JP2002126179A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use one or a plurality of out balls as service balls after retaining them in a pachinko game machine. SOLUTION: This pachinko machine is provided with a ball storage recess 3 for dropping and retaining one or a plurality of out balls B expected to be discharged to the outside of a game region 33 from an outlet 44 at a portion directly before the outlet 44 on an inner rail 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which an out ball is parked and can be used as a winning service ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a general pachinko machine,
If a problem occurs in which a pachinko ball gets stuck on a nail or the like on the game board, a clerk in the hall opens the glass door and removes the caught ball, and then removes one or more balls from the player's ball. Pachinko ball ("Service ball"
Is called) into the winning opening.

On the other hand, in an enclosed pachinko machine in which a predetermined number of game balls are circulated, a predetermined number (small number) of pachinko balls housed inside the pachinko machine are circulated and used. Obtaining a service sphere is a problem. It is conceivable that the clerk of the hall always carries a small number of service balls, but this method imposes an extra burden on the store clerk, and each time the prize service, the total number of enclosed pachinko balls increases, which is a cause. As a result, there is a concern that a pachinko machine may have trouble due to an excessive increase in pachinko balls.

[0004] As another method, it is conceivable that a pachinko ball is fired with the glass door opened, and the ball is taken out to serve as a service ball. There is a problem that the inserted pachinko spheres are lost by jumping out or the like, and the total number of enclosed pachinko spheres is reduced. In order to prevent this, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
In Japanese Patent Publication No. 9-47560 or the like, it is proposed to provide a winning service by guiding an enclosed pachinko ball to a game board surface by operation, but there is a drawback that the mechanism becomes complicated.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to stop one or a plurality of out-balls in a ball-and-ball game machine and use them as service balls.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine, in which one or a plurality of out balls to be discharged from an out port to the outside of a game area are dropped. A recess for stopping at the portion is provided near the outlet. Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, after the game starts, one or more out balls to be discharged from the first or a few out ports thereafter fall into the recess and are stopped as they are. When the maximum number of out balls stop, the subsequent out balls are directly discharged out of the game area from the out mouth.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the ball-and-ball game machine is a pachinko machine, the ball held by the player is used in both the general machine and the sealing machine. Without decreasing the number of balls held, or without reducing the number of balls held, it is possible to use the out ball that has always existed and has become worthless as a prize service ball, so that for the player, satisfaction is increased, and for the hall side, There is no need for the store clerk to carry around the prize service sphere or to obtain a prize service sphere by a firing operation, which would require a troublesome operation. In particular, in the case of a sealing machine, there is a unique effect that a prize service ball can be obtained at a low cost with an extremely simple structure as compared with a case where a circulating ball is guided to a game board surface by a complicated mechanism conventionally. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ball-and-ball game machine, one or a plurality of out balls to be discharged from the out port to the outside of the game area are locked, and the ball is stopped at the portion. A member is provided near the outlet. This locking member also has the same function of retaining the out ball to be discharged as the concave portion, and when the maximum number of out balls is retained with respect to the locking member, the subsequent out balls are
The ball is discharged to the outside of the game area from the out port through the side or above the stationary out ball. Also in the invention of claim 2, since the out ball which has been stopped by being locked by the locking member and has become worthless can be used as a winning service ball,
The same effect as that of the first aspect can be obtained.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is provided with a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of an outgoing ball staying in the vicinity of the out mouth, so that the number of outgoing balls that are parked can be detected. . As a result, since the sum of the numbers of the out ball, the winning ball, and the stationary ball is the total number of balls fired in the game area, the total number of balls and the number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of foul balls from the number of shot balls are used. By comparing the states, the state of the pachinko machine can be determined. That is,
When the former and the latter are equal in number, it is determined that the game is normal, and when the latter is larger than the former, it is determined that the game ball may be caught on any part of the game area. Further, when the former is larger than the latter, it is determined that the unauthorized operation may have been performed.

