JPH0596059A - Ball lending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly view lending balls through a lending ball viewing window even in the case of using of long period by constituting machine so that when money or a card is thrown in, lending balls supplied from a ball replenishing passage are discharged to a ball pan of a pinball machine base by a lending ball supply tube. CONSTITUTION:In the case lending balls are possible, a ball counting machine 50 switches a solenoid 55 by turn-on/turn-off in accordance with lending ball number information, controls the speed of revolution of a sprocket 51, and allows a prescribed number of lending balls B in the lending balls B supplied from a ball replenishing passage 31 to flow down to the downstream of a guide member 40. The lending balls B which flow down are discharged to a ball pan 13 of a pinball machine base by a lending ball supply tube 21. In this case, the lending balls B of the inside are visible through a lending ball viewing window 32 of a front part 30a of a main body case 30 through a transparent front part 40a of the guide member 40. The ball counting machine 50 is provided in the upstream of the lending ball viewing window 32, therefore, whether the lending balls B which cannot be put completely into the ball pan 13 but are left behind in the guide member 40 exist or not can be confirmed from the lending ball supply tube 21 and the lending ball viewing window 32.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a ball receiving tray of a pachinko machine, which is arranged adjacent to a pachinko machine and supplies the ball rental balls supplied from a ball supply path in response to the insertion of coins or cards by a ball rental supply pipe. It is related to the ball lending machine released to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional ball lending machines include those shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. That is, a plurality of pachinko machines are installed side by side on the game island of the pachinko game arcade, and as shown in FIG. 8, one ball rental machine 1 is installed corresponding to one pachinko machine. .. The ball lending machine 1 lends a predetermined number of pachinko balls into a ball tray of a pachinko machine directly from the ball rental supply pipe 2 according to the amount of money inserted into the coin slot. The player can play the game using the ball rental B from the ball rental machine.

In such a conventional ball lending machine 1, a window 5 for checking ball rental is provided in a main body case 4 upstream of the ball counting machine 3 and a transparent guide member 6 is penetrated to allow a clerk to supply a ball. It is possible to confirm that the ball rental machine B is surely supplied from the ball counting machine 3 to the ball counting machine 3.

[0004]

In such a conventional ball lending machine, the supplied ball rental B contacts the transparent guide member 6 as shown in FIG. 9 during long use. As a result, there is a problem in that the ball rental B is difficult to be seen through the window 5 for watching ball rental, due to small scratches or stains on the ball rental B.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a ball lending machine that allows the player to clearly see the balls from the window for visually checking the balls even when used for a long time.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the gist of the present invention is to: 1) be placed adjacent to a pachinko machine and be supplied from a ball supply path in response to the insertion of coins or cards. In the ball lending machine for discharging the ball lending to the ball receiving tray of the pachinko machine by the ball lending supply pipe, it has a main body case and a guide member, and the main body case has a window for watching ball rental The guide member is connected between the ball replenishing path and the ball rental supply pipe in the main body case, and at least the front surface is transparent, and the front portion closes the window for watching ball rental. Is provided,
The ball lending machine, wherein the guide member has a protrusion that separates an inner rental ball from the front portion at a position displaced from the rental ball viewing window.

2. The ball lending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball lending machine has a ball counting machine, and the ball counting machine is provided upstream of the window for watching ball rental.

3. The ball lending machine according to the item 1 or 2, wherein the protrusions are provided at both sides of the window for visually observing the ball rental.

[0009]

[Operation] When coins or cards are inserted, the ball rental balls supplied from the ball supply path are discharged by the ball rental supply pipe to the ball tray of the pachinko machine. At this time, through the transparent front part of the guide member, the rental balls inside can be seen through the window for watching rental balls in front of the main body case. If a ball counting machine is installed downstream of the ball rental viewing window, confirm from the ball rental viewing window that the ball rental route is reliably supplied to the ball counting machine. be able to.

Further, when the ball counting machine is provided upstream of the window for watching ball rental, the presence or absence of ball rental remaining in the guide member without being completely filled in the ball receiving tray is checked for ball rental viewing. You can check from the window, you can play the game with confidence.

