JPH1133165A - Ball catcher device and illuminator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a ball from being clogged near a ball entry aperture by forming a chamfered part on the periphery edge of the ball entry aperture. SOLUTION: A chamfered part 54 is formed on each of the upper edges of a front partition 52 and traverse partitions 51 which form the ball entry apertures 53 of a 16-chucker train 24, and guide ribs 56 are continuously formed on the chamfered parts 54 of the front partition 52. In addition, the rear end parts of the guide ribs 56 are connected to guide faces 103 for guiding a game ball 55 to the rear face side of a game board 25. Even when part of the first game ball 55 is stuck between a nail 50 and the ball entry aperture 53, such a stuck ball 55 is rapidly guided downward by the chamfered part 54. Further, even when a second game ball 55 is hit following the first ball, running into the first ball 55, so that the latter is pushed into a space between the nail 50 and the ball entry aperture 53, the chamfered part 54 guides the first game ball 55 to fall and therefore, the ball 55 is never stuck. As the ribs 56 are formed in the ball entry apertures 53, it is possible to smoothly guide the game ball 55 to the back face side of the game board 25, when the game balls 55 find their way into the same ball entry aperture 53 in succession. Thus clogging of the ball is prevented from occurring.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of ball and ball game machines represented by pachinko machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ball game machines are broadly divided into pachinko machines capable of acquiring game balls as prize balls when winning, and combination-type ball game machines capable of acquiring prize balls when a score is established by a combination of a ball entry position. Arranged ball-type pachinko machines are a typical example of a combination-type ball game machine (for example, the actual fairness 6).
-6861).

[0003] The arrangement ball type pachinko machine has a series of 16 entrances (16 holes) arranged in a horizontal line at the bottom of the game board.
If there is a ball in the entrance and the guidance system, which are distributed on the game board, and the 16-chucker and other entrances or the guidance system, there is a prize corresponding to the entrance. A combination display device that displays a symbol (also referred to as a number or a ball-in symbol) is provided, and when a score is established by a combination of winning symbols displayed by the combination display device, a game ball or the like according to the score is paid out. In addition, it is usual to pay out a game ball as a prize ball for a score, but there is also a case where a coin-shaped metal piece is paid out. In addition, a configuration in which a piece of paper or a card on which the number of points or the number of balls is simply recorded is delivered has been proposed.

In the conventional 16-piece chucker, the first to sixteenth entrances are arranged on the front side of the game board, and the back entrances that are paired with the respective entrances are arranged on the back side. further,
A merging passage is provided below the rear entrance, and game balls entering the ball entrance and game balls guided to the rear entrance by the guiding gutter pass through the merging passage and are discharged to the rear side of the game board. It had been.

[0005]

In the arrangement ball-type pachinko machine, most of the game balls fired by the firing device enter one of the entrances of the 16-unit chucker. A nail or the like (hereinafter referred to as a nail) may guide two or more game balls to one entrance at a time. At this time, the conventional entrance opening of a 16-unit chucker causes ball clogging. It was often.

The clogging of the ball at the entrance of the 16-piece chucker will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG.
(A) is a perspective view of a part of a 16-cell chucker, FIG.
5B is a horizontal sectional view of FIG. 5A, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, a 16-unit chucker 85 is provided below the game board 87. The 16-piece chucker 85 has a front divider plate 83 and horizontal divider plates 82a, 82a, 8b.
There are 16 substantially rectangular entrances 84 defined by 2b, and nails 81a, 81b struck on a game board 87 are arranged above the horizontal partition plates 82a, 82b.

A game ball fired from a launching device (not shown) is guided to one of the entrances 84 by a nail of the game board 87, and two game balls are simultaneously placed in one entrance 84. May be induced. At this time, one game ball 80a falls while rotating in the direction of arrow Q and attempts to enter the ball entrance 84, and the other game ball 80b falls while rotating in the direction of arrow Q 'and enters the ball entrance 84. Try to enter the ball.

However, since the rotation direction Q of the game ball 80a and the rotation direction Q 'of the game ball 80b are opposite, the brakes are applied to each other on the contact surfaces, so that the rotation is impossible. Further, starting from the contact surface between the game ball 80a and the game ball 80b, the force for moving the game ball 80a in the direction of the arrow R is applied to the game ball 80b to move the force in the direction of the arrow L. Force acts.

