JP2011177416A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine having a high degree of design flexibility by securing a large space in the back of a large winning hole. <P>SOLUTION: A second attacker device 32 disposed at a game area 21 of a game board 20 includes: an attacker door 39 for opening/closing an opening 40, or an entrance of the large winning hole; a rectangular plate-like sensor unit 37 for detecting a game ball entering an out hole 36e provided on the inner bottom face of the large winning hole; and a collection pathway 36c guiding the game ball passing through the sensor unit 37 to discharge it to the back side of the game board 20. The sensor unit 37 and the collection pathway 36c are disposed below the large winning hole (a recessed portion 36a) with their planarly overlapped each other, to secure a moving space S of a movable gimmick device 25 in the backward of the large winning hole. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor, and more particularly to a ball game machine equipped with an attacker device that is opened when a big hit occurs.

  In some ball game machines represented by pachinko machines, variable display devices and start prize holes are arranged in the game area of the game board, and the game balls launched toward the game area win the start prize hole. There is a model in which electronic lottery is performed in response to this, and the variable display device performs symbol change display and stop display based on the lottery result. The lottery result of the electronic lottery has a win and a loss, and when the lottery result is a win, a combination of predetermined special symbols is displayed on the display screen of the variable display device, and the mode shifts from the normal mode to the special game mode. In this special game mode, the attacker device arranged at a position directly below the variable display device is opened, and the game ball enters the large winning opening that is exposed, so that the player can acquire many prize balls. It has become.

  A general attacker device known from the past includes a large winning opening having a front face and a horizontally long inner bottom, and an attacker door for opening and closing the opening of the large winning opening. It is driven by a solenoid or the like. An out hole is provided inside the big prize opening, and the game ball that won the big prize opening is detected by the sensor unit through the out hole, and then led to a collection passage communicating with the sensor unit. (See, for example, Patent Document 1). This sensor unit is a rectangular plate-shaped proximity switch having a through hole at one end in the longitudinal direction, and the lower end of the recovery passage communicating with the through hole is a discharge port for game balls. The sensor unit houses a circuit board on which a high-frequency oscillation circuit is mounted, and a detection coil of the oscillation circuit is arranged so as to surround the through hole. In addition, the sensor unit is attached to the back side of the game board so that the axis along the longitudinal direction coincides with the longitudinal direction of the game board, and a recovery passage communicating with the through hole of the sensor unit is also provided on the back side of the game board. The sensor unit and the collection passage are arranged in a clearance space secured behind the back of the game board.

JP-A-9-164244

  By the way, in this kind of ball game machine, an accessory that can change the movable state is arranged at an appropriate position on the game board, and the result of the electronic lottery is suggested to the player by the movable state of the accessory. The movable accessory device has been widely adopted, and a model has been proposed in which such a movable accessory device is arranged close to the side of the variable display device to enhance the effect of the game. In this case, since a space for moving the accessory is required behind the back of the game board, when the above-described conventional attacker device is installed at a position below the movable accessory device, a sensor unit protruding from the back of the game board and The collection passage will prevent the movement of the accessory. In other words, the conventional ball game machine requires a large escape space behind the attacker device (big prize opening), which limits the installation location of the attacker device, which restricts the degree of freedom in design. It was a major factor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the situation of the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine with a high degree of design freedom that can secure a wide space behind the winning prize opening. .

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board having a game area in which a game ball flows down, a launching device for launching a game ball toward the game area, and a horizontally long shape provided in the game area. A prize winning opening having an inner bottom surface, an attacker door that opens and closes the opening of the prize winning opening, a sensor unit that detects a game ball that has entered the out hole provided in the inner bottom face of the prize winning opening, In the bullet ball game machine comprising a recovery passage for guiding the game ball that has passed through the sensor unit and discharging the game ball to the back side of the game board, the sensor unit penetrates at one end in the longitudinal direction for passing the game ball. It is formed in a rectangular plate shape having a hole, and this sensor unit is disposed below the big prize opening so as to overlap the two in a plane, and the recovery passage overlaps with the sensor unit in a plane. And to provide a discharge opening at its lower end is bent in the lower space that.

  In the thus configured ball game machine, a rectangular plate-shaped sensor unit that detects a game ball that has won a prize winning opening, and a collection passage that discharges the game ball that has passed through the sensor unit to the back side of the game board Are arranged below the grand prize opening in a state of overlapping in a plane, so that a wide space should be secured behind the special prize opening and used as a moving space for other members. It is possible to increase the degree of freedom in design including the location of the special prize opening.

