JP2012040346A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further arouse a player's interest by extending a waiting time when laterally sorting and dropping a game ball to the front side of a game board by means of a stage.SOLUTION: The game machine includes a special pattern starting unit 20 provided in a game area 15 of a game board 12 and the stage 34 disposed above the special pattern starting unit 20 to laterally sort a game ball from a ball guide passage 38 and drop it to the front side of the game board 12. The stage 34 includes an oscillation body 42 for receiving and rolling the game ball from the ball guide passage 38, the oscillation body being supported so as to be oscillatable around a pivot 41; and a drive unit 51 which drives the oscillation body 42 around the pivot 41 to oscillate the oscillation body reciprocatingly. The oscillation body 42 includes a first discharge opening 39 for discharging a game ball in the oscillation body 42 to a position where it can easily enter the special pattern starting unit 20 and a second discharge opening 40 for discharging the game ball to a position where it hardly enters the special pattern starting unit 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball machine.

  For example, in a pachinko machine, an image display means such as a liquid crystal display that displays an effect image is placed on a central role placed approximately in the center of the game area of the game board, and a game ball that is placed on the front side of the image display means is appropriately used. Some have a stage that drops to the front side of the game board while sorting in the left-right direction, and has a special symbol starting means arranged below the central bonus.

  Conventionally, there are movable stages in which a fixed rolling part and a movable body are combined in addition to a fixed type having a fixed rolling part formed in a wave shape or an uneven shape in the left-right direction. The movable stage is provided with rolling parts formed in a wavy shape in the left-right direction in a stepwise manner in the front-rear direction, and a reciprocating movement type in which an intermediate rolling part in the front-rear direction is reciprocated in the left-right direction ( Patent Document 1), 1-axis rotary type (Patent Document 2) in which a rotating body that rotates around one vertical axis is arranged on a raised portion formed at the left and right center of a fixed rolling portion, and substantially concentric with the raised portion There are two-axis rotating type (Patent Document 3) in which two rotating bodies inside and outside are arranged, and each rotating body is driven by two concentric inner and outer vertical axes.

JP 2002-369919 A JP 2005-334502 A JP 2010-46426 A

  The movable stage positively and irregularly changes the behavior of the game ball when the game ball on the rolling part comes into contact with the movable body, so that the player's interest in the behavior of the game ball is fixed. There is an advantage that can be remarkably raised compared to the stage.

  However, the conventional movable stage is configured to change the behavior of the game ball on the upper surface side of the stage by moving the movable rolling part back and forth to the left or right or rotating the rotating body around the vertical axis. Since the ball passes through the stage in a relatively short time, there is a drawback that it is not long enough to attract the player's attention sufficiently.

  In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention improves the holding time when the game balls are distributed in the left-right direction on the stage and dropped to the front side of the game board, and a stage that can further stimulate the player's interest It aims at providing the provided ball game machine.

  The present invention comprises a ball entry means in the game area of the game board, and a stage that is arranged above the ball entry means and distributes the game balls from the ball guide passage in the left-right direction and drops them to the front side of the game board. In the above-described ball game machine, the stage is supported so as to be swingable around a pivot, and receives and rolls a game ball from the ball guide passage, and reciprocates by driving the swing around the pivot. Drive means for swinging, a position at which it is difficult for the swinging body to enter the entrance means and a first discharge port for discharging the game ball in the swinging body to a position where it can easily enter the entrance means; And a second discharge port for discharging.

  The rocking body may be able to visually recognize a game ball in the rocking body. A first drop part for dropping a game ball from the first discharge port to a position where it can easily enter the ball entry means, and a game ball from the second discharge port are placed under the swinging body. You may provide the 2nd fall part made to fall to the position where it is hard to enter a means.

  The oscillating body has a bottom wall portion that is recessed at the center side and a peripheral wall portion that surrounds the bottom wall portion, and has a dish shape that opens on the upper side, and the ball guide passage is provided at one end side in the left-right direction of the oscillating body. You may arrange. The rocking body has a dish shape that is long in the left-right direction, and a game ball that moves to the one side in the left-right direction along the front side of the peripheral wall portion is provided on the peripheral wall portion on the opposite side of the ball guide passage. You may provide the curved part guided to a rear side.

  The pivot shaft is arranged in the left-right direction at the center of the rocking body in the front-rear direction, the ball guide passage is arranged in front of the pivot shaft, and on the opposite side of the peripheral wall portion from the ball guide passage in front of the pivot shaft. The bending portion may be arranged. The bottom wall is provided with an obstacle part in which the game ball is less likely to roll than both the left and right and front and rear sides, and the first outlet is provided in the obstacle, and the second outlet is provided on the left and right sides of the obstacle. Each may be arranged.

  The obstruction part is a bulging part that bulges to the upper side of the left and right and both front and rear sides substantially at the center of the bottom wall part, and a game ball to the first dropping part on both the front and rear sides of the first dropping part. You may provide the guide groove which guides. A central structure having a front structure mounted on the front surface of the game board and an image display means mounted corresponding to a display window of the front structure, and on the front lower side of the image display means The stage may be provided in the front structure.

  According to the present invention, there is an advantage that the game ball is distributed on the stage in the left-right direction and the holding time when the ball is dropped to the front side of the game board is improved, and the player's interest can be further enhanced.

