JP2004113825A - Apportioning device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apportioning device of a game machine with a simplified structure. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine, game balls are apportioned by the forward or backward rotation of a rotary body 31 and an apportioning projection 31c. On the other hand, a game ball, having entered an inlet 30h at the uppermost part of a wall structure body 30d, is guided by an advantageous guide passage 30k from one side of the upper half part of a rotating storage chamber 30a to an outlet 30p formed on an inner wall 30e. Then, according to the rotation of the rotary body 31, the game ball falls down to an inlet 30g, formed on the inner wall 30e as the wall surface of the lower half part near a horizontal position passing the center of the rotary body storage chamber 30a in a disadvantageous guide passage 30j or near the center of the rotary body storage chamber 30a, from a notch part 31b of the rotary body 31, or according to the rotation of the rotary body 31, the game ball falls down to an inlet 30s, formed on the inner wall 30e as the wall surface of the lower half part near the horizontal position passing the center of the rotary body storage chamber 30a in an advantageous guide passage 30k or near the center of the rotary body storage chamber 30a, from the notch part 31b of the rotary body 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

The present invention relates to a sorting device having a simple structure of a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

As described in JP-A-5-329249 and JP-A-61-90686, some pachinko machines change a game mode into a disadvantageous state and an advantageous state by a rotation of a rotating body. A sorting device for sorting is known. In these distributing devices, the notch of the rotating body and the inlet formed on the peripheral wall of the rotating body storage chamber are aligned by rotating the rotating body with a motor provided on the back of the rotating body storage chamber. In this state, the game ball is taken into the notch of the rotating body from the game area provided with the sorting device via the entrance of the peripheral wall. Then, in a state where one game ball is taken into the notch, the rotating body rotates, and by aligning any one of the plurality of outlets formed in the vertical wall with the notch of the rotating body, The game balls are sorted so as to be in a game state disadvantageous to the player or in a game state advantageous to the player. In other words, these conventional sorting devices change the winning prize ball into a general winning opening and a winning prize depending on whether the game ball is taken into the deep notch and when the game ball is taken into the shallow notch. The configuration is such that the distribution ratio for distribution to a specific winning opening is changed to 1 / N or 1/1. For this reason, when the deep notch is aligned with the entrance of the rotator storage chamber, two or more game balls are continuously arranged so that two or more game balls are taken into the deep notch. There is a problem that if two game balls enter in succession in this way, the game by distribution ends, and the gambling as fun of the game is reduced by half. In order to prevent such continuous entry of gaming balls, a sensing switch is provided at the bottom of the sorting winning port, and this sensing switch detects that one gaming ball has entered the sorting winning port and closes the sorting winning port. Although such a configuration is conceivable, the structure becomes complicated, and it is difficult to adopt it at once.
JP-A-5-329249 JP-A-61-90686

問題 The problem to be solved by the invention is that the structure is complicated.

A distribution device for a gaming machine according to the present invention includes a base attached to a game area of a game board, a wall component projecting forward from a front surface of the base, a rotator housing chamber formed in the wall component, and a rotator. It is disadvantageous for the player who is opened to the uppermost ceiling part of the wall structure in the upper half part from the center of the accommodation room, and to the player opened to the wall structure in the lower half one side from the center of the rotator accommodation room. A gaming state exit, an advantageous gaming state opening opened in the wall structure on the other half below the center of the rotating body housing, and a rotatable circumferentially housed coaxially arranged in the rotating body housing. Rotated body, a plurality of notches formed to be able to accommodate one game ball on the peripheral surface of the rotating body, and a notch in a range less than the total number from one or more of these notches A distribution projection protruding toward the other from one of the peripheral side opening edges facing in the circumferential direction; A rotating drive mechanism provided on the back side of the base for driving the rotating body to rotate forward and backward, while the wall structure includes a distribution guiding passage and a disadvantageous guiding passage located between an inner wall and an outer wall surrounding the rotating body housing chamber. And the advantageous guiding passage is configured to be separated from each other around the rotating body accommodating chamber. The disadvantageous guide passage is formed on the inner wall near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotator housing chamber or on the inner wall as a lower half wall from the center of the rotator housing chamber; An outlet formed in the base located at the bottom of the
The advantageous guide passage has an inlet formed in the inner wall as a wall near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotating body housing chamber or a lower half wall from the center of the rotating body housing chamber, and a base located at a lower portion in the advantageous guide passage. The main feature is that it has a formed outlet.

