JP2016034437A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an occurrence of jamming of game balls entering a winning device.SOLUTION: In a pinball game machine 1 where in a game board 4 having a game area 4a where game balls B flow down, game nails 13 changing flowdown directions of the game balls B are planted and which is provided with a winning device 17 the game balls B can enter, the winning device 17 has: a case 20 which has a bottom surface part 20d tilting downward in either a left direction or a right direction in a frontal view; a winning port 17 which is provided for an upper part of the case 20 and opens in the way that the game balls B can enter in the case 20; an opening/closing member 172 movable to a closing position disabling entrance of the game balls B into the winning port 171 and an opening position allowing the same; and a collection port 24 which is provided for a downstream side of the bottom surface part 20d and can introduce the game balls B. Inside the case 20, an expansion part 21 swelling to either a left direction or a right direction to be an upstream side of the bottom surface part 20d is provided; in a game area 4a above the winning port 171, a guide part 13a which can guide the game balls B entering the winning port 171 toward the expansion part 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine, and more particularly to a ball game machine equipped with a winning device capable of entering a game ball.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a ball game machine, a game device into which a game ball is thrown is provided with a winning device that allows a game ball to enter when the gaming state becomes a special gaming state, and the front surface of the winning device is formed by a transparent member. Thus, there is a game that enhances the interest of the game by making the rolling of the game ball entered into the winning device visible.

  For example, in the ball and ball game machine described in Patent Document 1 (“Pachinko game machine” in Patent Document 1), the front surface of the winning device is formed of a transparent member so that the inside of the winning device can be visually recognized by the player. In addition, by providing a winning ball counter in the winning device, the number of game balls won in the winning device can be known even when the winning device is closed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-024202

  However, in the ball game machine described in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of game balls wins the winning device at the same time, the game ball causes a ball biting phenomenon at a collection port provided inside the winning device. There is a possibility that a situation occurs in which the game ball is not led out from the collection port.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of preventing the occurrence of ball biting of a game ball that has entered a winning device.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a game board having a game area in which a game ball can flow down is provided with a game nail for changing the flow direction of the game ball, and a ball game having a winning device capable of entering the game ball In the machine, the winning device includes a case having a bottom portion that is inclined downward in either of the left and right directions in a front view, and a prize that is provided on the upper portion of the case and that opens a game ball into the case so as to enter the case. A mouth, a closed position that prevents the game ball from entering the winning opening, an open / close member that can be moved to an open position, and a recovery that is provided on the downstream side of the bottom surface and can introduce the game ball An extension portion that bulges to the other of the left and right directions upstream of the bottom surface portion, and enters the winning area in the game area above the winning area. It is possible to guide the game ball to the ball toward the expansion part. Providing a Do induction unit.

  According to a second invention, in the first invention, the width dimension in the left-right direction of the bottom surface portion including the extension portion is made larger than the width dimension in the left-right direction of the winning prize opening.

  According to a third invention, in the first invention or the second invention, the guide portion is the game nail.

  According to the present invention, since it is possible to delay the time until the game ball that has entered the winning device reaches the collection port, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of ball biting.

It is the perspective view seen from diagonally forward of the ball game machine 1 which concerns on this invention. Similarly, it is a front view of the game board 4 in the ball game machine 1. Similarly, it is a perspective view of the winning device 17 in which the opening and closing member 172 is a closed position as viewed obliquely from the front. Similarly, it is a perspective view of the winning device 17 in which the opening and closing member 172 is an open position as viewed obliquely from the front. It is an enlarged front view of the principal part.

Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims of the present application, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention. .

  In the following description, the horizontal direction of each part of the ball game machine 1 will be described according to the horizontal direction for a person facing the front of the ball game machine 1.