Therefore, the game ball 80b is placed on the glass plate 86.
As a result, the game ball 80a is pressed against the game board 87 and the nail 81a, and the ball is clogged. With the conventional shape of the entrance 84, the ball cannot be prevented from clogging. In addition, such a ball clogging at the entrance is not limited to the 16-unit chucker, and the entrance ball having the entrance arranged on the front side of the game board with its axis parallel to the surface of the game board. This was a problem common to all devices.

Also, the 16-unit chucker 85 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), numbers 16 are assigned to the 16 entrances 84 corresponding to the 16 entrances 84, and the numbers (winning symbols) of the entrances 84 in which the game balls enter are shown. In many cases, the display is made by lighting of a light-emitting body (for example, a lamp) arranged on the rear side.

As this lamp, there is a lamp with a bush, in which the main body of the lamp is pressed and held in a holding hole of an elastic lamp socket, and a power supply lead wire is inserted through an insertion hole passing through the lamp socket. is there. This lamp with a bush has been used not only as a light source for displaying a winning symbol in an arrangement ball type pachinko machine, but also mounted on a winning device, a windmill or the like to enhance a decorative effect.

By the way, since a lamp with a bush cannot be directly attached to, for example, a prize winning device, a power supply pin is soldered to a printed circuit board as described in, for example, Utility Model Registration Publication No. 3044421. In advance, press-fit the pin into the insertion hole of the lamp socket to support the bushed lamp on the printed circuit board,
This printed circuit board is fixed to a winning device or the like by, for example, bolts.

However, in a conventional mounting structure for a lamp with a bush, a power supply pin or the like is fixed to a printed circuit board (or a supporting member equivalent thereto), and one end of the pin is protected by a connector guide or the like. In some cases, the structure and manufacturing process were complicated even though the components were small.

[0015]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball entry device having a ball entry port disposed on the front side of a game board with its axis parallel to the surface of the game board. In the ball device, a chamfered portion is provided on a periphery of the entrance.

Normally, a pair of nails are driven directly above the entrance, but a ball entry device is attached to the game board, and a penetrating hole for guiding the entered game ball to the rear side of the game board. Since the hole is drilled, the nail is driven at least 7 mm away from the cutting surface of the through hole.

Therefore, the distance between the entrance and the cutting surface is set to 2
mm, the distance between the entrance and the nail is 9 mm in total, and if there is no chamfer at the tip of the entrance, one game ball is inserted between the nail and the entrance. The second game ball is pushed into it, so that the ball is clogged.

However, in the winning device according to the first aspect, since the chamfered portion is provided on the periphery of the ball entrance, a part of the first game ball enters between the nail and the ball entrance. Even so, the chamfered part guides this downward, so that it falls quickly. In addition, the second game ball comes after the first ball and 1
Even if the ball is pushed in, the chamfered portion guides the first ball and quickly drops it, so that ball clogging does not occur.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the ball entry device according to the first aspect, wherein the game ball enters the ball entry port from a vertical plane disposed along the axis of the ball entry port. A guide rib having an inclination such that the vertical surface side is higher and the guide surface side is lower, over a guide surface for guiding the rear side of the game board.

Normally, the distance between the game board and the glass plate covering the board is specified to be 19 mm, so that the size of the entrance is appropriate. That is, the distance between the game board and the wall surface on the glass plate side of the entrance is about 17 mm. At this interval, when the first ball enters the glass plate side of the entrance and the second ball enters the game board side, the first ball is placed on the glass plate side. Since the ball is pushed into the ball, the ball may be jammed in the conventional ball entry device, resulting in the ball being clogged.

However, according to the configuration of the second aspect, the guide ribs quickly move the first ball to the game board side, so that the above-described biting occurs even if the second ball continues. Absent. Therefore, ball clogging does not occur. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the winning apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein a plurality of the entrances are juxtaposed in a horizontal direction. This prize winning device is suitable for a multi-ball input device having a structure in which a plurality of ball entrances are arranged side by side, such as a 16-ball chuck of an arrangement ball type pachinko machine.

