JP2007222348A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure performances by a movable accessory by protecting the accessory provided in a pachinko game machine. <P>SOLUTION: In the pachinko game machine, a glove movable accessory 150 comprises an elevating and lowering part 160 resin-molded into a boxing glove shape and supported so as to be moved up and down obliquely, an arm part resin-molded in a long length and provided so as to be housed inside the elevating and lowering part while being driven along a guide provided inside the elevating and lowering part 160, and a turning part resin-molded in the long length, fixed to the elevating and lowering part 160 at its one end and pivoted at the other end for driving the elevating and lowering part obliquely in a vertical direction by being turned around the support shaft. The turning part expresses a condition that the arm part is extended and contracted while elevating and lowering the elevating and lowering part 160 by repeatedly housing and exposing the arm part according to the turning. A protective wall 152 has such a height that it is difficult for a sprung-up game ball to get over. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique for protecting an accessory provided in a ball game machine.

Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. It is known as a thing (for example, refer patent document 1). The variable display of symbols in the display area is not only a variable display of multiple symbols, but the time of variable display is usually reduced in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach screen. For example, an effect is made to increase the player's expectation, such as making it longer. In addition, by using a character in the image of the design or the like to give a story to the change display, or by controlling a specific game such as a probability change that changes the probability of transition to a special game, the player's Increases expectations. Further, the game effect is not limited to the image display as described above, and may be effected by a movable accessory.
JP 2003-230714 A

  When performing a game with a movable accessory, the game ball may collide and the movable accessory may be damaged, or the game ball may come into contact with the operation of the movable accessory. In such a case, it is difficult to produce a normal performance by the movable accessory.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a subject, The objective is to protect the accessory provided in a ball game machine, and to ensure the production | presentation by a movable accessory.

  In order to solve the above problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention produces a game according to a game board in which a game area is formed, a display device on which a lottery result is displayed, and a lottery result. For this purpose, an electric movable stage character provided near the front of the display device and a protection provided so as to surround the movable stage character in order to prevent the game ball from being mixed into the installation site of the movable stage character. And a wall. The movable director is molded into a boxing glove mold and supported so as to move up and down diagonally, and the elevating part is molded in a long shape and is driven along a guide inside the lifting part. The arm is provided so as to be housed inside, and is formed into a long resin shape. One end of the arm is fixed to the elevating part and the other end is pivotally supported. And a rotating part that drives the elevating part obliquely up and down. The rotating part expresses a state where the arm part expands and contracts while raising and lowering the elevating part by repeating the storing and exposing of the arm part according to the rotation, and the protective wall is over which the jumping game ball can pass It has a difficult height.

  According to this aspect, since the protective wall is provided around the movable effect bonus, the game ball can be prevented from directly colliding with the movable effect bonus. Further, since the protective wall has a height that is difficult for the jumped game ball to pass over, it is possible to suppress the jumped game ball from directly colliding with the movable accessory. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the damage of the movable effect character and the disturbance of the drive of the movable effect character.

  The protective wall is formed of a translucent member so that the game ball can be seen from the player side when the game ball crosses the protective wall, and the stop space for stopping the game ball that has passed is movable. It may be formed around the director. As a result, it is possible to prevent the game ball from entering the lower side of the movable effect role. Further, the player can easily visually recognize the game ball stopped in the stop space.

  The protective wall may have an inclined part formed along a trajectory in which the elevating part moves up and down obliquely, and formed below the elevating part with a gap thinner than the diameter of the game ball. When the game ball has passed over the protective wall, the elevating unit pushes the game ball that has been exceeded to the outside of the protective wall along the inclined portion by being driven obliquely upward. This eliminates the trouble of opening the front door of the ball game machine and taking out the game ball that is stopped.

  When a game ball enters from the gap between the movable effect agent and the protective wall, a storage space is formed for storing the game ball below the movable effect agent in order to restrict the invasion of the game ball into the game machine. Also good. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid the normal operation of the gaming machine from being disturbed by the entry of the gaming ball into the gaming machine.