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the same stage. It is front sectional drawing of the same stage. It is a plane sectional view of the stage. It is side surface sectional drawing of the center of the same stage. It is side surface sectional drawing of a left side part rather than the center of the same stage. It is a disassembled perspective view of the rocking body and driving means. FIG. FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing of the stage which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of the stage. It is a top view of the stage which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing of the same stage. It is side surface sectional drawing of the stage which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is front sectional drawing of the same stage. It is front sectional drawing of the stage which shows the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing of the same stage. It is side surface sectional drawing of the stage which shows the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of the stage. It is front sectional drawing of the stage which shows the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of a stage showing an 8th embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 9 illustrate a first embodiment in which the present invention is adopted in a pachinko machine. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine includes a rectangular outer frame 1 and a front frame 3 pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 1 by a pair of upper and lower hinges 2 so as to be opened and closed around a vertical axis. Yes. A glass door 4 and a front plate 5 are arranged vertically on the front side of the front frame 3, and are pivotally supported by a pair of upper and lower hinges 6 on the same side as the hinge 2 so as to be openable and closable around the vertical axis. Yes.

  On the front side of the front plate 5, a ball supply tray 7 for storing game balls for launch is arranged, and on the side thereof, a launch handle 8 of launching means for launching game balls is provided. The glass door 4 has two front and rear glass plates 11 (see FIGS. 4 to 6) that close the see-through window 10, and the front frame 3 corresponds to the glass door 4 on the back side of the glass door 4. A board 12 is detachably mounted.

  On the front surface of the game board 12, a guide rail 13 for guiding a game ball launched from the launching means and an outer periphery decorative member 14 having a substantially arc-shaped inner peripheral surface are mounted in the circumferential direction. A game area 15 having a substantially circular shape is formed inside the outer periphery decoration member 14. The guide rail 13 has an inner rail 13a and an outer rail 13b, and a game area 15 is defined by the inner rail 13a, a part of the outer rail 13b, and the inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral decorative member 14.

  In the game area 15, a central character 18, a normal symbol starting means 19, a first special symbol starting means 20, a second special symbol starting means 21, a jackpot opening / closing winning means 22, a normal winning means 23, a normal symbol displaying means 24 Various game parts such as a first special symbol display means 25, a second special symbol display means 26, and a decorative body are arranged.

  The central combination 18 is arranged at the approximate center in the left-right direction of the game area 15. The left side from the left and right center of the upper side of the central combination 18 is a left-handed passage 28, and the right side is a right-handed passage 29. . Accordingly, the game balls that have been driven into the upper portion of the game area 15 flow down sequentially through either the left-handed passage 28 or the right-handed passage 29.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the central accessory 18 includes a front structure 32A attached to the front side of the game board 12, a back structure 32B attached to the back side of the game board 12, and a front structure 32A. Liquid crystal type other image display means 33 mounted on the back structure 32B on the back side of the game board 12 corresponding to the display window 32a, and a stage mounted on the front structure 32A on the front lower side of the image display means 33 34.

  The first special symbol starting means 20 and the second special symbol starting means 21 are arranged in the vertical direction between the central accessory 18 and the lowermost ball outlet 35 at the center of the left and right of the lower side of the central accessory 18. Is arranged. A plurality of normal winning means 23 are arranged on the lower left side of the central accessory 18 with a left-handed passage 28, and on the lower right side, a normal symbol starting means 19, an open / close winning means 22, and a normal winning means 23 are arranged. Etc. are arranged.

  The front structure 32A has a ball guide port 36 that opens to the left-handed passage 28 side on the front side of the game board 12, and a ball guide passage 38 that guides the game ball from the ball guide port 36 to the stage 34, A game ball is supplied onto the stage 34. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, the stage 34 includes a dish-like rocking body 42 having a first discharge port 39 and a second discharge port 40 and supported so as to be swingable around a pivot 41. The game balls received from the guide passage 38 are distributed to the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40 by the reciprocating swing of the swing body 42, and then passed through the first drop portion 43 and the second drop portion 44. The game board 12 is dropped to the front side. A normal symbol display means 24, a first special symbol display means 25, and a second special symbol display means 26 are attached to the front structure 32A at appropriate locations such as the front surface.

  The normal symbol display means 24 is for variably displaying normal symbols, and is composed of a plurality of light emitting elements corresponding to a plurality of types of normal symbols (for example, two types of “O” and “X”). Under the condition that the starting means 19 detects a game ball, the two light-emitting elements blink for a predetermined time so that they are alternately turned on, and a random number value drawn when the normal symbol starting means 19 detects the game ball is determined in advance. The light emitting element on the “◯” side in the hit state is turned on when the hit determination value is matched, and the light emitting element on the “×” side in the off state is turned on and stopped in other cases. In addition, the normal symbol after change will be in a hit mode with a predetermined probability of about 1/10.

  The first special symbol display means 25 and the second special symbol display means 26 are constituted by a display unit such as a segment type capable of variably displaying the first special symbol and the second special symbol by a change in the light emitting part, etc. The special symbol display means 25 is detected on the condition that the first special symbol start means 20 and the second special symbol display means 26 on the condition that the second special symbol start means 21 detects the game ball, respectively. When the symbol fluctuates for a predetermined time and the random number value lottery when the first special symbol starter 20 and the second special symbol starter 21 detect the game ball coincides with a predetermined jackpot determination value, the predetermined jackpot In the mode, it is stopped in the off mode in other cases.