(Overall structure of the ball game machine 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, the ball game machine 1 includes a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed in an island facility of a game hall, and a left frame portion of the outer frame 2 around a vertical axis by a hinge (not shown). An inner frame 3 that can be freely opened and closed, a game board 4 (see FIG. 2) that is mounted on the inner frame 3 and that is assembled with various elements, and that is on the front side of the game board 4 and that is A glass plate (synthetic resin plate) 5a, which is a transparent plate that can be opened and closed around a vertical axis by a hinge (not shown), closes the front surface of the game board 4 and can be seen through by the player. A frame 5, a payout device (not shown) provided on the rear side of the game board 4 and capable of paying out game balls B such as prize balls and rental balls, and a game provided at the bottom of the glass frame 5 and paid out from the payout device A tray 6 for storing the sphere B, and a game ball stored in the tray 6 provided on the lower back side of the glass frame 5 And a launching device (not shown) for launching toward the game area 4 a formed on the front surface of the game board 4, and a game ball stored in the tray portion 6 provided at the lower right front of the glass frame 5 The launch handle 7 that is operated when B is launched into the game area 4a, the speakers 8L and 8R that are provided on the upper part of the glass frame 5 and output sound effects according to the game situation, and the game situation that is provided on the glass frame 5. In response to the lighting device 9 that performs lighting effects that are turned on, off, and blinking, the display device 10 (see FIG. 2) installed on the back side of the game board 4, and the back side of the game board 4, Various control devices (not shown) configured by a microcomputer for controlling game effects are provided.
The control device is divided into a main control device that controls the ball game machine 1 in an integrated manner (including a lottery lottery) and a sub-control device that performs a control related to the performance (including the effect lottery). May be.

  The display device 10 is installed on the rear side of the game board 4 and is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, so that the display screen 101 (see FIG. 2) visible to the player through the glass plate 5a is related to the game. A variety of information such as various characters and a design pattern (not shown) composed of numbers in the left column, middle column, and right column are varied and stopped, and a moving image corresponding to the gaming state at that time is displayed. By doing this, the game will be raised.

(Game board 4 and related structure)
As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 4 is formed in a substantially square shape when viewed from the front by a transparent synthetic resin plate such as an acrylic resin, and the front surface has a circular shape (elliptical shape) surrounded by the inner and outer guide rails 11, 11. Game area 4a is formed. The game ball B stored in the saucer unit 6 is launched from the launching device when the launching handle 7 is rotated, and guided to the upper left by the guide rails 11 and 11 inside and outside, so that the game area 4a It is introduced into the game area 4a from the upper left and can flow down.

A display window 121 that is open so that the effect symbol displayed on the display screen 101 can be visually recognized is provided at a substantially central portion of the game area 4a of the game board 4, and a frame is provided in front view with various patterns on the surface. The decorative frame 12 is fixed.
It should be noted that in some areas other than the display window 121 in the game board 4, an opaque decorative board with a pattern, coloring, or the like is attached so that the internal structure of the ball game machine 1 cannot be seen. Concealed.

  Further, the game area 4a includes a large number of game nails 13 and windmills 14 that change the flow direction of the game ball B driven into the game area 4a, and a display area 121 below the left area of the game area 4a ( The warp ball (game ball B) that has entered the warp hole 122 provided in the left part of the decorative frame 12 among the game balls B flowing down the left side of the decorative frame 12) is introduced toward the center, and the warp ball , A stage 123 that can roll in the left and right and front and rear directions, a game ball B that flows under the game area 4a, and a start winning opening that allows a warp ball that has fallen from the front side of the stage 123 to enter ( (Award opening) 15, the right area of the gaming area 4 a (the area on the right side of the decorative frame 12), through which the game ball B flowing down the right area can pass, and to the right of the starting winning opening 15 A game ball B When the gaming state shifts from the normal gaming state (hereinafter referred to as the normal gaming state) to the jackpot gaming state based on the result of the lottery performed with the winning at the start winning opening 15, it flows down the right area of the gaming area 4a. A winning device 17 capable of entering a right-handed game ball B (right-handed game ball B) and a start-winning game ball B which is at the lowermost end of the game area 4a and is driven into the game area 4a. A mouth 15 and an out mouth 18 that discharges the out ball (game ball B) that has not entered the winning device 17 to the back side of the game board 4 are provided.