An illumination body according to claim 4, wherein the lamp body has an elastic lamp socket having a lamp having a power supply lead wire, a holding hole into which the main body of the lamp is press-fitted, and an insertion hole through which the lead wire is inserted. And a contact having a lamp housing for holding the lamp socket, an electric wire attachment portion to which electric wires are connected, and a shaft portion that passes through the lamp housing and is press-fitted into the insertion hole, and the lamp housing is attached to the light emitting device. Mounting means for mounting.

The lamp serving as a light source of the illuminating body has a power supply lead wire, and a lamp body made of an elastic body (for example, synthetic rubber such as silicon rubber or an elastic plastic) is press-fitted with a lamp body. Holding holes and insertion holes through which lead wires are inserted. When the lead wire of the lamp is inserted through the insertion hole and the main body of the lamp is pressed into the holding hole, the lamp socket holds the lamp by its elasticity. Further, since the lead wire is inserted through the insertion hole, there is no possibility of a short circuit or the like.

The lamp housing holds the lamp socket holding the lamp, and the shaft of the contact penetrates the lamp housing and is pressed into the insertion hole. Further, an electric wire is connected to the electric wire attachment portion of the contact. Therefore, when the lamp housing is attached to the light emitting device, the illuminating body is attached to the light emitting device, and when the electric wire is connected to the power source, power is supplied to the lamp via the contact.

Therefore, unlike the conventional structure for mounting a lamp with a bush, there is no need for a support member such as a printed circuit board.
Further, since a power supply pin or the like is fixed to the support member and one end of the pin does not need to be protected by a connector guide or the like, the structure and the manufacturing process are simplified.

Moreover, the illuminating body can be mounted on the light-emitting device simply by mounting the lamp housing on the light-emitting device with mounting means, such as a screw, so that mounting is simple. The light-emitting device may be a device having a portion that emits light for decoration and display, and the intended use and function may be other than decoration and display. Some examples include a winning device with a lamp (including a variable winning device), a gate with a lamp, a windmill with a lamp, a winning symbol display device of an arrangement ball type pachinko machine, and the like.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the illuminating body according to the fourth aspect, the mounting means is provided on an elastic engagement piece that engages with an engaging portion provided on the light emitting device or on the light emitting device. The lamp housing is provided with an engaging portion for engaging with the elastic engaging piece provided.

Since the lamp housing is provided with an elastic engaging piece that engages with an engaging portion provided on the light emitting device or an engaging portion that engages with an elastic engaging piece provided on the light emitting device, The illuminating body can be attached to the light emitting device only by engaging the engaging portion with the elastic engaging piece. Since no bolts or the like are used, mounting to the light-emitting device can be performed with one touch.

Next, the illuminating body according to the sixth aspect is the fourth aspect.
6. The lighting body according to claim 5, wherein the wire attachment portion of the contact is capable of connecting two wires. In the case where two lamps with a bush are used as a pair, two lamps are conventionally connected in parallel by printed wiring on a printed circuit board (Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3).
044231).

On the other hand, since the illuminating body of the present invention does not require a printed circuit board, two lamps cannot be arranged in parallel by printed wiring. But,
Since two wires can be connected to the wire attachment portion of the contact, if the wire from the power supply and the wire toward the second contact are connected at the wire attachment portion of the first contact,
The lamp connected to the first contact and the lamp connected to the second contact can be connected in parallel.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0032]

Embodiment 1 As shown in FIG. 1, a game board 25 is provided on the front surface of an arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10 as a ball game machine of the present embodiment. On the upper right side of the front of the game board 25, a lamp cover of the stop display section 11 and the double display section 12 is attached. On the upper left side of the front side, the score display 2 composed of two 7-segment LEDs is provided.
0 is provided.

In the game area of the game board 25, the upper entrance 2
6, windmill 13, ball entry chucker 15, ball entry indicator 14,
An electric tulip entrance 16 is arranged, and a 16-unit chucker 24 which is a multiple entrance ball device is arranged along a direction crossing the lower part of the game area.