In the guide member, the protrusion separates the inner rental ball from the transparent front portion at a position displaced from the rental ball viewing window. For this reason, even when used for a long time, it is possible to prevent the supplied rental balls from being in contact with the transparent front part and causing fine scratches, and also to prevent dirt of the rental balls from being transferred to the front part. You can always see your rentals clearly from the window for viewing rentals.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in the game island 10, the ball lending machine 20 has two adjacent pachinko machines 11a and 11b.
It is located between the stand and corresponding to the pachinko stand 11b on the right side.

The ball lending machine 20 is a thin ball lending machine that discharges the ball lending B of pachinko balls from the ball lending supply pipe 21 or the ball jar 22 in response to the insertion of coins. The pachinko machine 11b has a ball tray 13 on the front surface portion 12.

The ball rental supply pipe 21 has a discharge port 21a extending above the ball tray 13 so that the ball rental B can be directly discharged to the ball tray 13. Ball rental supply pipe 21,
It is made of a transparent material such as acrylic resin so that the ball rental B inside can be seen from the outside. The ball pot 22 has a rental exit 22a through which the ball rental B can be taken out when pushed up. The rental outlet 22a is used as an auxiliary to the ball rental supply pipe 21.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ball lending machine 20 has a main body case 30 and a guide member 40 inside the main body case 30. At the top of the body case 30, the ball supply path 3
1 is connected. The upper end of the guide member 40 is connected to the lower end of the ball supply path 31, and the base end of the ball rental supply pipe 21 is connected to the lower end of the guide member 40. Thereby, the ball rental B supplied from the ball supply path 31 can be supplied to the ball rental supply pipe 21 through the guide member 40.

The main body case 30 has a window 32 for visually checking rental balls on the front surface 30a. The rental-ball viewing window 32 is a long hole formed in the front portion 30a of the main body case 30 in the vertical direction. The width of the rental-ball viewing window 32 is about half the diameter of a pachinko ball.

The guide member 40 has a prismatic shape, and is entirely made of a transparent tubular body such as acrylic resin. Guide member 4
As shown in FIG. 1, 0 is the front portion 30 of the main body case 30.
It is provided in close contact with the back side of "a" and closes the window 32 for viewing balls. The guide member 40 has a protrusion 41 that separates the rental ball B inside from the transparent front surface portion 40a at a position displaced from the rental ball viewing window 32. The protrusion 41 is the guide member 4
It is formed by a step portion in which the thickness of the front portion 40a of 0 is increased.

The body case 30 has a coin slot 33 in the upper part of the front face 30a and a coin return port 34 in the lower part. Inside the body case 30, a coin discriminator (not shown) and a ball counter 50 are provided. The coin discriminator determines the authenticity of the coin, outputs the number of rental balls according to the loan amount, and causes the ball counting machine 50 to count the number of coins for rental B.
Is to be released.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ball counting machine 50 is provided upstream of the rental-lens viewing window 32 at a position inclined from the rear portion 30b to the front portion 30a. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the ball counter 50 includes a sprocket 51, a governor 52, a stop lever 53, and a release lever 54.
, Solenoid 55, shutter 56, spring 5
7, a stop lever 58, and a back stop cam, a clutch, a release cam, and a release spring (not shown).

The sprocket 51 is a rotating body for ball control which projects into the guide member 40 and rotates. The sprocket 51 has ten semicircular recesses 51a on the outer periphery,
The recess 51a is curved along the contour of the pachinko ball. The ball counter 50 moves the stop lever 53 by switching the solenoid 55 on and off,
Controls the rotation speed of the sprocket 51 via the clutch,
The number of rental balls in the guide member 40 is counted.

Next, the operation will be described. When a coin such as a 500-yen coin is inserted into the coin slot 33, the coin discriminating machine judges the authenticity of the coin and, if lending is possible, outputs the number-of-lending-ball information according to the lending amount. If the coin is defective or not genuine, the coin is returned to the coin return port 34.
Returned from.

When the ball can be rented out, the ball counter 50 switches the solenoid 55 on and off in accordance with the number-of-lending-ball information to control the number of revolutions of the sprocket 51 so that the ball supply path 3
A predetermined number of rental balls B out of the rental balls B supplied from 1 are made to flow downstream of the guide member 40. The ball rental ball B that flowed down,
It is discharged to the ball tray 13 of the pachinko machine by the ball rental supply pipe 21. The ball rental B may be taken out from the rental exit 22a.