  In the above configuration, when a circuit board extending in parallel with the sensor unit is arranged above the prize winning opening, and the inner bottom surface of the prize winning opening is irradiated by the light of the light source mounted on the circuit board, the upper side is opened when the attacker door is opened. It is preferable that the inner bottom surface of the grand prize winning opening can be brightly illuminated by the light from.

  The bullet ball game machine of the present invention has a rectangular plate-shaped sensor unit that detects a game ball that has won a prize winning opening, and a collection passage that discharges the game ball that has passed through the sensor unit to the back side of the game board. All of them are arranged below the big prize opening in a state of overlapping in a plane, and by arranging these sensor units and the collection passage in a narrow space that does not exceed the board thickness of the game board, Since a wide space can be secured at the rear, it is possible to use the space as a moving space for the movable accessory device, etc., and to increase the degree of freedom in design including the place where the big prize opening is installed. it can.

1 is an external perspective view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which removes and shows a glass door and a front board from this bullet ball game machine. It is a rear view of this bullet ball game machine. It is a perspective view of the game board unit with which this bullet ball game machine is equipped. It is a front view of this game board unit. It is a perspective view of the attacker apparatus arrange | positioned at the game board of this game board unit. It is the perspective view which looked at this attacker device from the back side. It is a front view of the attacker device. It is a rear view of this attacker apparatus. It is a side view of this attacker apparatus. It is a top view of this attacker apparatus. It is a bottom view of this attacker device. It is a disassembled perspective view of the main components with which this attacker apparatus is equipped. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the BB line of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball game machine (pachinko machine) according to the present embodiment is a vertically rectangular machine frame 1 installed in an island facility of a game arcade, and a door shape on the machine frame 1. A main body frame 2 attached to the main body frame 2, a game board unit 3 housed inside the main body frame 2, a glass door 5 attached to the front surface of the main body frame 2 via a hinge 4, and a glass door, A front board 6 attached to the front surface of the main body frame 2 under the door 5 so as to be openable and closable, and a launching handle 7 attached to the lower right corner of the front board 6 are provided. A saucer 8 is provided for receiving a ball. A large opening 5a is formed at the center of the glass door 5, and a transparent glass plate 9 is attached so as to cover the opening 5a. Moreover, one speaker 10 is attached to the upper part of the glass door 5 on either side, and various sound effects regarding a game are emitted from these speakers 10.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game board unit 3 is exposed on the back side of the main body frame 2. The game board unit 3 includes a main control processing unit 11, a special symbol display control unit 12, a normal symbol display control unit. 13, an effect control processing unit 14, a lamp control processing unit 15, a voice control processing unit 16, and the like are provided. In addition, a payment control processing unit 17, a launch control processing unit 18, a prize ball payment device 19, and the like are provided on the back side of the main body frame 2, and these are arranged at a position surrounding the game board unit 3. .

  The front surface of the game board unit 3 is shown in a simplified manner in FIG. 2, but as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a game board 20 made of plywood is attached to the front surface of the game board unit 3. The game area 21 formed on the board surface (front surface) of the game board 20 is visible from the outside through the glass plate 9 of the glass door 5. The game area 21 is partitioned into a substantially circular shape by a guide rail 22 or the like, and when the firing handle 7 is rotated at an arbitrary angle by the player, a launching device (not shown) provided at the lower front portion of the main body frame 2 is provided. The game balls held in the tray 8 are continuously launched toward the game area 21.

  A central accessory unit 23 is disposed near the upper center in the game area 21. The central accessory unit 23 includes a decorative body 24 having a rectangular opening 24a at the center, and a right side of the decorative body 24. And a movable accessory device 25 disposed on the wall. A variable display device 26 composed of a liquid crystal panel (LCD) is disposed on the back side of the central accessory unit 23, and the display screen of the variable display device 26 is exposed from the opening 24 a of the decorative body 24. The decorative body 24 is provided with a stage 27 extending in the left-right direction along the lower side of the opening 24 a, and a guide groove 27 a is formed at the center of the stage 27. A first start winning hole 28 having a simple structure having a winning hole on the upper surface is disposed immediately below the guiding groove 27a, and a game ball that rolls on the stage 27 and falls from the guiding groove 27a has a high probability. Then, the first start winning opening 28 is won. A second start winning port 29 is arranged close to the first start winning port 28, and this second start winning port 29 is a start winning port of an electric tulip structure having a pair of movable pieces. When a game ball wins one of these start winning ports 28 and 29, an electronic lottery related to a special symbol is performed as a trigger, and an effect is produced on the display screen of the variable display device 26 based on the lottery result. The symbol change display and stop display are performed. In addition, a passing chucker 30 is disposed in the game area 21 on the left side of the central bonus unit 23, and when a game ball passes this passing chucker 30, an electronic lottery related to a normal symbol is performed as a trigger, When the lottery result is a win, both movable pieces of the second start winning opening 29 are temporarily opened to allow a game ball to be awarded.

