JP2001259152A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine capable of developing a highly contrived game. SOLUTION: This pachinko machine is provided with a first movable piece 2 advancing and retreating from a game ball passage and colliding with game balls to part the flowing-down game balls in a flow-down direction easy for the game balls to enter an ordinary prize hole 31, and a second movable piece 3 disposed in the game ball parting direction of the first movable piece 2, in an after stroke of the first movable piece 2, and projecting and retreating from the game ball passage and colliding with the game balls to change the flow- down direction into a direction easy for the game balls to enter a specific prize hole 30. In association with the opening action of a large prize hole 6, the first movable piece 2 is put in the state of advancing into the game ball passage, and the projection and retreat of the second movable piece 3 from the game ball passage is repeated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a movable wing piece which is opened and closed by a first driving means, a large winning opening which is opened and closed by the opening and closing operation of the movable wing piece, and a ball can be entered through a large winning opening. A prize device having a specific winning opening and a normal winning opening arranged in the winning space, and configured to start a continuous opening and closing operation of the large winning opening when a pachinko ball wins in the specific winning opening. Regarding pachinko machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A special winning opening and a special winning opening set in a winning opening opened by a movable wing piece that expands by a winning opening at a starting opening and a winning space made possible to enter the ball through the winning opening. There is a wide variety of pachinko machines equipped with a prize device that has a mouth and a special gaming state in response to the fall of a pachinko ball into a specific winning opening, and performs a continuous opening and closing operation of movable wing pieces (large winning opening). Are known.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 02-142585 discloses a large winning opening (hitting ball inlet) opened by a movable member that expands and expands upon winning of a starting opening, and a winning space made possible to enter through the large winning opening. Has a normal winning opening (general winning opening) and a special winning opening set inside, and enters a special game state according to the falling of a pachinko ball into the specific winning opening, and continuously opens and closes a movable member (large winning opening). A pachinko machine provided with a variable winning device that is made to perform an operation, a downflow changing member and a downflow biasing member that changes in a downflow direction of a game ball flowing down a winning space, a downflow changing member, and a downflow. The rearward stroke of the biasing member, which is disposed on the left and right sides of the winning space (or the downflow guide bottom plate), protrudes / retreats from the flow path of the game ball by the operation of the solenoid, and collides with the game ball. The downflow direction of the Pachinko machine having a spherical guide member for changing the direction of easy prize to the winning port is described.

In the pachinko machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 02-142583, a large winning opening is opened by a movable member performing opening and closing operations once in response to a winning of a game ball to a specific winning opening for one opening, At this time, while the downflow changing member and the downflow urging member keep the stopped state, the ball guiding member rotates once and reciprocates to pass through the left and right end sides on the downflow guide bottom plate to enter the general winning opening. When there is, the ball is guided by the ball guiding member to bounce in the direction of the specific winning opening. As a result, a game ball which is likely to win the general winning opening is given a chance to win the specific winning opening again.

[0005] Also, this is a special game state,
The continuous opening and closing operation of the movable member (large winning opening) is performed, the downflow changing member swings, the downflow urging member reciprocates, and the game ball reaching the downflow changing member flows down onto the downflow guide bottom plate. Change the direction randomly. In addition, when the ball guiding member repeats reciprocating rotation and there is a game ball that is going to win a general winning opening through both left and right sides on the flow-down guide bottom plate, the ball guiding member moves the game ball in the direction of the specific winning opening. Bounce off. As a result, a game ball which is likely to win the general winning opening is given a chance to win the specific winning opening again.

In the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine, when there is a game ball which is going to win a general winning opening through the left and right ends on the flow-down guide bottom plate due to the reciprocating rotation operation of the ball guiding member, the ball guiding member. By causing the game ball to bounce off in the direction of the specific winning opening by means of a member, a game ball that is likely to win in the general winning opening is given a chance to win the specific winning opening again, but in the flow path of the game ball, The operation of the downflow changing member and the downflow urging member disposed in the front stroke of the guide member is not related to the reciprocating rotation of the ball guide member, but is simply performed on the downflow guide bottom plate of the game ball. Because it is only for changing the flowing direction at random, it is difficult to predict the change in the flowing direction of the game ball that has reached the flow changing member, so the excitement of the game lacked excitement It has become as.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to operate the first movable piece and the second movable piece together with the opening operation of the special winning opening, and to set the first movable piece in the flowing direction of the game ball. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine in which the operation and the operation of the second movable piece are linked to each other so that a more interesting game development can be performed as compared with the above-described conventional technology.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pachinko machine, comprising: a movable wing piece which is opened and closed by a first driving means; a large winning opening which is opened and closed by the opening and closing operation of the movable wing piece; A prize device having a specific prize port and a normal prize port disposed in a prize space enabled to receive a ball through the large prize port, and when a pachinko ball wins in the specific prize port, the large prize port In order to solve the above-described problem, the second driving means advances / retreats to the flow path of the game ball in the winning space, A first movable piece that distributes a game ball flowing down the flow path by colliding with the game ball in a flow-down direction in which it is easy to win the ordinary winning opening, and a subsequent stroke of the first movable piece, The game ball is arranged in the direction of distribution of the game ball by the first movable piece. A second movable piece that projects / retreats with respect to the flow path of the game ball by the operation of the driving means, and changes the flowing direction of the game ball to a direction in which it is easy to win the specific winning opening by colliding with the game ball. With the opening operation of the special winning opening, the first movable piece is advanced to the flow path of the game ball, and the second movable piece is projected / retracted with respect to the flow path of the game ball. Is repeated.

When the opening operation of the special winning opening is performed, game balls can enter the winning space through the special winning opening. Along with the opening operation of the special winning opening, the first movable piece is advanced to the flow path of the game ball, and the second movable piece repeatedly protrudes / retreats from the flow path of the game ball. When a game ball that has entered the winning space through the large winning opening collides with the first movable piece, the game ball is sorted in a direction that makes it easy to win the normal winning opening. The game balls distributed in the direction in which the first movable piece is likely to win the normal winning opening are arranged in the rearward stroke of the first movable piece and in the direction of distribution of the game balls by the first movable piece. In the case of collision with the second movable piece, the flowing direction of the game ball is changed to a direction in which it is easy to win the specific winning opening. As a result, a game ball distributed (appearing to be awarded) in a direction in which it is easy to win the ordinary winning opening is given a chance to win the specific winning opening again.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine prize winning device of the present invention composed of an accessory unit 1 as viewed from the front in a direction in which the prize device is mounted on a game board. FIG. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing an outline of the accessory unit 1, and FIG. 4 is a front view showing a gaming board 11 of a pachinko machine to which the accessory unit 1 is mounted.

The accessory unit 1 is, roughly, a game board 1
1 and an exterior frame 21 protruding toward a front glass (not shown) of the pachinko machine and forming a prize-winning space which becomes a flow path through which the game balls pass when the game balls win the accessory unit 1. 2 and FIG. 2 and FIG.
The movable plate 2 is provided behind each of the movable units 2 and 3, and the movable unit 2 and 3, the movable wings 5, and the plate 2 on which the driving means of the character unit 4 imitating a mixer are mounted.
3, a plate 24 and a plate 17 provided with each channel of the electric system.

The exterior frame 21 is integrally formed with a flange-shaped mounting member 28 for mounting the accessory unit 1 on a game board, and the mounting member 28 has a hole 29 at each end thereof. The accessory unit 1 is screwed and fixed to the game board 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, a projecting portion 25 is formed on the upper portion of the front surface of the exterior frame 21 so as to project from the game board 11 toward the front glass of the pachinko machine. In the figure, an inclined surface 61 inclined from both sides is formed in a concave portion 60 formed in the center. The recess 60 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a prize winning port 40 provided at the top of the exterior frame 21 and a heavenly left prize opening 41 and a heavenly right prize opening 42 respectively provided on the left and right sides above the exterior frame 21 are contacted. The game balls that have won the winning ports 40 to 42 pass through the guiding path 62 provided continuously with the concave portion 60 and are collected by the pachinko machine main body.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the front surface of the protruding portion 25, a continuous number display LED 16 for digitally displaying the number of repetitions of the continuous opening operation of the special winning opening 6, which will be described later, is provided. In the inside of the protruding portion 25, there are provided a total of nine large winning opening winning number display LEDs 15 for displaying the number of game balls winning in the large winning opening 6 by the lighting number during the continuous opening and closing operation of the large winning opening 6. . Further, inside the protruding portions 25 on the left and right sides of the continuous count display LED 16,
The indicator light 53 composed of a decorative LED indicator light is vertically
It is arranged individually.

A semi-peripheral wall 26 is provided from the center of the front surface of the exterior frame 21 to the lower part thereof so as to protrude from the game board 11 toward the front glass of the pachinko machine. The wing pieces 5 are pivotally supported so that the large winning opening 6 formed by the gap between both sides of the protrusion 25 and the upper ends of both sides of the semi-peripheral wall 26 is opened and closed by the swing of the movable wing pieces 5. It has become. FIG. 1 shows the swing position when the movable wing piece 5 is opened, and the closed position of the movable wing piece is indicated by a broken line 5 ′ in FIG.

When a game ball wins in the accessory unit 1, the inside of the exterior frame 21 is formed by a transparent partition plate 27 laid laterally on the upper end of the semi-peripheral wall 26 in accordance with the arrangement of the special winning opening 6. ,
The winning space, which is a flow path through which the game ball passes, is divided into an upper winning space A and a lower winning space B, and a specific area 30 provided with a specific area winning detection switch SW4 is provided in the center of the lower front of the lower winning space B in the front. Is provided.

The partition plate 27 has a gentle inclination from the front to the back of the accessory unit 1, and is higher at the front, that is, at the front glass side of the pachinko machine.
Further, the partition plate 27 is formed with a mountain-shaped distribution projecting piece 63 projecting from the middle of the end portion on the front glass side of the pachinko machine and gradually disappearing toward the center of the partition plate 27.
In the end of the pachinko machine with respect to the end on the front glass side,
Notch portions 58 and 59 are provided symmetrically.

Behind the upper and lower winning spaces A and B formed by the outer frame 21 and the partition plate 27, a rear winning space C is formed by the frame 22. The game ball that has fallen into the special winning unit (corresponding to a normal winning port) 31 or a specific area (corresponding to a specific winning port) in the role unit disposed at the bottom of the lower winning space B on the outer frame 21 side.
A guide plate 32 for guiding to 30 is fixedly provided.

The guide plate 32 is inclined from the back of the accessory unit 1 toward the front, that is, disposed in the frame 22, and the front of the guide plate 32 enters the exterior frame 21.
The frame 22 is formed of a translucent material,
And is screwed and fixed to the outer frame 21.

FIG. 5 shows the exterior frame 21 and the movable wing piece 5 of the accessory unit 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the frame body 22 shown removed from a portion to be superimposed. An overhang portion 64 is provided on a side portion of the frame body 22,
At the upper part, a mounting portion 65 is provided so as to protrude, and each member for mounting the movable piece 2 is fixed. At the lower part, a mounting portion 66 for mounting the plate 23 on which the members related to the driving of the character unit 4 are mounted is provided so as to protrude below the frame 22. Indicator lights C are provided on the left and right sides of the rear side of the overhang portion 64 of the frame body 22 and the rear side of the back wall 67 of the frame body 22.
An indicator light 52 is disposed.

A ceiling wall 68 is formed on the upper part of the inside of the frame body 22, and a half of the side part is suspended from a base of the ceiling wall 68 where the laterally extending portion 64 is formed to a middle of the inside of the frame body 22. The partition wall 69, the inner surface 71 of the overhang portion 64, and the lower surface 72 of the overhang portion 64 are formed with an inclined surface 70 formed by being bent inward and inclined.

The guide plate 3 is provided at the center of the inside of the frame 22.
The character unit 4 installed on the upper part 2 is arranged. Further, the second movable piece composed of the movable piece 3 is provided below the lower portion 72 of the overhang portion 64 so as to be swingable with the swing axis 8 in a direction perpendicular to the game board 11.

FIG. 1 shows the swinging position when the movable piece 3 advances into the lower winning space B,
In FIG. 5, the retractable stop position of the movable piece 3 with respect to the lower winning space B is shown. Swing shaft 8 on which movable piece 3 is mounted
Are supported on the outside of the frame 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the movable piece 3 has a side plane 20 formed on a side of the lower winning space B, and a rear winning space at a swing position when the movable piece 3 advances to the lower winning space B. It interferes with the flow path of the game ball passing from the side of the movable piece 3 from C, and changes the flow path of the game ball toward the center of the lower winning space B.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, a solenoid for allowing the first movable piece composed of the movable piece 2 to appear and disappear in the winning space in the accessory unit is provided on the mounting portion 65 on the upper portion of the frame 22. The plunger 73 of the SOL 2 is arranged so that the operation direction is directed to the front glass of the pachinko machine, and a retractable operating member 74 is fixed to a tip of the plunger 73 by a pin 76. A long hole 75 that opens downward in a direction that intersects the operation direction of the plunger 73 is formed in the retractable operating member 74, and an engaging pin 78 penetrates the long hole 75.

The movable piece 2 is formed integrally with the interlocking member 77, as shown in FIG. An engagement pin 78 is fixed on both sides to an upper portion of the interlocking member 77, and a shaft hole 81 is provided below the interlocking member 77 in parallel with the engagement pin 78. The movable piece 2 has a thin plate-shaped base 82 provided at the lower end of the support hole 81 at right angles to the support hole 81, and a triangular distribution portion 83 formed at the lower end of the base 82. When the movable piece 2 is disposed on the mounting portion 65 on the upper side, the triangular mountain shape faces the direction of the front glass of the pachinko machine.

The movable piece 2 has an engaging pin 79
Is inserted, and both sides of the engaging pin 79 are horizontally supported at the same height as the ceiling wall 68 by a supporting shaft member 80 fixed to the left and right of the front surface of the mounting portion 65 at the upper part of the frame 22.

When the solenoid SOL2 is excited and the plunger 73 contracts, the engaging pin 78 penetrated through the long hole 75 of the retractable operating member 74 fixed to the tip of the plunger 73 moves to the front glass of the pachinko machine. The upper part of the interlocking member 77 that fixes both sides of the engagement pin 78 moves toward the back as the cable is pulled back. The lower part of the interlocking member 77 is provided with an engaging pin 79 in a shaft hole 81 parallel to the engaging pin 78.
Is inserted, and both sides of the engaging pin 79 are horizontally supported at the same height as the ceiling wall 68 by the support member 80, so that the engagement pin 79 is formed integrally with the interlocking member 77 below the support hole 81. The movable piece 2 swings around the engagement pin 79 toward the front glass of the pachinko machine.

