JP2000229170A - Ball lending machine - Google Patents
Ball lending machineInfo
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Description
【０００１】[0001]
【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、パチンコ機などの
遊技機に並べて設置され、遊技に使用する遊技球を貸し
出す球貸機に関し、特に貸し球を遊技機の球貯留皿に案
内するノズル部材の改良に関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball rental machine installed side by side in a game machine such as a pachinko machine and rents a game ball used for a game, and more particularly to a nozzle member for guiding a rental ball to a ball storage plate of the game machine. Regarding improvement.
【０００２】[0002]
【従来の技術】パチンコ機に並べて設置する従来の球貸
機は、硬貨投入口などを設けた前面部に、パイプ状ある
いは樋状の細長いノズル部材を回動可能な状態で設けて
ある。この様な球貸機においては、遊技者が１００円硬
貨などを硬貨投入口に投入すると、内部の球排出ユニッ
トが作動して、投入金額に対応して数量の遊技球が貸し
出され、この貸し球がノズル部材に案内されてパチンコ
機の球貯留皿である上皿に排出される。2. Description of the Related Art A conventional ball lending machine installed side by side with a pachinko machine has a pipe-shaped or gutter-shaped elongated nozzle member rotatably provided on a front portion provided with a coin slot or the like. In such a ball lending machine, when a player inserts a 100-yen coin or the like into a coin slot, an internal ball discharging unit is activated, and a number of game balls are lent according to the inserted amount, and the lending is performed. The ball is guided by the nozzle member and discharged to the upper plate, which is the ball storage plate of the pachinko machine.
【０００３】そして、球詰まりなどのトラブルが発生し
てパチンコ機の前面枠を開く場合には、前面枠の前方に
あるノズル部材が邪魔になるので、このノズル部材を水
平方向に回動して球貸機の前方に退避させてから修復作
業を行う。When the front frame of the pachinko machine is opened due to a trouble such as clogging of a ball or the like, the nozzle member in front of the front frame hinders the rotation of the nozzle member by rotating the nozzle member in the horizontal direction. After retreating to the front of the ball rental machine, repair work is performed.
【０００４】[0004]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】ところで、近年のパチ
ンコ機では装飾効果を高めるために、平面的なデザイン
ばかりでなく、前面枠自体をプラスチックで成型して全
体を大きな曲面で構成したりウネリを付けるなど三次元
のデザインを施したり、あるいは前面枠の表面に曲面で
構成した凹凸を付けるなどした三次元デザインの装飾部
材を添設するなどの工夫を凝らしている。この様な装飾
を施した場合に、三次元デザインを活かすために表面に
大きな凹凸を形成することが多い。In recent years, in order to enhance the decorative effect, in recent pachinko machines, not only a flat design but also a front frame itself is formed of plastic to form a large curved surface as a whole. The three-dimensional design is applied to the surface of the front frame, or a three-dimensional design decorative member is added to the surface of the front frame. When such a decoration is applied, large irregularities are often formed on the surface in order to utilize the three-dimensional design.
【０００５】この様なパチンコ機の隣りに球貸機を設置
してノズル部材を当該パチンコ機の上皿に向けようとし
た場合、パチンコ機の前面枠に形成した装飾用の凸部が
球貸機のノズル部材に当たってしまい、ノズル部材の先
端に開口してある球出口が上皿から外れたり、あるいは
球出口が上皿の端部上で止まってしまうことがある。こ
の様に、ノズル部材の球出口が上皿の奥まで届かない状
態で球出口から貸し球が排出されると、上皿に落下して
跳ね返った球が上皿からこぼれやすい。When a ball rental machine is installed next to such a pachinko machine and the nozzle member is directed to the upper plate of the pachinko machine, a decorative projection formed on the front frame of the pachinko machine has a ball rental machine. The ball outlet opening at the tip of the nozzle member may come off the upper plate, or the ball outlet may stop on the end of the upper plate, due to hitting the nozzle member of the machine. As described above, if the lending ball is discharged from the ball outlet in a state where the ball outlet of the nozzle member does not reach the inside of the upper plate, the ball that has fallen on the upper plate and rebounds is likely to spill from the upper plate.
【０００６】また、従来の球貸機のノズル部材は、球出
口が下向きに開口しているので、球出口から真下に向け
て排出された球が上皿上の球に当たって四方八方に跳ね
返ってしまい、そのうちの幾つかが上皿から飛び出すこ
とがある。特に、ノズル部材がパチンコ機前面の凸部に
当たって球出口を上皿の奥に位置させることができない
場合に顕著である。In the conventional nozzle member of a ball lending machine, the ball outlet is opened downward, so that the ball discharged from the ball outlet directly below hits the ball on the upper plate and rebounds in all directions. Some of them may jump out of the plate. In particular, this is remarkable when the nozzle member hits the convex portion on the front of the pachinko machine and the ball outlet cannot be located deep inside the upper plate.
【０００７】本発明は上記に鑑みなされたもので、その
目的は、遊技機の前面に装飾用の凸部があっても干渉す
ることのない球貸機を提供しようとするものである。The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball rental machine which does not interfere even if a decorative convex portion is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine.
