JP2603200B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine represented by, for example, a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to a prize area in which the number of prize balls to be paid out according to a prize of a hit ball is predetermined. The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a plurality of game machines are arranged on the surface of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of ball game machine, for example, a plurality of prize areas are arranged on the surface of a game board, and a prize ball which has won the prize area is provided on a game board, for example. Is guided and the winning ball detection switch and the winning ball
The processing is performed by a prize ball processing means including a prize ball processing device or the like for individual processing, so that a prize ball is paid out based on the prize ball. In this conventional ball game machine, the number of prize balls to be paid out is different depending on which of the plurality of prize areas wins.

[0003]

As described above, as a specific method for varying the number of prize balls to be paid out in accordance with the winning area in which the hit ball has won, for example, a predetermined number of prize areas out of a plurality of winning areas First prize ball processing means for processing only a prize ball in a prize area determined so that a prize ball is paid out, and a certain prize ball different from the predetermined number of prize balls in the plurality of prize areas. A second prize ball processing means for processing a prize ball in a prize area determined so that a number of prize balls are paid out is provided on the back surface of the game board, and a prize in which one of the plurality of prize areas is won. When the ball is processed by the first winning ball processing means, the predetermined number of prize balls are paid out, and the second winning ball processing means is not processed by the first winning ball processing means. When processed by the above-mentioned predetermined number and It is contemplated that the prize balls of different number is configured to be paid out.

On the other hand, in the case of a ball-and-ball game machine installed in a game arcade, a so-called table exchange of periodically exchanging for a new model is performed. Conventionally, it has been common practice to replace parts or devices which can continue to be used by conventional ones without replacing them as much as possible, and to replace only parts related to the gaming state of a gaming machine such as a game board. However, when the first and second winning ball processing means are attached to the back side of the game board, the first and second winning ball processing means are replaced by replacing the game board. As a result, there is an inconvenience in that the cost involved in exchanging the units increases.

[0005] Therefore, these first and second winning ball processing means are provided on a mechanism portion having a mechanism for paying out prize balls based on a winning ball, for example, a mechanism plate, and after replacing the game board. It is conceivable that the conventional first and second winning ball processing means can be continuously used. However, in such a configuration, it is difficult to change the design of the prize area for each type of game board, for example, by changing the number, arrangement, and the like of the prize areas in which the predetermined number of prize balls are paid out. New disadvantages arise.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the cost of exchanging a stand for a ball game machine as much as possible and to set a prize area for each type of game board. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine that can be easily changed in design.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a plurality of prize areas in which the number of prize balls to be paid out in accordance with a prize of a hit ball are predetermined are arranged on the surface of a game board. And a mechanism portion located on the back side of the game board and having a mechanism for paying out a prize ball based on a winning ball, and receiving and guiding a winning ball guided to the back side of the game board. A winning ball guiding space, a winning ball processing means provided on the mechanism side for processing one winning ball guided by the winning ball guiding space, and a plurality of the winnings provided on the gaming board side. A prize ball detecting means for detecting a prize ball to a specific prize area among the areas, wherein a prize ball winning in any of the plurality of prize areas is detected by the prize ball detection means, The winning ball processing is performed without being detected by the winning ball detecting means. In a case where it is processed by means, characterized in that the prize number balls to be paid out is different.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a mechanism having a mechanism for paying out prize balls based on winning balls is located on the back side of the game board. Then, the winning ball guided to the back side of the game board is received and guided in the winning ball guiding space. Further, one winning ball guided by the winning ball guiding space is processed by one winning ball processing means provided on the mechanism side. Further, a winning ball to a specific winning area among the plurality of winning areas is detected by a winning ball detecting means provided on the game board side. Then, when a winning ball that has won any of the plurality of winning regions is detected by the winning ball detecting unit, the winning ball is processed by the winning ball processing unit without being detected by the winning ball detecting unit. And the number of prize balls to be paid out is different.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Pachinko machine 10 has a game board 1
2 are provided with normal winning ports 14a and 14b. In addition, there are provided yaks and so-called tulips or ordinary winning openings 18a and 18b.
Each of these winning ports is set so that every time one pachinko ball wins, for example, thirteen prize balls are paid out.

