JP2004180748A - Ball put-out device of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the reliability about quality by prohibiting the ball discharge operation during a ball put-out operation. <P>SOLUTION: A ball from a tank 3 is put out to a tray 6 via a passage 12 through a passage 13 as a sprocket 15 is driven to put out the ball in the direction of the arrow X1. A selection means 22 executes the process of not receiving an On-signal from a ball discharge switch 20 if a step 101 is "Yes", or if the step 101 is "No" and a step 102 is "No". Accordingly, even if a person turns on the ball discharge switch 20 during the ball put-out operation, the ball discharge operation is not performed. When the step 101 is "No" and the step 102 is "Yes", the ball discharge operation is started in a step 103. As the sprocket 15 is driven to discharge the ball by an actuator 16 in the direction of the arrow X2, the ball from the tank 3 is discharged via the passage 12 through a passage 14 to game machine installed equipment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball dispensing device that performs a ball dispensing operation of dispensing a ball of a pachinko machine to a player side and a ball removing operation of discharging the ball to a game store by an actuator.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional ball dispensing device of a pachinko machine has a sprocket arranged at an intersection of a three-forked road in a dispensing mechanism provided on the back side of the pachinko machine, and is driven in one direction by an actuator such as a step motor, so that one of the three-forked road is driven. The ball is dispensed from the back side of the pachinko machine to the front tray of the pachinko machine using the passage and the other passage, while the sprocket is rotated in the other direction by an actuator to drive the ball in the other direction. Using one of the aisles and the other of the other aisles, the ball is removed from the back of the pachinko machine into a game machine installation facility called a pachinko machine island where the pachinko machine is installed. Is supposed to do it. (For example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-262700 A (FIG. 3)
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-10-15187 (page 1, abstract, FIG. 4)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the ball-pulling operation, the operator inserts an operation rod such as a wire from the operation hole provided on the front of the pachinko machine at the front side of the pachinko machine, and operates the ball-pulling switch through the ball-pulling lever. Alternatively, by directly operating the ball removal switch, the actuator is rotationally driven in the ball removal operation direction. For this reason, during the ball payout operation in which the payout mechanism is paying out a prize ball or a lending ball, for example, when a player inserts a rod such as a wire into the operation hole in an interest-oriented manner, the ball removal switch is turned on, There has been a problem that the actuator is driven to rotate in the ball removing operation direction and the payout mechanism performs the ball removing operation.
[0005]
Therefore, the present invention provides a ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine that can improve the quality reliability by prohibiting a ball removing operation during a ball dispensing operation.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, in a ball dispensing device of a pachinko machine in which an actuator performs a ball dispensing operation of dispensing a ball to a player side and a ball removing operation of discharging a ball to a game store side, the actuator is electrically controlled. The control device is provided with a selection means for prohibiting the ball ejection operation during the ball ejection operation while permitting the ball ejection operation when the ball ejection operation is not performed, so that during the ball ejection operation, a person can use the ball from the front side of the pachinko machine. Even if the release switch is turned on, the operation does not shift to the ball removal operation, so that the ball removal operation during the payout operation is prohibited and the quality reliability can be improved. Further, according to the present invention, if the actuator is constituted by a single step motor that rotationally drives a sprocket disposed at the intersection of a three-way intersection, the ball dispensing operation and the ball removing operation are performed by a plurality of actuators. In comparison, by switching the rotation direction of one step motor, it is possible to switch between the ball discharging operation and the ball removing operation, and it is possible to easily switch between the ball discharging operation and the ball removing operation.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows a ball payout device of a pachinko machine 1 according to one embodiment. In FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 has a control device 2 on the back side activated by power supply, a ball is stored in a tank 3 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and a ball-out detector of the payout mechanism 4 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. 5 outputs an ON signal indicating detection of a ball to the control device 2, and in a state where the ball is placed in the tray 6 on the front side of the pachinko machine 1, a ball firing operation mechanism 7 called a handle grip on the front side of the pachinko machine 1. Is operated by the player, the ball launching mechanism 8 in the pachinko machine 1 in accordance with the operation amount causes the ball supplied from the saucer 6 one by one to play a game in the pachinko machine 1. Fire toward the game area.
[0008]
A ball from the game area of the game board 9 wins one of the plurality of winning parts 10 arranged in the game area, and the winning ball detector 11 that detects the winning ball outputs a winning signal to the control device 2. . The control device 2 identifies the winning signal from the winning ball detector 11 corresponding to the winning component 10 based on the difference in the position of the input port, and then the three passages 12; 13 of the payout mechanism 4; Dispensing control is performed on an actuator 16 such as a step motor connected to a sprocket 15 disposed at the intersection of a three-way intersection consisting of fourteen. As a result, the payout mechanism 4 pays out balls having cash properties to the saucer 6 as a prize for the result of the game of winning, as the sprocket 15 is driven for ball payout (rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow X1). The sprocket 15 is a ball dispensing body provided with a plurality of cutouts that are recessed so as to be able to store one ball in the direction of the center of rotation from the peripheral surface of the rotating body at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
[0009]
