JP2009207729A - Generator of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a generator of a game machine which is capable of preventing an entrance of the generator from being clogged with game balls even if a game ball passage is provided which extends from the entrance of the generator to the lower part of the generator. <P>SOLUTION: The game ball passage is formed of swingable wing members in the direction crossing the falling direction of game balls shot into a game board, and erecting walls facing the wing members, and each erecting wall includes a wall member movable in a direction crossing the passage. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an accessory provided in a gaming machine.

  As a gaming machine, a pachinko machine called a feather object equipped with a center accessory is known and has the following configuration.

    A game board having a game area where a game by a game ball is developed is provided in the front, and a handle for adjusting the launch strength of the game ball into the game area and a tray for receiving the game ball are provided below the game board. It has been. The game area is surrounded by a guide rail, and has a center accessory at a substantially central portion thereof. A game nail, a windmill, a winning opening and the like are provided around the center character. Further, the gaming machine has a launch device at a predetermined position for launching a game ball into the game area by hitting. The launching device is generally installed in the vicinity of the saucer so as to sequentially receive the game balls delivered from the saucer via a simple rail structure. The game ball introduced into the launching device is launched at a speed corresponding to the launch strength adjusted by the handle, and flows down while dancing in the game area via a guide rail extending along the guide rail. When a game ball launched into the game area wins a specific winning opening, the entrance of the center bonus opens. When a game ball enters the center combination from the opened entrance, the game ball is distributed to the V winning opening or the exit by a distribution mechanism provided in the center combination. The V winning opening is a jackpot winning opening. When a game ball enters the V winning opening, a large number of winning balls are paid out to the player.

  In the pachinko machine described above, opening and closing of the entrance of the center accessory is performed by blades installed at the entrance of the center accessory. In other words, when the blade is open, the game ball can enter the center game, and when the blade is closed, the game ball cannot enter the center game. . The problem with this structure is that the timing of the entrance of the center ball of the game ball matches the timing of the closing operation of the blade, and the ball is caught between the wall and the blade of the center ball (i.e., the ball It was known that clogging would occur. If the game is continued in such a state that the ball is clogged, the subsequent game ball is further clogged from the place where the ball is clogged, and the game ball does not flow down, making it impossible to continue the game. When such a situation occurred, it was necessary to call a hall attendant to eliminate the clogging.

  As a means for removing the ball clogging by the above-mentioned hall attendant, it has been conventionally performed to open the glass plate and remove the game balls clogged by manual work. However, according to such a ball clogging removing means, the player releases the operation handle to end the game once, and there is a problem that the player cannot concentrate on the game.

  Further, by releasing the operation handle, it is necessary to adjust the launch strength while turning the operation handle again, resulting in a wasteful work for the player. Further, when the timing of guiding the game ball into the center object is missed due to the ball clogging, there is a problem that the player is disadvantaged and the interest in the game is lost.

As a method for solving such a problem, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose a gaming machine accessory that can prevent clogging of a ball at the entrance of the center accessory.
JP 11-319231 A JP 2003-79861 A

    An accessory of the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 is provided with an upper decoration and an openable and closable blade that closes both side surfaces of a cylindrical space that extends downward and horizontally in the upper decoration. The structure is such that the space between the side surface of the lower space of the decoration and the open blades becomes the entrance to the accessory. Such a blade is swingable from one end as a rotation axis, and when the other end is in contact with the end of the top ornament or is so close that a game ball cannot pass, the entrance of the accessory is Closed state. With such a structure, the position at which the game ball is jammed between the accessory and the blade is limited between the upper decoration end and the blade end, and the probability of the game ball being jammed can be lowered.

    The accessory of the gaming machine described in Patent Document 2 has almost the same structure as that of the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, but a leaf spring is provided inside the blade. Even when the game ball is sandwiched between the end of the top decoration and the end of the wing by such a leaf spring, the leaf spring can play the game ball, thereby preventing the ball from being jammed. .

