ball counting device is fixedly fixed to the top plate of the pachinko island, and separably housed in the fixing portion A pachinko ball counting section, and a ball box section that is separably housed above the pachinko ball counting section and receives balls discharged from the lower plate of the pachinko table, and a fixing section is provided. It is configured to include a sliding member having an operation piece erected at a position located on the rear side of the pachinko machine while sliding in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine with respect to the fixed portion.
A first engagement portion for engaging a first engagement portion provided on the carton box portion, and a second engagement portion for engaging a second engagement portion provided on the pachinko ball counting portion; First, the first engaging portion opens the ball box portion by sliding a sliding member, and the second engaging portion opens the pachinko ball counting portion by further sliding. Pachinko ball counting device.