JP2010029572A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine for effectively utilizing a game ball which has entered a winning area and is detected by a detection means. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine, a winning area 13 such as a winning pocket for receiving a game ball flowing down a playfield 4b is disposed on a game board 4 where the playfield 4b is formed, the game ball which enters the winning area 13 is detected by a detection means 13a, and a prescribed number of game balls are put out as prize balls. The game machine is provided with: a discharge gutter 20 for guiding the game ball detected in the detection means 13a to the outside of the machine; and a performance means 22 which is visible to a player and moved by the game ball flowing down the discharge gutter 20. The performance means 22 includes an acting piece 26 which faces the discharge gutter 20 and with which the game ball flowing down the discharge gutter 20 is to be in contact, and the game ball after being detected in the detection means 13a moves the performance means 22 by being in contact with the acting piece 26. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more particularly, to a gaming machine in which a winning area such as a winning opening for receiving a game ball is disposed on a gaming board.

  Conventionally, game machines such as pachinko machines have been provided with a winning area such as a winning opening, a large winning opening, an electric tulip, etc. on a gaming board in which a gaming area is formed by inner and outer rails. Detection means (detection switch) for detecting is provided. When a game ball wins the winning area, it is detected by a detecting means (detection switch), and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as a winning ball from the ball payout device according to the signal. And the game ball (winning ball) detected by the detection means is discharged out of the machine as it is (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, the player can check whether the game ball has won the winning area by checking the moment when the game ball wins the winning area or by checking the winning ball discharged to the ball tray and confirming the winning. However, during the game, the player concentrates on an accessory equipped with a liquid crystal or the like provided in the center of the gaming machine, and pays little attention to winning a prize area or paying out a prize ball. is the current situation. Accordingly, a gaming machine has been proposed in which a prize ball payout display LED is provided, and a player can recognize that a prize ball is paid out simply by looking at the prize ball payout display LED (Patent Document 2). reference.).

JP 2000-225263 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-024526

  However, in a gaming machine such as Patent Document 1, the gaming ball after being detected by the detecting means is simply discharged outside the machine as it is, with the original role of paying out the prize ball. It has no role after being detected by the detection means.

  In addition, since the gaming machine of Patent Document 2 is only turned on when the prize ball is paid out, and is provided outside the gaming area and in the vicinity of other electrical decorations, for example, the LED is Even if it is lit, it is difficult for the player to distinguish it from decorative lighting.

  The gaming machine of the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a gaming machine that wins a winning area and effectively uses a gaming ball after being detected by a detecting means. is there.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a winning area such as a winning opening for receiving a game ball flowing down the game area on the game board on which the game area is formed, and a game ball that has won the prize area is provided. A gaming machine that is detected by a detecting means and that a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as a prize ball, and that is visible to a player and a discharge basket that guides the gaming balls detected by the detecting means to the outside. An effect means that is movable by a game ball flowing down the discharge rod is provided, and the effect means includes an action piece that faces the discharge rod and contacts the game ball flowing down the discharge rod, and is detected by the detection means. The effect means is made movable when a game ball comes into contact with the action piece. Here, the winning area means an area in which a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as a winning ball from a ball paying-out device or the like when the winning area is detected by a detecting means such as a detection switch.

  Further, the game board is formed of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, and the effect means is provided behind the game board so that the effect means can be visually recognized through the game board. .

  Further, the effect means is a rotating body, and the action pieces are provided radially with a predetermined interval with respect to the rotation axis of the rotating body.

  According to the above-described gaming machine, the effect means that can be visually recognized by the player is moved using the winning balls that are originally discharged, so that the effect can be improved. In addition, by moving the effect means using the winning ball, the player can be surely noticed without missing the movement of the effect means, so that it is a notification means for notifying the winning area. You can also.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, taking a pachinko gaming machine as an example. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine as a gaming machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the main part of the game board, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main part of the rendering means. The pachinko gaming machine 100 includes an outer frame 1 for mounting on an installation frame of a game hall, and an inner frame 2 is rotatably provided on one front side of the outer frame 1 via a hinge mechanism, and the other side is locked. The mechanism is locked so that it cannot be opened and closed. A game board 4 is mounted on the inner frame 2, and a front frame 6 having a transparent plate covering the front of the game board 4 is rotatably provided. The inner frame 2 positioned below the front frame 6 is provided with a supply tray 7 for storing game balls and supplying them to the launching unit, and a storage tray 8 for storing surplus balls. A firing handle 9 for adjusting the resilience of the hit ball is provided on the right side of the storage tray 8.