A variable display device 20 is provided at the center of the game board 12.
Are provided, and three start winning ports 22, 24a, and 24b for starting the variable display device 20 are provided. Of these, the center starting winning opening 22 is a starting winning opening in which a pachinko ball is made easier to win, and the number of prize balls to be paid out by winning a pachinko ball is, for example, seven, which is higher than other winning openings. There are even fewer.

The other starting winning ports 24a and 24b are similar to the normal winning ports 14a, 14b, 18a and 18b.
Thirteen prize balls are paid out by one winning ball.

Further, when the display of the variable display device 20 is in a fixed state, for example, when three displays "7", "7" and "7" are displayed, pachinko balls are more likely to win. In other states, there is provided a variable winning area 26 in which a pachinko ball cannot win in the closed state.
When a pachinko ball wins in the variable winning area 26, 13 prize balls are also paid out for one winning ball.

Winning openings 27a and 27b are provided on both left and right sides of the variable display device 20, respectively. In these two winning ports 27a and 27b, pachinko balls are relatively easy to win, and for example, seven prize balls are paid out by one winning ball. These two winning openings 2
7a and 27b are prize holes for services in which a ball can easily enter.

At the lowermost central portion of the game board 12, there is provided an out ball entrance 28 for receiving a pachinko ball which has not won a prize area or a prize port.

Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 30 denotes a prize ball outlet, and reference numeral 32 denotes a hit ball supply tray including a hit ball waiting gutter, which stores pachinko balls and guides pachinko balls one by one to a pachinko ball firing mechanism (not shown). It is for. 3
Reference numeral 4 denotes a surplus ball outlet, and 36 denotes a surplus ball receiving tray.
4 for receiving a prize ball or the like discharged through the shutter 4. Reference numeral 38 denotes a hitting handle, and by operating the hitting handle 38, an electric hitting mechanism (not shown) is driven.

FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged view of the back side of the pachinko machine 10, and shows a guide path of a pachinko ball that has won a winning port of the pachinko machine 10. In FIG. 3, since the guide path has a two-layer structure, the front side is drawn by a solid line, and the other side is drawn by a broken line.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 40 denotes a prize ball collecting cover body. The cover body 40 guides the pachinko balls prize to each prize port in a predetermined direction.
It is directly attached to the back of the game board. The winning ball aggregate cover body 40 includes an inner winning ball aggregate space 42 without hatching and an outer winning ball aggregate space 4 with hatching.
4 has a two-layer structure. By using such a prize-ball collecting cover body 40, a prize-winning ball can be guided in a desired direction without providing a corresponding prize-ball guiding gutter individually.

More specifically, the winning openings 14a, 1
The winning ball that has won the 4b is guided in the inner winning ball collecting space 42, falls onto the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46, and rolls along the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46.

Similarly, the winning balls that have won the winning openings 18a and 18b fall in the inner winning ball collecting space 42, fall on the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46, and roll on them.

The winning balls to the starting winning ports 24a, 24b are:
Each of them is detected by the start winning ball detectors 48a and 48b, falls in the inner winning ball collecting space 42, is received by the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46, and rolls thereon.

The pachinko ball that has won the variable winning area 26 is first detected by the winning ball detector 50. The winning ball detector 50 is for detecting all the winning balls that have won the variable winning area 26 and counting the number thereof. After passing through the winning ball detector 50, the winning ball falls through the inner winning ball collecting space 42 onto the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46, and rolls thereon.

The balls that have won the winning openings 27a and 27b enter the outer winning ball collection space 44 and are given to the winning ball detector 52 through the outer winning ball collecting space 44. After being detected by the prize ball detector 52, the prize ball falls on the outer prize ball collecting gutter 54, is guided to the out ball passage 56, and is processed as an out ball.

The outer winning ball collecting gutter 54 is a gutter arranged behind (in the figure, the front side) the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46.