  Note that the first special symbol and the second special symbol after the change are in a big hit mode with a normal probability of 1/350 etc. during the normal probability state, and a high probability of 1/35 etc. in the high probability state after the big hit state ends. It becomes a big hit mode. Neither the first special symbol nor the second special symbol changes when the big hit state is in effect, and the other does not change when one is changing. Further, the start detection of each special symbol can be suspended up to a predetermined upper limit number (for example, 4), and when both have one or more suspensions, the symbol variation of the second special symbol display means 26 has priority. Furthermore, during the high probability state, the variation time of the first special symbol and the second special symbol is also shortened.

  The image display means 33 constitutes an effect symbol display means 46 corresponding to the first special symbol display means 25 and the second special symbol display means 26. When the first special symbol and the second special symbol change, the image change means 33 One or a plurality of, for example, three effect symbols 46a to 46c that fluctuate synchronously are variably displayed. The effect symbols 46a to 46c change for a predetermined time through a predetermined effect symbol variation pattern determined by lottery on the condition that the first special symbol starter 20 and the second special symbol starter 21 detect the game balls. It stops sequentially in a predetermined order in synchronization with the end of the fluctuation of the first special symbol and the second special symbol. The effect symbol display means 46 may be provided separately corresponding to the first special symbol display means 25 and the second special symbol display means 26.

  The stop symbol after the change of the effect symbols 46a to 46c is a jackpot effect mode in which the first special symbol and the second special symbol come off when the first special symbol and the second special symbol stop in the big hit mode. In the case of stopping in a mode, at least a part is a different production mode.

  For example, numerical symbols from 0 to 9 are used for the production symbols 46a to 46c, and when the special symbols are stopped in a big win mode, the production symbols 46a to 46c are jackpot productions such as “7/7/7”. When it stops in the mode and the special symbol stops in the off mode, the effect symbols 46a to 46c stop in the off mode such as “2, 4, 5”.

  The first special symbol starting means 20 is a non-opening / closing type, and is arranged below the image display means 33. The first special symbol starting means 20 has a left-handed passage 28 compared to a right-handed passage 29. Game balls that fall after that are easier to win.

  The second special symbol starting means 21 is of an open / close type, and is constituted by an electric tulip type winning means having a pair of left and right opening / closing members 21a. The normal symbol after the fluctuation of the normal symbol display means 24 stops in a hit state. In some cases, it is opened with a predetermined opening pattern.

  The opening pattern of the second special symbol starting means 21 includes a normal pattern with a short opening time (for example, 0.2 seconds × 1 time) and a special pattern with a long opening time (for example, 2 seconds × 3 times). A normal pattern is selected during the state, and a special pattern is selected during the high probability state.

  The open / close winning means 22 opens and closes in a predetermined opening pattern during the big hit state that occurs when the first special symbol and the second special symbol after the change stop in a big win mode. When winning, more prize balls are paid out than winning in other ordinary winning means 23 or the like. The open / close winning means 22 has a large winning opening 47 that opens upward and an open / close plate 48 that opens and closes in the front-rear direction to open and close the large winning opening 47.

  The open / close pattern of the open / close winning means 22 is an open / close operation that closes at the earlier of a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls winning or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) after opening. There are a plurality of types of rounds depending on the number of rounds, and one of the plurality of types of opening / closing patterns is drawn at the time of the jackpot lottery.

  The normal symbol starting means 19 is for changing the normal symbol of the normal symbol display means 24 on the condition that the game ball is detected, and detects the passage of the game ball flowing down through the right-handed passage 29.

  The stage 34 distributes the game balls from the ball guide passage 38 in the left-right direction and drops them to the front side of the game board 12. As shown in FIGS. A stage frame 50 arranged in a part of the structure 32A, and a game ball supported on the stage frame 50 so as to be swingable around the pivot 41 and reciprocatingly swinging around the pivot 41 to roll the game ball to the left and right. An oscillating body 42 that distributes the position and driving means 51 that drives the oscillating body 42 to reciprocately swing around the pivot 41 are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the stage frame 50 includes a front decoration frame 52 that fits in the lower portion of the mounting hole 49 of the game board 12, and a support base 53 that protrudes from the upper portion of the front decoration frame 52 to the back side. It has. The front decoration frame 52 may be mounted on the game board 12 as a unit integrated with the front structure 32A, or may be mounted on the game board 12 separately from the front structure 32A. The support base 53 has a first drop part 43 disposed at a substantially center in the left-right direction and second drop parts 44 disposed on both the left and right sides of the first drop part 43, and is distributed by the rocking body 42. The game balls are arranged in the left-right direction on the front decoration frame 52 so that the game balls are dropped from the respective drop portions 43 and 44 to the front side of the game board 12.

  The first dropping portion 43 is for dropping the game ball at a position where it is easy to win the first special symbol starting means 20, and is opened in front of the support base 53 substantially directly above the first special symbol starting means 20. At the same time, it communicates with a ball receiving portion 55 that opens on the upper surface of the support base 53 via a guide path 54 that continues to the rear. The guide path 54 has a rail member 56 mounted on the support base 53 on the lower side, and a game ball rolls on the rail member 56. The ball receiving portion 55 has an oval shape or an oval shape that is long in the front-rear direction.