The gaming machine sorting device according to the present invention sorts the game balls by the forward or reverse rotation of the rotating body and the sorting projection, so that the sorting can be appropriately performed while the structure is simple. In addition, since the advantageous guiding passage guides the game ball entered from the uppermost entrance of the wall structure from one side of the upper half of the rotating accommodation room to the exit formed on the inner wall as the wall surface, it enters from the uppermost entrance. The loaded game ball does not directly hit the rotating body, and the load exerted on the rotating body by the waiting game ball because it is taken into the notch of the rotating body at the exit can be reduced. Along with the rotation of the rotator, a game ball is formed from a notch of the rotator near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotator housing chamber in the disadvantageous guide passage or on the inner wall as a wall in the lower half of the center of the rotator housing chamber. The game ball can be properly discharged from the rotating body to the disadvantageous guide path since the game ball falls to the entrance. Along with the rotation of the rotating body, a game ball is formed from the cutout portion of the rotating body near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotating body accommodating chamber in the advantageous guidance passage or on the inner wall as a wall in the lower half from the center of the rotating body accommodating chamber. The game ball can be properly discharged from the rotator to the advantageous guidance passage because it falls into the entrance.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show one embodiment. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a sorting device, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a rotating body, a connecting shaft, and a connection in the sorting device, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the sorting device.

In FIG. 1, a game board 1 has a substantially rectangular plywood board in front of which a cell board (not shown) with a design drawing (not shown) printed thereon is adhered to a front face thereof, and the cell board has a figure fired from a firing device (not shown). A band 2 for guiding an outside game ball to a game area is provided, and a game area of a game board 1 formed in the band 2 has an upper sorting device 3, a ceiling passage 4, a plurality of lamp windmills 5, 6, General winning openings 7, 8, 9, 10, third type starting opening 11, large winning opening (attacker) 12, side lamps 13, 14, winning opening device 15, lower sorting device 16, out opening 17, and a large number of game nails 18 are placed in a dotted arrangement.

More specifically, the upper sorting device 3 is located substantially at the center of the game area, the sky passing port 4 is located immediately above the gaming device, the winning opening device 15 is located immediately below the upper sorting device 3, and the lower sorting device is located immediately below the winning opening device 15. A device 16, an out port 17 at the lowermost center, a plurality of lamp windmills 5, 6 in the left and right lateral direction of the upper sorting device 3 and the ceiling passage 4, and a left side of a central portion of the upper sorting device 3. The general winning opening 7, the side lamp 13 on the left side, the third type starting opening 11 on the right side of the center of the upper sorting device 3, the side lamp 14 on the right side thereof, the upper sorting device 3 and the winning opening device. A general winning opening 8 is disposed on the left side of the lower winning device 15, a large winning opening 12 is disposed on the right side of the lower sorting device 16 and the winning opening device 15, and a general winning opening 9 and 10 are disposed on the left and right sides of the lower sorting device 16. I do. In FIG. 1, the game nail 18 is shown at the top, but the game area is drawn so that the game ball falls while going around the game area and draws various game paths. Are scattered throughout.

Therefore, in this pachinko machine, a game ball (not shown) fired from a firing device (not shown) is guided to the game area along the band 2, and the upward thrust of the game ball becomes smaller than the gravity of the game ball. As a result, the game balls roll downward in the game area, pass through the sky passage 4 in the middle of the rolling, or enter the general winning openings 7 to 10 while hitting the game nails 18 and the ramp windmills 5 and the like, and have a constant number of game balls. May be a constant supply sphere that is supplied as a ball to the upper plate set outside the figure, a starting ball that enters the upper sorting device 3 to open the winning opening device 15 and a right generating sphere that is generated thereafter, or a general winning opening. The game balls that did not enter 7 to 10 and the upper sorting device 3 enter the out port 17 and become out balls.

Symbol change operation of the upper sorting device 3, opening / closing operation of the winning opening device 15, sorting operation of the lower sorting device 16, operation of the third type starting port 11 due to right generation, opening / closing operation of the big winning opening 12, lamp windmills 5, 6 And the blinking of the side lamps 13 and 14 are controlled by a game control device 50 mounted on the back surface of the game board 1. The upper sorting device 3 has a guide decoration 3a formed in a semicircular arc toward the left and right, and the upper surface of the guide decoration 3a faces from the near side of the game board 1 to the other side (from the front side to the back side of the sheet of FIG. 1). The game balls which are inclined downward and guide the game balls into the holes 3c formed in the base 3b of the upper sorting device 3 located above the guide decoration 3a, and the game balls entering the holes 3c face the back of the guide decoration 3a. It falls into the distribution part 3d located under the street guidance decoration 3a. The distributing section 3d arranges a large number of corrugated members 3e in multiple stages, and these corrugated members 3e are located on the near side in order as they go down from the uppermost portion, and the convex portion of the lower corrugated member 3e has the upper corrugated member 3e. The game ball, which is located in the concave portion of the upper corrugated member 3e and rolls toward the near side, contacts the convex portion of the lower corrugated member 3e and is distributed to either the left or right. Then, when a detector such as a detection switch (not shown) provided in the hit passage detects that the game ball reaching the lowermost stage passes through the hit passage (not shown) arranged in the lower central portion of the sorting unit 3d. The variable operation of the symbol variable display section 3f arranged on the left and right sides of the lower portion of the sorting section 3d starts, and stops after a predetermined time.

