JP2022065751A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technique for suppressing a game ball from riding on an upper edge portion of a front plate member and rolling thereon.SOLUTION: A game machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a front duct 40 in a game area R1. The front duct 40 includes a front plate member 41 that partially covers a game plate 11 from the front and that has a dropping-down space where game balls can drop down between the game plate 11 and the front plate member 41. Further, a front step portion 40D is formed between an upper edge portion of the front plate member 41 and the inside surface of a glass pane 10G. In the present embodiment, a normal winning port 21C is disposed with a gap to the front step portion 40D, the gap having a distance that is smaller than one game ball.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present disclosure relates to a gaming machine in which a gaming ball flows down the front surface of the gaming board.

Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine, a machine in which a front plate member is placed on the inner surface of a glass window in front of the gaming plate and a gaming ball flows down between the gaming plate and the front plate member is known. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-37694 (see FIGS. 2 and 3)

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional gaming machine, there has been a problem that the gaming ball rides on the upper edge of the front plate member and rolls. Therefore, the present disclosure provides a technique for suppressing such rolling.

In the game machine of the present disclosure, the space between the game board and the transparent transparent window portion covering the game board from the front forms a flow-down space in which the game ball flows down, and the flow-down space projects from the front surface of the game board. In a gaming machine, the machine is provided with a plurality of front protrusions that come into contact with the flowing game ball, and the plurality of front protrusions include a plurality of prize-winning objects that give benefits to the player by winning the game ball. A front plate member that is supported by the front end of the front protrusion and partially covers the game plate from the front and has the flow space between the game plate and the rear surface of the translucent window plate. It has a front step portion formed by the upward surface of the front plate member and extends laterally or diagonally laterally, and the plurality of front protrusions have the front surface in a state of riding on the front step portion. It is a gaming machine including a gaming ball that moves along a step portion and a special front protrusion portion that is arranged at a position where the front step portion abuts at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction.

According to the gaming machine according to the present disclosure, even if the game ball rides on the front step portion of the front plate member, the special front protrusion can suppress the rolling of the game ball on the front step portion.

Front view of a gaming machine Front view of the game board Front view around the big prize opening Side sectional view of the front duct and the normal winning opening Front view of front duct Side cross section of front duct Front view of the front duct according to the modified example Side sectional view of the front duct according to the modified example

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine 10 (corresponding to the “gaming machine” of the present invention) to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. As shown in FIG. 1, the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is covered with a front door 10Z that can be opened and closed centering on the left edge portion, and is shown in FIG. 2 through a glass window 10W formed in the front frame 10Z. The game board 11 is visible. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, "right" and "left" mean "right" and "left" when the gaming machine 10 is viewed from the front.

The upper plate 26 and the lower plate 27 are provided in two upper and lower stages below the glass window 10W of the front frame 10Z, and an operation knob 28 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 27. When the operation knob 28 is rotated, the game ball housed in the upper plate 26 is ejected toward the game plate 11. When the ball ejection button (not shown) provided on the upper plate 26 is pressed, the game ball housed in the upper plate 26 moves to the lower plate 27.

As shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 12 having a substantially circular shape protrudes from the game plate 11, and a flow space in which a game ball can flow down is provided between the front surface of the game plate 11 and the glass plate 10G of the glass window 10. It is formed. Hereinafter, in this flow-down space, a region formed on the front surface of the game board 11 and where the game ball or flow-down is possible is referred to as a game area R1.

A display opening 11H is formed through the center of the game area R1 of the game board 11, and the display screen 13G of the display device 13 faces forward through the display opening 11H. A display decorative frame 23 is attached to the opening edge of the display opening 11H. The display decorative frame 23 is fitted into the display opening 11H from the front side of the game board 11, and overhangs the inside of the display opening 11H, and at the same time, the game ball that protrudes from the front of the game board 11 and flows down the game area R1 is displayed. It is designed not to enter the inside of 23. Further, the display decorative frame 23 is provided with a guide path 23R in the upper right portion thereof through which one game ball can pass, and the game ball ejected to the game area R1 passes through the guide path 23R and is displayed in the display decorative frame 23. It flows down the flow-down area on the right side of the display, or flows down the flow-down area on the left side of the display decorative frame 23, and flows down.

In the game area R1, a plurality of winning openings and a plurality of obstacle nails 17 (see FIG. 5) are dispersedly arranged, and an out opening 22 is provided at the lower end of the game area R1. Then, the game ball flowing down the game area R1 is taken into the rear side of the game board 11 through any of the winning openings or the out openings 22. In addition, the entry of a game ball into the winning opening is called "winning", and when the game ball to each winning opening wins, a plurality of game balls (prize balls) are paid out to the upper plate 26 (see FIG. 1). Is done.