    In the game machines described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the game balls that have passed through the entrance of the game are collected in the central part at the upper part of the game and then guided to a sorting device or the like located below. Regardless of the momentum (invasion speed) of the game ball when entering the game object, whether or not a big hit is made is performed only by the distribution timing of the distribution device. As a result, a player who operates a pachinko machine equipped with such an accessory can predict a final distribution destination according to the position of the game ball in the distribution device when the game ball enters the accessory. There was a problem that it became possible and impaired the interest of the game.

    As a method of solving such a problem, a path for allowing the game ball to flow down in the vertical direction (that is, the lower part of the accessory) after passing through the entrance of the accessory is formed, and according to the momentum of the game ball passing through the entrance of the accessory Thus, there is a method of making it difficult to predict whether or not a game ball will win a V winning opening by selectively changing the introduction position to the distribution device.

    However, in the structure described above, the facing area between the standing wall and the blade that forms such a passage becomes large. Therefore, in the accessory structure described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the game ball between the standing wall and the blade is There is a problem that it becomes difficult to prevent clogging of the balls.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and even when a flow path for a game ball extending from the entrance of the accessory to the bottom of the accessory is provided, the ball of the game ball is blocked at the entrance of the accessory. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine accessory that can be prevented.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a vane member that is disposed in a gaming board of a gaming machine and is swingable in a direction crossing a falling direction of a game ball that is injected into the gaming board; And a standing wall that forms a path for the game ball facing the blade member, and the wall includes a wall member that is movable in a direction across the path. .

  The wall member may be swingable around an upper end thereof.

  The standing wall further includes a guide member disposed below the wall member, and an upper end of the guide member is retracted from a stationary position of the lower end of the wall member with respect to the passage. May be.

  Further, the standing wall may include a biasing unit that biases the wall member toward the passage.

    According to the gaming machine accessory according to the present invention, the passage of the game ball is formed by the swingable blade member in the direction crossing the falling direction of the game ball injected into the game board and the standing wall facing the blade member. However, since the standing wall includes a wall member that can move in the direction crossing the passage, even when a passage for a game ball extending from the entrance of the accessory to the lower part of the accessory is provided, a game is played at the entrance of the accessory. Ball clogging can be prevented.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine including an accessory as an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes a main body frame 11 serving as a main body base, a game board 12 disposed in the main body frame 11, and a main body frame provided in front of the game board 12. 11 and a front frame 13 that is openable and closable with respect to 11. The game board 12 includes a game area 12a surrounded by guide rails 14 on the board surface, and a game ball is launched toward the game area 12a.

    A lower door frame 15 is provided below the front frame 13. The lower door frame 15 is provided with a receiving tray 15a for storing a game ball held by a player, and a handle 16 for controlling the launch of the game ball and the firing strength. The handle 16 is disposed on the right side of the pachinko machine 10 and protrudes from the surface height of the lower door frame 15 so that the player can easily grasp it. The handle 16 is provided with a contact detection sensor (not shown) that generates a contact signal in response to a human body touching the handle 16. The contact signal output from the contact detection sensor is input to a control device (not shown) provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 10.

    In addition, the handle 16 is provided with a launch adjustment unit 17 that is rotatable within a predetermined angle range. The launch adjusting unit 17 is an operation switch for driving a game ball launching device (not shown) provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 10, and the launch adjusting unit 17 is rotated clockwise from the reference position. The launching device is activated by damaging. The launch adjusting unit 17 is applied with an urging force in the counterclockwise direction by an elastic body such as a spring, and is positioned at the reference position in the standby state. The reference position is a position where the amount of rotation of the launch adjustment unit 17 is zero. When the launch adjustment unit 17 is located at the reference position, the game ball strikes the game area 12 a of the game board 12. It is designed not to be issued.

    The game board 12 is provided with a large number of game nails (not shown) that change the flow direction of the game ball, and further, an accessory (not shown) such as a windmill is provided. In addition, an out port (not shown) for collecting game balls that have not won a prize is provided at the bottom of the game board 12.

    In addition, a winning device 18 having a winning area such as a special electric accessory is provided as a center accessory at substantially the center of the game board 12. The winning device 18 has a blade 19 that is a pair of blade members that distributes whether or not the game ball is allowed to pass into the mechanism.

