JP2554506B2 - Sorting device in prize winning device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a winning device of a pachinko machine having a plurality of winning openings, and a sorting device in the winning apparatus for guiding a jumped ball to one of the winning openings. It is about.

<Prior Art> As is well known, a winning device of a pachinko machine is provided with a plurality of winning openings having different winning modes, and a sorting device for guiding a ball that jumps into the winning apparatus to one of the winning openings is provided. is there. This distribution device is for changing the winning probability of a specific winning opening of a plurality of winning openings by changing the inclination of the guiding member, changing the ball passage, or providing a movable obstacle member. Is.

Therefore, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-46868 discloses
In addition to providing a plurality of winning openings on the front edge of the box frame, a plurality of through holes with a diameter smaller than a pachinko ball are provided on the bottom wall sloping forward and downward, and a projection protruding and retracting by a cam faces the through hole. Changes the flow direction of the sphere flowing down the bottom wall.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, most of the conventional sorting devices change the shape or the position of the member for guiding the sphere, so that the certainty prize is poor. The probability of winning is set to be almost constant. In addition, the conventional sorters are all similar, lacking in freshness, and have no interesting taste in games.

<Means for Solving Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an opening is provided in a mounting board to be attached to a game board, and a plurality of winning openings having different winning modes are provided at a lower edge of the opening. The prize hole is communicated with the above-mentioned opening, a through hole is provided at the bottom of the prize room through which a ball can pass, and a closing piece is opened and closed through the through hole, and the closing piece is used for communication. The ball can be retained in the through hole by closing the hole, and the ball retained in the through hole forms a ball passage that can guide the ball that jumps into the prize winning chamber to any prize opening. Is.

<Operation> By inserting a ball into the through hole provided at the bottom of the prize winning room and closing this hole, a ball passage leading to the prize hole can be formed. Can be increased.

<Examples> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to Examples of the drawings.

The winning device 1 has an attachment board 3 attached to the game board 2, and an opening 4 is opened in the attachment board 3. At the lower edge of the opening 4, a special winning opening 5 and a general winning opening 6 with different game modes are provided.
The special winning opening 5 is provided with a continuation switch 7.
According to the illustrated embodiment, a special winning opening 5 is provided at the center of the lower edge of the opening 4, and general winning openings 6 are provided on the left and right.

An armor portion 8 is provided on the surface of the mounting substrate 3 above the opening portion 4, and a ceiling entrance port 9 is provided on the armor portion 8. Also, the opening 4
A first state in which a hit ball standing upright on the left and right of the game board 2 and flowing down the surface of the game board 2 is prevented from jumping into the opening 4.
A pair of ball receiving members 12 which can be converted into a second state in which the upper end 12 'is tilted outward to take the hit ball into the opening 4 via a crank member 11a, 11b by a driving source such as a solenoid 10 are axially mounted. .

On the other hand, a box-shaped winning chamber 13 communicating with the opening 4 is formed on the back surface of the mounting substrate 3. A middle plate 14 having a trailing edge inclined downward is housed in the upper part of the prize winning chamber 13 to divide the prize winning chamber 13 into an upper chamber 13a and a lower chamber 13b. A drop port 15 is opened in the lateral center near the rear edge of the middle plate 14, an introduction gutter 16 for introducing a ball into the lower chamber 13b is communicated with the drop port 15, and a lower end of the introduction gutter 16 is a lower chamber. 13b is opened in the rear wall 17 having a semi-circular cross section, and the introduction gutter 1
Show 10 count switch 18 in the middle of 6. In the illustrated embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the introduction trough 16 is composed of a pocket member 19 having a substantially U-shaped cross section.

A through hole 21 through which a ball can pass is provided in the bottom 20 of the winning chamber 13 at the front, and a closing piece 22 is opened and closed in the through hole 21, but according to the illustrated embodiment, the through hole is formed. 21 is provided on a turntable 24 which is provided on the bottom plate 23 in an overlapping manner, and the turntable 24 is rotated by a motor 26 via bevel gears 25a and 25b. Further, the closing piece 22 faces the discharge port 27 opened in the bottom plate 23 of the winning room 13 so as to be openable and closable. The closing piece 22 has a base plate 22a and a bottom plate 2a.
It is pivotally attached to the lower surface of 3, and the tip portion 22b is supported by a lever 29 connected to a solenoid 28. Further, on the upper surface of the closing piece 22, there is provided a slightly raised support portion 22c which faces a discharge port 27 and supports a ball fitted into the through hole 21. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, a plurality of through holes 21 are arranged on the circumference of the turntable 24, and a discharge port 27 is provided on the bottom plate 23 laterally. A guide piece 31 extends from the side wall 30 of the turntable 24 on the rotation direction side (arrow in the figure).

In the winning device 1 as described above, when the through hole 21 arranged on the circumference of the rotary disk 24 and the discharge port 27 coincide with each other, the ball introduced into the lower chamber 13b and fitted into the through hole 21 is , This through hole 21
And it is discharged to the outside of the winning room 13 through the discharge port 27. However, when closing the discharge port 27 with the closing piece 22,
The ball can be retained in the through hole 21 by rotating together with the turntable 24 while being fitted in the through hole 21. In the illustrated embodiment, a plurality of pins 32 are alternately provided upright on the periphery of the rotary table 24 and through holes 21, and a ball passage 33 in which the through holes 21 are not formed is formed in the radial direction. A magnet 34 for position detection is embedded in the lower surface of the spherical passage 33. The thickness of the rotary disc 24 and the height of the bearing portion 35 are configured such that the upper surface of the rotary disc 24 and the upper end of the ball fitted into the through hole 21 are substantially aligned.

