JP2657637B2 - Prize ball discharge device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.
Prize ball discharging device .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, setting and changing the number of prize balls in a pachinko machine have been described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 54-54742 and 58-32786. This has been done by exchanging ball stopper pieces for setting the number of prize balls to be discharged in the ball case. Therefore, the work was complicated.

[0003] Also, from the upper tank storing a large number of prize balls
Retreat into the middle of the shoot that guides while arranging the prize balls
A blocking piece provided freely, and the blocking piece
To discharge the prize balls by moving backward
The plunger driven by the
Deployed against the chute and actuate the plunger
Passing ball detection switch that detects prize balls actually ejected
Pachinko machine with a prize ball discharging device
The machine is disclosed, for example, in JP-A-57-49479.
You.

[0004] However, like this one,
The one that directly detects the prize ball rolling and falling
False detection may occur depending on the rolling state of the product ball,
In this case, the number of prize balls ejected and the set criteria
Values do not match, and as a result,
The number of prize balls not corresponding to the number of prize balls is ejected
There is a possibility that such a problem may occur .

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a rolling device.
Number of award balls ejected without directly detecting falling award balls
Can be determined, and the prize ball discharge device can be unitized and downsized.
An object of the present invention is to provide a prize ball discharge device for a pachinko machine that can be realized .

[0006]

The pachinko machine according to the present invention has the following features.
Prize ball discharging apparatus, in order to solve the above problems, winning balls through
Ball receiving rotator that rotates while engaging with a prize ball rolling on the road
And a rotation amount for optically detecting the rotation amount of the ball receiving rotator.
Detecting means and an electromagnetic member for stopping the rotation of the ball receiving rotator
A driving source, and the rotation amount detecting means is provided on the ball receiving rotator.
The detected part is detected by the rotation amount of the ball
It is characterized in that it is formed accordingly .

[0007]

[ Function ] By exciting an electromagnetic drive source, a ball receiving rotating body
Is stopped. The ball receiver rotates along the prize ball path.
The prize ball is rotated by engaging with the moving prize ball.
To discharge. When the ball receiving rotator rotates, the ball receiving rotator
The detected part formed on the ball receiving rotator also rotates and moves according to the amount of rotation.
Move.

[0008] The rotation amount detecting means is a detection target portion that rotates and moves.
By optically detecting the one by one,
Detect the amount of rotation. Rotation of ball receiving rotator of rotation amount detecting means
The detection of the amount is to directly detect the rolling prize ball
It is more accurately detected. Stop excitation of electromagnetic drive source
This prevents rotation of the ball receiving rotator and discharges the prize ball.
Stop.

[0009]

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

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a glass frame provided with a glass plate 3 mounted on a front surface of a base frame 2 of a pachinko ball so as to be openable and closable by hinges. 4 is mounted, and the game section 4 a of the game board 4 is surrounded by the guide rail 5.

On the front surface of the game board 4, a plurality of prize-winning chuckers 6, 7, 8 are arranged side by side in the vicinity of the center at intervals in the horizontal direction.
A lower prize winning device 10 having an opening / closing plate 9 that expands when a safe ball wins at 8 is provided. The out ball receiving port 13 is provided below the lower winning device 10.

The lower prize winning device 1 is provided on the base frame 2 of the pachinko machine.
The number of prize balls ejected when a safe ball wins at 0 and the number of prize balls until the lower prize device 10 is closed or the opening time of the opening and closing plate 9 which are prize conditions. The player can continuously select and change the number of prize balls in units of one so that the number of prize balls until the closing of the prize ball 10 decreases and the number of prize balls until the lower prize winning device 10 closes when the number of the prize balls is small is small. A setting switch PS1 serving as a setting switching operation means is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming board 4 of the pachinko machine is provided with a plurality of winning openings 14, 15, 16 corresponding to positions corresponding to a plurality of chuckers 6, 7, 8, respectively. The lower winning opening 17 corresponding to the position corresponding to the device 10
Are provided, and side winning openings 18 are provided corresponding to the positions corresponding to the tulip-type chuckers 12, 12, respectively.

A plurality of winning ports 1 are provided on the back of the game board 4.
At the bottom of 4, 15 and 16, there are provided dropped ball detection switches S1, S2 and S3, respectively, serving as winning ball detection means. At the bottom of the lower winning opening 17, a ball detection switch S4 is provided. Dropped ball detection switches S5 and S5 are provided below 18, 18, respectively.

A plurality of winning ports 1 are provided below the back of the game board 4.
Safe ball gathering gutter 1 for gathering safe balls winning 4,15,16,17,18 via a winning ball guideway (not shown).
9, a safe ball detection switch S6 is provided below the outlet 19a of the safe ball collecting gutter 19.

As shown in FIG. 3, a prize ball case 21 having a ball passage 20 formed in the vertical direction is provided on the back surface of the game board 4, and a prize ball tank 22 is provided at an upper end of the prize ball case 21. A ball tray 24 is provided below the prize ball outlet 23 at the lower end of the prize ball case 21.

On the side of the prize ball case 21, a plurality of solenoids for setting the number of prize balls SOL1, S serving as a means for setting the number of discharged prize balls.
OL2, SOL3, SOL4, SOL5, SOL6, S
OL7, SOL8, and SOL9 are provided in order from the bottom along the longitudinal direction of the prize ball case 21, and a discharge solenoid SOL10 serving as a prize ball discharge means is provided below the prize ball number setting solenoid SOL1 of the discharge prize ball number setting means. Is provided.

