JP2004105318A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the remote control of the number of put-out balls of a game machine without changing existing equipment greatly, in terms of the game machine wherein another pachinko ball is shot as a new game ball toward a game board in response to every put-out of a winning ball, put out depending on the entry of a pachinko ball into a winning hole of the game board, from a ball tray for housing the winning balls. <P>SOLUTION: This game machine is equipped with a counter 74 for counting the winning balls which are put out into the ball tray 36. The game machine is used with an external replenishment apparatus 10 outside which the pachinko balls are stored and which replenishes the game machine with the pachinko balls. The game machine is also equipped with a counter 86 for counting the winning balls alone among game ending balls and the winning balls, which are discharged to the apparatus 10. Both the counters 74 and 86 are connected to parlor computer 14 which is installed in a pachinko parlor, and the parlor computer 14 remotely controls the number of the put-out balls of the game machine in accordance with a relationship between output signals of both the counters 74 and 86. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game machine of the type used together with a game board for a player to play a game using a pachinko ball, such as a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball game machine, and, in particular, a pachinko ball hitting the game board. A form in which a different pachinko ball than the pachinko ball stored in the ball plate containing the pachinko ball paid out as a prize ball in response to entering the hole is fired toward the game board as a new game ball It relates to a gaming machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There are already gaming machines of the type used with gaming boards for players to play games with pachinko balls. The gaming machine is generally configured to include a body frame, a launch device, a payout device, a bowl, and a payout ball counter. Hereinafter, each element will be briefly described.
[0003]
The game board is used by being mounted on a main body frame. When the game using one pachinko ball ends on this game board, the pachinko ball is ejected from the game board as a game end ball. Therefore, the game board has a contact hole and a hole as an outlet from which the game end ball is discharged.
[0004]
The launching device launches a pachinko ball toward a game board mounted on a main body frame in response to an operation of a player.
[0005]
The payout device pays out another pachinko ball as a prize in response to the pachinko ball fired by the firing device entering the hit hole of the game board.
[0006]
The ball tray is for accommodating the pachinko balls dispensed by the dispensing device. When a player is likely to overflow a pachinko ball from the bowl, the player usually removes the pachinko ball from the bowl as his prize and transfers it to another container.
[0007]
The payout prize ball counter counts pachinko balls paid out from the payout device to the ball plate as payout prize balls and outputs a signal indicating the number.
[0008]
In addition, the gaming machine generally stores pachinko balls outside the pachinko balls and refills the pachinko balls with the gaming machines, and collects the pachinko balls collected from the gaming machines into the external refilling balls. And used with a collection sphere counter that outputs a signal representing that number.
[0009]
A widely known form of this type of gaming machine is that a prize ball paid out from a payout device to a ball plate is sent to the launching device without being discharged from the ball plate to the outside, and the sent prize is sent to the ball device. The ball itself is launched toward the game board as a new game ball (a pachinko ball that is newly fired by the launching device and enables a game on the game board). This format can be referred to as a direct conversion type in the sense that the paid out prize balls themselves are promptly converted into new game balls.
[0010]
One typical example of this direct conversion type is what is called a bottom firing type or a launch type. In this lower-launch type gaming machine, the launching device and the ball plate are arranged together at a lower portion of the gaming machine in a state of being close to each other, and the prize ball paid out to the ball plate from the payout device is directly launched by the launching device. And fired toward the game board.
[0011]
An indirect conversion type already exists as a form different from the direct conversion type described above. In this indirect conversion type of gaming machine, the prize balls paid out to the ball plate from the payout device are discharged from the ball plate, and another pachinko ball different from the discharged prize ball is used as a new game ball. Fired at the game board.
[0012]
Here, the difference between the direct conversion type and the indirect conversion type will be described by focusing on the subsequent flow of the prize balls accommodated in the ball plate. Is immediately supplied to the launching device. On the other hand, in the case of an indirect convertible gaming machine, the game may be supplied to the launching device via an external path (for example, the above-described external replenishing device) located outside the gaming machine, As will be described in detail in the section below, the vehicle does not pass through the external route as described above, but passes through a circulation route provided inside the gaming machine and a ball storage unit (for example, a ball tank) in that order. May be supplied to the launcher.
[0013]
If the pachinko ball is specifically explained as to the relationship between the operation of discharging the pachinko ball from the ball plate and the operation of firing the pachinko ball from the launching device, in the example of the pachinko ball, In response to being ejected from the dish, another pachinko ball is fired from the launch device as a new game ball. That is, in this example, the discharge timing at which the pachinko ball is discharged from the ball dish and the firing timing at which another pachinko ball is fired from the firing device are correlated with each other, and the pachinko ball discharged from the ball plate is correlated. The number and the number of pachinko balls fired from the firing device are matched with each other.
[0014]
On the other hand, in another example, the same number of pachinko balls as the number of pachinko balls discharged from the ball plate are fired from the launching device, and the firing timing is set independently of the discharging timing. Therefore, this example is common to the previous example in that the number of pachinko balls ejected from the ball dish and the number of pachinko balls ejected from the launching device match each other, but the ejection timing and the ejection timing Is different from the previous example in that there is a degree of freedom in the relationship with.
[0015]
In any case, a top firing type already exists as a typical example of this indirect conversion type. In this top-fired gaming machine, the launching device is arranged above the gaming machine, while the ball plate is arranged below the gaming machine.
[0016]
By the way, in a game hall such as a pachinko hall, generally, a plurality of gaming machines are installed, and an aggregate is formed for each of the plurality of gaming machines arranged in a row. This aggregate is called an “island”. The external replenishing device is generally installed on each island and collects pachinko balls from a plurality of gaming machines belonging to the same island, and distributes the pachinko balls to the plurality of gaming machines.
[0017]
In the direct conversion type gaming machine described above, the pachinko balls collected by the external refilling device are only game end balls, and the pachinko balls are not collected from the ball plate by the external refilling device.
[0018]
Therefore, in the case of using this direct conversion type gaming machine, as long as the condition that all the prize balls paid out from the dispensing device to the ball plate are consumed by the firing device as firing balls is satisfied, the ball-discharging device is changed from the dispensing device. When one payout prize ball is paid out, one game end ball is collected from the gaming machine to the external replenishing device. As a result, a relationship is established between the number of payout prize balls and the number of game end balls (collected balls) in which the ratio between the two is 1: 1.