【０００８】[0008]
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は上記目的を達成
するために提案されたもので、請求項１に記載のもの
は、遊技機に並設され、縦長な前面部には、貸し球を遊
技機の球貯留皿内に案内する細長いノズル部材を備えた
球貸機において、上記ノズル部材は、基端部分を上記前
面部側に、水平方向および上下方向に回動可能な状態で
取り付けて、先端の球出口を遊技機の球貯留皿に臨ませ
た使用状態と、基端部分から上方に回動して起立させた
収納状態とに変換可能とし、上記使用状態における基端
部分から先端の球出口までの間の途中部分を、遊技機側
が凹となる状態に彎曲させ、この彎曲による振れ幅を含
めたノズル部材の総幅員を前記前面部の左右幅以内に設
定したことを特徴とする球貸機である。ここで、振れ幅
とは、彎曲による流路中心線の変位幅であり、総幅員と
は変位幅と流路の幅を含めたノズル部材の最大幅であ
り、最左端となる部分と最右端となる部分との間の幅で
ある。Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been proposed to achieve the above object, and the object of the present invention is to provide a lending ball on a vertically long front part which is juxtaposed with a game machine. In a ball lending machine provided with an elongated nozzle member for guiding a ball into a ball storage dish of a gaming machine, the nozzle member is attached to the front side of the ball member so as to be rotatable horizontally and vertically. To allow the ball outlet at the distal end to face the ball storage dish of the gaming machine, and to be converted into a storage state in which the ball is rotated upward from the base end and stood up. The middle part between the tip and the ball outlet is curved so that the gaming machine side is concave, and the total width of the nozzle member including the swing width due to this curvature is set within the left and right width of the front part. It is a ball rental machine. Here, the runout width is the displacement width of the flow channel center line due to the curvature, and the total width is the maximum width of the nozzle member including the displacement width and the width of the flow channel, and the leftmost end portion and the rightmost end portion. It is the width between the parts.
【０００９】請求項２に記載のものは、前記使用状態
で、ノズル部材の先端に開設した球出口が遊技機側に向
けて開口していることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の球
貸機である。According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the use state, the ball outlet opened at the tip of the nozzle member opens toward the gaming machine side. Machine.
【００１０】請求項３に記載のものは、ノズル部材の先
端部分を構成している側壁部のうち少なくとも遊技機側
とは反対側に位置する側壁部に、当該部位よりも上流側
の側壁部の曲率よりも大きな曲率の球流下方向変換部を
形成し、この球流下方向変換部の下流側に開口した球出
口を遊技機側に向けたことを特徴とする請求項２に記載
の球貸機である。According to a third aspect of the present invention, at least a side wall portion of the side wall portion forming the tip end portion of the nozzle member, which is located on a side opposite to the gaming machine side, is a side wall portion upstream of the portion. 3. The ball rental device according to claim 2, wherein a ball-downflow conversion portion having a curvature larger than the curvature of the ball-downflow conversion portion is formed, and a ball outlet opened downstream of the ball-downflow conversion portion is directed to the gaming machine. Machine.
【００１１】[0011]
【発明の実施の形態】以下、本発明の実施の形態を図面
に基づいて説明する。図１は代表的な遊技機であるパチ
ンコ機１の隣りに設置した球貸機２の正面図、図２
（ａ）は球貸機２のノズル部材３をパチンコ機１側に向
けた使用状態の側面図、図２（ｂ）はその正面図、図３
（ａ）はパチンコ機１側に向けたノズル部材３をそのま
ま起立させた状態の球貸機２の正面図、図３（ｂ）は前
方に向けたノズル部材３を起立させた状態の球貸機２の
正面図、図４（ａ）はノズル部材３をパチンコ機１側に
向けた使用状態の球貸機２の平面図、図４（ｂ）はノズ
ル部材３を前方に向けた状態の球貸機２の平面図であ
る。Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball rental machine 2 installed next to a pachinko machine 1 which is a typical gaming machine.
FIG. 2A is a side view of the ball rental machine 2 with the nozzle member 3 facing the pachinko machine 1 side, FIG. 2B is a front view thereof, and FIG.
(A) is a front view of the ball lending machine 2 in a state in which the nozzle member 3 facing the pachinko machine 1 is standing as it is, and FIG. 3 (b) is a ball lending machine in a state in which the nozzle member 3 facing forward is standing. 4A is a plan view of the ball lending machine 2 in use with the nozzle member 3 facing the pachinko machine 1 side, and FIG. 4B is a state in which the nozzle member 3 faces forward. It is a top view of the ball lending machine 2.
【００１２】パチンコ機１は、機枠４の前面に、額縁状
の前面枠５を蝶番６により開閉可能に取り付け、前面枠
５の開口部を前方から塞ぐようにしてガラス枠７と開閉
パネル８をそれぞれ球貸機２側の支持軸（図示せず）で
開閉可能に軸着するとともに、開口部を裏側から塞ぐよ
うにして遊技領域９を形成した遊技盤１０を装着し、前
面枠５の左右の側部には縦長な凸部１１を形成した装飾
部材１２を添設し、開閉パネル８の前面には第１の球貯
留皿として上皿１３を設け、前面枠５の下部に第２の球
貯留皿として下皿１４を設けてある。In the pachinko machine 1, a frame-shaped front frame 5 is attached to the front of the machine frame 4 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge 6, and the opening of the front frame 5 is closed from the front so that a glass frame 7 and an opening / closing panel 8 are provided. Are mounted on a support shaft (not shown) of the ball lending machine 2 so as to be openable and closable, and a game board 10 having a game area 9 formed so as to close an opening from the back side is mounted. A decorative member 12 having a vertically long convex portion 11 is attached to the left and right sides, an upper plate 13 is provided on the front surface of the open / close panel 8 as a first ball storage plate, and a second plate is provided below the front frame 5. A lower plate 14 is provided as a ball storage plate.