  An LED (Light Emitting Diode) substrate is installed below the movable director, and a wiring pattern may not be provided on the back surface of the LED substrate. Thus, even when the game ball that has entered the game ball under the movable effect agent can come into contact with the back surface of the LED substrate, it is possible to avoid the game ball from contacting the LED substrate and short-circuiting the wiring.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, or those obtained by substituting the constituent elements and expressions of the present invention with each other between methods and apparatuses are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to protect an accessory provided in a ball game machine and to secure an effect by a movable accessory.

Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example of a bullet ball gaming machine.
FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board surface. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is a plate through which a game area of a game board formed of glass or the like can be seen through. The door 14 supports the transparent plate 13. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has a mechanism for storing game balls, sending out the game balls to the launch rail, and extracting the game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. When the player rotates the launch handle 17, the game ball is launched. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output. The operation button 82 is a button operated by the player to input a predetermined instruction on the gaming machine side. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the game board 50. The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Further, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start opening 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the normal electric accessory at the start opening. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 generates large winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided substantially at the center of the game area 52 displays the special symbol 192 in a variably manner (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variable display”). The special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “special symbol lottery”) that is triggered by the entry of a game ball into the start port 62. If the symbol pattern when the variable display is stopped is a symbol determined to be a hit, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the hit occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The special symbol display device 61 circulates numbers in the range of 0 to 9 as a variation display of the special symbol 192. Depending on whether the special symbol lottery is successful or not, any number is stopped and displayed as a stop symbol. Note that the symbol that is variably displayed may be represented as graphics, but may be represented as a blinking display such as an LED. In other words, it may be a visual expression indicating a variation mode for a predetermined period.

  The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that displays the effect image 190 as a moving image in conjunction with the change display of the special symbol 192. The effect image 190 is an image displayed for the effect purpose in order to evoke a player's expectation for winning. The effect image 190 is displayed as a moving image according to data called an effect pattern indicating the moving image reproduction process. Since the effect pattern is selected so that the variation time of the special symbol 192 and the moving image display time of the effect image 190 linked to the special symbol 192 coincide with each other, the moving image display of the effect image 190 is performed at the timing when the special symbol 192 is stopped and displayed. Is also stopped. In the effect display device 60, the effect image 190 is displayed as a moving image so as to be superimposed on a predetermined background image.

  The effect display device 60 displays, as the effect image 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation that simulate a game of a slot machine. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60 is displayed in an inconspicuous size, but the special symbol itself is produced. When a special role is given, the special symbol 192 may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60.

  The operation port 68 is provided on the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passing of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “normal symbol lottery”) for expanding the start port 62.

  When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a symbol called a normal symbol is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 for a predetermined time. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the right side of the effect display device 60. The normal symbol display device 59 includes two lamps. The operation in which the respective lamps blink alternately is an operation corresponding to “ordinary symbol fluctuation display”. Usually, the normal symbol lottery is won with a probability of 50% to 80%. When the normal symbol lottery is won, after the normal symbol change display is stopped, one of the two lamps of the normal symbol display device 59 is lit up. Then, the start port 62 is expanded for a predetermined time.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as protection and decoration of the flow path of the game ball, the special symbol display device 61, the effect display device 60, and the like. The center decoration 64 is configured such that a game ball can enter from a warp zone entrance 92 formed at the upper left portion thereof. The center decoration 64 is provided with a rolling area introduction passage 94 that guides a game ball from the gaming area 52 to the rolling area 96. The game ball after passing through the warp zone entrance 92 is guided to the rolling region 96. The rolling area 96 according to the present embodiment includes a stage 98 provided for rolling the game ball on the player side of the effect display device 60.