[0019]
Therefore, if the difference between the number of payout prize balls and the number of game end balls is calculated by using the output signals of the payout prize ball counter and the collected ball counter, the player can obtain the difference during the game with the gaming machine. Pachinko balls taken out from the ball plate of the gaming machine, that is, the number of pitched balls, can be remotely managed for each gaming machine.
[0020]
On the other hand, as a conventional example of an upper firing type gaming machine which is a typical example of the aforementioned indirect conversion type, a prize ball paid out to a ball plate from a payout device is directly supplied to a launching device of the gaming machine. A gaming machine that is supplied to a launching device of the gaming machine via an external replenishing device instead of being supplied is already known (for example, see Patent Literature 1).
[0021]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-4-300571
[0022]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In this conventional gaming machine, in addition to the game end ball being collected from the game board to the external replenishing device, the prize ball is also collected from the ball plate to the same external replenishing device. That is, in this conventional gaming machine, the pachinko balls collected by the external replenishing device include not only game end balls but also prize balls paid out from the payout device to the ball plate.
[0023]
Therefore, when using this conventional gaming machine, as long as the condition that all the prize balls paid out from the payout device to the ball plate are consumed by the firing device as firing balls is satisfied, the payout device changes the ball plate to the ball plate. When one prize ball is paid out, the game machine sends a game end ball and a prize ball to the external replenishing device (a pachinko ball discharged from the ball plate, hereinafter referred to as a prize paid out from the payout device to the ball plate). In order to distinguish the ball from the sphere, the ball is collected one by one. As a result, the ratio between the number of payout prize balls paid out to the ball plate and the total number of game end balls and discharge prize balls collected together in the external replenishing device is expressed as 1: 2. Is established, and this relationship does not match the relationship established when the gaming machine is of the direct conversion type.
[0024]
Therefore, despite the inconsistency of such an inconsistency, the prior art gaming machine can be used without any changes to existing external replenishment equipment or related equipment (eg, gaming machine management computer system). When used together, the player cannot accurately control the number of pachinko balls obtained from the gaming machine, that is, the number of pitched balls.
[0025]
In order to avoid such a situation, it is necessary to make some changes to the existing external replenishing apparatus or related equipment. Therefore, when this conventional gaming machine is installed and used in a game arcade together with an existing external replenishing device or equipment related thereto, it is inevitable that the burden on those involved in the game arcade increases.
[0026]
Against the background described above, the present invention is different from a pachinko ball accommodated in a bowl for accommodating a pachinko ball paid out as a prize ball in response to a pachinko ball entering a hit hole of a game board. Of pachinko balls that are fired at the game board as a new game ball, the remote control of the number of pitches of the game machine without major changes to existing external replenishment equipment or related equipment. The task was to make it possible.
[0027]
Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention
The following aspects are obtained by the present invention. Each aspect is divided into sections, each section is numbered, and if necessary, described in a form in which the numbers of other sections are cited. This is to facilitate understanding of some of the technical features described in the present specification and some of the combinations thereof, and the technical features and the combinations thereof described in the present specification have the following aspects. It should not be construed as limited.
[0028]
(1) A game board for a player to play a game using a pachinko ball, wherein the game using one pachinko ball is completed on the game board and the pachinko ball is used as a game end ball. A gaming machine used together with one having a hit hole and an off-hole as an outlet discharged from the
A main body frame to which the gaming board is attached and used;
A launching device that launches a pachinko ball toward a game board mounted on the main body frame according to an operation of a player,
A payout device that pays out another pachinko ball as a prize ball in response to the pachinko ball fired by the firing device entering the hit hole,
A ball plate for accommodating the prize balls paid out by the payout device,
A payout prize ball counter that counts the prize balls paid out to the ball plate from the payout device as payout prize balls and outputs a signal representing the number thereof;
And
The launching device is to launch a different pachinko ball from the payout prize ball stored in the ball plate as a new game ball toward the game board, and
The gaming machine is used together with an ejected pachinko ball counter that counts pachinko balls ejected from the gaming machine to the outside as ejected pachinko balls and outputs a signal representing the number thereof, and
The gaming machine further normalizes the relationship between the number of payout prize balls represented by the output signal of the payout prize ball counter and the number of discharged pachinko balls represented by the output signal of the discharged pachinko ball counter. Gaming machine including a relationship normalizing means.
[0029]
According to this gaming machine, relation normalizing means is provided, whereby the number of payout prize balls represented by the output signal of the payout prize ball counter and the discharge represented by the output signal of the discharge pachinko ball counter are provided. The relationship with the number of pachinko balls is normalized. As a result, the relationship between the number of payout award balls represented by the output signal of the payout award ball counter and the number of ejected pachinko balls represented by the output signal of the ejected pachinko ball counter is determined by the aforementioned direct conversion type. This is equal to the relationship to be established in the gaming machine.
[0030]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, if it is necessary to use the gaming machine with an existing external replenishing device or related equipment, does the external replenishing device or the related equipment need not be changed at all? Or, even if a change is made, a small change is sufficient.
[0031]
As a result, according to this gaming machine, it becomes easy to improve compatibility with, for example, a direct conversion type gaming machine.
[0032]
The "relation normalization means" in this section realizes its own function by, for example, optimizing a signal indicating the number of pachinko balls related to the gaming machine, a path of the pachinko balls related to the gaming machine, and the like. It is possible that
[0033]
In addition, the `` relation normalization means '' in this section may be installed on the gaming machine, installed on the external replenishing device, installed on both the gaming machine and the external replenishing device, or used on other elements other than It is possible to install. That is, the installation location of the "relation normalization means" can be determined arbitrarily.
[0034]
In addition, the “launching device” in this section is not installed, for example, adjacent to a ball tray, but is installed away from the ball tray in the height direction of the gaming machine, for example.
[0035]
Further, the “emitted pachinko ball counter” in this section can be installed, for example, in an external replenishing device or in the gaming machine. That is, the installation location of the “emitted pachinko ball counter” can be arbitrarily determined. In addition, the “discharged pachinko counter” in this section is a collection ball counting device that counts pachinko balls collected from the gaming machine to the external refilling device as collected balls and outputs a signal indicating the number to the external refilling device. It can be provided as a vessel.
[0036]
It should be noted that, in this section and each of the following sections, the “counter” is, for example, configured to output a specific signal each time one pachinko ball is detected, or each time a set number of pachinko balls are detected. It is possible to use a format for outputting a specific signal.