【００１３】球貸機２は、左右幅の狭い筺体１５の内部
に球排出ユニット１６や検銭機１７などを設け、筺体１
５の前面部１９に、ランプ等の点灯で使用可能状態など
を報知する状態報知部２０、１００円硬貨などを投入す
る硬貨投入口２１、投入した硬貨を返却させる際に操作
する返却ボタン２２、例えば１００円当たりの貸球数を
表示する表示部２３、返却される硬貨が排出される返却
口２４を設け、また、前方の膨出した前面部１９に、貸
し球をパチンコ機１の上皿１３に案内するノズル部材３
を水平方向および上下方向に回動可能な状態で設けてあ
る。The ball lending machine 2 includes a ball discharge unit 16 and a cashier 17 provided inside a housing 15 having a narrow left and right width.
5, a status notifying unit 20 for notifying a usable state by lighting of a lamp or the like, a coin insertion slot 21 for inserting a 100-yen coin or the like, a return button 22 operated when returning the inserted coin, For example, a display unit 23 for displaying the number of lending balls per 100 yen, a return port 24 for discharging returned coins are provided, and lending balls are provided on the front bulging front portion 19 of the pachinko machine 1. Nozzle member 3 for guiding to 13
Are provided so as to be rotatable horizontally and vertically.
【００１４】ノズル部材３は、球貸機２内の球排出ユニ
ット１６が流下した所定数の遊技球をパチンコ機１の上
皿１３に案内する細長いパイプ状あるいは樋状の部材で
あり、基端部分を球貸機２の回動ジョイント部２５に接
続して水平方向および上下方向に回動可能とし、先端に
開口した球出口２６をパチンコ機１の上皿１３に臨ませ
た使用状態と、基端部分からそのまま上方に回動して起
立させた状態と、起立させて前面部１９の左右幅内に収
めた収納状態とに変換可能である。そして、収納状態で
前面部１９の左右幅内に収めるとともに、パチンコ機１
の凸部１１との干渉を回避するために、前記使用状態に
おける基端部分から先端の球出口２６までの間の途中部
分を、パチンコ機１側が凹となる状態に上方から見て略
「く」字状に彎曲させ、この彎曲による振れ幅を含めた
ノズル部材３の総幅員（２４mm）を前記前面部１９の左
右幅以内に設定してある。The nozzle member 3 is a slender pipe-shaped or gutter-shaped member for guiding a predetermined number of game balls, which have flowed down by the ball discharge unit 16 in the ball lending machine 2, to the upper plate 13 of the pachinko machine 1. A state in which the portion is connected to the rotation joint 25 of the ball lending machine 2 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal and vertical directions, and a ball outlet 26 opened at the tip is exposed to the upper plate 13 of the pachinko machine 1; It is possible to convert between a state in which it is turned upright from the base end portion as it is and an upright state, and a stored state in which it is erected and accommodated within the left and right widths of the front portion 19. Then, in the retracted state, the pachinko machine 1
In order to avoid interference with the convex portion 11 of the pachinko machine 1, the middle portion between the base end portion and the ball outlet 26 at the distal end in the above-mentioned use state is generally “ The total width (24 mm) of the nozzle member 3 including the deflection width caused by the curvature is set within the left and right widths of the front portion 19.
【００１５】具体的に説明すると、ノズル部材３は、上
面が開放した樋状のノズル本体３０と、このノズル本体
３０の上面を覆うカバー３１とを組み合せて構成されて
おり、ノズル本体３０の基端を回動ジョイント部２５に
軸着することにより上下方向に回動可能としてある。More specifically, the nozzle member 3 is composed of a combination of a gutter-shaped nozzle body 30 having an open upper surface and a cover 31 that covers the upper surface of the nozzle body 30. The end is pivotally mounted on the pivot joint 25 so that it can pivot vertically.
【００１６】ノズル本体３０は、本実施形態では全長が
約１５０mm、厚さ１mmの側壁部３２で囲まれた流路幅が
１４mmであり、基端の軸着孔を結ぶ直線Ｌに対して直交
する流下方向を出発流下方向ＳＤとすると、この出発流
下方向ＳＤに対して、途中の大部分の流下方向ＭＤがパ
チンコ機１側にθ（θ＝１２°）傾く状態で屈曲してお
り、球貸機２の前面部１９の幅２６mmに対して総幅員を
２４mmに設定してある。また、ノズル本体３０の先端部
分においては使用状態でパチンコ機１側に位置する側壁
部３２を切り欠くようにして球出口２６を形成するとと
もに、使用状態でパチンコ機１側とは反対側に位置する
側壁部３２に、当該部位よりも上流側の側壁部３２の曲
率よりも大きな曲率の球流下方向変換部３４を形成し、
この球流下方向変換部３４の下流端に上記球出口２６が
開口する。したがって、使用状態では、球出口２６がパ
チンコ機１側に向く。In the present embodiment, the nozzle body 30 has a total length of about 150 mm, a flow path width surrounded by a side wall 32 having a thickness of 1 mm of 14 mm, and is perpendicular to a straight line L connecting a base end mounting hole. Assuming that the descending flow direction is the starting flow direction SD, most of the flowing direction MD in the middle of the starting flow direction SD is bent in a state inclined to the pachinko machine 1 side by θ (θ = 12 °), and the ball is bent. The total width is set to 24 mm with respect to the width 26 mm of the front portion 19 of the rental machine 2. At the tip of the nozzle body 30, the ball outlet 26 is formed so as to cut out the side wall portion 32 located on the pachinko machine 1 side in the use state, and the ball outlet 26 is located on the side opposite to the pachinko machine 1 side in the use state. A spherical downflow conversion part 34 having a curvature larger than the curvature of the side wall part 32 on the upstream side of the part,
The ball outlet 26 opens at the downstream end of the ball downflow conversion part 34. Therefore, in use, the ball outlet 26 faces the pachinko machine 1 side.