  On the right side of the rolling region 96, there is provided an electric movable stage effect (hereinafter also referred to as “glove movable accessory”) 150 having a boxing glove shape. The glove movable accessory 150 moves up and down in the diagonally left direction as seen from the player according to the result of the special symbol lottery to produce a game. Around the movable globe accessory 150, a protective wall 152 is provided for preventing the game ball from being mixed into the site where the movable globe accessory 150 is installed. The center decoration 64 is provided with a plurality of lamps around an effect display device 60 for effecting a game. Specifically, a first flash lamp 154 is provided below the movable globe accessory 150 in the rolling region 96, and a second flash lamp 156 is provided above the effect display device 60 to the left of the first flash lamp 154. A curved third flash lamp 158 is provided. Here, the second flash lamp 156 and the third flash lamp 158 are positioned around the screen in such a manner that a virtual line passing obliquely through the screen of the effect display device 60 is extended. The first flash lamp 154, the second flash lamp 156, and the third flash lamp 158 are constituted by LEDs, for example. Hereinafter, the first flash lamp 154, the second flash lamp 156, and the third flash lamp 158 are collectively referred to as “flash lamp”.

  The center decoration 64 is provided with a lottery holding lamp 20 at the upper part thereof, and an operation holding lamp 22 is provided on the left side thereof. The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of special symbol lottery hold depending on the number of lights. The number of special symbol lotteries held is the number of special symbol lottery results won in the starting slot 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. In addition, a game effect lamp 90 is provided in the game area 52 and plays a role of production by blinking or the like.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 is variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61. In conjunction with this, the moving image display of the effect image 190 starts. The variation display of the special symbol 192 and the moving image display of the effect image 190 are stopped simultaneously after the variation time of the special symbol 192 determined prior to the display has elapsed. When the special symbol 192 at the time of the stop is a symbol indicating a win, the game shifts from the normal game to the special game, and the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is started. At this time, the effect image 190 is also stopped and displayed in a manner indicating a win.

  After the start of the special game, the special winning opening 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after 9 or more game balls are dropped. If at least one game ball falls into the big prize opening 66 while the big prize opening 66 is open, the big prize opening 66 is opened again. In this way, the opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated up to a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times, on condition that at least one game ball is dropped while the big prize opening 66 is opened once.

FIG. 3 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine.
The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as special symbol lottery when winning the start port 62 in particular. The sub board 104 includes a liquid crystal unit 42, controls display contents on the effect display device 60, and changes display contents according to a lottery result by the main board 102 in particular. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set base 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

FIG. 4 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine in this embodiment.
In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18 and the game effect lamp 90 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game, but also staging operations such as symbol variation display and electrical decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  The main board 102 includes a ball entry determining unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determining unit 114, a holding control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, and an opening / closing control unit 124. The sub-board 104 includes a pattern storage unit 130, an effect determination unit 132, and an effect display control unit 134. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 acquires a random number value as a success / failure lottery value in order to determine whether or not to shift from the normal game to the special game when the game ball enters the start port 62. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a range of 0 to 65535. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a success / failure table referred to in the determination of success / failure. In the success / failure table, a determination result of winning or losing is associated with a success / failure lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 executes the special symbol lottery by referring to the success / failure table and determining whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win.

  The symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol stop symbol. A special symbol range table is held as a table for determining the special symbol 192. In the special symbol range table, the correspondence between the special symbol 192 represented by the numbers “0” to “9” and the symbol determination lottery value is defined. The symbol determination unit 114 holds a pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine the variation pattern of the special symbol 192.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining the special symbol 192, refers to the special symbol range table, and determines the special symbol 192 according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. Determine the stop pattern. The symbol determination unit 114 refers to the pattern determination table, and selects one of a plurality of variation patterns in accordance with the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol and variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determination means 114 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. Multiple types of variation patterns have various variation times. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The symbol determining means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol by the normal symbol lottery. There are two types of stop symbols for normal symbols: winning symbols and missed symbols. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, the symbol determination means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining the normal symbol, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a winning symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The hold control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4. The hold control means 116 holds the upper limit of four as a result of the normal symbol lottery.