    The blades 19 may be opened and closed when triggered by passing through a starting port provided in the game board 12, that is, the main chucker 20a and the sub chuckers 20b and 20c. For example, each chucker is provided with a passage detection sensor (not shown), and can send a ball detection signal of a game ball to a control device (not shown), and the control device can send a ball of the main chucker 20a. The blade 19 may be opened twice when the detection signal is received, and the blade 19 may be opened once when the ball detection signals of the sub-chuckers 20b and 20c are received. When the blades 19 are in the open state, the game ball can be guided into the winning device 18.

    Next, the structure of the center accessory will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

    As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the winning device 18 is supported by a box-shaped large frame 21 that opens toward the front (player), and spread around the opening of the large frame 21 in a bowl shape. A substantially semi-circular upper front frame 23a and an upper portion that are spaced apart and facing each other slightly larger than the diameter of the game ball (for example, about 1.2 times the diameter of the game ball) from the frame 22 and the rear frame 22 forward It has a concave lower front frame 23b that is flush with and spaced from the front frame 23a. The large frame 21 is not limited to a bowl shape, and may be a flange shape. The upper front frame 23a is interposed via a pair of substantially semicircular arc-shaped upper walls 24 provided between the rear frame 22 and the upper front frame 23a so as to close the upper portions on both sides of the space extending in the lower and horizontal direction. And connected to the rear frame 22. The upper wall 24 prevents the game ball from entering the winning device 18 from above the winning device 18. A movable wall member that is provided so as to continue downward from both lower ends of the upper wall 24 (that is, the direction in which the game ball is dropped) and is spaced apart by a width where the game ball cannot pass. A wall 25 is provided. The movable wall 25 extends in the falling direction of the game ball, and the upper end of the movable wall 25 serves as a rotation axis extending in the front-rear direction (that is, the direction crossing the game area 12a). (In the parallel direction). A spring 26 is fixed to the lower end, which is the other end not fixed as the rotating shaft of the movable wall 25, as an urging means.

    The outer surface of the movable wall 25 is spaced apart slightly outside the diameter of the game ball, and between the rear frame 22 and the lower front frame 23b, the rotary shafts 19a are provided at both upper ends of the lower front frame 23b. In addition, there is provided a blade 19 that distributes whether or not the game ball is allowed to pass to the winning device 18. The blades 19 are attached to the rear frame 22, the lower front frame 23 b, and a blade opening / closing mechanism (not shown). The blade 19 is rotated by the blade portion opening / closing mechanism to rotate the upper shaft 19 a and the movable wall 25. Are opened and closed from the adjacent closed position to the open position separated from the movable wall 25. A lower outer wall 27a is provided at a position vertically below the blade 19 and between the rear frame 22 and the lower front frame 23b and spaced apart by a width through which game balls cannot pass. The lower outer wall 27a is provided to prevent the game balls distributed into the winning device 18 by the blades 19 from flowing down toward the outside of the winning device 18. In addition, a lower inner wall 27b is provided substantially parallel to the lower side of the movable wall 25 and facing the lower outer wall 27a. The lower inner wall 27b forms a guide path 100 to the lower front frame 23b and the lower outer wall 27a and a stage to be described later. A guide wall 28 that is a guide member for guiding the game balls distributed in the winning device 18 by the blades 19 to the guide path 100 is fixed to the upper end of the lower inner wall 27b. The guide wall 28 is also fixed to the rear frame 22 while being inclined toward the inside of the winning device 18. In the state where the blade 19 is opened, the introduction path 110 is constituted by the blade 19, the upper wall 24, the movable wall 25 and the guide wall 28. A spring 26 is fixed to an upper end which is one end opposite to the end fixed to the lower inner wall 27 b of the guide wall 28. That is, the spring 26 is located between the movable wall 25 and the guide wall 28 and biases the movable wall 25 toward the introduction path 110. Due to the connection configuration of the movable wall 25, the spring 26 and the guide wall 28, the movable wall 25 is prevented from swinging into the winning device 18 rather than the position of the lower end of the guide wall 28. That is, the guide wall 28 is always retracted from the stationary position at the lower end of the movable wall 25 with the introduction path 110 as a reference. Here, the stationary position refers to a position in a state where the movable wall 25 extends in the vertical direction. A game ball path is formed by the guide path 100 and the introduction path 110. Further, it is assumed that a standing wall is constituted by the upper wall 24, the movable wall 25, the lower outer wall 27a, the lower inner wall 27b, and the guide wall 28 that form the introduction path 110 and the guide path 100.

