JP2003250968A - Slot type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot type game machine using pachinko balls by the small change of design with a conventional pachinko game machine as a base. <P>SOLUTION: A reconstructing ball feeding tray 116 is provided with: ball collecting mechanisms 120, 125 and 134 for collecting a prescribed number of pachinko balls as a unit betting number; a starting operation part 118 for varying the patterns of a variable display device 18 with collecting of balls as a condition; and a stoppage operation part 119 for stopping the varying pattern of the variable display device 18. The tray 116 is replaced with a ball feeding tray 6, and when the patterns of the variable display device 18 varied by operating of the starting operation part 118 are stopped by the combination of prescribed combination by the optional stopping operation of the stoppage operation part 119, the pachinko balls are put out from a ball put out device 36 to the tray 116. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot type game machine in which a pachinko ball is used as a game medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a game machine in which a pachinko ball is used as a game medium, there is a pachinko game machine which shoots a pachinko ball on a board surface to play a game. In recent years, a coin is used to arbitrarily stop a plurality of drums. Slot machines have become popular, and the number of places where slot machines are installed instead of pachinko machines is increasing, and the number of pachinko machines installed in a game store tends to decrease.

However, since a slot machine is larger than a pachinko gaming machine, the number of pachinko gaming machines is 10
If a slot machine can fit in only 7 machines, the unit price is high, and additional equipment is needed to use new coins, which requires extra investment.

Therefore, a slot type game machine using a pachinko ball instead of using a coin has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

[0005]

[Patent Document 1] JP-A-62-246390

[0006]

However, in the slot-type gaming machine using the pachinko ball disclosed in the above publication, the pachinko ball is used instead of the coin, and the pachinko ball is used in the same amusement hall. Since the same pachinko ball as the gaming machine can be used, the pachinko ball replenishing device, the counting device and the central management device in the pachinko gaming store can be used as they are, but the shape is completely different from that of the pachinko gaming machine and it is easy to share. It has a difficult structure.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a slot-type gaming machine that uses a pachinko ball with a slight design change based on a conventional pachinko gaming machine. Especially.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is such that a ball supply tray for supplying pachinko balls as a game medium is detachably mounted, and a variable display device has a predetermined symbol. A modified pachinko game machine in which pachinko balls are paid out from the ball payout device to the ball supply plate by being combined, and a modified ball supply plate compatible with the ball supply plate is used as the ball supply plate. A ball collecting mechanism that collects a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet on the modified ball supply tray, and a start operation that changes the display of the variable display device on condition that the balls have been collected. And a stop operation unit for stopping the display of the variable display device, and the design of the variable display device changed by the operation of the start operation unit is a combination of predetermined symbols by an arbitrary stop operation of the stop operation unit. Wherein the pachinko ball from the ball dispensing apparatus by being stopped is to be paid out on the modified for ball supply tray. Note that the modified sphere supply plate here means a sphere supply plate for a slot-type gaming machine. Further, the unit bet number is a minimum number of balls that can be played as one unit, and can be arbitrarily selected from one pachinko ball.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the ball collecting mechanism is a bet number setting operation section for setting a unit bet number, and a predetermined number set by the bet number setting operation section. And a ball number confirmation sensor for counting the number of pachinko balls ejected from the ball cutting device.

Further, a ball supply tray for supplying a pachinko ball as a game medium is detachably mounted below the door frame on which the prize opening or the variable display device of the board surface can be visually recognized, and the prize or the variable display to the prize opening is provided. A gaming machine in which a pachinko ball is paid out from a ball payout device as a prize ball by a combination of predetermined symbols of the device, wherein the ball supply plate is a first supply plate for supplying one pachinko ball to the striking device, It is compatible with the first supply tray, and is provided with a start operation unit for changing the symbol display of the variable display device and a stop operation unit for stopping the variable symbol of the variable display device, and betting a predetermined number of pachinko balls. It is one of the second supply trays that is designed to be collected as a number, and in the state where the first supply tray is attached, the display for the variable display device is changed or stopped depending on the winning condition of the pachinko ball fired on the board surface. And Nko gaming machine, was set to be changeable in the slot type game machine to vary and stop display of the variable display device, subject to recovery of the bet number at any in a state of mounting the said second supply tray.

A ball feeding device for feeding the pachinko balls one by one to the ball feeding tray for the pachinko gaming machine, a launch rail for temporarily stopping the pachinko balls fed from the ball feeding device in a waiting portion, and the waiting portion. It is preferable to assemble with a striking device for driving the pachinko ball of (3) into the board surface.

Further, the ball supply plate is composed of at least a plate member for storing pachinko balls and a cover member for covering the front surface thereof, and a ball supply plate for a pachinko game machine and a ball supply plate for a slot type game machine. It is preferable to change the ball supply tray of the pachinko gaming machine to a ball supply tray for the slot type gaming machine by sharing the dish member and replacing the cover member, and the slot type game for the cover member for the slot type gaming machine. It is preferable to provide an operation unit such as a start operation unit for the machine and a functional unit such as a display.

A portion used as a slot type gaming machine (variable display device, decorative lens, etc.) using the gaming board used in the pachinko gaming machine as it is as a slot type gaming machine.
Is visible, and it is preferable to attach a decorative plate that conceals a portion not used as a slot-type gaming machine (for example, a guide rail, a winning opening, etc.) with a concealing portion. Further, in the concealing section, an explanation of a game-related symbol and a big hit symbol may be drawn. The decorative plate may be installed between the glasses of the glass door frame that makes the variable display device visible, or may be attached to the glass or exchanged with the glass so that it is positioned on the front side of the game board and mounted. Good.

In addition, the game board is provided with a winning opening and a variable display device, and a pachinko ball machine which shoots a pachinko ball sent to a launch rail from a ball supply plate which is detachably mounted on a game board surface by a striking device. , A ball supply tray having at least a start operation section for changing the symbol display of the variable display device and a stop operation section for stopping the variable display in place of the ball receiving tray, so that the pachinko ball as the number of bets is a board surface. It may be a slot-type gaming machine which randomly fluctuates and stops the symbol display of the variable display device as well as by shooting and collecting.

It is preferable to provide an auxiliary means for improving the operability of the starting operation part and the like. For example, a slider is provided slidably on the rail part so that the starting operation part can be operated by the slider itself or the slider can be operated. With your hand, slide the slider to operate the stop operation part,
It is better to make the pressing operation easier and less tired.

Further, a surplus sphere tray for storing surplus spheres of the sphere supply dish is detachably provided, and is compatible with the surplus sphere dish and a start operation unit for starting the pattern variation of the variable display device and the symbol variation. The pachinko gaming machine may be changed to a slot-type gaming machine by replacing the remodeling surplus ball saucer or panel plate provided with a stop operation part for stopping with the surplus ball saucer, and preferably the remodeling surplus. It is preferable to provide a bet number setting operation unit for setting the bet number on the ball tray and the panel board. At this time, it is preferable to collect a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number by using a ball supply tray for a pachinko gaming machine.

Further, the glass door frame is removably provided, and it is compatible with the glass door frame, and is provided with a start operation section for starting the variation of the variable display device and a stop operation section for stopping the variation of the symbol. The glass door frame for use may be changed to a slot-type gaming machine by replacing the glass door frame with the glass door frame, and it is preferable to set the bet number for setting the unit bet number on the modified glass door frame. It is better to provide an operating unit.

Further, a bet number setting operation section which is compatible with the operation handle of the pachinko gaming machine and collects a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a bet number of one unit, and a start operation section which changes the display of the variable display device. And a variable operating device provided with a stop operating portion for stopping the display of the variable display device instead of the operating handle of the pachinko gaming machine, so that the variable display device is provided on condition that the pachinko ball as the number of bets is collected. The slot type gaming machine in which the symbol display is arbitrarily changed and stopped may be used.

On the back surface of the front plate of the pachinko gaming machine, a ball feeding device for feeding the pachinko balls of the ball feeding tray one by one, and a pachinko ball supplied from the ball feeding device to a standby portion at a firing position. It is preferable to provide a launching unit by integrally assembling a launching rail to be temporarily stopped and a series of launching-related mechanisms such as a striking device that strikes the pachinko ball of the standby section onto the game board surface. Further, the launch rail is detachable or provided swingably in the vertical direction, and is tilted downward when changing to a slot type game machine, and is used as a part of a path for collecting pachinko balls as a bet number. Is good.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine as a gaming machine will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko gaming machine shown with a glass door frame and a ball supply tray opened. In the figure, 1 is a machine frame of a pachinko gaming machine, 2 is a front frame formed in a frame shape that is openably and closably mounted on the front surface of the machine frame 3, and 3 is a game board mounting frame 4 on the rear side of the front frame 2. It is a game board that is detachably attached via. A glass door frame 5 that covers the upper portion of the game board 3 and a first supply plate 6 as a ball supply plate are attached to the front surface of the frame-shaped front frame 2 so as to be openable, closable, and detachable. The supply plate 6 is provided on a front plate 7 as an opening / closing plate. When the locking device 9 of the glass door frame 5 is unlocked, the front plate 7 can be opened and closed.
Further, a surplus ball receiving tray 11 for storing surplus balls overflowing from the first supply tray 6 and an operation handle 12 for adjusting the elastic force of the pachinko ball are mounted on the lower front surface of the front frame 2.