The above-mentioned plurality of winning openings include a plurality of ordinary winning openings 21A to 21C which are pocket-type winning openings, first and third starting winning openings 14, 16 and a second start which is a slide opening / closing type winning opening. The winning opening 15 and the large winning opening 20, which is a lateral rotation opening / closing type winning opening, are included.

A plurality of pocket-shaped ordinary winning openings 21A to 21C, and first and third starting winning openings 14, 16 are opened on the upper surface of a winning protrusion (see reference numeral 21H in FIG. 4) protruding from the front surface of the game board 11. , The game balls are large enough to win one by one. The first start winning opening 14 is arranged in the lateral center of the area below the display decorative frame 23 in the game area R1, and the third starting winning opening 16 is arranged in the lower right of the first starting winning opening 14. Further, a pair of ordinary winning openings 21A and 21B are arranged on the left side of the first starting winning opening 14, and one ordinary winning opening 21C is arranged on the upper part of the area on the right side of the display decorative frame 23.

The large winning opening 20 of the transverse rotation opening / closing type projects from the front surface of the game plate 11 and opens on the side surface of the front duct 20D adjacent to the right side surface of the display decorative frame 23, and is opened / closed by the rotating door 20T. The rotating door 20T rotates about a rotation axis extending in the front-rear direction along the lower end opening edge of the large winning opening 20, and normally stands upright to close the large winning opening 20 and is a big hit. When the game or the small hit game is executed, the player falls sideways to open the large winning opening 20 and guides the game ball to the large winning opening 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, a winning unit 30 is provided in the lower right portion of the game area R1, and the second starting winning opening 15 is formed in the rolling path R12 in the winning unit 30 and opens upward. are doing. Further, the second start winning opening 15 is provided with a slide door 15T, and the slide door 15T slides in the front-rear direction and is usually arranged at the front end position of the movable range to close the second starting winning opening 15. It constitutes a part of the rolling path R12. Then, when a hit is made in the normal drawing determination described later, the slide door 15T moves to the rear end position of the movable range and opens the second start winning opening 15. Further, a start gate 18 is provided at the entrance of the game ball to the winning unit 30, and a detection switch provided on the start gate 18 detects that the game ball has passed through the start gate 18. .. The above-mentioned third start winning opening 16 is open directly below the discharging port 30H in which the game ball that has passed through the rolling path R12 is discharged from the winning unit 30.

The game related to the hit / fail determination of the game machine 10 of the present embodiment is set as follows. That is, the hit / fail determination of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a normal map determination and a special map determination. The normal figure determination is performed due to the game ball passing through the start gate 18, and the determination result is, for example, the normal symbol 13D, which is a one-digit number on the display screen 13G, alternating between odd numbers and even numbers. After the variable display is performed so as to switch to, the stop display is performed, and the normal symbol 13D at that time is notified as, for example, "hit" if it is an odd number and "missing" if it is an even number. Then, when a hit is made in the normal drawing determination, the slide door 15T of the second starting winning opening 15 opens for a certain period of time.

The special figure judgment is performed due to the winning of the game ball to the first to third starting winning openings 14 to 16, and the winning / failing judgment result is that three special symbols 13A, 13B, 13C are vertically arranged on the display screen 13G. After sucrose and variable display, stop display is performed, and the special symbol 13A, 13B, 13C at that time is notified by the symbol combination. In addition, there are "big hit" and "small hit" in the hit of the special figure judgment. When it becomes a "big hit", a big hit game is executed in which the big winning opening 20 is opened for a specified time each time, and when it becomes a "small hit", only a few specified multiple times, which is less than in the case of a big hit. A small hit game in which the large winning opening 20 is opened is executed for a short specified time.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the front duct 40 is provided on the right side of the large winning opening 20. The front duct 40 includes a rear surface plate member 42 stacked on the front surface of the game plate 11, a front plate member 41 facing each other with a gap in front of the rear surface plate member 42, and connecting walls 43 and 44 connecting the two. The internal flow path 40R is formed by these. Specifically, in the front duct 40, the connecting walls 43 and 44 project forward from the rear surface plate member 42, and the front plate member 41 is overlapped with the front end portions of the connecting walls 43 and 44 and fixed by biz. The connecting walls 43 and 44 of the front duct 40D correspond to the "front protrusion" in the claims. Here, the "front protrusion" in the claims may be one that protrudes directly from the game plate 11 as long as it protrudes forward from the front surface of the game plate 11, for example, an obstacle nail. , Like the connecting walls 43 and 44, they may be stacked on the game board 11 and arranged in front of the front surface of the game board 11.

