JP2000024207A - Winning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a winning device in which variety is provided to a game by selectively guiding flying balls flying into a winning device to a plurality of passages before reaching a plurality of winning holes to change a winning ratio. SOLUTION: A plurality of passages are formed in a flying chamber 1 having a specified depth, a distribution means 17 to distribute flying balls is disposed between the passages, and the distribution means is actuated in a specified condition to guide flying balls respectively to a plurality of winning holes 55a, 55b, thereby variety is provided to a game by introducing the balls to the winning holes 55a, 55b of different conditions to change winning conditions, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize winning device installed on a game board of a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a large prize winning device called a center accessory provided at a central portion of the game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a prize winning device that promises to release a large number of prize balls by greatly relaxing the prize conditions when a hit ball enters a specific prize hole among a plurality of prize holes provided on a game board. A device commonly referred to as a center role is usually equipped with rotating wings on both sides of the opening of the entrance room with a large open front, and an inclination inside the entrance room where the hit ball freely rolls and moves A plate is provided, and a plurality of winning openings including a specific winning opening and a normal winning opening are provided at an edge of a front opening facing the front end of the inclined plate.

[0003] This prize-winning device allows a continuous hitting ball to be opened by opening a rotating wing piece on condition that the hitting ball enters the specific winning opening, or by repeating opening and closing movements. The entry conditions have been relaxed and many prizes have been made possible. Further, the flying ball is rolled on the inclined plate to be made to win one of the winning holes.

[0004] Usually, the number of winning balls set in advance,
For example, while the rotating wing piece is opened until ten prizes are won to facilitate entry, if one of the winning spheres wins a specific winning opening, the rotary wing is re-opened until there are ten prize balls again. Normally, the condition is set so that the opening of the piece is continued so that the condition is relaxed.

[0005]

However, in this conventional winning device, any one of a plurality of winning holes provided by changing the opening and closing movement of the rotary wing piece and rolling the hit ball in on the inclined plate. Or a change in which the direction of rolling can be changed by obstacle means provided on the inclined plate can be expected. If this is repeated, there is a problem of simplification.

[0006] Among a plurality of winning ports provided in this kind of winning apparatus, a specific winning port for continuously opening the rotary wing piece greatly improves winning conditions, and therefore, generally, the leading edge of the inclined plate is used. Usually, one piece is provided at the center of the section, and no special guide means is provided here to avoid concentration of incoming balls. For this reason, the winning rate is extremely low, and the player's expectations are disappointed, and the game performance is poor.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies in the conventional apparatus, the present invention sets a plurality of paths inside the entrance room of a prize winning device and selectively guides the hit ball to any one of the paths. The present invention is to provide a prize winning device of a pachinko machine in which prize conditions are changed within the prize winning device by giving a change to the winning prize openings provided therein.

As described above, this kind of prize winning device often has a rotary wing piece at the opening of the entry chamber, and therefore, conditions are selected at the stage of entry of a hit ball. After jumping in, the winning condition is changed again by changing the passage before reaching the winning opening.

The present invention will be described in further detail. In the present invention, a plurality of passages for guiding a flying ball are provided in an inside of a flying room having a required depth in a winning device, and the flying ball is distributed between the passages. While providing the distributing means, the entrance room is provided with a plurality of winning ports, and the incoming ball is guided to any one of the paths through the distributing means, and a path leading to the plurality of winning ports is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a prize winning device for a pachinko machine, which is adapted to change a jump condition.

[0010] In the present invention, the plurality of winning ports may be one of them.
One is a special winning port, and the other is a normal winning port.

The present invention also provides a winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein the allocating means operates according to preset conditions to change a path of an incoming ball.

The present invention also provides a prize winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein the allocating means is activated when a flying ball enters a specific winning opening.

[0013] Further, the present invention is characterized in that one of the plurality of passages receives and stores a guided ball which is guided and faces a storage device which discharges the ball under constant conditions. To provide a winning device for a pachinko machine. Next, an embodiment illustrating the present invention will be described in detail, and features of the embodiment will be clarified.