As shown in FIG. 12, the operation handle 12 includes a grip portion 13 fixed to the front surface of the front frame 2, and an operation lever 14 rotatably provided on the grip portion 13. The grip 13 is a rear half body 13 a fixed to the front frame 2.
And a front half 13b fixedly connected to the latter half 13a
The volume switch 15 is incorporated in the front half body 13b, and the volume of the volume switch 15 is adjusted by rotating the operation lever 14 to adjust the firing force of the hit ball.

The game board 3 forms a substantially circular game area 3a by a guide rail 16 as a guide means,
In the game area 3a, a general winning opening 17 and a starting winning opening 19,
A large-sized variable display device 18 that fluctuates according to a predetermined condition such as winning into the starting winning opening 19, and a large winning opening 20 that is opened by a combination (big hit) of preset symbols of the variable display device 18 are provided. ing. The guide rail 1
At the end of 6, a ball return prevention device 16a is provided to prevent the pachinko ball once hit in the game area 3a from returning. The special winning opening 20 is a well-known one in which an opening / closing door 22 is provided in a horizontally long opening formed in a mounting plate so as to be openable / closable in the front-rear direction, and the opening / closing door 22 is opened / closed by an electric drive source (not shown). . Further, below the big winning opening 20 and at the bottom of the game area 3a, the winning opening 17, 19, 2
An out port 23 for outflowing out balls that did not win 0 is formed, and the out balls are discharged out of the machine through an out ball passage 21 formed in the game board mounting frame 4. 24 is a side lamp provided in the game area 3a, 25 is a game area 3a
A corner lens provided outside and above, the display section 26a displaying the number of prize balls and the display section 26b displaying the number of rounds at the time of a big hit or the remaining game.
Is provided.

The variable display device 18 has a "7" on its peripheral surface.
Three rotary drums 27a to 27c and plural rotary drums 27a to 27c on which plural kinds of symbols such as "BAR" are drawn.
A stepping motor 28 as an electric drive source for driving and stopping the motor, and a window frame member 29 facing a predetermined number (three in the figure) of the symbols of the rotary drums 27a to 27c. A belt type may be used instead of the rotating drums 27a to 27c, and a belt type can reduce the amount of rearward protrusion. Although the variable display device 18 is configured such that the drums 27a to 27c are rotated and varied, the variable display device for varying the design by liquid crystal display or digital display is very good.

The glass door frame 5 is formed to have substantially the same width as the width direction of the front frame 2, and a decorative frame 5a made of synthetic resin having a window opening and a holding frame 5b for holding a plurality of transparent plates such as glass.
It is composed of and. A lens member 30 having a light-transmitting property is provided on the peripheral edge of the decorative frame 5a, and an electric decoration means such as an LED located on the rear surface of the lens member 30 is turned on to indicate a gaming state such as a "big hit" and a reach state. I am trying.

On the back surface of the game board 3, a square mechanical plate 31 made of synthetic resin is detachably mounted. The mechanism plate 31 is formed of a synthetic resin in a substantially rectangular shape, and a window portion 32 facing the rear portion of the variable display device 18 is opened in the substantially center thereof, and a pachinko ball is stored above the window portion 32. The ball tank 33 is attached. A ball guide gutter 34 for aligning and guiding the pachinko balls is provided below the ball tank 33, and a ball payout device 36 for paying out a predetermined number of pachinko balls is connected to a downstream end of the ball guide gutter 34 via a bending guide gutter 35. Has been done.

Below the ball dispensing device 36, a discharge gutter 37 for guiding the dispensed pachinko balls to the first supply tray 6 is provided, and is guided to the first supply tray 6 via a lead-out path 38. Further, when the first supply tray 6 is filled with the pachinko balls, the surplus ball passage 39 for guiding the surplus balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is formed. Further, below the window 32, a game control board 40, a ball payout control board 41, and a launch control board 42 for controlling the game operation of the entire gaming machine are installed. Reference numeral 43 is a detection means for detecting the full tank of the surplus ball tray 11.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ball payout device 36 is composed of a payout mechanism 36a and a distribution mechanism 36b. The payout mechanism 36a communicates with a ball passage of the bending guide trough 35 in a box-shaped case 44. Supply passage 45 as a passage portion, a rotation control body 46 as a control body that faces the supply passage 45 and supports the earliest pachinko ball, and a discharge passage that is discharged from the support by rotation of the rotation control body 46. 47 and a case 4
A motor 48 as an electric drive source for rotating the rotation control body 46 is attached to the cover body 44a of FIG. The rotation control body 46 has a disk shape having a size for supporting the pachinko balls of the supply path 45, and has a plurality of (six in the present embodiment) ball receiving portions 46a recessed on the peripheral surface thereof. The center of the rotation control body 46 is attached to the motor shaft 48a of the motor 48, and the rotation control body 46 is rotated by the rotation of the motor 48 to discharge the rotation control body 46 to the discharge passage 47 in units of one.

Further, the distribution mechanism 36b located below the payout mechanism 36a branches the discharge passage 47 into a prize ball passage 47a and a ball rental passage 47b, and the respective passages 47a, 47a.
7b is provided with ball counting sensors 49a and 49b. A switching valve 50 that guides the pachinko balls paid out from the payout mechanism 36a to either one of the prize ball passage 47a and the ball rental passage 47b is rotatably arranged at the branch portion, and serves as an electric drive source. The switching valve 50 is rotated so as to close one of the prize ball passage 47a and the ball rental passage 47b by exciting / deactivating the solenoid 51. The switching valve 50 and the solenoid 51 are connected to each other by engaging an operating pin 50a protruding from the switching valve 50 with an operating body 52 attached to a plunger 51a of the solenoid 51, and by exciting and demagnetizing the solenoid 51. The switching valve 50 rotates to switch the passage.

The ball payout device 36 is not limited to the above embodiment, but the control body may be a screw type rotating body or an oscillating body, and a linear or rotary solenoid may be used as an electric drive source. It goes without saying that it may be a ball dispensing device that dispenses one by one by using.
Further, the payout mechanism 36a and the distribution mechanism 36b may be formed separately and separately, and when a normal machine that does not require ball rental is used, the distribution mechanism 36b is simply replaced with a prize ball. Only a passage frame should be used to allow only the flow.

The first supply plate 6 provided on the front surface of the front plate 7 includes a decorative plate member 53 for covering the front surface of the front plate 7 and a plate member 54 for storing pachinko balls, as shown in FIGS. It is configured with a cover member 55 that covers the front surface.

The dish member 54 has a dish portion 54a in which pachinko balls are stored, a side plate portion 54b extending downward, and a horizontal plate portion 54c extending sideward. The plate portion 54a has a bottom portion that gently inclines downwardly to one side, and a rectifying path 57 in which pachinko balls are aligned in a row by a ball pressure receiving portion 56 that is raised stepwise via a guide side wall is formed on the downstream side thereof. . A metal plate 57a, which is bent to have a U-shaped cross section so as to cover the entire length of the upper surface, is attached to the rectifying path 57.
The wear of 7 is prevented and the smooth flow of the pachinko ball is achieved. Further, a ball outlet 59 which is always closed by a ball removing member 58 described later is formed on the bottom surface of the downstream end, and the ball outlet 59 is communicated with a ball passage 60 provided therebelow. . The downstream end of the ball removal passage 60 faces a through hole 61 formed in the front plate 7 and communicates with the surplus ball receiving tray 11 via a ball removal trough 62.

On the rear side of the side plate portion 54b of the dish member 54, there is provided a ball removing device 65 including the ball removing member 58, an I-shaped lever member 63 and an operating member 64. The lever member 63 is pivotally supported by a shaft 63a, and the operation member 64 is vertically supported by the shaft 64a so as to be vertically pressed. The operation member 64 is supported by an operation piece 63b provided on the rear surface of the lever member 63. Are in contact position. The ball-removing member 58 has a ball-removing plate portion 58a that closes the ball-removing port 59, and is slidably held in a guide frame 541 provided on the side plate portion 54b of the dish member 54. Further, the ball-removing member 58 engages the lateral pin 58b protruding laterally with the engaging hole 63c provided in the lower end portion of the lever member 63,
The ball outlet 59 is opened and closed by the pressing operation of the operating member 64 facing the opening 66 of the horizontal plate 54c, and the ball outlet 58 is always urged by the spring 67 to a position where the ball outlet 59 is closed. ing. Then, the pachinko balls of the dish member 54, which have been removed by the operation of the operation member 64, are guided to the surplus ball receiving tray 11 through the ball removal passage 60. In addition, one end of the spring 67 is connected to a ball leveling member 68 rotatably provided.

