JP2019081065A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of easily and reliably performing ball polishing of game balls and hence effectively utilizing a ball polishing device.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: a hitting ball shooting device provided at an upper part of a body frame of the game machine; a lifting device for lifting game balls from a lower part of the body frame; and a ball polishing device disposed adjacent to the lifting device. In a place where the lifting device faces the ball polishing device, game balls carried by the lifting device are in contact with the ball polishing device, and ball polishing cloth of the ball polishing device is reeled up in a step shape at each predetermined time of game time when a player is playing a game. Accordingly, reel-up of the ball polishing cloth of the ball polishing device can be stopped when the player is not playing a game, thus effectively utilizing the ball polishing cloth.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 56

Description

  The present invention accommodates a predetermined number of gaming balls in a gaming machine, fires the predetermined number of gaming balls into the gaming area by the launcher, plays a game, collects the gaming balls which have finished the game, and The present invention relates to a gaming machine that circulates and uses the predetermined number of gaming balls by circulating the game ball in a closed manner and firing the gaming balls from the launch device to the gaming area.

  There has been proposed a gaming machine in which a ball striking device for firing a gaming ball into a gaming area partitioned on a gaming board is disposed on the upper left side of the gaming machine (upper left diagonal to the center of the gaming area). (Patent Document 1).

  The gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 plays a game by firing a predetermined number of enclosed game balls in the gaming machine main body into a game area of a gaming board with a launch device, and collects the game balls having passed through the game area through a circulation route. Then, the game machine is guided to a launcher and used cyclically for the game ball.

  In addition, in game machines that are not of the enclosed ball type, since the game balls collected from the out port etc. in the game area are collected from the island facilities and then supplied again from the island facilities, the island facilities clean In the gaming machine having a circulation path in which the game balls circulate, since the balls are circulated in the circulation path in the game machine, the game balls are easily soiled, and it is possible to It is also necessary to have a ball-shine device.

  The gaming machine described in Patent Document 2 is a gaming machine having a circulation path of balls, in which a roller portion is provided on the outer periphery of the shaft in an array passage of balls, and a cleaning is further provided with a mop portion of chemical fiber on the outer periphery of the roller portion. The gaming machine is a gaming machine in which members are disposed and the cleaning member is rotationally driven in synchronization with the rotation of the circulating ball feeding member.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-676 Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-143478

  The gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 is a gaming machine that shoots game balls from a launcher provided on the upper left side of the gaming area, but the supply of gaming balls to the launcher is provided on the lower right side Since the game ball is launched from the launch solenoid and is shot into the storage tank connected to the launch device, there is a possibility that the game sphere can not be surely supplied to the launch device depending on the launch force of the launch solenoid.

  In the gaming machine described in Patent Document 2, a predetermined number of gaming balls are sealed in the gaming machine main body, and the gaming balls are cleaned in the gaming machine that performs the game by circulating the sealed gaming balls through the circulation path. Although the cleaning member is provided with the cleaning member, since the cleaning member performs cleaning in the chemical fiber mop portion provided on the roller portion on the outer periphery of the shaft, the mop portion is immediately contaminated and the cleaning performance is improved. There is a possibility that it may be lowered, and even if the cleaning performance has been lowered as such, the cleaning member may not be easily replaced.

In addition, since the driving of the cleaning member is synchronized with the rotation of the circulating ball feeding member, the game ball is fed by the driving of the circulating ball feeding member, for example, when the gear of the circulating ball feeding member and the cleaning member suffers a problem. However, the cleaning member may not be driven.
Furthermore, since the contact point between the cleaning member and the game ball is substantially the same in the width direction of the cleaning member, only the specific position in the width direction of the mop portion of the chemical fiber of the cleaning member is contaminated. There is also a risk that the mop portion having a width of can not be used effectively.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the purpose thereof is to be able to carry out the ball polishing of the game ball simply and surely, and it becomes possible to effectively utilize the ball polishing device. It is in providing a gaming machine.

Means 1: "A game board on which a game area is divided,
A main unit frame in which the game board is inserted and accommodated;
A hitting launcher disposed at the top of the main unit frame and firing game balls toward the game area;
A lifting device for transferring gaming balls from the lower part of the main body frame to the hit ball firing device;
A collecting device for collecting gaming balls fired by the ball striking device and supplying the collected gaming balls to the transportation device;
A brushing device disposed adjacent to the pumping device;
Equipped with
A gaming machine in which a game is performed by circulating a predetermined number of gaming balls without paying out the gaming balls,
A gaming ball transported by the pumping device is in contact with the ball polishing device at a location where the pumping device and the ball polishing device face each other,
The relative movement between the gaming ball and the ball-shine device by the transportation of the gaming ball by the pumping device causes the ball to be polished of the gaming ball.
The ball polishing apparatus is equipped with a ball cloth that is in contact with a game ball to polish the ball.
The brushed cloth is characterized in that it is wound in a step-like manner every predetermined time of game time during which a player is playing a game.

According to the configuration of the means 1, the player is provided with an impression different from that of the conventional game machine by the attachment position of the hit ball launcher being attached to the upper part instead of the lower part of the main body frame In addition, since the game ball's firing rail is not required, the occurrence of a far ball, which occurs when the ball hitting force in the ball striking device is small, can be eliminated, and the processing for the far ball can be made unnecessary.
In addition, by providing the lifting device for transporting the gaming balls from the lower part of the main frame to the ball striking device, the gaming balls can be reliably transported to the ball striking device.

Further, since the ball can be polished by the relative movement between the gaming ball and the ball-shine device by the pumping device, the relative movement between the gaming ball and the ball-shine device can be performed only by driving the pumping device. Therefore, even if there is a problem with the combination of the drive member of the lift device and the ball polishing device, the relative movement of the gaming ball and the ball polish device can be achieved only by driving the drive member of the lift device. It is possible to make sure that the game ball is polished.
In addition, while the player is not playing a game, the ball polishing cloth provided in the ball polishing apparatus can be wound stepwise like predetermined steps of the game time during which the player is playing a game. It is possible to stop the winding of the ball cloth and prevent the ball cloth of the ball polishing device from being excessively wound more than necessary during the game time, and the ball cloth can be effectively used.

Means 2: In the configuration of means 1,
"An angle between the transport direction of the gaming balls by the lifting device and the vertical direction is different from an angle between the winding direction of the ball polishing cloth of the ball polishing device and the vertical direction"
It is characterized by

  According to the configuration of the means 2, the ball polishing cloth and the game ball always come into contact with each other during the section where the pumping device and the ball polishing cloth of the ball polishing device are facing each other, and the ball polishing having a predetermined width Without using only a part of the cloth in the width direction, it is possible to effectively use the width of the cloth for cleaning the ball and to clean the ball.

Means 3: used in a game machine configured as in means 1 or 2
"Cartridge type ball polishing device"
It is characterized by being.

  According to the configuration of the means 3, by using the ball polishing apparatus as the cartridge system, even if the ball polishing apparatus becomes dirty and needs to be replaced, it becomes possible to easily replace it without staining the hand. .

Means 4: In the structure of means 1 or 2,
"Has a stepping motor to drive the ball polishing device"
It is characterized by

  According to the configuration of the means 4, by adopting a stepping motor as a drive means for driving the ball-polishing device, the ball-polishing cloth of the ball-polishing device can be moved only as necessary without moving at all times. The ball cloth can be used effectively.

Means 5: In the configuration of means 4,
"The stepping motor is driven independently of the drive member of the lift device"
It is characterized by

  According to the configuration of the means 5, the stepping motor for driving the brushing cartridge is driven independently of the drive member of the pumping device, so that the brushing cloth of the brushing device can be used only as needed. The movement of the ball can be used effectively.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine which can carry out ball polishing of gaming balls simply and reliably, and can effectively utilize a ball polishing device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a front view which shows the adjustment machine attached to the pachinko machine which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and a pachinko machine. It is a front view of a game machine which removes and shows a door frame. It is a front perspective view showing a main part frame which constitutes a pachinko machine. It is a rear perspective view which shows the main body frame which comprises a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view showing a top launch device, a special shape ball and magnetic ball discharge unit, and a ball assembly part. It is a right side view showing a top launcher, an arrangement passage, a ball pool, and a ball transportation device. It is the perspective view by the line of sight which looked up at the upper part of the game board from the front lower part of the game board which shows the upper firing device and the firing field. It is a front view showing an upper launcher (launch hammer strike position). It is a perspective view which looks and shows a top launch device from the front left. It is a perspective view shown looking from the front right which shows the hitting launching device and ball feeding device which constitute the upper launching device which removed the base plate. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the upper launcher from which the base plate has been removed, as viewed from the front left; It is a figure which shows the open state of the upper firing apparatus in the game machine which removes and shows a door frame. It is a right view which shows the longitudinal cross-section of the game machine which removes and shows a door frame. It is a figure which shows roughly a part of cross-sectional perspective view along AA of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the state in which the connection part with the baseplate in the upper firing apparatus and the pushing-out part of the panel holder in a game board abut. The same figure (A)-(C) is explanatory drawing which shows sending control of the game ball based on the ball | bowl detection by the 1st and 2nd discharge waiting ball | bowl detection switch, respectively. It is the figure which showed the cushion provided in the back surface side of the door frame, and the cushion receiving plate provided in the upper projection apparatus. It is a perspective view which looks and shows an upper launcher from the front right side. It is a front view showing an upper launcher (launch hammer standby position). It is a right side view showing a top launcher. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the upper launcher as viewed from the rear left side. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the upper launcher with the ball feed unit cover removed and viewed from the rear left side. It is a block diagram showing an important section in an embodiment of a main control board arranged in an enclosed ball type pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the ball | bowl information control board | substrate arrange | positioned at the sealing ball type pachinko machine. It is a block diagram showing each element connected to a settlement machine. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of main control side power supply which the main control MPU of a main control board performs. It is a flowchart which shows the continuation of the process at the time of main control side power-on of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the main-control side timer interrupt process which main-control MPU performs. It is a flow chart which shows processing at the time of ball information control side power-on which ball information control MPU of a ball information control board performs. It is a flowchart which shows the continuation of the process at the time of the ball information control side power-on of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the continuation of the process at the time of the ball information delivery control side power-on following FIG. It is a flow chart which shows processing at the time of ball information control power-off which ball information control MPU111 of ball information control board 110 performs. It is a flow chart which shows an example of ball information control side timer interrupt processing. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the rental ball process which ball information control MPU performs. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the batting possibility determination processing which ball information control MPU performs. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the ball number count process which ball information control MPU performs. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the ball | bowl feed * firing drive processing which ball | bowl information control MPU performs. It is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the launch ball detection process which sphere information control MPU performs. It is a flow chart which shows a subroutine of number-of-balls number subtraction processing which ball information control MPU performs. It is a time chart which shows the drive timing of a ball | bowl feed solenoid and a firing solenoid. It is an external appearance perspective view explaining an odd-shaped ball and a magnetic ball discharge unit. It is a figure which isolate | separates a magnetic ball discharge part cover in FIG. 40, and turns over and demonstrates it. It is a top view of a variant sphere and a magnetic sphere discharge unit. It is a rear view of a variant sphere and a magnetic sphere discharge unit. It is a figure explaining the base board of a different shape ball and a magnetic ball discharge unit. It is a figure which isolate | separates a different shape ball and magnetic ball discharge unit into a different shape ball discharge unit and a magnetic ball discharge unit, and demonstrates. It is a figure explaining the course by which a different shape ball and a magnetic ball are discharged in a different shape ball and a magnetic ball discharge unit. It is a figure explaining the condition where a magnetic sphere is separated and discharged from a circulation route. It is a figure explaining the state which the magnetic sphere reached | attained to the magnetic sphere discharge | emission inclined surface. It is a front view which shows the state in which the ball-brushing cartridge was mounted. It is a left view which shows the state in which the ball-brushing cartridge was mounted. It is a perspective view explaining the mechanism which fixes a brushing cartridge. It is a front view which shows the state which removed the ball-brushing cartridge. It is a perspective view which shows the state in the middle of mounting | wearing with a ball-brushing cartridge. It is a perspective view which shows the state to which the ball | bour cloth of a game ball and a ball-grinding cartridge is pressed. It is a left view which shows the state to which the ball | bour cloth of a game ball and a ball-grinding cartridge is pressed. FIG. 55 is a left side view showing a state in which the left side cover of the brush cartridge is removed in FIG. 55. In FIG. 56, it is the figure which expanded ball polishing cartridge vicinity. It is a perspective view which shows the state in which the ball-brushing cartridge was mounted. FIG. 58 is a perspective view showing a state in which the right outer side cover is removed. FIG. 59 is a perspective view showing a state in which only the right inner side cover is slightly opened in FIG. 59. It is a perspective view of a ball-brushing cartridge. It is a front view of a ball-brushing cartridge. It is a side view of a ball-brushing cartridge. FIG. 63 is a side view showing a state in which the left side cover is removed.

[Overview of gaming machines]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The pachinko machine 1 (filled ball type game machine) according to the present embodiment can be installed on the current island facility in the hall (pachinko game hall), and the game content is the same as that of the well-known pachinko machine. However, it is a gaming machine that does not use the ball supply mechanism or the ball discharge mechanism of the island facility. That is, in the enclosed type pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the gaming machine accommodates a predetermined number of gaming balls formed of non-magnetic material (for example, stainless steel), and the predetermined number of gaming balls are put into the gaming area by the launch device. Play the game using the game ball previously enclosed in the game machine so that you can play and play the game, collect the game ball which finished the game, guide to the launch device and circulate and use the game ball It has become. Then, the game ball can be fired corresponding to the number of game balls (data of the number of held balls) based on the data of the number of lent balls input from the storage medium such as a card via the settlement system etc. Then, the data on the number of held balls is subtracted according to the number of the game balls fired.

  In addition, when the launched game ball wins the winning opening in the game area and a winning ball (game ball) is generated, the actual game ball is not paid out, and the number of winning balls is stored in the data of the number of holding balls. Is added. In addition, when the data of the ball holding number becomes "0", the game ball can not be released. In this state, if a numerical value (the number of lent balls) is added to the data of the number of held balls based on the data of the amount of money stored in the storage medium such as a card, the data of the stored balls, etc. It becomes. Also, the shot game balls are collected in the game machine, sent again to the shooting position, and circulated in the game machine. That is, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is an enclosed ball type game machine which collects the game balls fired in the game area and supplies the game balls again.

[Overview of gaming machines]
First, the main frame 2 (FIG. 3) and the door frame 3 (FIG. 1) which constitute the pachinko machine 1 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, in the pachinko machine 1 of FIG. 1, a settlement machine 4 as an external device is provided.

The pachinko machine 1 has an outer frame 1a (FIG. 12) configured in a rectangular frame shape and installed in an island facility on the hole side, and pivotally supported by the outer frame so as to be openable and closable. And a door frame 3 pivotally supported on the main body frame 2 so as to be openable and closable.
At a position lower than the main body frame 2 and the door frame 3, the decorative cover 6 is attached to the front surface of the outer frame 1a, and the front surface of the outer frame 1a is completely closed by the door frame 3 and the decorative cover 6 It has become. Further, the outer frame, the main body frame 2 and the door frame 3 are arranged such that the upper ends thereof are substantially aligned, and the main body frame 2 is rotatable by a hinge 7 (FIG. 3) provided on the left side of the outer frame 1a. The main frame 2 is supported by moving the right side of the main frame 2 forward with respect to the outer frame 1 a. The door frame 3 is rotatably attached to the main body frame 2 by a pin, and the door frame 3 is opened by moving the right side of the door frame 3 to the front side.

[Door frame 3]
The door frame 3 is disposed under the game window 9 where the player can visually recognize the game area 8 in which the game ball of the game board 5 is driven, and is located under the game window 9 and in the game area 8 based on the operation of the player. It has a hitting handle 10 for driving a game ball. Attached to the game window 9 is a transparent plate 11 that visibly covers the front (game area 8) of the game board 5 mounted on the main body frame 2 with the door frame 3 closed to the main body frame 2 It is done. The hitting handle 10 drives a firing solenoid 13 (see FIG. 5) of a hitting launcher (referred to as an upper launcher 12) mounted on the upper left side of the main body frame 2 based on the player's turning operation. The game ball is driven into the game area 8. The hitting handle 10 is a micro switch (not shown) which is turned on when the turning operation is performed, and a firing stop switch and the hitting handle 10 where the micro switch is turned off when the micro switch is pressed. And a touch switch for detecting contact of the player with the ball striking handle 10 through the conductive plating applied to the outer peripheral surface of the ball. The upper launcher 12 will be described later.

  In addition, the door frame 3 and the main body frame 2 open the door frame 3 to the main body frame 2 by inserting a key into the key device disposed at the lower right corner of the door frame 3 and rotating it to one side. It is possible to

[Touch panel unit 14]
The door frame 3 is provided with a touch panel portion 14 formed horizontally in a lower portion of the game window 9 (a portion corresponding to an upper plate of a well-known pachinko machine which is a non-enclosed ball type). The touch panel unit 14 displays the remaining number of times, the number of balls held by the gaming machine, and the number of ball ends.

  Here, the remaining number of times is a value corresponding to the amount of money stored in the card used by the checkout machine 4, and the number of player's ball holdings is lent to the player by performing the ball lending. It is the sum of the number of balls and the number of winning balls obtained by the player as a result of playing a game.

  The touch panel unit 14 displays a ball lending button as a ball lending command input unit operable by the player and a settlement button as a settlement command input unit operable by the player. The ball lending button is for instructing the lending of balls for playing a game. In addition, the settlement button is to end the pachinko game and instruct settlement.

  Further, on the touch panel portion 14, an end ball number display button as an end ball number display instruction input means which can be operated by the player is displayed. Here, the number of end balls is the number of remaining balls when the number of holding balls of the player is divided by the number of balls corresponding to one special prize at the time of prize exchange. When the touch panel unit 14 instructs the display of the number of end balls by the end ball number display button, the touch panel unit 14 can also display a message such as "Do you want to hit only the end ball". An interactive question type message is displayed together with the terminal ball number display button, and a YES button and a NO button for making a selection input for the player to respond either yes or no are displayed respectively.

[Body frame 2]
The main body frame 2 is box-like having a frame-like fitting frame 15 and a peripheral wall portion 16 so as to be exactly contained in the rectangular frame-like outer frame 1a (FIG. 3, FIG. 4). The fitting frame 15 has a rectangular accommodation opening 17 on the front side thereof for inserting and accommodating the game board 5. A projecting wall 18 projecting inward is integrally formed at the back of the housing opening 17 (FIGS. 3 and 12). The back is closed by the back cover. When the door frame 3 is closed with respect to the main body frame 2, the front surface (game area 8) of the game board 5 accommodated in the main body frame 2 can be seen through the game window 9 of the door frame 3.

A deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit housing portion 19 is formed below the housing opening 17, and a deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 is disposed in the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit housing portion 19. . Then, as described later, the discharge ball receiving box 234 containing the deformed balls or magnetic balls having a smaller diameter than the regular game balls discharged from the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 is a game machine It can be detached from the front direction.
Further, as seen in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6, the upper frame 12, the ball assembly 21, the ball lifter 22, the ball reservoir 23 and the array passage 24 are provided in the main body frame 2. . The ball collecting portion 21 is a portion for receiving the gaming balls having passed through the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20 and guiding the gaming balls to the base of the pumping device 22 (FIG. 5).

The ball transport device 22 uses a screw 25 driven by a ball transport motor in this embodiment, and the gaming balls having reached the base are pumped up by the screw 25.
A ball storage unit 23 is disposed at the upper end of the ball transport device 22, and temporarily stores game balls sent from the ball transport device 22. The ball storage unit 23 serves as a buffer to prevent a shortage in the supply of the game balls to the upper launch device 12 even if the sending of the game balls by the ball transport device 22 becomes irregular.

  An array passage 24 is provided between the ball reservoir 23 and the upper launcher 12. The arrayed passage 24 is configured to supply a predetermined number of gaming balls sent from the ball storage unit 23 so that the gaming balls are continuously supplied to the upper launch device 12. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the emission standby ball detection switches 26 and 27 are disposed at a position lowered from the top of the array passage 24 bent in a “」 ”shape (FIG. 14A). The presence of three gaming balls can be detected. Then, when the shooting standby ball detecting switch 26, 27 does not detect the game ball, three new game balls are supplied from the ball reservoir 23 (FIG. 42, C).

  In addition, the said ball | bowl pumping device 22 may employ | adopt not only a screw but a belt mechanism. The game balls sent from the ball assembly unit 21 by the belt mechanism are sent to the upper launch device 12 through the game balls of the ball storage unit 23. The ball lifting motor is disposed with a gear provided at the lower center of the belt mechanism in the left-right direction, and the belt mechanism is activated by the drive of the ball lifting motor, and the ball storage portion 23 is played with balls It is supposed to pump up

[Top launcher]
FIG. 8 is a front view of the upper launcher, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the upper launcher as viewed from the front left. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a ball striking device and a ball feeding device constituting an upper launching device from which the base plate has been removed, viewed from the front right side, and FIG. 11 is a front left showing the upper launching device from which the base plate is removed. FIG. FIG. 12 is a view showing an open state of the upper firing device in the gaming machine shown with the door frame removed, and FIG. 13-1 is a right side view showing a longitudinal section of the gaming machine shown with the door frame removed. 13-2 is a figure which roughly shows a part of cross-sectional perspective view along AA of FIG. FIG. 13-3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the joint portion with the base plate in the upper launcher and the push-out portion of the panel holder in the game board are in contact with each other.

  16 is a perspective view showing the upper launcher as viewed from the front right side, FIG. 17 is a front view showing the upper launcher (shooting hammer standby position), and FIG. 18 is a right side showing the upper launcher. It is a front view. FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the upper launcher as viewed from the rear left, and FIG. 20 is a perspective view of the upper launcher as viewed from the rear left with the ball feed unit cover removed.

  The upper launcher 12 receives a metal plate-like base plate 39 for mounting and fixing the upper launcher 12 to the main body frame 2, and gaming balls arriving from the array passage 24. (Fig. 8) The ball feeding device 28 securely sends out game balls one ball at a time by the ball feed solenoid 31 and the ball feeding member 32 to the hitting position and the hit shooting device 29 which shoots the game balls toward the game area 8 Is equipped.

[Ball launcher 29]
The ball striking device 29 is capable of striking the gaming ball supplied from the ball feeding device 28 into the gaming area 8 of the gaming board 5 with a strength corresponding to the rotation operation of the striking handle 10. The hitting and launching device 29 has a firing solenoid 13 mounted on the upper rear surface of the base plate 39 so that the rotary drive shaft 60 projects forward, and a firing hammer 30 fixed integrally to the rotary drive shaft 60 of the launch solenoid 13. , A tip 61 fixed to the tip of the firing hammer 30, a rail member 33 attached to the front surface of the base plate 39 with the predetermined position on the movement locus of the tip 61 as a firing position, The firing time stopper 34 for restricting the pivoting of the forehead 61 toward the rail member 33 relative to the hitting position where the held gaming ball can hit the ball, and the firing position 30 (initial position) ), And a launch ball confirmation switch 36 for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball held at the launch position. An upper launcher hinge 37, and a discharge orifice 38 which is opened to face the game area 8.

  Although not shown in detail, the firing solenoid 13 of the hitting and launching apparatus 29 reciprocates and rotates the rotary drive shaft 60 at a strength (speed) according to the rotation operation angle of the hitting handle 10. The firing hammer 30 of the hitting and firing device 29 extends from the fixed portion 301 fixed to the rotary drive shaft 60 of the launch solenoid 13 and from the fixed portion 301 in a gentle arc shape, and the tip is at the axial center of the rotary drive shaft 60 The collar portion 302 is oriented in the normal direction with respect to the collar portion 302, and the stopper portion extends to the opposite side with respect to the collar portion 302 with the fixing portion 301 interposed therebetween And a contact portion 303. When the stopper abutment portion 303 of the firing hammer 30 abuts against the stopper 34 at the time of firing, the tip end 61 of the tip is rotated more toward the firing rail than the hitting position (rotational end in the counterclockwise direction in front view) The movement is regulated (see FIG. 17).

  Further, immediately above the rail member 33 of the ball hitting and launching apparatus 29, a ball feeding port 63 formed in a ball feeding unit base (described later) of the ball feeding apparatus 28 is disposed. The rail member 33 holds the one game ball sent out from the ball supply port 63 by the ball feeding operation of the ball feeding member 32 of the ball feeding device 28 described later at the shooting position.

  The rail member 33 is formed by bending a metal plate, and includes a mounting plate portion 331 fixed to the base plate 39 and a rail portion 332 bent forward from the mounting plate portion 331. And (see FIG. 17). The rail portion 332 for setting the launch position has a substantially L shape inclined obliquely leftward by 45 degrees in a front view, and the left rail plate 333 forming the left side of the rail portion 332 and the right side of the rail portion 332 And the right rail plate 334 that forms the rear wheel (see FIG. 17). The left rail plate 333 is formed with a through hole 335 through which the toe 61 passes when the striking hammer 30 is hit (see FIGS. 8, 9 and 18).

  The discharge port 38 is formed in the ball feeding member 32 of the ball feeding device 28, and is located obliquely upward to the right in the front view with respect to the rail portion 332. As shown in FIG. 16 and FIG. 17, the distance between the rail portion 332 (the launch position) and the launch port 38 is short (about twice the diameter of the game ball), and hence the launch distance is short. It is possible to reliably drive the fired game ball into the game area 8 without generating it. Further, at the discharge port 38, a discharge port decoration member 64 for decorating the right side of the discharge port 38 is attached to the base plate 39.

  The launch ball confirmation switch 36 detects the presence or absence of the game ball held in the launch position, and the game ball in the launch position is not hit by the launch hammer 30 and is not detected. By switching to, it is detected that one gaming ball has been fired by the firing hammer 30.

  The launch ball confirmation switch 36 is formed of a photo coupler, and the light projection unit and the light reception unit are disposed so as to straddle the rail unit 332 for which the launch position is set. The launch ball confirmation switch 36 is disposed with respect to the launch position by being supported by the photo bracket 361, and the photo bracket 361 is attached and fixed to the lower surface of the base plate 39.

  The hitting and launching device 29 has a stopper cover 62 covering the front face of the firing stopper 34 which can regulate the pivoting end to the hitting position side of the firing hammer 30, and a position away from the hitting position on the firing hammer 30. And a return stopper 35 for restricting the rotating end (a rotating end in the clockwise direction in a front view). The surfaces of the stoppers 34 and 35 are covered with rubber so that the impact when the firing hammer 30 abuts can be absorbed and the generation of noise due to the abutment can be suppressed. .

  In addition, the ball hitting and launching device 29 is configured such that the firing solenoid 13 is driven by the ball information control unit described later at a driving strength according to the rotation operation of the ball striking handle 10 With respect to the drive timing of the solenoid 31, it is driven to perform a striking operation according to the drive timing described later. Specifically, in the ball feeding device 28 that supplies gaming balls to the ball hitting and launching device 29, when the ball feeding solenoid 31 is driven (ON), the ball feeding member 32 feeds the game balls received by the ball feeding member 32 to the ball hitting and firing device 29 When the driving of the ball feeding solenoid 31 is released (OFF), the ball feeding member 32 receives the game ball.

  In the striking device 30, when the striking handle 10 is operated to fire, energization / disengagement to the firing solenoid 13 is repeated with a voltage corresponding to the amount of operation. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 17, the firing hammer 30 is pivoted from the initial position (FIG. 17) in the firing direction (counterclockwise) to the firing position as shown in FIGS. After hitting the stopped game ball with the forehead 61 (FIG. 8), the firing operation is repeated by turning clockwise to return to the initial position.

[Ball Feeder 28]
Next, the ball feeding device 28 will be described mainly based on FIG. 6, FIG. 18, FIG. 19 and FIG. The ball feeding device 28 is mainly configured as a unit as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, and is in lift communication with a lift communication rod 65 having an inlet 66 connected to the front end of the array passage 24 shown in FIG. A ball feed unit base 67 having a ball feed port 63 connected to the kite 65 and having a ball feed port 63 for supplying the game ball entering from the lift communication stick 65 to the ball launcher 29 and having a rear open, The ball feed operation is performed by driving the ball feed unit cover 68 which closes the rear end of the unit base 67 and the front is opened, the ball feed solenoid 31 disposed under the ball feed unit base 67, and the ball feed solenoid 31. And a ball feeding member 32 to be carried out.

  The lift communication lever 65 is gradually inclined downward from the rear end where the entrance 66 is formed toward the front end. The ball feed unit base 67 is attached to the left side of the rear surface of the base plate 39 and connected to the front end of the lift communication rod 65 from the top to the center in the vertical direction, and gently descends leftward in the horizontal direction in rear view A ball feeding guide rod 69 which is inclined and bent downward halfway and has a ball feed port 63 penetrating in the front-rear direction at the lower end of the ball feeding guide rod 69.

  In addition, on the back surface of the ball feed unit cover 68 facing the upper part of the ball feed port 63 below the bent part of the ball feed guide rod 69, the game ball waiting in the ball feed guide rod 69 A launch standby ball detection switch 70 for detecting the presence or absence is provided. The launch standby ball detection switch 70 is formed of a flat type proximity switch that detects a game ball as a metal body by changing the impedance of the detection coil of the high frequency oscillation circuit.

  The ball feed solenoid 31 includes a plunger 71 having a spring (not shown) and biased downward, and is disposed below the ball feed unit base 67 with the plunger 71 directed downward. Further, the ball feeding member 32 is disposed adjacent to the left side of the ball feeding solenoid 31 and under the ball feeding unit base 67.

  An engaging portion 72 extending downward of the ball feeding solenoid 31 is formed at a lower portion of the ball feeding member 32, and a fitting hole 73 is formed in the engaging portion 72, and the ball feeding solenoid 31 vertically A fitting hole 73 is fitted to a plunger 71 which moves forward and backward in the direction.

  A ball feed portion 74 is formed at the middle of the ball feed member 32 in the vertical direction, facing the lower edge of the ball feed port 63 formed at the lower end of the ball feed guide rod 69, and the upper portion of the ball feed member 32 is , Through the ball feed unit base 67 forward, and as shown in FIG. 18, formed in a frame-like discharge port 38 formed extending toward the ball hitting path from the rail portion 332 in side view .

  The ball feed device 28 moves forward and backward in the vertical direction by engaging or de-energizing the plunger 71 due to excitation or non-excitation of the ball feed solenoid 31 and thereby engaging the plunger 71. The ball feed member 74 is rotated toward the firing position of the rail portion 332 of the ball striking device 29 by pivoting the ball feeding member 32 back and forth around the axis directed in the left and right direction (not shown). The balls are sent downward from the ball supply port 63 (a ball feeding operation is performed).

  The placement position of the upper launch device hinge 37 is when the game board 5 is attached to or detached from the main body frame 2 with respect to the hinge 7 that rotatably connects the main body frame 2 and the door frame 3. The upper launch device 12 is at a position where it can be opened to an angle that does not interfere with the insertion of the game board 5 (for example, 120 degrees).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the circulation path of the gaming ball is the above-mentioned odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20, the ball collecting portion 21, the ball lifting device 22, the ball reservoir 23, the array passage 24, the upper firing device 12, the game It passes through the area 8. The game balls launched from the upper launch device 12 to the launch area 40 (FIG. 7) of the game area 8 flow down the game area from the top to the bottom and pass through the winning opening 41 or the out opening 42 to the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 Return to

[Game board]
The game board 5 is attached to the fitting frame 15 of the main body frame 2. In this embodiment, the game board 5 has a structure in which a transparent panel plate 44 is attached to a panel holder 43, and a front component 45 is attached to the front surface thereof to fix the transparent panel plate 44 (FIG. 12). There is no equivalent to the conventional inner rail in this game board 5, and the upper part of the inner peripheral surface of the front component 45 is used as the game ball traveling surface 46 (FIG. 7).

  The upper left corner of the game board 5 is formed with a notch 47 (FIG. 12) in accordance with the form of the upper launch device 12. The notch 47 extends from the front component 45 to a part of the transparent panel plate 44 of the game area 8. At the location where the transparent panel plate 44 is cut out, the discharge opening 38 of the upper launch device 12 faces, and as shown in FIG. 7, the vicinity of the discharge opening 38 along the game ball running surface 46 above the discharge opening 38 The game area 8 is a launch area 40. Therefore, the gaming ball shot by the firing hammer 30 of the upper launch device 12 is guided to the gaming ball running surface 46 of the front component 45 in the firing area 40.

  In the notch 47, the notch of the panel holder 43 is smaller than the notch of the front component, and when viewed from the front, the panel holder 43 becomes a projecting portion 48 in which a part of the panel holder 43 protrudes inside the notch 47. (FIG. 12, FIG. 13-3). Further, the fixing tool 49 is attached to the base plate 39 of the upper firing device 12 so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction, and the tip of the fixing tool 49 is the overhanging wall 18 of the main body frame 2 when the upper firing device 12 is closed. It is detachably mounted on the screw receiving member 50 (FIGS. 13-1, 13-2, 13-3). The fixing tool 49 has a screw at its tip and a relatively large head, so that the fixing tool 49 can be attached and detached without using a tool (using a simple member such as a coin) Also good). The screw receiving member 50 has, for example, a structure in which a nut is welded to a flat metal plate, and is fixed to the overhanging wall 18 with a screw or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 13-1, FIG. 13-2 and FIG. 13-3, when the fixing tool 49 is attached to the screw receiving member 50 through the upper firing device 12, the gaming board is against the main frame 2 by the base plate 39. Is fixed. At this time, the contact portion 39a (FIG. 13-1) of the base plate 39 abuts on the push-out portion 48 pushed out of the notch 47 of the game board 5, and presses the push-out portion 48 to the main body frame 2 side. Fix it.

  As a result, the positional relationship between the launch opening 38 of the upper launch device 12 and the game area 8 is fixed without a gap, and a step or the like that becomes an obstacle when the game ball travels between the launch opening 38 and the game area 8 It does not occur. Further, when the fixing tool 49 is removed from the screw receiving member 50, the base plate 39 can be opened to the front centering on the upper launch device hinge 37, and when the game board 5 is fitted into the fitting frame 15 of the main body frame 2. Do not get in the way of Further, maintenance work such as ball-sealing in the ball feeding device 28 and the ball striking device 29 can be easily performed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15 (Example 2), an elastic material such as a cushion is disposed on the back surface side of the door frame 3, and when the door frame 3 is closed, the game board 5 and the upper firing device 12 are pressed and fixed. It can also be structured. This will be described below.

  A cushion 51 is provided on the back surface side of the door frame 3 at a position in contact with the upper firing device 12, and the door frame 3 is closed to press the cushion receiving plate 52 disposed on the upper firing device 12 with the cushion 51. Is fixed to the body frame 2 side. At this time, the game board 5 is fixed to the main body frame 2 because the base plate 39 abuts against the outward pushing portion 48 which is pushed out from the notch 47 of the game board 5 and presses the pushing out portion 48 to the main body frame 2 side. Ru. That is, the positional relationship between the launch opening 38 of the upper launch device 12 and the game area 8 is fixed uniformly without play. Furthermore, even if there is vibration due to the striking motion of the launch hammer 30, the positional relationship between the launch opening 38 and the play area 8 is stably maintained without play.

  The game area 8 of the first and second embodiments is provided with a large number of obstacle nails (not shown), various winning openings such as winning openings, etc., and a predetermined number of winning balls are awarded according to the winnings on the various winning openings. It is supposed to be In addition, since this embodiment is a filled ball type gaming machine, while "1" is subtracted from the data of the number of held balls according to the hitting of one game ball, the number of prize balls corresponding to the winnings on various winning openings Is added to the data of the ball holding number, and the ball holding number corresponding to this is displayed on the touch panel unit 14.

  Further, since the ball is a packed ball type pachinko machine, the payout of the winning balls is not carried out, and the number of balls, the number of balls, the number of balls, the number of balls etc. That is, there are only a limited predetermined number (for example, 50 or 75) of gaming balls that are actually used, and the number of holding balls detects, for example, gaming balls to be launched into the gaming area 8 The number of shot balls counted, the number of collected balls detected by counting the number of game balls shot and collected in the game area 8, the number of winning balls when winning, number of balls borrowed from the hall side, etc. The number of balls, the number of balls, the number of balls, and the number of balls can be obtained.