The pachinko balls that have won the start winning opening 22 are:
After being detected by the starting winning ball detector 58, it is detected by the winning ball detector 52 through the outer winning ball collecting space 44, rolls onto the outer winning ball collecting gutter 54, and is guided to the out ball passage 56. .

As described above, the prize balls that have won the respective prize ports are sent to the predetermined prize ball collection gutters by the inner prize ball collection space 42 and the outer prize ball collection space 44 formed in the prize ball collection cover body 40. Be guided.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the pachinko machine 10, showing the back side of the game board 12 and the winning ball collecting cover body 4.
It is a figure showing the flow of the pachinko ball at 0.

Referring to FIG. 3, the pachinko balls which have won the winning holes 27a and 27b are guided to the outside winning ball collecting space 44 of the winning ball collecting cover 40, and the outer winning ball collecting space 4 is formed.
No. 4 is detected by the winning ball detector 52 provided at a predetermined position, falls down the out ball passage 56, and is processed as an out ball.

On the other hand, the pachinko balls that have won the winning openings 18a and 18b fall in the inner winning ball collecting space 42, are received by the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46, and roll on them.

In the above configuration, the winning ball collecting cover body 40 does not have a plane directly in contact with the back surface of the game board 11, and the plate-shaped member 60 forming the outer winning ball collecting space 44.
a, 60b are laid down on the back of the game board 12,
The inside winning ball collection space 42 is formed by b and the game board back surface. Therefore, there is an advantage that the two-layer winning ball collecting space of the inner winning ball collecting space 42 and the outer winning ball collecting space 44 is created while the configuration of the winning ball collecting cover body 40 is relatively simple. is there. The outer winning ball collecting space 44 may be constituted by the rear outer wall itself of the winning ball collecting cover body 40 without the plate-shaped member 60a.

Another advantage is that there is no need to provide a groove for passing pachinko balls on the back side of the game board, as in the case of the conventional winning ball collecting cover body.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where the winning ball collecting cover body 40 is mounted on the game board 12. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the winning ball set cover 4
0 is a single, for example, resin molded member,
It can be positioned and easily attached to the back of the game board 12. Then, the starting winning opening 22 and the winning opening 27a, 27
The mounting can be performed without causing a positional shift between the b and the out ball entrance 28.

The winning ball set cover body 40 has a window 62.
The variable display device 20 is incorporated into the window 62 from behind.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10 as seen from the back side, with the mechanism plate 64 opened.

As shown in FIG. 5, the outer winning ball collecting gutter 54 and the outer ball passage 56 and the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46 are formed on the mechanism plate 64, and when the mechanism plate 64 is closed,
These outer winning ball collecting gutter 54 and inner winning ball collecting gutter 4
6 are located below the prize-ball collecting cover body 40, and the outer prize-ball collecting space 44 of the prize-ball collecting cover body 40.
It can be understood that the pachinko ball falling from the inner winning ball collecting space 42 is received.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows two prize ball dispensing devices 66 and 68 provided on the back side of the mechanism plate, and a passage for guiding prize balls dispensed from the two prize ball dispensing devices 66 and 68.

Of the two prize ball payout devices 66 and 68, the first prize ball payout device 66 has a prize ball detector 52.
(See FIG. 3). That is, one of the winning balls is determined based on that the winning ball detected in the winning ball detector 52 in the winning ball collecting space 44 (see FIG. 1) outside the winning ball collecting cover body 40. Based on the balls, the first premium ball payout device 66 pays out a predetermined number, for example, 7 premium balls.

The prize ball paid out by the first prize ball payout device 66 is a prize ball passage 7 formed on the back surface of the mechanism plate.
Through the prize ball exit 72, the prize ball exit 72 flows out to the prize ball exit 30 (see FIG. 2) on the front side of the pachinko machine 10 through the prize ball communication port 74.

On the other hand, among the winning balls, the winning balls guided in the inside of the winning ball collecting space 42 (see FIG. 1) of the winning ball collecting cover body 40 pass through the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46 to the winning ball processing device 76. Be guided.

In response, the winning ball processing unit 76 sets the winning ball to 1
The prize balls are detected one by one and the mechanically connected second prize ball payout device 68 is driven to pay out, for example, 13 prize balls per one winning prize ball.

