JPH0320262B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a pachinko machine equipped with a variable winning device that detects a specific state of a batted ball in a pachinko game and changes the acceptance state of a batted ball flowing down within a gaming section in relation to the specific state of the batted ball. It's about machines.

A winning device that can change the state in which a ball flowing down a game section formed on the surface of a game board is difficult to enter or does not enter, and the state in which it is easy to enter is known, for example, from the 1970s.
It is described in Publication No. 76979.

However, in the conventional winning device described above, when a batted ball enters a predetermined winning hole, a relay is activated and a timer circuit is closed, and the winning hole made of an operating member is opened for the time period that the timer circuit is closed. .

In the conventional winning device described above, the winning device opens and closes simply depending on the operating state of the timer circuit, so the interest in the game is affected by the predetermined time of the timer circuit, making it difficult to play pachinko games with a rich variety. I can't.

In addition, in the above-described conventional winning device, since the inlet for the batted balls is small, ball jamming is likely to occur when the batted balls successively win prizes.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a variable prize winning device that detects a specific state of a batted ball in a pachinko game and changes the acceptance state of the batted ball flowing down within the gaming section in relation to the specific state of the batted ball. In a pachinko machine, the above-mentioned variable prize winning device has a horizontally elongated ball inflow port formed on a board attached to the surface of the game board, and a shaft supported by a shaft positioned horizontally and parallel to the surface of the game board. a first state in which the above-described inflow port of the batted ball is blocked so that winning is impossible;
and an oblong batted ball that can be tilted forward about the axis as a fulcrum to convert into a second state in which the inlet of the batted ball is opened to allow winning, and that can accept a plurality of batted balls at the same time. a receiving member, a solenoid that converts the ball receiving member into a first state and a second state, a ball guide member located in a thickness part of the game board and facing below the ball inlet; and a switch mechanism in which a batted ball entering the batted ball inflow port is guided by the guide material and detected when the batted ball receiving member is in a second state, and the batted ball flowing down the front side of the game board is in a specific state. the solenoid is energized, the solenoid is energized to convert the batted ball receiving member from the first state to the second state, and when the batted ball receiving member is in the second state, the batted ball entering the inflow port is controlled by a guide member using a switch mechanism. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine characterized in that it is configured to guide and detect.

The present invention will be explained below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is a pachinko machine,
A game section 3 formed on the surface of the game board 2 is provided with specific prizes 4, 4 on the left and right sides that constitute a specific state of the ball.
A detector 6 is installed in the middle of the specific winning ball passage gutter 5 that communicates with the specific winning hole 4 and through which the batted ball entering the specific winning hole 4 passes.
to appear. Although this detector 6 uses a contact type micro switch as shown in FIG. 4, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and may include a non-contact type,
An appropriate configuration can be selected and used.

The game board 2 described above is provided with a variable winning device 7 that changes the acceptance state of the batted ball flowing down the game section 3.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the variable prize winning device 7 is formed above the gaming section 3 on the left and right sides, but it may be formed at any position in the gaming section 3.

The variable prize winning device 7 described above has a horizontally elongated inflow port 9 for batted balls formed on a substrate 8 attached to the surface of the game board 2, and the bottom of the inlet 9 is located at the rear so as to be located in the thickness part of the game board 2. The extending guide member 10 is made to face, and a horizontally elongated ball receiving member 11 is made to face the above-mentioned inlet 9.

The above-described ball receiving member 11 has a shaft 1 that is parallel to the surface of the game board 2 and positioned laterally.
2, and is connected to a solenoid 14 via a link mechanism 13.

Normally, the solenoid 14 is demagnetized, so the hit ball receiving member 11 is supported by the shaft 12, which is parallel to the surface of the game board 2 and positioned laterally, by the link mechanism 13, and is supported by the hit ball inlet 9. This is the first state that makes winning impossible. However, when the batted ball flowing down the gaming section 3 is in a specific state, that is, the batted ball enters the specific winning hole 4, is guided to the specific winning ball passing gutter 5, and is detected by the detector 6, the solenoid 14 is energized, and the link mechanism 13, the ball receiving member 11 is tilted forward about the shaft 12, converting it into a second state in which the inlet 9 for the ball is opened to allow winning.

Therefore, the ball receiving member 11 is connected to the solenoid 14.
It can be converted into a first state and a second state by demagnetization or excitation of the ball receiving member 11. Since the ball receiving member 11 is oblong, a plurality of balls can be received into the inlet 9 at the same time in the second state.

A switch mechanism 15 is provided on the back side of the game board 2 to detect when a batted ball entering the inlet 9 is guided by the guide material 10.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, this switch mechanism 15 includes a plate member 16 that tilts due to the weight of the ball when the ball is placed on it.
and a switch element 17 located below this plate member 16, and is configured such that the variable prize winning device 7 can detect a batted ball flowing into the inflow port 9 in the second state. However, the switch mechanism 15 of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration, and may have any other configuration as long as it can detect the batted ball guided by the guide member 10. Then, based on this detection signal, the prize balls are ejected, or the number of batted balls flowing into the inflow port 9 is counted and related to the operation of the variable prize winning device 7, for example, a preset number of batted balls flow into the inflow port 9. In some cases, it is also possible to convert the ball receiving member 11 from the second state to the first state.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of an electric circuit including the above-mentioned detector 6 and solenoid 14. When the detector 6 is turned on, the relay 18 is activated and the relay contact piece 19 is turned on, so that the solenoid 14 is excited, and the variable prize winning device 7 is converted to the second state.