Next, the operation of the winning device 1 of the present invention will be described in the context of a pachinko game.

As shown in FIG. 8, on the surface of the game board 2, a game section 37 surrounded by guide rails 36 is formed, and the game section 37 is provided with innumerable obstacle nails and windmills (not shown). The prize winning device 1 according to the present invention is provided substantially in the center, shoulder winning holes 38, 38 are provided on the left and right sides of the prize winning device 1, so-called tulip-type prize winning devices 39, 39 are provided obliquely downward, and three horizontal rows are provided downward. The starting ports 40a, 40b, 40b are provided. In the normal state, the winning device 1 is a ball receiving member 12
Is maintained in the first state, and the closing piece 22 opens the discharge port 27.

Then, when the hit ball fired by the player flows down the game section 37 and wins a prize at the central starting opening 40a, a detector (not shown) detects the prize and sends a prize signal to a control device (not shown). , The control device excites the solenoid 10 of the winning device 1 to tilt the ball receiving member 12 outward for about 0.7 seconds to move to the second state 2
If you change the number of times and win the right and left start ports 40b, the conversion for about 0.4 seconds is performed once. By this conversion of the ball receiving member 12, when the hit ball is taken into the prize winning room 13, the hit ball rolls on the middle plate 14 and enters the introduction trough 16 from the drop opening 15 where it is counted by the 10 count switch 18. . In addition, the result counted here is a 10-count display device 41 such as a lamp provided on the rear wall of the armor portion 41.
Display with. The balls that have fallen out of the introduction trough 16 fall on the rotating turntable 24 and enter one of the through holes 21, the special winning opening 5 in the center facing the front edge or the general winning opening 6 on the left and right, and the passing hole.
The balls entering 21 are discharged from the discharge port 27. General prize hole 6
And the balls discharged from the discharge port 27 become a normal winning, and a predetermined number (for example, 13) of winning balls are discharged.

When the ball rolling on the turntable 24 is lucky to enter the special winning opening 5, the continuation switch 7 detects this winning and sends a continuation signal to the control device to shift to the special game.

When the special game starts, the ball receiving member 12 stands up and the second
The state is converted and the position detection of the turntable 24 is started. The position is detected by the magnet 34 embedded in the turntable 24 and the reed switch 42 provided on the bottom plate 23, and the turntable 24 is located at a predetermined position (for example, the ball passage 33 faces the right side wall 30 of the winning room 13). When it comes, the ball receiving member 12 is opened and closed 18 times at intervals of about 0.8 seconds. At this time, the solenoid 28 of the closing piece 22 is excited to close the discharge port 27. Therefore, during this time, the ball can be retained in the through hole 21. Then, blocking the through hole 21 with a sphere, and particularly closing the through hole 21 located in the radial direction, has the same effect as newly forming the sphere passage 33. Rolling forward according to the inclination of 24, the probability of winning the special winning opening 5 in the center increases.

Then, when the special winning opening 5 is won again during the 18 times of opening / closing operation, the ball receiving member 12 stands up to temporarily prevent the hitting ball from entering the winning room 13 and temporarily release the operation of the closing piece 22. Then, after the discharge port 27 is opened to discharge the held balls from the discharge port 27, the ball receiving member 12 is opened and closed 18 times in the same manner as above. Such operation can be updated up to a maximum of 8 cycles as one cycle, and this cycle is visually displayed on the cycle indicator 43 such as a lamp provided on the rear wall of the winning room 13. Incidentally, when the 10-count switch 18 detects 10 balls, the operation is stopped by raising the ball receiving member 12 even during the 18 times of opening / closing operation,
The operation of the closing piece 22 is released, the discharge port 27 is opened, and the held ball is discharged from the discharge port 27.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments of the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be appropriately implemented unless the configuration described in the claims is changed,
For example, a through hole may be opened directly on the bottom plate of the winning room,
It is also possible to provide a plurality of discharge ports.

<Effects of the Invention> In short, according to the present invention, a through hole through which a ball can pass is provided at the bottom of the winning room, and a closing piece is opened and closed so that the closing piece closes the through hole. In this case, the ball can be retained in the through hole, and the ball retained in the through hole forms a ball passage that can guide the ball that jumps into the prize winning room to the prize opening. It becomes easier to guide the ball to a specific winning port, and the more the ball is held in the winning chamber, the higher the probability of winning the specific winning port. Therefore, the player can improve the expectation of winning as the balls are held, and enjoy a new game that has never existed before.

Further, according to the present invention, the winning probability of the winning opening can be easily changed by changing the number and the arrangement of the through holes, which is extremely high in practical value.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a front view of a winning device in which a right half front decorative plate is cut off, FIG.
The figure shows a plan view of the turntable, FIG. 4 shows the plan view of the bottom plate, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the same as above, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a closing piece, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an intermediate plate, a pocket member, a rotating plate and a bottom plate, and FIG. 8 is a front view of a game plate. 1 ... Winning device, 2 ... Game board, 3 ... Mounting board, 4 ...
… Aperture, 5 …… Special prize hole, 6 …… General prize hole, 13…
… Winning room, 20 …… bottom, 21 …… through hole, 22 …… closed piece, 33
…… A ball passage.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An opening is formed in a mounting board to be attached to a game board, a plurality of winning openings having different winning modes are made to face the lower edge of the opening, and the winning room is communicated with the opening. A through hole is provided at the bottom of the prize winning room, through which a ball can pass, and a closing piece is opened and closed so that the ball can be retained in the through hole by closing the through hole with the closing piece. A distribution device for a winning device, wherein a ball passage that can guide a ball that jumps into a winning room to any winning opening by a ball held in a hole is formed.