JP2008073297A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent clogging of balls which precludes the shooting of game balls. <P>SOLUTION: A guide passage 29 guiding Pachinko balls from a shooting device side to the side of a game area 9 is formed of an outer rail 28 defining the upper part of the game area 9 and an inner rail 27 facing the outer rail 28 with a space sufficient for passing a Pachinko ball apart therefrom. The guide passage 29, in its inside, is provided with a guide member 36 swinging between a closing position for closing the guide passage 29 and an open position. The inner rail 27 has an outlet 37 communicating between the guide passage 29 and the game area 9, a Pachinko ball moving in the guide passage 29 from the side of the game area 9 to the shooting device side is guided from the outlet 37 to the game area 9 by the guide member 36, and the Pachinko ball guided to the game area 9 passes between the guide rail 40 and the inner rail 27 and reaches a recovery hole 3. When passing the outlet 37, the Pachinko ball is detected by a ball detection sensor 39 and in response thereto, the Pachinko ball is put out to a tray. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

  As a ball game machine, for example, a pachinko machine is provided with a launching device that ejects a pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball ejected by the launching device is launched at the upper part of the game area. A prize opening is provided in the game area, and when a pachinko ball wins a prize, the pachinko ball is paid out to the tray. The pachinko ball on the saucer was sent to the launching device and could be launched into the game area.

A guide path for guiding the pachinko ball to the upper part of the game area is formed between the launching device and the game area, and the pachinko ball ejected by the launcher passes through this guide path to the upper part of the game area. Pachinko balls that have been released but have not been released from the guideway to the game area due to insufficient momentum return from the game area side to the launcher side, and a recovery opening provided at the lower end of the guideway Was recovered from. The collection opening was open to the tray, and the pachinko balls sent to the tray were again ejected from the launcher. On the other hand, a pachinko ball that returns from the game area side to the launching device side enters the launching device to cause clogging, which may make it impossible to launch the pachinko ball. In order to solve such a problem, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a pachinko machine provided with a valve that blocks the guide path so that the pachinko ball does not reach the launching device.
JP 2003-117107 A

  However, since the opening for collecting the pachinko ball moving from the game area side to the launching device side through the guide path leads to the saucer, an unauthorized member inserted from the saucer is inserted into the game area through the opening, for example, at the prize opening In some cases, an accessory provided on the winning mouth is manipulated so that a pachinko ball can be easily won. Moreover, since the mechanism for sending the pachinko ball from the guide path to the tray is provided, the pachinko machine may be enlarged.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to prevent a clogging that makes it impossible to launch a game ball while making it illegal to insert a fraudulent member from a tray into a game area. It is in.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the ball game machine of the present invention, a launching device for launching a game ball supplied from a receiving tray, and a game ball launched by the launching device in a game area provided with a winning opening In a ball game machine having a guiding path for guiding and a collecting path for collecting game balls ejected from the guiding path to the gaming area and discharging them to the island facility side, the inside of the guiding path is changed from the gaming area side to the launching apparatus side. A guide member that guides a moving game ball to a collection port that leads to a collection path, a detection unit that detects a game ball guided to the collection port by the guide member, and a tray that receives the game ball in response to a detection signal from the detection unit And a payout means for paying out.

  The guide path is formed between an outer rail that surrounds the outer periphery from the lower part of the game area and an inner rail that is opposed to the inner side of the outer rail and extends from the lower part to the upper part of the game area. It is partitioned from the guideway by a rail, a discharge port for discharging the game ball guided by the guide member to the inner rail from the guideway to the game area is formed, and a recovery port is provided in the game area Features.

  In addition, the collection port is arranged in the game area below the discharge port and along the inner rail, and one end of the collection port faces the discharge port and the other end extends toward the collection port side in the game region. The rail is provided so as to face the inner rail so that the game ball can move.

  The collection port is disposed at the lower end of the game area and collects the game balls discharged from the discharge port and the game balls that have deviated from the winning port.

  According to the ball game machine of the present invention, the game ball moving from the game area side to the launching device side is guided by the guide member to the recovery port leading to the recovery path, and the game ball guided to the recovery port is detected by the detecting means. When detected, the payout control means drives the payout device so that the game ball is paid out to the tray, thereby preventing the game ball from entering the launching device and making it impossible to launch the game ball Can be prevented. In addition, the collection port for the game ball that moves from the game area side to the launcher side leads to a collection path that discharges the game ball to the island facility side, not the tray, so that unauthorized members can be inserted from the tray into the game area. Becomes difficult.

