JP2540048Y2 - Electric winning machine in pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric prize winning device for a pachinko machine, and more particularly, to a prize winning area related to a pachinko ball (also referred to as a game ball) based on a control drive of an electric power means. The present invention relates to an electric winning device which can be changed from a closed state to an open state (open state) which is advantageous for a player, and which can continuously reproduce the open state for a set number of times.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electric prize winning apparatus of this type implemented on a game board of a pachinko machine, an opening / closing member constituting a prize area is changed in opening and closing based on driving of an opening / closing drive mechanism including an electromagnetic solenoid and a connecting member. Those having a basic structure and having a wide prize area as a model category are handled as large electric accessories also called "large prize devices or special electric accessories".

[0003] Typical examples of this are: (a) A ball receiving door opposed to the entrance at the center of the main body is changed from an upright closed state to a forward opening state by using an opening / closing drive mechanism to win a prize. "Attacker format" that configures the area
What is also called. (b) A pair of blades arranged on both left and right sides of the front of the main body,
What is also called a "blade type" in which a winning area is formed by changing from an upright closed state to an outward tilted open state using an opening / closing drive mechanism is widely used.

[0004] Any of these large electric accessories is opened and closed as a basic opening operation corresponding to establishment of a special game state (for example, a big hit state by a variable symbol display device) generated during the game of the pachinko machine. Restrictions are imposed on the maximum allowable opening time set for the member and the winning number of safe balls, and when any of these conditions is reached, the operation is stopped. Then, when a part of the safe ball that has entered during this operation is detected and determined as a special safe ball, the continuation condition of the next opening operation is satisfied, and the opening operation is restarted. Thereafter, the operation is continuously performed for the set number of times based on this condition.

[0005] In the technical standards for pachinko machines, the number of special safe balls described above is specified to be approximately 1/3 or less of all the winning safe balls. Only one is valid. Therefore, in such a large-sized electric accessory, in each opening operation, it is important to properly select a special safe ball from all the safe balls at a ratio within the specified range to satisfy the continuation condition. Is also one of the important matters.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] With respect to the above-described conventional large electric accessory, when the opening / closing member (door or blade) is in an open state, the safe ball entering the prize area is received on the opening / closing member and inward from the entrance. It passes through and is detected by the detection switch for counting and discharged to the back side. And part of the safe sphere,
It can be detected as a special safe ball by a special detection switch inside the entrance. However, in this accessory, there is no special change or taste in the manner of passing the safe balls, and the special safe balls cannot be properly selected in the process of passing each safe ball, and there is no selection technique. For this reason, all the safe balls are in a situation where their entry angle and direction are naturally determined, and the safe balls that have passed through the special detection switch at the fixed position are simply detected as special safe balls. ing. Therefore, in each opening operation state, the special safe ball has a completely irregular state such as a case where the number of generated special ball is extremely large or small, and if it is large, it becomes incompatible with the above-mentioned specified items. In other words, if the number is small ("0"), there is a problem that the continuation condition of the next opening operation disappears.

[0007] As described above, in the large-sized electric accessory of (a) and (b) described above, the prize mode of the game ball and the pass mode of the safe ball are simple, and special measures are taken. Absent. For this reason, in each opening operation state, it is premised that it is preferable to secure the minimum number of special safe balls by appropriately avoiding the non-occurrence (non-detection) of special safe balls. It is extremely difficult to select or generate a special safe ball at an appropriate ratio that will satisfy the continuation condition of the above, and it is strongly desired to propose a prize winning device of this kind that can suitably overcome this. I have.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to suitably solve the above-mentioned problem, and in the opening operation state, the safe ball passing mode to the winning area has a new change and a special effect, and the special area has a special area. An electric winning device that secures at least one of the entered safe balls as an effective special safe ball and allows the safe ball to pass through to a special detecting means so that a continuation condition of the opening operation can be satisfied. The purpose is to provide.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and appropriately achieve the intended purpose, an electric winning device in a pachinko machine according to the present invention has a front surface for a game ball. A main body with an opening and a regulation piece on the front side, a passage defined inside the main body to allow the safe ball entered from the winning opening to pass through to the back side, and an upright closed state with respect to the winning opening. Open / closed ball receiving plate that can be changed to the front open state and separates a normal passage area and a special passage area for safe balls inside, and an open / close ball opening / closing operation that is equipped on the back side of the main body Opening and closing drive mechanism, a ball receiving and stopping piece attached to the window opened in the special entrance area of the opening and closing ball receiving plate so as to be tiltable in the vertical direction, and the state is changed by the regulating piece, Special safe released from the ball catching piece inside the mouth And a special detection means for detecting,
Regarding the ball receiving and retaining piece, in the upright closed state of the opening and closing ball receiving plate, the ball is released from the restricting piece and held in the window in a ball releasing state, and in the front open state of the openable ball receiving plate,
It is characterized in that it is set so as to be restrained by a regulating piece protruding relatively into the window and to be held in a substantially horizontal ball receiving state from the window toward the rear side.