  The main display control means 118 displays the special symbol 192 in a variable manner. The main display control means 118 transmits a change start command and a change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing for starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol 192. Thereby, the synchronization of the variation display of the special symbol 192 and the moving image display of the effect image 190 is guaranteed. The main display control means 118 displays normal symbols in a variable manner. The special game control means 120 controls the execution of the special game.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol hits and stops at the symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage unit 130 of the sub-board 104 holds a plurality of types of effect patterns of the effect image 190. In each effect pattern, a moving image display time is set for each pattern as an end condition of the moving image display, and the moving image display is stopped when the moving image display time elapses. The effect determination unit 132 selects the effect pattern and the stop effect image 190 according to the variation time determined by the symbol determination unit 114, the stop symbol, and the result of the special symbol lottery.

  In the animation display of the effect image 190, three symbols of variable display modes are shown, and the display mode when each symbol is stopped is determined according to the result of the special symbol lottery. For example, when the special symbol 192 indicates “7” or “2” as a stop symbol and indicates a transition to a special game, the effect image 190 in a mode in which three symbols are aligned such as “777” and “222” is stopped and displayed. Is done. When the determination result by the winning / failing lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, the combination of the three symbols such as “312” and “946” is stopped and displayed. However, if the result of the determination of success / failure indicates that the game does not shift to a special game, and an effect pattern indicating a loss of reach is selected, only one symbol such as “191” or “727” is provided. The stop is displayed in the combination that is not. The effect determining unit 132 sends the combination information and the information of the effect pattern when the symbols included in the effect image 190 are stopped to the effect display control unit 134.

  The effect display control means 134 displays the effect image 190 as a moving image according to the selected effect pattern. The effect display control means 134 also controls effect processing such as lighting and extinguishing of the game effect lamp 90, the first flash lamp 154, the second flash lamp 156, and the third flash lamp 158, and sound output from the speaker 18. The movable effect accessory control means 133 drives the glove movable accessory 150 according to the selected effect pattern.

  FIG. 5 is a front view of the movable globe accessory 150. The globe movable accessory 150 is an accessory that causes the drive unit 164 to drive the rotating unit 166 to move the elevating unit 160 up and down obliquely. The drive unit 164 is an electric rotary drive unit such as a motor, and is fixed to the end of the storage member 168. The drive unit 164 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a rectangular parallelepiped member containing a substrate for connecting a wiring for connecting to a power source is attached to a side surface. A rotation shaft is provided at the center of the substantially cylindrical portion. The drive unit 164 includes a position detection unit that detects the rotational position of the drive unit 164.

  The rotating part 166 is a long member whose one end is fixed to the elevating part 160 and the other end is pivotally supported by the storage member 168, and a fan-shaped gear is provided on the opposite side of the long member across the support shaft. It is a member formed and resin molded. In FIG. 5, the rotation part 166 is shown with a broken line and a continuous line. The rotating unit 166 is rotated about the support shaft when the rotational driving force of the driving unit 164 is transmitted, and drives the elevating unit 160 supported at the end thereof in an oblique vertical direction. The rotating unit 166 is colored with an inconspicuous color such as black. As will be described later, the storage member 168 stores a plurality of members constituting a mechanism that transmits the driving force of the drive unit 164 to the rotation unit 166. The elevating unit 160 is made of, for example, ABS (acrylonitrile triadylene styrene) resin and is colored to remove the gloss. As will be described later, the elevating part 160 is hollow, and the arm part 162 is accommodated in the hollow part. The arm portion 162 is made of, for example, a fluorine-containing polycarbonate resin and is colored so that the gloss is removed.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the movable globe accessory 150. In this figure, the same members as those shown in FIG. The storage member 168 stores the first gear 170, the second gear 172, and the rotation unit 166. The first gear 170 is a gear to which driving force is transmitted from the driving unit 164 via, for example, a reduction gear (not shown). The position of the rotation axis of the drive unit 164 and the rotation axis of the first gear 170 are shifted by the amount of the reduction gear. The first gear 170 and the second gear 172 mesh with each other, and each is fixed to the storage member 168 at the center of rotation. In the rotating part 166, teeth formed on the sector gear mesh with the second gear 172. The end of the long member in the rotation unit 166 is attached to the lifting unit 160. The rotation unit 166 is fixed to the storage member 168 at the rotation center. With such a configuration, when the driving unit 164 rotationally drives the first gear 170, the driving force is transmitted to the rotating unit 166 via the second gear 172. As a result, the lifting / lowering unit 160 fixed to the rotating unit 166 rotates with the rotation of the rotating unit 166. At this time, the movable range of the elevating unit 160 corresponds to a range in which the teeth of the sector gear of the rotating unit 166 are provided. Therefore, since the movable range of the lifting / lowering unit 160 is short with respect to the rotation radius of the lifting / lowering unit 160, the lifting / lowering unit 160 can appear to move up and down almost diagonally.
In the present embodiment, the rotating portion 166 is provided with a sector gear and meshed with the second gear 172. However, as a modification, the rotating portion is a long resin-molded member, and one end of the rotating portion 160 is lifted and lowered. The other end may be pivotally supported. In this case, the rotating unit is rotated about the support shaft by the rotational driving force of the driving unit 164 to drive the elevating unit 160 in an obliquely vertical direction.