The decorative plate member 53 has a size that substantially covers the front surface of the front plate 7, is made of synthetic resin, and forms an inflow port 69 for introducing the pachinko balls discharged from the ball dispensing device 36. ing. A pachinko ball outflow port 70 of the plate portion 54a is opened at the downstream end of the rectifying path 57. Reference numerals 71 and 71 denote mounting bosses of a support frame, which will be described later.

Further, the cover member 55 is the dish member 5
4 is provided with an extended portion 55a which is located in front of the inflow port 69 and covers the upper surface of the dish member 54, so that the pachinko ball discharged from the ball dispensing device 36 vigorously flows. Even if they flow in from the above, those pachinko balls are prevented from jumping out of the first supply dish 6. A ball payout operation unit 72 is provided in the extension portion 55a, and the ball payout operation unit 72 includes a ball payout switch 73, a card return switch 74, and a remaining number indicator 75. The extended portion 55a is a cover member 55.
It may be formed as a separate body, and by forming it separately, it can be easily replaced with the one for a CR machine to which the ball payout operating portion 72 is attached and the one for a simple plate-shaped ordinary machine.

On the other hand, the front plate 7 is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape, a shaft support mechanism 76 for opening and closing and detachably mounting the first supply tray 6 is provided on one side, and the first supply tray is provided on the other side. A locking mechanism 77 is provided for locking 6 in the closed state. Further, the front plate 7 is provided with through holes 7a, 7b communicating with the inflow port 69 and the outflow port 70, and the pachinko balls dispensed from the ball dispensing device 36 in conformity with the through holes 7a are dished 54a.
A connection gutter 78 for leading to is provided. Reference numeral 7c is a through hole provided on the side of the shaft for wire passage. The shaft support mechanism 76 includes the front frame 2
Bearing cylinder 76a for inserting a shaft provided on the side and the bearing cylinder 7
6a and a support shaft 76d that is urged to move back and forth via a spring 76c on a shaft support portion 76b provided on the same axis. In addition, the locking mechanism 77 includes a hook-shaped piece 80 a and an operation piece 8 on an L-shaped support plate 79 fixed to the front plate 7.
The actuating plate 80 having 0b is slidably provided, and the actuating plate 80 is biased in the locking direction by the spring 81 so as to be engaged with the engaging portion 82 provided on the front frame 2. Then, the operation piece 80b is attached to the spring 8
By pressing against the urging force of No. 1, the locking portion 82 and the hook-shaped piece 8
The lock with 0a can be released. The front frame 2
It goes without saying that the locking mechanism 77 may be provided on the side and the locking portion 82 of the locking mechanism 77 may be provided on the back surface of the front plate 7. Further, the metal plate 57a may be formed integrally with the front plate 7.

On the other hand, a hollow support frame 83 is provided on the back surface of the front plate 7 so as to surround the through hole 7b. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a ball feeding device 84 for feeding the pachinko balls of the first supply tray 6 one by one to the support frame 83.
A series of a firing rail 85 for temporarily stopping the pachinko ball supplied from the ball feeding device 84 to the standby portion 85a which is the firing position, and a striking device 86 for driving the pachinko ball of the standby portion 85a into the game board 3 surface. The firing unit 87 is configured by integrally assembling the firing-related mechanisms.

The support frame 83 comprises a base body 83a and a cover body 83b, and the shaft member 8 provided at the upper and lower portions on one side.
8 and the bearing portion 89 cover the base body 83a with the cover body 8
3b is attached so that it can be freely opened and closed.
It is locked by the locking piece 90 having 0a and the locking hole 91. Further, the base body 83a is provided with an introduction port 92 that matches the through hole 7b formed in the front plate 7, and a plurality of mounting bosses 93 and a ball feeding device 84 for screwing the ball feeding device 84. Bearing part 9 for mounting
4. Further, the fixing hole 95a and the sandwiching portion 95b are formed in a pair with the cover body 83b side. Reference numeral 96 denotes a fitting cylinder portion for attaching the support frame 83 to the front plate 7. Further, the cover body 83b is provided with a plurality of attachment convex portions 97 for positioning and attaching the firing rail 85, and the attachment convex portions 97 are formed to have substantially the same size as the inner spacing of the firing rail 85. Further, the standby portion 85a of the launch rail 85 is provided with a mounting portion 99 of a stopper 98 for positioning a pachinko ball or a mounting recess 100 for mounting a striking device 86.

As shown in FIG. 8, the ball feeding device 84 includes a box-shaped case body 101, a ball feeding member 102 provided inside the case body 101, and an electromagnet 103 for operating the ball feeding member 102. It consists of The case body 101 is formed with a substantially vertical ball passage 101a having an open rear surface that communicates with the through hole 7b formed in the front plate 7, and a standby portion 85a of the firing rail 85 is provided at a downstream end of the ball passage 101a. A corresponding supply port 101b is formed and a semi-circular bearing 101c whose diagonally upper side is open is formed. By opening the bearing 101c obliquely above, the ball feeding member 102 can be tentatively supported during assembly, and the ball feeding member 102 can be prevented from falling off the case body 101 during assembly.

The ball feeding member 102 is provided in a ball passage 101a communicating with the supply port 101b, and is pivotally supported by a horizontal shaft 104 provided substantially parallel to the firing rail 85 so as to be vertically rotatable. Further, the ball feeding member 102 is provided with a support portion 102a for supporting the earliest pachinko ball from below and a ball receiving portion 102b formed in an arc shape for receiving the pachinko ball supported by the support portion 102a. Cage, horizontal axis 1
An engaging pin 102c, which is located below 04 and projects to the outside of the case body 101, is provided. On the other hand, the electromagnet 103 is integrated with an L-shaped support plate 105 having a locking projection 105a on the upper part thereof, and a movable plate 106 made of a magnetic material is provided below the electromagnet 103 in a pair. This movable plate 106 is
The rear end is locked to the lower end of the support plate 105 and supported so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and is always urged to rotate downward by the spring 107. Further, the tip of the movable plate 106 faces the lower side of the projecting end of the engaging pin 102c and engages therewith.

When the electromagnet 103 is excited, the sphere feed member 102 is moved to the position shown in FIG. 11 by the attracting action of the movable plate 106 (see the chain line in FIG. 9) accompanying the excitation of the electromagnet 103.
The ball feed member 102 is turned downward (counterclockwise) by its own weight by being turned upward (clockwise direction) as indicated by the chain line, and the movable plate 106 being turned downward (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 9) due to the demagnetization of the electromagnet 103. When the ball feeding member 102 is rotated upward, the ball hitting the head of the ball passage 101a is received and held in the ball receiving portion 102b, and the ball feeding member 102 is rotated downward. And its ball receiving unit 102
The hit ball b is supplied to the standby portion 85a of the launch rail 85.

The ball feeding member 102 in the ball feeding device 84 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the rotation supporting shaft 104 of the ball feeding member 102 is provided so as to project in a direction orthogonal to the firing rail 85. It goes without saying that the member 102 may swing in parallel with the firing rail 85. Further, preferably, a sprocket type capable of collecting a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet on the premise of a change to a slot type game machine, a supporting portion 102a or a ball receiving portion 102b.
An oscillating body having any of the above is preferable.

As shown in FIG. 8, the launch rail 85 is made of stainless steel and has an M-shaped cross section in which a guide groove 85b is formed in the center of the upper surface and gradually becomes shallower toward the tip over the entire length in the length direction. Through holes 10 on both sides
Positioning piece 108 and screw hole 109a having 8a
An attachment piece 109 having an opening is hung. The standby portion 85a is positioned by a stopper 98 formed separately, but the starting end portion of the firing rail 85 may be bent to serve as a stopper. Further, the launch rail 85 may be formed integrally with the support frame 83 by using aluminum or the like.

The striking device 86 includes a solenoid 110 as an electric drive source, a standby portion 85 of the firing rail 85, and a solenoid 110.
A plunger is inserted as a ball hitting bar 111 whose front end faces a, and the ball 110 is advanced and retracted by energization / interruption of the solenoid 110 to shoot a pachinko ball. Further, the solenoid 110 has a U-shaped mounting frame 112 fixed thereto.

