JP2603201B2 - 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 first state which is advantageous to a player and a second state which is disadvantageous to a player. A plurality of winning regions including a variable winning ball device that can be changed to a predetermined value are provided on the game board surface, and the variable winning ball device is controlled to a first state when a predetermined specific game state occurs. Ball game machines.

[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 prize ball is processed by a prize ball receiving processing means including a prize ball processing device or the like for individual address processing, and the 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. Further, in the conventional ball game machine, a variable winning ball device that can be changed between a first state that is advantageous for the player and a second state that is disadvantageous for the player is provided on the surface of the gaming board. When a predetermined specific game state (so-called big hit state) occurs, the variable winning ball apparatus is controlled to the first state, and a large number of hit balls are released in a relatively short time. Was configured to win.

[0003]

In such a conventional ball game machine, a player plays a game with the ball game machine in order to generate the specific game state. Therefore, if a relatively large number of prize balls are paid out in accordance with the winning of the ball in the variable prize ball device, a larger number of prize balls are generated with the occurrence of the specific game state. Is paid out, and the real pleasure of the game accompanying the occurrence of the specific game state can be further increased, and the game can be sharpened.

On the other hand, the variable winning prize ball device, when controlled to the first state by the occurrence of a specific gaming state, receives a large number of hitting balls in a relatively short time. It is necessary to guide the player to the winning ball reception processing means without delay, and as the number of winning balls increases in a short period of time, the winning balls are more likely to be delayed and jammed at the guiding portion of the winning balls on the back side of the game board. Occurs.

[0005]

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object the purpose of first occurrence of a specific game state.
Along with the winning of the ball to the variable winning ball device controlled to the state, a relatively large number of prize balls are paid out to increase the real pleasure of the specific game state, and the variable winning ball device The present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine capable of guiding a winning ball that has won a game without delay on the back side of the game board and guiding the winning ball to a winning ball reception processing means.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a plurality of prize areas including a variable prize ball device which can be changed between a first state advantageous to a player and a second state disadvantageous to the player are provided. A ball game machine provided on the surface of the game board, wherein the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state when a predetermined specific game state occurs, and provided on the back side of the game board. A guiding space that receives and guides the winning prize ball, and has an inner guiding space on the side closer to the back of the gaming board and an outer guiding space on the side farther from the back of the gaming board, and among the plurality of winning areas Depending on which winning area the hit ball has won, a winning ball guiding space configured to receive the winning ball in either the inner guiding space or the outer guiding space, and a winning ball guiding space. Acceptance that has been guided Winning ball reception processing means for receiving a ball and causing the prize ball payout means to perform a prize ball payout operation, wherein the winning ball reception processing means is provided with an inner reception process provided corresponding to the inner guiding space. Means, having an outside reception processing means provided corresponding to the outside guidance space,
It is configured such that more prize balls are paid out when the reception processing of the prize ball is performed by the inner reception processing means than the outer reception processing means, and the prize ball to the variable prize ball device is in the inner guidance space. It is characterized by being accepted.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a plurality of winning areas including the variable winning ball device are provided on the surface of the game board. The variable prize ball device can be changed between a first state that is advantageous for the player and a second state that is disadvantageous for the player, and the first state is set when a predetermined specific game state occurs. The state is controlled. A winning ball guiding space for receiving and guiding a winning ball is provided on the back side of the gaming board, and the winning ball guiding space is away from the inner guiding space on the side closer to the back side of the gaming board and the back side of the gaming board. And an outer guiding space on the side, and a winning ball is received in the inner guiding space or the outer guiding space according to which of the plurality of winning regions has been won. Further, by the function of the prize ball reception processing means, the prize ball received and guided in the prize ball guidance space is received, and the prize ball payout means performs a prize ball payout operation. The winning ball reception processing means has an inner reception processing means provided corresponding to the inner guidance space, and an outer reception processing means provided corresponding to the outer guidance space, and the outer reception processing means More prize balls are paid out when the reception processing of the prize ball is performed by the inner reception processing means than in the above, so that the prize ball to the variable prize ball device is received in the inner guidance space. Is configured.