  The second drop part 44 is for dropping the game ball at a position where it is difficult to win the first special symbol starting means 20. The second drop part 44 is formed on the support base 53 on the left and right sides of the first drop part 43. It is constituted by the front end of the groove-shaped guide path 57, and the rear end side of the guide path 57 is a sphere receiving section 58 that is aligned with the sphere receiving section 54 in a substantially horizontal line.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, the rocking body 42 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view and is long in the left-right direction. By reciprocating rocking about the pivot 41, the game ball can be moved back and forth and in the left-right direction. It is configured to be moved and distributed to either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40. The oscillating body 42 includes a bottom wall portion 60 whose center side is recessed in a curved shape, and a peripheral wall portion 61 that is integrally formed so as to surround the bottom wall portion 60, and an obstacle portion is provided at substantially the center of the bottom wall portion 60. A first discharge port 39 is provided via 62, and second discharge ports 40 are provided on both the left and right sides of the first discharge port 39. The first discharge port 39 corresponds to the ball receiving portion 55 leading to the first dropping portion 43, and the second discharge port 40 corresponds to the ball receiving portion 58 leading to the second dropping portion 44, respectively. Has been placed.

  A bulging portion 63 that swells above the left and right and front and rear sides is formed at the substantially center of the bottom wall portion 60 on the entire circumference, and a first discharge port 39 is provided at the center of the bulging portion 63. The bulging portion 63 constitutes an obstacle portion 62 in which the game ball is less likely to roll than both the left and right sides and the front and rear sides, and the game ball enters the first discharge port 39 beyond the obstacle portion 62. Yes. Note that guide grooves 64 that are slightly lower than the left and right sides are formed in the front and rear sides of the bulging portion 63, and a game ball enters the first discharge port 39 through the guide grooves 64.

  Also on the outer periphery of the second discharge port 40, an obstacle portion 65 that makes it difficult for the game ball to move to the second discharge port 40 is provided. The obstacle portion 65 has an arc-shaped protrusion 65a disposed on the outer side in the left-right direction of the rocking body 42 with respect to the second discharge port 40, and a plurality of obstacles 65 disposed in the circumferential direction on the inner portion excluding the protrusion 65a. It is comprised by the protrusion 65b, and the game ball on the rocking | swiveling body 42 enters the 2nd discharge port 40 through the protrusion 65a and the protrusion 65b, or passing through between.

  The peripheral wall portion 61 includes side walls 61a to 61d arranged substantially parallel to the front and rear and the left and right, and small curved walls 66a to 66d having small radii connecting the side walls 61a to 61d adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. Between 61a and the side wall 61d on the opposite side of the ball guide passage 38 in the left-right direction, the game ball moving from the front side wall 61a to the side wall 61d is guided to the back side of the discharge ports 39, 40. A gently curved portion 67 for gently bending is provided inside the small curved wall 66a.

  The front and rear side walls 61 a and 61 b and the left and right side walls 61 c and 61 d of the rocking body 42 are curved in an arc shape so as to substantially follow the curved shape of the bottom wall portion 60. Since there is the gently curved portion 67 inside the small curved wall 66a, the small curved wall 66a may be omitted.

  The left and right pivots 41 are provided substantially horizontally on the upper sides of the left and right side walls 61 c and 61 d and are rotatably supported by bearing portions 68 at both left and right ends of the support base 53. One pivot shaft 41 is inserted into one bearing portion 68 from the inside in the left-right direction, and the other pivot shaft 41 is held on the other bearing portion 68 by a pressing member 68a.

  The drive means 51 is constituted by a drive motor 70 having a rotary shaft 69 arranged in the left-right direction, and the swinging body 42 is reciprocally swung between the drive motor 70 and the swinging body 42 by rotating the rotating shaft 69 in one direction. A conversion mechanism 75 to be moved is provided.

  The conversion mechanism 75 includes a disk-shaped drive body 71 fixed to the rotation shaft 69, an eccentric pin 72 fixed to the drive body 71, a driven member 73 fixed to one side wall 61d, and the driven member 73. And a sliding groove 74 in which the eccentric pin 72 is slidably engaged, and is accommodated in a box-shaped accommodation portion 76 on one end side in the left-right direction of the support base 53, and the drive motor 70 is accommodated. The outer surface of the portion 76 is fixed. The driven member 73 is integrally provided on the side wall 61d on both front and rear sides of the one bearing portion 68. The drive motor 70 and the conversion mechanism 75 are located below the upper surface of the oscillating body 42.

  The ball guide passage 38 is on the front side of the pivot 41 and is inclined toward the swinging body 42 so as to guide the front side of the swinging body 42 along the front side wall 61d. The oscillating body 42 has a front side wall 61a located substantially at the same position as the front surface of the stage frame 50, so that it does not protrude greatly to the front side even if it oscillates around the pivot 41.

  Note that the upper and front sides of the rocking body 42 and the front side of the stage frame 50 are both open, so that the player can roll the game ball on the rocking body 42 and drop the game ball from the drop portions 43 and 44. Although the situation can be visually recognized from the front upper side, the rear side of the swinging body 42 from the upper side of the conversion mechanism 75 or the like is covered with a window frame (not shown) constituting the display window 32a of the front structure 32A.

  In the game, the launching handle 8 of the launching means is operated to launch a game ball into the game area 15. At this time, if it is a normal probability state, the player hits the left so that the game balls concentrate on the left-handed passage 28 that is easy to win the first special symbol starting means 20. When a game ball that falls in the left-handed passage 28 enters the ball guide port 36 of the central accessory 18, the game ball is guided to the stage 34 through the ball guide passage 38 and driven by the driving means 51. It enters the rocking body 42 that reciprocates around the pivot 41 via the conversion mechanism 75.

  The game ball that has entered the rocking body 42 rolls back and forth and / or right and left on the bottom wall 60 while drawing a complicated behavior according to the curved shape of the bottom wall 60, the rocking speed of the rocking body 42, and the like. After that, it is discharged from either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40, and passes from the corresponding first drop part 43 or second drop part 44 to the front side of the game board 12 via the ball receiving parts 55 and 58. Fall.