Next, a holding means for holding the game ball when the first movable piece is retracted from the flow path of the game ball, which is located at a rear stroke of the first movable piece composed of the movable piece 2, and the holding means. The character unit 4 that changes between a ball receiving state and a ball receiving disabled state with respect to the flow path of the game ball will be described.

As shown in FIG. 7, the character unit 4 includes a bogie member 84 imitating a bogie of a car fixed on the guide plate 32, and a bogie member 84 inclined toward the front glass of the pachinko machine. Ball holding body 7 as a holding means for holding a game ball horizontally supported by a support shaft 85 protruding from the upper surface 104 of the ball and opposed to the support shaft 85, and a frame positioned behind the ball holding body 7 The back member 86 fixed to the back wall 67 of the screw 22 by screws and the ramp member 8 on the back member 86
7.

As shown in FIG. 8, the ball retaining body 7 has a circular fitting portion formed at the rear of a head member 89 having a circular concave portion 88 in the middle of which a game ball is retained, as shown in FIG. 91 is fitted to one of the inner circumferences 93 of a ring-shaped support member 90 constituting a side portion of the ball holding body 7. The diameter of the circular fitting portion 91 is formed to be smaller than the inner circumference of the support member 90. The circular recess 88 can hold up to one dropped game ball.

Then, the other inner periphery 93 'of the support member 90 is provided.
, Lid-shaped connecting members 92a, 92,
The fitting portion 94 of 2b is fitted. Connecting members 92a, 92
The diameter of the fitting portion 94b is smaller than the inner circumference of the support member 90, and the head member 89 and the connecting member 92 are screwed and fixed from the lid-like inner concave portion 96 of the connecting member 92.

For this reason, the head member 89 and the connecting member 92 are rotatably mounted on the supporting member 90 about the connecting direction as an axis.

The support member 90 is provided with an engaging portion 10 projecting symmetrically to the left and right, and a push-up piece 97 for pushing up the ball holding body 7 upward is provided at a lower portion thereof so as to protrude in a key shape. Support pins 95a and 95b are fixed to the connection members 92a and 92b such that the support pins 95a and 95b face each other linearly in the lid-shaped inner concave portion 96 of the connection member 92.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the connecting member 92 as viewed from the back, and the supporting pins 95a, 95 of the connecting member 92 are shown in FIG.
The joint member 101 shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 is connected to 5b. The joint member 101 is fixed to one end of a rod shape serving as the rotating shaft 102, and has a connecting member 103 having opposed shaft portions 103 a and 103 b that are substantially U-shaped and orthogonal to the rotating shaft 102. The intermediate portion of the cylindrical bearing body 99 provided with 100a and 100b is penetrated by a pin 98 penetrating from the side of the support shaft portion 97, and the bearing body 99 swings about the connecting member 103 around the pin 98. It is freely supported.

A shaft hole 100 is provided at each end of the bearing body 99.
a, 100b are supporting pins 95a, 95b of the connecting member 92
, The ball holding member 7 and the joint member 101 integral with the rotating shaft 102 are connected.

Here, the head member 8 of the ball holding body 7
9, a coupling member 101 including a coupling member 92 and a rotating shaft 102 coupled to the coupling member 92 is rotatable with respect to a support member 90 of the ball retaining body 7, and the ball retaining body 7
It becomes swingable with respect to the joint member 101 via the bearing body 99.

The rotating shaft 102 is, as shown in FIG.
It is connected via a joining member 56 and a joining member 57 to a rotary motor M2 arranged on a plate 24 located behind the frame 22, and when the pachinko machine is powered on, the game board 11
It is driven to rotate counterclockwise when viewed from the direction. Therefore, the head member 89 having the circular concave portion 88 for holding the game ball of the ball holding body 7 is always rotated leftward after the power of the pachinko machine is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ball holding body 7 is provided on the support member 90 of the ball holding body 7 with the engaging portion 1 projecting symmetrically.
0 is fitted to a support shaft portion 85 protruding from the upper surface 104 of the bogie member 84 and provided opposite thereto, is supported in a horizontal direction and can swing vertically, and the rotary shaft 102 penetrates the rear member 86. Therefore, the head member 89 and the connecting member 92 of the ball holding body 7 are rotatably mounted on the carriage member 84 about the connecting direction as an axis.

The bogie member 84 is provided with two rows of decorative LEDs 49 vertically arranged on the left and right sides of the front surface, and a truncated inverted quadrangular pyramid-shaped recess 105 is provided at the center of the upper surface 104, and a substantially square opening is formed at the bottom of the recess 105. 106 is provided. Guide plate 32
Has a substantially rectangular notch at a lower position corresponding to the opening 106.

The lower part of the ball holding body 7 supported by the support shaft part 85 of the bogie member 84 is immersed in the recess 105, and a push-up piece 97 provided below the support member 90 of the ball holding body 7 has an opening. 1
06 below.

In the center of the front surface of the bogie member 84, a ball guiding piece 10 is provided.
7 is provided protruding toward the front glass of the pachinko machine. An inclined end 108 is formed at the lateral end of the upper surface 104 of the carriage member 84 in the left-right direction. A push-up member 110 is rotatably provided in the vertical direction by pins 109 horizontally supported by support pieces 111 provided on the guide plate 32 below the opening 106 and behind the guide plate 32. I have.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the push-up member 110.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the push-up member 110 is mounted, as viewed from the rear side of the character unit 4. FIG.
, A push-up member 110 includes a bearing body 115 having an insertion hole 114 through which a pin 109 is inserted into a side of one circular base 112 having an oblong side surface, and a circular roller having a substantially U-shaped side surface. A circular roller receiving member 116 having a receiving portion 117 is formed. The base rear portion 112a and the circular roller receiving member base 116a are integrally formed at a coupling angle of approximately 60 degrees toward the rear. The receiving pieces 118a and 118b of the body 116 face up and down.

The other circular upper portion 113 with respect to the base of the bearing body 115 is formed in a bar-like shape as viewed from the rear, and a roller 120 is inserted between the opposed upper portions 113 by a pin 119. Both ends of 119 are fixed to and supported by upper portions 113, 113.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the lifting member 11
0 roller 120 is positioned in the opening 10 below the carriage member 84.
It comes into contact with the push-up piece 97 at the lower part of the ball holding body 7 projecting from the rear from the rear. The push-up member 110 is rotated by a rotary motor M1 that moves the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 described later up and down and a circular roller connected to the rotary motor M1 and interposed in the circular roller receiving portion 117 of the push-up member 110. Swinging up and down about the
The ball holding member 7 abutting on the 0 roller 120 is swung up and down.

The relationship between the upper fixed position and the lower fixed position with respect to the raising and lowering of the ball holding body 7 is as follows: the upper fixed position is such that the rear upper part of the ball holding body 7 contacts the back member 86 as shown in FIG. The front of the push-up piece 97 contacts the front end 121 of the opening 106 of the carriage member 84.

In the lower fixed position, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the circular concave portion 88 of the ball retaining body 7 is oriented substantially parallel to the front glass of the pachinko machine.

In the lamp member 87 above the back member 86 of the character unit 4, an indicator light 53 composed of an indicator light D using LEDs is provided.

The configuration of the frame 22 and the character unit 4 in the frame 22 has been described.

Hereinafter, a description will be given of the driving means of the character unit 4 simulating a movable wing piece 5, a movable piece 3, and a mixer provided on the plates 23 and 24.

As shown in FIG. 2, the plate 23 is disposed below and behind the frame 22 and is fixed to the frame 22 by screws.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing each driving means provided on the plate 23 and members associated with each driving means.

The plate 23 has a rotary motor M1 for raising and lowering the ball holding body 7, and solenoids SOL3 and SOL3 for swinging the movable piece 3 on the left and right sides of the rotary motor M1.
Third consisting of plungers 19, 19 having SOL3
And a fixed position detection switch SW6 for detecting an upper fixed position and a lower fixed position relating to the ascent and descent of the ball holding body 7 are mounted.

A drive shaft 127 of the rotary motor M1 is provided with a circular roller 123 interposed in a circular roller receiving portion 117 of the push-up member 110 to drive the push-up member 110 to swing vertically about the pin 109. The member 125 is connected.

Plungers 19, 19 having solenoids SOL3, SOL3 for driving the movable piece 3 to swing.
The link member 12 is attached to the swing shaft 8 on which the movable pieces 3 and 3 are mounted.
The movable pieces 3 and 3 are swung by the expansion and contraction of the plungers 19 and 19. A mechanism for converting a linear motion into a rotary motion is well known. Since the left and right movable pieces 3 and 3 simultaneously swing, description of the configuration of the link members 122 is omitted.

FIG. 12 is a front view of the drive transmission member 125 connected to the drive shaft 127 as viewed from the game board 11, and FIG. 13 is a rear view as viewed from the direction connected to the rotary motor M1. .

The drive shaft 127 of the rotary motor M1 is
As shown in FIG. 13, the drive transmission member 125 has a cam 126 formed around a support hole 127 ′ for supporting the drive shaft 127.
As shown in FIG. 13, a disc-shaped portion 125 a is formed integrally with the cam 126 on the front side of the cam 126, and the center of the disc-shaped portion 125 a is on an extension of the drive shaft 127. An eccentric shaft 124 eccentrically fixed to the drive shaft 127 and protruding in the front direction is provided on a front surface 125b of the disk-shaped portion 125a, and a circular roller 123 is supported near the tip of the eccentric shaft 124. Here, the disk-shaped portion 125
The face 125b on the front side of a is parallel to the game board 11 face.

The rotation direction of the drive shaft 127 of the rotary motor M1 is counterclockwise when viewed from the game board 11,
When the disk 27 is rotated, the disk 125a rotates about the drive shaft 127 integrally with the cam 126, and the eccentric shaft 124 and the circular roller 123 on the front side of the disk 125a
Revolves around 27 vertically.

Since the circular roller 123 is interposed in the circular roller receiving portion 117 of the push-up member 110, the receiving pieces 118 a, opposed to each other across the circular roller receiving portion 117 in the vertical direction.
When the circular roller 123 is operating in the upward direction, the receiving piece 118a is pushed up, and the push-up member 110 is pushed.
Swings forward around the pin 109, that is, in the direction of the game board 11, and pushes up the push-up piece 97 of the ball holding body 7 with which the roller 120 of the pushing-up member 110 is in contact from behind, so that the ball holding body 7 is engaged. It swings upward with the part 10 as an axis.

When the circular roller 123 is operating in the downward direction, the movement is the reverse of that when the roller 123 is operating in the upward direction.
18b is pushed down, the push-up member 110 swings rearward around the pin 109, that is, in the direction opposite to the game board 11, the roller 120 of the push-up member 110 retreats rearward, and the ball holding body 7 loses its own weight. Since the push-up piece 97 is lowered rearward while being in contact with the roller 120, the ball holding body 7 swings downward around the engagement portion 10.

The operation of the drive transmitting member 125 and the push-up member 110 by the rotary motor M1 and the vertical swinging operation of the ball holding member 7 have been described above. Next, the drive shaft 127 of the drive transmitting member 125 is supported. The vertical swinging position of the cam 126 formed around the supporting hole 127 'and the ball holding body 7 will be described.

In FIG. 11, a fixed position detection switch SW6 for detecting an upper fixed position and a lower fixed position for raising and lowering the ball holding body 7 is located on the side of the cam 126, and is fixed to the plate 23 by screws. As shown in FIG. 13, the cam 126 has a support hole 12 for supporting the drive shaft 127.
Projecting surface 128 projecting sideways in a semicircle around 7 '
And the side surface 129 and the overhanging surface 128 and the side surface 12 which are continuous with the overhanging surface 128 and formed at the center of the overhanging surface 128.
9 is formed by a constricted surface 130 including a step generated between the two.

FIG. 14 shows the relationship between the operating positions of the cam 126, the fixed position detection switch SW6 and the ball holding body 7,
It is the figure shown seen from one direction.

Detector 131 of fixed position detection switch SW6
Are arranged so as to be in sliding contact with the respective side surfaces 128, 129, 130 of the cam 126 when the cam 126 rotates about the drive shaft 127.

Note that, in FIGS. 14A to 14D,
The solid arrow indicates the rotation direction of the drive transmission member 125, and the broken arrow indicates the rotation direction of the head member 89 of the ball holding body 7.

FIG. 14A shows that the ball holding body 7 is currently ascending, and the circular roller 123 revolving in the vertical direction around the drive shaft 127 is located at the middle point on the right side in the figure. It is coming. That is, as described above, the circular roller 123 is currently pushing the push-up member 110 upward, and the ball holding body 7
Since the side is supported horizontally in the horizontal direction, the circular concave portion 88 for holding the game ball is facing upward and shifting to the ball receiving state. At this time, the detection portion 131 of the fixed position detection switch SW6 is in sliding contact with the side surface 129 formed closer to the rotation center than the projecting surface 128 of the cam 126 along the side surface 129. It is off.

Next, the ball retaining body 7 reaches the state of the upper fixed position in FIG. 14B. The circular roller 123 has reached the top dead center in the drawing, and the circular concave portion 88 of the ball retaining body 7 faces upward to be in a ball receiving state. At this time, the fixed position detection switch SW6
Of the detecting unit 131 shifts from the side surface 129 to the projecting surface 128 which protrudes sideways in a semicircle, and the detecting unit 131
, The home position detection switch SW6 is turned on.

Then, the ball holding body 7 moves from the upper fixed position and starts to descend. FIG. 14C shows that the ball holding body 7 is currently descending, and the circular roller 123 is at the position of the intermediate point on the left side in the figure. That is, as described above, the circular roller 123 is currently pushing the push-up member 110 downward, and the ball holding body 7 that is laterally supported laterally is supported.
Swings in the direction of the game board 11 due to its own weight, and the circular concave portion 88 for holding the game ball faces toward the front, and is shifting from the ball receiving state to the ball receiving state. At this time, the protruding surface 128 of the cam 126 is connected to the detection unit 131 of the home position detection switch SW6.
Is moving while sliding on
6 remains in the ON state.

Further, when the ball holding body 7 descends, FIG.
The state of the lower home position shown in (d) is reached. Circle roller 1
23 has reached the bottom dead center in the figure, and the circular concave portion 88 of the ball retaining body 7 faces toward the front, so that the ball cannot be received. At this time, the sliding position of the detection unit 131 of the fixed position detection switch SW6 shifts from the overhang surface 128 to the constricted surface 130 including a step formed between the overhang surface 128 and the side surface 129, and the detection unit 131
Is released, the fixed position detection switch SW6 is turned off.

Detector 131 of fixed position detection switch SW6
Moves from the constricted surface 130 to the side surface 129 of the cam 126, since the constricted surface 130 and the side surface 129 are continuously formed without any level difference, the fixed position detection switch SW
6 is kept off.