【００１７】一方、カバー３１は、図５（ｃ）、（ｄ）
に示すように、断面が下向きコ字状であって、ノズル本
体３０の彎曲に応じて彎曲させた細長い蓋体であり、先
端部分は上方に緩やかに膨出した形状とし、図３（ａ）
に示すように、基端には、起立した状態で、後述する回
動ジョイント部２５の流路内に進入して遊技球の流下を
阻止する舌片状のストッパ部３５を有する。On the other hand, the cover 31 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the cross-section is a downward U-shape, an elongated lid that is curved in accordance with the curvature of the nozzle body 30, and the tip portion is a shape that gently swells upward.
As shown in (1), the base end has a tongue-shaped stopper portion 35 that enters the flow path of the later-described rotary joint portion 25 to prevent the flow of the game ball in an upright state.
【００１８】ノズル部材３を水平方向および上下方向に
回動可能とする回動ジョイント部２５は、略半円筒形に
膨出した球貸機２の前面部１９を一部切り欠いて切欠部
４０を形成し、この切欠部４０内に略円筒形の回動体４
１を嵌合して水平方向に回動可能とし、回動体４１に形
成した突出部４２に前記ノズル本体３０の基端を水平方
向の軸４３により軸着して上下方向への回動を可能とし
ている。そして、球貸機２の前面部１９に形成した切欠
部４０の内周面に、球排出ユニット１６から延設した球
流下路４４の出口４４′を後方から開口する。また、回
動体４１の内部には、約１００°屈曲した略Ｌ字状の回
動流路４５を形成し、この回動流路４５の上流側の入口
４５ａが切欠部４０に形成した上記出口４４′に連通可
能な高さとし、この入口４５ａから緩やかに下り傾斜さ
せて傾斜下端部分を前記突出部４２内に形成し、回動流
路４５の出口４５ｂがノズル本体３０の入口側に連通す
るように構成する。また、回動体４１の突出部４２とは
反対側に補助入口４６を開設し、この補助入口４６から
補助流路を形成して回動流路４５に合流させる。A rotary joint 25 that allows the nozzle member 3 to rotate in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction is partially cut out from the front portion 19 of the ball lending machine 2 that has expanded to a substantially semi-cylindrical shape. And a substantially cylindrical rotating body 4 is formed in the cutout 40.
1 is fitted so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, and the base end of the nozzle body 30 is axially mounted on a protruding portion 42 formed on the rotating body 41 by a horizontal shaft 43 so that the nozzle body 30 can be vertically rotated. And Then, an outlet 44 ′ of a ball flow path 44 extending from the ball discharge unit 16 is opened from the rear on the inner peripheral surface of the notch 40 formed in the front portion 19 of the ball lending machine 2. A substantially L-shaped rotating flow path 45 bent about 100 ° is formed inside the rotating body 41, and the inlet 45 a on the upstream side of the rotating flow path 45 is formed in the cutout 40 at the above-described outlet. The height is set so as to be able to communicate with the inlet 44a, and the inclined lower end portion is gently inclined downward from the inlet 45a to form an inclined lower end portion in the projecting portion 42. The outlet 45b of the rotary flow passage 45 communicates with the inlet side of the nozzle body 30. The configuration is as follows. In addition, an auxiliary inlet 46 is opened on the opposite side of the protruding portion 42 of the rotating body 41, an auxiliary flow path is formed from the auxiliary inlet 46, and merges with the rotating flow path 45.
【００１９】したがって、上記した構成から回動ジョイ
ント部２５およびノズル部材３を備えた球貸機２におい
て、ノズル部材３を降ろした状態で右隣りのパチンコ機
１側に向けて回動してパチンコ機１の前面とほぼ平行に
なるまで回動すると、図４（ａ）および図５（ａ）に示
すように、回動体４１の回動流路４５の入口４５ａが球
流下路４４の出口４４′に連通するとともに、ノズル部
材３の先端に開口した球出口２６が上皿１３の上に位置
する使用状態となる。この使用状態では、図５（ａ）に
示すように、ノズル部材３の基端部分が、パチンコ機１
の前面に対して角度θ（本実施形態ではθ＝１２°）で
一旦遠ざかる方向に延在し、途中でパチンコ機１側に近
付く方向に彎曲し、この彎曲によりパチンコ機１側に凹
があるので、パチンコ機１の前面枠５に装飾凸部１１が
あっても上記凹で回避することができる。したがって、
ノズル部材３先端の球出口２６が上皿１３の奥まで十分
に到達する。このため、パチンコ機１の前面部分に装飾
凸部１１などが突出していても、ノズル部材３の邪魔に
なることがなく、パチンコ機１の前面部分の装飾を従来
よりも自由に施し得る。Accordingly, in the ball lending machine 2 provided with the rotary joint 25 and the nozzle member 3 from the above-described configuration, the pachinko machine 1 is rotated toward the pachinko machine 1 on the right side with the nozzle member 3 lowered, with the nozzle member 3 lowered. 4A and 5A, the inlet 45a of the rotating flow path 45 of the rotating body 41 becomes the outlet 44 of the spherical down flow path 44, as shown in FIGS. ′, And the ball outlet 26 opened at the tip of the nozzle member 3 is placed on the upper plate 13. In this use state, as shown in FIG. 5A, the base end of the nozzle member 3 is
Of the pachinko machine 1 at an angle θ (θ = 12 ° in the present embodiment) with respect to the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, and is curved in a direction approaching the pachinko machine 1 side, and there is a recess on the pachinko machine 1 side due to this curvature. Therefore, even if the decorative convex portion 11 is provided on the front frame 5 of the pachinko machine 1, it can be avoided by the concave portion. Therefore,
The ball outlet 26 at the tip of the nozzle member 3 reaches the inside of the upper plate 13 sufficiently. For this reason, even if the decorative protrusions 11 and the like protrude from the front portion of the pachinko machine 1, the decoration of the front portion of the pachinko machine 1 can be performed more freely than before, without hindering the nozzle member 3.
