JP2001054621A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a variable prize winning device capable of stably leading the determined number of shot balls to a requested passage. SOLUTION: This pachinko game machine is so constituted that when a shot ball P1 is retained in a retaining part 31 for retaining one shot ball, in the open state, advantageous to a player, of ball receiving members 28a, 28b, the retained shot ball P1 is discharged to a predetermined passage below when the ball receiving members 28a, 28b are changed from the open state into the closed state. One determined shot ball can thereby be positively and stably led to the predetermined passage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a variable winning prize ball device having a ball receiving member that can be changed between a first state advantageous to a player and a second state unfavorable to the player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a variable winning ball device provided in a ball game machine, a pair of ball receiving members are changed between an upright state and a tilted state to receive a ball falling in a game area when tilted. There have been many proposals for guiding into a ball receiving member. In such a variable winning ball apparatus, most of the hit balls received by the ball receiving member are guided to the same path and processed as winning balls.

[0003]

By the way, in recent years, a variable winning ball device and another winning ball device have been combined.
There has been proposed a configuration in which a hit ball won by the variable winning ball device is guided to the winning ball device. In such a case, only a predetermined number of hit balls among the hit balls received by the variable winning ball device are won. If you want to lead to the device, you must attach a detector to detect the hit ball received in the variable winning ball device, the structure becomes complicated and the cost becomes high, and more accurate due to electrical failure In some cases, hit balls could not be detected. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a variable winning ball device capable of stably guiding a predetermined number of hit balls to a desired passage. .

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a first advantageous player is provided.
And a variable winning ball device having a ball receiving member that can be changed to a second state disadvantageous to the player, wherein the variable winning ball device has at least one ball receiving member when the ball receiving member is in the first state. A stop portion for stopping the hit balls is formed, and when the ball receiving member changes from the first state to the second state, the hit balls held in the stop portions are discharged to a predetermined passage. It is characterized by doing so.

[0005]

When the ball receiving member is in the first state which is advantageous to the player, and the ball is stopped at a stop portion where at least one ball is stopped, the stopped ball is hit. Is released to a desired path when the state changes from the first state to the second state, so that a predetermined number of hit balls are reliably and stably guided to a predetermined path or another winning ball device or the like. be able to.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the game board 1 of the ball game machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view showing the configuration of the game area 3 of the game board 1. In FIG. 5, the inside of a section rail 2 provided in a substantially circular shape of the game board 1 is configured as a game area 3, and a variable winning prize ball device that forms a main part of the present embodiment substantially at the upper center of the game area 3 The special winning device 50 is arranged so as to be continuous with the variable winning ball device 25. The special winning device 50 includes a plurality (three) of variable display devices 60 a, 60 b, 61 constituting a variable display device 59 and a pair of ball receiving members 73 a, constituting a variable winning ball device 72.
73b, when the display result of the variable display device 59 becomes a predetermined specific display result, a ball is guided to a specific region 65 described later, and the specific prize ball detector 20 is turned on. A right generation game state, which is a type of state, is generated. The configuration of the special winning device 50 will be described later in detail.

In the game area 3, a plurality of winning ports 2 are provided.
7, 28a, 28b, 4, 6, 7, 9 (this 9 is not a winning opening in the correct sense), 11a, 11b, 13a,
13b, windmill lamps 15a, 15b, and a windmill (no symbol), side lamps 16a, 16b, and the out port 1
9 and obstacle nails are provided. First, among a plurality of winning ports, the winning port 27 and the winning ports 28a and 28b.
Are integrally disposed on a mounting board 26 of a variable winning ball device 25 which will be described in detail later.
b constitutes tulip-shaped ball receiving members 28a and 28b which are opened and closed by the solenoid 42, and the winning of the hit ball is prevented by the winning opening 27 located at the upper part in the closed state. By the way, the ball receiving members 28a, 28
b indicates that when a ball hits or passes through the operation winning opening 7 and the operation passing opening 9 which will be described in detail later, and the variable indicators 60a and 60b of the variable display device 59 have a predetermined specific display result. , For a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds), and the winning ball received during the opening is guided to the special winning device 50.

The winning opening 4 arranged below the special winning device 50 is called the starting winning opening 4 and has a built-in starting winning ball detector 5. Thus, when the hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 and the starting winning ball detector 5 is turned on during the above-mentioned right generating game state, the ball receiving device constituting the variable winning ball device 72 provided in the special winning device 50 is activated. Member 73a,
73b is opened until a predetermined time (for example, 9.8 seconds) elapses or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls is generated until the predetermined time elapses.
It should be noted that when the hit ball wins the start winning opening 4 when not in the right generation game state, it is treated as a simple winning.

Here, the game content in the right-generating game state will be briefly described. As described above, the display result of the variable display device 59 becomes a predetermined display result, and the ball is guided to the specific area 65. Turn on the special winning ball detector 20
When this is done, a right-generating gaming state (controlling that the special device is operated) is established. If the hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 and the starting winning ball detector 5 is turned on while the right generating game state is continued, the ball receiving members 73a, 7 are turned on.
3b performs the opening operation described above. Then, such an opening operation is repeated every time a hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 as long as the right generating game state continues. However,
The continuation of the right generation game state is such that during the right generation game state, the display result of the variable display device 59 becomes the predetermined display result again, and the hit ball is guided to the specific area 65, and the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on. Or when a predetermined number (for example, 16) of hit balls is won in the starting winning opening 4.

In the winning in the starting winning opening 4, up to "predetermined number-1" winning balls are stored, and the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are opened based on the stored value. , The right generation state disappears, and after the opening operation at the time when the predetermined number is reached (even if the opening and closing operation is 16 times or less), the subsequent opening operation is not performed. Therefore, it is desirable that the winning in the starting winning opening 4 and the opening operation of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are alternately performed. However, in the present embodiment, the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are
When the ball 73b is opened, the ball receiving members 73a, 73 in the opened state are opened.
3b prevents the ball from flowing toward the starting winning opening 4, so that the winning in the starting winning opening 4 and the ball receiving member 7 can be prevented.
There is a high possibility that the opening operations of 3a and 73b are performed alternately.

One side of the above-mentioned starting winning opening 4 (left side in the figure).
The winning opening 7 arranged on the side is called an operating winning opening 7 and has a built-in symbol operation detector 8. Then
The hit ball wins the operation winning opening 7 and turns on the symbol operation detector 8
When this is done, the change of the variable displays 60a and 60b of the variable display device 59 is started, and when a certain time has elapsed, the display result is derived. An operation passage 9 is arranged above the operation winning opening 7 as having the same function as the operation winning opening 7. A symbol operation detector 10 is also built in the operation passage 9 and the display results are derived on the variable indicators 60a and 60b even when the symbol operation detector 10 is turned on. The operation passage 9
Is to release the passed ball to the game area 3 again, but this may be formed as a winning opening, or the operation winning opening 7 may be formed as a passing opening.

The winning openings 11a and 11b provided on the left and right sides corresponding to the upper part of the special winning device 50 are referred to as shoulder winning openings 11a and 11b, and have shoulder lamps 12a and 12b built therein. ing. The winning openings 13a and 13b provided on the left and right sides of the lower part of the special winning device 50 are:
These are referred to as sleeve prize openings 13a and 13b, and have sleeve lamps 14a and 14b built therein. The winning opening 6 arranged on the other side (right side in the figure) of the starting winning opening 4.
Simply constitutes a normal winning opening 6 for winning a hit ball.

Among the windmills provided in the game area 3, the windmills provided on the left and right sides of the variable prize ball device 25 are windmill lamps 15 with built-in lamps for illuminating the windmill portions.
a, 15b, said shoulder ramp 12
a, 12b, sleeve lamps 14a, 14b, and game area 3
The side lamps 16a, 16b and the like provided at both ends are controlled to be displayed in a predetermined manner during a right generation game state or the like. Although not shown, a rail decoration lamp 17 (only a sign is displayed in FIG. 7) for decorating the outer periphery of the game area 3 as having the same function as those lamps,
A gaming effect lamp 18 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) for decorating the upper part of the ball-and-ball game machine is provided.

At the bottom of the game area 3, there is provided an out port 19 for collecting out balls which have not won any of the winning ports or the winning devices. On the other hand, on the back surface of the game board 1, there are provided detectors 20 and 21 for detecting a winning ball which has won the specific area 65 of the special winning device 50 and the ball receiving members 73a and 73b constituting the variable winning ball device 72. I have. That is, a specific winning ball detector 20 that detects a winning ball that has won a specific area 65 and derives a signal of occurrence and disappearance of a right-occurring gaming state, and a winning ball that is received while the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are open. The winning ball detector 21 for detecting the number of balls is fixed to the back surface of the game board 1. Although not shown, the ball-and-ball game machine is also provided with a speaker 22 (only a symbol is shown in FIG. 7) for producing a sound effect produced in accordance with the progress of the game. Are covered by glass plates 23a and 23b (see FIG. 3).

Next, the operation winning port 7 and the operation passing port 9
The variable winning ball device 25 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) when the variable display devices 60a and 60b of the variable display device 59 have a predetermined specific display result as a result of the ball being hit or passed. Will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the variable winning ball device with the ball receiving member opened, FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning ball device with the ball receiving member closed, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning ball device in a state where the members are opened, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing of the variable winning prize ball apparatus in the state where the ball receiving member was closed.

