JP2012106039A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for a machine board structure whereby overlapping discharge gutters on a machine board provided in a game machine are integrated into one discharge gutter.SOLUTION: A ball draining passage 73 provided in a machine board 37 is designed so that balls can be discharged into a discharged-ball collecting gutter 75 provided at the center. Game balls drained, game balls whose wins have been detected, and game balls from an out hole 79 are collected and can be discharged from a ball discharge opening 49 to the inside of a game machine installation island. In this way, a single/multiple arrangement is made possible and the operation of assembling the machine board 37 is simplified, which results in the contribution to cost reduction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for simplifying a mechanism board provided in a gaming machine.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in gaming machines that play pachinko games, a player fires a game ball at an arbitrary position on the game board surface by operating a launch handle, and the fired game ball enters a game entrance provided on the board surface. As a result, a prize is obtained and a game ball is paid out as a prize ball so that a player can acquire the game ball. This game machine can receive a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls according to the type and form of the entrances that have entered the ball, and pachinko machines and arrange ball machines that use so-called pachinko balls as game balls. It is well known and widely used as an easy entertainment.
On the board surface of the game board, there are provided a large number of game nails, windmills, and the like that randomly change the falling game balls in the flying direction and the rebounding direction. In addition, the game balls are manufactured in a shape slightly deviated from the perfect circle, and furthermore, the surface of the game balls is usually engraved with the inscriptions of each game store. Therefore, even if fired in the same way, the game ball rarely follows the exact same falling path.

For this reason, the number of award balls that can be earned depends greatly on luck, but it is also an empirical fact that there is a certain range depending on the skill of the launch operation. I am sure of the causal relationship. Therefore, if the player is lucky enough to acquire a large number of prize balls, he / she thinks that he has called the luck by his skill, and gets the satisfaction.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the appeal of gaming is where this luck and skill are subtly intermingled.
By the way, many electronic devices are attached to the mechanism board provided at the back of pachinko gaming machines and arrange ball gaming machines typified by today's gaming machines, and a number of parts related to the discharge of gaming balls are also provided. The route is configured.

However, the game ball discharge path of the above-mentioned mechanism board is generally composed of a triple path, which requires many molded parts and many human resources for assembly.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the front of the mechanism board that has been conventionally used (the rear is the back when viewed from the gaming machine), with the lid being removed.
The mechanism panel 100 has a substantially rectangular shape, and a ball tank 101 is provided on the top thereof. The game balls flowing out from the ball tank 101 are connected to a curve rail 103 via three tank rails 102 (not shown), and from this curve rail 103, two rows of prize ball replenishment baskets 104 and one row of rental balls are connected. The ball replenishing basket 105 is branched, and the prize ball replenishing basket 104 is connected to the prize ball dispensing device 106, and the ball supplementing basket 105 is connected to the ball rental dispensing device 107, respectively.

Below the prize ball payout device 106, a prize ball discharge rod 114 is provided, and the prize ball payout device 106 is connected to the prize ball discharge rod 114. On the other hand, a rental ball discharge basket 115 is provided below the rental ball dispenser 107, and the rental ball dispenser 107 is connected to the rental ball discharge basket 115. Below the winning ball discharge basket 114 and the rental ball discharging basket 115 is a winning ball rental / merging section 116, and below the winning ball rental / merging section 116 is a payout outlet 117. The payout / discharge port 117 is connected to an upper plate (not shown).
The winning ball paying device 106 immediately executes paying out of the winning ball upon detection of the winning, and the paying ball paying device 107 immediately performs the lending and discharging operation of the gaming ball when a gaming ball lending request is issued. . The game balls discharged from each are led to the upper plate.

A winning ball tank 119 for collecting game balls entered from a winning opening provided in the game board is provided below the center of the mechanism board 100, and the bottom portion is inclined to the lower right.
An overflow bulb passage 120 having an inclination is provided below the discharge outlet 117, and a lower dish passage 109 is connected to a downstream portion of the overflow bulb passage 120. A winning ball ball 121 is provided on the lower side of the overflow ball passage 120, and an inlet of the winning ball ball 121 is connected to a winning ball tank 119.
A junction passage rod 118 is connected to the downstream portion of the winning ball ball 121, and a collection ball discharge port 110 is connected to the downstream portion of the junction passage rod 118.
The mechanism panel 100 is provided with a ball removal lever 112 and is connected to a ball removal valve 111 provided in two rows of prize ball replenishment rods 104 and one row of ball rental replenishment rods 105.
Below the ball release valve 111, a ball removal discharge rod 113 is attached and connected to the junction passage rod 118.