[0010]

In the electric winning device, in the opening operation state corresponding to the establishment of the special game condition on the pachinko gaming machine side, all the safe balls entering the opening changed winning area are set to the normal area and the special area. Naturally divide into regions. Then, at least one of the safe balls that have entered the special area can be temporarily stopped and secured by the stop piece, and the special safe ball is released at an appropriate point in the opening operation and discharged to the back side during the special operation. When the means detects the special safe ball, the continuation condition of the next opening operation is satisfied.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

The electric winning machine M of this embodiment is awarded when a special combination state is established, ie, when a special combination state is established, based on the display result of a symbol variable winning apparatus D mounted on a game board P shown in FIG. It belongs to the attacker type operated based on the opening condition, and is also called a special electric accessory or a big winning device. And this winning device M
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 as a basic configuration, a game machine P is equipped and set, and a winning opening 10 for a game ball is opened on the front, and a restriction piece 1 is provided at the center of the front of the winning opening 10.
2, a passage 16 defined in the main body 14 to allow a safe ball entered from the winning opening 10 to pass through to the back side, an upright closed state and forward opening with respect to the winning opening 10. The opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 which is mounted so as to be changeable to the state and which divides a normal passage area 18 and a special passage area 20 for a safe ball inside, and an opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 provided on the back side of the main body 14. An opening / closing drive mechanism 24 for opening / closing operation, and a window 2 opened in the special passage area 20 of the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22
The control piece 12 is attached so as to be tiltable up and down with respect to
And the special switch 30 that can detect the passage of the safe ball released from the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 as a special safe ball inside the winning opening 10 and the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 whose state is changed.
Etc. are provided.

Therefore, the electric winning device of the present embodiment will be described for each of the components described above.

First, as for the main body 14, on the back side of the opening edge of the mounting substrate 32a having the rectangular winning opening 10 formed on the front surface,
A front frame 3 which is integrally formed with a frame portion 32b having an open back surface and which is directly fixed to the game board P via a mounting board 32a.
2 and a back frame 34 that is aligned and fixed to the back side of the front frame 32. Further, in the main body 14, an exit path 16 for allowing the safe ball entered from the winning opening 10 to exit to the back side through the exit 36 is defined. In the center of the front surface of the front frame 32, a regulating piece 12 having a triangular front is arranged as shown in FIG. 2, and the upper part of the regulating piece 12 faces the front of the winning opening 10. And by the regulation piece 12,
The posture of the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 is changed from the ball releasing state to the ball receiving state (see FIGS. 4 and 5).
Note that bearing portions 32c for the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 are formed on both left and right sides inside the front frame 32.

The opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 has a door shape which is formed in a horizontal rectangular shape which is adapted to the inside size of the winning opening 10 of the main body 14, and has shaft portions 22a, 22a projecting from both lower ends thereof. However, both bearing portions 32c of the front frame 32,
32c is openably and closably supported. As shown in FIG. 6, a connecting portion 38 connected to the opening / closing drive mechanism 24 is formed on one side edge (left side edge in the drawing) of the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 and extends inside by a predetermined length. I have. The operation of the opening / closing drive mechanism 24 causes the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 to be changed between an upright closed state (FIG. 5) with respect to the winning opening 10 and a forward opening state (FIG. 4). Further, side walls 22b, 22b are formed on both side edges of the open / close ball receiving plate 22, and partitions 22c, 22c are provided at the center of the open / close ball receiving plate 22 with a predetermined spacing therebetween in the width direction.
, And the window 26 is formed between the partitions 22c, 22c. A normal entry area 18 is formed between each side wall 22b and the partition 22c to allow the safe ball entered from the winning opening 10 to pass through the exit 36, and between the two partitions 22c, 22c. A special entrance area 20 is formed in which a safe ball entered from the winning opening 10 is passed as a special ball to a special area 48 described later. The engaging port 2 is separated from the position where the window 26 is formed in the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 by a predetermined distance in the width direction on the entrance side of the safe ball.
2d, 22d are formed, and the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 is mounted so as to be tiltable through the engagement ports 22d, 22d. Further, on the opposite side corresponding to each side wall portion 22b,
When the openable ball receiving plate 22 is tilted forward, a stopper edge 22f is formed which contacts the front surface of the front frame and functions to hold the ball receiving plate 22 in an open state at a required angle.

As shown in FIG. 3, the opening / closing drive mechanism 24 for the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 is driven by an electromagnetic solenoid 40 installed on the back surface of the back frame 34 in an inverted state. As shown in FIG. 1, a connecting piece 42 a protruding from an elevating operation piece 42 connected to a lower end of the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 extends to a front side through a relief portion 34 a formed in a back frame 34. The connecting portion 38
Can be linked to When the rod 40a is raised during the energizing operation of the solenoid 40, the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 in the upright closed state is changed to the forward opening state by its own weight with the displacement of the lifting / lowering operation piece 42 and the connecting piece 42a.

The ball receiving and stopping piece 28 functions to stop and release one safe ball which enters from the winning opening 10 of the main body 14 and passes through the special passage area 20 of the open / closed ball receiving plate 22. Things. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the ball receiving and retaining piece 28 has an inverted U-shaped regulating wall 28b formed at the edge of the ball receiving seat 28a, and a ball receiving seat at the open end of the regulating wall 28b. A pair of support portions 44, 44 extending from 28a are integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 7, the support portion 44 is formed with an engagement opening 44 a, and each support portion 44 is inserted into a corresponding engagement opening 22 d formed in the open / close ball receiving plate 22, whereby the engagement opening of the support portion 44 is formed. The shaft portion 22e of the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 is loosely fitted to 44a. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the ball receiving / stopping piece 28 faces the window 26 of the open / closed ball receiving plate 22 in a ball release state when the openable / closed ball receiving plate 22 is in the upright closed state. When the front panel 22 is in the forward opening state, the regulating piece 12
, And is displaced to a substantially horizontal ball receiving state from the window 26 toward the rear side to stop one safe ball. A stopper 48 protrudes from the ball receiving and retaining piece 28 on the side opposite to the side on which the support portion 44 is formed. The stopper 48 is provided when the open / close ball receiving plate 22 is in the upright closed state. And functions to hold the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 in the ball releasing state by contacting the lower end of the ball.

A box 50 defining a special area 48 opening on the front surface opposite to the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 is formed on the center rear side of the back frame 34 so as to protrude.
The detection port 30a of the special switch 30 faces. The special switch 30 is, for example, of a ball-passing type magnetic sensor type, and can detect a special safe ball passing through the detection port 30a. The partitions 52, 52 extend to the front side corresponding to the opening of the box 50, and a ball receiving plate 54 is formed between the partitions 52, 52. The upper surface of the ball receiving plate 54 is inclined downward toward the special area 48 as shown in FIG. 4 to reliably guide the special safe ball released from the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 to the special area 48. It is supposed to. In the center of the ball receiving plate 54, a stopper 48 formed on the ball receiving
Relief portion 54a is formed in a concave shape. Further, a base 58 of a lamp 56 for effect light is installed at an appropriate position on the back frame 34.