At this time, through the transparent front portion 40a of the guide member 40, the rental balls B inside can be seen through the window 32 for watching rental balls of the front portion 30a of the main body case 30. Further, also in the ball rental supply pipe 21, the internal ball rental B can be seen from the outside. Since the ball counting machine 50 is provided upstream of the rental-lens viewing window 32, the guide member 4 does not completely enter the ball receiving tray 13.
The presence or absence of the ball rental B remaining in 0 can be confirmed from the ball rental supply pipe 21 and the window for watching ball rental 32, and the player can play the game with peace of mind.

In the guide member 40, the protrusion 41 separates the rental ball B inside from the transparent front portion 40a at a position displaced from the rental ball viewing window 32. Ball rental B inside is a protrusion 41
And, it contacts the side wall 40b of the guide member 40, but does not contact the front surface portion 40a.

Therefore, even when it is used for a long time, it is prevented that the rental ball B to be supplied comes into contact with the transparent front surface 40a and a bleaching line is formed due to a fine scratch, and the front surface 40a is also prevented.
Prevent the dirt of ball rental B from being transferred. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the rental ball B inside the guide member 40 from becoming difficult to see or unsightly, and the rental ball B can always be clearly seen from the window 32 for viewing balls.

In the above embodiment, the ball lending machine that discharges balls by inserting coins has been described. However, in addition to coins, balls may be discharged according to the insertion of banknotes or cards. Good.

The guide member may be made of a transparent member, or may be made of a transparent member only on the front surface. Further, the guide member may be made of a transparent resin such as an acrylic resin, or may be made of transparent glass.

Further, when the ball counting machine is provided downstream of the ball rental viewing window, the clerk lends that the ball rental machine is surely supplied from the ball supply path to the ball counting machine. It can be confirmed from the ball viewing window.

Next, the second and third embodiments of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the projections 41a are provided at both sides of the rental-lens viewing window 32. In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the projection 41b is formed by a projecting portion instead of the step portion of the front surface portion 40a of the guide member 40 that is uniformly thickened.

[0030]

According to the ball lending machine of the present invention, since the projection of the guide member separates the internal ball from the transparent portion at a position displaced from the window for watching the ball rental, it is used for a long time. In this case as well, it is possible to prevent small scratches from coming into contact with the rental balls that are supplied to the transparent part, and to prevent dirt from being transferred to the transparent parts, so that the rental ball viewing window is always available for rental. You can see the ball clearly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a transverse sectional view of a guide member of a ball lending machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the ball lending machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a guide member of the ball lending machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a ball counting machine of the ball lending machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the ball counting machine of the ball lending machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a guide member of a ball lending machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a transverse sectional view of a guide member of a ball lending machine showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a ball lending machine showing a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a guide member of a ball lending machine showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11a, 11b ... Pachinko machine 13 ... Ball saucer 20 ... Ball lending machine 21 ... Ball rental supply pipe 30 ... Main body case 30a ... Front part 31 ... Ball replenishing path 32 ... Ball rental viewing window 40 ... Guide member 40a ... Front part 41 … Protrusion 50… Ball counter 51… Sprocket

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Susumu Tomizawa 6-141 Ota, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball lender which is arranged adjacent to a pachinko machine and discharges the ball rental balls supplied from a ball supply path to a ball tray of the pachinko machine by a ball rental supply pipe in response to the insertion of money or a card. In the machine, it has a main body case and a guide member, the main body case has a window for visually checking balls in the front part, and the guide member has the ball supply path and the ball rental supply in the main body case. It is connected between a pipe and at least the front part is transparent, the front part is provided so as to close the window for watching the rental balls, and the guide member has a protrusion for separating the internal rental balls from the front part. A ball lending machine, wherein the ball lending machine is provided at a position displaced from the window for viewing ball rental. 2. The ball lending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball lending machine has a ball counting machine, and the ball counting machine is provided upstream of the ball rental visual check window. 3. The ball lending machine according to claim 1, wherein the protrusions are provided on both sides of the window for visually checking the ball rental balls.