JP2004097727A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chance of winning a prize again, by arranging one or a plurality of game ball launching devices near an internal rail in a game region, and launching game balls falling through both ends of the game region having small winning probability to the above part of the central part of the game region or to the above part of the internal rail. <P>SOLUTION: A ball inlet 22 is disposed at a position near the center of a side lamp 19 where a back wall 25d is positioned near the internal rail 3 for partitioning the right side end of the game region 6. Game balls coming from the ball inlet 22 are fed through a ball input passage 26 and held in a sensor 29 engaged and fixed in game ball holding walls 28 and 28', and a solenoid 30 is excited by a signal from a sensor 29. An abutting piece 32 disposed at the tip of a push rod 31 fixed to a plunger of the solenoid 30 is collided against the game balls held in the sensor 29, and the game balls are launched through a launch passage 27 from a launch port 23 to the above part of the game region 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which a game ball launching device arranged in a game area and for launching a game ball again into a winable area is arranged.
[0002]
[Prior art]
First, the configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described using a first-type pachinko machine (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a pachinko machine) 1 as an example. In the conventional pachinko machine 1, as shown in FIG. 1, an outer rail 4 extends from the center of the lower end of the game board to the outer periphery of the game board 2 supported by a frame (not shown), and ends at the upper end of the game board. An inner rail 3 having a length which is arranged as a right end, has a position slightly inside thereof and near the end of the outer rail 4 of the game board 2 as a start end, and ends at an upper left end of the game board 2 is concentric with the outer rail 4. Be placed. A game ball passage area 5 is formed between the outer rail 4 and the inner rail 3, and a game area 6 is formed inside the game board 2 partitioned by the outer rail 4 and the inner rail 3.
[0003]
A center case 7 is provided in the center of the game area 6, and a special symbol display device 8 and a normal symbol display device 9 are arranged in the center case 7. At the upper left and right of the center case 7, a windmill 10 with a lamp, two windmills 11 slightly below the left and right of the center, respectively, and a first type starter (hereinafter referred to simply as a starter A passing chucker (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a chucker) 13 is disposed on the left and right of the starting port 12, and a winning opening 14 is further disposed on the left and right of the passing chucker 13, and below the starting opening 12, the chucker 13 and the winning opening 14. An attacker 15 having a winning opening 17 at the left and right ends and an integrated winning opening 16 at the center is arranged. Below the attacker 15, an out opening 18 for collecting a missed ball (not shown) is arranged. You. In the game area 6, a pair of side lamps 19 are disposed in contact with the inner rail 3 on the left and right of the center of the center case 7. A number of obstacle nails (hereinafter, also simply referred to as nails) 20 are set around predetermined positions around these game parts.
[0004]
When a game ball is launched from a launching device (not shown), the game ball reaches the upper part of the game area 6 through the passing area 5 formed by the inner and outer rails 3 and 4, and reaches the nail 20, the windmill 10 with a lamp, and the windmill 11. It falls around the starting port 12, the chucker 13, and the winning port 14 while changing the flow path. When a falling game ball enters the starting port 12 or the like, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out. When a game ball passes through the chucker 13, the symbol of the ordinary symbol display device 9 rotates, and when a predetermined symbol is reached, the special winning opening 16 is opened. When a game ball enters the starting port 12 and the symbol of the special symbol display device 8 rotates and aligns with a predetermined symbol, the special winning port 16 is opened a predetermined number of times, and a large jackpot where a large number of prize balls are paid out or a large jackpot. The game may evolve into a special prize or the like after a period in which the game is likely to occur. Therefore, when the game balls fall around the chucker 13, the winning opening 14, and the starting opening 12, the player can continue the game with interest.
[0005]
However, due to the difference in resilience applied to the game ball at the time of firing and the windmill 10 with a lamp, the windmill 11 and the nail 20 arranged in the game area 6, the game falls around the winning opening 14, the chucker 13 and the starting opening 12. Without doing so, the number of game balls falling on the outermost side in the game area 6 becomes considerable. Since these game balls instantly flow out of the out port 18 arranged at the lowermost end of the game area 6, the interest of the player is significantly reduced. Recently, the special symbol display device 8 has become larger, and the space between the side lamp 19 and the center case 7 has become narrower. Regarding the game ball falling in the narrow space and changing its direction toward the side lamp 19, it is determined that the player does not enter any of the starting port 12, the chucker 13, and the winning port 14 at an early stage. As a result, the original pleasure of the pachinko machine that enjoys the falling of the game ball is lost, and the game is simplified.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An object of the present invention is to launch a game ball again above the game area even when the game ball fired from the launching device passes near both ends of the game area which has nothing to do with winning. The goal is to increase the interest of players by giving them the possibility of winning.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Means adopted in claim 1 of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem is that "the game ball is guided to the game board through a passing area between the inner and outer rails provided on the game board, In a pachinko machine equipped with a game part such as a winning port for paying out a prize ball when a game ball enters while a falling down from a top down while changing a downflow path with a windmill, an obstacle nail in a game area inside the inner rail, At least one casing fixed to the inner rail with its rear wall facing the center of the game area and in the vicinity of the inner rail is provided. A game ball holding portion is arranged inside the launching mouth at a position near the most downstream portion of the ball passage and the ball passage connected to the ball entrance inside the casing of the ball mouth, and a game ball held by the game ball holding portion is provided. After passing the sensor, play from the above launch The plunger is linearly moved up and down by excitation toward the launching port to launch upwards of the area or above the central portion, and a push rod arranged at the tip side of the plunger is held by the game ball holding section. A pachinko machine characterized by providing a game ball launching device provided with a solenoid that collides with a game ball.