In the figure, the variable winning ball device 25 has a mounting board 26 mounted on the surface of the game board 1, and a winning hole 27 in the form of a receiving port is provided on the mounting board 26. A winning opening 33 is formed in the mounting substrate 26 below the winning opening 27, and a pair of ball receiving members 28a, 28b are rotatably supported on both sides of the winning opening 33 by support shafts 29a, 29b. I have. These ball receiving members 28a, 28b
Can be changed between the tilted state shown in FIG. 1 (first state advantageous to the player) and the upright state shown in FIG. 2 (second state unfavorable to the player), In the state of, the tip of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b and
The distance between the ball and the ball is so small that the ball cannot pass. Note that, even in this state, an interval through which a ball can pass may be provided.

The support shaft 29 of the ball receiving members 28a, 28b
The lower portions of the holding members 30a and 30b are formed inwardly in a curved shape toward the inner side.
When a and 28b are tilted to the first state, a portion surrounded by the two holding pieces 30a and 30b forms a retaining portion 31 for retaining one hit ball. More precisely, as shown in FIG.
And the mounting board 26 at the lower edge of the winning opening 33. Further, the two holding pieces 30a and 30b are overlapped at the lower part thereof, and when the ball receiving members 28a and 28b change from the first state to the second state, the ball receiving members 28a and 30b
After a new ball cannot be received by the ball 28b, the ball that has been stopped in the stopping portion 31 is opened downward.

By the way, engagement grooves 32a and 32b are formed inside the support shafts 29a and 29b of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b. The mating pins 37a and 37b are loosely fitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the operating lever 34 is pivotally supported at its middle by a support shaft 35 so as to be swingable.
An engagement portion 36 formed at the rear end of the operation lever 34 is connected to a plunger of a solenoid 42 (see FIG. 5).
When the solenoid 42 is turned on and the rear end of the operation lever 34 is pushed down, the engagement pins 37a, 37b push up the inside of the ball receiving members 28a, 28b to be tilted.
When the solenoid 42 is turned off, the rear end of the operating lever 34 is pulled up and the ball receiving members 28a, 28
The inside of b is pushed down to a second state in which it stands up.

The front surfaces of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b
It is covered with a decorative plate 38, and a first convex portion 39 is provided on an upper portion of the decorative plate 38 so as to project rearward. Further, the mounting substrate 2 at the lower edge of the winning opening 33 constituting the stopping portion 31
The 6 has a second projection 40 projecting forward. As shown in FIG. 3, these convex portions 39 and 40 are in the first state in which the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are tilted.
The first received ball P1 is positioned on the decorative plate 38 side by the second convex portion 40, and the next received ball P2 is received.
When the ball is placed on the first ball P1, the first convex portion 39 guides the ball P2 to the rear of the winning opening 33, and guides the ball P2 to the back surface of the game board 1 along the inclined guiding gutter 41. It is.

The variable winning ball device 2 configured as described above
In 5, the solenoid 42 is turned on and the ball receiving member 28 is turned on.
When the ball receiving members 28a, 28b are open,
The first hit ball P1 of the hit balls accepted in 28b is:
The hit ball P2 stopped by the stopping portion 31 formed by the holding pieces 30a and 30b and subsequently received by the ball receiving members 28a and 28b is the stopped hit ball P2.
After being placed on the game board 1, the slant guide gutter 41 flows down from the winning opening 33 and is guided to the back surface of the game board 1, and is processed as a normal winning ball. On the other hand, after a certain time has passed, the solenoid 42
When the FF is set, the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are in an upright state. As a result, the holding pieces 30a and 30b are opened outward, and the hit ball P1 held in the stopping portion 31 is discharged downward, and guided to the ball entrance 53 of the special winning device 50. Note that, as described above, the ball receiving members 28a, 28
b, the holding pieces 30a and 30b are formed in an overlapping manner.
When the ball receiving members 28a, 28b change from the tilted first state to the upright second state, the ball receiving members 28a, 28b
Even if there is a hit ball received at that time, the hit ball P1 is still stopped at the stop portion 31 at that time, so the hit ball received immediately before is placed on the stopped hit ball P1. After that, the slant guide gutter 41 flows down from the winning opening 33 and is guided to the back surface of the game board 1 to be processed as a normal winning ball.

As described above, in the variable winning ball device 25 according to the present embodiment, when the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are in the tilted first state which is advantageous to the player, one ball is hit. When the hit ball P1 is stopped at the stopped portion 31 where the hit ball is stopped, the hit ball P1 is discharged downward when the stopped hit ball P1 changes from the tilted first state to the upright second state. Thus, one determined ball P1 can be reliably and stably guided to the special winning device 50. That is, the variable winning ball device 25 in the present embodiment mechanically controls the guidance of a predetermined number of hitting balls to the special winning device 50 without using an electric detector, so that the influence of noise or the like is obtained. It can be carried out reliably and stably without receiving any. In addition, as in the present embodiment, by limiting the number of hit balls guided to the special winning device 50 for generating a special right-generating game state to one, the variable winning ball device 25 regardless of the skill of the player. Can be made substantially constant when the game is in the first state. This is because a high-skilled player puts a large number of hit balls into the variable prize ball device 25 for a certain period of time and guides it to the special prize device 50, so that there is a high possibility that the right generation game state will be generated accordingly. On the other hand, a player having a low skill cannot enter many balls into the variable winning ball device 25, and as a result, the probability of causing the right generation game state is low. However, in the present embodiment, This is because the number of hit balls guided to the special winning device 50 by one operation of the variable winning ball device 25 is one regardless of the skill.

In the above-described embodiment, the first hit ball P1 that has been released from the stop is configured to pass downward as it is. You may guide it to a winning passage different from the subsequent hit ball P2. In addition, the second and subsequent hit balls P2 are guided to the back surface of the game board 1 so as to be processed as winning balls. You may guide me.

Next, the structure of the special winning device 50 arranged at the center of the game area 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the special winning device 50. In the figure, a special winning device 50 has a mounting substrate 51 mounted on the surface of the gaming board 1, and a variable display device 59 and a variable winning ball device 72 are integrally formed on the mounting substrate 51. By the way, a substantially circular surrounding frame 52 including the variable display device 59 and the specific region 65 therein is protruded from the mounting substrate 51, and the ball receiving members 28 a and 28 b enter the upper portion of the surrounding frame 52. A ball entrance 53 for receiving the first hit ball is cut out.

At the ball entrance 53, a rotating body 54 which is rotated by a drive motor 55 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) is arranged so as to face. The rotator 54 has a receiving portion for receiving a hit ball falling from the ball inlet 53, and the ball received by the receiving portion falls downward at a half-turned position. The rotating body 54 is driven to rotate at a constant cycle from the time of power-on, and when the symbol stop detector 57 described below is turned on, the cycle is controlled to be long. In addition, a stop position detector 56 (only a sign is shown in FIG. 7) is provided to detect whether or not the receiving portion of the rotating body 54 faces upward.

The hit ball which falls downward due to the rotation of the rotating body 54 described above is a symbol stop detector 5 in the process of falling.
Go through 7. When the symbol stop detector 57 is turned on, the variable display operation (hereinafter, referred to as fluctuation) of the variable display 61, which is always variably displayed, of the variable display device 59 described below is stopped, and the display result is derived. When the display result of the variable display 61 is a predetermined specific display result, the guidance solenoid 67 that drives the guidance member 66 that opens and closes the specific area 65 is turned on for a predetermined time. The rotating body 54 and the symbol stop detector 57 have their front surfaces covered with a decorative plate 58.

A variable display device 59 is arranged below the symbol stop detector 57 and on the surface of the mounting board 51 so as to face the same. The variable display device 59 is composed of a plurality of variable displays 60a, 60b, 61, and the left and right variable displays 60a, 60b are the symbol operation detectors 8, 10
The variable display 61 at the center is controlled to be stopped based on the detection signal of the symbol stop detector 57.

Therefore, first, the left and right variable indicators 60a,
The variable display 60a, 60b will be described.
Is composed of 7-segment LEDs, the left variable display 60a sequentially displays nine types of numbers from 0 to 8 in a variable manner, and the right variable display 60b displays four types of 3, 4, 7, and 8 The numbers are sequentially displayed in a variable manner. And the combination (display result) of the symbols at the time of stop is "3.3".
When the combination of “7 · 7” is obtained, it is determined that the specific display result has been displayed, and the ball receiving member 28 is used as described above.
a and 28b are opened for a certain period of time. In addition, the probability that the specific display result is displayed is controlled so as to change. For example, in the normal game state, the specific display result is derived with a low probability of 1/100, and the odd-numbered right generation game state is performed. Is changed to a high probability of 1/10 at the end of the game, and is changed to a low probability by the establishment of the right generation game state after the high probability. The determination as to whether or not it is a hit, and the determination of the symbols displayed on the variable indicators 60a and 60b at the time of stopping are determined by a random number determined in advance when the symbol operation detectors 8 and 10 are activated or when the variation is started. This is done by extracting one value from The determination as to whether or not a hit may be made may be made by judging a combination of symbols actually displayed on the variable indicators 60a and 60b.

The central variable display 61 is also composed of 7-segment LEDs, and is configured to sequentially display the symbols "1", "F" and "2". Then, when the symbol at the time of the stop becomes “F”, it is determined that the specific display result has been displayed, and the guiding member 66 described later is driven to open the specific area 65. On the other hand, when the symbol at the time of stop is a symbol other than “F”, it is determined that the symbol has come off and the guiding member 6
6 does not operate and the specific area 65 is not released.