The internal flow path 40R extends while meandering in the left-right direction between the inlet 40A that opens upward and the outlet 40B that opens downward, and the inlet 40A forms a width of about three game balls, while the outlet 40B is a game. The width is about one ball. Further, the front duct 40 has a contact port 45 that opens on the left side at a position near the upper end thereof, and is in contact with the front duct 20D. In this embodiment, the upper ends of the front plate member 41 and the rear plate member 42 constituting the inlet 40A of the front duct 40 are inclined surfaces 41K and 42K that are inclined downward as they approach each other, as shown in FIG. It has become.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the game area R1, above the front duct 40, a guide path 23R and an expansion flow path 24R are provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the guide path 23R has a duct-like shape in which one game ball can flow down, and extends vertically along the opening edge of the entry restriction frame 23 while being curved. The expansion flow path 24R is formed by extending the right side with respect to the guide path 23R and narrowing the expanded right side portion toward the inlet 40A of the front duct 40. In the extended flow path 24R, the normal winning opening 21C is arranged at the center in the left-right direction and at a position shifted to the right with respect to the exit of the guide path 23R. Further, in the expansion flow path 24R, obstacle nails 17 are planted on both sides of the guide path 23R across the exit, on both sides of the opening of the normal winning opening 21C, and in the upper right corner of the expansion flow path 24R. As a result, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, most of the gaming balls that have flowed down the guide path 23R collide with the obstacle nails arranged on the left opening edge of the normal winning opening 21C from the guide path 23R, and then the normal winning opening. It passes through the left side of 21C and heads for the big prize opening 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the front duct 40, a front step portion 40D is formed by an inner surface of the glass plate 10G and an upper edge portion of the front plate member 41. In the conventional gaming machine, there has been a problem that a gaming ball (a gaming ball indicated by a two-dot chain line) rides on the front step portion 40D and rolls in the lateral direction. On the other hand, in the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the normal winning opening 21C is arranged with a gap of less than one game ball with respect to the front step portion 40D, and the front step portion 40D. When the game ball rides on the ball, the normal winning opening 21C comes into contact with the game ball, and the game ball cannot pass through the gap between the front step portion 40D and the normal winning opening 21C.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the game ball that has flowed down from the upstream in a state where the game ball rides on the front step portion 40D and is in contact with the normal winning opening 21C is on the left side or the right side of the game ball. It is possible to pass through.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, in the large winning opening 20, the tip end portion when the rotary door 20T is in a laterally tilted posture is set as a reference point P0, and is extended from the reference point P0 to the large winning opening 20 side. When the virtual reference line H is rotated upward around the reference point P0 and the virtual reference line H first touches the normal winning opening 21C, the virtual reference line H and the entry restriction frame 23 intersect. The line segment connecting the intersection P1 and the reference point P0 can be obtained as the winning line segment N of the large winning opening 20. Then, the winning easy area K surrounded by the winning line segment N, the entry restriction frame 23, and the rotating door 20T has a size that allows one or more game balls to enter, and does not pass through the winning line segment N. Since there is no entry route and no exit route for the game ball other than the large winning opening 20, most of the game balls that have entered the easy-to-win area K will win the large winning opening 20. That is, the winning line segment N can be regarded as a substantial winning entrance of the large winning opening 20. The virtual reference line H is a fictitious straight line extending infinitely from the reference point P0, and the winning line segment N is a line segment from the reference point P0 to the intersection P1 in the virtual reference line H.

That is, since the left side of the normal winning opening 21C is the winning easy area K, the game ball passing through the left side of the normal winning opening 21C is larger than the game ball passing through the right side of the normal winning opening 21C. It is easy to win a prize in the winning opening 20.

In the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, the ordinary winning opening 21C is arranged so that the gaming ball riding on the front step portion 40D abuts on the ordinary winning opening 21C in the winning easy area K. As a result, even if the game ball that has run up in the winning easy area K of the front step portion 40D collides with the game ball that has flowed down from above and falls from the front step portion 40D, the game ball is in the winning easy area K. Since it will fall, there is a high possibility that it will win the big prize opening 20.

In the present embodiment, the front step portion 40D extends horizontally, while the winning protrusion 21H of the normal winning opening 21C has an arc shape bulging toward the front step portion 40D. In other words, the space between the front step portion 40D and the winning protrusion 21H is gradually narrowed so that the game ball on the front step portion 40D that has no place to go is released to the game board 11 side. This makes it possible to eliminate the riding of the front step portion 40D of the game ball.