Next, the ball feeding device 84 and the launch rail 8
5, the assembling of the striking device 86 will be described. To attach the ball feeding device 84, the ball feeding member 102 is attached to the bearing 10.
The case body 101 temporarily supported by 1c is screwed to the mounting boss 93 so as to communicate with the through hole 7b, and the ball feeding member 102 is pivotally supported by the bearing portion 94 so as to be rotatable. Then, the locking projection 105a of the electromagnet 103 is inserted into the fixing hole 95a of the base body 83a and the supporting plate 105 is formed.
Is sandwiched by the sandwiching portion 95b, the tip of the movable plate 106 faces the lower side of the projecting end of the engaging pin 102c and engages, and the open surface side is closed by the cover body 83b. Next, for mounting the firing rail 85, the through hole 108a of the positioning piece 108 is inserted into the mounting convex portion 97 so as to be in close contact with the surface of the cover body 83b for positioning, and the other mounting piece 109 is convexly mounted. Part 9
After being brought into contact with the tip of the screw 7, a screw is screwed into the screw hole 109a, whereby the firing rail 85 is firmly attached to the cover body 83b of the support frame 83. Then, the standby unit 85a
The positioning stopper 98 is attached to the mounting portion 99, and the mounting frame 112 is mounted so that the tip of the striking rod 107 of the striking device 86 faces the standby portion 85a of the firing rail 85.
The hitting device 86 is attached by screwing to 0.

In the firing unit 87 provided as a unit on the support frame 83, the ball receiving portion 102b of the ball feeding member 102 correctly faces the standby portion 85a of the firing rail 85 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. The hitting operation of the hitting device 86 and the ball feeding device 84 are controlled by the control means.
Thus, the timing of sending the pachinko ball to the standby portion 85a of the launch rail 85 is controlled.

The ball feeding device 84 is made to move the ball feeding member 102 by means of an electromagnet 103 which is an electric drive source, and the electric control means causes the firing operation of the striking device 86 and the standby portion 85a of the firing rail 85. Although the timing of feeding the pachinko ball to the ball is controlled, the timing of mechanically feeding the ball feeding member 102 to the standby portion 85a may be controlled by the control means using the striking device 86 and the link member. For example, the ball-sending member 1 of the striking device 86 is moved toward and away from the ball-sending member 1 by moving the ball-striking rod 111 back and forth.
The link member for swinging 02 may be attached. Alternatively, a motor may be used as an electric drive source to rotate the ball feeding member to feed the ball feeding member to the standby portion 85a.

Next, in order to attach the firing unit 87 to the front plate 7, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the fitting cylinder portion 121 is fitted to the mounting boss 71 projecting on the rear surface of the front plate 7, and the screw is attached. By screwing the screw into the hole 122, it is attached to the rear side of the rear surface of the front plate 7, and all the firing-related mechanisms are provided on the first supply tray 6 side. The wirings of the electromagnet 103 of the ball feeding device 84 and the solenoid 106 of the striking device 86 are guided from the pivotal support side of the first supply tray 6 to the back side of the pachinko gaming machine and connected to a predetermined substrate. The method of attaching the firing unit 87 is not limited to screw attachment, and for example, a hook piece formed on the support frame 83 is fitted into a mounting hole formed through the front plate 7 to attach the support frame 83 to the front plate. 7, the support frame 83 may be pushed downward to engage the hook piece with the attachment hole for attachment. As a result, the firing unit 87 can be firmly attached with one touch without screwing. Needless to say, the firing unit 87 may be attached by a separately formed locking member.

As described above, the ball feeding device 84, the launch rail 85, the hitting device 86, etc., related to the flow of a series of pachinko balls until the pachinko balls of the first supply plate 6 are launched into the game area 3a. By providing related parts in a limited place called the first supply tray 6 for storing and aligning hit balls, all the launch-related mechanisms are integrated in the first supply tray 6 mounted as a pachinko gaming machine, and each assembly and position thereof. Adjustment becomes easy. Further, the locking mechanism 77 located near the firing unit 87 may be attached to the support frame 83. The first supply tray 6 having the above-described configuration is openably and closably mounted on the front frame 2 by the shaft support mechanism 76, and the wiring of the ball payout operating portion 72, the ball feeding device 84, the hitting device 86, etc. is played through the through hole 7c. It is connected to the control board 40, the ball payout control board 41, the launch control board 42, and the like. At this time, the wiring is the shaft support mechanism 76.
Since it is guided to the front frame 2 side from the through hole 7c provided on the side, the wiring does not hinder the opening and closing of the first supply tray 6.

In the pachinko gaming machine having the above-mentioned structure, a prepaid, a storing card or cash in which the amount of money and the number of balls are recorded in advance is inserted into an insertion slot of an adjacent ball lending machine (not shown) to dispense the balls. A ball lending signal is transmitted by pressing the switch 73. When there is this ball lending signal, the solenoid 51 of the distribution mechanism 36b is excited as shown by the chain line in FIG. 4 to operate the switching valve 50 as shown by the chain line in the figure, thereby closing the prize ball passage 47a and lending the ball. While the passage 47b is opened, the drive motor 48 of the ball payout device 36 is driven to rotate the rotation control body 46 to dispense pachinko balls and flow down the ball-paying ball passage 47b as a ball-borrowing ball counting ball. Sensor 49
It is guided to the discharge gutter 37 while being counted by b, and is stored in the first supply tray 6 via the outlet path 38. When the ball counting sensor 49b for ball rental counts a predetermined number of balls, the drive motor 48 of the ball payout device 36 is stopped, and the solenoid 51 of the distribution mechanism 36b is demagnetized, as shown by the solid line in FIG. The switching valve 50 closes the ball rental passage 47b and opens the prize ball passage 47a. Then, the ball payout device 36
The pachinko balls that have been discharged from the inflowing portion 69 flow into the dish portion 54a from the inflow port 69 via the connection gutter 78 and are stored therein.
As shown in FIG. 1, the earliest pachinko ball aligned with the straightening path 57 is fed to the ball feeding device 84 via the outflow port 70 and the through hole 7b. Then, it flows into the ball passage 101 a of the case body 101, and the first pachinko ball is the support portion 1 of the ball feeding member 102.
The following pachinko balls supported by 02a also wait continuously.

In this state, the player turns the operation lever 14 of the operation handle 12 to adjust the volume of the volume switch 15, so that a pulse signal is output. A drive command is output to the ball feeding device 84 and the striking device 86, a current is passed through the electromagnet 103 of the ball feeding device 84 to excite the electromagnet 103, and the movable plate is attached to the iron core 103a as shown by the chain line in FIG. 106 is adsorbed, and the sphere feed member 102 is rotated rearward as shown by the chain line in FIG. 11,
When the most advanced pachinko ball supported by the supporting portion 102a is received by the ball receiving portion 102b, and then the excitation of the electromagnet 103 is released, and the weight returns to the state shown by the solid line in FIGS. 9 and 11, the pachinko ball emits. It is fed to the standby unit 85a of 85. Then, the standby portion 85a of the launch rail 85
The solenoid 110 of the striking device 86 is operated in synchronism with the timing of sending the pachinko ball to the repetitive movement of the batting rod 111, and the pachinko ball waiting in the standby portion 85a of the launch rail 85 is guided through the guide rail 16 to the game board. It is designed to lead to the launching game area 3a on three surfaces.

Then, the pachinko ball guided to the game area 3a wins the winning opening 17, the starting winning opening 19, the big winning opening 20, etc., and when there is a winning ball signal, it drives the drive motor 48 of the ball payout device 36. The pachinko ball is paid out by rotating the rotation control body 46. At this time, the number of prize balls paid out is displayed on the display unit 26a. The paid-out pachinko balls flow down in the prize ball passage 47a as prize balls, and a ball counting sensor 49a for prize balls.
Is guided to the discharge gutter 37 while being counted by, and when the ball counting sensor 49a for prize balls counts a predetermined number of prize balls, the drive motor 48 of the ball payout device 36 is stopped. Then, the symbols of the variable display device 18 are aligned and become a "big hit", and the prize balls are continuously paid out, and the first supply tray 6 is filled with the prize balls. It is guided to the surplus ball passage 39 and stored in the surplus ball tray 11. In this "big hit" state, the number of rounds is displayed on the display unit 26b.

When the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is full, the ball removing member 115 that closes the ball removing hole 114 formed on the bottom surface is always operated to open the ball removing hole 114 and remove the ball. .