[0037]
(2) The relation normalizing means:
Selective ball counting for selecting and counting one of a game end ball discharged from the game board and a discharged prize ball discharged from the ball plate as a selected ball, and outputting a signal representing the number. (1) The gaming machine according to (1), including a game machine, and the selected ball counter functions as the discharged pachinko ball counter.
[0038]
In the gaming machine according to the above mode (1), for example, the launching device generates as many new pachinko balls as the number of discharged prize balls discharged from the ball plate, different from the payout prize balls stored in the ball plate. Fired as a game ball toward the game board.
[0039]
On the other hand, since all the fired pachinko balls are eventually converted into game end balls, the number of fired pachinko balls and the number of game end balls are equal to each other.
[0040]
Therefore, in this gaming machine, the number of game ending balls discharged from the game board and the number of discharged prize balls that are prize balls discharged from the ball plate are equal to each other.
[0041]
On the other hand, the true number of pachinko balls discharged to the gaming machine is the sum of the number of discharged game balls and the number of discharged prize balls. This true number of discharges is twice as large as the true number of discharges to be obtained for the above-mentioned direct conversion type game machine under the condition that the number of discharges of the game end ball is the same.
[0042]
Therefore, based on the relationship between the true discharge number of the gaming machine according to this section and the number of payout prize balls represented by the output signal of the payout prize ball counter of the game machine, For example, if the game is managed in accordance with the same rules as a direct conversion game machine, the number of pitches of the game machine cannot be accurately managed.
[0043]
Therefore, in the gaming machine according to this section, one of the game end ball discharged from the game board and the prize ball discharged from the ball plate is selected and counted, and a signal representing the number is output. The selected ball counter is provided, and the selected ball counter is made to function as the discharged pachinko ball counter.
[0044]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, the number of pachinko balls discharged for the gaming machine is apparently equal to the number of discharged pachinko balls when only the game end ball is discharged from the gaming board.
[0045]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, it is easy to accurately manage the number of balls to be played out of the gaming machine without making a major change to the existing external replenishing device used therewith or equipment related thereto. .
[0046]
It should be noted that, in this section, "the selected ball counter" functions as "the discharged pachinko ball counter" means that, for example, when the external replenishing device originally has the above-mentioned collected ball counter, it is selected. It means that the ball counter exists as a separate counter from the recovered ball counter and that the recovered ball counter is replaced with respect to function. When the external replenishing device does not originally include the collected ball counter, it means that the selected ball counter constitutes the collected ball counter itself. Such an interpretation is also valid in the following sections for the phrase "functioning as an exhausted pachinko ball counter".
[0047]
(3) The relation normalizing means further comprises:
Two independent discharge paths from the game board and bowl to each other, the first discharge path allowing the game end ball to flow from the game board toward the outside thereof; While the second discharge passage includes one that allows the discharge prize ball to flow from the bowl toward the outside thereof, and
The gaming machine according to (2), wherein the selection ball counter counts the selection balls that have flowed through the discharge passage through which the selection balls are expected to flow, among the two discharge passages.
[0048]
In this gaming machine, the flow of pachinko balls from the game board and the ball plate to the outside thereof is separated into a flow of game end balls and a flow of discharge prize balls by two discharge paths independent of each other. Further, the "selection ball counter" in the above item (2) counts the selection spheres flowing through the discharge passages through which the selection spheres are scheduled to flow among the two discharge passages.
[0049]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, it is easy to count the selected balls while reliably eliminating unscheduled counting of pachinko balls not corresponding to the selected balls, and as a result, the accuracy of counting the selected balls is improved. It becomes easy to do.
[0050]
(4) The relation normalizing means:
A game end ball discharged from the game board and a prize ball discharged from the ball plate are counted as a discharge game end ball and a discharge prize ball, respectively, and a discharge game end for outputting a signal representing each number. A ball counter and a discharge ball counter,
The two output signals of the counters are connected to the discharge game end ball counter and the discharge prize ball counter, and the two output signals of the counters are counted by the number of discharge game end balls represented by the output signal of the discharge game end ball counter, A signal converter for converting into a signal representing a half value of the sum of the number of ejected prize balls represented by an output signal of the prize ball counter;
The gaming machine according to (1), further comprising: a discharge game end ball counter, a discharge prize ball counter, and a signal converter, which cooperate with each other to function as the discharge pachinko ball counter.
[0051]
In this gaming machine, as in the gaming machine according to the above item (2), attention is paid to the fact that the number of game end balls and the number of ejected prize balls respectively discharged from the game board and the ball plate are equal to each other. By doing so, the game end ball and the discharge prize ball respectively discharged from the game board and the ball plate are separately counted as the discharge game end ball and the discharge prize ball, respectively, and the half value of the two count values is determined. , The apparent number of pachinko balls discharged to the gaming machine.
[0052]
(5) The relation normalizing means further comprises:
Two independent discharge paths from the game board and bowl to each other, the first discharge path allowing the game end ball to flow from the game board toward the outside thereof; Meanwhile, the second discharge passage includes one that allows the discharge prize ball to flow from the bowl toward the outside thereof,
The discharge game end ball counter counts the discharge game end balls flowing through the first discharge passage,
The gaming machine according to (4), wherein the discharge prize ball counter counts discharge prize balls flowing through the second discharge passage.
[0053]
In this gaming machine, similarly to the gaming machine according to the above item (3), the flow of pachinko balls going from the game board and the ball plate to the outside of the gaming machine is caused by the flow of the game ending sphere by two discharge passages independent of each other. And the flow of discharge prize balls. Further, the "discharge prize ball counter" is set to the second discharge path so that the "discharge game end sphere counter" in the above item (4) counts the discharge game end spheres flowing through the first discharge path. Are provided so as to count the number of discharged prize balls flowing through.
[0054]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, it becomes easy to count each of the discharge game end ball and the discharge prize ball while reliably excluding the unscheduled counting of other pachinko balls, and as a result, the discharge game It becomes easy to improve the accuracy of counting the end ball and the discharge prize ball, respectively.
[0055]
(6) The relation normalizing means collectively counts game end balls discharged from the game board and discharged prize balls which are prize balls discharged from the ball plate as discharged balls, and counts them. The gaming machine according to (1), further including a signal output device that outputs a signal indicating a half value of the number of discharged balls, wherein the signal output device functions as the discharged pachinko ball counter.