  In addition, a discharge port for discharging the game ball guided by the guide member from the inside of the guide path to the game area is formed in the inner rail, and a recovery port is provided in the game area. It is possible to collect the game balls that move the guide path from the game area side to the launching apparatus side by using it, and to make the mechanism for collecting the game balls that move in the guide path from the game area side to the launching apparatus side more compact be able to.

  In addition, the collection port is arranged in the game area below the discharge port and along the inner rail, and one end of the collection port faces the discharge port and the other end extends toward the collection port side in the game region. By providing the rail facing the inner rail so that the game ball can move, the game ball discharged from the discharge port passes between the guide rail and the inner rail and enters the recovery port. It is possible to reliably prevent the game ball from winning the winning opening.

  In addition, the collection port is arranged at the lower end of the game area, and by collecting the game balls discharged from the discharge port and the game balls that have deviated from the winning port, the collection port collects and discharges the game balls that have deviated from the winning port. Since it also serves to collect game balls discharged from the exit, it is possible to provide a ball game machine with a simple distribution structure of game balls.

  FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of a pachinko machine that is a ball game machine embodying the present invention. Two front doors 6 including an upper door 4 and a lower door 5 are provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 2 so as to be rotatable with respect to the gaming machine body 3. The upper door 4 and the lower door 5 are attached to the gaming machine main body 3 so as to be openable and closable via a hinge portion 8 provided at one side end, and are locked by a locking device (not shown) in a closed state.

  The gaming machine body 3 is detachably mounted with a gaming board unit in which control circuits for controlling the driving of the gaming board 18 and the center accessory 30 are unitized, so that the gaming board unit can be easily replaced. It can be done. An opening 4a is provided at the center of the upper door 4, and a glass plate 7 is assembled to the opening 4a. A game area 9 in which pachinko balls flow down is formed between the glass plate 7 and the game board 18, and the player can visually recognize the game area 9 through the glass plate 7.

  The lower door 5 is provided with a tray 12, a firing operation device 14, a ball passage 15, a payout opening 16, and the like. A pachinko ball flows into the tray 12 when a game is started, and the pachinko ball is paid out from the payout opening 16 in response to the winning of a pachinko ball flowing down the game area 9 at a winning opening provided in the game board 18. It is. The ball passage 15 guides the pachinko balls stored in the tray 12 to the launching device 59, and the firing operation device 14 is operated when the pachinko balls are launched into the game area 9. The firing operation device 14 is provided with a turning member 14a turned by a player, and the strength of the pachinko ball launching changes in response to the position of the turning member 14a.

  On the game board 18, a nail, a start chuck 23, a winning chucker 24, an attacker 26, an inner rail 27, an outer rail 28, a center accessory 30 and the like are provided. The starter chuck 23 is provided with an openable and movable device called, for example, an electric tulip, so that a state where the pachinko ball is easy to win and a state where it is difficult to win are switched. If the pachinko ball launched into the game area 9 does not win the winning chucker 24, the attacker 26, or the like, it enters the collection port 33.

  The center accessory 30 is provided with, for example, four hold display portions and a display screen 35, and the hold display portion is displayed while the symbols are variably displayed on the display screen 35 provided on the center accessory 30. Each time a pachinko ball wins a winning prize opening (not shown) provided in the start chuck 23, one lights up. This winning is carried over as a right to change the design by performing an electronic lottery, and the carrying over of this right is determined in advance to a maximum of four. When this right is consumed, the hold display sections are turned off one by one.

  The display screen 35 provided in the center accessory 30 displays various images such as three symbols arranged horizontally. When a pachinko ball is won at the start winning opening, an electronic lottery which will be described later is started, and the display screen 35 is subjected to a variable display in which at least one of the three symbols flows vertically. The symbol is stopped and displayed. The lottery result is notified to the player through a combination of symbols stopped and displayed on the display screen 35. The symbols are numbers from 1 to 9, for example, and after the variable display, the same three numbers are stopped and displayed on the jackpot.

  When a pachinko ball wins at the start winning opening, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out from the payout opening 16 to the tray 12. In addition, when a pachinko ball is won at the start winning opening, an electronic lottery is started, a random number is extracted and it is determined whether or not it is a winning random number, and the determination result is displayed on the display screen 35.