Next, a slot-type gaming machine which uses a pachinko ball to arbitrarily and sequentially stop the variable display of the variable display device 18 will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 18. 14
Is a block diagram showing an input / output device related to the present invention, which is connected to a game control board 40 including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and an I / O. Since the point different from the pachinko gaming machine embodiment is the ball supply tray, the same components will be denoted by the same reference numerals in the following description. The second supply tray 116, which is a modified ball supply tray to be modified into a slot-type game machine, is compatible with the first supply tray 6 and basically has the same configuration except for the cover member 55. The shaft support mechanism 76 and the locking mechanism 77 provided on the front plate 7 and the front plate 7 have exactly the same structure, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

On the second supply plate 116, a ball collecting mechanism for collecting at least a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number,
A start operation unit that changes the symbol display of the variable display device 18 on condition that the balls are collected, and a stop operation unit that stops the variable symbol of the variable display device 18 are provided. The ball collecting mechanism includes a bet number setting operation unit 120 for setting a unit bet number, a ball cutting device 125 for discharging a predetermined number of pachinko balls set by the bet number setting operation unit 120, and the ball cutting device 125. And a ball number confirmation sensor 134 for counting the pachinko balls ejected from. It is preferable that the ball collecting mechanism is unitized so that the efficiency of storage and assembly can be improved.

Then, as shown in FIG. 15, the cover member 5
5 is provided with a ball payout operating portion 72 like the first supply tray 6, and an operating portion necessary as a slot type gaming machine and a functional portion such as a display are integrally unitized so as to cover the front side. The decorative body 117 is attached. On the front surface of the ornament 117, a start switch 118 as a starting operation unit for changing the symbol display of the variable display device 18.
And, a plurality of stop switches 119a as a stop operation unit for arbitrarily stopping the variable pattern of the variable display device 18
To 119c are provided. Further, on the upper surface side, a max bet switch 120a for setting the maximum bet number (3 units) as a bet number setting operation unit for setting the bet number (active line) and a bet switch 120b for making one bet number are provided. The bet indicator 1 which displays the bet number or the active line on the side thereof by lighting the LED 121a
21 is provided. Further, a credit switch 122 as a storage operation unit for setting whether or not to store a pachinko ball as a bet number, a storage indicator 123 for displaying the stored bet number as the number of balls, and a stored number of surplus balls. A payoff switch 124 is provided as a payout operation unit for paying back to the ball tray 11. The arrangement of the operation unit is not limited and can be arbitrarily changed. For example, the start switch 118 and the stop switches 119a to 119c may be provided on the upper surface side of the ornament 117. When the bet number setting operation unit 120 operates the max bet switch 120a, five active lines of horizontal 3 rows and diagonal 2 rows are set, and the bet switch 1
Each time 20b is operated, the maximum number of units is set to 3 and the number of active lines is increased to 1, 3, and 5 along with the bet number. Although the bet number and the effective line number are set for the sake of description, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the upper limit of the bet number and the effective line number may be increased. Further, as shown in this embodiment, by replacing only the cover member 55 of the first supply tray 6 with the cover member 55 to which the decorative body 117 is attached, the second supply tray 116 can be easily replaced. It can be changed, other members can be shared, and the cost can be reduced.

Further, the ball feeding device 84 is provided on the back surface of the front plate 7.
Instead, a ball cutting device 125 is provided as a ball collecting mechanism for collecting a predetermined number (five in this embodiment) of pachinko balls as a unit bet number, and a collecting passage 126 is provided and the end of the collecting passage 126 is provided. Communicates with the out-ball passage 21 through the opening 21a. The number of balls to be collected is confirmed by the number-of-balls confirmation sensor 134 provided in the collection passage 126, and the collected balls are discharged from the opening 21a to the outside of the machine through the out-ball passage 21. Although the number of unit bets is set to 5 in the present embodiment, the number is not limited to the number and the number of bets may be set to 10 even if it is one.
It may be an individual.

The ball cutting device 125 is shown in FIG. 16 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, a ball cutting rotary body 127 which supports the earliest pachinko ball flowing out from the through hole 7b and rotates by the load of the pachinko ball, and a control means for controlling the rotation of the ball cutting rotary body 127. It is composed of a solenoid 128. The ball cutting rotary body 127 is provided with five ball receiving portions 127a for receiving the pachinko balls one by one on the circumferential surface, and the stop projections 129 are provided on the side surfaces so as to project. On the other hand, the solenoid 128 as the control means has an operating member 132 having a hook 131 for engaging and disengaging the stop projection 129 at the tip of the plunger 130.
Is provided, and the actuating member 132 is always moved downward by the bias of the spring 133 wound around the plunger 130,
The hook portion 131 engages with the stop projection 129 so that the ball cutting rotary body 12
7 is in a stopped state.

Next, the operation of the ball cutting device 125 will be described. When a signal is issued by pressing the bet switches 120a and 120b, the solenoid 128 of the control means is momentarily excited as shown by the chain line in FIG. When the solenoid 128 is excited, the actuating member 132 moves upward due to the attraction of the plunger 130, the hook portion 131 releases the engagement with the stop projection 129 of the ball cutting rotary body 127, and the ball cutting rotary body 127 becomes a pachinko ball. Rotate under load. At this time, the solenoid 128 immediately demagnetizes and returns to the original position of the solid line, but the ball-cutting rotating body 127 stops the protrusion 12 due to the ball load.
9 is locked to the hook 131, that is, the ball-cutting rotating body 127
Keeps rotating until it makes one revolution. From this, the number of ball receiving portions 127a (five) by one excitation of the solenoid.
The pachinko ball of is discharged to the collecting passage 126 as a unit bet number. Then, the number of balls confirmation sensor 134 causes the specified number (5
LED1 of the bet indicator 121 when the number of balls is confirmed
21a is lit and displayed. In the present embodiment, the maximum number of consecutive bets is 3 for each game.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the ball cutting device 1
A ball detection sensor 135 for detecting the presence or absence of the fifth pachinko ball from the 25th pachinko ball is provided in the rectifying path 57, and the pachinko ball of the dish portion 54a is one of the bet numbers.
When the number of units is less than 5, and the sensor 135 does not detect, the max bet switch 120a and the bet switch 120b do not work. The control means for controlling the rotation of the ball cutting rotary body 127 is not limited to the solenoid 128 and may be a motor (stepping motor). Further, the ball cutting device 125 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be any device that can collect a predetermined number of pachinko balls set as the unit bet number, for example, one unit of the bet number (5 pachinko balls). May be housed in a case and collected in case units, or may be sent one by one like the ball feeding device 84 of the pachinko gaming machine. Furthermore, by using the rotation control body 46 and the motor 48 of the payout mechanism 36a, high-speed collection is possible, and the balls can be quickly collected by a memory operation.

In order to change the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine to a slot type gaming machine, the first feeding tray 6 for the pachinko gaming machine is replaced with the second feeding tray 11 of the modified ball feeding tray having the above construction.
Wear 6 Like the first supply tray 6, the second supply tray 116 is openably and closably attached to the front frame 2 by the shaft support mechanism 76, and the ball payout operation unit 72 and the operation units 118, 120, 122 as slot type game machines. , 124 and wirings of the display devices 121, 123 and the like are connected to the game control board 40, the ball payout control board 41, the launch control board 42, etc. through the through holes 7c. At this time, the wiring is the shaft support mechanism 7.
Since it is guided to the front frame 2 side from the through hole 7c provided on the 6 side, the wiring does not hinder the opening and closing of the second supply tray 116.

By mounting the second supply plate 116,
As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 14, the start switch 118, the stop switches 119a to 119c, the bet switch 120, the bet indicator 121, and the memory indicator 123.
Etc. are connected to the game control board 40, and the CPU fetches data from the start switch 118, stop switches 119a to 119c, bet switch 120, etc. or performs arithmetic processing between RAMs in accordance with the program of the ROM, as necessary. The data processed according to the bet indicator 121,
The output is displayed on the memory display 123 or the like, or the display of the variable display device 18 is changed or stopped.

Also, by using the game board 3 of the pachinko gaming machine, the variable display device 18 and the lens decorations 24 and 25 are used as they are as a slot type gaming machine, but the guide rail 16, the winning opening 17, and the large winning opening 20 are used. 13 and the like, the variable display device 18 and the lens decorations 24 and 25 are made visible as a framed or transparent portion as shown in FIG. 13, and the guide rail 16 and the winning opening 17, which are unnecessary as a slot type game machine, It is preferable to provide a decorative plate 136 for concealing the special winning opening 20 and the like on the front side of the game board 3. In the present embodiment, the decorative plate 136 is installed between the glasses of the holding frame 5b of the glass door frame 5, and may be easily attached without disturbing. The decorative plate 13
In 6, a game description such as a winning pattern and reach eyes is drawn. By providing the decorative plate 136 in this way, it can be made more like a slot-type gaming machine. Further, the decorative plate 136 may be attached to glass, or the decorative plate 136 may be printed on glass and replaced with the glass of the glass door frame 5.

