JP2556979B2 - Pachinko machine winning equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine,
The present invention relates to a so-called tulip-type winning device in which a pair of movable wing pieces are axially attached to the left and right of a front frame, and the movable wing pieces stand up or tilt to change the conditions for hitting a hit ball.

<Prior Art> As is well known, many winning devices for pachinko machines have been proposed, and various tulip-type winning devices have been developed.

For example, in the prize winning devices disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 48-22852 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 49-31589, a state in which the movable wing piece is tilted and a hitting ball is easy to enter, and a state in which the movable wing piece is upright and a hitting ball is difficult to enter. It is a double-open tulip-type winning device that does not convert and for each winning of one hit ball and maintains a state in which it is easy to enter until a predetermined number (for example, two) of hit balls are won.

In addition, a so-called interlocking tulip type that guides the hit ball that entered the other winning opening to the rear frame provided behind the tulip type winning device and tilts the movable wing piece as if the ball hit the front frame. There is a winning device.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> By the way, in the two-way interlocking tulip type winning device, when the movable wing piece tilts and is opened when the hit ball hits, the movable wing piece is opened between the opened movable wing pieces. When the first hit ball has jumped in, when the hit ball that entered the other winning hole is guided to the rear frame through the guidance gutter, the movable wing piece tilts and opens in the normal state. Despite being set to maintain the open state until the hit ball wins, there is no change in this case, and the next hit ball (second hit ball) jumps in,
The movable wing piece closes. Therefore, it is disadvantageous to the player, and even more detrimental when the tulip type winning device serves as a starting opening or a right opening for a special game.

<Means for Solving Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and a front frame is provided on the front surface of a mounting substrate having an opening, and a rear frame communicating with the opening is provided on the back surface. A pair of movable wing pieces are attached to the left and right sides of the frame so that they can be erected and tilted, and a support shaft is installed horizontally in the rear frame.
A swing member is swingably supported on this support shaft, and a front end portion of the swing member faces a movable wing piece so that the movable wing piece can be locked. An interlocking ball can be introduced from a guide gutter to a rear frame. In the winning device of the pachinko machine, an upper passage and a lower passage communicating with the opening are formed above and below the swing member, and a control member is rotatably supported on the support shaft coaxially with the swing member. , The control member is provided with an upper ball receiving portion facing the upper passage and a lower ball receiving portion facing the lower ball passage, and positioning locking means is provided between the control member and the rear frame so that a hit ball can fly in. Alternatively, when the interlocking ball is introduced, the movable wing piece opens to allow a predetermined number of hit balls to enter, and when the interlocking sphere is introduced while the movable wing piece is open, the swing member and The control member is returned to the initial state in which the movable wing pieces are opened so that a predetermined number of hit balls can be entered.

<Working> When a ball hits between the movable wing pieces or an interlocking ball is introduced into the rear frame, the movable wing pieces tilt and open, and the control member until a predetermined number of hit balls enter. When the interlocking sphere is introduced when the swinging member is restrained by the positioning locking means via the to maintain the open state of the movable wing piece and the restraint of the swinging member is released. Thus, the positioning locking means can be returned to the initial state to restrain the swinging member, and a predetermined number of hit balls can be jumped in.

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

The winning device 1 according to the present invention has an opening 3 formed in a mounting board 2 mounted on a game board of a pachinko machine, and the mounting board 2
A front frame 4 whose upper side and rear side are open is provided on the front side of the front frame, and a pair of movable wing pieces 5 are axially mounted in the front frame 4 so as to stand and tilt. Further, a rear frame 6 communicating with the opening 3 is provided on the back surface of the mounting substrate 2. A supporting shaft 7 is laterally provided in the rear frame 6, and a swinging member 8 and a control member 9 are rotatably attached to the supporting shaft 7.

The front frame 4 has a pocket-like shape including a front surface portion 10, a bottom portion 11, left and right side plate portions 12, and the like. A pair of support shafts 13 are provided on the back surface of the front surface portion 10 so as to project rearward, and the support shafts 13 are movable. The wing piece 5 is loosely fitted. The bottom 11 is provided with a downward slope to guide the hit ball into the opening 3 of the mounting substrate 2.