  That is, unless there is a problem such as opening the door frame 3 and the game ball coming out, the number of shot balls = the number of collected balls. And the number of ball entry = number of collected balls = number of shot balls, number of balls = number of winning balls (integrated value) = number of balls-number of balls to be played (number of replayed balls) + number of balls, number of balls = lending Ball number (or replay number of balls) + number of balls-number of balls, number of balls-number of balls = number of balls, number of balls = number of balls (or number of replays) + number of balls It becomes. As described above, the game by the pachinko machine 1 is completely performed as a numerical value on the data, and there is no error caused by spilling the game ball or leaving the game ball on the lower plate or the upper plate. It can be managed reliably in integer units. In addition, in the structure of the upper launch device 12 described later, no foul sphere is generated.

  Although the present invention has been described by way of preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various improvements and design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. is there.

  Although the enclosed ball type game machine which supplies the enclosed balls in a cassette type has been described above, the structure relating to the upper launch device 12 can be used also for the enclosed ball type game machine which does not use a cassette. Furthermore, as far as the structure relating to the upper launch device 12 is concerned, it can be used also in a game machine from which a conventional real ball is paid out.

  Furthermore, although the front component 45, the panel holder and the transparent panel plate 44 are separate members in the above embodiment, they may be integrated as one member, for example, by bonding, or they may be formed as one member. It can also be done. As described above, when the front component 45, the panel holder 43, etc. are integrally formed on the transparent panel plate 44, the front component 45 or the panel holder 43 has the notch 47 in the game board 5 It is possible to suppress the structural weakening of these members due to the frame structure (the four sides are connected) being cut.

  Next, an outline of control of the pachinko machine 1 and the settlement machine 4 as an external device disposed adjacent to one side thereof will be described. FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing an essential part in an embodiment of a main control board provided with an enclosed ball type pachinko machine and provided with an RTC. The control of the pachinko machine 1 is roughly divided and divided between the main board group and the peripheral board group, among which the main board group controls the game operation, and the peripheral board group performs the rendering operation (liquid crystal display panel, lamp , Body frame lamp, door frame lamp, sound) is controlled. The main board group is composed of a main control board 100 and a ball information control board 110, and the peripheral board group is composed of a peripheral control board 130.

[Main control board 100]
The main control board 100 controls a pachinko game. The main control board 100 and the sphere information control board 110 described later are connected so as to enable two-way data communication. The main control board 100 for controlling the progress of the game is, as shown in FIG. 21, a main control MPU 101 which is a microprocessor including a ROM for storing various processing programs and various commands, a RAM for temporarily storing data, and the like. , A main control I / O port 102 as an input / output device (I / O device), a main control input circuit 103 to which detection signals from various detection switches are input, and a main control solenoid for driving various solenoids A drive circuit 104 and a RAM clear switch 105 for completely erasing information stored in a RAM (hereinafter referred to as "main control built-in RAM") built in the main control MPU 101 are provided.

  In addition to the built-in ROM (hereinafter referred to as "main control built-in ROM") and the main control built-in RAM, the main control MPU 101 has a watchdog timer for monitoring its operation (system) and to prevent fraud. The function of etc. is also built in. Also, the main control MPU 101 incorporates a non-volatile RAM, and this non-volatile RAM is a unique code for identifying an individual by the maker that manufactured the main control MPU 101 (a code having only one in the world) A unique ID code with a) is stored in advance. Since this once assigned ID code is stored in the non-volatile RAM, it can not be rewritten even using an external device. The main control MPU 101 can extract the ID code from the non-volatile RAM and refer to it.

[RTC control unit]
Further, the main control MPU 101 according to the embodiment is provided with an external real time clock (hereinafter referred to as “RTC”) 107 capable of acquiring time information as time information acquiring means. Although not shown, the RTC 107 includes a register circuit, a clock input circuit, a clock output circuit, an interrupt output circuit, a data input / output circuit, and a control circuit.

  The RTC 107 has a clock / calendar function. The clock / calendar function is a function to count the year, month, day, hour, minute and second. Moreover, you may use what counts to a day of the week as needed. The RTC control unit 106 is provided with a RTC 107 and a battery 108 for driving the RTC 107. By providing the battery 108, the RTC 107 does not interrupt the clocking and calendar functions even when the power of the power supply substrate (not shown) is shut off.

  The battery 108 may be a primary battery (for example, a button battery), or a rechargeable secondary battery, thereby avoiding the need to arrange a backup power supply and avoiding complication of the configuration of the main control board 100. Can. The battery 108 is also used as a backup power supply for the RAM 109.

  The main control MPU 101 has a function of specifying year, month, day, hour, minute and second (calendar information and time information) by providing the RTC 107. The main control MPU 101 of the main control board 100 acquires time information (hours / minutes / seconds) from the RTC 107 when the game machine is powered on.

  Upper starting opening detection switch 90 for detecting gaming balls that have won in the upper starting opening (not shown) arranged in the game area 8 of the gaming board 5 and gaming balls that have won for the lower starting opening (not shown) A detection signal from the lower starting opening detection switch 91 and the general winning opening detection switch 93 for detecting gaming balls having won in the general winning opening (not shown) is first input to the main control input circuit 103 and the main control I / It is input to the main control MPU 101 via the O port 102.

  In addition, gate switch 92 which detects the game ball which passes gate section (not shown), general winning a prize opening detection switch 94 which detects the game ball which wins in general winning a prize opening (not shown), big winning a prize opening (figure The detection signal from the count switch 98 for detecting the game ball winning a prize is first input to the main control input circuit 103 through the panel relay terminal board 140 attached to the game board 5, and the main control I / O port It is input to the main control MPU 101 via 102.

  The main control MPU 101 outputs a control signal from the main control I / O port 102 to the main control solenoid drive circuit 104 based on these detection signals, so that the start opening solenoid 96 and the large size through the panel relay terminal board 140 The drive signal is output to the winning opening solenoid 97, the main control I / O port 102, the panel relay terminal board 140, and the function display board 141, the upper special symbol display 142, the lower special symbol display 143, the upper special symbol A drive signal is output to the symbol memory indicator 144, the lower special symbol memory indicator 145, the normal symbol indicator 146, the normal symbol memory indicator 147, the game state indicator 148, and the round indicator 149.

  In addition, the main control MPU 101 transmits various information (game information) related to gaming and various commands related to winning balls to the ball information control board 110 in a serial manner, or a pachinko game from the ball information control board 110 Various commands related to the state of the machine 1 are received by the serial method. In addition, the main control MPU 101 transmits various commands related to control of game effects and various commands related to the state of the pachinko machine 1 to the peripheral control board 130.

[Ball Information Control Board 110]
FIG. 22 is a block diagram mainly showing the main part of a ball information control board 110 disposed in a sealed ball type pachinko machine. The ball information control board 110 is provided with a ball information control unit 118 which performs management of ball holding balls and various control of the ball lifting device 22, the firing solenoid 13, and the ball feeding solenoid 31. Further, the main control board 100 and the ball information control board 110 are connected so as to enable two-way data communication.

[Ball information control unit 118]
The ball information control unit 118 is, as shown in FIG. 22, a ball information control MPU 111 which is a microprocessor including a ROM for storing various processing programs and various commands, a RAM for temporarily storing data, etc. A ball information control I / O port 112 as an O device and an external watchdog timer 116 (hereinafter referred to as “external WDT 116”) for monitoring whether or not the ball information control MPU 111 is operating normally. A ball lifting motor drive circuit 114 for outputting a drive signal to a motor of a ball lifting device 22 for lifting a ball, and a ball information control input circuit for receiving detection signals from various detection switches related to ball lifting. And a CR unit input / output circuit 115 for exchanging various signals with the settlement machine 4. In addition to the built-in ROM (hereinafter referred to as "ball information control built-in ROM") and RAM (hereinafter referred to as "ball information control built-in RAM"), the ball information control MPU 111 is illegal A function etc. are also built in to prevent it.

  The ball information control MPU 111 receives various information (game information) on gaming from the main control board 100 and various commands on the winning balls via the ball information control I / O port 112 in a serial manner, or from the main control board 100 The operation signal (detection signal) of the RAM clear switch 105 is input via the ball information control I / O port 112.

  A detection signal from the door frame opening switch 131 for detecting the opening of the door frame 3 to the body frame 2 and the body frame opening switch 132 for detecting the opening of the body frame 2 to the outer frame is first input to the ball information control input circuit 113. And is input to the ball information control MPU 111 via the ball information control I / O port 112. Furthermore, a touch detection signal (ON signal) by the touch switch 87 for detecting whether the palm or finger touches the ball striking handle 10 is input to the ball information control board 110 via the handle relay terminal plate 123, and the touch is further performed. The detection signal is input to the ball information control MPU 111 via the ball information control I / O port 112.

  Further, the ball information control MPU 111 is connected to the emission solenoid 13 through the emission solenoid drive circuit 120, and is connected to the ball feed solenoid 31 through the ball feed solenoid drive circuit 122, and the emission solenoid 13 according to the control output from the ball information control MPU 111. And the ball feed solenoid 31 is driven. Also, detection signals from the shooting standby ball detection switches 26 and 27, the shooting ball confirmation switch 36, and the collection ball detection switch 203 are input to the ball information control input circuit 113 via the sensor relay board 124, and the ball information control I / The ball information control MPU 111 is input via the O port 112. The ball information control MPU 111 outputs driving signals for driving the ball lifting device 22, the firing solenoid 13 and the ball feeding solenoid 31 to each driving element via the ball information control I / O port 112.

  Further, the touch panel unit 14 is connected to the ball information control MPU 111 so as to be capable of display by the control output from the ball information control I / O port 112. In addition to relaying the electrical connection between the main control board 100 and the external terminal board 133, the ball information control board 110 also includes a door frame open switch 131, a main body frame open switch 132, and an external terminal board 133. Relays the electrical connection between The external terminal board 133 is electrically connected to a hall computer installed in the game arcade (hall).

  A detection signal from a touch switch 87 for detecting whether the palm or finger touches the ball striking handle 10 and a release stop switch 86 for detecting whether the launch of the game ball is forcibly stopped by the player's intention. Is input to the ball information control input circuit 113 via the handle relay terminal board 123 first. Further, when the settlement machine 4 and the ball information control board 110 are electrically connected, they are input to the CR unit input / output circuit 115 as a CR connection signal.

  Note that DC power supplies +24 V, +12 V, +5.2 V are supplied from a power supply substrate (not shown) to the ball information control substrate 110. Further, DC power supplies +24 V, +12 V, +5.2 V are supplied to the main control board 100 via the ball information control board 110.

  The blackout monitoring circuit 117 compares and monitors the voltage V1 based on + 24V and the reference voltage, the voltage V2 based on + 12V and the reference voltage, respectively, and detects a sign of a blackout or a momentary power failure, that is, the voltage V1 or V2 If it becomes smaller than the voltage, a power failure notice signal is output as a power failure notice. The blackout notification signal output from the blackout monitoring circuit 117 is supplied to the main control MPU 101 in addition to the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110. Although not shown, the power failure notice signal is also input to the peripheral control board 130.

[Settlement machine 4]
FIG. 23 is a block diagram mainly showing each element connected to the settlement machine 4. The settlement machine 4 and the ball information control board 110 are connected so as to enable data communication in both directions. Although not illustrated, the control unit of the settlement machine 4 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input / output interface, a communication interface, and the like.

  Respective operation input signals of the ball lending button and the settlement button disposed on the touch panel portion 14 of the enclosed ball type game machine 1 are connected to the settlement machine 4 so as to be able to be input through an interface, for example. Further, the remaining frequency display unit and the operation notification lamp disposed on the touch panel unit 14 of the enclosed ball type pachinko machine 1 are connected so as to be able to be displayed by the control output from the settlement machine 4. Further, the settlement machine 4 is provided with a card processor 402 at the back of the card insertion slot of FIG.

[Card 403]
The card 403 used in the embodiment is, for example, a magnetic card or an IC card, and is issued by a card issuing machine (not shown) and provided to the player when the player pays a predetermined amount. In FIG. 23, the data configuration stored in the card 403 is shown.

  The card 403 corresponds to the amount of money paid when purchasing the card 403, an ID storage unit 404 in which an ID number (hereinafter simply referred to as an ID) as identification information individually assigned to the card 403 is stored. Remaining degree storage unit 305 in which the remaining degree number as the valuable value information to be stored is stored, and the number-of-balls holding unit 406 in which the number of balls held by the player as the game result of playing the game (number of gaming machine holding balls) is stored. Is set. When the card 403 is issued, the ID is stored in the ID storage unit 404, and the remaining frequency equivalent to the amount paid when purchasing the card 403 in the remaining frequency storage unit 405 (for example, the paid amount is 5,000 yen) In this case, "5000" is stored as the remaining frequency, but "0" is stored as the initial value of the ball count in the ball count storage unit 406.

  The card processor 402 is conventionally known, and a card sensor for detecting the card 403, a card reader / writer for reading data stored in the card 403 and writing data to the card 403, data read from the card 403 Card feeding means for feeding to the writing position and discharging the card 403 to the card insertion slot is provided. When the card processor 402 inserts the card 403 into the card insertion slot, the card processor 402 sends the card 403 to a predetermined data reading / writing position, and the card reader / writer stores the stored data, that is, the ID, remaining frequency and hold. The number of balls is read and output to the adjustment machine 4. Further, in accordance with the write command from the settlement machine 4, the ID, the remaining frequency and the ball holding number are written (stored) in the above-mentioned respective storage units.

  The settlement machine 4 stores, in the RAM, the ID read from the card 403 through the card processor 402, the remaining frequency, and the number of balls held.

[Ball rental by card 403]
When the data of the card 403 is read, the settlement machine 4 displays the remaining frequency stored in the RAM on the remaining frequency display unit. When the card 403 can be used, the settlement machine 4 lends a ball according to the operation of the ball lending button. In this ball lending, for example, a ball lending number of 125 (ball unit price is 4 yen) shall be ball lending per one operation of the ball lending button. In addition, in the case of ball lending, when there is the number of holding balls, and the number of holding balls does not reach 125, the ball is lent as the number of holding balls as the number of lent balls. The settlement machine 4 transmits the number of lent balls to the ball information control board 110. Further, the settlement machine 4 obtains the compensation for the ball loan by multiplying the set ball unit price by the number of balls to be rented, and subtracts the obtained compensation (the compensation for the ball loan is the remaining frequency) from the current remaining frequency. In the case where the number of held balls is present and the ball is lent from the number of held balls, the number of held balls is reduced from the current number of held balls. The settlement machine 4 displays the result on the remaining frequency display unit. Further, the remaining frequency is written in the remaining frequency storage unit 405 of the card 403.

[Game start]
When the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110 receives the number of lent balls transmitted from the settlement machine 4, the ball information control MPU 111 adds it to the number of balls possessed by the gaming machine and displays the addition result on the touch panel portion 14. The upper launcher 12 is made shootable and can be played.

[In game]
When the player operates the ball striking handle 10 to activate the ball striking device 29 and the game ball in the ball firing position is hit by the shooting hammer 30 into the game area 8, this is used for the ball detection of the shot ball confirmation switch 36. Based on the detection of the game ball 8 one by one into the game area 8. Then, the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110 sequentially sets “1” from the gaming machine holding ball number data stored in the gaming machine holding ball number storage area in response to the detection of hitting each one game ball. And the number of holding balls is displayed on the touch panel unit 14.

  On the other hand, the main control MPU 101 of the main control board 100 has a gate switch 92 disposed at a gate (not shown) capable of entering and passing game balls on the game board 5 side, a normal winning opening (not shown) The general winning opening detection switch 93, 94 arranged for the counter, the count switch 98 arranged for the large winning opening (not shown), the starting opening (not shown) as the upper starting opening In addition, based on the detection signal from the lower starting opening detection switch 90, 91, processing concerning the game is done, the command and the signal as the processing result as sphere information control base 110, peripheral control base 130, upper and lower special symbol Display 142, 143, upper, lower special symbol memory indicator 144, 145, normal symbol indicator 146, normal symbol memory indicator 147, starting opening solenoid 96, special winning opening solenoid 97 and the like.

  When the game ball launched by the upper firing device 12 wins in various winning openings (start winning hole, big winning opening, etc.) in the game area 8, the game balls are provided with various winning detection switches provided for each winning opening. (The upper start opening detection switch 90, the lower start opening detection switch 91, the general winning opening detection switch 93, the general winning opening detection switch 94, the count switch 98) are detected.

  The main control MPU 101 responds to detection signals of detection switches (general winning opening detection switches 93 and 94, count switch 98, upper and lower starting opening detection switches 90 and 91) provided for each winning opening. The ball information control board 110 outputs a prize ball command instructing the number of prize balls set in accordance with the winning opening on which the gaming ball has won a prize, as necessary.

  Furthermore, the main control MPU 101 periodically outputs a gaming state signal (status) indicating the type of the current gaming state to the peripheral control board 130. In the gaming state, for example, the starting opening and the starting opening are randomly drawn due to the winning of the starting opening, and the special symbol is variably displayed based on the drawing result to stop the symbol, and the drawing result is hit In the case of the first type of pachinko gaming machine to transition to a special gaming state (big hit gaming state) in the case of normal gaming state (normal probability of winning by lottery is the normal probability, and the time of the variable display of normal symbol is normal) Game state (normal symbol variable display time is shortened than normal time, information output signal during time saving), big hit gaming state (15 round big hit information output signal or 2 round big hit information output signal), high probability game State (a state in which the probability of hitting by lottery is higher than usual, probability changing information output signal), special symbol changing (special symbol display information output signal), starting opening winning Distillate is state (starting opening winning information output signal) and the like have.

  Note that the peripheral control substrate 130 is a liquid crystal display panel (not shown) and a part decoration substrate (not shown), a panel decoration substrate (not shown), and a frame decoration based on a command output from the main control substrate 100. By outputting a control signal to a substrate (not shown), the lighting display of various decorative LEDs is controlled, and the sound (sound, sound, sound effect, etc.) outputted from a speaker (not shown) is controlled. , A symbol to be displayed on a liquid crystal display panel (not shown) is controlled.

  The ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110 displays the number-of-held-number display and the settlement machine 4 of the firing solenoid 13, ball feeding solenoid 31, ball lifting device 22, and touch panel unit 14 based on various input signals. Output a signal.

  The game state signal and the winning ball command output from the main control board 100 are input to the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110.

  The ball information control MPU 111 receives, in response to receiving such a winning ball command, the value of the number of winning balls set in advance for each type of winning opening in the gaming machine holding ball data stored in the gaming machine ball number storage area. And is displayed on the touch panel unit 14.

[Game Finished, Settlement]
Thereafter, when the settlement button is operated by the player to end the game, the settlement machine 4 transmits a game end instruction to the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110.