A coin insertion slot 21 for inserting coins for starting a game is provided on the left side of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10, and a coin return button 22 and a coin return slot 23 are provided below the coin insertion slot 21. Is provided.
A coin tray 19 is provided at the center of the lower part of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10, and a manual handle 18 and a balance 17 are provided on the right side thereof.

Here, the structure of the ball entry chucker 15 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the ball entrance chucker 15 forms a ball entrance 100 by a chucker base 90 and a filter lens 98 disposed on the front side thereof, and a chamfered portion 100 a is formed on the periphery of the ball entrance 100. ing.

On the back side of the chucker base 90, a lamp house 97 is provided. Further, a guide surface 101 for guiding the entered game ball to the back side of the game board 25 is provided so as to protrude from the back side of the filter lens 98 to the back side of the chucker base 90. An inclined guide rib 99 is provided in which the filter lens 98 is higher and the guide surface 101 is lower.

In the ball entry chuck 15, since the chamfered portion 100 a is provided on the periphery of the ball entrance 100, a part of the first game ball is formed by the nail above the ball entrance 100 and the entrance hole. Even if it enters between 100, the chamfered part 1
Since 00a guides this downward, it falls quickly. Further, even if the second game ball comes after the first ball and pushes the first ball, the chamfered portion 100a guides the first ball and quickly drops the ball, so that ball clogging does not occur.

Further, since the guide rib 99 moves the first ball of the game ball to the game board 25 side immediately, even if the second ball continues, no jamming occurs and no ball clogging occurs. A lamp 91 is inserted into the lamp house 97. As shown in FIG. 3C, the lamp 91 is pressed into a resilient lamp socket 92 made of silicone rubber and held by the elastic force of the lamp socket 92. Since the lamp socket 92 is made of silicon rubber, it has excellent heat resistance.

The lamp socket 92 is further inserted into a lamp housing 93, and a W contact 94 for supplying electric power to the lamp 91 is inserted through the lamp housing 93. The wire mounting portion 94a of the W contact 94
Two KV electric wires 95 can be attached,
A lock pin (not shown) is provided on the rear side of the W contact 94, and has a structure in which once it is inserted into the lamp housing 93, it does not come off.

The wire mounting portion 94a of the W contact 94
When one of the KV wires 95 is crimped, one of the shots is connected to the HF connector 96 and the other is connected to another W contact 94, as shown in FIG. Thus, the left and right lamps 91 can be connected in parallel, and power can be simultaneously supplied to the left and right lamps 91 from one HF connector 96 connected to the power supply source.

If the lamp housing 93 is inserted into the lamp house 97 together with the lamp 91 in this structure, the ball-entering chuck 15 can be easily provided without providing a lamp substrate as in the prior art.
Can be attached to the lamp 91. Further, since the lamp 91 is not provided, the lamp 91 can be pushed all the way down (to the vicinity of the filter lens 98), and light can be directly applied to the vicinity of the surface of the filter lens 98.
Light can be emitted more clearly than when a lamp substrate is used. In addition, when the filament of the lamp 91 is broken and replacement is required, there is an excellent effect that replacement can be easily performed.

Next, referring to FIG.
The details will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the 16-stage chucker 24 has 16 substantially rectangular entrances 53 defined by a front partition plate 52 and a horizontal partition plate 51, and is provided above the horizontal partition plate 51. Nail 50 driven into game board 25
Is arranged.

A chamfered portion 54 is provided at the upper edge of the front partition plate 52 and the horizontal partition plate 51 which form the entrance 53, and a guide rib 56 is connected to the chamfered portion 54 of the front partition plate 52. ing. Further, the rear end of the guide rib 56 is provided with a guide surface 103 for guiding the game ball to the back side of the game board 25.
It is continuous.

In the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10, the course of a game ball fired on the game board 25 is changed by a nail 50 driven into the game board 25. And the upper entrance 26, the windmill 13, the entrance chucker 15,
A game ball that has not entered the electric tulip entrance 16 or the like will enter one of the entrances 53 of the 16-unit chucker 24, but the front partition 52 and the horizontal partition 51.
The chamfered portion 54 provided at the guides the game ball 55. Therefore, even if a part of the first game ball enters between the nail 50 and the entrance 53, the chamfered portion 54 promptly guides this downward. Also, even if the second game ball comes after the first ball and pushes in the first ball, the chamfered portion 54
Does not clog the ball because it guides the first ball and quickly drops it.