A plurality of award ball number setting solenoids SOL1 to SOL1
Each of the SOLs 9 has an operation rod 25, and a stopper 26 for locking the pachinko ball P in the prize ball case 21 by closing the ball passage 20 of the prize ball case 21 is provided at the tip of the operation rod 25, and is ejected. The solenoid SOL10 has an operating rod 27 similarly to the discharge prize ball number setting means, and releases the pachinko ball P in the prize ball case 21 at the tip of the operating rod 27, thereby moving the pachinko ball P to the ball. A stopper 28 for discharging the tray 24 is provided. The stoppers 26 of the solenoids SOL1 to SOL9 for setting the number of prize balls and the stopper 28 of the solenoid SOL10 for discharge enter and exit from the side of the side wall of the prize ball case 21. A plurality of through holes 29 are formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stoppers 26 of the plurality of solenoids SOL1 to SOL9 for setting the number of prize balls are retracted from the through holes 29 of the prize ball case 21, and the stoppers 26 engage the pachinko balls P in the ball passage 20. With the stop released,
The stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL10 projects into the ball passage 20 from the through hole 29 of the prize ball case 21, and the lowermost pachinko ball P in the ball passage 20 is locked by the stopper 28, thereby discharging the prize ball. Wait state.

A plurality of winning ports 14, 15, 16 of the game board 4
Switches S1 to S for detecting a dropped ball by winning a safe ball
3, the solenoids SOL1 to SOL for setting an arbitrary number of prize balls corresponding to the plurality of winning ports 14, 15, 16 respectively.
Any one of the OLs 9 is excited, and the excited award ball number setting solenoid stopper 26 is inserted into the through hole 2 of the award ball case 21.
9, the pachinko balls P other than the set number to be ejected are locked by the projected stoppers 26, and the ejection solenoid SOL10 is de-energized by the operation of the safe ball detection switch S6. , The stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL10 is the winning ball case 21
Through the through hole 29 of the discharge solenoid SOL10
Is released from the lowermost pachinko ball P in the ball passage 18 by the stopper 28, an operation of discharging an arbitrary number of prize balls to the ball tray 24 is performed, and immediately after the completion of the prize ball discharge operation. Is returned to the standby state for discharging the prize ball.

Further, a plurality of winning ports 14, 1 of the game board 4 are provided.
When the safe spheres 5 and 16 win, the open / close plate 9 of the lower prize device 10 is opened, and when the safe sphere wins in the lower prize device 10, the player operates the setting switch PS1 by the ball detection switch S4. , One of the solenoids SOL1 to SOL9 for setting the number of prize balls is excited, and the discharge solenoid SOL10 is de-energized by the safe ball detection switch S6 to discharge the number of prize balls set by the player. The operation is performed.

A plurality of winning ports 14, 15, 16 of the game board 4
Prize-winning device 10 that expands when a safe ball wins
As shown in FIG. 4, a ball guiding gutter 32 is integrally formed on the back surface of a winning portion mounting frame 31 having an opening 30, and a ball detection switch S4 is provided below a discharge opening of the ball guiding gutter 32. The opening and closing plate 9 is provided on the opening 3 in the winning portion mounting frame 31 with the shaft 3.
3 so as to be freely rotatable.

A support shaft 35 is formed on the side plate 34 of the opening / closing plate 9, an engaging recess 37 of an opening / closing plate operating body 36 is engaged with the supporting shaft 35 of the side plate 34, and a winning portion is formed on the opening / closing plate operating body 36. A lower end of a plunger 39 of an opening / closing solenoid SOL11 mounted on a rear box 38 formed on the back surface of the mounting frame 31 is connected to the plunger 39, and a return spring 40 for urging the opening / closing plate operating body 36 downward. Is installed.

When a safe ball is won in the winning opening 15 of the game board 4, the lost ball detection switch S2 is turned ON, and then the safe ball is guided to the safe ball collecting gutter 19 through a winning ball guiding path (not shown). When the safe ball detecting switch S6 provided below the outlet 19a of the safe ball collecting gutter 19 detects a safe ball, the falling ball detecting switch S2 excites the solenoid SOL8 for setting the number of prize balls in FIG. The stopper 26 of the ball number setting solenoid SOL8 protrudes into the ball passage 20 through the through hole 29 of the prize ball case 21, and the pachinko ball P in the ball passage 20 other than the number of prize balls to be discharged is provided.
Are locked by the stopper 26.

Next, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is de-energized by the safe ball detection switch S6, and the stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL10 is moved to the prize ball case 21.
Of the pachinko ball P, which is retracted from the ball passage 20 through the through hole 29 of
By releasing the lock by 8, the ball pan 24
The pachinko balls P of the prize balls are discharged.

When a safe ball is won in the winning opening 14 of the game board 4, the fallen ball detection switch S1 is turned on, and when the safe ball detection switch S6 detects a safe ball, the fallen ball detection switch is turned on. 3 is excited by S1, and the stopper 26 of the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls is projected into the ball passage 20 through the through hole 29 of the prize ball case 21 to be discharged. Pachinko balls P in the ball path 20 other than the number of winning balls are locked by the stopper 26. Next, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is de-energized by the safe ball detection switch S6, the stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL10 is retracted from the ball passage 20 through the through hole 29 of the winning ball case 21, and the stopper of the discharge solenoid SOL10 is stopped. By releasing the locking of the pachinko ball P by the
, Five pachinko balls P are discharged.