{Circle around (1)} The variable operation start, stop, and stop symbol combinations are controlled by the game control device 50. The control of the ordinary symbol variable display section 3f by the game control apparatus 50 is such that when the game control apparatus 50 receives the detection signal of the detector, the game control apparatus 50 outputs a symbol variable start signal to the left and right symbol variable display sections 3f. And starts the symbol variable operation of each of the ordinary symbol variable display sections 3f, and determines the combination of the two symbols to be stopped by the stop symbol combination determination means using a random number outside the figure built in the game control device 50, After a lapse of a predetermined time from the reception of the detection signal, the stop symbol combination determining means outputs the determined symbol combination signal to each of the ordinary symbol variable display sections 3f to stop the symbols on the left and right ordinary symbol variable display sections 3f. . The symbols on the left and right ordinary symbol variable display sections 3f may be stopped at the same time on the left and right sides, but by providing a time difference between the left and right sides, it is also possible to increase the playability. When the two stopped symbols are aligned with a specific symbol such as “7”, the game control device 50 outputs a game start signal by the lower sorting device 16 to the winning opening device 15 and the lower sorting device 16.

The third-type starting port 11 opens the opening and closing plate of the special winning port 12 via the game control device 50 when a game ball enters the third-type starting port 11 while a right is generated by a specific winning in the lower sorting device 16. When the right due to the specific winning is not generated, the winning opening is a general winning opening for supplying a constant number of hit balls in the same manner as the winning openings 7 to 10. The game control device 50 controls the turning of the third-type starting port 11 into a general winning opening, the opening time of the opening / closing plate at the large winning port 12 and the number of times of opening and closing of one game ball to the third-type starting port 11 for winning. Is done.

The lower sorting device 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 2, the lower sorting device 16 roughly includes a base 30, a rotating body 31 as a sorting operating member, and a rotation driving mechanism 32 that drives the rotating body 31 in the normal and reverse directions, and rotates the rotating body 31 on the front surface of the base 30. The rotation drive mechanism 32 is mounted on the back surface of the base 30, and the rotation drive mechanism 32 is inserted into a lower sorting device mounting opening (not shown) formed in the game board 1 from the front surface of the game board 1, By attaching the peripheral portion of 30 to the front surface of the game board 1 around the lower sorting device mounting opening, the base 30 covers the lower sorting device mounting opening, and the lower sorting device 16 is attached to the gaming board 1.

The base 30 is made of a synthetic resin, and has a design with opaque and clear colors on the front surface thereof, a rotating body housing chamber 30a as a sorting area defined in the game area of the game board 1, and a center of the rotating body housing chamber 30a. And a plurality of countersunk holes 30c located on the outer peripheral edge. The rotating body accommodating chamber 30a is formed by a circular inner wall 30e located slightly below a wall component 30d protruding forward from the front surface of the base 30, and the wall component 30d is made of synthetic resin. Is bonded to the front surface with an adhesive or a screw. In other words, a plurality of guide passages, which will be described later, are arranged around the rotator housing chamber 30a by retrofitting the wall component 30d formed separately from the base 30 to the base 30, so that the base 30 and the wall component 30d In this case, the degree of freedom in the arrangement setting (layout) of the rotating body accommodating chamber 30a is increased as compared with the case where the mold is formed by one mold at a time, and the cost is advantageous. The wall structure 30d includes an inner wall 30e, an outer wall 30f surrounding the outside of the inner wall 30e, a designed front plate 30g provided over the front edge of the outer wall 30f and the inner wall 30e, and a position higher than the center of the rotating body housing chamber 30a. It has an entrance 30h located at the uppermost ceiling as a half wall surface.

As shown in FIG. 4A, a plurality of guide passages including a distribution guide passage 30i, a disadvantageous guide passage 30j, and an advantageous guide passage 30k are provided inside the wall structure 30d covered with the front plate 30g, as shown in FIG. It is formed between the outer wall 30f and a plurality of guide passages are arranged around the rotating body housing chamber 30a. The distribution guiding passage 30i is vertically separated from the disadvantageous guiding passage 30j by a partition 30m formed in a linear downward slope connected to both the inner wall 30e and the outer wall 30f, and is formed on both the inner wall 30e and the outer wall 30f. An advantageous guide passage 30k is vertically separated by a continuous semi-arc-shaped downwardly inclined partition wall 30n, and has the inlet 30h and an outlet 30p formed on an inner wall 30e above the partition 30n. The disadvantageous guide passage 30j is separated from the advantageous guide passage 30k by an outer wall 30f, and has an inlet 30q and an outlet 30r. The inlet 30q is located near a horizontal position passing through the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a in the wall structure 30d or the rotator housing. An outlet 30r is formed in the base 30 located at a lower part in the disadvantageous guide passage 30j, and is formed in the inner wall 30e as a lower half wall surface from the center of the chamber 30a. The outer wall 30f is integrated with the inner wall 30e at a portion separating the disadvantageous guide passage 30j and the advantageous guide passage 30k. The advantageous guide passage 30k has an inlet 30s and an outlet 30t, and the inlet 30s serves as a wall near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a in the wall structure 30d or as a lower half wall surface from the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a. The outlet 30t is formed in the inner wall 30e, and the outlet 30t is formed in the base 30 located in the lower part in the advantageous guide passage 30k. The exit 30r and the exit 30t are connected to a winning ball detection passage of a winning ball discharging mechanism (not shown).