A counting switch (not shown) of a ball-passing type magnetic sensor type is mounted in a collecting and discharging path provided at a lower portion of the main body 14, and the open / close ball receiving plate 22 is provided. The normal safe ball that has passed through the normal passage area 18 and the special safe ball that has passed through the special area 48 are detected one by one.

The game board P shown in FIG. 8 has an out port 60 formed therein, a start winning tool 62 with a switch serving as a symbol starting input means, and a switch by which a game ball enters the winning tool 62. The symbol variable prize winning device D and the like in which the symbol variable game is developed based on the detection signal of.
The electric winning device M is arranged above the out opening 60.

[0021]

Next, the operation of the electric winning device according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. Note that the basic operation setting conditions of the winning device itself in the example of the embodiment include the energizable operation time T second of the electromagnetic solenoid 40,
The specified number of safe balls is n, and the number of continuous operable times is N based on the establishment of the opening operation condition.Each opening operation is terminated when any of the above conditions is achieved earlier. Is done.

A basic gaming operation mode according to the electric winning device of the present embodiment implemented as described above will be described. First, during the game on the game board P, at a stage where no big hit is generated by the symbol variable display device D, the device itself is set to a state before the normal opening operation, the stopped state of the electromagnetic solenoid 40, and the lifting / lowering operation piece 42 and the connection With the original position of the piece 42a, the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 is held in an upright closed state with respect to the winning opening 10 (see FIG. 5). For this reason, even if the game balls hit on the game board P drop toward the main body 14, they pass through the front surface of the main body 14 without being received by the open / close ball receiving plate 22. In addition, the said ball receiving stationary piece 2
Numeral 8 is released from the restraint of the restricting piece 12 and is held in a ball releasing state facing the window 26.

When the game ball hit into the game board P enters the start winning prize tool 62, the symbol variable game is developed by the symbol variable display device D based on the detection signal of the switch, and the game device D is played. The symbol combination is determined. When the special game state is established (big hit) based on this, a predetermined opening operation condition is given in the winning device M of the present embodiment. That is, at an appropriate time after the establishment of the special game state, the electromagnetic solenoid 40 is energized for a set time, so that the rod 40a and the lifting / lowering operation piece 42, the connecting piece 42
As shown in FIG. 4, the opening / closing ball receiving plate 2
2 is changed from the standing closed state to the forward opening state, and the winning opening 10 of the main body 14 is opened. Opening / closing ball receiving plate 2
With the tilting of 2, the ball receiving and retaining piece 28 located at the center of the ball receiving plate 22 is changed from the ball discharging state to the horizontal ball receiving state by the restricting piece 12 relatively protruding into the window 26, The safe ball can be parked on the stationary piece 28. For this reason, with respect to the game balls falling toward the main body 14, the balls received by the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 enter the winning opening 10 and become safe balls.
The two types of traffic are divided into a normal traffic area 18 and a special traffic area 20.

The safe ball that has entered the normal entry area 18 is discharged to the back side of the game board P from the exit path 16 and the exit 36 of the main body 14 as a normal safe ball. The normal safe balls are detected one by one by the detection switch for counting. In addition, only one safe ball that has passed into the special passage area 20 is received by the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 that stands by in the ball receiving state as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Once suspended.

As described above, on the premise that the safe balls discharged into the winning opening 10 and discharged to the back side are counted and detected one by one by the detection switch, any one of the items of the above operation setting condition is quickly achieved. At that point, the opening operation is immediately terminated. Therefore, when the electromagnetic solenoid 40 is stopped and returned, the open / close ball receiving plate 22 is returned to the original upright closed state as shown in FIG. 5 with the return of the rod 40a, the lifting / lowering operation piece 42, and the linking piece 42a. It is. Further, the pair of partitions 52, 52 and the ball receiving plate 54 guide the passage of the special safe ball retained in the ball receiving and retaining piece 28 to pass through. Thereby, the safe ball held in the ball receiving and stopping piece 28 is
After passing through the special area 48, it is detected by the special switch 30 (also referred to as V winning detection) and then detected and discharged by the count detection switch. As a result, it is confirmed that the continuation of the opening operation condition is satisfied. The electromagnetic solenoid 4
0 is biased at the time of the V prize to tilt the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 and hold it in the forward opening state.