Further, the invention of claim 4 is based on the premise of any one of claims 1 to 3, in which the portion for stopping the out ball is located immediately before the out opening of the inner rail. There is an advantage that the present invention can be implemented only by changing the shape of the inner rail while keeping the size as it is.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to examples. First, with reference to FIG. 1 which is a front view of an enclosed pachinko machine embodying the invention according to claim 1, its schematic configuration will be described, and thereafter, parts constituting the features of the first embodiment. Will be described in detail. An enclosed pachinko machine is a game-specific card that stores valuables such as the amount of money that can be exchanged for holding balls, manages the number of balls held, the number of remaining balls, etc., and inserts them into the machine A predetermined number of pachinko balls are circulated to play a game.
In FIG. 1, an operation panel 23 is disposed immediately below a glass door 22 that covers the front of a game board 21, and the card read / write unit 2 is disposed on the operation panel 23.
4 and the display panel 25 are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction.

The card read / write unit 24 is provided with a card insertion / removal opening 26 horizontally, and at the side thereof,
A card ejection button 27 for taking out a card inserted into the card insertion slot 26 is provided.
6, a withdrawal button 28 for declaring the start of the game, deducting a predetermined number from the number of held balls corresponding to the recorded amount and adding the remaining number of hit balls, and an end button for indicating the end of the game 29 are provided. Then, when a card is inserted into the card slot 26 to start the game, a withdrawal process is performed, the number of balls held by the card is read by the card read / write unit 24, and then a withdrawal button is pressed. When the user presses 28, the number of withdrawals corresponding to the number of times the withdrawal button 28 is pressed is input,
After the withdrawal number is subtracted from the number of balls held by the card, and at the same time the withdrawal number is added to the remaining number of hit balls (zero at the start of the game) stored as data in the memory of the frame control unit, , The card will be returned.

During the game, it is determined whether or not there is a remaining number of hit balls in the memory of the frame control unit. If there is a remaining number of hit balls, the shot can be fired. The game balls are fired until the number is reduced by one and the remaining number of hit balls becomes zero. In addition, a game ball has a specific winning opening (a starting winning opening 35, a general winning opening 37, an attacker device 38, which will be described later).
Prize hole 39, etc.), the number of prize balls set for each prize hole is added to the memory. Further, when ending the game, a card is inserted into the card slot 26, and when the end button 29 is pressed, the card read / write unit 24 causes the card read / write unit 24 to count the number of hit balls remaining in the memory. Is added to the number of held balls, the remaining number of hit balls stored in the memory is cleared, and the card is returned. It should be noted that a predetermined number of real balls circulating in the pachinko machine are sealed in advance and are not subject to ball management by cards.

On the other hand, the construction of the game board 21 is substantially the same as that of a general pachinko machine, and the inner and outer rails 1 and 2 are provided.
In between, a launch path 31 of the launched pachinko ball is formed, and a region surrounded by the inner and outer rails 1 and 2 and the right decorative member 32 forms a game region 33, and the game region In 33, necessary accessory devices are provided. That is, a special symbol display device 34 is provided in the center of the game area 33, and a start winning opening 35 for starting the special symbol display device 34 is provided immediately below the special symbol display device 34, and a lower end of the special symbol display device 34 is provided. Passing gates 36 are provided on both sides of the section, and general winning openings 37 are provided on both sides of the starting winning opening 35, respectively. Also,
When the special symbol display device 34 has a specific display mode,
In the specific game state, the large winning opening 39 of the attacker device 38 disposed immediately below the starting winning opening 35 is kept open for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of winning balls are generated. Has become. An out port 44 for discharging an out ball is provided at the lowest portion of the inner rail 1 and directly below the attacker device 38. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 denotes a firing handle.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the ball receiving recess 3 provided immediately before the out port 44, FIG. 3 is a front view of the same, and FIG. It is a line sectional view. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a portion of the panel 41 below the upper edge of the out port 44 is provided with a router hole 43 on the front side thereof, leaving a thin plate portion 42 having a predetermined thickness (about 5 mm). The thin plate portion 42 has a game area 3
An out port 44 is provided for discharging out balls B that did not enter any of the winning ports out of the pachinko balls fired in 3. The out port 44 is disposed immediately below the attacker device 38, and when viewed from the front,
It interferes with the lowest part of the inner rail 1 curved in an arc shape.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, one out ball B is provided at the lowest portion of the inner rail 1 curved in an arc shape and immediately before the out port 44. Is provided with a ball housing recess 3 that can house the ball. In the spherical housing recess 3, when viewed from the front, only a part of the upper part interferes with the out port 44, and the remaining part has a regulating piece 48, which will be described later, disposed on the back side thereof. , The out-ball B stored in the recess 3
Is not discharged from the outlet 44 and stays as it is. Further, a ball discharge guide concave portion 46 having a width wider than that of the ball receiving concave portion 3 on the inner rail 1 is provided toward the out port 44. The ball discharge guide concave portion 46 is provided in the conventional pachinko machine, and is a portion for guiding the out ball reaching the lowest portion of the inner rail 1 toward the out port 44. is there. The area around the out opening 44 is a decorative plate 4.
7, a restricting piece 48 bent at a right angle to the plate surface is provided in a portion of the decorative plate 47 facing the ball housing recess 3 in a state of entering the ball housing recess 3. ing. Due to the presence of the restriction piece 48, the out ball B housed in the ball housing recess 3 is housed close to the glass plate 22a on the back side constituting the glass door 22, and is housed in the recess 3. Another out ball B is prevented from further stopping between the upper surface side of the out ball B and the glass plate 22a on the back side.