As described above, the home position detection switch SW6 is off when the ball holding body 7 is currently ascending from the lower home position, and the ball holding body 7 is currently ascending below the upper home position. In the state, it is on. Therefore, the upper fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is detected by detecting the rising of the fixed position detection switch SW6 that changes from the OFF state to the ON state, and the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is detected in the ON state. This is performed by detecting a falling edge that changes from the OFF state to the OFF state.

As described above, the movable piece 3 disposed on the plate 23
The drive means of the character unit 4 simulating a mixer has been described.

The plate 24 is disposed behind the frame 22 and the plate 23 as shown in FIG.
And fixed to the plate 23 with screws.

The plate 24 has a first driving means comprising a plunger 18 having a solenoid SOL1 for oscillatingly driving the movable wing piece 5 which is provided on the front of the outer frame 21 and opens and closes the special winning opening 6. A rotation motor M2 for rotating and driving a head member 89 provided with a circular recess 88 in which the game balls of the ball holding body 7 are held is provided.

The plunger 18 having the solenoid SOL1 is connected to the rotating shaft 9 on which the movable wing piece 5 is mounted.
The movable wing 5 is swung by the expansion and contraction operation of the plunger 18. The mechanism for converting the linear motion into the rotary motion is well known and is the same as the conventional one, so the configuration of the link member 134 is not particularly described. The drive shaft 133 of the rotary motor M2 is connected to the rotary shaft 102 via the joining members 56 and 57 fixed to the drive shaft 133.

The plate 17 provided with each channel of the electric system of the accessory unit 1 is arranged behind the plate 24 and is mounted on the plate 24.

As described above, the outer frame 21, the frame 22, the plate 2
The configuration relating to 3 and plate 24 has been described.

Next, the winning spaces A, B, C and the flow paths of the game balls will be described. The winning spaces A, B, and C formed by the exterior frame 21 and the frame 22 are completely formed by the protruding portions 25 and the semi-peripheral wall 26 protruding from the exterior frame 21 with respect to the game balls rolling on the game board 11. The game balls are closed, and the transfer of the game balls into the inside of the accessory unit 1, that is, the winning spaces A, B, and C, is limited to winning from the large winning opening 6 by opening the movable wing piece 5.

The upper winning space A is formed by the outer frame 21 and the partition plate 27, and a game ball that has won the special winning opening 6 first passes over the partition plate 27. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the winning entry path of the game ball varies depending on the opening / closing angle of the movable wing piece 5, but since the partition plate 27 is inclined toward the back, The sphere passes through the upper winning space A and moves to the rear winning space C in the back.

The partition plate 27 has a mountain-shaped distribution projecting piece 63.
Is provided, and at the time of winning, the game ball that has collided with the distribution projecting piece 63 changes its course to the side.

As described above, the rear winning space C is located behind the upper winning space A and the lower winning space B formed by the exterior frame 21 and the partition plate 27, and the frame body 2 is located behind the rear winning space C.
2, a back wall 67, a ceiling wall 68 is formed on the upper part, and a side part is a semi-partition wall 69 that hangs from a base where the laterally extending portion 64 of the ceiling wall 68 is formed to an inner middle of the frame 22; An inner surface 71 of the overhang portion 64 and a lower surface 72 of the overhang portion 64 are formed to have an inclined surface 70 formed by bending inward and being inclined, and a guide plate at the center of the inside of the frame body 22. The character unit 4 installed on the reference numeral 32 is arranged and formed.

The boundary between the rear winning space C, the upper winning space A and the lower winning space B is formed by the overlapping surface of the frame 22 and the outer frame 21.

The first helical space SOL2 is provided on the front surface of the ceiling wall 68 of the frame 22 at the boundary between the upper prize space A and the rear prize space C.
, That is, the movable piece 2 is provided. Movable piece 2
3, the lower dead center of the movable piece 2 is above the notches 58, 59 provided at the far end of the partition plate 27, as shown in FIG. At the retreat position of the movable piece 2 with respect to the winning space, that is, at the top dead center, the distribution section 83 of the movable piece 2 abuts on the ceiling wall 68 as shown in FIG.

Since the triangular chevron faces forward, the distribution portion 83 of the movable piece 2 is movable with respect to the game ball passing through the upper winning space A and moving to the rear winning space C in the back. Acting at the bottom dead center of the piece 2,
When the ball hits No. 3, the game ball changes its course to the side.

In this way, from the special winning opening 6 to the accessory unit 1
The game ball winning inside passes through the upper winning space A and reaches the rear winning space C.

The flow path of the game ball reaching the rear winning space C is
There is a case where the ball falls into the circular recess 88 of the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 and a case where the ball does not fall into the circular recess 88 of the ball holding body 7.

The ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 is
In the ball receiving state shown in FIG. 14B, when no game ball is in the circular recess 88, the game ball can fall into the circular recess 88 depending on the approach path. It is.

Even if the ball holding body 7 is in the ball receiving state shown in FIG. 14B, if a game ball is already held in the circular recess 88 of the ball holding body 7, one circular recess 88 is provided. Since the game balls can only be held up to this point, it is impossible for the game balls to fall into the circular concave portion 88 and move into the side space C1 of the character unit 4 shown in FIG.

In the upper winning space A, the partition plate 2
Similarly, a game ball that collides with the distribution projecting piece 63 of FIG. 7 and changes its course to the side and a game ball that collides with the distribution unit 83 of the movable piece 2 and changes its course to the side similarly. It will move into the direction space C1.

The game ball that has moved to the side space C1 is
7, the semi-partition wall 69, the inner surface 71 of the overhang portion 64, etc., but the inclined surface 70 bent inward and the upper surface 104 of the bogie member 84 inclined toward the front glass of the pachinko machine. The gap 132 formed between the inclined surface 70 and the inclined end 108 by the inclined end 108 on the side of
Flows into. Or, rarely, the upper surface 104 of the carriage member 84
And rolls directly toward the lower winning space B in the accessory unit 1 in the forward direction.

When the game ball flows into the gap 132 formed between the inclined ends 108 on the side of the upper surface 104 of the carriage member 84, the game ball is moved along the gap 132 into the accessory unit 1 in the forward direction. It rolls toward the lower winning space B. The second movable piece including the movable piece 3 is a rear winning space C
Is located slightly below and in front of the gap 132, which is the boundary between the game and the lower winning space B.

Therefore, the rear winning space C is removed from the gap 13
When the game ball that has traveled along 2 collides at the swinging position when the movable piece 3 advances into the winning space, the side plane 20 formed on the side of the winning space is moved by the movable piece. In this case, the flow path of the game ball in the lower winning space B is changed toward the center by interfering with the flow path of the game ball passing the side of No. 3.

On the other hand, when the game ball that has advanced from the rear winning space C along the gap 132 does not collide with the movable piece 3, the flow path of the game ball in the lower winning space B is reduced by the guide plate 3.
2 left front direction or right front direction.

In the rear winning space C, the flow path of the game ball after falling into the circular concave portion 88 of the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 is such that the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 has the flow path shown in FIG. In order to shift to FIG. 14 (d), the game balls held in the circular recesses 88 are released and transferred onto the ball guiding piece 107 at the center of the front surface of the bogie member 84, toward the lower winning space B. It will roll.

The game ball reaching the lower prize space B from the rear prize space C travels forward on the guide plate 32 and, as shown in FIGS. The player wins either the winning opening 31 or the specific area 30.

Then, in the rear winning space C, the game ball is released after dropping into the circular concave portion 88 of the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 and when the game ball advances along the gap 132 from the rear winning space C. When the movable ball 3 changes the flow path of the gaming ball toward the center by the movable piece 3,
The probability of winning in the specific area 30 increases.

When the game ball that has progressed from the rear winning space C along the gap 132 does not collide with the movable piece 3, the probability of winning to the winning opening 31 in the accessory increases. .

A game ball that has won the specific area 30 is detected by the specific area winning detection switch SW4, and a game ball that has won the winning opening 31 in the accessory is detected by a special winning opening detection switch SW3 (not shown). Winning is detected. The winning spaces A, B, and C and the flow paths of the game balls have been described above.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a game board equipped with a winning device of a pachinko machine of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a main part unit 1 constituting a main part of a winning device of a pachinko machine is provided at a substantially central part of the game board 11, and a left winning opening 43 and a right winning part are provided on the left and right sides of the special purpose unit 1, respectively. A mouth 44 is arranged, and further below the accessory unit 1, a left type 2 starting port 12, a right type 2 starting port 13 as a normal prize device serving as an opening stimulus of the large winning opening 6 of the accessory unit 1, and A middle type 2 starting port 14 is provided.

Inside the left type 2 starting port 12, right type 2 starting port 13 and middle type 2 starting port 14, left and right starting port winning detection switches SW1 are provided, respectively. A detection switch SW2 is provided.

A left tulip type accessory 45 is provided diagonally below the game board 11 and a right tulip type accessory 46 is provided diagonally below the game board 11.

In FIG. 4, the respective components of the windmill 48, the out ball receiving port 54, the ball guide rail 55, and the return rubber 47 are well known, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numerals 50 to 53 denote indicator lights, which constitute groups A, B, C, and D for each element, and are lit and blinked for each group. Reference numerals 50 indicate indicator lights A and 51 indicate indicator lights. B and 52 are indicator lights C and 53 is an indicator light D.

The accessory unit 1 performs the opening operation of the special winning opening 6 of the accessory unit 2 once according to the winning detection signal of the left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1, and performs the opening and closing operation for 0.4 seconds for the opening time. The valid time is set to 3.4 seconds, and the opening operation of the special winning opening 6 of the accessory unit 2 is performed twice by the winning detection signal of the middle start opening winning detection switch SW2, and the opening time is closed for 0.4 seconds for one opening time. The effective time of the release operation is set to 4.748 seconds.

Further, the first opening of the special winning opening 6
The movable piece 2, which is the movable piece, moves up and down with respect to the winning space, and the movable piece 3, which is the second movable piece, repeats the inward and outward movements with respect to the winning space.

Hereinafter, the right and left start opening winning detection switch SW1
The opening operation of the special winning opening 6 based on the winning detection is simply referred to as a single operation, and the medium starting opening winning detection switch SW
The two opening operations of the special winning opening 6 based on the winning detection of 2 will be referred to as a double operating operation.

When the game ball which has won the special winning opening 6 wins the specific area 30, the special winning opening 6 is closed for 4.0 seconds by the winning detection signal of the specific area winning detection switch SW4, and then the new special opening 30 is closed. Perform opening and closing operations 18 times in 26.9 seconds. Hereinafter, the opening / closing operation by the winning detection of the specific area winning detection switch SW4 is referred to as one continuous opening / closing operation.

The large winning opening 6 performs 18 opening / closing operations in 26.9 seconds in response to the winning detection signal of the specific area winning detecting switch SW4, and the large winning opening 6 is won during one continuous opening / closing operation. When the total number of game balls exceeds ten, one continuous opening / closing operation is completed by detecting the tenth winning. Further, when a winning of the game ball to the specific area 30 is detected during one continuous opening / closing operation, one continuous opening / closing operation is completed by detecting the specific area winning and one new continuous opening / closing operation is started again. Each time a specific area winning is detected during the continuous opening / closing operation, one continuous opening / closing operation is repeated. This one
The number of repetitions of the continuous opening / closing operation, that is, the number of consecutive times is set up to a maximum of 16 times including the initial number. However, in the case of the 11th to 13th consecutive times, 26.times.
The opening / closing operation is performed 18 times in 0 second. That is,
In the case of the eleventh to thirteenth consecutive times, one continuous opening / closing operation time is different.

After the game ball has entered the specific area 30 and a winning has been detected, the movable piece 2 stops at the bottom dead center, and during one continuous opening / closing operation, before the first opening of the special winning opening 6. It returns to the top dead center, and subsequently stops at the bottom dead center at the time of the first opening, and returns to the top dead center at the end of the fifth opening or when one game ball that has won the winning opening 6 is detected. Further, the movable piece 3 performs the inward and outward repetitive operations until the first opening of the special winning opening 6 during the one continuous opening and closing operation, and performs the inward and outward repeated operations once after the one continuous opening operation is completed.

In the case where the one consecutive opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is the second to tenth and the fourteenth to 16th consecutive times, after the fifteenth closing of the special winning opening 6 during the continuous opening and closing operation, or After detecting the eighth game ball that has won the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 2 stops at the bottom dead center and returns to the top dead center after the opening is completed. In the case of the eleventh to thirteenth consecutive times, the fourteenth special winning opening 6 during the one continuous opening / closing operation is performed.
After the closing of or after the detection of the seventh game ball that has won the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 2 stops at the bottom dead center, and after the opening ends,
Return to top dead center.

The ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4
When a game ball wins in the specific area 30 and a win is detected, the game ball stops at the lower fixed position and rises at the time of opening the special winning opening 6 for the fifteenth time or when one game ball winning the special winning opening 6 is detected. Start, stop at the upper fixed position, hold up to one game ball, and in the case of the second to tenth and the fourteenth to sixteenth consecutive times of one continuous opening and closing operation, during one continuous opening and closing operation After closing the fifteenth special winning opening 6, or after detecting the eighth game ball that has won the special winning opening 6, it starts to descend,
Stop at the lower fixed position. In addition, it is 13
In the case of the first time, after the 14th closing of the special winning opening 6 during the continuous opening / closing operation or after the detection of the seventh game ball having won the special winning opening 6, it starts to descend and stops at the lower fixed position. It has become.

Also, during the continuous operation time of the special winning opening 6, even if a game ball wins in each of the starting ports 12, 13, and 14, only a prescribed game ball is paid out, and one continuous game ball is paid out. After the opening / closing operation is completed, the special winning opening 6 is not opened / closed continuously.

The number of consecutive open / close operations of the special winning opening 6 is the number of consecutive times L provided on the upper front surface of the accessory unit 1.
The total number of game balls that have been numerically displayed on the ED 16 and won in the special winning opening 6 is displayed by the number of winnings LED 15 provided below the continuous number LED 16 in parallel.

Next, an outline of the control means in the accessory unit 1 as a winning device of the pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIG.

The control unit of the accessory unit 1 stores the control program of the accessory unit 1 and the ROM 33 storing the operation timing time data and the like of the movable wing pieces 5, the movable pieces 2, the movable pieces 3, and the character unit 4, and temporarily stores the data. The CPU 35 is configured to drive and control each unit of the accessory unit 1 according to a control program of the RAM 34 and the ROM 30 used for storage and the like, and the control unit also functions as each LED display control unit and a condition detection unit. Note that the ROM here does not mean a storage unit that cannot be written or rewritten.