Therefore, during the game development on the game board P, during the opening operation, one special safe ball is reserved upstream of the special area 48, and the safe ball is directed to the area 48 at an appropriate time. Therefore, the continuation condition of the opening operation can be satisfied with a high probability.

Thereafter, based on the special game condition newly established each time the special safe ball is detected, the next opening operation can be continued after the opening operation is completed. The opening operation can be continued up to a predetermined number N of times set in advance.

[0028]

[Modifications] The electric winning device to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and a technical example of an example in which this is appropriately modified and applied is also recommended. For example, the ball receiving / retaining piece 28 may have any shape or form capable of retaining and releasing one safe ball, and is not limited to the shape of the embodiment. Further, the opening / closing drive mechanism 24 of the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22 can be easily made of various types and forms different from those of the embodiment. Further, the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22
The special access area 20 of the normal access area 18, as in the embodiment,
It is not necessary to dispose the special passage area 20 between the right and left sides of the opening / closing ball receiving plate 22, as a matter of course.

[0029]

As described above, according to the electric winning device in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, in the opening operation state of the device itself, the ball receiving and retaining piece is placed at the window of the opening / closing ball receiving plate in the horizontal ball receiving state. By changing each safe ball entering the prize area, the safe ball can be divided into a normal entrance area and a special entrance area in the main body, so that it can enter and exit. I can play. In addition, since at least one of the safe spheres entering the special entrance area is secured as an effective special safe sphere and is allowed to pass out toward the special detection means, it is expected that the continuation condition of the opening operation is satisfied. Etc. can be increased. Thus, there is an advantage that the interest of the game of the device itself and further of the whole pachinko game can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded plan view showing an electric winning device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the electric winning device in a closed state.

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing the electric winning device in a closed state.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the electric winning device in an opened state.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing the electric winning device in a closed state.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing ball receiving plate and an opening / closing drive mechanism.

FIG. 7 is an exploded side sectional view showing an opening / closing ball receiving plate and a ball receiving stationary piece.

FIG. 8 is a front view schematically showing a game board of a pachinko machine in which an electric winning device is implemented.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Winning opening 12 Restriction piece 14 Main body 16 Outgoing path 18 Normal entrance area 20 Special entrance area 22 Opening / closing ball receiving plate 24 Opening / closing drive mechanism 26 Window 28 Ball receiving stop piece 30 Special switch

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A main body (14) having a game ball winning opening (10) on the front and a regulating piece (12) provided on the front side, and a winning opening defined in the main body (14). An exit path (16) through which the safe ball entered from (10) exits to the back side, and a safe ball inside the winning opening (10) that is attached to the winning opening (10) so that it can be changed between a standing closed state and a forward opening state. Opening / closing ball receiving plate (22), which separates the normal passage area (18) and the special entrance area (20) for use, and the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing ball receiving plate (22) mounted on the back side of the main body (14). Opening / closing drive mechanism (24) and special passage area (20) for opening / closing ball receiving plate (22)
The ball receiving and stopping piece (2) which is attached to the window (26) opened inside so as to be tiltable in the vertical direction and whose state is changed by the regulating piece (12).
8), and special detecting means (30) for detecting a special safe ball released from the ball receiving and retaining piece (28) inside the winning opening (10), and the ball receiving and retaining piece (28) Opening / closing ball receiving plate (22)
In the upright closed state, the ball is released from the restricting piece (12) and held in the window (26) in a ball releasing state, and the opening / closing ball receiving plate (22)
In the front open state, the ball is relatively restrained by the restricting piece (12) protruding into the window (26), and is held in a substantially horizontal ball receiving state from the window (26) toward the rear side. A motorized winning device in a pachinko machine.