The game balls that enter the winning opening of the game board (not shown) detect the winning, and then, from the winning ball tank 119 through the winning ball processing ball cage 121 and the junction passage cage 116, the above-mentioned gaming machine from the collection ball outlet 110. It is discharged inside the installation island.
The game board which is not shown is provided with an out port 108 (position shown by a dotted line), and a game ball which could not be won is collected from the out port 108 through an out ball discharge passage 122 shown by a dotted line. 110 is discharged into the aforementioned gaming machine installation island. If a lot of winnings occur and the game balls are full on the upper plate, the game balls will overflow, and the overflowing game balls will overflow into the overflow ball passage 120 and go through the lower plate passage 109 to the lower plate whose illustration is omitted. Derived. A bent hook called a bucket is provided between the lower plate passage 109 and the lower plate, and this bucket is attached to the front frame side (not shown).

  During the maintenance of the gaming machine, it may be necessary to discharge the gaming balls in the ball tank 101 and the tank rail 102. At this time, when the ball release lever 112 is operated, the ball release valve 111 is opened, and the game balls in the ball tank 101 and the tank rail 102 are passed from the collection ball discharge port 110 via the ball discharge discharge rod 113 and the junction passage rod 118. It is discharged into the installation island. Although the detailed drawing is omitted, the ball discharge / discharge rod 113 has a single structure, so a dedicated lid is required and is fixed by a plurality of screws.

  The above is the description of the structural operation of the conventional mechanism panel. As can be seen from the figure, the overflow ball passage 120 is formed on the front side, the winning ball ball 121 is next, and the out ball discharge passage 122 is formed on the rear side. The out ball discharge passage 122 is formed into the same molded body on the flat mechanism panel 100, and the winning ball tank 119 and the winning ball ball 121 are fixed with screws, and the overflow ball passage 120 to the lower dish passage 109 are further fixed thereon. These parts are attached sequentially with screws. In this way, at least four molds are required, and at the same time, when a game ball is clogged inside, it has an unfavorable structure that the ball clog cannot be resolved unless the whole is disassembled. .

Next, since the ball discharging / dispensing basket 113, the prize ball supplementing basket 104, and the ball rental supplementing basket 105 have different heights, a separate die is required for each basket. The configuration described above is the same as the configuration proposed in Japanese Patent No. 2775640 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-141.
As can be seen from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-204936 proposed for reference, the ball passage is the same as before, and the overflow ball passage and the winning ball tank overlap.

The proposed one and the one shown in FIG. 7 are complicated in the overlap of each discharge rod, and this complexity is an increase in molding mold and an increase in assembling time, which is very disadvantageous in terms of cost. It has become.
When a ball is removed from the ball removal / dispensing basket 113 shown in FIG. 7, remaining balls are generated in the prize ball supplementing basket 104 and the ball rental supplementing basket 105. Therefore, the ball removing apparatus proposed in the past is performed using power such as a solenoid or a motor so that all game balls are discharged.
In the ball removing device, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-20282, the ball is drawn using power. In addition, switching to Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-85815, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-102248, Japanese Patent No. 29998458 and the like is performed using the same configuration.
In view of this complicated mechanism board, the following is proposed.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a ball tank is provided at an upper portion, a tank rail is provided below the ball tank, and a payout device (67) is provided at a downstream portion of the tank rail to collect the winning balls. And a mechanism board (37) to which a game board (16) is attached, the mechanism board (37) is provided with a ball removal passage (73) for discharging unnecessary game balls, and the mechanism board ( 37) the payout device (67) and the ball extraction passage (73) are unevenly distributed on the right side when viewed from the back side, and the mechanism panel (37) forms an opening on the left side of the payout device (67), The discharge ball assembly cage is formed in the vicinity of the lower part of the game board (16) and below the outlet (79) of the game board (16), and the ball passage (73) is arranged close to the opening. When the ball removing means (53) is operated, the dispensing device (67) is made. The game balls that flow into the payout device (67) without flowing are allowed to flow down to the ball removal passage (73), and are emitted to the discharge ball assembly cage to unnecessary game balls and game boards from the ball removal passage (73). The game balls that have not been won and collected are collected and assembled, and a ball discharge port (49) is provided below the discharge ball collection cage. The discharge ball assembly cage near the bottom of the out port (79) When viewed from the back of the board (37), an inclined surface (75) descending to the right from the vicinity of the lower left end of the opening, and an inclined surface (75a) descending to the left from the vicinity of the lower right end of the opening. It is characterized by gathering game balls.
The structure that collects and collects winning balls, unnecessary gaming balls from the ball exit passage, and gaming balls that have not won the winning ball collection cage can simplify the structure of the mechanism panel, reduce the number of parts to be installed, and reduce the effort to install. be able to.