The prize ball paid out from the second prize ball payout device 68 is guided from the prize ball outlet 78 to the prize ball communication port 74, and the prize ball outlet 30 provided on the front side of the pachinko machine 10 is provided.
, And enters the hit ball supply tray 32.

The prize balls dispensed by the first prize ball dispensing device 66 and the second prize ball dispensing device 68 are filled with pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 32, and the prize ball exit 30
When the prize ball is filled up to the prize ball communication port 74 on the rear side, the prize ball exits from the surplus ball outlet 34 (see FIG. 2) through the surplus ball passage 80 and is received by the surplus ball tray 36.

The pachinko machine 10 according to the present invention is not limited to one having two prize ball payout devices as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, two types of prize balls may be separated by a single prize ball payout device 66.

That is, each time a prize ball is detected by the prize ball detector 52 through the outer prize ball collection space 44, a prize ball payout device 66 based on the output of the prize ball detector 52.
Is driven, and a prize ball is paid out through the prize ball passage 70. The winning balls guided by the inner winning ball collecting gutter 46 are:
The prize ball payout device 66 is driven based on the detection output of the prize ball detector 82. At this time, a desired number of prize balls can be paid out by making the number of prize balls paid out by the prize ball payout device 66 different from that of the prize ball detector 52. The mechanism plate 64 constitutes a mechanism portion located on the back side of the game board and having a mechanism for paying out prize balls based on winning balls. The inside winning ball collection space 42 constitutes a winning ball guiding space for receiving and guiding a winning ball guided to the back side of the game board. The winning ball processing unit 76 is provided on the mechanism side and constitutes a winning ball processing means for processing one winning ball guided by the winning ball guiding space. The prize ball detector 52 is provided on the gaming board side, and constitutes a prize ball detecting means for detecting a prize ball in a specific prize area among the plurality of prize areas.

[0046]

According to the present invention, since the prize ball detecting means is provided on the game board side, a prize area defined such that a predetermined number of prize balls is paid out is set for each type of game board. A winning area where a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out when the game board is replaced with another type as compared with a case where both the winning ball processing means and the winning ball detecting means are provided on the mechanism side, because the design is easily changed. Are less susceptible to restrictions such as the number and arrangement of

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial rear view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, a part of which is drawn through.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of a pachinko machine for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the winning ball collecting cover body is attached to the game board.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine as viewed from the rear side with a mechanism plate opened.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 is a pachinko machine, 12 is a game board, 14a and 14b are normal winning ports, 18a and 18b are winning ports, 20 is a variable display device, 22, 24a and 24b are starting winning ports, 26 is a variable winning area, 27a and 27b. Is a winning opening, 28 is an out ball entrance, 40 is a winning ball collecting cover body, 42 is an inner winning ball collecting space as an example of a winning ball guiding space, 44 is an outer winning ball collecting space, 46 is an inner winning ball collecting gutter, 48a , 48b are start winning ball detectors, 50 is a winning ball detector, 54 is an outer winning ball collecting gutter, 64 is a mechanism plate as an example of a mechanical section, 76 is a winning ball processor as an example of a winning ball processing means, 52 Is a winning ball detector as an example of a winning ball detecting means, and 66 and 68 are prize ball payout devices.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball game machine in which a plurality of prize areas in which the number of prize balls to be paid out in accordance with a hit of a hit ball are predetermined are arranged on the surface of the game board. A mechanism portion located on the back side and having a mechanism for paying out a prize ball based on a winning ball, a winning ball guiding space for receiving and guiding a winning ball guided to the back side of the game board; A prize ball processing means provided on the game unit side and processing one prize ball guided by the prize ball guidance space, and a prize ball processing means provided on the gaming board side to a specific prize area among the plurality of prize areas. And a prize ball detecting means for detecting a prize ball, wherein a prize ball having won any of the plurality of prize areas is detected by the prize ball detection means, and detected by the prize ball detection means. Without being processed by the winning ball processing means For the mixture, characterized prize number balls are paid out to be different, a pinball game machine.