Left, right, and middle type 2 starting ports 12, 13, 14
Left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1 and middle starting opening detection switch SW2, and a special winning opening detection switch SW3 for detecting a game ball winning the special opening 6,
Each of the specific area prize detection switch SW4 and the fixed position detection switch SW6 for detecting the upper fixed position and the lower fixed position related to the ascent and descent of the ball holding body 7 includes a switch detector 3
6 and connected to the CPU 35,
Solenoids SOL1 and S for driving movable piece 2 and movable piece 3
Each of OL2 and SOL3 is individually or simultaneously driven-controlled by the CPU 35 via a solenoid drive unit 37. The rotation motor M1 that drives the character unit 4 in the vertical direction is connected to the CPU 35 via the motor drive unit 39. Further, the clock reset circuit 38 defines a processing cycle of the CPU 35.

The CPU 35 controls the decoration LE on the game board 11.
D49, indicator lights A to D, and LED 1 for indicating the number of consecutive times
6 and a large winning opening winning number LED 15, and also serves as a drive control means such as a prize ball payout for a game ball winning each winning opening in a pachinko machine and a speaker for outputting a sound effect. Since the method is well known, the description is omitted.

Hereinafter, a flowchart showing the main part of the control program stored in the ROM 33 (FIGS. 18 to 49)
The processing operation of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The processing of task 1 shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the processing of task 2 shown in FIGS.
The processing of task 3 shown in FIG. 49 to FIG. 49 is repeatedly executed in parallel by the CPU 35 every predetermined processing cycle (on the order of μs) in response to a signal from the clock / reset circuit 38.

The processing of task 1 shown in FIGS.
The CPU 35 determines the winning detection by the special winning opening winning detection switch SW3, the left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1, and the middle starting opening winning detection switch SW2 at predetermined intervals,
The value of the winning operation flag F is set in accordance with the presence or absence of the winning detection, and it is determined whether or not one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is being performed. Various flags relating to one continuous opening / closing operation processing of the winning opening 6 are set.

The CPU 35 first determines whether or not the power is turned on (step a1). If the power is turned on, the CPU 35 initializes the values of various registers, flags and counters, and drives the rotary motor M1 to fix the position. By detecting the change of the detection switch SW6 from the ON state to the OFF state, the lower position of the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 is detected, the driving of the rotary motor M1 is stopped, and a value defining the end of initialization is stored in the RAM 34. (Step a2).

The CPU 35 first determines whether or not the value of the winning operation flag F is 3 or 0. When the value of the prize-winning operation flag F is 3, one continuous opening / closing operation of the large prize-winning opening 6 with the start stimulus of the prize in the specific area 30 being executed, and the value of the prize-operation flag F is 1. In this case, the one-time operation of the special winning opening 6 which is triggered by winning detection of the left and right second-type starting openings 12 and 13 is being executed,
When the value of the winning operation flag F is 2, the operation of the large winning opening 6 is being performed twice, with the winning detection of the middle type 2 starting opening 14 as a starting stimulus. In addition, when each operation process relating to the initial stage and the special winning opening 6 is not being executed,
The value of the winning operation flag F is 0.

The CPU 35 determines that the value of the winning operation flag F is 3
Is determined (step a3). Step a
Big winning opening 6 only when it is determined as 3 in the determination process 3
The winning number determination processing steps a9 to a19 are performed. If the CPU 35 determines that the value is other than 3 in the determination process of step a3, the CPU 35 sets the value of the operation operation flag F0 that defines that the special winning opening 6 is being operated once or twice. Is determined to be 0 (step a4). If the value of the operation operation flag F0 is 0, the single operation operation and the double operation operation of the special winning opening 6 are not performed, and if the value of the operation operation flag F0 is 1,
The one-time operation or the two-time operation of the special winning opening 6 is being executed.

If each operation operation process relating to the initial stage and the special winning opening 6 is not being executed, the operation operation flag F0
Is determined to be 0, then it is determined whether or not a winning signal from the right and left start opening winning detection switch SW1 is detected (step a5). If it is determined that the winning signal from the switch SW1 is detected, , The winning operation flag F is set to 1
Is set (step a6), the execution of the task 2 is permitted, and the processing in this cycle ends.

If the winning signal from the left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1 is not detected in the determination processing of step a6, the CPU 35 sets the middle starting opening winning detection switch SW2.
Is determined (step a7). If it is determined that the winning signal from the switch SW2 is detected, 2 is set to the winning operation flag F (step a8). The execution of task 2 is permitted, and the processing in this cycle ends.

If the winning signal from the middle starting opening winning detection switch SW2 is not detected in the discriminating process of step a8,
In task 1, the winning signal from each of the switches SW1 and SW2 is not detected, and if the winning signal from the left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1 is detected, the middle starting opening winning detection switch SW in step a7 is detected.
No discrimination processing for detecting the winning signal from No. 2 is not performed.

If the value of the operation operation flag F0 is a value other than 0 in the determination processing of step a4, the CPU 35
Ends the processing of this cycle. Therefore, when the one-time operation operation or the two-time operation operation of the special winning opening 6 is being executed, the winning detection of the game ball to the left and right second type starting openings 12 and 13 and the middle second type starting opening 14 is not performed. It will not be determined.

When the value of the winning operation flag F is determined to be 3 in the determination processing of step a3. CPU32
Proceeds to step a9 to determine whether or not the signal from the special winning opening winning detection switch SW3 has been detected (step a9). If no signal has been detected, the processing in this cycle ends.

If it is determined that the winning signal from the special winning opening winning detection switch SW3 has been detected, the CP
U35 proceeds to step a10, increments the value of the winning number counter C2 that counts the number of winning game balls winning the special winning opening 6 by one (step a10), and performs one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6. And the value of each flag fb to fe corresponding to the value of the winning number
Is set (step a11 to step a19), and the processing in this cycle is ended.

As a result, when the value of the winning number counter C2 is determined to be 1 (step a11), 1 is set to the one detection flag fb (step a12), and the value of the winning number counter C2 becomes 7 If it is determined (step a
13), 1 is set to the seven detection flag fc (step a14), and when the value of the winning number counter C2 is determined to be 8 (step a15), 1 is set to the eight detection flag fd.
Is set (step a16), and the winning number counter C2 is set.
Is determined to be 10 (step a17),
The 10 detection flags fe are set to 1 (step a1).
8).

When the value of the winning operation flag F is 3, that is, during execution of the two-time operation of the special winning opening 6, the left and right second-type starting openings 12, 13 and the middle second-type starting opening 14 are transmitted. The determination of winning detection of a game ball is not performed.

In the processing of each of the winning detection switches SW1 to SW3 described above, the winning detection of the game ball may not be performed even if there is a game ball winning, but the payout of the prize ball to the winning ball may be performed. Done. However, in this regard, one operation of the special winning opening 6 or 2
The description is omitted because it is not directly related to each processing of the round operation operation and the one continuous opening / closing operation.

The processing of the task 2 shown in FIGS. 20 to 29 relates to the one-time operation and the two-time operation of the special winning opening 6. In the processing of the task 1, the value of the winning operation flag F is 1 or This is executed when 2 is set.

The CPU 35 determines that the value of the winning operation flag F is 1
Or, it is determined whether or not 2 is set. If the value of the winning operation flag F is a value other than 1 or 2, the processing of this cycle is ended, that is, the value of the winning operation flag F is initialized. In the case where the value is 0 or the value 3 which specifies the one consecutive opening / closing operation processing of the special winning opening 6, the processing of the task 2 is not substantially performed (step b1, step b3)
0).

When the value of the winning operation flag F is determined to be 1 in the determination processing of step b1, that is, when the task 1
When the winning of the game ball to the left and right second kind starting ports 11 and 12 is detected in the processing of the CPU 35, the CPU 35 performs the one-time operation operation processing of the special winning opening 6 in the task 2.

First, the CPU 35 determines whether or not the one-time operation processing of the special winning opening 6 can be newly performed by the operation operation flag F.
It is determined whether the value of 0 is 0 (step b).
2). When the value of the operation operation flag F0 is not 0, the processing during execution of the single operation operation of the special winning opening 6 is performed instead of the single operation operation processing of the new special winning opening 6.

If the value of the operation operation flag F0 is determined to be 0 in the determination processing of step b2, the single operation operation processing of the new special winning opening 6 is performed, and the CPU 35
The value of the operation operation flag F0 is set to a value 1 that specifies that the operation is being executed once (step b3), and the timer T is set to set the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 3, and the movable piece 2 in the task 2. The processing time of task 2 is measured to measure each operation timing (step b4).

The operation timings of the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 3 and the movable piece 2 in the one-time operation processing of the special winning opening 6 are as shown in FIG. 50. If two consecutive repetitive operations of the movable piece 3 into and out of the winning space are defined as one repetitive operation, one repetitive operation on the winning space is performed twice in total. In parallel, the movable piece 2 appears up to the bottom dead center in the winning space.

The CPU 35 outputs a command for excitation or de-excitation to the solenoid drive unit 37 every time the preset operation timing time t1 to t10 is detected.
The solenoid SOL1 related to the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 and the SOL2 related to the appearance operation to the bottom dead center of the movable piece 2 and the SOL3 related to the repetitive operation of the movable piece 3 are driven (step b).
5 to step b14).

Each operation timing time t1 to t1
If 0 is not detected, the CPU 35 determines the value of the winning operation flag F and the value 1 of the operation operation flag F0, and then proceeds to step b5 after the discrimination processing of step b1 and step b2.
The determination process of Steps b14 to b14 is repeatedly performed in a predetermined cycle until each operation timing time t1 to t10 is detected.

First, in the process of step b14, when it is determined that the predetermined time t1 has elapsed, the CPU 35
Exciting the solenoids SOL2, SOL1 and SOL3,
The movable piece 2 is caused to appear to the bottom dead center, the special winning opening 6 is opened, and the first repetitive operation of the movable piece 3 in and out is started (step b15 to step b17). In the embodiment, t1 is set to 0.500 seconds.

As a result of the movable piece 2 appearing to the bottom dead center, a game ball entering the special winning opening 6 has a high possibility of colliding with the distribution section 83 of the movable piece 2, and the colliding game ball is separated from the partition plate 27. When the course is changed to the upper side and reaches the rear winning space C, the possibility of falling into the gap 132 between the inclined end portion 108 of the upper surface 104 of the bogie member 84 and the inclined surface 70 is extremely high. Become higher. This and the start of the repetitive movement of the movable piece 3 in and out increase the probability of winning in the specific area 30 located closer to the center in the front direction.

After opening the special winning opening 6, the CPU 35 determines whether or not the game ball has won the special winning opening 6 and has won the specific area 30 (step b1).
8). That is, it is determined whether or not there is a detection signal from the specific area winning detection switch SW4, and if there is a detection signal from the specific area winning detection switch SW4, the specific area detection flag Fa is set to 1 (step). b19), the process in this cycle ends.

Since the present value of the winning operation flag F is 1, irrespective of the result of the determination processing in step b18,
Even after the next cycle, the processing of task 2 will be executed according to the current value 1 of the operation operation flag F0.

Then, the CPU 35 repeatedly executes the discriminating processes of step b1, step b2, step b5 to step b14, and step b15 to step b18 at a predetermined cycle until the predetermined time t2 is reached. When it is determined that T has reached the predetermined time t2, the solenoid SOL3 is de-energized and the movable piece 3 is immersed (step b20), and step b18 is performed.
After executing the determination processing of the above, the processing of this cycle is ended.

After the next cycle, the CPU 35 sets the predetermined time t3
Until the processing reaches step b1, the processing of step b1, step b2, step b5 to step b13, step b20, and the determination processing of step b18 are repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle.
If it is determined that the number has reached 3, the process proceeds to step b17, and the solenoid SOL3 is excited again to cause the movable piece 3 to protrude (step b17). After performing the determination process in step b18, the process in this cycle ends. I do.

After the next cycle, the CPU 35 sets the predetermined time t4
Until the time t reaches step b1, the processing of step b1, step b2, step b5 to step b12, and step b17 and the determination processing of step b18 are repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle.
If it is determined that the number has reached 4, the process proceeds to step b21, the excitation of the solenoid SOL1 is released, and the special winning opening 6 is closed (step b21). To end.

By closing the large winning opening 6, the entry of the gaming ball into the large winning opening 6 is alienated, but the gaming ball remains in the upper winning space A, the rear winning space C and the lower winning space B. The time t10-t4 is a winning detection effective time for the specific area 30 serving as a starting stimulus for starting the continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6. In the embodiment, the specific area winning detection effective time is set to 2.500. Predetermined time t
The repetitive operation of the movable piece 3 with respect to the winning space performed after 4 is effective when the game ball remains in the rear winning space B, and as described above, when the movable piece 3 is in the state of protruding into the winning space. When a game ball traveling forward from the rear winning space C collides with the side plane 20 of the movable piece 3, the probability of winning in the specific area 30 increases.

The CPU 35 repeatedly executes the determination processing of step b1, step b2, step b5 to step b11, step b21 and step b18 at a predetermined cycle until the predetermined time t5 is reached, and the determination processing of step b10 In the above, the elapsed time T becomes the predetermined time t5
Is determined, the solenoid SOL3 is de-energized and the movable piece 3 is immersed (step b20), and after performing the determination processing of step b18, the processing of this cycle is ended.

At this point, one repetitive operation of the movable piece 3 in and out of the winning space is completed.

After the next cycle, the CPU 35 sets the predetermined time t6
Until the processing reaches step b1, the processing of step b1, step b2, step b5 to step b10, step b20, and the determination processing of step b18 are repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle.
If it is determined that the number has reached 6, the process proceeds to step b17, and the solenoid SOL3 is again excited to cause the movable piece 3 to protrude (step b17). After performing the determination process in step b18, the process in this cycle ends. I do.

From this point, the CPU 35 starts a second repetitive operation of moving the movable piece 3 in and out of the winning space. That is, when determining that the predetermined time t7 has been reached (step b8), the CPU 35 shifts to step b20 to release the excitation of the solenoid SOL3, and when it is determined that the predetermined time t8 has been reached (step b7). , Step b17
And the solenoid SOL3 is excited for a predetermined time t9.
Is reached (step b6), step b
20 and release the excitation of the solenoid SOL3 to 2
One repetitive operation of moving the movable piece 3 in and out of the winning space ends. Note that the determination process of step b18 is executed for each process in each cycle until the predetermined time t9 is reached.

When it is determined that the elapsed time T has reached the predetermined time t10 (step b5), the CPU 35
The excitation of the solenoid SOL2 is released (step b2
2) It is determined whether or not 1 is set to the specific area detection flag Fa (step b23). If 1 is set to the specific area detection flag Fa, the winning operation flag F is set to 3 and specified. The value of the area detection flag Fa is initialized (step b51), and the execution of the task 3 relating to the one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is permitted. On the other hand, if 1 is not set in the specific area detection flag Fa, the winning operation is performed. The value of the flag F is set to 0 and initialized (step b)
24).