[0056]
In this gaming machine, the total number of the game end balls and the discharge prize balls respectively discharged from the game board and the ball plate is 2 times the number of game end balls when only the game end balls are discharged from the game board. It is twice.
[0057]
Therefore, in this gaming machine, the game end ball and the discharge prize ball respectively discharged from the game board and the ball plate are collectively counted as the discharge ball, and a half value of the counted number of the discharge balls is calculated. , The apparent number of pachinko balls discharged to the gaming machine.
[0058]
(7) The signal output device includes:
A discharge ball counter that counts the discharge balls and outputs a signal representing the number,
A signal converter connected to the discharge ball counter and converting an output signal of the discharge ball counter into a signal representing a half value of the number of discharge balls represented by the output signal;
(6) The gaming machine according to (6).
[0059]
According to this gaming machine, a specific embodiment of the “signal output device” in the above item (6) is provided.
[0060]
(8) The relation normalizing means further comprises:
The game end ball and the discharge prize ball are provided in common, and the game end ball and the discharge prize ball are mixed and discharged from the game board and the ball plate toward the outside thereof, respectively. Including a mixed discharge passage to enable
The gaming machine according to (7), wherein the discharge ball counter counts discharge balls flowing through the mixed discharge passage.
[0061]
According to this gaming machine, a specific embodiment of the "relation normalization means" in the above item (7) is provided.
[0062]
(9) The gaming machine is used together with an external replenishing device that stores pachinko balls outside of the gaming machine and refills the pachinko balls with the gaming machine. A mixed flow that is provided in common with the discharge prize ball and enables the game end ball and the discharge prize ball to be mixed and collected from the game board and the ball plate toward the external replenishing device, respectively. Including a collection passage,
The gaming machine according to (6), wherein the signal output device is provided in the external replenishment device in association with the mixed flow recovery passage.
[0063]
According to this gaming machine, by using the mixed flow recovery passage and the signal output device provided in the external replenishing device, it is easy to accurately manage the number of pitches of the gaming machine.
[0064]
(10) The discharged pachinko ball counter is provided in the external replenishing device as a collected ball counter that collectively counts game end balls and discharged prize balls that have flowed through the mixed flow recovery passage as collected balls. ,
The signal output device includes a signal converter connected to the collected ball counter and converting an output signal of the collected ball counter into a signal representing a half value of the number of collected balls represented by the output signal ( The gaming machine according to the item 9).
[0065]
In this gaming machine, while using the collected ball counter provided in the external replenishing device to count the total number of game end balls and ejected prize balls collected from the gaming machine to the external refilling device, By paying attention to the fact that half of the number of collected balls represented by the output signal of the collected ball counter is equal to the number of game end balls collected from the gaming machine to the external replenishing device, the collected ball counter is counted. Is converted into a signal that represents half the number of collected balls represented by the output signal.
[0066]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, the number of pitches of the gaming machine can be accurately managed by effectively using the collection number counter in the existing external replenishing device as a component of the relation normalizing means. It will be easier.
[0067]
(11) The gaming machine is used together with an external replenishing device that stores pachinko balls outside of the gaming machine and refills the pachinko balls with the gaming machine,
The discharged pachinko counter is provided in the external refilling device as a collected ball counter that counts pachinko balls collected from the gaming machine in the external refilling device as collected balls and outputs a signal indicating the number. Yes,
The relation normalizing means,
A discharge passage that allows a pachinko ball to be discharged from the first element that is one of the game board and the ball plate toward the external replenishing device, wherein the pachinko ball flowing through the discharge passage is One that is counted by a collection ball counter,
In order to allow the pachinko ball to finally reach the gaming machine from the second element, which is the other of the game board and the ball dish, a bypass passage bypassing at least the collected ball counter;
(1) The gaming machine according to (1).
[0068]
In this gaming machine, the pachinko balls collected from one of the game board and the ball plate by the external replenishing device are counted by the collected ball counter of the external replenishing device. Pachinko balls that flow out of the other are not counted by their collection ball counter, whether or not they are temporarily collected by an external replenishing device.
[0069]
Therefore, according to this gaming machine, it is easy to accurately manage the number of pitches of the gaming machine without changing the existing external replenishing device or the electric system of the equipment related thereto.
[0070]
(12) The gaming machine according to (11), wherein the bypass passage connects the second element and the external replenishing device to each other while bypassing the collection ball counter.
[0071]
In this gaming machine, in a state where the pachinko balls are collected by the external replenishing device from both the game board and the ball plate, the pachinko balls collected from the first element which is one of the game board and the ball plate Is counted by the collecting ball counter, but the pachinko balls to be recovered from the second element, which is the other of the game board and the bowl, are collected by the bypass passage that bypasses the collecting ball counter. Not counted by ball counter.
[0072]
(13) a ball storage unit for storing pachinko balls replenished from the external replenishing device and distributing the pachinko balls to the launching device and the dispensing device;
The gaming machine according to claim 11, wherein the bypass passage connects the second element and the ball storage unit to each other in the gaming machine by bypassing the external replenishing device.
[0073]
In this gaming machine, the pachinko balls discharged from the first element, which is one of the game board and the ball dish, are collected by the external replenishing device and counted by the collected ball counter. The pachinko ball discharged from the second element which is the other of the ball tray is discharged once from the second element due to the presence of the bypass passage, and then does not pass through the external replenishing device including the collection ball counter. It is refilled into the ball storage of the gaming machine and distributed from there to the launching device and the payout device.
[0074]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, some of the more specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0075]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. This pachinko machine is an example of the “game machine” in the above item (1). The type of the pachinko machine is classified as a top-launch type, which is an example of the aforementioned indirect conversion type. This pachinko machine is installed and used in a pachinko hall together with other pachinko machines.
[0076]
In the pachinko hall, a so-called one island is formed for each of a group of a plurality of pachinko machines arranged in a row, and an external replenishing device 10 is installed in the pachinko hall for each island. The external replenishing device 10 collects the pachinko balls sent from a plurality of pachinko machines belonging to the same island and automatically replenishes the collected pachinko balls to the plurality of pachinko machines.
[0077]
In the pachinko hall, a hall computer 14 is further installed. The hall computer 14 remotely manages various states including the operation states of all the pachinko machines installed in the pachinko hall.