In the slot type game machine equipped with the second supply plate 116, the ball lending is paid out to the second supply plate 116 by the ball lending operation in the same manner as the pachinko game machine. Then, when the player arbitrarily presses the memory operation unit 122, the ball cutting device 125 operates and the maximum of 2 in the present embodiment.
Fifty (50 units of bets) are collected and stored in the storage unit, and the stored number is displayed on the storage display 123. At this time, the ball rental balls may be directly stored in the storage unit without being dispensed to the second supply tray 116 by pressing the storage operation unit 122. Next, when the max bet switch 120a or the bet switch 120b is pressed according to the number of bets, the number of balls corresponding to the number of bets is subtracted from the memory display 123 according to the number of bets and the LED 121a of the bet indicator 121 is displayed. It lights up to show the effective line and the game is ready. If not stored in the memory indicator 123, the ball cutting device 125 operates to directly collect the pachinko balls according to the number of bets from the dish 54a. At this time, the ball cutting device 125 does not operate in a ball shortage state in which the pachinko ball is not detected by the sensor 135. A detection sensor for detecting the first pachinko ball of the plate portion 54a is provided, and the detection of the sensor 135 is a condition,
The pachinko balls of the plate portion 54a may be automatically collected and stored in the same manner as when the credit switch 122 is pressed.

Next, when the start switch 118 is operated on condition that the number of pachinko balls of the unit bet number is confirmed by the number-of-balls confirmation sensor 134 and the predetermined number is collected, the drums 27a to 27c of the variable display device 18 are operated. Is rotated and the design is changed, and the player switches the stop switches 119a-11.
9c is arbitrarily pressed to stop each of the drums 27a to 27c. When the stop symbol on the activated line corresponding to the bet amount at this time is a predetermined combination symbol, a predetermined prize ball is paid out from the ball payout device 36 and the payout number is displayed on the display unit 26a. Further, in the case of a specific combination design, the number of remaining games is displayed on the display unit 26b. When a large amount of prize balls are paid out while the credit switch 122 is pressed, a maximum of 250 coins (50 bets) are collected and stored in the storage unit, and the remaining prize balls overflow from the second supply plate 116. And stored in the surplus ball tray 11. After that, the game is continued by the same operation. At this time, an additional auto switch is provided on the second supply tray 116, and a preset bet number is automatically subtracted from the stored unit bet number each time the start switch 118 is operated by pressing the auto switch. As described above, even if a game can be automatically played without pressing the bet number setting operation unit 120 each time, a second semi-auto switch is provided on the second supply tray 116,
By pressing the semi-auto switch, pachinko balls corresponding to the number of bets may be automatically collected for each game from the plate portion 54a each time.

After the game is over, the payoff switch 1
When 24 is pressed, the number of balls stored and displayed in the memory display 123 is returned to the second supply tray 116 and the surplus ball receiving tray 11 by the operation of the ball delivery device 36, and the ball is removed by the ball removal operation similar to that of the pachinko gaming machine. can do. A valve member is provided below the ball payout device 36 so as to be preferentially guided to the surplus ball receiving tray 11. When the payoff switch 124 is pressed, the valve member is moved and paid out from the ball payout device 36. It is preferable to guide the balls directly to the surplus ball receiving tray 11, and the ball removing operation can be simplified without guiding the balls to the second supply tray 116 one by one. At this time, when the detection means 43 detects that the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is full, the ball dispensing device 36 is stopped or the valve member is moved back until the pachinko ball on the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is removed. You may make it guide to the supply tray 116.

Further, in the slot type game machine, since the variable display device 18 is arbitrarily changed and stopped,
The drums 27a to 27c are rotated in the opposite directions or rotated at different speeds, or the stop switches 119a to 119c are pressed to increase the fun.
It is preferable that the stopping speed of a to 27c is changed. For example, every time one drum 27a is stopped, another drum 2
The rotation speeds of 7b and 27c are increased so that when the first drum 27a is stopped, the rotation is slow to facilitate stopping the target symbol, and when stopping the next drum 27b, the speed is faster than the rotation of the first drum 27a. To make it difficult to aim at the design a little, and when stopping the last drum 27c, the drum 27c may be rotated at high speed to increase the chance.

In the slot type gaming machine, since the sphere number confirmation sensor 134 near the basin detects the sphere and changes the variable display device 18, the sphere number confirmation sensor 134 is operated to bring the sphere into a state of being collected. It is preferable that the dish 54a is closed by a visible cover body in order to prevent such fraud easily. Further, it may be a cover body that bulges like a canopy and closes up to the upper surface of the dish portion 54a by utilizing the transparent plate of the glass door frame 5 from the design. By providing the cover body, it is possible to prevent the ball from spilling from the dish portion 54a. Also, since the slot drum can be attached to the front by bulging the transparent plate, the amount of protrusion to the rear as a slot-type gaming machine can be reduced, and to a hole with a narrow gap with the gaming machine located behind. Can be installed. Furthermore, the slot drum is located in the front, so you can enjoy a powerful game.

Further, as another means for preventing fraudulent acts, a sensor for fraud prevention may be provided in addition to the ball count confirmation sensor 134. The number of balls can be reciprocated by fraudulent operation. Even if the confirmation sensor 134 is used for detection, the regular detection order of detecting by the number-of-balls confirmation sensor 134 and then by the sensor for fraud prevention is detected by the sensor for fraud prevention by reciprocating the pseudo-sphere. After that, it is detected by the ball number confirmation sensor 134, and since it is different from the regular detection order, it is possible to confirm the illegal act.
It should be noted that the fraud prevention sensor may be provided on either the upstream or downstream side of the ball count confirmation sensor 134. Further, a plurality of ball number confirmation sensors 134 may be provided without separately providing a fraud prevention sensor. By providing a plurality (two or more) of pachinko balls, it is possible to confirm a pachinko ball in a time series, and thus fraudulent acts have been taken. The above can be excluded. However, when these ball number confirmation sensors 134 are adjacent as photo sensors,
Malfunction due to diffused reflection is a problem, but different emission wavelengths of multiple sensors are used, the drive time of the sensor is divided on the circuit by modulation pulse drive, and the light receiving element and light emitting element of the photo sensor are polarized on the surface. It is possible to deal with malfunctions by mounting the plate.

Further, in this embodiment, the operation handle 12 has only a shape without wiring. Therefore, the operation handle 12 may be replaced with the cup holder 138, and the cup holder 138 may be replaced with the operation handle 1 as shown in FIG.
A shape similar to 2 is preferable.

The ball lending operation unit 72 does not necessarily have to be provided. Instead of paying out the ball from the ball dispensing device 36, the ball lending machine provided between the pedestals can be used to purchase the ball. Good.

As described above, the second supply tray 116 for the slot-type game machine is configured such that the first supply tray 6 for the pachinko-game machine is collected as a predetermined number of pachinko balls as the unit bet number.
You can easily change the pachinko gaming machine to a slot-type gaming machine by simply replacing it with. Further, the first supply tray 6 and the second supply tray 116 are different only in the cover member 55, can be made into a common component other than the cover member 55, the manufacturing cost of the ball supply tray can be reduced, and a pachinko gaming machine. It is possible to easily cope with a game machine and a slot type game machine. From this, the slot type gaming machine is almost the same in shape as the pachinko gaming machine, and it is possible to mix the pachinko gaming machine and the slot type gaming machine in the same island of the hall without any discomfort, or to change to the slot type gaming machine at once. can do. Further, the striking device 86 and the launch rail 8
By providing 5 in the first supply tray 6, when the slot type game machine is changed, it is possible to eliminate the parts related to launching and to make it clean. Even if the striking device 86 and the launch rail 85 are provided on the main body side of the gaming machine without being provided on the first supply tray 6, there will be no problem if they are not hindered when changing to the slot type gaming machine. Absent.

Further, it is preferable to use the launch-related components used as a pachinko gaming machine. For example, the ball-feeding device 84 as a ball-collecting mechanism is used as it is, and the hitting device 86 and the stopper 98 are removed to fire. Collection passage 126 for collecting pachinko balls falling on the rail 85
May be provided. At this time, the launch rail 85 may be removed.

As shown in FIG. 20, the launch rail 85 has a game board 3 when used as a pachinko game machine.
Although it is tilted upward toward the side, the launch rail 85 is detachably attached or swingably provided in the vertical direction, and the launch rail 85 is tilted downward toward the opening 21a when changing to a slot type game machine. It may be used as a part of the recovery passage, and the pachinko ball dropped on the launch rail 85 by operating the ball feeding device 84 is recovered from the out-ball passage 21 through the recovery passage 126 and the opening 21a. You can do this.
At this time, it is preferable to provide a ball number confirmation sensor 134 for counting the pachinko balls that have fallen on the launch rail 85, preferably at the supply port 101b or at the lower end side of the launch rail 85. The sensor may be provided when used as a pachinko gaming machine to be used as a ball confirmation sensor.

