JPH09313698A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a recovery operation for not losing the playing desire of a player by attaching a rubbish housing member freely rotatably around a rotary shaft and setting the rotating direction in an oblique direction tilted outwards from a direction orthogonally crossing a game machine. SOLUTION: As shown in the figure A, in the state of placing the can K of a beverage on the left side of an ashtray 20, the player A is absorbed in a game. Also, a ball box T is placed at the lower part of a lower tray unit 10. Then, when an employee recovers rubbish G inside the ashtray 20 by a rubbish container Y, as shown in the figure B, the rubbish container Y is placed between the ball box T and the can K and the ashtray 20 is rotated toward the rubbish container Y (toward an outer left side). Thus, the employee transfers the rubbish G inside the ashtray 20 to the rubbish container Y without picking it up and easily and cleanly performs the recovery operation of the rubbish G. In the meantime, the player A can be absorbed in the game without getting a game operation obstructed by the rubbish recovery operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine provided with a dust accommodating member which is composed of a housing having an upper surface opening and accommodates dust such as butts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an ashtray is generally provided below a hitting ball supply plate in a ball-playing machine for playing a game of pachinko balls so that a player can enjoy playing a game while smoking. Further, such an ashtray has been proposed which is attached to a game machine so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis. As a result, when collecting dust such as cigarette butts discarded in the ashtray, the employee can collect the dust only by rotating the ashtray without directly picking up the dust.

[0003]

By the way, the rotatably provided ashtray as in the prior art described above has a front-back direction in which the rotation direction is orthogonal to the gaming machine or a left-right direction parallel to the gaming machine. It was set to either. FIG. 6 (A)
As shown in (B), when the rotation direction of the ashtray 30 is set to the front-back direction, when the employee collects the waste G in the waste container Y, the ball box T located below the ashtray 30 is displaced and
Player A also had to interrupt the game and shift his body. In addition, as shown in FIGS.
In the case where the rotation direction is set to the left and right, when the player plays the game while drinking drinking water, when the employee collects the garbage G in the garbage container Y, the player A does not feel like drinking the drinking water at that time. However, the player A had to hold the can K of drinking water placed beside the ashtray 40. As described above, in the configuration in which the rotation direction of the ashtray is set to the front-rear direction or the left-right direction, there is a problem in that the collecting operation becomes an obstacle when the dust is collected and the player cannot concentrate on the game. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine provided with a dust storage member that enables a dust collection operation that does not reduce the player's willingness to play. To provide.

[0004]

A trash accommodating member is rotatably attached to an end portion of a gaming machine side about a rotation axis, and its rotation direction is an oblique direction inclined outward from a direction orthogonal to the gaming machine. Since the setting has been made, even when an employee rotates the garbage storage member during garbage collection, it does not interfere with the game operation of the player, and thus the garbage collection work that does not diminish the player's willingness to play. It will be possible.

In addition, a ball operation handle for ejecting a game ball based on the operation of the player is provided, and the ball operation handle is attached to the gaming machine side end opposite to the attachment position of the dust accommodating member. Along with that, if the mounting angle is set to an angle that inclines outward from the direction orthogonal to the gaming machine, the space occupied by the player in front of the gaming machine can be expanded, so that the game can be performed in a spacious space. Can be provided to the player.

The ashtray 20 shown in FIG. 1 constitutes an example of a dust container member of the present invention which is made up of a housing having an upper surface opening and which stores dust such as butts.

Further, by setting the rotation of the ashtray 20 shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B), the ashtray 20 is rotatably attached to the end portion on the gaming machine side (the left end portion of the gaming machine 1) about the rotary shaft 23.
The structure of the said dust storage member which set the rotation direction to the diagonal direction which inclines outward from the direction orthogonal to a game machine is illustrated.

Further, by the operation handle 9 shown in FIG.
It constitutes an example of a ball operation handle of the present invention for ejecting a game ball based on an operation of a player.