  In the present specification, the vertical direction in the pachinko gaming machine 100 means a direction (vertical direction) in which the game ball flows down in a manner along the board surface of the game board 4. Further, the left-right direction means a direction (horizontal direction) orthogonal to the up-down direction in a mode along the board surface of the game board 4. Further, the front-rear direction means a direction (horizontal direction) orthogonal to the board surface of the game board 4, the player side of the game board 4 is the front side, and the back side of the game board 4 (opposite side of the board surface on which the game balls flow down). ) Is the rear side.

  The game board 4 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape having a predetermined thickness, and a substantially circular game area 4b is formed between the transparent plate of the front frame 6 by a guide member 5 made of inner and outer rails, and substantially in the center. A variable display device 11 having a liquid crystal display unit 11a is provided as a central accessory in an opening formed in the region. Below that, a variable winning device (winning area) 12 is provided as a starting winning opening for changing the image of the liquid crystal display unit 11a of the variable display device 11, and a large amount of winning can be achieved above the variable display device 11. A winning opening (winning area) 13 is provided. Further, a passing winning opening 14 provided with a sensor 14a for detecting the passing of a game ball is provided on the side of the variable display device 11. For example, when the sensor 14a detects the passing of a gaming ball at the passing winning opening 14, a lottery is performed. The variable winning device 12 is set to be driven under a predetermined condition such as “winning” as a result. At the lowest end of the game area 4b, there is provided an out port 15 through which game balls that did not become winning balls flow out as out balls. In addition, a windmill 36 for changing the flow direction of the gaming balls and a general winning port (winning area) 10 is provided. The general winning opening 10 and the variable winning device 12 are provided with detection switches 10a and 12a as detection means for detecting a winning game ball.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the large winning opening 13 includes a winning door 29 that can be opened and closed around the horizontal axis on the lower side corresponding to the winning opening 28 a of the base plate 28, and a plunger 30 that is linear in the front-rear direction. And a transmission mechanism 32 that is disposed between the winning door 29 and the solenoid 31 and transmits the driving force of the plunger 30 to the winning door 29. The transmission mechanism 32 includes a transmission member 32 a that swings to open and close the winning door 29, and a connection member 32 b that connects the transmission member 32 a and the plunger 30. The winning door 29, the solenoid 31, and the transmission mechanism 32 are accommodated in a case body 33 including a lower case 33a and an upper case 33b, and are assembled to the base plate 28. The lower case 33a accommodates a detection switch 13a as detection means for detecting a game ball that has won a prize winning opening 13, a light emitting board 34 for illuminating the inside of the prize winning opening 13, and the like.

  The variable display device 11 is formed in a frame shape having a window portion 16 with the center penetrating in the front-rear direction, and is provided on the window portion 16 on the main body frame 17 provided with a gentle wavy rolling path 19 below the window portion 16. Correspondingly, a liquid crystal display unit 11a is provided. Further, warp passages 18 are provided on the left and right sides of the window portion 16. The warp passage 18 includes a warp inlet 18 a that is positioned above and below to receive a game ball and a warp outlet 18 b that discharges the game ball to the rolling path 19. And the production space K which provided the cover body 21 which has translucency in the front is formed so that a player can visually recognize adjacent to the warp channel | path 18, and it won the prize winning opening 13 in the production space K. A part of the discharge basket 20 for guiding the game ball to the outside of the machine is provided. The discharge basket 20 is formed of a transparent resin and has a passage shape through which one game ball can pass.