Since the guide rib 56 is provided in the entrance 53, even if the game balls 55 continuously enter the same entrance 53, the game balls 55 are smoothly placed on the rear side of the game board 25. Can be induced to prevent ball clogging. Next, FIG.
The structure of the rear side of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, a control device 40 is disposed on the upper rear surface of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10, and a ball entry display 14 is provided below the control device 40. Is provided with a ball-discharge solenoid 41. A selector 30 is provided on the back side of the coin insertion slot 21 shown in FIG.
1, the lower end of the selector 30 and one end of the coin chute 31 are connected. A start switch 32 is attached to the coin chute 31, and the other end is connected to a coin case 42 provided at the lower center of the rear surface of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10.

On the right side of the coin case 42, there is provided a coin box 33 having an upper end connected to the coin chute 31 and a lower end connected to the payout device 38. Installed. The coin box 33 is for storing premium coins. The coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 21 can be supplied to the coin box 33 when the coin chute 31 can be replenished when flowing down the coin chute 31. When the coin box 33 is full, it flows down and is stored in the coin case 42.

The payout device 38 connected to the coin box 33 introduces a prize coin from the coin box 33 every time the prize coin payout solenoid 35 is operated.
This is a structure for discharging to a bucket 39 connected to the lower part. The lower end of the bucket 39 is the coin receiving tray 1 shown in FIG.
The premium coin discharged from the payout device 38 to the bucket 39 flows down the bucket 39 and is discharged to the coin tray 19.

Further, a prize coin payout solenoid 35 is provided on the right side of the payout device 38, and a fuse 36 and a power switch 37 are provided below it. Next, the operation of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10 will be described. When a coin is inserted through the coin insertion slot 21, the selector 30 determines whether or not the coin is the coin of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10. If it is a bad coin, it is returned from the coin return slot 23. Also,
If a coin jam or the like occurs even with the coin of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10, the coin is returned to the coin return slot 23 by pressing the coin return button 22.
Can be returned more.

When the inserted coin is judged by the selector 30 to be the coin of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine 10, the coin flows down the coin chute 31. At this time, the vehicle passes over the start switch 32 and turns on the start switch 32. Then, the signal is input to the control device 40.

The control device 40 starts and ends the game,
It controls various operations throughout the game, such as calculation of the number of effective launch balls, display of entering balls, display of winning points, payout of prize coins, and the like. When the ON signal of the start switch 32 is input to the control device 40, the control device 40 performs
Actuates the ball discharging solenoid 41.

When the ball-solving solenoid 41 is activated, a game ball is sent to a firing unit (not shown) so that the game can be started. The player can play the handwheel 18 with his right hand while supporting the tongs 17 with his finger. A game ball can be fired at a desired position on the game board 25. The launched game balls enter one of several entrances provided in the game board 25, and most of them enter the 16-stage chucker 24.

Each of the 16 entrance chucks 53 has
A switch (illustration is omitted) for detecting a ball that has entered is incorporated in correspondence with.
4 and connected to the control device 40. The number is displayed on the ball entry display 14 by a signal from the switch, and if the combination is a preset combination, the control device 40 gives a score corresponding to the combination and stores it in the storage circuit, The score is displayed on the score display 20.

When the score is displayed on the score display 20, the number of prize coins corresponding to the score is paid out at the end of the game. The payout of the premium coin is performed by the control device 40 controlling the payout device 38. The premium coins paid out from the payout device 38 are discharged to the coin tray 19 via the bucket 39.

[0055]

Embodiment 2 FIG. 6 is a front view of an example of a game board of a pachinko machine (illustration and description of a main body are omitted) as a ball game machine. As shown in FIG. 6, a game board 110 has a symbol display device 112 and a tulip-type variable winning device 11.
4. A big prize device 116 called an attacker, fixed prize devices 118, 118, a windmill 120 with a lamp, and the like are attached.