[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 predetermined state, for example, when three displays "7", "7" and "7" are displayed, a predetermined specific game state occurs. Then, the variable winning area 26 of the variable winning ball device is opened to make it easy for pachinko balls to win. In other states, the variable winning area 26 is closed and pachinko balls cannot be won. This variable winning area 2
When the pachinko ball wins at No. 6, 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 winning ball collecting cover body. The cover body 40 guides the pachinko balls winning each winning opening to a predetermined direction.
It is directly attached to the back of the game board. The winning ball collecting cover body 40 has a two-layer structure of an inner winning ball collecting space 42 as an example of an inner guiding space not hatched and an outer winning ball collecting space 44 as an example of a hatched outer guiding space. I have. 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, every 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 winning ball set cover body 4
A guiding space that is provided on the back side of the game board and receives and guides a winning ball, and is close to the back side of the game board by the inside winning ball collecting space 42 and the outside winning ball collecting space 44 formed by 0. Side inner guiding space and an outer guiding space on the side away from the back of the gaming board, and the winning ball is placed on the inner side depending on which of the plurality of winning regions a hit ball has won. A winning ball guiding space that is received in the guiding space or the outer guiding space is configured.
A prize that has been received and guided in the prize ball guidance space by the prize ball processor 76 or the prize ball detector 82 as an example of the inner reception processing unit and the prize ball detector 52 as an example of the outer reception processing unit. A prize ball reception processing means for receiving the ball and causing the prize ball payout means to perform a prize ball payout operation is configured. The inside reception processing means is provided corresponding to the inside guidance space, and the outside reception processing means is provided corresponding to the outside guidance space, and the inside reception processing means is provided more than the outside reception processing means. As a result, more prize balls are paid out when the prize-ball receiving process is performed. The winning balls to the variable winning ball device are configured to be received in the inner guiding space.

[0046]

According to the present invention, in consideration of the fact that the occurrence of the specific game state is the final goal of the player during the game, the variable winning prize ball which has entered the first state with the occurrence of the specific game state. The prize ball to the device is received in the inner guiding space so that the prize ball is received and processed by the inner reception processing unit in which the payout process of the prize ball is performed relatively more than the outer reception processing unit, The real pleasure of the game accompanying the occurrence of the specific game state can be further enhanced, and the game can be sharpened to provide an interesting game. In addition, when the variable winning ball device is in the first state, a large number of winning balls are generated in a relatively short period of time, and since many of the winning balls are guided to the inside guiding space, they are led to the outside guiding space. Since it is not necessary to guide the prize ball further behind the inner guiding space as compared to the prize ball, the prize ball is less likely to be delayed in the guiding portion of the prize ball to the rear side, and the prize ball is guided promptly and the ball is guided. The effect that clogging hardly occurs is exhibited.

[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 plurality of prize areas including a variable prize ball device that can be changed between a first state that is advantageous for a player and a second state that is disadvantageous for the player are provided on the surface of the game board, and A variable ball game machine in which the variable winning ball device is controlled to the first state when a predetermined specific game state occurs, and is provided on the back side of the game board to receive and guide a winning ball. A guidance space, having an inner guidance space on the side closer to the back of the game board and an outer guidance space on the side away from the back of the game board, and hitting a ball in any one of the plurality of winning areas. A winning ball guiding space configured to receive the winning ball in either the inner guiding space or the outer guiding space, depending on whether the winning ball has been received and guided in the winning ball guiding space. Accepting balls and paying out prize balls A prize ball reception processing means for causing the step to perform a prize ball payout operation, wherein the prize ball reception processing means includes an inner reception processing means provided corresponding to the inner guidance space; and the outer guidance space. Outside reception processing means provided in correspondence with the above, is configured such that more prize balls are paid out when the reception processing of the winning prize ball is performed by the inner reception processing means than the outer reception processing means. A ball game machine, wherein a winning ball to the variable winning ball device is received in the inner guiding space.