[0078]
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment includes a main body frame 20, a glass door 22, and a front plate door 24. The glass door 22 and the front plate door 24 are vertically open and closed in that order, and are attached to the main body frame 20 so as to be opened and closed. The glass door 22 is configured by fitting a rectangular plate-shaped glass 30 into a glass frame 32. As shown in FIG. 1, the front plate door 24 includes a ball plate 36 capable of storing a plurality of pachinko balls.
[0079]
As shown in FIG. 1, a game board 40 is detachably mounted on the main body frame 20. When the game using one pachinko ball is completed on the game board 40, the pachinko ball is discharged from the game board 40 as a game end ball. Therefore, the game board 40 has the contact hole 42 and the hole 44 as an outlet from which the game end ball is discharged.
[0080]
This pachinko machine further includes, as shown in FIG. 1, a ball storage unit 50 for storing pachinko balls behind or above the upper part of the main body frame 20. Pachinko balls are replenished to the ball storage unit 50 from the external replenishing device 10.
[0081]
This pachinko machine further includes, as shown in FIG. This launching device 60 launches pachinko balls loaded one by one from a ball storage unit 50 by a ball feed mechanism (not shown). In other words, this pachinko machine is of the top firing type.
[0082]
The launching device 60 launches the pachinko ball as a game ball when the hammer driven by the actuator hits the pachinko ball. The launching device 60 changes the strength of launching a pachinko ball in accordance with the operation of the operating handle 62 by the player.
[0083]
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine further includes a payout device 66 behind or behind the main body frame 20. The payout device 66 pays out another pachinko ball as a prize ball in response to the pachinko ball fired by the firing device 60 entering the hit hole 42.
[0084]
The paid out prize balls are supplied to the ball tray 36 through the payout passage 70 and the opening 72 in that order. A payout prize ball counter 74 is mounted below the payout device 66. The payout prize ball counter 74 counts the prize balls paid out from the payout device 66 to the ball plate 36 as payout prize balls, and outputs a signal indicating the number.
[0085]
As shown in FIG. 2, the collection of the pachinko balls from the pachinko machine to the external replenishing device 10 is performed by both the path through the hit hole 42 or the hole 44 and the path through the ball plate 36. Therefore, in this pachinko machine, the game end ball discharged from the game board 40 through the hitting hole 42 or the hole 44 is discharged toward the external replenishing device 10 through the first discharge passage 80. Further, the prize balls paid out to the ball plate 36 are discharged toward the external replenishing device 10 through the second discharge passage 82.
[0086]
In this pachinko machine, a pachinko ball counter 86 is mounted only in the second discharge passage 82 of the two discharge passages 80 and 82. The counter 86 is referred to as a discharged prize ball counter 86 that counts prize balls discharged from the ball tray 36 toward the external replenishing device 10 as discharged prize balls and outputs a signal indicating the number.
[0087]
In this pachinko machine, each time a prize ball is ejected from the bowl 36 toward the external replenishing device 10, the launching device 60 responds to the ejection by setting another pachinko ball as a new game ball. It is designed to be fired toward the game board 40 one by one. In this pachinko machine, a control board (not shown) is attached to the main body frame 20, and the control board electrically controls the firing timing of the firing device 60 based on the output signal of the discharge prize ball counter 86.
[0088]
As shown in FIG. 2, the external replenishing device 10 includes a mixed flow recovery passage 90 in which a game end ball and a discharge prize ball flow in a mixed manner, and has a first and a second discharge passage 80, Each downstream end of 82 is connected. The external refilling device 10 further includes a storage / distribution unit 92 for storing pachinko balls collected from a plurality of pachinko machines associated therewith and distributing the pachinko balls to the plurality of pachinko machines. The downstream end of the mixed flow recovery passage 90 is connected to the storage / distribution unit 92.
[0089]
Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned discharge prize ball counter 86 is mounted on the second discharge path 82, and the recovery ball counter 96 is mounted on the mixed flow recovery path 90. The latter collected ball counter 96 counts the game end balls and the ejected prize balls collected by the external replenishing device 10 as collected balls and outputs a signal indicating the number.
[0090]
FIG. 3 conceptually shows a state in which a part particularly related to the present invention in the electric system of the pachinko machine and a peripheral electric system are electrically connected to each other. The payout prize ball counter 74 and the discharge prize ball counter 86 of the pachinko machine are connected to the hall computer 14.
[0091]
As described above, the external replenishing apparatus 10 includes the collection ball counter 96, and the collection ball counter 96 and the hall computer 14 are electrically disconnected or electrically connected. Although designed, the hall computer 14 is designed to ignore the output signal of the collecting ball counter 96. Instead, the hall computer 14 is designed to receive the output signal of the discharge prize ball counter 86 as a signal representing the apparent number of pachinko balls collected to the external refilling device 10.
[0092]
Then, the hall computer 14 is based on the relationship between the number of payout prize balls counted by the payout prize ball counter 74 and the number of discharge prize balls (selected balls) counted by the discharge prize ball counter 86, and The number of prize balls obtained by the player from the pachinko machine according to the same rules as those applicable to the above-mentioned direct conversion pachinko machine in which the prize balls contained in the ball plate 36 are immediately supplied to the launching device 60. Is managed remotely.
[0093]
As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the two discharge passages 80 and 82 and the discharge prize ball counter 86 cooperate with each other to form an example of the “relation normalizing means” in the above item (1). The discharged prize ball counter 86 constitutes an example of the “discharged pachinko ball counter” in the same section, and the discharged prize ball counter 86 corresponds to the “selected ball counter” in the above section (3). It constitutes an example.
[0094]
In addition, in the present embodiment, in the present embodiment, one discharge prize ball counter 86 is used for both control of the firing timing of the firing device 60 and remote management of the number of pitches by the hall computer 14. It is supposed to be. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the number of counters mounted on one pachinko machine can be easily reduced as compared with the case where counters are separately provided for these two applications.
[0095]
In addition, in this embodiment, a pachinko ball counter 86 is provided in the second discharge passage 82, but instead, a pachinko ball counter is provided in the first discharge passage 80. It is possible to carry out the present invention.
[0096]
In addition, in the present embodiment, in the present embodiment, only one prize ball storage unit for storing the prize balls paid out from the payout device 66 is provided as the ball plate 36 on the front plate door 24, but, for example, It is also possible to apply the present invention to a pachinko machine of a type in which two prize ball storage units are provided on the front plate door 24, and upper and lower plates are arranged vertically.