  The ball information control MPU 111 receives the game end instruction sent from the settlement machine 4 by the settlement machine 4 transmitting the game end instruction to the ball information control MPU 111 in response to the operation of the settlement button, and the ball information control The MPU 111 transmits “end possible” to the checkout machine 4. Next, the ball information control MPU 111 stops the shooting solenoid 13 and the ball feeding solenoid 31 to stop the game. The current gaming machine holding ball count stored in the gaming machine holding ball count storage area is transmitted to the checkout machine 4.

  Then, when the processing of the settlement machine 4 corresponding to the gaming machine holding number transmitted from the ball information control MPU 111 ends, the settlement machine 4 transmits the processing end, so that the ball information control MPU 111 receives the processing end. Then, the gaming machine ball holding number storage area of the RAM is cleared to 0, and the processing is completed.

  On the other hand, since the ball information control MPU 111 transmits the number of gaming machine holding balls to the settlement machine 4 after the settlement machine 4 receives "end possible" as an answer about the termination state to the game termination command, the settlement machine 4 When the number of balls held is received, the received number of balls held in the gaming machine is added to the number of balls held in the settlement machine stored in the RAM when the card is inserted, and the addition result is stored as the number of balls held in the settlement. As a result, all of the number of balls held as the game result in which the player played the game are stored as the number-of-retainers machine-held number. Then, the processing end is transmitted to the ball information control MPU 111, the ball counting number is recorded in the holding number storage unit 406 of the card 403, the card 403 is ejected from the card insertion slot, and the processing is ended. As a result, the card 403 which is added with the gaming machine holding ball count as the game result and rewritten is returned to the player.

[Various control processing of main control board]
First, various control processes performed by the main control board 100 shown in FIG. 21 according to the progress of the game of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 24 to FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the main control side power on process performed by the main control MPU 101 of the main control board 100, and FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the continuation of the main control side power on process of FIG. Is a flowchart showing a main control timer interrupt process executed by the main control MPU 101.

[Main control side power on processing]
When the pachinko machine 1 is powered on, the main control MPU 101 (hereinafter simply referred to as a main control MPU) of the main control board 100 performs a process at the time of main control power on as shown in FIGS. When the main control side power-on process is started, the main control MPU sets the stack pointer (step S10). The stack pointer indicates, for example, an address stacked on the stack to temporarily store the contents of a storage element (register) in use, or temporarily returns the return address of this routine when the subroutine is ended and the process returns to this routine. It indicates the address stacked on the stack for storage, and the stack pointer advances each time the stack is stacked. In step S10, an initial address is set in the stack pointer, and the contents of the register, the return address, etc. are stacked on the stack from this initial address. Then, the stack pointer returns to the initial address by sequentially reading from the stack stacked last to the stack stacked first.

  Subsequent to step S10, wait timer processing 1 is performed (step S12), and it is determined whether a power failure advance signal is input (step S14). The voltage does not rise immediately between the time the power is turned on and the predetermined voltage. On the other hand, when a power failure or a momentary power interruption (a phenomenon in which the supply of power temporarily stops) occurs, the voltage drops and becomes smaller than the power failure warning voltage, the power failure monitoring circuit 117 of the ball information control board 110 A signal is output and input to the main control MPU. Similarly, when the voltage becomes lower than the power failure notification voltage during the period from the power-on to the predetermined voltage, a power failure notification signal is input from the power failure monitoring circuit 117 of the ball information control board 110.

  Therefore, wait timer process 1 in step S12 is a process for waiting for the voltage to become larger than the power failure notice voltage and become stable after the power is turned on. In this embodiment, 200 milliseconds (wait timer) is used as a waiting time (wait timer). ms) is set. The determination in step S14 is performed based on the power failure notice signal from the power failure monitoring circuit 117 of the ball information control board 110. After the power is turned on, when the voltage becomes higher than the power failure notification voltage and becomes stable, the power failure notification signal from the power failure monitoring circuit 117 is not output, and the main control MPU proceeds to step S16.

  In step S16, the main control MPU determines whether the RAM clear switch 105 (FIG. 21) is operated (step S16). This determination is performed based on whether the RAM clear switch 105 of the main control board 100 is operated and the operation signal (detection signal) is input to the main control MPU. When the detection signal is input, it is determined that the RAM clear switch 105 is operated, and when the detection signal is not input, it is determined that the RAM clear switch 105 is not operated.

  When it is determined in step S16 that the RAM clear switch 105 is operated, the value 1 is set to the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG (step S18), and the process proceeds to step S30 while the RAM clear switch 105 is switched on in step S16. When it is determined that the operation is not performed, the value 0 is set to the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG (step S19), and the process proceeds to step S30.

  The RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG is stored in the RAM built in the main control MPU 101 (hereinafter referred to as "main control built-in RAM"), and it is a game related to games such as probability fluctuation and unpaid prize balls etc. It is a flag indicating whether or not to delete information, and is set to a value of 1 when deleting game information, and a value of 0 when not deleting game information. The value of the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG set in step S18 and step S19 is stored in a general purpose storage element (general purpose register) of the main control MPU.

  After shifting to step S30, the main control MPU performs wait timer processing 2 (step S30). The wait timer process 2 waits until the system for performing the drawing control of the liquid crystal display device (not shown) by the liquid crystal control unit of the peripheral control substrate 130 starts up (boots). In this embodiment, 2 seconds (s) is set as a time (boot timer) until boot.

  Subsequently to step S30, it is determined whether the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG has a value 0 (step S32). As described above, the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG is set to a value 1 when the game information is deleted and a value 0 when the game information is not deleted. If it is determined in step S32 that the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG has a value of 0, that is, if the game information is not deleted, a checksum is calculated (step S34). This checksum is to calculate the total by regarding the game information stored in the main control built-in RAM as a numerical value.

  Following step S34, whether or not the calculated checksum value (sum value) matches the checksum value (sum value) stored in the main control side power-off process (after power-off) described later It is determined (step S36). If they match, it is determined whether the backup flag BK-FLG has the value 1 (step S38). The backup flag BK-FLG stores backup information such as game information, checksum value (sum value) and backup flag BK-FLG value in the main control internal RAM in the main control side power-off process described later. It is a flag indicating whether or not it is set to 1 when the main control side power-off process is ended normally and to 0 when the main control side power-off process is not ended normally.

  When the backup flag BK-FLG is 1 at step S38, that is, when the main control side power-off process is ended normally, the work area of the main control built-in RAM is set as the power recovery time (step S40). In this setting, in addition to setting the backup flag BK-FLG to the value 0, the power recovery information is read out from the ROM built in the main control MPU (hereinafter referred to as "main control built-in ROM"). The time information is set in the work area of the main control built-in RAM. Note that “power recovery” refers to the state where power has been turned on after the power has been shut off, as well as the state where power has been restored since a power failure or a momentary power failure, and detection of high frequency irradiation being detected. Also includes the state of recovery after that.

  Following step S40, a power-on command creation process is performed (step S42). In the power-on command creation process, game information is read from the backup information, and various commands corresponding to the game information are stored in a predetermined storage area of the main control built-in RAM.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S32 that the RAM clear notification flag RCL-FLG is not the value 0 (is the value 1), that is, the game information is erased, or the checksum value (sum value) matches in step S36. When the backup flag BK-FLG is determined not to be the value 1 (the value 0) at step S38, that is, when the main control side power-off process is not normally completed, The entire area is cleared (step S44). Specifically, this is performed by writing the value 0 into the main control built-in RAM (note that a predetermined value may be read out from the main control built-in ROM as an initial value and set). The random number for determining the initial value of the jackpot determination random number for use in determining the initial value of the jackpot determination random number is determined when the RAM clear switch 105 is operated to erase the game information, or when the sum values do not match, When the main control side power-off process is not completed normally, the unique ID code stored in advance in the non-volatile RAM of the main control MPU is taken out, and the big hit judgment random number is updated based on the taken out ID code. An initial value derivation process is executed to always derive the same fixed value from the fixed numerical range of the counter, and this fixed value is set as the initial value.

  Following step S44, a work area of the main control built-in RAM is set as an initial setting (step S46). In this setting, initial information is read from the main control built-in ROM, and this initial information is set in the work area of the main control built-in RAM.

  Following step S46, a RAM clear notification and test command creation process is performed (step S48). In this RAM clear notification and test command creation processing, a power on command classified as power on to clear the main control built-in RAM and to notify that initialization has been performed is created, and various types of peripheral control boards 130 are generated. A test command classified into a test relation for inspection is created and stored as transmission information in the transmission information storage area of the main control built-in RAM.

  Following step S42 or step S48, interrupt initialization is performed (step S50). This setting is to set an interrupt cycle when the main control side timer interrupt process to be described later is performed. In this embodiment, it is set to 4 ms.

  Subsequent to step S50, interrupt permission setting is performed. (Step S52). By this setting, the main control timer interrupt process is repeatedly performed at the interrupt cycle set in step S50, that is, every 4 ms. The process of steps S10 to S52 is referred to as "main control side power on process".

  Following step S52, the value A is set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL (step S54). The value A, the value B and the value C are sequentially set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL to clear the watchdog timer.

  Following step S54, it is determined whether or not a power failure advance signal is input (step S56). As described above, when the power of pachinko gaming machine 1 is shut down or a power failure or momentary stop occurs, the power failure monitoring signal of the power failure notification signal of ball information control board 110 is notified as a power failure notification when the voltage becomes lower than the power failure notification voltage. Input from 117. The determination in step S56 is performed based on the power failure advance signal.

  When there is no input of the power failure notice signal in step S56, non-coincidence random number update processing is performed (step S58). In this non-coincidence random number update process, for example, a random number for reach determination, a random number for variation display pattern, a random number for determining a big hit symbol initial value, and a random number for determining a small hit symbol initial value are updated. As described above, in the non-coincidence random number update process, the random number regardless of the collision judgment (big hit judgment) is updated. It should be noted that the random number per normal symbol judgment, the random number per time for the normal symbol judgment initial value determination, the random number for the normal symbol variation display pattern, etc. are also updated by this non-coincidence random number updating process.

  After step S58, the process returns to step S54, sets the value A in the watchdog timer clear register WCL, and determines in step S56 whether or not there is an input of a power failure notification signal. For example, the non-coincidence random number updating process is performed in step S58, and steps S54 to S58 are repeated. The process of steps S54 to S58 is referred to as "main control side main loop process".

  On the other hand, when the power failure notice signal is input in step S56, the interrupt prohibition setting is performed (step S60). By this setting, the main control side timer interrupt process to be described later is not performed, the writing to the main control built-in RAM is prevented, and the rewriting of the game information is protected.

  Subsequent to step S60, as shown in FIG. 21, starting opening solenoid 96, special winning opening solenoid 97, upper special symbol display 142, lower special symbol display 143, upper special symbol memory display 144, lower special symbol memory display The drive signal output to the container 145, the normal symbol display 146, the normal symbol storage display 147, the game state indicator 148, the round indicator 149, etc. is stopped (step S62).

  Following step S62, a checksum is calculated and the calculated value is stored (step S64). This checksum is calculated by regarding the gaming information in the work area of the main control built-in RAM as a numerical value, excluding the storage area of the checksum value (sum value) and the backup flag BK-FLG described above.

  Following step S64, the backup flag BK-FLG is set to the value 1 (step S66). This completes the storage of backup information.

  Following step S66, the watchdog timer clear setting is performed (step S68). This clear setting is performed by sequentially setting the value A, the value B, and the value C in the watchdog timer clear register WCL as described above.

  Following step S68, a loop process of repeating nothing is performed. Note that the processing of steps S60 to S68 and the loop processing are referred to as "main control side power-off processing". In this loop processing, since the value A, the value B and the value C are not sequentially set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL, the watchdog timer is not cleared. Therefore, the watchdog timer times out and outputs a time-out signal, and the main control MPU is reset by the time-out signal, and then the main control MPU performs this main control side power-on process from the beginning again.

  The pachinko machine 1 (main control MPU 101) is reset when a power failure or a momentary power failure occurs, and performs processing when the main control side power is turned on by the recovery of the power thereafter.

  In step S36, it is checked whether the backup information stored in the main control built-in RAM is normal or not, and in step S38, whether or not the main control side power-off process has ended normally. I am examining it. As described above, by double-checking the backup information stored in the main control built-in RAM, it is checked whether the backup information is stored by fraudulent acts or not.

[Main control timer interrupt processing]
Next, the main control timer interrupt process will be described. The main control timer interrupt process is repeatedly performed every interrupt cycle (4 ms in the present embodiment) set in the main control power-on process shown in FIGS.

  When the main control timer interrupt process is started, the main control MPU of the main control board 100 sets the value B to the watchdog timer clear register WCL as shown in FIG. 26 (step S70). At this time, the value B is set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL following the value A set in step S54 of the main control side main loop process.

  Subsequent to step S70, the interrupt flag is cleared (step S72). By clearing this interrupt flag, the interrupt cycle is initialized, and the next interrupt cycle is clocked from its initial value.

  Following step S72, switch input processing is performed (step S74). In this switch input process, various signals input to the input terminal of the main control I / O port 102 are read and stored as input information in the input information storage area of the main control built-in RAM.

  Subsequent to step S74, a timer subtraction process is performed (step S76). In this timer subtraction process, for example, a time during which the upper special symbol display 142 and the lower special symbol display 143 are lighted in accordance with the special symbol to be described later and the variable display pattern determined in the special electric character control process, the ordinary symbol to be described later The ball information control board 110 transmits various commands transmitted by the main control board 100 (main control MPU) in addition to the time when the normal symbol display 146 is lighted in accordance with the normal symbol variation display pattern determined in the normal motor combination control process. When it is determined whether or not the sphere information main ACK signal that indicates normal reception has been input, time management such as an ACK signal input determination time set as the determination condition is performed. Specifically, when the fluctuation time of the fluctuation display pattern or the normal symbol fluctuation display pattern is 5 seconds, the timer interruption period is set to 4 ms, so the fluctuation time is subtracted by 4 ms each time this timer subtraction processing is performed. When the subtraction result becomes 0, the fluctuation time of the fluctuation display pattern or the normal symbol fluctuation display pattern is accurately measured.

  In the present embodiment, the ACK signal input determination time is set to 100 ms. Each time the timer subtraction processing is performed, the ACK signal input determination time is reduced by 4 ms, and when the subtraction result becomes 0, the ACK signal input determination time is accurately counted. The various times and the ACK signal input determination time are stored as time management information in the time management information storage area of the main control built-in RAM.

  Subsequent to step S76, a true random number update process is performed (step S78). In this success random number update process, the above-described random number for big hit determination, the random number for big hit symbol, and the random number for small hit symbol are updated. Moreover, in addition to these random numbers, random numbers for jackpot symbol initial value determination updated in the non-falling random number update process of step S58 in the main control side power-on process (main control side main process) shown in FIG. And the random number for the initial value decision for small hitting design is renewed. The random number for determining the initial value for the big hit symbol and the random number for determining the initial value for the small hit symbol are further improved in the main control side main processing and the main control side timer interrupt processing by being updated in randomness. . On the other hand, since the big hit determination random number, the big hit symbol random number, and the small hit symbol random number are random numbers involved in the hit determination (big hit determination), each counter is only executed each time this hit random number update processing is performed. Count up. For example, as described above, the counter for updating the jackpot determination random number is an initial value update type counter, and a predetermined fixed numerical range from the minimum value to the maximum value (in the present embodiment, the value is set as the minimum value) The range from the minimum value to the maximum value is incremented by one each time the main control timer interrupt processing is performed, and the range from the minimum value to the maximum value is incremented by one. It counts up from the initial value determination random number for big hit determination to the maximum value (value 32767), and then counts up from the minimum value (value 0) to the random number determination for big hit determination. When the counter for updating the big hit determination random number has counted up the range from the minimum value to the maximum value of the big hit determination random number, the big hit determination initial value determination random number is updated by this false random number updating process. At this time, as the value to be updated, the main control MPU takes out the ID code from its built-in nonvolatile RAM, and based on this taken out ID code, always the same from the fixed numerical range of the counter for updating the jackpot judging random number. Initial value derivation processing for deriving a fixed value of is executed, and the derived fixed value is set as an initial value. That is, the jackpot determination initial value determination random number is constantly overwritten and updated with the same fixed value derived based on the ID code by execution of the initial value derivation process as the initial value. In addition, the random number per normal symbol determination described above and the random number per normal symbol determination initial value determination random number are also updated by this success random number update processing. The normal symbol determination random number is the same as the above-described method for updating the jackpot determination random number, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  Following step S78, a winning ball control process is performed (step S80). In this prize ball control process, a prize ball command for reading out input information from the above-described input information storage area and transmitting it to the ball information control board 110 based on the input information is prepared, or the main control board 100 and ball information A self check command is created to confirm the connection between the control substrate 110 and the substrate. Then, the created prize ball command and the self check command are transmitted to the sphere information control board 110 as master sphere information serial data. For example, when one game ball enters the big winning opening, a prize ball command representing 15 balls as the number of prize balls is created and transmitted to the ball information control board 110, or this prize ball command is sent to the ball information control board When the ball information main ACK signal which indicates that the reception is normally completed 110 is not input within a predetermined time, a self check command is generated to confirm the connection between the main control board 100 and the ball information control board 110. It is transmitted to the ball information control board 110 or the like.

  Following step S80, frame command reception processing is performed (step S82). The ball information control board 110 transmits various commands of 1 byte (8 bits) divided into status indication. In the frame command reception process of step S82, when the various commands are normally received as the sphere information main serial data, the information to convey the fact to the sphere information control board 110 is stored in the output information storage area of the main control internal RAM as the output information. Remember. Also, the command normally received as the sphere information main serial data is shaped into a 2-byte (16 bit) command, and stored as the transmission information in the transmission information storage area described above.

  Following step S82, a cheating detection process is performed (step S84). In this fraudulent action detection process, the abnormal state regarding the winning balls is confirmed. For example, when the input information is read from the above-described input information storage area and the detection signal from the count switch 98 is input when the game is not in the big hit gaming state (when the game ball enters the big winning opening), etc. A prize failure display command to be classified as a notification display as an abnormal state is created, and stored as the transmission information in the transmission information storage area described above.