In the circuit shown in FIG. 5 or 6, when the detector 6 is turned off, the operation of the relay 18 is immediately stopped, or the relay 18 is self-holding and after a certain period of time, the relay contact 19 is turned off, and the solenoid is turned off. 14 is demagnetized and the ball receiving member 11 is converted to the first state.

Furthermore, in the electric circuit shown in FIG. 6, when the lighting mechanism 20 is connected in parallel with the solenoid 14,
Since the lighting mechanism 20 operates with the excitation of the solenoid 14, if the lighting mechanism 20 is provided at an appropriate position of the pachinko machine 1, the conversion state of the variable prize winning device 7 can be visually displayed to the player, and the pachinko machine 1 can enhance the decorative effect of

Since the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, when a hit ball is detected as being in a specific state in a pachinko game by entering the specific winning port 4, the solenoid 14 is energized by electrical means, and the ball receiving member 11 enters the inlet 9 into a winning slot. The variable prize winning device 7, which was in the first state where it is impossible to block, is now in the second state where the ball receiving member 11 is tilted forward so that the inflow port 9 is wide open so that it can win a prize.
It will be converted into a state. In the second state of the variable winning device 7, the batted balls flowing into the inlet 9 are smoothly guided by the guide member 10 and detected by the switch mechanism 15, and the winning balls are ejected or counted based on this detection signal. When a predetermined condition is achieved, the variable winning device 7 returns to the first state.

Therefore, the player can enjoy an interesting pachinko game by intervening in a technical manner such that when the variable winning device 7 enters the second state, the ball is bounced so that the variable winning device 7 wins a large number of prizes.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in any manner as long as the structure described in the claims is not changed.

In summary, according to the present invention, a pachinko machine is provided with a variable prize winning device that detects a specific state of a batted ball in a pachinko game and changes the acceptance state of the batted ball flowing down inside the gaming section in relation to the specific state of the batted ball. The above-mentioned variable prize winning device has a horizontally long batted ball inflow port formed on a board attached to the surface of the game board, and a shaft supported by a shaft positioned horizontally and parallel to the surface of the game board. A first state in which the inlet of the batted ball is blocked so that it is impossible to win a prize, and a second state in which the inlet for the batted ball is opened so that it is impossible to win a prize by tilting forward about the axis as a fulcrum, and once a horizontally elongated ball receiving member that can receive a plurality of balls at the same time; a solenoid that converts the ball receiving member into a first state and a second state;
A batted ball guide material located in a thickness part of the game board and facing below the batted ball inlet, and a batted ball that enters the batted ball inlet when the batted ball receiving member is in the second state is guided by the guide material. Since it has a switch mechanism that detects when a ball is hit by a ball, even if a plurality of balls gather at the same time on the ball receiving member, there will be no jamming or stopping of the ball, and the player will win the prize quickly. It is possible to eliminate unnecessary troubles between players and game parlors. In addition, it is possible to detect the batted ball entering the variable prize winning device in the second state with a switch mechanism, count it if necessary, and convert it back to the first state when it reaches a predetermined number, so the second state can be changed to the first state. The duration period can be appropriately set other than time, and thereby an effective pachinko game can be executed while maintaining harmony between the game parlor and the players. Since the balls entering the variable winning device are guided by the guide material and can be sequentially and continuously detected, the balls entering the variable winning device can be quickly and smoothly counted.

Therefore, not only can we provide a pachinko machine that is effective for both interested players and pachinko game parlors due to the above-mentioned functions and effects, but also the possibility of generating a large number of winning balls at once due to the variable winning device. At the same time, it is possible to give the player a sense of anticipation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic front view, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the variable prize winning device, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the same, and FIG.
The figure is a front view of the winning ball detector, FIG. 5 is an electrical circuit diagram, and FIG. 6 is an electrical circuit diagram of another example. 1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a game board, 3 is a game club, 4
is a specific winning opening, 6 is a detector, 7 is a variable winning device,
8 is a base plate, 9 is an inlet, 10 is a guide member, 11 is a ball receiving member, 14 is a solenoid, and 15 is a switch mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A pachinko machine equipped with a variable prize winning device that detects a specific state of a batted ball in a pachinko game and changes the acceptance state of a batted ball flowing down within a gaming section in relation to the specific state of the batted ball, The variable prize winning device has a horizontally long batted ball inlet formed on a board attached to the surface of the game board, and a shaft that is parallel to the surface of the game board and is positioned laterally to receive the hit ball as described above. A first state in which the inlet of the batted ball is blocked so that it is impossible to win a prize; and a second state in which the inlet of the batted ball is opened so that it is possible to win a prize by tilting forward about the axis as a fulcrum; A horizontally elongated ball receiving member that can receive a plurality of balls at the same time, a solenoid that converts the ball receiving member into a first state and a second state, and an inlet for the ball that is located in a thick portion of the game board. a ball guide member facing downwardly; and a switch mechanism in which a ball entering the ball inlet when the ball receiving member is in a second state is guided by the guide member and detected, and the switch mechanism is configured to detect a ball being guided by the guide member, The solenoid is energized in connection with the batted ball flowing down becoming in a specific state, and the excitation of the solenoid converts the batted ball receiving member from a first state to a second state, and in the second state of the batted ball receiving member. A pachinko machine characterized in that a ball entering the inlet is guided to a switch mechanism using a guide material and detected.