JP2649060B2 - Variable prize ball device for ball game machines - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a variable prize ball device for a ball game machine, and more particularly, to a variable winning ball device mounted on a game board of a ball game machine by a mounting board. A ball game machine having a movable member that can be changed between a first state in which a hit ball can be easily received in a recessed prize space provided on a back surface side of a substrate and a second state in which a hit ball cannot be received or is difficult to be received. The present invention relates to a variable winning ball device.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, various types of electric variable prize ball devices have been proposed. The variable prize ball device has a first state that is advantageous to a player,
The configuration can be changed to the disadvantageous second state. And by attaching this variable winning ball device to the game board of a ball game machine, it is possible to play a variety of games,
It is made to satisfy the taste of the player.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional variable prize ball device of the conventional ball game machine, since the flow state of the hit ball flowing down to the specific winning opening, which is the most interesting to the player, is monotonous, the interest of the player may be reduced by half. In addition, there is a strong demand for a variable prize ball device for an elastic game machine that can strongly attract the interest of a more novel player, which has not existed before, and can be sufficiently satisfied.

An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of giving various changes to the flowing state of a winning ball that has won a winning space, increasing the interest of a player and giving the player a sufficient satisfaction. A winning ball device is provided.

[Means for solving the problem]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problem, and is provided on a game board of a ball game machine by a mounting board, and is easy to receive a hit ball in a concave-shaped winning space provided on the back side of the mounting board. And a variable winning ball device of a ball game machine having a movable member that can be changed between a state of not accepting a hit ball and a second state of not accepting a hit ball, wherein a winning space forming member is rotatably disposed in the winning space. The winning space forming member rolls the hit ball in the depth direction,
In addition, a plurality of ball rolling plates having different shapes are provided, and any one of the ball rolling plates guides a hit ball to the plurality of winning holes.

[Action]

According to the present invention, the ball is rolled over a certain amount of time to visually interest the player, and a plurality of ball rolling plates having different shapes are formed to be rotatable. It is possible to give the player an interest as to whether the hit ball is guided by the moving plate, and to give the player an interest as to which one of the winning openings will be won.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, a variable winning ball device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 6 and 7 schematically show one embodiment of a ball game machine to which the present invention is applied. The ball game machine 1 includes a front frame 2, a glass door holding frame 3, and glass. Has a door 4,
A game board 5 is provided on the rear side of the glass door 4. A front plate 6 is attached below the glass door 4 so as to be openable and closable, and a hit ball supply tray 7 is attached to the front side of the front plate 6. The hitting ball supply tray 7 has a built-in speaker 8 for generating sound effects mainly related to the game state. Note 5b
Is a game effect lamp mainly lit or blinking in relation to the game state.

A surplus ball tray 11 is provided at the lower center position of the front frame 2, and when the prize ball discharge port 10 behind the hitting ball supply tray 7 is full of prize balls, the prize balls are surplus from the surplus ball discharge port 12. The ball tray 11 is guided to the ball tray 11. Front frame 2
An operation handle 14 is provided on the lower right side of the ball.
Is operated to adjust the hitting force. Reference numeral 2a is a frame lamp mainly serving as a game effect lamp.

As shown in FIG. 7, a game board mounting frame 21 is mounted on the back side of the front frame 2, and the game board 5 is positioned on the mounting frame 21 by the game board fixtures 21a, 21b, 21c and is removably mounted. Have been. On the back side of the game board 5, a back mechanism plate 22 as shown by imaginary lines is provided. The back mechanism plate 22 has a prize ball storage tank 23, a guiding gutter 23a, a bent gutter 23b, a product ball payout device 24,
There are provided a ball collecting gutter 25, a guiding gutter 26, a winning ball processor 28, a variable winning ball device 31, which will be described later, a control board 29 for controlling the game effect lamps 2a and 18, and the like.