Further, a light transmitting hole 4 for transmitting light is provided in a bottom plate portion 3a of the ball accommodating concave portion 3 of the inner rail 1, and a light detection type proximity switch is provided immediately below the bottom plate portion 3a. Is disposed. Therefore, when the out ball B is housed in the ball housing recess 3,
The light transmitting hole 4 is closed by the out sphere B, and this state is detected by the sphere detection sensor S to detect that the out sphere B is stored in the sphere storing recess 3. Has become. In this embodiment, the proximity switch of the light detection method is used. However, a switch that detects an object to be detected by using a change in inductance or a mechanical switch may be used.

Then, through the firing passage 31, the game area 3
The pachinko ball is fired at 3 and the out ball which did not enter any of the winning openings flows down around the outer opening 44 which is the lowest portion of the game area 33, and the inner rail disposed at that portion. After being guided to 1 and reaching just before the out port 44, the ball is guided to the out port 44 through the ball discharge guide concave portion 46 provided at the lowest part of the inner rail 1, and goes out of the game area 33. Is discharged.

Therefore, after the game starts, the first 1
Out balls B, or four or less out ports 4
When one out ball B to be ejected from 4 is dropped and stored in the ball receiving recess 3, the out ball B stops as it is and the subsequent out ball B is stored in the ball receiving recess 3. The ball is passed to both sides of or above the other out ball B, guided to the out port 44, and discharged to the outside of the game area 33 without any trouble. In addition, out ball B
Is stored by the ball detection sensor S as described above.

Therefore, in the case of a pachinko machine of the enclosed type, if a problem occurs in which the pachinko ball is caught on the game nail 40 or the like on the game board, the clerk of the hall opens the glass door 22 and stores the ball in the ball storage recess 3. By picking up the out ball B and putting it in one of the winning holes, the winning service can be implemented without reducing the number of balls held by the player. Further, in the state where the glass door 22 is opened, the operation of launching the enclosed pachinko ball, the operation of leading the enclosed pachinko ball to the game board surface, and the like are not performed at all, and the glass door 22 is opened. Even
There is no danger that the enclosed pachinko balls will jump out and be lost. Further, since the glass door 22 has a double glass plate structure, it has two glass plates 22a (see FIG. 4), and the lower end of the glass door 22 (the position indicated by the straight line L in FIG. 3). Is located at the center of the ball accommodating recess 3 along the height direction, so that the ball detection sensor S is not visually recognized by the player.

On the other hand, a ball detection sensor S is provided immediately below the ball housing recess 3 of the inner rail 1, and an out-ball B housed and stopped in the ball housing recess 3 by the sensor S.
Is detected, the hole side can grasp the gaming state of the pachinko machine including the stationary state of the out ball B. That is, assuming that the number of out balls accommodated in the ball accommodating recess 3 of the inner rail 1 and stopped (“1” in the above embodiment) is “the number of stationary balls”, during the game (during the firing of the game ball), The following equation 1 is established.