  The movable accessory device 25 is a device that can indicate to the player the result of the electronic lottery related to the special symbol described above according to the movable aspect of the accessory, and in the case of this embodiment, the handle member 25a and the sheath member 25b are provided. A movable accessory device 25 is used as a combined sword accessory. Here, the handle member 25 a has a blade (not shown) extending downward, and the handle member 25 a and the blade are fixed to the decorative body 24. On the other hand, the sheath member 25b is movably held by the decorative body 24, and the sheath member 25b is held in the raised position and covers the blade in the normal gaming state, but a motor (not shown) is used during superreach and the like. ) As a drive source, the blade is exposed from the sheath member 25b. Therefore, a moving space S (see FIGS. 11 and 12) that allows the movement of the sheath member 25 b is secured inside the decorative body 24, and this moving space S is along the vertical direction behind the back surface of the game board 20. It is defined.

  A first attacker device 31 is disposed in the game area 21 directly below the second start winning opening 29, and a second attacker device 32 is disposed obliquely on the upper right side of the first attacker device 31. Although not shown in the figure for the internal structure, the first attacker device 31 has a front winning opening having a horizontally long inner bottom surface, a sensor unit for detecting a game ball that has won a winning winning opening, An attacker door that opens and closes the opening of the prize winning opening, a solenoid that drives the attacker door, and the like are provided. The detailed internal configuration of the second attacker device 32 will be described later in detail, but the movement space S of the sheath member 25b described above is secured behind the second attacker device 32. Both of these attacker devices 31 and 32 win a big win as a result of an electronic lottery concerning a special symbol that is triggered when a game ball wins at one of the first and second start winning ports 28 and 29. This device is activated when the game state (special game mode) is entered. Specifically, if the lottery result of the special symbol is a first jackpot (for example, a normal jackpot), the attacker door of the first attacker device 31 is repeatedly opened several times to expose the special winning opening, When the lottery result is a second jackpot (for example, a promising jackpot), the attacker door of the second attacker device 32 is repeatedly opened a plurality of times to expose the jackpot. The attacker doors of the first and second attacker devices 31 and 32 are kept in an open state until 30 seconds have elapsed for one opening operation, or until 10 gaming balls have won, for example, 10 winning balls. Is repeated 15 times, for example, and the jackpot ends.

  In addition, in the game area 21, a plurality of general winning ports 33 for only paying out the game balls, game nails and windmills (none of which are shown) that play the flow down path of the game balls, and the like are arranged. The game balls that have not won any of the start winning ports 28 and 29 and the general winning port 33 are discharged from the out port 34 provided at the lowest end of the game area 21 to the back side of the game board 20. It has become.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 15, the second attacker device 32 described above includes a support base 35 attached to the board surface (front surface) of the game board 20, a main body case 36 attached to the back surface of the support base 35, and A sensor unit 37 held inside the main body case 36, a solenoid 38 attached to the back surface of the main body case 36, an attacker door 39 operated by using the solenoid 38 as a drive source, and the like are provided.