[0014]

Embodiment

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of a prize winning apparatus according to the present invention in a state in which a rotary wing piece is cut away from a right half of the prize winning apparatus. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which the rotary wing piece is opened, and FIG. 3 is a right side view showing a partial cross section in the state shown in FIG.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes an entry chamber which constitutes a main portion of the winning prize apparatus, 2 denotes a mounting board formed so as to protrude outward along an opening 3 on the front face of the entry chamber, and 4 denotes the above-mentioned mounting board. Rotating blades provided symmetrically above the opening 3.

The rotary wing piece 4 is for receiving a hit ball falling on the game board surface and guiding it into the entry chamber 1, and is fixed to the front end of a rotary shaft 5 extending forward and backward through the mounting board 2, and is provided with a solenoid. 6 is opened and closed by the excitation of 6.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the solenoid 6 is fixed laterally to a mounting plate 7 provided on the shelf above the entry chamber 1, and a first L-shaped link 9 is attached to a plunger 8 protruding rearward. And a second L-shaped link 1 which is connected to the link 9 via a connecting link 10 at the rear end of the rotary shaft 5.
1 are linked to each other.

When the plunger 8 is attracted by excitation, the solenoid turns the first link 9 about the support shaft 12 as a fulcrum, pulls up the connection link 10, rotates the second L-shaped link 11, and turns the rotation shaft 5. Is rotated so that the rotary wing piece 4 is tilted horizontally to be opened. The solenoid 6 is always in a demagnetized state, and the plunger 8 is stretched by the bias of the spring 13 to raise the rotary wing piece 4,
Keep closed.

In the drawing, reference numeral 14 denotes a guide path for guiding an incoming ball which enters when the rotary wing piece 4 is opened into the inside of the incoming room. The guide path 14 is located at the upper part of the entry chamber 1 and has a downward slope. The front edge of the bottom plate 14a protrudes between the left and right rotary wing pieces 4 and 4 through the entry opening 3. The hit ball received by the rotary wing piece is guided inside. In this guideway, a horizontally-long first drop 15 is provided in the bottom plate in the middle of the length facing the rear, and a second drop 16 is provided at the rear end.

The first drop port 15 and the second drop port 16 constitute a path for guiding a flying ball. Here, two paths are provided before and after the guide path 14, and the first drop port in front is provided. 15 is provided with an opening / closing plate 17 as a distributing means for distributing the incoming ball to any one of the paths.

In this embodiment, the first drop port 15 is provided with the opening 3.
It is provided at a position corresponding to approximately three pachinko balls from the back to the back, and is formed at an interval at which the balls can easily fall.

The opening / closing plate 17 is adjusted to the opening area of the first drop opening 15 and is rotatably supported by a support shaft 19 passing between the left and right side walls 18 of the entry chamber 1 along the bottom plate 14a. It is. When the support shaft is moved forward, its free edge contacts the receiving portion 20 provided on the bottom plate 14a to close the first dropout 15 and constitute a part of the bottom plate 14a, and is rotated in the upright direction. At this time, the opening 15 is opened.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a motor for operating the opening / closing plate 17, reference numeral 22 denotes an eccentric cam body mounted on an output shaft 21a of the motor, and reference numeral 23 denotes an operation of sliding on the eccentric cam body and reciprocating back and forth. It is a rod. Each of these members is a series of operating means for opening and closing the opening and closing plate 17, and the motor 21 is fixed to the mounting plate 7, the output shaft 21a hangs down through the mounting plate, and the eccentric cam body is provided below the mounting plate. 22 is attached to the shaft.

The eccentric cam body 22 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a hollow inside, and the bearing cylinder 2 receives the output shaft 21a.
2a is displaced in the hollow portion, and is fitted to the output shaft to be axially supported.

On the other hand, the operating rod 23 is composed of two rods provided in parallel on the left and right sides, each end of which is axially mounted on bearings 24 provided on both left and right ends of the opening / closing plate 17, while having a length between the rear ends. The eccentric cam body 22 is sandwiched from the front and rear by sliding the two front and rear sliding bars 25 and 26 in parallel during the middle of the sliding movement.

Accordingly, the motor 21 is driven to drive the eccentric cam 2
2, the two sliding rods 25 and 26 slid so as to sandwich the peripheral surface from the front and the back are reciprocated back and forth. Swing around the fulcrum to open and close the first falling port 15. The bearing portion 24 forms a triangular obstacle wall to reduce the width of the upper surface of the opening / closing plate 17 and to narrow the width of the guide path 14 at the rear portion of the opening / closing plate.