Next, a specific example of using the launch rail 85 as a part of the recovery passage will be described. First, for example, when the firing rail 85 is used as a part of the recovery passage, the attachment convex portion 97 is formed in advance on the support frame 83, and when the pachinko gaming machine is changed to the slot type gaming machine and used, the firing is performed. By removing the screw that has fixed the rail 85, and by attaching the screw to the collecting projection 97 for the recovery passage so that the launch rail 85 inclines downward as shown by the chain line in FIG. It can be easily changed to a ball cutting device for a slot type game machine. Further, it is preferable to loosen the screw near the striking device 86 of the launch rail 85 so as to be swingable around the screw as a fulcrum, and the workability of changing from a pachinko gaming machine to a slot type gaming machine is improved. Further, since the hitting device 86 is not necessary for the slot type game machine, it may be removed, but as described above, without using the electromagnet 103 of the ball feeding device 84,
When the ball feeding member 102 is moved using the solenoid 110 of the striking device 86, it is used as it is. At this time, since the launch rail 85 is tilted downward and the pachinko ball is not supplied to the standby portion 85a, the batting rod 111 does not hit the pachinko ball due to the positional relationship.

The ball feeding member 102 may be rocked to recover a predetermined number one by one, but in a state where the ball feeding member 102 is excited, that is, in a state where the ball receiving portion 102b receives a pachinko ball. It is good practice to collect the balls and replace or replace a part of the passage to
The ball feeding device 84 can be an efficient ball cutting device if a predetermined number of pieces are continuously collected and fed into the launch rail 85 one by one. Note that, as described above, the ball feeding member is not limited to the one shown in the embodiment. Alternatively, the launch unit 87 may be used as it is, and a part or all of the launch rail 85 may be used, and the pachinko ball shot by the striking device 86 may be detected and collected without hitting the game board 3 surface. . further,
Alternatively, the ball feeding member 102 may be removed, and the ball may be always stopped by the hitting rod 111, and the solenoid 110 of the striking device 86 may be energized to release the ball and collect the ball. Alternatively, the balls may be collected by using the ball removing device 65, and the ball removing member 58 is moved by operating the bet number setting operation unit 120 or manually to open the ball removing port 59 at the downstream end of the plate 57a. It suffices that the pachinko balls that are opened and flow down into the ball-spilling passage 60 be counted and detected, and also be guided to the opening 21a and collected.
At this time, it is preferable to provide a switching means capable of switching between the recovery path leading to the opening 21a and the path for removing the ball in the surplus ball receiving tray 11.

Further, instead of the glass door frame 5, a door frame 140 provided with a variable display device 18 for a slot type gaming machine as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 may be used. The door frame 1
Reference numeral 40 is compatible with the glass door frame 5, and a housing 141 for the drums 27a to 27c is provided on the rear surface of the decorative frame 5a. The bet number indicator 12 showing the effective line is displayed on the decorative frame 5a.
1, a payout quantity display unit 26a, a remaining game display unit 26b
Etc. are provided, and the explanation of the game is drawn below. 14
Reference numeral 2 is a heat dissipation hole formed in the housing 141. The door frame 140 is mounted in a state where the game board 3 is removed from the game board mounting frame 4, so that the storage body 141 faces rearward from the window portion 32 of the mechanism plate 31. The door frame 140 may be provided with the functions related to the slot type game machine such as the start switch 118 and the stop switches 119a to 119c. By simply replacing the glass door frame 5 with the door frame 140, a pachinko game machine can be obtained. It can be changed to a slot type game machine. At this time, it is preferable to collect a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number by using a ball supply tray 6 for a pachinko gaming machine. Further, the door frame 140 and the second supply tray 116 as the modification ball supply tray may be integrally provided so that the door frame 140 and the second supply tray 116 can be integrally opened and closed.

Further, the striking device 8 is provided without hiding the guide rail 16, the winning opening 17, the big winning opening 20 and the like.
6 and the launch rail 85 may be used to launch a pachinko ball as a bet number to the game board 3 surface by operating the operation handle 12. Specifically, for example, the max bet switch 120a or the bet switch 120
The number of bets is set by pressing b so that pachinko balls corresponding to the number of bets can be fired. Then, by operating the operation handle 12, a pachinko ball (for example, 1
5) are fired on the 3 sides of the game board. At this time, in order to surely confirm whether or not the number of betballs for betting has been struck on the surface of the game board 3, the ball return prevention device 16a is provided with a switch for detecting the passage of the betball balls and each time the valve member moves. The number of balls passed through should be counted, and the amount returned as a foul ball should be re-supplied from the second supply plate 116 so that it can be fired. Preferably, the number of pachinko balls for betting (eg, 15) is confirmed. At this point, it is preferable that the operating handle 12 is temporarily set in a non-shootable state.

Then, the pachinko ball that has been driven into the winning opening 17 or the starting winning opening 19 or the out opening 23.
Bet indicator is collected as an out ball from the bet indicator 12
It is displayed in 1. Then, when a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the ball payout device 36 when the winning hole 17 or the starting winning hole 19 is won, the winning probability of the game as a slot may be increased depending on the winning condition. After that, similarly to the above-described embodiment, the start switch 118 is operated to change the display of the variable display device 18 and the stop switches 119a to 119c are arbitrarily operated, so that each of the drums 27a to 27c.
27c may be stopped, and a prize ball may be paid out according to the stop symbol. By thus firing the pachinko balls as the number of bets on the game board 3 side, it becomes possible to enjoy the enjoyment of both the pachinko gaming machine and the slot type gaming machine. Also, the pachinko ball as the number of bets is a game board 3
The variable display device 18 may be changed in the same manner as at the time of pachinko gaming machine by assuming that the start switch 118 is operated when the player is fired on the surface and winning the start winning hole 19. However, one unit of the bet number when the variable display device 18 is changed is usually five pachinko balls, for example, ten or one.
It is preferable to change the setting to five.

In the above embodiment, the ball supply trays 6 and 116 of the gaming machine are arranged above the surplus ball receiving tray 11, but the ball supply trays 6 and 116 are provided in the surplus ball receiving tray 1.
It may be provided below 1. Ball supply plate 6,11
In order to provide 6 below the surplus ball receiving tray 11, as shown in FIG. 23, the payout passage 143 that allows the pachinko balls paid out from the ball payout device 36 to preferentially flow into the ball supplying trays 6 and 116 located below. Is provided, an overflow outlet 144 is provided in the middle of the payout passage 143, and the payout passage 143 is provided with the overflow outlet 144.
The pachinko ball filled in the payout passage 143 is communicated with the surplus ball receiving tray 11 located above through the overflow outlet 1
This is achieved by overflowing from 44 and being temporarily stored in the surplus ball receiving tray 11. At this time, surplus ball saucer 11
The bottom of the ball is inclined downward toward the overflow port 144, or is communicated with the ball supply plates 6 and 116 located at the bottom of the bottom of the surplus ball receiving tray 11 so that the pachinko ball in the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is a ball. A communication passage may be provided in the supply plates 6 and 116 so that the communication plates flow down. In this way, the pachinko balls filled in the ball path are made to temporarily store the surplus balls in the upper plate, so that the storage amount can be greatly increased and the overflow balls can be supplied as in the conventional case. You can concentrate on the game without the hassle of returning to the dishes 6 and 116 by hand. Further, it is preferable to separately provide a ball removal hole in addition to the ball removal port 59 in the ball supply plates 6 and 116 located below, and the ball removal may be performed from the ball removal hole at the end of the game or when the tank is full. .

In addition, as shown in FIG.
A detection means 154 for detecting the full tank of the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is provided above the detection means 154, and the detection means 154 is provided in the outlet path 3.
It is composed of a detection plate 155 pushed by a pachinko ball filling 8 and a detection switch 156 pushed by the detection plate 155. Then, when the surplus ball tray 11 becomes full and the pachinko ball pushes the detection plate 155 to press the detection switch 156, the corner lens 25 provided on the game board 3 is turned on to notify the player of the full tank. At the same time, the payout of the ball payout device 36 is stopped. When the ball is removed from the ball supply trays 6, 116 by the player's ball removal operation, the ball payout device 36 operates again to restart the payout of the unpaid prize balls.

In the above embodiment, the ball payout device 36 is stopped when the surplus ball receiving tray 11 is full. However, the prize balls after the ball payout device 36 is stopped are stored in the storage unit and stored. The number of awarded balls is stored in the memory display unit 12
3 may be displayed. It is preferable to store all the prize balls after that without setting an upper limit in the storage unit at this time.