Further, when a safe ball is won in the winning opening 16 of the game board 4, the fallen ball detection switch S3 is turned on, and when the safe ball detection switch S6 detects a safe ball, the fallen ball detection switch is turned on. By the operation of S3, FIG.
The solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls is excited, and the stopper 26 of the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls projects through the through hole 29 of the prize ball case 21 into the ball passage 20, and the number other than the number of prize balls to be ejected. The pachinko ball P in the ball passage 20 is locked by the stopper 26. Next, the discharge solenoid SOL1 is operated by the operation of the safe ball detection switch S6.
0 is de-energized, and the stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL10 passes through the through hole 29 of the winning ball case 21 and passes through the ball passage 2
When the pachinko ball P is retracted from within 0 and the pachinko ball P is released from the stopper 28 of the discharging solenoid SOL10, the pachinko ball P serving as three prize balls is discharged to the ball tray 24.

After the prize ball is discharged to the ball receiving tray 24, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is excited, and the stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL10 projects through the through hole 29 of the prize ball case 21 into the ball passage 20. Then, the solenoid SOL8, SOL5, or SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls excited is de-energized, and the stopper 26 of the solenoid SOL8, SOL5, or SOL3 for setting prize balls is set.
Is retreated from the ball passage 20 through the through hole 29 of the prize ball case 21 and the SOL balls SOL8 and SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls.
Alternatively, by releasing the locking of the pachinko ball P by the stopper 26 of the SOL 3, the pachinko ball P is supplied from the winning ball tank 22 to the ball passage 20 of the winning ball case 21, and the ball is released by the stopper 28 of the discharge solenoid SOL 10. The pachinko ball P in the passage 20 is locked, and a waiting state for discharging the prize ball is set.

Further, a plurality of winning ports 14, 1 of the game board 4 are provided.
Opening / closing solenoid S by winning safe balls on 5 and 16
The OL 11 is excited, the opening / closing plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 is expanded through the opening / closing plate operating body 36, and the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 is opened.

When the player operates the setting switch PS1 provided on the front surface of the base frame 2 of the pachinko machine, the solenoids SOL1 to SOL for setting the number of prize balls are continuously set for each ball.
9 is selected, and the lower prize winning device 10 with the opening / closing plate 9 expanded.
When the safe ball wins in the opening 30 of the opening, the solenoid SOL8 for setting the number of prize balls corresponding to the number of prize balls discharged by the ball detection switch S4 is excited, and the solenoid SOL10 for discharge is de-energized by the safe ball detection switch S6. Is set to be At this time, the period during which the open / close plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 is expanded is the time until two safe balls are detected by the ball detection switch S4. In this setting state, the lower prize winning device 1 with the opening and closing plate 9 expanded.
When a safe ball is won in the opening 30 of 0, a safe ball is detected by the ball detection switch S4 after the safe ball is detected by the ball detection switch S4. The solenoid SOL8 for setting the number of prize balls is excited, and the safe ball detection switch S
6, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is de-energized, and the eight prize ball pachinko balls P are discharged to the ball tray 24. Thereafter, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is excited and the prize ball number setting solenoid SOL8 is discharged. It is de-energized and puts into a waiting state for prize ball discharge. When two safe balls having won the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 are detected by the ball detection switch S4, the open / close solenoid SOL11 is opened.
Is deenergized, the plunger 39 of the opening / closing solenoid SOL11 is moved downward by the return spring 40, the opening / closing plate 9 is rotated via the opening / closing plate operating body 36, and the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 is opened / closed. It is closed by a plate 9.

A setting switch PS1 provided on the front of the base frame 2
Is further operated by the player, so that the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls corresponding to the number of prize balls to be discharged is set to be excited. At this time, the opening and closing plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 is expanded. The period of time until the ball detection switch S4 detects five safe balls.

In this setting state, if a safe ball wins in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 with the opening / closing plate 9 expanded, the safe ball is detected by the ball detection switch S4, and then the safe ball is generated. Is detected by the safe ball detection switch S6, the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls in FIG. 3 is excited by the operation of the ball detection switch S4, and the discharge solenoid SOL10 is de-energized by the operation of the safe ball detection switch S6. The ball saucer 24 has 5
The pachinko balls P having the number of prize balls are discharged, and thereafter, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is excited, and the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls is de-energized to be in a standby state for discharging the prize balls. When five safe balls that have won the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 are detected by the ball detection switch S4, the opening / closing solenoid SOL11 is de-energized,
The opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 is closed by the opening / closing plate 9.

Setting switch PS1 provided on the front of base frame 2
Is further set by the player to excite the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls, and at this time, the ball detection switch S4 is turned on while the open / close plate 9 of the lower prize device 10 is expanded. It is assumed that eight safe balls are detected.

In this setting state, when a safe ball wins in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 with the opening / closing plate 9 expanded, the safe ball is detected by the ball detection switch S4, and then the safe ball is generated. Is detected by the safe ball detection switch S6, the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls in FIG. 3 is excited by the ball detection switch S4, and thereafter, the discharge solenoid SOL10 is detected by the safe ball detection switch S6.
Is deenergized, and three prize balls Pachinko balls P are discharged to the ball tray 24, and thereafter, the discharging solenoid SOL is discharged.
10 is excited and the solenoid SO for setting the number of prize balls.
L3 is de-energized and enters a waiting state for prize ball discharge. When eight safe balls that have won the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 are detected by the ball detection switch S4, the opening / closing solenoid SOL11 is de-energized, and the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 is closed by the opening / closing plate 9. You.