Number of launch balls-number of foul balls = number of effective balls = number of out balls + number of stationary balls + number of safe balls + number of falling balls ...・ ・ ・ ・ Equation 1

After a lapse of a predetermined time from the stop of the launch of the game ball, one of the following three equations is satisfied.

The number of shot balls−the number of foul balls = the number of effective balls = the number of out balls + the number of stationary balls + the number of safe balls ..... Number of balls + number of stationary balls + number of safe balls ···························· Formula 3 Number of launch balls − number of foul balls = number of effective balls> number of out balls + number of stationary balls + number of safe balls ... Equation 4

If Equation 2 is satisfied, the total number of pachinko balls (the number of effective balls) fired in the game area 33 is determined by the number of balls (the number of out balls) entering the out port 44 and the number of the ball accommodating recesses 3. In order to equal the sum of the number of balls that are accommodated and stopped in the game (number of stationary balls) and the number of balls that have won each winning opening (the number of safe balls), the player illegally places an external pachinko ball in the winning opening. The pachinko ball used for the game or the pachinko ball used for the game is not caught on a nail or the like on the game board, so that it is determined to be normal.
When Equation 3 holds, the sum of the number of out-balls, the number of stationary balls, and the number of safe balls is larger than the number of available balls, so that an external pachinko ball is intentionally inserted into the winning opening. It is determined that there is a possibility of fraud since there is a possibility that a winning operation has been performed. Further, when the formula 4 is satisfied, the number of effective balls is larger than the sum of the number of out balls, the number of stationary balls, and the number of safe balls, so that the pachinko ball fired in the game area has It is determined that there is a possibility that it has been caught in.

When two states occur except for the normal state, the hall can take an action corresponding to the state. That is, when there is a possibility that a pachinko ball is stuck on the game board surface, the clerk of the hall checks the game board surface of the corresponding pachinko machine, and
2, the pachinko ball caught on a nail or the like is removed, and the out ball B housed and held in the ball housing recess 3 of the inner rail 1 is taken out and put into a predetermined winning opening to provide a winning service. It can be carried out. If there is a possibility of fraud, take action such as checking whether there is any cause of fraud on the pachinko machine and searching for the player immediately before using the pachinko machine. Can be.

FIG. 5 is a partial front view of a second embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the inner rail 1
Is provided with a ball housing recess 3 which can house and hold only one out ball B, but the second embodiment has an inner rail 1
Is provided with a ball housing recess 3 'capable of housing and holding two out balls B at the same time, and the bottom plate portion 3'a of the ball housing recess 3' has an out ball B at the center thereof. In order to prevent it from being left, the central portion is formed to have a middle height, and light transmitting holes (not shown) are provided in the bottom plate portions 3'a of the left and right housing portions, respectively, so that each light transmitting hole is provided. A sphere detection sensor S is provided immediately below the hole. Therefore, the out ball B that has fallen into the ball housing recess 3 ′ is always housed in one of the housing portions, and the presence of the housed out ball B is detected by the ball detection sensor S disposed immediately below. You can check it. As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, since two out-balls B can be simultaneously parked, an advantage that two prize-winning services can be performed simultaneously without reducing the number of balls held by the player. There is.

Further, in both the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the size of the out port 44 is the same as the existing one (a size that allows three out balls B to pass at the same time).
There is an advantage that can be implemented.

Next, the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The lowest part of the inner rail 1 has a shallow recess 11 that can accommodate two out balls B.
Is provided, and the T-shaped locking member 1 is provided in the recess 11.
2 are arranged and fixed so as to be T-shaped in plan view. That is, the T-shaped locking member 12 includes the separate plate portion 12a and the fall prevention plate portion 1 for preventing the out ball B from falling.
2b, and the fall prevention plate portion 12b is disposed on the back side so as to face the entrance of the out port 44 ', and the separate plate portion 12a is located at the center of the concave portion 11 in the left-right direction (lateral direction). By being arranged, the two out balls B are locked in the T-shaped locking member 12 in a state of being partially accommodated in the concave portion 11, and can be stopped at that position. Further, the depth of the concave portion 11 and the height of the locking member 12 in the disposition state are such that the concave ball 11 has an out ball B
Is set to such a size that it does not jump out of the concave portion 11 even if another out ball B collides in a state in which is stored. Light transmitting holes 13 are provided in the bottom plate portion 11a of the concave portion 11, respectively.
Is the same as that of each embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.