【００２０】この使用状態で、硬貨投入口２１に、例え
ば１００円硬貨を投入すると、検銭機１７が投入硬貨の
適否を判断して不適正であった場合には当該硬貨を返却
口２４に返却し、適正な場合には、制御装置（図示せ
ず）に信号を送る。そして、制御装置は検銭機１７から
の信号に基づいて球排出ユニット１６を作動して、投入
された硬貨の金額に対応した数量の遊技球を排出する。
この様にして排出された遊技球は、球流下路４４内を流
下して出口４４′から回動体４１内の回動流路４５内に
入って流下方向を変換し、回動流路４５の出口４５ｂか
らノズル部材３内を流下する。ノズル部材３内を流下し
た遊技球は、ノズル部材３の先端部分に形成した流下方
向変換部３４に当たって流下勢が弱められるとともに流
下方向を変換し、その後球出口２６から上皿１３内に落
下する。In this state of use, when, for example, a 100-yen coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 21, the checker 17 determines whether or not the inserted coin is appropriate. Return and, if appropriate, send a signal to a controller (not shown). Then, the control device operates the ball discharging unit 16 based on a signal from the checker 17 to discharge a number of game balls corresponding to the amount of the inserted coins.
The game balls discharged in this manner flow down in the ball flow-down path 44, enter the rotary flow path 45 in the rotary body 41 from the outlet 44 ', change the flow direction, and It flows down in the nozzle member 3 from the outlet 45b. The game ball that has flowed down in the nozzle member 3 hits a flowing direction converting portion 34 formed at the tip of the nozzle member 3 to weaken the flowing force and change the flowing direction, and then falls from the ball outlet 26 into the upper plate 13. .
【００２１】本実施形態における球出口２６はパチンコ
機１側に向けて開口しているので、上皿１３内に落下し
た遊技球は、パチンコ機１側に向かって放物線を描きな
がら斜めに落下することになり、このため上皿１３の開
閉パネル８沿いに形成されている球整列流下部に円滑に
転動して行き易く、また、上皿１３内に既に貯留されて
いる遊技球に当たっても手前（遊技者側）には跳ね返り
難く、したがって、球出口２６から流出した遊技球が上
皿１３からこぼれ出ることは殆どない。さらに、球出口
２６から出た遊技球が放物線を描いて落下するので、パ
チンコ機１の機種によって上皿１３の高さが異なって
も、球出口２６の高さ調整を行う必要がない。Since the ball exit 26 in the present embodiment is open toward the pachinko machine 1, the game ball falling into the upper plate 13 falls obliquely toward the pachinko machine 1 while drawing a parabola. As a result, it is easy to roll smoothly to the lower part of the ball alignment formed along the opening / closing panel 8 of the upper plate 13, and even if it hits a game ball already stored in the upper plate 13, (The player side) is hard to bounce, so that the game balls flowing out of the ball outlet 26 hardly spill out of the upper plate 13. Furthermore, since the game balls that have exited from the ball exit 26 fall in a parabola, even if the height of the upper plate 13 varies depending on the model of the pachinko machine 1, it is not necessary to adjust the height of the ball exit 26.
【００２２】次に、球詰まりなどのトラブルが発生して
開閉パネル８や前面枠５を開いて作業する場合における
球貸機２について説明する。開閉パネル８を開いて作業
する場合には、図３（ａ）に示すように、使用状態にお
けるノズル部材３をそのまま上方に起立させればよい。
ノズル部材３を起立させると、ノズル部材３の基端が開
閉パネル８よりも外側に位置しているので、開閉パネル
８を手前に約９０°回動して開いても邪魔になることは
ない。なお、ノズル部材３を起立させると、カバー３１
の上流側端部に設けたストッパ部３５がノズル部材３の
回動に伴って流下路内に進入して流路を塞ぐので、誤っ
て硬貨を投入するなどの球貸し操作を行っても、貸し球
が外部にこぼれ出ることはない。Next, a description will be given of the ball lending machine 2 in a case where a trouble such as a ball clogging occurs and the operation is performed with the openable panel 8 and the front frame 5 opened. When the work is performed with the openable panel 8 opened, as shown in FIG. 3A, the nozzle member 3 in the use state may be raised up as it is.