When a safe ball is won in the tulip-type chucker 12 provided on the game board 4 of the pachinko machine, the falling ball detection switch S5 is turned on and the safe ball detection switch S6 detects the safe ball. Any one of the awarded ball number setting solenoids SOL1 to SOL9 is excited by the operation of the falling ball detection switch S5, and the discharge solenoid SOL10 is de-energized by the operation of the safe ball detection switch S6. A set number of prize balls are discharged to the ball tray 24.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a winning device of a pachinko machine, and shows a plurality of winning holes 14, 15, 1 in the gaming board 4. As shown in FIG.
6, the falling ball detection switches S1, S2, and S3, the falling ball detection switch S5, and the setting switch PS1 are connected to the input detection unit 41, and the input detection unit 41 is connected to the safe ball detection switch S6. The input detection unit 41 is connected to a control unit 42 that controls a plurality of award ball number setting solenoids SOL1 to SOL9, a discharge solenoid SOL10, and an opening / closing solenoid SOL11.

The control unit 42 includes a solenoid S for setting the number of prize balls.
OL1, SOL2, SOL3, SOL4, SOL5, S
OL6, SOL7, SOL8, SOL9, a discharge solenoid SOL10, and an opening / closing solenoid SOL11 are connected via a counter 43, and the counter 43 is connected to a ball detection switch S4.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of the circuit of the winning device of the pachinko machine, and the dropped ball detection switches S1, S2,
S3, the ball detection switch S4, the safe ball detection switch S6, and the setting switch PS1 are connected to the input / output circuit 44 via a device detection unit (not shown) that outputs various winning display signals at levels corresponding to the open / closed states of these switches. The input / output circuit 44 is connected to a central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU) 45 as control means.

The CPU 45 is connected to an input port of an input / output circuit 46 via a data bus, an address bus, and a control bus.
A control output corresponding to a winning display signal or the like from U45 is output, and output ports are set as solenoids SOL1 to SOL1 for setting the number of prize balls.
OL9, the discharge solenoid SOL10, and the opening / closing solenoid SOL11 are connected to each other, and a portion surrounded by a dotted line in FIG. 6 constitutes a control unit 42 of the winning device.

FIG. 7 is executed by the CPU 45 when the player sets the number of prize balls to be discharged when a safe ball is placed in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 at the start of a pachinko game or during a pachinko game. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of a control program.

First, in step 101, the game is started, and then the process proceeds to step 102 to determine whether or not the game is to be ended. If the game is not completed in step 102, the process proceeds to step 103 to perform the setting operation. Is determined, and the setting operation is performed in step 103.
In the case of ES, the process proceeds to step 104 and the setting switch P
A setting operation is performed in S1, and the process then proceeds to step 105 to determine whether or not to set the number of prize balls to be discharged to eight when a safe ball lands in the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10. When the end of the game is YES in step 102, the process proceeds to step 106 to perform the initial setting, and the game is ended.

In step 105, if the setting of the number of awarded balls is YES, the process proceeds to step 107 to turn on the solenoid SOL8 for setting the number of awarded balls, and then proceeds to step 108 in which the safe ball detection switch S6 sets the safe ball detection switch S6. The detection is performed, and then the process proceeds to step 109, where it is determined whether or not the winning ball number setting solenoid SOL8 is ONLINE. If the setting operation is performed in step 103, but the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step 108.

In step 105, when the setting of the number of prize balls of eight is NO, the process proceeds to step 110 to set the number of prize balls to be discharged to five when a safe sphere enters the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10. It is determined whether or not step 11
If the number of prize balls is set to YES at 0, step 1
Moves to 11 and turns on the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls
LINE, and then goes to step 108. When the setting of the five prize balls is NO in step 110, the process proceeds to step 112 to determine whether or not to set the number of prize balls to be discharged when the safe sphere enters the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10 to three. When it is determined that the setting of the three prize balls is YES in step 112, the process proceeds to step 113 to turn on the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls, and then proceeds to step. When the setting of the three prize balls is NO in step 112, the process proceeds to step 108.

When the ONLINE of the prize ball number setting solenoid SOL8 is YES in step 109, the process proceeds to step 114 to excite the prize ball number setting solenoid SOL8, and then proceeds to step 115 to de-energize the discharge solenoid SOL10. Then, the process proceeds to step 116 to discharge the set number of prize balls.
Move to

When the ONLINE of the solenoid SOL8 for setting the number of prize balls is NO in step 109, the process proceeds to step 117 and the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls is set to O.
It is determined whether or not the line is NLINE, and in step 117, the ONLINE of the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of award balls is YES.
In the case of (1), the process proceeds to step 118 to excite the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of award balls, and then proceeds to step 115. In step 117, the solenoid S for setting the number of prize balls
When the ONLINE of OL5 is NO, the process proceeds to step 119, and the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of award balls is turned ONLINE.
E is determined, and if the ONLINE of the award ball number setting solenoid SOL3 is YES in step 119, the process proceeds to step 120 and the award ball number setting solenoid SO
L3 is excited, and then the process proceeds to step 115. If the ONLINE of the award ball number setting solenoid SOL3 is NO in step 119, the process directly proceeds to step 115.

That is, the player operates the setting switch PS1 provided on the base frame 2 of the pachinko machine, and opens and closes the lower winning device 10 by winning safe balls into the plurality of winning ports 14, 15, 16 of the gaming board 4. Lower winning device 10 with expanded plate 9
The number of award balls ejected when a safe ball wins in the opening 30 is set to eight, five, or three.