The game board 5 is provided with a ball-guiding guide rail 18 and a game area forming rail 19 provided in association with the hitting ball firing mechanism 15, and a game area 5 a of the game board 5 surrounded by the game area forming rail 19. A variable winning ball device 31 having a movable member 32 is provided. In the game area 5a, a start winning detection device is provided.
33, a tulip device 34, a normal winning port, a windmill as an obstacle member, an obstacle nail, and the like are provided. The start winning detection device 33 is provided with a plurality of winning openings 33a, 33b, 33c,
As an example, the movable member 32 opens and closes twice when a hit ball wins the central winning opening 33b, and the movable member 32 opens and closes once when winning the winning openings 33a and 33c on both sides. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the winning balls are detected by the winning ball detectors 36a, 36b, 36c disposed on the back side corresponding to the winning ports 33a, 33b, 33c on the front side of the gaming board 5, respectively. It has been made to be.

Also, on the back side of the game board 5, a specific prize detector that detects a prize ball that has won the specific prize port 82 of the variable prize ball device 31 is provided.
There is provided a winning ball number detector 38 for detecting a winning ball that has won the special winning opening 82, the special winning opening 82, and the normal winning openings 81 and 83. Further, the game board 5 has a winning ball set cover body 39 divided vertically.
a, 39b are attached, and a wiring from an electric device arranged on the game board 5 such as the variable winning ball device 31 is relayed to the upper winning ball collecting cover 39a and connected to the control board 29. Terminal board 40 is provided.

1 to 5 each schematically show an embodiment of a variable winning ball device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the variable winning ball device 31 includes a pair of left and right movable members 32a, 32b. Although a case is shown in which the pair of movable members 32a and 32b are disposed rotatably symmetrically left and right, the pair may not be symmetrical, or the movable member 32 may be opened and closed to the front side. The configuration may be such that it can be obtained, or it may be one that slides in the lateral direction.

The variable winning prize ball device 31 has a mounting board 41 mounted on the game board 5, and a pair of left and right movable members 32a, 32b is pivotally supported on the front side of the mounting board 41. A circular winning hole 42 is formed in the center of the mounting substrate 41, and a winning space forming member 45 that forms a recessed winning space 43 behind the winning hole 42, that is, on the back side of the mounting substrate 41, rotates. It is arranged as possible.

Above the winning hole 42 on the front side of the mounting board 41, an upper winning hole
47 is formed, and the hit ball that has won the upper winning opening 47 is guided to the back side of the game board 5 by the guide gutter 48. An upper decorative member 49 is provided on the front side of the upper winning opening 47. The upper decorative member 49 is provided with a continuous count display LED 51 for displaying, for example, eight continuous counts to be described later.

A plurality of winning holes are formed in the lower portion of the mounting board 41, and in this embodiment, a total of three winning holes 81, 82, 83
Is formed by an outer side wall 84 and a pair of partition walls 85, 86, and in the present embodiment, the pair of partition walls 85, 86 are integrally formed as a specific winning opening forming member 87 formed separately from the mounting board 41. I have. The central winning opening 82 is formed as a so-called jackpot specific winning opening that gives a relatively large value to the player, and the winning ball entering the central specific winning opening 82 is detected by the specific winning ball detector 37. Detected, the movable members 32a, 32b are rotated for a predetermined time or number of times, for example, 18 times, or are rotated until there is a predetermined winning ball, for example, 10 winning balls, and further, the specific winning If there is a winning ball in the mouth 82, the above-described control is temporarily stopped, and the above-described control is performed again from the beginning. This control is set to, for example, eight times. The winning openings 81, 83 on both sides are relatively small in value (for example, paying out a predetermined number of prize balls, or the movable member 32a,
Until opening and closing the 32b 18 times, or opening and closing the ball until there are 10 winning balls, the control is performed only once).

A lower decorative member 91 is provided along the front side and the outer side wall 84 of the winning openings 81, 82, 83.
The number of prize balls counted by the prize ball number detector 38 ranges from "0" to
There is provided a winning number display LED 93 which is displayed by the numeral “9”.

The upper end of the outer side wall 84 is formed on stoppers 95a, 95b of the movable members 32a, 32b, and the pivot shafts 97a, 97 of the movable members 32a, 32b.
Grooves 99a, 99b are formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portions 98a, 98b into which the b is inserted, and the movable members 32a, 32b are connected to the stoppers 95a, 95b at both ends of the grooves 99a, 99b. The rotation is restricted as shown in the figure.