[0097]
In the pachinko machine of this type, it is possible to consider that the upper plate and the lower plate cooperate with each other to constitute an example of the “ball plate” in the above item (1). Further, in this type of pachinko machine, generally, the pachinko balls dispensed from the dispensing device 66 do not flow into the lower plate until the upper plate overflows with the pachinko balls. Paying attention to the flow of the pachinko balls, in the pachinko machine of this type, the present invention can be implemented in a mode in which only the upper plate constitutes an example of the “ball plate” in the above item (1). is there.
[0098]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the present embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in the electrical element for counting the number of recovered pachinko balls to the external replenishing device 10, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only different elements are described in detail. The detailed description of the common elements will be omitted by referring to the description of the first embodiment using the same reference numerals or the same names for the common elements.
[0099]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, a discharge prize ball counter 86 is mounted in the second discharge passage 82. Further, in the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, a pachinko ball counter 110 is also mounted in the first discharge passage 80. Since the counter 110 counts the game end spheres flowing through the first discharge passage 80, it is referred to as a discharge game end sphere counter 110 in the present embodiment.
[0100]
As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, a payout prize ball counter 74 is electrically connected to the hall computer 14 as in the first embodiment. Further, in the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the discharge game end ball counter 110 and the discharge prize ball counter 86 are electrically connected to the hall computer 14 via a signal converter 114 common to them. It is connected.
[0101]
The signal converter 114 outputs both output signals of the discharge game end ball counter 110 and the discharge prize ball counter 86, the number of discharge game end balls represented by the output signal of the discharge game end ball counter 110, The signal is converted into a signal representing a half value of the sum of the number of discharged prize balls represented by the output signal of the discharged prize ball counter 86, and the converted signal is output to the hall computer 14.
[0102]
Then, the hall computer 14 remotely refers to the output signal of the signal converter 114 instead of the output signal of the collected ball counter 96 of the external replenishing device 10 to remotely determine the number of balls output from the pachinko machine. to manage.
[0103]
As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the two discharge passages 80 and 82, the discharge prize ball counter 86, the discharge game end ball counter 110, and the signal converter 114 cooperate with each other as described above ( This constitutes an example of the "relation normalization means" in the item 1).
[0104]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the mechanical element for collecting pachinko balls in the external replenishing device 10 and the electrical element for counting the number of collected pachinko balls, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only the different elements will be described in detail, and the common elements will be referred to the description of the first embodiment using the same reference numerals or the same names, and the detailed description will be omitted.
[0105]
In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the game end ball discharged from the hit hole 42 or the hole 44 and the prize ball discharged from the ball plate 36 are mixed with the mixed recovery passage 90 of the external replenishing device 10. At the meeting.
[0106]
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the first discharge passage 80 extending from the contact hole 42 and the hole 44 and the second discharge passage 82 extending from the ball plate 36 are located downstream of the first discharge passage 80 and the second discharge passage 82. At the end, it is connected to the upstream end of the mixed discharge passage 120 in which the game end ball and the prize ball flow in a mixed manner. Thereby, portions in which the game end ball and the prize ball flow as discharge balls without being distinguished from each other are formed in the pachinko machine.
[0107]
Further, in the present embodiment, a signal output device 122 is provided in association with the mixed discharge passage 120. As shown in FIG. 8, the signal output device 122 includes a discharge ball counter 123 that counts discharge balls flowing through the mixed discharge passage 120 and outputs a signal indicating the number.
[0108]
The signal output device 122 further includes a signal converter 124 as shown in FIG. The signal converter 124 is connected to the discharge ball counter 123, and converts an output signal of the discharge ball counter 123 into a signal representing a half value of the number of discharge balls represented by the output signal.
[0109]
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the hall computer 14 is connected to the payout prize ball counter 74 while the connection with the collection ball counter 96 of the external refilling device 10 is substantially cut off. And electrically connected to the container 124. Then, the hall computer 14 remotely manages the number of pitches of the pachinko machine based on the relationship between the output signal of the payout prize ball counter 74 and the output signal of the signal converter 124.
[0110]
As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the two discharge passages 80 and 82, the mixed discharge passage 120, and the signal output device 122 cooperate with each other to form the "relation normalization means" in the above item (1). This constitutes one example.
[0111]
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the mechanical element for collecting pachinko balls in the external replenishing device 10 and the electrical element for counting the number of collected pachinko balls, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only the different elements will be described in detail, and the common elements will be referred to the description of the first embodiment using the same reference numerals or the same names, and the detailed description will be omitted.
[0112]
FIG. 9 shows a back view of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. In this pachinko machine, the game ending ball discharged from the game board 40 through the hole 44 or the hitting hole 42 (not shown) has a discharge passage extending from the hitting hole 44 and the hitting hole 42 as shown in FIGS. 128 and a recovery passage 130 which is a component of the external replenishing device 10, and is supplied to the storage / distribution unit 92 through the order. A collection ball counter 96 is mounted in the collection passage 130.
[0113]
On the other hand, the prize balls stored in the ball plate 36 are supplied to the storage / distribution unit 92 through the bypass passage 134 bypassing the collection ball counter 96, as shown in FIGS.
[0114]
Therefore, in the present embodiment, only the game end ball is counted by the collected ball counter 96, although not only the game end ball but also the prize ball are collected by the external replenishing device 10. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the payout prize ball counter 74 and the collected ball counter 96 are connected to the hall computer 14, and the hall computer 14 The number of pitches of the pachinko machine is remotely managed based on the relationship between the output signals.
[0115]
In addition, in this embodiment, the discharge prize ball counter 86 is provided for the purpose of controlling the firing timing of the firing device 60 in this embodiment. If it can be realized by an element, the discharged prize ball counter 86 can be omitted.
[0116]
As is apparent from the above description, in the present embodiment, the discharge passage 128 and the bypass passage 134 cooperate with each other to constitute an example of the “relation normalizing means” in the above item (1). 134 constitutes an example of the “bypass passage” in the above item (11) or (12).
[0117]
Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the mechanical element for collecting pachinko balls in the external replenishing device 10 and the electrical element for counting the number of collected pachinko balls, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only the different elements will be described in detail, and the common elements will be referred to the description of the first embodiment using the same reference numerals or the same names, and the detailed description will be omitted.