As described above, after the safe ball has won the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 and the safe ball has been detected by the ball detection switch S4, the safe ball detection switch S6 detects the occurrence of the safe ball. , Ball detection switch S4
The solenoid SOL8, SOL5, or SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls set in step S6 is excited, the solenoid SOL11 for discharge is deenergized by the safe ball detection switch S6, and eight, five, or three prize balls are discharged to the ball tray 24. When the number of prize balls is set to eight by the setting switch PS1, the opening 30 is closed before the lower winning device 10 is closed.
When the number of safe balls to be awarded is up to two and the number of award balls is set to five, the number of safe balls to be awarded to the opening 30 until the lower winning device 10 is closed becomes five, and When the number of balls is set to three, the number of safe balls to be won in the opening 30 by the time the lower winning device 10 is closed is eight.

The detection of the safe ball by the dropped ball detection switches S1, S2, S3 is stored by the storage means of the CPU until the corresponding prize ball discharging operation is completed, and is performed when two prize holes are simultaneously won or a lower prize is won. Opening 3 of device 10
When the safe ball wins in any one of the winning openings while 0 is open, the state is stored by the storage means of the CPU, and the lower winning device 1 relating to the winning in the winning openings 14, 15, 16 is stored.
After the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing plate 9 is completed, the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 corresponding to the winning of the safe ball into the winning openings 14, 15, 16 is performed.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control unit of a winning device of a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment. A lower winning device set by a player by a setting switch PS1 provided on a base frame 2 of the pachinko machine. The opening period of the open / close plate 9 is not performed by the count of safe balls entering the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 but by the timer T. The ball detection switch shown in FIG. A timer T is provided in place of the counter 43 to which S4 is connected, and the other components are completely the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the base frame 2 of the pachinko machine is used.
The player operates the setting switch PS1 provided in the lower prize device 10 with eight prize balls when the safe sphere wins in the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10 in the setting 1, for example.
The opening / closing plate 9 is expanded for 3 seconds.
When the safe ball wins in the opening 30 of 0, the open / close plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 is expanded for 5 seconds with five prize balls, and in the setting 3, the safe ball is opened in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10. When the prize is won, the open / close plate 9 of the lower prize device 10 is expanded for 10 seconds with three prize balls, and in the setting 4, one prize ball is counted when the safe ball wins in the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10. Thus, the opening and closing plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 is configured to expand for 60 seconds.

When the opening time corresponding to the set number of prize balls is reached, the lower winning device 10 immediately deactivates the opening / closing solenoid SOL11 by the timer T, and the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10 is opened / closed by the opening / closing plate 9. Closed.

FIG. 9 shows the back side of the pachinko machine in the embodiment, in which the number of prize balls to be discharged when a safe ball is won in the lower prize device 10 and the prize balls to the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10 which are the prize conditions. When the number of prize balls is large, the number of prize balls until the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10 is closed is reduced, and when the number of prize balls is small, the opening time of the lower prize device 10 is reduced. The setting of the setting switch PS2 provided on the back side of the base frame of the pachinko machine, which is a setting switching operation means that can be selected and changed so as to increase the number of winning balls until the unit 30 closes, is operated by the administrator of the game arcade. is there.

Since the other structure of this embodiment is completely the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a control program executed by the CPU in the case of setting the number of prize balls to be discharged when the manager of the game arcade wins the lower prize winning device 10 before the pachinko game starts in this embodiment. Show.

First, in step 201, a setting operation is performed by the setting switch PS2.
Then, it is determined whether or not the number of prize balls to be ejected when a safe ball has entered the opening 30 of the lower prize device 10 is set to eight.
In the case of ES, the process proceeds to step 203 to turn on the solenoid SOL8 for setting the number of award balls, and then to step 2
In step 204, it is determined whether or not the setting is to be reset. If the setting is YES in step 204, the process loops to step 201.

If the setting of 8 prize balls is NO in step 202, the process proceeds to step 205 and the lower prize winning device 1
It is determined whether or not the number of prize balls ejected when the safe ball has entered the opening 30 of 0 is set to five, and if the setting of five prize balls is YES in step 205, step 206 is executed.
And set the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls to ONLI.
NE, and then proceed to Step 204, where Step 20
If the setting of 5 award balls is NO in step 5, the step 20 is executed.
Then, it is determined whether or not to set the number of prize balls to be discharged when the safe ball has entered the opening portion 30 of the lower prize device 10 to three, and in the step 207, the setting of the three prize balls is YES. In the case of, the routine proceeds to step 208, where the award ball number setting solenoid SOL3 is ONLINE, and then the routine proceeds to step 204. When the setting of the three award balls is NO in step 207, the process directly proceeds to step 204.

In step 204, the resetting is N
If O, the process proceeds to step 209 to start the game, and then to step 210 to determine whether or not the game is over. If the game is not finished in step 210, the process proceeds to step 211 to switch to the safe ball detection switch. S6
Performs a safe ball detection, and then proceeds to step 212 to determine whether or not the prize ball number setting solenoid SOL8 is ONLINE. If the ONLINE of the prize ball number setting solenoid SOL8 is YES in step 212, step 213 is executed. To the solenoid S for setting the number of award balls
OL8 is energized, and then the process proceeds to step 214 to de-energize the discharge solenoid SOL10.
The process proceeds to step 15 to discharge the set number of prize balls, and then proceeds to step 211. When the end of the game is YES in step 210, the process proceeds to step 216 to perform initial settings and the game ends.

If the ONLINE of the award ball number setting solenoid SOL8 is NO in step 212, the process proceeds to step 217, where the award ball number setting solenoid SOL5 is turned off.
It is determined whether it is NLINE or not, and in step 217, the ONLINE of the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of award balls is YES.
In the case of, the routine goes to Step 218 to excite the solenoid SOL5 for setting the number of prize balls, and then goes to Step 214.