  When the game ball dropped from the first drop unit 43 wins the first special symbol starting means 20, the first special symbol of the first special symbol display means 25 and the effect symbols 46a to 46c of the effect symbol display means 46 are synchronized. It fluctuates for a predetermined time. Then, depending on whether or not the lottery result when the game ball wins the first special symbol starting means 20 is a big hit, the first special symbol after the fluctuation of the first special symbol display means 25 is a big hit mode or a miss The effect symbols 46a to 46c of the effect symbol display means 46 are stopped in the jackpot effect mode or the off effect effect mode.

  If the game ball that has entered the right-handed path 29 wins the normal symbol starting means 19 even in the normal probability state, the normal symbol of the normal symbol display means 24 may fluctuate and stop in a winning manner after the fluctuation. However, since the opening time of the second special symbol starting means 21 is short during the normal probability state, the possibility that the game ball wins the second special symbol starting means 21 is very low.

  If the first special symbol after the change of the first special symbol display means 25 stops in a big win mode, it becomes a big hit state, and the open / close winning means 22 repeats a predetermined round number opening / closing operation with a predetermined opening / closing pattern, so that the player The player hits the open / close winning means 22 to make the game ball concentrate on the side of the right-handed passage 29 where the game ball is easy to win. The game ball that has entered the right-handed passage 29 wins the normal symbol starting means 19, the open / close winning means 22, the special symbol starting means 20, 21 or the like, or flows down to the out ball opening 35 side. In the case of a big hit, the big winning opening 47 is opened with a predetermined opening / closing pattern, and a large number of game balls are won at the time of opening, so that the player can play a game advantageously.

  When the normal symbol starting means 19 detects a game ball, the normal symbol on the normal symbol displaying means 24 fluctuates for a predetermined time and stops at the winning symbol or the off symbol, and when the winning symbol is reached, the second special symbol starting means 21 is released for a predetermined time. And it becomes easy to win a game ball to this 2nd special symbol starting means 21. When a game ball wins the second special symbol starting means 21, the second special symbol of the second special symbol display means 26 fluctuates for a predetermined time and is the same as the case of the first special symbol of the first special symbol display means 25. To work.

  During such a game, the oscillating body 42 of the stage 34 reciprocally oscillates around the pivot 41 via the conversion mechanism 75 by driving of the drive motor 70. That is, when the rotating shaft 69 of the driving motor 70 rotates, the eccentric pin 72 of the driving body 71 rotates around the rotating shaft 69 and slides in the sliding groove 74 of the driven member 73. For this reason, the driven member 73 reciprocally swings in the front-rear direction around the pivot 41 at a swinging speed synchronized with the rotational speed of the eccentric pin 72, and the swinging body 42 reciprocally swings integrally therewith.

  In this way, when the game ball is guided from the ball guide passage 38 onto the swinging body 42 that is swinging back and forth around the pivot 41, the game on the swinging body 42 depends on the swinging state of the swinging body 42 at that time. Since the ball is guided to the first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port 40 while drawing a complicated behavior in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction, the falling position of the game ball can be distributed in the left-right direction. For this reason, it is possible to secure the necessary space for attracting the player's attention, and to attract the player's interest. In addition, by adjusting the swing speed of the swing body 42, it is possible to appropriately adjust the distribution rate of the game balls.

  As shown in FIG. 8A, when the rocking body 42 is in the ascending process in which the front side rises forward in the direction of arrow a from the horizontal state around the support shaft 41, the bottom wall portion of the rocking body 42 When a game ball is supplied onto 60, the game ball moves to the lower rear side while moving in the right direction because the bottom wall portion 60 is inclined upward. For example, if the height of the front side of the rocking body 42 is low, the game ball rolls in the direction indicated by the arrow b in FIG. As the height on the part side increases, the slope of the bottom wall part 60 increases, so that the amount of movement in the right direction decreases as indicated by the c and d arrows, and the rear wall 60 rolls backward. Move.

  Then, the game ball may directly enter either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40. The game balls that have passed through the periphery of the first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port 40 and did not enter any of them moved to the rear along the bottom wall portion 60 and gathered to the center side in the left-right direction, etc. After that, as the swinging body 42 swings in the reverse direction, it rolls forward on the bottom wall portion 60. While such an operation is repeated once or several times, game balls are distributed to either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the front side of the rocking body 42 is in a descending process in which the front side of the rocking body 42 descends in the direction indicated by the arrow e around the support shaft 41, the rocking body 42 is placed on the bottom wall 60. When a game ball is supplied, while the game ball moves along the front side wall 61a of the bottom wall portion 60, the bottom wall portion 60 goes through a state indicated by a one-dot chain line from a state indicated by a solid line. Since the game ball descends sequentially forward and downward as indicated by the dotted line, the game ball moves to the right (f arrow) so as to roll down the downward slope along the front side wall 61a as shown in FIG. 9B. Roll in the direction shown). Then, until the game ball reaches the gently curved portion 67 or before and after the swinging body 42 shifts to the upwardly rising process, the game ball moves from the front side to the rear side as the swinging body 42 rises. May roll in the direction indicated by the arrow g.

  Subsequently, if the rear side of the rocking body 42 is lowered, the game ball rolls in the left direction along the rear side wall 61b as indicated by the arrow h to arrow k, and the first discharge port 39, After turning around to the rear side of the second discharge port 40, the first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port are complicatedly rolled back and forth and in the left-right direction on the bottom wall 60 according to the reciprocating swing of the swinging body 42. It is distributed to any of 40.