  The support base 35 is a molded product made of a colored transparent synthetic resin, and a horizontally elongated rectangular opening 40 is formed at an upper position thereof. Bearing recesses (not shown) are formed on the right and left sides of the back surface of the support base 35 with the lower side of the opening 40 interposed therebetween. The attacker door 39 is located between the support base 35 and the body case 36 with these bearing recesses as fulcrums. Is held rotatably. A decorative plate 41 with metal plating is screwed to the front surface of the support base 35, and the opening 40 is exposed in a notch 41 a formed at the upper edge of the decorative plate 41. Support protrusions 41b are formed on both the left and right sides of the cutout 41a of the decorative plate 41, and a front guard 42 with a decorative seal 42a attached to the support protrusions 41b is screwed. Here, the protruding amount of the support protrusion 41b is set to be slightly larger (about 13 mm) than the diameter (11 mm) of the game ball, and a passage path for the game ball is ensured between the opening 40 and the front guard 42. Has been. The front guard 42 has a function of preventing the attacker door 39 from being illegally opened due to the goto action, and an unauthorized person called a goto teacher can remove a piano wire or the like from the gap between the main body frame 2 and the glass door 5. Even if it is inserted, the piano wire or the like is obstructed by the front guard 42 so as not to touch the attacker door 39. A rail member 43 that defines the flow path of the game ball is screwed to the outer edge of the support base 35, and the lower right corner of the game area 21 is defined by the rail member 43. Furthermore, the support base 35 is formed with slits 35a extending along the upper side and the right side of the opening 40, and the light guide 44 is inserted into and held from the back side of the support base 35 with respect to the slits 35a. .

  The main body case 36 is a molded product made of a transparent synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 14, the main body case 36 is accommodated in a notch hole 20a formed in the game board 20, and includes a recess 36a having an open front surface, a holding hole 36b formed below the recess 36a, And a recovery passage 36c formed below the holding hole 36b. The front surface of the recess 36 a communicates with the opening 40 of the support base 35 attached to the front surface of the game board 20, and a large winning opening is formed by the recess 36 a and the opening 40. As shown in FIG. 15, the bottom surface of the concave portion 36a, which is the inner bottom surface of the prize winning opening, is an inclined surface that is inclined downward to the right, and a serrated reflection portion 36d is formed on the lower surface side of the inclined surface. Further, an out hole 36e is formed on the downstream side of the inclined surface of the recess 36a, and the out hole 36e communicates with the upper end of the recovery passage 36c.

  The holding hole 36b of the main body case 36 extends to the left and right along the longitudinal direction of the recess 36a, and the sensor unit 37 is accommodated in the holding hole 36b. The sensor unit 37 is inserted into the holding hole 36b from the back surface side of the main body case 36, and the cover 45 screwed to the back surface of the main body case 36 is prevented from falling out of the holding hole 36b. The sensor unit 37 is a rectangular plate-shaped proximity switch having a through hole 37a at one end in the longitudinal direction, and the through hole 37a is disposed inside the out hole 36e. Although not shown, the sensor unit 37 houses a circuit board on which a high-frequency oscillation circuit is mounted, and a detection coil of the oscillation circuit is wound so as to surround the through hole 37a. Further, the recovery passage 36c is bent from the out hole 36e and linearly extends obliquely downward, and most of the back surface thereof is covered by the cover 45, but the lower end portion opens to the back surface side of the game board 20. The discharge port 36f. Here, the sensor unit 37 is planarly overlapped with the recess 36a forming the big winning opening, and the sensor unit 37 and the collection passage 36c are also planarly overlapped. The mouth) 36a, the sensor unit 37, and the collection passage 36c overlap each other in a notch hole 20a of the game board 20 in a plane. Therefore, the sensor unit 37 and the collection passage 36c do not protrude from the back surface of the game board 20, and the rear of the sensor unit 37 and the collection passage 36c is the moving space S of the movable accessory device 25 described above.

  The solenoid 38 is attached to an L-shaped bracket 46, and the bracket 46 is screwed to the back surface of the main body case 36 at a side position of the moving space S. The solenoid 38 is a pull type in which a plunger 38a is pulled by energizing a built-in coil (not shown), and a drive arm 47 is pin-coupled to the plunger 38a. The drive arm 47 passes through the main body case 36 and engages with the attacker door 39. When the plunger 38a is retracted by energization of the solenoid 38, the attacker door 39 is rotated to enter the entrance of the big prize opening. The opening 40 is opened.

  A plurality of snap claws 36g are formed on the upper surface of the main body case 36, and a circuit board 48 is locked to the snap claws 36g. The circuit board 48 extends in parallel with the sensor unit 37 with the recess 36a interposed therebetween, and a plurality of LEDs 49 and 50 are mounted on both upper and lower surfaces thereof. Each LED 49 on the upper surface side is a horizontal type that emits light in the horizontal direction, and the light guide 44 is illuminated by the light emitted from these LEDs 49. Each LED 50 on the lower surface side is a vertical type that emits light in the vertical direction, and the light emitted from these LEDs 50 is irradiated to the reflecting portion 36d on the lower surface side through the recess 36a. Therefore, by turning on each LED 50 when the attacker door 39 is opened, the reflecting portion 36d formed on the lower surface side of the inner bottom surface of the big prize opening can be brightly illuminated.