  The lifting / lowering unit 160 is a member having a shape that is obtained by cutting a boxing glove in half and hollowing out one of the contents. Here, the surface on the side shown in FIG. 6 in the elevating unit 160 is a surface corresponding to the inside of the bag. As shown in FIG. 6, the elevating / lowering portion 160 houses an arm portion 162 that is formed into a long resin shape. In addition, the elevating part 160 is formed with a guide part 174 for guiding the arm part 162. A guide piece 176 is provided at the end of the arm portion 162. A guide groove 178 is formed at the end of the storage member 168 to guide the guide piece 176 while sliding. The guide groove 178 allows the guide piece 176 to slide substantially in the left-right direction while restricting movement in the substantially vertical direction. As a result, when the elevating unit 160 is rotated, the arm unit 162 cannot follow the substantially vertical movement of the elevating unit 160 but can follow the substantially horizontal movement.

For example, when the lifting / lowering unit 160 tries to rotate obliquely upward, the arm unit 162 slides following the lifting / lowering unit 160 substantially to the right in FIG. 6, so that the lifting / lowering unit 160 is allowed to rotate. . At this time, since the arm part 162 cannot follow substantially upward, the arm part 162 is exposed from the inside of the elevating part 160 when the elevating part 160 rotates. By exposing the arm portion 162 in this way, a state where the arm is extended is expressed.
On the other hand, when the elevating part 160 tries to rotate obliquely downward, the arm part 162 slides substantially to the left and allows the elevating part 160 to rotate. At this time, since the arm portion 162 is substantially restricted from moving downward, the arm portion 162 is housed inside the elevating portion 160 while being driven along the guide portion 174. By storing the arm portion 162 in this way, a state where the arm is folded is expressed.