As shown in FIG. 3, the internal flow path 40R has a first flow path 46 and a second flow path 47, and while the first flow path 46 extends with a width of about three game balls, the second flow path 46 The flow path 47 extends from the lower end of the first flow path 46 so as to form the width of one game ball. Specifically, the first flow path 46 extends downward to the right, then bends and extends downward to the left, and further inclines downward to the right. The rolling surface 43M is formed on the inner surface of the connecting wall 43 in the portion inclined downward to the right, and the rolling surface 43M extends to a position where the rolling surface 43M is close to the connecting wall 44 by about one game ball, and the rolling surface 43M is formed. A second flow path 47 extends from between the lower end of the wall and the connecting wall 44. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the front plate member 41 and the rear surface plate member 42 are provided with protrusions 41T and 42T protruding toward the internal flow path 40R, and the protrusions 41T and 42T are provided with the protrusions 41T and 42T. They are arranged so that they are offset from each other in the front, back, and rear.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game ball that has entered the internal flow path 40R meanders in the left-right direction and flows down, and then is received by the rolling surface 43M and rolls on the rolling surface 43M before the second flow. Enter the road 47. At this time, since the width of the flow path is sharply narrowed, the game balls are arranged in a row on the rolling surface 43M. At that time, if the game balls are arranged so as to be offset from each other in the front-rear direction, it is conceivable that the ball is clogged in the internal flow path 40R. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a long hole 48 is formed in the front plate member 41 along the rolling surface 43M. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the elongated hole 48 is arranged below the contact line L1 of the front plate member 41 to which the game ball rolling on the rolling surface 43M can come into contact, and is arranged in the elongated hole 48. By inserting a tool and moving it along the elongated hole 48, it is possible to eliminate the ball clogging.

This concludes the description of the configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment. As described above, according to the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, since the normal winning opening 21C is arranged with a gap of less than one game ball with respect to the front step portion 40D, the front step of the front plate member 41 is provided. Even if the game ball rides on the portion 40D, the normal winning opening 21C makes it possible to suppress the rolling of the game ball on the front step portion 40D.

[Other embodiments]
(1) In the above embodiment, the ordinary winning opening 21C is exemplified as the "special front protrusion" in the claims, but instead of the ordinary winning opening 21C, for example, even if it is an obstacle nail or a resin protrusion. good.

Further, in the above embodiment, the front step portion 40D extends horizontally, while the lower surface of the special front protrusion portion (the winning protrusion 21H of the normal winning opening 21C) forms an arc shape bulging toward the front step portion 40D. However, as long as the vertical distance between the front step portion 40D and the special front protrusion is gradually reduced, the lower surface of the front step 40D and the special front protrusion may have any configuration. ..

(2) In the above embodiment, the large winning opening 20 is provided below the front step portion 40D as the "first winning accessory" in the claims, but the "first winning accessory" is, for example, , Starting winning opening, normal winning opening, starting gate, etc. may be used.

Further, the winning opening is, for example, a winning opening that opens to the front and is closed by a rotating door that tilts forward around the lower end of the opening, and a game on the upper surface adjacent to the opening edge of the winning opening. It may be configured to include a winning guide having a guide inclined surface that receives the ball and guides it to the winning opening.

(3) In the above embodiment, the elongated hole 48, which is the "tool insertion hole" in the claims, has an elongated hole shape, but may be circular, for example.

(4) In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, there is a gap between the front step portion 40D and the lower surface of the special front protrusion (normal winning opening 21C), but FIGS. 7 and 8 show. As shown, the lower surface of the special front protrusion (in FIGS. 7 and 8 the normal winning opening 21C is shown as an example) is located below the front step 40D, and the front step 40D and the special front protrusion 40D are located. There is no gap between it and the lower surface of the portion (ordinary winning opening 21C), and the game ball that rides on the front step portion 40D abuts on the side surface of the special front protrusion (ordinary winning opening 21C winning protrusion 21H). It may be a configuration.

Further, in FIGS. 5 and 7, an example in which the front step portion 40D extends in the lateral direction has been described, but the front step portion 40D may be configured to be inclined in the diagonal lateral direction.

Although specific examples of the techniques included in the claims are disclosed in the present specification and the drawings, the techniques described in the claims are not limited to these specific examples, and are specific. It includes various modifications and changes of the examples, and also includes those obtained by extracting a part of the specific examples independently.

<Additional Notes>
Hereinafter, the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiments will be described while showing the effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for the sake of easy understanding, the corresponding configurations in the above-described embodiment are appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configurations shown in the parentheses or the like.