Below the variable display device 59, there is provided a rotator 62 for receiving a hit ball passing through the symbol stop detector 57. The rotating body 62 is rotationally driven by a driving motor 63 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7).
Normally, the concave portion for receiving the hit ball is facing upward, and after the detection signal of the symbol stop detector 57 is derived, the rotation is started for a short time, and the rotation is stopped once. Further, a stop position detector 64 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) is provided to detect a stop position (a position where the concave portion is directed upward). It should be noted that while the rotating body 62 makes one rotation, the hit ball received in the concave portion naturally falls downward.

Below the rotating body 62, there is formed a normal area 69 where a falling ball is a normal winning.
A specific area 65 is provided between the rotating body 9 and the rotating body 62. The normal region 69 is formed at the lowermost portion of the surrounding frame 52 so that the ball hit by the lowermost surrounding frame 52 is guided to the back surface of the game board 1 from the opening formed in the mounting board 51. It is composed.

Further, the specific region 65 is also formed as an opening opened substantially at the center of the mounting board 51. For this reason, a guide member 66 is provided which is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the mounting board 51 and in the front-rear direction in order to guide the ball to the specific area 65. This guiding member 66
Normally, when the leading end of the variable indicator 61 is immersed in a position flush with the mounting board 51 to close the specific area 65 and the variable display 61 displays the specific display result “F”, the guiding solenoid 67 Is driven for a predetermined time, and the guide member 66 is projected forward. Therefore, when the variable display 61 displays the specific display result, the hit ball dropped from the rotator 62 is received by the guide member 66 and the specific area 6 is displayed.
5 and the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on. On the other hand, when the variable display 61 does not display the specific display result, since the guide member 66 is immersed, the ball dropped from the rotating body 62 is guided to the normal area 69 thereunder and is merely It is processed as a winning ball. The specific area forming projection 68 is provided on the mounting board 51 so that the ball that has fallen on the projecting guide member 66 does not spill left and right.
a, 68b are protrudingly provided.

By the way, when the hit ball is guided to the specific area 65 and the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on, as described above, whether the right generating game state is caused or the right generating game state is terminated. If the right-generating game state is to be generated, the variable display 60
The award-generating game state may be set only when a specific gaming result has been achieved in which the specific winning ball detector 20 has been turned on after the a, 60b and / or the variable display 61 has the specific display result. Or even when the game does not go through the regular game procedure in which only the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on,
You may make it become a right generation game state. However, when only the special winning ball detector 20 is turned ON, an output for executing a predetermined process is derived from a basic control circuit 80 described later.

Indicators 70 and 71 made of 7-segment LEDs are provided on both sides of the inner center of the surrounding frame 52 protruding from the mounting board 51. On the other hand, the display 70 on the left side (shown on the left side) is called an opening number display LED 70, and displays the number of opening times of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b during the right generation. The indicator 71 on the other side (right side in the figure) is called a winning number display LED 71, and displays the number of winning balls accepted during one opening of the ball receiving members 73a, 73b based on the starting winning. It is.

Thus, the number-of-openings display LED 70 blinks the number "6" when the right-generating game state is generated, and blinks sequentially each time the open state of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b ends. Count down to "0"
, And the number of the lighting state of “9” to “1” is counted down every time the open state of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b ends. In other words, the blinking state of the number indicates the first digit of the two-digit number,
The lighting state of the numeral indicates the first digit of the one-digit numeral. Thereby, the remaining number of times of opening the ball receiving members 73a and 73b can be easily understood. The winning number display LED 71 displays the number of winning balls received during one opening of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b in the right-occurring gaming state. The number of winning or passing through the operation winning opening 7 or the operation passing opening 9 is stored and displayed within a range of four. Of course, the stored display value is decremented every time the variable display units 60a and 60b are variably displayed.

On both lower sides of the mounting board 51, a pair of ball receiving members 73a and 73b constituting the variable winning ball device 72 are provided. The ball receiving members 73a and 73b are provided with an open / close solenoid 74 connected via a well-known link member or the like.
(Only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7). When the opening / closing solenoid 74 is turned on, the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are opened, the hit ball falling in the game area 3 is received by the receiving frame 75, and is taken into the winning opening 76 opened in the mounting board 51 to win the winning ball. The winning ball is detected by the winning ball detector 21 shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the variable winning ball device 72
The ball receiving members 73a and 73b constituting the special winning device 50
Although the one provided integrally with the above is shown, it may be configured separately and arranged on the game board 1. Similarly, the variable display device 59
May be arranged separately from the special winning device 50.

The special prize winning device 50 includes a decorative LED 7 (not shown) for enhancing the decorative effect, in addition to the above-described configuration.
7 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) is provided so as to face the surface of the mounting board 51.

The configuration of the game board 1 of the ball game machine including the variable winning ball device 25 and the special winning device 50 has been described above. The gaming devices are controlled by the game control circuit shown in FIG. . FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing a game control circuit in a block configuration, and includes an MPU, a ROM, and an RA.
M, which is controlled by a basic control circuit 80 including an input / output circuit. Thus, the basic control circuit 80 sends the specific winning ball detector 20, the starting winning ball detector 5, the winning ball detector 21, the stop position detectors 56 and 64, the symbol operation detectors 8, 10 via the detecting circuit 81. , And a detection signal from the symbol stop detector 57, and a chip select signal is given from the address decode circuit 82 to the basic control circuit 80 and the detection circuit 81. When the power is turned on, a reset signal is provided from the initial reset circuit 83 to the basic control circuit 80, and a periodic reset signal is provided from the periodic reset circuit 84 to the basic control circuit 80 at predetermined time intervals.

On the other hand, the basic control circuit 80 supplies control signals to the following devices and circuits. That is, an audio signal is given to the speaker 22 via the speaker control circuit 85, and the drive motors 55 and 63 are supplied via the motor drive circuit 86.
Is supplied with a drive signal. Also, via the LED control circuit 87, the variable indicators 60a, 60b, 61, the winning number display LED 71, the opening number display LED 70, and the decoration LED
77, a display control signal is given to the rail decoration lamp 17, the windmill lamps 15a, 15 via a lamp control circuit 88.
b, side lamps 16a, 16b, gaming effect lamp 1
8, sleeve lamps 14a, 14b and shoulder lamps 12a, 1
A display control signal is sent to 2b. Further, the solenoid 42 and the induction solenoid 6 are connected via a solenoid drive circuit 89.
7 and a drive signal to the open / close solenoid 74.
In addition, the basic control circuit 80 supplies a driving signal to a jackpot information output circuit 90 that outputs a jackpot signal (right generation signal in the case of the present embodiment) to the outside, and outputs a specific information signal to the outside. A drive signal is provided to the information output circuit 91. The above-mentioned devices and circuits include:
Power having various voltages is supplied from the power supply circuit 92.

Next, an example of an operation related to the special winning device 50 among operations controlled by the above-described game control circuit will be described with reference to a time chart of FIG. In FIG. 8, the rotating body 54 normally makes one rotation at a constant cycle time T1. Specifically, one rotation is performed at a cycle time T1 obtained by adding the waiting time T2 to the time during which the rotating body 54 performs one rotation operation. Note that the number of variable symbols in the variable indicator 61 (hereinafter, symbol 61) which constantly varies during this cycle time T1 is five symbols.

By the way, the symbol operation detectors 8 and 10 are turned on.
The variable indicators 60a and 60b derive a specific display result based on the following formula, and as a result, it is assumed that the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are opened and the operation of hitting the ball is repeated twice.
The first hit ball is dropped downward by the rotation of the rotating body 54, thereby turning on the symbol stop detector 57 (indicated as a symbol stop SW in the figure) to derive the passing signal Q1. Thus, when the passing signal Q1 is derived, the symbol 6
The variable display of 1 is stopped, and a stopped symbol is displayed. In the illustrated embodiment, a symbol “one” that is not a specific display result is displayed. Also, slightly after the passage signal Q1 is derived, the rotating body 62 starts rotating, and rotates while holding the hit ball dropped from the rotating body 54 and received. In this case, the change of the symbol 61 is stopped until the rotating body 62 completely returns to the original state, and the change is started after the return.
Also, if the upper rotating body 54 rotates before the rotating body 62 returns to the original state, the subsequent hit ball is moved to the lower rotating body 6.
2 cannot be placed on the upper rotating body 5
The rotation of No. 4 is also stopped. That is, the symbol stop detector 57
Is turned on, the cycle time T3 of the rotating body 54 becomes T
The time required for the lower rotating body 62 to make one rotation per hour is added.

Since the specific display result is not displayed by the above-mentioned passing signal Q1, the guiding member 66 (shown as a specific area guiding device in the figure) is not driven.
The ball that falls downward due to the rotation of the rotating body 62 is guided to the normal area 69 and is processed as a winning ball.

On the other hand, after the previous hit ball is processed as described above, the next hit ball is dropped downward by the rotation of the rotating body 54, and the symbol stop detector 57 is turned on to derive the passing signal Q2. Thereafter, it is placed on the lower rotating body 62. In addition, when the symbol selected at the time of deriving the passing signal Q2 is the specific display result “F”, the guidance device 46 immediately protrudes for a certain period of time. This fixed time is a symbol stop detector 57
Is passed through the lower rotating body 62 to the specific area 65
Is set with a sufficient time to reach.

The hit ball falling due to the rotation of the lower rotating body 62 is guided by the guide member 66 to the specific area 65, and is displayed in the specific winning ball detector 20 (in the figure, the specific win SW is displayed. ON) to derive the right generation signal R1. As soon as the right generation signal R1 is derived, the special device operates and the right generation game state is set. In addition, after the passing signal Q2 is derived, a predetermined time T4 is set.
If the right generation signal R1 is not present within the predetermined time T4, it is determined that the game has not entered the right generation game state by the regular game procedure, and a predetermined output, for example, an alarm output is derived to interrupt the game. And so on.