Next, the CPU 35 sets the operation flag F
Initialize by setting the value of 0 to 0 (step b24),
Once the large winning port 6 of task 2 is executed, the detection of the winning signal from the right and left starting port winning detection switch SW1 and the middle starting port winning detection switch SW2 in the task 1 is performed, and the processing is executed by the value 1 of the winning operation flag F. The operation process ends.

In the discriminating process of step b23, when 1 is set to the specific area detection flag Fa, the present value of the winning operation flag F becomes 3, so that the right and left starting ports of the task 1 in the process after the next cycle. Winning detection switch S
This means that the detection of the winning signal from W1 and the winning opening switch SW2 is prohibited.

Next, the case where the value of the winning operation flag F is determined to be 2 in the determination process of step b30 after the determination process of step b1 will be described.

In the processing of task 1, middle type 2 starting port 1
When the winning of the game ball to No. 4 is detected, the CPU 35
In task 2, the double winning opening 6 is operated twice.

The CPU 35 first determines whether or not the two-time operation processing of the special winning opening 6 can be newly performed.
It is determined whether the value of 0 is 0 (step b).
31). If the value of the operation operation flag F0 is not 0, it is not the double operation operation processing of the new special winning opening 6 but the special winning opening 6
The process during the execution of the two-time operation is performed.
In the determination processing of step b31, the operation operation flag F
When the value of 0 is determined to be 0, the double operation processing of the new special winning opening 6 is performed, and the CPU 35 defines the execution of the double operation processing in the value of the operation operation flag F0. The value 1 is set (step b32), the timer T is set, and the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 3, and the movable piece 2 in the task 2 are set.
In order to measure each operation timing, the processing time T of the task 2 is started (step b33).

The processing from step b31 to step b32 is the same as the processing from step b2 to step b3, and the operation operation flag F0 is set to the value 1 which specifies that the operation is being executed. The difference is that the current value of the flag F is set to 1 and the latter is set when the current value of the winning operation flag F is set to 2.

The operation timings of the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 3 and the movable piece 2 in the double-acting operation processing of the special winning opening 6 are as shown in FIG. 51, and the special winning opening 6 is opened twice and The movable piece 3 performs one repetitive operation in and out of the winning space a total of three times, and the movable piece 2 appears up to the bottom dead center with respect to the winning space in parallel with the operation of the movable piece 3.

The CPU 35 outputs a command for excitation or de-excitation to the solenoid drive unit 37 every time the preset operation timing time t11 to t26 is detected, and the solenoid SOL1 related to the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is performed. ,
Each of the SOL 2 related to the appearance operation up to the bottom dead center of the movable piece 2 and the SOL 3 related to the repetitive operation of the movable piece 3 is driven (step b34 to step b49).

In addition, each operation timing time t11 to t11
If No. 26 is not detected, the CPU 35 repeats the determination processing of steps b34 to b49 after the determination processing of step b1 and step b30 in accordance with the value 2 of the winning operation flag F and the value 1 of the operation operation flag F0 in a predetermined cycle. Is repeated until the operation timings t11 to t26 are detected.

As a result of setting the operation operation flag F0 to 1 in the process of step b31, the CPU 35 detects the elapse of the predetermined time t11, and the CPU 35 excites the solenoids SOL2, SOL1, and SOL3, and
Appears to the bottom dead center, the special winning opening 6 is opened, and the first inward / outward repetitive operation of the movable piece 3 is started (step b15 to step b17). In an embodiment, t
1 is set to 0.500 seconds.

After opening the special winning opening 6, the CPU 35 determines whether or not the game ball has won the special winning opening 6 and has won the specific area 30 (step b1).
8) Since this process goes through the same steps as the one-time operation process of the special winning opening 6, the description is omitted.

Thereafter, the CPU 35 operates in accordance with a predetermined processing cycle.
Is a step b in the one-time operation process of the special winning opening 6
A predetermined elapsed time t1 in the discriminating process of steps b34 to b49 in the double operation operation process of the special winning opening 6 by an algorithm equivalent to steps 5 to b14
1 to t16 are sequentially detected (step b49, step b48, step b47, step b46, step b45, step b44), and drive control processing for the solenoids SOL1, SOL2, and SOL3 of steps b15 to b18, step b20, and step b21. Is executed, and the large winning prize mouth 6 is obtained before the elapsed time T reaches t16.
Is opened and closed once, and the movable piece 3 is repeatedly moved in and out of the winning space.

When the CPU 35 detects that the predetermined time t16 has elapsed (step b44), the CPU 35 starts one repetitive operation of moving the movable piece 3 in and out of the winning space.
That is, the process proceeds to step b17 to excite the solenoid SOL3. Next, when the elapse of the predetermined time t17 is detected (step b43), the process proceeds to step b50, where the solenoid SOL1 is excited to open the second special winning opening 6, and thereafter, the predetermined time t18, the predetermined time t19, Each time the elapse of the predetermined time t20 is detected (step b42, step b41, step b40), the excitation release and excitation of the solenoid SOL3 are repeatedly executed to execute the second movable piece 3
One inward / outward repetition operation for the winning space is ended.

When the CPU 35 detects the elapse of the predetermined time t21, the CPU 35 proceeds to step b21 and proceeds to step b21.
The first excitation is released, the second opening of the special winning opening 6 is finished, and the special winning opening 6 is closed.

In the following, the elapsed time T is set to a predetermined time t22 to t22.
The processing that is detected and executed by the CPU 35 each time it sequentially reaches 26 is executed by the same algorithm as the processing (step b9, step b8, step b7, step b6, and step b5) described in the one-time operation processing (step b9). Step b38, Step b37, Step b36, Step b35, Step b34). The winning detection effective time for the specific area 30 is t26-t21. In the embodiment, it is set to 2.500 seconds as in the case of the one-time operation processing, and within this time, the third movable piece 3 with respect to the winning space. One repetition operation in and out is performed, and upon detection of a predetermined time t26 (step b34), the CPU 35
Releases the excitation of the solenoid SOL2 (step b2
2) It is determined whether or not 1 is set to the specific area detection flag Fa (step b23). If 1 is set to the specific area detection flag Fa, the winning operation flag F is set to 3 and specified. Initializing the value of the area detection flag Fa (step b51), the task 3 relating to the continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is permitted to be executed, but if the specific area detection flag Fa is not set to 1, the prize operation flag is set. Initialize by setting the value of F to 0 (step b2)
4).

Next, the CPU 35 sets the operation flag F
Initialize by setting the value of 0 to 0 (step b24),
The detection of the winning signal from the left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1 and the middle starting opening winning detection switch SW2 in the task 1 is permitted, and the large winning opening 6 of the task 2 is executed twice according to the value 2 of the winning operation flag F. The operation process ends.

In the discriminating process of step b23, if 1 is set to the specific area detection flag Fa, the present value of the winning operation flag F becomes 3, so that the right and left starting ports of the task 1 in the process after the next cycle. Winning detection switch S
This means that the detection of the winning signal from W1 and the winning opening switch SW2 is prohibited.

The processing of task 3 shown in FIGS. 30 to 49 relates to the continuous opening / closing operation processing of the special winning opening 6.

A game ball that has entered a winning space in the character unit 4 while the large winning opening 6 is open based on a winning detection in the left and right second type starting openings 12 and 13 or the middle second type starting opening 14. When the player wins the specific area 30, FIG.
58 through FIG. 58, one continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is executed.

The CPU 35 that has started the processing of the task 3
It is determined whether or not the current value of the winning operation flag F is 3 (step c1). If the determination result in step c1 is not true, the process of task 3 is not executed. That is, big winning opening 6
When the one-time operation or the two-time operation is being executed, the current value of the winning operation flag F is not 3, so that the processing of the task 3 is substantially not executed.

Therefore, in the processing of task 2, by setting 3 to the winning operation flag F, step c
It is determined that the determination result of 1 is true, and then it is determined whether or not the value of the operation stage flag F2 that defines the stage of the one consecutive opening and closing operation process of the special winning opening 6 is the initial value 0 (step c2).

If the value of the operation stage flag F2 is the initial value 0, the single continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is not being executed, and the continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 can be newly started. is there.

When the result of the determination at step c2 is true,
The CPU 35 activates the timer T1 relating to the measurement of the driving time of the movable wing piece 5 of the special winning opening 6 and the timer T2 relating to the driving of the movable piece 2 to start measuring the elapsed time (step c3, step c4). The value of the flag F2 is switched to 1 which specifies the preparation stage before opening the continuous winning opening 6 for one continuous opening / closing operation (step c5), and the rotary motor M1 is driven via the motor driving section 39 (step c6), and the character The subroutine A for determining the fixed position of the ball holding body 7 of the unit 4 is executed (step c7), and 1 is set to the fixed position setting flag fab to store the start of the initial setting of the positioning of the ball holding body 7 (step c8). ), Grand Prize Winner 6
Is incremented by one (step c).
9) Then, it is determined whether or not the one successive opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 to be executed this time is the eleventh, twelfth, or thirteenth (step c10 to step c12), and any one of step c10 to step c12 is performed. If the determination result is true, 1 is set in the consecutive number identification storage register a and stored (step c13).

As shown in FIG. 48, in the subroutine A for determining the home position of the ball holding body 7, the CPU 35 initializes the home position detection register P (step c10).
1) The input signal from the home position detection switch SW6 is read and discriminated (step c102). When the input signal is on, 1 is stored in the register R (step c10).
3) When the input signal is off, 0 is stored in the register R (step c104).

When 1 is stored in the register R, since the home position detection switch SW6 is on, the ball holding body 7 is in the upper home position or the intermediate position as shown in FIGS. 14 (b) and (c). In the case where 0 is stored in the register R, the home position detection switch SW6 is off, so that FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 4 (d) and 4 (a), the ball holding body 7 is at the lower fixed position or the intermediate position.

After completing the processing in step c12 or step c13, the CPU 35 sets 1 to the time identification flag f3 (step c14), and determines whether or not the elapsed time measured by the timer T2 has reached a predetermined standby time E. (Step C15), and if not reached, the process proceeds to step c33 to determine whether the value of the fixed position setting flag fab is 1, that is, to detect the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4. It is determined whether or not the rotary motor M1 is being driven (step C33). If the determination result in step c33 is true, a subroutine B for determining the home position of the ball holding body 7 is executed (step c3).
4) It is determined whether or not the value of the home position detection register P is 1 (step c35). If the result of the determination in step c35 is determined to be true, a stop command is output to the motor drive unit 39 to rotate the motor. The motor M1 is stopped (step c37), the value of the fixed position setting flag fab is set to 0, and initialization is performed (step c38).

A subroutine B for determining the home position of the ball holding body 7 is shown in FIG. 49. The CPU 35 reads the input signal from the home position detection switch SW6 and makes a determination (step c111). Register R
It is determined whether or not the value of is 0 (step c112),
If the discrimination result is true, 2 is set to the fixed position detection register P (step c113), while the value of the register R is 1 when the input signal from the fixed position detection switch SW6 is off in the discrimination processing of step c111. It is determined whether or not this is true (step c114), and if the determination result is true, 1 is set to the fixed position detection register P (step c113).

This means that the current fixed position detection switch S
When the state of W6 is on and the state of the home position detection switch SW6 at the start of home position detection is off, a change in the on state from the off state of the home position detection switch SW6 is detected, Detecting that the ball holding body 7 has shifted from the intermediate position or the lower fixed position to the upper fixed position in the ascending state, sets 2 to the fixed position detection register P, and sets the current state of the fixed position detection switch SW6 to OFF. And when the state of the fixed position detection switch SW6 at the start of the fixed position detection is on, the fixed position detection switch SW6
The change from the on state to the off state is detected, that is, the transition from the intermediate position or the upper fixed position to the lower fixed position in the lowered state of the ball holding body 7 is set to 1 in the fixed position detection register P. It is to be.

Accordingly, the CPU 35 detects the shift of the ball holding body 7 to the lower fixed position in the determination processing of step c35 which is repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals.

If the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is not detected as a result of the determination in step c35, there is a possibility that the upper fixed position has been detected, so the CPU 35 checks whether the value of the fixed position detection register P is 2 or not. It is determined whether or not there is (Step c9)
0), if the determination result of step c90 is true, the subroutine A for determining the home position of the ball holding body 7 again
Is executed to store the current position of the ball holding body 7 (step c91), and the process proceeds to step c36. Also, when the determination result of step c90 is false, the process proceeds to step c36.

In the present embodiment, when the position of the ball holding body 7 of the character unit 4 is shifted at the lower fixed position, the processing of step c4, step c5, step c34, step c35, step c90, step c91, and step c37 is performed. Accordingly, even when the ball holding body 7 is in any of the states shown in FIGS. 14A to 14D at the start of the continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6, the positional deviation is corrected, and the continuous opening and closing of the special winning opening 6 is performed. At the stage before the opening of the special winning opening 6 of the operation, the ball holding body 7 can be reliably set at the lower fixed position.

The time from the start of driving of the rotary motor M1 in the processing in step c4 to the time when the ball holding body 7 reaches the lower home position and is detected by the determination processing in step c35 differs depending on the positional deviation of the ball holding body 7. .

[0186] The CPU 35, which has thus completed the determination processing of the lower position determination of the ball holding body 7, sets the elapsed time measured by the timer T1 to the set time X1 until the opening of the special winning opening 6 starts.
Is determined (step c36), and if not, the process of this cycle is ended.

It should be noted that steps c33 to c35, step c90, step 91, step c
The determination processing reaching step 37, step c38, and step c36 is referred to as a detection routine A. The set time X1 until the opening of the special winning opening 6 is set to the standby time E and the rotation motor M.
1 is set to be sufficiently longer than the time from the start of driving until the ball holding body 7 reaches the lower home position and is detected by the home position detection switch SW6.

In the processing of the next cycle, since the value of the operation stage flag F2 is 1 in the processing of step c5, the processing of steps c3 to c14 is not executed, and the CPU 3
In step 5, the current value 1 of the operation stage flag F is detected by the determination processing in step c40 after the determination processing in step c2, and the flow proceeds to the determination processing in step c46. Time identification flag f
Since the current value of 3 has been set to 1 by the processing of step c14, the CPU 35 proceeds to step c15, and proceeds to steps c1, c2, and c2 until the elapsed time measured by the timer T2 reaches the predetermined standby time E. c40 and Step c46 of the discriminating process and detection routine A
Is repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals.