The second drop port 16 is formed by punching a bottom plate 14a at the rear end of the guideway 14 narrowed by the walls 27 on both sides. Is provided.

The storage device 28 is a dish-shaped container having a capacity capable of storing a plurality of incoming balls, and the arm 2 protruding backward.
A shaft 31 provided on the rear wall 30 of the entry chamber 9 is mounted on the shaft 9 and supported swingably.

The reservoir 28 is swung by the rotation of the motor 32, and the cam piece 34 attached to the output shaft of the motor fixed to the mounting plate 33 contacts the rear wall surface 28a with the rotation. This makes it possible to push up and swing.

That is, the cam piece 34 axially mounted on the output shaft of the motor 32 is rotated horizontally with the rotation of the motor, and the front end of the cam piece 34 is brought into contact with the rear wall surface 28a of the reservoir 28 forward. By the way, push up and swing upward. Then, when the distal end is separated from the storage device and turned backward with the rotation, the push-up is released and the storage device is returned to the forward inclination.

The inclined plate 28 provided inside the reservoir 28
b moves the ball to be stored forward when it is inclined forward,
The ball that drops from the second drop port 16 when it is tilted backward is retained, and the cam piece 34 contacts the rear wall surface 28a of the reservoir and the reservoir is held horizontally. Is attached to prevent the stored balls from spontaneously moving out.

In the figure, reference numeral 35 denotes an opening / closing door which is provided in front of the reservoir 28 so as to cover the reservoir 28. This door covers the reservoir 28 provided at the innermost part of the entrance room 1 and is opened when the ball stored in the reservoir is released. In this case, in conjunction with the opening and closing plate 17, This opening / closing plate is used as the first dropper 15
Is closed and opened when the incoming ball is guided to the second drop opening 16 to expose the reservoir 28.

In this embodiment, the opening / closing door 35 is the side wall 1.
It is mounted on a support shaft 37 that passes vertically in a notch 36 that is vertically long at 8, 18 and is provided to face left and right. And it is made to open and close by the movement of the interlocking rod 38 back and forth.

The interlocking rod 38 has a U-shape, and has a rear frame portion 38a.
The eccentric cam 2
A pin 40 of an arm 42 extending from a shaft attachment portion of each door 35 to an engagement hole 41 provided at each front end of the left and right frames 38b extending forward from the peripheral surface of the door 2 and sliding forwardly. The eccentric cam body 22 and the opening / closing door 35 are connected by sliding the 43.

The shaft 40 of the eccentric cam body 22 is
a crank arm 44 protruding outward from a lower surface near immediately below a
When the eccentric cam body 22 rotates about the bearing cylinder 22a, the eccentric cam body 22 also makes a horizontal circular motion about the bearing cylinder. Therefore, when the eccentric cam body 22 rotates in the direction of the arrow as shown in the figure, the interlocking rod 23 reciprocates back and forth as described above to open and close the opening / closing plate 17, and at the same time, the shaft 40 makes a circular motion. Since the interlocking rod 38 is swung back and forth while moving left and right in the long hole 39, the left and right opening / closing doors 35 are opened and closed about the respective support shafts 37 as fulcrums.

FIGS. 5 to 10 clarify the above relationship. As shown in FIG. 5, when the center position of the eccentric cam body 22 moves backward by the rotation of the motor 21,
The opening / closing plate 17 jumps up with the backward movement of
The falling port 15 is opened. On the other hand, since the crank arm 44 faces forward and moves the shaft 40 forward, the interlocking rod 38 moves forward to close the left and right doors 35.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show this relationship individually. The incoming ball guided through the taxiway 14 closes from the first drop opening 15 which opens as shown in FIG. The door 35 falls along the front surface of the open / close door 35.

Next, as shown in FIG.
Is moved forward, the interlocking rod 23 moves forward, the opening / closing plate 17 is tilted horizontally to close the first dropout 15 (see FIG. 9), and the crank arm 44 projects rearward and the interlocking rod 38 moves rearward. Will be moved. For this reason, the door 3
5 opens left and right to expose the reservoir 28 (see FIG. 10).

In this embodiment, the opening / closing plate 17 and the opening / closing door 3 are used.
5 is described below in a structure in which it is linked to each other via the eccentric cam body 22 and serves as a single driving means. This is for expanding the space, and does not prevent securing an independent driving source for each.