A decorative portion on the periphery of the symbol display device 112, a tulip-type variable winning device 114, a large winning device 116,
Illuminating bodies are mounted inside the winning devices 118 and 118 and the windmill 120 with a lamp. The illumination body and its mounting structure will be described with a prize device 118 used as a winning opening as a representative example.

As shown in FIG. 7, the winning device 118 has a structure in which each part is supported by a substrate 122 which is a member for attaching the winning device 118 to the game board 110. First, on the front side of the substrate 122, a front decoration portion 126 forming a ball entrance 124 is provided, and a chamfered portion 124a is provided at the periphery of the ball entrance 124. On the back side of the substrate 122, a game ball won from the ball entrance 124 is provided with a game board 1.
A gutter 128 corresponding to a guiding surface for guiding the rear side of the gutter 10 is provided. Although not shown, a guide rib (see FIG. 3B) similar to that described in the first embodiment is provided between the back surface of the front decorative portion 126 and the gutter 128. By the chamfered portion 124a and the guide rib, ball clogging near the ball inlet 124 is prevented as in the first embodiment.

On the back side of the substrate 122, a support bar 130 having an engaging claw 130a and a flat support bar 132 are disposed in parallel above the gutter 128, and between the support bars 130, 132. The passage sensor 134 is inserted. The passage sensor 134 includes a step 126 a provided below the ball entrance 124 and an upper edge 122 of the substrate 122.
a restricts vertical movement of the front decorative portion 1.
The movement in the left-right direction is restricted by the wall surfaces of the support bar 130 and the support bars 130, 132, and the forward movement is restricted by the wall on the front side of the front decorative portion 126, and by the engagement of the support bar 130 with the engagement claws 130a. It is restricted from moving backwards. The passage sensor 134 has a detection hole 134a for allowing the game ball to pass through the ball entrance 124, and the ball entrance 1
When the game ball that has entered 24 passes through the detection hole 134a, this is detected and the signal level is changed.

Below the gutter 128 on the back side of the substrate 122, a pair of lamp houses 136, 136 are arranged. The lamp house 136 has a rectangular cylindrical shape, and has a groove 1 on the upper surface.
36a is provided, and a narrow portion 136c between the groove 136a and the opening 136b corresponds to the engaging portion. As shown in FIG. 8, a lamp hole 122 b is provided in the substrate 122 in correspondence with the lamp house 136, and the back of the front decorative portion 126 and the lamp house 136 communicate with each other.

As shown in FIG. 7, the illuminating body 140 includes a lamp 142 and a lamp socket 14 for holding the lamp 142.
4, a lamp housing 146 for holding the lamp socket 144, a contact 148, and the like. The lamp socket 144 is made of silicone rubber, and has a holding hole 144a into which the lamp 142 is pressed and a pair of insertion holes 144b penetrating from the holding hole 144a to the rear end as shown in FIG. Note that the lamp 142 is inserted into the insertion hole 144b.
Are inserted, but their illustration is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9, the contact 148 has a pin 148a and a pin 148 on the tip side.
a pair of guide portions 148b formed adjacent to a.
Lock claw 148 protruding on the opposite side from guide portion 148b
c (not shown in FIG. 9), a core caulking portion 148d adjacent to the guide portion 148b, a covering caulking portion 148e provided at the rear end, and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the cover caulking portion 148e is capable of connecting two or one wire 150 by caulking over the cover, and the core wire caulking portion 148d is capable of connecting two or one wire. 150 cores can be swaged and connected. That is, the core caulking portion 148d and the cover caulking portion 148e
Function together as an electric wire attachment part.

In the case of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The pair of contacts 148 are connected to the electric wire 150 connected to the power supply side and the second pair of contacts 148 ′ (the same as the contact 148, but are marked with “′” for distinction). 2) are connected, and only one electric wire 150 is connected to the contact 148 '.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a plastic molded lamp housing 146 has a box shape, and a pair of through holes 146a through which the contacts 148 are inserted.
And a locking portion 146b protruding from the inner surface of the through hole 146a as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, an elastic piece 146c extending from the front end of the lamp housing 146 to the rear end is provided on the outer upper portion. The elastic piece 146c can be resiliently oscillated about a fixed point 146d as a fulcrum.
46e is provided, and a knob 146f is provided at the rear end. Further, on both sides of the elastic piece 146c, an L-shaped push regulating piece 146g is provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a lower portion of the lamp housing 146 is provided with a projection 146h for positioning the lower side at the time of pushing and a flange 146j used as a knob at the time of pulling out. . Next, the assembly of the illumination body 140 will be described.

