JP2001029569A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an accessary to impart larger amusement to players. SOLUTION: This pinball game machine has a center accessary 30 provided with somersault guide part 54a (54b) guiding an inflow Pachinko ball to turn a somersault. Further, it is provided with small stage 58a (58b) on which the Pachinko ball lands after it has turned a somersaults, and then, moves around and, thereafter, flows out toward either first slope face 63a (63b) or second slope face 64a (64b).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball and ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The following are conventional pachinko machines. The pachinko machine has a center role at the center of the game board. The center accessory has a display unit on the back surface and a stage unit on the lower part. The pachinko ball that has flowed into the center role falls on the stage after rolling on the stage. Then, when the pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening, the symbol on the display portion is displayed in a fluctuating manner and then displayed statically. If the statically displayed symbol is a "winning" symbol, the special winning opening is set to a predetermined value. It has been opened a number of times.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine, the stage portion of the center accessory has a substantially horizontal flat shape. For this reason, the pachinko ball that has flowed into the center role simply rolls and falls on the stage, and cannot give the player a deeply interesting interest.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of improving a character accessory and giving a deep interest to a player.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a ball game machine having an accessory, wherein the accessory is provided with an inflow of a game ball. This is a ball and ball game machine having a flipping guide portion for guiding the player to perform a game.

[0006] In the ball game machine of the present invention, the gaming ball is guided by the somersault guide section to perform somersaults. For this reason,
A fresh surprise can be given to the player, and a deep interest can be given to the player.

[0007] "Guiding somersaults" is not always "guidance so that the game ball always makes somersaults". If the game ball does not have a certain degree of momentum (kinetic energy), the game ball may not fall back.
In such a case, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation as to whether or not to flip over, and to give the player a deeper interest.

[0008] A typical example of the "accessory" is a so-called center accessory located substantially at the center of the game board.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other characters may be used.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the ball game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the game ball after being guided by the flipping guide unit and flipping lands, and then the gaming ball is returned. It is a ball and ball game machine having a landing portion that flows out.

[0010] In the present invention, the game ball after flipping over is
Rather than simply falling, it lands on the landing area and then flows out, which can give the player a deeper interest.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the ball game machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, wherein the landing portion swings after the game ball lands, and thereafter, the plurality of game balls include a plurality of game balls. A ball-and-game machine that flows out of one of the directions.

Here, "swing" does not always mean "the game ball always swings". Also includes those that may flow out without swinging. Further, “leakage to any one of a plurality of directions” means that there are a plurality of areas that can flow out, and the outflow to any one of the areas occurs on a case-by-case basis.

According to the present invention, after the game ball that has been flipped over lands on the landing portion, the game ball swings, and then flows out of the plurality of directions by the case-by-case. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation to which direction the game ball will flow, and to give the player a deeper interest.

In connection with the present invention, there is a possibility that the game ball may be won in the winning opening only when the game ball has flowed out in a part of a plurality of directions from which the game ball can flow out. There is a ball game machine that has been made. In this case, it is determined whether or not the game ball may flow out depending on which direction the game ball flows out. Therefore, the direction in which the game ball flows out is of great interest to the player, and the player is more interested in the game. Can be given. In particular,
In the case where the winning opening is such that the special feature gives a special benefit to the player due to the winning of the game ball, the player can be given a deeper interest in connection with the special feature.

[0015]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, this pachinko machine (ball game machine) has a substantially vertical game board 10, and a handle 12 and a prize ball payout device (not shown) are provided below the game board 10. The handle 12 is used to launch a pachinko ball (game ball), and the prize ball payout device pays out a pachinko ball as a prize ball in the case of a predetermined "hit".

A rail 16 is provided on the game board 10, and the inside of the rail 16 is defined as a game area (symbol is omitted), and the outside of the rail 16 is a passage through which a pachinko ball immediately after being fired (symbol is omitted). ). Then, the pachinko ball shot by the player operating the handle 12 passes through the passage and is guided to the game area.

In the game board 10 (game area), a number of nails and windmills (both not shown) are provided, and a plurality of normal winning ports 20 are provided. Ordinary winning opening 20
When a pachinko ball enters, for example, six or thirteen pachinko balls are paid out from the prize ball payout device as prize balls.

At the center of the game board 10, there is a center accessory 3.
0 is provided. A start winning opening 22 is provided below the center role object 30, and a large winning opening 24 is provided below the starting winning opening 22.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
0 has a substrate part 32. The center role object 30 is attached to the game board 10 so as to be substantially flush with the game board 10 in the board portion 32. The decorative member 3 is provided on the upper part and the left and right sides (the upper part thereof) of the center character 30.
4, 35a and 35b are provided.