The rotating body 31 is made of synthetic resin so as to be rotatably housed in the rotating body housing chamber 30a around the boss portion 30b, and has a through hole 31a for screw insertion located at the center, and a plurality of holes located at the periphery. And a distribution protrusion 31c located in one of the plurality of notches 31b. The notch 31b is formed to have a size capable of storing one game ball, has an opening on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 31 through which one game ball can pass, and is arranged in six equal parts in the first embodiment. I have. The distribution projection 31c projects in the circumferential direction from one opening edge in the rotation direction of the rotating body 31 at a joint corner between the notch 31b and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 31, and the distribution projection 31c and the rotating body 31 in the notch 31b. An opening through which one game ball can pass is formed between the other opening edge in the rotation direction.

The rotation drive mechanism 32 includes a motor 32a as a drive source. The motor 32a includes a plurality of mounting portions 32b protruding outward from the front surface of the motor casing, a boss portion 32c protruding forward from a lower front portion of the motor casing, and a boss portion 32c. It has an output shaft 32d protruding forward, and the tip of the output shaft 32d has a cut surface 32e for preventing rotation on its peripheral surface. The motor 32a inserts the output shaft 32d and the boss 32c into the through-hole (not shown) formed in the bulging portion 32g of the case 32f from the back side, and the plurality of mounting portions 32b are bulged with the tapping screw (not shown). Is attached to the case 32f by fastening to the rear surface of the case 32f. The case 32f is made of a synthetic resin, and has a gate-shaped opening 32h located at the lower central portion thereof, the bulging portion 32g protruding in a U-shape from the left and right opening edges opposed to the opening 32h toward the back side, A plurality of detector housings 32i, 32j protruding outward from the left and right side walls facing each other of the bulging portion 32g, a support 32k protruding rearward from the back surface of each of the plurality of detector housings 32i, 32j, and an opening 32h. It has a pilot hole 32m located near the edge, and a pilot hole (not shown) for a tapping screw is formed in the rear end surface of the plurality of columns 32k.

Further, the rotation drive mechanism 32 includes a connection shaft 32n for attaching the rotating body 31 to an output shaft 32d of the motor 32a, and the connection shaft 32n has a front portion rotatably inserted into the boss portion 30b of the base 30 from behind, A pilot hole 32p for screw insertion is formed in a front end surface of the connection shaft 32n, and a stopper portion 32q which comes into contact with a rear end surface of the boss portion 30b when the connection shaft 32n moves forward is provided at a rear portion thereof. A receiving recess 32r shown in FIG. 3 for connecting the dog shaft 33a of the rotation stop detecting mechanism 33 of the rotating body 31 so as to be coaxially and integrally rotatable is formed in the rear end face of the rotation body 32q. In a state where the connection shaft 32n is inserted into the boss portion 30b, as shown in FIG. 3, the front end of the connection shaft 32n protruding from the boss portion 30b to the bottom surface of the rotating body housing chamber 30a is provided in the rotating body housing chamber 30a. The accommodated rotating bodies 31 are connected by tapping screws 34. The tapping screw 34 is inserted into the through hole 31a from the front of the rotating body 31 and fastened to the prepared hole 32p of the connecting shaft 32n, so that the rotating body 31 can rotate around the boss portion 30b in the rotating body housing chamber 30a. When the connecting shaft 32n moves forward, the stopper 32q abuts on the boss 30b, and when the connecting shaft 32n moves rearward, the rotating body 31 comes into contact with the base 30 forming the bottom surface of the rotating body housing chamber 30a. Accordingly, the rotating body 31 is rotatably stored in the rotating body housing chamber 30a, and the maximum outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 31 is slightly between the inner wall 30e that forms the peripheral wall surface of the rotating body housing chamber 30a. Has a gap.

Returning to FIG. 2, the rotation stop detection mechanism 33 includes a dog shaft 33a and a sensor holder 33b. The dog shaft 33a is formed of metal, and the dog shaft 33a is disposed as an insert member in a resin molding die (not shown). By injecting and solidifying a molding material into the resin mold, a dog plate 33c is integrally formed at the front end of the dog shaft 33a. The dog plate 33c has a slit 33d which is open on the periphery and front and rear thereof, and has a bolt 33e as a connecting member on the front surface of the dog plate 33c. The bolt 33e penetrates the center of the dog plate 33c to form the dog shaft 33a. Fastened to the center, the head of the bolt 33e projects forward from the dog plate 33c. The dog shaft 33a has a receiving hole (not shown) located at the rear end surface thereof for accommodating the output shaft 32d of the motor 32a so as to be integrally rotatable on the cut surface 32e, and a receiving hole located on the peripheral surface on the rear end side of the dog plate 33c. The screw shaft 33f penetrates a portion corresponding to the cut surface 32e of the above. The dog shaft 33a is made of metal since the screw hole 33f is provided in the dog shaft 33a. The reason is that if the dog shaft 33a is made of synthetic resin, if the synthetic resin is subjected to thread cutting with a small screw diameter, the viscosity of the synthetic resin takes time and time, and the rigidity of the processed screw thread is low, and the synthetic resin is made of synthetic resin. Simultaneously forming the screw holes 33f when forming the dog shaft 33a with resin is expensive, but when the dog shaft 33a is made of metal, the screw cutting process is easier than in the case of synthetic resin. This is because the rigidity of the machined thread is high.