The elapsed time measured by the timer T2 in the determination processing of step c15 is a predetermined standby time E
CPU 35 detects that the movable piece 2
An excitation command is output to the solenoid SOL2 to cause the movable piece 2 to protrude into the winning space, and the continuous movement of the movable piece 2 is started (step c16), and an excitation command is output to the solenoid SOL3 to cause the movable piece 3 to appear to the bottom dead center. And determines whether the solenoid SOL3 is excited or released.
The OL3 state flag fa is set to 1 (step c1).
7) Increment the value of the number-of-appearances storage counter d that stores the number of appearances of the movable piece 3 in the winning space by one (step c18), and operate the timer T3 for measuring the drive time of the movable piece 3 to measure the elapsed time. Is started (step c19). Since the protruding time F and the immersion time F of the movable piece 3 are set to be equal, each time the elapsed time of the timer T3 reaches the set time F, the set time is reset to F regardless of whether the movable piece 3 is protruded or immersed. Can be set. It should be noted that S determines the excitation state and the excitation release state of the solenoid SOL3.
The OL3 state flag fa indicates that the solenoid SOL
3 is stored, and if fa = 0, the solenoid SOL3 is stored.
Is stored.

Then, the CPU 35 determines whether or not the elapsed time measured by the timer T3 has reached a predetermined set time F (step c20). If the elapsed time has not reached the set time F, the value of the time identification flag f3 is determined. Is switched to 2 (step c21), and the process proceeds to step c33. If the value of the home position setting flag fab is 1, the process from step c34 to step 35 is performed, and then the process proceeds to step c36, and the process proceeds to step c38. If the value of the position setting flag fab has been set to 0 and the lower position detection of the ball holding body 7 has been completed, the process proceeds to step c36, and the elapsed time measured by the timer T1 until the opening of the special winning opening 6 is started. It is determined whether the set time X1 has been reached (step c36), and if not, the process of this cycle is ended.

In the processing after the next cycle, the time identification flag f3
Is 35, the CPU 35 determines in step c47 after step c1, step c2, step c40 and step c46 until the elapsed time measured by the timer T3 reaches the predetermined set time F. The value 2 of the time discrimination flag f3 is detected, and step c2
Then, the processing of step c21 and the processing of the detection routine A are repeatedly executed at a predetermined processing cycle.

Then, in the determination process of step c20, when it is detected that the elapsed time measured by the timer T3 has reached the predetermined set time F, the CPU 35
The value of the time identification flag f3 is switched to 3 (step c2
2) It is determined whether or not the value of the SOL3 state flag fa is the excitation state 1 (step c23). If the value is in the excitation state, an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL3 is output (step c2).
7) The SOL3 state flag fa is set to the de-energized state 0 (step c28), and it is determined whether or not the number of times the movable piece 3 has appeared and reached the specified number of times 5 (step c29). The processing of the detection routine A is executed, and the processing of this cycle ends.

In the processing after the next cycle, the time identification flag f3
Is 3, the CPU 35 detects the value 3 of the time identification flag f3 in the determination processing of step c48 after the determination processing of step c1, step c2, step c40, step c46, and step c47, and proceeds to step c19. , A timer T3 for measuring the driving time of the movable piece 3
Is reset, and the measurement of the elapsed time is started. Until the elapsed time measured by the timer T3 reaches the predetermined set time F, Step c1, Step c2, Step c4
0, Step c46 to Step c48, Step c2
0, the processing of step c21 and the processing of the detection routine A are repeatedly executed at a predetermined processing cycle.

The elapsed time measured by the timer T3 in the determination processing of step c20 is a predetermined set time F
When it is determined that the SOL3 status flag f has been reached, the process proceeds to the determination process of step c23 after the process of step c22.
Since the value of “a” is in the excitation release state 0, the process proceeds to step c24, in which an excitation command for the solenoid SOL3 is output (step c24). 1
Is set (step c25, step c26), the detection routine A from step c33 is executed, and the processing in this cycle is ended.

As described above, the CPU 35 determines in step c1, step c2, step c40, and step c46.
After executing the determination processing of step c47 or step c48 after the determination processing of step C47, until the elapsed time measured by the timer T3 reaches the predetermined set time F, step C
20 and step c21 are executed. When the elapsed time reaches a predetermined set time F, steps c22 and 23 are executed, and when the value of the SOL3 state flag fa is 1 in the excitation state, steps c27 to c29 are executed. , S
If the value of the OL3 state flag fa is 0, the step c24 to the step c26 are executed, and the processing of the detection routine A is executed at a predetermined processing cycle.

When the CPU 35 detects that the value of the number-of-appearances counter d has reached the specified number of times 5 in the determination processing of step c29, the CPU 35 initializes the value of the time discrimination flag f3 (step c30). The counter d is initialized (step c31), an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL2 is output to return the movable piece 2 to the top dead center (step c32), the detection routine A is executed, and the processing of this cycle is ended.

In the processing of the next cycle, the value of the time discrimination flag f3 has been initialized, so that the CPU 35 proceeds to step c.
After executing the determination processing of step c2, step c40, step c46 to step c48, the detection routine A
Is executed in a predetermined cycle until the elapsed time measured by the timer T1 reaches the set time X1 until the opening of the special winning opening 6 is started, and it is determined in step c36 that the elapsed time has reached the set time X1. If detected in the discriminating process, the value of the operation stage flag F is switched to 2 (step c39), and each winning number detection flag f relating to the winning of the game ball of the special winning opening 6 is set.
b to fe and the value of the winning number counter C2 are initialized (step c60), an excitation command for the solenoid SOL2 is output, and the movable piece 2 appears up to the bottom dead center (step c61),
The excitation command of the solenoid SOL1 is output to drive the movable wing piece 5 to open the special winning opening 6 (step c62), and to count the number of opening and closing of the special winning opening 6 during one continuous opening / closing operation. The counter D1 is incremented by one (step c63), the timer T1 is operated to measure the drive time of the solenoid SOL1, and the measurement of the elapsed time is started (step c64).

From the start of the processing of task 3 to the execution of the processing of step c62, the solenoid SO
Since L1 is not excited and the movable wing piece 5 is not driven, the large winning opening 6 is closed, so that the game ball does not enter the winning space.

Step c61 and step c62
As a result, the special winning opening 6 is opened to allow the game ball to enter the special winning opening 6, but the movable piece 2 appears at the bottom dead center and the path of the game ball is changed. There is a possibility of change, and the ball holding body 7 is not in the ball receiving state because it is stopped at the lower home position.

The CPU 35, which has started measuring the opening time and closing time of the special winning opening 6 in the processing of step c64, determines whether the elapsed time of step c66 reaches the closing time A in the elapsed time determination processing of step c65 and step c66. During the period, the determination result of step c65 and step c66 becomes false, so that the process proceeds to step c67.

Since the special winning opening 6 has been opened as a result of the execution of the process in step c62, the CPU 35 determines the result of the determination process in step a10 to step a18 of the task 1 by the CPU 35 in step c67 to step c72.
, And the winning of a game ball to the specific area 30 of the special winning opening 6 is detected in the processing of step c73 (hereinafter, referred to as a detection routine B).

The CPU 35 sets 1 in step c67.
It is determined whether or not the value of the zero detection flag fe is 1 (step c67). That is, it is determined whether or not the number of game balls that have won the special winning opening 6 has reached ten. If the decision result in the step c67 is true, the CPU 35 shifts to a step c170 in order to perform a process at the time of detecting ten pieces. If the decision result in the step c67 is false, the CPU 35 moves to a step c68, where one of the big winning prize openings 6 started this time is selected.
The continuous count counter C determines whether the continuous opening / closing operation is the first time.
The determination is made by determining whether the value of 1 is 1 (step c68). If it is determined in step c68 that this is the first time, step c
The determination process from step 69 to step c71 is not executed, and the process proceeds to step c72, where the CPU 35 determines whether or not a single winning flag 6 has a game ball or not, and whether or not 1 is set in the detection flag fb. (Step c7)
2).

If the game ball has been won in the special winning opening 6, the CPU 35 sets 1 in step a12 of task 1.
Since 1 is set to the individual detection flag fb, step c
If the game ball is detected in the discrimination process of step 72 and the process proceeds to step c120, the ball holding body 7 is raised to the upper fixed position and stopped, and if there is no game ball winning in the special winning opening 6, the process proceeds to step c120. The process moves to c73.

If the result of the determination in step c68 is false, that is, if the first continuous opening / closing operation performed this time is the second or subsequent operation, the CPU 35 sets the special winning opening 6
It is determined whether or not the continuous number of times is within the range of a specific number of times 11 to 13 by determining whether or not the value of the continuous number identification storage register a is 1 (step c69). If the determination result is false, That is, when the number of consecutive opening operations of the special winning opening 6 executed this time is the 2nd to 10th or the 14th to 16th, it is determined whether or not the value of the eight winning flag fd is 1. On the other hand, if the result of the determination is true (step c70), that is, if the number of successive opening operations of the special winning opening 6 to be executed this time is 11 to 13, the eight winning flag fd is set. It is determined whether or not the value is 1 (step c71).

If the decision result in the step c70 or the step c71 is true, that is, if eight or seven game balls having won the special winning opening 6 are detected, the CPU 35 proceeds to the step c130, and proceeds to the step c130. If the determination result of step c70 or step c71 is false, step c72
Then, it is determined whether or not there is a winning of a game ball in the special winning opening 6. The detection routine B from step c67 to step c72 is a determination process for detecting the number of game balls that have won the special winning opening 6 and the number of times of one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6.

In the discriminating process of step c72, if no game ball has been won in the special winning opening 6, the judgment result is false, and the CPU 35 proceeds to step c73 to specify the special winning opening 6 in the special winning opening 6. It is determined whether or not a game ball has won the area 30. In this case, since there is no winning in the special winning opening 6 itself, the determination result is false, and the processing of this cycle is ended.

In the determination process of step c72, if a winning of a game ball into the special winning opening 6 is detected, the determination result is true, and the CPU 35 proceeds to step c120.

Thus, the CPU 35 proceeds to step c39.
According to the current value 2 of the operation stage flag F2 in step c1, step c1, step c2, step c4
After the determination process of 0, the current value 2 of the operation stage flag F2 is detected in the determination process of step c41 (step c41), and the process proceeds to step c65. Step c1, Step c2, Step c
The determination processing of step 40, step c41 and step 65 and the detection routine B are executed at a predetermined processing cycle.

Then, when the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the closing time A, the CPU 35 proceeds to step c74, outputs an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL1, stops the movable wing piece 5, and closes the special winning opening 6. Close (Step c7
4) The value of the special winning opening opening / closing counter D1 is the specified number of times 5
Is determined (step c75), and if the specified number of times 5 has not been reached, the detection routine B is executed, and the processing in this cycle ends.

In the next cycle, the CPU 35 proceeds to step c6.
Steps c1 and c until the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the closing time A + B in the determination processing of Step 5.
2, the determination processing of step c40, step c41, steps 65 to 66, step 74, and step 75 and the detection routine B are executed at a predetermined processing cycle, and when the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the opening time A + B, the solenoid SOL1 To drive the movable wing piece 5 to open the special winning opening 6 (step c78), increment the value of the special winning opening opening / closing counter D1 by one (step c79), and open and close the special winning opening. It is determined whether or not the value of the number counter D1 has shifted to the sixth time after finishing the specified number of times 5 (step c80), and if not, the flow proceeds to step c64 to reset the timer T1 again. It operates to measure the drive time of the solenoid SOL1.

In this way, one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is started from the first opening / closing frequency of the special winning opening 6, and in the determination processing of step c75, the number of opening / closing of the special winning opening 6 is set to the specified number of times. CPU 3 is detected
5 determines whether or not the single detection flag fb is 0 (step c76). If no gaming ball has been won in the special winning opening 6 at this time, the determination result in step c76 is true. Therefore, in this case, even if there is no winning, one detection flag fb is set to 1 in fb (step c77), the process proceeds to the detection routine B, is detected in step c72, and the process proceeds to step c120, where the ball is detected. A process of raising the holding body 7 to the upper fixed position and stopping the same is performed.

When a game ball wins in the special winning opening 6 from the start of the first opening of the special winning opening 6 to the end of the fifth opening of the special winning opening 6, the CPU 35 proceeds to step a12 of task 1.
Then, one is set to the one detection flag fb, and the detection is performed in step c72 of the detection routine B, and the process proceeds to step c120.

The processing from step c120 to step c128 is processing for raising the ball holding body 7 to the upper fixed position and stopping it. In step c72 of the detection routine B, it is determined that the single detection flag fb is 1. This is referred to as an upper fixed position stop routine C hereinafter.

CPU 3 that has entered the upper fixed position stop routine C
In step 5, the value of the fixed position setting flag fab of the ball holding body 7 is determined (step c120). When the value of the fixed position setting flag fab is 0, a new ascent of the ball holding body 7 can be started, 1 is stored to indicate that the ball holding body 7 is in operation, and 2
Stores the completion of the upper fixed position stop of the ball holding body 7.

When the ball holding body 7 is at the lower home position and is in a stopped state, the value of the home position setting flag fab is set to 0 in the processing of step c38 to perform initialization. It is determined that the ascent of the body 7 can be started (step c120, step c121), the process proceeds to step c122, an excitation release command is output to the solenoid SOL2, and the movable piece 2 is returned to the top dead center (step c12).
2), the ball holding body subroutine A is executed to store the lower home position (step c123), and a drive command for the rotation motor M1 is output to start raising the ball holding body 7 (step c12).
4), the value of the home position setting flag fab is set to 1 and the operation of the ball holding body 7 is stored (step c124).

Then, the CPU 35 executes the ball holding body subroutine B to store the shift of the position to the upper home position (step c125), and checks whether the value of the home position detection register P is 2, ie, the upper home position. It is determined whether or not the position has been detected (step c126). In this case, since the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is positioned, the position always moves to the upper fixed position, and in the ball holding body subroutine B, 2 is set in the fixed position detection register P. Step c12
Since there is a period of time from the start of driving of the rotary motor M1 in the process of Step 4 to the time when the ball holding body 7 reaches the upper home position and is detected by the determination process of Step c125, the ball is determined in the determination process of Step c126 of the processing cycle. The fixed position of the holding body 7 is not detected.

In this case, the CPU 35 determines in step c
The determination result at 126 is false, and the flow shifts to step c73 to detect a winning of the game ball in the specific area 30.

After the next cycle, the fixed position setting flag fab
Is the value 1 during operation, and one detection flag fb
Is still 1, the CPU 35 executes step c125 after processing of the detection routine B, step c120 and step c121, and moves the ball holding body 7 to the upper home position at every predetermined processing cycle. Will be stored. When the result of the determination in step c126 is determined to be true, and it is detected that the
5 switches the value of the home position setting flag fab to the completion value 2 (step c127), outputs a drive stop command of the rotary motor M1, and stops the ball holding body 7 (step c12).
8).

As a result of the value of the home position setting flag fab becoming the completion value 2, the determination result of step c120 becomes true in the processing after the next cycle, so that the processing from step c121 to step c128 is not executed, and step c73 is executed. Will be transferred to.