A ball receiving plate 53 extending in the horizontal direction is provided at the center of the winning hole 42, and when the movable members 32a and 32b are opened, the ball is hit by the movable member 3.
It is guided to the ball receiving plate 53 by being guided to 2a, 32b, and then to the winning space forming member 45 side. Although illustration is omitted, a plurality of light emitting diodes, which are controlled to light or blink mainly related to the game state, are arranged side by side below the ball receiving plate 53. A plurality of light emitting diodes are also provided on both sides of the number indicating LED 93 and the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the rear side of the mounting substrate 41, a rear surface forming plate 57 is mounted via a plurality of spacers 55, and the winning space forming member is provided between the mounting substrate 41 and the rear surface forming plate 57.
45 are rotatably arranged. A partition portion 59 is formed at the center of the winning space forming member 45, and divides the winning space 43 into a first winning space 61 and a second winning space 62. The partition 59 may not be provided, or a plurality of partitions 59 may be provided.

Then, the ball is rolled in the depth direction on the first and second winning spaces 61, 62 sides of the winning space forming member 45, and the first ball rolling plate 64 and the second ball rolling having different shapes are formed. Each of the moving plates 65 is provided. In the present embodiment, a pair of the ball rolling plates 64 and 65 are provided so as to face each other up and down. However, the number may be plural, for example, three or more.
Further, the size of the first and second ball rolling plates 64 and 65 may be changed, or the rolling speed of each winning ball may be changed. Instead, a curved surface may be formed.

The first ball rolling plate 64 has a rhombic current changing member 7 as viewed from a plane.
1,72,73 are provided at appropriate intervals. As is clear from FIG. 4, the central current changing member 72 is provided near the rear of the winning space 43, and the current changing members 71 and 73 on both sides are provided near the front. The second ball rolling plate 65 is provided with a pair of current changing members 74 and 75, and the current changing members 74 and 75 are provided at the center of the current changing member 72 provided on the first ball rolling plate 64. 1 and, as is clear from FIG. 1, disposed at a smaller interval than the interval between the current changing members 71 and 73 on both sides provided on the first ball rolling plate 64. .

In the present embodiment, the first and second ball rolling plates 64 and 65 are formed to be inclined forward, and are provided at any one of a plurality of winning openings 81, 82 and 83 provided on the front side of the mounting board 41. Although it is formed to win, when a plurality of winning openings 81, 82, 83 are arranged behind the mounting board 41, it is formed to be inclined backward.

The current changing members 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 are attached to the first and second ball rolling plates 64, 65 by pins 77, respectively. In addition, the rolling direction of the winning ball may be changed in addition to the contact angle. Alternatively, the current changing members 71 to 75 may be moved, such as rotated or slid, using an electric drive source.

The central portion on the front side of the winning space forming member 45 is pivotally supported by a support shaft 78 formed at the lower portion of the ball receiving plate 53 and protruding rearward, and is transmitted to the central portion of the back plate portion 79 of the winning space forming member 45. Axis 10
1 is connected, the output shaft 103 of the motor 102 is connected to the transmission shaft 101, and predetermined conditions (winning of a hit ball to the specific winning opening 82)
The winning space forming member 45 is configured to rotate based on.

A motor mounting portion 107 is formed on the back surface side of the back surface constituting plate 57 with a spacer 105 interposed therebetween. The motor 102 is mounted at the rear of the motor mounting portion 107. The means for rotating the winning space forming member 45 is not limited to the means using the motor 102, but may use another electric drive source, for example, a solenoid or the like.

A cam 109 is mounted on the output shaft 103 of the motor 102 as shown in FIGS.
The output shaft 103 is fitted into a shaft insertion opening 112 formed in the 111. In this embodiment, a pair of upper and lower engaging recesses 115 and 116 is formed on the outer periphery of the cam 109, and a light shielding plate for an optical switch 118 is further provided.
117 are provided. A stopper solenoid 121 is provided below the cam 109. The stopper solenoid 121
An engagement protrusion 125 that engages with the engagement recesses 115 and 116 is formed at the tip of the plunger 123.