[0008]
"The position in the center of the game area and near the inner rail" means that the launching device is disposed in the center of the game area and near both sides, so that the "casing fixed to the inner rail with the back wall facing" is launched. That is, the entrance and the launch of the device are arranged upward or inward of the game area. And, "arranging at least one casing" means that one or more launching devices are arranged in the game area, so that two or more launching devices may be provided. `` Providing one entrance and one launching hole in the casing, respectively, '' means that the launching device moves the game ball from the entrance into the casing to a holding wall arranged below the launching hole in a ball passage, It is to be launched again from the launch mouth into the game area.
[0009]
The means adopted in the second aspect of the present invention is described as follows: "a position where a ball entrance disposed in a casing of a game ball launching device fixedly attached to the inner rail with a rear wall facing the center of a game area of the casing; The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the launch port is provided at an upper end of the casing.
[0010]
"The entrance is located at a location facing the center of the game area of the casing" means that the entrance is arranged facing the game area, flows from the center of the game area to both ends of the game area, and falls. By being provided in the place, "the launching port is arranged at the upper end of the casing" means that the game ball entered from the entrance exits from the upper end of the casing, and then again along the inner rail above the game area That is, the launch port was placed at the position where it could be launched.
[0011]
In addition, the means adopted in claim 3 of the present invention is that a ball entrance provided in a casing of a game ball launching device fixed to the inner rail with a rear wall facing is provided at an upper end portion of the casing, The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the launching port is provided as an opening facing slightly upward at a location facing the center of the game area of the casing.
[0012]
"The ball entrance is arranged at the upper end of the casing" means that a ball entrance is provided at the upper end of the casing so that game balls that fall along the inner rail and are unlikely to win can enter. The opening facing slightly upwards at the point where the mouth faces the center of the gaming area of the casing, means that the launching port is located at a position where the game balls entering the casing are again launched slightly upwards in the center of the gaming area. It is that it was arranged.
[0013]
Means adopted in claim 4 of the present invention is that the rear wall constituting the casing of the game ball launching device fixed to the inner rail with the rear wall facing the inner rail is disposed in contact with or very close to the inner rail, The pachinko machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of the casings is a side lamp.
[0014]
"The rear wall constituting the casing of the launch device is in contact with or very close to the inner rail" means that the game ball launch device is located at the end of the game area at the center of the game area. `` At least one of the casings is a side ramp '' means that the rear wall of the casing is located at the position where the side ramp is located among the various locations closest to the inner rail. In addition to providing a device, a ball entrance and a launching hole are provided in the casing of the side lamp, and a solenoid for launching is provided in the casing of the side lamp.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment in which the game ball launching device of the present invention is provided in a side lamp will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 is a plan view of the game ball launching device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the launching device of the present invention in which the positions of the entrance and the launching port are changed, and FIG. 4 is a side ramp of the game ball launching device of the present invention. It is a front view of the pachinko machine provided in the inside.
[0016]
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 denotes a side lamp, in a state where an upper cover (all not shown) provided with a plurality of LEDs that are turned on as the game of the pachinko machine 1 progresses is removed. A game ball launching device 21 is provided below the upper cover. The game ball launching device 21 has a rear wall 25d disposed close to the inner rail 3 and an upper side wall 25a and a lower side wall 25b disposed parallel to the rear wall 25d and facing the game area 6 to play a game. The bottom wall 25e is arranged at a distance slightly longer than the diameter of the ball, and the bottom wall 25e is arranged below the rear wall 25d, the upper side wall 25a, and the lower side wall 25b, and the casing of the game ball launching device 21 is formed by these walls and the upper cover. 25 are configured. The space between the upper side wall 25a and the lower side wall 25b is a ball entrance 22 of the game ball launching device 21, and the upper ends of the upper side wall 25a and the back wall 25d constitute the launching opening 23, respectively. The lower side wall 25b is curved at the lower part, and its lower end is in contact with the lower end of the rear wall 25d.