In the figure, reference numeral 45 denotes a bottom plate 4 which defines the bottom of the entry chamber.
Reference numeral 48 denotes an obstacle arm which obstructs the path of an incoming ball rolling and moving on the bottom plate facing the step portion 47, and a solenoid 48 for operating the obstacle arm. The bottom plate 46 has a downward slope and receives an incoming ball falling from the first drop port 15 and guides the incoming ball discharged from the reservoir 28 to a winning port provided side by side at the front edge. Arm 45
Is to disrupt the flow of a flying ball rolling on this bottom plate.

The obstacle arm 45 is rotatably supported by left and right support shafts 49 vertically extending from the lower surface of the bottom plate 46, projects horizontally forward, and has a tip portion provided in the step portion 47 at a window 50.
And a protruding piece 45a provided at the front end thereof stands upright on the bottom plate.

A solenoid 52 for operating the obstacle arm has a bar 52 mounted laterally at the tip of a plunger 51, and through-holes (not shown) formed at both left and right ends of the bar are formed with projections on the bearing end side of the obstacle arm 45. The pins 53 which are suspended from the fitting are fitted and connected. When in a demagnetized state, the arm 54 is urged forward by a spring 54 wound around the plunger 51 and
Of the bottom plate 46 is opened right and left and retreated from the center of the bottom plate 46.
When energized, the plunger retracts to retract the bar 52 rearward, moves the pin 53 rearward, rotates the obstacle arm 45 about the support shaft 49, and moves both ends to the center. .

The solenoid is excited when the rotary wing piece 4 is opened and a hit ball can enter, and the obstacle protruding pieces 45a placed on both sides are moved to the center of the bottom plate 46. The moving time to the central portion is arbitrarily determined by setting the energizing time.

Of course, the time in the center of the protruding piece 45a is free depending on the assembly of the game. However, when the left and right protruding pieces 45a move to the center, an interval allowing passage of the pachinko ball is secured between them. If it is made to make it disturb, it will have the guidance function to the winning opening installed in front of the disturbance. When the solenoid is intermittently excited while the rotary wing piece 4 is open, the left and right protruding pieces 45a reciprocate right and left, respectively, and become moving obstacles for the flying ball flowing on the bottom plate.

In this embodiment, three prize holes provided at the front edge of the bottom plate 46 are arranged side by side in a row. Of these, the central prize port is a specific prize port 55a, and the right and left prize ports are normal prize ports 55b. And The special winning opening 55a is a special winning opening that keeps the rotating wing piece 4 open, and a detection switch 56 that detects a winning ball and sends a continuation signal to a storage circuit for setting a game is provided in the opening. .

The winning device according to the present invention is constructed as described above. In a normal state, the rotary wing piece 4 is erected as shown in FIG. 1 so that a hit ball cannot enter. In this case, in the present embodiment, the setting is made such that the launching of the rotary wing piece 4 makes it impossible to hit the ball at all. However, the rotary wing piece is reduced in size to secure the entry space, or It is needless to say that an opening may be provided in the lower side wall to allow a hit ball to fly.

In the above-mentioned state, when a hit ball enters a special winning opening set otherwise, the solenoid 21 is excited to turn the rotary wing piece 4 horizontally to open. At this time, the rotating wing piece may be kept open for a certain period of time depending on the setting of the game, or the opening and closing operation may be repeated by exciting the solenoid 21 intermittently.

The opening / closing plate 17, the reservoir 28, the opening / closing door 35 and the obstacle arm 4 provided in the entry room in the winning apparatus of the present invention.
5 can freely set its operation by assembling the game. The opening / closing plate 17 serving as a distributing means provided on the guide path 14 completely separates the paths 15 and 16 of the incoming balls, and passes the incoming balls through completely different paths.

When the opening / closing plate 17 is in a normal state, it is preferable that the opening / closing plate 17 be flipped up so as to open the first drop port of the taxiway. In conjunction with this, when a special winning opening 55a of the winning opening is won, the motor 21 is operated to defeat the opening / closing plate 17 and close the first drop opening 15.

When the ball hits the guideway 14 in the above setting, the ball rolls down into the space of the entry chamber 1 from the first drop opening 15 opened in the middle thereof, passes through the front surface of the opening / closing door 35, and falls on the bottom plate 46. Will fall. Then, along the slope, the player is guided to a winning port in front, and wins one of the winning ports. At this time, when the solenoid 48 is excited, the left and right obstacle arms 45 reciprocate left and right to disturb the falling ball.