    Between the left and right lower inner walls 27b, there is provided a stage 30 that distributes game balls to a high probability path or a low probability path (both not shown). The stage 30 is a corrugated plate that undulates in the vertical direction. The corrugated plate extends in the left-right direction, and the central portion in the left-right direction is higher than both ends. Moreover, the 1st trough part 30a is provided in the center part of this corrugated board. The corrugated plate is inclined downward from the back to the front as a whole. The 1st trough part 30a inclines below from the near side to the back | inner side, and becomes an entrance to the high probability path | route of a game ball. For example, the high-probability passage may include a passage that allows a game ball introduced from the first valley 30a to reach a V winning opening of a sorting device described later with a high probability. The corrugated plate body forms a second valley portion 30b at the boundary between both end portions in the left-right direction and the lower inner wall 27b. The second valley portion 30b is inclined from the back side toward the front side, and with this inclination, the game ball can be guided to the low probability path provided on the near side of the lower inner wall 27b.

    The lower inner wall 27 b is provided with a ball introduction port 31 for introducing the ball game ball that has passed through the guide path 100 into the stage 30. The lower inner wall 27b is provided with a guide port 32 for guiding to the low probability path on the front side (that is, the player side) of the ball introduction port 31. Below the guide port 32, a ball discharge port 33 for discharging the game ball that has passed through the low probability passage is provided. A guide path 35 is provided between the ball discharge port 33 and the sorting device 34 to guide the game ball discharged from the ball discharge port 33 to the sorting device 34 positioned at the lowermost position of the winning device 18. The distribution device 34 has one V winning opening and a plurality of exit holes (not distinguished in the drawing). In addition, since the sorting device 34 rotates at a predetermined speed, whether or not to win a V is assigned according to the timing of introduction of the game ball into the sorting device 34.

    The winning device 18 is fitted into a hole provided in the central portion of the game board 12 so that the rear frame 22 is flush with the game board 12. Further, the large frame 21 is provided with a through hole (not shown) so as to be attached to the game board 12 with a fixing component such as a screw.

    Next, a route to the game ball distribution device 34 introduced into the winning device 18 will be described with reference to FIG.

    The game ball introduced from the introduction path 110 by opening the blade 19 passes through the guide path 100 and is introduced to the stage 30 from the ball introduction port 31. Since the stage 30 is formed in a wave shape, it reaches the first valley 30a or the second valley 30b according to the momentum (that is, the falling speed) of the introduced game ball, and the high probability path or the low probability It will pass the route and reach the sorting device 34.

    The momentum of the game ball that has reached the ball introduction port 31 differs depending on the game ball depending on the introduction path 110 and the guide path 100 formed in the direction in which the game ball falls, and particularly depends on the passing speed of the introduction path 110. It will be. Accordingly, depending on whether or not the blade 19 or the movable wall 25 is touched, either the high probability route or the low probability route is passed, and it is possible to maintain the interest of the player during the game.

    Next, the operation of the blade 19 and the movable wall 25 when the ball bite occurs when being introduced into the winning device 18 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (d).

    When the blade 19 is in an open state, a game ball is introduced (FIG. 4 (a)). When the wing 19 is closed when the game ball passes through the introduction path 110, the game sphere is sandwiched between the wing 19 and the movable wall 25 (FIG. 4B). In this state, the blade 19 further attempts to close toward the inside of the winning device 18, and the game ball is further pushed toward the movable wall 25. Since the movable wall 25 can swing about its upper end as a swing axis, when the game ball is pushed by the blade 19, the movable wall 25 also faces the inside of the winning device 18 (that is, the direction crossing the introduction path 110). Rocks. Here, the swinging direction is the direction of the arrow 4b in FIG.