[0017]
At the lower end of the entrance 22, a side wall 25 c gently inclined downward inside the casing 25 and a side wall 25 c ′ inclined downwardly inside the casing 25 from the rear wall 25 d are provided at the upper end of the lower side wall 25 b. U-shaped game ball holding walls 28 and 28 'are respectively provided on the side walls 25c and 25c', and a sensor 29 is fitted and fixed to the game ball holding walls 28 and 28 '. The side wall 25c provided subsequent to the entrance 22 forms a ball passage 26, and a game ball falling from the game area 6 and entering through the entrance 22 has a pair of game ball holding walls 28 through the ball passage 26. , 28 ′, the sensor 29 is inserted and held, and is sensed as having entered the casing.
[0018]
At a position surrounded by the lower side wall 25b and the back wall 25d, and at a position below the game ball holding wall 28, 28 ', a block 33 is provided on the bottom wall 25e to fix the solenoid 30 in the block 33. The solenoid 30 has a configuration in which a contact piece 32 is attached to the tip of a push rod 31 fixed to a plunger (not shown). When the solenoid 30 is excited, the push rod 31 moves and is disposed at the tip of the push rod 31. The contact piece 33 hits the game ball held in the game ball holding wall 28 and a sensor fitted and fixed in the game ball holding wall 28.
[0019]
A thin metal (stainless steel) plate 24 that closes the entrance 22 is disposed in the entrance 22. The base portion 24a of the plate 24 is fitted and fixed in a groove of the upper side wall 25a, and is arranged along the end surface of the upper side wall 25a. Therefore, the plate 24 can move from the inside to the outside of the game ball launching device 21 and prevents the entrance of the game ball falling from above.
[0020]
The game ball held by the game ball holding wall 28 and the sensor 29 fitted and fixed to the wall 28 ′ and hit by the contact piece 33 disposed at the tip end of the push rod 31 has a rear wall 25 d and an upper side wall. The ball passes through a launch path 27 surrounded by a bottom wall 25a, a bottom wall 25e and an upper cover, is pushed up above the plate 24, and is again launched from the entrance 22 into the game area 6. The launch path 27 is parallel to the inner rail 3, and the game ball reaches above the game area 6 along the inner rail 3. The launched game ball falls again from above the game area 6 like a game ball launched by the launch device.
[0021]
Next, the game ball launching apparatus 21 in which the positions of the entrance 22 and the launching port 23 in the casing 25 are changed will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 also shows an embodiment in which the game ball launching device 21 is provided in the side lamp 19, and shows a state in which an upper cover (not shown) provided with an LED or the like which is turned on in accordance with the progress of the game is removed. I have. The side lamp 19 is disposed such that the outer end of the upper cover is in contact with the inner rail 3, so that the rear wall 25 d constituting the casing 25 is extremely close to the inner rail 3. The upper side wall 25a is disposed on the side of the game area 6 with the upper end thereof spaced from the back wall 25d by approximately 1.5 times the diameter of the game ball, and gradually curves rightward downward. The lower end is disposed at a position within the game area 6 for one game ball from the upper end. The upper end of the lower side wall 25b is arranged at a position just below the lower end of the upper side wall 25a and at a distance slightly longer than the diameter of the game ball. The lower side wall 25b is arranged so as to surround a lower portion of the game ball launching device 21 along the bottom wall 25e, and a lower end thereof is connected to a lower end of the back wall 25d.
[0022]
Between the rear wall 25d and the upper side wall 25a, a pair of left and right side walls 25c and 25c 'are disposed from the same position as the upper end of the rear wall 25d and the upper side wall 25a toward the lower side of the game ball launching device 21. The side walls 25c and 25c 'are disposed with a slightly longer interval than the diameter of the game ball, and the side walls 25c and 25c' constitute a ball entry path 26 with the bottom wall 25e. The upper end constitutes the entrance 22. The lower end of the side wall 25c and the lower end of the upper side wall 25a are connected by a side wall 25h. In addition, a game ball holding wall 28 'inclined to the left is connected to the lower end of the side wall 25c'. The side wall 25h and the game ball holding wall 28 'are arranged in a straight line. The game ball holding wall 28 'is spaced from the game ball holding wall 28' slightly longer than the diameter of the game ball, and the game ball holding wall 28 is arranged in parallel with the game ball holding wall 28 '. A side wall 25j connected to an upper end portion of the lower side wall 25b is disposed in a position parallel to the side wall 25h and in a straight line with the game ball holding wall 28, and a side wall 25f connected to a lower end portion of the side wall 25j and an upper end of the game ball holding wall 28. The sensor 29 is inserted and fixed between the side walls 25g connected to the portion. A launch port 23 is formed between the upper side wall 25a and the lower side wall 25b, and the side wall 25h, the side wall 25j, the game ball holding wall 28, and the ball 28 'form a launch path 27.