A display unit 36 is provided at the back of the center item 30.
Is provided. The display unit 36 is formed of liquid crystal, and displays various symbols. That is, starting winning opening 2
When the pachinko ball wins at No. 2, the symbol on the display unit 36 is changed and displayed for a predetermined time, and then the final symbol is statically displayed. "Win" for symbols displayed statically
And "losing", and in the case of "hit" (for example, "77
7)), the special winning opening 24 is opened a predetermined number of times. For example, it is opened 16 times, and remains open until ten pachinko balls enter each time. Then, for one pachinko ball winning, 15 pachinko balls are paid out from the prize ball payout device as prize balls. This is a special benefit that the center role 30 gives to the player.

A center member lower member 40 is provided below the center member 30. The center member lower member 40 has the following symmetrical shape.
As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
Has a first layer portion 50 on the back side and a second layer portion 60 on the near side. Since the center member lower member 40 has a symmetrical shape, only one of them will be described as appropriate.

Pachinko ball inlet portions 43a and 43b are formed at both left and right ends above the second layer portion 60. Pachinko ball guide members 42a and 42b are attached to the pachinko ball inlet portions 43a and 43b. The pachinko ball guide members 42a and 42b guide the pachinko balls rolling and falling on the game board 10 to the pachinko ball inlet portions 43a and 43b. Pachinko ball entrances 43a, 43
b (the floor surface) is slightly downwardly inclined from the near side to the far side of the player. For this reason, the pachinko ball guide member 42a (42b) moves the
The pachinko ball that has flowed into a (43b) rolls in the pachinko ball inlet portion 43a (43b) to the back.

In the first layer portion 50, the pachinko ball falling portions 44a, 44a,
44b are formed. Pachinko ball falling parts 44a, 4
4b (the floor surface) is slightly downwardly inclined toward the center side (the right side in the case of the left pachinko ball falling portion 44a) of the center accessory lower member 40. For this reason, the pachinko balls that have flowed into the pachinko ball falling portions 44a and 44b fall and flow into the next flow path.

The first layer portion 50 includes vertical portions 51a, 51
b, downhill sections 52a, 52b, bottom sections 53a, 53b, somersault guide sections 54a, 54b, small stage section (landing section)
58a and 58b are formed.

The vertical portions 51a and 51b are formed on the downstream side of the pachinko ball falling portions 44a and 44b, reach the downhill portions 52a and 52b, and reach the bottom portions 53a and 53b. Vertical plate-like guide members 59a, 59b are provided on the center side (the right side in the case of the left vertical portion 51a) of the center accessory lower member 40 with respect to the vertical portions 51a, 51b. This is because the pachinko ball is surely connected to the vertical portions 51a and 51a.
It is for guiding to flow down along b.

The somersault guides 54a and 54b are connected to the bottom 5
3a, 53b, are formed on the downstream side.
a, 55b, and direction reversing guide portions 56a, 56b. A vertical portion 51a, a downhill portion 52a, a bottom portion 53a,
The uphill portion 55a and the direction reversing guide portion 56a of the flipping guide portion 54a are formed so as to be smoothly connected. That is, the upstream portion of the downhill portion 52a has a steep slope, gradually becomes a gentle slope toward the downstream side, passes through the bottom 53a, the uphill portion 55a also gradually changes from the gentle slope to a steep slope, and in the direction reversing guide portion 56a, The inclination angle gradually changes from a vertically upward direction to a substantially horizontal direction. Further, the bottoms 53a and 53b (central portions thereof) are slightly inclined downward from the back side to the near side (hereinafter, this is referred to as forward inclination).

The small stage sections 58a and 58b are provided downstream of the flipping guide sections 54a and 54b.
a, 54b. As shown in FIG. 8, the small stage portions 58a, 58b (the floor surfaces thereof) are gradually and gradually higher from the central portions 57a, 57b toward the left and right directions, and the central portion 57a. , 57b are inclined forward.

The second layer portion 60 is also formed symmetrically. Top portions 62a and 62b are formed corresponding to the center portions 57a and 57b of the small stage portions 58a and 58b of the first layer portion 50, and the first slope portion 6 is formed based on the top portions 62a and 62b.
3a, 63b and second slope portions 64a, 64b are formed.

The tops 62a and 62b are provided on the small stage 5
The small stage portions 58a, 58b are provided at positions slightly lower than the central portions 57a, 57b, adjacent to the front of the central portions of the small stage portions 58a, 58b. The first slope portions 63a and 63b are
The center member lower member 40 than the top portions 62a and 62b
(In the case of the left top portion 62a, the left side direction), and the second slope portions 64a, 64b are formed in the top end portions 62a, 64b.
It is formed in the direction of the center side of the center member lower member 40 (the right side in the case of the left top portion 62a) with respect to the lower center member 62b.
A flange 6 is provided on the front side of the second slopes 64a and 64b.
5a and 65b are formed. Both the first slope portion 63a and the second slope portion 64a have a downward slope smoothly continuing from the top 62a and are inclined forward. The vertical portions 61a and 61b are also formed in the second layer portion 60 substantially corresponding to the vertical portions 51a and 51b of the first layer portion 50.