Therefore, also in the embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention, the two out balls B can be parked at the lowest portion of the inner rail 1, and in the state where the two out balls are parked, Out ball B is out port 4 without any trouble.
It is discharged from 4 '. For this reason, during the game, when the pachinko ball is caught on the game board surface, the glass door 2
By opening the second ball 2 and picking up the out-ball B which is stopped while being caught by the locking member 12 and putting it in a predetermined winning opening, the winning service can be performed without reducing the number of balls held by the player. Furthermore, since the locking member 12 is arranged so as to be T-shaped in a plan view, the out ball B flowing down from almost all directions can be stopped.

By the way, regarding the point that the glass door 22 is opened and the prize service is performed, conventionally, a switch for detecting the opening of the glass door is provided, and when the glass door is opened, the lamp is turned on. It was necessary to perform the above-mentioned prize service, but due to the necessity of performing the above-mentioned prize service, the winning process performed artificially with the glass door open must be treated as a valid act. Was.
For this reason, in the state where the glass door is open, artificial winning processing is treated as fraudulent, and no countermeasure against invalidating the winning processing was performed.

However, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the number of out-balls parked near the out-opening can be accurately detected by the ball detection sensor. Even if the winning process is invalidated, only the winning process using the out ball detected by the ball detection sensor can be treated as valid (regular winning process). In other words, the winning process using the out ball whose stationary state has been confirmed by the ball detection sensor is treated as valid because the ball detection sensor can detect that the out ball that existed immediately before has disappeared. However, the winning process using other pachinko balls whose stationary state is not managed by the ball detection sensor,
Since it can be treated as fraudulent, fraudulent winning processing performed with the glass door open can be detected, and it becomes possible to cope with fraud measures.

Further, in any of the first and second aspects of the present invention, when the present invention is applied to an enclosed pachinko machine, the enclosed pachinko ball can be used without reducing the number of balls held by the player and with the glass door opened. Although a unique effect that there is no fear of popping out is produced, the present invention can be applied to a general pachinko machine that a player borrows a pachinko ball. In the case of a general pachinko machine, a prize service can be performed without using the player's holding ball, so that the player does not feel any damage and the customer satisfaction is enhanced. Furthermore,
The present invention can be applied to a ball game machine similar to a pachinko machine such as an arrangement game machine or a sparrow ball game machine.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the ball receiving recesses 3 and 3 'are provided in the inner rail 1 immediately before the out port 44, but the out ball B is provided inside the out port 44. It is also possible to provide an accommodation recess for stopping.

[0035]

According to the present invention, in a ball game machine, one or a plurality of out balls are parked and can be used as a service ball, so that the ball game machine is a pachinko machine. In the case of the enclosed type, the prize-winning service can be performed without reducing the number of balls held by the player, and on the general machine, without reducing the number of balls held by the player.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an enclosed pachinko machine embodying the invention of claim 1;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a ball housing recess 3 provided immediately before an out opening 44 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a portion of a ball housing recess 3 ′ provided immediately before an out opening 44.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the locking member 12 disposed immediately before the out port 44 in the pachinko machine embodying the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 B: Out sphere S: Sphere detection sensor 1: Inner rail 3, 3 ': Sphere accommodation recess 12: Locking member 33: Game area 44, 44': Out mouth

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An item scheduled to be discharged out of the game area from an out mouth.
A ball game machine characterized in that a recess for dropping a plurality of out balls and stopping at the portion is provided near the out port. 2. The one scheduled to be discharged from the out mouth to the outside of the game area.
A ball game machine characterized in that a locking member for locking a plurality of out balls and stopping at the portion is provided near the out port. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of an out ball parked near the out port. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the portion where the out ball is stopped is immediately before the out port of the inner rail. 5. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is an enclosed pachinko machine in which a predetermined number of game balls are circulated and sealed. .