After inserting the output shaft 32d of the motor 32a protruding forward from the back wall of the bulging portion 32g of the case 32f into the screw hole 33f, a set screw 35 is fastened, and the set screw 35 is connected to the output shaft 32d of the dog shaft 33a. When the set screw 35 is fastened to the dog shaft 33a, a spring washer 36 for preventing the set screw 35 from loosening is interposed between the head of the set screw 35 and the dog shaft 33a. . The sensor holder 33b includes screw through holes 33g located at both left and right ends, an arm 33h projecting rearward from the center, a support 33i extending below the rear end of the arm 33h, a support 33i and the sensor holder 33b. The support portion 33i has a non-contact type sensor such as a reflection type or transmission type optical sensor (not shown), and passes through a tapping screw (not shown). By fastening the hole 33g to the lower hole 32m of the case 32f, the sensor holder 33b is attached to the back surface of the case 32f, and the gap 33j of the sensor holder 33b is connected to the output shaft 32d of the motor 32a to be connected to the case 32f. The periphery of the dog plate 33c located in the space in front of the bulging portion 32g from the opening 32h is taken in a non-contact manner, and the sensor holder 3 The sensor (not shown) held by the support portion 33i of the b performs a detection operation by the game control device 50 during the forward / reverse drive of the motor 32a, and causes the slit 33d of the dog plate 33c to rotate at every rotation of the motor 32a. Each time the detection is performed, the detection signal is output to the game control device 50.

The case 32f in which the motor 32a and the rotation stop mechanism 33 are assembled is provided with a tapping screw (not shown) in a pilot hole (not shown) formed on the back surface of the base 30 from a through hole (not shown) formed in the case 32f. At this time, the head of the bolt 33e projecting forward from the dog plate 33c is inserted into the receiving recess 32r (see FIG. 3) of the connecting shaft 32n projecting rearward from the boss 30b of the base 30. By doing so, the connecting shaft 32n is coaxially and integrally connected to the dog shaft 33a so as to be integrally rotatable, so that the rotating body 31 can be driven to rotate by the motor 32a. The installation by the tapping screw does not cause the tapping screw to protrude to the distribution guide passage 30i, the disadvantageous guide passage 30j, the advantageous guide passage 30k, the rotating body housing chamber 30a, and the front surface of the base 30 of the base 30, thereby impairing the design of the ball and the design. Consider not to be.

When the case 32f is attached to the back surface of the base 30, one of the plurality of detector housing chambers 32i and 32j located on the left and right sides of the case 32f is connected to one of the outlets 30t of the advantageous guiding passage 30k. The other detector housing chamber 32j is located near the outlet 30r of the disadvantageous guide passage 30j, and a detector (not shown) is mounted in each of the detector housing chambers 32i and 32j. After the motor 32a is attached to the case 32f, a cover 37 formed of a substantially rectangular plate is attached to the case 32f. The cover 37 has legs 37a protruding forward from both left and right ends thereof, seats 37b extending outward from the legs 37a, and through holes 37c formed in the seats 37b for screw insertion. When attaching 37 to case 32f, electric wires (not shown) coming out of motor 32a are collected between the front surface of cover 37 and legs 37a, and tapping screws (not shown) are inserted through through holes 37c of seating portion 37b to support column 32k of case 32f. By attaching to the lower hole of the motor 32a, it is attached to the case 32f while covering the back of the motor 32a. At this time, if the sensor holder 33b is already attached to the case 32f, the wires coming out of the sensor (not shown) can be collected in the cover 37 in the same manner as the wires of the motor 32a. In addition, there is no fluctuation of the electric wire thereafter, and the subsequent work becomes easy.

When the lower sorting device 16 is attached to the game board 1, the electric wire of the motor 32 a, the sensor wire, and the detector wire are located on the back of the game board 1 and are attached to the back surface of the game board 1. This is wired to the corresponding connection terminal of the game control device 50, whereby the rotation of the rotating body 31 in the lower sorting device 16 is stopped, the drive is stopped, the rotation direction (forward / reverse rotation) and the emergency drive is stopped in an abnormal state, and the disadvantageous guidance passage 30j is provided. , The number of winnings, the winning in the advantageous guidance passage 30k, the number of winnings, and the like are monitored and controlled by the game control device 50.

