JPH087902Y2 - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention stores the pachinko balls discharged through the ball passage in the upper ball saucer and operates the ball punching member in the operated state described above. The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine for dropping a pachinko ball stored in an upper ball saucer onto a lower ball saucer.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a pachinko game machine, an upper ball saucer for rolling the stored pachinko balls to the ball launching mechanism side has been provided. The pachinko balls that are discharged along with this flow in through the ball passage. In this case, when the upper ball saucer becomes full, new discharged pachinko balls are made to flow directly into the lower ball saucer from the middle of the ball passage. The pachinko balls stored in the upper ball tray can be dropped from the ball guiding path on the rolling end side of the upper ball tray to the lower ball tray by operating the ball pulling lever. Therefore, the player
When the player wants to end the game, the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball tray can be dropped into the lower ball tray by operating the ball pulling lever, and the pachinko balls can be collected.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the pachinko balls in the upper ball saucer are designed to drop from the ball guiding path on the rolling end side to the lower ball saucer. When operating the ball pulling lever to collect pachinko balls when the saucer is full, a large amount of pachinko balls in the upper ball saucer and ball passage fall from the ball guiding path of the upper ball saucer to the lower ball saucer. You have to wait a relatively long time until. Therefore, the player has to spend unnecessary time to collect the pachinko balls,
This point was an unsolved problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko game machine capable of collecting pachinko balls in a short time even when the upper ball saucer is full of pachinko balls. To provide.

[Means for Solving the Problem] (Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention is to receive the pachinko balls discharged from the ball passage in association with the occurrence of a prize in the upper ball saucer and to operate the upper ball in the operated state of the ball punching member. In a pachinko game machine that drops a pachinko ball stored in a saucer to a lower ball saucer via a ball guide path, a secondary ball guide leading to the ball guide path from the ball passage or the bottom of the upper ball saucer following this ball passage. Path and the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball tray in the moving state in response to the operated state of the ball pulling member to a position where the sub ball guiding path is opened through the sub ball guiding path. An opening / closing member for guiding the ball guide path is provided.

(Function) The pachinko balls released from the ball passage in association with the occurrence of the winning are received by the upper ball saucer and stored therein. And
When the ball drop member is operated in a state where the upper ball saucer is full of pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are dropped into the lower ball saucer via the ball guiding path and stored there. At this time, the opening / closing member opens the secondary ball guiding path facing the ball passage or the bottom surface of the upper ball tray following the ball passage in response to the operation of the ball pulling member, so that the pachinko ball in the full state is different from the ball guiding path. Even from the part opened by the opening and closing member, it will fall to the lower ball saucer via the secondary ball guide path and the ball guide path, and as a result, the time required for the pachinko balls to drop from the upper ball saucer to the lower ball saucer. Shortened.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 3 shown with the door 2 opened from the main body 1,
The main body 1 is provided with a board surface 3, a lower ball tray 4, and an operation handle 6 for driving a ball launching device 5. Also, the ball launching device 5
A guide rail 7 is arranged so as to extend from the board surface 3 to the board surface 3, and the pachinko balls fired from the ball launching device 5 are guided by the guide rail 7 to be hit on the board surface 3. A notch 8 is formed in the middle of the guide rail 7. Among the pachinko balls that have passed through the guide rail 7, those with a low firing speed or those that have returned to the guide rail 7 without reaching the board surface 3 Is designed to fall from the notch 8. A ball storage container 9 having an upper surface opening is arranged below the guide rail 7, and a pachinko ball dropped from the cutout portion 8 can be received by the ball storage container 9. A ball guiding path 10 leading to the lower ball saucer 4 is provided with an opening in the back surface of the ball storage container 9, and the ball storage container 9
The pachinko balls received in step 1 are guided by the ball guiding path 10 and stored in the lower ball saucer 4. Further, on the front surface of the ball storage container 6, the first opening 11 and the second opening 11
The opening 12 is formed. And on the front surface of the main body 1, a ball passage for guiding the pachinko balls released in association with the winning of the prize.
13 is provided open.

On the other hand, a ball passage 15 communicating with an upper ball tray 14 (see FIG. 1) is formed on the front surface of the door 2, and the ball passage 15 communicates with the ball passage 13 on the main body 1 side when the door 2 is closed. The released pachinko balls are guided to the upper ball saucer 14. Further, a ball supply path 16 is formed at a position continuous with the upper ball saucer 14, and the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball saucer 14 can be sent to the ball sending mechanism 17 through the ball supply path 16. There is. Further, a ball guiding path 18 is formed at a position continuous with the upper ball receiving tray 14, and the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball receiving tray 14 with the door 2 closed are the ball guiding path 18 and the first opening portion 11. Through the ball storage container 9.