As described above, by providing the surplus ball receiving tray 11 above the ball supplying trays 6 and 116, the payout passage 1 can be provided.
43 becomes an auxiliary storage part, and the storage amount of surplus balls increases,
Moreover, as in the conventional method, the surplus balls are hand-operated one by one with the ball supply plate 6,
It is not necessary to transfer the ball to the ball supply trays 6 and 116, and the pachinko balls in the surplus ball receiving tray 11 can be automatically guided to the ball supply trays 6 and 116 as the number of the pachinko balls in the ball supply trays 6 and 116 decreases.

Although the slot type game machine is changed by replacing the ball supply tray in the above embodiment, the excess ball receiving tray 11 for storing the excess balls of the ball supply trays 6, 116 is detachably provided. , The surplus ball saucer for slot-type gaming machines, which is compatible with the surplus ball saucer 11 and is provided with a start operation section for starting the symbol fluctuation of the variable display device 18 and a stop operation section for stopping the symbol fluctuation, The pachinko gaming machine may be changed to a slot type gaming machine by replacing the ball receiving tray 11. Further, it is preferable to provide an operation unit such as a bet number setting operation unit for setting the bet number provided on the above-mentioned modified ball tray on the surplus ball tray for the slot type game machine, and an indicator. In addition, the surplus ball saucer 11 of the pachinko machine
A slot type gaming machine may be provided by providing a panel board having compatibility with the operation function of the slot type gaming machine and replacing the surplus ball tray 11 of the pachinko gaming machine. Preferably, the above-mentioned ball supply trays 6 and 116 are provided below the surplus ball tray 11, and the surplus ball tray 11 located above is replaced with a surplus ball tray or a panel plate having the operation function of the slot type game machine. Is good. At this time, it is preferable to use the ball supply tray 6 of the pachinko gaming machine as it is and collect a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number by the ball feeding device 84.

Further, auxiliary means for facilitating the operation of the operation parts such as the start switch 118 and the stop switches 119a to 119c are provided with the glass door frame 5 and the surplus ball receiving tray 1.
It may be provided on the first and second supply trays 116, the panel plate, or the like. As shown in FIG. 24, in this embodiment, the auxiliary means is a slider 145 which is slidable as an auxiliary tool.
Is provided. The slider 145 is slidably fitted on a plane U-shaped pipe rail 146, and a pressing piece 145 a is formed at an end of the slider 145. The start switch 118 is at a position where it is pressed by the pressing piece 145a when the slider 145 moves to the outermost end, and the stop switches 119a-11
9c is provided at a position where the slider 145 can be slid in a state where a hand is placed on the slider 145 and sequentially pressed by a finger. Top stop switches 119a-119c
Although it is provided at a position where it can be pressed by the thumb, it may be provided at a position above the slider 145 where it can be pressed by the forefinger or middle finger. Although the slider 145 is slidable on the pipe rail 146, it may be slidably mounted on the concave groove rail or the convex rail, and preferably the edge of the ball supply tray is railed. It is often a part, and it is good in terms of design and functionality. Further, the auxiliary tool may be separately attached,
It is possible to enhance versatility such as mounting on a glass door frame 5, a surplus ball receiving tray 11, a ball supplying tray 116, a panel plate, and the like, and further on a slot machine using coins as a game medium. The auxiliary means is not limited to the slidable auxiliary tool, and may be a hand rest portion (hand support portion) provided for easy operation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 25, the operation handle 12 of the pachinko gaming machine and the operation handle 12A for the slot type gaming machine which is compatible with the operation handle 12 of the pachinko gaming machine may be exchanged. At this time, it is preferable to collect a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number by using a ball supply tray 6 for a pachinko gaming machine. It should be noted that the same components as those in the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and described. Operation handle 12A for slot machine
Has a lever shape in which the overall shape is formed in an L shape, and is provided with a functional portion necessary for a slot-type gaming machine. A max bet switch 120a, a bet switch 120b, and a payoff switch 124 for collecting a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a bet number of one unit are provided on the side surface of the operation handle 12A, and the variable display device 18 is provided on a flat surface above a grip portion. Stop switch 1 to stop the display
19a to 119c and a credit switch 122 are provided. The lever-shaped operation handle 12 is used as a starting operation unit for changing the display of the variable display device 18.
By tilting A in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
The display of is fluctuating. The slot type game machine provided with the operation handle 12A tilts the operation handle 12A on condition that the pachinko balls of the unit bet number are collected by pressing the max bet switch 120a or the bet switch 120b, and the variable display device 1 is provided.
8 is changed, and the stop switches 119a-11
9c is arbitrarily pressed to stop the variable symbol. The functional switch as a slot may be activated by tilting the operation handle 12A in the front-rear direction. Further, the shape of the operation handle 12A is not limited to the embodiment, and needless to say, the operation handle 12A may have a shape similar to that of the operation handle 12 for a pachinko gaming machine. . At this time, the operation may be performed by reversing the operation direction, or a changeover switch may be provided to change over.

The gaming machine to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but the glass door frame 5
Even with a pachinko gaming machine in which even the ball supply plate 6,116 and the surplus ball receiving plate 11 are integrally opened, the ball supply plate 6,6
It may be a pachinko gaming machine in which the 116 and the surplus ball receiving tray 11 are individually mounted to be openable and closable, or a pachinko gaming machine in which the glass door frame 5 and the ball supply trays 6, 116 are integrally opened. Furthermore, the functions of the ball supply trays 6 and 116 and the surplus ball receiver 11 are integrated so that there is only one ball tray, the front frame 2 does not exist, and the glass door frame 5 and the front plate 7 can be directly opened and closed on the machine frame 1. It goes without saying that it may be a game machine mounted on the.

[0087]

As described above, the slot type gaming machine according to the present invention has a ball collecting mechanism for collecting the ball supply tray of the pachinko gaming machine, for example, with a predetermined number of pachinko balls as a unit bet number. By changing to a modified ball supply tray for a slot-type gaming machine, which has a start operation unit for changing the design of the variable display device and a stop operation unit for stopping the variation design of the variable display device on the condition that You can easily change to a slot-type game machine based on a pachinko game machine, and meet the needs of the hall.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a back view of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko gaming machine showing a state in which the glass door frame and the ball supply tray are opened.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part of a ball payout device portion.

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the ball tray.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a firing unit.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a firing unit.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a firing unit.

FIG. 10 is a plan sectional view of a main portion of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a side sectional view of a main portion of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of an operation handle.

FIG. 13 is a front view of a slot-type gaming machine.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a slot-type gaming machine.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a ball tray of a slot type gaming machine.

16 is a rear perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a sectional view of the ball cutting device.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a cup holder.

FIG. 20 is a front view of a firing unit used as a ball cutting device.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of a door frame of the slot type gaming machine.

22 is a rear perspective view of the door frame of FIG. 21. FIG.

FIG. 23 is a sectional view of a main portion of a dispensing passage portion.

FIG. 24 is a perspective view of an auxiliary tool.

FIG. 25 is a perspective view of an operation handle of a slot type gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 game board 5 glass door frame 6 first supply tray (ball supply tray) 11 surplus ball receiver 12, 12A operation handle 18 variable display devices 27a to 27c rotating drum 36 ball dispensing device 84 ball feeder 116 second supply plate (modification) Ball supply tray) 118 Start switch (starting operation part) 119a to 119c Stop switch (stop operation part) 120 Bet number setting operation part (ball collecting mechanism) 120a Max bet switch (bet number setting operation part) 120b Bet switch (bet Number setting operation part) 125 Ball cutting device (ball collection mechanism) 134 Ball number confirmation sensor (ball collection mechanism) 136 Decorative plate 140 Door frame 145 Slider (auxiliary means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a ball supply tray for supplying a pachinko ball as a game medium is detachably mounted and a variable display device is combined with a predetermined symbol so that the pachinko ball is delivered to the ball supply tray from the ball delivery device. A modified game machine, in which a modified ball supply plate compatible with the ball supply plate is mounted in place of the ball supply plate, and the modified ball supply plate has a predetermined number of pachinko balls. A ball collection mechanism for collecting as a unit bet number, a start operation unit for changing the design of the variable display device on condition that the balls have been collected, and a stop operation unit for stopping the variable design of the variable display device are provided. , The pachinko ball is modified from the ball payout device by stopping the pattern of the variable display device which is changed by the operation of the start operation part in a predetermined combination of symbols by an arbitrary stop operation of the stop operation part. Slot type game machine, characterized in that it has to be paid out to the ball supply tray. 2. The ball collecting mechanism, a bet number setting operation unit for setting a unit bet number, a ball cutting device for discharging a predetermined number of pachinko balls set by the bet number setting operation unit, and the ball cutting The slot type gaming machine according to claim 1, which is configured with a ball number confirmation sensor for counting the number of pachinko balls discharged from the device.