[0023]
A solenoid 30 is disposed on the bottom wall 25e at the lower left position of the game ball holding walls 28 and 28 '. The solenoid 30 is fixed in a block 33 provided on the bottom wall 25e. When the solenoid 30 is excited, the plunger (not shown) moves, and the push rod 31 fixed to the plunger moves between the game ball holding walls 28 and 28 ′ and abuts on the tip of the push rod 31. The piece 32 collides with the game ball.
[0024]
When the game ball enters the ball entrance 22 of the game ball launching device 21, the ball falls through the ball passage 26 to the position where the sensor 29 is disposed, and the ball entering the casing is sensed. Thereafter, the game balls flow down and are held between the game ball holding walls 28 and 28 '. The solenoid 30 is excited by the signal from the sensor 29, the push rod 31 moves, and the contact piece 32 fixed to the tip of the push rod is attached to the game ball holding wall 28, the game ball held by the game ball 28 '. collide. The game ball passes through a launch path 27 composed of the game ball holding walls 28 and 28 ', the side wall 25h, the side wall 25j, and the bottom wall 25e, and is again launched from the launch port 23 to the center and upward of the game area 6. The launched game ball starts falling again from the center of the game area 6.
[0025]
In FIG. 4, the two types of game ball launching devices 21 in which the positions of the entrance 22 and the launching opening 23 described above are different are arranged in the side lamps 19 arranged on the left and right sides of the game area 6, respectively. The same type of game ball launching device 21 may be arranged on the left or right, or the game ball launching device 21 may be arranged on one of the left and right sides of the game area 6. In all of the above, the game ball launching device 21 is disposed in the side lamp 19, but the game ball launching device 21 may be disposed at a certain distance from the inner rail 3.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
In the present invention, since it is configured as described above, even if the game ball falls near the inner rail of the game area completely unrelated to winning by a nail or a windmill, even if the game ball is fired, If the ball enters the casing of the ball launching device, the game ball is launched again above the game area along a position near the center of the game area or along the inner rail, so that the game ball was conventionally only discharged from the out mouth. Again, the possibility of winning etc. arises. Therefore, the player can play the game with interest.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the game ball launching device of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the launching apparatus of the present invention in which the positions of the entrance and the launching port are changed.
FIG. 4 is a front view of a pachinko machine in which the game ball launching device of the present invention is provided in a side lamp.
[Explanation of symbols]
1, pachinko machine, 2; game board, 3; inner rail, 4; outer rail, 5; pass area, 6; game area, 7; center case, 8; special symbol display device, 9; Windmill with lamp, 11; windmill, 12; starting opening, 13; chucker, 14; winning opening, 15; attacker, 16; large winning opening, 17; winning opening, 18; out opening, 19; side lamp, 19a; Side wall, 20; nail, 21; game ball launcher, 22; entrance, 23; launch, 24; plate, 25; casing, 25a; upper side wall, 25b; lower side wall, 25c; side wall, 25d; 25e; bottom wall, 25f, 25g, 25h, 25j; side wall, 26; ball path, 27; launch path, 28; game ball holding wall, 29; sensor, 30; solenoid, 31; push rod, 32; Piece, 33; bro Click.

Claims (4)

The game ball is guided to the game board through the passing area between the outer and inner rails provided on the game board, and the game ball moves up and down the game area inside the outer and inner rails while changing the downflow path with a windmill and obstacle nails In a pachinko machine equipped with a game part such as a winning hole that pays out a prize ball when a game ball enters while falling down from a game ball, the rear wall faces the inner rail at the center of the game area and near the inner rail. At least one casing fixed to the ball is provided, and the casing is provided with a ball entrance and a launching port, respectively, and a ball passage connected to the ball entrance and a ball passage inside the casing of the ball entrance are provided. At the position near the downstream portion, a game ball holding portion is arranged inside the launch hole, and after passing the game ball held by the game ball holding portion through the sensor, from the launch hole above the game area or above the center portion The launch mouth to launch towards A game ball launching device provided with a solenoid for linearly moving the plunger toward and away from the plunger by excitation, and causing a push rod disposed on the tip side of the plunger to collide with a game ball held by the game ball holding portion. A pachinko machine characterized by being installed. A ball entry port disposed on the casing of the game ball launching device fixed to the inner rail with the back wall facing is disposed at a location facing the center of the game area of the casing, and the launch port is disposed at the upper end of the casing. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is configured to be installed. A ball entry port arranged in the casing of the game ball launching device fixed to the inner rail with the back wall facing is disposed at the upper end of the casing, and the launch port faces the center of the game area of the casing, The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is provided as an opening facing slightly upward. The rear wall constituting the casing of the game ball launching device fixed to the inner rail with the rear wall facing the inner rail is disposed in contact with or very close to the inner rail, and at least one of the casings is a side lamp. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein:

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