When the stopper solenoid 121 is turned on,
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, the engagement convex portion 125 is engaged with the engagement concave portion 115, and as shown by the dotted line, the engagement convex portion 125 is engaged.
Is pulled out from the engagement recess 115, the cam 109 and the output shaft 103 of the motor 102 are rotatable, and the motor 102 is turned on, whereby the output shaft 103 and the transmission shaft 101 rotate to form a winning space. The member 45 rotates around the support shaft 78.

The normal winning space forming member 45 is stopped so that the second ball rolling plate 65 is located below. This state is a state in which the optical switch 118 is shielded from light by the light shielding plate 117, that is, when the detection output of the optical switch 118 is in the OFF state, a hit ball is won in one of the winning holes 33a, 33b, 33c. When the movable members 32a and 32b are opened and closed,
The ball is ready to win. In this state a specific winning opening
The control of the stopper solenoid 121 and the motor 102 when the hit ball wins at 82 will be described. The optical switch 118 is used to set the winning space forming member 45 to a predetermined stop position, that is, the first and second ball rolling plates 64. , 65 are changed from ON to OFF, or from OFF to ON, by a predetermined time before being positioned below or above. As described above, when a hit ball wins in the specific winning opening 82 while the movable members 32a and 32b are opened and closed, the stopper solenoid 121 is turned on for a predetermined time and the motor 1
02 starts driving. Each time the state of the detection output of the optical switch 118 changes, the stopper solenoid 12
1 is turned on for a predetermined time, and the engagement recesses 115,
The engagement convex portion 125 of the plunger 123 and the engagement protrusion 125 are prevented from engaging with each other, and the driving of the motor 102 is continued.

Next, the movable members 32a and 32b are operated a predetermined number of times (for example, five times).
When the switch is opened and closed, the stopper solenoid 121 is turned off after the detection output of the optical switch 118 changes from the off state to the on state. In this state, the engaging concave portion 116 of the cam 109 and the engaging convex portion 1 of the plunger 123 are still in contact.
Since the motor 25 is not engaged, the motor 102 stops after a predetermined time elapses after the output of the optical switch 118 changes from off to on.

The stopped state of the winning space forming member 45 is maintained in a state where the second ball rolling plate 65 is located above, that is, in a state where the first ball rolling plate 64 is located below. Further, when a hit ball wins in the specific winning opening 82 in this state, the above-described control is repeated again.

As described above, the stopper solenoid 121 is turned on for a predetermined time every time the output of the optical switch 118 changes, but it may be kept on during the period in which the driving of the motor 102 is continued.

In addition, the control of the rotation of the winning space forming member 45 is not limited to the control described above. For example, each time the detection output of the optical switch 118 changes (from on to off or from off to on).
The motor 102 may be stopped for a predetermined time (for example, one second). Further, the light shielding plate 117 and the engagement recesses 115, 1
16 setting positions are set arbitrarily, and the winning space forming member 45 is set.
May be set in large numbers (for example, 45 ° each).
The rotation direction of the motor 102 may be reversed in a predetermined direction (for example, when the movable members 32a and 32b are opened and closed ten times). Alternatively, the motor 102 may be a stepping motor to change the rotation angle according to the game state. Further, in this embodiment, one winning space forming member is used, but a plurality of winning space forming members may be provided. For example, each winning space forming member may be provided in the front-rear direction, and each may be rotated in another direction.

Note that the engagement protrusion 125 is urged in the engagement direction by the return spring 127 of the stopper solenoid 121.

The movable members 32a and 32b are repeatedly rotated by a pair of solenoids 131 disposed behind the motor 102 of the motor mounting portion 107. An operating member 133 is attached to a plunger 132 of a solenoid 131, the operating member 133 is formed in a flat U shape, and a support shaft 139 of a link 137 is inserted into fitting portions 135 formed at both ends of the operating member 133. Have been. At the front side of the link 137, a fitting portion 141 is provided at a position separated from the axial direction of the support shaft 139.
Is formed in the fitting portion 141, and the pivot shaft 97 of the movable members 32a and 32b
a and 97b are fitted respectively. The pivot shafts 97a and 97b are attached to the mounting board 41.
Is inserted through a bearing portion 143 projecting rearward.