[Invention 1]
The space between the game board (11) and the transparent transparent window portion (10G) that covers it from the front forms a flow-down space in which the game ball flows down, and the flow-down space projects from the front surface of the game board and flows down. In a gaming machine, the machine is provided with a plurality of front protrusions that come into contact with the gaming ball, and the plurality of front protrusions include a plurality of prize-winning objects that give a profit to the player by winning the game ball.
A front plate member (41) supported by the front end portion of the front protrusion, partially covering the game board from the front, and having the flow space between the game board and the game board.
It has a front step portion (40D) formed by the rear surface of the translucent window plate and the upward surface of the front plate member and extending laterally or diagonally laterally.
The plurality of front protrusions are arranged at positions where the gaming ball moving along the front step while riding on the front step is in contact with the game ball at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the front step. A gaming machine that includes a special front protrusion (21C).

According to the gaming machine of the present invention 1, even if the gaming ball rides on the front step portion of the front plate member, the special front protrusion can suppress the rolling of the gaming ball on the front step portion.

[Invention 2]
The plurality of prize-winning items include a first prize-winning item (20) located below the front step portion.
The front step portion includes a winning opening of the first winning accessory or a portion included in the winning easy range (K) located above the winning guide that guides the game ball to the winning opening, and other normal parts. It is equipped with a part located in the range,
The special front protrusion is arranged at a position where it comes into contact with a gaming ball moving along the front step portion while riding on a portion of the front step portion included in the easy winning range. The gaming machine according to claim 1.

According to the second invention, it is possible to suppress the rolling of the game ball that has climbed on the front step portion within the range of the portion of the front step portion that is included in the winning easy range.

[Invention 3]
The gaming machine according to the invention 1 or 2, wherein the lower surface of the special front protrusion has an arc shape bulging toward the front step, and gradually approaches the front step.

According to the third invention, the space between the front step portion and the special front protrusion can be gradually narrowed so that the game ball on the front step portion having no place to go can escape to the game board side, and the front step of the game ball can be released. It is possible to eliminate the ride of the club.

[Invention 4]
A rolling portion (43M) for rolling the game ball is provided in the flow space between the front plate member and the game plate.
A tool insertion hole (a tool insertion hole (in order to eliminate ball clogging on the rolling portion) by penetrating a portion of the front plate member below the contact line (L1) where the gaming ball rolling on the rolling portion can come into contact. 48) The gaming machine according to any one of inventions 1 to 3 having 48).

When the rolling path is arranged between the front plate member and the game plate, when a ball jam occurs on the rolling path, the front plate member needs to be removed by using a tool, which is complicated. According to the configuration of the present invention 4, it is possible to easily clear the ball clogging by inserting the tool from the tool insertion hole without removing the front plate member.

[Invention 5]
The gaming machine according to invention 4, wherein the tool insertion hole has an elongated hole shape extending in parallel with the contact line.

According to the fifth invention, it is possible to easily clear the ball clogging only by moving the tool along the tool insertion slot.

10 Gaming machine 10G Glass plate 11 Gaming plate 21C Ordinary winning opening 40 Front duct 41 Front plate member 41D Front step 48 Long hole

Claims (3)

The space between the game board and the transparent transparent window portion that covers it from the front forms a flow-down space in which the game ball flows down, and the flow-down space is in contact with the game ball that protrudes from the front surface of the game board and flows down. In a gaming machine, which is provided with a plurality of front protrusions, and the plurality of front protrusions include a plurality of prize-winning objects that give a profit to the player by winning a game ball.
A front plate member that is supported by the front end of the front protrusion and partially covers the game board from the front and has the flow space between the game board and the game board.
It has a front step portion formed by the rear surface of the translucent window plate and the upward surface of the front plate member and extending laterally or diagonally laterally.
The plurality of front protrusions are arranged at positions where the gaming ball moving along the front step while riding on the front step is in contact with the game ball at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the front step. A gaming machine that includes a special front protrusion. The plurality of prize-winning items include a first prize-winning item located below the front step portion.
The front step portion is located in a portion included in the winning easy range located above the winning opening of the first winning accessory or the winning guide for guiding the game ball to the winning opening, and in the other normal range. Is equipped with a part to do
The special front protrusion is arranged at a position where it comes into contact with a gaming ball moving along the front step portion while riding on a portion of the front step portion included in the easy winning range. The gaming machine according to claim 1. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower surface of the special front protrusion has an arc shape bulging toward the front step, and gradually approaches the front step.

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