  Subsequent to step S84, a special symbol and special electric combination product control process is performed (step S86). In this special symbol and special motorized product control process, the value of the counter for updating the above-mentioned big hit judgment random number is taken out and it is judged whether it matches with the big hit judgment value stored in advance in the main control built-in ROM (big hit Determine whether or not to generate a gaming state (referred to as "special lottery".) Or take out the value of the counter for updating the jackpot symbol random number, and with the probability variation hit determination value stored in advance in the main control built-in ROM It is determined whether or not they match (determination of whether or not to generate a probability change). Here, “probability fluctuation” means that the probability of hitting a jackpot changes to a high probability (probability variation) set higher than that at normal time (low probability). In the present embodiment, values 32668 to 32767 are set as the range (big hit determination range) of the above-described big hit determination values with low probability and are read out from the normal determination table, while the value is 32438 with high probability. A value of 32767 is set and read out from the probability variation judgment table. As described above, in the special symbol and special motorized product control process in step S86, whether or not the value of the counter for updating the jackpot determination random number matches the jackpot determination value stored in advance in the main control internal ROM When determining whether or not the jackpot determination random number is updated, it is determined whether the value of the counter for updating the jackpot determination random number is included in the jackpot determination range.

  When these determination results are based on the upper starting opening detection switch 90, various commands related to special figure 1 tuning effect are created, while when the lottery results are based on the lower starting opening detection switch 91, Fig. 2 Create various commands related to tuning effects and store them in the transmission information storage area as transmission information, and turn on the special symbol display 142 or the lower special symbol display 143 according to the determined variation display pattern of the special symbol. The output of the lighting signal to the upper special symbol display 142 or the lower special symbol display 143 is set, and stored as the output information in the above-described output information storage area.

  In addition, according to the game state to be generated, for example, when it becomes a big hit game state, create various commands classified as big hit association, store it in the transmission information storage area as transmission information, or open and close the opening and closing member Sets the output of the drive signal to the winning opening solenoid 97 and stores it as output information in the output information storage area, or when the number of times the big winning opening is opened from the closed state is two times, the round display The output of the lighting signal to the 2 round display lamp is set to light the 2 round display lamp of the unit 149, and stored in the output information storage area as the output information, or when the round is 15 times Set the output of the lighting signal to the 15 round display lamp so that the 15 round display lamp lights up, and output information as output information And stores in the storage area, presence or absence of occurrence probability variations sets the output of the lighting signal to the game state indicator 148 to be lit in a predetermined color, or stored in the output information storage area as the output information.

  Subsequent to step S86, a control of normal symbol and normal electric combination is performed (step S88). In this ordinary symbol and ordinary motor combination control process, input information is read out from the above-described input information storage area, and gate winning processing is performed based on the input information. In this gate winning process, it is determined from the input information whether or not the detection signal from the gate switch 92 has been input to the input terminal. Based on the determination result, when the detection signal is input to the input terminal, the value etc. of the counter for updating the above-mentioned random number per symbol for determination is extracted and gate information storage area of the main control internal RAM as gate information Remember to

  Following step S88, port output processing is performed (step S90). In this port output process, output information is read from the output information storage area described above from the output terminal of the main control I / O port 102, and various signals are output based on the output information. For example, when various commands from the ball information control board 110 are normally received from the output terminal of the main control I / O port 102 based on the output information, the main ball information ACK signal is output to the ball information control board 110 When the jackpot gaming state, the drive signal is output to the large winning opening solenoid 97 that performs the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing member of the big winning opening, and the driving signal is output to the starting opening solenoid 96 that performs the opening and closing operation of the movable piece In addition, 15 round big hit information output signal, 2 round big hit information output signal, probability variation in progress information output signal, special symbol display information output signal, normal symbol display information output signal, time short information information output information, starting opening winning information output signal And the like are output to the ball information control board 110 or the like.

  Following step S90, peripheral control board command transmission processing is performed (step S92). In this peripheral control board command transmission process, transmission information is read out from the transmission information storage area described above, and this transmission information is transmitted to the peripheral control board 130 as main cycle serial data. In this transmission information, various commands created in the main control side timer interrupt processing which is this routine, various commands classified in special figure 1 tuning effect related, various commands classified in special figure 2 synchronous effect related, big hit related The various commands that are classified, the various commands that are classified as power on, the various commands that are classified as related to general drawing tuning effect, the various commands that are classified as related to regular electric circuit production, the various commands that are classified as notification display, the status display Various commands to be classified, various commands to be classified as test related, and various commands to be classified as others are stored. In the main cycle serial data, one packet is configured into 3 bytes.

  Specifically, the main cycle serial data has a status indicating the type of command having a storage capacity of 1 byte (8 bits), a mode indicating a variation of effects having a storage capacity of 1 byte (8 bits), and a status And a sum value obtained by calculating the sum of the modes as numerical values, and this sum value is created at the time of transmission. Note that the process of step S74 to step S92 is referred to as "game control process".

  Following step S92, the value C is set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL (step S94). The value C is set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL in step S94, whereby the value C is set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL following the value B set in step S70. As a result, the value A, the value B, and the value C are sequentially set in the watchdog timer clear register WCL, and the watchdog timer is cleared.

  Following step S94, switching (restoration) of the register is performed (step S96), and this routine is ended. Here, when the main control side timer interrupt process which is this routine is started, the main control MPU loads the contents of the general purpose register on the stack in a hardware manner and saves it. This prevents the destruction of the contents of the general purpose register used in the main control side main processing. At step S96, the contents stored in the stack and read out are read out and written in the original register. The main control MPU sets the interrupt permission after the return in step S96.

[Various control processing of ball information control board]
Next, various control processes performed by the ball information control board 110 shown in FIG. 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing ball information control side power on processing performed by the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110, and FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing continuation of the ball information control side power on processing of FIG. FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the continuation of the processing at the time of power-on of the ball information control side following FIG. 28, and FIG. 30 is the processing of the process of power-off when the ball information control MPU 111 of the ball information control board 110 executes. FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing an example of the ball information control timer interrupt process.

[Process when the ball information control side is turned on]
When the pachinko gaming machine 1 is powered on, the ball information control MPU 111 (hereinafter simply referred to as the ball information control MPU) of the ball information control unit 118 in the ball information control board 110 is, as shown in FIGS. Performs processing when the ball information control side power is turned on. When the ball information control side power-on process is started, the ball information control MPU sets an interrupt mode (step S500). This interrupt mode is for setting the priority of interrupts of the ball information control MPU. In the present embodiment, the ball information control unit timer interrupt process described later is set to the highest priority, and when an interrupt of the ball information control unit timer interrupt process occurs, the process is preferentially performed.

  Following step S500, input / output setting (input / output setting for I / O) is performed (step S502). In this I / O I / O setting, I / O port I / O setting and the like of the ball information control MPU are performed.

  Subsequent to step S502, output of a power failure clear signal to the power failure monitoring circuit 117 shown in FIG. 22 is started (step S504). The blackout monitoring circuit 117 is composed of a voltage comparison circuit and a D type flip flop IC. The voltage comparison circuit outputs the comparison result by comparing the voltage of +24 V with the reference voltage or comparing the voltage of +12 V with the reference voltage. The comparison result is that when the power failure or momentary interruption does not occur, the logic becomes HI and is input to the PR terminal which is the preset terminal of the D-type flip flop, while when the interruption or momentary failure occurs The logic becomes LOW and is input to the PR terminal which is a preset terminal of the D type flip flop. In step S504, the output of the power failure clear signal is started to the CLR terminal which is the clear terminal of the D type flip flop. The power failure clear signal is input to the clear terminal through the ball information control I / O port 112 of the ball information control unit 118, with its logic being LOW. Thus, the sphere information control MPU can release the latch state of the D type flip flop, and inverts the logic input to the PR terminal which is the preset terminal of the D type flip flop until the latch state is set. Then, it is possible to output from the 1Q terminal which is an output terminal, and to monitor the signal from the 1Q terminal.

  Following step S504, wait timer processing 1 is performed (step S506), and it is determined whether a power failure advance signal is input (step S508). The voltage does not rise immediately between the time the power is turned on and the predetermined voltage. On the other hand, when a power failure or a momentary power failure occurs (a phenomenon in which the supply of power temporarily stops), the voltage drops and becomes smaller than the power failure warning voltage, the power failure monitoring circuit 117 receives a power failure notification signal as a power failure notification. Similarly, when the voltage becomes lower than the power failure notification voltage during the period from the power-on to the predetermined voltage, a power failure notification signal is input from the power failure monitoring circuit 117. Therefore, wait timer process 1 in step S506 is a process for waiting until the voltage becomes larger than the power failure notice voltage and becomes stable after power on. In the present embodiment, 200 milliseconds (wait timer) is used as a waiting time (wait timer). ms) is set. In the determination of step S508, it is determined whether the power failure notice signal is input. This determination is performed based on the signal output from the 1Q terminal which is the output terminal of the above-described D-type flip flop as the power failure advance signal.

  Following step S508, the output of the power failure clear signal is stopped at the CLR terminal which is the clear terminal of the D type flip flop (step S510). By stopping the output of the power failure clear signal, the logic becomes HI via the ball information control I / O port 112 and is input to the CLR terminal which is a clear terminal. Thereby, the sphere information control MPU can set the D type flip flop in the latch state. The D-type flip flop outputs a power failure notice signal from the 1Q terminal which is an output terminal, when a state where the logic becomes LOW to be input to the PR terminal which is its preset terminal is latched.

  Subsequently to step S510, it is determined whether the RAM clear switch 105 is operated (step S512). This determination is performed based on whether the RAM clear switch 105 of the main control board 100 is operated and the operation signal (detection signal) is input to the ball information control MPU. When the detection signal is input, it is determined that the RAM clear switch 105 is operated, and when the detection signal is not input, it is determined that the RAM clear switch 105 is not operated.

  If it is determined in step S512 that the RAM clear switch 105 is operated, the ball information RAM clear flag is set to the value 1 (step S514), and the process proceeds to step S518 while the RAM clear switch 105 is operated in step S512. If it is determined not, the value 0 is set in the sphere information RAM clear (step S516), and the process proceeds to step S518.

  The ball information RAM clear flag is stored in a RAM (hereinafter referred to as "ball information control built-in RAM") built in the ball information control MPU, for example, stored in various flags, various information storage areas It is a flag indicating whether or not various ball information is to be deleted, and is set to a value of 1 when deleting ball information, and a value of 0 when not deleting ball information. The sphere information RAM clear flag set in step S514 and step S516 is stored in the general purpose storage element (general purpose register) of the sphere information control MPU.

  Following step S514 or step S516, a setting for permitting access to the ball information control built-in RAM is performed (step S518). By this setting, the ball information control built-in RAM can be accessed, and for example, writing (storage) or reading of ball information can be performed.

  Following step S518, the stack pointer is set (step S520). The stack pointer indicates, for example, an address stacked on the stack to temporarily store the contents of a storage element (register) in use, or temporarily returns the return address of this routine when the subroutine is ended and the process returns to this routine. It indicates the address stacked on the stack for storage, and the stack pointer advances each time the stack is stacked. In step S520, an initial address is set in the stack pointer, and the contents of the register, the return address, etc. are stacked on the stack from this initial address. Then, the stack pointer returns to the initial address by sequentially reading from the stack stacked last to the stack stacked first.

  Following step S520, the ball information control MPU proceeds to step S527. In step S527, it is determined whether the ball information RAM clear flag has a value of 0 (step S527). As described above, the sphere information RAM clear flag is set to 1 when the sphere information is erased, and to 0 when the sphere information is not erased.

  If it is determined in step S527 that the ball information RAM clear flag has a value of 0, that is, if the ball information is not to be erased, a checksum is calculated (step S528). This checksum is to calculate the total by regarding the ball information stored in the ball information control built-in RAM as a numerical value.

  Subsequent to step S528, it is determined whether the calculated checksum value matches the checksum value stored in the ball information control unit power off process (power off) described later (step S530). ). If they match, it is determined whether the ball information backup flag has the value 1 (step S532). The ball information backup flag is a flag indicating whether or not the ball information backup information such as the ball information and the checksum value is stored and held in the ball information control built-in RAM in the ball information control unit power off process described later. The value is set to 1 when the ball information control unit power-off process is ended normally, and to 0 when the ball information control unit power-off process is not ended normally.

  If it is determined in step S532 that the ball information backup flag has a value of 1, that is, if the ball information control unit power-off process has ended normally, the working area of the ball information control built-in RAM is set as power recovery (step S534). In this setting, in addition to setting the ball information backup flag to the value 0, the power recovery information is read from a ROM (hereinafter referred to as "ball information control built-in ROM") built in the ball information control MPU. The power recovery information is set in the working area of the ball information control built-in RAM. As a result, the information to be used for various processes is set based on the various flags, the various information stored in the various information storage area, etc., which are the above-mentioned sphere information backup information stored in the sphere information control built-in RAM. . Note that “power recovery” includes the state where power is turned on after the power is shut off, as well as the state where power is restored after a power failure or momentary power failure.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S527 that the ball information RAM clear flag is not 0 (value 1), or if the checksum values do not match in step S530, or the ball information backup flag is a value in step S532. If it is determined that the value is not 1 (value is 0), that is, if the ball information control unit power-off process has not ended normally, the entire area of the ball information control built-in RAM is cleared (step S536). Thereby, the ball information backup information stored in the ball information control built-in RAM is cleared.

  Following step S536, a work area of the ball information control built-in RAM is set as an initial setting (step S538). In this setting, initial information is read out from the sphere information control built-in ROM, and this initial information is set in the working area of the sphere information control built-in RAM.

  Following step S534 or step S538, interrupt initialization is performed (step S540). This setting is to set an interrupt cycle when a ball information control unit timer interrupt process to be described later is performed. In this embodiment, it is set to 2 ms.

  Subsequent to step S540, interrupt permission setting is performed (step S542). With this setting, the ball information control unit timer interrupt process is repeatedly performed at the interrupt cycle set in step S540, that is, every 2 ms.

  Subsequently to step S542, it is determined whether a power failure advance signal is input (step S544). As described above, when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is shut down or a power failure or momentary stop occurs, a power failure notification signal is input from the power failure monitoring circuit 117 as a power failure notification when the voltage becomes lower than the power failure notification voltage. The determination in step S540 is performed based on the power failure advance signal.

  If it is determined in step S544 that a power failure advance signal has not been input, it is determined whether the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG has a value 1 (step S546). The 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is a flag that counts 2 ms in the ball information control unit timer interrupt processing that is processed every 2 ms, which will be described later. Each is set.

  If it is determined in step S546 that the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is the value 0, that is, if 2 ms has not elapsed, the process returns to step S544, and it is determined whether a power failure advance signal is input.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S546 that the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is the value 1, that is, 2 ms has elapsed, the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is set to the value 0 (step S547), and the process proceeds to step S550. The external watchdog timer (external WDT) 116 outputs an external WDT clear signal (turned on, step S550). The external WDT 116 monitors the operation (system) of the ball information control MPU, and resets the ball information control MPU and the ball information control I / O port 112 when the external WDT clear signal is not stopped at the clear signal release time. Is output and reset (The ball information control MPU diagnoses periodically whether the system is out of control).

  Following step S550, port output processing is performed (step S552). In this port output process, various information is read from the output information storage area of the sphere information control built-in RAM, and various signals are output from the output terminal of the sphere information control I / O port 112 based on the various information.

  In the output information storage area, for example, ball information main ACK information for notifying that the various commands (a prize ball command and a self check command) related to a prize ball from the main control board 100 have been normally received, When various information such as drive information for performing drive control is stored, and a prize ball command from the main control board 100 is normally received from the output terminal of the ball information control I / O port 112 based on the output information The ball information main ACK signal is output to the main control board 100, and a drive signal is output to the firing solenoid 13.

  Following step S552, port input processing is performed (step S554). In this port input processing, various signals input to the input terminal of the ball information control I / O port 112 are read and stored as input information in the input information storage area of the ball information control built-in RAM. For example, from the door frame open switch 131, the main body frame open switch 132, the shot waiting ball detection switches 26, 27, 70, the shot ball confirmation switch 36, the collected ball detection switch 203, the shot stop switch 86, the touch switch 87, and the settlement machine 4 And main link information ACK signal from the main control board 100, etc., which indicate that the main control board 100 has normally received various commands transmitted in the command transmission processing described later. , And stored in the input information storage area as input information.

  Subsequent to step S554, a timer update process is performed (step S556). The various determination times are stored in the time management information storage area of the ball information control built-in RAM as time management information. In the timer update process, it is determined whether or not timer values of various timers are set. If the timer value is set, the timer value is decremented by one. For example, when "1000" is set to the timer as a value corresponding to 2 seconds (2000 ms), the timer interrupt cycle is set to 2 ms, so the timer value is 1 each time the timer subtraction process is performed in 2 ms cycles. Time is counted up when the subtraction result is 0 and the time is measured accurately.

  Following step S556, a settlement machine communication process is performed (step S558). In the settlement machine communication process, whether or not various signals (BRQ signal, BRDY signal and CR connection signal) from the settlement machine 4 are input based on the input information by reading the input information from the above-described input information storage area Determine Based on various signals from the settlement machine 4, the ball information control MPU exchanges various signals with the settlement machine 4. When the ball information control MPU receives, for example, the number of lent balls transmitted from the checkout machine 4, the ball information control MPU adds the number of lent balls to the number-of-balls holding game data.

  Following step S558, command reception processing is performed (step S560). In this command reception process, various commands (a prize ball command and a self check command) related to a prize ball from the main control board 100 are received. When the various commands are normally received, sphere information main ACK information to that effect is stored in the above-mentioned output information storage area. On the other hand, when various commands can not be received normally, the connection between the main control substrate 100 and the ball information control substrate 110 indicates that there is an abnormality in the connection between the substrates (aberration in various command signals). The abnormality information is stored in the above-described state information storage area.

  Following step S560, command analysis processing is performed (step S562). In this command analysis process, the command received in step S 562 is analyzed, and the analyzed command is stored as reception command information in the reception command information storage area of the sphere information control built-in RAM.

  Subsequent to step S562, main operation setting processing is performed (step S564). In the main operation setting process, the ball information control MPU performs operation setting of the firing solenoid 13, the ball feeding solenoid 31, the ball lifting device 22, and the like. In addition, the ball information control MPU sequentially receives “1” from the gaming machine holding ball number data stored in the gaming machine holding ball number storage area in response to the detection of hitting one game ball each based on the ball detection of the shooting ball confirmation switch 36. Subtract. Furthermore, when a winning ball command is stored in the reception command information storage area, the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning ball command is added to the gaming machine possession number data stored in the gaming machine possession number storage area.