In addition, a detection sensor (not shown) for detecting the entry of the game ball B is provided inside the start winning opening 15, and further, the game ball B is placed inside the winning device 17. A detection sensor 25 and a detection sensor 176a, which will be described later, are provided for detection. When a game ball B is detected, a predetermined number of game balls B are paid out to the player as prize balls.
Hereinafter, the game ball B entering the start winning opening 15 and detected by the detection sensor is referred to as winning, and similarly, the game ball B is received by the winning device 17 (a large winning opening 171 or a special prize to be described later). It is called winning a prize when the ball enters the mouth 173) and is detected by the detection sensor 25 or the detection sensor 176a.

  The right-handed game ball B is guided to the right area of the game area 4a through the right-handed passage 124 formed on the upper surface and the right outer peripheral surface of the decorative frame 12. The right-handed game ball B led out to the lower right area of the game area 4 a can pass through the through chucker 16 and can enter the winning device 17.

  The start winning opening 15 is a game ball winning opening that is always open upward, and the winning apparatus 17 is slidable back and forth so as to open and close a large winning opening (winning opening) 171 provided at the top. When the open / close member 172 is moved to the big hit game state, the open / close member 172 moves from the closed position for closing the big winning opening 171 to the opened position for opening, so that the game ball B is moved to the big winning opening 171. Make winnings possible.

  Further, the winning device 17 has an opening / closing member 174 that is slidable in the front-rear direction so as to be able to open and close a special winning port 173 provided at the upper right portion of the big winning port 171 and is in a big hit gaming state. When the game state shifts to the special game state, the opening / closing member 174 moves from the closed position for closing the special prize opening 173 to the open position for opening the game ball B, thereby allowing the game ball B to be awarded to the special prize opening 173.

  In the normal gaming state, the game ball B stored in the tray portion 6 is launched by the launching device, and when the game ball B driven into the game area 4a wins the start winning opening 15, As a result of the lottery executed by the control device provided on the back side of the gaming machine 1, a visual effect is displayed for a predetermined time on the display screen 101 in a predetermined effect mode based on a predetermined variation pattern. When the symbols are confirmed and displayed in a specific combination and a jackpot gaming state occurs, the opening / closing member 172 of the winning device 17 moves to the open position.

  The open / close member 172 moves to the closed position when the grand prize-winning port 171 is opened and ten game balls B are won in the big win port 171 or 30 seconds have passed since the open / close member 172 moved to the open position. .

In addition, when the detection sensor 25 provided in the winning device 17 detects that the game ball B that has won the big winning port 171 of the winning device 17 has passed through the specific area, the large winning port 171 is closed again after the closing. Open.
As a result, in the big hit game state, a large number of game balls B can be won in the big winning opening 171 of the winning device 17 in the open state, and a large number of game balls B are awarded as prize balls from the prize ball payout device (not shown). It is paid out to the tray part 6 in a short time. In addition, the game ball B that has won the winning device 17 is discharged to the rear side of the game board 4.

Next, the winning device 17 according to the present invention will be described.
3 to 5 is shown with a transparent cover 175 (described later) provided on the front surface removed.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the winning device 17 is installed in the lower right area of the game area 4 a in the game board 4 and is fixed in parallel to the board surface of the game board 4, and the front surface of the base part 19. Formed on the front and upper sides, a transparent cover 175 (see FIG. 2) formed of a transparent synthetic resin plate such as an acrylic resin that closes the front side of the case 20, and an upper portion of the case 20. It has a big prize opening 171 and an opening / closing member 172 that is installed directly above the big prize opening 171 and is slidable in the front-rear direction so as to open and close the big prize opening 171.

  Further, the winning device 17 is provided on the right side and the lower side of the case 20 and includes a crank-shaped guide path 176 in front view and a detection sensor 176a provided in the guide path 176. As a result, the game ball B enters the special winning opening 173 and passes through the detection sensor 176a in the guide path 176, thereby winning.

The base portion 19 is fixed to the game area 4a, thereby forming a guide path 191 having a left-downward-inclined front view that guides the game ball B flowing down the lower right area in the left direction where the big prize opening 171 is provided. .
Further, the guide path 191 is substantially flush with the upper surface 174a of the opening / closing member 174 when the opening / closing member 174 supported so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction is directly above the special winning opening 173.