  The discharge basket 20 is provided with a plurality of rotating bodies (movable bodies) 22 that are vertically positioned as production means that are movable by contact of game balls flowing down the discharge basket 20. The rotating body 22 is provided with an impeller (direction unit) 25 having a radial decorative plate on the rotating shaft 24, and an action piece 26 with which the game ball comes into contact is inserted at a predetermined interval (implementation). In this example, three blades are provided radially, and the impeller 25 and the action piece 26 are rotated in synchronization. A pair of bearings 23 are coaxially formed on the outer wall of the discharge rod 20 with a predetermined interval, and an opening 27 is formed between the bearings 23. The rotating body 22 is pivotally supported with the action piece 26 facing the inside of the discharge rod 20 through the opening 27, and the rotating shaft 24 is freely inserted into the bearing 23. The vehicle (direction unit) 25 can be visually recognized. At this time, at least one action piece 26 faces the inside of the discharge rod 20, and the game ball flowing down the discharge rod 20 is provided so as to be able to contact the action piece 26 without fail. As a matter of course, the rotating body 22 has a weight and an arrangement capable of rotating by its own weight of one game ball.

  Next, the pachinko gaming machine 100 configured as described above will be described in relation to the gaming state in the gaming area 4b. When the game ball driven into the game area 4b flows down the game area 4b and enters the warp passage 18 from the warp inlet 18a of the variable display device 11, for example, the game ball 4 is discharged from the warp outlet 18b to the rolling path 19 and again. Move to the side. At this time, since the variable winning device 12 is provided immediately below the rolling path 19, the game balls that have passed through the warp passage 18 can win the variable winning device 12 with a high probability. Then, when the game ball wins the variable winning device 12, a winning / losing lottery is executed, and if the lottery result is a jackpot, a jackpot symbol (for example, “7,7,7” double eye) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11a. Is done. When the jackpot is reached, the solenoid 31 of the big winning opening 13 is excited, the plunger 30 moves to the retracted position against the biasing force of the coil spring 35, and the winning door 29 is held in the open position. Specifically, when the plunger 30 of the solenoid 31 is displaced from the protruding position to the retracted position, the transmission member 32a jumps up the extending portion 29a of the winning door 29 from below, thereby shifting the winning door 29 to the open position. As a result, the game balls flowing down the game area 4b are introduced into the winning opening 28a as shown in FIG.

  Then, when the detection switch 13a detects a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings in the winning port 28a or when a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed, the solenoid 31 is demagnetized again, and the plunger 30 is The winning door 29 is displaced from the open position to the closed position by being displaced from the retracted position to the projecting position. The above operation is defined as one round (1R), and the opening / closing operation of the winning door 29 is repeated over a predetermined number of rounds (for example, 15R). When a game ball is detected as a winning ball by the detection switch 13a, the game ball is paid out as a prize ball from a ball payout device (not shown), and the player can acquire a large number of prize balls during this time.

  Further, the game ball after being detected as a winning ball by the detection switch 13a is guided to the discharge rod 20 of the variable display device 11 as shown by a chain line in FIGS. 4 and 5 and discharged when the discharge rod 20 flows down. It is possible to rotate the rotating body 22 in contact with the action piece 26 of the rotating body 22 facing 20 to enhance the effect and improve the interest of the player. At this time, the upper and lower rotating bodies 22 are rotated by one game ball. Further, the player can visually recognize the game ball flowing down the discharge basket 20 through the cover body 21. Thus, since the rotating body 22 is rotated by the game ball won in the grand prize opening 13, the player can recognize that the game ball has won the big winning opening 13 by the rotation of the rotating body 22. it can. In other words, the player can be notified of the winning of the big prize opening 13 by the rotation (movable) of the rotator 22, and the rotator 22 (production means) can be used as the notification means. Thereby, the player can visually recognize the rotation of the rotating body 22 while enjoying the image on the liquid crystal display unit 11a, and can confirm the winning at the big winning opening 13.

  Further, the game object 4b is obtained because the rotating body 22 (effecting means) is moved by using the game ball which is won by the detection means and paid out by the detection means and then discharged out of the machine. Compared to using a game ball flowing down, there is an advantage that there is no restriction on the arrangement of the rotating body 22 (production means) and the setting can be made freely. In addition, since an electric drive source such as a motor is not used, the manufacturing cost is not increased, and a control program is not constructed. Therefore, the storage capacity of a ROM (Read Only Memory) is pressed to other games. The production is not limited.