1 is an overall perspective view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a rear view of the gaming machine. It is a front view of the game board used for the said gaming machine. It is a front view of the mechanism board which comprises the said gaming machine. FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a dispensing device provided on the mechanism panel, in which (a) is a stationary diagram and (b) is a diagram in which a ball removing operation is started. It is the perspective view which provided the three said dispensing devices in a row. It is a front view of the mechanism board explaining the conventional fault. It is the block diagram which showed the electrical connection relationship between each control apparatus provided in the said gaming machine, and each electric component.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings based on the drawings.
In addition, the gaming machine of the present invention is a property that requires a special steering wheel operation (that belongs to the so-called “type 3 special electric machine-equipped gaming machine”), also known as the allapachi “arrange ball gaming machine”, It can be widely applied to those belonging to the ball ball, etc., and other gaming machines that are also not in the game rules, and is not limited to the following examples at all, but various as long as it belongs to the technical scope of the present invention It goes without saying that it can take forms.

FIG. 1 shows an entire pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. This pachinko gaming machine is described as a gaming machine 10.
The gaming machine 10 is provided with an outer frame 11 having a rectangular outer shape, and a front frame 12 is attached to the outer frame so as to be opened and closed. The outer frame 11 is also a mounting means for fixing to the gaming machine installation island, which is not shown in the amusement store, and is pivotally supported by the front frame 12 and the hinge mechanism 13 at the upper left and right ends of the outer frame 11. The front frame 12 can be opened and closed to the front side (player side) at the time of maintenance.

A metal frame 14 made of a metal sash and having a window frame shape is attached to the inside of the front frame 12, and the inner periphery of the metal frame 14 is edged with the left side of the metal frame 14 as a support shaft. A glass frame 15 formed in a sash shape is hinged so as to be openable and closable. A transparent plate glass (not shown) is double-fitted into the glass frame 15 at a considerable interval.
A game board 16 illustrated by a dotted line is housed in the back of the glass sheet, and faces the player with the glass sheet in between.
The front frame 12 is provided with an open lock 17 capable of opening the front frame 12 itself and the glass frame 15. When a key (not shown) is inserted into the open lock 17 and turned to the right, the front frame 12 can be opened and left The glass frame 15 can be opened by turning to. When closing, each is automatically latched by pushing into its original position.

A ball extraction hole 18, which will be described in detail later, is provided on the left side of the center of the front frame 12, and a ball extraction rod held by a store clerk of the game store can be inserted during maintenance.
A top lamp 19 having three display parts is attached to the upper part of the front frame 12, and a probability change display part 21 for notifying that the center of the top lamp 19 is easily hit is provided. A special game display unit 20 for notifying that the right and left of the probability change display unit 21 has been hit is provided. Since the special game display unit 20 and the probability change display unit 21 are well known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

A bathtub-shaped upper plate 22 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be pressed against the bottom of the metal frame 14, and the upper plate 22 can be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown) provided on the metal frame 14. It can be released to the player only when released.
The upper plate 22 is composed of a concave plate portion 23 so that a game ball can be held. When the game ball is launched, the upper plate 22 is also an upper plate 22 for supplying the game ball to the launch point. Since the dispensing outlet 24 is opened so that the sphere can be discharged, it is also stored.
A lower plate 25 is secured to the front frame 12 by a nut (not shown) below the upper plate 22, and an overflow outlet 27 is opened in the lower plate 25. An overflow ball passage 48, which will be described later, is connected to the inside of the lower plate 25 when game balls paid out to the upper plate 22 overflow. Accordingly, game balls overflowing from the upper plate 22 are discharged to the lower plate 25 through the overflow ball passage 48.

The upper plate 22 is provided with a ball removal button 26, and the player operates the ball removal button 26 so that a game ball held in the upper plate 22 is removed from the lower plate 25 through a ball removal operation (not shown). The game balls to be discharged are discharged from the overflow ball discharge port 27 to the lower plate 25. When the lower plate 25 is full of game balls, the game ball on the lower plate 25 can be moved to another box by operating a lower plate ball removal lever (not shown).
A sound output unit 28 is built in the left side of the lower plate 25, and the sound output unit 28 is provided with a speaker. An operation unit provided with a known lending button, a settlement button and a balance display unit (not shown) is attached to the center of the lower plate 25.

On the left side of the sound output unit 28, a launching handle 29 capable of launching a game ball to the game board 16 is attached.
A firing stop button 30, a touch display unit 32, and a ring-shaped launch lever 31 that is biased counterclockwise are attached to the launch handle 29.
When the player touches the launch lever 31, the touch display unit 32 emits light and starts firing. By arbitrarily rotating the launch lever 31 in the clockwise direction, the game ball can be blown to a desired position on the game board 16, and the launch is temporarily stopped by pressing the launch stop button 30 during launch. When the stop button 30 is released, firing is resumed.

A card reader 33 is provided on the left side of the gaming machine 10, and the card reader 33 is provided with an abnormality display section 34, a card insertion slot 35, and a guidance display section 36 that normally displays nothing, and a prepaid (not shown). When a card or IC card is inserted into the card insertion slot 35, characters are displayed on the guide display section 36, indicating that a prepaid card has been inserted, and can be operated with the operation section of the lower plate 25 described above. Is displayed as “Availing game balls”. Further, the guidance display unit 36 can display when the inserted prepaid card has been used, and can display the current balance and the display of the issuer of the prepaid card. When the IC card is inserted, in addition to the above display, the user ID number, the user initial, and the management company name are displayed.
In addition, the guidance display unit 36 can also display that a malfunction has occurred in the card reader 33 and that there are not enough game balls lent out to the gaming machine and game balls to be paid out for prize balls. Yes.