Further, by setting the operation handle 9 as shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B), the end portion on the gaming machine side (the right end portion of the gaming machine 1) opposite to the attachment position of the dust container member.
It illustrates an example of the structure of the ball operation handle that is attached to the game machine and has its attachment angle set to an angle inclined outward from a direction orthogonal to the game machine.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a schematic configuration of a ball game machine (a pachinko game machine in the figure) according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 formed in a vertically elongated rectangular shape. On one side of the outer frame 2, almost all of the main components of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are provided. A frame base (not shown) provided collectively is attached to be openable and closable. On the upper front side of the frame base, a game board 6 in which game devices such as the variable display device 3 and the variable winning ball device 4 are arranged in the game area 5 is provided. A transparent plate holding frame 7 holding a glass 7a is provided on the front side of the game board 6 so that the game area 5 can be visually recognized from the front. On the other hand, on the lower side of the front surface of the frame base, a ball hitting tray 8 is provided below the transparent plate holding frame 7.
Below the hitting ball supply tray 8, an operation handle 9 and a lower tray unit 10 are arranged side by side. Operation handle 9
Is a part of a hitting ball launching device (not shown), and is adapted to eject ball hitting balls supplied one by one from the hitting ball supply tray 8 to the game area 5 by the rotation operation of the player.
The surplus balls that cannot be stored in the hit ball supply tray 8 are sent to the surplus ball receiving tray portion 13 described later through the back surface side of the frame base.

Below, the lower plate unit 1 forming the essential part of the present invention
The configuration of 0 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower plate unit 10 includes a lower plate base 11 having a plurality of mounting screws 12 fixedly mounted on the back surface thereof. It is designed to be attached and fixed to the frame base by fixing the nuts to the attachment holes (not shown). When mounting the lower tray unit 10 as described above, the positioning with respect to the frame base is performed by the positioning protrusions 11 provided on the back surface of the lower tray base 11.
This is performed by engaging a with a positioning hole (not shown) on the frame base side. As shown in FIG. 4 (B), the lower tray substrate 11 has a concave surplus ball tray portion 13 formed on the right side thereof, and a concave ashtray mounting portion 14 formed on the left side thereof. There is. In addition, in the front left corner of the ashtray mounting portion 14,
A notch-shaped mounting groove 14a is formed. The surplus ball receiving portion 13 receives the surplus balls from the hitting ball supply tray 8 side and stores them, as described above. Further, a ball-draining hole 13a is formed in the bottom surface of the surplus ball tray 13 and a ball-draining mechanism 15 for removing the stored balls in the surplus ball tray 13 is provided near the ball-drilling hole 13a. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the ball punching mechanism 15 includes a ball punching operation lever 16 and a shutter member 1.
7 and a spring 18. The beading operation lever 16 is interposed between the front end surface of the lower dish base 11 and the front wall of the surplus ball receiving portion 13, and an operation convex portion 16a is provided on the front surface of the lever 16. . The operation convex portion 16a is arranged so as to penetrate through the lever operation hole 11b having a long hole formed in the front end surface of the lower dish base 11, so that the operation convex portion 16a extends in the left-right direction, which is the direction in which the lever operation hole 11b is formed. It is provided so that it can move back and forth along As a result, the beading operation lever 16 can be slid in the left-right direction by the forward / backward operation of the operation convex portion 16a. In addition, at the right end of the front surface of the lever 16 on which the operation protrusion 16a is provided,
A coin insertion groove 16b that allows insertion of a coin C such as a 00 yen coin is provided. Also, the ball pulling operation lever 1
6, a projecting piece 16c is provided so as to project downward between the front end surface of the lower dish base 11 and the front wall of the surplus ball receiving section 13, and the shutter member 17 side is provided on the lower end side of the projecting piece 16c. A locking hole 16d for locking an engaging projection 17a described later is formed.