  Subsequent to step S564, LED display data creation processing is performed (step S566). In this LED display data creation processing, for example, the gaming machine holding number data stored in the gaming machine holding number storage area described above is read out, and display data for displaying the holding number on the touch panel unit 14 is created and LED It stores in the output information storage area mentioned above as display information.

  Following step S566, command transmission processing is performed (step S568). In this command transmission process, various types of information are read from the above-described state information storage area, various types of commands classified into the state display are created based on the various types of information, and transmitted to the main control board 100.

  Following step S568, the output of the external WDT clear signal to the external watchdog timer (external WDT) 116 is stopped (turned off, step S570). Thereby, the external WDT 116 is cleared, and the ball information control MPU and the ball information control I / O port 112 are not reset. Also, the external WDT 116 starts counting the clear signal release time when the output of the external WDT clear signal is stopped.

  Following step S570, the process returns to step S544 again to determine whether or not a power failure notification signal is input. If there is no power failure notification signal input, the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG has a value 1 in step S546. If the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is a value 1, that is, if 2 ms has elapsed, the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is set to a value 0 in step S547, and the external WDT 4120 c is externally set in step S550. A WDT clear signal is output (ON), port output processing is performed in step S552, port input processing is performed in step S554, timer update processing is performed in step S556, settlement machine communication processing is performed in step S558, and step S560 Command reception processing is performed, and in step S562, command analysis processing is performed. The main operation setting process is performed in step S564, the LED display data creation process is performed in step S566, the command transmission process is performed in step S568, and the output of the external WDT clear signal to the external WDT 116 is stopped (OFF) in step S570. Steps S544 to S570 are repeated. The process of steps S544 to S570 is referred to as "ball information control main process".

  On the other hand, when the power failure notice signal is input in step S544, the interrupt prohibition setting is performed (step S572). With this setting, the ball information control unit timer interrupt process described later is not performed, the writing to the ball information control built-in RAM is prevented, and the rewriting of the ball information described above is protected.

  Following step S572, the power failure clear signal is output to the CLR terminal which is the clear terminal of the D type flip flop of the power failure monitoring circuit 117 through the ball information control I / O port 112 (step S574). Thus, the D-type flip flop can release the latch state by outputting the power failure clear signal.

  After step S574, the output of the drive signal to the emission solenoid 13 is stopped (step S576). Thereby, launch of the game ball is stopped. Subsequently to step S576, the output of the drive signal to the ball feed solenoid 31 is stopped (step S578). As a result, the feed of the game balls to the hit ball launcher 29 is stopped.

  Following step S578, an external WDT clear signal is output to the external WDT 116 to stop the output (turn ON / OFF, step S580). This clears the external WDT 116. Following step S580, a checksum is calculated and the calculated value is stored (step S582). This checksum is calculated by regarding the sphere information of the working area of the sphere information control built-in RAM as a numerical value excluding the storage area of the checksum value calculated in step S528 and the value of the sphere information backup flag HBK-FLG Do. Following step S582, the ball information backup flag is set to the value 1 (step S584). This completes the storage of the ball information backup information. Following step S584, the setting for prohibiting access to the ball information control built-in RAM is set (step S586). By this setting, access to the ball information control built-in RAM is inhibited and writing and reading can not be performed, and ball information backup information stored in the ball information control built-in RAM is protected.

  Following step S586, a loop process of repeating nothing is entered. In this loop processing, the external WDT 116 is not turned ON / OFF the clear signal. Therefore, the external WDT 116 outputs a reset signal to the ball information control MPU and the ball information control I / O port 112 to perform reset. After that, the ball information control MPU performs this ball information control side power-on process from the beginning again. The process of steps S572 to S586 and the loop process are referred to as "ball information control power-off process".

  The pachinko machine 1 (ball information control MPU) is reset when there is a power failure or when there is an instantaneous power failure, and the ball information control side power-on processing is performed when the power is restored thereafter.

  In step S530, it is checked whether the ball information backup information stored in the ball information control built-in RAM is normal or not, and in step S532, the ball information control unit power off process is normally ended. Whether or not it is checked. As described above, by double checking the ball information backup information stored in the ball information control built-in RAM, it is checked whether or not the ball information backup information is stored by cheating.

[Ball information control timer interrupt processing]
Next, the ball information control timer interrupt process will be described. The ball information control timer interrupt process is repeatedly performed every interrupt cycle (2 ms in the present embodiment) set in the ball information control power-on process shown in FIGS.

  When the ball information control side timer interrupt process is started, the ball information control MPU of the ball information control unit 118 in the ball information control board 110 sets the timer interrupt to be prohibited and switches the register as shown in FIG. Save) (step S590). Here, the general-purpose storage element (general-purpose register) used in the above-described ball information control unit main processing is switched to the auxiliary register. By using this auxiliary register in the ball information control timer interrupt process, the value of the general purpose register is not overwritten. This prevents the destruction of the contents of the general purpose register used in the ball information control side main processing.

  Following step S590, the 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is set to the value 1 (step S592). The 2 ms elapsed flag HT-FLG is a flag that counts 2 ms every 2 ms when the ball information control unit timer interrupt processing is performed, that is, the value 0 when 1 ms has not elapsed when 2 ms has elapsed. Each is set to Following step S592, switching (restoration) of the register is performed (step S594). This return is switched from the auxiliary register used in the ball information control timer interrupt process to the general-purpose storage element (general-purpose register). By using this general purpose register in the sphere information control side main processing, the value of the auxiliary register is not overwritten. This prevents the destruction of the contents of the auxiliary register used in the ball information control unit timer interrupt process. Subsequently to step S594, interrupt permission is set (step S596), and this routine is ended.

[Each process executed in the sphere information control main process]
Next, each process executed by the sphere information control MPU of the sphere information control board 110 every 2 ms in the sphere information control main process of FIG. 21 will be described. First, the rental ball processing will be described, and then, the ball hitting permission determination processing, the ball number counting processing, the ball feeding and firing drive processing, the launch ball detection processing, and the ball number subtraction processing will be described. In addition, batting ball possibility determination processing, ball number count processing, ball sending / firing drive processing, launch ball detection processing, ball number subtraction processing is executed as one of the main operation setting processing of step S 564 It is executed in the order of the possibility judgment process, the ball number counting process, the ball feeding and firing drive process, the launch ball detection process, and the ball number subtraction process.

  When the card 403 is inserted into the card insertion slot by the player, the insertion of the card 403 is detected in the settlement machine 4, and the data stored in the card 403 is read through the card processor 402. That is, the ID stored in the ID storage unit 404 of the card 403 of FIG. 15, the remaining number stored in the remaining frequency storage unit 405, and the ball number stored in the ball number storage unit 406 are read Are stored in a predetermined storage area (ID storage area, remaining frequency storage area, number-of-balls storage area).

  Next, the checkout machine 4 determines whether the inserted card 403 is usable or unusable. In this embodiment, when the read remaining frequency is 0 and the read number of balls is 0, the card 403 is determined to be unusable, and the card 403 is ejected from the card insertion slot. Therefore, when it is determined that the card 403 can not be used, the processing for counting the number of held balls, the ball feed / discharge drive processing, and the processing for subtracting the number of held balls described below are not performed.

  On the other hand, if the read remaining frequency is not 0, or if the read number of balls is not 0 even if the read remaining frequency is 0, the checkout machine 4 determines that the card is usable and the ball information The card availability information is transmitted to the control board 110.

  When the player presses the ball lending button to play a game, an operation signal of the ball lending button is input to the settlement machine 4. In response to the operation signal of the ball lending button, the settlement machine 4 performs a ball lending process, for example, transmits a specified number of lent balls to the ball information control MPU of the ball information control board 110, and then from the ball information control MPU Wait until the ball rental end is sent.

[Rental ball processing]
Here, the ball lending process executed by the ball information control MPU will be described. FIG. 32 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of the rental ball processing performed by the ball information control MPU. In addition, a rental ball process is performed as one process among the settlement machine communication processes of step S558 executed every 2 ms in the ball information control main process.

  When the ball information control MPU starts the rental ball processing, the ball information control MPU determines whether or not the card availability information transmitted from the checkout machine 4 is received (step S600). If it is determined in step S600 that the card availability information transmitted from the checkout machine 4 is received, the process proceeds to step S601, and the number-of-balls counter (which has a portion of the memory area set in the built-in RAM) The ball number storage area is cleared to 0 (step S601), and the process proceeds to step S602. On the other hand, if the card availability information transmitted from the checkout machine 4 is not received in step S600, the process proceeds directly to step S602. Note that the initial value of the ball holding number counter is set to “0” by the power recovery setting of the RAM work area in step S534.

  When the ball information control MPU proceeds to step S602, it determines whether or not the number of lent balls transmitted from the checkout machine 4 is received (step S602). When the number of lent balls transmitted from the checkout machine 4 is received in step S602, the process proceeds to step S603, and the received number of lent balls is added to the value of the number-of-balls counter (step S603). The end of the lending is sent to the checkout machine 4 (step S604), and the subroutine for the rental ball processing is exited.

  On the other hand, if the number of lent balls transmitted from the checkout machine 4 is not received in step S602, the process does not shift to step S603 and step S604, and directly exits the subroutine of the lent ball processing.

  As described above, the card availability information is transmitted to the ball information control board 110 only when the newly usable card 303 is inserted into the checkout machine 4. In addition, the number of lent balls is transmitted to the ball information control MPU only when the operation signal of the lent-to-ball button is input to the settlement machine 4 after the card availability information is received. Then, when the number of pitched balls is received, the number of pitched balls is added to and stored in the value of the number-of-balls counter.

[Strike ball permission determination processing]
Next, the hitting-non-balladability determination process executed by the ball information control MPU will be described. FIG. 33 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of batting permission determination processing performed by the ball information control MPU. In addition, the hit or not determined processing is executed as one of the main operation setting processing of step S564 executed every 2 ms in the ball information control main processing.

  When the ball information control MPU starts the hit or ball hit determination processing, the ball information control MPU determines whether or not the number of held balls is 0, that is, whether or not the value of the number of held balls counter is 0 (step S710). When it is determined in step S710 that the value of the ball holding counter is not 0, that is, when step S710 is determined as NO, the process proceeds to step S711, and the shooting standby ball detection switch 70 (see FIG. 19). Is determined to be on, that is, whether or not the ball feeding device 28 has a waiting ball (step S711).

  When it is determined in step S711 that the shot on standby ball detection switch 70 (see FIG. 19) is on, 1 (fireable) is set to the fire enable flag (step S712), and the batting ball possibility determination process is performed. Exit the subroutine of On the other hand, when it is determined in step S710 that the value of the ball holding number counter is 0, and in step S711, it is determined that the firing standby ball detection switch 70 (see FIG. 19) is not on (off). In the case, the launch enable flag is set to 0 (unlaunchable) (step S 713), and the subroutine of the hit ball decision processing is exited.

  As described above, when the value of the ball holding number counter is not 0 and the ball feeding device 28 has a waiting ball, the firing solenoid 13 and the ball feeding solenoid 31 can be driven, and substantially the game area 8 of the game ball The game is ready to be played. In addition, when the value of the ball holding number counter is 0, or when the ball feeding device 28 does not have a waiting ball, the firing solenoid 13 can not be driven, and the game ball is driven into the game area 8 substantially. Can not play the game impossible state. At the same time, the driving of the ball feed solenoid 31 is also impossible.

[Number of balls count processing]
Next, the number-of-hands-counting processing equivalent to ball information processing in the game will be described on the assumption that the game has become substantially possible. FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of ball holding number counting processing performed by the ball information control MPU. The number-of-hands-of-hands counting process is performed as one of the main operation setting processes of step S564 executed every 2 ms in the ball information control main process.

  When the ball information control MPU starts the ball holding number counting process, it determines whether there is a prize ball command analyzed in the command analysis process of step S562 (step S720). That is, it is determined whether or not there is storage of the winning ball command in the received command information storage area. If the award ball command is stored, it is determined that step S720 is present, and the number of award balls according to the award ball command stored in the received command information storage area is added and stored in the value of the number-of-balls counter (step S722) ), Exit the subroutine of the ball counting process. On the other hand, when the award ball command is not stored, it is determined that step S720 is not performed, and the subroutine for counting the number of held balls is exited.

  For example, when a winning occurs in the winning opening set to the number of winning balls "4", the number of winning balls "4" is added to the value of the number of balls holding counter, for example, the number of winning balls "15" When a winning occurs in the winning opening (large winning opening) set in, the number of winning balls “15” is added and stored to the value of the holding counter.

[Ball feed, firing drive processing]
Next, the ball feed and launch drive processing will be described. FIG. 35 to FIG. 36 are flowcharts showing an example of a subroutine of ball feeding / firing drive processing performed by the ball information control MPU. The ball feeding / firing drive processing is executed as one of the main operation setting processing of step S564 executed every 2 ms in the ball information control main processing.

  Further, FIG. 39 is a time chart showing drive timings of the ball feeding solenoid 31 and the firing solenoid 13. The firing solenoid 13 is turned on when a period A elapses from when the ball feeding solenoid 31 is turned on, and the ball feeding solenoid 31 is turned off when a period B passes from a time when the firing solenoid 13 is turned on. When a period C has elapsed from the time when the solenoid 31 is turned off, the firing solenoid 13 is turned off.

  In the present embodiment, the period A is 300 ms, the period B is 30 ms, and the period C is 50 ms. When the ball feed solenoid 31 is turned on, the ball feed member 32 brings the launch ball into the launch position (rail portion 332). That is, the launch ball is detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36. In the present embodiment, when a game ball held in the shooting position is detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36 over a predetermined time (30 ms as the period D), the launch ball is determined to be present. Do.

  As described above, when the game ball held in the shooting position is detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36 for a predetermined specified time, it is determined that the launch ball is present, and therefore, the fire due to noise It is possible to eliminate the ball false count and to increase the certainty in the detection of the launch ball.

  Then, when the firing solenoid 13 is turned on, the gaming ball held in the firing position by the firing hammer 30 is hit onto the game area 8 and the firing ball confirmation switch 36 is turned off. Thus, the ball holding number is decremented by one.

  When the ball information control MPU starts the ball feeding / firing drive processing, first, it determines whether or not the firing enable flag is 1 (firing available) (step S730). If it is determined in the batting possibility determination process described above that the firing is possible, the firing enable flag is set to 1 (fireable). If it is determined in step S730 that the projectable flag is not 1 (projectable), that is, if the projectable flag is 0 (unprojectable), the subroutine of ball feed / discharge drive processing is exited. In this case, no substantial ball feed and launch drive processing is performed.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S730 that the shootable flag is 1 (fireable), the process proceeds to step S731, and it is determined whether the process flag is 0 (step S731).

  Here, the processing flag is a flag for identifying whether the ball information control MPU is branched to any one of the processing in the ball feeding and firing drive processing described later, in other words, the control in the ball feeding and firing drive It is a flag to identify the state, and means "0" for the initial setting, and defines the period until the firing solenoid 13 is turned on after the ball feeding solenoid 31 is turned on by "1". Yes, defines the period until the ball feeding solenoid 31 is turned off after turning on the shooting solenoid 13 with "2", and turns off the shooting solenoid 13 after turning off the ball feeding solenoid 31 with "3" It prescribes the period of hemorrhoids.

  At the start of the ball feeding / firing drive processing, the value of the processing flag is zero. Therefore, step S731 is determined as YES, the process proceeds to step S732, a timer value corresponding to period A (see FIG. 39, 300 ms) is set in the timer (step S732), and ball feed solenoid 31 is turned on (step S733). Then, the process flag is set to 1 (step S734), and the subroutine for ball feed / firing drive processing is exited. The timer value set in the timer is decremented by one at a cycle of 2 ms in the timer updating process of step S556 in FIG.

  The next processing cycle of the ball feed and launch drive processing is 2 ms later. As a result of the processing flag being set to 1, in the sphere feeding / firing drive processing of the next cycle, it is determined as step S730 YES, step S731 is determined as NO, and the process proceeds to step S735. In step S735, it is determined whether the value of the processing flag is 1 (step S735). In this case, since the process flag is set to 1, step S735 is determined as YES, and the process proceeds to step S736 to determine whether the timer has timed up (step S736). If the timer has not timed out, step S736 is determined as NO, and the ball feed / firing drive processing subroutine is exited.

  Hereinafter, while the timer that sets the period A is up, step S730 is determined as YES based on the value 1 of the processing flag, step S731 is determined as NO, and step S735 is determined as YES. The processing routine that determines S736 as NO is repeated.

  Then, when the timer times out, step S736 is determined as YES, and it is determined that the period A has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S737, and the timer value corresponding to the period B (see FIG. 39, 30 ms) is set in the timer. (Step S737), the emission solenoid 13 is turned on (Step S738), 2 is set in the processing flag (Step S739), and the subroutine of ball feed / emission drive processing is exited.

  As a result of setting 2 in the processing flag, in the sphere feed and firing drive processing of the next cycle, step S730 is determined as YES, step S731 is determined as NO, step S735 is determined as NO, and the process proceeds to step S740. . In step S740, it is determined whether the value of the processing flag is 2 (step S740). In this case, since 2 is set in the processing flag, step S740 is determined as YES, and the process proceeds to step S741 to determine whether the timer has timed up (step S741). If the timer has not timed up, it is determined that step S741 is NO, and the subroutine of ball feed / firing drive processing is exited.

  Hereinafter, while the timer for which the period B is set expires, step S730 is determined as YES based on the value 2 of the processing flag, step S731 is determined as NO, and step S735 is determined as NO. The processing routine is repeated, in which S740 is determined as YES and S741 is determined as NO.

  Then, when the timer times out, step S741 is determined as YES, and it is determined that the period B has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S742, and the timer value corresponding to the period C (see FIG. 39, 50 ms) is set in the timer. (Step S742) The ball feed solenoid 31 is turned off (Step S743), 3 is set in the processing flag (Step S744), and the subroutine of ball feed and firing drive processing is exited.

  As a result of setting 3 in the processing flag, in the sphere feed and firing drive processing of the next cycle, step S730 is determined as YES, step S731 is determined as NO, step S735 is determined as NO, and step S740 is as NO. It determines and transfers to step S745. In step S745, it is determined whether the timer has timed up (step S745). If the timer has not timed up, it is determined that step S745 is NO, and the subroutine of ball feed / firing drive processing is exited.

  Hereinafter, while the timer in which period C is set expires, step S730 is determined as YES based on value 3 of the processing flag, step S731 is determined as NO, step S735 is determined as NO, and step The processing routine is repeated, in which S740 is determined as NO and step S745 is determined as NO.