  The anomaly display unit 34 checks whether the prepaid card has already been digested from the issued number of the prepaid card or a superposed number by registering with the registration data of the prepaid card management computer (details omitted). Then, it is judged whether it has been illegally rewritten, and if it is an illegal prepaid card, it is displayed. Although the abnormality display unit 34 is not shown in the drawing, “illegal card display” is written below the abnormality display unit 34. Furthermore, since the abnormality display unit 34 is provided in the upper front portion, it can be monitored from around. Therefore, it is difficult for fraudulent players to cheat and has an excellent crime prevention effect. Moreover, even if fraud is done, it is possible to respond immediately to the store clerk.

Next, the back side configuration of the gaming machine 10 described above will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a view showing the back side of the gaming machine 10. When viewed from the back side of the gaming machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, the card reader 33 described above is provided on the right side of the gaming machine 10. It is the figure which showed a mode that the various mechanisms hold | maintained by the outer frame 11 were provided.
A plate 45 for holding the game board 16 is attached to the back of the front frame 12 but the whole is not shown. The plate 45 is provided with a female mechanism board hinge 38 and a male mechanism board fastening device 39. It has been.
A mechanism board 37 is attached to the back of the front frame 12, and a male mechanism board hinge 38 and a female mechanism board fastening tool 39 are provided on the right and upper sides of the mechanism board 37. Thus, the mechanism panel 37 can be opened with the mechanism panel hinge 38 as a support shaft.

If the mechanism board fastening tool 39 is removed and the mechanism board 37 is opened, the situation of the game board 16 fixed by a game board fastening lever (not shown) can be seen. It can be removed by operating the lever (not shown).
A ball tank 40 is attached to the upper part of the mechanism panel 37, a tank rail 41 is provided below the ball tank 40, and a replenishment detector 42 is provided below the tank rail 41. The tank rail 41 has an inclination of about 3 degrees, and a game ball replenished to the ball tank 40 flows down through the tank rail 41.

The replenishment detector 42 is configured to detect whether or not the game tank is insufficient in the ball tank 40. If the game balls are insufficient, a request for replenishment of game balls is sent to the game store management computer whose illustration is omitted. It is designed to make a call.
A curve rail 43 is connected to the downstream side of the tank rail 41. The tank rail 41 and the curve rail 43 have a three-row configuration. One row is a rental ball rail and two rows are prize ball rails. This will be described later.
A game information communication terminal 44 is attached to the right side of the ball tank 40 so as to be able to output a supply request from the supply detector 42, receive a game stop command, and output various game information.

A mechanism board hanging portion 46 is provided on the plate 45 below the mechanism board 37 so that the mechanism board 37 can be held in a fixed position. A bucket 47 is provided below the mechanism panel 37 and on the back of the front frame 12. An overflow ball passage 48 and a ball discharge port 49 shown by dotted lines are provided below the mechanism board 37, and a discharge passage lid 54 is attached to the overflow ball passage 48. (The inside is shown in the following figure)
The overflow ball passage 48 is filled with the game ball in the plate portion 23, and when the game ball is continuously discharged, the game ball overflows. It goes out to the dish 25. A full detector 50 is attached to the left side of the overflow ball passage 48, and the full plate rises as the lower plate is full and the overflow of the overflow ball continues, so that the full detector 50 works.

A payout device 67, which will be described later, is provided on the center right side of the mechanism panel 37. A transparent payout device lid 51 is attached to the payout device 67 so that the inside can be confirmed.
The payout device lid 51 is provided with a known nail latch 52. The payout device cover 51 can be fixed by placing the lower portion of the payout device cover 51 on the mechanism panel 37 to cover the payout device 67 and pushing in the nail latch 52.
On the left side of the curve rail 43, a ball pulling lever 53, which will be described later, is provided. A winding spring is inserted into the ball pulling lever 53 and biased in one direction. Although a detailed view is omitted, it can be moved left and right by a vertical support shaft, and since a winding spring is inserted into the support shaft, it returns to its original state even if it is pushed in one direction.

  The mechanism board 37 is attached with a main control device 55 as various determination means for controlling the whole progress of the game, and various sub-control devices for operating each part of the gaming machine 10 by one-way communication with the main control device 55. This sub-control device is based on a well-known symbol display device 56, a lamp control device 57 for operating each decoration lamp and solenoid, a power supply control device 58 for supplying various electric powers of the entire gaming machine 10, and winning and renting A payout control device 59 for controlling payout, a launch control device 62 for controlling the game ball to be fired on the game board 16, a sound control device 60 for controlling various sound effect outputs, and the like are attached.