The overall operation of the movable globe accessory 150 will be described with reference to FIG. When the first gear 170 is driven by the drive unit 164 to rotate counterclockwise as viewed from the back of the movable globe accessory 150 (arrow p), the second gear 172 meshing with the first gear 170 is rotated clockwise. Rotate (arrow q). Further, the rotating portion 166 that meshes with the second gear 172 rotates counterclockwise (arrow r). As a result, the elevating unit 160 fixed to the rotating unit 166 rotates counterclockwise about the rotation center of the rotating unit 166 (arrow s). When the elevating part 160 is rotated obliquely upward in this manner, the arm part 162 is driven along the guide part 174, and the guide piece 176 is slid while being guided by the guide groove 178 in the direction of the arrow u. Accordingly, the arm part 162 is exposed from the inside of the elevating part 160 along the guide part 174.
On the other hand, when the driving unit 164 drives the first gear 170 in the clockwise direction, each member also moves in a direction opposite to the above-described direction. As a result, the arm part 162 is accommodated in the elevating part 160 while being driven along the guide part 174, and returns to the state shown in FIG.
In the present embodiment, as described above, the elevating part 160 is made of ABS resin and the arm part 162 is made of polycarbonate resin containing fluorine, so that the friction with the elevating part 160 can be reduced when the arm part 162 is stored and exposed. As a result, the durability of the movable globe accessory 150 can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, no drive source is provided at the position where the member slides in the movable globe accessory 150, that is, the position of the arm portion 162, and the drive that is the drive source at a position via a plurality of gears. One part 164 was provided. Thus, by providing a minimum number of drive sources at positions away from the sliding portion, a certain amount of play is ensured in the sliding portion. Thereby, the frictional force generated in the sliding portion can be reduced, and the durability of the movable globe accessory 150 can be improved. As a result, it is possible to maintain a uniform operation with high accuracy in the operation of the movable globe accessory 150.

  In the present embodiment, the elevating unit 160 is driven using three members: the first gear 170, the second gear 172, and the rotating unit 166. Thus, by using a plurality of members, it is possible to reduce the size of each member and reduce the size of the movable globe accessory 150 as a whole. As a result, the elevating unit 160 and the mechanism for driving it can be stored in a narrow space around the effect display device 60.

  FIG. 7 is a front view of the movable globe accessory 150 when the elevating unit 160 moves in the direction of the arrow s shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, the arm part 162 is exposed from the inside of the raising / lowering part 160, and the state which the arm part expand | extends while the raising / lowering part 160 is pushed up diagonally upward is expressed. In the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, for example, in the effect indicating reach, the movable effect actor control means 133 drives the drive unit 164 and the lift unit 160 as shown in FIG. 7 is pushed up. And Thereby, the player can enjoy the expression that the punch by the glove movable accessory 150 is paid out according to the result of the special symbol lottery. At this time, if the movable globe accessory 150 is installed so that the elevating unit 160 is pushed up at the position where the effect image 190 is displayed, the movable globe accessory 150 is scolding the character displayed as the effect image 190, for example. Can be expressed.

Most of the storage member 168 is covered with a center ornament 64 as shown in FIG. That is, most of the rotating part 166 is also covered with the center decoration 64 and is not visually recognized by the player. Further, since the rotating unit 166 is colored less conspicuous than the elevating unit 160 and the arm unit 162, for example, black, a portion that is not covered by the protective case in the rotating unit 166 is also visually recognized by the player. Hateful. This makes it difficult for the player to recognize that the elevating unit 160 is pulled up and down by the rotating unit 166, and gives the player an impression that the punch is pushed up from below the center decoration 64.
In the present embodiment, the state in which the lifting unit 160 is pushed up is expressed, but for example, the state in which the arm unit 162 expands and contracts by repeating the vertical movement of the lifting unit 160 a plurality of times according to the result of the special symbol lottery is expressed. May be. Moreover, you may vibrate the raising / lowering part 160 finely.

  FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the movable globe accessory 150 in the game board 50 shown in FIG. A protective wall 152 formed of a translucent member is provided around the elevating part 160 in the movable globe accessory 150. The protective wall 152 prevents the game ball rolling on the stage 98 from directly colliding with the elevating unit 160. Further, since the protective wall 152 has a height that is difficult for the jumped game ball to pass, for example, a height of about 40 mm, the game ball jumped on the stage 98 directly to the glove movable accessory 150. Hard to collide. Therefore, by providing the protective wall 152, it is possible to avoid damage to the movable globe accessory 150 and obstruction of driving of the movable globe accessory 150.