For example, when the symbols on the left and right ordinary symbol display devices shown in FIG. 1 are stopped and two specific symbols such as “7” are aligned, forward power is supplied from the game control device 50 to the motor 32a, and the motor 32a is turned off. When the normal rotation drive is started and the rotating body 31 rotates forward in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 4A, during this rotation, the game balls are distributed from the entrance 30h as shown by the solid line to the dotted line during the rotation. After entering the upper part of the distribution guide passage 30i, as shown by the arrow, the notch having the distribution protrusion 31c of the rotating body 31 just before the downstream game ball reaches the exit 30p of the distribution guidance passage 30i as shown by the arrow. When the opening of 31b is positioned so as to substantially coincide with the exit 30p, and subsequently the above-mentioned game ball reaches the exit 30p, the reached ball reaches the exit 30p as shown by the phantom line. Trapped in notches 31b having a sorting projection 31c of the rotating body 31.

The game ball captured in the virtual line moves while being captured in the cutout portion 31b having the distribution projection 31c as the rotating body 31 continues to rotate in the direction of the arrow, and finally faces the entrance 30q of the disadvantageous guide passage 30j. At this time, the game ball is received by the distribution protrusion 31c and remains trapped in the notch 31b and cannot enter the entrance 30q (see FIG. 5C).

Then, the rotation of the rotating body 31 in the direction of the arrow advances, the distribution projection 31c passes through the entrance 30q, and the opening edge of the notch 31b facing the distribution projection 31c advances to the middle of the entrance 30q. The width of the opening between the opening 30q and the lower edge of the entrance 30q is smaller than the diameter of one game ball, and the game ball captured in the cutout portion 31b having the distribution protrusion 31c is no longer caught and the rotating body 31 rotates. As a result, the ball moves toward the advantageous guidance passage 30k, and in this movement process, the game ball moves over the distribution projection 31c to the opening of the notch 31b, and connects the entrance 30q and the entrance 30s to the inner wall 30e (together with the outer wall 30f). ), And is pushed by the wall surface of the cutout portion 31b on the side facing the distribution projection 31c, and moves toward the advantageous guidance passage 30k.

With the subsequent rotation of the rotating body 31 in the direction of the arrow, the distribution projection 31c reaches a position facing the entrance 30s of the advantageous guidance passage 30k, and the opening width between the distribution projection 31c and the entrance 30s is the diameter of one game ball. Simultaneously, the game ball in the notch 31b having the distribution projection 31c enters the advantageous guide passage 30k from the notch 31b through the entrance 30s as shown in FIG. 4B.

During the rotation of the rotating body 31 in the direction of the arrow, when the game ball is caught from the outlet 30p of the sorting guide passage 30i by the notch 31b having no sorting projection 31c, the notch 31b rotates the rotating body 31. As a result, it reaches the position facing the entrance 30q of the disadvantageous guide passage 30j, and the opening width formed by the opening 30c of the notch 31b and the entrance 30q becomes wider than the diameter of one game ball, and at the same time, the distribution projection 31c The game ball caught in the notch 31b where no is present enters the disadvantageous guideway 30j from the notch 31b through the entrance 30q.

In addition, the reverse rotation power is supplied from the game control device 50 to the motor 32a, and the motor 32a starts the reverse rotation drive, whereby the rotating body 31 reversely rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow shown in FIG. The game ball that has entered into the notch 31b of the rotating body 31 has an opening width formed by the meeting of the opening of the notch 31b and the entrance 30s larger than the diameter of one game ball, and at the same time, from the notch 31b. All enter the advantageous guidance passage 30k through the entrance 30s.

That is, according to the lower sorting device 16, when looking at the rotation direction of the rotating body 31 with reference to the cutout portion 31b where the sorting projection 31c exists, the rotating direction of the rotating body 31 is the direction in which the sorting projection 31c precedes, that is, By rotating in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 4, the game balls that have entered the distribution guide passage 30 i are distributed to the advantageous guidance passage 30 k by a fraction of the total number of the cutouts 31 b, and the total number of the cutouts 31 b is N. A game state advantageous to the player can be generated at a rate of 1 / N, and a case where this advantageous game state occurs at a rate of 1 / N is referred to as a distribution rate 1 / N.

Also, the rotation direction of the rotating body 31 is reversed in the direction in which the distribution protrusion 31c moves backward, that is, in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. Sorting and a game state advantageous to the player can be generated at a rate of 1/1.

In other words, according to the lower sorting device 16, the game balls entering the entrance 30h are sorted N-to-1 into the disadvantageous game state and the advantageous game state by the normal rotation of the rotating body 31, while the rotating body 31 is rotated. Can be changed to 1 / N and 1/1 according to the rotation direction.

The game control device 50 is configured by a microcomputer that operates according to a preset program. The control of the winning opening device 15 and the lower sorting device 16 in the game control device 50 will be described. An electromagnetic solenoid of the winning opening device 15 is generated at a point in time when a predetermined time period in which the two stop symbols of the middle symbol variable display section 3f are aligned with the specific symbol generates a symbol combination signal and the two specific symbols stop after the occurrence of the signal. The power is supplied to the motor 22a of the lower distribution device 16 and the forward rotation power is supplied to the motor 32a. The power supply to the electromagnetic solenoid 22a is stopped after a predetermined time, and the advantageous guidance passage 30k of the lower distribution device 16 (specific area) is provided. Game ball detection signal from a detector (not shown) installed near the entrance 30s At the point in time when the maximum number of opening and closing of the special winning opening 12 accompanying the detection of the winning of the game ball to the third kind starting opening 11 after the incision is completed, the supply of the forward rotation power to the motor 32a is stopped. 32a is supplied with reverse power for a predetermined time.