  Then, when the timer has timed out, step S745 is determined as YES, and it is determined that the period C has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S746, the firing solenoid 13 is turned off (step S746), and the processing flag is set to 0. The process is returned to the initial value (step S 747), and the subroutine for ball feed / firing drive processing is exited.

Launch ball detection processing
Next, the launch ball detection process will be described. FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of launch ball detection processing performed by the sphere information control MPU. The launch ball detection process is performed as one process of the main operation setting process of step S564 executed every 2 ms in the ball information control main process.

  When the ball information control MPU starts the launch ball detection process, it first determines whether the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is on (step S750). As described above, when the ball feed solenoid 31 is turned on, the ball feed member 32 brings the launch ball into the launch position (rail portion 332). That is, the launch ball is detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36.

  If it is determined that the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is on, the value of the time counter, which is a counter for measuring the time in the on state, is incremented by 1 (step S751), and the process proceeds to step S753.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is not on, that is, if the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is off, 0 is set in the clock counter (step S752), and the process proceeds to step S753.

  In step S 753, it is determined whether the value of the clock counter has reached a predetermined time D (in this example, 30 ms) (step S 753). If the value of the time counter has not reached the predetermined specified time D, it is determined that step S753 is NO and the subroutine of the launch ball detection processing is exited.

  Since the launch ball detection process is executed every 2 ms, if the game ball kept in the launch position by the launch ball confirmation switch 36 continues to be detected for a predetermined specified time D, the clock counter is reset every 2 ms. The value is incremented by one, and the value of the clock counter reaches a predetermined time D (in this example, 30 ms, count value 15). In this case, step S753 is determined as YES, and it is considered that a launch ball has been detected, 1 (with detection) is set in the launch ball detection flag (step S754), and the launch ball detection processing subroutine is exited.

  On the other hand, when noise enters the launch ball confirmation switch 36, although the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is turned on momentarily, then the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is turned off. Therefore, since the value of the time counter is set to 0 in response to the launch ball confirmation switch 36 being turned off, the specified time D for which the value of the time counter is predetermined (in this example, 30 ms, count value 15) Never reach.

  As described above, when the game ball held in the shooting position is detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36 for a predetermined specified time, it is determined that the launch ball is present, and therefore, the fire due to noise It is possible to eliminate the ball false count and to increase the certainty in the detection of the launch ball.

[Number holding ball subtraction processing]
Next, ball holding number subtraction processing will be described. FIG. 38 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of ball holding number subtraction processing performed by the ball information control MPU. The number-of-hands-number-subtraction processing is performed as one of the main operation setting processing of step S564 executed every 2 ms in the ball information control main processing.

  When the ball information control MPU starts the ball-number-subtraction process, it first determines whether the launch ball detection flag is 1 (detected) (step S760). If it is determined that the launch ball detection flag is not 1 (detection is present), that is, if it is determined that the step S760 is NO, the subroutine for holding number subtraction processing is exited. In this case, the subtraction of the ball holding number is not performed.

  If it is determined in step S760 that the launch ball detection flag is 1 (detected), that is, if step S760 is determined as YES, the process proceeds to step S761 and it is determined whether the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is off It is determined whether or not it is (step S761). If it is determined in step S761 that the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is not off, that is, if it is determined that the step S761 is NO, the subroutine for ball number subtraction processing is exited.

  As described above, when the launch solenoid 13 is turned on, the game ball held in the launch position by the launch hammer 30 is hit into the game area 8 and the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is turned off. Thus, the ball holding number is decremented by one. If it is determined in step S761 that the launch ball confirmation switch 36 is off, that is, if it is determined YES in step S761, the value of the ball holding number counter is decremented by 1 (step S762). 0 (no detection) is set (step S763), and the ball number subtraction processing subroutine is exited.

  As described above, when the game ball held in the shooting position is detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36 for a predetermined specified time, it is determined that the launch ball is present, and the launch ball is determined to be present. On the condition that the game ball is not detected by the launch ball confirmation switch 36, it is determined that the game ball held at the launch position has been fired, and the number of held balls is reduced by one. If noise enters 36, the false ball count of the launch ball due to the noise can be eliminated, and the certainty in detection of the launch ball can be increased.

[Uniform ball / magnetic ball discharge unit]
FIG. 40 is a view for explaining a modified sphere / magnetic sphere discharge unit. FIG. 41 is a view for explaining the magnetic ball discharge portion cover in FIG. 40 by separating and turning over. FIG. 42 is a plan view of the deformed sphere / magnetic sphere discharge unit. FIG. 43 is a rear view of the deformed sphere / magnetic sphere discharge unit. FIG. 44 is a view for explaining a base plate of the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharge unit. FIG. 45 is a diagram for explaining the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharge unit separately into the odd-shaped ball discharge unit and the magnetic ball discharge unit. FIG. 46 is a view for explaining a path through which the deformed ball and the magnetic ball are discharged in the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharging unit. FIG. 47 is a view for explaining the situation in which the magnetic spheres are separated from the circulation path and discharged. FIG. 48 is a view for explaining a state in which the magnetic spheres reach the magnetic sphere discharge inclined surface.

  As shown in FIG. 40, the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20 has a deformed ball discharging function and a magnetic ball discharging function. The irregularly shaped ball is a spherical object such as a bearing having a diameter smaller than that of the regular game ball. The deformed ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20 is a transparent resin molded product, and is disposed in the lower portion (the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharging unit accommodating portion 19) of the gaming machine main body, and the front side is a front plate (not shown) It has a configuration in which the side is covered by a back plate (ball receiving base 201). As a safe ball that won the out ball and various winning openings that flowed down without winning in various winning openings (special fluctuation winning device, general winning opening, normal fluctuation winning device) in the upper part A recovery port 202 is provided for recovering the game balls of the present invention. The out ball flows into the recovery port 202 via the out port 42 (see FIGS. 3 and 5). The safe ball flows into the recovery port 202 via the winning port 41 (see FIG. 5).

  The circulation path in the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 communicating with the recovery port 202 is formed by meandering the inside of the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 to the left and right and folded up and down. A detection switch 203, a deformed ball discharge unit 204, a magnetic ball discharge unit 205, a ball path full detection switch 206, and a ball proper amount detection switch 207 are provided. The gaming balls having flowed into the collection port 202 move in the circulation path in the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20 in one row, and reach the ball collecting portion 21 connected to the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20. However, the deformed balls and magnetic balls are separated from the regular game ball circulation path in the deformed ball and magnetic ball discharging unit 20 and discharged out of the deformed ball and magnetic ball discharging unit 20 so as not to move to the ball assembly 21. Ru.

  Next, the movement of the gaming ball collected in the collection port 202 in the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20 will be described in order. The number of gaming balls collected in the collection port 202 is counted one by one by the collection ball detection switch 203. The gaming ball having passed through the collection ball detection switch 203 reaches the odd-shaped ball discharge unit 204. When the difference in the number of gaming balls detected by the collected ball detection switch 203 and the launch ball detection means increases, it is possible to detect that an abnormality has occurred in the gaming machine.

  The deformed ball discharge portion 204 includes a deformed ball discharge portion base 208 fixed to a deformed ball discharge portion mounting portion 212 provided on the ball receiving base 201 and two fixed to the deformed ball discharge portion base 208. It comprises a spherical ball separating shaft 209, 210.

  As shown in FIGS. 43 and 44, the deformed ball discharge portion base attachment portion 212 is a rectangular opening provided in the ball support base 201. As shown in FIG. 40, the ball receiving portion base mounting portion 212 is provided so as to incline the ball receiving base portion 201 so that the side on the recovery port 202 side becomes high. As a result, since the odd-shaped ball separation shafts 209 and 210 are arranged to be inclined, the gaming balls can move from the upstream side 213 (see FIG. 42) toward the downstream side 214.

  FIG. 45 is a diagram for explaining the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharge unit separately into the odd-shaped ball discharge unit and the magnetic ball discharge unit. In FIG. 45 (a), the deformed ball discharge portion 204 is illustrated. The magnetic ball discharge part 205 is shown in figure by FIG.45 (b).

  The odd-shaped ball discharge unit 204 uses the difference in diameter between the regular game ball and the false ball to exclude the false ball having a diameter smaller than the regular game ball from the circulation path in the odd-shaped ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20. . As shown in FIG. 42, the deformed ball discharge portion 204 is provided with two cross-sectionally circular deformed ball separation shafts 209 and 210 arranged in parallel from the upstream side to the downstream side of the circulation path. In the upstream side 213, the clearance distance between the two deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210 is provided in order to exclude the irregular shaped balls, that is, the inelastic balls having a diameter smaller than the regular gaming balls from the circulation path through which the regular gaming balls circulate. The deformed ball separating shaft is narrower than the regular gaming ball diameter and wider on the downstream side 214 than the regular gaming ball diameter, that is, the distance between the two deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210 is gradually increased. 209 and 210 are fixed to the deformed ball discharge portion base 208.

  The game balls flowing down one by one into the deformed ball discharge unit 204 via the collection port 202 and the collected ball detection switch 203 flow down while rolling so as to straddle the two deformed ball separation shafts 209 and 210. Do. On the upstream side, since the gap distance between the two deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210 is narrower than the diameter of the regular game ball, the regular game balls do not fall from between the deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210.

  On the other hand, an irregular ball which is a deformed ball having a diameter smaller than that of the regular game ball falls from between the two deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210. The dropped deformed balls are discharged to the outside of the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 from the deformed ball discharge port 216 through the deformed ball discharge path 215 as shown in FIG. 45 (a). The deformed ball discharge path 215 is formed by a deformed ball discharge path forming member 217 mounted on the front side of the ball bearing base 201 and below the deformed ball discharge base 208. In addition, the connection path 218 which leads the ball which has the same diameter as a regular game ball to the magnetic ball discharge part 205 is also integrally provided in the shape ball discharge path formation member 217. As shown in FIG.

  The game ball of a regular size that rolls down the two deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210 drops from the space between the two deformed ball separating shafts 209 and 210 on the downstream side 214, and the communication path 218 Then, the circulation path 219 formed in the magnetic ball discharge portion 205 is reached.

  The magnetic ball discharge portion 205 is fixed to the ball support base 201 as shown in FIG. FIG. 45 shows a state in which the magnetic ball discharge portion 205 is removed from the ball bearing base 201. The magnetic ball discharge portion 205 is formed with an inclined surface 220 connected to the communication path 218, and the downstream side of the inclined surface 220 is connected to a falling surface 221 which descends sharply, and the inclined surface 220 is extended to the location The magnetic ball discharge inclined surface 222 is formed. A gap of the discontinuous portion 223 is provided so that the inclined surface 220 and the magnetic ball discharge inclined surface 222 are not continuous. In the magnetic ball discharge portion 205, a magnet is attached to at least one of the front surface, the back surface, or the inside of at least one of the side wall 224 and the ceiling wall 225.

  FIG. 47 shows an example in which the magnet 229 is attached to the magnet housing space 230 on the back surface of the ceiling wall 225. The magnet housing space 230 is formed as a rectangular space disposed along the back surface side of the ceiling wall 225 in cross section. The magnet 229 is a flat magnet and is a permanent magnet having an N pole or an S pole on one side and an S pole or an N pole on the other side. The magnetic force of the magnet is not so strong that the game ball (magnetic ball 232) made of magnetic material is adsorbed and the rolling is inhibited, and it flows down the area of the inclined surface 220 and falls from the discontinuous portion 223 However, it is sufficient if it can reach the magnetic sphere discharge inclined surface 222. The magnet to be attached may be a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.

  The regular game balls 233 flowing from the communication path 218 roll down on the inclined surface 220 and flow down from the inclined surface 220 while rolling on the falling surface 221. The non-magnetic regular game ball 233 drops through the discontinuous portion 223, passes through the circulation path 219, and reaches the ball assembly 21 connected to the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20.

  On the other hand, the irregular sphere (magnetic sphere 232) made of a magnetic substance adheres to the inner wall surface of the ceiling wall 225 by the attractive force of the magnet 229 accommodated in the magnet accommodation space 230. It rolls down from the side to the downstream side by the action of gravity. Then, as shown in FIG. 47, the magnetic spheres 232 reach the area of the magnetic sphere discharge inclined surface 222 as shown in FIG. 48 without falling from the discontinuous portion 223. The irregular sphere made of magnetic material that has reached the area of the magnetic ball discharge inclined surface 222 is discharged to the outside of the magnetic ball discharge port 227 and the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 through the magnetic ball discharge path 226 (see FIG. 46). ).

  A portion of the ceiling wall 225 above the magnetic ball discharge inclined surface 222 is configured as a magnetic force adjustment unit 231. The magnetic force adjustment unit 231 is formed such that the distance between the magnet housing space 230 and the magnetic ball discharge path 226 is increased as it goes downstream of the magnetic ball discharge path 226. In FIG. 47, the magnetic ball discharge path 226 has a curved portion, and this curved portion functions as the magnetic force adjustment unit 231. As a result, the distance between the magnetic spheres 232 and the magnets 229 increases in the downstream direction of the magnetic sphere discharge path 226. Then, the magnetic force (attractive force) of the magnet 229 acting on the magnetic sphere 232 gradually decreases. Therefore, the magnetic spheres 232 stuck to the wall of the ceiling wall 225 and moved in the downstream direction are separated from the wall of the ceiling wall 225 and fall on the magnetic sphere discharge inclined surface 222. Then, it is discharged from the magnetic ball discharge port 227 through the magnetic ball discharge path 226.

  The irregular sphere and the irregular ball of the magnetic body are discharged from the irregular sphere discharge port 216 and the magnetic sphere discharge port 227 respectively to the outside of the spherical / magnetic sphere discharge unit 20 (FIG. 46). The deformed balls or magnetic balls discharged from the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharging unit 20 are collected in the discharged ball receiving box 234 (see FIGS. 2, 3 and 5). As described above, the irregular sphere / magnetic sphere ejection unit 20 can be used to exclude the irregular sphere and the irregular sphere comprising the magnetic body from the circulation path 219 of the regular gaming sphere. In this embodiment, the configuration can be simplified by utilizing gravity for discharging the deformed sphere and the magnetic sphere to the outside of the deformed sphere / magnetic sphere discharging unit 20. The deformed ball discharge path 215 is disposed along the side surface of the magnetic ball discharge portion 205, so that the deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 20 can be made compact.

  In addition, when a game is played using a gaming machine or when the gaming machine is powered off, a stagnation state in which a legitimate gaming ball reaches the discontinuous portion 223 does not occur in the circulation path 219, The gaming machine is configured. If the discontinuous portion 223 is reached, the number of circulating game balls is excessive, so the discontinuous portion 223 is filled with the game balls and then the game balls flowing down flow through the magnetic ball discharge path 226. No problem.

  The odd-shaped ball / magnetic-ball discharging unit 20 can eliminate the irregular ball consisting of the odd-shaped ball or the magnetic body from the circulation path 219 of the regular game ball without stopping the game, and the player's interest is reduced. In the meanwhile, it is possible to reduce the chance that employees of the game hall are called to each game machine to process an incorrect ball and deal with the problems of the game machine. The deformed ball discharge unit 204 and the magnetic ball discharge unit 205 may be configured independently. That is, when discharging the odd-shaped ball is performed by another component in the gaming machine, the magnetic ball discharging unit 205 may be configured alone.

In one embodiment of the enclosed game machine according to the present invention, a game board having a game area defined therein, a main body frame in which the game board is inserted and housed, and an upper portion of the main body frame are disposed. A ball striking device for firing game balls toward a game area, and a game ball shot by the ball striking device is collected as an enclosed ball on the back side of the game board, and an irregular ball is eliminated to the ball striking device again. In order to supply, one of the enclosed spheres arrayed and stored in the circulation passage including the deformed sphere / magnetic ball discharge means and the arrangement passage formed in a part of the circulation passage based on the drive of the electric drive source In the game control process, a ball feeding device for feeding to the firing position of the ball hitting and launching device, a main control board for performing game control processing related to pachinko gaming, and bidirectional data communication with the main control board are possible. Said main control Increase / decrease control of the number of holding balls based on the award ball command transmitted from the board and the ball number information of the launch ball launched by the hit shot launcher, the launch control of the game ball by the hit launcher, the ball A ball information control board for performing sending control of the game ball to the launch position by the feeding device, and playing a game by circulating a predetermined number of game balls in a closed manner without paying out the game balls. The ball striking and launching apparatus performs the striking action based on the firing rail for holding the gaming ball in the firing position and the drive of the electric drive source, and is parked in the firing position. The ball information control board is provided with a launch member for launching the game ball and a launch ball confirmation means for detecting the game ball held at the launch position, and the ball information control board is for a predetermined prescribed time period. Launch ball confirmation means Therefore, when the game ball parked at the launch position is detected, the shooting ball detection determining means determines that the shooting ball is present, and the shooting ball detection determining means determines that the shooting ball is present, as a condition. When the game ball is not detected by the shooting ball checking means, it is determined that the game ball held at the shooting position has been fired, and the number of balls decreasing means is reduced by one; Ru.
According to the above-described embodiment, the launch ball detection / determination unit determines that the launch ball is present when the launch ball confirmation unit detects the game ball being held at the launch position for a predetermined specified time. If the shooting ball is not detected by the shooting ball checking means, the game ball having been held at the shooting position is determined to have been fired, provided that the shooting ball detection determining means has determined that the shooting ball is present, By reducing one by one, if noise enters the launch ball confirmation means, it is possible to eliminate the false sphere count of the launch ball due to the noise, it is possible to increase the certainty in the detection of the launch ball, And magnetic balls can be excluded from the circulation path through which regular gaming balls circulate.

[Shine Polisher]
Next, a ball polishing apparatus for cleaning and polishing a game ball enclosed in a game machine will be described. FIG. 49 is a front view showing the state in which the brushing cartridge is mounted, FIG. 50 is a left side view showing the state in which the brushing cartridge is mounted, and FIG. 51 is a perspective view for explaining the mechanism for fixing the brushing cartridge. . FIG. 52 is a front view showing a state in which the ball brushing cartridge has been removed, and FIG. 53 is a perspective view showing a state in the middle of mounting the ball brushing cartridge.
54 and 55 show the state in which the ball polishing cloth of the game ball and the ball polishing cartridge is pressed against, and FIG. 54 shows the state in which the ball polishing cloth of the game ball and the ball polishing cartridge is against FIG. 55 is a left side view showing a state in which the ball polishing cloth of the gaming ball and the ball polishing cartridge is pressed against, and FIG. 56 is a view of FIG. 55 with the left side cover of the ball polishing cartridge removed. It is a left side view showing a closed state. FIG. 57 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the brushing cartridge in FIG.

