JP2989637B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application field] The present invention opens a variable member in a big hit mode until a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined number of winning balls are generated during the predetermined time, The present invention relates to a pachinko machine configured to reserve the opening of the next variable member when a winning ball received during the opening wins the continuous winning opening.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a display mode of a symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols is a predetermined jackpot display mode (for example, when all displays of a plurality of display units display “the same number”). , The variable prize winning device having the variable member has a predetermined time, specifically, a predetermined number (for example, 30 seconds), or a predetermined number (for example, 10) within the predetermined time. When the winning ball wins in the continuous winning opening provided in the variable winning device during the open state, the variable member is temporarily closed after the predetermined period is achieved. A pachinko machine has been provided on the market which repeats an operation of reopening for a predetermined period thereafter a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times) on condition that a winning ball is awarded to the continuous winning opening. In such a pachinko machine, the next open state is reserved when a winning ball wins the continuous winning opening, and a predetermined period is guaranteed in one open state.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, as the predetermined period, a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses, or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of the predetermined time. Until the prize ball is generated, if the player wins the continuous winning opening, the open state is guaranteed next time. That is, it is only necessary to generate a predetermined number of winning balls. However, in practice, even after the winning ball has won the continuous winning opening, the winning of the hit ball to the variable winning device continues, reaches the predetermined number in the middle of the above-mentioned fixed time, ends the open state, and the next open Therefore, even if the open state is continued a predetermined number of times, the big hit mode ends in a very short time, and the big hit mode cannot be enjoyed sufficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of fully enjoying a gaming state of a big hit in a big hit mode.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the pachinko machine according to the present invention generates a predetermined number of winning balls until a certain time elapses or during the certain time in the big hit mode. The variable member is opened until the variable member is opened, and when the winning prize ball received during the opening of the variable member wins the continuous winning opening of the plurality of winning ports, the opening of the next variable member is reserved. The present invention is characterized in that, when a winning ball received during opening is awarded in the continuous winning opening, a suppressing means is provided for suppressing a winning rate of a ball hitting the variable member after the winning.

In order to suppress the winning rate of the hitting ball to the variable member, for example, it is conceivable to reduce the opening size of the variable member itself.

[Operation] When a winning ball wins the continuous winning opening out of the plurality of winning openings, the next open state is reserved and the suppressing means is activated to suppress the winning rate of the hitting ball to the variable member after the winning. For example, as the opening size of the variable member is reduced, the winning rate of hitting the variable member with a ball is suppressed. Then, it takes time until the number of hit balls that win the variable member after being suppressed reaches the predetermined number, so that one open state can be completed in a time close to the predetermined time, and the jackpot mode as a whole can be sufficiently set. You can enjoy.

Embodiment An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, a pachinko machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine.
In the figure, a metal frame 3 is provided around an opening of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko machine 1. The metal frame 3 is provided with a glass door frame 4 having glass and a front door 5 which can be opened and closed freely. Behind the glass door frame 4, a game board 9 detachably attached to a game board fixed frame (not shown) fixed to the back of the front frame 2 is arranged.

On the surface of the front door 5, an upper plate 6 that preferentially stores prize balls paid out from a prize ball discharge device (not shown) due to generation of a prize ball and guides a hit ball to a firing position is attached. .

An operation handle 7 constituting a part of the launching device is projected and fixed below the front frame 2, and prize balls that cannot be completely stored in the upper plate 6 are stored beside the operation handle 7. The lower plate 8 is attached.

A guide rail for guiding a hit ball is provided on the front of the game board 9.
10 is planted in a substantially circular shape, and a range surrounded by the guide rail 10 constitutes a game area 11. At the approximate center of the game area 11, a variable winning device 20 including a symbol display device 34 is provided. The variable winning device 20 has a pair of variable members 27a and 27b that can be converted into an open state that can easily receive a hit ball and a closed state that does not receive a hit ball, and further has a hit ball received by the variable members 27a and 27b therein. A special winning port 29 and a normal winning port 30a, 30b are formed. In this embodiment, the V winning opening 29 forms a continuous winning opening. Thus, the variable winning device 20 opens the variable members 27a and 27 when the display mode of the symbol display device 34 described later becomes a predetermined big hit mode,
27a and 27b are opened until a predetermined condition is achieved, for example, until a certain time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses, or until a certain number (for example, 10) is won within the certain time, and The open state is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times) based on the fact that a hit ball has hit the V winning opening 29, so that a large number of winning balls are generated in a short time. The configuration of the variable winning device 20 will be described later in detail.