  The case 20 is formed so as to protrude forward from the front surface of the base portion 19, and has a vertical right wall portion 20 a that forms a right portion, a vertical left wall portion 20 b that forms a left portion, and a right wall portion. 20a and the left wall part 20b upper surface part 20c which connects both upper end parts and the both lower end parts of the right wall part 20a and the left wall part 20b are connected, and either one of the left-right direction in this front view (this embodiment) , The bottom surface portion 20d inclined downward to the left side, that is, inclined downward from the right side to the left side, and the rear surface portion closing the right wall portion 20a, the left wall portion 20b, the upper surface portion 20c, and the rear portion of the bottom surface portion 20d. A large winning opening 171 is formed between the upper surface portions 20c by elongated holes extending in the left-right direction.

Further, in the case 20 swells to the other side in the left-right direction which is further upstream from the upstream edge (in the present embodiment, the right edge 171a) of the special winning opening 171, that is, to the right. An extended portion 21 is formed. The extended portion 21 is surrounded by a U-shape by the right wall portion 20a, the upper surface portion 20c, and the bottom surface portion 20d.
As a result, the width dimension in the left-right direction of the bottom surface portion 20 d including the extended portion 21 is larger than the width dimension in the left-right direction of the special winning opening 171.

  The bottom surface portion 20d has a longitudinal length in the left-right direction, a depth dimension in the front-rear direction, which is larger than the diameter of the game ball B and does not cause the game ball B to be jammed.

  The case 20 is in the space 22 surrounded by the right wall portion 20a, the left wall portion 20b, the upper surface portion 20c, the bottom surface portion 20d, and the rear surface portion 20e, and is downstream of the bottom surface portion 20d, that is, the left wall portion 20b and the bottom surface. Between the portion 20d, the position is lower than the left end edge on the downstream side of the bottom portion 20d, and faces the front-rear direction for introducing the game ball B that has entered the big winning opening 171 to the back side of the game board 4. An introduction path 23 is provided, and at the rear of the introduction path 23, that is, the lower left portion of the rear surface portion 20e, a recovery port 24 for discharging the game ball B that has entered the grand prize winning port 171 to the back side of the game board 4 is provided. In the collection port 24, a detection sensor 25 for detecting the passage of the game ball B introduced into the collection port 24 is provided.

  The introduction path 23 has a width dimension in the left-right direction that is larger than the diameter of the game ball B and does not cause the game ball B to become jammed. A guide piece 23 a is provided in front of the introduction path 23 so that the game balls B flowing down from the introduction path 23 toward the back side of the game board 4 are smoothly introduced into the collection port 24.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the opening / closing member 172 is supported by a driving device (solenoid) 26 installed on the back side of the base portion 19 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction immediately above the prize winning opening 171. Projecting from the surface of the part 19, the closed position for closing the big prize opening 171 from the upper side, and moving backward, as shown in FIG. 4, immerses into the back side of the base part 19 and opens the big prize opening 171. It can be moved to the open position.

In the gaming area 4a, in the area diagonally to the left of the right edge 171a of the big prize opening 171 and on the left side of the guide path 191, as shown in FIG. A plurality (three in this embodiment) of game nails 13a, which are guide portions, are planted in the vertical direction at a position that is larger than the diameter of the game ball B from the edge and forms a gap that does not cause ball jamming. .
Thereby, when the opening / closing member 172 is in the open position, the right-handed game ball B can fall toward the expansion portion 21 by colliding with the game nail 13a.

  Further, it is preferable that the game nail 13 a be arranged with its angle adjusted so that the right-handed game ball B falls toward the extended portion 21 of the case 20.

  When the opening / closing member 172 is in the closed position, the top prize winning port 171 is closed in the form of the left-side-inclined front view in which the upper surface 172a guides the game ball B flowing down the lower right region to the left in the same manner as the guide path 191. Thus, the right-handed game ball B cannot be entered into the big winning opening 171 and, as shown in FIG. 4, when the opening / closing member 172 is in the open position, the right-handed game guided by the guide path 191. The ball B can be entered into the big winning opening 171.