Among the above, a special power supply unit (not shown) is provided inside the power supply control device 58, and this special power supply unit performs power backup of each RAM of the sub-control device to prevent instantaneous power failure, power failure, It comes to correspond to.
The game information communication terminal 44 is provided with a power supply port related to the gaming machine 10, and a power cord 66 is connected to the power supply port. The power cord 66 is made of a transparent cord, and a plug made of a three-pole terminal (not shown) at the tip is also transparent. The cord is provided with a voltage limiting means seal attached to the power control device 58 side. Is attached with a fluorescently colored connector (not shown). A power switch 65 is attached to the power control device 58, and the power switch 65 has a built-in voltage cutoff breaker (not shown).

  A known launching device 61 is attached to the mechanism board 37, and this launching device 61 is provided with a launching rod 63 illustrated by a dotted line. When the launching lever 31 connected to the launching handle 29 shown in FIG. 1 is rotated, the launching device 61 rotates the launching motor (not shown) by the drive power supply of the launching control device 62 and is attached to the launching motor. It is possible to cause the game ball to fly to the game board 16 by flipping the launcher 63 with a launch cam (not shown).

Next, the configuration of 16 game boards installed in the gaming machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board 16 built in the front frame 12.
A symbol display device 56 is attached to the approximate center of the game board 16, and a symbol display device window 130 is attached so as to cover the symbol display device 56. A known ordinary electric accessory 131 and a special electric accessory 132 are provided below the symbol display device window 130. A stage 134 is provided in the lower part of the symbol display device window 130, and the warped game ball falls from the stage 134 toward the entrance of the ordinary electric accessory 131. When a game ball wins the ordinary electric accessory 131, the symbol of the symbol display device 56 changes, and six game balls are paid out as prize balls.
A normal winning opening 135 is attached to both sides of the symbol display device window 130. When a game ball is won, six game balls are paid out as prize balls.
The side of the special electric accessory 132 is also provided with a regular winning sleeve winning opening, and when it wins, six game balls are paid out. The special electric accessory 132 is provided with an attacker 137, and when a prize is won, 15 game balls are paid out. Details of the payout structure will be described later.

The main body configuration of the mechanism panel 37 described above with reference to FIG. 2 will be described.
4, the mechanism board 37 described in FIG. 2 is removed from the mechanism board hinge 38 which is detachable by removing the mechanism board fastening member 39 from the front frame 12, and the dispensing device cover 51 and the discharge passage cover 54 are removed. It is the figure which showed the state which removed.
A ball tank 40 is attached to the mechanism panel 37, and a tank rail inclined by 3 degrees is provided under the ball tank 40. A curved rail 43 is connected to the downstream side of the tank rail 41, and a relay rod 68 having the same shape is connected to the downstream side of the curved rail 43 in three stages. The relay rod 68 stacked in three stages is connected to a payout device 67 in which the same ones are stacked in three stages. A release lever 70 and a holding lever 71 are attached to the payout device 67. Among these, the release lever 70 is provided with a ball removal linkage 69 that connects the release lever 70 and the ball removal lever 53, and is illustrated in FIG. When a ball pulling rod held by a store clerk is inserted into the ball pulling hole 18, the release lever 70 is interlocked. Further, when the release lever 70 is operated, the holding lever 71 is operated. This relationship will be described later.

A payout ball passage 72 and a ball withdrawal passage 73 are provided below the payout device 67, and a buffer shaft 74 capable of absorbing the falling impact of the game ball is provided in the middle of the payout ball passage 72. ing.
At the center lower part of the mechanism board 37, a discharge ball collecting rod 75 is provided. The discharge ball collecting rod 75 is generally called a winning ball tank and is used for collecting game balls that have entered the winning hole of the gaming board. Is provided. The present embodiment is also assembled as indicated by solid arrows A and B in the same manner, but the other will be described later.

The upper end of the payout ball passage 72 is provided with an upper tray overflow port 76 connected to the payout outlet 24 shown in FIG. 1, and when the game ball continues to be paid out when the upper ball is full of game balls, As shown by the broken line arrow F, the game ball starts to fall from the upper plate overflow port 76.
At the lower tip of the ball removal passage 73, a game ball that falls when a ball removal described later is activated flows in a broken line arrow C.
An overflow ball passage 48 indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 2 is provided below the mechanism panel 37, and an overflow bell 77 and a full operation lever 50 </ b> A of the full detector 50 are attached to the overflow ball passage 48. Yes. A lower tray passage 78 having an inclination angle is provided below the overflow ball passage 48, and a bucket 47 attached to the front frame 12 side is connected to the lower tray passage 78. Is discharged from the lower plate passage 78 through the bucket 47 to the overflow ball outlet 27 of the lower plate 25 shown in FIG.
As described above, from the dispensing device 67 to the lower dish passage 78, there is no portion of the superposition structure of the moss, and the entire structure is substantially constituted by one mold.