    When the movable wall 25 swings in the direction of FIG. 4B, the sandwiched game ball can move along the movable wall 25 and falls toward the guide path 100 (FIG. 4). (C)). Thereafter, the blades 19 are closed, and the movable wall 25 is returned to the stationary position by urging the spring 26 attached to the lower end of the swing shaft toward the introduction path 110 (FIG. 4D). .

    Therefore, even if the blades 19 are closed when the game ball passes through the introduction path 110 due to the swinging of the movable wall 25 described above, the game can be continued without causing a ball bite.

    As described above, the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention has a wing member that can swing in a direction crossing the falling direction of the game ball that is injected into the game board and a standing wall that faces the wing member. Even when a path of a game ball extending from the entrance of the accessory is provided, the standing wall includes a wall member that is movable in a direction crossing the passage. Ball clogging of game balls can be prevented at the entrance.

  The guide wall may be provided so as to function as a stopper of the movable wall without attaching the spring as the biasing means to the movable wall in the first embodiment. Such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In addition, about the part similar to 1st Example, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

    As shown in FIG. 5A, the guide wall 51 may be provided so as to come into contact with the movable wall 25 when the movable wall 25 swings toward the inside of the winning device 18. That is, the upper end (contact portion with the movable wall 25) of the guide wall 51 is always retracted from the stationary position of the lower end (portion that contacts the guide wall 51) of the movable wall 25 with reference to the introduction path 110. It will be. With this configuration, the guide wall 51 functions as a stopper for the movable wall 25 and restricts the swing range of the movable wall 25. Even when the movable wall 25 swings, the movable wall 25 returns to a stationary position extending in the vertical direction due to gravity.

    Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, a stopper 52 that restricts the swing of the movable wall 25 may be disposed inside the winning device 18 with respect to the movable wall 25. For example, the stopper 52 may be fixed to the rear frame 22. It is desirable that the upper end of the guide wall 53 is located inside the winning device 18 rather than the position of the lower end when the movable wall 25 contacts the stopper 52. This is because such a configuration prevents the game ball from staying between the movable wall 25 and the guide wall 53.

  A dedicated stopper for the movable wall may be provided without attaching the spring as the biasing means to the movable wall in the first embodiment. Such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In addition, about the part similar to 1st Example, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

    Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, a stopper 52 that restricts the swinging of the movable wall 25 is disposed inside the winning device 18 with respect to the movable wall 25. For example, the stopper 52 may be fixed to the rear frame 22. It is desirable that the upper end of the guide wall 53 is located inside the winning device 18 rather than the position of the lower end when the movable wall 25 contacts the stopper 52. This is because such a configuration prevents the game ball from staying between the movable wall 25 and the guide wall 53.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an external appearance front view of the game machine which has the accessory which is the 1st Example of this invention. It is an external appearance front view of the accessory which is the 1st Example of the present invention. It is a perspective view of an accessory which is the 1st example of the present invention. It is an enlarged view of the blade | wing and introduction path which are some of the accessories as a 1st Example of this invention. (A) is an enlarged view of a blade and an introduction path which are a part of an accessory as a second embodiment of the present invention, and (b) is a part of an accessory as a third embodiment of the present invention. It is an enlarged view of a blade | wing and an introduction path.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
12 game board 18 winning device 19 blade 24 upper wall 25 movable wall 26 spring 27a lower outer wall 27b lower inner wall 28 guide wall 100 guide path 110 introduction path

Claims (4)

It is an accessory placed in the game board of the gaming machine,
A blade member swingable in a direction crossing a falling direction of a game ball injected into the game board;
And a standing wall that forms a passage of the game ball facing the blade member,
The accessory includes a wall member that is movable in a direction in which the standing wall crosses the passage.     The accessory according to claim 1, wherein the wall member is swingable around an upper end thereof.     The standing wall further includes a guide member disposed below the wall member, and an upper end of the guide member is retracted from a stationary position of the lower end of the wall member with respect to the passage. The accessory according to claim 2.     The accessory according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the standing wall further includes a biasing unit that biases the wall member toward the passage.

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