  For example, one winning chucker 24 is arranged on each of the left and right sides of the game area 9 so that when a pachinko ball wins a normal winning opening provided in the winning chucker 24, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out to the tray 12. It has become.

  The attacker 26 is provided with a large winning opening and a movable door that opens and closes the large winning opening, and the movable door is opened when a big hit is announced on the display screen 35. When the game is repeated a number of times or when a certain number of pachinko balls have won, the opening of the attacker 26 accompanying the jackpot announcement ends.

  On the back side of the game board 18, there is provided a collecting bowl (not shown) that forms a collection path (not shown) for collecting the pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls won in the start winning port, the normal winning port, the big winning port, and the collecting port 33 Is discharged to the recovery path. Pachinko balls discharged to the collection path are discharged to the island facility side.

  For example, approximately 260 pachinko balls can be stored in the tray 12, and a partition wall that separates the ball passage 15 is formed on the inside thereof. The pachinko balls supplied to the tray 12 flow down to the launching device 59 side by side in the ball passage 15 along the partition wall, and are sent to the launching device 59 side without causing a ball clogging.

  The firing operation device 14 includes a turning member 14a that is turned by a player, and the turning member 14a can turn between an initial position where the pachinko ball is not fired and a maximum position where the pachinko ball is fired most strongly. ing. A position detection sensor (not shown) is provided inside the launch operation device 14, and the launch device 59 adjusts the launch intensity of the pachinko ball in response to a position detection signal from the position detection sensor.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the upper portion of the game area 9 is surrounded by an outer rail 28, and an inner rail 27 is provided inside the outer rail 28. The inner rail 27 is opposed to the left side of the outer rail 28 with a space between which the pachinko ball can move between the lower portion and the upper portion, and a launching device 59 is disposed between the outer rail 28 and the inner rail 27. A guide path 29 that guides the pachinko balls ejected by the game area 9 to the game area 9 is formed.

  A guide member 36 for guiding the pachinko ball to the game area 9 is provided in the guide path 29, and the pachinko ball guided by the guide member 36 is discharged from the guide path 29 into the game area 9 on the inner rail 27. A discharge port 37 is formed. The guide member 36 is pivotally supported on the lower edge of the discharge port 37 and is provided so as to be swingable between an open position where the guide path 29 is opened and a closed position where the guide path 29 is closed. Is biased to the closed position. When the pachinko ball launched by the launching device 59 moves against the gravity from the launching device 59 side to the game area 9 side, the guide member 36 moves from the closed position to the open position to pass the pachinko ball, When moving from the game area 9 side to the launching device 59 side, the pachinko balls are guided to the discharge port 37 by the guide member 36.

  In the game area 9, a collection port 33 and a guide rail 40 are provided in addition to the center accessory 30, the start chuck 23, the winning chucker 24, and the attacker 26. The collection port 33 is disposed at the lower end of the game area 9 and leads to a collection path for discharging the pachinko balls to the island facility side. The guide rail 30 is made of, for example, soft vinyl, and has one end facing the discharge port 37 and the other end extending toward the recovery port 33, and faces the inner rail 27 with a space where the pachinko balls can move. A guide passage 41 is formed between the inner rail 27 and the guide rail 40 to guide the pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port 37 to the recovery port 33. When the pachinko ball discharged from the discharge port 37 hits one end of the guide rail 40, the momentum is reduced, and the pachinko ball flows downward in the guide passage 41 and enters the recovery port 33. Thereby, the collection port 33 collects pachinko balls discharged from the discharge port 37 and collects them in the collection path in addition to the pachinko balls that have deviated from the start winning port, the normal winning port, and the big winning port.

  A ball detection sensor (detection means) 39 for detecting a pachinko ball is disposed at the discharge port 37. As the sphere detection sensor 39, for example, a reflective photosensor having a light emitting part and a light receiving part is used, and a detection signal is output every time a pachinko ball passes in front of the light emitting part. A detection signal from the sphere detection sensor 39 is input to a control unit described later.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 2. The pachinko machine 2 includes a control unit 42 formed of an electronic circuit, various sensors connected to the control unit 42, and the like. The main part of the pachinko machine 2 is controlled by a CPU 43 provided in the control unit 42.

  In addition to the CPU 43, the control unit 42 includes a RAM 45, a ROM 46, a hit determination unit 47, a stop symbol determination unit 49, a game control unit 51, and the like.