The shutter member 17 has a flat plate shape capable of closing the punching hole 13a of the surplus ball tray 13, and is attached to the bottom of the surplus ball tray 13 slidably in the left-right direction. In addition, the shutter member 17
The engaging projection 17a projecting from the front end side thereof is locked in the locking hole 16d on the side of the ball-punching operation lever 16 as described above, so that it can slide integrally with the ball-punching operation lever 16. It has become. The spring 18 is arranged on the lower side of the bottom surface of the surplus ball tray 13, and the left end thereof is fixed to the lower tray base 11, while the right end thereof is the shutter member 1.
7. As a result, the spring 18
The shutter member 17 and the ball pulling operation lever 16 are constantly urged rightward based on the elasticity, and the ball drop hole 13a of the surplus ball tray 13 is closed by the shutter member 17 in a normal state.

When the stored balls in the surplus ball receiving tray 13 are removed by using the above-mentioned ball removing mechanism 15, the ball removing operation lever 16 is actuated against the urging force of the spring 18.
The shutter member 17 is slid in the a direction by sliding the shutter member 17 in the direction (left direction), and accordingly, the beading hole 13a is opened to take out the stored balls from the beading hole 13a. By the way, as described above, the coin insertion groove 16b is bored in the ball drop operation lever 16 which constitutes the ball drop mechanism 15 of the present embodiment. The coin insertion groove 16b is hidden on the back surface side of the front end face of the lower dish base 11 when the ball punching hole 13a is closed, but the lever 16 is slid in the a direction to remove the ball punching hole 13a.
When a is opened, the lever operation hole 11b formed in the lower dish base body 11 faces forward. For this reason,
When the coin C is inserted into the coin insertion groove 16b from the b direction while the lever 16 is slid in the a direction, the inserted coin C is urged rightward by the spring 18 and the lower plate base 11 It is sandwiched between (Fig. 3
(States shown in (A) and (B)), the sliding state of the lever 16 in the a direction is locked. That is, the punching mechanism 15 locks the lever 16 in the sliding state in the direction a by the operation of inserting the coin C into the coin inserting groove 16b, and as a result, maintains the open state of the punching hole 13a. There is. This allows the player to select lever 1
The stored balls can be removed from the surplus ball tray 13 without always sliding 6 in the a direction, and even if there are a large number of prize balls, the ball removing operation does not cause fatigue. When the player locks the lever 16 by such an inserting operation of the coin C, the player brings back the coin C (100 yen coin or the like) used in the inserting operation. For this reason, after the game is over, the ball drop hole 13a of the surplus ball tray 13 can be surely closed, and the stored ball can be prevented from being accidentally dropped due to forgetting to unlock.

Next, the ashtray 20 mounted on the ashtray mounting portion 14 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 4 (A) and 4 (B). As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the ashtray 20 is made of a thermosetting resin casing having an upper surface opening, and the casing has a shape that can be fitted into the concave ashtray mounting portion 14. There is. A brim-shaped flange 21 is formed on the peripheral portion of the upper surface opening of the ashtray 20, and a mounting piece 22 is provided at the front left corner of the brim-shaped flange 21. In the ashtray 20, the mounting piece 22 is supported by the mounting groove 14a via the rotating shaft 23 (see FIG. 2), so that the rotating shaft 23
Is rotatably attached to the ashtray mounting portion 14. An operation piece 24 for rotating the ashtray 20 is formed at the rear left corner of the flange 21 and a recess 25 (FIG. 2) is formed. By the way, in such an ashtray 20 mounting structure, the rotary shaft 23 for rotatably mounting the ashtray 20 to the lower tray base body 11 has an axis centered at an angle inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lower tray base body 11. It is provided. Therefore, the gaming machine 1
The ashtray 20 arranged on the left side end of the gaming machine 1 (gaming board 6
The direction of rotation is set in an oblique direction inclining outward to the left from a direction orthogonal to the (board surface).