The above-described embodiment (hereinafter, the first embodiment)
In this embodiment, the variable winning ball device 25 constituting the main part of the embodiment is provided above the special winning device 50, and the variable winning ball device 25
In FIG. 9, one of the hit balls received is discharged to the special prize device 50 which is a predetermined passage, but other prize devices, for example, as shown in FIG. The game board 95 may have a configuration in which the variable winning ball device 25 is arranged above the starting winning port 4 so as to discharge toward the starting winning hole 4.

The configuration of the game board 95 will be briefly described. Each gaming machine in the gaming board 95 shown in FIG. 9 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the variable winning prize ball device 25 is not disposed above the special winning device 50 in appearance. Are arranged above the starting winning opening 4, and the operating winning openings 7a, 7b are provided on the left and right of the starting winning opening 4.
Are arranged, and the operation passage 9 is omitted. Also,
The difference in function is that the variable display device 5 of the special winning device 50
9, the left and right variable indicators 60a and 60b constantly fluctuate, and when the hit ball enters the ball entrance 53 of the special winning device 50 and the symbol stop detector 57 is activated, the variable indicators 60a and 60b are changed.
When the fluctuation of b is stopped and the display result is predetermined, the guide member 66 is opened, the ball is guided to the specific area 65, and the right generating game state is established. During this right generation game state, the ball hits the operation winning opening 7a, 7b and the symbol operation detector 8a,
8b, the variable display device 6 of the variable display device 59 is turned on.
1 starts the fluctuation, and stops the fluctuation after a certain time (for example, 4 seconds) elapses. The ball receiving members 28a and 28b of the variable prize ball device 25 are opened for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) when the display result at the time of stoppage becomes a predetermined display result of "F". In the variable winning ball device 25,
In the same manner as in the first embodiment, the first hit ball is stopped in the stopping section 31, and the second and subsequent hit balls are processed as winning balls. When the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are opened after a certain period of time, the hit ball retained in the stopping portion 31 is released toward the starting winning opening 4 and the starting winning ball detector 5 is operated. When the start winning ball detector 5 is turned on, the ball receiving members 73a and 73b as the variable winning ball devices 72 provided in the special winning device 50 are opened until a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined number of hit balls are won.

As described above, in the game content for generating the right-generating game state, the variable winning ball device 25 according to the present embodiment is provided above the starting winning opening 4 so that a ball can be hit into the starting winning opening 4. Guidance can be limited to one, and by setting the guide interval of the hit ball to be approximately equal to the opening time of the variable winning ball device 72, the hitting of the hit ball to the starting winning opening and the variable winning ball device 72 Opening can be performed alternately, and the maximum number of times the variable winning prize ball device 72 is allowed to be allowed in the right generation game state can be utilized.

In the above-described first embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the variable winning ball device 25 excludes the hit balls stopped in the stopping portion 31 among the hit balls received by the ball receiving members 28a and 28b. Although all the balls are guided to the back surface of the game board 1, all the balls except the stationary balls are taken into the ball receiving member as in the variable winning ball device 100 shown in FIGS. Instead, it may be one that repels the game area 3 of the game board 1. The configuration of the variable winning ball device 100 will be described below.

At the upper part of the mounting substrate 101 of the variable winning ball apparatus 100, a winning opening 102 is provided so as to project therefrom, and a pair of ball receiving members 103a, 103 are provided below the winning opening 102 at a predetermined interval.
3b is rotatably supported by support shafts 104a and 104b. The ball receiving members 103a and 103b are provided with engagement grooves 108 formed inside the support shafts 104a and 104b.
The first state (see FIG. 10) in which the operating lever is released when the operating lever is swung by a solenoid (not shown) due to the engagement of the engaging pins 109a and 109b projecting from the distal end of the operating lever (not shown). (A state shown in FIG. 11) and a second state (a state shown in FIG. 11) which is not released.

Incidentally, the left and right shapes of the ball receiving members 103a and 103b are different. First, in the ball receiving member 103a on the left side, a holding piece 105 is protruded from an inner lower portion thereof, and a stopping portion 106 is formed between the holding piece 105 and the main body of the ball receiving member 103a.
On the other hand, an obstacle protruding piece 107 is provided on the inner front end of the right ball receiving member 103b toward the winning opening 102 in both the first state and the second state.

The variable winning ball device 1 configured as described above
At 00, in the opened first state, as shown in FIG. 10, the ball P flying from the right side is prevented from entering the inside by the obstacle protrusion 107 of the ball receiving member 103b on the right side. It is repelled outward. On the other hand, among the hit balls flying from the left side, the hit ball P1 received by the ball receiving member 103a is prevented from entering the inside by the holding piece 105, but is formed by the holding piece 105 and the main body of the ball receiving member 103a. It stops while being placed on the stopping unit 106.
Then, the hit ball P2 flying from the left side thereafter becomes the stop portion 1
The ball hits the ball P1 that is parked at 06 and is repelled outward. As described above, in the variable winning prize ball device 100, in the opened first state, all hit balls except one hit ball stopped in the stopping portion 106 are repelled outward.

On the other hand, in the second state where the ball is not released, as shown in FIG. 11, first, when the state is changed from the first state to the second state, the hit ball P1 held in the holding portion 106 Causes the ball receiving members 103a and 103b to pass downward. Therefore, it is possible to reliably and stably guide a predetermined number of hit balls to a predetermined passage.
By the way, in the second state, the ball P coming from the right side is still prevented from entering the inside by the obstacle protruding piece 107 of the ball receiving member 103b on the right side and is repelled outward. On the other hand, the ball P3 flying from the left side is also repelled outward without being received inside because the distance between the ball receiving member 103a and the winning opening 102 is a distance that does not allow the ball P3 to pass.

Also in the variable winning ball apparatus 100 described above, when the ball receiving members 103a and 103b are in the first state, the hit ball is stopped at the stop portion 106 where at least one hit ball is stopped. When the stopped ball is changed from the first state to the second state, the stopped ball is taken in and passed through, so that a predetermined number of balls can be reliably and stably supplied to the predetermined number. You can lead to the passage. In the variable winning ball device 100 described above,
The ball passing through when the hit ball P1 stopped by the stopping portion 106 is taken is shown, but the ball receiving members 103a, 103
A receiving port may be provided between b to process as a winning ball. Further, the ball receiving member 103b on the right side which does not receive a hit ball in any state may be fixed. Also, in the variable winning ball apparatus 100, since a predetermined number of hit balls are mechanically controlled without using a winning ball detector, the hit balls are not affected by electrical noise and are hit. Can be reliably and stably guided to a predetermined passage.

The above two variable winning ball devices 2
In FIGS. 5 and 100, one hit ball is held in the stopping portions 31 and 106. However, a plurality of hit balls may be held. In the above-described embodiment, the variable prize ball devices 25 and 100, the special prize device 50 provided below them, and the starting prize port 4 are separately configured to form the gaming board 1
The variable prize ball device 2
The winning ball devices and the like arranged below the 5, 100 may be integrally provided on one mounting board. Further, although the pair of ball receiving members 28a and 28b that open and close in the left and right directions is shown, the ball receiving members 28a and 28b may slide in the left and right directions or open and close in the front and rear directions. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the operation of opening and closing the ball receiving members 28a and 28b is described by swinging the operating lever 34 by the solenoid 42, but the opening and closing of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b is mechanically controlled. It may be something. For example, based on the winning of the first hit ball of the ball receiving member, the operating lever is rocked by the weight of the hit ball to open the ball receiving member, the operating lever is locked by the lock member, and the first subsequent After the hit ball is stopped at the stopping portion, the locked state of the lock member is released by the second and subsequent hit balls, the ball receiving member is closed, and the stop of the stopped winning ball is released. Good.

[0054]

As is clear from the above description, in the present invention, at least one hit ball is stopped when the ball receiving member is in the first state which is advantageous to the player. When the hit ball is stopped at the stopping portion, the hit ball is discharged to a desired passage when the stopped hit ball changes from the first state to the second state. And can be stably guided to a predetermined passage or another winning ball device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first open state of a variable winning ball device according to an embodiment.
It is a front view of a state.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning ball device in a closed second state.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning prize ball device in an opened first state.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning ball device in a closed second state.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a configuration of a game area of a game board of a ball game machine to which the variable winning ball device is applied.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a special winning device arranged in the game area.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a game control circuit for controlling a game operation.

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing a game operation related to the special winning device.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a configuration of a game area of a game board in which variable winning ball devices are arranged at different positions.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a variable winning prize ball device according to another embodiment in an opened first state.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the variable winning ball device in a closed second state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 25 Variable winning ball device 28a, 28b Ball receiving member 30a, 30b Holding piece 31 Stopping portion 100 Variable winning ball device 103a, 103b Ball receiving member 105 Holding piece 106 Stopping portion

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] August 30, 2000 (2008.3.
0)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Full text

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Document Name] Statement

[Title of the Invention] Ball game machine

[Claims]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a variable display device.
Based on the fact that the display result is a predetermined specific display result
To release the ball receiving member of the first variable winning ball device,
The hit ball received during the opening of the member is guided to a specific area
In the event that the right occurs
The ball hits the starting winning opening while the game state is continuing
Further, the second variable winning ball device is operated until a predetermined time elapses.
Is a predetermined number of winning balls until the specified time elapses
The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine that is released until an error occurs .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a variable winning ball device provided in a so-called third-type ball game machine, a pair of ball receiving members are changed between a standing state and a tilting state, and a ball dropping down a game area when tilted. Many proposals have been made for receiving a ball and guiding it into a ball receiving member. In such a variable winning ball apparatus, most of the hit balls received by the ball receiving member are guided to the same path and processed as winning balls.