  Therefore, by simply reciprocatingly swinging the swinging body 42 having the bottom wall portion 60 and the peripheral wall portion 61 around the pivot axis 41 in the left-right direction, the game ball on the swinging body 42 can be rolled in the front-rear and left-right directions in a complicated manner. The game balls supplied to the front side of the swinging body 42 by swinging the swinging body 42 can be distributed to either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40. Since the second discharge port 40 can be guided to the rear side, the game ball rolls in a complicated manner on the rocking body 42, and the player's interest can be further enhanced.

  Further, the bottom wall portion 60 of the rocking body 42 has a recessed shape that is recessed into a spherical shape, and there is an obstruction portion 62 constituted by a bulging portion 63 at the approximate center thereof. Since the first discharge port 39 is formed, the game ball rolling on the bottom wall portion 60 passes over the obstacle portion 62 in spite of the presence of the first discharge port 39 in the approximate center of the bottom wall portion 60. A problem such as concentration at one discharge port 39 does not occur. Since the obstacle portion 62 has guide grooves 64 before and after the first discharge port 39, the game ball is positioned before and after the obstacle portion 62, and in synchronization with this, the swinging body 42 moves around the pivot 41 in the direction of guiding the game ball. When swinging, the game ball enters the first discharge port 39 through the guide groove 64, and the game ball can be guided to the first discharge port 39 by actively utilizing the swing of the swing body 42. .

  Further, the obstacle portion 65 around the left and right second discharge ports 40 has a protrusion 65a on the outer side in the left-right direction of the rocking body 42, and a plurality of protrusions 65b on the inner side in the circumferential direction of the second discharge port 40. Yes, the game balls that have passed through the protrusion 65a and the protrusion 65b enter the second outlet 40. For this reason, in combination with the obstacle portion 62 around the first discharge port 39, the game ball on the bottom wall portion 60 of the rocking body 42 is blocked by the obstacle portion 62, the protrusion 65a, and the protrusion 65b while being blocked by the first discharge. It will enter the exit 39 and the second discharge port 40, and the game ball rolls along a simple trajectory and does not enter the first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port 40 directly. You can secure enough time to

  In addition, a dish-like oscillating body 42 that is long in the left-right direction is supported so as to be freely oscillated by a substantially central pivot 41 in the front-rear direction, and the oscillating body 42 is reciprocally oscillated via a conversion mechanism 75 by a driving means 51. Therefore, it is not only simple in structure, but also has an advantage that the oscillator 42 can be easily arranged on the stage 34 having a narrow front-rear width on the front side of the image display means 33. In addition, since the swinging body 42 that is long in the left-right direction swings around the pivot 41 that is substantially in the front-rear direction, the amount of movement of the swinging body 42 during swinging can be reduced.

  10 and 11 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the pivot 41 in the left-right direction that pivotally supports the rocking body 42 is disposed on one end side of the rocking body 42 in the front-rear direction, for example, the rear side, and includes the ball guide passage 38, the driving means 51, and the conversion. A mechanism 75 is disposed on the front side of the oscillator 42. The conversion mechanism 75 includes a driving body 71 with an eccentric pin 72, a driven member 73 with a sliding groove 74, and the like. The driven member 73 is fixed to the rocking body 42, and a sliding groove 74 is provided in the front-rear direction. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  Also in this case, the oscillating body 42 oscillates reciprocally around the pivot 41 by the driving means 51. Therefore, the oscillating body 42 can be pivotally supported on the front side or the rear side in addition to being pivotally supported by the pivot 41 at the approximate center in the front-rear direction. Further, since the front part of the rocking body 42 moves up and down during reciprocating rocking, the amount of movement increases, so that it is easy to guide the game ball moving along the front side of the peripheral wall part 61 to the back side through the gently curved part 67. Become.

  Further, since the height difference between the tip of the ball guide passage 38 and the bottom wall portion 60 of the rocking body 42 changes greatly, the rolling state of the game ball on the bottom wall portion 60 of the rocking body 42 is changed by the height difference. be able to. In this case, the pivot 41 and the ball guide passage 38 are on the opposite side in the front-rear direction, and the gently curved portion 67 of the rocking body 42 may be provided on the same side as the ball guide passage 38.

  12 and 13 illustrate a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, gently curved portions 67a and 67b that are gently curved are provided on both front and rear sides of the rocking body 42 opposite to the ball guide passage 38, and roll along the side wall 61a on the front side of the rocking body 42. The game ball to be moved easily goes around to the rear side of the first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port 40 through the front and rear gently curved portions 67a and 67b. Note that the gently curved portions 67a and 67b are substantially symmetrical in the front-rear direction. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  With this configuration, for example, the game ball supplied from the ball guide passage 38 onto the bottom wall portion 60 of the rocking body 42 moves to the right along the front side wall 61a as in the first embodiment. In this case, the game ball passes through the gently curved portion 67a in the direction of the arrow l in FIG. Then, if the lower part of the swinging body 42 enters a descending process in which the lower part is sequentially lowered, the game ball rolls backward in the direction indicated by the arrow m while accelerating along the gently curved part 67b. 2 It becomes easy to go around to the rear side of the discharge port 40. For this reason, the movement of the game ball on the rocking body 42 can be further complicated.