Further, in the game area 11, starting winning prize openings 12a to 12c for starting the variable display operation of the symbols of the dot matrix displays 36a to 36c of the symbol display device 34 are arranged below the gaming area 11, and the starting winning prize ports 12a to 12c are provided. The normal winning opening 13 on the left and right of
a to 13d are provided. Further, in the left and right central portions of the game area 11, big hit lamps 14a and 14b which blink when the display mode of the symbol display device 34 becomes the big hit display mode and notify the fact are arranged. These jackpot lamps 14a, 14b
An operation lamp 15 is also provided on the upper part of the front frame 2 to achieve the same effect as described above. This operation lamp 15
It is mainly for notifying the clerk of the game hall that the jackpot has been hit. In addition, the starting winning opening 12a ~ 12c
Are provided with start winning detection switches 53a to 53c (not shown; however, shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4) for detecting that the hit ball has won.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a symbol display device 34 will be described.
The configuration of the variable winning device 20 including the following will be described. The variable winning device 20 has a mounting board 21 mounted on the gaming board 9 as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. Mounting board
On the upper part of 21, a ball receiving protrusion 22 is provided so as to protrude therefrom.
A normal winning opening 23 is formed at the upper part of 22. In addition, the ball receiving protruding portion 22 has a winning number display 24 that displays the number of winning balls that have won the variable winning device 20 during the single opening of the variable members 27a and 27b in the big hit game state on the front surface thereof. , V winning opening 29
A continuation number display 25 is provided for displaying the number of repetitions of the above-mentioned open state on condition that a prize is won. The winning number display 24 and the continuation number display 25 are both 7
It consists of segment LEDs.

A winning space 26 is formed below the ball receiving projecting portion 22, and variable members 27a and 27b are rotatably supported on the left and right sides of the winning space 26. The fluctuation receiving materials 27a and 27b close the winning space 26 that does not receive a hit ball between the ball receiving projection 22 and the ball receiving projection 22 in the upright closed state.
Is guided to the winning space 26. In addition,
The variable members 27a and 27b are driven to be opened and closed by an opening and closing solenoid 39 as shown in FIG. 1, which will be described later in detail.

A falling plate 28 is provided on the bottom surface of the winning space 26, and the rear of the falling plate 28 is divided into three parts. A V winning opening 29 is formed in the center of the three sections, and normal winning openings 30a, 30 are provided on the left and right.
b is formed. The V winning opening 20 is for opening the variable members 27a and 27b again by the winning balls winning while the variable members 27a and 27b are being opened in the big hit state as described above. The mouth 29 has a V winning detection switch 55 for detecting that a winning ball has entered.
(Not shown; however, shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4). When the V winning detection switch 55 is turned on, a V lamp 64 (not shown; however, shown in the block diagram of FIG. 4) for notifying that is turned on. Further, below the V winning detection switch 55, all the winning balls received by the variable members 27a and 27b are detected.
0 count detection switch 54 (not shown;
(Shown in the block diagram).

In addition, the mounting substrate 21 is formed on both left and right sides thereof with normal winning openings 31a and 31b in which a hit ball hitting the side surface of the variable members 27a and 27b in the open state is guided and wins, and the variable members 27a and 27b are formed. A ball receiving frame 32 is protruded so as to be sandwiched therebetween. The upper surface of the ball receiving frame 32 has the movable members 27a, 27b
It is formed so as to guide the winning ball received at the falling plate 28, and on the front surface thereof, the start winning holes 12a to 12c are won while the symbol display device 34 is operating and the variable members 27a, 27b are open. Start-up prize indicators 33a to 33d are provided for storing the number up to four and displaying the stored number. The start winning indicators 33a to 33d are constituted by LED lamps.

Below the mounting board 21, a symbol display device 34 provided with a plurality (three) of dot matrix displays 36a to 36c capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols is formed. The symbol display device 34, as described above,
The display mode starts to change when a hit ball wins in the start winning prize openings 12a to 12c provided below, and stops after a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses. This stop operation may be stopped by a stop signal of a stop switch that can be operated by the player. Then, when the display mode of the plurality of dot matrix displays 36a to 36c at the time of stopping is a predetermined jackpot display mode (for example, when "the same number" is displayed), the variable member 27a , 27b are opened under the aforementioned predetermined conditions. The characteristic of the symbol display device 34 in this embodiment is that each dot
That is, upper and lower rod-shaped light bar modules 37a to 37c are arranged along the sides of the matrix display. The light bar modules 37a to 37c are formed by arranging a plurality of high-intensity light-emitting diodes and covering a special rod-shaped lens, and illuminate linearly like a single light source. And this light bar module 37a-37c
Is the corresponding dot matrix display 36a
-36c lights up when stopped, and brightly lights up around the dot matrix displays 36a-36c, thereby emphasizing the impression of the pattern displayed in dotted lines by the dot matrix displays 36a-36c more clearly. Things. A colored transparent smoked glass 35 is arranged on the front of the symbol display device 34 so that each dot cannot be identified when the dot matrix displays 36a to 36c are not lit.