[0003]

By the way, in recent years, a variable winning ball device and another winning ball device have been combined.
There has been proposed a configuration in which a hit ball won by the variable winning ball device is guided to the winning ball device. In such a case, only a predetermined number of hit balls among the hit balls received by the variable winning ball device are won. If you want to lead to the device, you must attach a detector to detect the hit ball received in the variable winning ball device, the structure becomes complicated and the cost becomes high, and more accurate due to electrical failure In some cases, hit balls could not be detected. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game having a variable winning ball device capable of stably guiding a predetermined number of hit balls to a desired passage. To provide machines .

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a display result of a variable display device is provided.
Based on the fact that a predetermined specific display result is obtained, the first
Open the ball receiving member of the variable winning ball device and open the ball receiving member.
If the ball received during the release is guided to a specific area
Initiate a rights-generated gaming state, and the rights-generated gaming state
The ball hits the winning opening during the continuation of
Of the variable winning ball device until a certain time elapses or
A predetermined number of winning balls will be generated until the fixed time elapses
In a ball-shooting game machine to open until the, wherein the first variable winning ball device, 該玉received when the ball receiving member is in open
A stop portion for stopping one hit ball received by the member is formed, and when the ball receiving member changes from an open state to a closed state, the hit ball held in the stop portion is set to one.
The ball is discharged into a predetermined passage through which the ball can pass .

[0005]

[Function] When the ball receiving member is in an open state,
When the hit ball is stopped at the stop where one hit ball received by the ball receiving member is stopped, one hit when the stopped hit ball changes from an open state to a closed state .
Since the hit ball is released to a predetermined passage through which the hit ball can pass , one hit ball can be reliably and stably guided to a predetermined passage or another winning ball device.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the game board 1 of the ball game machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view showing the configuration of the game area 3 of the game board 1. In FIG. 5, the inside of a section rail 2 provided in a substantially circular shape of the game board 1 is configured as a game area 3, and a variable winning prize ball device that forms a main part of the present embodiment substantially at the upper center of the game area 3 The special winning device 50 is arranged so as to be continuous with the variable winning ball device 25. The special winning device 50 includes a plurality (three) of variable display devices 60 a, 60 b, 61 constituting a variable display device 59 and a pair of ball receiving members 73 a, constituting a variable winning ball device 72.
73b, when the display result of the variable display device 59 becomes a predetermined specific display result, a ball is guided to a specific region 65 described later, and the specific prize ball detector 20 is turned on. A right generation game state, which is a type of state, is generated. The configuration of the special winning device 50 will be described later in detail.

In the game area 3, a plurality of winning ports 2 are provided.
7, 28a, 28b, 4, 6, 7, 9 (this 9 is not a winning opening in the correct sense), 11a, 11b, 13a,
13b, windmill lamps 15a, 15b, and a windmill (no symbol), side lamps 16a, 16b, and the out port 1
9 and obstacle nails are provided. First, among a plurality of winning ports, the winning port 27 and the winning ports 28a and 28b.
Are integrally disposed on a mounting board 26 of a variable winning ball device 25 which will be described in detail later.
b constitutes tulip-shaped ball receiving members 28a and 28b which are opened and closed by the solenoid 42, and the winning of the hit ball is prevented by the winning opening 27 located at the upper part in the closed state. By the way, the ball receiving members 28a, 28
b indicates that when a ball hits or passes through the operation winning opening 7 and the operation passing opening 9 which will be described in detail later, and the variable indicators 60a and 60b of the variable display device 59 have a predetermined specific display result. , For a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds), and the winning ball received during the opening is guided to the special winning device 50.

The winning opening 4 arranged below the special winning device 50 is called the starting winning opening 4 and has a built-in starting winning ball detector 5. Thus, when the hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 and the starting winning ball detector 5 is turned on during the above-mentioned right generating game state, the ball receiving device constituting the variable winning ball device 72 provided in the special winning device 50 is activated. Member 73a,
73b is opened until a predetermined time (for example, 9.8 seconds) elapses or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls is generated until the predetermined time elapses.
It should be noted that when the hit ball wins the start winning opening 4 when not in the right generation game state, it is treated as a simple winning.

Here, the game content in the right-generating game state will be briefly described. As described above, the display result of the variable display device 59 becomes a predetermined display result, and the ball is guided to the specific area 65. Turn on the special winning ball detector 20
When this is done, a right-generating gaming state (controlling that the special device is operated) is established. If the hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 and the starting winning ball detector 5 is turned on while the right generating game state is continued, the ball receiving members 73a, 7 are turned on.
3b performs the opening operation described above. Then, such an opening operation is repeated every time a hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 as long as the right generating game state continues. However,
The continuation of the right generation game state is such that during the right generation game state, the display result of the variable display device 59 becomes the predetermined display result again, and the hit ball is guided to the specific area 65, and the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on. Or when a predetermined number (for example, 16) of hit balls is won in the starting winning opening 4.

In the winning in the starting winning opening 4, up to "predetermined number-1" winning balls are stored, and the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are opened based on the stored value. , The right generation state disappears, and after the opening operation at the time when the predetermined number is reached (even if the opening and closing operation is 16 times or less), the subsequent opening operation is not performed. Therefore, it is desirable that the winning in the starting winning opening 4 and the opening operation of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are alternately performed. However, in the present embodiment, the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are
When the ball 73b is opened, the ball receiving members 73a, 73 in the opened state are opened.
3b prevents the ball from flowing toward the starting winning opening 4, so that the winning in the starting winning opening 4 and the ball receiving member 7 can be prevented.
There is a high possibility that the opening operations of 3a and 73b are performed alternately.

One side of the above-mentioned starting winning opening 4 (left side in the figure).
The winning opening 7 arranged on the side is called an operating winning opening 7 and has a built-in symbol operation detector 8. Then
The hit ball wins the operation winning opening 7 and turns on the symbol operation detector 8
When this is done, the change of the variable displays 60a and 60b of the variable display device 59 is started, and when a certain time has elapsed, the display result is derived. An operation passage 9 is arranged above the operation winning opening 7 as having the same function as the operation winning opening 7. A symbol operation detector 10 is also built in the operation passage 9 and the display results are derived on the variable indicators 60a and 60b even when the symbol operation detector 10 is turned on. The operation passage 9
Is to release the passed ball to the game area 3 again, but this may be formed as a winning opening, or the operation winning opening 7 may be formed as a passing opening.

The winning openings 11a and 11b provided on the left and right sides corresponding to the upper part of the special winning device 50 are referred to as shoulder winning openings 11a and 11b, and have shoulder lamps 12a and 12b built therein. ing. The winning openings 13a and 13b provided on the left and right sides of the lower part of the special winning device 50 are:
These are referred to as sleeve prize openings 13a and 13b, and have sleeve lamps 14a and 14b built therein. The winning opening 6 arranged on the other side (right side in the figure) of the starting winning opening 4.
Simply constitutes a normal winning opening 6 for winning a hit ball.

Among the windmills provided in the game area 3, the windmills provided on the left and right sides of the variable prize ball device 25 are windmill lamps 15 with built-in lamps for illuminating the windmill portions.
a, 15b, said shoulder ramp 12
a, 12b, sleeve lamps 14a, 14b, and game area 3
The side lamps 16a, 16b and the like provided at both ends are controlled to be displayed in a predetermined manner during a right generation game state or the like. Although not shown, a rail decoration lamp 17 (only a sign is displayed in FIG. 7) for decorating the outer periphery of the game area 3 as having the same function as those lamps,
A gaming effect lamp 18 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) for decorating the upper part of the ball-and-ball game machine is provided.

At the bottom of the game area 3, there is provided an out port 19 for collecting out balls which have not won any of the winning ports or the winning devices. On the other hand, on the back surface of the game board 1, there are provided detectors 20 and 21 for detecting a winning ball which has won the specific area 65 of the special winning device 50 and the ball receiving members 73a and 73b constituting the variable winning ball device 72. I have. That is, a specific winning ball detector 20 that detects a winning ball that has won a specific area 65 and derives a signal of occurrence and disappearance of a right-occurring gaming state, and a winning ball that is received while the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are open. The winning ball detector 21 for detecting the number of balls is fixed to the back surface of the game board 1. Although not shown, the ball-and-ball game machine is also provided with a speaker 22 (only a symbol is shown in FIG. 7) for producing a sound effect produced in accordance with the progress of the game. Are covered by glass plates 23a and 23b (see FIG. 3).

Next, the operation winning port 7 and the operation passing port 9
The variable winning ball device 25 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) when the variable display devices 60a and 60b of the variable display device 59 have a predetermined specific display result as a result of the ball being hit or passed. Will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the variable winning ball device with the ball receiving member opened, FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning ball device with the ball receiving member closed, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning ball device in a state where the members are opened, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing of the variable winning prize ball apparatus in the state where the ball receiving member was closed.