Accordingly, when the solenoid 131 is turned on, the plunger 132 is actuated by the operating member 13 against the bias of the return spring 134.
3 is moved upward, and the link 137 is rotated about the pivot shafts 97a and 97b, respectively, so that the pivot shafts 97a and 97b rotate, and the movable members 32a and 32b come into contact with the stoppers 95a and 95b described above. It will be repeatedly rotated within the range.

Note that the mounting hole 1 for the decorative lamp 146 is
A plurality of holes 45 are provided, and elastic members 147 mounted outside the decorative lamp 146 are fitted into the mounting holes 145, respectively.

As an example of a ball game machine equipped with the variable winning ball device of the present invention, a pachinko ball was lent out when playing and a game played with the pachinko ball was picked up. For example, a magnetic card, an optical card, an IC card, etc. Using a data recording medium on which ball rental data is recorded, and applying the recording medium to a pachinko gaming machine so that a player can play a game with a pachinko ball built in the pachinko gaming machine, so that a player does not carry a pachinko ball. You may. Also, in this case, instead of paying out the prize ball by winning a pachinko ball or the like, the prize ball score to which the points are sequentially added is displayed, and the score, that is, the prize ball data is recorded on the recording medium, You may comprise instead of a holding ball.

〔The invention's effect〕

The configuration of the variable prize ball device of the ball game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. According to this configuration, the prize space forming member is rotatably disposed in the prize space. The space forming member rolls the hit ball in the depth direction and has a plurality of ball rolling plates having different shapes, so that the hit ball rolls over a certain period of time to visually interest the player. The player can be given an interest as to which ball rolling plate will guide the hit ball, and the player can be given an interest as to which of the winning openings will be won.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 7 schematically show an embodiment of a variable winning ball device of a ball game machine according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1 and 2 are front views of the variable winning ball device. 3 is the same perspective view,
4 is a side sectional view of the same, FIG. 5 is a rear view of a cam and a stopper solenoid, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are front and rear views showing an embodiment of a ball game machine to which the present invention is applied. is there. In the drawing, 1 ... ball game machine, 5 ... game board, 31 ... variable winning ball device, 32a, 32b ... movable member, 33 ... start winning detecting device, 33a, 33b, 33c ... winning opening , 36a, 36b, 36c ... winning ball detector, 37 ... specific winning ball detector, 38 ... winning ball number detector, 41 ... mounting board, 43 ... winning space, 45 ... winning space forming member 53, a ball receiving plate, 57, a back surface plate, 59, a partition, 61, a first winning space, 62, a second winning space,
64... First ball rolling plate, 65... Second ball rolling plate, 71 to 75
… Current changing member, 77… Pin, 78… Support shaft, 79… Back plate part, 81, 83… Winning port, 82… Specific winning port, 85, 86… Partition wall, 87… Specific winning opening forming member, 95a, 95b ... stopper, 97a, 97b ... pivot shaft, 99a, 99b ... groove, 101 ...
Transmission shaft, 102: motor, 103: output shaft, 107: motor mounting section, 109: cam, 115, 116 ... engagement recess, 121 ...
… Stopper solenoid, 123 …… Plunger, 125 ……
Engagement projection, 131 ... solenoid, 133 ... operating member, 137
… Link, 139… Support shaft, 143… Bearing part.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first state in which a ball is attached to a game board of a ball game machine by a mounting board, and a ball is easily received in a recessed prize space provided on a back side of the mounting board, and a ball is not received. Alternatively, in a variable prize ball device of a ball game machine provided with a movable member that can be changed to an unacceptable second state, a prize space forming member is rotatably disposed in the prize space, and the prize space forming member has a depth. A ball game machine characterized in that the ball is rolled in the direction, and a plurality of ball rolling plates having different shapes are provided, and any one of the ball rolling plates guides the ball to the plurality of winning holes. Variable winning ball device.