  When the opening / closing member 172 of the winning device 17 is in the open position, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the right-handed game ball B flowing down from the arrow X1 or the arrow X2 collides with the game nail 13a, thereby causing the big winning port 171. When the player enters a ball, the game ball B enters the ball from the right side of the grand prize winning port 171 and is guided to the expansion unit 21 as indicated by arrows in FIG. 4 and FIG. After being guided toward the upstream side on the right side of the bottom surface portion 20d without immediately going to the recovery port 24 provided on the upstream side of the space portion 22, that is, on the downstream side, the folded portion is turned to the left side of the bottom surface portion 20d. It rolls in the direction and can be introduced (entered into the collection port 24). This delays the time it takes for the game ball B that has won the prize winning port 171 to reach the collection port 24, so that even if the game ball B continuously enters the prize winning port 171, a plurality of game balls It is possible to prevent B from being introduced into the collection port 24 at once, and to prevent the game ball B from being bitten in the space 22.

  In addition, the upper surface portion 20c is disposed substantially directly above the collection port 24, and the left edge of the big winning port 171 is located upstream of the collecting port 24, so that the right-handed game ball B can receive the big winning port 171. Even if the player enters the game ball B, the game ball B is not directly introduced into the collection port 24, but enters from other than the right part of the grand prize winning port 171, and the game ball B enters without going to the expansion unit 21. In this case, after the game ball B falls on the bottom surface portion 20d, the game ball B can be appropriately rolled toward the left downstream of the bottom surface portion 20d to be introduced (entered) into the collection port 24. As a result, the game ball B that has entered the grand prize winning port 171 reaches the collection port 24 after rolling the bottom surface portion 20d, so that even if the game ball B continuously enters the big prize winning port 171, It is possible to prevent a plurality of game balls B from being introduced into the collection port 24 at once, and to prevent the game ball B from being bitten in the space 22.

  Further, the front side of the case 20 is covered with a transparent cover 175 so that the player can see the game ball B flowing down the space 22 of the case 20 so that the player can enter the grand prize winning opening 171. The situation can be visually recognized, and the interest of the game is enhanced.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following modifications and changes can be made to the present embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Instead of the game nail 13a as a guide, the right-handed game ball B collides to form a tongue that faces the expansion portion 21 in the case 20 and aligns until the game ball B is introduced into the collection port 24. The ball is prevented from biting by letting it flow down.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ball game machine 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Game board 4a Game area 5 Glass frame 5a Glass plate 6 Receptacle part 7 Launching handle 8L, 8R Speaker 9 Lighting device 10 Display device 11 Guide rail 12 Decoration frame 13 Game nail 13a Game nail (guide)
14 Windmill 15 Start winning entrance (winning entrance)
16 Through chucker 17 Winning device 18 Out port 19 Base part 20 Case 20a Right wall part 20b Left wall part 20c Upper surface part 20d Upper surface part 20e Rear surface part 21 Expansion part 22 Space part 23 Introduction path 23a Guiding piece 24 Recovery port 25 Detection sensor 26 Drive device (solenoid)
101 Display Screen 121 Display Window 122 Warp Hole 123 Stage 124 Right-handed Aisle 171 Large Winning Port (Winning Port)
171a Right edge 172 Opening / closing member 172a Upper surface 173 Special prize opening 174 Opening / closing member 174a Upper surface 175 Transparent cover 176 Guide path 176a Detection sensor 191 Guide path B Game ball X1 Arrow X2 Arrow

Claims (3)

In a ball game machine equipped with a winning device that allows a game ball to enter and a game nail that changes the flow direction of the game ball to a game board having a game area where the game ball can flow down,
The winning device is
A case having a bottom surface portion inclined downward in either one of the left and right directions in front view;
A winning opening provided at the top of the case for opening a game ball into the case so as to enter the ball;
An opening / closing member movable to a closed position that disables entry of the game ball into the winning opening and an open position that enables the game ball;
A recovery port provided on the downstream side of the bottom surface part and capable of introducing a game ball,
In the case, there is provided an expansion portion that bulges to the other of the left and right directions upstream of the bottom surface portion, and the game ball that enters the winning opening is expanded in the gaming area above the winning opening. A bullet ball game machine characterized in that a guiding portion is provided that can be directed toward the portion.   2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a width dimension in a left-right direction of the bottom surface portion including the extension part is larger than a width dimension in a left-right direction of the winning opening.   The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is the game nail.

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