  In the second attacker device 32 configured as described above, the opening 40 that is the entrance of the big prize opening is normally closed by the attacker door 39, and the game ball that has flowed down from above the second attacker device 32 is the attacker door 39. And the front guard 42 are guided to the out port 34. Further, when the special symbol lottery result is the second big hit (for example, the probable big win), the energization of the solenoid 38 causes the attacker door 39 to repeatedly open multiple times to expose the big winning opening (opening 40). The game balls that have flowed down from the upper side or the side of the second attacker device 32 can be awarded to the big winning opening. A game ball that has won a prize winning opening enters the out hole 36e along the bottom surface of the recess 36a of the main body case 36, and then passes through the through hole 37a of the sensor unit 37 and is guided to the lower end of the recovery passage 36c. Finally, it is discharged from the discharge port 36f to the back side of the game board 20.

  Since it is not necessary to secure the moving space S behind the first attacker device 31, the first attacker device 31 has the same configuration as that described in the conventional example, and the sensor unit and the collection passage are The game board 20 protrudes from the back side. However, the first attacker device 31 may have the same configuration as the second attacker device 32.

  As described above, in the ball game machine according to the present embodiment, the rectangular plate-shaped sensor unit 37 that detects the game ball won in the big winning opening (opening 40) of the second attacker device 32, and this sensor A recovery passageway 36c that discharges the game ball that has passed through the unit 37 to the back side of the game board 20 is disposed below the recess 36a of the main body case 36 in a state of overlapping in plan view. A wide space can be secured behind the concave portion 36a, which is a winning opening. Therefore, the space can be used as the moving space S of the movable accessory device 25, and the degree of freedom in design including the installation location of the first attacker device 31 and the second attacker device 32 can be increased. .

  In addition, a circuit board 48 extending in parallel with the sensor unit 37 is disposed above the special winning opening (recess 36a) of the second attacker device 32, and a serrated reflector 36d is formed on the lower surface side of the inner bottom surface of the recess 36a. In addition, since the reflecting portion 36d is irradiated with the light of the LED (light source) 49 mounted on the lower surface of the circuit board 48, the inner bottom surface of the prize winning opening is brightly illuminated with light from above when the attacker door 39 is opened. Can do.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bullet ball game machine in which the first attacker device 31 and the second attacker device 32 are disposed in the game area 21 of the game board 20 has been described. However, this is omitted for the first attacker device 31. It is also possible to do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Game board unit 20 Game board 20a Notch hole 21 Game area 22 Central accessory unit 24 Decoration body 25 Movable accessory apparatus 25a Handle member 25b Sheath member 26 Variable display apparatus 28 1st start winning opening 29 2nd starting winning opening 30 Passing Chucker 31 First attacker device 32 Second attacker device 35 Support base 36 Main body case 36a Recessed portion (big prize opening)
36b Holding hole 36c Recovery passage 36d Reflector 36e Out hole 36f Discharge port 37 Sensor unit 37a Through hole 38 Solenoid 38a Plunger 39 Attacker door 40 Opening (large winning port)
45 Cover 46 Bracket 47 Drive arm 48 Circuit board 50 LED (light source)
S Moving space

Claims (2)

A game board having a game area where a game ball flows down, a launching device for launching a game ball toward the game area, a large winning opening having a horizontally long inner bottom surface provided in the game area, and the grand prize An attacker door that opens and closes the opening of the mouth, a sensor unit that detects a game ball that has entered the out hole provided on the inner bottom surface of the grand prize opening, and a game ball that has passed through the sensor unit to guide the game ball In a ball game machine equipped with a collection passage that discharges to the back side of the game board,
The sensor unit is formed in a rectangular plate shape having a through-hole for passing a game ball at one end in the longitudinal direction, and the sensor unit is disposed below the prize winning opening so as to overlap the two in a plane. A ball game machine characterized in that the recovery passage is bent in a lower space that overlaps the sensor unit in a planar manner, and a discharge port is provided at a lower end thereof.   2. The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein a circuit board extending in parallel with the sensor unit is disposed above the prize winning opening, and the inner bottom surface of the prize winning opening is irradiated with light from a light source mounted on the circuit board. A ball game machine characterized by that.

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