When the nozzle member 3 is erected, the base end of the nozzle member 3 is located outside the opening and closing panel 8, so that the opening and closing of the opening and closing panel 8 by about 90 ° is not an obstacle. . When the nozzle member 3 is raised, the cover 31
Since the stopper portion 35 provided at the upstream end of the nozzle enters the downflow path with the rotation of the nozzle member 3 and closes the flow path, even if a ball lending operation such as accidentally inserting coins is performed, The rental ball does not spill outside.
【００２３】また、前面枠５を開いて作業する場合に
は、ノズル部材３を起立させてから、あるいはそのまま
降ろした状態で約９０°弱手前に回動（右回転）して球
貸機２の前面部１９の前に位置させて作業を行う。この
様にしてノズル部材３を球貸機２の前面部１９の前に位
置させると、図５（ｂ）中に鎖線とハッチングで示すよ
うに、補助入口４６の一側の壁面が球流下路４４の出口
４４′を塞ぐので、誤って硬貨を投入するなどの球貸し
操作を行ったとしても、遊技球が外部にこぼれでること
はないし、前面枠５を手前に約９０°開いてもノズル部
材３に当接しないので、支障なく作業を行うことができ
る。なお、ノズル部材３を球貸機２の前面部１９の前に
位置させることを忘れても、前面枠５の蝶番６が球貸機
２側（左側）なので、前面枠５の回動に伴ってノズル部
材３が押圧されながら回動する。したがって、ノズル部
材３を損傷することはない。When the work is performed with the front frame 5 opened, the ball rental machine 2 is rotated slightly (to the right) by about 90 ° slightly before the nozzle member 3 is erected or with the nozzle member 3 lowered. The work is performed in front of the front part 19. When the nozzle member 3 is positioned in front of the front portion 19 of the ball lending machine 2 in this way, as shown by the chain line and hatching in FIG. Since the exit 44 'of 44 is closed, even if a ball lending operation such as coin insertion is performed by mistake, the game ball does not spill outside and the nozzle is opened even if the front frame 5 is opened by about 90 ° toward the front. Since it does not come into contact with the member 3, the operation can be performed without any trouble. In addition, even if it forgets to position the nozzle member 3 in front of the front part 19 of the ball lending machine 2, the hinge 6 of the front frame 5 is on the ball lending machine 2 side (left side). The nozzle member 3 rotates while being pressed. Therefore, the nozzle member 3 is not damaged.
【００２４】そして、ノズル部材３をさらに右回転する
と、図５（ｂ）に実線で示すように、補助入口４６が球
流下路４４の出口４４′に連通する。したがって、ノズ
ル部材３を球貸機２の前面部１９の前方に位置させた状
態で遊技球を借りたい場合には、上記した状態で硬貨投
入口２１に硬貨を投入する。すると、球排出ユニット１
６から流下した貸し球が補助入口４６から補助流路内を
通って回動流路４５内に入り、ノズル部材３の球出口２
６から流出する。なお、この場合には、ノズル部材３の
球出口２６から流出する貸し球は手や球箱で受ける。When the nozzle member 3 is further rotated clockwise, the auxiliary inlet 46 communicates with the outlet 44 'of the ball flow passage 44 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Therefore, when it is desired to borrow a game ball with the nozzle member 3 positioned in front of the front portion 19 of the ball lending machine 2, a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 21 in the above-described state. Then, ball discharge unit 1
The lending ball that has flowed down from the nozzle 6 passes through the auxiliary channel from the auxiliary inlet 46 and enters the rotary flow channel 45, and the ball outlet 2 of the nozzle member 3
Outflow from 6. In this case, the rental ball flowing out from the ball outlet 26 of the nozzle member 3 is received by a hand or a ball box.
【００２５】また、パチンコ機１の入れ換え作業を行う
場合には、ノズル部材３を球貸機２の前面部１９の前に
起立させた収納状態で行う。この収納状態では、ノズル
部材３の総幅員が前記前面部１９の左右幅以下であるた
め、ノズル部材３が球貸機２の前面部１９内に収まり、
左方あるいは右方に突出することがない。したがって、
ノズル部材３を収納状態に変換しておけば、パチンコ機
１を島から前方に引き出しても、球貸機２の筺体１５は
勿論のことノズル部材３ともぶつかることがなく、彎曲
したノズル部材３が入れ換え作業の邪魔になることがな
い。When replacing the pachinko machine 1, the nozzle member 3 is stored in a state where the nozzle member 3 stands upright in front of the front portion 19 of the ball lending machine 2. In this storage state, since the total width of the nozzle member 3 is equal to or less than the left and right width of the front portion 19, the nozzle member 3 is accommodated in the front portion 19 of the ball lending machine 2,
Does not protrude left or right. Therefore,
If the nozzle member 3 is converted into the housed state, even if the pachinko machine 1 is pulled out from the island forward, it does not hit the nozzle member 3 as well as the housing 15 of the ball rental machine 2 and the curved nozzle member 3 Is not a hindrance to the replacement work.