  In addition, even if there is a problem that the game ball stops at the discharge rod 20 or the rotating body 22 stops rotating, the game ball flowing down the discharge rod 20 is detected by the detection switch, and the prize ball Since the game ball has finished its original role of paying out the game, it does not directly affect the game and does not bother the player. Furthermore, if the rotation of the rotating body 22 is detected, it can be detected whether or not it has been reliably released to the outside of the machine, and a defect can be found early.

  FIG. 7 shows another embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the game board 4A is formed of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, and behind the game board 4A is used as a production means. The movable body 37 may be provided so that the movable body 37 can be visually recognized through the game board 4A. The movable body 37 is pivotally supported by a seesaw member 39 provided with an action piece 38 so that a decorative plate (production part) 40 is swingably supported. The movable body 37 is pivoted on the bearing 23 so that the action piece 38 faces the discharge rod 20 from the opening 27. It is provided so that it can move up and down. At this time, the decoration plate 40 is always moved downward by its own weight and the action piece 38 is moved upward, and the weight is set so that the decoration plate 40 is moved upward by its own weight. Then, when the game ball that has won the winning area flows down the discharge rod 20, the game ball collides with the action piece 38, and the action piece 38 is pushed down as shown in FIG. The decorative board 40 returns to the original position shown by the solid line in FIG.

In the embodiment, the production means is provided in the discharge basket 20 for discharging the game balls won in the grand prize opening 13 (winning area). However, in the other winning areas such as the general winning opening 10 and the variable winning device 12 Production means may be provided in a discharge basket for discharging the winning game balls. In this way, by providing the production means corresponding to each winning area, the production effect is further enhanced, and it becomes clear at a glance which winning area the winning area is.
In addition, when the prize balls to be paid out are different, for example, 3, 10, or 14, depending on the winning area, the prize balls to be paid out are provided with a discharge basket 20 for each of the same winning areas, and correspond to each discharge basket 20. By providing the effect means, it is possible to recognize the number of prize balls to be paid out by the movement of the effect means.

  In addition, a plurality of detection switches may be provided in a winning area where a large number of game balls are awarded at once, such as the big winning opening 13, and a discharge rod 20 and an effect means may be provided for each detection switch. It becomes more lively and can produce a big hit atmosphere more effectively. In addition, the production means may be moved via a gear or a link member, and the production means can be moved greatly by a slight weight of the game ball, or the production unit can be moved at a remote position. .

  In the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example of the gaming machine. However, the present invention is also applied to a sparrow ball gaming machine, an arrangement ball type gaming machine, and the like that play a game ball as a gaming medium. can do. The present invention is not limited to the contents shown in the embodiments, and various embodiments can be implemented without departing from the gist of the present invention.

It is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine. It is a principal part front view of a game board. It is a principal part perspective view of a production | presentation means. It is principal part sectional drawing of a game board. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of a production | presentation means. It is a disassembled perspective view of a big prize opening. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the other Example of a production | presentation means.

Explanation of symbols

4,4A Game board 4b Game area 10 General prize opening (win area)
10a Detection switch (detection means)
12 Variable winning device (winning area)
12a Detection switch (detection means)
13 Grand Prize Exit (Winning Area)
13a Detection switch (detection means)
20 discharge rod 22 rotating body (direction means)
26 Action piece 37 Movable body (directing means)
38 Action piece 100 Pachinko game machine (game machine)

Claims (3)

The game board on which the game area is formed is provided with a prize area such as a prize opening for receiving a game ball flowing down the game area, and the game ball won in the prize area is detected by a detecting means, and a predetermined number of games are obtained. A gaming machine in which a ball is paid out as a prize ball,
A discharge rod for guiding the game ball detected by the detection means to the outside of the machine,
Providing directing means that is visible to the player and is movable by a game ball flowing down the discharge basket,
The effect means includes an action piece that contacts the game basket that faces the discharge basket and flows down the discharge basket,
A gaming machine characterized in that the effect means is moved when the game ball detected by the detection means comes into contact with the action piece.   The game board is formed of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, and the presentation means is provided behind the game board so that the presentation means can be visually recognized through the game board. The gaming machine according to 1.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect means is a rotating body, and the action pieces are provided radially with a predetermined interval with respect to a rotating shaft of the rotating body.

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