The rear frame 6 has a substantially U-shaped cross section that communicates with the opening 3 and opens in the vertical direction.
Have. Then, the support shaft 7 is laterally inserted through the side wall portion 14, the swinging member 8 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 7, and the front end portion 15 is fixed to the locking portion 16 of the movable wing piece 5. It can be locked. The rocking member 8 is provided with a stopping means 17 such as a weight or a magnet, and is configured to normally lower the rear end part to stop. In the illustrated embodiment, a stop piece 18 'is provided at the rear end 18 of the swing member 8, a magnet Mg is provided at the stop piece 18', and an iron piece 19 is embedded at the lower end of the rear edge of the rear frame 6. The rotation range of the swinging member 8 is regulated and the rotation stop is stabilized. And, in this normal state, the front end portion of the guide member 8
15 is positioned between the movable wing pieces 5 to prevent the movable wing pieces 5 from freely rotating and maintain the movable wing pieces 5 in an upright state. In the illustrated embodiment, a weight 17 'is embedded as the stopping means 17 on the front end side of the swing member 8.

In the normal state as described above, a hit ball jumps in between the movable wing pieces 5, or a hit ball that wins in another winning opening is guided by a guide gutter to be an interlocking ball and the rear end portion of the swing member 8. 18
When the rocking member 8 is introduced, the rocking member 8 rotates against the stopping means 17 and becomes a rearward and downward tilted state. At this time, the front end portion 15 of the swing member 8 escapes from between the movable wing pieces 5, the movable wing piece 5 tilts and becomes laterally open, and the front end portion 15 is locked from above the locking portion 16. The open state of the movable wing piece 5 is maintained.

A control member 9 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 7 coaxially with the swing member 8. The control member 9 has an upper ball receiving portion 21 facing the upper passage 20 formed above the swing member 8 and a lower ball receiving portion 23 facing the lower passage 22 formed below the swing member 8. And. Further, the control member 9 is provided with positioning locking means 24. The positioning locking means 24 includes, for example, a magnet 25 provided on the lower edge of the control member 9 and iron pieces 26a, 2 provided on the lower edge of the rear frame 6.
6b and the magnet 25 is either an iron piece 26a or 26b
Magnetize and stop. In the illustrated embodiment, the magnet 25 is embedded in the boss portion 27 projecting from the lower end of the control member 9 and the pin 28 is provided, and the pin 28 is brought into contact with the stopper 29 provided at the lower edge of the rear frame 6. The control member 9 is prevented from rotating more than necessary. Of course, the mounting positions of the magnet 25 and the iron piece 26 may be reversed so that the magnet 25 is provided on the fixed-side rear frame 6 and the iron piece 26 is provided on the movable-side control member 9. In the normal state, as shown in FIG. 1, the magnet 25 and the first iron piece 26a are magnetized, and the upper ball receiving portion 21 is superposed on the upper surface of the swing member 8. In this normal state, when a hit ball enters between the movable wing pieces 5 as described above,
The hit ball releases the movable wing piece 5 and rolls the upper passage 20 to rotate the rocking member 8 and the control member 9 to tilt the rocking member 8 as shown in FIG. None, upper ball receiver 21
On the upper surface of the rocking member 8 so that the magnet 25 moves the second iron piece 26b.
Magnetize and stop. At this time, the lower ball receiving portion 23 has the opening 3
Confront. Such a state is created even when the interlocking ball is introduced into the rear frame 6.

When the movable ball 5 is open and a hit ball enters, the hit ball falls between the open movable wings 5 and escapes to the lower passage 22. At this time, the rocking member 8 is prevented from rotating by the positioning locking means 24 and the upper ball receiving portion of the control member 9 is held.
Since it is restrained by 21, the swing member 8 does not rotate and the movable wing piece 5 does not close. Then, the hit ball passes through the lower passage 22 to the back side, and when passing through the lower passage 22, it abuts the lower ball receiving portion 23 to rotate the control member 9 upward to swing the upper ball receiving portion 21. Release the restraint of the swinging member 8 from the moving member 8,
The first iron piece 26a is magnetized by the magnet 25 and stopped (state of FIG. 3).