Here, the upper ball tray 14 is provided with a ball pulling lever 19 as a ball pulling member, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. That is, the sliding plate 21 provided with the operation knob 20 is arranged so as to be linearly movable, and is biased to the closed position where the ball guiding path 18 is closed by the coil spring 22. Further, the sliding plate 21 is provided with a holding mechanism (not shown), so that when the sliding plate 21 is moved by a predetermined distance against the coil spring 22, the holding mechanism holds the sliding plate 21 at the operating position. Has become. The sliding plate 21 is integrally formed with a laterally projecting engaging claw portion 21a.

On the other hand, a sub-ball guide path 23 is opened at a position on the door 2 that is the bottom surface of the ball passage 15, and when the door 2 is closed, the sub-ball guide path 23 passes through the second opening 12 and the ball storage container 9 It is designed to communicate with.

An opening / closing member 24 is arranged in the upper ball tray 14 so as to close the sub ball guiding path 23. This opening / closing member 24 is
The connecting member 25 is provided so as to be linearly movable along the longitudinal direction of the upper ball tray 14 and extends along the moving direction.
Is provided. An engaging claw portion 25a is formed at the tip of the connecting member 25, and the engaging claw portion 25a faces the engaging claw portion 21a of the sliding plate 21 at a predetermined distance. here,
The sliding plate 21 is urged by a coil spring (not shown) to a closed position where the auxiliary ball guiding path 23 is closed.

 Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

When the pachinko balls fired on the board surface 3 win the winning holes, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are discharged from the main body 1 side to the upper ball saucer 14 through the ball passages 13 and 15 and stored there.

By the way, when the upper ball tray 14 is full of pachinko balls at the end of the game, the ball pulling lever 19 is moved from the closed position against the biasing force of the coil spring 22.
Then, the ball guiding path 18 closed by the sliding plate 21 is opened, so that the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball receiving tray 14 are guided to the ball guiding path 18 and the ball guiding path 10 to reach the lower ball receiving tray 4. It is stored.

When the ball pulling lever 19 is moved further, the engaging claw 21a of the sliding plate 21 engages with the engaging claw portion 25a of the connecting member 25 to move the connecting member 25. Then, as the connecting member 25 moves, the opening / closing member 24 moves from the closed position to open the ball guiding path 23, so that the pachinko balls located in the ball passage 15 fall into the sub ball guiding path 23. Ball taxiway 10
Is guided to and is stored in the lower tray 4.

In short, according to the above configuration, by moving the ball pulling lever 19, the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball receiving tray 14 can be moved to the lower ball receiving tray through the auxiliary ball guiding path 23 in addition to the ball guiding path 16. Since it can be guided to 4, the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball saucer 14 can be stored for a short time, unlike the conventional example in which the pachinko balls in the upper ball saucer are dropped only from the ball guiding path to the lower ball saucer. It can be dropped onto the lower tray 4 and collected. Therefore, the player does not spend unnecessary time for collecting the pachinko balls.

In the above embodiment, the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball receiving tray 14 are dropped into the lower ball receiving tray 4 only from the ball guiding path 16 in accordance with the movement operation amount of the ball pulling lever 19. Since it is possible to select whether or not to drop the ball to the lower ball tray 4 from the ball guide path 10 in addition to the guide path 16, a desired amount of pachinko balls depending on the game can be dropped to the lower ball tray 4. .

Although the opening / closing member 24 is arranged on the bottom surface of the ball passage 15 in the above-described embodiment, the opening / closing member 24 may be arranged at a position continuous with the ball passage 15 in the upper ball tray 14 instead. .

Further, as a configuration for moving the ball drop lever 19, instead of the connecting member 25, a link mechanism or a wire may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, according to the pachinko game machine of the present invention, the ball passage or the bottom surface of the upper ball saucer continuing to the ball passage is faced in response to the operated state of the punching member. Since the secondary ball guide path is opened and the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball saucer are dropped into the lower ball saucer through the auxiliary ball guide path and the ball guide path in the open state, the inside of the upper ball saucer is a pachinko machine. Even if the balls are full, the pachinko balls can be collected in a short time, which is an excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an upper ball tray, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the upper ball tray, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which a door is opened. . In the figure, 1 is a main body, 3 is a board surface, 5 is a ball launching device, 10 is a ball guiding path, 14 is an upper ball saucer, 15 is a ball passage, 18 is a ball guiding path, and 19 is a ball pulling lever (ball cutting member). , 23 is a secondary ball guide path, and 24 is an opening / closing member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pachinko ball discharged from a ball passage upon occurrence of a prize is received by an upper ball tray and a pachinko ball stored in the upper ball tray in an operated state of a ball punching member is passed through a ball guide path. In a pachinko game machine that is dropped onto a lower ball saucer via a secondary ball guiding path leading from the ball path or the bottom surface of an upper ball saucer following this ball path to the ball guiding path, and in response to an operated state of the ball pulling member. And an opening / closing member that is provided so as to move to the position where the sub-ball guide path is opened, and guides the pachinko ball stored in the upper ball tray in the moving state to the ball guide path through the sub-ball guide path. Pachinko game machine characterized by having.