First, the insertion hole 14 of the lamp socket 144
4b, press-fit the lamp 142 into the holding hole 144a while inserting the lead wire of the lamp 142 into the lamp socket 1.
The lamp 142 is held by 44. At this time, bending the lead wire protruding from the insertion hole 144b helps prevent the lamp 142 from dropping off. In addition, each contact 14
8, 148 'are connected to two or one electric wire 150, and the state shown in FIG. 7 is established.

After the lamp 142 and the contacts 148 and 148 'have been prepared in this manner, first, the contact 1
48 and 148 ′ are inserted into the through holes 14 of the lamp housing 146.
6a. When the contacts 148, 148 'are pushed into the through-hole 146a, the lock claw 148c contacts the engaging portion 146b in the through-hole 146a and is advanced while being elastically deformed, and returns elastically when passing through the engaging portion 146b. Then, as shown in FIG. 8A, it is locked with the locking portion 146b to prevent the contacts 148, 148 'from moving in the pull-out direction. At this time, the cover caulking portion 148
The taper of e contacts the taper of the locking portion 146b, and restricts the movement of the contacts 148, 148 'in the pushing direction. As a result, the position of the contact 148 relative to the lamp housing 146 is fixed, and the contact 148 cannot be detached from the lamp housing 146. However, the through hole 146a
The contact 148 can be pulled out by inserting a member such as a pin from the front end side and elastically deforming the lock claw 148c.

Next, the pin portions 148a of the pair of contacts 148, 148 'fixed to the lamp housing 146.
Then, the lamp 142 is held by the lamp housing 146 together with the lamp socket 144 by fitting the insertion hole 144b of the lamp socket 144 outside.

Then, this lamp housing 146 is
The push-in regulating piece 146g and the projection 146h are the lamp house 1
Push into the lamp house 136 until it touches the opening end of the lamp housing 136. Then, the tip of the lamp 142 is
2b. At the time of this pushing, the elastic piece 146c of the lamp housing 146 is engaged with the engaging projection 146 on the upper surface.
e contacts the narrow portion 136c of the lamp house 136, and the lamp housing 1
When the engagement protrusion 146e reaches the groove 136a after passing through the narrow portion 136c, it is elastically restored. As a result, the engagement projection 146e engages with the narrow portion 136c, and the lamp house 136 of the lamp housing 146 is engaged.
Is prevented from falling off. However, when the knob 146f of the elastic piece 146c is pressed down, the elastic piece 146c can be elastically deformed to release the engagement between the engaging projection 146e and the narrow portion 136c, and the lamp housing 146 is moved to the lamp house 136.
Can be extracted from

As described above, the illumination body 140 of this embodiment is
The lamp housing 146 holding the lamp 142 holding the lamp 142 can be attached to the winning device 118 simply by pushing the lamp housing 146 into the lamp house 136 of the winning device 118. No tools are required.

Further, there is no need for a supporting member such as a printed board for mounting the lamp 142 on the winning device 118.
Further, since a power supply pin or the like is fixed to the support member and one end of the pin does not need to be protected by a connector guide or the like, the structure and the manufacturing process are simplified.

In the lighting body 140 of this embodiment, the two electric wires 150 are connected to the contact 148, the next contact 148 'is connected to one of them, and the other electric wire 150 can be connected to the power source. The two lamps 142 can be connected in parallel without using a printed wiring board or the like. (Modification) Embodiment 2 is an example in which two lamps 142 are used. However, as shown in FIG. 10, a structure in which one lamp body 136 is provided at one place and one illuminator 140 is mounted may be employed. .

The embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and may be variously implemented without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an arrangement ball type pachinko machine according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine of the first embodiment.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams of the structure of a ball input chucker of the arrangement ball type pachinko machine according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3A is a plan view, FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view, and FIG. FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an arrangement ball type pachinko machine according to the first embodiment.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory views of the structure of a six-stage chucker, in which FIG. 4A is a partial perspective view, FIG.
(C) is a partial sectional view in the vertical direction.