When the ONLINE of the award ball number setting solenoid SOL5 is NO in step 217, the process proceeds to step 219, where the award ball number setting solenoid SOL5 is turned off.
It is determined whether it is NLINE or not, and in step 219, the ONLINE of the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of award balls is YES.
In step 220, the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls is excited to move to step 220. When the ONLINE of the solenoid SOL3 for setting the number of prize balls is NO in step 219, the step moves to step 214.

The operation of this embodiment is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 8, and when the administrator of the game arcade selects and operates the setting switch PS2 previously provided on the back surface of the pachinko machine base frame 2, the lower part is operated. A counter or a timer is used to set the number of prize balls ejected when a safe ball enters the opening 30 of the prize device 10 and the period in which the opening / closing plate 9 of the lower prize device 10 corresponding to the number of prize balls is expanded.

The setting switch PS2 may be installed in a control room or the like of a hall remote from the pachinko machine.

In the embodiment, the number of prize balls discharged when a safe ball is generated is a case where the setting is changed in relation to the number of safe balls or the opening time of the open / close plate. The configuration in which the number of prize balls set in the pachinko machine is set or changed by a setting switch provided in the pachinko machine frame when installed in the pachinko machine is a basic configuration which is a premise of the above-described embodiment.

That is, in a pachinko machine in which a plurality of winning ports are provided on a game board, a winning ball detecting means, a winning ball discharging means operated by the winning ball detecting means, and a pachinko ball can be continuously selected and changed one by one. Conventionally, as shown in JP-A-54-54242 and JP-A-58-32786, a prize has been hit by the occurrence of a safe ball by a basic configuration of a pachinko machine provided with a prize ball number setting switching operation means. The setting of the number of prize balls discharged from the pachinko machine at the time,
The number of prize balls is determined structurally and structurally, and the number of prize balls in a pachinko machine is changed by replacing the prize ball case itself or changing the mounting position of the ball stop piece installed in the prize ball case. It is intended that the number of prize balls in the pachinko machine can be set and changed easily and quickly only by operating the setting switch.

When the number of prize balls is set by the pachinko machine maker, not by the game arcade manager, but by the operation of the setting switch at the time of manufacturing, the manufacturer sets the prize ball number by operating the setting switch. This eliminates the need to stock various types of prize ball cases with different numbers of balls, or eliminates the occurrence of incorrect mounting of a prize ball case out of specification to a pachinko machine.

In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to avoid an erroneous mounting position of the ball stop piece in the prize ball case and a complicated setting change operation after an incorrect setting.

FIG. 11 shows a second embodiment of a prize ball discharge device. A prize ball case 53 having a ball passage 52 formed in a vertical direction is formed on a side of a prize ball discharge gutter 51 having a prize ball discharge passage 50. The moving ball 54 separates the prize ball discharge passage 50 of the prize ball discharge gutter 51 and the ball passage 52 of the prize ball case 53.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a pinion integrally fixed to a motor shaft 56 of a step motor (not shown) serving as a discharge prize ball number setting means. The pinion 55 is provided with a vertical rack 57 in mesh therewith. A discharge solenoid SOL12 serving as a prize ball discharging means is provided at an upper end, and the discharge solenoid SOL12 has an operation rod 58 movable vertically, and a pachinko ball in the prize ball case 53 is provided at an upper end of the operation rod 58. A locking body 59 for locking P is provided.

The moving wall 54 is connected to a rack 57. The moving wall 54 is provided with a discharge portion 60 for discharging a prize ball to the prize ball discharge passage 50, and a locking member 59 of the discharge solenoid SOL12 is raised upward. The pachinko ball P in the prize ball case 53 is moved to the position of the discharging solenoid SOL12 in a state where the locking protrusion 61 provided on the moving wall 54 and the locking body 59 are located close to each other and the interval between the discharging portions 60 is narrowed. It is locked by the locking body 59 to be in a standby state for discharging the prize ball.

A locking solenoid SO for locking the pachinko ball P in the prize ball case 53 is provided above the side of the prize ball case 53.
L13 is provided, and the locking solenoid SOL13 has a laterally movable operation rod 62. At the tip of the operation rod 62, the ball passage 52 in the prize ball case 53 is closed.
A stopper 63 for locking the pachinko balls P other than the number of prize balls to be ejected in the prize ball case 53 is provided, and the stopper 63 of the locking solenoid SOL13 enters and exits the side wall of the prize ball case 53 from the side. Hole 64 is formed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment is based on the fact that a plurality of winning balls 14, 15, 16 of the game board 4 receive safe balls, so that the dropped ball detection switches S 1, S 2, S 3 are turned ON, and a plurality of dropped balls are detected. The prize balls having different numbers of prize balls are respectively discharged corresponding to the winning openings 14, 15, and 16, and the opening / closing solenoid S
When the open / close plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 is expanded by exciting the OL 11 and the safe ball wins in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10, the step motor operates to rotate the pinion 55 and mesh with the pinion 55. The rack 57 is moved up and down to discharge the solenoid SOL1 to the position of the number of prize balls set by the player or the manager of the playground, which is discharged when a safe ball is placed in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10.
2 and the moving wall 54 are moved up and down.

Next, the locking solenoid SOL13 is excited, and the stopper 63 of the locking solenoid SOL13 protrudes from the through hole 64 of the winning ball case 53 into the ball passage 52, so that balls other than the number of award balls to be ejected. The pachinko ball P in the passage 52 is locked by the stopper 63.