The structure and function of the above-described payout device 67 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams in which a cover unit 81A, which will be described later, is removed as a single unit of the dispensing device 67, in which FIG. 5A shows a function stationary state, and FIG.
The structure of the dispensing device 67 will be described with reference to (a). The dispensing device 67 has a substrate 81 as a housing, and the substrate 81 has a supply port 86, a dispensing port 88 and a discharge port 89 formed integrally with the substrate 81. The release lever shaft 91, the holding shaft 93, and the rotation adjusting shaft 97 are inserted, and four combined screw holes 81B and two connecting screw holes 81C are provided. A sprocket 82, a ball confirmation sensor 83, and a discharge solenoid 85 are attached to the substrate 81. Among these, the sprocket 82 is rotatable by an insert shaft (not shown) and passively pays out a game ball. The sphere confirmation sensor 83 includes two sensors, one for detecting a shortage of spheres and the other for detecting the number of passages, both of which are constituted by sensors. There is a space of 0.75 game balls between the ball shortage detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of game balls and the number of passage detection sensors for detecting the number of game balls passed, and the ball shortage detection sensor is always on. The presence / absence of a game ball is confirmed, and the passing number detection sensor is always in an OFF state. The sensor that is always in the OFF state detects the number of passing game balls, and sends out the game balls to be paid out to the main control device 55 each time it is detected.

  The discharge solenoid 85 uses a flapper type solenoid, and a coil portion (not shown) is formed in an elliptical shape so as to fit the inside of the casing of the substrate 81 and the lid portion 81A. A discharge fixing portion 96 is attached to the electromagnetic valve of the discharge solenoid 85, and a roller (not shown) is attached to the tip portion. When the power of the discharge solenoid 85 is not energized, the rotation of the sprocket 82 is stopped and the rotation of the sprocket 82 is allowed by energization. Accordingly, the game ball is discharged by energization, and the discharge of the game ball is stopped by non-energization.

A rotation adjuster 84 is fitted on the rotation adjustment shaft 97. The rotation adjuster 84 has a V shape, and a rotatable rotation adjustment weight 98 that can be rotated is attached to one end portion. A rotation resistor 99 is attached to the tip of the. With this configuration, the sprocket 82 rotates at a constant speed.
The release lever shaft 91 is fitted with a balance-like release lever 70 and can be tilted with the center as a support shaft. A connecting shaft 90 is provided at the upper tip, and a release plate 92 is provided at the lower tip. A ball removal continuous rod 69 is connected to the continuous shaft 90. The release lever shaft 91 is movable in the arrow D direction.
A holding lever 71 is fitted on the holding shaft 93, and a holding weight 94 and a holding plate 95 are provided on the holding lever 71. The holding lever 71 can tilt in the direction of the broken line arrow A with the holding shaft 93 as a support shaft. It has become.

A decompression section 87 is provided downstream of the supply port 86, and the sprocket 82 decompresses the load of the game ball from the upstream. When the discharge solenoid 85 is actuated, the payout fixing portion 96 is disengaged from the sprocket 82, the sprocket 85 becomes free and rotation is started by pressurization of the game ball, and the game ball held in the sprocket 85 is indicated by the arrow from the payout port 88. G is discharged in the direction G, and the next game ball is replenished by the rotation of the sprocket 85. When the ball confirmation sensor 83 counts the specified number, the energization of the discharge solenoid 85 is stopped, and the payout fixing portion 96 is connected to the sprocket 85. Stop rotation.
The above is the payout operation. Next, the ball pulling operation will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5A shows a stationary state. At this time, when the ball pulling rod 69 operates in the direction of the arrow D, the state becomes as shown in FIG.
When a ball extraction rod (not shown) is inserted into the ball extraction hole 18 shown in FIG. 1 and pushed in, the ball extraction lever 53 shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 moves (returns to b in FIG. 5). Are linked in the direction of arrow D. When the ball pulling rod 69 is interlocked, the release lever 70 is operated, the release plate 92 of the release lever 70 is disengaged from the holding plate 95 of the holding lever 71, and the holding lever 71 is tilted in the direction of the broken line arrow A. If there is a game ball on the sprocket 82 at this time, the holding lever 71 is pushed up from the sprocket 82 by the weight of the game ball itself in the direction of the broken arrow A and is held open at the tip of the release lever 70. In this state, the game ball is discharged from the discharge port 89 in the direction of arrow F.