Next, FIG. 58 is a perspective view showing a state in which the ball polishing cartridge is mounted, FIG. 59 is a perspective view showing a state in which the right outer side cover is removed in FIG. 58, and FIG. Furthermore, it is a perspective view which shows the state which opened only the right inner side cover a little.
61 is a perspective view of a brushing cartridge, FIG. 62 is a front view thereof, FIG. 63 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 64 is a side view showing a state in which the left side cover is removed in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 49 and FIG. 50, the ball collecting portion 21 is provided at the lower part of the ball feeding device 22, and the ball brushing cartridge 251 can be attached to a part of the ball collecting portion 21. . Here, the outside of the ball transport device 22 is formed of a transparent plastic member, and even if a game ball is clogged in the ball transport device 22, the location where the clog occurs can be easily viewed. It is supposed to be. As shown in FIG. 51, the ball polishing cartridge 251 mounted on the ball collecting portion 21 has a ball polishing cartridge fixing lever 271 having one end supported on the shaft and the other end rotatable. The ball polishing cartridge 251 is held down by hooking the other end portion of the ball polishing cartridge to the ball polishing cartridge fixing stopper 272 similarly provided in the ball assembly portion 21. In FIG. 51, in order to make it easy to understand the movement mode of the brushing cartridge fixing lever 271, both the open and closed states of the brushing cartridge fixing lever 271 are described together.

FIG. 52 is a front view showing the state in which the brushing cartridge 251 is removed. As shown in FIG. 52, the ball collecting portion 21 has a ball brushing cartridge mounting portion 273 formed of a hollow portion to which the ball brushing cartridge 251 can be mounted. In FIG. 52, the description of the brushing cartridge fixing lever 271 is omitted for the sake of clarity.
In a portion of the deepest portion of the ball brushing cartridge mounting portion 273 facing the ball lifter 22, the ball lifter 22 advances the ball brushing cloth 263 of the ball brushing cartridge 251, the long side of which will be described later. An opening 281 having an angle different from the direction is provided. As a result, a shift occurs in the direction of movement of the gaming balls and the direction of movement of the ball polishing cloth 263, so that only a portion in the width direction of the ball polishing cloth 263 having a predetermined width is used. It becomes possible to effectively utilize the width of 263 to clean and polish the game ball.

Furthermore, the widths of the long sides of the openings are such that at least a part of the peripheral portion of the gaming ball transported by the ball transportation device 22 can protrude outside the ball transportation device 22 at the opening position. And, it is configured to be smaller than the diameter of the gaming ball, and in the present embodiment, the width of the long sides of the opening is set to 8.4 mm for the diameter of 11 mm of the gaming ball, and the opening is The game ball is projected about 1.5 mm to the ball polishing cloth 263 side. As a result, during the game period, the gaming ball transported in the pumping device 22 protrudes a part of the peripheral portion outside the pumping device 22 at the opening position, It becomes possible for the ball polishing cloth 263 and the game ball to be in contact with each other. In particular, when the ball polishing cartridge 251 has an elastic member and the ball polishing cloth 263 is configured to be pressed against the gaming ball, the ball polishing cloth 263 can be more reliably brought into contact with the gaming ball. Reliable ball polishing is possible.
In addition, even if the ball polishing cartridge 251 is removed with the gaming ball remaining in the lifting device 22 during a time zone outside the gaming period, the width of the opening is smaller than the diameter of the gaming ball. By being configured, the game balls remaining in the ball pumping device 22 do not spill out to the ball brushing cartridge mounting portion 273 side of the ball brushing cartridge 251.

  FIG. 53 is a perspective view showing a state during mounting of the brushing cartridge 251 from the state of FIG. As can be seen from FIGS. 52 and 53, in the present embodiment, the ball brushing cartridge 251 is configured to be inserted and mounted from the front of the gaming board.

  61 is a perspective view of the brushing cartridge 251, FIG. 62 is a front view thereof, FIG. 63 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 64 is a side view showing a state in which the left side cover is removed in FIG. Here, 259 is a take-up roller, 260 is a driven roller, 261 is a first gear shaft, 262 is a second gear shaft, and the first gear shaft 261 is a take-up roller 259, which will be described later. The second gear shaft 262 is configured to be coaxial with the driven roller 260. In addition, 268 is a game ball contact mark, and as shown in FIG. 52, the transport direction of the game ball by the ball transport device 22 and the winding direction of the ball polishing cloth 263 of the ball polishing cartridge 251 are vertical. Since the game ball contact marks 268 are formed at an inclination with respect to the long side direction of the ball polishing cloth 263 because they are at different angles with respect to the direction.

54 and 55 show the state in which the ball polishing cloth of the game ball and the ball polishing cartridge is pressed against, and FIG. 54 shows the state in which the ball polishing cloth of the game ball and the ball polishing cartridge is against FIG. 55 is a left side view showing a state in which the ball polishing cloth of the gaming ball and the brush cartridge is pressed against.
As shown in FIG. 54 and FIG. 55, the gaming balls are lifted by the screw 25 provided in the ball lifting device 22, and the ball polishing cloth 263 of the ball lifting device 22 and the brushing cartridge 251 is used. At the opposite position, the gaming balls come into contact with the ball polishing cloth 263 of the ball polishing cartridge 251 through the opening 281 of the ball pumping device 22, and the game balls are pumped by the screws 25 of the ball pumping device 22. Thus, the ball 263 is rubbed against the ball cloth 263 so that the game ball is cleaned and balled.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 54 and 55, the screws in the ball transport device 22 are different in shape between the upper and lower portions and the middle portion. In the upper and lower portions, the angle of the screw spiral is reduced to narrow the pitch, while in the middle, the angle of the screw spiral is increased to widen the pitch. In the middle part, since it is not necessary to take time for transportation, by increasing the angle of the spiral and raising the transportation speed, it is possible to lift the gaming balls in a short time, and is included in the middle part The number of gaming balls can be reduced, and the number of gaming balls enclosed in the gaming machine can be reduced. In addition, by narrowing the pitch interval in the lower part, the game ball and the ball polishing cloth 263 can be reduced by reducing the pumping speed of the game ball at the portion of the ball polishing cartridge 251 facing the ball polishing cloth 263. It is possible to reliably clean the ball and polish the ball by prolonging the contact time with the player. Furthermore, by narrowing the pitch interval in the upper part, it is possible to reduce the lifting speed of the gaming balls at the lifting end portion of the ball lifting device 22, and the balls are delivered from the ball lifting device 22 to the array passage 24. It is possible to send the game balls into the array passage 24 smoothly without the occurrence of troubles such as ball biting when doing.
Further, as shown in FIG. 55, the ball transport device 22 is provided with two guide rails 282 for guiding the transport of the game balls. The distance between the two guide rails is set to the same size as the diameter of the game ball, but adjustments should also be made to make the place where the behavior of the game ball being transported becomes intense somewhat narrow and stable. Can. Thus, the gaming balls are transported within the ball transport device 22 so that both guide rails support both sides.

  56 is a left side view showing a state in which the left side cover of the brushing cartridge is removed in FIG. 55. FIG. FIG. 57 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the brushing cartridge in FIG. Here, 259 is a take-up roller, and 260 is a driven roller, and is configured to be coaxial with the take-up roller 259 to which the driving force from a ball polishing ribbon feed motor 155 described later is transmitted. The rotation of the gear 257 causes the take-up roller 259 to rotate, and the friction between the take-up roller 259 and the driven roller 260 causes the brushed cloth 263 to be taken up.

  Further, a ball polishing cloth 263 is disposed at a portion of the ball polishing cartridge 251 facing the ball pumping device 22, and a tensioner 267 having a function of pressing the ball polishing cloth 263 is provided behind the ball polishing cloth 263. Behind the tensioner 267, there are provided a tensioner 267 and two coil-shaped ball-pressing cloth pressing springs 264 having a function of pressing the ball-polishing cloth 263 against the game ball. Further, behind the brushed cloth pressing spring 264, a spring presser 266 for supporting the brushed cloth pressing spring 264 is provided. In addition, a flat spring 265 is provided on the top of the brushing cartridge, and the brushing cloth 263 is lightly pressed and aligned by the leaf spring 265 so that the brushing cloth 263 faces the ball lifter 22. It plays a role in aligning before sending. The brushed cloth 263 taken up by the take-up roller 259 and the driven roller 260 is stored in the ball polishing cartridge 251. In FIGS. 56 and 57, the take-up roller 259 and the driven roller 260 are used. The description of the brushing cloth 263 inside the brushing cartridge after being taken up is omitted.

  FIG. 58 is a perspective view showing a state in which the ball brushing cartridge is mounted, wherein reference numeral 253 denotes a right outer side cover, and reference numeral 258 denotes a second drive gear case covering a second drive gear 257 described later. FIG. 59 is a perspective view showing a state in which the right outer side cover is removed in FIG. 58, wherein reference numeral 254 denotes a right inner side cover, and reference numeral 155 denotes a brushing ribbon feed motor. It becomes a driving source of winding of the cloth 263. In the present embodiment, the ball brushing ribbon feed motor 155 is a stepping motor. The specific driving mode of the brushing ribbon feed motor 155 will be described later.

  60 is a perspective view showing a state in which only the right inner side cover 254 is further slightly opened in FIG. Reference numeral 256 denotes a first drive gear, and in the present embodiment, a gear having 16 teeth is used, and is configured to be coaxial with the rotation axis of the brushed ribbon feed motor 155. It is rotated by the drive of 155. Reference numeral 257 denotes a second drive gear, and in the present embodiment, a gear having 32 teeth is used. As shown in FIG. 60, it is engaged with the first drive gear 256, and rotates with the rotation of the first drive gear 256 by the drive of the ball polishing ribbon feed motor 155. Since the number of teeth of the first drive gear is 16, and the number of teeth of the second drive gear is 32, the gear ratio is 0.5 (= 16/32), and when the first drive gear makes one rotation, 2 The drive gear rotates 1⁄2. The second drive gear 257 is coaxial with the take-up roller 259 shown in FIGS. 56 and 57, and the take-up roller 259 is rotated by the rotation of the second drive gear 257, and the brushed cloth 263 is wound. It is supposed to be taken. Further, the game ball contact mark 268 is formed to be inclined with respect to the long side direction of the ball polishing cloth 263 because there is a deviation between the lifting direction of the game balls and the traveling direction of the ball polishing cloth 263.

  Next, the operation of the brushing cartridge 251 will be described. A ball brushing cartridge mounting portion 273 of the ball brushing cartridge 251 provided in the ball collecting portion 21 is provided with a ball brushing cartridge detection sensor (not shown), and the ball brushing cartridge 251 is mounted when playing a game. If the signal from the ball brushing cartridge detection sensor is off, an error signal without ball brushing cartridge is output and notification is performed.

  Further, the game time by the player is accumulated and measured by the measuring means (not shown) by the detection by the touch switch 87 provided on the handle. In the present embodiment, the ball polishing ribbon feed motor 155 is fed one step each time the cumulative measurement time by the measurement means is one minute. In this embodiment, since the diameter of the take-up roller 259 is 25 mm, the circumferential length is about 78.5 mm (= 25 × 3.14), the first drive gear 256 and the second drive gear 257 The feed rate of the brushed cloth 263 per step is 0.11 mm (= 78.5 / 360/2) in consideration of the fact that the gear ratio of the gear is 1/2.

In the present embodiment, the ball polishing cartridge 251 is held down and fixed by hooking the lever to the stopper, but the method of fixing is not limited to this method, and other fixing is possible. Methods can also be used.
Further, in the present embodiment, although the coil-shaped ball-polished cloth holding spring 264 is used as a means for holding the ball-polished cloth 263 against the gaming ball, the holding means is not limited to this, and other Shaped springs or other elastic members can also be used.

  In the present embodiment, the brushing cartridge 251 is disposed at the bottom of the gaming machine, but the positioning position of the brushing cartridge 251 is not limited to this position, and may be located in the middle or upper part of the gaming machine. It can also be arranged. In that case, the opening provided in the portion of the ball lift device 22 facing the brushing cartridge 251 may be changed to a portion corresponding to the arrangement position of the brushing cartridge 251.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the ball brushing cloth 263 of the ball brushing cartridge 251 is vertically made as a method of making the transport direction of the gaming ball by the ball lifting device different from the winding direction of the ball brushing cloth 263 of the ball brushing cartridge 251. It is transported in the direction, and the transport direction of the game balls of the ball transport device 22 of the portion facing the ball polishing cloth 263 is transported in the direction inclined from the vertical direction, but the method is limited to this. Instead, the transport direction of the game balls of the ball transport device 22 is the vertical direction, and the transport direction of the ball polishing cloth 263 of the ball polishing cartridge 251 is the direction inclined from the vertical direction, or both of them. Various methods can be selected.

1 Pachinko Machine 1a Outer Frame 2 Body Frame 3 Door Frame 4 Settlement Machine 5 Game Board 6 Decorative Cover 7 Hinge 8 Game Area 9 Game Window 10 Hitting Handle 11 Transparent Board 12 Upper Launch Device 13 Launch Solenoid 14 Touch Panel 15 Mating Frame 16 Peripheral wall portion 17 accommodation opening portion 18 overhang wall 19 deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit storage portion 20 deformed ball / magnetic ball discharge unit 21 ball assembly portion 22 ball lift device 23 ball pool portion 24 array passage 25 screw 26 shot waiting ball Detection switch 27 Launch standby ball detection switch 28 Ball feed device 29 Hit ball launch device 30 Launch hammer (member for launch)
301 fixing portion 302 flange portion 303 stopper abutting portion 31 ball feeding solenoid 32 ball feeding member 33 rail member 331 mounting plate portion 332 rail portion 333 left rail plate 334 right rail plate 335 through hole 34 firing stopper 35 returning stopper 36 firing Ball confirmation switch 361 Photo bracket 37 Hinge for upper launcher 38 Launch port 39 Base plate 39a Contact portion 40 Launch area 41 Winning port 42 Out port 43 Panel holder 44 Transparent panel board 45 Front component 46 Game ball running surface 47 Notch 48 Protrusion part 49 fixing member 50 screw receiving member 51 cushion 52 cushion receiving plate 60 rotary drive shaft 61 tip 62 stopper cover 63 ball supply port 64 discharge port decoration member 65 lift feed communication pipe 66 entrance port 67 ball feed unit base 68 ball Feed Uni Cover 69 Ball feed guide ball 70 Launch standby ball detection switch 71 Plunger 72 Engagement part 73 Fitting hole 74 Ball feed part 86 Launch stop switch 87 Touch switch 90 Upper start port detection switch 91 Lower start port detection switch 92 Gate switch 93 General Prize winning opening detection switch 94 General prize winning opening detection switch 96 Start mouth solenoid 97 Major prize opening solenoid 98 Count switch 100 Main control board 101 Main control MPU
102 main control I / O port 103 main control input circuit 104 main control solenoid drive circuit 105 RAM clear switch 106 RTC control unit 107 RTC
108 batteries 109 RAM
110 sphere information control board 111 sphere information control MPU
112 ball information control I / O port 113 ball information control input circuit 114 ball lift motor drive circuit 115 CR unit input / output circuit 116 external WDT
117 blackout monitoring circuit 118 ball information control unit 120 launch solenoid drive circuit 122 ball feed solenoid drive circuit 123 handle relay terminal board 124 sensor relay board 130 peripheral control board 131 door frame open switch 132 main frame open switch 133 external terminal board 140 panel relay Terminal board 141 function display board 142 upper special symbol display 143 lower special symbol display 144 upper special symbol memory display 145 lower special symbol memory display 146 ordinary symbol display 147 ordinary symbol memory display 148 game status indicator 149 round Display 155 Ball Polishing Ribbon Feeding Motor

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 ball receiving base 202 collection port 203 collection ball detection switch 204 deformed ball discharge part 205 magnetic ball discharge part 206 ball path full detection switch 207 ball proper amount detection switch 208 deformed ball discharge part base 209 deformed ball separation shaft 210 deformed ball 210 Separation shaft

212 variant ball discharge portion base mounting portion 213 upstream 214 downstream side 215 variant ball discharge path 216 variant ball discharge port 217 variant ball discharge path forming member 218 connection path 219 circulation path 220 inclined surface 221 drop surface 222 magnetic ball discharge inclined surface 223 Discontinuous portion 224 Side wall 225 Ceiling wall 226 Magnetic ball discharge path 227 Magnetic ball discharge port 228 Magnetic ball discharge part cover 229 Magnet 230 Magnet accommodation space 231 Magnetic force adjustment part 232 Magnetic ball 233 Regular game ball 234 Discharge ball receiving box

251 ball polishing cartridge 252 left side cover 253 right outer side cover 254 right inner side cover 256 first drive gear 257 second drive gear 258 second drive gear case 259 take-up roller 260 driven roller 261 first gear shaft 262 second Gear shaft 263 Ball polishing cloth 264 Ball polishing cloth holding spring 265 Flat spring 266 Spring holding 267 Tensioner 268 Game ball contact trace 271 Ball polishing cartridge fixing lever 272 Ball polishing cartridge fixing stopper 273 Ball polishing cartridge mounting part 281 Opening 282 Guide rail

402 card processor 403 card 404 ID storage unit 405 remaining frequency storage unit 406 ball holding number storage unit

Claims (1)

A game board in which a game area is defined;
A main unit frame in which the game board is inserted and accommodated;
A hitting launcher disposed at the top of the main unit frame and firing game balls toward the game area;
A lifting device for transferring gaming balls from the lower part of the main body frame to the hit ball firing device;
A collecting device for collecting gaming balls fired by the ball striking device and supplying the collected gaming balls to the transportation device;
A brushing device disposed adjacent to the pumping device;
Equipped with
A gaming machine in which a game is performed by circulating a predetermined number of gaming balls without paying out the gaming balls,
A gaming ball transported by the pumping device is in contact with the ball polishing device at a location where the pumping device and the ball polishing device face each other,
The relative movement between the gaming ball and the ball-shine device by the transportation of the gaming ball by the pumping device causes the ball to be polished of the gaming ball.
The ball polishing apparatus is equipped with a ball cloth that is in contact with a game ball to polish the ball.
The gaming machine is characterized in that the brushed cloth is taken up stepwise every predetermined time of game time during which a player is playing a game.

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