Next, the discharge solenoid SOL12 is de-energized, the locking member 59 of the discharge solenoid SOL12 is moved downward, and the discharge portion 60 of the moving wall 54 is opened, whereby the ball passage 52 of the prize ball case 53 is opened. The pachinko balls P having the set number of prize balls are passed through the discharge unit 60 and the prize ball discharge gutter 51 is provided.
After discharging the pachinko balls P having the set number of prize balls, the discharge solenoid SOL12 is excited and the locking solenoid SOL13 is de-energized to discharge the balls of the prize ball case 53. Pachinko ball P in passage 52
Is supplied to put the prize ball in a standby state.

FIG. 12 shows a third embodiment of the prize ball discharging device. A storage box 67 is provided on the side of a prize ball case 66 in which a ball passage 65 is formed in the vertical direction.
A rotator 68 serving as prize ball discharge means is provided near the prize ball case 66, and the rotator 68 is rotatably supported on a side plate 69 of a storage box 67 via a shaft 70.
A plurality of engagement notches 71 for engaging the pachinko balls P in the ball passage 65 of the prize ball case 66 are formed on the outer peripheral edge of the prize ball case 66. A part of the body 68 is projected into the ball passage 65 using the cutout 73.

The side plate 69 in the storage box 67 is provided with a rotation locking solenoid SOL14 on the side of the rotating body 68. The rotation locking solenoid SOL14 has a plunger 74 which can move in the horizontal direction. A stopper 75 for locking the rotation of the rotating body 68 is provided at the tip of the jar 74, and a spring 76 for urging the stopper 75 in the lateral direction is mounted on the plunger 74. Is rotatably supported by the side plate 69 through the lower end thereof, and the lower end 75b side portion thereof is a rotation locking solenoid SOL.
Fourteen plungers 74 are rotatably supported at the distal ends via shafts 78.

The proximity switch S7 for counting the number of prize balls for detecting the passage of the pachinko ball P discharged by the rotation of the rotator 68 is provided below the rotator 68 in the prize ball case 66, and the proximity switch S7 is rotated. Locking solenoid SOL1
4, and the discharge prize ball number setting means includes a rotation locking solenoid SOL14 and a proximity switch S7.

Then, the rotation locking solenoid SOL14
Is non-excited, the plunger 74 of the rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is projected forward by a spring 76, and a stopper 75 provided at the tip of the plunger 74 is rotated about a shaft 77, so that the outer peripheral edge of the rotating body 68 is rotated. The protrusion between the engagement notches 71 formed in the above is engaged with the corner of the lower end 75b of the stopper 75, and the rotation of the rotating body 68 is locked by the stopper 75, thereby projecting into the ball passage 65 of the prize ball case 66. One pachinko ball P is engaged with the engagement notch 71 of the rotating body 68, and the pachinko ball P in the prize ball case 66 is
8 to be in a standby state for discharging the prize ball.

Next, the operation of this embodiment is as follows. When a safe ball is awarded to a plurality of winning ports 14, 15, 16 of the game board 4, the dropped ball detection switches S1, S2, S3 are turned on, and a plurality of dropped ball detection switches S1, S2, S3 are turned on. The prize balls having different numbers of prize balls are respectively discharged corresponding to the winning openings 14, 15, and 16, and the opening / closing solenoid S
When the OL 11 is excited to expand the open / close plate 9 of the lower winning device 10 and the safe ball wins in the opening 30 of the lower winning device 10, the rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is excited and the rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is turned on. The plunger 74 is moved backward against the spring 76, and the stopper 75 provided at the tip of the plunger 74 is rotated about the shaft 77 to release the stopper 75 from locking the rotating body 68. Next, due to the weight of the pachinko ball P in the prize ball case 66, the rotating body 68 rotates in the direction of arrow a around the axis 70, and the rotating body 6
8, the pachinko balls P in the ball passage 65 of the prize ball case 66 are sequentially engaged with the engagement notches 71 of the rotating body 68 one by one, and the rotating body 68 is engaged with the rotating body 68. The pachinko balls P engaged with the notches 71 are sequentially discharged one by one, and the pachinko balls P discharged by the rotating body 68 and passing through the ball passage 65 are detected by the proximity switch S7.

When the proximity switch S7 detects the number of pachinko balls P having the number of prize balls set by the player or the manager of the game arcade, the rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is deenergized and the plunger of the rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is set. 7
4 is moved forward by a spring 76, and a stopper 75 provided at the tip of the plunger 74 is rotated around a shaft 77, and the stopper 75 is engaged with the rotating body 68.
The rotation of the rotating body 68 is locked by the stopper 75, and the waiting state for the prize ball discharge is set.

FIG. 13 shows an award according to the first aspect of the present invention.
4 shows an embodiment of a ball discharging device. It is a ball receiving rotating body
In the rotating body 68 , a plurality of through-holes 80 having the same number as the engagement notches 71 of the rotating body 68 are formed on the same circumference at a constant pitch. In the storage box 67, a photoelectric detection mounting member 82 is provided on a bottom plate 81 located below the rotating member 68, and a light source of a photocoupler that detects rotation of the rotating member 68 near the upper end of the photoelectric detecting mounting member 82. The photocoupler is provided with a light source 83 and a light source 8 that has passed through the through hole 80 of the rotating body 68.
3 and a light receiving element (not shown) for receiving the light emitted from the light emitting element 3. The photocoupler passes through the through hole 80 of the rotating body 68 during rotation.
By detecting the passing light from the light source 83 with the light receiving element.
The rotation of the rotating body 68 is detected, and the rotation of the rotating body 68 is detected.
The number of prize balls ejected is detected. The photocoupler is a rotating member
It is electrically connected to the stop solenoid SOL14, and discharge prize
The ball number discriminating means includes a solenoid SOL14 for locking rotation and a fork.
It comprises a top coupler and a control unit 42.