  14 and 15 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The rocking body 42 of this embodiment is provided with recesses 60a and 60b that are recessed in a circular arc shape on the center side in the left-right direction on both front and rear sides of the bottom wall portion 60, and between the front and rear recesses 60a and 60b, And the convex part 60c which protrudes in the moderate arc shape at the center side of the front-back direction is provided. A first discharge port 39 is provided at the approximate center of the convex portion 60 c, and second discharge ports 40 are provided on both the left and right sides of the first discharge port 39. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  In this case, the front and rear sides of the swinging body 42 are moved up and down by reciprocating swinging of the swinging body 42. When the front or rear concave portions 60a and 60b are lower than the central convex portion 60c, the game balls roll in the left and right directions in the front and rear concave portions 60a and 60b. If the side rises, the game ball moves in the front-rear direction to the opposite side via the convex part 60c or both right and left sides of the convex part 60c.

  In this case as well, the game ball can be distributed to either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40 by the reciprocating swing of the swing body 42. Therefore, the bottom wall portion 60 of the rocking body 42 may have any shape that allows the game ball to roll back and forth and left and right by the reciprocating rocking of the rocking body 42, and is necessarily recessed in both the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. It need not be in shape.

  16 and 17 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the oscillating body 42 includes a lower plate 80 and a transparent cover 81 that closes the upper side of the lower plate 80, and a ball inlet portion into which a game ball from the ball guide passage 38 enters one end side of the cover 81. 82 is provided. The lower plate 80 has a bottom wall portion 60 and a peripheral wall portion 61. The tip of the sphere guide passage 38 may be fitted into the opening 82a of the sphere inlet 82, or may be disposed at a position retracted from the opening 82a. The cover 81 may be other than transparent as long as the game ball in the lower plate 80 can be visually recognized. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  The rocking body 42 is hollow by closing the upper side of the lower plate 80 with a cover 81. Also in this case, the game ball that has entered the lower plate 80 of the rocking body 42 is moved to either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40 by the reciprocating rocking of the rocking body 42 as in the first embodiment. Can be sorted. Therefore, the rocking body 42 may be a hollow shape whose upper side is closed, as well as a dish shape whose upper side is open.

  18 and 19 illustrate a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the oscillating body 42 has a plate shape that is long in the left-right direction, and a pivot 41 is provided in the front-rear direction at the approximate center of the oscillating body 42 in the left-right direction, and the oscillating body 42 is connected to the stage frame via the pivot 41. 50 is swingably supported. On the opposite side of the oscillating body 42 from the ball guide passage 38, there is provided drive means 51 for reciprocatingly oscillating the oscillating body 42 around the pivot 41 via a conversion mechanism 75. The drive means 51 is constituted by a drive motor 70, and the conversion mechanism 75 has a drive body 71, an eccentric pin 72, and a driven member 73, as in the first embodiment. In the direction. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  When the swinging body 42 is reciprocally swung around the pivot 41 and the game balls are distributed to either the first discharge port 39 or the second discharge port 40, as illustrated in this embodiment, the front and rear direction of the swinging body 42 is illustrated. You may rockably support by the pivot 41. The driving means 51 and the conversion mechanism 75 may be disposed below the ball guide passage 38.

  FIG. 20 illustrates a seventh embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the oscillating body 42 is supported by a pivot 41 in the front-rear direction disposed on one end side in the same lateral direction as the ball guide passage 38, and a drive means 51 and a conversion mechanism are arranged on the opposite side of the pivot 41. 75 is provided.

  In this case, it is driven by the driving means 51 on the other end side of the oscillating body 42 and the oscillating body 42 is oscillated around the pivot 41 on the one end side. The amount of movement is reduced, and the supply of game balls from the ball guide passage 38 to the swinging body 42 is stabilized. When the pivot 41 is provided in this way, it may be disposed on the end side of the rocking body 42. The same applies to the case where the pivot 41 is in the left-right direction, and it may be arranged on either the front end side or the rear end side of the rocking body 42.

  FIG. 21 illustrates an eighth embodiment of the present invention. The swing body 42 in FIG. 21A is configured in an oval shape that is long in the left-right direction, and the swing body 42 in FIG. 21B is configured in a substantially circular shape. The ball guide passage 38 is disposed along the peripheral wall portion 61 of the rocking body 42 so that a game ball is supplied along the front side of the rocking body 42.

  As described above, the oscillating body 42 may have an oval shape, a circular shape, or the like according to the front-rear width of the stage 34 that can be secured on the front side of the image display means 33. In addition, there is a stage 34 on the front side of the image display means 33, and the game ball does not fall on the stage 34 from above, so that the rocking body 42 has a part on the front side within a range that does not interfere with the glass plate. You may arrange | position so that it may protrude from the front surface of the game board 12 to the front side.

  As mentioned above, although each embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to this each embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, if the oscillating body 42 is horizontally long, the oscillating body 42 can be sufficiently disposed on the stage 34 on the front side of the image display means 33 even when the front-rear width of the image display means 33 is narrow. Need not be horizontally long. Further, the pivot 41 for pivotally supporting the swinging body 42 may be in the left-right direction or the front-rear direction, and the position of the pivot 41 may be any of the center part or one end part in the front-rear or left-right direction of the swinging body 42.

  It is sufficient that the swing body 42 has a shape that allows the game ball from the ball guide passage 38 to roll in the front-rear and left-right directions. The ball guide path 38 may be provided corresponding to the front side of the rocking body 42 and may be provided corresponding to the rear side. Further, the ball guide passage 38 may drop the game ball from the tip of the ball guide passage 38 to the central portion of the rocking body 42.