In the upper fixed position stop routine C, during the one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6, from the start of the first opening to the end of the fifth opening, one game ball is won in the special winning opening 6.
When there is no game ball in the special winning opening 6 by the end of the fifth opening of the special winning opening 6, the game is executed with priority. This is executed when the end of the second opening is detected. As a result, in the winning space in the special winning opening 6, the movable piece 2 that changes the course of the game ball retreats to the top dead center, and the ball holding body 7 stops at the upper home position, so that the ball receiving state is established. . The upper position stop routine C is executed while performing the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6. However, even if the number of opening and closing of the special winning opening 6 progresses after the sixth time, the ball holding body 7 is in operation. In this case, in this case, detection of the upper home position is continuously performed.

The movable piece 2 is moved to the top dead center while performing processing for stopping the ball holding body 7 at the upper home position upon detecting the winning of the game ball in the special winning opening 6 or detecting the end of the fifth opening of the special winning opening 6. The CPU 35 that has retreated to the above state detects that the elapsed time of the timer T1 has reached the opening time A + B in the determination processing of step c65, and after the processing of steps c78 and c79, the value of the special winning opening opening / closing counter D1 is defined. It is determined whether or not the process has shifted to the sixth after finishing the number of times (step c).
80) If it is determined that the determination result is true, it is determined whether the value of the consecutive number identification storage register a is 1 (step c8).
1) If the determination result is true, the operation stage flag F
The value of 2 is switched to 3 (step c82), and step c8
Move to 4. If the determination result of step c81 is false, the value of the operation stage flag F2 is switched to 4 (step c83), and the process proceeds to step c150.

From the eleventh to thirteenth consecutive opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6, the value of the consecutive number identification storage register a is 1 (see step c13). The subsequent opening / closing operation processing is different from the first to tenth and the fourteenth to eighteenth consecutive opening / closing operations of the special winning opening 6.

If the one consecutive opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is other than the eleventh to the thirteenth, the CPU 35 executes the step c84.
Then, the timer T1 is operated to measure the drive time of the solenoid SOL1, and the measurement of the elapsed time is started (step c84).

Then, the CPU 35 sets the solenoid SOL
It is determined whether the elapsed time of the timer T1 has reached the opening time C + D (step c85) and whether the elapsed time has reached the closing time C (step c).
86).

As a result of the current value of the operation stage flag F2 being set to 3, the CPU 35 determines whether the elapsed time of the timer T1 has reached the closing time C, after the determination processing of step c1 and step c2, and the determination processing of step c3. And operation stage flag F
The current value 3 of 2 is detected, and step c85, step c
When the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the closing time C, the processing of the determination processing of step 86 and the processing of the detection routine B are executed at a predetermined cycle.
The PU35 proceeds to step c87 where the solenoid S
A command to release the excitation of OL1 is output, the movable wing piece 5 is stopped, and the special winning opening 6 is closed (step c87), and the value of the special winning opening opening / closing counter D1 is determined. It is determined whether or not the number of times has reached the specified end number 18 (step c88). If the number of times has not reached the end number 18, it is next determined whether or not the specified number of times 15 has been reached (step c89). If the specified number of times 15 has not been reached, the processing of the detection routine B is executed, and the processing of this cycle ends.

In the processing of the next cycle, according to the current value 3 of the operation stage flag F2, the CPU 35 sets the steps c1 and c1 until the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the opening time C + D.
After the determination processing of step c2, the current value 3 of the operation stage flag F2 is detected in the determination processing of step c3,
85, the processing of the detection routine B in step c86 and the processing of the detection routine B are executed at predetermined intervals, and when the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the opening time C + D, the CPU 35 sets the solenoid SOL1
And the movable wing piece 5 is driven to open the special winning opening 6 (step c94), and a special winning opening opening / closing counter D1 for counting the number of opening / closing of the special winning opening 6 during one continuous opening / closing operation. Is incremented by one (step c9).
5) The timer T1 is operated to measure the drive time of the solenoid SOL1, and the measurement of the elapsed time is started (step c84).

As a result of resetting and operating the timer T1 again, steps c85 and c
86 are all false, the CPU 35
Executes the processing of the detection routine B, and ends the processing of this cycle.

As described above, the CPU 35 determines in step c
When the closing time C is detected in the discriminating process of 86, the special winning opening 6
Is closed, and the open time C + D is determined in the determination processing of step c85.
Is detected, the process of opening the special winning opening 6 is repeatedly executed. If the value of the special winning opening opening / closing counter D1 is detected as 15 in the determination processing of step 89, the value of the eight winning flag fd is detected. Is determined to be 0 (step c).
96). If eight gaming balls have already been won in the special winning opening 6, the eight winning flag fd is set to 1 (see step a16), and if the result of the determination in step c96 is true. For example, less than eight game balls are won in the special winning opening 6.

If the decision result in the step c96 is true, the CPU 35 switches the value of the eight-prize winning flag fd to 1 (step c97), shifts to the detection routine B, and performs the eight-prize winning by the determining process in the step c70. When the value 1 of the flag fd is detected, the process proceeds to step c130 in which the ball holding body 7 is lowered and stopped at the lower home position, and the movable piece 2 appears up to the bottom dead center. Step c96
Is false, the eight winning flags f
That is, the value 1 of d is detected by the detection routine B, and the CPU 35 sets the value of the ten winning flag fe to 1
That is, it is determined whether or not ten game balls have won the special winning opening 6 (step c98). If the ten winning balls are detected, the process proceeds to step c170, and the ten winning balls are won. If it is not detected, it means that the ball holding body 7 is being lowered and the lower position of the ball holding body 7 has not yet been detected, so the flow proceeds to step c130.

The processing from step c130 to step c142 is processing for causing the movable piece 2 to appear to the bottom dead center, lowering the ball holding body 7 stopped at the upper fixed position, and stopping at the lower fixed position (hereinafter, referred to as "step c142"). , Lower fixed position stop routine D). This process is not performed when the number of consecutive open operations of the special winning opening 6 is the first time, and is not performed for the second to tenth times and for the first time.
In the case of the fourth to sixteenth times, the winning of the game ball into the special winning opening 6 is performed eight times or after the fifteenth opening operation of the special winning opening 6 during one continuous opening operation is completed. 6 of 1
If the number of times of the continuous opening operation is eleventh to thirteenth, seven game balls are won in the special winning opening 6, or the 14th opening operation of the special winning opening 6 during one continuous opening operation ends. Will be executed later.

The CPU 35 determines whether or not the value of the initialization register e is new (step c130). If the processing after step c130 has never been executed, the value of the initial setting register e is 0 and new, so the CPU 35 sets 1 to the initial setting register e and stores the start of the processing. (Step c131), the ball holding body subroutine A is executed (Step c132),
The upper fixed position of the ball holding body is stored, and a drive command is output to the rotary motor M1 (step c133), and the fixed position setting flag f
ab is set to the active value 1 (step c134),
The timer T2 is operated to measure a set time G until the operation of the movable piece 2 starts (step c135).

Then, the CPU 35 determines whether or not the elapsed time of the timer T2 has reached the set time G (step c136). Since the elapsed time has not yet reached the set time G in this cycle, the process proceeds to step c138. Then, it is determined whether or not the ball holding body 7 is operating based on the value of the home position setting flag fab (step c138). If the ball holding body 7 is operating, the process proceeds to step c139 to execute the ball holding body subroutine B. The transition from the upper home position to the lower home position of the ball holding body 7 is stored (step c139), and the lower home position of the ball holding body 7 is detected by determining whether the value of the home position detection register P is 1 or not. (Step c140), Step c140
Is true, the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is detected, a drive stop command is output to the rotary motor M1 (step c141), the fixed position setting flag fab is initialized (step c142), and the process proceeds to step c73. Transition.

If the decision result in the step c140 is false, the lower position of the ball holding body 7 has not been detected and the CPU 35
Moves to step c73. In this case, the detection of the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is performed in the next cycle and thereafter, and since the current value of the eight winning flag fd is 1, after the determination processing in step c70 of the detection routine B, the process proceeds to step c130. The current value 1 of the initialization register e is detected in the determination process of c130, and the determination process of the elapsed time of the timer T2 in step c136 is executed. When it is detected in the determination processing in step c136 that the elapsed time of the timer T2 has reached the set time G, the CPU 35 outputs an excitation command to excite the solenoid SOL2 to cause the movable piece 2 to appear to the bottom dead center. (Step c137).

Then, the current value 1 of the fixed position setting flag fab is detected in the determination processing of step c138,
In step 35, the ball holding subroutine B of step c139 is executed again to determine whether or not the value of the home position detection register P is 1 (step c140).

The CPU 35 executes the detection routine B while performing the opening / closing operation processing of the special winning opening 6 at a predetermined processing cycle until the lower set position of the ball holding body 7 is detected in the determination processing of step c140, and the eight The present value 1 of the detection flag fd is detected, and the lower fixed position stop routine D is entered.
0, step c136, step c138, step c
When the lower fixed position of the ball holding body 7 is detected by repeatedly executing the processing of step 140 and step c73, a drive stop command of the rotary motor M1 is output (step c141), and the value of the fixed position setting flag fab is initialized. (Step c142),
The process shifts to step C73 to end the processing in this cycle.

At this point, the ball holding body 7 which was in the ball receiving state
If the game ball is held in the circular concave portion 88, the game ball is straightly moved forward and moves along the ball guiding piece 107, further rolls on the guide plate 32, and moves to the specific area 3
The chances of winning a prize become very rich.

After the next cycle, in the lower fixed position stop routine D, since the value of the fixed position setting flag fab has been initialized, the result of determination in step c138 becomes false, so that the flow proceeds to step c73.

As described above, the special winning opening 6 during one continuous opening / closing operation is performed.
If the game ball that has won the special winning opening 6 wins in the specific area 30 in the special winning opening 6 while the opening / closing operation is repeatedly performed after executing the first time, the CPU 35 determines the CPU 35 in the determination process of step c73. , Specific area winning detection switch S
In order to detect the signal from W4 and perform the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 again once, first, the excitation release command of the solenoid SOL1 is output to close the special winning opening 6 (step c20).
0), a command to release the excitation of the solenoid SOL2 is output, and the movable piece 2 is retracted to the top dead center (step c201). Among the flags set in the middle of each process, the process is performed during one continuous opening / closing operation. In this case, the object is initialized, a continuous number identification storage register a, a movable number 3 appearing and disappearing number storage counter d, and a fixed position setting flag fab relating to the ball holding body 7 are set.
The initialization register e, the time discrimination flag f3, and the status flag fa of the solenoid SOL3 are initialized (step c202), and the value of the continuous number counter C1, which stores the number of times of performing one continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6, is set to a predetermined end. Number 1
It is determined whether or not the number has reached 6 (step c203), and if not, the processing from step c3 is performed. As a result, the special winning opening 6 is closed for a standby time X1 until the opening operation is performed, the operation stage flag F2 is set to 1, and
The value of the continuous counter C1 is incremented by one,
The ball holding body 7 is returned to the lower home position even during operation.

The single continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is stopped when the winning of the game ball into the specific area 30 is detected in step c73, and the operation shifts to the next single continuous opening / closing operation. The condition under which the single continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is continuously executed next time is when the determination result of step c73 is true, that is, when the game ball wins the specific area 30.

In this way, one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is performed continuously by winning the specific area 30 of the game ball, and the continuous number of consecutive opening / closing operations of the special winning opening 6 is 11th, 12th, or 13th. Is reached, the value of the continuous number counter C1 is detected in the determination processing of step c10, step c11, or step c12, and the number identification counter a is set to 1 in the processing of step c13, and step c8 is performed.
After the determination processing of 1, the operation stage flag F2 is set to 4 in step c83.

The difference between the number of consecutive open / close operations of the special winning opening 6 and the number of consecutive times other than the first and the 11th to 13th is that the operation stage flag F2 is set to 4 when the large winning opening 6 is set. Since the value of the opening / closing counter D1 is determined to be 6, the opening and closing times of the opening and closing times of the special winning opening 6 differ from the sixth time onward, and the movable piece 2 appears up to the bottom dead center. The start time of the process of lowering the ball holding body 7 stopped at the upper fixed position and stopping it at the lower fixed position is determined when the number of game balls winning in the special winning opening 6 is seven, or The difference is that the number of times of opening during one continuous opening / closing operation of the mouth 6 is after the 14th opening.

During one continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6,
In step c80, it is determined that the opening of the special winning opening 6 this time is the sixth time, and in step c83, when 4 is set in the operation stage flag F2, the CPU 35 proceeds to step c150, and the driving time of the solenoid SOL1 is set. In order to perform the measurement, the timer T1 is operated to start measuring the elapsed time (step c150), and the closing time C and the opening time C + B of the special winning opening 6 are detected (step c152, step c153). No detection is performed until the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the release time C, and the determination process of step c73 is executed, and this cycle ends.

After the next cycle, the CPU 35 sets the values of step c1, step c2, step c40, step c41, and step c4 in accordance with the current value 4 of the operation stage flag F2.
After the determination process of step c2, the current value 4 of the operation stage flag F2 is detected in the determination process of step c43, the process proceeds to step c151, and the timer T is determined in the determination process of step c152.
When it is detected that the elapsed time of 1 has reached the closing time C of the special winning opening 6, an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL1 is output to close the special winning opening 6 (step c153), and the number of opening and closing of the special winning opening 6 It is determined whether or not the value of the counter D1 has reached the specified number of times 14 (step c154).
It is determined whether or not the value of the individual detection flag fc is 0, that is, whether or not the number of the game balls which have won the special winning opening 6 has not reached seven (step c155).
The value of the seven detection flag fc is set to 1 (step c).
156) Then, the process proceeds to the detection routine B. If seven winnings are detected, the value of the ten detecting flag fe is set to 1
Is determined (step c157). If the determination result is false, the process proceeds to step c130 to perform step c130.
If the determination result in 157 is true, the process proceeds to step c170.

If the result of the determination in step c154 is that the value of the special winning opening / closing counter D1 has not reached the specified number of times 14, the routine proceeds to step c67, where the detection routine B is executed.

In the processing after the next cycle, the CPU 35 determines in step c according to the current value 4 of the operation stage flag F2 until the elapsed time of the timer T1 reaches the release time C + B.
1, step c2, step c40, step c41,
After the determination process of step c42, the current value 4 of the operation stage flag F2 is detected in the determination process of step c43, and the process proceeds to step c151. In the determination process of step c151, the elapsed time of the timer T1 is opened for the special winning opening 6. Time C +
B, it is detected that the solenoid SOL1 is excited to open the special winning opening 6 (step c1).
60), the value of the special winning opening counter D1 is incremented by one (step c161), and it is determined whether or not the value of the special opening opening counter D1 has reached the specified number 15 (step c162). If the number of times has not reached 15, the process proceeds to step c150, the timer T1 is operated again to measure the drive time of the solenoid SOL1, and the measurement of the elapsed time is started (step c150). C and the open time C + B are detected.

