MY103440A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A PACHINKO MACHINE HAS A PRIZE BALL DISCHARGE MECHANISM ARRANGED TO DISCHARGE A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF PACHINKO BALLS AS PRIZE BALLS WHEN A PACHINKO BALLS FALLS INTO A WIN HOLE. A MOVABLE GUIDE MEMBER IS INTERPOSED BETWEEN A PRIZE BALL FEEDER AND GUIDE THROUGH. THE UPPER SURFACE OF GUIDE MEMBER IS DEFINED AS A BALL GUIDE PASSAGE FOR GUIDING PACHINKO BALLS FED FROM THE PRIZE BALL FEEDER TO THE GUIDE THROUGH. THE MOVABLE GUIDE MEMBER IS RECIPROCATABLE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS. THE MOVEBLE GUIDE MEMBER IS BIASED BY A BIASING MEMBER TOWARD THE FIRST POSITION WITH BIASING FORCE THE LEVEL OF WHICH IS SET SO THAT, WHEN A NUMBER OF PACHINKO BALLS WHICH IS SMALLER THAN THE NUMBER OF PRIZE BALLS DISCHARGED AT A TIME BY THE PRIZE BALL DISCHARGE MECHANISM ARE PRESENT ON THE BALL GUIDE PASSAGE DEFINED ON THE MOVABLE GUIDE MEMBER, THE MOVABLE GUIDE MEMBER IS PLACED IN THE SECOND POSITION BY THE OVERALL WEIGHT OF THE PACHINKO BALLS. A BATTING SUSPENSION CONTROL MECHANISM IS COUPLED TO BOTH THE MOVABLE GUIDE MEMBER AND A BALL LAUNCHER SUCH THAT, WHEN THE MOVABLE GUIDE MEMBER IS IN THE FIRST POSITION, NO PACHINKO BALL IS ALLOWED TO BE BATTED IN THE BALL LAUNCHER. THUS, THERE IS NO FEAR OF THE BATTING SUSPENSION CONTROL MECHANISM BEING ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED WHEN A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE NUMBER OF PRIZE BALLS ARE STOCKED IN THE PRIZE BALL FEEDER. (FIG.5)