Next, the structure of the back of the variable winning device 20 will be described with reference to FIG. 1. On the back of the variable winning device 20, a solenoid mounting plate 38 is disposed.
Two solenoids 39, 40 are mounted. The solenoid 39 located above constitutes an opening / closing solenoid 39 for opening and closing the variable members 27a and 27b. It is driven when a prize is won, and is for reducing the opening size of the variable members 27a and 27b. More specifically, an operating member 42 having engagement elongated holes 46a and 46b at both ends thereof is connected to the plunger 41 of the opening / closing solenoid 39. The engagement slot of this operating member 42
Engagement pins 45a, 45b extending rearward to link members 43a, 43b fixed to the rear ends of the rotating shafts 44a, 44b of the movable members 27a, 27b are loosely fitted to 46a, 46b. ing. A spring 47 is provided around the plunger 41 of the opening / closing solenoid 39, and the plunger 41 is constantly biased downward. Thus, when the opening / closing solenoid 39 is excited, the plunger 41 rises against the urging force of the spring 47.
The operating member 42 also moves up. When the operating member 42 moves up, the link members 43a and 43b rotate upward about the rotation shafts 44a and 44b, and the rotation shafts 44a and 44b themselves also rotate. When the rotating shafts 44a and 44b are rotated, the movable members 27a and 27b are also rotated to be in an open state as shown by a broken line in FIG. On the other hand, when the excitation of the opening / closing solenoid 39 is released, the plunger 41 is lowered by its own weight and the urging force of the spring 47. Then, the operating member 42 also moves down, so that the link members 43a and 43b rotate in the opposite direction to the above, and the variable members 27a and 27b are closed.

The supporting solenoid 40 is disposed on the same vertical line as the opening / closing solenoid 39, and the upper end of the plunger 48 is an operating member.
It faces the lower side of 42. A spring 49 is provided around the plunger 48 so that the plunger 48
Is urged downward. Thus, when the supporting solenoid 40 is excited, the plunger 48 rises against the urging force of the spring 49, and the rising point is, as shown in FIG. The point is that when the operating member 42 is lowered in the state, the operating member 42 is supported not at the most lowered position but at a slightly lowered position. By driving the support solenoid 40 in this manner, the variable members 27a and 27b are slightly closed as indicated by the dashed line, and the variable members 27a and 27b
The open dimension is reduced by "2d" as a whole as compared with the fully opened state. For this reason, the winning rate of the hit ball to the variable members 27a and 27b is suppressed.

The operation of the opening / closing solenoid 39 and the supporting solenoid 40 will be described later in detail.

The variable winning device 20 including the symbol display device 34 configured as described above is controlled by the control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control circuit, and a microcomputer 50 is used for the control circuit. The microcomputer 50 has an external ROM 5
1. The external RAM 52 is connected. In addition, the starting winning opening
Starting winning detection switches 53a to 53c for detecting winning balls in 12a to 12c, a 10 count detecting switch 54 for detecting winning balls received by the variable members 27a and 27b, and a V for detecting a winning ball in the V winning opening 29. Prize detection switch 55
Is connected to a microcomputer 50 via a waveform shaping circuit 56 composed of a flip-flop for preventing chattering.
It is connected to the.

The clock generation circuit 57 outputs an external interrupt signal to the INT terminal of the microcomputer 50 via the frequency divider 58. The fixed-time external interrupt processing executed in synchronization with the external interrupt signal includes timer processing for controlling various timers, sound / lamp processing, and detector input processing for controlling input signals from various detection switches. is there.

The microcomputer 50 is connected to a power supply circuit 60 for supplying power to the microcomputer 50 and a reset signal generation circuit 59 for resetting the microcomputer 50 when the power is turned on.

A display drive circuit 61, a display selection circuit 62, and a driver 63 are connected to each output port of the microcomputer 50. The display drive circuit 61 and the display selection circuit 62 include:
The above-described dot matrix displays 36a, 36
c, light bar module 37a-37c, start winning indicator 33a-33d, winning number indicator 24, and continuation number indicator 25
Is connected. These displays are dynamically driven by outputting selected data and display data from the microcomputer 50 at regular intervals. That is, each display unit is selected by the display selection circuit 53, and the display is performed according to the output signal of the display drive circuit 52 at that time. Thereby, various symbols are variably displayed on the dot matrix displays 36a to 36c based on the information programmed in the external ROM 51, and the light bar modules 37a to 37c are lit or blinked.

The driver 63 is provided with an opening / closing solenoid 39 for opening and closing the variable members 27a and 27b in accordance with a signal from the microcomputer 50.
And support solenoid 40, and jackpot lamps 14a, 14b,
The lighting operation of the V lamp 64 and the operation lamp 15 is controlled.