When the game control device 50 receives a detection signal of the slit 33d of the dog plate 33c from a sensor (not shown) held on the support portion 33i of the sensor holder 33b in the lower sorting device 16, the rotation of the rotating body 31 starts. It is determined whether or not the detection signal from the sensor has been input in a unit time per one rotation set in advance, and if the detection signal is input in the unit time, it is determined that the rotating body 31 is rotating normally. If the determination is made, the rotation of the rotating body 31 is continued without doing anything, and the detection signal is not input even after the unit time, for example, whether the game ball is caught between the rotating body 31 and the wall constituting body 30d It is determined that the rotation of the rotating body 31 has stopped abnormally due to some other cause, and in order to prevent burning of the motor 32a, the power supply to the motor 32a is urgently stopped. And outputs a signal warning part provided in such gaming machines or pachinko parlor islands and management chamber to alert the emergency stop.

According to the configuration of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5A, one game ball enters the distribution guide passage 30i via the entrance 30h of the lower distribution device 16, and is shown in FIG. 5B. As described above, one game ball entering the distribution guiding passage 30i rolls along the distribution guiding passage 30i to the exit 30p, abuts against the peripheral surface of the rotating body 31 that is being driven forward, and stops. One of the notches 31b among the plurality of notches 31b meets the outlet 30p, and between the one notch 31b and the outlet 30p, one notch 31b and the outlet 30p associated with the rotation of the rotating body 31. When the opening through which the game ball can pass is formed by the alignment of the game ball, one game ball enters one notch 31b from the exit 30p. The game ball that has entered one notch 31b is carried to the disadvantageous guide path 30j side by the forward rotation of the rotating body 31, but when this one notch 31b has the distribution protrusion 31c, the game ball shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. C, the distribution projection 31c is received by the distribution projection 31c. The notch 31b having the distribution projection 31c is connected to the entrance 30q of the disadvantage guidance passage 30j by the rotation of the rotating body 31. It continues until the opening through which one game ball formed therebetween can pass is closed.

As shown in FIG. 5D, the notch 31b having the distribution protrusion 31c meets the inlet 30s of the advantageous guiding passage 30k by the subsequent forward rotation of the rotating body 31, and the notch 31b having the distribution protrusion 31c and the outlet are provided. When the opening through which the game ball can pass is formed by the alignment between the cutout portion 31b having the distribution projection 31c associated with the normal rotation driving of the rotating body 31 and the entrance 30s, one game ball is distributed to the distribution projection 31c. And enters the advantageous guiding passage 30k via the entrance 30s from the cutout portion 31b having one, and one of the game balls moves from the advantageous guiding passage 30k to the winning detecting passage of the prize ball discharging mechanism (not shown) through the outlet 30t. .

In the process of moving the one game ball from the advantageous guiding passage 30k to the winning detection passage of the prize ball discharging mechanism, a detector (not shown) installed in the detector accommodation room 32i of the lower sorting device 16 detects the game ball. After the detection signal is output to the game control device 50 and the detection signal is received, the opening / closing plate of the special winning opening 12 accompanying the end of the maximum opening and closing frequency of the special winning opening 12 preset in the game control device 50 is When the closing time has elapsed, the game control device 50 supplies the reverse rotation power instead of the forward rotation power to the motor 32a of the lower sorting device 16, and the rotating body 31 moves in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. Drive in reverse. During the reverse rotation of the rotating body 31, the slider 21 of the winning opening device 15 moves forward and stops at the winning stop position, forming a housing space 25 near the entrance 20d of the winning area 20a, and one game ball is played. After entering the accommodation space 25 from the area, the slider 21 stops at the entrance stop position from the winning stop position and moves from the winning stop position of the slider 21 to the entrance close position, and one game ball moves from the accommodation space 25 to the entrance position. After contacting the peripheral surface of the rotating body 31 during reverse rotation and stopping via the distribution guiding passage 30i of the lower distribution device 16, one of the cutouts 31b of the plurality of cutouts 31b of the rotating body 31 is moved to the distribution guiding passage. A game ball is encountered by encountering the exit 30p of the exit 30p and the alignment of the one cutout 31b and the exit 30p with the rotation of the rotating body 31 between the one cutout 31b and the exit 30p. If possible passage openings are formed, one of the game ball enters into one of the notch 31b from the outlet 30p. Then, as shown in FIG. 5F, the game ball that has entered one notch 31b is carried to the advantageous guide passage 30k side by the rotation of the rotating body 31 in the reverse direction, and the notch 31b is moved to the advantageous guide passage 30k. When an opening through which a game ball can pass is formed between the notch 31b and the outlet 30p due to the alignment of the notch 31b and the inlet 30s due to the reverse rotation of the rotating body 31, A game ball enters the advantageous guidance passage 30k from the notch 31b.