Next, in the operation of this embodiment, the rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is excited to release the locking of the rotation body 68 by the stopper 75, so that the rotation body 68 rotates and the prize ball case 66 The pachinko balls P are discharged one by one, and the photocoupler provided on the photoelectric detection mounting body 82 is a rotating body.
By detecting the light passing through the through-hole 80 of FIG.
When the rotation of the rolling body 68 is optically detected, and the photocoupler detects the rotation of the rotating body 68 corresponding to discharging the pachinko balls P having the number of prize balls set by the player or the manager of the game arcade, The rotation locking solenoid SOL14 is de-energized, and the rotation of the rotator 68 is locked by the stopper 75, so that the awaiting ball is discharged.

Since the other structure and operation of this embodiment are completely the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

The photocoupler may be provided at a position corresponding to the engagement notch 71 of the rotating body 68 .

The operation switches in each embodiment are as follows.
In addition to this example, the number of times the contacts are turned on by a rotary switch or a snap switch (for example, setting the number of prize balls to 5 when the contacts are turned on 5 times, 1
If the contact is turned on 0 times, 10 contacts are set) or the contact ON time (for example, if the ON time is 2 seconds, the number of prize balls is 2)
The number of prize balls may be set by setting the number of prize balls by setting the number of prize balls by setting the number of prize balls.

[0084]

According to the present invention, there is provided a prize ball discharging device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention.
If it detects, the amount of rotation of the ball receiving rotator is detected, so it is discharged
Because the prize ball does not depend on the rolling state, the discharged prize ball is directly detected.
Detection accuracy can be improved compared to
There is no need to provide a detector in the exit path, and the rotation of the ball
The part to be detected for optically detecting the quantity is
Since it is implemented, the unit of the prize ball discharge device
Molding can be easily realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko machine of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic rear view of a main part of the above.

FIG. 3 is a cutaway front view of a main part of the same prize ball discharge setting device and the prize ball discharge device in a prize ball discharge standby state;

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the lower winning device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic wiring diagram of the above.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a circuit of the above.

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a control program executed by the pachinko machine;

FIG. 8 is a schematic wiring diagram of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic rear view of a main part of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a control program executed by the pachinko machine;

FIG. 11 is a cutaway front view of a main part of a prize ball discharge standby state of the prize ball discharge setting device and the prize ball discharge device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a cutaway front view of a main part showing a means for setting the number of discharged prize balls and a prize ball discharge device in a third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a fragmentary front view showing a prize ball discharging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 glass frame 2 base frame 3 glass plate 4 game board 4 a game section 5 guide rail 6 chucker 7 chucker 8 chucker 9 opening and closing plate 10 lower winning device 11 opening and closing blade 12 tulip-type chucker 13 out ball receiving port 14 winning opening 15 winning opening 16 Winning prize 17 Lower winning prize 18 Side winning prize 19 Safe ball collecting gutter 19a Discharge port 20 Ball passage 21 Prize ball case 22 Prize ball tank 23 Prize ball discharge port 24 Ball tray 25 Operation rod 26 Stopper 27 Operation rod 28 Stopper 29 Communication Hole 30 Opening part 31 Winning part mounting frame 32 Ball guide gutter 33 Shaft 34 Side plate 36 Opening / closing plate operating body 37 Engagement concave part 38 Back box part 39 Plunger 40 Return spring 41 Input detection part 42 Control part 43 Counter 44 Input / output circuit 45 central processing unit 46 input / output circuit 50 prize ball discharge passage 5 Winning balls discharged gutter 52 ball passage 53 prize balls case 54 move wall 55 a pinion 56 motor shaft 57 the rack 58 the operating rod 59 engaging body 60 discharge portion 61 locking projection 62 the operating rod 63 the stopper 64 holes 65 ball passages (prize balls Passage) 66 Prize ball case 67 Storage box 68 Rotating body (ball receiving rotating body) 69 Side plate 70 Shaft 71 Engagement notch 72 Side wall 73 Notch 74 Plunger 75 Stopper 75a Upper end 75b Lower end 76 Spring 77 Shaft 78 Shaft 80 Through-hole ( Detected portion) 81 Bottom plate 82 Photoelectric detection mounting body 83 Light source T Timer P Pachinko ball (prize ball) S1 Falling ball detection switch S2 Falling ball detection switch S3 Falling ball detection switch S4 Ball detection switch S5 Falling ball detection switch S6 Safe ball detection switch S7 Proximity switch PS1 setting switch PS2 setting Switch SOL1 Solenoid for setting the number of winning balls SOL2 Solenoid for setting the number of winning balls SOL3 Solenoid for setting the number of winning balls SOL4 Solenoid for setting the number of winning balls SOL6 Solenoid for setting the number of winning balls SOL7 Solenoid for setting the number of winning balls SOL7 SOL8 Solenoid for setting the number of award balls SOL9 Solenoid for setting the number of award balls SOL10 Solenoid for discharging SOL11 Solenoid for opening and closing SOL12 Solenoid for discharging SOL13 Solenoid for locking SOL14 Solenoid for rotating and locking (electromagnetic drive source)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. While engaging with a prize ball rolling on a prize ball path.
The rotating ball receiving rotator and the amount of rotation of the ball receiving rotator are optically determined.
Rotation amount detecting means for dynamically detecting, and rotation of the ball receiving rotating body
An electromagnetic drive source for stopping the operation,
The detected portion detected by the rotation amount detecting means is
A pattern formed in accordance with the amount of rotation of the receiving rotator.
A prize ball discharge device for a dick machine.