Along with the start of the ball dispensing operation of the dispensing mechanism 4, in the process in which the ball from the tank 3 moves from one passage 12 to another passage 13 in the three-way, the counting detector 17 of the dispensing mechanism 4 controls the passage 13. A passing ball is detected and a count signal is output to the control device 2. The control device 2 counts up the count signal, and stops and controls the actuator 16 when the counted number of detected payouts matches the set number of payouts to be paid out for the winning.
[0010]
On the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 is provided a ball removing operation hole 18, and a person pushes the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 through the ball removing operation hole 18 to the button 21 of the ball removing switch 20 installed inside the pachinko machine 1. When the pressing operation is performed, the ball release switch 20 outputs an ON signal to the control device 2.
[0011]
In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, since the ball dispensing operation and the ball removing operation do not interfere with each other (because the ball dispensing operation and the ball removing operation do not operate at the same time), the control is performed. The device 2 comprises a selection means 22 embodied by the microcomputer operating with a program stored in the ROM. The selection unit 22 determines whether or not the step 101 is YES, or if the step 101 is NO and the step 102 is NO. If the set number of payouts to be paid out for the winning is stored in the memory and remains, the set number of payouts to be paid out for unpaid ball lending from the inter-ball rental machine 23 is stored in a memory such as a RAM. In the case of a ball payout operation such as when the player is performing a ball payout operation, the selection means 22 executes a process of not accepting an ON signal from the ball removal switch 20 as a determination result, and ends the selection process.
[0012]
In addition, when the step 101 is NO and the step 102 is YES, that is, when the actuator 16 is not rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow X1, the selection means 22 sets the number of payouts to be paid out to a prize in a memory such as a RAM. During the ball payout operation, such as when the number of set lending to be paid out for unpaid ball lending from the inter-ball rental machine 23 is stored in a memory such as a RAM and the remaining lending is not left. If not, the selecting means 22 executes a process of receiving an ON signal from the ball-extraction switch 20 as a determination result, and executes a process of starting a ball-extraction operation in step 103.
[0013]
As a result of the process of starting the ball removing operation by the selecting means 22, the ball from the tank 3 is driven by the actuator 16 to rotate the ball in the direction of the arrow X <b> 2 as the sprocket 15 is driven by the actuator 16. It is discharged from the passage 12 to another game machine installation equipment via another passage 14 different from the above.
[0014]
According to the present embodiment, since the selection means 22 monitors the ball payout operation in the payout mechanism 4 and the signal of the ball removal switch 20, and the actuator 16 of the payout mechanism 4 does not perform the ball removal operation during the ball payout operation, During the ball dispensing operation of the dispensing mechanism 4, even if a person inserts an operation rod 19 such as a wire from the ball removing operation hole 18 provided on the front of the pachinko machine 1 and the ball removing switch 20 is turned on, the dispensing is performed. The mechanism 4 does not shift to the ball removing operation. Therefore, the ball removing operation during the payout operation in the payout mechanism 4 is prohibited. In other words, the ball removing operation is not performed during the ball discharging operation, and the ball discharging operation is not performed during the ball discharging operation, so that the quality reliability can be improved. Since the actuator 16 is constituted by a single step motor that rotationally drives the sprocket 15 disposed at the intersection of the three-way intersection, the step motor rotates forward (rotation in the direction of arrow X1) and reverse (rotation in the direction of arrow X2). By driving the ball, it is possible to switch between the ball dispensing operation and the ball removing operation by switching the rotation direction of one step motor as compared with the case where the ball dispensing operation and the ball removing operation are performed by a plurality of actuators. In addition, the switching between the ball payout operation and the ball removal operation can be easily performed.
[0015]
Although illustration is omitted, a sprocket 15 is provided so as to rotate together with the sprocket 15, and the claw operated by the actuator 16 by the electromagnetic solenoid engages with the sprocket to stop the ball dispensing. Is released from the ratchet and starts ball payout, while the passage 12 includes a switching passage on the upstream side (the side of the tank 3) of a portion where the ball is entangled with the sprocket 15, and the switching passage has the structure described above. The present invention can be similarly applied if the actuator is operated by another actuator using an electromagnetic solenoid, and the actuator is controlled by the control device 2 triggered by the ON operation of the ball release switch 20. In this case, the upper end of the switching passage is rotatably connected to the passage 12 by a shaft, and when the switching passage is moved to the ball removal side by the actuator, the lower end of the switching passage is directed to the gaming machine installation equipment, As a result, the ball on the tank 3 side is discharged from the passage 12 to the game machine installation equipment via the switching passage. When the switching passage is moved to the ball payout side by the actuator, the lower end of the switching passage is directed to the passage 13, and as a result, the ball on the tank 3 side is paid out from the passage 12 to the tray 6 via the passage 14. . In this case, the passage 14 in FIG. 1 is in a closed form so that the ball does not go.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a ball payout device of a pachinko machine according to one embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Control device 4 Dispensing mechanism 12 Passage 13 Passage 14 Passage 15 Sprocket 16 Actuator 17 Count detector 18 Ball removal operation hole 19 Operation rod 20 Ball removal switch 22 Selection means

Claims (2)

In a ball-discharging device of a pachinko machine in which an actuator performs a ball-discharging operation of dispensing a ball to a player side and a ball-discharging operation of discharging a ball to a game store, a ball-discharging operation is performed by a control device that electrically controls the actuator. A ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine, comprising selection means for prohibiting a ball removing operation during a ball dispensing operation and permitting a ball removing operation during a ball dispensing non-operation. 2. The ball dispensing device of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is constituted by a single step motor for rotating and driving a sprocket disposed at an intersection of a three-way intersection.

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