In the figure, the variable winning ball device 25 has a mounting board 26 mounted on the surface of the game board 1, and a winning hole 27 in the form of a receiving port is provided on the mounting board 26. A winning opening 33 is formed in the mounting substrate 26 below the winning opening 27, and a pair of ball receiving members 28a, 28b are rotatably supported on both sides of the winning opening 33 by support shafts 29a, 29b. I have. These ball receiving members 28a, 28b
Can be changed between the tilted state shown in FIG. 1 (first state advantageous to the player) and the upright state shown in FIG. 2 (second state unfavorable to the player), In the state of, the tip of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b and
The distance between the ball and the ball is so small that the ball cannot pass. Note that, even in this state, an interval through which a ball can pass may be provided.

The support shaft 29 of the ball receiving members 28a, 28b
The lower portions of the holding members 30a and 30b are formed inwardly in a curved shape toward the inner side.
When a and 28b are tilted to the first state, a portion surrounded by the two holding pieces 30a and 30b forms a retaining portion 31 for retaining one hit ball. More precisely, as shown in FIG.
And the mounting board 26 at the lower edge of the winning opening 33. Further, the two holding pieces 30a and 30b are overlapped at the lower part thereof, and when the ball receiving members 28a and 28b change from the first state to the second state, the ball receiving members 28a and 30b
After a new ball cannot be received by the ball 28b, the ball that has been stopped in the stopping portion 31 is opened downward.

By the way, engagement grooves 32a and 32b are formed inside the support shafts 29a and 29b of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b. The mating pins 37a and 37b are loosely fitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the operating lever 34 is pivotally supported at its middle by a support shaft 35 so as to be swingable.
An engagement portion 36 formed at the rear end of the operation lever 34 is connected to a plunger of a solenoid 42 (see FIG. 5).
When the solenoid 42 is turned on and the rear end of the operation lever 34 is pushed down, the engagement pins 37a, 37b push up the inside of the ball receiving members 28a, 28b to be tilted.
When the solenoid 42 is turned off, the rear end of the operating lever 34 is pulled up and the ball receiving members 28a, 28
The inside of b is pushed down to a second state in which it stands up.

The front surfaces of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b
It is covered with a decorative plate 38, and a first convex portion 39 is provided on an upper portion of the decorative plate 38 so as to project rearward. Further, the mounting substrate 2 at the lower edge of the winning opening 33 constituting the stopping portion 31
The 6 has a second projection 40 projecting forward. As shown in FIG. 3, these convex portions 39 and 40 are in the first state in which the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are tilted.
The first received ball P1 is positioned on the decorative plate 38 side by the second convex portion 40, and the next received ball P2 is received.
When the ball is placed on the first ball P1, the first convex portion 39 guides the ball P2 to the rear of the winning opening 33, and guides the ball P2 to the back surface of the game board 1 along the inclined guiding gutter 41. It is.

The variable winning ball device 2 configured as described above
In 5, the solenoid 42 is turned on and the ball receiving member 28 is turned on.
When the ball receiving members 28a, 28b are open,
The first hit ball P1 of the hit balls accepted in 28b is:
The hit ball P2 stopped by the stopping portion 31 formed by the holding pieces 30a and 30b and subsequently received by the ball receiving members 28a and 28b is the stopped hit ball P2.
After being placed on the game board 1, the slant guide gutter 41 flows down from the winning opening 33 and is guided to the back surface of the game board 1, and is processed as a normal winning ball. On the other hand, after a certain time has passed, the solenoid 42
When the FF is set, the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are in an upright state. As a result, the holding pieces 30a and 30b are opened outward, and the hit ball P1 held in the stopping portion 31 is discharged downward, and guided to the ball entrance 53 of the special winning device 50. Note that, as described above, the ball receiving members 28a, 28
b, the holding pieces 30a and 30b are formed in an overlapping manner.
When the ball receiving members 28a, 28b change from the tilted first state to the upright second state, the ball receiving members 28a, 28b
Even if there is a hit ball received at that time, the hit ball P1 is still stopped at the stop portion 31 at that time, so the hit ball received immediately before is placed on the stopped hit ball P1. After that, the slant guide gutter 41 flows down from the winning opening 33 and is guided to the back surface of the game board 1 to be processed as a normal winning ball.

As described above, in the variable winning ball device 25 according to the present embodiment, when the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are in the tilted first state which is advantageous to the player, one ball is hit. When the hit ball P1 is stopped at the stopped portion 31 where the hit ball is stopped, the hit ball P1 is discharged downward when the stopped hit ball P1 changes from the tilted first state to the upright second state. Thus, one determined ball P1 can be reliably and stably guided to the special winning device 50. That is, the variable winning ball device 25 in the present embodiment mechanically controls the guidance of a predetermined number of hitting balls to the special winning device 50 without using an electric detector, so that the influence of noise or the like is obtained. It can be carried out reliably and stably without receiving any. In addition, as in the present embodiment, by limiting the number of hit balls guided to the special winning device 50 for generating a special right-generating game state to one, the variable winning ball device 25 regardless of the skill of the player. Can be made substantially constant when the game is in the first state. This is because a high-skilled player puts a large number of hit balls into the variable prize ball device 25 for a certain period of time and guides it to the special prize device 50, so that there is a high possibility that the right generation game state will be generated accordingly. On the other hand, a player having a low skill cannot enter many balls into the variable winning ball device 25, and as a result, the probability of causing the right generation game state is low. However, in the present embodiment, This is because the number of hit balls guided to the special winning device 50 by one operation of the variable winning ball device 25 is one regardless of the skill.

In the above-described embodiment, the first hit ball P1 that has been released from the stop is configured to pass downward as it is. You may guide it to a winning passage different from the subsequent hit ball P2. In addition, the second and subsequent hit balls P2 are guided to the back surface of the game board 1 so as to be processed as winning balls. You may guide me.

Next, the structure of the special winning device 50 arranged at the center of the game area 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the special winning device 50. In the figure, a special winning device 50 has a mounting substrate 51 mounted on the surface of the gaming board 1, and a variable display device 59 and a variable winning ball device 72 are integrally formed on the mounting substrate 51. By the way, a substantially circular surrounding frame 52 including the variable display device 59 and the specific region 65 therein is protruded from the mounting substrate 51, and the ball receiving members 28 a and 28 b enter the upper portion of the surrounding frame 52. A ball entrance 53 for receiving the first hit ball is cut out.

At the ball entrance 53, a rotating body 54 which is rotated by a drive motor 55 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) is arranged so as to face. The rotator 54 has a receiving portion for receiving a hit ball falling from the ball inlet 53, and the ball received by the receiving portion falls downward at a half-turned position. The rotating body 54 is driven to rotate at a constant cycle from the time of power-on, and when the symbol stop detector 57 described below is turned on, the cycle is controlled to be long. In addition, a stop position detector 56 (only a sign is shown in FIG. 7) is provided to detect whether or not the receiving portion of the rotating body 54 faces upward.

The hit ball which falls downward due to the rotation of the rotating body 54 described above is a symbol stop detector 5 in the process of falling.
Go through 7. When the symbol stop detector 57 is turned on, the variable display operation (hereinafter, referred to as fluctuation) of the variable display 61, which is always variably displayed, of the variable display device 59 described below is stopped, and the display result is derived. When the display result of the variable display 61 is a predetermined specific display result, the guidance solenoid 67 that drives the guidance member 66 that opens and closes the specific area 65 is turned on for a predetermined time. The rotating body 54 and the symbol stop detector 57 have their front surfaces covered with a decorative plate 58.

A variable display device 59 is arranged below the symbol stop detector 57 and on the surface of the mounting board 51 so as to face the same. The variable display device 59 is composed of a plurality of variable displays 60a, 60b, 61, and the left and right variable displays 60a, 60b are the symbol operation detectors 8, 10
The variable display 61 at the center is controlled to be stopped based on the detection signal of the symbol stop detector 57.

Therefore, first, the left and right variable indicators 60a,
The variable display 60a, 60b will be described.
Is composed of 7-segment LEDs, the left variable display 60a sequentially displays nine types of numbers from 0 to 8 in a variable manner, and the right variable display 60b displays four types of 3, 4, 7, and 8 The numbers are sequentially displayed in a variable manner. And the combination (display result) of the symbols at the time of stop is "3.3".
When the combination of “7 · 7” is obtained, it is determined that the specific display result has been displayed, and the ball receiving member 28 is used as described above.
a and 28b are opened for a certain period of time. In addition, the probability that the specific display result is displayed is controlled so as to change. For example, in the normal game state, the specific display result is derived with a low probability of 1/100, and the odd-numbered right generation game state is performed. Is changed to a high probability of 1/10 at the end of the game, and is changed to a low probability by the establishment of the right generation game state after the high probability. The determination as to whether or not it is a hit, and the determination of the symbols displayed on the variable indicators 60a and 60b at the time of stopping are determined by a random number determined in advance when the symbol operation detectors 8 and 10 are activated or when the variation is started. This is done by extracting one value from The determination as to whether or not a hit may be made may be made by judging a combination of symbols actually displayed on the variable indicators 60a and 60b.

The central variable display 61 is also composed of 7-segment LEDs, and is configured to sequentially display the symbols "1", "F" and "2". Then, when the symbol at the time of the stop becomes “F”, it is determined that the specific display result has been displayed, and the guiding member 66 described later is driven to open the specific area 65. On the other hand, when the symbol at the time of stop is a symbol other than “F”, it is determined that the symbol has come off and the guiding member 6
6 does not operate and the specific area 65 is not released.

Below the variable display device 59, there is provided a rotator 62 for receiving a hit ball passing through the symbol stop detector 57. The rotating body 62 is rotationally driven by a driving motor 63 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7).
Normally, the concave portion for receiving the hit ball is facing upward, and after the detection signal of the symbol stop detector 57 is derived, the rotation is started for a short time, and the rotation is stopped once. Further, a stop position detector 64 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) is provided to detect a stop position (a position where the concave portion is directed upward). It should be noted that while the rotating body 62 makes one rotation, the hit ball received in the concave portion naturally falls downward.