5 (a) is a partial perspective view, FIG. 5 (b) is a partial cross-sectional view in a horizontal direction, and FIG. 5 (c) is a vertical view. It is a partial sectional view in the direction.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a game board of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a structure of a winning device and a lighting body according to a second embodiment.

8A and 8B are explanatory diagrams of a mounting structure of an illuminating body to a winning device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8A is a half sectional view in a vertical direction, and FIG.
(B) is a half sectional view in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a structure of a lighting body according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a structure of a winning device and a lighting body according to a modified example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10. Arranged ball pachinko machine (ball game machine), 1
5: ball entry chucker (ball entry device, issuing device), 16: electric tulip entrance port, 24: 16 consecutive chuckers (ball entry device), 25: game board, 26: upper ball entry port, 40: control device, 50: nail, 51: horizontal partition, 52: front partition, 5
3 ... entrance, 54 ... chamfer, 55 ... game ball, 56 ... guiding rib, 90 ... chucker base, 91 ... lamp, 92
... lamp socket, 93 ... lamp housing, 94 ... W
Contact, 94a: wire attachment part, 95: KV wire, 9
6 HF connector, 97 lamp house, 98 filter lens, 99 guiding rib, 100 entrance, 100
a: chamfered portion, 101: guide surface, 103: guide surface, 11
0: game board, 112: symbol display device (light emitting device), 11
4: Variable winning device (light emitting device), 116: Large winning device (light emitting device), 118: Winning device (ball entry device, light emitting device), 120: Windmill with lamp (light emitting device), 122:
Substrate, 122a: upper edge, 122b: lamp hole, 124
... Ball entrance (ball entry), 124a ... Chamfered part, 126 ... Front decoration part, 126a ... Step, 128 ... Gutter (guiding surface), 1
30, 132: support bar, 134: passage sensor, 136
... lamp house, 136a ... groove, 136b ... opening, 13
6c: narrow portion (engaging portion, mounting means), 140: lighting body,
142 ... lamp, 144 ... lamp socket, 144a ...
Holding hole, 144b insertion hole, 146 lamp housing, 146a through hole, 146b locking portion, 146c ...
Elastic pieces (elastic engaging pieces), 146d ... fixed points, 146e ...
Engagement protrusion, 146f: knob, 146g: push-in regulating piece, 1
46h: Projection, 146j: Flange, 148, 148 ': Contact, 148a: Pin (shaft), 148b: Guide, 148c: Locking claw, 148d: Core caulking (wire attachment), 148e: Coating caulking Part (wire attachment part),
150 ... electric wires.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Makoto Omura 1-3-3 Taiheidori, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Takaonai Co., Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A ball entry device having a ball entry port arranged on the front side of a game board with its axis parallel to the surface of the game board, wherein a chamfered portion is provided on a periphery of the ball entry port. A featured ball entry device. 2. The ball entry device according to claim 1, wherein a game ball that has entered the ball entry port from a vertical plane disposed along the axis of the ball entry port is placed on the back side of the game board. A ball entry device comprising: a guiding rib having a slope that is higher on the vertical surface side and lower on the guiding surface side, over a guiding surface to be guided. 3. The ball entry device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the entrances are juxtaposed in a horizontal direction. 4. A lamp having a power supply lead wire, an elastic lamp socket having a holding hole into which the main body of the lamp is press-fitted, and an insertion hole through which the lead wire is inserted, and holding the lamp socket. A lamp housing, a contact having an electric wire attachment portion to which an electric wire is connected, a shaft portion penetrating the lamp housing and being press-fitted into the insertion hole, and attaching means for attaching the lamp housing to the light emitting device. An illuminating body characterized in that: 5. The illuminating body according to claim 4, wherein the attachment means includes an elastic engaging piece that engages with an engaging portion provided on the light emitting device or an elastic engaging piece provided on the light emitting device. A lighting body, wherein an engaging portion to be engaged is provided on the lamp housing. 6. The illuminating body according to claim 4, wherein the electric wire mounting portion of the contact is capable of connecting two electric wires.