A central outlet 66 is formed between the left and right second inclined surfaces 64a and 64b. Central exit 66
Are formed to be slightly lower than the second slope portions 64a and 64b (the lower ends thereof). Central exit 66
Is also leaning forward. Below the top portions 62a and 62b, lower communication portions 68a and 68b are formed. The lower communication portions 68a and 68b (the floor surfaces) are connected to the bottom 5 of the first layer portion 50.
3a and 53b are substantially flush with each other, and are inclined forward.

In the above, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, etc., the pachinko ball falling portions 44a and 44b of the first layer portion 50 and the vertical portions 51a and 51 of the center member lower member 40.
b, pachinko ball inlet portions 43a, 43b of the second layer portion 60,
The portions other than the vertical portions 61a and 61b constitute the stage portion 45.

Next, the operation and effect of this pachinko machine will be described. The pachinko ball B, which has reached the pachinko ball guide member 42a (see FIGS. 3 and 4), is guided by the pachinko ball guide member 42a, flows into the center role object 30 from the pachinko ball inlet portion 43a, and falls into the pachinko ball drop portion 44.
a falls from the vertical part 51a and flows into the downhill part 52a. As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the pachinko sphere B
Goes down the vertical section 51a and the downhill section 52a with acceleration, and with the momentum, goes up through the bottom section 53a and uphill section 55a.
, And further inverted by being guided by the direction reversing guide portion 56a, and perform somersaults.

As described above, in this pachinko machine, since the pachinko ball B flips in the stage section 45 of the center role object 30, the player can feel fresh surprise, and can give the player a deep interest. .

The flipped pachinko ball B lands on the small stage 58a. As shown in FIG.
The pachinko ball B that has landed on the small stage portion 58a has a small stage portion 58a that is gradually and smoothly raised from the central portion 57a in each of the left and right directions.
a Swings right and left on the top. Since the central portion 57a is tilted forward, its swing is attenuated, so that the central portion 5a is inclined.
It falls to the near side from 7a and flows out to the second layer part 60.
The pachinko ball B falls in different directions on the left and right with respect to the top 62a depending on the final rolling direction of the swing. Whether falling during rolling to the left or falling during rolling to the right,
On a case-by-case basis.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the small stage 5
If you fall while rolling from the right to the left on 8a,
It falls on the first slope portion 63a and flows out of the center item 30. In addition, the pachinko ball B is a small stage 58a.
In some cases, the liquid may flow out of the small stage 58a without swinging upward. Also in this case, it falls on the first slope 63a.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the small stage 58a falls while rolling from left to right on the small stage 58a, it falls from the small stage 58a to the second slope 64a. Is guided by the flange portion 65a of the second slope portion 64a (that is, it is prevented from dropping to the near side in the middle of the second slope portion 64a), and flows out of the center accessory 30 from the central exit portion 66. . In this pachinko machine, there is a possibility that the pachinko ball may enter the starting winning opening 22 only when the pachinko ball flows out of the central exit portion 66.

As described above, in this pachinko machine, which of the first slanted portion 63a and the second slanted portion 64a flows out of the small stage 58a depending on the final rolling direction in the swing of the pachinko ball B. Because it changes, it can give the player a deeper interest. At that time, the pachinko ball B is
Only when it flows out of the central exit portion 66 from the slope portion 64a, it is possible to enter the starting winning opening 22 and the center role 30 gives a special benefit to the player.
Whether it flows out to a or the second slope 64a is of great interest to the player, and its interest is very deep.

When the momentum of the pachinko ball B is small, the above-mentioned flipping is not performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the pachinko ball B that has reached the flipping guide portion 54a via the vertical portion 51a, the downhill portion 52a, and the bottom portion 53a,
The vehicle stalls in the middle of the uphill section 55a and descends down the uphill section 55a. And it rolls from the bottom part 53a to the lower communication part 68a, and flows out of the center accessory 30 from the lower communication part 68a.

As described above, in this pachinko machine, the pachinko ball B may not be flipped in some cases, so that the player feels a sense of expectation whether to flip or not, and also gives the player a deep interest in this respect. be able to.

The above description is merely an embodiment of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modified forms based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a lower center part of the center part of the pachinko machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the pachinko machine (stage section) of FIG. 1; The case where a pachinko ball flows out to the first slope portion is shown.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of the pachinko machine (stage section) of FIG. 1; The case where a pachinko ball flows out to the second slope is shown.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an enlarged operation of the pachinko machine (small stage section) in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory view of the pachinko machine (stage section) of FIG. 1; This shows the case where the pachinko ball does not return.

[Explanation of symbols]

 30 Center part 40 Center part lower member 45 Stage part 54a, 54b Somersault guide part 58a, 58b Small stage part (landing part) 63a, 63b First slope part 64a, 64b Second slope part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball game machine having an accessory, wherein the accessory has a flipping guide section for guiding an inflowing gaming ball to flip. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein
A ball game machine having a landing section on which a game ball after being flipped and guided by the flipping guide section lands, and thereafter the gaming ball flows out. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 2, wherein
A ball game machine in which the landing portion swings after the game ball lands, and then the game ball flows out of any of a plurality of directions.