Below the rotating body 62, there is formed a normal area 69 where a falling ball is a normal winning.
A specific area 65 is provided between the rotating body 9 and the rotating body 62. The normal region 69 is formed at the lowermost portion of the surrounding frame 52 so that the ball hit by the lowermost surrounding frame 52 is guided to the back surface of the game board 1 from the opening formed in the mounting board 51. It is composed.

Further, the specific region 65 is also formed as an opening opened substantially at the center of the mounting board 51. For this reason, a guide member 66 is provided which is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the mounting board 51 and in the front-rear direction in order to guide the ball to the specific area 65. This guiding member 66
Normally, when the leading end of the variable indicator 61 is immersed in a position flush with the mounting board 51 to close the specific area 65 and the variable display 61 displays the specific display result “F”, the guiding solenoid 67 Is driven for a predetermined time, and the guide member 66 is projected forward. Therefore, when the variable display 61 displays the specific display result, the hit ball dropped from the rotator 62 is received by the guide member 66 and the specific area 6 is displayed.
5 and the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on. On the other hand, when the variable display 61 does not display the specific display result, since the guide member 66 is immersed, the ball dropped from the rotating body 62 is guided to the normal area 69 thereunder and is merely It is processed as a winning ball. The specific area forming projection 68 is provided on the mounting board 51 so that the ball that has fallen on the projecting guide member 66 does not spill left and right.
a, 68b are protrudingly provided.

By the way, when the hit ball is guided to the specific area 65 and the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on, as described above, whether the right generating game state is caused or the right generating game state is terminated. If the right-generating game state is to be generated, the variable display 60
The award-generating game state may be set only when a specific gaming result has been achieved in which the specific winning ball detector 20 has been turned on after the a, 60b and / or the variable display 61 has the specific display result. Or even when the game does not go through the regular game procedure in which only the specific winning ball detector 20 is turned on,
You may make it become a right generation game state. However, when only the special winning ball detector 20 is turned ON, an output for executing a predetermined process is derived from a basic control circuit 80 described later.

Indicators 70 and 71 made of 7-segment LEDs are provided on both sides of the inner center of the surrounding frame 52 protruding from the mounting board 51. On the other hand, the display 70 on the left side (shown on the left side) is called an opening number display LED 70, and displays the number of opening times of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b during the right generation. The indicator 71 on the other side (right side in the figure) is called a winning number display LED 71, and displays the number of winning balls accepted during one opening of the ball receiving members 73a, 73b based on the starting winning. It is.

Thus, the number-of-openings display LED 70 blinks the number "6" when the right-generating game state is generated, and blinks sequentially each time the open state of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b ends. Count down to "0"
, And the number of the lighting state of “9” to “1” is counted down every time the open state of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b ends. In other words, the blinking state of the number indicates the first digit of the two-digit number,
The lighting state of the numeral indicates the first digit of the one-digit numeral. Thereby, the remaining number of times of opening the ball receiving members 73a and 73b can be easily understood. The winning number display LED 71 displays the number of winning balls received during one opening of the ball receiving members 73a and 73b in the right-occurring gaming state. The number of winning or passing through the operation winning opening 7 or the operation passing opening 9 is stored and displayed within a range of four. Of course, the stored display value is decremented every time the variable display units 60a and 60b are variably displayed.

On both lower sides of the mounting board 51, a pair of ball receiving members 73a and 73b constituting the variable winning ball device 72 are provided. The ball receiving members 73a and 73b are provided with an open / close solenoid 74 connected via a well-known link member or the like.
(Only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7). When the opening / closing solenoid 74 is turned on, the ball receiving members 73a and 73b are opened, the hit ball falling in the game area 3 is received by the receiving frame 75, and is taken into the winning opening 76 opened in the mounting board 51 to win the winning ball. The winning ball is detected by the winning ball detector 21 shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the variable winning ball device 72
The ball receiving members 73a and 73b constituting the special winning device 50
Although the one provided integrally with the above is shown, it may be configured separately and arranged on the game board 1. Similarly, the variable display device 59
May be arranged separately from the special winning device 50.

The special prize winning device 50 includes a decorative LED 7 (not shown) for enhancing the decorative effect, in addition to the above-described configuration.
7 (only the reference numeral is shown in FIG. 7) is provided so as to face the surface of the mounting board 51.

The configuration of the game board 1 of the ball game machine including the variable winning ball device 25 and the special winning device 50 has been described above. The gaming devices are controlled by the game control circuit shown in FIG. . FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing a game control circuit in a block configuration, and includes an MPU, a ROM, and an RA.
M, which is controlled by a basic control circuit 80 including an input / output circuit. Thus, the basic control circuit 80 sends the specific winning ball detector 20, the starting winning ball detector 5, the winning ball detector 21, the stop position detectors 56 and 64, the symbol operation detectors 8, 10 via the detecting circuit 81. , And a detection signal from the symbol stop detector 57, and a chip select signal is given from the address decode circuit 82 to the basic control circuit 80 and the detection circuit 81. When the power is turned on, a reset signal is provided from the initial reset circuit 83 to the basic control circuit 80, and a periodic reset signal is provided from the periodic reset circuit 84 to the basic control circuit 80 at predetermined time intervals.

On the other hand, the basic control circuit 80 supplies control signals to the following devices and circuits. That is, an audio signal is given to the speaker 22 via the speaker control circuit 85, and the drive motors 55 and 63 are supplied via the motor drive circuit 86.
Is supplied with a drive signal. Also, via the LED control circuit 87, the variable indicators 60a, 60b, 61, the winning number display LED 71, the opening number display LED 70, and the decoration LED
77, a display control signal is given to the rail decoration lamp 17, the windmill lamps 15a, 15 via a lamp control circuit 88.
b, side lamps 16a, 16b, gaming effect lamp 1
8, sleeve lamps 14a, 14b and shoulder lamps 12a, 1
A display control signal is sent to 2b. Further, the solenoid 42 and the induction solenoid 6 are connected via a solenoid drive circuit 89.
7 and a drive signal to the open / close solenoid 74.
In addition, the basic control circuit 80 supplies a driving signal to a jackpot information output circuit 90 that outputs a jackpot signal (right generation signal in the case of the present embodiment) to the outside, and outputs a specific information signal to the outside. A drive signal is provided to the information output circuit 91. The above-mentioned devices and circuits include:
Power having various voltages is supplied from the power supply circuit 92.

Next, an example of an operation related to the special winning device 50 among operations controlled by the above-described game control circuit will be described with reference to a time chart of FIG. In FIG. 8, the rotating body 54 normally makes one rotation at a constant cycle time T1. Specifically, one rotation is performed at a cycle time T1 obtained by adding the waiting time T2 to the time during which the rotating body 54 performs one rotation operation. Note that the number of variable symbols in the variable indicator 61 (hereinafter, symbol 61) which constantly varies during this cycle time T1 is five symbols.

By the way, the symbol operation detectors 8 and 10 are turned on.
The variable indicators 60a and 60b derive a specific display result based on the following formula, and as a result, it is assumed that the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are opened and the operation of hitting the ball is repeated twice.
The first hit ball is dropped downward by the rotation of the rotating body 54, thereby turning on the symbol stop detector 57 (indicated as a symbol stop SW in the figure) to derive the passing signal Q1. Thus, when the passing signal Q1 is derived, the symbol 6
The variable display of 1 is stopped, and a stopped symbol is displayed. In the illustrated embodiment, a symbol “one” that is not a specific display result is displayed. Also, slightly after the passage signal Q1 is derived, the rotating body 62 starts rotating, and rotates while holding the hit ball dropped from the rotating body 54 and received. In this case, the change of the symbol 61 is stopped until the rotating body 62 completely returns to the original state, and the change is started after the return.
Also, if the upper rotating body 54 rotates before the rotating body 62 returns to the original state, the subsequent hit ball is moved to the lower rotating body 6.
2 cannot be placed on the upper rotating body 5
The rotation of No. 4 is also stopped. That is, the symbol stop detector 57
Is turned on, the cycle time T3 of the rotating body 54 becomes T
The time required for the lower rotating body 62 to make one rotation per hour is added.

Since the specific display result is not displayed by the above-mentioned passing signal Q1, the guiding member 66 (shown as a specific area guiding device in the figure) is not driven.
The ball that falls downward due to the rotation of the rotating body 62 is guided to the normal area 69 and is processed as a winning ball.

On the other hand, after the previous hit ball is processed as described above, the next hit ball is dropped downward by the rotation of the rotating body 54, and the symbol stop detector 57 is turned on to derive the passing signal Q2. Thereafter, it is placed on the lower rotating body 62. In addition, when the symbol selected at the time of deriving the passing signal Q2 is the specific display result “F”, the guidance device 46 immediately protrudes for a certain period of time. This fixed time is a symbol stop detector 57
Is passed through the lower rotating body 62 to the specific area 65
Is set with a sufficient time to reach.

The hit ball falling due to the rotation of the lower rotating body 62 is guided by the guide member 66 to the specific area 65, and is displayed in the specific winning ball detector 20 (in the figure, the specific win SW is displayed. ON) to derive the right generation signal R1. As soon as the right generation signal R1 is derived, the special device operates and the right generation game state is set. In addition, after the passing signal Q2 is derived, a predetermined time T4 is set.
If the right generation signal R1 is not present within the predetermined time T4, it is determined that the game has not entered the right generation game state by the regular game procedure, and a predetermined output, for example, an alarm output is derived to interrupt the game. And so on.