  The protective wall 152 has an inclined part 153 having a shape along a trajectory in which the elevating part 160 moves up and down obliquely. Below the elevating part 160, a gap thinner than the diameter of the game ball is provided between the inclined part 153 and the elevating part 160. That is, in the state where the lifting / lowering unit 160 is not driven obliquely upward as shown in FIG. 8, the distance t between the inclined unit 153 and the lifting / lowering unit 160 below the lifting / lowering unit 160 is shorter than the diameter of the game ball, for example, 11 mm. Is less than. By forming the inclined portion in this way, even if the game ball that has bounced up enters the inside of the protective wall 152, the game ball does not pass through the gap and is raised and lowered in front of the lift portion 160. It stops in the form which contact | abuts to 160 and the inclination part 153. FIG. As a result, it is possible to prevent the game ball from being mixed into the installation site of the movable globe accessory 150. Further, since the protective wall 152 is formed of a translucent member, the player can easily visually recognize the game ball stopped inside the protective wall 152.

  Furthermore, if the elevating unit 160 is driven obliquely upward while the game ball is stopped inside the protective wall 152, the game ball stopped in contact with the elevating unit 160 is pushed out of the protective wall 152. Can do. This eliminates the trouble of opening the door 14 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and taking out the game balls that are stopped. As a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the operating rate of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

In the unlikely event that a game ball pushes the lift 160 into the lower part of the movable globe accessory 150 and enters further through the gap between the lift 160 and the protective wall 152, the game ball is stored. A storage space 180 is formed. As a result, it is possible to restrict the game ball from entering the pachinko gaming machine 10.
As a modification, the storage space 180 may be formed with an entrance of a passage for guiding the game ball to the out port 58. As another modification, a discharge port for guiding the game ball to the front surface of the game board 50 may be formed in the storage space 180. As a result, the stored game balls are discharged toward the front of the out port 58 or the game board 50, so that the trouble of opening the door 14 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and taking out the stopped game balls can be omitted. As a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the operating rate of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  An LED board (not shown) used for the first flash lamp 154, for example, is disposed on the side wall on the front side of the game board 50 inside the storage space 180. In the present embodiment, the wiring pattern is provided only on the front surface of the LED substrate, that is, the surface not exposed to the storage space 180, and the wiring pattern is provided on the back surface, that is, the surface exposed to the storage space 180. I can't. As a result, it is possible to prevent the game balls stored in the storage space 180 from coming into contact with the LED substrate and short-circuiting the wiring of the LED substrate.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an effect using the movable globe accessory 150 and the flash lamp. A series of effects shown in FIG. In this effect, the effect display control means 134 controls the interlocking between the image display that causes the flash to run and the light emission of the second flash lamp 156 and the third flash lamp 158 as follows. First, the effect display control means 134 turns on the second flash lamp 156 in an effect indicating reach, for example. Next, the effect display control means 134 displays on the screen a flash image 182 that passes through the screen of the effect display device 60 obliquely from the position of the second flash lamp 156 toward the position of the third flash lamp 158. Furthermore, the effect display control means 134 turns on the third flash lamp 158 when the flash image 182 displayed on the screen reaches the position of the third flash lamp 158. As a result, the second flash lamp 156, the flash image 182 and the third flash lamp 158 are combined to form a boomerang-type flash as a whole. Here, the direction of the flash image 182 is along the direction in which the elevating unit 160 of the movable globe accessory 150 moves up and down. Hereinafter, the control by the effect display control means 134 is also referred to as “flash interlocking control”.

  In the effect shown in FIG. 9, the movable effect accessory control means 133 drives the glove movable accessory 150 in conjunction with the flash lamp control by the effect display control means 134. First, the effect display control means 134 turns on the first flash lamp 154 in the effect indicating reach. At this time, the first flash lamp 154 expresses, for example, light emission like a vortex, and gives the player an impression that power is accumulated. The effect display control means 134 turns on the first flash lamp 154 for a predetermined time and then turns it off. The movable effect actor control means 133 drives the drive unit 164 simultaneously with the extinction of the first flash lamp 154 and rotates the rotating unit 166 to drive the elevating unit 160 diagonally upward. Thus, a state in which the punch is drawn out with the accumulated force is expressed.