【００２６】なお、前記実施形態における球貸機２は、
硬貨の投入により球貸しを行うコインタイプであるが、
本発明はこのコインタイプに限定されるものではなく、
１０００円紙幣を入れても球貸しを行える紙幣タイプで
あってもよいし、あるいはプリペイドカードを挿入する
ことにより、当該プリペイドカードに記憶されている金
額の範囲内で球貸しを行うプリペイドカードタイプでも
よい。紙幣タイプやプリペイドカードタイプの場合に
は、紙幣挿入口、カード挿入口、リーダー・ライターな
どのほかに、挿入された紙幣の金額やプリペイドカード
に記憶された金額や度数などを表示する挿入金額表示部
や残度表示部を設けることが望ましい。The ball rental machine 2 in the above embodiment is
It is a coin type that lends balls by inserting coins,
The present invention is not limited to this coin type,
It may be a bill type that can lend a ball even if a 1000 yen bill is inserted, or a prepaid card type that lends a ball within the range of the amount stored in the prepaid card by inserting a prepaid card Good. In the case of a bill type or prepaid card type, in addition to the bill insertion slot, card insertion slot, reader / writer, etc., an insertion amount display that displays the amount of the inserted bill and the amount and frequency stored in the prepaid card It is desirable to provide a unit and a residual display unit.
【００２７】また、球貸機２は、パチンコ球を貸し出す
ものに限らず、遊技機に使用する遊技媒体としての遊技
球を貸し出すものであればよい。したがって、並設する
遊技機はどのような構成でもよく、例えば、アレンジボ
ール式遊技機、雀球式遊技機、球スロット遊技機などで
もよい。The ball lending machine 2 is not limited to lending pachinko balls, but may be lending gaming balls as a game medium used for a gaming machine. Therefore, the gaming machines arranged side by side may have any configuration, for example, an arrangement ball type gaming machine, a sparrow ball type gaming machine, a ball slot gaming machine, and the like.
【００２８】[0028]
【発明の効果】以上説明したように本発明によれば、以
下の効果を奏する。請求項１の発明によれば、ノズル部
材は、基端部分を上記前面部側に、水平方向および上下
方向に回動可能な状態で取り付けて、先端の球出口を遊
技機の球貯留皿に臨ませた使用状態と、基端部分から上
方に回動して起立させた収納状態とに変換可能とし、上
記使用状態における基端部分から先端の球出口までの間
の途中部分を、遊技機側が凹となる状態に彎曲させたの
で、遊技機の前面部分に凸部のある装飾を施すことがで
き、この凸部の突出量を従来よりも大きくすることがで
きる。したがって、遊技機の前面部分の装飾の自由度を
高めることができ、従来にない三次元装飾も可能とな
る。また、ノズル部材の総幅員を球貸機の前面部の左右
幅以内に設定したので、収納状態に変換すると、遊技機
の交換作業において、彎曲したノズル部材が邪魔になる
ことがない。According to the present invention as described above, the following effects can be obtained. According to the invention of claim 1, the nozzle member has the base end portion attached to the front side so as to be rotatable in the horizontal and vertical directions, and the ball outlet at the tip end is attached to the ball storage tray of the gaming machine. It is possible to convert between a use state in which it is faced and a storage state in which it is turned upright from the base end and stood up. Since the side is curved so as to be concave, a decoration having a convex portion can be provided on the front surface portion of the gaming machine, and the protrusion amount of the convex portion can be made larger than before. Therefore, the degree of freedom of the decoration of the front part of the gaming machine can be increased, and a three-dimensional decoration that has not been provided in the past can be realized. In addition, since the total width of the nozzle member is set within the left and right widths of the front surface of the ball rental machine, if the state is changed to the stowed state, the curved nozzle member does not hinder the work of replacing the gaming machine.
【００２９】請求項２の発明によれば、使用状態で、ノ
ズル部材の先端に開設した球出口が遊技機側に向けて開
口するので、球出口から流出する遊技球が遊技機側に向
かって放物線を描きながら落下する。したがって、球貯
留皿の奥に落下するし、球貯留皿内にすでに貯留されて
いる遊技球に当たっても手前に跳ね返ることが少なくな
る。このため、球出口から流出した遊技球が球貯留皿か
らこぼれ出ることを抑制することができる。According to the second aspect of the present invention, in use, the ball exit opened at the tip of the nozzle member opens toward the gaming machine, so that the game ball flowing out of the ball exit faces the gaming machine. Fall while drawing a parabola. Therefore, it is less likely that the ball falls into the depth of the ball storage dish and bounces toward the player even if it hits a game ball already stored in the ball storage dish. For this reason, it is possible to suppress the game balls flowing out of the ball outlet from spilling out of the ball storage dish.
【００３０】請求項３の発明によれば、ノズル部材の先
端部分を構成している側壁部のうち少なくとも遊技機側
とは反対側に位置する側壁部に、当該部位よりも上流側
の側壁部の曲率よりも大きな曲率の球流下方向変換部を
形成し、この球流下方向変換部の下流側に開口した球出
口を遊技機側に向けたので、ノズル部材内を流下する遊
技球の流下勢を球流下方向変換部により弱めることがで
きる。したがって、球出口から流出する遊技球の勢いが
弱くなり、球貯留皿からこぼれ出ることを一層確実に抑
制することができる。According to the third aspect of the present invention, of the side walls constituting the tip end portion of the nozzle member, at least the side wall located on the side opposite to the gaming machine side has the side wall upstream of the part. Since the ball downflow conversion section having a curvature larger than that of the ball downflow conversion section is formed, and the ball outlet opened to the downstream side of the ball downflow conversion section is directed to the gaming machine side, the downward force of the game ball flowing down in the nozzle member. Can be weakened by the sphere-downflow conversion unit. Therefore, the momentum of the game balls flowing out from the ball outlet is weakened, and it is possible to more reliably prevent the game balls from spilling out of the ball storage dish.
【図１】パチンコ機の隣りに設置した球貸機の正面図で
ある。FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball lending machine installed next to a pachinko machine.