  The first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port 40 of the rocking body 42 may be round holes or polygonal holes. Further, the position, number, size, and the like of the first discharge port 39 and the second discharge port 40 may be appropriately changed according to the distribution rate of the game balls.

  The swinging body 42 may swing at all times while the pachinko machine is in operation, or may swing when the player is in a gaming state, such as holding the firing handle 8. Detection means for detecting the passage of the game ball through the ball guide port 36 may be provided, and the swinging body 42 may swing when the detection means detects the game ball. Further, the rocking state of the rocking body 42 may be intermittently controlled by repeating rocking and stopping, repeating rocking at a high speed and rocking at a low speed.

  In the embodiment, the first special symbol starting means 20 is arranged below the stage 34 so that the game ball falling from the first dropping portion 43 can easily win the first special symbol starting means 20 and the second dropping portion 44. It is difficult for the game ball falling from the first special symbol starting means 20 to win, but a winning means other than the first special symbol starting means 20 may be arranged below the stage 34, or other than the winning means A ball entry means through which a game ball, for example a game ball enters, may be provided. Therefore, it is sufficient if there is a ball entry means including a prize means below the stage 34, and the first drop part 43 and the second drop part 44 are easy to enter the game ball into the ball entry means. The present invention can be similarly implemented as long as it is a configuration that can obtain a difficult state.

  In place of the ball guide opening 36 in the ball guide passage 38, a winning opening that is opened and closed by an opening / closing member such as an opening / closing blade is provided, and a ball entry means for a specific area is provided below the stage 34, and a prize is received from the winning opening. The game balls are guided to the swing body 42 through the ball guide passage 38, and are distributed to either the first drop portion 43 or the second drop portion 44 through the discharge ports 39 and 40 by the rotation of the swing body 42. When a game ball falling from one drop unit 43 enters a specific area entrance means, a profit state advantageous to the player may occur.

  Further, when the swinging body 42 swings, the outlet side of the ball guide passage 38 may be opened and closed by a part of the peripheral wall portion 61. For example, when the front part of the rocking body 42 is at a raised position above the intermediate height (such as approximately the center in the vertical direction), the outlet of the ball guide passage 38 is closed by the side wall of the peripheral wall part 61 or the like. The movement may be restricted, and when the front portion of the swing body 42 is lowered below the intermediate height, the outlet of the ball guide passage 38 may be opened to accept the game ball on the swing body 42. The ball guide passage 38 may be open on the upper side.

  In addition, the same can be applied to pachinko machines other than the right-handed and left-handed types. Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied to an arrangement ball machine and other various ball game machines in addition to pachinko machines.

12 game board 15 game area 18 central character 20 first special symbol starting means (entrance means)
21 2nd special symbol starting means 32A front structure 33 image display means 34 stage 38 sphere guide passage 39 first discharge port 40 second discharge port 41 pivot 42 swinging body 43 first drop part 44 second drop part 51 drive means 60 Bottom wall part 61 Perimeter wall part 63 Raised part 64 Guide groove 65 Obstacle part 67, 67a, 67b Curved part

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  A ball game having a ball entry means in a game area of the game board, and a stage arranged above the ball entry means and distributing the game balls from the ball guide passage in the horizontal direction and dropping them to the front side of the game board In this machine, the stage is supported so as to be swingable around a pivot axis, and a swing body that receives and rolls a game ball from the ball guide passage, and a drive that drives the swing body around the pivot axis to swing back and forth. A first discharge port for discharging the game ball in the swinging body to a position where it is easy to enter the entrance means, and a first discharge port for discharging to a position where it is difficult to enter the entrance means. A ball game machine characterized by having two outlets.   The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the rocking body can visually recognize a game ball in the rocking body.   A first drop part for dropping a game ball from the first discharge port to a position where it can easily enter the ball entry means, and a game ball from the second discharge port are placed under the swinging body. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a second dropping section that drops the means to a position where it is difficult to enter the ball.   The oscillating body has a bottom wall portion that is recessed at the center side and a peripheral wall portion that surrounds the bottom wall portion, and has a dish shape that opens on the upper side, and the ball guide passage is provided at one end side in the left-right direction of the oscillating body. The bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the ball game machine is arranged.   The rocking body has a dish shape that is long in the left-right direction, and a game ball that moves to the one side in the left-right direction along the front side of the peripheral wall portion is provided on the peripheral wall portion on the opposite side of the ball guide passage. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 4, further comprising a curved portion that guides to the rear side.   The pivot shaft is arranged in the left-right direction at the center of the rocking body in the front-rear direction, the ball guide passage is arranged in front of the pivot shaft, and on the opposite side of the peripheral wall portion from the ball guide passage in front of the pivot shaft. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 5, wherein the curved portion is arranged.   The bottom wall is provided with an obstacle part in which the game ball is less likely to roll than both the left and right and front and rear sides, and the first outlet is provided in the obstacle, and the second outlet is provided on the left and right sides of the obstacle. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the ball game machines are arranged respectively.   The obstruction part is a bulging part that bulges to the upper side of the left and right and both front and rear sides substantially at the center of the bottom wall part, and a game ball to the first dropping part on both the front and rear sides of the first dropping part. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 7, wherein a guide groove for guiding the ball is provided.   A central structure having a front structure mounted on the front surface of the game board and an image display means mounted corresponding to a display window of the front structure, and on the front lower side of the image display means The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the stage is provided in a front structure.

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