The balls winning the winning opening in this manner are all counted and when the number reaches a predetermined number, the rotary wing piece 4 is closed. At the same time, when any of the winning balls wins the specific winning opening 55a, it is detected by the detection switch 56, the motor 21 is driven, the opening / closing plate 17 is defeated, and the incoming ball is dropped into the second drop opening 16a. Lead to. The ball guided to the second dropping port passes through a detection switch 57 provided in this dropping port, is counted, falls into the reservoir 28 immediately below, and is pooled.

The detection switch 57 counts the number of balls pooled in the storage device 28. For example, when counting five storage devices, the signal drives the motor 32 to maintain the horizontal state. 28 is tilted forward and discharged onto the bottom plate 46. The release of the stored sphere is determined by the special winning opening 55
In order to increase the winning probability with respect to a, the opening of the rotary wing piece 4 is continued, the opening / closing plate 17 is continuously lowered, the flying ball is guided to the second drop opening 16, and the storage and discharge are repeatedly performed in the storage device 28. Become.

The motor 21 for operating the open / close plate 17 may be continuously driven to repeat the opening / closing operation of the open / close plate to alternately switch the path of the guide path 14.
As described above, when the driving is intermittent and the specific winning opening 55a is won, the open / close state of the open / close plate may be set to be continued for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of flying balls pass. Further, by setting in this manner, the game characteristics can be further enhanced.

[0054]

As described above, the prize winning apparatus of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiment. According to the present invention, for example, when the prize winning apparatus is provided with a rotary wing piece, the prize flying after opening the rotary wing piece is performed. Since the path inside the entrance room is divided into a plurality and the delivery of the incoming ball to the winning opening is different, the winning rate for the plurality of winning openings automatically changes with this, and the winning conditions change, and in the setting of the game, A variety of devices can be provided.

In addition, by combining other equipment so that the storage device faces one of the passages, it is possible to further change the prize winning condition, to enhance the game characteristics, and further to provide the storage device with the storage device. At the stage when the pool reaches a predetermined number, the release operation is performed, and at the same time, the storage and release operations are made visible to the player by opening the opening / closing door, whereby the game characteristics can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which a rotary wing piece in which a right half of a winning device is cut off is closed.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view showing a state in which a rotary wing piece is opened.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a rotary wing piece is opened and an opening / closing plate is flipped up;
FIG. 4 is a right side view of the vertical section in a state where a fall opening is opened.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of an enlarged portion showing an operating mechanism of a rotating wing piece and an operating mechanism of an opening / closing door.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged right side view of a portion explaining an operation mechanism showing a state in which a first drop opening is opened by opening up an opening / closing plate and a closing door is closed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an opening and closing plate and a mechanism for operating the opening and closing plate in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the door in FIG. 5 and a mechanism for operating the door.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged vertical right side view of a portion showing a state in which the opening / closing plate is folded down to close the first drop opening and allow a flying ball to be stored in the storage device.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the open / close plate and a mechanism for operating the open / close plate in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the opening and closing door and a mechanism for operating the opening and closing door in FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Entry room 2 Mounting board 3 Opening 4 Rotating wing piece 14 Guideway 15 1st fall port which is one passage 16 Second fall port which is another passage 17 Opening / closing plate 28 Storage device 35 Opening / closing door 46 Bottom plate 55a Identification Winner 55b Normal Winner

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of entrances having a required depth are provided with a plurality of passages, and a distribution means for distributing incoming balls between the passages is provided. On the other hand, a plurality of winning openings are provided in the entrances. A prize winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein the diverting ball is guided to any one of the paths via the distribution means, and a path to the plurality of prize openings is changed to change the entry conditions. 2. The prize winning device of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of winning prize ports is a special prize port and the other prize port is a normal prize port. 3. The winning device of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the distribution means operates according to preset conditions to change the path of the incoming ball. 4. The prize winning device of a pachinko machine according to claim 3, wherein the distribution means is activated when a flying ball enters a specific winning opening. 5. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of passages is provided with a storage device for receiving and storing the guided ball and guiding the released ball under a certain condition. A prize winning device for a pachinko machine, which is designed to be viewed.