【図２】（ａ）は球貸機のノズル部材をパチンコ機側に
向けた使用状態の側面図、（ｂ）はその正面図である。FIG. 2A is a side view of a ball rental machine in a state of use in which a nozzle member faces a pachinko machine, and FIG. 2B is a front view thereof.
【図３】（ａ）はパチンコ機側に向けたノズル部材をそ
のまま起立させた状態の球貸機の正面図、（ｂ）は前方
に向けたノズル部材を起立させた状態の球貸機の正面図
である。FIG. 3A is a front view of a ball lending machine in which a nozzle member facing the pachinko machine is standing upright, and FIG. 3B is a ball lending machine in which a nozzle member facing forward is standing upright; It is a front view.
【図４】（ａ）はノズル部材をパチンコ機側に向けた使
用状態の球貸機の平面図、（ｂ）はノズル部材を前方に
向けた状態の球貸機の平面図である。4A is a plan view of the ball lending machine in use with the nozzle member facing the pachinko machine side, and FIG. 4B is a plan view of the ball lending machine with the nozzle member facing forward.
【図５】（ａ）はノズル部材のカバーを外した使用状態
の平面図、（ｂ）はノズル部材を前方に向けた状態の回
動ジョイント部の断面図、（ｃ）は（ａ）のｃ−ｃ断面
図、（ｄ）は（ａ）のｄ−ｄ断面図である。5A is a plan view of the nozzle member in a used state with a cover removed, FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view of the rotary joint with the nozzle member facing forward, and FIG. 5C is a sectional view of FIG. It is a cc sectional view, and (d) is a dd sectional view of (a).
１ パチンコ機 ２ 球貸機 ３ ノズル部材 ４ 機枠 ５ 前面枠 ６ 蝶番 ７ ガラス枠 ８ 開閉パネル ９ 遊技領域 １０ 遊技盤 １１ 凸部 １２ 装飾部材 １３ 上皿 １４ 下皿 １５ 筺体 １６ 球排出ユニット １７ 検銭機 １９ 前面部 ２０ 状態報知部 ２１ 硬貨投入口 ２２ 返却ボタン ２３ 表示部 ２４ 返却口 ２５ 回動ジョイント部 ２６ 球出口 ３０ ノズル本体 ３１ カバー ３２ 側壁部 ３３ 軸着孔 ３４ 流下方向変換部 ３５ ストッパ部 ４０ 切欠部 ４１ 回動体 ４２ 突出部 ４３ 軸 ４４ 球流下路 ４５ 回動流路 ４６ 補助入口 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Ball rental machine 3 Nozzle member 4 Machine frame 5 Front frame 6 Hinge 7 Glass frame 8 Opening / closing panel 9 Game area 10 Game board 11 Convex part 12 Decoration member 13 Upper plate 14 Lower plate 15 Housing 16 Ball discharge unit 17 Inspection Money machine 19 Front part 20 State notification part 21 Coin slot 22 Return button 23 Display part 24 Return port 25 Rotating joint part 26 Ball outlet 30 Nozzle body 31 Cover 32 Side wall part 33 Shaft attachment hole 34 Downflow direction conversion part 35 Stopper part 40 Notch 41 Rotating body 42 Projecting part 43 Shaft 44 Ball downflow path 45 Rotating flow path 46 Auxiliary entrance
Claims (3)
貸し球を遊技機の球貯留皿内に案内する細長いノズル部
材を備えた球貸機において、 上記ノズル部材は、基端部分を上記前面部側に、水平方
向および上下方向に回動可能な状態で取り付けて、先端
の球出口を遊技機の球貯留皿に臨ませた使用状態と、基
端部分から上方に回動して起立させた収納状態とに変換
可能とし、上記使用状態における基端部分から先端の球
出口までの間の途中部分を、遊技機側が凹となる状態に
彎曲させ、この彎曲による振れ幅を含めたノズル部材の
総幅員を前記前面部の左右幅以内に設定したことを特徴
とする球貸機。1. A vertically long front part, which is juxtaposed with a gaming machine,
In a ball lending machine provided with an elongated nozzle member for guiding a lending ball into a ball storage tray of a gaming machine, the nozzle member is rotatable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction with a base end portion on the front side. In the use state, the ball outlet at the distal end faces the ball storage dish of the gaming machine, and the storage state in which the ball exit is turned upright from the base end part and can be converted to the storage state. The middle part from the part to the ball exit at the tip is curved so that the gaming machine side is concave, and the total width of the nozzle member including the swing width due to this curvature is set within the left and right width of the front part. Ball rental machine characterized by.
設した球出口が遊技機側に向けて開口していることを特
徴とする請求項１に記載の球貸機。2. The ball lending machine according to claim 1, wherein in the use state, a ball outlet opened at a tip of the nozzle member opens toward the gaming machine.
壁部のうち少なくとも遊技機側とは反対側に位置する側
壁部に、当該部位よりも上流側の側壁部の曲率よりも大
きな曲率の球流下方向変換部を形成し、この球流下方向
変換部の下流側に開口した球出口を遊技機側に向けたこ
とを特徴とする請求項２に記載の球貸機。3. A side wall portion, which is located at a side opposite to the gaming machine side, of a side wall portion forming a tip portion of the nozzle member, has a curvature larger than that of the side wall portion upstream of the portion. 3. The ball lending machine according to claim 2, wherein a ball downflow conversion unit is formed, and a ball outlet opened downstream of the ball downflow conversion unit is directed toward the gaming machine.
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