Next, a method of collecting dust contained in the above ashtray 20 will be described with reference to the explanatory views of FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B). First, to explain the game situation of the player, as shown in FIG. 5A, the player A is concentrated on the game with the can K of drinking water placed on the left side of the ashtray 20. A ball box T is placed below the lower plate unit 10. When the employee collects the waste G in the ashtray 20 with the waste container Y, the waste container Y is placed between the container T and the can K as shown in FIG. In ashtray 2
0 is rotated toward the dust container Y (toward the left side outward). As a result, the employee can transfer the dust G in the ashtray 20 to the dust container Y without picking it up, and can easily and cleanly collect the dust G. On the other hand, since the player A who is playing the game does not need to shift the ball box T or lift the can K as in the conventional example shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the game operation is hindered by the dust collecting work. You can be absorbed in the game without being lost. Therefore, the operating rate of the gaming machine 1 is also increased, and the effect of improving the sales on the game hall side can be achieved.

As described above, the ashtray 20 of this embodiment is
By being provided so as to be rotatable around the rotary shaft 23, a simple and clean dust collecting operation is possible. Also,
The rotation direction of such an ashtray 20 is set to an oblique direction that is inclined outward from the direction orthogonal to the gaming machine 1.
Therefore, even when the employee rotates the ashtray 20 during the garbage collection, it does not hinder the player's game operation, thereby enabling the garbage collection work that does not diminish the player's willingness to play the game. There is. It should be noted that this dust collection work that does not hinder the game operation of the player can bring about not only the effect on the player side but also the effect on the employee side to improve the work efficiency.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation handle 9 is attached to the side end portion (right end portion) of the gaming machine 1 on the side opposite to the mounting position of the ashtray 20, and the gaming machine is attached. The attachment angle of the operation handle 9 is set to an angle that tilts outward rightward from the direction orthogonal to 1.
Therefore, together with the setting of the rotating direction of the ashtray 20 described above, the space occupied by the player in front of the gaming machine 1 can be expanded, and the player can be provided with a game in a relaxed space. There is.

The above-described embodiment does not limit the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the dust container member (ash tray 20) is integrated with the surplus ball tray portion 13 into the lower tray unit 1
Although it is configured as 0, the configuration is not limited to this, and the dust storage member may be provided as a single unit.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the dust containing member is rotatably attached to the end portion on the gaming machine side about the rotation axis and is orthogonal to the gaming machine. Since the direction of rotation is set to the diagonal direction inclining outward from the direction, even when the employee rotates the dust storage member during dust collection, it does not interfere with the game operation of the player, and by extension, the player It becomes possible to collect trash that does not diminish the willingness to play.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a lower plate unit.

FIG. 3 (A) is a partial cross-sectional plan view showing a ball punching mechanism provided in a lower tray unit, and FIG. 3 (B) is a front view showing a ball punching mechanism provided in a lower tray unit. Is.

4A and 4B are perspective views showing an ashtray provided in a lower tray unit, respectively.

5 (A) and 5 (B) are explanatory views showing the rotating operation of the ashtray.

6A and 6B are explanatory views showing the rotating operation of the ashtray in the conventional example.

7A and 7B are explanatory views showing the rotating operation of the ashtray in the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko gaming machine 6 Gaming board 8 Hitting ball supply tray 9 Operation handle 10 Lower tray unit 11 Lower tray base 11b Lever operation hole 13 Excess ball saucer 13b Ball punching hole 14 Ashtray mounting section 14a Mounting groove 15 Ball punching mechanism 16 Ball cutting operation Lever 16a Operation protrusion 16b Coin insertion groove 17 Shutter member 18 Spring 20 Ashtray 21 Collar flange 22 Mounting piece 23 Rotating shaft 24 Operation piece 25 Recess

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ball-ball game machine including a dust housing member configured to have a housing having an upper surface opening and housing dust such as butts, wherein the dust housing member has a rotary shaft at a gaming machine side end portion. A ball game machine characterized by being attached rotatably as a center and setting the rotation direction in an oblique direction that is inclined outward from a direction orthogonal to the game machine. 2. A ball ball operation handle for elastically ejecting a game ball based on a player's operation, the ball ball operation handle being attached to a gaming machine side end opposite to the attachment position of the dust accommodating member. A ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the mounting angle is set to an angle inclined outward from a direction orthogonal to the game machine.