  Further, the effect display control means 134 turns on the second flash lamp 156 simultaneously with the turn-off of the first flash lamp 154, and starts the flash interlock control. That is, the movable globe accessory 150 is driven simultaneously with the start of the flash interlocking control. In this way, by driving the movement of the movable globe accessory 150 by the movable effect actor control means 133 and the flash control by the effect display control means 134, the player can punch out with the movable globe accessory 150. , You can enjoy the expression that a boomerang-shaped flash is emitted by the punch. In this way, a new effect that combines an effect by an image and an effect not by an image is realized.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. is there.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the structure of a game board. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in an Example. It is a front view of a globe movable accessory. It is a rear view of a globe movable accessory. It is a front view of the glove movable accessory when the raising / lowering part moves to the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. It is the figure which expanded the glove movable accessory vicinity in the game board shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the production | presentation using the glove movable accessory.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines, 50 game boards, 52 gaming areas, 54 outer rails, 56 inner rails, 58 out ports, 59 normal symbol display devices, 60 performance display devices, 61 special symbol display devices, 62 start ports, 64 center decorations, 66 winning prize opening, 68 working opening, 69 passing detection device, 72 general winning opening, 73 general winning detection device, 74 starting winning detection device, 76 ordinary electric accessory solenoid, 78 winning detection device, 80 winning winning solenoid, 82 Operation button, 90 game effect lamp, 92 warp zone entrance, 94 rolling area introduction passage, 96 rolling area, 98 stage, 100 game control device, 102 main board, 104 sub board, 110 entry judgment means, 112 Random lottery means, 114 symbol determination means, 116 hold control means, 118 main display control means , 120 special game control means, 124 opening / closing control means, 130 pattern storage means, 132 effect determining means, 133 movable effect actor control means, 134 effect display control means, 150 glove movable accessory, 152 protective wall, 153 inclined portion, 154 First flash lamp, 156 Second flash lamp, 158 Third flash lamp, 160 Lifting section, 162 Arm section, 164 Drive section, 166 Rotating section, 168 Storage member, 170 First gear, 172 Second gear, 174 Guide part, 176 guide piece, 178 guide groove, 180 storage space, 182 flash image, 190 effect image, 192 special design.

Claims (5)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A display device for displaying the result of the lottery;
In order to produce a game in accordance with the result of the lottery, an electrically movable movable effect provided in the vicinity of the front of the display device;
A protective wall provided so as to surround the movable directing agent in order to prevent mixing of the game ball into the installation site of the movable directing agent,
The movable director is
An elevating part that is molded into a boxing glove mold and supported to move up and down diagonally;
An arm portion that is resin-molded into a long shape and is provided to be housed inside the elevating unit while being driven along a guide inside the elevating unit;
A rotating part that is resin-molded in a long shape, one end of which is fixed to the elevating part and the other end is pivotally supported, and the elevating part is driven obliquely up and down by rotating around the support shaft And having
The rotating part expresses a state in which the arm part expands and contracts while raising and lowering the lifting part by repeatedly storing and exposing the arm part according to the turning.
2. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the protective wall has a height that is difficult for a jumping game ball to pass.   The protective wall is formed of a translucent member so that the game ball can be visually recognized from the player side when the game ball crosses the protective wall, and a stop space for stopping the game ball that has passed The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is formed around the movable effect combination. The protective wall has an inclined portion formed in a shape along a trajectory in which the elevating part moves up and down diagonally, and is formed below the elevating part with a gap thinner than the diameter of the game ball,
When the game ball has crossed the protective wall, the elevating unit pushes the game ball that has been crossed out of the protective wall along the inclined portion by being driven obliquely upward. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.   When a game ball enters from the gap between the movable effect agent and the protective wall, there is a storage space for storing the game ball below the movable effect agent in order to restrict entry of the game ball into the game machine. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is formed.   The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an LED board is installed below the movable effect actor, and a wiring pattern is not provided on the back surface of the LED board.

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