When the discharge of the game ball is completed, the holding lever 71 tries to return to the original state by the weight of the holding weight 94. Therefore, when the ball pulling rod is pushed again into the ball pulling hole 18 and the release lever 70 is tilted, the holding weight 94 is retained. It returns to the opposite of the direction of the broken arrow A with the weight of. As a result, the release plate 92 and the holding plate 71 are connected to return to the original state.
The structure for attaching the above-described payout device 67 to the mechanism panel 37 will be described with reference to the perspective view of FIG. 6. The payout device 67 has a three-piece configuration, and is a rental ball payout device 67A from the back side, followed by a prize ball payout device 67B. And a prize ball payout device 67C. Each substrate 81 incorporates the above-described mechanism, and the cover 81A is combined with the substrate 81, and the combined screw hole 81B is fixed by four screws. When a plurality of dispensing devices 67 are stacked, the plurality of dispensing devices 67 are simply stacked on the mechanism panel 37 and stopped by the connecting screw holes 81C. With this configuration, it is possible to stack any number of pieces, and not only gaming machines but also ball rental machines can be used.

A sensor connector 83B is attached to the ball check sensor 83 provided on the substrate 81 of the payout device 67 so that it can be connected to the main control device 55, and a ferrite magnet 83A is provided on the back side of the lid portion 81A of the payout device 67. An alpha moss sheet (not shown) made of an alpha moss magnetic material is pasted.
The ball check sensor 83 is configured to check a steel ball by a combination of magnetism and an oscillation coil. Since there is magnetism, the oscillating waveform is distorted and output. Since the waveform is distorted, it is difficult to receive linear external noise and it has excellent noise resistance. The ball check sensor 83 stops oscillation when the game ball is at a specific position, and is output at the “H” level when the oscillation is stopped. Since the alpha moss sheet has excellent effects against noise and magnetic resistance, the ferrite magnet 83A does not affect other oscillation coils, and also has excellent effects against external magnetism and external noise. Can demonstrate.

The electrical configuration of the gaming machine 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to a block diagram.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram related to electrical connection of the gaming machine 10.
The gaming machine 10 is provided with a main controller 55. The microcomputer of the main controller 55 is a one-chip microcomputer having an 8-bit configuration, and includes a security ROM and a RAM that performs arithmetic and temporary storage. The peripheral circuit is connected to a game control ROM, an input buffer, an output port, and the like.
What is connected to the input side of the main controller 55 is, first, a specific start detection unit (not shown) built in the ordinary electric accessory 131 on the game board 16 side, and an ordinary built in the ordinary electric accessory 131. A start detection unit (not shown), a continuation detection unit (V detection) and a specified number detection unit (both not shown in the figure) built in the special electric accessory 132, a normal winning port 135 and a sleeve winning port 136 are built in. A winning detection sensor not shown is connected.

On the mechanism panel 37 side, the ball tank 40 is provided with a normally open contact type replenishment detector 42, a ball check sensor 83 (ball shortage detection sensor and passage number detection sensor) built in the dispensing device 67, a lower plate 25 is connected to a contact-type full detector 50 for detecting that the game ball is full.
The signal transmission on the output side of the main control device 55 is unidirectional, and a known symbol display device 56 provided in the approximate center of the game board, a lamp control device 57 for driving a decoration lamp and a solenoid, and lending and winning game balls. Are a payout control device 59 that controls the payout of prize balls, a sound control device 60 that controls the output of sound effects, and a launch control device 62 that controls the game board 16 to fire.

  The output of the lamp control device 57 is output to the solenoid that is not shown in the special electric accessory 132 on the game board 16 side, the solenoid that is not shown in the figure, and the solenoid that is not shown in the figure, and the special electric accessory 132. Built-in special electric accessory lamp and continuation display lamp, not shown, and winning port lamp, windmill lamp, side lamp, tank window decoration lamp not shown in the figure and built in the regular winning opening 135 are connected. A special game display unit 20 and a probability change display unit 21 of the top lamp 19 provided on the front frame 12 side. The game information output is also controlled so that the game information can be output from the game information communication terminal 44 to the management computer in one direction.

  The input side of the payout control device 59 controls the lending of game balls according to commands from the main control device 55, the payout of game balls as prize balls based on winnings, and the input of prepaid card information from the card reader 33; Output and operation information from a card operation unit not shown. The output side of the payout control device 59 is connected to the game information communication terminal 44 so that the lending and prize ball payout information can be transmitted to the management computer, and the ball of the ornamental hood attached to the upper part of the game board 16 (not shown). A payout display unit, a prize ball payout display unit, and a discharge solenoid 85 provided in the payout device 67. Since the discharge solenoid 85 is provided with three dispensing devices 67, the number of discharge solenoids 85 is also three.

  The launch control device 62 is controlled by command information from the main control device 55 on the input side, but also inputs independently. The inputs are the launch lever 31 and launch stop button 30 provided on the launch handle 29, and the launch motor is stopped at a fixed position when the launch is stopped. A stop detection unit, a glass frame open detection and a front frame open detection (not shown) are connected. The glass frame open detection and the front frame open detection are connected in this manner because if the game ball is being fired, the game ball will jump out and must be stopped. Next, the output side is a touch display unit 32 provided in the launch handle 29 and a launch motor provided in the launch device 61 and not shown, and further connected to a signal line capable of transmitting bidirectional signals. Is connected to the game information communication terminal 44.