  The ROM 46 stores a plurality of image data for producing a game, drive data for driving a movable object provided in the pachinko machine 2 in accordance with an image and sound, and the like. The CPU 43 controls the pachinko machine 2 in general according to the control program stored in the ROM 46.

  The winning determination unit 47 includes a random number generator, a random number sampling circuit, and a winning determination table, and samples a random value each time the start winning opening winning ball detecting sensor 60 detects a winning of a pachinko ball. The sampled random number values are checked against a hit determination table to determine jackpot or miss.

  The stop symbol determining unit 49 determines a combination of symbols to be stopped and displayed on the display screen 35. The stop symbol determining unit 49 includes a stop symbol table, and after the lottery in the hit determining unit 47, determines the stop symbol with reference to the stop symbol table according to the lottery result. There are two types of stop symbol tables, one for big hits, and one for big hits, and a plurality of types of big hit image data are stored in the jackpot symbol table. For example, in the image data for jackpots, a single-shot design that announces that a jackpot game that is advantageous to the player is given, a high-probability game with a higher probability of winning a jackpot after the jackpot game is executed than usual The image data for the high probability game symbol shown is stored.

  In the pachinko machine 2, in addition to the control unit 42, a payout control device 55, a movable object control device 57, a launch device 59, a start winning port winning ball detection sensor 60, a grand winning port winning ball detection sensor 61, a normal winning port winning ball detection A sensor 62, a passing ball detection sensor 63, a display control device 70, a sound control device (not shown), and the like are provided. The passing ball detection sensor 63 is provided in a passing chuck provided in the game area 9, and a detection signal is input to the CPU 43 according to the passage of the pachinko ball. The normal winning opening winning ball detecting sensor 62 is exposed in the normal winning opening provided in the winning chucker 24, and the starting winning opening winning ball detecting sensor 60 is exposed in the starting winning opening provided in the start chuck 23 when the attacker opens. Each of the winning openings is provided with a large winning opening winning ball detecting sensor 61, and a detection signal is input to the CPU 43 in response to the detection of each pachinko ball.

  The voice control device is provided with a sound memory, and reads voice data from the sound memory when a symbol change display is performed or when a symbol indicating a win is stopped, and the voice control device is provided in the pachinko machine 2 based on the voice data. The output speaker is driven to output sound.

  The display control device 70 controls driving of the display screen 35. The display control unit 70 displays a jackpot or missing symbol on the display screen 35 based on the image data transmitted from the stop symbol determination unit 49.

  The launching device 59 ejects a pachinko ball toward the game area 9 when the turning member 14a provided in the firing operation device 14 is turned from the initial position. Although not shown, the launching device 59 includes a hitting ball member for launching a pachinko ball in the game area 9, and the launching device 59 hits the pachinko ball supplied from a ball feeding device (not shown) with the hitting ball member and guide path 29. It is injected in. The strength at which the hitting member hits the pachinko ball is determined by the turning degree of the rotating member 14a provided in the firing operation device 14. When the turning degree of the turning member 14a is small, the pachinko ball hit by the hitting member is It is impossible to escape from the guide path 29 into the game area 9, and the inside of the guide path 29 flows backward from the game area 9 side to the launching device 59 side.

  The payout control device 55 constitutes payout means together with the payout device 56 and pays out pachinko balls to the tray 12. For example, the payout control device 55 drives the payout device in accordance with an input of a detection signal from the normal winning opening winning ball detecting sensor 62 or the big winning opening winning ball detecting sensor 61 and pays out the pachinko balls. The number of pachinko balls to be paid out when a pachinko ball is won at each winning opening is determined in advance, and the pachinko balls paid out by the payout device 56 are discharged from the payout opening 16 to the tray 12. Also, the payout control device 55 causes the payout device 56 to pay out one pachinko ball when the detection signal from the ball detection sensor 39 is input.

  Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the pachinko balls launched by the launching device 59 are not injected into the game area 9 due to lack of momentum, the pachinko balls flow backward toward the launching device 59 in the guide path 29, and the pachinko balls are discharged by the guide member 36. 37 is discharged into the game area 9.

  When the pachinko ball is discharged into the game area 9 from the discharge port 37, the pachinko ball is detected by the ball detection sensor 39, and the payout control device 55 responds to the detection signal from the ball detection sensor 39 to the payout device 56. Discharge one ball. The pachinko balls paid out from the payout device 56 flow into the tray 12 and can be launched by the launching device 59.