[0118]
In the first embodiment, not only the game end ball discharged from the game board 40 but also the prize ball paid out to the ball plate 36 is collected by the external replenishing device 10. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, only the game end ball is collected, and the prize ball is directly replenished to the ball storage unit 50 of the pachinko machine without passing through the external replenishing device 10.
[0119]
That is, in the present embodiment, the pachinko balls are circulated along a closed path in the pachinko machine, the closed path passing through the ball storage unit 50, the dispensing device 66, and the ball plate 36 in that order. As a result, the prize balls paid out from the payout device 66 to the ball plate 36 are refilled into the ball storage unit 50 without passing through the external replenishing device 10.
[0120]
FIG. 12 shows the configuration of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment by paying particular attention to elements related to the flow of the pachinko balls in the pachinko machine.
[0121]
In the present embodiment, the ball dish 36 and the ball storage unit 50 are connected to each other by the circulation passage 150. The circulation passage 150 has a portion that extends substantially vertically from the ball tray 36 toward the ball reservoir 50. The circulation passage 150 has an internal space necessary and sufficient for a plurality of pachinko balls to be arranged in a line.
[0122]
The circulation passage 150 is provided with a ball feeding mechanism 154 which may be called a lifting mechanism. The ball feed mechanism 154 is a mechanism that feeds the pachinko balls in the circulation passage 150 from the ball tray 36 toward the ball storage unit 50 at a set speed.
[0123]
In the present embodiment, the ball feed mechanism 154 includes a feed wheel 158 that rotates at a set speed around a rotation axis perpendicular to a plane parallel to the circulation passage 150, and an actuator (not shown) that drives the wheel. are doing. In the feed wheel 158, there are a plurality of engaging portions that partially engage with the outer peripheral surface of the pachinko ball while rotating by itself and apply a propulsive force to the pachinko ball, along one circumference coaxial with the rotation axis. They are formed side by side.
[0124]
As shown in FIG. 13, in the present embodiment, as described above, only the game end ball discharged from the game board 40 through the hit hole 42 or the hole 44 is collected by the external replenishing device 10 through the discharge passage 128. Is done. The collected game end balls are counted by a collected ball counter 96.
[0125]
The pachinko machine according to the present embodiment includes a prize ball counter 86 that counts prize balls sent from the ball tray 36 to the circulation passage 150 as discharge prize balls.
[0126]
A payout prize ball counter 74 and a collected ball counter 96 are provided between the pachinko machine, the external refilling device 10 and the hall computer 14 in the same manner as in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. The relationship of being electrically connected is established.
[0127]
As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the circulation passage 150 is an example of the “relation normalizing means” in the above item (1) and an example of the “bypass passage” in the above item (11) or (13). It constitutes.
[0128]
Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, this embodiment is different from the fifth embodiment only in the path for circulating pachinko balls in the pachinko machine, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only different elements will be described in detail, and the common elements will be the same. The detailed description will be omitted by referring to the description of the fifth embodiment using the reference numerals or the same names.
[0129]
In the fifth embodiment, the prize balls paid out to the ball tray 36 are replenished to the ball storage unit 50, so that the ball storage unit 50, the payout device 66, and the ball plate 36 are moved in a closed path passing through them in that order. Pachinko balls are circulated along. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the pachinko ball is circulated along a closed path that passes through the ball storage unit 50, the launching device 60, and the exit (the hit hole 42 or the hole 44) of the game board 40 in that order. .
[0130]
FIG. 14 shows the configuration of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment by paying particular attention to elements related to the flow of the pachinko balls in the pachinko machine.
[0131]
In the present embodiment, the discharge passage 170 for the pachinko balls from the game board 40 and the ball storage unit 50 are connected to each other by the circulation passage 172. The discharge passage 170 extends from the hitting hole 42 (not shown), which is the outlet of the pachinko ball from the game board 40, and from the hole 44. On the other hand, the circulation passage 172 has a portion that extends substantially vertically from the discharge passage 170 toward the ball storage unit 50.
[0132]
The circulation passage 172 is configured similarly to the circulation passage 150 in the fifth embodiment, and further includes a ball feed mechanism 154 having a feed wheel 158 and an actuator.
[0133]
As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, in the present embodiment, only the prize balls discharged from the bowl 36 are collected by the external replenishing device 10 through the discharge passage 174. The collected prize balls are counted by a collected ball counter 96.
[0134]
As in the fifth embodiment, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment includes a discharge prize ball counter 86 that counts prize balls sent from the ball tray 36 to the external replenishing device 10 as discharge prize balls.
[0135]
A payout prize ball counter 74 and a collected ball counter 96 are electrically connected to the hole computer 14 between the pachinko machine, the external replenishing device 10 and the hall computer 14 as in the fifth embodiment. Is established.
[0136]
As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, the circulation passage 172 is an example of the “relation normalization means” in the above item (1) and an example of the “bypass passage” in the above item (11) or (13). It constitutes.
[0137]
Next, a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the present embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in the electrical element for counting the number of recovered pachinko balls to the external replenishing device 10, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only different elements are described in detail. The detailed description of the common elements will be omitted by referring to the description of the first embodiment using the same reference numerals or the same names for the common elements.
[0138]
In the pachinko machine according to the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a payout prize ball counter 74 and a discharge prize ball counter 86 are connected to the hall computer 14, and the hall computer 14 outputs the pachinko machine. In order to control the number of balls, the output signal of the collected ball counter 96 of the external refilling device 10 is not considered.
[0139]
On the other hand, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment includes a signal converter 190 in addition to the payout prize ball counter 74 and the discharge prize ball counter 86 as shown in FIG. This signal converter 190 is electrically connected to the collection ball counter 96 of the external replenishing device 10 and the hall computer 14. The signal converter 190 converts the output signal of the collected ball counter 96 of the external replenishing device 10 into an output signal representing a half value of the number of collected balls represented by the output signal, and converts the converted output signal. Output to the hall computer 14.
[0140]
It should be noted that the signal converter 190 is one component of the pachinko machine, but it is not indispensable to carry out the present invention to be mounted and used on the pachinko machine itself. It can be used by attaching it to an element independent of the pachinko machine.
[0141]
As is apparent from the above description, in the present embodiment, it is necessary to electrically connect the collected ball counter 96 to the hall computer 14 via the signal converter 190 in the above-mentioned item (1). , And the signal converter 190 forms an example of the “signal output device” in the above item (6).