A signal line capable of bidirectional signal transmission is controlled by a signal from the management computer, and information is transmitted to the management computer, such as the number of shots per hour and the calculation of the operating rate. This is to cooperate with the payout control device 59 to calculate abnormality information, and to stop the firing when a large amount of game balls are paid out even though there is no big hit. In addition, since the operation rate is calculated and sent to the management computer together with the touch signal and the fixed point stop signal from the point stop detection unit, if there is no fixed point stop signal even if the touch signal is detected, there is something wrong with the launch. Because of this, the management computer is also informed the store clerk. Furthermore, since the detection of the opening of the glass frame and the detection of the opening of the front frame are also sent to the management computer, it can be seen from the call signal and the OR that the maintenance is performed. It is possible to respond by reporting.
The input of the voice control device 60 receives command information related to the voice output from the main control device 55, and the output is the voice output unit 28.

  The above is the description related to the connection state and control of the respective control devices provided in the gaming machine 10 according to the block diagram. In addition, the connection harness wire between each control apparatus of this embodiment and the electrical component is connected by a KV2 transparent wire, thereby facilitating the discovery of illegal parts such as a “hanging board” concealed in the harness wire. In addition to this, the harness wire for power supply is a KV4 transparent wire, and the ground wire (not shown) is also connected by a transparent harness wire.

By unifying the gutters and passages of the mechanism panel 37, which is the main point of the present invention, the number of attachment parts can be reduced, the time and effort required for attachment can be reduced, and the cost can be greatly reduced.
Furthermore, as described above, by integrating an important part of the mechanism function into the dispensing device 67 and also incorporating a ball removal unit, the conventional ball removal device requires a complicated structure such as a switching valve by a motor and a solenoid. Therefore, the structure is more advantageous in terms of cost.

10 ... Game machine, 16 ... Game board, 18 ... Ball hole, 22 ... Upper plate, 23 ... Dish part,
24 ... Discharge outlet, 25 ... Lower plate, 27 ... Overflow outlet, 33 ... Card reader,
37 ... mechanical panel, 40 ... ball tank, 41 ... tank rail, 42 ... replenishment detector,
43 ... curve rail, 48 ... overflow ball passage, 49 ... ball outlet, 53 ... ball release lever,
55 ... main control device, 56 ... symbol display device, 57 ... lamp control device,
58 ... Power supply control device, 59 ... Payout control device, 60 ... Audio control device,
67 ... payout device, 67A ... rental ball payout device, 67B ... prize ball payout device,
69 ... Ball-removal rod, 70 ... Release lever, 71 ... Holding lever, 71 ... Holding plate,
72 ... Discharge ball passage, 73 ... Ball removal passage, 74 ... Buffer shaft, 75 ... Discharge ball assembly
76 ... upper plate overflow outlet, 77 ... overflow ball bell, 78 ... lower plate passage, 81 ... substrate
82 ... sprocket, 83 ... sphere check sensor, 83A ... ferrite magnet,
84 ... Rotation adjuster, 85 ... Sprocket, 85 ... Discharge solenoid,
88 ... Discharge port, 89 ... Discharge port, 90 ... Connecting shaft, 91 ... Release lever shaft,
92 ... Release plate, 93 ... Holding shaft, 94 ... Holding weight, 95 ... Holding plate,
96 ... Discharge fixing part, 97 ... Rotation adjustment shaft, 98 ... Rotation adjustment weight, 99 ... Rotation resistor.

Claims (1)

A game board (16) is provided with a ball tank at the top, a tank rail under the ball tank, a payout device (67) at the downstream of the tank rail, and a discharge ball collecting bowl for collecting winning balls. In a gaming machine equipped with a mechanism board (37) for attaching
The mechanism board (37) includes a ball extraction passage (73) for discharging unnecessary game balls,
The dispensing device (67) and the ball extraction passage (73) are unevenly distributed on the right side when viewed from the back of the mechanism panel (37),
The mechanism board (37) has an opening on the left side of the payout device (67), and the vertical position is below the opening and near the lower part of the out port (79) of the game board (16). Forming the discharge ball assembly cage;
The ball passage (73) is disposed close to the opening,
When the ball removal means (53) is operated, the game balls flowing into the payout device (67) without operating the payout device (67) are caused to flow down to the ball discharge passage (73),
Collect and collect unnecessary game balls from the ball removal passage (73) and game balls that have been launched on the game board and have not won a prize in the discharge ball assembly cage,
A ball outlet (49) is provided below the discharge ball assembly cage,
The discharge ball collecting rod in the vicinity of the lower part of the out port (79) has an inclined surface (75) that is lowered from the vicinity of the lower left end of the opening portion toward the right as viewed from the back surface of the mechanism panel (37), and Collecting the game balls with the inclined surface (75a) descending from the vicinity of the lower right end of the opening toward the left,
A gaming machine characterized by that.

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