GAME MACHINE

• Main Authors: FUJIKAWA NORIYASU, HAYAKAWA KATSUAKI, MAEHARA YUICHI, KASAHARA YUTAKA, IIDA HIROYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.01.2023
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

To prevent clogging of a game ball, while effectively decelerating the game ball and promoting inflow to a winning area.SOLUTION: A projection amount of second deceleration piece 21b is formed smaller than that of a first deceleration piece 21a, and a lower end of the second deceleration piece 21b is formed into such a shape that a game ball can come into contact therewith at one point. Thereby, when an opening/closing member 16a is closed, a game ball is clamped between a cover 13b of a ball passage unit 13 and the opening/closing member 16a, so that when the game ball tries to escape upward, this configuration can smoothly release the game ball upward. Accordingly, when the opening/closing member 16a is closed, this configuration can prevent the game ball from being clamped and clogged therein. Since an uppermost-stream second deceleration piece 21b has a larger projection amount than those of three downstream-side second deceleration pieces 21b, the game ball reliably comes into contact with the second deceleration piece 21b and the flow-down speed of the game ball can be reliably decelerated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】遊技球を効果的に減速させて入賞領域への流入を促しつつ、遊技球の詰まりを防止する。【解決手段】第２減速片２１ｂの突出量を第１減速片２１ａよりも小さくし、また、第２減速片２１ｂの下端部の形状を遊技球が１点で接触可能な形状としている。よって、開閉部材１６ａが閉鎖されるときに球通路ユニット１３のカバー１３ｂと開閉部材１６ａとの間に遊技球が挟み込まれ、この遊技球が上方に逃げようとする場合に、遊技球をスムーズに上方に逃がすことができる。これにより、開閉部材１６ａを閉鎖したときに遊技球が挟み込まれて遊技球が詰まることを防止できる。そして、最上流の第２減速片２１ｂは下流側の３つの第２減速片２１ｂよりも突出量が大きいので、遊技球を確実に第２減速片２１ｂに接触させて遊技球の流下速度を確実に減速させることができる。【選択図】図４