In short, according to the embodiment, the lower sorting device 16 that has received one game ball sets the sorting ratio to 1 / N by the normal rotation drive of the rotating body 31 and the sorting protrusion 31c, and the lower sorting device 16 rotates. By setting the distribution ratio to 1/1 by the reverse rotation drive of the body 31, in a gaming state advantageous to the player, there is a variety of interesting and entertaining game characteristics such as "winning = right generation" in the game. It is possible to provide a high game and a game with a high sense of security such as puncturing.

In particular, since the advantageous guiding passage 30k guides the game ball entering from the uppermost entrance 30h of the wall constituting body 30d from one side of the upper half portion of the rotary accommodating chamber 30a to the exit 30p formed on the inner wall 30e, The game ball entering from the entrance 30h does not directly hit the rotating body 31, and the load applied to the rotating body 31 by the waiting game ball because it is taken into the notch 31b of the rotating body 31 at the exit 30p is reduced. Can be. Along with the rotation of the rotator 31, the wall of the game ball from the notch 31b of the rotator 31 near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a in the disadvantageous guide passage 30j or the lower half of the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a Since the game ball falls into the entrance 30q formed in the inner wall 30e, the game ball can be properly discharged from the rotating body 31 to the disadvantageous guide passage 30j. With the rotation of the rotator 31, the wall of the game ball from the notch 31b of the rotator 31 near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a in the advantageous guiding passage 30k or in the lower half of the center of the rotator housing chamber 30a Since the game ball falls into the entrance 30s formed in the inner wall 30e, the game ball can be appropriately discharged from the rotating body 31 to the advantageous guidance passage 30k.

In the embodiment, the example in which the rotary member 31 is provided with the six notches 31b in the lower sorting device 16 and the one of the notches 31b is provided with the sorting protrusions 31c is illustrated, but two notches 31b are provided and the two notches 31b are provided. One of the provided notches 31b is provided with a distribution protrusion 31c, or three or more notches are provided, and one or more of the three or more cutouts is provided with a distribution protrusion 31c, or two or more distribution protrusions 31c are provided, It is also possible to diversify the distribution rate. Further, when four or more cutouts 31b are provided and two or more distribution protrusions 31c are provided in the four or more cutouts 31b, whether the distribution protrusions 31c are provided every other or two or more are provided. Various arrangements are conceivable, such as combining every other and every two or more.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board of a pachinko machine (one embodiment). FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the sorting device (same embodiment). Sectional drawing which shows the rotating body of a distribution apparatus, a connection shaft, and connection (same embodiment). The front view (the same embodiment) which shows a winning distribution device. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of a winning distribution apparatus (same embodiment).

Explanation of reference numerals

1 gaming board 16 lower sorting device (sorting device)
Reference Signs List 30 base 30a rotating body accommodating chambers 30h, 30q, 30s inlet 30r, 30t outlet 31 rotating body 31b notch 31c distribution protrusion 32 rotation drive mechanism

Claims (1)

A base attached to the game area of the game board, a wall structure projecting forward from the front surface of the base, a rotating body housing chamber formed in the wall structure, and a wall structure in an upper half of the center of the rotating body housing chamber An inlet opening at the top of the uppermost part of the body, a gaming state outlet disadvantageous to the player opening at the wall structure on the lower half side from the center of the rotator housing chamber, and a rotator housing chamber. An advantageous gaming state outlet opened in the wall structure on the other half of the lower half from the center, a rotating body rotatably accommodated in the rotating body accommodating chamber in a coaxial arrangement, and a peripheral surface of the rotating body A plurality of notches formed so as to be able to accommodate one game ball, and a peripheral opening edge facing in the circumferential direction in a notch in a range less than the total number from one or more of these notches And a rotating projection provided on the back side of the base that projects from one side to the other. While and a rotary driving mechanism for reverse rotation,
The wall structure is configured such that the distribution guiding passage, the disadvantageous guiding passage, and the advantageous guiding passage located between the inner wall and the outer wall surrounding the rotating body housing chamber are separated from each other around the rotating body housing chamber,
The distribution guide passage has the inlet and an outlet formed on the inner wall above the semi-arc-shaped partition connected to both the inner wall and the outer wall,
The disadvantageous guide passage is formed in the vicinity of a horizontal position passing through the center of the rotating body housing chamber or on an inner wall as a wall in a lower half part from the center of the rotating body housing chamber, and formed at an inlet and a base located at a lower portion in the disadvantageous guiding passageway. And an exit
The advantageous guide passage has an inlet formed in the inner wall as a wall near the horizontal position passing through the center of the rotating body housing chamber or a lower half wall from the center of the rotating body housing chamber, and a base located at a lower portion in the advantageous guide passage. A sorting device for a gaming machine, comprising a formed outlet.

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