JPH036381Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a handheld ball box used by players to store, organize, and move pachinko balls in a pachinko parlor.

Pachinko parlors are equipped with a handheld ball box that can hold an appropriate amount of pachinko balls, and can be used to receive the balls purchased from the ball dispenser, organize the prize balls accumulated in the pachinko machine's ball tray, and the prize balls at the end of the game. It is used for carrying around settlements, etc.

By the way, this type of handheld ball box is usually made of plastic, and when not in use, the boxes are stacked one on top of the other, with the upper box inserted into the lower box, and when in use, they are removed from the upper box in sequence. .

Here, in order to make it easier to extract the upper box from the lower box, a ball box has been proposed in which a locking step is provided at an appropriate position on the box body in order to hold the upper box in a slightly floating state within the lower box. . FIGS. 1a and 1b show a holding ball box showing this conventional example.

In the figure, 1 is a box body consisting of a bottom plate 2 and a side wall 4 that slopes outward from the bottom plate 2 toward the top opening 3, and has a side wall 4 extending outward from the top end of the side wall. An opening edge 5 is formed in a shape.

By the way, in FIG. 1a, a locking step 6 is provided downward in the form of a standing rib under the opening edge 5 on the outer surface of the sidewall 4a at both the front and rear ends of the sidewall 4, and in FIG. In this case, a locking step 7 is provided upwardly at the corner portion where the left and right side walls 4b and both end side walls 4a are joined inside the box.
It has been established.

In the former case, rib-shaped locking steps 6 are provided on the outer surface of the side walls 4a at both front and rear ends of the box body 1, so that when handling the ball box, the hands often come into contact with the locking step 6, causing pain. Since the locking step 7 is provided inside the box body 1, it becomes a hindrance when wiping the dirt inside the box body, and dirt remains at the corners of the locking step.
Furthermore, both of the locking steps 6 and 7 described above have a single purpose only, which is to facilitate the removal of the upper box relative to the lower box.

This idea was created in view of the above points, and it is an excellent method that increases the strength of the box body by forming the locking steps, and that the presence of the locking steps does not interfere with the handling of the ball box. This is an attempt to provide a box of coins on hand.

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In this invention, horizontally extending downward locking steps 8 are provided at the upper portions of the outer surfaces of the left and right side walls forming the long sides of the box body 1, with a difference in the thickness of the side walls.

Therefore, according to this invention, in providing the locking stage 8, the thickness of the left and right side walls 4b is increased at the upper part of the side wall following the opening edge 5, so that when carrying the ball box with one hand, It exhibits sufficient strength to withstand the force of gripping the left and right side walls 4b by hooking the thumb on one edge of the opening and the remaining four fingers on the edge of the other opening. It is a highly practical idea, as it does not become a protrusion, its presence does not get in the way at all, and there is no problem in wiping off dirt when cleaning the inside and outside of the box.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1a and 1b are perspective views of a conventional handheld ball box with some parts removed, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of this invention with some parts removed, and FIG. 3 is a stacked explanatory view. 1...Box body, 2...Bottom plate, 3...Top opening, 4
... Side wall, 5 ... Opening edge, 6, 7, 8 ... Locking stage.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] When stacking a ball box whose side wall is inclined outward from the bottom toward the top opening and which is elongated when viewed from above, an upper box is inserted into a lower box at the top of the left and right side walls that form the long sides. A handheld ball box for a pachinko parlor, characterized in that a locking step for locking the opening edge of the lower box is provided with a difference in side wall thickness.