Next, when a hitting ball jumps in between the open movable wing pieces 5, since the constraint of the rocking member 8 is released this time, when the hitting ball passes between the movable wing pieces 5, it engages with the front end portion 15. The locking with the stopper 16 is released, and the swing member 8 is returned and rotated to close the movable wing piece 5.

However, when the interlocking sphere a is introduced into the rear frame 6, the interlocking sphere a comes into contact with the upper sphere receiving portion 21 and the control member 9 is rotated to move the control member 9 to the swing member 8. The overlapped state is restored, and the state returns to the initial state (the state shown in FIG. 2) in which the rotation of the swing member 8 is restrained. Therefore, even if the ball hits between the movable wing pieces 5 next time, the movable wing pieces 5 do not close, and a predetermined number of jumps are possible.

In the illustrated embodiment, the side wall 14 of the rear frame 6 has a detection hole 30.
The optical sensor 31 is opened to open the rocking member 8
Also, the control member 9 is provided with light-shielding pieces 32 and 33, respectively, to detect the rotation of both members 8 and 9. According to this structure, the winning device 1 according to the present invention can be used as a starting opening or a right opening of another gaming device.

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 without changing the configuration described in the claims. For example, the control member may have a lever shape instead of a disk shape, and the positioning locking means may be constituted by a claw or the like.

<Effects of the Invention> In summary, the present invention is, in the winning device in which the movable wing piece opens by opening the movable wing piece, and the movable wing piece closes when a predetermined number of hit balls enter, interlocking balls from other winning openings, etc. When introduced, the movable winglet is returned to its initial open condition. Therefore, according to the present invention, regardless of the state of the movable wing piece, when the interlocking ball is introduced, it is possible to hit a predetermined number of hit balls. In other words, the movable wing piece will not close unless a predetermined number of hit balls enter. Therefore, since the interlocking ball is introduced when the movable wing piece is in the open state, it is not allowed to hit a predetermined number of hit balls to be obtained by the interlocking ball, which is disadvantageous to the player and may cause dissatisfaction. Absent. In particular, when using this winning device as a starting port for a special game, the movable wing piece is opened by the interlocking ball, and the open state is reliably maintained until a predetermined number of hit balls have entered, so it is very interesting. You can play.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 shows a normal state, A is a partially cutaway front view, B is a side sectional view, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the movable wing pieces are open, A is a partially cutaway front view, B
Shows a side sectional view, FIG. 3 shows a state in which the hitting ball jumps in after the movable wing pieces are opened, and the restraint of the swing member is released. FIG. 4 is a plan view, FIG. 5 is a left side view, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a main part. 1 ... prize winning device, 26 ... mounting board, 3 ... opening, 4 ...
… Front frame, 5 …… Movable wing piece, 6 …… Rear frame, 7 …… Spindle, 8
...... Rotating member, 9 ... Control member, 20 ... Upper passage, 21 ...
… Upper ball receiving part, 22 …… Lower passage, 23 …… Lower ball receiving part, 24… Positioning locking means.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front frame of a mounting board having an opening is provided on the front side, and a rear frame is provided on the back of the mounting board so as to communicate with the opening, and a pair of left and right movable wing pieces of the front frame are pivotally mounted so that they can be tilted upright. In the rear frame, a supporting shaft is provided laterally, and the swinging member is swingably supported on this supporting shaft, and the front end portion of the swinging member is engaged with the movable wing piece so that it can be locked. In the winning device of the pachinko machine that can introduce the interlocking ball from the guide gutter in the rear frame, the upper passage and the lower passage communicating with the opening are formed above and below the swinging member, and the support shaft is A control member is rotatably supported coaxially with the swing member, and the control member is provided with an upper ball receiving portion facing the upper passage and a lower ball receiving portion facing the lower passage, and the control member and the rear frame. Positioning and locking means are provided between and, and when a hit ball jumps in or an interlocking ball is introduced, the movable wing piece opens and a predetermined number of hit balls can be jumped in. None, when the interlocking ball is introduced while the movable wing piece is open, the rocking member and the control member are returned to the initial state in which the movable wing piece is opened to allow a predetermined number of hit balls to jump in. The winning device for pachinko machines, which is characterized by the above.