The above-described embodiment (hereinafter, the first embodiment)
In this embodiment, the variable winning ball device 25 constituting the main part of the embodiment is provided above the special winning device 50, and the variable winning ball device 25
In FIG. 9, one of the hit balls received is discharged to the special prize device 50 which is a predetermined passage, but other prize devices, for example, as shown in FIG. The game board 95 may have a configuration in which the variable winning ball device 25 is arranged above the starting winning port 4 so as to discharge toward the starting winning hole 4.

The configuration of the game board 95 will be briefly described. Each gaming machine in the gaming board 95 shown in FIG. 9 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the variable winning prize ball device 25 is not disposed above the special winning device 50 in appearance. Are arranged above the starting winning opening 4, and the operating winning openings 7a, 7b are provided on the left and right of the starting winning opening 4.
Are arranged, and the operation passage 9 is omitted. Also,
The difference in function is that the variable display device 5 of the special winning device 50
9, the left and right variable indicators 60a and 60b constantly fluctuate, and when the hit ball enters the ball entrance 53 of the special winning device 50 and the symbol stop detector 57 is activated, the variable indicators 60a and 60b are changed.
When the fluctuation of b is stopped and the display result is predetermined, the guide member 66 is opened, the ball is guided to the specific area 65, and the right generating game state is established. During this right generation game state, the ball hits the operation winning opening 7a, 7b and the symbol operation detector 8a,
8b, the variable display device 6 of the variable display device 59 is turned on.
1 starts the fluctuation, and stops the fluctuation after a certain time (for example, 4 seconds) elapses. The ball receiving members 28a and 28b of the variable prize ball device 25 are opened for a predetermined time (for example, 6 seconds) when the display result at the time of stoppage becomes a predetermined display result of "F". In the variable winning ball device 25,
In the same manner as in the first embodiment, the first hit ball is stopped in the stopping section 31, and the second and subsequent hit balls are processed as winning balls. When the ball receiving members 28a and 28b are opened after a certain period of time, the hit ball retained in the stopping portion 31 is released toward the starting winning opening 4 and the starting winning ball detector 5 is operated. When the start winning ball detector 5 is turned on, the ball receiving members 73a and 73b as the variable winning ball devices 72 provided in the special winning device 50 are opened until a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined number of hit balls are won.

As described above, in the game content for generating the right-generating game state, the variable winning ball device 25 according to the present embodiment is provided above the starting winning opening 4 so that a ball can be hit into the starting winning opening 4. Guidance can be limited to one, and by setting the guide interval of the hit ball to be approximately equal to the opening time of the variable winning ball device 72, the hitting of the hit ball to the starting winning opening and the variable winning ball device 72 Opening can be performed alternately, and the maximum number of times the variable winning prize ball device 72 is allowed to be allowed in the right generation game state can be utilized.

In the above-described first embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the variable winning ball device 25 excludes the hit balls stopped in the stopping portion 31 among the hit balls received by the ball receiving members 28a and 28b. Although all the balls are guided to the back surface of the game board 1, all the balls except the stationary balls are taken into the ball receiving member as in the variable winning ball device 100 shown in FIGS. Instead, it may be one that repels the game area 3 of the game board 1. The configuration of the variable winning ball device 100 will be described below.

At the upper part of the mounting substrate 101 of the variable winning ball apparatus 100, a winning opening 102 is provided so as to project therefrom, and a pair of ball receiving members 103a, 103 are provided below the winning opening 102 at a predetermined interval.
3b is rotatably supported by support shafts 104a and 104b. The ball receiving members 103a and 103b are provided with engagement grooves 108 formed inside the support shafts 104a and 104b.
The first state (see FIG. 10) in which the operating lever is released when the operating lever is swung by a solenoid (not shown) due to the engagement of the engaging pins 109a and 109b projecting from the distal end of the operating lever (not shown). (A state shown in FIG. 11) and a second state (a state shown in FIG. 11) which is not released.

Incidentally, the left and right shapes of the ball receiving members 103a and 103b are different. First, in the ball receiving member 103a on the left side, a holding piece 105 is protruded from an inner lower portion thereof, and a stopping portion 106 is formed between the holding piece 105 and the main body of the ball receiving member 103a.
On the other hand, an obstacle protruding piece 107 is provided on the inner front end of the right ball receiving member 103b toward the winning opening 102 in both the first state and the second state.

The variable winning ball device 1 configured as described above
At 00, in the opened first state, as shown in FIG. 10, the ball P flying from the right side is prevented from entering the inside by the obstacle protrusion 107 of the ball receiving member 103b on the right side. It is repelled outward. On the other hand, among the hit balls flying from the left side, the hit ball P1 received by the ball receiving member 103a is prevented from entering the inside by the holding piece 105, but is formed by the holding piece 105 and the main body of the ball receiving member 103a. It stops while being placed on the stopping unit 106.
Then, the hit ball P2 flying from the left side thereafter becomes the stop portion 1
The ball hits the ball P1 that is parked at 06 and is repelled outward. As described above, in the variable winning prize ball device 100, in the opened first state, all hit balls except one hit ball stopped in the stopping portion 106 are repelled outward.

On the other hand, in the second state where the ball is not released, as shown in FIG. 11, first, when the state is changed from the first state to the second state, the hit ball P1 held in the holding portion 106 Causes the ball receiving members 103a and 103b to pass downward. Therefore, it is possible to reliably and stably guide a predetermined number of hit balls to a predetermined passage.
By the way, in the second state, the ball P coming from the right side is still prevented from entering the inside by the obstacle protruding piece 107 of the ball receiving member 103b on the right side and is repelled outward. On the other hand, the ball P3 flying from the left side is also repelled outward without being received inside because the distance between the ball receiving member 103a and the winning opening 102 is a distance that does not allow the ball P3 to pass.

Also in the variable winning ball apparatus 100 described above, when the ball receiving members 103a and 103b are in the first state, the hit ball is stopped at the stop portion 106 where at least one hit ball is stopped. When the stopped ball is changed from the first state to the second state, the stopped ball is taken in and passed through, so that a predetermined number of balls can be reliably and stably supplied to the predetermined number. You can lead to the passage. In the variable winning ball device 100 described above,
The ball passing through when the hit ball P1 stopped by the stopping portion 106 is taken is shown, but the ball receiving members 103a, 103
A receiving port may be provided between b to process as a winning ball. Further, the ball receiving member 103b on the right side which does not receive a hit ball in any state may be fixed. Also, in the variable winning ball apparatus 100, since a predetermined number of hit balls are mechanically controlled without using a winning ball detector, the hit balls are not affected by electrical noise and are hit. Can be reliably and stably guided to a predetermined passage.

The above two variable winning ball devices 2
In FIGS. 5 and 100, one hit ball is held in the stopping portions 31 and 106. However, a plurality of hit balls may be held. In the above-described embodiment, the variable prize ball devices 25 and 100, the special prize device 50 provided below them, and the starting prize port 4 are separately configured to form the gaming board 1
The variable prize ball device 2
The winning ball devices and the like arranged below the 5, 100 may be integrally provided on one mounting board. Further, although the pair of ball receiving members 28a and 28b that open and close in the left and right directions is shown, the ball receiving members 28a and 28b may slide in the left and right directions or open and close in the front and rear directions. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the operation of opening and closing the ball receiving members 28a and 28b is described by swinging the operating lever 34 by the solenoid 42, but the opening and closing of the ball receiving members 28a and 28b is mechanically controlled. It may be something. For example, based on the winning of the first hit ball of the ball receiving member, the operating lever is rocked by the weight of the hit ball to open the ball receiving member, the operating lever is locked by the lock member, and the first subsequent After the hit ball is stopped at the stopping portion, the locked state of the lock member is released by the second and subsequent hit balls, the ball receiving member is closed, and the stop of the stopped winning ball is released. Good.

[0054]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, when the ball receiving member is in the open state, one hit ball received by the ball receiving member is stopped. that when hitting the ball in the retaining area is stationary, since one of the punching ball is released at a predetermined path can pass when the change in its state retention been hit ball is closed from an open state, 1 Each hit ball can be reliably and stably guided to a predetermined passage or another winning ball device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first open state of a variable winning ball device according to an embodiment.
It is a front view of a state.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning ball device in a closed second state.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning prize ball device in an opened first state.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the variable winning ball device in a closed second state.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a configuration of a game area of a game board of a ball game machine to which the variable winning ball device is applied.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a special winning device arranged in the game area.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a game control circuit for controlling a game operation.

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing a game operation related to the special winning device.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a configuration of a game area of a game board in which variable winning ball devices are arranged at different positions.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a variable winning prize ball device according to another embodiment in an opened first state.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the variable winning ball device in a closed second state.

[Description of Signs] 25 Variable winning ball device 28a, 28b Ball receiving member 30a, 30b Holding piece 31 Stopping portion 100 Variable winning ball device 103a, 103b Ball receiving member 105 Holding piece 106 Stopping portion

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A variable winning ball device having a ball receiving member that can be changed between a first state advantageous to a player and a second state unfavorable to the player, wherein the variable winning ball device includes A stopping portion for stopping at least one hit ball when the receiving member is in the first state, and stopping at the stopping portion when the ball receiving member changes from the first state to the second state; A variable winning ball device for a ball game machine, characterized in that the hit ball is discharged into a predetermined passage.