Next, among the processing procedures controlled by the above-described control circuit, a drive processing subroutine of the solenoids 39 and 40 in the big hit mode will be described with reference to FIG. The subroutine shown in FIG. 5 merely shows the outline of the operation of the opening / closing solenoid 39 (hereinafter, referred to as solenoid A) and the supporting solenoid (hereinafter, referred to as solenoid B) in the big hit mode in the big hit mode.

First, it is determined whether a big hit is in progress (step S1).
0) When it is determined that the big hit is not being performed, the subroutine is terminated without driving any solenoid, and when it is determined that the big hit is being performed, the variable member 27 is determined.
It is determined whether or not the interval processing is being performed for a predetermined period of time (for example, 2 seconds) set before the open states of a and 27b are opened (step S20). This interval processing
It is set before the first open state immediately after the big hit and between the open state and the open state, and resets or updates a predetermined display or a stored value. However, since neither orenoid is driven,
When it is determined that the interval processing is being performed, the subroutine ends.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the interval processing is not being performed, it is monitored whether or not the V winning detection switch 55 has been turned on (step S30). If not, the solenoid A is turned on.
Then (step S40), the process proceeds to step S100 described later.
Further, when the V prize detecting switch 55 is ON, the solenoid B is ON (step S50), then, whether the timer T ₁ is set is determined (step S6
0). The timer T ₁ is intended to be set to be between OFF solenoid A after slight solenoid B is turned ON, the value is, for example, approximately 0.1 to 0.3 seconds. Thus, when the timer T ₁ is not yet been set, sets a timer T ₁ (step S70), when it is already set, without setting, determining the timer T ₁ is whether the time is up Is performed (step S80). And
When the timer T ₁ is the time is up, the solenoid A is turned OFF (opened step S90). At this time, the variable members 27a, 27b
Is not in a closed state, but in a state in which the opening dimension is reduced by the support solenoid B as shown in FIG.

In the state described above, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning counter for counting the number of winning balls accepted by the variable members 27a and 27b is "10" (step S100), and "1"
If not “0”, it is determined whether or not the release time has elapsed (step S110).

When the value of the prize counter reaches “10” or when the open time elapses, whichever comes first, it means that the open state has ended, and both the solenoids A and B are turned off. Then (step S120), the subroutine ends.

As described above, the configuration and operation of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment have been described. However, according to this embodiment, when a prize ball wins in the V winning opening 29 as a continuous winning opening, the next open state is reserved and suppressed. By reducing the opening size of the variable members 27a and 27b as a means, the winning rate of hitting the variable members 27a and 27b is suppressed. For this reason, it takes time until the number of hit balls that win the variable members 27a and 27b after being suppressed reaches a predetermined number, and one open state can be completed in a time close to the predetermined time, and as a whole a big hit You can fully enjoy the mode.

In the above embodiment, the variable members 27a, 27b
Although a member that opens and closes in the left-right direction has been described, a variable member having another structure may be used. For example, a pair of members that slide in the left-right direction has solenoids with different strokes before and after winning the V winning opening. May be used to excite.
Further, as means for suppressing the winning rate of the hitting ball to the variable members 27a, 27b, a means for reducing the open dimension of the variable members 27a, 27b themselves has been described. However, instead of changing the variable members themselves, the variable members are not changed. A member located in the vicinity of 27a, 27b may be operated to suppress the winning rate.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, when a winning ball wins a continuous winning opening among a plurality of winning openings, the next open state is reserved and suppressed. In order to suppress the winning rate of the hitting of the variable member after the winning by the operation of the means, it takes time until the number of hitting balls hitting the variable member after being suppressed reaches a predetermined number, and one open state is determined. It can be completed in a time close to the time, and the user can fully enjoy the jackpot mode as a whole.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a rear view of a variable winning device including a variable member, FIG.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the variable winning device, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the variable winning device as viewed from the front, and Fig. 4 is a control circuit for controlling the operation of the game including the symbol display device and the variable winning device. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for driving a solenoid for driving the variable member, and FIG. 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment. 1 Pachinko machine 20 Variable winning device 27a, 27b Variable member 29 V winning opening (continuous winning opening) 39 Opening / closing solenoid 40 Support solenoid 50 Microcomputer

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] In a jackpot mode, a variable member is opened until a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined number of prize balls are generated during the predetermined time, and a plurality of prize balls received during opening of the variable member are provided. In a pachinko machine configured to reserve the opening of the next variable member when a continuous winning opening is won among the winning opening of the above, when a winning ball received during opening is won in the continuous winning opening, A pachinko machine comprising a suppression means for suppressing a winning rate of a hitting ball to the variable member after the winning. 2. A pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said suppressing means reduces an opening dimension of said variable member.