[0142]
Next, an eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, the present embodiment differs from the seventh embodiment only in the electrical element for counting the number of recovered pachinko balls to the external replenishing device 10, and the other elements are common. Therefore, only different elements are described in detail. The detailed description of the common elements will be omitted by referring to the description of the seventh embodiment using the same reference numerals or the same names for common elements.
[0143]
In the pachinko machine according to the seventh embodiment, a signal converter 190 is used to adapt the output signal of the collected ball counter 96 to the pachinko machine.
[0144]
On the other hand, in the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, a collected ball counter 210 different from the collected ball counter 96 in the seventh embodiment is used. The collected ball counter 210 outputs a signal indicating a half value of the number of pachinko balls, unlike the collected ball counter 96 which outputs a signal indicating the number of pachinko balls as it is.
[0145]
Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to convert the output signal of the collected ball counter 210 to adapt it to the pachinko machine.
[0146]
As is clear from the above description, in the present embodiment, instead of the recovered ball counter 96 that outputs a signal that directly represents the number of pachinko balls, a recovered ball counter that outputs a signal that represents a half value of the number of pachinko balls is used. The use of the device 210 constitutes an example of the “relational normalizing means” in the above item (1), and the collected sphere counter 210 constitutes an example of the “signal output device” in the above item (6). -ing
[0147]
As described above, some of the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, these are exemplifications, and the embodiments described in the above-mentioned “Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention” will be described. As a result, it is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a path for recovering pachinko balls from the pachinko machine of FIG. 1 to the external replenishing device 10.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main part of an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a path for collecting pachinko balls from the pachinko machine of FIG. 4 to the external replenishing device 10.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main part of an electric configuration of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a path for recovering pachinko balls from a pachinko machine to an external replenishing device 10 according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a main part of an electric configuration of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a rear view showing a pachinko machine according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a path for collecting pachinko balls from the pachinko machine of FIG. 9 to the external replenishing device 10.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a main part of an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 12 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a path for collecting pachinko balls from the pachinko machine of FIG. 12 to the external replenishing device 10.
FIG. 14 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a path for collecting pachinko balls from the pachinko machine of FIG. 14 to the external replenishing device 10.
FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a main portion of an electric configuration of a pachinko machine according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a main portion of an electrical configuration of a pachinko machine according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10. External refilling device
14 hole computer
36 ball dish
40 game board
42 hit hole
44 Hole
50 ball storage
60 launcher
66 Dispensing device
74 Payout Prize Ball Counter
80 First discharge passage
82 Second discharge passage
86 Discharge Prize Ball Counter
90 Mixed flow recovery passage
96,210 Collected ball counter
110 Discharge game end ball counter
114,190 signal converter
120 Mixed discharge passage
122 Signal output device
128 discharge passage
130 Collection passage
134 bypass passage
150,172 Circulation passage

Claims (7)

A game board for a player to play a game using a pachinko ball, wherein a game using one pachinko ball is completed on the game board, and the pachinko ball is discharged from the game board as a game end ball. Gaming machine used with one having a hit hole and a slip hole as an exit,
A main body frame to which the gaming board is attached and used;
A launching device that launches a pachinko ball toward a game board mounted on the main body frame according to an operation of a player,
A payout device that pays out another pachinko ball as a prize ball in response to the pachinko ball fired by the firing device entering the hit hole,
A ball plate for accommodating the prize balls paid out by the payout device,
A payout prize ball counter that counts the prize balls paid out to the ball plate from the payout device as payout prize balls and outputs a signal representing the number thereof, and
The launching device is to launch a different pachinko ball from the payout prize ball stored in the ball plate as a new game ball toward the game board, and
The gaming machine is used together with an ejected pachinko ball counter that counts pachinko balls ejected from the gaming machine to the outside as ejected pachinko balls and outputs a signal representing the number thereof, and
The gaming machine further normalizes the relationship between the number of payout prize balls represented by the output signal of the payout prize ball counter and the number of discharged pachinko balls represented by the output signal of the discharged pachinko ball counter. Gaming machine including a relationship normalizing means. The relation normalizing means,
Selective ball counting for selecting and counting one of a game end ball discharged from the game board and a discharged prize ball discharged from the ball plate as a selected ball, and outputting a signal representing the number. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a game machine, and wherein the selected ball counter functions as the discharged pachinko ball counter. The relation normalizing means,
A game end ball discharged from the game board and a prize ball discharged from the ball plate are counted as distinction game end ball and discharge prize ball, respectively, and a discharge game end ball for outputting a signal representing each number. A counter and a discharge ball counter,
The two output signals of the counters are connected to the discharge game end ball counter and the discharge prize ball counter, and the number of the discharge game end balls represented by the output signal of the discharge game end ball counter is calculated. A signal converter for converting to a signal representing a half value of the sum of the number of discharged prize balls represented by the output signal of the prize ball counter, and the discharge game end ball counter and the discharged prize ball counter; The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a signal converter cooperates with each other to function as the discharged pachinko ball counter. The relation normalizing means collectively counts a game end ball discharged from the game board and a discharge prize ball which is a prize ball discharged from the ball plate as a discharge ball, and calculates the counted discharge. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a signal output device that outputs a signal representing a half value of the number of balls, and the signal output device functions as the discharged pachinko ball counter. The gaming machine is to be used with an external replenishing device that stores pachinko balls outside thereof and refills the pachinko balls with the gaming machine,
The discharged pachinko counter is provided in the external refilling device as a collected ball counter that counts pachinko balls collected from the gaming machine in the external refilling device as collected balls and outputs a signal indicating the number. Yes,
The relation normalizing means,
A discharge passage that allows a pachinko ball to be discharged from the first element that is one of the game board and the ball plate toward the external replenishing device, wherein the pachinko ball flowing through the discharge passage is One that is counted by a collection ball counter,
In order to allow the pachinko ball to finally reach the gaming machine from the second element that is the other of the game board and the ball plate, at least a bypass passage that bypasses the collected ball counter is provided. The gaming machine according to claim 1 including: The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the bypass passage connects the second element and the external replenishing device to each other by bypassing the collection ball counter. Further, a ball storage unit that stores the pachinko balls replenished from the external replenishing device and distributes the pachinko balls to the launching device and the dispensing device,
The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the bypass passage connects the second element and the ball storage unit to each other in the gaming machine, bypassing the external replenishing device.

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