  In this way, the pachinko ball that flows backward from the game area 9 side to the launching device 59 side in the guide path 29 is discharged from the discharge port 37 into the game area 9 through the guide member 36, so that the pachinko ball is the launching device. It is possible to prevent the ball from getting into the ball 59 and prevent the ball from becoming jammed. In addition, instead of collecting the pachinko balls that flow back from the game area 9 side to the launching device 59 side in the guide path 29 from the collection port 33, the pachinko balls are paid out to the tray 12 by the dispensing device 56. The path from 12 to the game area 9 can be eliminated, and the illegal member cannot be inserted into the game area 9 from the payout opening 16 of the tray 12.

  In the above embodiment, the pachinko ball moving from the game area 9 side to the launching device 59 side in the guide path 29 is guided to the collection port 33 in the game area 9 and collected, but the pachinko ball collection method is as follows. Not limited to this. For example, a branch path that branches in a Y shape from the taxiway from the game area side to the launcher side is provided, and a pachinko ball that flows backward in the taxiway from the game area side to the launcher side is guided to the branch path at the branch point. As described above, a guide member may be provided, and a recovery port may be provided in the branch path. By doing in this way, the pachinko ball which flows back in the guide path from the game area side to the launching apparatus side can be collected without using the game area.

  In the above embodiment, the guide member 36 is provided so as to be swingable between an open position where the guide path 29 is opened and a closed position where the guide path 29 is closed, and is always biased to the closed position by a torsion spring. However, the form of the guide member is not limited to this. For example, a guide member that moves between a projecting position that projects from the game board so as to block the guide path into the guide path and a retracted position that is drawn into the game board may be provided. When such a guide member is used, the pachinko ball injected from the guide path to the game area is monitored, and the movement of the guide member is controlled by a solenoid or the like based on the monitoring result to guide the pachinko ball to the collection port. be able to.

  In the embodiment described above, the payout control device 55 and the payout device 56 allow the pachinko ball to be paid out when the pachinko ball is won at each winning opening and the pachinko ball is collected from the guide path 29 to the collecting port 33. The pachinko balls are also paid out, but each pachinko ball may be paid out separately.

  In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine has been exemplified as a ball game machine. However, the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine. For example, a plurality of entrance holes are arranged horizontally in a game area, and The present invention may be applied to an arrange ball machine in which a game ball is paid out to a tray when a game ball enters and a specific winning combination is established.

It is the external appearance perspective view which observed the pachinko machine of the present invention from the front side. It is the top view which observed the game field and its circumference from the front. It is the block diagram which showed the electrical structure of the pachinko machine. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 Pachinko machines (ball game machines)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Receptacle 14 Launching operation apparatus 27 Inner rail 28 Outer rail 29 Guide way 33 Recovery port 36 Guide member 37 Discharge port 39 Ball | bowl detection sensor (detection means)
40 Guide rail 41 Guide passage 55 Dispensing control device (dispensing means)
56 Dispensing device (dispensing means)
59 Launcher

Claims (4)

A launching device that launches a game ball supplied from a saucer, a guide path that guides the game ball launched by the launching device to a game area provided with a winning opening, and a game that is ejected from the guide path to the game area In a ball game machine equipped with a collection path that collects the ball and discharges it to the island facility side,
A guide member for guiding a game ball moving from the game area side to the launching device side in the guide path to a recovery port that leads to the recovery path;
Detecting means for detecting the game ball guided to the collection port by the guide member;
A bullet ball game machine comprising: a payout means for paying out a game ball to the tray in response to a detection signal from the detection means. The guide path is formed between an outer rail that surrounds an outer periphery from the lower part of the game area and an inner rail that is opposed to the inner side of the outer rail and extends from the lower part to the upper part of the game area. , Separated from the taxiway by the inner rail,
A discharge port for discharging the game ball guided by the guide member to the game area from the inside of the guide path is formed in the inner rail,
2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the recovery port is provided in the game area. The collection port is disposed in the game area below the discharge port and along the inner rail,
In the game area, a guide rail having one end facing the discharge port and the other end extending toward the collection port is provided facing the inner rail so that the game ball can move. The ball game machine according to claim 2.   4. The ball according to claim 2, wherein the collection port is disposed at a lower end of the game area, and collects the game ball discharged from the discharge port and the game ball that has deviated from the winning port. Gaming machine.

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