[0246] Then, the CPU 35 determines in step c152.
When the closing time C is detected in the determination processing of step C152, the special winning opening 6 is closed, and when the opening time C + B is detected in the determination processing of step c152, the processing of opening the special winning opening 6 is repeatedly executed. When it is detected in the determination process that the value of the special winning opening / closing counter D1 has reached the specified number of times 15, the CPU 35 switches the value of the operation stage flag F2 to 3 (step c163), and proceeds to step c84. ,
Timer T for measuring the drive time of solenoid SOL1
1 to start measuring elapsed time (step c8).
4) The closing time C and the opening time C + D of the special winning opening 6 are detected.

By the way, during the one continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6, when the total number of game balls which have won in the special winning opening 6 without the game ball winning in the specific area 30 reaches ten. Or, the total number of the game balls that have not been won in the specific area 30 and that have been won in the special winning opening 6 is 1
If the number of times of opening / closing of the special winning opening 6 in the continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 reaches 18 without reaching 0, C
The PU 35 shifts to the continuous release end processing in Step c170.

[0248] The total number of game balls that have won in the special winning opening 6 is 1
If the number has reached 0, step a18 of task 1
, 10 wins are detected, 1 is set to the 10 win detection flag fe, and 10 is determined by the determination processing in step c67, step c98, or step c152 of task 3.
As a result of detecting the value 1 of the individual detection flag fe, the CPU 35
Goes to step c170, where the operation stage flag F2
Is changed to 5 (step c170), and the solenoid S
An excitation release command for OL1 is output to close the special winning opening 6 (step c171), and an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL2 is output to move the movable piece 2 to the top dead center (step c172).

By executing the processing in step c171, the special winning opening 6 is closed and the entry of the game ball is prohibited, but the game ball entered immediately before the closing of the special winning opening 6 is closed. May remain in the winning space inside
Therefore, the CPU 35 determines whether or not the game ball remaining in the winning space in the special winning opening 6 after the closing of the special winning opening 6 will win the specific area 30 or not. To measure the elapsed time by starting the timer T1 (step c173).
The timer T3 is activated to start measuring the elapsed time (step c174), and it is determined whether or not the elapsed time of the timer T3 has reached the set time F (step c175). If not, the process proceeds to step c73 to detect a winning of the game ball in the specific area 30.

In the processing cycle after the next cycle, the CPU 35
Moves to step c44 after the determination processing of step c1, step c2, step c40 to step c43 because the current value of the operation stage flag F2 is 5,
When the current value 5 of the operation stage flag F2 is detected, step c
The process proceeds to 175, and the process of this cycle is repeated until the elapsed time of the timer T3 reaches the set time F. When the set time F is reached, it is determined whether or not the SOL3 status flag fa is 0 (step c176). If the determination result is true, an excitation command for the solenoid SOL3 is output (step c1).
77), the movable piece 3 is made to protrude, and
Is incremented by one (step c178), and S
The value of the OL3 state flag fa is switched to 1 which specifies the excitation state (step c179), and the process proceeds to step c174 to activate the timer T3 to measure the movable time of the movable piece 3 and start measuring the elapsed time.

The CPU 35 repeatedly executes the determination processing of steps c1, c2, c40 to c44, c175, and c73 until the elapsed time of the timer T3 reaches the set time F again. If the determination result is determined to be true, the process proceeds to step c176 where the SOL3 state flag f
Since the value of a is 1, the determination result is false, and step c1
80, and outputs an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL3 (step c180), so that the movable piece 3 is immersed.
The value of the OL3 state flag fa is switched to 0 (step c1).
81), it is determined whether or not the value of the haunting count storage counter d has reached the specified count 2 (step c182). If not, the process proceeds to step c174, and the timer T3 is operated to measure the elapsed time. Start.

The CPU 35 repeats the operation of moving the movable piece 3 in and out, and when the value of the number-of-appearances storage counter d reaches the specified number of times 2 and is detected in the determination processing in step c182, the process proceeds to step c183 and The value of the storage counter d is initialized (step c183), the value of the operation stage flag F2 is switched to 6 (step c184), and whether or not the elapsed time of the timer T1 has reached the valid time X2 for detecting the specific area winning is determined. Is determined (step c18).
5) If the effective time X2 has not been reached, step c7
The determination process of No. 3 is executed, and the process of this cycle ends.

In the processing cycle after the next cycle, the CPU 35
Is determined by the timer T according to the current value 6 of the operation stage flag F2.
Step c1, Step c2, Step c40 to Step c until the elapsed time of No. 1 reaches the effective time X2.
The determination process at step 44 and step c185 and step c73
If the elapsed time of the timer T1 is determined to have reached the valid time X2 in the determination processing of step c185, the process proceeds to step c186, where an excitation release command for the solenoid SOL2 is output to output the movable piece. 2 is retracted to the top dead center (step c186), and a drive stop command is output to the rotary motor M1 to stop the ball holding body 7 even when it is operating (step c187). Initialize each flag and each register related to one continuous opening / closing operation processing of the special winning opening 6 (step c18)
8).

Next, the CPU 35 proceeds to step c204 to initialize the winning operation flag F (step c204).
204), a continuous number counter that permits execution of the winning detection processing of the left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW1 and the middle starting opening winning detection switch SW2 in the task 1 and stores the number of executions of one continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 C1 is initialized (step c205), the operation stage flag F2 is initialized (step c206), and the process of task 3 is terminated.

Also, during one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6, there is no winning of the game ball in the specific area 30 and the total number of the game balls winning in the special winning opening 6 is less than ten. If the specified opening / closing end number of times of the winning opening 6 in one continuous opening / closing operation has reached 18 times, the CPU 35 detects the value 18 of the special winning opening opening number counter D1 in the determination processing of step c88, and determines in step c92. In the process, since the ten detection flag fe is 0, the process proceeds to step 93, where 1 is set in the ten detection flag fe. The detection is performed in the determination process of step c67, and the process proceeds to step c170.

If the game ball remaining in the special winning opening 6 within the valid time X2 for detecting the specific area winning is entered into the specific area 30, it is detected by the determination processing of step c73. Subsequently, one continuous opening and closing operation of the special winning opening 6 is performed.

Further, when the number of times of performing one continuous opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 6 reaches the specified end number 16 times, the current value 16 of the continuous number counter C1 is detected in the determination processing of step c203, and the CPU 35 The process moves to step c204, and the process of task 3 ends.

[0258]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first movable piece is advanced to the flow path of the game ball together with the opening operation of the special winning opening, and the first movable piece is placed behind the first movable piece. In the process, the second movable piece arranged in the direction of distribution of the game ball by the first movable piece repeatedly protrudes / retreats with respect to the flow path of the game ball, so that the winning is achieved through the special winning opening. When a game ball that has entered the space collides with the first movable piece, the game ball is sorted by the first movable piece in a direction that makes it easier to win the ordinary winning opening, and the first movable piece is used to distribute the game ball to the normal winning opening. When a game ball distributed in a direction in which it is easy to win wins luckily collides with a second movable piece that repeatedly protrudes / retreats from the flow path of the game ball, the downflow direction of the game ball wins a specific winning opening. In the direction that makes it easier to win the normal winning opening. It is given kicked the opportunity to be able to win (the prize likely) again specific winning opening to the game ball. As described above, since the second movable piece is arranged in the distribution direction of the first movable piece, the operation of the first movable piece and the operation of the second movable piece in the downflow direction of the game ball. In coordination, when the game ball is sorted by the first movable piece, first, the player can expect that the flowing direction of the game ball changes toward the second movable piece, and the game ball is sorted by the first movable piece. A highly interesting game development in which it is possible to fully enjoy the expectation as to whether or not the game ball that has hit the second movable piece and can be changed to a direction in which a specific winning opening can be easily won. The excitement of the can be excited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a main part of a winning device of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing an outline of a winning device of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a game board equipped with a winning device of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the winning device of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a first movable piece of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the character of the winning device of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the configuration of the ball retaining body of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a push-up member of the character according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary front view showing a push-up member of the character according to the embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a side view showing an engagement relationship between the ball holding body, the push-up member, and the drive transmission member according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a front view of a drive transmission member according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the drive transmission member according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing an engagement relationship between the ball holding body, the home position detection switch, and the drive transmission member in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the joint member of the ball retaining body in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is another side view of the joint member of the ball retaining body in the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a rear view of the ball holding body in the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing by the CPU provided in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing by the CPU provided in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 21;

24 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 21.

FIG. 25 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 21;

26 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 21.

FIG. 27 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 20;

FIG. 28 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 28;

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing by the CPU provided in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment;

FIG. 31 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 30;

FIG. 32 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 31;

FIG. 33 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 32;

34 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 33.

FIG. 35 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 34;

36 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 34.

FIG. 37 continues the flowchart of FIG. 34;

FIG. 38 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 30;

FIG. 39 is a continuation of the flowchart in FIG. 35;

40 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 37.

FIG. 41 is a continuation of the flowchart in FIG. 40;

42 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 41.

FIG. 43 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 42;

FIG. 44 is a continuation of the flowchart in FIG. 37.

FIG. 45 is a continuation of the flowchart in FIG. 35;

FIG. 46 is a continuation of the flowchart in FIG. 35;

FIG. 47 is a continuation of the flowchart in FIG. 46;

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing processing of a ball holding body subroutine A by the CPU provided in the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing processing of a ball holding body subroutine B by the CPU provided in the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 50 is a timing chart showing the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening and the swinging operation of the first movable piece and the second movable piece at the time of winning the left and right second kind starting opening.

FIG. 51 is a timing chart showing the opening and closing operation of the special winning opening and the swinging operation of the first movable piece and the second movable piece at the time of winning the middle type 2 starting opening.

FIG. 52: Opening / closing operation of the special winning opening when the special winning opening wins and the first
Timing chart showing the swinging operation of the movable piece and the second movable piece of FIG.

FIG. 53 is a continuation of the timing chart of FIG. 52;

54 is a continuation of the timing chart of FIG. 53.

FIG. 55 continues the timing chart of FIG. 52;

56 is a continuation of the timing chart of FIG. 55.

FIG. 57 is a continuation of the timing chart of FIG. 53;

FIG. 58 is a timing chart showing the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening, the swinging operation of the first movable piece and the second movable piece, and the vertical swinging operation of the ball holding body when winning the special winning opening again.

FIG. 59 is a main part block diagram showing a control unit for controlling the winning device of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 character unit 2 movable piece (first movable piece) 3 movable piece (second movable piece) 4 character unit 5 movable wing piece 6 large winning opening 7 ball holding body 8 swing axis 9 rotation axis 10 engagement Part 11 Game board 12 Left type 2 starting port 13 Right type 2 starting port 14 Medium type 2 starting port 15 Big winning opening winning number LED 16 Continuous count display LED 17 Plate 18 Plunger 19 Plunger 20 Side plane 21 Exterior Frame 22 Frame 23 Plate 24 Plate 25 Projection 26 Semi-peripheral wall 27 Partition plate 28 Attachment member 29 Hole 30 Specific area 31 Special winning opening 32 Guide plate 33 ROM 34 RAM 35 CPU 36 Switch detector 37 Solenoid drive 38 Clock・ Reset circuit 39 Motor drive unit 40 Natural winning opening 41 World left winning opening 42 World right winning opening 43 Left winning opening 44 Right winning 45 Left tulip type accessory 46 Right tulip type accessory 47 Return rubber 48 Windmill 49 Decoration LED 50 Indicator light A 51 Indicator light B 52 Indicator light C 53 Indicator light D 54 Out ball socket 55 Ball guide rail 56 Joining member 57 Joining Member 58 Notched portion 59 Notched portion 60 Depressed portion 61 Inclined surface 62 Guideway 63 Distributing projecting piece 64 Overhang portion 65 Attachment portion 66 Attachment portion 67 Back wall 68 Ceiling wall 69 Half partition 70 Incline 71 Inner surface 72 Lower part 73 Plunger 74 Retractable operating member 75 Long hole 76 Pin 77 Interlocking member 78 Engagement pin 79 Engagement pin 80 Support member 81 Support shaft hole 82 Base 83 Distributing portion 84 Bogie member 85 Support shaft portion 86 Back member 87 Lamp member 88 Circular recess 89 Head member 90 Support member 91 Fitting portion 92a Connecting member 92b Connecting member 93 Inner circumference 93 ' The other inner circumference 94 Fitting portion 95a Support pin 95b Support pin 96 Inner recess 97 Push-up piece 98 Pin 99 Bearing body 100a Support shaft hole 100b Support shaft hole 101 Joint member 102 Rotary shaft 103 Connection member 103a Support shaft portion 103b Support shaft portion 104 Upper surface 105 Depression 106 Opening 107 Ball guiding piece 108 Inclined end 109 Pin 110 Push-up member 111 Supporting piece 112 Base 112a Base rear part 113 Upper part 114 Insertion hole 115 Bearing body 116 Circular roller receiver 116a Circular roller receiver base 117 Circle Roller receiving portion 118a Receiving piece 118b Receiving piece 119 Pin 120 Roller 121 Front end 122 Link member 123 Circular roller 124 Eccentric shaft 125 Drive transmitting member 125a Disc-shaped portion 125b Front surface 126 Cam 127 Drive shaft 127 'Support hole 1 8 Overhanging surface 129 Side surface 130 Constricted surface 131 Detector 132 Gap 133 Drive shaft 134 Link member SW1 Left and right starting opening winning detection switch SW2 Middle starting opening winning detection switch SW3 Large winning opening detection switch SW4 Specific area winning detection switch SW6 Fixed position detection switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A movable wing piece that is opened and closed by a first driving means, a large winning opening that is opened and closed by the opening and closing operation of the movable wing piece, and a prize space that can enter a ball through the large winning opening. A prize device having a special winning opening and a normal winning opening disposed in the pachinko machine, and configured to start a continuous opening and closing operation of the large winning opening when a pachinko ball wins in the specific winning opening. In the winning space, the second driving means advances / retreats with respect to the flow path of the game ball, and a game ball flowing down the flow path by colliding with the game ball wins the normal winning opening. A first movable piece that is easily distributed in a downward direction, and a rearward stroke of the first movable piece, which is disposed in a direction in which the game ball is distributed by the first movable piece, and an operation of a third driving unit. Protrudes / retreats from the flow path of the game ball by A second movable piece for changing a flowing direction of the game ball to a direction in which the specific winning opening can be easily won by colliding; and, together with the opening operation of the big winning opening, the first movable piece A pachinko machine in which the second movable piece is repeatedly advanced and retracted with respect to the flow path of the game ball, in a state where the pachinko is advanced to the flow path.